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Who's in? Why is the home page not updated to show the skippers meeting coming up next? Where is the signal doohickey?

bw
 
When I go to the "RACE" page I get the 2011 Richmond-South Beach info, along with mostly other 2011 information.
Pat Broderick
 
Are there any notes from the skipper's meeting?
Am not racing but will be out there on a crewed boat w/2 others the same day.
Might be good to know we are out there. Am interested in if there are additional comms plans.
 
From YRA:


Hello Duxship Participants,



Some of you may or may not have heard the rumors making the rounds about the Coast Guard suspending ocean racing. Here is the situation as it now stands:



Late yesterday we were contacted by Captain Cindy Stowe, the US Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Sector San Francisco. She has decided to temporarily suspend all marine event permits for offshore races and has asked US Sailing to come in and perform an independent investigation of the Low Speed Chase accident. She expects the investigation to take approximately a month and it is her hope that offshore racing can resume at the end of May. This means that the Duxship Race scheduled for Saturday will not be able to be held as originally planned.



This news has come as a surprise to us here at the YRA/OYRA, as just this Tuesday we had a long but positive meeting with the Waterways Division of the Coast Guard, the department that oversees our offshore permits, and we left that meeting feeling that there were no problems with the Duxship race this weekend. We expected the race to be held as scheduled.



Given that the OYRA cannot run an ocean race without a USCG issued Marine Event Permit, we are left with two options. Cancel the race completely or keep the race within the COLREGS Line of Demarcation (Mile Rocks). The OYRA Board has been discussing these options since last night when word came out that an Offshore Race was not possible. Rather than cancel outright, the OYRA Board would like to run a modified event that will still leave from the St Francis YC at the regularly scheduled time, head out to Point Bonita and then return to a Yacht Club within the bay where there will be an informal get-together for all the racers and crew. This would be a non-counter event and will just give those of you with crew ready and wanting to sail and opportunity to still get out on the water in an organized event.



Since we didn’t learn of the suspension of ocean racing permits until late yesterday we are still trying to work out details for an in-the-bay event. We will get more information out to everyone as soon as possible.



Laura

And on NorCal Sailing: http://norcalsailing.com
 
Eyrie will sail solo to the Farralones on May 12th too. Ronnie, I'll plan on heading out about 5 minutes ahead of you so that I can get some photos of you coming up from behind. After, we can talk about sail trim and stuff. Gotta whip you in shape for the puddle jump to Hanalei. Anyone else that wants to join and get sail trim tips from someone who plays a sailmaker on TV, I'll bring extra rolls of film for my smartphone.
 
as someone who nearly died while serving this country, i will be damned when a government agency tells me i can't go offshore sailing. oooh, i'm getting all worked up right now...

thanks eyrie :) i'll take all the pointers i can get from you...
 
May 12 Farallon

I plan to be out there testing autopilot settings. Happy to snap photos of anyone.
 
is it going to ruffle too many feathers if i organize a singlehanded farallones cruise out on May 12, including division splits, trophies, t-shirts, recorded times and organized starts?
 
If you're going to do something that organized, you might wind up with the coast guard in your face. It would count as a marine event requiring a permit.

I am waiting to see what the new date for the sh farallones race is. If they do indeed just move it, then I will do that one--especially if there is also a replacement SSS race in the bay. If no word by May 12, I'll be out there too.

Realize that does not help you Ronnie as you are on a tight schedule.

bw
 
Seeing as how it's awfully hard to set good race dates even under normal conditions, much less shoehorning them in when the year is well underway, I have a feeling the most likely outcome is that we'll keep our scheduled dates but flip-flop the Farallones with our Sep. 8 race, which was a TBD course in the bay. Unfortunately it can be pretty quiet on the ocean in September.

Since any change is likely to mess with somebody's vacation schedule, not to mention the SHTP entrants who need ocean time in the spring, we may add a second throwout to the season scoring.

Max
 
Critter said:
Seeing as how it's awfully hard to set good race dates even under normal conditions, much less shoehorning them in when the year is well underway, I have a feeling the most likely outcome is that we'll keep our scheduled dates but flip-flop the Farallones with our Sep. 8 race, which was a TBD course in the bay. Unfortunately it can be pretty quiet on the ocean in September.

Since any change is likely to mess with somebody's vacation schedule, not to mention the SHTP entrants who need ocean time in the spring, we may add a second throwout to the season scoring.

Max
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Makes sense Max.
 
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