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Meet NCASA Commodore, Lee Alnes

Lee Alnes is the current NCASA Commodore from the White Bear Yacht Club. Lee Alnes grew up sailing on White Bear Lake Minnesota. Since 1970 he has raced Xs, M-16s, M-20s, MCs, Cs, Es, Lasers and the A Scow. He started racing A Scows in 2004, having never been on

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Feature Story: Interview with Jonathan McDonagh – M-64

NCASA Commodore Lee Alnes recently had an opportunity to get together with Jonathan McDonagh from Lake Minnetonka, MN while working on the NCASA website and took the opportunity to get an update on the M-64 A Scow program. Lee Alnes: Jonathan, what is your sailing background? How old were you

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Get to Know Todd Haines, NCASA Executive Director

Todd Haines grew up sailing E’s with his mother and father on Mendota and then sailed on Pewaukee in X Boats, C Boats, E Boats and A Boats. He got his A Scow start crewing on Dwight Booth’s “Bud” in the early 1970’s and then with his father on the

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November, 2015 – Something is in the Water at Torch Lake, MI

If you are wondering how we ended up with the 2016 Nationals at Torch Lake, read on… Mary Gorgen Johanson, one of the 2016 A Scow Nationals organizers at Torch Lake Yacht Club (TLYCC), is no stranger to scow sailing – she grew up on Pewaukee Lake in WI. She

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