When it comes to sailing in November, conditions typically aren’t ideal. But that doesn’t bother Spring Lake and Grand Haven’s sailing teams, as they’ve been known to call the upcoming Turkey Leg Regatta at Spring Lake Yacht Club as one of their favorites.
Spring Lake swim generally faces an uphill battle at its end-of-season conference meet, swimming against larger programs, especially a combined Zeeland team.
Recent results from local high school competition:
The Grand River Sailing Cup’s North Shore Marina Cup series wrapped up on July 28, a warm evening with light winds. Over four races, there was stormy weather and plenty of excitement, but a four-way tie for first place in the spinnaker division of racing highlighted the conclusion of the cup.
A number of Spring Lake Yacht Club members took home sailing victories over the weekend in races held by the West Michigan Yachting Association.
FERRYSBURG — Competitors from as far away as Georgia and Texas are in town this weekend as the West Michigan Yachting Association is holding its Championship Regatta at the Spring Lake Yacht Club.
The Grand River Sailing Club continued its second race series of the summer this week with the third races of the North Shore Marina Cup.
“Sailing is the most fun you can have at 6 miles an hour,” Denny Dryer said.
Frank Lloyd Starboard was one of six boats that took to Lake Michigan on Saturday morning to compete in the Maiden Race. Hosted by the Grand River Sailing Club, the race featured boats crewed entirely by women.
Storms in early June and a backlog of work at local marinas meant a smaller opening than usual, but the Grand River Sailing Club now has a full complement of boats up and running this summer.
When Ben and Cam McNeil were part of a team that won the C Scow national championships last month, it could have been considered their destiny.
The annual Anchorage Cup race this month was won by the smallest boat in the field. Grand River Sailing Club member Todd DeBoode and his 20-foot vessel Hold On! were the winners of a race in the Main & Jib Fleet back on Sept. 12.
Wednesday marked the official start of the season for a handful of area teams. While many of them weren’t in action until Thursday evening, a handful of sports were in play on a cool Wednesday night.
Low winds forced the premature ending of the Commodores’ Cup and the fourth race of the Bluffton Bay Sails Cup regatta last week at the Grand River Sailing Club. That left a two-way tie for first between Schroeder’s Avanti and Smithe’s Job Site at the top of the main and jib fleet. Baneberry…
Scores and more from the first day of high school sports in the state:
The Grand River Sailing Club continued its Bluffton Bay Sails regatta last week, running the second of its four races as the summer continues.
Late July saw the start of the Bluffton Bay Sails Cup, a three-race regatta that serves as the third of the Grand River Sailing Club’s summer series.
The Grand River Sailing Club finished its North Shore Marina Regatta last week, the second of the four series this year.
With one race remaining in the Grand River Sailing Club’s North Shore regatta, both fleets have an intriguing battle for the trophy.
Last Saturday marked the Grand River Sailing Club’s maiden Women’s Race, as all-female crews raced under nearly perfect conditions on Lake Michigan.
The Grand River Sailing Club celebrated its 40th anniversary of racing on June 10 with the blessing of the fleet. Patty Edwards led the event held in front of the city marina.
Some of the best sailors from across the country will converge on Spring Lake Yacht Club this weekend for the 34th annual MC Blue Chip Regatta.
After a seven-hour search that covered nearly 47 square miles, the U.S. Coast Guard late Saturday suspended its search for a sailor who went overboard on the first leg of the annual Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac.
Sailing across an open expanse of water, with no land in site. The sun goes down, the wind begins to blow, and the waves grow in height and intensity.
The 80th anniversary of the Milwaukee South Shore Yacht Club’s Queen’s Cup sailing race will mark the event’s first visit to Grand Haven in eight years.
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