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Hi Sonar Fleet #5 Sonar Sailors,<br>
<font size=4><b>BRING YOUR CHECK SATURDAY TO FLEET MEETING<br>
</b></font>You are invited. First come first served. You can
accept by sending a check in for $133 USD to:<br>
Bert Foster, <br>
Skipper, Paralympic Team Captain Hook<br>
19150 Park Ave<br>
Wayzata, MN 55391<br>
h 952-473-2240<br>
w 952-544-1100<br>
c 612-281-9999<br>
<a href="http://www.paralympicteamcaptainhook.org/">
www.paralympicteamcaptainhook.</a>
<a href="http://www.paralympicteamcaptainhook.org/">org</a> <br><br>
<h1><font size=5><b>Sheboygan Invitational Team Racing Championship and
Clinic<br><br>
</b></font></h1><h2><font size=4><b>Introduction</b></font></h2>Hans
Graf, Executive Director at the US Sailing Center of Sheboygan and Bert
Foster, RC Chair of the <br>
Wayzata Yacht Club are organizing the event. The purpose of the
event is to introduce and further the interest in “Team Racing” in Sonars
to adult sailors who have been fleet racing for some time and want to try
“Team Racing”. It will take place at the US Sailing Center of
Sheboygan in their 8 matched Sonars plus one additional Sonar being towed
over from the WYC (probably #757 Captain Hook). Sheboygan has 9
matched suites of North 3DR sails to be use on all nine boats.<br><br>
<h2><font size=4><b>SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS</b></font></h2>a) Thursday, August
27
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<dd>i) 1600 –
1900 Practice for Invited Teams
<dd>ii) 1800
-- Drinks and Snacks at Sheboygan YC
</dl>b) Friday, August 28
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<dd>i) 0800 –
0900 Registration SONAR teams. Continental
Breakfast
<dd>ii) 0900 –
1700 Team Racing Clinic with Coach Legler
<dd>iii) 1800 –
1900 Drinks and Snacks at SYC. No
Scheduled Dinner
</dl>c) Saturday, August 29
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<dd>i)
0800 Initial
briefing with first umpire’s briefing to follow
<dd>ii) 0900 --
1700 Racing
<dd>iii)
1800 Debrief with
refreshments at SYC
<dd>iv)
1900 Drinks and
dinner at SYC
</dl>d) Sunday, August 30
<dl>
<dd>i)
0800 Initial
briefing
<dd>ii)
0900 Start of
racing
<dd>iii)
1400 Deadline for
last warning signal.
<dd>iv)
ASAP Debrief with refreshments
and prize giving.
</dl><h2><font size=4><b>Coach</b></font></h2><b><u>Ken Legler</u></b>
has been engaged to coach the clinic and the 2 days of racing.<br>
<b><u> <br>
</u></b>Ken Legler is the current preeminent sailing coach with the Tufts
University Sailing Team. Past accomplishments include All-American
sailor, US Sailing Team Coach, and national champion in college dinghies,
team racing, one-design, offshore, and blind sailing as a sighted guide.
Ken has participated in sixteen world championships as a competitor,
principal race officer, head judge, commentator, and US Sailing Team
coach. Since Ken began coaching at Tufts University in 1980, Tufts
has won 19 college nationals have earned a collective 93 All-American
honors. Prior to Tufts, Ken coached at the US Merchant Marine
Academy and the US Naval Academy.<br>
<br>
Race Management is one of Ken's greatest areas of expertise. Since 1994
Ken has been a Principal race Officer at Acura Key West Race Week, the
biggest and best regatta in the United States.<br>
<br>
Team Racing is a particular passion of Ken's, which he shares as
commentator at the British Open for the Wilson Trophy in West Kirby,
England and the Team Racing World championships at various venues.<br>
<br><br>
<h2><font size=4><b>Coaching with Kattack</b></font></h2>We will bring
Kattack units for the 9 Sonars and the WYC projector. At the
debrief at the end of each day we will project the activity on a screen
and Ken Legler will enlighten the group of 27 sailors.<br><br>
<br>
<h2><font size=4><b>Invitations</b></font></h2>Three teams will race with
3 boats on a team. The teams being invited are: <br>
<b>a. </b>WYC Fleet #5<br>
<b>b. </b>The Winnipeg Sonar fleet with
fill in from Fleet #5<br>
<b>c. </b>The Bayview Yacht Club in
Detroit.<br><br>
<h2><font size=4><b>Racing</b></font></h2>Racing will be mainsail and jib
only (no spinnakers). There will be no boat swapping. The
course will be a short windward leeward with a center start finish with
one time around. It will make the races 8 to 15 minutes. Team
A will race B while C watches. Then A races C and B watches, then B
races C and A watches. During the ”watching” Ken will do some
debriefing/coaching. The coach and PRO could change this<br><br>
<h2><font size=4><b>Umpiring</b></font></h2>Because this is more of an
introduction and learning experience event, the umpiring will be less
formal than would be used in a high level event.<br><br>
<h2><font size=4><b>Prizes</b></font></h2>Prizes will be
awarded.<br><br>
<h2><font size=4><b>Cost</b></font></h2>The entry fee is $1200 per
team. Three boats per team. Three sailors per boat. That’s
$133.00 per person and will include continental breakfast, lunch, water,
and debrief refreshments for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Friday night
cocktails, Saturday night dinner and an award for each skipper and crew.
Extra dinner tickets can be purchased for $25 per person<br><br>
<h2><font size=4><b>Summer Team Racing Training</b></font></h2>In the
planning stage is one Friday night Team Racing evening per month at WYC
with 6 boats and RC plus team racing coaching evening by Blake, Gordy,
and Dave Elsmo (head of Wayzata Sailing School)<br><br>
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