Some Flying Scot sailboats approach a mark during one of the races in last weekend’s Choo-Choo regatta hosted by Privateer Yacht Club on Chickamauga Lake.Chattanooga architect Rob Fowler got his new boat and a first-place finish in the Choo-Choo Regatta for Flying Scots last weekend on Chickamauga Lake, both courtesy of Harry Carpenter of Oakland, Md.
The 29 19-foot boats were the most in the history of that particular regatta hosted by Privateer Yacht Club, which is in the midst of five consecutive weekends of major events for different classes of sailboats. The Flying Scots came from as far away as Florida and Wisconsin, with entries also from Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina.
Mark and Michelle Taylor of Tampa were close runners-up in the four-race series, and Ed and Tom Craig of Privateer were third with Richard Wade and Jim Leonard of Birmingham fourth and Ryan Malmgren and Stacy Rieu of Madison, Wis., fifth.
This weekend is the Catalina 22 Chattanooga Challenge, which is the Tennessee state championship for the 22-foot one-design keelboat.
Fowler won’t be taking part this Saturday and Sunday. He’ll be helping, as he does every year, move a 100-foot boat from St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands to Newport, R.I. He also is on the crew for the fall return trips.