Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate

2021-01-31 Thread CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List
ease forgive typos. Thank you. > > > > - > > From: Matthew via CnC-List > > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2021 10:08:50 AM > > To: 'Stus-List' > > Cc: Matthew > > S

Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate

2021-01-31 Thread Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List
give typos. Thank you. > > From: Matthew via CnC-List > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2021 10:08:50 AM > To: 'Stus-List' > Cc: Matthew > Subject: Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate > > Bill’s assessment is correct. He left out that the Erie Yac

Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate

2021-01-31 Thread David Risch via CnC-List
AM To: 'Stus-List' Cc: Matthew Subject: Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate Bill’s assessment is correct. He left out that the Erie Yacht Club Racing Fleet, which used only race with spinnakers, had dwindled to about 10 or so active boats. The Chairman at the time

Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate

2021-01-31 Thread Matthew via CnC-List
PM To: 'Stus-List' Cc: Bill Coleman Subject: Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate In our fleet, the Spinnaker is just that, usually on weekends, with a few races interspersed in the evening instead of the Wed Nite Jams. This usually only brings out around a dozen

Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate

2021-01-30 Thread Jeff Helsdingen via CnC-List
o0ukef> > ---------- > *From:* dwight veinot via CnC-List > *Sent:* Saturday, January 30, 2021 3:29:33 PM > *To:* Stus-List > *Cc:* dwight veinot > *Subject:* Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate > > Sort of funny how all

Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate

2021-01-30 Thread Jim Reinardy via CnC-List
tus-List Cc: dwight veinot Subject: Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate Sort of funny how all the egos go for the line i did it many times take him up no room to go up no protests nobody wants to go to protests. Fleet racing accidents happen. Then after the aggressiv

Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate

2021-01-30 Thread dwight veinot via CnC-List
Sort of funny how all the egos go for the line i did it many times take him up no room to go up no protests nobody wants to go to protests. Fleet racing accidents happen. Then after the aggressive start line close packed maneuvers things spread out, crew loses focus and then another chance for

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2021-01-30 Thread Bob Mann via CnC-List
Video tape all starts from the committee boat and use these for review. Always surprising how far from the line boats are at the start, especially in the middle of the line. Our local group (multiple clubs in one organization) implemented golf-style handicapping last year. We call it Delta

Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate

2021-01-30 Thread Bill Coleman via CnC-List
In our fleet, the Spinnaker is just that, usually on weekends, with a few races interspersed in the evening instead of the Wed Nite Jams. This usually only brings out around a dozen entries. Then, the Wed JAMs at 7 PM, usually with a fixed start at the corner of our club, occasionally with

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2021-01-30 Thread Charlie Nelson via CnC-List
Locally we have had some success getting 'cruisers' out by running distance races with pursuit starts (based on PHRFs) just prior to (or after) our regular spin and non-spin fleet racing starts. This has increased the number of boats racing by about 50%. All kinds of cruisers come out with

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2021-01-30 Thread John and Maryann Read via CnC-List
David Suggest you contact the Mudheads and commodores of area clubs. Mudheads have conducted the Wednesday night series very successfully for years. They also have several certified PRO members. They also contract out as race committee for some area clubs for their weekend regattas. Greg

Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate

2021-01-30 Thread dwight veinot via CnC-List
Biggest problem sometimes is for every boat to get enough crew to do well. A lot of us single hand quite a bit. Single handed or doubled handed race fleets might get more boats involved On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 10:59 AM David Knecht via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I noticed looking