Hello,<br>Attached is the race information for the Sunday, April 1st Santana Scramble in Clipper Cove at Treasure Island. <br>I have also copied and pasted the text below.<br><br>Another reason to bring your boat out: Sutter Schumacher from Latitude 38's Racing Program will be there racing on a Santana. You could be gracing Latitude 38's May cover!
<br><br>Please go to our website to sign up -- <a href="http://www.santana22.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.santana22.com</a><br>Any questions, please ask.<br>Kevin McElroy
<br>Moonshine #570<br><br>Scombridae* Sunday<br><br>What: starting practice and 3+ short races just for Santana 22s
<br><br>When: 12:00 to ~ 4:00 on Sunday the 1st of April, 2007.<br><br>Where: Clipper Cove, located between Treasure Island and Yerba Buena on the eastern side.<br><br>How Much: Free<br><br>Rules: Racing Rules of Sailing. Organizing Authority is the TI Sailing Center.
<br><br>This casual race day does not require any class or yacht club membership, measurements or anything else except you and your boat. If you are new to racing this is a great introduction. Several of the fleet's more experienced skippers have offered to sail a race with new boats to give them tips on how to handle the boat and the basics of racing. Also, there will probably be a number of people doublehanding and perhaps even a singlehander or two. Class main and jib preferred, but come with what you have.
<br><br>We are honored to have John Super of the Bay View Boat Club do Race Committee in exchange for a pass-the-hat benefiting the Treasure Island Sailing Center Junior Program. Please bring a few bucks for this worthy cause.
<br><br>Schedule:<br>Noon-1pm: Quick practice starts<br>1pm-2pm: Fast lunch & rap session on Treasure Island Marina Guest Dock (Bring your own sandwiches, beer sponsored by The Mission Yacht Club)<br>2pm-4pm: 3+ Races: Starting Line – Windward Mark – Leeward Mark (Race Committee determines once or twice around)
<br><br>The Course:<br><br>A temporary orange buoy and a powerboat in the middle of Clipper Cove will mark the start and finish line.<br><br>The first two practice starts will be just that. Beginning with the third practice start, we will race up to the windward mark and make a downwind finish. Think of it as a half sausage. Hopefully this will allow people to get a feel for how good their start actually was.
<br><br>For the after lunch racing we will beat up into Clipper Cove to round an orange temporary buoy to port. RC may or may not set an offset. Run down to another temporary orange mark on the east end of the cove. Round to port and beat back up to finish. If interest in a twice around is expressed the Race Committee boat will call it out over VHF Radio.
<br><br>As a note, this course should keep us well away from both the barges and the bridge construction. It is well within the area that the TI Sailing Center has used for dinghy regattas and is an area that I regularly sail in my tuna. There should be no draft issues in Clipper Cove given the relatively high tides.
<br><br>Sailing Instructions and Notices: All communications and changes shall be verbal both by vhf radio on channel 69 (or other channel as announced by RC) and by loud hailer.<br><br>Starts: The sound system (5 minute, appendix Q) shall be used.
<br><br>Clipper Cove info:<br><br>Highlights include good wind with almost no chop and more puffs and wind shifts than you usually see on the Bay.<br><br>Currents at Golden Gate:<br>1 April 2007 <br>Max 1041 3.3 Flood<br>
Slack 1338<br>Max 1625 3.5 Ebb<br><br>Tides at Golden Gate:<br>1 April 2007<br>Low 0538 1.0<br>High 1153 5.0<br>Low 1738 1.0<br><br><br>*Scombridae is the family that the various tuna species belong to.<br><br><br><br>