Brendan,
The proposed schedule looks great. Including the YRA mini series looks good because it keeps our visibility up to other older local classes that may want to join us when they see how much fun we are having! This is the best way to maintain our fleet numbers by attracting experienced sailing teams to our class.
The nationals will most likely be July 6-8. I don't really have a strong urge to put together a pre-nationals. I will send out dates for other events there when I see TYC's schedule come out.
I like the idea of including the RYC sport boat regatta on the schedule. It is a fun place to sail and a good time of year for mellow conditions that bring out more of the fleet.
I think we should put a regatta or two more on the list that the Monterey Bay fleet sails (like Huntington) to encourage growth in that fleet and participation.
All races should count for the season championship including the Nationals. The distance serries should be a mini serries within the season championship races. We should make it easier to qualify for the championships because I believe that it will encourage further participation if more boats are in the running for them. If only 4 boats go to Huntington that's OK- they can then look on our wonderful website and see their boat name in contention for a championship in 2 catagories and will hopefully be encouraged to come north for some more races.
Here are some questions I’d love for everyone to answer:
Q: Did you get this mail (so I can make sure everyone got it)?
Got it!
Q: Which of the above races would you expect to attend and/or think belong on the schedule?
The more the better. Maybe the throw out / qualifying schedule should be tweaked a bit for the more races. This years distances serries was weird because 20 somthing boats sailed in it but only 5 or so qualified. I think this will mostly be solved by making all races count for the season championship to bring up interest in the distance races.
Q: Which of these races do you think should be removed from the schedule?
Q: Are you willing to travel for any races other than the Ditch Run (ie, Spin Cup, Windjammers, Long Beach Race Week, Huntington Lake)?
I will do Huntington. Camping on the boat is good times!
Q: Anything else you’d like to see on this list?
I think for certain distance races class sail limits should be removed. Staysails, shy kites, and blast reachers are all important tools on very long distacnes races. Maybe say for races over 50 miles?
Thank you very very much Brendan!
Will
Brendan Busch <brendanb at sfsail.com> wrote:
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } I heard back from only a few folks on the first round, but here is a proposed schedule for 2007 as well as some questions (at the bottom) for everyone.
I believe the popular plan was that each race we approve counts for the season series (we’ll figure out number of races to qualify and throwout schedule once the season is final). Long Distance races also count for a Long Distance trophy (ie, they count for the season as well).
The schedule below has approximately 2 events each month. July is a bit of a mess right now, but expect the Nationals to be held in July at Tiburon YC. Will is working on the details. It might be nice to get a TYC pre-nationals scheduled in mid June or right before the Nationals if possible.
September is light, but lots of folks race BBS, so perhaps that is OK.
Here are the proposed races
Long Distance
comments
Three Bridge Fiasco
y
January 27
Spring Keel
Mar 3/4
Fleet awards presentation and party on Saturday night
Lightship
y
March 24
Doublehanded Farallones
y
April 7
Resin Regatta
April 14/15
Vallejo
May 6/7
Elite Keel
May 12
Spinnaker Cup
May 25
Left on at several folks request.
Ditch Run
y
June 2
Earlier than usual this year
Coastal Cup
y
June 21
Goes to Santa Barbara this year
NEW - Summer Sailstice (TISC)
June 23/24
Added by request. This is a really fun event with party at TI. May only be one day of racing.
Midnight Moonlight
July 7
May conflict with nationals
Pre Nationals
No date or plan for Pre-Nationals yet
Nationals
No date, but expect mid-July at Tiburon YC
Silver Eagle
y
July 14
May conflict with nationals
Brothers Sisters
no date yet
Simpson
July 21/22
2nd Half opener
July 28/29
Should day 1 count for Long Distance?
Summer Keel
Aug 11/12
Windjammers
y
September 1
Crewed Farallones
y
September 22
Great Pumpkin
Oct 27/28
Removed double-handed Lightship from list - it is being held the same day as the crewed Lightship
Removed StFYC Memorial day race as none is scheduled.
Removed the Plastic Classic, as it is the same date as the Simpson Regatta, and Simpson is historically better attended.
If you have any other comments, please send them along, but please, oh please, at least answer the first two questions.
Thanks
Brendan Busch
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From: Brendan Busch [mailto:brendanb at sfsail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:38 AM
To: 'express27 at myfleet.org'
Subject: 2007 Express 27 racing schedule - request for input
This first mail is just to solicit additional suggestions for the 2007 schedule. Below is a table showing the E27 schedule for the past four years as well as attendance (only counted starters of at least one race in each series). Races in bold showed solid attendance of 10 boats or more each year, and I would expect to have them on the schedule in 2007. Races in italics show good momentum and are likely candidates for the 2007 schedule. I will provide dates for all events in the next email.
If there are other races you think the fleet should consider for 2007, please let me know and I’ll add them to the list. Then I’ll send an email out for everyone to respond to which races they’d really like to do.
Thanks,
--brendan
2003
2004
2005
2006
Three Bridge Fiasco
14
17
15
12
Spring Keel
17
12
6
6
Lightship
7
8
5
4
Doublehanded Farallones
12
12
7
6
Doublehanded Lightship
4
Resin Regatta
15
14
12
10
Vallejo
14
17
15
12
Elite Keel
11
10
Spinnaker Cup
6
0
1
Memorial Day (StFYC)
6
7
Coastal Cup
4
2
1
Ditch Run
13
13
10
11
Regatta Pro (RYC in 2003)
14
10
6
Silver Eagle
2
Brothers Sisters
9
Midnight Moonlight
3
3
Plastic Classic
4
Simpson
9
8
2nd Half opener
7
Summer Keel
11
13
8
10
Windjammers
1
Crewed Farallones
1
Pre Nationals
17
16
14
14
Nationals
21
25
15
20
Great Pumpkin
16
9
13
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