Wednesday night Sailboat Racing 2013

[Big John]

2013 Registration is open and there will be Seminars, but only a few(see 2913 schedule on the web site).  That's the good news...
Unfortunately in doing it and removing old data, I hit a wrong button and sent out the confirming emails from last year to about thirty people, who are probably very puzzled about this.  Simply sending back the email and confirming it is not enough to register for 2013.  To begin with, registration is never complete without payment, but we also need the database that gets created by the entry form since all old info was removed from the site. 
Thanks for your assistance.
J

[Big John]

Charter a Bay Access FJ for 2013 Wednesday Night Races!  Great rates with quick and easy access to Clear Lake from the FJ Floating Dock at Lakewood Yacht Club.  Open to the public at the following rates:

?         Season:  $300

?         Series:  $80

?         Nightly:  $25, as available

Reserve FJ now @ http://www.bay-access.org/Wednesdayraceseries.html

[ChrisK]

Wow, where is the time going? T-1 month. April 3rd it's on.

Would love to see one more 26-27 foot boat sign up for a 'big iron' spinnaker class...
Footloose, Balance Act, Adios, Impulse 26...

Big blue Fast Chicken boat, where are you?

[ChrisK]

Next speaker series topic: Courses and Tactics 3/13, 6:30 pm, Villa Capri

[Big John]

Sounds like I do nothing here but Mea Culpa, but here goes.
The web site is now open to new user accounts.  Sign up to be able to log in and access Crew list contacts and the list of competitors. 
This login signup (lower left, create an account) is optional and is in addition to registering to race (Top Menu, Event Registration) which is available without logging in.

In my panic to exclude hackers, I turned this off, then forgot it existed...
Your feeble webmeister.

[Big John]

Remember us? 
We have a web site and want people, other than the spammers to visit us.  To cut down the spam, actually Denial of Service attacks, I blacklist people according to their IP address. Recently I have been completely blocking what I thought were blocks of addresses from remote parts of the world where no CLRA folks hang out.  Turns out some of those places with several spammers were in fact local, including places like NJ, Dallas and Chicago, which turn out to be headquarters for AOL, Comcast etc. So I went through all of my blacklist today and removed a ton of blocks on places that unlike Brazil and the Ukraine, are not spam havens.

Sooooooo if you have been blocked out of CLRA's website, try again.  If you still have problems, let me know.
John

[Big John]

We currently are running a poll on our web site, asking folks how we can improve our courses for Wednesday Night races.  And it might not be so bad to get a little conversation going here.  Soooo, shout out any ideas you have about ways to improve the whole experience.  We already have one change in mind, and will trot it out for use during Series Six, which starts August 21.  Speak up, or forever crunch your fiberglass.
John

[Big John]

Well, it is that time of year again.  We will soon be finishing up the season and handing out annual awards.  For this year's balloting, we have a single all in one form for your convenience.  This year we will do it a little differently.  The initial form will be for nomination in each of the three categories. Sportsmanship, best crew and most improved.  The nominations will be open during Series 6.  After the final race, Scott will determine the 3-4 most deserving candidates and we will have a period of voting for your favorites among them.  Previously we have given annual awards on some pretty thin voting, so this should at least make it a little more fair. 
The nomination form is up now, under General Info on the web site.
John

[Tye Dyed Gary]

 John I tried to fill in the nominations and kept getting Invalid input. I gave up after four tries.

[Big John]

You have to fill in all the blanks.  I will remove the validity checking.
John

[Big John]

I have fixed and tested.  You do not have to fill in every blank space.  You do have to supply all the validation info(name and email) and pass the spam test.
John

[ChrisK]

You asked earlier about courses.

Throw one vote in for Buddys old courses 5 and 7 for OD and PHRF Spin.
Less bumper boats....
Maybe something to consider for next season 

[Deckhand]

Here are the pictures I took of WNR. Christina Tuma invited me on the R/C boat and I had a great time. The best place to watch the races. I also helped pulling up the marks and was treated to a spectacular rising of a Blue Moon. Also a great finish of the J-22's. A great day on the lake. The link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacyphotos/sets/72157635185358367/ and all the sets:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacyphotos/sets/ . These photos are 30% of the original size. If you would like the 100% size, email me at sailsong@swbell.net . I can only send about 3 or 4 at a time due to size.
Scott Lacy
s/v Flying Kiss

[Deckhand]

It was too nice of a day not to take out Tramp. We went out and watched the WNR on the bay and were treated to some nice match racing. Short enough course that it was easy to follow up and down the course. Hope Tramp did not make a wind shadow, tried to stay back far enough. Here is a link to the pictures of the bay racers: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacyphotos/sets/72157635287281539/. All the sets are at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacyphotos/sets/. If anybody would like some 100% pictures (these are 30%), email me at sailsong@swbell.net. Go Texans!
Scott

[Deckhand]

Another fine day on the Lake. Here are the pictures I took yesterday of series 6-3 http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacyphotos/sets/72157635393592957/. All the sets are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacyphotos/sets/. These are 30% sized. If you want the 100% (free), email me at sailsong@swbell.net and let me know the photo number(s).
Scott Lacy