Welcome Aboard!
The Seven Lakes Sailing Club is a group of Seven Lakes residents who have an interest in sailing. We organize a program of events that includes, learn-to-sail courses, informal sailing events for non-sailors, social activities, and sailboat races around defined courses on beautiful Lake Auman. The racing events are run with all sizes of sailing boats using the Portsmouth handicap system. Our social events include a variety of on-the-water and shoreside activities. The club also includes many pontoon boat and powerboat members who have interests in sailing and in our social activities. You don’t need to have a boat to join and enjoy the sailing and social events of the club. Membership fee for a family is $25 per year. For more information contact the Club Commodore, Bob Fewkes at commodore.slsc@gmail.com.
Finishing the Race
The first boat crossing the finish line shall be recognized by one sound signal. Other boats crossing the line will not receive a sound signal. As each boat approaches the finish line, a designated member of the Race Committee shall identify the approaching boat, sight along the finish line, and call "Over". The timer shall record the time. As each boat finishes, it shall clear the finish line to one side or the other and shall not interfere with boats still racing.
If a course shortening or special mark placement/windshift results in a 'buttonhook' finish (a line through the RCB and the pin makes an angle of less than 180 deg. to the next-to-last mark), the RC should reverse finish direction, to accommodate the shortest course, by displaying the white flag over the red racing (starting) flag. Such reversal shall be signaled in time for the first finisher to finish properly and will not be changed after it is displayed. The RC (or a safety boat) will attempt to verbally inform boats who cross in the wrong direction and leave the line.