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I wonder which congressperson has a donor who now prints the stickers?

As I posted in the other thread Gordie says:

"I?m ready to go with it as long as everyone else is.  Weather looks a little  strong!....regards,   Gordie"

I contacted Gordie at HYC and he said:

"I?m ready to go with it as long as everyone else is.  Weather looks a little  strong!....regards,   Gordie"

Ooops, I was misreading it.  That's at 1am not 1pm.  Sailflow is only calling for 22 at 1pm.  That's much better.

Well, Sailflow has been a little low in it's wind estimates lately but they're currently calling for 27 knots on the nose at the South Jetty Saturday at 1pm.  Let's hope that doesn't turn out to be 32+ on the nose to the first mark.

If the wind forecast holds I'd almost rather they did cancel.

The problem with a Friday night start is that you can't get down the ship channel if you're at work.  How many locals could find a crew that could take Friday off?

Correction, "Those guys need to be throwing down against you and Figaro in the non-spin fleet.."

We've got six registered and at least two or three rumored to be joining us.  (Where is Tenacious?  Those guys need to be throwing down against you in the non-spin fleet...)

I think marker 11 is a perfect start/stop for offshore races.  I'm not giving 15 minutes to some C.N.G. barge in the I.C.W. just to finish up by Redfish.  The party IS the trip back up from 11 to the slip, if you know what I mean.

Actually, I don't see the problem.  But then, I'm pretty sure most of us who do the offshore triangles aren't in it for the parties or even the trophies.  You should check out Texas Race Week on Galveston.  GBCA always puts on some great races, parties and trophies for that one.

Personally I had a blast on the Heald Bank this year and have a number of good memories from past HYC offshores.  "70's era triangle courses" are some of the most popular around here including the Bay Cup and GBCA's own Icicle and Rum race series.  We've actually had quite a bit of interest in fixed mark courses for some of the major regattas from people who'd like an excuse to sail their boats but don't want to spend all day hoisting and dousing in windward-leewards.

James Liston has confirmed that the HYC Offshore will be run this year and "It will be shortly up on the website so people can sign up."

That would explain why she's got the jump on me.  (Har-har.)

HYC gave me the email address of their race chair so I've sent off an email to Gordie.  I'll pass along whatever I get as soon as I get it.

I emailed James Liston and asked him to clarify the situation.  I'll call HYC later today and ask them what's up if I don't hear back.

I'd ask you why you're up so late if I weren't up even later.   

Later,  Kbed.