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<p class=MsoNormal>The team racing clinic and regatta was a pretty exciting
event. I think in the last race Mark had the most excitement, followed by
Marty and Kathy. It will be a story (I’ll let them tell it) to be
recounted over and over at beer after races. I think we will never
tire of telling what happened to each of us.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Canadians are stoked. They are more excited than
when we introduced them to the Sonar at LOWISA. They’re coming to
Star of the North with some new prospects.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Team racing has caught on within our fleet and it may spread
to the rest of the YC. For our fleet we need to take some steps to make
it more effective.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
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</span></span></span><![endif]>We need to collect some old but still useable sails.
We need at least six jibs. We can then put a colored stripe on three of
them so you can tell who is where at a glance. It would be (liberals,
please forgive me) a team of whites and a team of coloreds. If we
can also collect six mains, so much the better. In any case, we shouldn’t
be beating up our good (or even not-so-good) sails.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>We need more organized instruction. Blake is
one of the two best team race instructor/coaches in our area (the other is
Cappy). But Blake is limited by time and endurance. We should
approach the Sailing Center to develop an adult team racing program. We
should be paying a fee to the Sailing Center for some instructor/coach to give
us classroom sessions, drills, races, and debrief. These sessions would
have a schedule and commitment. Our skills with boat handling and racing
will bring us along the curve pretty quickly.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>We could also develop some judging/umpiring
corps over time. <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>We need to mix knowledgeable and newbie people
so we bring people up to speed quickly.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you Marty for spearheading the initial organization.
Thank you John, JR, Becca, and Mark for supporting his effort.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Our objective should be to have two full teams to go to
Sheboygan in 2010. This is going to grow itself from the excitement.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Ernest<o:p></o:p></p>
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