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Does anyone know how to get ahold of him?

We're working with several of the local Sea Scouts and some of the kids have a question that I can't come up with a good answer for.

We've been racing non-spin for now and the kids are wanting to learn how the rating system works.  Getting the basics of TOD comparisons were easy and then they started asking why the ratings are what they are.

Now my dumb luck, we're racing against the 1 tonner.  She's being sailed by good sailors who are good people and the certainly don't make many mistakes.

So to their question is how she gets the 140s rating she has.  My initial answer was there's a formula that gives a base rating and then the local board members take local conditions into account and derive a base number.  Then the teenager asks that wonderful question "Why/How".

This page at Brown University was made known to me and after reading it (especially the last paragraph), I'll admit I'm over my head on this answer. 

http://cs.brown.edu/~jfh/boats/FAQ/node13.html

I'm not trying to start a fight, I'm just trying to give them good explanation.

We know of a couple of folks looking for rides for the upcoming Rum Races.

Mustache Karaoke (Steve) his girlfriend (Sharon) and his daughter are new to the area and own a 26' Friendship they are rebuilding (isn't ready to go yet) text him at 740-505-5290

Plus we have a couple of new people here at the loft who are looking for rides.  For them contact us as the Banks Loft.

Thanks and let's help get these people out on the water!

K

This Saturday is Clear Lake Sailing Club's Waiting for the Great Pumpkin Regatta on Clear Lake.

This group attends many of our events (the 3rd place boat in Club Handicap for Rum Races this year with the yellow shirts), many of the portsmouth and Catalina 22 sailors on Wedsnday night and others.

They are a 501 3(c) dedicated to teaching people to sail & race and have classes every spring.  This is a one day event that was started in 1970.  The NOR & Registration link are located on their website just to the right of the banner for the regatta.  I hope to see some of ya'll out there on saturday!

http://www.clearlakesailingclub.org/

Bob, Jody and their boat show manager Dave are bringing the L&A booth to the Jazzfest & Boatshow this weekend.

Bob is very involved with Sail America and their work with our In The Water boat show & trying to bring it back to its glory days.  Bob was really impressed with TMCA and the participation in their Spring Fling and he's focusing a lot of time on our little pond now.

It would be a big help if some of us could go to the show, check out the cool boats, cars, planes and listen to some good music and let Bob & crew know we appreciate their efforts in our area.

I didn't want to get involved with that other discussion since this is a bit different.

A friend of mine was the HC OEM employee who actually installed that thing.  It's owned by TXDOT now and it's on their list of 'don't bother to fix' (not a real list but unofficially low priority).  I had a chat with him tonight and he said if I thought there were enough of us interested in sending email requests to TXDOT to request a 'sprucing up', he would look up the actual folks email addys who make those decisions.

Not saying it would actually happen, but he did say that if they knew a bunch of people wanted it running, then it filters up the list (plus he said unofficially, they can tell their bosses they are helping serve community requests or something like that).

Any interest?

Ok, I've never posted one of these before but here goes.

There's a local sailor who's raced in a few Harvest Moons and goes to the Turtle Club every Wed to watch us enjoy ourselves who could use some help.  His name is Greg Ince, he's in MD Anderson Hospital and battling the big C.  He's already fought leukemia once and thought he had it beat.  Now he's been back in the hospitial for several weeks fighting it again.  He needs to undergo a bone marrow transplant (again).  The good news is they have found him a donor that is a perfect match.  The bad news is it takes a pretty severe treatment process to get him ready and then aftercare.  He's getting daily blood transfusions to keep his white cell count up and running.

Greg is a real nice guy.  He lives on his boat on the south side of the lake and goes sailing with anybody who asks for a deckhand.  He's helped deliver boats for new owners and only asked for help with the airfare.  We've had dinner/drinks with him a few times and he's was always trying to make sure everyone had a good time.  He had talked about getting into racing but wasn't sure since in his opinion he didn't know squat and didn't want to pull anybody down.  I know that doesn't matter to most of us and we hooked him up with a couple of HMR rides and took him to a couple of rum races/parties and he thought we were a good group (we had him fooled apparantly  ).

Anyway, if any of you donate blood (I can't  ), doing so in Greg's name would be a big help.  I would have posted this earlier, but I just found out late last nite he was in this condition.

I don't know if any of ya'll know him, but there are several of us on another board that are putting the word out to lend him a hand.

Thanks ya'll, see you tonight.

I don't know if any of the big boats pushed it out of the way this weekend, but last Wed afternoon, there was a 2x6 stuck in the ground between SSY and Portofino.  It was almost directly across from Portofino's pool.   

Hopefully the stargazer ran it over this weekend and it won't be an issue this Wed.

This is  a copy paste from BMWOracleRacing site

18.02.2010 CET

America's Cup Victory Tour.
Following Sunday?s race victory, which resulted in a 2-0 sweep of the 33rd America?s Cup Match, the BMW ORACLE Racing team is preparing to bring the Cup home to the United States.
The America?s Cup Victory Tour presented by ORACLE and BMW EfficientDynamics will begin tomorrow afternoon February 19, when the trophy touches down in San Francisco following a flight in a first-class seat to SFO from Valencia via Frankfurt. After being welcomed at the airport, the trophy and team will proceed to the Golden Gate Yacht Club ? the team?s patron and the Cup?s new home ? for a reception with club members and special guests.



Saturday morning, a public viewing is planned at the San Francisco City Hall Rotunda. At 11:30 am Mayor Gavin Newsom will formally welcome the Cup and team, including team owner Larry Ellison, back to the United States in a City Hall ceremony open to the public. A press conference will follow.



On Sunday afternoon, the America?s Cup will head south to San Diego, where the team operated a training base for 16 months in 2008 and 2009. At 4:00 pm the America?s Cup will be on public display at the USS Midway museum on the city?s waterfront.



Following a 5:00 pm ceremony with Mayor Jerry Sanders, the trophy and team will head to the San Diego Yacht Club on the replica of the yacht America, for which the trophy is named. A flotilla of San Diego boats will parade along with America for a sunset sail across San Diego Bay to former Cup holder San Diego Yacht Club.



The homecoming tour may be extended to the East Coast of the United States the following week ? details to come.