January 2025:
Happy New Year A Scow Sailors and Supporters!
Before you get too caught up in 2025, please take a moment to Save the Date for the 2025 A Scow National Championship: Thursday, June 19, 2025 – Sunday, June 22, 2025, Lake Mendota, WI. Please make your hotel reservations now as these hotels fill up fast.
The National Class A Scow Association, in partnership with the UW Madison Hoofers Sailing Club will host the event out of the Union as per our last Nationals there in 2019. Our social events will be held at the UW Union on the lake. We have a tremendous event planned and hope to see all of you on Lake Mendota the weekend after Father’s Day!
2025 National Championship Dates: Thursday, June 19, 2025 – Sunday, June 22, 2025
Accommodations: We have room blocks at two great downtown Madison hotels. The Concourse Hotel is located at 1 W. Dayton St. Madison, WI and the Edgewater Hotel located on the water at 1001 Wisconsin Place, Madison, WI.
Concourse Hotel
Group Name: National Class A Scow
Group Rate: $195/night
How To Make a Reservation: Call the Hotel directly at 1-800-356-8293 to make reservations. Please identify yourselves as part of the National Class A Scow event when making guest room reservations. The reservation cut-off date is midnight C.S.T. on May 20, 2025.
Edgewater Hotel
Group Name: National Class A Scow Association
Group rate: $299/night
How To Make a Reservation: Call the Hotel directly at 1-608-535-8200 to make reservations. Please identify yourselves as part of the National Class A Scow Association event when making guest room reservations. The reservation cut-off date is midnight C.S.T. on March 20, 2025.
More regatta details will follow. Please make sure to get your whole team signed up for our mailing list so everyone is in the loop. Click Here to add names and emails. Contact Todd Haines with any questions.
NCASA Executive Director:
Todd Haines
414-881-4119
V115@mailbag.com
The 38 foot (11.58 meter) Class A Scow is the largest, fastest, and most powerful inland scow sailboat. Originally designed in the late 1800’s by John O. Johnson of Johnson Boat Works (White Bear Lake, MN) the boat retains the same shape and size as the original boats. With the move to fiberglass and carbon construction, the addition of a bow sprit and a massive asymmetrical spinnaker, combined with a carbon fiber swept-spreader rig, the class is stronger than ever.
Today’s A Scow, produced by Melges Performance Sailboats of Zenda, WI, has all the modern, sophisticated rigging and gear (from the good folks at Harken) needed to make this unbelievable boat simply rock on the water. Powered by the latest sail designs, able to pull water-skiers, and having been clocked at over 25 mph in a good blow, the A Scow is a worthy challenge for even the most experienced sailors. Unlike keelboats of this size, the A Scow uses only dual bilge boards for stability and thus requires a skilled crew of 6 or 7 people to keep her upright in heavy air.
We hope you will explore our website and see what makes the A Scow so much fun!
A Scow Events
2025 A Scow National Championship Regatta – Lake Mendota WI
Set-up and Check-In Date: Thursday June 19, 2025
Race Dates: Friday June 20 – Sunday June 22
Location: Lake Mendota, WI – Hoofers Sailing Club UW Union
Registration: Not Open Yet
Official Event Website: NCASA
2025 ILYA Annual Championship Regatta – Oshkosh YC
Set-up and Check-In Date: August 11, 2023
Race Dates: August 9 – 13, 2025
Location: Oshkosh Yacht Club
Registration: Not Open Yet
Official Event Website: ILYA
Future Venues:
2026 A Scow National Championship Regatta – TBD
Set-up and Check-In Date: always the Thursday after Father’s Day
Race Dates: Always the Fri-Sat-Sun after Father’s Day.
