All, We hope all of you are doing well this off season. As some you prep for midterms, leave for spring break, or are returning back to school from break; we would like to give you some good news. The Lake Erie Intercollegiate offshore regatta is going full steam ahead. We are extremely thankful for all of your support and feedback over the last few months as we were planning this event.
We are extremely excited to welcome as many of you as possible to the Lake Erie Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta! Below you will find a brief rundown of the event and our NOR attached to this email. While this is the second time LEIOR has happened, there will be a few changes made to the format of the event. We know that having this event in late May can be a hard sell for most of you due to graduation, summer co-op’s, training or what ever else your summer may throw at you, we hope to see many of you there. We are extremely excited to announce that early entries and MCSA draft entries are finalized, and so we are going to opening up entries to the rest of the ICSA. We have a set number of berths to start and will be starting a waitlist that will be first come first serve as we get more boats lined up for the event. The following teams have received berths - University of Rhode Island College of Charleston Georgia Tech University Michigan State University Miami University of Ohio Cleveland State University Grand Valley State University Indiana University THE Ohio State University Northwestern University University of Toledo University of Wisconsin Madison - Tow/Providing a berth (J/92) We have the following boats lined up currently for the event - T-Ten’s, Hobie 33’s, J/105’s, Misc - J/29, Santana 35, J/30, German Frers 36, and more. Official Information - Dates: May 21st-22nd and practice/check-in May 20th Location: North Cape Yacht Club 11850 Toledo Beach Rd, La Salle, MI 48145 Organizing Club: The University of Toledo Sailing Club and North Cape Yacht Club Regatta Chairman: Craig Mueller, (513) 833-6917 [email protected] Co-Chair: Dar Burgoyne (419) 376-3984 [email protected] Format: PHRF Racing to open the floor to all styles of boats and to give equal opportunity for more schools to come in. Race Format: Practice (fun race) race and multiple practice starts on Friday the 20th. Windward/Leewards on Saturday. Buoy/Short Distance racing on Sunday followed by awards. # of Boats Available: Limited provided berths, Unlimited tow or self-acquired boats Awards: in-class awards for 1st-3rd, Class overall Award, Overall winner, and some more that will be announced closer to the event. Scoring: Scoring will be done via YachtScoring and run using PHRF Lake Erie Ratings. We will have a PHRF Lake Erie rep available should you bring a boat and not have a rating. Food: Fireside snack Friday, Dinner Saturday, and Lunch Sunday. Housing: We have very limited space for housing, so it is highly advised teams look for and secure their own housing for the event. Some boat owners will be allowing teams to sleep on their boats as well. We will have more information on that once we are closer to the event. Speaker(s); Safety and Rundown presentation on Friday with Steve Harris Plus some fun items to be discussed REQUEST FOR INVITE - https://forms.gle/Lj5L7YVEPwwanYrP7 Best Regards, LEIOR Organizing Authority and Planning Committee PS - If you should want more detailed information or have any questions do not hesitate to reach out! Regatta Chairman: Craig Mueller, (513) 833-6917 [email protected] Co-Chair: Dar Burgoyne (419) 376-3984 [email protected] [image: image.png]
