[gpsbug] Re: WSSC Spring 2011 ad Hoc Race Series Update

Steve

Wind Tether won’t be there.  I have my 1st Grand Daughter’s 1st Birthday down 
in Greensboro NC.  Fair Winds!

 

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Subject: [gpsbug] WSSC Spring 2011 ad Hoc Race Series Update

 

All,

 

The first race of the season is upon us!  Weather looks promising. Please email 
me if you plan to race this Sunday.

 

The first gun will be this Sunday 4/10 at 1 o'clock (1300) followed by a 1310 
start. It will be a standard start. The start will be between Pagan River day 
markers 2 & 3, crossing the line in an easterly direction. The typical course 
will be either clockwise or counter-clockwise around the standard course, G1, 
G5, & to the start/finish line. If the wind is light we'll sail a shortened 
course to either G1 or G5 & return. (See the chart on the WSSC website.) Finish 
is between daymarkers 2 & 3 in a westerly direction. Record your finish time & 
forward "reply to all" via email.

 

Racers should monitor VHF channel 71 for instructions.

 

Please contact me if you have any questions. Looking forward to seeing you on 
the course!

 

Thanks, 

Steve Butkus

357-9883








Responses to my previous query were unanimously in favor of racing on Sunday 
afternoons. 

 

So the first gun will be Sundays at 1 o'clock (1300) followed by a 1310 start. 

We'll use the proposed schedule below. Start thinking boat speed & I'll be 
putting out a coordinating email the week before the 10 April start. 

 

Thanks, 

Steve 





On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 9:29 PM, s.butkus1@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 

 

  WSSC Spring 2011 ad Hoc Race Series 

 

[Please pass to anyone I may have missed] 

 

Proposed schedule:   

     Each weekend 10 April-19 June, except: 

     No race 23-24 April or 7-8 May (Easter & Mothers’ Day weekends) 

     22 May (Sunday) Pagan River challenge (Conclusion of Warwick YCC cruise 
weekend) 

Organization: Ad Hoc 

     As we did last year, each race to be “organized/coordinated” by email the 
week before. 

 

For those skippers likely to race  this Spring: 

 

   Pls email me your preferences for racing on either Saturday or Sunday using 
a percentage scale, e.g.: 

 

     70/30 would indicate a higher likelihood of racing on Saturday than Sunday 

     10/90 would indicate most chance of racing on Sunday 

          (The first percentage will always represent Saturday) 

 

     Saturday races would probably start mid-morn. 

     Sunday races would probably start early afternoon. 

 

Should you be interested some other races further afield, occurring during the 
Series: 

5/27-28 Down the Bay Race 

6/3-5 Southern Bay Race Week 

6/17-18 Cock Island Race 

 

John Wandling is an excellent source for information on racing around Hampton 
Roads. 

 

Other suggestions? 





Thanks, 

Steve

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