Staggered Start Skippers meeting Sat at 9:30am

Strother Scott on Thursday October 21, 2004 04:54PM

This is a heads up to what will be announced at the skipper's meeting at 0930 Saturday morning. For the Closing Day Regatta we will have a Staggered Start Pursuit type race. The lowest rated boat so far registered is Wrinkled Sheets at 195. I will assume as last year, that Pelican Cay at 243 is the slowest rated boat, so I have scheduled the starting times around her. At the Skipper's meeting, I will hand out this spreadsheet which defines the starting times for each boat - all depending on the Course Length. The sheet has 2 pages - one works if we start on time, the other is needed if we are delayed.

I have preplanned many courses, which all fit within one of the 9 different lengths on the sheet. The Actual Course, and the Length Code Flag will be displayed at the Warning Signal and will be available by radio - Channel 72, once it is set.

The effect of all this is that if I can start the race on time, with a Warning Signal at 1100, the start will be at 1105 and the boats will then start at the time on the sheet, being somewhere between 1110 and 1116 for Wrinkled Sheets, and somewhere between 1122 and 1142 for the J-105s who rate 96, etc., etc., etc.

The race committee will be me, Brooks Zerkle, Kathy Clark, and Peggy Call. Anyone else interested in a cruise on Mr. Roberts, please let me know.

Staggered Start Skippers meeting Sat at 9:30am

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