2012 Icicle Race Instructions

[ShakenNotStirred]

Terry,
Please see me after the rum race Saturday for a special club handicap project.
-- walter

[ShakenNotStirred]

In this Saturday's Icicle race there will be a special class for TMCA (Texas Mariners Cruising Association) boats.  There will be about six boats.

They will be flying TMCA burgees on their backstays.  It is red, white, and blue so shouldn't be confused with the other class flags. 

TMCA has assigned their handicaps, and they will be joining us for the after-race libations and story-telling. So party on!

[Charles]

In this Saturday's Icicle race there will be a special class for TMCA (Texas Mariners Cruising Association) boats.  There will be about six boats.

They will be flying TMCA burgees on their backstays.  It is red, white, and blue so shouldn't be confused with the other class flags. 

TMCA has assigned their handicaps, and they will be joining us for the after-race libations and story-telling. So party on!

Excellent!

[DollFin]

Here are some photos I took - definitely not up to Gary's or the Lacy's standards and I'm getting used to the settings on the new camera, but I think there are a few good ones. http://photobucket.com/Icicle11412

[Terry Young]

Sounds fun, I look forward to seeing you at the party.
Hopefully my wife(Carol) will make it to the party, she love?s the name of your boat ?Shaken not Stirred?, she is a  Martini Queen, and makes a mean jello shot!

[Kevin Box]

New GBCA Cruising Class ratings are here:
http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=2575&custom_report_id=2

Read 'em and weep, or chuckle, whichever the case may be

[Eric713]

Walter and Greg get to start on Sunday!  Maybe it's time for a separate cruising spin class.  They had 9 last week..

[ShakenNotStirred]

How often do we start and finish on the same point of sail?  Not too!
And we were lucky that those two legs happened to be downwind. Plus Greg sailed leg 2 perfectly, and tacked right before the big lefty, laying H mark close hauled. Turns out we way overstood trying to get to the new breeze first. Still probably the fastest way there.

I think it's time the GBCA Cruising class got more organized. Let's have a meeting after the race Saturday.  All you cruisers come find me at the party.

[Terry Young]

What a great day to go sailing, many thank to all! And the dogs at the party were great!

                         "Katana"   Finish time 02:04:55

[ChrisK]

It turned out to be great day. Shirts and t-shirts in January. We counted about 60 boats. The patio was full of folks with many new faces. As for the race, enjoyed pacing with our sister ship Attitude on the second leg. Some tricky wind on the third leg made for plenty of tactical options. Also, thanks volunteers, hotdog chef Scott Lacy! Looking forward to #4 next week

[gwittich]

FIGARO finished at 2:15:20

[Christopher]

Race 3 results:

Spin:
1. Gambler
2. Hamburg
3. Stinger
4. French Connection
5. Airbourne

NonSpin:
1.Tenacious
2. Big D
3. Chinook
4. Live Free
5. Seven Star

SOS:
1. Tanura
2. Orion
3. Mental Floss
4. Selah

Club:
1. Chiron
2. Katana
3. Baltic Raider
4. Long Shot
5. Amore

Reminder to Club participants (from the SI's):
Each yacht finishing shall record their finish time and report it to the Fleet Captain after the race.

Updated series summary available at:
http://www.gbca.org/Resources/Documents/2012%20Icicle%20Series%20Results.pdf

[SeaGypsy]

Stellar of Course (Ron Eddleman) finished at 14:10:59.

Great race.

[Eric713]

Lil Bit A Sol finished 14:11:41. Great warm day on the bay! T/W Scott Lacy after the race> He retired from AT&T 2008. I'll retire 2/4 from the same. Now I know I'll have a purpose when I retire. I can flip hot dogs for GBCA!!

[Eric713]

Congratulations to Baltic Raider on a well deserved 3rd place. Jan is one helluva good sailor and he has a great crew. Lil Bit A Sol looks forward to competing with you this year and welcome to the "Cruising Class".