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This was one of the most fun I had sailing last year. Highly
recommend it !!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/18/2015 9:32 PM, Santana22 San
Francisco wrote:<br>
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<div>Dear Tuna Skippers,<br>
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<div>Please let us know if you are planning to come to the start
clinic. Indicate if you would like some crew (a few people
will come without their boats) or if you would like to crew
for someone else. Please bring some food and drinks to share
for the potluck lunch, probably at Treasure Island Sailing
Center, as the docks of the marina are in sorry shape.<br>
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<div>Hope to see many of you on Sunday!<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif">S-22
Annual Start Clinic</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">When</span></u></b><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">:<span> </span></span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><span> </span>Sunday<b>, </b>March
22 at 11:00 hours</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Where</span></u></b><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">:<span> </span></span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Treasure Island Cove</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt
1in;line-height:normal"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">What</span></u></b><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">:<span> </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>
<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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt
1in;line-height:normal"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">How</span></u></b><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">:<span> </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> </span>3:00</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt
1in;line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><span>
</span></span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">2:00</span></p>
<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>
</span>1:00</span></p>
<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>
</span>0:00</span></p>
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1in;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<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> </span>Boats
will be notified
approximately 60 seconds before each impending start on Ch.
71. <b><i>Tackful</i></b>
will be the committee boat.</span></p>
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1in;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt
1in;line-height:normal"><b><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> </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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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Suggestions for a successful start:</span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><span>1)<span style="font:7pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Stay close! If you<b>
</b>begin your<b> </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>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><span>2)<span style="font:7pt
"Times New Roman"">
</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>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><span>3)<span style="font:7pt
"Times New Roman"">
</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>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><span>4)<span style="font:7pt
"Times New Roman"">
</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>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></u></b></p>
<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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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:tackful@hotmail.com" target="_blank"><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
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:415-331-5578"
value="+14153315578" target="_blank">415-331-5578</a>.</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><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">We
have done this for several years now and it has always<b> </b>been
fun as well as instructive. Please join us!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Cheers,</span></p>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Frank and Anna</span></div>
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