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So if I read SI correctly first boat doesn't take names they are DQ rest of the boats just turn in time. So how do you know if your not the first boat to cross the line and no one is circling to take names?  We have been there several times.
Also I like going to the party early don't like staying out late putting the boat up and then trying to make the party
just saying

as far as no luffing I don't care as long as everybody follows the rules somebody out there still owes me a beer.

Sailed with him on Illusion
I understand he will be coming to Galveston Bay soon maybe a couple of stops at his favorite bars and a sail.
Miss him

Hopefully they will do that.  We also had problems with boats not starting with us hanging on the line.  We would set up our sequence head for the line and yell at boats to get off the line.  Wednesday night came up with a rule if its not your start you have to be nowhere near the line.  Too many boats in a little area just not safe.  I want to nail the start at full speed with out dodging and crash tacking boats that aren't starting.  One boat cost us 5 minutes on our start.  We back winded and stalled to avoid collision, then couldn't get speed again.  We looked up their start time and they were not close to our start time.

I just thought of something a rule that says no boats allowed in between the channel markers outside of 5 minutes from a start. This would keep the channel clear for regular traffic and our start.  We are not restricted by draft. It makes perfect sense.

Not there yet but my two cents is that there we too many races this year when people did not turn in finishes and delayed the process.  Going back and sorting it out with pictures takes time and delays the party.  Causes stress with the officials.  So if you finish first and don't stick around to take numbers your not first anymore. The next boat down the line turns numbers they are first place.  When the SI show up they probably have the same form from last year with the page to turn in numbers and times.  The one time we didn't do it we could have gotten first place.  Also the two boat length no luffing rule needs to be in CAPS or redlined.
Just sayin

Just renewed

Ben is good just look at the Catalina 22 fleet.  He did some really good stuff getting all those boats in shape and building a great fleet.

Gary

You are one of my favorite people voted 10 times go foredeck.  I think your shirts should be available for other foredeck crew also.

West marine has foul weather gear on sale for black Friday 99. Third reef
I'm going to check it out

Bee

Never let facts get in the way of a good story.

Not only that there are usually different start times for spin and non spin so when did they start?

Hot chocolate was made un-spiked.  We had crew sick hope to be out there tomorrow.  Right now my big boat is tacking in my slip.  And a freeze warning for Monday really?
Crazyness cats sleeping with dogs and everything.

Looks like hot chocolate with marshmallows weather

Woke up with my big boat tacking in my slip. Wind howling I had to wear earplugs to sleep. Glad I'm not out there or playing bumper boats at Port A

Foul weather training is optional

For years everyone thought I was crazy, I would grab my friends and sail my boat into every storm in the bay for training purposes.  Marilyn got worried about Walter, Ed, and I but we made that decision to do that.  To send people intentionally out as a fleet into questionable weather is a tough call.  Don't think I was not mad and disappointed and so wanted to armchair quarterback and, and, and, but I have calmed down and realized not only did we lose the racers that Terry talked about but we have new boats and new people that I have personally trained and would feel terrible if something happened to them.  I encourage you to train your crews for bad weather first rather than wait for it to come to you.  It has saved my butt several times and the boats that we race now and those that we have brought across the gulf in some very bad stuff.

I'm looking at 7-9 ESE did anyone put a request in for wind?