Great ideas, John. Count me in as a volunteer to help get it cranked up a bit.
John E On 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".JohnFrom: gpsbug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gpsbug- bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of s.butkus1@xxxxxxxxxxxSent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:01 PM To: s.butkus1@xxxxxxxxxxxCc: j.wandling@xxxxxxxxxxx; Gpsbug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; gpsbug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jlpn@xxxxxxxx; cat3086@xxxxxxxxxxx; John.Ormond@xxxxxxx; RUSS GOODWIN; RMCG5070: aol.com; tom orlowski orlowski; j.wandling@xxxxxxxxxxx; Gpsbug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; gpsbug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jlpn@xxxxxxxx; cat3086@xxxxxxxxxxx; John.Ormond@xxxxxxx; RUSS GOODWIN; RMCG5070: aol.com; tom orlowski orlowskiSubject: [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 357-9883 Home 377-7498 Cell
