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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi Fleet Captains and some WYC Sailors,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If your fleet isn’t in the address line, please forward this to your fleet. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There have been many comments about this subject in the survey, emails, and postings on Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Some History and Thoughts to Keep in Mind<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Race Committee is charged with establishing the schedule and recommending it to the Board of Directors for approval.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The RC is to establish a racing program for the “ENTIRE YACHT CLUB”, and to try to meet the needs and desires of each Fleet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The WYC is not going to get the Main Lake away from the MYC on Sunday morning. They have had it for 100+ years. There are many sailors who sail at both clubs. And motorboat chop is much harder on scows than keel boats.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Many of the WYC race officers work the MYC races and many WYC sailors race in the MYC Sunday morning races. They both had a hard time getting from the MYC race to the 1:30 WYC race. So, we moved it to 2:00. Also the wind is sometimes better later in the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Running 2 Main Lake Sunday races back to back with all the fleets is not practical. The RC would need to wait up to 60+ minutes for the last boat to finish, then reset the course, then have a “start sequence” for all fleets which would take an additional 24 minutes. When we tried 2 races BTB we had half the fleets one Sunday and the other half the next Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We changed it back because a Sunday Fleet could go a month without any racing. If you only raced Sundays and you were to race on the 1<sup>st</sup> & 3<sup>rd</sup> Sundays of the Month and the 3<sup>rd</sup> Sunday was called off (no wind) you would not race until the 1<sup>st</sup> Sunday of the next month.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On most Sundays, Wayzata Bay is available to race on. It is very good for many short races with a smaller number of boats. Maybe up to 30 boats, but a problem with 50+ boats. So, one, two, or three fleets could race a second or even a third or fourth race in the Bay on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Historically the WYC has had a “window of time” or a time slot for the races so members could plan their time. If you planned a family dinner Sunday evening, you don’t want the races to go into the evening. It is different for Regattas where you plan to race until late if there is a need to get in the races.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Possibilities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If some fleets want more races on Sunday we could complete the regular Sunday Main Lake races for the A Series with all fleets, and then take some fleets into Wayzata Bay for a NEW SERIES and have the mark boat run a group of short races with center start even while other fleets are finishing the Main Lake races. We could give those fleets a short Main Lake course so they could get to Wayzata Bay early. They would usually be over by the time we came in from running a Champ race on the main lake. If some fleets wanted to skip some Sunday Main Lake Champ races, we could start them as early as 1:00 in Wayzata Bay, with a third committee boat and Race Officer (more expense), but only when WCSC doesn’t have a Sunday regatta. We need to keep in mind that the WCSC runs regattas in Wayzata Bay some weekends.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We probably want to maintain the current Sunday Champ Race starting sequence in order to preserve separation of the boats and quality racing for the entire club.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Conclusion & Process<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The RC could run some fleets more Sunday races on specific Sundays if they want them. The fleets need to discuss what they would like for their fleet. Feel free to email me or discuss this with me at the Club. We can put together some program and have the BOD review it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bert Foster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RC Chair WYC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>H 952-473-2240<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>C 612-281-9999<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>