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Fun day training with Zack and Nat. Arrived at club rigged no wind. 11:30 am blast came through with first front. Hang on to all gear. Sail out for some nice foiling in a dying breeze, get skunked (2 - 2:30), low ride back only to get hit with with 30knot gust right in the channel, yup at the narrow bit, the always difficult bit! Out of control foiling with TWA at 160, no space for a gybe away and the Harbor police right there. Fortunately they gave us a pass as they could see it was all a bit out of control. Almost foiled into the club trying to avoid Nat just below me. Definitely a mad 10 minutes then nothing! Great conditions to practice changing gear and puling a little bit less Vang.
Looking forward to some warmer weather and to Hawaii which is in just a few short weeks.
Before the Europeans we need to choose a venue for the 2013 Worlds. Thinking of some criteria how about:
- Predictable consistent winds
- Warm
- Easy to get to
- At or near a big population of sailors so we can convert as many to foiling and Moths in advance and post the event
- Experienced club
Also being an AC year, timing will be critical. Other thoughts?
IMCA Championship Guidelines - February 2003
ReplyDeletehttp://www.moth-sailing.org/download/IMCA%20Championship%20Guidlines.pdf
A bit old and out of date but might be worth a read..
All the best,
Doug
Thanks Doug. We already have a bid in from Alamitos Bay yacht Club which would meet many of the criteria, but want to make sure we really make the right choice of venue.....
ReplyDeleteMr. President,
ReplyDeleteConsider the Richmond Yacht Club, Point Richmond, San Francisco Bay.
Dan Brandt can represent our bid to the YC, lot's of local sponsorship potential,consistently breezy conditions (reference the SAP 505 worlds sailed on the RYC course); much more room to rig and launch than ABYC and really, really warm (compared to say
Pantagonea ).
The media payoff will be orders of magnitude better than any other venue in the USA.
PK
Hey PK,
ReplyDeleteCan understand the attraction in an AC year..... bit concerned having read the 505 experienced and we're more fragile. But let's see. Will be plenty of discussion at Pac Rims in April and we'll take it from there.