GBCA Discussion Forum

Where did the barn go? I always look for the big brown barn( rig house) as a visual to find the ?J? mark, it through me for a loop, as I believe it did to many others. Just a word of caution about a hundred feet north of what left of the barn is about a six inch pipe that sticks out of the water about two foot, at a very low tide. It did have a very small orange float on it, but it was hard to see. Terry Young(FireWater crew)

Talk to Cashe crew member back at dock at LYC, all crew ok, boat hurt!

I was suppose to be in this race on Cashe, but do to my 24 wedding aniverity I had to pass. Cashe? is over fifty feet long, and to brake it?s boom it would require thousands of pounds of force! I must of gotten bad, any one get hurt, the owner Bob is over 80 years old, and a good person to crew for.

Ed made my first sail at C&C sail makers in my younger days, it was for my 14 foot cat, he was always helpful, and always willing to share his knowledge, he will be missed, but now he sails into better waters, rest well! Terry Young

Walter I have some photos of you and crew going out the Freeport jetties, that I took from Cache? , e-mail me if you want me to send them to you. Terry

Anyone know where to find the scores are at, I don't see them on the HYC page. Or know the scores?
On another note, fun race, had a lot of fun and all went well and the food was good, and even got a hot shower, at the marina as well. Was a little worried about getting Cache' under the flood gate but had a foot or two to spare. And the race committee did a great job putting it all together.
And I final got to meet Bee, he has to be pretty though to drive a rocket ship of a boat like Stinger, little or no comforts there! You go Bee!

                                               

Are these dates right on the SI ? The race starts on April 26 ( Friday) maybe a little for any changes on May 02.

4. CHANGES IN SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Any change to these sailing instructions or schedule of race will be posted on the official
race information notice board located in the breezeway adjacent to the offices of the
Houston Yacht Club no later than midnight May 02 (Wednesday). These same notices will
be sent via e-mail to all competitors no later than midnight May 02 (Wednesday) to the
same address as submitted at registration.

Sorry I have not been fond of lawyers since my divorce over twenty-five years ago, I am sure there are many good lawyers out there(they must be sailors),but there are some ?BAD? lawyers(they must ?not? be sailors) out there as well, I know this for a fact, and they can make a mess of your live!  I do think it would be a good idea register the crew with the boat, in case of an emergency, or ?Mayday? call, just keep club racing from being drowned with paper work, we are here to have fun and make new friends, and share ideas. Just my thoughts!

Anyone know where the site is for the crew waivers are for this race?
Best wishes for all and be safe, see you all at the party.

      Terry Young(crew for Cache?)

I guess am the only one that likes trophy?s I still have many that I have won in my life and proudly display them at my home, and they often remind me of many good times, and friends and a lot of hard work, to win it. I to, do a lot of volunteering for my community, so I understand that most sailing committees go without any thanks, but I assure you that I am one who always has given thanks, but if I think that something might need to be done a little different I bring it up. Committees need our input, hopefully positive but also things that can be improved, both inputs are important. Sorry if any got their feelings hurt, it was not met to, but if anyone feels as I do, I hope they will speak up. But maybe I am alone with this thought. On another note, I to would like to know the link for the race photos.

I thought the little cooler that LYC gave out for trophies was a disappointment, don?t they know that racers like to hang shiny things on their wall. Or is that only me thinking out loud O well I am only crew now so it does not really affect me I guess. Just my thoughs.

Good call on not doing a second race, the water just got lower and the wind got higher!

Looks like it?s going to be cold, are you sure this isn?t and Icicle series race! Better get my cold weather gear back out of storage. Terry Young

The three hour round trip from my home in Katy TX to the boat and back was starting to get to me(getting sleepy), so I could not spend as much time at the boat that was needed. All my old crew as now on FireWater and now me as well. I look forward to being crew, so now when something brakes I just tell Walter ?you really need to get that fixed before the next race?. Also I did not sell the kites with the boat so I have two kites(one like new with a sock, and the ?A? kite you see in the photo) for sale if any wants to buy them before I list them on e-bay, just e-mail me. Terry

KATANA is now been sold to Shane Jackson, Shane has crewed for me on Katana since Oct 2012 and crew for me in the 2013 Icicle races and has be at the 2012 HMR party and most of the 2013 Icicle party. Shane is new to sailboat racing, but grew up in the Clear Lake area, is still have much to learn but is egger to learner, and will be crewing on other boats to improve his knowledge. He says that he is really a cruiser but enjoys the fellowship that he has found in the club racing, so if you see him sailing out there on KATANA or at one of the parties say hi to him, he is a little shy at first but once you get to know him, you find him to be a really good guy, and hopefully the GBCA team member some time soon. As for me I will be crewing for the roughest, meanest captain of the fleet Walter H. of ?FireWater?, hopefully this will free up some time for me to do some volunteering for the GBCA. Terry Young