MOhio-Thistle Thistle Fleet 21

Thistle-Day_2009-11-01 007The Thistle is a high performance one design racing sailboat  that is generally sailed with a three person crew. The Thistle Class Association is recognized as one of the largest and best one-design classes in the country with multiple family generations sailing together on the same boat. Designed by Sandy Douglas, the Thistle debuted in 1945. The sail plan consists of a main, jib, and symmetrical spinnaker. The boat planes easily in 10-12 knots of breeze yet will also glide effortlessly in light air. The class firmly believes in the one-design principals thus keeping all boats competitive.

 

Fleet Captain: Paul Kreitler

 

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Thistle Fleet Summer Scores

The summer series scores have been updated.  It’s Bartz in the lead.  France and Holzaepfel follow close behind…

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Notes from the Thistle Fleet

Thistle Day Update…

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Notes from the Thistle Fleet (Mark Rounding Challenge)

The Thistle Fleet is revving up for a great and active season at Leatherlips.  Our fleet is expanding with new boat owners, which has us all super excited.  We’ve had two great sailing days already including Thistle Day 1 on April 11th.

Rather than focusing on the individual races from the past month, this issue focuses on a single event on the race course.  Read on to challenge your rules knowledge:

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Damfull Regatta

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Thistles Rock at Buckeye Lake Regatta!

Kit Holzaepfel and Bob France stun the competition with a one-two punch at the Mean Green Regatta, April 24th and 25th!

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Thistle Fleet 2010 Winter Party

 

Saturday, February 27, 2010, 3:00 pm

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Thistle Fleet 21 News

Paul Kreitler

2010 is here and the 2009 sailing season is only a memory. But before those fond memories are too stale in our minds, I want to take a glimpse in the rearview mirror.

2009 was our second season with the Thistle Day format and the first season we scored the Days as a series. The Thistle Day Series 2009 consisted of 8 days of sailing with 18 races. We had 11 fleet members compete with 9 guests joining us on various days. Of those 11 competing fleet members, 6 qualified for the series by participating in at least half the sailing days. Three participants, Holzaepfel, Bartz, and Kreitler were on the water for 7 of the 8 days. Dick Harmon and Evan Rodgers were out for 6 out of 8. Bob France rounded out the group of qualifiers with 5 days. Hess, Savage, Isern, and Krause were out there for 3 days, which was just one day short of qualifying.

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Thistle Fleet 21 News

Paul Kreitler

There were six boats on the starting line Sunday for a beautiful afternoon of sailing. On Sunday morning, it looked like we were going to have 8 boats, but Dick Harmon and I lost our crews because of various illnesses and the Hesses couldn’t make it. So, we dropped to 6 boats, which was still respectable.

On the starting line, we had Team Savage with Rick at the helm with his son Mike, Team France with Bob at the helm and John Myers as crew, Team Bartz with Dick and Annette, Team Lido with Steve Moore as skipper, John Lawmon in middle, and Kathy Muenz in front, Team Holzaepfel with Kit at the helm, daughter Laura in front, and Noel Thurber in middle, and Team Kreitler with yours truly at the helm and Dick Harmon learning how cramped the front of a Thistle can be.

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Thistle Spring Coaching/Tuning Session

Paul Kreitler

Saturday, April 11th, Skip Dieball of Quantum Sails Toledo came to Leatherlips YC to run a coaching/tuning seminar for the Thistles.  Approximately 30-sailors converged on the club house around 10 AM for an excellent presentation on Thistle sailing while enjoying hot coffee and bagels from Panera Bread.  For an hour and forty-five minutes, Skip covered a wide range of topics ranging from boat set up to sailing the Thistle flat and fast.  He spent a lot of time discussing the dynamic bending of the Thistle (and other boats) mast and how this dynamic bend influences sail design.  He talked about how important mast set up is on land, but how you can’t really tell if a mast is set up correctly until you’re on the water.  He showed a number of photographs of Thistles with either too much dynamic bend or too little to demonstrate how the mast set up effects the sail shape on the water.  Skip also mentioned that it is very difficult to see the nuances of the sail shape from inside the boat and that pictures from outside are the best analysis tool.

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