Pete and Fleet #1 Members,
Here's my suggestion for the Fleet #1 2008 Racing Season Schedule.
I'm including the complete schedule for reference.
Both HDA and ODCA will share the Start/Finish Line on the 6 ODCA/HDA
Championship Race Days next Summer. HDA (3 fleets) will Start 30
minutes before the ODCA Fleets. Example: 1130 HDA Fleets 1,2,3.
1200 ODCA Fleets A,B,C,D,E,etc.
The HDA Fleets will sail a long course (14 - 17 miles). The first
ODCA race will be shorter, so the ODCA Fleets can Finish and get
Started on Race #2 before the HDA boats come back.
This means the possibility of using HDA races for Fleet #1's
Spinnaker Series is limited.
ODCA Championship Series (white sails). All ODCA Race Days have 2
races with around buoys courses scheduled. Most will be Windward/
Leeward courses - with as many as possible using temporary drop
marks. YRA is attempting to set up temporary courses with a separate
Start/Finish Line so fleets sailing a 2nd race can get Started more
quickly. This usually isn't a problem for the Tunas since we Start
last and are the slowest fleet.
The Start Line may be on one side of a Committee Boat and the Finish
Line on the other, or the Start and Finish Lines may be slightly
Leeward of the Leeward Mark. There may be downwind Finishes in some
races this Summer.
I know the final two 2-race days are on the Knox Courses, but the
alternative was a S. Bay (SF Side) day, which most ODCA Fleets did
not want and which have had a small turn out.
5/17 City Front (2 races)
5/31 Berkeley Circle (2 races)
6/21 South Bay (Alameda Side ) (2 races)
Mid-Summer Break
8/9 Southampton Area (2 races)
9/6 Knox (2 races)
9/27 Season Closer I - Knox again (2 races)
That's a total of 12 races. One way of cutting back on the number of
races is to sail only 1 race on some of those days. Several ODCA
Fleets already do this.
Fleet #1 Spinnaker Series
5/3 Vallejo up
5/4 Vallejo back
7/26 2nd Half Opener (inside the Bay course)
8/24 HDA - Knox/Bonita (Knox out to Bonita Buoy - back to # 7 or #8
- Knox Finish)
10/? Pumpkin Saturday
One or two other Spinnaker Races to be selected?????
Pat Broderick
"Elaine" #38000

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