July 2015
MARKS
OF THE
COURSE
Carlyle Sailing Association•Philippi Harbor•Carlyle Illinois•CSA-Sailing.org
Editor: Mike Niehoff
What’s Inside:
2-Splinters
3-Sailing For
Veterans
4-Luau Registration
5-Flying Scottlebutt
7-Harbor Mice
Registration
them out of the facility. Remember, what
YOU do with YOUR boat is YOUR RESPONSIBILTY. Do not ask the harbormaster what you should do with your boat,
however, if you are going to move your
Well, it is what it is. The flood waters are boat to a different spot on the lot, please
here and we will all have to cope with it
consult the harbormaster and park it in a
the best that we are able. Hopefully the
manner that will keep the most open spots
water will start to recede, and we can then available for other members to put their
get on with the clean-up and carry on with boats.
our normal sailing activities.
If you have any concerns or questions,
Commodore’s
Corner
8-WOW Strawberry
Regatta
The Summer Laser Regatta is coming up
the weekend of July 11 and 12. Please note
9-Beer & Boats
that as of right now the regatta is a go. We
Regatta
may have to cancel depending on how the
10-WOW in
lake and harbor look the end of this week,
Milwaukee
11-Your Page
so please watch for future updates.
12-Hare & Hounds
14-CSA Calendar
15&16-Do You
Know...
please do not hesitate to contact me,
[email protected], and I will do my
best to address them. Be prepared to help
out with the flood clean-up and, as always,
your support and help is always appreciated!
The Luau has been rescheduled for August May the Sun shine on your fields and may
the wind be fair.
8th. The Summer Series club races will
commence as scheduled on July 12th.
Howard Harris,
Your Commodore
As a reminder, our facilities are open and
will be unless or until the park road should
go under water. If that were to occur I will
give you enough warning so that you may
decide what to do with your boat or boats.
In past floods that covered the road many
members pack up their boats and took
Photo: B. Kesler
Photo: M. Niehoff
points throughout the lake and report all is safe.
Hopefully this dispelled all the rumors going about.
7. “Signs, signs, everywhere signs, blocking out the
scenery, breakin’ my mind, do this, don’t do that,
can’t you read the sign.” Great lyrics from a famous
song...well for 44 years we’ve been jostling with signs
at the entrance to our harbor trying to keep certain
motored boats out. NOTHING has worked. If you have
Greetings Fellow CSA’ers;
any ideas on signage, please send ideas to
me...because we’re very open to trying something
Well we’re soaking wet now, but don’t worry your
new.
Board of Directors is hard at work trying to keep the 8. Carlyle is putting up new signs at certain points on
ship afloat. At the June meeting:
the highway’s entering the town. We’re looking into
the feasibility of putting a CSA banner or CSA infor1. The Flying Scot fleet has made an official chalmation on it. More to come.
lenge to the Lightning Fleet for CSA’s Dornin. This is
9. Please keep an eye on the website and your
our club’s fleet against fleet championship event to
emails for very important news on the lake levels, the
see who the best-of-the-best is. The Lightning’s have racing schedule during these flood times, the change
accepted this challenge and plans are underway to
or modification of the event schedules and what’s on
have this race the Saturday after the Whale-of-a-Sail. tap. Also, please get this on your radar: we’re going
2. Director Leimbach reported great sailing condito need extra work party help cleaning up the boat
tions for the 21 students at June’s Adult Sail Seminar. parking lot, on-going, as the water recedes. Thank
3. Have you seen our billboard? We’re famous now you all.
folks. It’s on Highway 64 heading west bound about 3
miles east of downtown. It’s getting ok traffic and
Rick Bernstein
Photo by K. Vidal
most of those responding to the call to action are in- Chairman of the Board
terested in learning to sail and rentals.
Carlyle Sailing Association
4. Director Folwell has made an improvement to the
stairs going up to the OB. More work is needed and
he’s taking care of business for us.
5. The hot water system in the shower building is
not doing so well. It seems to have an intermediate
switch problem that our building folks are investigating. Should the system need replacing we’re looking at options, including going tankless.
6. Director Beier reported the Corp is expanding its
E. coli testing throughout the lake. In late June the
Corp issued a formal review of its testing at various
Splinters
from the
Board
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Hello Friends of Veterans;
chairs and walked with pride down the aisle. One can't help gush
with patriotism.
I had the honor to attend the return flight
ceremony for the Greater St. Louis Honor
Flight on June 23rd. This event, attended by
hundreds of well-wishers at the Southwest
terminal at Lambert Airport, was a sea of
red, white and blue and the place gushed with American pride.
The event on this night was the secret welcome home for 21
World War II and Korean War veterans who had just spent a
memory filled day flying to and from Washington, D.C. as part of
what the Honor Flight program does. When the soldiers began
making their way down the airports’ exit corridor towards baggage claim, they were surprisingly greeted by thunderous cheers,
joyous shouting, pats on the back and enthusiastic handshakes
from welcomers of all ages.
As part of their welcome, my
guest Kay Ward and I were honored to be asked to be flag holders so we had the opportunity to
welcome each veteran home as
they made their way past each
American Flag. I would be kidding myself and I'd be dishonest
if I didn't say this was an incredible honor that came to me; it was
as if we were taken back 70 years
when most of these heroes returned home from war. On this
night they were all glowing as I think many were sort of in shock
as not a single one knew they would experience this hero’s welcome. I saw smiles a mile wide, I felt handshakes of strength and
pride, and I saw tears of joy and probably witnessed a little instant remembrance of days gone by.
If you do the math, if a soldier was 17 in 1945, (some lied about
their ages) at the end of the war that would put the youngest honored veteran at 87, the oldest on this flight was 97. I heard that
most required wheel chairs when they exited the plane, until they
saw the sea of red, white and blue and some threw aside those
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Thanks to all of you, thanks to friends and family members, this
year's Sailing for Veterans Regatta raised $7,500 for this great
organization. The Honor Flight chapter in St. Louis makes 10 of
these flights a year. I would strongly encourage you to just once,
experience and see for yourself the joy in these heroes faces as
they return home, possibly for the last time.
Rick Bernstein
Regatta Chairman
Sailing for Veterans Regatta
August 8, 2015
Events
August 8, 2015
- 6:00 p.m. Dinner
- 8:00 p.m. Brownie
and ice cream
sundae bar
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So you think you can dance? America’s Got Talent.
Or maybe you’re a fan of The Bachelor(ette)? These
are some fine examples of ways to waste weeknights
waiting for ….the weekend of Flying Scot Racing!
Though television and media outlets spend millions to
produce an hour of entertainment for our viewing
pleasure, no TV program can capture my attention, or
hold my focus or give me the motivation (Read: the
High) to make it through another work week, like getting ready for a travel regatta. There are few better
ways to spend a weekend with my wonderful wife,
Rachel, than to take a trip to race against our flying
scot family.
Rachel and I have traded in the high strung, on-themove, workaholic lifestyles for the stability of homeownership, a new home sailing club, and making a run
at the Midwest District Travel Trophy… OR at least
qualifying. Unfortunately for my odds of winning it,
but very fortunately for the sport and our class, there
will be some stiff competition. There are 5 qualifying
regattas: Eagle Creek, Lake Carlyle (Egyptian Cup),
Ephraim, WI, Sheridan Shores (Chicago) and Clinton
Lake (The Glow). Check the FSSA website for details:
http://www.fssa.com/.
Act I: Eagle Creek Sailing Club – June 13-14
-“So Bronson, got any plans this weekend?” says a coworker.
- “Yeah,” says I “We’re headed to a big race
over in Indianapolis.”
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-“Wow! I didn’t think NASCAR/Indy 500 was this
weekend”.
-“Oh, I don’t know anything about any car races. I’m talking FLYING SCOT Racing.”
Leaving straight from work, Team Wreckless hitched
up and made the trip to Eagle Creek. A quiet, cozy
(read: narrow) lake northwest of Indianapolis, was a
quick 4 hour drive up I-70. Though we arrived around
10:30pm local time, a few couples were up still telling
lies and enjoying the clear, starry sky from the pavilion deck chairs.
The morning broke with breakfast put on by kind volunteers and, with the boat rigged and splashed, I started interviewing the locals for any helpful secrets as to
how we might take advantage of the ominous cove
vortex phenomenon. In short, we learned that if we
could sail out of the harbor, it would literally be
smooth sailing. Indeed, getting to the main water body
of the lake takes you through a narrow pass, dotted
with flat bottomed fishing boats and your odd kayaker,
as well as swirling wind. It was an excellent warm up
leaving the docks. On the same heading, we found
ourselves close hauled on starboard, becoming a
reach, jibe and in irons within 50’. We enjoyed the
warm up sail, and soon enough, were out and running
through our pre-race checks.
Racing got started with a once around and, outside of
misjudging that I was OCS when in fact I wasn’t, we
did fairly well upwind, losing a few boats in the cove
vortex near the windward mark. The second race, a
twice around, we pushed a little further away from the
center of the course to the left, when the right side
paid off big. In that race, approaching the windward
mark, a dark sky hovered.
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At first, a fine, warm summer rain brought humidity to
100%. Quickly that warm summer feel left us as a
“big-ol fat rain” and “rain that seemed to jump up
from underneath” pelted us. In my cotton polo, I was
certain that the temperature dropped 30 degrees. Of
course the wind speed spiked. As most boats had yet
to round the mark, sails luffed and boats heeled. For
those front runners who already had their chutes up for
the downwind leg, the downdraft gave them a ride to
remember. Frank (FS6060) said they couldn’t get to
the back of the boat quick enough. And if it hadn’t
blown by, they would have ended up on the rocks
downwind of the leeward gate marks. Suffice it to say,
we had barely rounded the mark and they were rounding the gate. In a bit of bitter news, we discovered on
our downwind leg, that Deb Aronson and Ben Williams had been de-masted on their run. The race committee clocked upwards of 40kts peak wind-speed during the squall. Just as quickly as it came, the dark
clouds left, the rain quit and the sun and 7-12mph
winds came back out to play.
The race committee set up for 2 more races. Our third
race was relatively uneventful; I think there was a general recall in there somewhere. But our fourth race
was remarkable. Seeing pressure to the right, the pin
significantly forward of the committee boat, and a port
tack favored line, Rachel and I charged the pin and
tacked right as the gun sounded. Very few tacks later,
we were rounding with the leaders, as in them and us!
Working hard downwind, we were set to gybe to port
to head back to the gate when I disbelievingly watched
the spinnaker pole soar vertically. With the pole skied,
the boat heeled as we wrestled to bring the errant sail
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under control. Without the leverage to make the pole
see reason to come down, Rachel blew the sheet and I
eased the main to turn downwind, but the boat didn’t
turn. The main loaded, the boat heeled and we spun
towards weather, until the soaring spinnaker gained
the upper hand and pulled the boat over. We were
swimming before we knew we were wet. Rachel
swam to the centerboard and I eased the halyard tension and swam to the top of the mast to pull the sails
down. The safety boat crew from Eagle Creek was
very attentive and helpful. I handed them the mast
from the water and the boat came right up. Turns out
that (1) an empty boat + (2) the chute up = (3) picks
up speed pretty quick. The jettisoned Wreckless crew
struggled to get back aboard and accepted a tow back
to the harbor for dinner, beer and more lies.
After a wonderful helping of BBQ, we enjoyed a bit of
acoustic guitar and relaxed in the sunny summer evening. I particularly enjoyed visiting with the young
newlyweds (Carrie and Tyler) and shared a few tales
of how we met our sailing spouses. As the evening
continued, a spontaneous suggestion for home-style
farm raised creamery captured our attention and a convoy of vehicles quickly departed the club. Over scenic
country roads, we soon arrived at a beautiful farm
where we partook of root beer floats, sundaes, caramel
drizzled turtle and other delectable desserts. We all
settled into a bit of a circle on the heaviest driftwood
chairs I’ve ever moved, and conversation shifted to
discussion about this incredible sailing class, what
makes evenings like these so spectacular, and the people that have gravitated to the Flying Scot design.
As I lay down in the tent
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…floats your boat.
THE 2015 WOW Event
and
Strawberry Regatta
WILL FLOAT YOUR BOAT!
SATURDAY AUGUST 1ST, 2015
AT CSA, Carlyle Lake, IL
WATER GAMES, RACE, FOOD & FUN
To participate visit
http://www.csa-sailing.org/Welcome_to_CSA.html
or call at 618-444-7967
Registration is $45.00 per boat. Entry fee includes registration, a Regatta Premium, 2 cocktails, and
1 dinner. Female skippers and female crew may be entered by completing registration.
The registered skipper shall helm the boat at all times while racing, except in emergency.
Extra Meals
Crew package includes dinner, 2 cocktails, attendance ticket @ $20/crew
Guest’s Dinner ONLY @ $15 each
Sailor Duffel Drawstring Sling Bag with regatta logo is the premium this year.
Schedule:
Saturday
Breakfast (BYO)
8:00 to 9:00 Registration
9:30 Skippers Meeting (mandatory)
10:00 on the Water Fun/Games
Lunch on shore (BYO)
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Afternoon Race will be long distance race.
(Race Committee will announce when afternoon race
will commence.)
5:00 to 6:00 Cocktails/Auction
6:00 to 9:00 Dinner/Awards/Fun
CSA Y-Flyer Fleet 56 to hold Beer and Boats Regatta August 8 and 9
The Y-Flyer fleet will hold its annual Beer and Boats Regatta at CSA on August 8 and 9. If you
have a Y, or can borrow one, join us for a great time. Three races are scheduled for Saturday
and two more on Sunday morning. We will be doing a pot luck dinner on Saturday evening at
the pavilion. Bring a dish to share and we will be providing Burgers and Brats. Hopefully the
water levels are back to normal by then, but we will hold the regatta regardless (unless the
park is closed due to flooding).
If you have questions, contact Dan Haile, [email protected].
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WOW –Women On the Water Attend Midwest Women’s Conference in Milwaukee
There were 7 of us from the WOW group this year that went to Midwest Women’s Conference in Milwaukee in May. Classes covered a multitude of topics as we could select 4 classes each. Topics such as what
to have in your toolbox, basic electricity, cruising Lake Michigan, reading weather conditions, proper docking,
and so much more.
Patti Davis, Joy Bode, Pinar Coonan, Linda Ditzler, Joyce Rogers, Jerri Franklin, and Tracy Grass rode in two vehicles stopping at
Starved Rock, IL on the way up for lunch. We
learned a lot and had a great time, so we decided we would meet again June 2nd to share our
knowledge while on Tracy Grass's boat at Boulder Yacht Club. Tracy treated us to lunch and a
fun (chilly) sail on the lake.
Can't wait to see everyone again at the
Strawberry Regatta on August 1st.
Linda A. Ditzler
The WOW group in Milwaukee with keynote speaker Katie Pettibone.
Katie will be sailing a Nacra 17 in the 2016 Olimpics.
Linda at the helm.
Linda & Joyce in Milwaukee.
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Pinar and Linda staying
warm on a chilly
June 2nd sail.
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The Hare and Hound Race
Allen
Branch
Coles Creek
C
S
A
CSA H & H Start and
Finish Line
The race course will start directly in front of the
CSA Pavilion. From the starting line you sail to the
Coles Creek mark (Red Line) and make a port
rounding. From the Coles Creek mark you proceed
to the Allen Branch (Blue Line) mark make a port
rounding then return to the Coles Creek mark
(Orange Line). You make a port rounding of the
Coles Creek mark (Green Line) and return to the
cabin fleet start finish line. See the drawing of the
course above.
The Race Dates:
May 16
June 13
July 18
August 15
September 19
2015 CSA Hare & Hound Racing
2015 Hare and Hound races will build on the success
the lake for an afternoon of racing with the emphasis on fun.
After the race, come back to the pavilion for the results and free
beverages. Plan to make a day of it by grilling out. How about
an evening sail too?
The proposed race course would remain the same for the entire 2015 season. The starts would be staggered so the slowest
boats, based on their PHRF number, would start first thus eliminating a crowded starting line. Scoring would be simple because a yacht’s finishing position would depend solely on when
she crossed the finish line in relation to the other competitors.
At 4:00 the results will be announced at the pavilion where all
can sit and enjoy complementary beer and soda while tall tales
are told of the days adventures. Sail 3 of the 5 and you qualify
for a H&H excellence award at the Commodores’ banquet!
The Skippers Meeting is at 10:00 AM (required)
The boat with the highest PHRF number will start at 11:00 PM.
We will try to score 4 divisions, Low/high PHRF; One Design
& Cats. Questions, contact Jerry DeWille at
[email protected]
of last year. It is open to all classes of boats and we encourage
you to take friends and family out for a structured sail around
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that night, looking forward to another day of racing, I reveled in my good fortune. Though I wasn’t winning the regatta, and the heavy splat of raindrops began marching towards our shelter, I realized how lucky I had been to
choose the Flying Scot sailboat. It was the vehicle in which
I learned to sail, race one-design, but it’s also the class
whose members are the best of what makes us all human.
Somehow being an owner/sailor of this class is like gaining
a membership to an accepting group of hard working, kind,
and passionate individuals who allow you to be you and the
best that you can be. I know that each of us has our own
story of how we came to the fleet, grew as individuals and
became better sailors. I’d like to offer a special Thank You
to Ann, Dave and Tricia Bachelor, Pat and Alan Backus,
Ray Merrill, Jack Griffin, Amy and John Biddle, John
Kreidler, Carolyn and Joe Price, Stacy and Joe Brake, Brian Hampton, and all the teams, couples, families that made
a huge positive impact on my journey.
Bronson Bowling
On the Home Front:
Here we go again with June flooding. But the racing goes
on so get out your wading shoes, always wear your life
jacket, be safe and have fun.
team racing event is September 19, 2015. Mark your calendars. Only three Scot Skipper-Crew teams will be racing
but there will be opportunities to help on race committee
and organize the post-race party. For more info, contact
Bronson Bowling.
Race duty dates are coming. Click the link on our fleet
webpage – http://csa-sailing.org/fleets/fscot/
Flying_Scots_at_CSA.html – for the schedule. I suggest
you re-read Glenn's instruction manual – http://www.csasailing.org/aLibrary/FSRCmanualFINAL_r1.pdf – shortly
before your duty date. For questions, contact your PRO, or
Glen, or Jim. The PRO is responsible for staffing, training
if necessary and race management.
Carlyle's annual fireworks display has been moved to Saturday, September 5. We like to think they did it just for
our Egyptian Cup regatta but maybe a high lake level on
the original date had something to do with it? Anyway,
another good reason to sign up now for the Egyptian Cup
(http://www.csa-sailing.org/ecr/Egyptian_Cup.html) and
tell all your friends. The view from CSA is great and it's
free!
More Flying Scot regattas are on the schedule – Women's
and Juniors August 1-2, Ephraim July 31-August 2, The
Glow September 25-27, Wife-Husband October 24-25. All
the details are at http://www.fssa.com/. Ask the folks who
have gone to regattas this year what fun they have had and
Speaking of fun, our newer fleet members are finding ways enjoy your Scot the "regatta way"!
to do a lot of sailing, going to regattas and getting together
to explore our home lake. What's that about getting back
Jim Harris
from Keyesport at 12:30 a.m.? John Cassada, Vitts, Bowlings, Jim Gorman, Mike Andreas and Linda Ditzler – we
are delighted to have you as part of our gang. And speaking of new folks getting involved, our fleet has issued a
formal challenge for the Dornin Cup. Here's a link to a
2005 Marks of the Course issue with info on the last challenge: http://www.csa-sailing.org/publish/Marks/05%
Photo by J. Beier
20Marks/Sep_05%20Marks.pdf. Our tentative date for the
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Month
July
Day
5
5
5
'11, 12
12
18
19
25
26
1
August
2
2
2
'8, 9
9
15
25
29
September '5, 6
CSA 2015 Calendar
Event
Pursuit Race
Membership Party
Harbor Mice #2
Summer Laser Regatta
Club Races - Summer Series
Hare & Hound #3
Harbor Mice #3
Marks Deadline
Harbor Mice #4
WOW Strawberry Women’s Regatta
Pursuit Race
Membership Party
Harbor Mice #5
Beer and Boats Y Flyer Regatta
Harbor Mice #6
Hare & Hound #4
Marks Deadline
Champions of Champions Regatta
Flying Scott Egyptian Cup Mid-West Districts,
Carlyle Fireworks Sat Evening!
Chairperson
Ted Beier
Flying Scots
Mike Hill
Troy Tolan/ Howard Harris
Jim Disano/Ted Beier
Jerry DeWille
Mike Hill
Mike Niehoff
Mike Hill
Linda Ditzler
Ted Beier
Lightning Fleet
Mike Hill
Dan Haile
Mike Hill
Jerry DeWille
Mike Niehoff
Dave Leimbach
Mike Pitzer
November
6
6
'12,13
19
20
25
'2,3,4
17, 18
25
25
31
1
Pursuit Race
Membership Party
Whale of a Sail
Hare & Hound #5
Club Races Fall Series
Marks Deadline
Muddy Waters - Cat Fleet
Fall Laser Regatta
Marks Deadline
Last Club Race Day
Great Race
Last Day -Boats Must Leave/except Great Race
Boats
Ted Beier
Catamarans
Tom Wyman
Jerry DeWille
Jim Disano/ Ted Beier
Mike Niehoff
Ashley Enders
Troy Tolan/Howard Harris
Mike Niehoff
Jim Disano/Ted Beier
CYC
All
January
7
12
16
25
23
Big Fall Work Party
Annual Membership Meeting & Election
Work Chits Due
Marks Deadline
Commodores Banquet
Larry Willson/James Atkins
Patti Davis
Patti Davis
Mike Niehoff
Patti Davis
October
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Do You Know …
that our forefathers, the signers of the Declaration of Independence, pledged their lives, their fortunes
and their sacred honor to each other and our new nation for the cause of liberty? To do all this, they relied on
their Creator for protection. While celebrating Independence Day this weekend, be sure to contemplate all
that your ancestors and fellow Americans have done and sacrificed for the liberty we all enjoy. A time may be
coming, and coming soon, when we will once again have to beat back tyranny to regain and retain the freedom we all desire. Here are some familiar lines from the beginning and end of the Declaration of Independence signed by 56 brave and determined Americans, July 4, 1776. On page 16 please find the lyrics to
“America, The Beautiful”, written by Katharine Lee Bates in 1913.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit
of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such
form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. …
“We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the
Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That
these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are
Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between
them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and
Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do.
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”
From http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html.
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“America, The Beautiful”
by Katharine Lee Bates, 1913
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev’ry gain divine!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern impassion’d stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America! God mend thine ev’ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
O Beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
From http://www.usa-flag-site.org/song-lyrics/america/.
Carlyle, IL 62231
20960 Hazlet Park Road
Carlyle Sailing Association