I am moving out to Sea Cliff tomorrow with my 6.0.
I appreciate all the responses I got about possible racing.
Now heres my one last problem. I have so much going on that I can barely process it all let alone figure out where these regattas are and when.
Could someone make it easier for me and show me a rough schedule of when and where regattas are? Distances from Sea Cliff would be awesome too but I guess I can manage mapquesting them.
Thanks!

-Todd Riccardi

Do you have a trailer for your 6.0? If you do there are possibilities for us to work out a schedule for sunday races in a convenient location on Long Island where we can get the best turnouts. I've found that there are several sailors willing to race but not everyone has the ability to attend away games. Let me know what you can handle and I'll try to see what kind of a schedule we can set up that gets the most boats on the starting line. Greg

Greg,
I have a trailer.. Right now my boat is in Sandy hook until after the statue race. It will be back here after that. Is there anyone that sails near sea cliff? Isn't there a park nearby you guys sail out of? I would trailer my boat a reasonable distance but i'd rather not do it too often as it takes a while to rig and de-rig. I have a pretty busy schedule this summer but could probably fit something in.
Did I mention how much I hate trailer the boat through long island traffic? And all these damn parkways I can't take the trailer on!
Let me know.
-Todd

it looks like there are several guys that are looking for cat racing on LI but it is not happening, any ideas how can we develop an active fleet and race?
I am in Nassau and even suffolk for me too far if i have to go weekly, not to mention sandy Hook or connecticut.
would be nice to have local base or beach

any creative thoughts?

I think the first step is finding out exactly who and how many want to be part of it. Once we figure out how many people are interested and where they are based we will be able to look for a reasonable location. I think anyone who is interested shoud leave their name and where they sail out of for starters. I would be happy to be the first.

-Mark Dougherty, Sea Cliff (That tiny town next to Glen Cove)

Mark, I'm glad you could show up for our Shelter Island Race. I hope you enjoyed it and can see the camraderie out here. I think communication is the most effective way to get L.I. sailors together for racing, crusing etc.. I think the first step is to update the LICSA website. Check out this old link to see what we used to be doing. Greg http://www.rclandsailing.com/licsa/LICSA98.htm

Yes, I have been wondering what happened to LICSA (Long Island Catamaran Sailing Association). Where did everybody go? Hope you can get it up and going again.

We are working at injecting some younger fresh blood into the organization. Any ideas as to what might intice other sailors to discover our brand of fun?? I've heard sailors who have competed all over the world say that our waters are some of the best and most challenging they have sailed in. It amazes me that we have to work so hard to get attention to this area for cat sailors. Greg

Gregg, we need 2-3 days regatta, club or park that can support us and figure out who is interetsed in what and how.
also see wht resources we can pull together to revive the web side etc. I am ready to do this any time, even labor day weekend even though it is short notice.

alex

If you guys need a low traffic server hosted, let me know. I'll throw it up with mine. I do data driven web servers for a living.