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I hate to do it but I'm moving too far away to keep her.

A fun fast boat that's competitive on both the Lake and the Bay! Details at:
https://toccataj27.com/toccata-is-for-sale/

gary.trinklein @ gmail.com

It's a bye week for CLRA, so anyone interested in getting out on the water should consider bay racing this Wednesday. We use the GBCA Icicle SI's and add 6 hours to the start time.

Reverse course is proposed for this Wednesday.

Icicle SI's:
https://gbca.org/resources/Documents/2018%20Icicle%20Series%20Sailing%20Instructions.pdf

J/27 Toccata is looking for a crew member for tomorrow's Bay Cup I race.

Please contact me at gary.trinklein@gmail.com if your are interested.

Are available at:
https://garytphoto.smugmug.com/SailboatRacing/GBCA/2018-Commodores-Ball/

Free for download, just click on the download link (a downward arrow icon, usually underneath the picture on the right).

Galveston Historical Foundation is hosting a "Tall Ships Festival" event the first weekend in April.

In addition to our own Elissa, five other tall ships will be participating in the festival.

Tickets can be purchased to sail aboard the boats for:

• Parade of Sails
• Day Sails
• Twilight Sails

More information and ticket purchases are at:
http://www.galvestonhistory.org/events/tall-ships-galveston-2

Join other Galveston Bay sail boaters for a great charity event, the Waterford Yacht Club Regatta Benefiting Lighthouse Charity Team. This year the race takes place on Saturday, October 1, and is followed by a full evening of festivities - all in support of an important local charity!

A special trophy, "The Wheel", will go to the wining yacht club. In addition to taking The Wheel, the winning skipper will be able to direct a $1000 donation to his or her favorite local charity.

This will be a 10 mile pursuit style race in Galveston Bay.

Event page with links to NOR and registration:
https://www.waterfordyc.com/2016-event/

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS –

SATURDAY September 24th 2016
6:00pm Skippers Meeting at the Sundance Grill II Waterford Harbor Marina

SATURDAY October 1st 2016
11:55 am Warning Signal
12:00 pm Race begins
4:00 pm Time limit of race
5:00 pm Shrimp Boil, Awards Ceremony, Auction, Live Band
9:45 pm End Event

Wouldn't that trophy look nice in the GBCA Clubhouse?

Some of the CLRA PHRF skippers are planning an informal race on the bay tomorrow when CLRA has a bye week and we want invite all like-minded sailors to join us.

We will follow the standard course for this year's Icicle Series, and add 6 hours to the Icicle starting time. That puts most boats starting between 5:45 and 6:15 PM.

No racing on the lake this week but the bay is wide open! All boats are welcome.

Andy Upchurch, who is the Andy in "Andy & The Dreamsicles", a band that has played for GBCA several times and really enjoys our events, asked me to share this event with the club. From his press release:

Saturday July 25:  You don't want to miss this‼  It's the "MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" and FULL MOON PARTY with Andy & the Dreamsicles‼  Under the big palapa at the world-famous Topwater Grill in San Leon, Texas.  This is the best place on the whole Texas coast to see the Green Flash.  It happens right at sundown.  Everyone will be looking for it, shots in hand!   6:00 – 10:00.

Andy assures me that a green flash will be visible from the Topwater Grill palapa.

Toccata, a 1985 J/27, is building a crew for racing in Galveston Bay. We will train if you have no experience. Upcoming events that we plan to compete in are LYC Bay Cup and GBCA Performance Cup Regatta. Find out more about Toccata here:
http://toccataj27.com/

We also have a few spots open for Cruzan Rum Icicle Race #5 on Saturday.

Contact me at gary.trinklein@gmail.com

Almost-new J/27 is looking for crew for both Wednesday night and bay races. Contact me at gary.trinklein@gmail.com for more info.

We're putting together a new J22 crew for 2012, mostly for Wednesday nights but some bay races too. Foredeck experience is a plus. Come have fun with us!

Gary Trinklein
832-687-9099
garytphoto@gmail.com

The ProStart seems to offer a lot more functionality for a bit more money, does anyone have any experience with them? I'm going to be racing a J/22 this year, are there any class rules that would keep me from using it?

I don't think I need to ask for opinions in this forum but I will anyway...

http://boingboing.net/2010/11/08/dainish-sailors-make.html

A sailboat entering a harbor on an island in the Baltic during a serious storm. I've watched the video a dozen times and I'm still not sure if it was skill or luck. It does look like the skipper was positioning the boat so that the waves wouldn't push it into the breakwater.

Too many boats to manage. From the same people that make Lasers, a Zuma - a 13' dinghy with daggerboard. Lots of fun to sail. It comes with a small trailer.

See http://www.laserperformance.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=505&Itemid=382 for a description.
A similar model is at http://www.sailingtexas.com/szumau.html

Email me at gary.trinklein@gmail.com

Lou Vest is a HSC pilot with an interest in photography. Make sure you select "HQ" on the YouTube control panel for high quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xstd3_0usI

His description of the video:
A time lapse video made by setting a camera to take photos at six second intervals during a trip outbound on the Houston Ship Channel. I used Quicktime to assemble over 2000 individual photos into a 3 minute movie representing an actual time of over 3 1/2 hours. The ship was only moving at 5-6 knots for the first half of the trip and up to 10 knots in the open areas away from the docks. The journey begins just below the Port of Houston turning basin at the end of the channel and continues down to Morgan's Point at the head of Galveston Bay. We still had 32 miles to go to get out to the pilot station in the Gulf of Mexico at that point. The ship is a Panamax tanker 600 feet long by 106 feet wide.

Are at
http://www.pbase.com/gtrinklein/hmr2009

Slide show
http://www.pbase.com/gtrinklein/hmr2009&view=slideshow

Dolphins
http://www.pbase.com/gtrinklein/image/118012584
http://www.pbase.com/gtrinklein/image/118012597

Starting Line
http://www.pbase.com/gtrinklein/image/118012600

Sunset
http://www.pbase.com/gtrinklein/image/118012603

Pictures are at:
http://www.pbase.com/gtrinklein/2009rr8

For a slide show:
http://www.pbase.com/gtrinklein/2009rr8&view=slideshow

Are at http://www.pbase.com/gtrinklein/baycupii2009

My favorites are Seute Deern at http://www.pbase.com/gtrinklein/image/116319704 and Hamburg at
http://www.pbase.com/gtrinklein/image/116319712

Sorry I don't have more photos (and there were plenty of good photos to be taken that day), but I had several winches calling my name...