Kathy and I will be staying at one of these hotels.

http://www.hiexpress.com/hotels/us/en/dunedin/ddnfl/hoteldetail

http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=best+western+dunedin+florida&fb=1&gl=us&hq=best+western&hnear=Dunedin,+FL&cid=5227749797122591471

There's a Holiday Inn Express joke here somewhere. Anyone???

http://www.dunedingov.com/home.aspx?
page=departments/leisureservices/leisureservices

Go to parks and rec. They have weekend parking passes for ten dollars. The Rec center is about 5 minutes away from the causeway. The address is on the lower right.

There is actually an exemption from needing a weekend/annual pass for races. I do not know if TBCS ever contacted the city with their schedule (as i directed them to when we worked with the city for this permit).

If one of you guys who are racing wants to call the township and tell then there is a race.. it may avoid all of you from needing a $10 weekend permit. If the front desk person doesnt know about this exemption, the person to ask for at the rec center is Vince Gizzy. he is the Director of Parks and Rec and worked on the permits with me.

What Ding posted was a good one (holiday inn express in dunedin) and about 5 minutes from the causeway

There is condo/hotel on the water called Beso Del Sol Resort that is cool (and has a tiki bar)1-800-331-2548

you can do a search on motels in dunedin as there are several around as well.

Hope that helps

Thanks MN. Karl is our connection with P & R and it looks like we have it sorted. Are you guys interested in doing the traditional Mini Macho Sunday March 20? I'm not sure what shape we'll be in Sunday morning but I wasn't planning on breaking my boat down until Sunday anyway.

Great!

I can't speak for the fleet in any way shape or form. I am personally not interested, and the last event (hangover regatta was aborted due to a lack of interest/participation).

I haven't seen any emails about the mini (although i am not sure they updated my email address) and i saw the TCBS site has not posted 2011 NOR's

I'm for doing it on Saturday since all you guys are coming. I think Sat is the normal day for the big one anyway.

Haven't run a Macho in 15 years or more. This is gonna be a blast! Just hope your boat (catman) still floats with all that beer.

I'm thinking bladders in the hulls. .

I will admit the one Mini I crewed on was "exciting". Everthing from flashing lights and bullhorns, yelling and a fantastic spin capsize at the last mark.

HeadHunter, are you gonna do the big race or the Mini?

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Dunedin, the finish line of the Macho, the entrance to Hurricane Pass and the waters right off the haul-out beach can have some significant shoals depending on the tide. It will be full moon on March 19 so the tide will be dropping fast all afternoon. You will find a strong outgoing current in the pass and if you finish anytime after 4:00 pm it will be getting pretty shallow. You'd hate to sail a tough 6+ hours only to run hard aground 100 yards from the beach.

In this image, the white triangle just inside the bay is directly off the landing point and is an unseen shoal in the afternoon sun. It may look deep as you sail in the pass under a sea breeze and perhaps spinnaker. If you're sailing a board boat, be careful! Plan on sailing around that triangle area, either side.

MN - we're running real deal.

or just follow those deep daggarboard gouges we put in there

Wish I could do it but the same weekend as the 12 Hours of Sebring. Second busiest week of the year for me.

Attending:

Karl/Karl – F18
Dave/Bob – F18
Peter/Mike – F18
JC/Dalton – F18
Matt Krogstad/? – F18
Brian/? – N20
Catman/Headhunter – M6.0 (Dunedin guy)
Dennis/? – N20
Forrest/Stank - N20

Schedule:
Skippers Meeting (If necessary) 7:30 AM

First Signal: 8:00 AM

As you can see we are starting fairly early in the morning so most of us will set up at Davis Island Friday afternoon. You will set up your boat at Dog Beach, it’s right across the street from the public boat ramp and is outside the Davis Island Yacht Club gate. If you take your trailer to Dunedin Causeway Friday night you will need to get a parking pass from Karl Langefeld, the passes are $10 a hit and this is the only fee for the event. There will be no trophies, shirts, beer or food, this is just an event to see who can get to Dunedin first, and it’s a way to burn daylight until the main event starts. We will have someone keeping times and your corrected finish will be submitted to the Endurance Series. Once we get to the beach, we will regroup and plan our evenings activities.

There is limited housing available so if you're in need PM me or Karl Langefeld. Those that are making the longest drive and sailing will be given priority.

See you later b!tches, Grandpa Ding RULES!

which Brian on the N20?

Probably Brian Payne on the flesh torpedo.

Yup. Bryan Paine on the flesh torpedo.

I was just wondering if all is cleared, that leaving boats and trailers on the beach Saturday is good to go, with no problems?