Enough

100 +

What does the "pending" mean?

Sorry, I'd be more interested if it were somewhere like Mogadishu, or Tikrit. This boy does not belong anywhere near southern California again.

I'm more than likely, and hopefully up to my butt in work at that point too. Hopefully enough I can dick around the rest of the winter.

Pending crew registration.

Is there going to be a website to keep track of the event for those that are not there? (results, pics, etc).

There will be links off of the Club site - www.ABYC.org

I'm not sure where the live tracking is being hosted - that's being worked out now - but you'll be able to get to it, all the social networking stuff, and a variety of live commentary directly from the Club's site. In addition, Sail Revolution will be on-site with Zhik to provide video coverage.

Do you have to be a member of US Sailing or just the USF18 class?

Just F18. Except for you. I want to see your US SAILING card and some random fleet, too. Nacra 5.7 or Hobie Holder, as a suggestion.

I have plenty of cards just not the right year on them.

From the worlds NOR:

3.3. All competitors shall meet the requirements of ISAF Regulation 19, which requires that all competitors (helm and crew) shall be members of their Member National Authority or one of its affiliated organizations. The Yacht Club or organization name and membership details shall be stated on the entry form.

Race Management 202...

If I counted correctly, that means we'll be adding over 100 catsailor members to US Sailing. Very cool!

(Of course, we'll need to see how the OA and/or IJ interprets "affiliated organization".)

Here's the multihull membership link: https://www1.ussailing.org/membership/MPP/Default.aspx?ycid=100729I

This gets you a discount, and ensures you are counted as a multihull sailor.

Hope this helps.

Mike

The US F18 Class is an affiliated organization.

That works for the letter of the law, now what can we do about the spirit?

What can US Sailing do for this event to entice all skippers and crews to supplement their class memberships with US Sailing memberships?

Mike

1 - Get US Sailing to stop taking $50 a head from the US Multihull Championship Regatta forever! A reduction in fees won't due!

2 - Increase the Rolex sponsorship money from $3000 (which is almost all given back to US Sailing through their imposed fees) to $15000 so the US Multihull Championship can be a proper championship.

3 - Change the US Sailing Staff culture from a "How can we extract revenue from our membership" to a "How can we help financially and otherwise?"

I'm sure there is more, that's just off the top of my head.

OK, items 1 and 2 are for a different event.

Item 3 may be doable, which is why I'm asking for concrete ideas for this event.

Mike

Well, the event has been in planning in over year and we are now two weeks out so I don't know what impact US Sailing could have at this point.

But, if Mr. Jobson was willing to be a guest speaker and do it on his own dime it would be viewed positively by those attendance. Personally I'm not a fan but I'm sure there are others that would appreciate what he has to say. Being a sudo techy I'd rather hear what Stan Honey has to say but that's just me.

If that can't be done, get US Sailing can buy the pizza for the USF18 fleet meeting. Yep, I'm a cheap date.

In fairness, it's not exactly like you reached out in the past year, did you?

Jack is always asking how he can help our group.

Is the web stuff all sorted?

What would you like Gary to discuss?

Pizza is interesting.

Anyone have other ideas?

Mike

When you know the hole is dry do you keep drilling?



Someone that is a fan will have to answer that, Stan Honey is my choice.



Not the Pizza Hut or Domino's crap, the real stuff made by a bonafied Italian imported from New York! And it needs to be paid for by US Sailing not some volunteer beating the US Sailing drum, it simply won't have the same impact otherwise.



Yeah, get Liz Walker to serve the slices.

Okay, I need to stop now I'm starting to crack myself up.

Trust me, I have no personal budget for your pizza...

I'm sure Liz would be happy to serve in Pensacola, but again, that is a different event, and a better question for Bert.

Mike