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Florida Flying Scot District
Florida Flying Scot District
Florida District
The Florida Flying Scot Disrtict is a branch of the Flying Scot Sailing Association (FSSA) which governes the class on a national level. The Florida district is goverened by Sail maker Charlie Fowler of Miami. Charlie and his wife Nancy produce a quarterley district bulletin called Scots n Florida.

The Flying Scot district series is raced throught out the year and consitst of  8 race series that is raced in differnet citys from year to year. They include: Jacksonville, Melbourne, Miami, Key Largo, Sarasota, Clearwater, Tampa, Mount Dora, and Eustis.
Fleet 36
Fleet # 36 is the newstest of the Florida Fleets.  It is run by Ron Pletcsh a new Scot Sailor from the Sarasota Sailing Squadron.  This Club is resonsible for many Hi calibre regattas through out the year.
Fleet 90
Fleet 90 is located at the Coconut Grove Sail Club in Coconut Grove, Florida. The Fleet is helmed by Andrea Stringos.  Coconut Grove Sailing Club sponsors one of the largest regattas of the series.

  
Fleet 131
Fleet 131 is located in the vicinity of Jacksonville.  The skipper of this fleet is Jon Hamilton.  The Scots in this fleet race at the Jacksonville Rudder Club, located in Orange Park.

Fleet 150
Fleet 150 is located in Eustis, Fl. at the Eustis Sail Club.   The Scots are very active at there own club and race year round.  One of the larger events held is the Washington Birthday regatta held every Feb.  This event brings sailors from all over the state. The fleet is captained by Charles Smith (407) 880-1476.
  
Fleet 167
Fleet 167 is captained by Dick Slosar, The fleet races with the Upper Keys Sail Club located in Key Largo, Fl. Dick Slosar can be reached at (305) 743-3956
Fleet 168
Flying Scot Fleet 168 is organised and ran by Dr. Michael Roberts and is located in Clearwater, Florida. The Scots race with the Windjammers of Clearwater Sailing Club for there regular racing series. Racing is held year round with many of the local scot sailors travling to other areas in Florida to race as well.
Fleet 179
Fleet 179 is ran by Bob Aversa from the Melbourne Yacht Club
Florida Flying Scot District Results
Race #2 Tampa Davis Island Yacht Club. September 22-23, 2001

1. Firth Lady              Rod McKoch

2.                              Mike Ashburn

3. Leprechaun            Al Hersey

4. Sidewalk Express   Ron Pletsch

5.                              Dave Tonkin

6. Funky Diva             Michael Roberts

7. Two Bears Boat      Charles Fowler

8. Sumptuous             Peter Stein

9. Great Scot              Dave Naylor

10. BeameUp              Dan Dawson

11.                             Hugh Burton              
Race # 3 Miami-Coconut Grove Sail Club October 20-21, 2001

1. Mike Ashburn                                    5398

2. Al Hersey                                          13

3. Charile Fowler      Two Bears Boat       5162

4. Michael Roberts   Funky Diva              5040

5. Nick Martens        Slime                    2050

6. Karen Ryan-Young  Wings                 5092

7. Vladimir Stroleny     Being There         4595

8. Dick Slosar                                      5367

9. David Tonkin        Oswego               812

10. Ross Young        Genesis IV          3360

11. Neil Jones                                     5316

12. Andrea Stringos   Air America         5220

13. Hugh Burton                                  5026

14. Wolfgang Klein                              936  
Race # 1 Jacksonville Rudder Club Labor Day Regatta September 1-2, 2001

1. Al Hersey        13          

2. Mike Ashburn   5398  

3. Michael Roberts  5040

4. Donna Mohr        5202

5. Ron Pletsch        2068

6. Charlie Fowler      5126  

7. Dick Frankland    4135

8. Barry Bobek        2429

9. Peter Stein          1295

10. Joe Byles          3933

11. Dan Dawson      3636  
District Race Schedule
   (includes other Flying Scot races)
2001

October 20-21 Series#3 Coconut Grove Sail Club Miami, Fl

November 17-18 Series #4 Sarasota Sailing Squadron

November 24-25 Davis Island Yacht Club, Thanksgiving Regatta,  Tampa, Fl,

December 1-2 Rudder Club, Gator Challenge, Jacksonville, Fl.

2002

January 19-20 Series #5 Upper Keys Sail Club, Key Largo, Fl.

February 23-24  Series #6 Eustis Sail Club, Washingtons Birthday Regatta

March 17-22 Mid Winters Fort Walton, Fl

April 6-7 Stewart Series #7

April 20-21 Mount Dora Annual Regatta

May 11-12 Series #8 Melbourne Series grand finale (place to be announced)

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