Here's a chance to look over ratings and time delays for the boats we have in database now. I am planning to start things around 10 or so, with the idea that we can wrap up by 2 or 3....should avoid most T-storms. Don't forget to let me know if you plan to use a spinnaker...I'll adjust you down by 12 seconds before I calculate the race instructions. So far, George Christian has opted for spinnaker, and I probaly will, too. (No point in George having the only upside-down boat out there.) To review, in the staggard start system, each boat will take the delay indicated at the start. For example, if the start time is 10:30, Nancy Susan would start at that time. Siga Siga would start at 10:02, Anan Cara at 10:02:56, and so on, for the full course. The higher rated and theoretically faster boats "give" a headstart to the lower rated boats. Nancy Susan gets a fifteen-minute and 13 second head start on Rebecca J, for example. See ya. John _____ RANGE_A1_H24Type Name Skipper Rating Delta Delay for course of x nm Highest rating 6.3 3.2 4.0 293 Catalina 22 Nancy Susan Steve Butkus 293 145 00:00 00:00 00:00 Hunter 240 Siga Siga Mark Detcheverry 274 126 02:00 01:01 01:16 Oday 25 CB Anan Cara Mike Maculley 265 117 02:56 01:30 01:52 Chrysler 26 SK Hrunting George Tatum 251 103 04:25 02:14 02:48 Columbia 26 Overkill George Lacey 238 90 05:46 02:56 03:40 Irwin Citation 30 Lady Jacquelynne Ed Zurey 237 89 05:53 02:59 03:44 Hunter 30 Recovery John Edwards 237 89 05:53 02:59 03:44 Hunter 30 Hunter Pete Guiliagno 234 86 06:12 03:09 03:56 Pearson 33-2 Carpe Diem Morse Olin 205 57 09:14 04:42 05:52 Pearson 39 Southern Yankee George Christian 191 43 10:43 05:26 06:48 S-2 11.0A Odyssey Wayne Willis 189 41 10:55 05:33 06:56 Catalina 36 Marjorie Donald Porter 186 38 11:14 05:42 07:08 CAL 330 Alexis Richard Cassell 180 32 11:52 06:02 07:32 Legend 37 Tranquility Tom Orlowski 154 6 14:36 07:25 09:16 J27 Rebecca J John Wandling 148 0 15:13 07:44 09:40 Course Standard start sequence (assuming a 12:40 start): Monitor VHF 71 Full circuit North to "5" and return East to "1" and return 12:30 - Warning. Horn Blast / Yellow Flag 12:35 - Preparatory. Horn Blast / Blue Flag 12:40 - Start. Horn Blast / Red Flag 6.3 nm 3.2 nm 4.0 nm