[gpsbug] Clarification of Start Date - Sep 25 - Re:WSSC Fall 2011 ad Hoc Race Series

  • From: "Tom Orlowski" <tjorlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <s.butkus1@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "John Wandling-Email" <j.wandling@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:55:50 -0400

The first race of the Fall 2011 season will start at 12:00 on Sunday, 25 
September.

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Subject: [gpsbug] Re: WSSC Fall 2011 ad Hoc Race Series


Lots of good ideas.Im up for anything to enhance participation. I'm generally 
incommunicado here in ME. Let's plan on racing next Sunday with a 1200 start. 


Thanks,
Steve 



On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:00 AM, John wrote:


 Maybe we should try to do fewer races but treat them a bit  more seriously: 
  
(1)  Schedule a spring series and a fall series (five  races each). 
(2)  Have races on Sunday, starting around  eleven. 
(3)  Vary courses a bit.  - pick more gov't marks  and establish a few 
predefined courses. 
(4)  Move Starting area to middle of  river. 
(5)  Have a committee boat - take turns volunteering -  committee boat gets one 
point for that day 
(6)  Score as a series and have awards use low point  scoring as per Racing 
Rules of Sailing 
(7)  Charge a nominal fee to cover  awards 
(8)  Allow one throw-out (awards based on best four  finishes) 
  
(9)  Let's keep Pagan River Challenge with WYCC as  co-sponsor (if WYCC is 
game). 
  
I'd be happy to conduct a review of racing rules as well  as a review of how to 
committee.  Will continue as  scorekeeper/webmaster.  If we set this up and 
schedule around other  activities, I could get my boat up the river for most 
races.  
  
I'd be happy to host a meeting of volunteers who would like to  work on "taking 
it up a notch". 


Please share opinions/thoughts.  I'd be happy to host a  meeting of volunteers 
who would like to work on "taking it up a  notch". 
  
John 


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Subject: [gpsbug] WSSC Fall 2011 ad Hoc  Race Series 



Fall is upon us so let's go racing! 


For the Fall we'd like to do whatever  we can to maximize  the number of 
racers. The Spring Series had generated a lot of advance interest  and 
optimism, but in the event, disappointingly, we didn't see many boats on the  
line. In part, probably a case of life happening as we went about our plans. 


What can be done to maximize the number of boats on the  starting line? 
Different start times? Different days? Other locations for the  start? Some 
racing/ racing rules familiarization? What can be done to enable you  to race? 


Anyone, everyone please chime in. What works for  you? 


As a minimum, please feed back whether you'd prefer to race on  Saturday or 
Sunday and AM or PM.  


Also, please provide any other germane feedback so we can  include as many 
boats as possible. We just go out to have fun on the water! No  protests! 


Let's plan to start racing the last weekend in September and  finish up before 
Thanksgiving. (Please pass this along to anyone else who might  be interested 
in racing.) 


Thanks, 
Steve 
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