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<div>After a great weekend of long beats and big fleets on the city fleet, I want to remind people of the Random Pairs Team Race being held on Saturday, September 8th. It will be a great day of casual, short-course team racing in the cove. See the NOR below and let me know if you have any questions. Remember you don't need a team, just you and your boat. The rotation will assign you a new teammate for every race.
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<div>If you are planning on sailing, please sign up on the website so that I can get a handle on how many people will be attending. It should be a great time and I hope to see you all on the water. </div>
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<div>-Matt</div>
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<div><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Matthew Hooks</b> <<a href="mailto:mhooks@gmail.com">mhooks@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Aug 8, 2007 1:56 PM
<br>Subject: NOR: TI Random Pairs Team Race, September 8<br>To: <a href="mailto:sfv15@myfleet.org">sfv15@myfleet.org</a>, <a href="mailto:SFTR@googlegroups.com">SFTR@googlegroups.com</a><br><br> </span></div>
<div><strong>Notice of Race:</strong></div>
<div><strong>1st Annual TI <span class="st" id="st" name="st">Random</span> <span class="st" id="st" name="st">Pairs</span> Team Race</strong></div>
<div><strong>September 8, 2007</strong></div>
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<div>Treasure Island Sailing Center</div>
<div>B.Y.O. V15</div>
<div>Report Time: 11:00 am </div>
<div>First Race: 12:00 pm (sharp) </div>
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<div>It was recently suggested that having a <span class="st" id="st" name="st">random</span> <span class="st" id="st" name="st">pairs</span> team race at TI would be a great way to get a lot of people team racing in a unique and low-key format (thanks for the great idea Archie).
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<div>For those of you who are unfamiliar with the format, <span class="st" id="st" name="st">random</span> <span class="st" id="st" name="st">pairs</span> team racing is 2 vs. 2 team racing in which each boat is paired with a different teammate and opponent for each race. After a number of rotations, boats will be ranked according to winning percentage and top placers will advance to a short Championship Round to determine a victor.
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<div>This is a great opportunity for experienced team racers looking to get some boat-handling and boat-on-boat practice, as well as for people who don't have a steady 3-boat team or are somewhat new to team racing altogether. This will be a fun, casual day of racing on the cove with BBQ and beverages to follow.
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<div>It is anticipated that a very modest entry fee will be required to offset costs of food/beverage, etc (more details to follow). </div>
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<div>It would be great to get a good turnout for what should be a very fun day of sailing. Please signup on the V15 website if you will be participating: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://vanguard15.org/schedule/437" target="_blank">
http://vanguard15.org/schedule/437 </a></div>
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<div>If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch with me. </div>
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<div>See you on the water, </div>
<div>Matt Hooks</div>
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