Fleet 12 Newsletter
February 13, 2003
In This Issue:
1. Fleet 12 Schedule is now
Carved In Stone
2. First Regatta is 3/29-30
now includes Vince Brun Clinic
3. Boat Show Update - Pacific
Sail Expo - We need your help!
4. Annual Meeting Debrief
5. Fleet Membership Form Attached
(Again)
6. The Camet Sportsgear Midwinter
West Regatta
7. Letters, we get letters...
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1. Schedule is now Carved In
Stone
The new schedule is attached
and will be posted on the website at
www.sfetchells.org, too.
The main change from the previous
one is that the fleet run regattas move
back to Saturdays, and our
clinics will happen the following Sundays. Mark
Sloane has done a great job
getting some talent to lead these clinics, and
we should all get a lot out
of them. More on that later in this newsletter...
There is a change on the Marin
Regatta, it's been moved back one week from
the previous schedule, and
it might change slightly again if MYC wants --
we'll keep you posted.
We also added a "Last
Regatta of the Year", as many people wanted to sail
later into the year, and the
Richmond YC Race Committee was right there at
the Annual meeting to say they'd
host it.
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2. First Regatta is 3/29-30
now includes Vince Brun Clinic
The first regatta of the year
is a fleet run event, to be run by Kers
Clausen on Saturday March 29.
Mark Sloane [966] has successfully
got Vince Brun to lead this event. Vince
is the 2000 Etchells Class
World Champion from San Diego, and the main
sailmaker at North One Design,
just outside the gate of SDYC. Vince is also
a great teacher, and he leads
annual clinics for the San Diego Etchells
fleet every year, as well as
clinics for many other boats. This will be a
great clinic.
The plan is for Vince to watch
our races on Saturday, and videotape the
action. Sunday Morning, Vince
will do a video debrief, plus a chalk talk
using the North One-Design
package and his own knowledge of Etchells. Then
Sunday we'll go out for some
more racing, with Vince doing on the water
coaching. He'll be using a
VHF radio, so you should bring one on the water
with you on Sunday.
Here's the West Marine page
for VHF handhelds starting at $90.
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&categoryId=542
Mark Sloane has prizes (beer
and maybe more) for these races on Sunday
which do not count toward the
season championship. We hope everyone will
attend this clinic.
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3. Boat Show Update - Pacific
Sail Expo - We need your help!
One of the problems facing
Fleet 12 is the constant need to attract new
members. This year we're doing
something special, participating in Pacific
Sail Expo, in Alameda on April
25 and 26. Pacific Sail Expo is THE west
coast sailboat show, and you'll
read all about it in Latitude. Literally
everyone in Bay Area Sailing
will be there - you should be too.
The chairman for this activity
is Ed Kriese -- Here's his description:
With Pacific Sail Expo, Fleet
12 has a fantastic opportunity to raise the
awareness level for Etchells
and Fleet 12. Kers has promised to have 10 -
12 boats sailing on Fri - Sat.
Each boat will have up to two on board and
will be able to take on sailors
from the public who are interested in
experiencing an Etchells first
hand. We will provide buoys and a race
committee in preparation for
multiple short races. This was discussed at
our fleet meeting held earlier
this week where the fleet committed to
participate.
There are a lot of people racing
in other classes who've always wanted to
experience Etchells racing,
and this is their chance, on the protected and
easy waters of the Alameda
Estuary.
The event will be promoted
and covered by Latitude 38 and I've even
confirmed two Farr 40 owners
who will be participating - they're interested
in buying Etchells.
The boat show has made arrangements
with Protector to provide several of
their boats to do race committee
and crash boat duties. In case you you've
never been on a Protector,
they're very cool and de rigueur for the Farr 40
crowd.
To make this event a success
we need your help however:
First, we need you to bring
your boats down on Friday and home on Saturday.
We'll have tow boats from Richmond
and Tiburon for anyone who needs one
Friday morning and back home
Saturday afternoon. Each boat will have the
owner or an owners representative
on board, we'll use old sails and
engage in some friendly, short,
fun, no contact scrub races.
Second, we need your help organizing
things at the show, getting those
who'd like to sail out &
onto the boats and of course, running some races
on Friday and Saturday between
1 & 4 PM. Basically I'd like everyone who
can to volunteer a couple hours
either or both days. It'll be fun and we'll
have refreshments and boat
rides on Etchells and Protectors for all who
want to go. Bring your kids,
family and friends.
Volunteers of course get in
to the boat show as exhibitors at no charge.
Boat Show Dates are April 23
- 27, 2003
Wednesday 12 - 7 PM
Thursday - Saturday 10 AM -
7 PM
Sunday 10 AM - 5 PM
Here's the boat show web site:
http://www.sailamerica.com/SAILEXPO-Pacific.cfm
Here's what Latitude 38 says:
http://www.latitude38.com/features/sailexpo.htm
We also need help manning the
Fleet 12 Etchells booth during show hours and
with sailing events Friday
and Saturday afternoons from 12 - 3 PM. The
booth will be your first opportunity
to buy the new Etchells fleet 12 hats
and shirts. These are the shirts
and hats which advertise our 2005 Worlds.
I'll be organizing the schedule
for volunteers so please email me
(kriese@oceanracing.com) with
sailexpo in the message line, times and days
you can help out and cc Scott
Gordon (scottst@well.com).
Everyone who volunteers will
be on a list at the gate to get in free of charge.
Pacific Sail Expo is a fun
event (if you've never been, you should
go--EVERYONE in Bay Area sailing
is there) and it's fantastic that Kers has
gotten Pacific Sail Expo behind
us in a big way. This event is an
important, low cost bit of
PR and the only marketing Fleet 12 plans on
doing this year. With your
help this will be a big success for us.
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4. Annual Meeting Debrief
The Annual meeting was held
Thursday January 23, and it was actually fun!
We had a great turnout - 25
people, and enough beer and pizza for everyone.
Thanks to everyone who attended
and contributed. The range of experience
and ideas in the room was very
positive. A good kickoff to a great year.
Thanks, Kers, for your hospitality.
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5. Fleet Membership Form Attached
The fleet membership form is
attached. Go ahead, print it out, fill it out
and bring it to the meeting,
or else send it in as soon as possible. Put
your crew on the Associate
Member list. Then they'll get the magazines.
Make sure your emails are all
up to date, then you'll get this newsletter
all year.
See 2003 Fleet 12 Registration Form.doc
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6. The Camet Sportsgear Midwinter
West Regatta
Attached is the Notice of Race
for
The Camet Sportsgear 2003 Midwinters
West Regatta Held in San Diego on
March 8th and 9th.
Mike Held
Etchells Fleet 13 Regatta Coordinator
See NORMidWest03-bw.pdf
Attached is the Registration
form for The Camet Sportsgear Midwinter West
Regatta In San Diego on March
8th and 9th
See RegistrationFormMidWest03.pdf
Kind Regards,
Mike Held
Event Coordinator
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7. Letters, we get letters...
From: "Derek van der Vorst"
<derek@vandervorst.com>
To: "Scott Gordon"
<scottst@well.com>
Subject: USA 529
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 19:41:51
-0800
Hi Scott,
Just wanted to let you know
the latest: Today I sold USA 529 to Mike Laport.
All parties (Brat, seller and
buyer) are very happy!!
Cheers, Derek
From: BobTollenaar@aol.com
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 23:47:13
EST
Subject: Etchells bowman for
use and abuse!!
As you might know, Derek has
finally gone and sold his boat. So it is time
for me to find another boat
to join. If you guys need a bowman or know of
someone who does, please let
me know. I have enjoyed sailing with this
fleet, and very much would
appreciate the opportunity to continue doing so,
from start to finish, every
race. Hope to hear from you! BobT
My weight is 175, height 6'3''.
Bob will also be on the crew
list at www.sfetchells.org until he gets a
steady ride.
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OK. End of another one. Amazing
how they all seem to flow together, isn't
it? Then you end up just sitting
there like Homer Simpson, mumbling
"Sai-LING" to yourself
until someone notices and physically wakes you out
of your stupor. Here's something
to think about. Have you worked on your
boat yet this spring? It is
spring, isn't it? Time to mess around in boats.
OK, until then, back to the
stupor.
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