With Jake, Trey, Me, and if Zander and Wick are able to make it out, we'll have a N20 fleet.
Should be fun.
David,I got one you can borrow if you really want to, Rick
Already registered. Now we just need Grandpa to make the 20 fleet.
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Man I'm slow, finally figured it out! Undecided huh? I think you have decided now...
Harper, thanks for the butt buckets, kids are loving them.
Check your e-mails. I just received one from Mr. Ernie indicating they had to cancel.
What is it they say about the best laid plans of mice and men?...........
The board of Directors for the Western Carolina Sailing Club met last evening and voted not to allow us to hold the Spring Fever Regatta at their facility. I won't go into all of their reasoning, but am assured that it wasn't because they are a monohull club. (Nigel and I plan to get even by winning their big Hospice race in the fall.)
We have continued our attempts to convince the Corps of Engineers to allow us to use our Milltown Campground, but with no success whatsoever. I visited the alternative camping areas that the Corps offered to us; all were basically day-use facilities with no showers, no launching ramp or staging area, and no place close by to hold the parties. (Corps locations forbid alcohol consumption on their premises.)
It is very disappointing that we must regrettably cancel this year's Spring Fever Regatta.
For all of you who took the time to preregister and those who have attended over these past 10 years, Nigel and I would like to thank you for having made this a very successful and most enjoyable regatta.
We will continue to pursue the Corps in an effort to allow us to have our regatta next year.
Fair winds, and I hope to see you all next year.
...........Mr.Ernie
Spring Fever Coordinator
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The board of Directors for the Western Carolina Sailing Club met last evening and voted not to allow us to hold the Spring Fever Regatta at their facility. I won't go into all of their reasoning, but am assured that it wasn't because they are a monohull club. (Nigel and I plan to get even by winning their big Hospice race in the fall.)
We have continued our attempts to convince the Corps of Engineers to allow us to use our Milltown Campground, but with no success whatsoever. I visited the alternative camping areas that the Corps offered to us; all were basically day-use facilities with no showers, no launching ramp or staging area, and no place close by to hold the parties. (Corps locations forbid alcohol consumption on their premises.)
It is very disappointing that we must regrettably cancel this year's Spring Fever Regatta.
For all of you who took the time to preregister and those who have attended over these past 10 years, Nigel and I would like to thank you for having made this a very successful and most enjoyable regatta.
We will continue to pursue the Corps in an effort to allow us to have our regatta next year.
Fair winds, and I hope to see you all next year.
...........Mr.Ernie
Spring Fever Coordinator
blahhhhhhh. fark. What can we say? Western Carolina hasn't had an active catamaran fleet in 10 years...we are victims of our own negligence.
We need to start a new thread as a tribute to Nigel, Tammy, Mr. Ernie, and the loyal friends of Nigels that come out every year to help feed and entertain at Spring Fever. I know Nigel and Mr Ernie has done every thing in their power to keep the Milltown Campground site. This past fall at the Alter Cup qualifing event, Nigel clued me in that they may loss the site and he was working his best to find other options. It's an end of a great event. I'll miss it. Thanks Nigel and the rest for all the great years of Spring Fever.
was up with WCSC? How could they lose?
Alrighty then, what shall we do Easter this year?
I'm up for having some informal races if others are in
I am with Mark...Nigel, Mr. Ernie and all the Hartwell gang need a huge thanks for all their hard work over the years. Hopefully they will find something for next year. It is a real loss that the biggest/best regatta in the area has to be cancelled because of Milltown closing. Thank you again...
It is getting tougher and tougher to find decent venues for large regattas.
After we sold our motel in Key Largo we have been constantly on the ropes trying to find good places to sail.
We have ran into some pretty good luck at the Upper Keys Sailng Club for smaller events, and now Chip and Barb Short have the beach concession at Founders Park and have an inside loop with the managers there. Consequently, we have an awesome venue for large regattas on a beautiful beach and awesome sailing area.., crystal clear water, flat seas and always good wind.
Hope this luck holds out.
Rick
Rick, I think you just volunteered. Hey everybody, regatta at Rick's Place, Easter Weekend! jk
I have would no problem going back to the Keys in March.
Or maybe we can talk the Lake Eustis club into hosting something that weekend?
the beauty of the hartwell venue was the convenience to a large geographical area. Maybe something in Jax? Rudder Club??
There is performance MidWinters. It's an open event and Pcola isn't a bad place to hang out. Although it probably won't be as cold as Hartwell 🙂
Yeah, I'm not too keen on driving to FL for Spring Fever. Hartwell was already 5.5 hours driving for me, so much farther than that is too far for me and my gang (4-5 boats). I'd vote somewhere like ATL, Jacksonville, maybe even Charlotte, NC.
don't count out some smaller event in this area...but I would be up for Charlotte.
I think something is in the works up here...just move a
tentative
date on the BAR.
If there was enough interest Jon Britt (Duck Cup) at Norbanks (Duck, NC. Outer Banks) could probably be persuaded to put on a race.It's a great site. That would be a good option for the NC, SC and maybe even Ga. crowd. I'm SURE it would be toooooo cold and toooo far for any of those Fla. boys, but ya never know.
Post up here if there's an interest.
not sure he would have enough room for all the boats... but it really is a great site...
After Trey had the Sweet 16 Regatta I started to wonder how far North there could be a winter event.
If there was something in the 12 hour drive range, I think you could pull more boats from up here.
I've done the drive for mid-winters and as I get old so does that drive.
Thoughts?
If the BAR can organize quickly, then that should be a primo spot at Vista Pt on Lake Jordan. Vista Pt is a super-nice campground and the launch area can accomodate a lot of boats. Boats can be stored in the parking lot overnight and on the beach.... the launch
ramp
is super easy, a gravel road to the sandy beach!
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I'm down for coming to NC, so long as i'm not camping in the snow.
We would be glad to do it, but Lake Jordan would be a great spot and I heard the Sweet Sixteen regatta was great. The weather can be pretty foul out here in late March. We can handle alot of boats since I live next door and we can fill my yard up with boats and there is another
ramp
behind my house. I will take the opportunity here to push our Duck Cup. We are changing the format a little this year and making it a 2 day distance race. One day we will sail North and another day we will sail South with both days starting and ending at Nor'Banks. The North run will be somewhat challenging along the lines of the second day of Steeplechase.
The South run will be the same course we have used for years. It should be fun as I am working with local sponsors to keep entry fees down and make it a fun weekend. I will post more about this later. The dates are June 7-8.
Jon
ohh yeah forgot he owns(or has rights too) the land next to Norbanks... actually that would be a GREAT SPOT... i'm down with it... anybody else have any better ideas!!!!
Spring Fever Regatta 2008
is back on and home again at Milltown Campground
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This afternoon, I received a call from my friends at the Army Corps of
Engineers with a proposal for me to consider. They said they would give
me the key to the gate, turn on the water, and the electricity. IF ---
I, personally, would take care of everything else: Including, but not
limited to, cleaning the entire park before and after the regatta,
cleaning and repairing all bath house facilities, removing all trash and
garbage, killing another gazillion fire ants, and raising the lake back
up a few feet from it's present less than full pool level.
Obviously, I agreed to all of it although I sure hope we get a few
inches of rain in the next two months.
So, in short, Spring Fever is back on for this year and if we take care
of the campground, as we always have done in the past, I'm pretty sure
we won't have to go through this exercise again in future years - I'm
just getting too old for this foolishness.
We currently have 38 pre-registered and the web site is back up for
pre-registration as is the list of those that have signed up so far.
I'll do my best to keep it updated on a daily basis.
I know it's getting late but please pre-register as soon as possible.
We really need to know how many are coming so that we can line up the
food and have something to show our sponsors to get them back on board.
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My personal thanks to all of you who wrote emails to the various powers
to be. Although it may have already been in the works, my phone rang
within hours after it was announced, along with a couple of your letters
and my interview, in our local newspaper.
See you Easter Weekend.
............Mr.Ernie
Spring Fever Coordinator and Campground Maintenance Manager
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