I got this email back from David Douglas, who is coordinating things there:
Ok Mon,
Here we go. Great energy last Friday. The lads are pumped up.
Still no word from Club Med which will have a great bearing on the final $$. They are in the middle of a major facelift and are wanting to be sure they will be finished on time. The contractor says yes. So we go with the flow as it is the perfect venue for a lot of reasons. Security (which is not a huge issue here), proximity to our sailing shack, nicest section of beach, built in party venues etc, etc, etc. We have tentatively blocked 30 rooms at the Comfort Suites, which as mentioned is $90 plus tax and gratuity. So assuming Comfort Suites;
We plan an early registration Friday morn for those who haven't preregistered. Form will be up soon at
www.waveworlds.tc. We will be racing from Friday morning to Monday afternoon. Following is a tentative schedule:
Comfort Suites includes breakfast in their package. Friday we provide lunch and dinner of local cuisine w/band. Saturday lunch and tentatively a dinner party hosted by the Governor. Sunday lunch and a Sunset Cruise w/bottomless rum punch and nibbles. Monday lunch and a presentation dinner.
Total registration assuming Comfort Suites would be $215. (Obviously with Club Med lodging would be more, but all meals would be paid for.) We are now assuming dinners would have an open bar. This is the hard one, as liquor is prohibitive here. $5 beer in the bars. We should have a major beer sponsor lined up shortly, which would allow for bubbly after all racing. T-shirt, trophies three deep in every category including a runoff for those that don't make the cut. Upgrades to the twenty boats would be new sheets, rudder cam assemblies and bearings, tiller arm assembles where necessary, lacing where necessary, and of course the new sails.
You've got the graphics as sent a few months ago. A consideration is that Club Med is adult only, but if any kids are planning to come I could probably find them housing among Club members. Our Junior program is just getting started, and we were considering just an exhibition for those guys.
Give me a week to get the web site up and running.