Missed that

Plastic bags wreck havoc on the moths. http://www.int-moth.us/11thhour/

I'll be carrying dozens of grocery bags and releasing them into the wild ( so the fish have something to carry their groceries in) whenever we are in front of them.

You could use the whole ETNZ dumping sails in the way as a strategy. :P

Maybe, Depends on how many spinnakers we're carrying. I've got some old EP ones that would delam in the middle and get both foils at the same time. AAAHHHHH, that's what they were designed for.

Reminds me... I still need to put a check in the mail to Skip for that special job he did on a (IIRC) blue spin back in 2009 :P

That must be a big check, 'cause that was a BUNCH of kites.

p.s. While you're mailing send me my rum. Should be up to about 15 or 16 handles with the interest by now.

Ask the Kiwis.

They had bits and bobbins to hold onto. Someone on a foiling beachcat would do the ultimate peter pan.

I think it would be more like a trebuchet.

Trust me, when the boat digs in and you are on the wire. That's when you do your best Superman imitation...

that may inspire a new rashy...southern superman.

The preliminary hotel list posted. We are still working on Cocoa Beach and I will have a second option for Palm Beach Shores (Singer Island).
www.Florida300.com/hotels

Will the race be posting lat. /lon. for the finishes or will it be like the stupid way Chuck did it a few times and make everyone guess?

I will post some waypoints that will be in close proximity to the finishes. How is that for layer talk?

Jesus Todd,

I know you're a bit behind the times, but there's this new fangled contraption called "Google Earth" that will let you search for the hotel, and if you go and drop a Pin on the beach next to the hotel, it will give you the lat/long.

What ever happened to navigation being a valued skill of seamanship??? Next, you'll be asking for a preprogrammed GPS to be part of the entry fee, and since it came from the OA, you'll want redress when the batteries die...

Mike

Tad... don't take this the wrong way.. but I have to ask... why is it that you've been one of the biggest supporters of a race like this happening and as soon as it's announced you put your boat up for sale?!

man, you guys are tough! It used to be the norm to get the finish line coordinates. It was a source of error for a few teams that didn't do the google earthing correctly in the last couple of years. If the Race committee is visiting each site (I presume that is still the case), it's not that much effort to ping a waypoint on the beach in front of the hotel on a GPS (or phone) and share it.

Fair question indeed.

I put it up for sale because I have to move this coming summer, and proceeds from the boat sale are paying for moving expenses. I'm moving to a place where I don't foresee myself doing too much sailing, and we will only be staying there for only a year likely. Once the wife is done with her fellowship, we want to move to the NC Coast where I'll likely be getting a new boat.

In short, I had decided a long time ago to sell the boat. The timing of it was just bad.

(Plus I hadn't been doing much sailing, and I'm not in any way in physical shape enough to do a race like this with any degree of success whatsoever)

It's really not about the "effort" by the RC, I'm more than happy to give whatever amount of info will help more boats show up and have a good time.

I'm just lamenting a more pure time, when we would do distance races with nothing more than the charts and compasses the OA would "force" us to buy.

It does drive me bonkers to hear stories about boats and coaches (not necessarily in cat classes, BTW) who make a stink at buoy races if the marks aren't in an exact location, on clear weather in broad daylight, etc...

Again, not because of the work for the RC, but for the seamanship and common sense that seems to have disappeared from our sport.

And yes, I am aware that picking out the "right" hotel on some of those beaches is tough, especially in fading/ no sunlight; but again, isn't that part of the race???

Mike