<div dir="ltr">PS Thanks a lot to Sally for hosting the meeting at the Pineapple sail loft!<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Santana22 San Francisco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:santana22sfbay@gmail.com" target="_blank">santana22sfbay@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear Tuna skippers,<br></div>Please welcome Kristen Soetebier as our new co-fleet captain for 2015! <br><br></div>Thanks to all of you who came out to the fleet meeting, it is great to see what a supportive and nice bunch of people we have in the fleet! Below is a short recap of the meeting:<br><br></div>Nationals:<br><div><div>We are very excited to plan the 2015 nationals at Corinthian Yacht Club July 17-19, and hope to get a record turn out for the 50th anniversary. We are reaching out to the Santa Cruz and Monterey Peninsula fleets to try and get as many boats out as possible. Team Alegre and team Carlos have offered to help trailer boats if that is necessary. People also offered spare bedrooms and floorspace to crash, and the RYC and Treasure Island have storage available for trailers and/or boats if people want to come up for longer than just the nationals. Please help spread the word and get as many boats on the line as possible!<br><br></div><div>Deb Fehr, Jennifer McKenna and James Dilworth will look into T-shirts, bags, and/or sponsoring options.<br><br></div><div>Kristen and Anna will work with the CYC and PRO Mike Gross to get the NOR out as soon as possible.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Mentoring:<br></div><div>Two new skippers & family came to the meeting and will be mentored.<br><br></div><div>Racing:<br></div><div>The spinnaker series has a mistake in the dates as the SSS Corinthian race is March 21. <br></div><div>The throwouts for the white sails series will be 6 races.<br><br></div><div>Other activities:<br></div><div>Several boats and crew will come to the starts clinic on March 22<br></div><div>James Dilworth will organize a cruise out some time later in the season<br></div><div>Anna will organize a spinnaker clinic later in the season <br><br></div><div>Other items:<br></div><div>Please review the new YRA minimum equipment rules that now also include "A boat is recommended to have a throwing sock-type heaving line of 50'
(15m) or greater of floating polypropylene line readily accessible to
the cockpit. Beginning 1/1/2015 it will be required" YRA requirements can be found here: <a href="http://www.yra.org/racing/EquipmentRequirements.html" target="_blank">http://www.yra.org/racing/EquipmentRequirements.html</a><br><br></div><div>If you haven't payed your fleet dues, please send a check of $35 made out to Wayne Best to:<br><br>Wayne Best<br>
47 Maywood Way<br>
San Rafael, CA 94901<br><br></div><div>Hope to see many of you out on Sunday 22 March for the starts clinic. It now looks like we have a surplus of crew, so please let me know if you have space for another crew or two.<br><br></div><div>Fair Winds,<br></div><div>Anna Alderkamp <br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Santana22 San Francisco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:santana22sfbay@gmail.com" target="_blank">santana22sfbay@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Tuna skippers, <div><br></div><div>It's time for our yearly <span>fleet</span> <span>meeting</span>
in the sail loft of Pineapple sails in Alameda to discuss the upcoming
season. Please let me know if you're planning to come, the <span>fleet</span> will get pizza, if you can bring some drinks to share it would be great! The address is:</div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px">2526 Blanding Ave, Alameda, CA 94501</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px">Please dress warmly as the loft isn't heated. Below is the agenda:<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px"><b>1) Introductions<br></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px">A quick round to introduce everyone<br><br><b>2) Fleet captain vacancy</b><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px">Unfortunately, Garth Copenhaver is moving out of state and resigning as co-fleetcaptain for personal reasons. This opens up a vacancy as co-fleetcaptain and/or nationals regatta chair (see below). Fleetcaptain of the Santana 22 fleet is an awesome "job" in this friendly and supportive fleet. Would anyone be interested in stepping up? I'd be happy to stay on for another year and share the responsibility, but I'm equally happy to step down is there is a pair of folks who want to do it together. I highly recommend doing it together with someone, it's just a lot more fun. You don't need to be an experienced racer, enthusiasm is enough. It's a great opportunity to get to know a lot of great people and organize some fun events. Please let me know if you are interested and we'll discuss it with the fleet on the 13th.<br><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px"><b>3) Nationals 2015<br></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px">2015 is the 50th anniversary of the designs of our beloved Tuna. It would be great to commemorate this in some way, preferably during nationals. Nationals will be held at CYC on 17-19th July. We are looking for someone who would be willing to be the fleet representative for this. This could be together with being a (co) fleet captain or separate. There is a lot of help and experience available in the fleet, but we need someone to take charge. Unfortunately, I cannot be the main responsible person for personal reasons. Please let me know if you are interested taking this on and work with CYC and the fleet to make this a success. Again, you don't need a lot of experience, enthusiasm is enough. Kristen Soetebier has volunteered to help.<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px"><b><br>4) Mentor program</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px">The S22 <span>fleet</span>
has a mentor program for new members. The idea is to pair newcomers to
the with an experienced skipper who will answer all your questions and
hopefully sail with you once or twice, or shanghai you into being racing
crew. Please let me know if you are interested in being a mentor or
mentee and we'll try to pair you up. (as a shameless plug... Byte Size is looking for crew for 2015).<br></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px"><b>5) Racing<br></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px">We have asked your input on the 2015 racing season via email, below is the schedule with 7 throwouts for the white sails and 1 for the spinnaker series:<br><br></span></div><div><br><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td>2015 Spinnaker Series</td><td align="right"><a href="http://santana22.org/#series1" target="_blank">scores</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><hr><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tbody><tr><td><a href="http://santana22.org/schedule/253" target="_blank"><small>SSS Three Bridge Fiasco</small></a></td>
<td align="right" width="40%"><small>Jan 31</small></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><hr></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://santana22.org/schedule/251" target="_blank"><small>SSS Corinthian</small></a></td>
<td align="right" width="40%"><small>Mar 28</small></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://santana22.org/schedule/252" target="_blank"><small>Vallejo</small></a></td>
<td align="right" width="40%"><small>May 2 - 3</small></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://santana22.org/schedule/242" target="_blank"><small>Jazz Cup</small></a></td>
<td align="right" width="40%"><small>Sep 5</small></td></tr></tbody></table>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td>2015 White Sails Series</td><td align="right"><a href="http://santana22.org/#series2" target="_blank">scores</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><hr><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tbody><tr><td><a href="http://santana22.org/schedule/246" target="_blank"><small>Wheeler Regatta</small></a></td>
<td align="right" width="40%"><small>Apr 11</small></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://santana22.org/schedule/244" target="_blank"><small>YRA Spring 1</small></a></td>
<td align="right" width="40%"><small>Apr 18</small></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://santana22.org/schedule/245" target="_blank"><small>YRA Spring 2</small></a></td>
<td align="right" width="40%"><small>May 16</small></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://santana22.org/schedule/247" target="_blank"><small>YRA Spring 3</small></a></td>
<td align="right" width="40%"><small>Jun 13</small></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://santana22.org/schedule/248" target="_blank"><small>YRA Summer 1</small></a></td>
<td align="right" width="40%"><small>Jul 11</small></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://santana22.org/schedule/241" target="_blank"><small>Nationals</small></a></td>
<td align="right" width="40%"><small>Jul 17 - 19</small></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://santana22.org/schedule/249" target="_blank"><small>YRA Summer 2</small></a></td>
<td align="right" width="40%"><small>Aug 8</small></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://santana22.org/schedule/250" target="_blank"><small>YRA Summer 3</small></a></td>
<td align="right" width="40%"><small>Sep 12</small></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px"><b><br></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px"><b>6) Other activities<br></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px">-On March 22 we'll have our annual start clinic on Treasure Island, organized by the authoritative Frank Lawler (Tackful). This is always a lot of fun, including a pot luck lunch with feedback. <br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px">-I'm happy to organize another spinnaker clinic some time during the summer to get more people into spinnaker sailing.<br>-Any other initiatives? <br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px"> <br><b>7) Comments and questions<br></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px">Anything else that may come up<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px"><b><br></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.12px"><b>Sails measuring</b><br></span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Jan will be there to measure your sails<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><br><br>Don't forget!</b><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">-July 27-19 (Nationals, CYC, Knox course)<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
-please bring $35 in <span>fleet</span> dues.If you're writing a check, please make it out to Wayne Best.<br></div>To get an idea about the next season, please let me know:</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">-if you're coming to the <span>fleet</span> <span>meeting</span> (so we can get enough pizza)</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
-if you are planning to race white sails (or why not if not)</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">-if you are planning to race spinnaker</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
-if you can help with organizing</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">-anything else that can help us being a more fun and friendly <span>fleet</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We'd particularly like to hear from new members, even if you cant make it to the <span>fleet</span> <span>meeting</span>, let me know what you think. And if you can make it, please stop by to get to know other skippers,<br><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Fair winds,<br><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Anna Alderkamp,<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Santana 22 SF Bay Fleet captain<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">"Byte Size" #801<br></div><br></div></div>
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