[J24 ListSrv] Fwd: [Fleets] Is There Any Appetite for Any of This?

[Greg Bittle]

Outside of a class regulated districts or other such event, I've often
thought that an open course race could be fun, run it like a commodore cup.
 At the 25th anniversary regatta in Newport it was fun, they ran us a
series of windward lewards and ran a full around the island open course.
 It could be a nice twist to U Gotta? We've got the lake for it.

Greg


On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Shawn Patterson <
spatterson at resolutionmedical.com> wrote:

> J24 Sailors: See the message from Bert on alternatives to W/L racing and
> let me know if you have any feedback.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Shawn
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bert Foster <bert at apexq.com>
> Date: Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 9:49 AM
> Subject: [Fleets] Is There Any Appetite for Any of This?
> To: "WYC Fleet Captains Server (fleets at lists.wyc.org)" <
> fleets at lists.wyc.org>, "WYC Board List Server (Board at lists.wyc.org)" <
> Board at lists.wyc.org>
>
>
>  Hi all,
>
>
>
> Contrary to the national trend of significant reductions in sailboat
> racing participation, the WYC Minnetonka station for 30 years plus has had
> a steady high level of participation. We countered the national trend of
> reduced participation with the programs that we run, and do we want to
> counter the current national trend of offering alternatives to
> Windward/leeward racing?
>
>
>
> However the WYC Apostle Islands Station has recently introduced
> "mid-distance racing" extremely successfully, and has significantly
> increased participation.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Bert
>
>
> Offering Alternatives to Windward/Leeward Racing
>
> *Published on* July 7, 2014 Scuttlebutt
>
> |
>
> For some years, the measure of a serious regatta has been strongly tied to
> how well the course axis is aligned with the wind direction and whether the
> starting line is perfectly square to the wind. But the pendulum of
> participant opinion is moving slowly toward less rigidity and more fun.
>
> The NOOD regattas in San Diego, Seattle, and Chicago offered racing on
> random leg courses. One fourth of the entrants at Long Beach Race Week
> competed around government marks, oil islands, and breakwaters. Even the
> TP52 World Championship in Porto Cervo, Italy on June 10-14 scheduled two
> days for windward/leeward racing and three days for coastal courses.
>
> This year, more and more events are offering alternatives to
> windward/leeward racing.
>
> Perhaps the best idea in 2014 has come from Charleston Race Week, where
> the last race of the day for the HPR Class was a “race to the dock”.
>
> The course began with windward/leeward legs, but then the final leg took
> the fleet home through the harbor to a finish near their marina. On board
> the Carkeek 40 Spookie, navigator Bora Gulari said this middle-distance
> addition was a welcome change. “These boats sail so much faster than they
> can go under engine power, and it’s ten times more fun to race back to the
> harbor than it is to drive a motorboat back.”
>
> Here are a few upcoming events that have come across the Scuttlebutt radar…
>
> ** The 2014 edition of the Half Ton Classics Cup
> <http://www.halftonclasseurope.net/> will take place in
> Saint-Quay-Portrieux, Brittany, France on July 7-11, with the racing to
> have a mixture of windward/leeward and coastal courses.*
>
> ** The 2014 New York Yacht Club Race Week
> <http://www.nyyc.org/yachting/racing/nyyc-race-week> on July 12-19 will
> include, in addition to buoy racing, a mid-distance race, plus racing may
> also include using government marks and a compact “stadium” course inside
> Narragansett Bay by Fort Adams.*
>
> ** The Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek <http://www.phuketraceweek.com/>
> in Thailand on July 16-20 is the season-opening event of the 2014/15
> AsianYachting Grand Prix – a series of 12 of the best regattas in Asia. The
> schedule seeks to provide a mix of courses to suit all boat types, offering
> windward/ leewards, passage races, and island courses.*
>
> *Tags:* growing the sport
> <http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/tag/growing-the-sport/>, Keeping it
> real <http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/tag/keeping-it-real/>
>
> - See more at:
> http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/07/07/offering-alternatives-windwardleeward-racing/#sthash.kuzTkHoB.dpuf
>
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