The Seattle Laser Fleet Homepage
Quick Start Guide to Laser Sailing in Seattle
Seattle Laser Fleet (SLF)
The Seattle Laser Fleet is a member of District 6 of the North American region of the International Laser Class Association. The charter of the fleet is to promote Laser racing and Laser activities in the Seattle area. Other active fleets in the district include Victoria and Vancouver BC; Portland and Eugene OR; Bellingham, Edmonds, Tacoma, and Olympia WA. SLF members travel to all of these destinations to attend regattas. Camaraderie and hospitality within the district is second to none with local fleet members offering housing to visiting sailors. For more information on the SLF contact one of the following members:
Jay Winberg 206-523-3370
Martin Seelig 425-454-0885
Communication
The Seattle Laser email list allows anyone to post a question, comment, tip, announcement, etc. to a large group of Laser sailors. An international Laser E-mail list (see www.laser.org for subscription information) is also available and is very mature with active Laser sailors from all over the globe participating. If it happens in the Laser Class, the people on the E-mail list know about it first.
Laser Storage in Seattle
Shilshole Bay Marina dinghy float (Pier V): The Seattle International 14 Fleet manages the outside and middle floats. The outside float has room for 13 Lasers and the middle float has two racks that will hold 8 Lasers each. Contact Dennis Williams (I-14 rep) at 206-784-9810. Seattle Yacht Club manages the inside float. Both rack space and slip space are available on the inboard float. Contact Scott Leppert (SYC rep) at 325-1000. Please do not leave your boat on the floats without first giving Dennis or Scott a call.
Racing
The Seattle Laser Fleet participates in the weekly racing series run by the Corinthian Yacht Club. From April to September, racing is on Thursday evenings. Additional racing in the Spring and Fall is on Sundays. A schedule is available on the Corinthian Yacht Club web site. If you aren't a member of CYC and would like to participate in the racing series, please contact Mike Johnson by email or by phone (206-789-3318) for more information.
Joining the Seattle Laser Fleet
To join the Seattle Laser Fleet or renew your membership, complete the membership form and send it along with the dues payment to: Seattle Laser Fleet, PO Box 1925, Bellevue WA 98004.
2000 Regatta Schedules & Results
All Ages Events
Northwest Youth Circuit Events
Notices of Race and Regatta Results are often sent to the Seattle Laser email list. Even if you haven't subscribed to the list, you can still view any of the messages sent out to the list on the web at www.sailpix.com/email/seattle-laser/.
Local Laser Dealers/Suppliers
Cat's Paw Boats Inc
Address: 20714 State Hwy 305 NE #3A, Poulsbo, WA 98370
Telephone: (360) 779-8920 or (877) 779-2525
Website: www.catspawboats.com
Email: Zig@catspawboats.com
Winner's Ware
Telephone: 206-525-2588
Email: 103225.2276@compuserve.com
Subscribing to the Seattle Laser Fleet Email List
The Seattle Laser Fleet email list is intended to provide a way for members and other interested people to communicate
regarding Laser sailing in the Seattle area. Typical postings might include updates regarding Monday evening racing,
regatta announcements, finding people to carpool to regattas with, boats/parts wanted or for sale, etc.
To subscribe, send an email containing the message "subscribe" (without quotes) to seattle-laser-request@SailPix.com.
Once subscribed, you will receive all email messages sent to the list. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe"
to the same address.
To send a message to everyone who has subscribed to the list, send it to seattle-laser@SailPix.com.
Archives of all messages sent to the list are available on the Web at www.sailpix.com/email/seattle-laser/
Links to Other Laser-related Web Sites
The North American Laser Class Site includes lots of Laser class information as well as links to other informative sites.
The drLaser site has lots of Laser "how to" information.
The Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle runs many of the local regattas that Seattle Laser sailors participate in and is as well a joint sponser with the SLF of the Frigid Digit Regatta.
The Washington Yacht Club at the University of Washington offers beginning instruction in sailing Lasers and free and unlimited access to the dozen Lasers the club owns. The club is open to students, faculty, and alumni of the UW.
The Sailing in Seattle web site provides links to all sorts of local sailing-related resources including weather, yacht club web sites, and commercial and governmental resources.
This page was created by Marlan Crosier. It was last updated on August 10, 2006.
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