Sixty years ago I was a young crewmember @ Jib, sailing at TLYCC, on the family E-boat, the "Stars and Bars with a collective crew of teenagers. We also had a Sailfish which I recall racing a couple times. I am not a sailor anymore but I still retain the "muscle-memory" from the activity. I sort of sailed away from Michigan in 1975 ending my days on the water. Now as I am watching Torch Lake Scow sailing on TH-cam.....feeling the heel of the boat, trimming the jib and yelling to the captain, "Luffing" and the chaos of bringing the spinnaker down..................thanks for the great video!
I crewed on an A Scow on Pewaukee Lake Wis. In the 1980's,. One race the boat was cruising at about 30 knots downwind and the skipper wanted to hoist the spinnaker up with a green crew. We agreed not to and the race was called, to much wind.
Great filming! Did you use a drone? These boats really fly! After dousing the spinnaker it was nearly motionless rounding the mark, but it just jumped when the sails filled on the new tack! Looks like a lot of fun.
Whats with the trash ghetto noise
Sixty years ago I was a young crewmember @ Jib, sailing at TLYCC, on the family E-boat, the "Stars and Bars with a collective crew of teenagers. We also had a Sailfish which I recall racing a couple times. I am not a sailor anymore but I still retain the "muscle-memory" from the activity. I sort of sailed away from Michigan in 1975 ending my days on the water. Now as I am watching Torch Lake Scow sailing on TH-cam.....feeling the heel of the boat, trimming the jib and yelling to the captain, "Luffing" and the chaos of bringing the spinnaker down..................thanks for the great video!
Nice clip! Didn’t know they had A Boats on Torch. When you tip over can you see the tip of the mast at 42 feet? 😢
I love sailing on torch lake!
I crewed on an A Scow on Pewaukee Lake Wis. In the 1980's,. One race the boat was cruising at about 30 knots downwind and the skipper wanted to hoist the spinnaker up with a green crew. We agreed not to and the race was called, to much wind.
Michigan?
yup
Yes
The Kewanah peninsula of the U.P.
Some classic, graceful sailing boats. I learned to sail on a small scow 45 years ago and still love these.
So cute! Love this!
Great filming! Did you use a drone? These boats really fly! After dousing the spinnaker it was nearly motionless rounding the mark, but it just jumped when the sails filled on the new tack! Looks like a lot of fun.