Lake Washington Sailing Club

On Monday night Lake Washington Sailing Club completed our second session of Adaptive Sailing Classes. These classes were underwritten with a grant from the Challenged Athletes Foundation - an organization that supports athletes with disabilities and also provides opportunities to explore new sports through collaborations with other groups like our club.

We have provided two Introduction to Sailing Clinics along with the two sessions of class. In total, over three dozen individuals have participated in the clinics and nine went on to complete three weeks of sail training. They have become members of the club and will be sailing with us going forward. Two new members will be representing LWSC at the US National Para Sailing Championships at Coronado YC in late-September.

In a few years, Lake Washington Sailing Club has become one of the most active centers for adaptive sailing in the whole state. Our accomplishments are due to the incredibly hard work and dedication of Kathi Thweatt and Jim Thweatt as well as an army of helpers including Gerhard, Johnathon, Leo, Deb, Diane, Scott, Tim, Jack, Rich, Deb, Arman, Brandon, and many others. Thank you all for your commitment to fulfilling our mission to grow the sport of sailing!

Another successful Adaptive Sailig Clinic in conjunction with the Challenged Athletes Foundation. In total, we have introduced over thirty individuals with disabilities to the sport of sailing. We look forward to the upcoming classes sponsored by CAF.

Up to 4 boats. Reminder that we have to register twice for this years event! One with for their High Sierra Regatta (for the weekend part) and one with Dave Rumbaugh(for the Friday portion)

Happy Fourth of July!

Great job to all the competitors and congratulations to the winners of the El Toro North Americans:

Senior Division: 1st place: Arthur Lange; 2nd place - Gordie Nash; 3rd place - Vaughn Siefers

Senior Classic Division: 1st place - Mark Lorenzato; 2nd place - Stefan Lorenzato; 3rd place - Dan Clark

Junior Division: 1st place - Peter Wells

Full results available on the website: https://www.lwsailing.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=949111&item_id=1692895&event_date_id=255

The El Toro North American Championship regatta started on Thursday and will wrap up this afternoon. Wind conditions have been excellent.

The Capitol Cup Windsurfing Regatta is today. First start at 3:00 pm. Anyone is welcome to come and watch. Looks like it will be a great, windy day!

Is this a school, a pod, or a herd of sunfish; or something else?