For anybody new to the fleet, this refers to our white sails races
which are main and class jib only, no spinnaker. The season has two
halves this year which can be entered separately and will have
separate winners. The first half begins on May 19th with a race in
the South Bay and ends on June 23rd. The second half begins in late
July and and ends in early September. Finally on October 13th there
is the Champion of Champions race where the winners of the 1st and 2nd
half seasons from all the different classes duke it out.
The YRA site is: http://www.yra.org/
There is some info on filling out the form here:
http://tuna.tolachi.com/articles/YRAGuide
If you have any questions, please ask them. It is very possible that
someone else is wondering the same thing.
1st half:
May 19: South Bay - 3 races
June 9: Knox - 2 races
June 19: Summer Sailstice (Olympic Circle) - 3 races
2nd half:
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Aug 25: City Front - 2 races
Sep 9: Season Closer - 3 races
The traditional South Bay event by the Bay View Boat Club is on August
18th, the week after nationals. I was a bit worried that nobody will
show up because they will be burnt out from Nationals, which is the
weekend before. However, it may be that a couple of boats from down
south would stick around to do that race with us. I had hoped that
there might be another multi race day in the 2nd half that we could
use, but I´m not sure that is the case. Does anybody have opinions
one way or the other here?
Do we want one or two throwouts per half? I am not sure what is
traditional, but it seems it could go either way. How does 2 if all 8
races are sailed and 1 if 7 or fewer races are sailed sound?
Finally, you may have noticed that all of the HDA races that have
constituted our spinnaker series in the past are gone from the
calendar. These races had abysmal turnout last year, often only 2 or
3 boats. I felt that the low turnout was demoralizing and contributed
to the class losing a boat this season. If there are enough people
who want to do these races we can do them. What I would really like
to do is talk about what we can do for our spinnaker series at the
next class meeting. I feel that it needs a change in format in order
to revive its popularity.
If you have an opinion on any of the above, please speak up.
Thanks,
Pete
