[Sonar] Trophies for Fall regatta

[tbrown9163 at comcast.net]

All:

Thanks for bringing up the trophy subject and getting a line on a source.    As David says,  I was looking into that but I was indeed out of town  (taking the Wylie to her slip in Bayfield from Duluth) and also my son was home on leave and we spent max time with family in Duluth.   He just left to go back to his deployment today and probably won't be back for 2 years.   His leave came up unexpected.

I agree with David that we should allow the trophies to run up the line a little bit since this is a paying regatta.   I would also suggest,  as we discussed in the background before,  that we include medals for kids under 18 that participate.   They're about $4 a piece at most which I consider a good bang for the buck.    I bet Peter, Nate, Jack, the Noreen girls,  Mattie etc. would love to get some recognition for the year.   The proposed distance race would be a good one for them to attend to earn it.

On another slightly different note,   it appears that the Sonar may actually become (or be) an Olympic class in a new event for the 2012 games for Match Racing.   There are at least two new Sonar fleets that have popped up due to this development.    I'm in contact with one of those fleets via my old friend Bill Schanan who publishes the Sailing magazine who is associated with the fleet of 8 Sonars which was just formed in Manitowoc WI.   They're included in the Star of the North emails I'm sending out also.

--
Thomas M. Brown
"Maximizing Business by Minimizing Surprises"
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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "DAVID OLSON" <davidfolson at earthlink.net>
> Tom Brown is out of town. (unless I'm wrong....) - but said he had been doing 
> something about trophies too.  Just make sure to touch base with him.
> 
> David
> 
> p.s. John, my answer is Aye!
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: John Sligh 
> To: chris_fittipaldi at yahoo.com;Sonar List WYC
> Sent: 7/25/2008 3:46:00 PM 
> Subject: Re: [Sonar] Trophies for Fall regatta
> 
> 
> Fellow Sonar Sailors, I'd like to propose we buy trophies for 1st-5th place.  We 
> will probably have 15 boats on the line and to finish in the top third in our 
> tight fleet should be rewarded.  All in favor?  John
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Chris Fittipaldi 
> To: Sonar List WYC 
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:56 AM
> Subject: [Sonar] Trophies for Fall regatta
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> I have contacted Trophies by Linda... and she tells me that for $20 to $25 will 
> get a nice trophy for our upcoming regatta... My thought is that to get 3 
> trophies one for First, Second and Third place...with the first place trophy 
> being larger than 2nd and 3rd place.
> 
> This price includes engraving...The trophies will have a sailboat figure and 
> will be on a 6" to 8" podium with the sailboat figure about another 8".....
> 
> Reminder...These will NOT be traveling trophies...
> 
> The total cost will be well under $100 for all three trophies....comments or 
> suggestions?
> 
> 
> On another note,  we had 12 boats on the line last night...Congratulations to 
> John, Liz and crew for their convincing win!!!  I notice that John performs 
> better when Liz is on the boat??? Way to crack the whip Liz!!
> 
> Tomorrow begins the Women at the helm series in the Bay...Keep an eye on blue 
> boat Sonar...and Kaitlin (sp?)...But if Liberty gets her mast reinstated..then 
> Shelly is a force to be reckoned with....and then there is Matty Sligh...and, 
> well, you all know how she can be!!! 
> 
> Good Luck to all Woman tomorrow!
> cf
> 
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