<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Tuna Skippers,<br><br></div>Frank Lawler is organizing our annual start clinic to get everyone in gear for the race season. This event is geared towards both novice and experienced sailors. Please sign up by replying to this email or on Facebook. Please indicate if you would like some crew and feel free to sign up if you would like to crew for this event to get to know the fleet and its skippers. In the past we've also had experienced skippers come out to coach newbies which has been great fun. <br><br>
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Annual Start Clinic</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b style><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">When</span></u></b><b style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:<span style> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style> </span>Sunday<b style>, </b>March 22 at 11:00 hours</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b style><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Where</span></u></b><b style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:<span style> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Treasure Island Cove</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:normal"><b style><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What</span></u></b><b style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:<span style> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A series of timed starts, each
followed by a short beat to windward and a downwind finish. Included is a
potluck dockside lunch break and a discussion of starting strategies.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:normal"><b style><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How</span></u></b><b style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:<span style> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To enable more
starts, we will use only a 3-minute countdown. The sound signals will be at:<span style> </span>3:00</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style> </span>Boats will be notified
approximately 60 seconds before each impending start on Ch. 71. <b style><i style>Tackful</i></b>
will be the committee boat.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;line-height:normal"><b style><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Pertinent Rules: </span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Besides
the obvious port/starboard, it is suggested that the rules governing an overlap
and windward/leeward be reviewed.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b style><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Suggestions for a successful start:</span></u></b></p>
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</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Stay close! If you<b style>
</b>begin your<b style> </b>final approach from
two minutes out and your timing is off by 20%, you will be 24 seconds late for
the start. From one minute out you would be 12 seconds off, but from 30 seconds
out, only 6 seconds late.</span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Time the line! Know how long it takes your boat to
sail down the line from committee boat end to the pin end. If, for example, it
takes 30 seconds, then should you pass by the committee boat with more than 0:30
remaining on the countdown, you will know that you must slow down so as to not
run out of line (pass beyond the pin end) before time expires.</span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Review and understand the rules regarding overlap and
windward/leeward. Before the start there is always the danger that a boat below
you could head up and force you above the line. In this situation you want to
be very clear about when boats are overlapped and when they are not. All this
is leading up to the importance of keeping your leeward quarter clear. Try not
to let a boat coming up from below gain an overlap and luffing rights.</span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A port tack start should only be attempted by
experienced sailors who are confident in their boat handling skills. This is
where having timed the line is most important. As in our earlier example, if
the line is 30 seconds long and no starboard tack boats have reached the
committee boat end with 0:30 remaining, you then know that at 0:00 the pin end
will be clear. I recommend that you be on starboard near or at the pin when you
make your decision so that you need only a well-timed tack onto port to put you
back at the pin when the gun goes off.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What
if you see boats at or beyond the committee boat at 0:30 and you have to give
up on a port start and go to Plan B? You still have enough time to tack onto
port and sail back down the line, looking to tack back to starboard when you
find enough space between approaching boats to do so. Definitely not for the
faint of heart.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b style><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Questions: </span></u></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Feel free to
contact me at </span><a href="mailto:tackful@hotmail.com"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">tackful@hotmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> or at
415-331-5578.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We
have done this for several years now and it has always<b style> </b>been fun as well as instructive. Please join us!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cheers,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Frank and Anna<br></span></p>
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