THE LATEST DISC NEWS AND ANNOUNCMENTS:
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Photos and videos from New Years Day
Here are some photos from Wayne Williams (top) and a video from Greg Dupier (below). Not a bad way to begin the year.
Posted Jan 15, 2012 7:31 PM by DISC Sailing
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New Years Day Sailing
Hi Sailors,The holidays are mostly behind us - Your friends at DISC hope everyone had Happy Christmases and Hannukahs. For the more irreverent among us, Festivus is fine. And Kwanza runs until Sunday.Speaking of Sunday: We have our Hair of the Dog Race on New Years Day. Turtle, Wiz, Shadowfax and PSC's Kestrel have declared their intent to participate. Pat will be on station as RC. Gotta say it looks like a spectacular day for a winter sail. Predictions are for 55 degrees, sunny and 13 SSW. Who is planning to join the New Years Day expedition? Please do let us know - even if you are not yet certain. 10 AM meeting at the Afterdeck. Cheers and Happy ...
Posted Dec 28, 2011 12:52 PM by DISC Sailing
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Annual Award Ceremony Recap from our new Commodore
Hear, Hear…..Cheers to Another DISC Year!!!On December 6, 2011, Daingerfield Island Sailing Club (DISC) members met at Murphy's Tavern in Alexandria to celebrate a successful 2011 sailing season. Looking back on this last year's many successes, including a growing Tuesday night fleet, successful weekend races including the Geico Cup and the Leukemia Cup as well as more casual races such as the Night Crawler series, it is great to see our club thriving. I would also to take one more opportunity to thank our 2011 DISC Officers, Martin Howell (Commodore), Rick Davies (Vice Commodore), Gary Hauptman (Secretary), Bob Smith (Treasurer), Robbie Leary (Race Director) as well as our fleet captains (Steve Riker and Rob Gibb) and ...
Posted Dec 21, 2011 10:11 PM by DISC Sailing
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Jules Vernes Trophy: Must-see sailing action
Peter Rees reminds us to check in on the current Jules Verne record attempt. Incredible stuff. Check out his brief explanation, the video, and the link where you can track the progress of Banque Populaire V.
Here is the
link to the map page for the current attempt by the giant French trimaran Maxi
Banque Populaire V on the Jules Verne Trophy. This is a race against the clock for the fastest non-stop circumnavigation of the globe under sail. The
current record is 43 days and a few hours held by Frank Cammas and Groupama
3. All of the website is in French, but the map page is easy enough to
interpret and allows you to compare the progress ...
Posted Nov 30, 2011 10:45 AM by DISC Sailing
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NYC sailors on 9-11
Gary H. came across this fantastic clip about boats in NYC helping to evacuate people from Manhattan on 9/11. Take a look.
Posted Oct 30, 2011 4:30 PM by DISC Sailing
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