Last call for Lady Liberty...

Thom, What a great list of sailors! Wish I could be there! With so many great teams it's hard to know who to root for! I'll stick to regional loyalty, and root for the New England teams first, but I have to support Velocity, and those Texas teams too! A very exciting list of registrants! What about Rick Bliss? Ed Nolen? Anyway, I'll pray you have good weather, and winds.

Thanks Brian. We're very happy with where we are today. Not sure if we will meet our

Objective 100

but we consider this year just a warm-up for bigger and better.

Personally I am rather new to the catsailing scene and so it will be great to meet so many people from this forum on July 2. We had a small but great SHBCC team to plan all the marketing, find the sponsors and create the website. We'll definitely be back with pictures and a race report.

You guys just may make it if the weather report is good.
81 right now.

FORCAST:
High: 83°F
Precip: 30%
Wind: WSW 10 mph

Now 82

Rick will be there, but with parts / without boat.

Finally, Gertie (Team CF) is signed up! Pst....my money is on Tygert or Lucky Duck!

Hey Duck, Any room in your tent?

N20 14
F18 13
H16 13
H20 5
N6.0 4
NF17 3
H17 3
TheMightyHobie18 3
P18 3
P16 3
18SM 2
Rey33 2
P19 2

Phil, Glad to know Rick will be there. It certainly is great to have a parts truck at an event!One more plus for the geat organizers of this one!

Only if Andy stays on the boat.

DOH!

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88 boats registered and counting!

you guys need to lookout for Trey and Alan on Undecided. Those guys are fast when they sail together. (I slow the boat down because I suck)

Will we repeat all sequence of events this year again? I need to break a mast on F17 prior the race then.

90 boats registered and counting!!!

If you are on the fence, jump off and join us!!

Hey, whens the last time there were this many I-20s in one place, or one race?????

And the Galesville (Md) crowd sure is representin, aint they?

I will be demonstrating the more refined side of Maryland with A touch of Class wearing my blue blazer and captains hat tilted at a jaunty angle. Holding tiller and mainsheet with pinky extended. <img src=

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You A class guys are sooo snobby; but I knew you when, Ed... <img src=

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I will not be attending so someone else will have to be DFL <img src=

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don't worry, Ed took a spin on the I20 once and got his doilies ruffled. From that point on he's had to fake his Aclass snobbery <img src=

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It happened in Myrtle Beach. I was there. I witnessed it.

And the Galesville (Md) crowd sure is representin, aint they?

I don't say this very often, but or and, I've gotta thank me wife for this one!

I will be demonstrating the more refined side of Maryland with A touch of Class wearing my blue blazer and captains hat tilted at a jaunty angle. Holding tiller and mainsheet with pinky extended.

Duck, Your being modest! Give that there NY/NJ crowd the full Galesville sight I see on a regular basis: "my blue blazer and captains hat tilted at a jaunty angle. Holding tiller and mainsheet with pinky extended, standing on the windward hull with the beams at about 45 degress to the waters surface, crossing the finish line!

Tad: First of all congrats and best wishes on the mariage thing. Its great stuff.

True True, the I-20 is a blast and thanks much to Trey for letting me drive. I screwed up crewing so bad he had to. If I could just get it in and out of the water by myself I would get one. Maybe when I grow up.

Chris: We'll see how it goes in NY/NJ, thats the BIG pond. As far as flying the hull goes, its easy on a toy boat.

Dave N.: Looking forward to racing against you, Chris B. and George & Sue if they're going. You guys will walk if the breeze is on, which it usually is for this one.

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
517 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

ANZ338-292130-
/O.ROU.KOKX.MA.F.0000.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NEW YORK HARBOR-
517 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

SUN
SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A CHANCE OF TSTMS. VSBY LOCALLY 1 TO 3 NM IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

91 boats registered. Do you really want to miss this?

My last post before race, I am on my way down to the club. You can also come if you want to marvel/laugh-at my Hobie 17 sporting a 230 sq ft spin on a 14 ft pole. Hope to see you all there.

Phil, I hope to hear/read a detailed account of the race once you're rested up! Good luck!

only 10 knots?

could be a long day.

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http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=264

Lets hope....

12-14 knots on Windguru, from SW, a good direction - it may be a broad and a close reach conditions... Course to the Statue is pretty much straigt North.

94 right now! - not a 100 yet, but getting close (we're also going to expect a few dropouts)

Get a flavor:

Only thing I'm worried about is all the debris that's being washed down the Hudson River from the rains this week.

Crews are going to have to keep their eyes peeled.

Good point...stay focused - 200%.

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