Iowa families sail for sport at Lake Macbride Hawkeye Sailing Club
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City families join Hawkeye Sailing Club at Lake Macbride for summer sailboat racing and day sailing. Members like Vice Commodore James Brust describe the sport as chess with rules and protests, while racers such as Morgan Hamer and family emphasize competition and shared family enjoyment.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Lake Macbride
Hawkeye Sailing Club
Hawkeye
James Brust
Country Club Drive
Marion
Brust
Morgan Hamer
Ozark NE
Mike
Buccaneer
Clear Lake
Mich
Hamer
Jeanette
Homer
Hawkeye Sailing Club Boats and Catamarans Sighted at Lake Macbride
Hawkeye Sailing Club boats include single masted designs with up to three sails per craft. Catamarans with twin hulls and a tramploline feature are among the fleet, with new catamarans costing $2,500 or more and second hand single hulls around $750 or more. Family membership is $25 yearly.
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Hawkeye Sailing Club
Lake Macbride
Hawkeye Club
Old fort restored and opened to the public in Ireland
The 300 year old Charles Fort on Ireland's southern coast has been restored from a ruin and opened to visitors. Built in 1677 by Sir William Robinson on a medieval site, its star shaped defenses rise over 40 feet and offer views of Kinsale harbor where William Penn's father once governed.
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Cork
Ireland
UPI
Charles Fort
Irish Tourist Board
William Robinson
Kinsale
William Penn
Hawkeye Sailing Club Labor Day Regatta Near Lake Macbride
The Hawkeye Sailing Club hosts the Labor Day Regatta on Lake Macbride with 20 to 35 sailboats racing on Sunday and Monday. Races occur on the south side of the lake with starts at 10 a.m. 1 15 p.m. 2 15 p.m. Sunday and 10 45 a.m. 11 45 a.m. Monday, followed by an awards presentation at 3 p.m.
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Lake Macbride
Hawkeye Sailing Club
Sailing Club
Concorde Slices Time on Paris New York Flight
Air France Concorde cuts total travel time from Paris to New York by two hours and 15 minutes. The 11 a.m. Paris departure lands at JFK at 8:45 a.m. local time, arriving well ahead of the standard schedule.
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Air France
New York
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Free Lance
Mary Ellen
Richard Landwehr
Dubuque
Richard
Kevin Gleaves
Daphney Craig
Oakland Road
Concorde
Coe College
Coe
Coe Collese
Edar
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