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The Results link just gives you the list of all races individually, but not the series standing.

Yeah: Great photos!! Any chance we get to download a few? Download is blocked.

J/Boaters, the deadline for early registration is a week from now, August 20, at 5:00pm. Benefits of early registration include event t-shirts for all crew (up to 6) and - for the first time - the name of your boat on the t-shirt! Don't get caught trying to explain to your crew how they are not getting t-shirts because you delayed signing up for a regatta you knew you were doing!!

Sign up now! Here are the pertinent links:

Regatta website: www.jfestsouthwest.com
NOR: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/regatta_uploads/14627/2017JFestRegattaNORRev1.1.pdf
Registration: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=14627
List of Registrants: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=14627&custom_report_id=2
Crew Waivers: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=14412
List of Crew Waivers: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=14412&custom_report_id=70

Questions: contact the regatta chair at jfswatlyc@outlook.com.

This being J/Boats' 40th anniversary, this will be a spectacular event!

Link didn't work for me (2016?) but this one did for 2017 certificates:

http://www.phrfgb.com/ratings/certificates

Lots of great pictures taken. Any chance we can actually look at them at some length, maybe even download them somehow?

I wrote the results down and included the times for the first six finishers in the spin sprit class, and handed that in and it was announced correctly. What was posted isn't even the same boats! Finish order was Hamburg -Infinity - French Connection - Second Wind - Vici.

Also, Second Wind was shown as first in the Club Handicap class. That doesn't sound right, of course.

Does anybody know where the Icicle Series standings are being published this year? I seem to be having a hard time finding them.

Thanks for any help!

No racing yesterday, but today the first races have been scored.

See results here: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=11301&show_divisions=1

Registration for the 2016 Shoe Regatta is now open.

NOR: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/regatta_uploads/12258/Shoe_Regatta_NOR_2016R0.pdf
Register: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=12258
List of Registrants: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=12258&custom_report_id=2
Crew Waiver: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=12257
List of Completed Waivers: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=12257&custom_report_id=70

For the J/70 Class this is a warm-up event for the North American Championship for which Registrations starts on the following Monday, and racing is scheduled for 5/19-22.

Sign up early to show out-of-towners and long haul travelers that this is a can't miss regatta!

The first thing I'm getting out of this discussion is that nobody is recommending to eliminate any regattas! Really? Where is all that 'too many regattas' talk now?

Regarding the issue of the Bay Champion: I'm aware of the PHRF Championship, although that's a pretty well kept secret. As long as you only count boats that sail in PHRF classes towards that championship you're excluding many if not most of the serious racers on the bay. That's why I said the scoring isn't as easy as you might think. But if you designate a set of regattas as being part of the championship series you could probably get the respective race managements to take finish times (and of course course lengths) for the OD classes, as well, and dual score the OD boats as PHRF. Somebody with more experience in this than I have should come up with some proposed method to make that happen!

The talk about too many events has been going on for years. Incidentally, one of the biggest concerns not mentioned here is that it takes an army of volunteers to put on a good regatta and we're wearing out our volunteers the way we're going.

For the 2016 J/70 North American Championship at LYC in May we're trying something that is new in its breadth of application: The cadre of race officials will be a true representation of the best Galveston Bay has to offer: We're really excited to have representatives from all four Bay Area clubs (LYC, HYC, GBCA, TCYC) and the Sea Scouts on the water for this event. I see this as an example of how we could transform racing on the bay to build the 'bigger regattas' that y'all are talking about.

Fewer Regattas: Which one's should go away? Somebody speak out about that, and don't exclude your own club! I see several categories of events:

Weekend Bay Regattas, the staple of racing on the bay: HYC Midwinter, GBCA Performance Cup, HYC Elissa Regatta, LYC Shoe Regatta, HYC Leukemia Cup, HYC HOOD, LYC J/Fest, HYC Turkey Day

Offshore Regattas: LYC Heald Bank, HYC Offshore Regatta, LYC Emerald Coast, GBCA Texas Two-Step, LYC Harvest Moon

Fixed Marks Races: GBCA Icicle Series, GBCA Rum Race Series, LYC Bay Cup Series

Specialty Events: GBCA Conundrum, GBCA Singles, GBCA Doubles, GBCA Women's

I'm sure I missed some (e.g., TMCA?) events. Each category attracts its own set of participants and the vast majority of the regattas have significant history. Is that a reason to keep it? I don't now. Which ones should go away? Step up and say!

Here's a thought that I'd like y'all to ponder: Should we not have a Galveston Bay Championship? Not yet another event but crowning the right boat as the Galveston Bay Champion at the end of the year. A boat that has participated in a predefined set of regattas which includes the three clubs that put on bay regattas and outperformed the rest (not as easily defined as you might think!). Think about it: Would this not provide an incentive to participate in a wider set of regattas? We could define this as a small set (e.g., Performance Cup, Leukemia Cup, Shoe Regatta) or any combination of larger sets, maybe mixing weekend regattas with fixed mark ones. In the end we'll have a (rotating?) event attended by all that celebrates the champs. That would pull the bay together and generate some excitement!

I can say without hesitation that I've never been in the situation that I wanted to sail, but there just wasn't anything going on. It's always the other way around: lots of opportunity but no time to participate. Real life gets in the way.

Check out the following link to find crew or offer to crew for the J/70 NA's May 19-22, 2016 at Lakewood Yacht Club

https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_crew_finder.php?regatta_id=11301

Getting close! Sign up before Sunday at 5:00pm!!

Gentle reminder that the early entry deadline for J/Fest Southwest is on August 9 at 1700 hrs. As always, registration before this deadline nets the skipper a set of Regatta T-Shirts for every crew member. Don't be caught empty handed !!

Find all informaton on the event website at http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/10656

Here are the links for all classes except J/80 (See below for J/80 NAC links):

NOR: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/regatta_uploads/10656/2015JFestRegattaNOR.pdf
Registration: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=10656
List of Registrants: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=10656&custom_report_id=2
Crew Waivers: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=10535
List of Waivers: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=10535&custom_report_id=70

Here are the links for the J/80 North American Championships:

NOR: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/regatta_uploads/9913/2015J80NAC_NoRv3.pdf
Registration: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=9913
List of Registrants: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=9913&custom_report_id=2
Crew Waivers: https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=9914
List of Waivers: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=9914&custom_report_id=70