Our great hosts at Southampton YC gave us a fun day on the water, in beautiful Shinnecock Bay. Seven sailors, six races. The breeze picked up for the last three races, but it was only about 6 knots in the first three (the ones I recorded) so I set it to some soothing music this time.

Join us! Go to www.laserd8.org

One sailor commented on my sail. The one in this vid was purchased new this past November. If you want to see what happened to it"s predecessor, go to http://laserd8.tripod.com/ripp edsail.wmv

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Just another local District race for Lasers - but we had fun! Winds 8-10 Kts, higher gusts, strong flood tide
7 sailors, 9 races

Join us! Go to www.laserd8.org

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The best winds on Long island Sound are in the the Spring and Fall, but this day really nuked!
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club Spring Fling Regatta, held on May 23, 2009

The official report is in - winds, 18-22 knots, gusts to 28 knots - and most of us were sailing with full rigs!

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More of Steve Wittman with his Race Plane "Buster"

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Old Cove YC Laser Races - July 19, 2008

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Tailwind Airplane powered with an all aluminum, 267ci inverted Oldsmobile V8, starting and flyby. Note air to air video shot from Beech Staggerwing.

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Our great hosts at Southampton YC gave us a fun day on the water, in beautiful Shinnecock Bay. Seven sailors, six races. The breeze picked up for the last three races, but it was only about 6 knots in the first three (the ones I recorded) so I set it to some soothing music this time.

Join us! Go to www.laserd8.org

One sailor commented on my sail. The one in this vid was purchased new this past November. If you want to see what happened to it"s predecessor, go to http://laserd8.tripod.com/ripp edsail.wmv

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Just another local District race for Lasers - but we had fun! Winds 8-10 Kts, higher gusts, strong flood tide
7 sailors, 9 races

Join us! Go to www.laserd8.org

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The best winds on Long island Sound are in the the Spring and Fall, but this day really nuked!
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club Spring Fling Regatta, held on May 23, 2009

The official report is in - winds, 18-22 knots, gusts to 28 knots - and most of us were sailing with full rigs!

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Eric Johnson lectures at the Seawanhaka Yacht Club February 8, 2009 about the new changes in the Racing Rules for Sailing

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Eric Johnson lectures at the Seawanhaka Yacht Club February 8, 2009 about the new changes in the Racing Rules for Sailing

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Eric Johnson lectures at the Seawanhaka Yacht Club February 8, 2009 about the new changes in the Racing Rules for Sailing

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Formula Vee was concieved as an entry level class by famed air race pilot Steve Wittman. Aircraft were restricted to a "box rule," with 75 square feet of wing area, fixed landing gear, a fixed-pitch prop, and a 1600CC Volkswagen air-cooled engine. Active from 1977 to 1997, the class produced, arguably, the fastest VW powered vehicles ever made.

I'm sorry the video quality is not the best, this was made from a deteriorated VHS tape that was itself a copy of the originals.

For more F/V racing, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =O4NDhyuUIKk&feature=channel_p age or my channel.

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Dave Patterson dominates the field during the Championship Air Race at at DuPage Airshow.
Formula Vees - the fastest Volkswagen powered vehicles ever built.

This vid was digitized from an old VHS copy of a copy, so the resolution has suffered, especially the audio.

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