What do you think.., all input welcome.
This coming year on the North Coast of USA there will be a huge celebration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812, where Commodore Hazard Perry met and defeated the British Navy in the famous battle of Lake Erie.
There will be 18 tall ships at harbors around Lake Erie and Put-in-Bay, there will be Navy and Coast Guard armadas all over the place. They have already placed a memorial buoy at the site of the battle, and of course, PIB has the Perry Monument, the 2nd largest of its kind in the world and a Peace Memorial between US and Canada.
There will be a re-enactment of the battle.
There will be fireworks and all sorts of activities. Just look at the Perry Group site and see the great pix: this past year they lined the entire shoreline of the harbor with glowing light canistars.., it was awesome.
I believe the Perry Group,< http://www.theperrygroup.org/ > our local organization, has a budget of $600,000 for the Labor Day Weekend.
PIB will be flooded with boats, Navy, CG, tourists. This is an island that has 2500 island residents and 25,000 daily visiting tourists that enjoy the shopping, the wineries, the night clubs/entertainment, the fishing, and many, many other sources of entertainment.
During or around this time, and I believe the same year as the Americas Cup, how about something like the Mini-Americas Cup, sailed on a short course in front or near the front in the harbor of the Perry Monument. And how about we make it a professional event, with an entry fee and purse to attract the very best cat sailors around. The course would be small, so Waves would be the boat of choice to keep it a multihull event.
One suggestion was to have the Waves equiped with Hooters (roller furling spinnakers) similar to the Americas Cup Boats.
We would launch from the PIBYC.
So, toss this around a bit and let your ideas and creativity run amok.
Meanwhile, take a tour of the island in a golf cart (preferred transportation on the island):
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Here is the Chamber site; http://www.put-in-bay.com/
Rick
with all the coast guard activities there, do you suspect there to be an issue with setting up a boat race around those restricted areas?
You lost me with the Waves
Not bigoted, are you?
Area is too small for high-tech, high-speed boats
Grew up on Lake Erie, and Bayweek and Jr. Bay (bot coaching and sailing) were always the best regattas of the season. The area in front of the monument is probably big enough for higher-tech boats, we hosted an event during the ACWS in Newport that had races that were 12 minutes long for an 18 boat fleet! If the event were in F18s, I would definitely consider bringing our boat. An event in waves would still be very cool, but not sure I would make the trip home from Boston for that. Either way, I really hope it happens!
Area is too small for high-tech, high-speed boats
That's kind-a the point of all the Extreme 40 and America's Cup races...course too small, too much sail, too many boats, too many maneuvers - makes for a lot of mistakes, lead changes, and excitement.
Area is too small for high-tech, high-speed boats
Yeah, a bit. Also don't own a Wave.
So...put a Wave mast on your Viper and...
WAIT, wrong thread!
;^)
Guys, not every event can (or needs to be) sailed on F18s...
If you're serious about supporting this event, I'm sure Rick can find a Wave for you.
Not sure where all the Hooters would come from, maybe a big sponsor? That could get entertaining quickly.
Mike
you lost me with this remark
Mike
You got me back with this one.
you lost me with this remark
It was partially a response to the direction the comments above were headed, and an attempt at humor. Obviously, a failed attempt this morning...
Mike
you lost me with this remark
It was partially a response to the direction the comments above were headed, and an attempt at humor. Obviously, a failed attempt this morning...
Mike
I was joking too (see second quote).
Great googley moogley. Need more coffee...
Mike
you lost me with this remark
Yeah that remark was a bit of head scratcher for me too. <-- humor intended, gawd I hate having to do that!
Shouldn't be that hard. Rick proposed Waves, three different people said it needed to be on faster boats. F18s were mentioned.
It's early, but not that early...
Mike
It does say,
all input welcome
Waves came as a natural thought, inasmuch as we have 15 racing in our fleet. The Hooter idea would make it much more exciting, although there would be much closer racing without -- Everyone sailing Waves have gotten so close that anyone can win a race anytime.. , no one has been dominating.
And I suppose F18 or F16 would work in front of the monument.
As Joe Biden said,
... this is a big freaking deal!
Long way to drive just to go sailing, what else is up there to be seen?
This is a pretty awesome island, Pete.., puts Macinac and Marthas Vineyard to shame. And the event next year is going to epic.
I thought the professional thing witha purse would be a nice touch to get the top guns.
Rick
Put in Bay is awesome. There's no point going anywhere else. It's like Key West without as many freaks surrounded with fresh water.
WHAT!!! NO FREAKS??? blasphemy
Oh no. Rick is even using the word
epic.
Wow.
Mike
Mike
You had me at
Hooters