Prepare yourself, we’re going to raffle off a new FS. The Flying Scot Sailing Association occasionally approaches us with an opportunity to help them raffle off a new boat. While we can’t always say yes to this endeavor. We do like to stir the trough occasionally, and see someone win a new boat! Not to […]
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Garrett County 150 Year Anniversary
This is kind of neat! We’ve been asked to feature in the Garrett County 150th year anniversary, in McHenry, Maryland. Garrett County is rich in history. The town of McHenry, is named after James McHenry, a prisoner of the revolutionary war, captured by Sir William Howe, and released on Parol. He later served as secretary […]
Keeping the Ship Under the Sails
It’s been a windy summer full of capsize videos on Facebook and Youtube. I myself capsized this summer for the first time. Then I did it again. What’s funny is that the first time I capsized I had said earlier that morning that I will never capsize a Flying Scot. It was a ton […]
What We Learned at Nationals
As you can tell by our blog category, “Helpful Hints,” we’ve been passionate about teaching the sport of sailing for a long time. While we’re sometimes too busy to post, we’re currently making a push in an effort to get as much information as we can out there to you. We sometimes slam blogs […]
SailboatInstructor.com chooses the FS
We are so thankful to Eric Bussell and SailboatInstructor.com for having chosen the Flying Scot as their boat of choice to teach sailing virtually and in real life. Check out this introductional video, and share it with your friends who are interested in learning to sail. You can also send them to www.sailboatinstructor.com for more […]
From South to North with Annapolis next
Do you realize the wealth of adventure that Flying Scot sailing has to offer. I realize this as I travel through Northern Michigan, enjoying the fall color and vistas overlooking the lake, only a week after lobster diving in Miami, before the Miami regatta. The Miami regatta was a blast, with big winds, and plenty […]
The Sailing Vocabulary that you need the most.
As I talk to new sailors, instructing them on how to use their new boats, or future new boats. I get one comment repeatedly… “I don’t know the vocabulary.” Some people feel that’s important. I for one, being self-taught, did not know sailing vocabulary for many years after learning to sail. Let alone the racing […]
How to Improve Your Sailing
Whether you’re racing or daysailing, sailing is a sport in the sense that it’s a skill in which you’re only aiming to improve. That’s part of the fun that’s often overlooked. When I first got into sailing, I did not know about racing, but I wanted to improve my boating skills. Sailing was clearly a […]
Sailing in Different Places
It’s been a busy spring, and it continues to be busy for a number of reasons. Still, I have a picture and a short story to tell, so I’m going to hammer a blog post through. I enjoy all of our deliveries. One of our many blessings is the customers that we get to serve. […]
The difference between top 5 (us in Tampa) and top 2
What an adventure! What a weekend! I wanted to go sailing in Tampa, and Carrie (my wife) couldn’t make it, so I took the opportunity to invite an old friend to join in on the fun. RJ and I had not seen each other in ten years, but it was like no time had passed […]