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#280544 09/17/15 11:26 AM 09/17/15 11:26 AM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Mike its just a planning factor not a show stopper. Depends on how you look at it. If you are coming from out of town it means a considerable increased expense to bring and house someone that can cart your stuff around and could be a show stopper to some. It would be interesting to hear if the event organizers have any ideas on how to make that planning factor easier to plan for so they might get more out of area people to attend. A van to toss your stuff in the morning that will be at the day 1 finish or something....are there any hotels within walking distance of day 1? etc. Just a thought. The change the Steeplechase made last year to get the intermediate finish and the start/finish lines closer together made the logistics of the race incredibly easier. We spent a lot more time relaxing and enjoying ourselves and less time in the truck driving back and forth. it was much more enjoyable.
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#280546 09/17/15 12:11 PM 09/17/15 12:11 PM |
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | Mike its just a planning factor not a show stopper. Depends on how you look at it. If you are coming from out of town it means a considerable increased expense to bring and house someone that can cart your stuff around and could be a show stopper to some. It would be interesting to hear if the event organizers have any ideas on how to make that planning factor easier to plan for so they might get more out of area people to attend. A van to toss your stuff in the morning that will be at the day 1 finish or something....are there any hotels within walking distance of day 1? etc. Just a thought. The change the Steeplechase made last year to get the intermediate finish and the start/finish lines closer together made the logistics of the race incredibly easier. We spent a lot more time relaxing and enjoying ourselves and less time in the truck driving back and forth. it was much more enjoyable. ^^^^ This ^^^^ And along with room in the van for a bag of clothes, beach wheels almost always seem to be a logistical problem.
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#280547 09/17/15 02:39 PM 09/17/15 02:39 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA David Ingram
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | All valid points but the participation in the RTI has been falling off pretty sharply and the risk of trying something different seems worth it to me.
There have been many RTI's when we have sailed by Key Sailing and it took a fair amount of discipline to keep from making the turn right knowing I was sailing away from a beer and burger and into a long drift through the narrows. With the 50/50 format I don't have to make the decision now the beer and burger is part of the event :-)
Question is, how can we raise the appeal of the race for non-spin boats? There are shed load people that are perfectly happy sailing without a spinnaker even on a distance race.
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#280550 09/18/15 05:58 AM 09/18/15 05:58 AM |
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Posts: 25 | Guys y'all worry about the racing. We'll get your personal items and equipment moved, staged and positioned as part of the race weekend. Its just something we will have to plan for ahead of time. We have to have all the race committee equipment and event support stuff like tables, chairs, coolers and like items there too. The way I see it y'all are going to help load the truck twice and race committee will unload the truck twice. Not a big deal. And if there are so many boats we have to have two or three trucks then that's a good problem to have!
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#280559 09/18/15 04:48 PM 09/18/15 04:48 PM |
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | With the 50/50 format, I'd like to do it on the A-Cat. Right on Mike!
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