Lake Monroe Sailing Association

Public ramps opening this weekend !!

Sine Metu race scheduled for Sunday.

This is the street side high wall.
Ongoing flooding from Hurricane Milton in Sanford, Florida
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Well, we couldn’t sail so we ate pizza 🍕 and had a great time!!! Our youngest sailor Miss Ella even came out for some fun!! Happy birthday to our fearless Commodore Jim Goembel 🎂🍻
By the way is anyone missing a jacket??

We can't sail.... so sad..... but we can support our fav pizza place!!! 5-6pm tonight Oct. 16th, 2024. Filomena's Pizzeria & Ristorante 🍻 🍺 🍕

Voice your opinion and take the survey!

https://sanfordfl.gov/home/community-survey/
Friendly reminder, The City of Sanford is excited to announce a public survey regarding the future of the beautiful waterfront property located in the heart of vibrant downtown Sanford. Understanding and addressing the community’s needs and preferences can lead to higher satisfaction with city projects and services.
We are seeking input from residents and visitors on how this waterfront property can best serve our community for now and in the future. This survey provides a platform for our residents and visitors to voice their opinions and contribute to the decision-making process that ensure a diverse range of voices, including those who might not attend public meetings are heard.

This property is situated North of First Street between Palmetto Avenue and Sanford Avenue, South of Seminole Boulevard with a portion of the block generally located north of Commercial Street between Hood Avenue and Palmetto Avenue, near the Sanford Civic Center and Seminole County Library/Downtown Sanford Branch.
Survey Details:
• Open to the public: September 24 to October 31, 2024
• Anonymous participation: All survey responses will be anonymous
Your feedback is valuable to us! Please use the link to participate in the survey.
Thank you!

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/02234500/ =00065&period=P7D&showMedian=false

Lake levels forcasted to continue to rise for the next few days.

Due to Hurricane Milton the Oct 19th Club Race has been canceled. However, this frees us up for the Ocala Sailing Club's Sunset Harbor Challenge. Hope to see you there

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Andy has been down to the marina and all club member boats are OK, both in water and on the tarmac. Please pass this on to anyone that has a boat at the marina.

Thank you Filomena's Pizzeria & Ristorante for hosting us so well!!! 🍕 🍺🍝🍷⛵️😍

We ❤️ My Sanford Herald!!!

Sports Oct. 6
•’24-’25 off and rolling-Ctrl FL Soap Box Derby 36th year of local racing
•Ladies tune up in style-Female captains sweep top 5 in LMSA Goslings Rum Race
•UCF to co-host future NCAA Championships, Men’s March Madness-Men’s & Women’s Tennis & Women’s Rowing coming to area in 2027 & 2028

Fill out a survey and voice your opinion.

Please take the time to fill out this survey...
Public Survey On City-Owned Downtown Sanford Waterfront Property

The City of Sanford is excited to announce a public survey regarding the future of the beautiful waterfront property located in the heart of vibrant downtown Sanford. Understanding and addressing the community’s needs and preferences can lead to higher satisfaction with city projects and services.

We are seeking input from residents and visitors on how this waterfront property can best serve our community for now and in the future. This survey provides a platform for our residents and visitors to voice their opinions and contribute to the decision-making process that ensures a diverse range of voices, including those who might not attend public meetings are heard.

This property is situated North of First Street between Palmetto Avenue and Sanford Avenue, South of Seminole Boulevard with a portion of the block generally located north of Commercial Street between Hood Avenue and Palmetto Avenue, near the Sanford Civic Center and Seminole County Library/Downtown Sanford Branch.

Survey Details:
• Open to the public: September 24 to October 24, 2024
• Anonymous participation: All survey responses will be anonymous
Your feedback is valuable to us! Please use the link below to participate in the survey.
https://sanfordfl.gov/home/community-survey/

Thank you for your participation in helping shape the future of beautiful downtown Sanford.

A little tip…

10 minutes before the start of the biggest race of their season to date, I got some final words in with Lucy and Bobby. We all knew the stakes - a trip to USODA Team Trials in San Francisco - where all sailors who grow up in this South-Florida hotbed of sailing talent hope to one day make the National Teams representing the US in international sailing competition. Both Bobby Reilly and Lucy Meagher had risen to the challenge throughout the day, posting mostly good finishes off of safe starts. We had both gone about our homework and were ready for a discussion - they reported that the boat end was favored...but only by about 5 degrees. I had done a current check - tossing a water bottle into the sea next to the committee boat, timing it for a minute, and noting the distance and direction it had traveled before carefully retrieving it (to avoid breaking the rules and sinning against the environment). I found some surprising information: the current was still running strong from left to right, despite it being scheduled to change at the present time, 2pm. We knew both sailors had to have a good race, but didn't know how good - the scores on my iPhone had not been updated since 3 races ago. Given my initial prognostication for the regatta -that an average of less than 40 (in the 2 one-hundred boat fleets) would net a top 67 (qualifying) finish, I told them they just needed a top 25. We thought Lucy still had a throw out- to spend, but were not certain of this. Bobby had been Black Flagged in the 3rd race Saturday, and had no such room for error! Given that it was their conditions - light/medium wind with lots of waves, I urged them to start at the downwind, but up-current pin end, get off the line with a lane, and play the left side that had been paying all regatta. Lucy had been pursuing this strategy all day, and was very comfortable with it. Bobby had disagreed with me before the previous race, saying "I think I can start nearer the boat end," but after getting buried in the second row (again, he had to avoid the first row if there was any chance of the fleet being over) was ready slide down the line. Lucy started a little late, but had enough of a lane to go left and came away with another solid finish. Bobby was set up for a great start at 15 seconds - he was 2 boat lengths below the line with a hole to leeward. Then the boat to windward accelerated first and as it began to roll him, Bobby thought he could get to the next hole to windward...and jybed. He wound up ducking most of the fleet on port before fining a lane in which to work back left. Undeterred, he passed 5 boats each on the reach and the run through sheer effort, and benefited from 10 boats being black flagged (I began to feel better about his chances when I heard this on the radio) to finish 57th and take the penultimate qualifying spot overall. Not the regatta he is capable of having, but the result he needed, and once you get into the dance anything can happen! Strategy should always be a discussion, and the best sailors will always think for themselves - after all they can't talk to coaches for the 5 minutes before the start, so blindly accepting a coaches strategy can be a fools errand. The boat being favored by more than 10 degrees, or the current switching (as it did halfway through Saturdays racing) were both great reasons to slide towards the boat end. However, I really liked the pin third start all regatta for a number of reasons: 1. The left was mostly favored. Key Biscayne was too far to windward to give us much of a shoreline lift, but the bend in the breeze it induced created a "convergent zone" where more breeze came together above the left of the course, resulting in more pressure. Oh, and it was the same breeze direction and course location as Orange Bowl, so we had had experience with this! 2. The line was too short for the size of the fleet. This made starting in a "thinner" area a much higher percentage move. Also, the short line minimized the advantage of the favored end. When a couple pairs tested the line on Sunday they found that the

A few more photos from Wednesday Night Race

What do you do when a hurricane is coming??? We race sailboats!!! ⛵️🌀congratulations to the winners and thanks for my big 30 surprise birthday party at Filomena's Pizzeria & Ristorante. You all filled my love tank to overflowing!!! 🤗💕🥹🥰😊🎉

Way to go!!!! Race results from today at Lake Monroe.