January | San Francisco Etchells, Fleet 12

Fleet 12 Newsletter

December 2002

1. It's Baaaack! Welcome to 2. Annual Meeting scheduled 3. Board of Directors
4. Tentative Schedule attached
5. Fleet Membership Form Attached
6. Details on Proposed Clinics/ 7. Letters, we get letters...
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Fleet 12 Coaching Program
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the first Fleet 12 newsletter of 2003.
asked me to do this again, so you will get
before and after the regattas this year.
information about Fleet 12 will be posted on
href="http://www.sfetchells.org" title="www.sfetchells.org">www.sfetchells.org so you really don't have to read these if
reminder) if you would like to be dropped
with the words "I'D RATHER BE SAILING CATALINA
get right to it. And if you know someone who
let me know, in the usual way.
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for January 23, at 7PM
12, always a formal affair with lots of behind
arguments. Actually, it's the time when we
the officers and talk about this year for
and beer and pizza will be provided. (When
RSVP, so we know if we need to get food for you.)

The meeting will be held on January 23 at 7PM in Emeryville CA. It's a very
convenient location, next to the 80 freeway, near the Bay Bridge, and this
building features the only known DeWitt mural of an Etchells in an office
building in California. To view that shrine alone is worth the trip.

The meeting will be held at the offices of Clausen Engineers, so our
distinguished Fleet Captain can write the whole thing off. Plus this way we
know he'll show up! Speaking of showing up, I will pick the Fleet Measurer
up that day at his place of work and bring him to the meeting. So you
should probably be able to get sails measured.

The contact info for the meeting site is:
1727 64th Street
Emeryville, California 94608
Phone: 510/655-4144
Fax: 510/655-1133

The map is here: http://www.clausenengineers.com/map.htm

Hope you can make it!
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3. Board of Directors

At the December Board meeting, the following directors were elected to
serve Fleet 12 in 2003. Some of these titles may seem weird to you, but all
positions are all listed and explained in our Fleet 12 Bylaws, for example
the "Port Captain" is in charge of finding new members and making them feel
welcome after they join.

Hoffman - Fleet Measurer
Erickson - Port Captain
Kers - Fleet Captain
Moseley - Treasurer
Holder - Scorekeeper
Gordon - Secretary
Doug - Vice Captain/ Webmaster
Kriese - Director of Protocol

Congratulations to the 2003 Fleet Board of Directors -- You should all make
plans to attend the Annual Meeting, where the hand off of duties occurs.
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4. Tentative Schedule attached
The tentative Fleet 12 Schedule is attached. You will note that some events
are listed as Fleet Events, these are still subject to change. The events
hosted by Yacht Clubs are pretty much fixed, and the only real open item is
to consider the Marin Regatta, as in "Should we continue to do the Marin
Regatta?". This will be discussed at the annual meeting. You may be able to
cast your vote on the evite, too. After the Annual Meeting I'll send out a
schedule that's "Carved in Stone".
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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. Or maybe you really would rather sail Catalina 30s?
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6. Details on Proposed Clinics/ Fleet 12 Coaching Program
On the proposed schedule, some days in 2003 have been set aside to do
clinics. Normally these are on Saturday of a weekend, with fleet racing to
follow on Sunday, in order to get the most out of the clinic. Our plan is
to do one, see how the turnout is and then do more if the fleet likes the
program. This plan has largely been conceived by Mark Sloane, and we will
discuss it at the Annual Meeting. Here is his take on it:

( By Mark Sloane [966] )

Fleet 12:
Knowing that the Worlds, North Americans and the Pacific Coast
Championships are coming to San Francisco Bay, I’m sure that we would all
like to see Fleet 12 do well in all three regattas. I would like to sketch
out a plan for the fleet to help us “up our game” at these world class
regattas. It is only a sketch that will require tweaking to make it work
for the maximum number of boats. Your comments and advice will be
necessary to make this successful.

I propose that Fleet 12 organize clinics with coaches for 2003. After
2003, we can tweak the program and crank it up a notch for the 2004 season
in preparation for the North Americans. After the 2004 season, a full court
press for the Worlds.

I had the opportunity to work out some details with Rusty Canada of Doyle
Sails. Rusty is on the 505 Olympic team and was very enthusiastic about
the benefits we would gain from coaching and he would be delighted to
participate. I believe Doyle is willing to run the whole deal. They will
provide the whaler and coaches, (we would have input on the coaches). If we
want to add Jud Smith for one of the 4 weekends, we would have to add some
dollars. There are plenty of CA sailors that would work too…..Vince Brun, etc.

Anyway, let me know how you guys feel about this. My gut is that every
sailor in fleet 12 would benefit from an Olympic style training
program. Obviously my team and I aboard 966 have the most to learn and
therefore the most to gain. I’d be happy to do something extra, buy lunch
or booze for a few of the days.

Let me know what you think and how we can make this idea work……sloane
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7. Letters, we get letters...

Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 13:42:41 -0800
From: "William G. Barton"
Can't wait to get out there this year ...... I hear Healy will be coming
out some as well ....

From: Ross Morrissey
Please help my friend Charley. He's a talented sailor who just moved from
Seattle to Berkeley, Charley is most at home either end of a Star - but
don't hold that against him - he's done a great job when we've lured him
out on the Etchells - and he's in demand on those boats with life lines
too. He's a hoot to sail with, whether you're double-handing an Etchells in
a breeze, or duking it out with R-C boats in his Star. You can get hold of
Charley on his cell at: (206) 852-7854 or charley@rathkopf.org.

From: "Kathryn Litton"
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 08:29:56 -0800
Please remove kriese@immunetech.com from your mailing list. Ed no longer
receives mail at this address.

From: "Ed Kriese"
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 08:29:56 -0800
Merry Flipping Christmas to Kathryn, too. What is she doing reading my
mail? She ought to sail Catalina 30s... in the ocean.
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Ok. End of the issue. Go back to staring out the window. Winter is almost
over, do you remember how to clap on and haul a sheet, how to trim a sail,
and get 'er to haul the mail? See you at the Annual Meeting!