OK, anybody got a spare whisker pole for Moonshine? They are entry #22.
I'm sure many people (including myself) could lend them a spinny pole, but
they'll want the extra foot and a half to make it the full 10 feet.
Jan Grygier
hydrophilos at earthlink.net
P.S. to Kevin: I would have suggested you email the listserve instead of
forwarding it myself, except that I am one of very few whose posts go out
immediately, the rest of us have to wait for the moderator (to reduce spam).
> [Original Message]
> From: Kevin McElroy <maplebar at gmail.com>
> To: <hydrophilos at earthlink.net>
> Date: 8/7/2007 10:12:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Santana 22] Three more days till Nationals - 21 entries and
counting
>> Jan,
> Moonshine will be there with Amanda & Nelson onboard..I will register
> through the RYC website tonight.
>> We are looking for a whisker pole as ours broke..know anybody with a
spare?
>> Kevin
>> On 8/7/07, Jan Grygier and Patti Boucher <hydrophilos at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > OK, I hope this will be my last email before Nationals. We are now at
21
> > registrations, and there are still a couple more boats that could make
it.
> > If anyone still needs last-minute crew, I have a few folks who are
available
> > (mostly skippers with non-race-ready boats), let me know and I'll try to
> > hook you up.
> > If you can't work the on-line registration (see link below) let me and
the
> > club know and we'll get you registered Friday somehow. But please try
to do
> > this BEFORE Friday, as there is a late fee after Thursday midnight. BTW
> > Sutter Schumacher will be crewing on one of our newer fleet member's
boats,
> > I talked to her and she is psyched about the regatta, hopefully
Latitude's
> > readers will be too.
> >
> > Sailing Instructions are finalized, they should be on the web site later
> > today. One thing you will notice in the SIs is the Skippers' Meeting
> > Saturday morning - after much discussion among the various fleet
officers
> > (and Tom Schock) I decided that the famous EYC youth squad would be
allowed
> > to race, but we would decide whether their results would "count" at a
> > meeting before the races. (Basically, if we can get consensus among the
> > skippers at that meeting then the EYC team will race like everyone
else; if
> > any skipper objects then they will race but their results will not
count.)
> > Unfortunately, after all this sturm and drang I learned last night that
the
> > EYC skipper has just been diagnosed with mononucleosis (they are
students,
> > remember) and their participation is now up in the air.
> >
> > Whether on not the EYC team makes it (which I sincerely hope they do),
we
> > will have a discussion about possible modifications to the
"owner-driver"
> > rule at the AGM to be held Saturday night after the dinner. I think the
> > other fleet captains have been polling their fleets to see what people
think
> > (should yacht-club-sponsored teams be allowed to compete if they are
also
> > sponsored by a fleet owner/member and the organizing committee agrees,
or
> > other similar wrinkles). Our Bay Area fleet will be so well
represented at
> > the dinner that we have not been polling the members, but if you are a
Fleet
> > 1 member and cannot make the AGM you are welcome to let Pete Trachy know
> > your feelings and he will take them to the meeting. I think that is the
> > only substantive piece of business to discuss at the AGM (apart from
> > determining the place and maybe date of next year's event), if anyone
has
> > other issues to bring up please do so now!
> >
> > I will be at RYC all day Friday fixing all my Lipton/Admirals Cup
breakages
> > on Carlos and helping other folks with the cranes, registration, sail
> > measuring etc., so I'll see many of you soon. This is gonna be great!
> >
> > Jan Grygier, Carlos
> > 2007 Santana 22 Nationals Regatta Chair
> > 510 323 3866 (cell)
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jan Grygier and Patti Boucher
> > To: S22 Santana22 List
> > Cc: gail.yando at sbcglobal.net; RYC Douglas McVae; RYC Antonia Vanoni; RYC
> > Christina Nagatani
> > Sent: 7/26/2007 8:15:39 AM
> > Subject: Two+ weeks to Nationals - do you know where your crew are?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Entries are coming in thick and fast now, we are up to 15 registered
and 5-9
> > more promised or "I'm working on the boat, hope to have her ready".
Still
> > shooting for more than 20 on the line, we may even get to 25 if Tom
Schock
> > (who is coming up to sail 801 again with Richard Hormel, this time with
a
> > jib of the correct length) can twist some arms he knows of in Fresno or
> > Lake Tahoe.
> >
> > There has been some consternation about getting extra dinners on the web
> > site, early registrants (like me) couldn't sign up for them, and there
is
> > currently no way to add a dinner after you are registered. But the web
site
> > has been fixed, at least you can get extra dinners when you register
now.
> > We will have an old-fashioned cash box and tickets on Friday and Sat am
when
> > you check in ($15/extra dinner), and another in the dining room Saturday
> > night ($20). The fleet is subsidizing the dinners, so we will get a
very
> > nice spread. And as usual, Pineapple Sails is donating a keg of good
beer
> > for Saturday, and we are also providing appetizers and champagne (OK,
bubbly
> > wine) Sunday after the racing. So we will all be well fed and
"watered".
> >
> > As for crew - a few of you expressed a need to get crew, and a few
others
> > said they probably could crew on other boats as theirs wouldn't be
ready. I
> > figure it's about time to start hooking people up, so if you still need
crew
> > please email or call me and I'll help find you one (or two).
> >
> > If you haven't registered yet but are coming, please do so soon, I'm
going
> > to call Sutter Shumacher at Latitude 38 soon to get us some good press,
and
> > the more we have officially registered the better. The link to do so is
> > http://www.richmondyc.org/boatinfo/racing/SantanaOlson/default.asp> >
> > Speaking of good press, part of the unique nature of this event
(besides the
> > comeback story of having 20 boats for the first time in a decade) is
having
> > a senior citizen Champion (Ernie Rideout) from SCYC competing in one of
the
> > oldest Tunas in existance (#19, Maybe) against young people's teams from
> > Encinal YC and Richmond YC, and two of the newest Tunas in existence
> > (Michael Andrews, three-time champion in 811, and Tom Shock and Richard
> > Hormel, another former champion in 801).
> >
> > We have some details to work out about the young people's squads, about
> > which more later (fleet officers are trying to sort them out now), but I
> > assure you we are in for some great racing the second weekend in August!
> >
> > Jan Grygier, Carlos
> > (510) 323-3866 (cell)
> > hydrophilos at earthlink.net> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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