Racine Catamaran Championships 2010

Kathy and I along with the Bonifant's are scheduled to arrive Friday afternoon.

I'm not planning on racing the pre-regatta, I don't want Ricky to get discouraged before the big show.

Boat is measured and stickers applied

Papers are in order

One of the boats coming from California:

I need to know where the drop off for the container is. I was told that it will be at the Yacht Club. I also need to have a contact name there when it arrives on Tues or Wed.

I am not planning on sailing the regatta beforehand. Plan to arrive Friday.

Later,
Dan DeLave

OK time is short and CRAW is getting all the last details in place for the Racine Catamaran Championship. Racine Catamaran Championship 2010 Where are all the F17 boats?? We have one confirmed and paid and 3 pending What's up with that?? You do not want to miss this regatta. You still have time to get registered and enjoy 5 great days of sailing and parties.

Take it to the PUNK, Ding.

Where oh where are the F17's ???

That's the plan, and he better have my hat!

Since I couldn't get any other sucker to take the job, I have to be the jerk:

DO NOT WAIT! IF YOU HAVE NOT CERTIFIED YOUR F18 SOMETIME SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER, I WILL NOT BE HAPPY TO SEE YOU. I'll be fine once the event starts, but the check-in is starting to sound like a royal pain in the butt for one guy. You can contribute to a sense of harmony and calm if YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR BOAT RIGHT NOW, TODAY. If your name isn't on the LIST (updated daily), then you are IN FOR A HEADACHE. The headache will be minor on an individual scale, but for the people that have to take care of 20 small headaches, I can guarantee frazzled and frayed nerves.

Bottom line, please get your certificate in order. Don't leave it to someone else, or assume, or plead ignorance.

See you soon.

Fixed it for ya Todd, Brendon is okay plus he's a F!@#ing giant.

And that goes double for me! I really am an a$$hole with the shirt to prove it.

Fixed permanently.
Yep, Brendon is top shelf. Jury is still WAY out on that other guy though.
Good luck.Tell Mr. Bonifant I said

Hi

.

Got three phone calls this morning. See how easy that is? To clear things up a little: just having a completed form does not certify a boat. The form has to be submitted to the Class by the measurer, and the fee has to be received. I understand if there are a couple of little things left to fill out, like rudder weight or something minor. We'll get you squared away, but if you are MOST of the way there, go ahead and submit the form and PayPal the fee. If you bought a boat that has a completed form already, you just pay for a set of stickers. If your boat doesn't have a form and you never paid your measurer, you're on the hook for the whole fee.

Nine boats certified today, so far!

Hi guys,

Ok, we now have a blog on the RCC site to serve as a place for news during the event and any information you may want to share about the event. The blog is located at Racine Catamaran Championship blog , and there is a link to it in the sidebar menu on the main RCC landing page. CRAW is also planning to post as many photos as possible each day

Have fun !!! Enjoy

I tried to add a blog post, regarding teams from California, but there was no option for it.

Sorry I didn't include a sign-up link since I imagined only a small number of people would be posting articles. But you're more than welcome to do so - you'll just need to sign up (sorry this is separate from your event registration account). Go here and hit the 'register' link. You'll get an email with login info.

BTW, email me if you have any problems - mark.thomson@ieee.org.

Is wi-fi available at RYC?

Just a quick FYI Don't forget a copy of your insurance policy if you have not sent it in with your registration. Looking forward to seeing all participants in the next few days Drive safe and see you in Racine.

Capt. CHAOS

If we have sent the insurance policy with registration and it shows as

verified

on-line, do we still need to bring a hard copy? The NOR seems to indicate a hard copy is required at check-in.

No If you have sent it in you are good to go! We have the copy on file and it has been reviewed and determined adaquate as required in the NOR.

Sweet! As my friend Forrest once said,

One less thing!

Forget sailing. I'm covering Surfing!

JC's raking the beach. Everyone's setting up. It's Game on!

those are the biggest centerboard i have ever seen...oh wait.. nevermind ;P

Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

79° F | 63° F
81° F | 68° F
88° F | 74° F
85° F | 74° F
85° F | 76° F
81° F | 70° F
85° F | NA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Chance of T-storms
20% chance of precipitation Chance of T-storms
40% chance of precipitation Chance of T-storms
30% chance of precipitation Chance of T-storms
30% chance of precipitation Chance of T-storms
20% chance of precipitation
UV: 9 UV: 9 UV: 8 UV: 7 UV: 7 UV: 8 UV: 8

I have had the best luck with accuweather this summer:

Sunday 77, 8 mph, NNE, 1% chance of thunderstorm
Monday 74, 12, NNE, 0%
Tuesday 76, 7, N, 0%
Wednesday 82, 6, NNW, 3%
Thursday 74, 9, N, 7%
Friday 68, 11, NE, 0%

Unseasonably cool. That said, weatherunderground and weather channel all have different predictions. Warmer and more likely to rain than accuweather.

That's all I got.

Well done Surf City Racing. Great write up, and fabulous photos of the kids in sailing.

A BIG thankyou from me and all those who cannot be there.

Have a fun week on the water..... and those bikes!!!

You need cards for your spokes, J.

Big storm last night. A few boats are flipped on the beach. One F16 with a broken mast. No wind and fog right now. Expecting a postponement.