Beaufort Wrap Up and onto Savannah

Posted by Butch on 08 May 2012 | Tagged as: News

Hey Again Everyone!

A quick wrap up from Beaufort last weekend. If you were not there you missed out on a chance to win a brand new radial sail donated by the McSweeney Sailing Foundation and all kind of goodies donated by Sayre Sailing.
The top performers were as follows.

Full Rigs
1) Nick Valente
2) John Potter
3) Peter Gamble
4) Rob Bowden
5) Rolfe Glover

Radial Rigs
1) Drummond Koppernaes
2) Travis Tucker
3) Jordan Wiggins

After two regattas I was going to give you the top 3 in the standings, however, that is already proving to be more difficult than I thought. I am going to have to get a refresher on St Pete Scorer. Anyway It looks as if Nick Valente and John Potter are tied for first with 5 points. Martin Willard is second with 8 points and Peter Gamble is third with 9 points. In the Radials it appears Avery Fanning is first with 8 points. Nancy Hagood is second with 9 points and Mac McKenzie and Travis Tucker are tied for third with 10 points. In the 4.7’s It is Patrick Mazzeo with 1 point over Walter Gnann who has 2 points. However, they have only sailed in one regatta so it is still wide open. Remember you have to be a member ILCA to be eligible for the Championship series.

Now onto Savannah May 19and 20. Charlie has asked me to post the notice of race and point out a few things many people might not know about. First of all camping is available you just have to get with Charlie to find out where you can set your camp up. (see # 9 on the NOR) Second they are planning on having some practice races Friday the 18th from 2:00 to 4:00. Then an impromptu dinner at Molly McGuire’s Tavern afterwards. A fun casual place where Laser sailors are welcome. (see #6 on the NOR).

Hope to see everyone in Savannah!

Butch

SAVANNAH YACHT CLUB
D12 LASER CHAMPIONSHIP
730 Bradley Point Road
Savannah, Ga.
May 19 – 20, 2012

NOTICE OF RACE

1. Organizing Authority: The organizing authority is the Savannah Yacht Club (SYC).

2. Rules: This regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the “Racing Rules of Sailing.” Sailing Instructions will be available at registration.

3. Fleets: Laser Open, Radial and 4.7.

4. Fees: Registration fee for each boat will be $55 with a $5 discount for US Sailing membership. Fees include Coffee and Donuts each morning, Water and one Saturday Dinner Ticket. Boxed Lunches and extra Dinners will be available for purchase.

5. Registration: Onsite registration on May 19, 2012 between 0900 -1015.

6. Schedule: Friday, May 18, 2012
Fun racing 1400 – 1600
Dinner at Molly McGuire’s Tavern at 1830 [Dutch Treat]
Address: 216 Molly McGuire’s Blvd

Saturday, May 19, 2012
Coffee and Donuts 0900
Registration 0900 – 1015
Competitors Meeting at 1030
Race One Warning Gun 1230
Attitude Adjustment 1700
Dinner Buffet at the Dock House 1800

Sunday, May 20, 2012
Coffee and Donuts 0800
Warning Gun 1000
No warning signal after 1400
Trophy presentation on completion of racing.

7. Courses: Courses will be windward/leeward, triangle, or a combination.

8. Races: Seven races are scheduled; however, one race will constitute a regatta.

9. Camping is available at the Club. Please contact the Regatta Chair for details.

More information: SYC (912) 897-1314 or syc@savannahyachtclub.org
Charlie Usher: Regatta Chairman – chasusher@comcast.net

SAVANNAH INFORMATION

The Savannah Yacht Club is located on Whitemarsh Island at 730 Bradley Point Road. There are no hotels/motels located on the Whitemarsh Island but plenty with in a 20 minute drive.

1) The city of Savannah is about a 10 minute drive. The Downtown offers a vast array of accommodations in the Historic District.
2) Midtown provides accommodations in the more economical range and is about a 25 minute drive.
3) Tybee Island/Savannah Beach is approximately a 15 minute drive.

To explore these areas, use the following websites:

www.savannahvisit.com
www.savannah.com
www.tybeeisland.com
www.tybeevisit.com

DIRECTIONS TO THE SAVANNAH YACHT CLUB
Depending on where you come into Savannah, there are two ways to get to the club.

1. Take President Street from downtown to Islands Expressway following signs to Tybee Island. Merge with Hwy 80 East using the flyover by Wal-Mart. At the 1st stoplight on Hwy 80 East turn right onto Bryan Woods Rd. At the dead end turn right onto Johnny Mercer Blvd. Get into left lane immediately and take a left turn at the flashing caution light onto Bradley Point Road. The SYC is at the end of the road.

2. Take Hwy 80 East thru Savannah after crossing the Thunderbolt Bridge (ICW) get in the right lane. Soon after crossing a small bridge bear right just before the stoplight onto Johnny Mercer Blvd. Continue on Johnny Mercer Blvd until the flashing caution light then take a right onto Bradley Point Road. The SYC is at the end of the road.

3. If you need help call the club at (912) 897-1314.

On to Beaufort

Posted by Butch on 14 Apr 2012 | Tagged as: News

Hey Again Everyone!
It is only a couple of weeks until Beaufort’s D-12 regatta and we have some big plans. You will not want to miss this one. To start with we have kept the cost down. It is still only $45.00 which includes Mark Buskirk’s famous prime rib dinner Saturday night. We are also going to have some great giveaways such as a brand new laser radial sail donated by The Guy P Sailing Foundation. John Sayre will also be there with his trailer of goodies and is offering 10% off of everything in the trailer. If there is something you need that he does not have call him and he will try to get it ordered for the regatta. John always comes up with a couple of good prizes to be raffled off at the awards ceremony. Go to the BYSC website for the NOR and registration. byscnet.com
I hope to see everyone in Beaufort.
Butch

Charleston Wrap Up

Posted by Butch on 14 Apr 2012 | Tagged as: News

Hey Again Everyone!

If you did not make Charleston you missed out on a fun weekend. Due to the weather races were canceled on Friday. However, everyone seemed to have a good time catching up with old friends and checking out the city. Saturday came and the weather was perfect, we got three races in and were off the water by 1:30. The top contenders were:

4.7

1)      Patrick Mazzeo

2)      Walter Gnann

Radial

1)      Avery Fanning

2)      Nancy Hagood

3)      Mac McKenzie

Full Rigs

1)      John Mellnik

2)      Martin Willard

3)      John Potter

I am working on getting a regatta scoring software program.  As soon as I do I will post the full results and be able to post overall results of our championship series.

Butch

Charleston Reminder

Posted by Butch on 01 Apr 2012 | Tagged as: News

Hey Again Everyone!

Don’t forget next weekend Carolina Yacht Club SC is hosting the first regatta of our D-12 series. The water temperature is almost 70 degrees and Charleston is in full bloom. So if you haven’t already washed the pollen off your laser it is time to get busy. The College of Charleston is putting on a clinic Thursday April 5, from 3 to 5. (see earlier post) and the NOR can be found at :http://carolinayachtclub.com/ . I hope to see everyone there.
Butch

Schedule Change

Posted by Butch on 11 Mar 2012 | Tagged as: News

There has been a change to our 2012 schedule. To avoid a conflict with LNYC ‘s Board Bash Regatta CSC has changed the date of our 5th regatta from September 21-22 to October 6-7. Please remember this is our Grand Prix event so you need to make sure you get the new date on your calendar.
I also wanted to remind you that LNYC is having a Sunfish/Laser regatta on April 21-22. This is a point’s regatta for all SAYRA Jr’s. The NOR can be found on their website www.lnyc.org .
I look forward to seeing everyone in Charleston!
Butch

Spring is heating up

Posted by Butch on 27 Feb 2012 | Tagged as: News

College of Charleston Sailing wants to help everyone get warmed up for the Easter Regatta. (see below)

Greetings!

The College of Charleston Sailing Association is hosting a Laser ‘tune-up’ clinic at Carolina Yacht Club to prepare for the Easter Regatta, April 6-7. We will focus on improving our speed and boat handling by comparing different techniques and sharing ideas. Take advantage of this great opportunity to ’shake the rust off,’ receive top-notch coaching, and enjoy Charleston’s ideal sailing conditions!

Where: Carolina Yacht Club
50 East Bay Street
Charleston, SC 29401

When: Thursday, April 5th, 3 – 5 PM

Cost: $30

Coach Mitch Hall- College of Charleston; hallmr@cofc.edu
Assistant Sailing Coach, Office: 843-953-3679 Fax: 843-953-6733

*Please note this clinic is intended for sailors competing in the Easter Regatta.

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Martine also wants everyone to be aware that Atlanta is getting Red Hot as well. She offers the following.

Coming off a fantastic frostbite series with 45 boats registered, 35 races and 22 sailors qualifying… it has been a busy 8 weekends for LLSC.
We even squeezed a day of Slalom Laser Racing in this past weekend in 20-30mph winds. Almost everyone went out in a radial.

We are all set to have a great LLSC Southerns Regatta March 3-4
Long range weather looking good.
Start your laser season early… come on what else you got going on?

LLSC Southerns www.llsc.com
Advanced Optis and Lasers
March 3-4, 2012
Low cost, no frills event.

You’re invited to LLSC Southerns Optis & Lasers
Click here to RSVP http://new.evite.com/services/links/G35WFMOA7S

Martine R Zurinskas
770-674-3992 phone
mar_rawlings@yahoo.com

No Excuses Its time to get out on the water!

Butch

Easter Regatta and other odds and ends

Posted by Butch on 11 Feb 2012 | Tagged as: News

Hello Again Everyone!
CYC-SC has asked me to remind you that they are gearing up for the Easter Regatta on April 6-7. The NOR can be viewed on their website at cyc@carolinayachtclub.com .
They have also sent a link for registration through regatta network www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=4904
This will be the D-12 first series regatta of the year so clean off your boat and start getting ready. If you have any questions or need more info you can contact:

Hillary L. Bennett
Carolina Yacht Club
50 East Bay Street
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 973-3588 Direct Line
(843) 722-0209 Main Line
(843) 425-5807 Cell Phone
hillary@carolinayachtclub.com

On another subject I realize that I have been slack about getting any articles into the Laser Sailor Magazine. This has been my fault for not digging deeper to find out when they are due. Now that I think I have figured that out, I am at a loss for anything to write about until our season gets underway. So if anyone has any ideas for an article or a story that they would like to see published, please send them to me and I will do my best to get them out there. If not I promise I will come up with something before the next issue is do.

Butch
brmumma@gmail.com

Winter Update 2

Posted by Butch on 16 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: News

Hey Again Everyone!

Martine wanted you to know that Atlanta is sailing this winter as well. she has sent the following.

Atlanta Laser Sailing is in full swing.
27 racers showed up for the Frostbite #2 at LLSC. 4 races, good sailing & good fun.

Lake Lanier Sailing Club www.llsc.com
Jan 8,15,22,29 and Feb 5,12,19,26

Laser & Opti Southerns –March 3-4 (low key all about the racing event ie: no frills)

Atlanta YC Super Saturday – March 17 (one day lots of racing)
*need to store you boat in ATL between both events, we can help, let me know.

That is a heck of a lot of Laser sailing for the first 12 weeks of the year. GAME on folks.

Winter Update

Posted by Butch on 15 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: News

Hey Everyone!

I wanted to give you a Winter laser sailing update.

Beaufort is still meeting on most Sunday afternoons about 12:30 weather providing. I saw an e-mail from Wrightsville that they have just finished a winter Sailing event, and I have heard chatter that Savannah has been trying to get some organized sailing going on the weekends. If anyone would like me to post official results or meeting times please e-mail them to me.

We also have some National events coming up in February down in Florida. Please go to www.laser.org for more info on these regattas.

Bottom line is No Excuses even though it is winter outside there is sailing close by you.

Eric Reitinger District 10 secretary has asked me to post the following regatta information:

The NOR for the Laser Master’s Nationals is up. It’s also very early but better to get it out early. It can be found here: http://www.bbyc.net/LaserMasters/

We are trying to offer housing for those traveling so email early.

Thanks,
Eric (D10)

PS remember to join the class for this years regattas!

Butch

2012 Schedule

Posted by Butch on 03 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: News

Happy New Year Everyone!!

I wanted to get the schedule out to everyone so you can get these dates on your calenders.

D12 SCHEDULE 2012

Regatta 1
April 6-7: CYC – SC
Jerry Callahan
jmcallahan@bellsouth.net

Regatta 2
May 5-6: BYSC
Butch Mumma
brmumma@gmail.com

Regatta 3
May 19-20: SYC
Charlie Usher
chasusher@comcast.net

Regatta 4
August 4-5: CYC – NC
Wrightsville Beach, NC

http://www.carolinayachtclub.org/

Regatta 5 *
September 22-23: CSC
Robert Key
robertkey@att.net

*Please note that our Grand Prix event will be Regatta # 5 at Columbia Sailing Club.

PS remember to renew your membership at www.laser.org

Butch

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