Boating News
Setting their sails - City�s boating heritage is on sailors� maps
By Alex Hummel, [email protected]
With names like �Amphetamine,� �Disco Bisquit,� �Hog� and �Smurfette,� you�d think they were angst-y rock bands or something.
Not quite.
Try boats. Boats without motors. And they�re all over the water off Oshkosh this week.
Roaring engines give way to flapping sails as the Oshkosh Yacht Club hosts nationally renowned races and spotlights the city�s sailing roots. The Inland Lake Yachting Association is holding its 2002 Inland Championships on Lake Winnebago off Menominee Park this week.
Crews in the first class of races set sail Saturday afternoon. Races will continue through Thursday.
�Hey folks, the wind is free,� said Connie Long, a sailboat captain whose boat �God�s Property� got caught looking for a mooring while boats readied sails Saturday afternoon.
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