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

[Sean Delaney]

The Capri regatta and so now the Star of the North do a 'round the isle race. But they have an extra day for it. 

I still enjoy W/L's, lakes are endlessly fascinating to sail even if the course sounds boring it isn't at all to me. I suppose if I lived in California I might feel different.  Doing W/L's also allows one to study and prepare for regattas. 

To increase participation the club should hold races when it's windy and be more reluctant to cancel when storms might develop. WYC sailors often struggle in away regattas (which are often windy) because they have not been given the chance. 

Sean



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> On Jul 14, 2014, at 11:17 AM, Greg Bittle <gregbittle at bittlelaw.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 
> 
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>> 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>
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>> 
>> Hi all,
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>>  
>> 
>> 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?
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>>  
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>> However the WYC Apostle Islands Station has recently introduced "mid-distance racing" extremely successfully, and has significantly increased participation.
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>> Regards,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Bert
>> 
>>  
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>> Offering Alternatives to Windward/Leeward Racing
>> 
>> Published on July 7, 2014 Scuttlebutt
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>> 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.
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>> 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…
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>> * The 2014 edition of the Half Ton Classics Cup 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.
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>> * The 2014 New York Yacht Club 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.
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>> * The Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek 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.
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>> Tags: growing the sport, Keeping it real
>> 
>> - See more at: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/07/07/offering-alternatives-windwardleeward-racing/#sthash.kuzTkHoB.dpuf
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