[Sonar] 2008 Sonar Fleet 5 by the numbers

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Thanks Chris:

Some things I would really love to see with the Sonar fleet in 09'

 - Grass roots interest in having a North American level Sonar event at Wayzata

- More youth involved in sailing Sonars as a stepping stone from the 420's

- More interaction with our new regional Sonar fleets,  Lake Winnipeg and Sheboygan along with our old friends at Lake Geneva.

- More community involvement as the Sonar as a transition sport for our disabled veterans

- Bruce Kirby to attend our next 'Star of the North' regatta (its one of my NY resolutions)

- The Sonar being the match racing boat of choice...I think its obvious, so does Bruce.

--
Thomas M. Brown
"Maximizing Business by Minimizing Surprises"
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From: Chris Fittipaldi <chris_fittipaldi at yahoo.com>
> All,
>  
> First, Happy New to one and all! May 2009 be happy prosperous, joyous and have 
> many days of good sailing.
>  
> As a recap of the 2008 sailing year I thought some of you may be interested in 
> reading ho the Fleet did in 2008. We had 16 regular boats for the year ( not 
> including Captain Hook, Orion and 231)
>  
> Of those boat they raced a total of 663 races through out the summer... That 
> makes an average per boat of 41.44 races per Sonar in our fleet... Further, 
> there were 6 boats that had a total of 50 or more races with two boats reaching 
> a total of 69 races for the summer ( not including out of town regattas!)
>  
> What do all of these numbers mean?, well for one, it demonstrates what Ernie has 
> been saying ever since I was a member of the Sonar fleet, We have EXCELLENT 
> participation within our fleet. As important as the number is the quality of the 
> racing within our fleet is becoming more and more competitive.. When I first 
> stated racing here about 6 years ago, there were three maybe four boats that 
> would always win the races Sesame Street, Gusto, Amity immediately comes to 
> mind. Last year, there seems to be a greater dispersion of the first place 
> positions within our fleet.. enter Surely Angle and Marty Fossen whose team had 
> a banner year coming with two races of winning BOAT OF THE YEAR.! 
> Congratulations Marty and crew..! Next Gusto and John and Liz Sligh are 
> consistently performers turning in many first places, Liberty and Mark 
> Kochendorfer had a really great year as did Howard Noreen and Sonar, Joe Becky 
> and Presto Warren and Paula Weck in ShipWeck and Dan
>  Hollinger in Encore. While there are still the consistent performance by the 
> regular of old, there are new faces now and that makes for better racing, more 
> competition and building of a better, stronger and more robust and dynamic 
> Fleet.
>  
> So what can you all expect next year? John Graves has committed to racing next 
> year 231. John has been using 2008 as a training year and will come to the fleet 
> ready to offer more competition of his own.  Captain Hook will be sailing more 
> regularly...and we all know what that means with Bert at the helm., Also, there 
> is a new prospect I have been talking to that is very interested in finding a 
> Sonar of his own... 
>  
> So it looks VERY likely that we will grow from a fleet of 16 active boats to 18 
> or maybe even 19 by the time the season starts in May of 2009.
>  
> Be sure to check out the Winter Seminars and sharpen up your knowledge of the 
> new racing rules. Also, do your on  shore strategy and tactics review by reading 
> the sailing books of your choice. next year promises to be Fleet 5's most 
> competitive summer on record. See you all on the water!
>  
> Meanwhile, Chuck and Cheryl Bangasser will be hosting out winter gathering this 
> coming Saturday January 3, 2009.  I hope to see many of you there!!
>  
> Best regards and happy sailing
>  
> ChrisF
>  
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