TO: Laser Hobie 14 Yngling and N-10 Sailors

You're invited to frostbite sail in the Sail Newport/Newport Yacht Club
Winterfest Regatta

DATE: Saturday, February 22
TIME: First Start 1100
No Race will be started after 1400
COST: $10 per boat
RACE COURSE: Newport Harbor

REGISTER:
a. Please email Sail Newport to pre-register,include your mailing address
and we will send the NOR
b. NOR and entry form also available at Sail Newport and NYC.
c. NOR will be left on back door of Sail Newport for frostbiters to pick
up after hours and on the weekend
d. Or, paperwork can be done on the morning of the event
-But, please let us know you are coming by email or telephone
e. Last Minute registration will be held that Saturday morning between
0800 and 1000 at the Sail Newport Main Office.

PARTY/AWARDS: Immediately following the last race, location TBA
Complimentary Beer and Hot Chowder will be served.
CONTACT: Kim Cooper, Sail Newport, kimc@sailnewport.org or
Steve Clark, Newport Yacht Club,[email protected]

ORGANIZING AUTHORITY: Sail Newport and Newport Yacht Club

TELEPHONE: (401) 846-1983

Cold day for the Newport Hobie 14 fleet yesterday.

What they still have hobie 14's and not 16's. Dam i feel sorry for them.

Just in the winter

While I ws visiting the in-laws in Bristol last summer, we headed down to Newport for the day and found the Newport Sail center.
That has got to be the largest fleet of catamarans I have ever seen at one time! I bet you guys are the bigest Hobie 14 fleet in the world, huh?
Sailing in Newport harbor in February must be some sort of fun, but it seems to me a bit like lobster or artichokes- who was the person that thought "Gee, this seems like a good idea"?

Unfortunately,the Newport Regatta was postponed for a week. somthing about they could not clear enough snow to launch the boats. Oh well.

The 14 fleet in Newport was Sandy T's brainchild. It was started as a way to race in the winter, it grew into a unifying force for New England multihulls. frost biters are found on Hobie 16,17, nacra 6.0s Inter 20's etc in the summer, but we all race the same boat in the winter.

Believe it or not, Newport harbor can be quite crowded in the winter. Hobie 14s, Yinglings,Lasers, Salve Regina college racing, and a couple of local high schools all out racing and practicing on the weekend.

Eric

Can someone keep us posted? I was very disappointed to not be able to make it this weekend but I might be able to make it next weekend.

cheers
Bill

Bill
Grab Tom Korz and bring him with you. I will get a boat for him. If not, the boat offer will stand for any other 204 member. It would be easier for you to drive down with someone.
Barry

Barry,

I will see what I can do. Is there a way to know that the regatta is on? Maybe a phone number.

cheers
Bill

TELEPHONE: (401) 846-1983

Bill
It's on as of today. Weather looks good. I still have a boat that someone can use.
Barry

Forecast for Saturday look’s like winds 10-15 out of the North
High temps in the low 40’s