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HYC is hosting its usual circuit stop for J22s this weekend. Nice looking OD fleet with 12 boats so far

NOR (from 2010):
https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/regatta_uploads/3387/2010HeritageCupNOR.pdf

Registration:
https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=4633

Entry List:
http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=4633&custom_report_id=55

Started by the famous oilfire fighter Red Adair and a few of his power boating buddies. (Rumor has it, they ended up lost in the fog the first year)

Kids (and adults too) will love this event.
More than a few Santas full of holiday spirit(s) on the karakoe machine keep it..uh...interesting

Entry form if you want to really get in the spirit of things, decorate your boat
http://www.clearlakearea.com/events/dc/Christmas%20Boat%20Parade%20ENTRY%202011.pdf

Last year a front blew in, making things a little exciting.  A few anchors broke loose in the spectator fleet and boats drifted into the parade route. You never know what the weather will be like... 

Parade starts at 6 pm in Nassau Bay, when the fireworks go off, the parade later merges with the South Shore Harbor boats and motors past Kemah.

Stumbled upon this old GBCA event poster from 1994 in a bathroom.
Gotta love Stouts artwork.
To this day, I still hear great things about this regatta.

I can't figure out the C/C part...is that C&C sailmakers? or maybe Cruising Canvas?

I think it would be cool to make this part of it one of the Icicles series (a themed regatta, similar to Judge Smails) for 2012?
It's certainly chili weather and I know we have some foodies out there

If you have any old event posters, post 'em!

Incredible machines and leading edge media coverage. I'm rooting for US boat, Puma...dig that paint job!

The in-port race starts this morning...the only US stop is in Miami, May 2012.

In SD
http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/home.html

In HD
http://new.livestream.com/volvooceanrace

Oh yeah! Just released, the Go Pro Hero 2. Live broadcasting to the web, remote control, able to do 11 megapixels pics 10 times a second...$299. Amazing.

I can see this being used on the lake, beaming over the web with a monitor at the Villa...run through an aircard...or maybe line of sight transmission from the RC boat if the range is there...
We had broadcast capability a few years ago, back in the Seabrook Beach Club days...

Another option: beam a live video feed from your sailboat during a race so grandma can see what fun you're having...hmmm..some interesting possibilities here...

http://gopro.com/gopro%C2%AE-launches-hd-hero2%C2%AE-camera-announces-wi-fi-remote-control-and-video-streaming/

Could this lead to GBCA TV, coming soon?

Current senior level GBCA members, look for your 2012 ballot in your mailbox this weekend!

In addition to the 2012 board postions, please take a little time to nominate the Sportmanship of the Year, Crew Person, Yachtsman, and Volunteer of the year.
More details regarding the special awards are below:

GBCA Sportsmanship Award ? This perpetual trophy honors a GBCA member who has made an outstanding contribution to GBCA or to the development of the sport of sailing in the area.

GBCA Crew Person of the Year  - This perpetual trophy is awarded to a member of GBCA who has been recognized as an outstanding crew member that never has to be told what to do, is always attentive, interacts with others well, is dependable and is always prepared; in general, always in demand and invaluable aboard.   

GBCA Yachtsman of the Year - This perpetual trophy is awarded to a member representing GBCA who has excelled in sailing competition at the local or national level.

GBCA Volunteer of the Year - The Board of Governors honors annually one of the general membership* who has made an outstanding contribution to GBCA though their volunteer efforts.

*Important note: GBCA Volunteer of the year cannot be any of the 2011 board members

Thanks for taking the time to complete the ballot and returning it in its self addressed stamped envelope!! 

The local J22 fleet is well represented at the upcoming J22 Worlds (in NOLA), which start Wednesday.

The Lees, Lamberts, Voyles, Koepke, Sutton...Flynn...just to name a few!

Several boats and crews have been preparing all year (or even longer) for this event.  
There are some rock stars in this class to be sure:
Terry Flynn has won it a few times, Rob Johnston is racing (yes that Johnston)

If you ever wanted to know where you stand it the world on One Design sailboat racing, a J22 is not a bad choice.

Good luck and fast racing to the Houston teams!!

Entry list:
http://www.j22worlds.com/index.php/the-event/current-entrants/

J22 Magazine:
http://www.j22worlds.com/files/8713/1069/3581/Spring2011-Final.pdf

#8 is the last Rum Race of the summer 

The weatherman says the temperature should be in the high to mid 80's. Sounds perfect!

If you missed the Rum Races the next time we run this format is the 2012 Icicle series...1/7/2012!
Probably NOT swimsuit weather

Avast maties! It's talk like a pirate day....(TLAP), September 19th.

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

Wurstfest is always a blast, and you can camp on site, at Lake Canyon Yacht Club
http://www.wurstfestregatta.com/

The first weekend is board/centerboard boats, the second weekend keel boats and multis.

The launch ramp is intimidating if you're a keel boat...but they have volunteers to help (launch early)

Speaking of ramps and water levels...

Hi Chris,
Canyon Lake is down 8? from its normal pool level 0f 909? and is dropping about 3? per week, so by the time of the regatta the lake will be down another 2? or so if the rains don?t come. This actually is about 3-4? above the level we were at for the 2009 regatta (about 896?). The ramp at LCYC was permanently extended during the last drought and will not be an issue. Unlike Lake Travis, Canyon Lake is in pretty decent shape given the severity of the drought. The Corp Of Engineers has been very good at keeping outflows to a minimum, about 50-70 cfs.

We very much look forward to all you Houstonians competing in our 43rd Wurstfest Regatta!!

Best,
Ray Leubner
Commodore, LCYC

'Hopefully' this nice weather will stick around until Saturday!?
Lets go Rum Racing!!!

Pete Meeh will be your host for the post racing activities...

In other news, I believe the NEW DECK at the club house is ready!

In the meantime, here are some great Lacy pictures from RR#6
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacyphotos/sets/72157627483112834/

Sunday, Sept 4th on Redfish Island

http://www.galvbay.org/events_redfish.html

This event benefits Galveston Bay Foundation
The featured entertainer is Kelly McGuire, who you may remember from Texas Race Week!

2011 Rolex International Keelboat Championship

A couple of Texas boats, Tonja Sanchez bow #25, and bow #19 from Austin.
Taking on the world's best women sailors in J22s!

I wish this event would come back to Texas, someday...

http://riwkc.ussailing.org/?bcpid=109297007001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAADkpfq7E~,4OewegLUcjFIKWrnKQoZNoS5k-9O-peZ&bclid=102224440001&bctid=1136629516001

If you missed last week RR#5 (and a great full moon) we do it again this week! The wind filled in nicely. We had over 57 boats, several I've never seen before!
'Hot Ticket' gets the party prize 

Here are 829 pictures from John Lacy:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacyphotos/sets/72157627427770876/

Full youtube broadcast...

http://youtu.be/DwANt5VbOMs
Actual race starts about 28 minutes in. Man, that's a short first leg!
It some ways it reminds me of Wednesday Night Racing with the tight race course.
The Greek boat makes quite a comeback.

Great coverage. Dig the onboard audio. The racing itself looks exciting enough for even non-sailors to watch.
I need to figure out how to stream this to my TV in 720HD...

Some of you may remember local boy done well Olympic Tornado Sailor Charlie Ogletree (and GBCA guest speaker during the GBCA Commodores Ball a few years ago!) he's racing on Team China

Check this out!
Great report!

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=8302035

It has been a little warm, but the evening breeze has been nice. Come down to the bay and escape the heat!

In unrelated but still still pretty cool racing news imagine 1,908 boats; 12,000+ sailors!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/sailing/13919983.stm

"Hi Chris,
Good to see you both yesterday.  Please mention the Womens Regatta on July 29 & 30 to all GBCA gals.  The NOR is up on the HYC website under Race & Regatta - Anne Lee"

From HYC Weekly E-mail blast:
The Women's Sailing Weekend is July 30-31 at HYC. This event is the combination of three regattas over one weekend. There is something for everyone - the two day PHRF 30+ Regatta for boats 30 foot long and longer; the Catherine Spiller Regatta on July 30; and the Women's Regatta on July 31. The PHRF 30+ and Catherine Spiller Regattas require a female to helm the boat but allow males to crew. The Women's Regatta requires skipper and crew to be female.  The Notice of Race for all three events is posted online

I found these pdf links to NORS/Registration so you don't have to dig through RN and pull your hair out.

On 7/30
PHRF 30+ Regatta NOR
PHRF 30+ Registration Link
Catherine Spiller Regatta NOR
Catherine Spiller Registration Link
On 7/31 (all female)
HYC Womens Regatta NOR
HYC Womens Registration Link

Two is a row!
Last chance to warm up for Texas Race Week at Galveston.

RR#3 saw some good winds, and alot of new folks in the clubhouse.
Keep up the great work!

July is a very busy sailing month for GBCA!

Two rum races:
7/9 and 7/16

Perfect warm up/shake down races to Texas Race Week 7/21-23!