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~~~Alan Bates
281.212.7348

Poignant piece of history.  Thanks for posting.

You are cordially invited to bring $20 for Brats and Beer and Band (L C Roots)  to help support high school sailors in a National Regatta on Clear Lake.

You get to drink beer, eat brats, and listen to great music---Friday November 15th 6pm-9pm--LYC parking lots. 

ALL AGE EVENT--Bring the entire family.  Children under 13 free.  Lemonade and popcorn, too.

Contact Jill Hughes--281-639-1222 

B Sailing racers are charging out of the blocks and will sign up Zippity...

Prayers for healing....

Right ON, Pete.  The pictures help me in various ways, things that went well, and those that went not so well. The pictures are a huge service to the sailing community as a whole.

Whiskey Tango can take one--contact will be Larry Berhmann 832-347-1881

Zippity can take two crew.
~~Alan
281.212.7348

Dave Dellenbaugh is as good as it gets.  Learn the rule changes, and how to apply them properly.

http://www.northu.northsails.com/Seminars/NorthUSchedule/tabid/1461/language/en-US/Default.aspx?modid=75490&func=view&eid=15

Do not forget to sign up at link in previous comment.  Tell your friends.

Lakewood Yacht Club is hosting a North U Rules Seminar with expert extraordinaire Dave Dellenbaugh. February 23rd 8:30am -4:30 pm  $95 for US Sailing Members

Register at : http://www.northu.northsails.com/Seminars/NorthUSchedule/tabid/1461/language/en-US/Default.aspx?modid=75490&func=view&eid=15

What an awesome day that was--so sorry to have missed it.  Major respect to the fleet for getting out there.

From Terry:
Yep that was me. 48 hours of 20 plus knot on the nose. Fouled something on the rudder at 11:30 and went without steering till daylight, rigged the drougue and went backward to free, stayzsail halyard broke staysail goes in the water and fouled prop, got that free hours later, now having packing gland issues lot of water coming in, diaphram pump broke diaphram, so only hand bilge pump. I am La now repairing all but will not make the race now. SHIT

Terry Cantrell's Nelson Mereck 36 has been disabled off of Louisiana.  He was headed to the Isla Mujeres race Regatta del Sol, and race into a bad storm.  That is all I know.
This information came by way of a crew member supposed to do the race with him.

Musica takes 3rd in Class 3rd Overall PHRF--we beat the multis too--for the mini-sized conch shell prize.  We were handily beaten by a Kerr 55 and the new Farr 400, rating -72 and -15 respectively.  They sailed in different weather once they extended.  We paced the Farr for about 30 miles. I personally enjoyed kicking the J122 Teamwork to the back, since they were crewed by my old boss at J/Port Annapolis and the J/World hot shot.   

At the awards ceremony, Cliff decided he was done with his appendix, and it was time for it to be remove.  He was in surgery 1am this morning, and recovering well.  Some people will do anything to get out of boat delivery duty.

Alas, 12 hours in Key West was not enough--I had to rush back in order to find another drifter, this time with long underwear--called Icicle #2.