[J22-Fleet 1]J22 Race Tonight!

[Paidosh at Myocor.com]

Jappa and I wanted to remind you!
 
That the MYC Northome Series is Wednesday nights and J22s from WYC are
eligible to participate. The Race starts at 6:15 so for all you J22 sailors
that didn't make it to Bayfield they would sure like to see us at the
Northome. For those of you like me in the middle or back of the fleet its a
great way to get some extra sailing practice with your crew and a lot less
traffic to worry about during the race!  Another reason to participate is
that you can actually win the series. Since starting to race my J22 four
years ago we have never done better than the "Participation Award" (ooh
awh!) but have had a lot of fun and learned a lot from the stiff competition
in our J22 WYC fleet. We actually scored some silver hardware last year
winning the Northome Series for J22s. I'll be honest there wasn't always a
lot of boats to race, "ok" sometimes we were the only one but the point
being for us middle and back of fleet guys "we were a contender" and "we
were a somebody". There is food and beer for a small donation at MYC after
the race and all are welcome.  For those of you considering tonight's race
read on otherwise I'll see you this Sunday. 
 
The first time I did this race it took me a couple races to figure out what
in the hell was going on since it is different than what we were use to at
WYC. Here is my feeble attempt to act as a catalyst and accelerate your
learning curve.  As I mentioned earlier the warning gun goes off at 6:15.
The start is always located in front of MYC so sometimes depending on wind
direction it could be a spinnaker start. We are usually the 4th start and
share it with MC scows. If enough J22 show up tonight maybe Blake will give
us our own. The start line is located between the committee boat and a small
buoy that has yellow and red spiral stripes on it. Blake usually sets a W-2
course for the J22s and occasionally does something different like using the
island that MYC is located on as one of the rounding marks but this is rare.
One yellow tetrahedron mark will be located on the course just after the
start line and will be the mark you round starting your 3rd leg and pass by
to finish the race on the 4th leg. The distal mark is usually an orange buoy
with no offset mark that you round to begin legs 2 and 4. Check the course
board on located on the stern of committee boat and it should list "J22 &
MC" 4th down the board, a course of "W-2" and the color "Orange" for the
distal buoy to round. Don't go to the Yellow distal mark that is farther out
this is for the faster scows.  The finish line is the same as the start
line.
 
Hope to see ya! 
 
Cheers!
 
Stephen Paidosh J22 699
 
 
 
 
 
    
Stephen Paidosh
Vice President Operations
Myocor, Inc.
13300 67th Ave. North
Minneapolis, MN 55364
USA
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Mobile (612) 369-7023
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