I just registered for the HYC Turkey Day Regatta and tried to pay. Imagine my surprise when I received
$15 discount for single handed
$105 late fee
$5 discount for US Sailing Membership
NOR says one can register at $80 without late fee until November 16. I have no intention of racing single handed.
What's up with this?
Pretty hefty late fee.
R.N. always mucks up the HYC registration costs - should be fixed soon.
Hope for the same weather we had last year.
I thought Turkey Day was a one day event the last few years?? Considering bringing Psyched out but was hoping for a one day event!! At least that is the Texans bye week!!!!!!
Tried to go to HYC's web site to check the NOR. It says "domain not valid".!? Guess they went out of business, :)
You can still register on Regatta Network. Srcoll down to the event...
http://www.regattanetwork.com/html/calendar.html
Gordie fixed the fee business. Works fine now, but you still cannot get to the domain name. Do the regatta network thing above and sign up. Looks like they need the help.
The $105 registration fee looked kinda stiff since the NOR didn't mention a meal, T or whatever. These affairs are turning into $500 events, minimum for us outta towners, even with free accommodations and a three person crew. Not bitching (much), but RCs and Club gotta seriously considering keeping the price down giving the Obama Stimulus has long since worn off.
Can someone check Jonesey's keel and make sure there's lead there?
RN is clunky on the front end. The front page needs a redo and a big button to send you to the calendar.
It's too difficult to find events if it's your first time visiting RN.
Try this link for Turkey registration:
https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=4661 (https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=4661)
On the NOR the registration fee is $80 with a $15 discount if you are sailing single-handed and a $5.00 discount if you are a member of US Sailing.
$80 is still steep if dinner/drinks/shirts aren't included. This is a relatively causal weekend regatta, and probably the last on the bay for this year. Definitely discourages any out of towners from attending. Let's try to end the year on a positive note and get a decent turnout.
HYC's web site is back up.
$80 is a very cheap entry fee!!!! Look around the country, we have it very good here on GB with our cheap entries and very easy logistics to have a regatta. I just wish it were one day with four races and be done!!
I agree totally with your assessment of costs. KW this year is $850 for my little 105 and goes up to $1050 for the big boys. I would not have had problems paying the $105 and I don't think anyone else should either. It costs to put one of these things on and we should be appreciative that we have it as cheap as it is. We should all sign up early as well.
I don't agree about the one-day affair. J-Fest would have been a real disappointment for most of us had it only been one day. Its not unusual to have totally different weather on each day with one day being a wash out for some reason. Better to have two shots. Then again, I very rarely watch phartball.
$80 is a very affordable regatta fee....however, and I went to look at the NOR before posting this and there is some kind of problem with the link or there is no NOR....if it's true that there is no food, drink, event, anything.....then you better hope your first place bird is a 22lb Williams Sonoma Organic Turkey or equivalent.
NOR is here:
http://www.houstonyachtclub.com/documents/NOR_2011_Turkey_Day.pdf
When you click on the Race and Regatta Link the NOR is on that page.
Not much in it though. My guess is that the only thing worth getting is a bird, and yeah, that's an expensive bird.
My comment on the $80 entry was directed at the lack of any social/shoreside activities. I agree in retrospec it's not that expensive for a regatta, but the NOR didn't mention anything included. It seems lately that the fleets put on their own social activities in the parking lot and avoid the clubhouse altogther aka the viper car bar.
That's "VIPER BAR" shores! Have to give credit to Mary M for the idea, i think she invented the car-bar. Not sure if we adopted it because it made "socializing" more convienent or because most bars wont allow the guys from corpus in.
by the way, a viper with single trap and no lead is very fast in 25 knot's of breeze ;-)
A viper WITH lead is fast in 25 knts, one without is just scary. I guess when you turtle one in 35 knts and have to be rescued nothing really seems that intimidating anymore. Here's hoping we can end the year with another solid viper w/lead turnout. Jeff, do your cheerleader thing and get the troops fired up about this one at Wurstfest.
I didin't invent the car bar, I just brought it up another notch!!
If you drink from the car bar consider yourself a trunk drunk (credit to JoAnn Korleski)!
No football excuses this week ::) The Texans are resting up for the Super Bowl.
Come out and win yo-self a bird. Last race of the year until the HYC Revognah...
Who's racing:
http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=4661&custom_report_id=2 (http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=4661&custom_report_id=2)
Bee, on a sidenote, I see a new? J105 in town: 'Killer Rabbit'...
Yup. The old Geronimo. Purchased by Mark Young. Brings us up to nine local boats here on the Bay. Vic is now class president and still belongs to the local Fleet. Including him we have 10 boats in Fleet 17 and should become a voting member of the national organization again in 2012.
I'm hoping we will see 6-7 boats on the line most of the rest of the year.
Quote from: ChrisK on November 17, 2011, 08:07:16 AM
No football excuses this week ::) The Texans are resting up for the Super Bowl.
Come out and win yo-self a bird. Last race of the year until the HYC Revognah...
Who's racing:
http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=4661&custom_report_id=2 (http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=4661&custom_report_id=2)
Bee, on a sidenote, I see a new? J105 in town: 'Killer Rabbit'...
....Tell at least two of my regulars that sitting around on a weekend watching football is no excuse for not being outside on the water!
Enjoyed the PHRF Spin distance pursuit course..a slightly more condensed version of the Rum Races.
Great for crew development, navigation...plenty of wind (but not too crazy)
There should have been many more boats out there!
Not quite in the Turkey this year but that was fun...
Next HYC race is Revognah..on New Years Day
What's a Revognah you ask? That's hangover spelled backwards!
OD line was also fun Liston and company did a nice job of seting up and maintaining a pretty square course.
Great wind, cool temps, and lots of beer. What could be better?
What could be better? Two items come to mind:
1. Party Saturday night (road warriors aren't gonna wait around till 5pm Sunday)
2. More competitors
Thanks to HYC and GBCA for a great year of regattas!
Yeah, I was surprised by the small number of competitors. The worst part was the PHRF fleet. Where have all the big PHRF spin classes gone?
I think a lot of the big PHRF boat's are off-put by the way HYC splits sym and asym boat's. At least thats my feeling.
Maybe we'll see big-boat programs come back when the economy get's sorted.
As far as attendance at this one - i think the J22's and 24's had a conflicting event. Vipers hit wurstfest the prior weekend which took me out. Still a decent show for the local Viper fleet and J105's.
I'll be ready for the HYC midwinters and then a big Mardi Gras Race Week in Feb 2012, a little off-subject but i think it's going to be good one.