In the interest of local action, consider this a call to race/throwing of the gauntlet to the SE F16 sailors!

A few reasons to come out....

1) Great club hosting a great race
2) Proceeds to charity, including a great raffle
3) This is Zuhl's home club and he's interested in F16.

Can you post a lil more info please. Like a NOR, website and such.

Robi,

It's sponsored by SEACATS. I checked their site (www.seacats.org), but there's no NOR. This was more of a "mark your calendars" thing than anything else. Will keep an eye out an post as I find stuff.

Cary - any additional insight?

Jeff.

Actually I spoke to another Fleet member tonight, He sails a Super20, can never find Crew and is extremely interested in the Blade 16, for all the aparent crew & Platform versatility options. He's gotta sell his two cats, but hey isn't that the story for all of us when we upgrade.
CARY

ROBI:
www.seacats.org
INFO and NOR is on there.
I'll make you a deal, if you bring your Blade up here, I'll personally pay your entry fee. Will even put you up in the guestroom if you don't want to camp out.
Even buy you a Free Beer, maybe 7 or eight.
Fun racing starts Friday afternoon, real racing Saturday and Sunday. We race in a 3 mile wide basin just in front of the dam at Columbia Sail Club. Fantastic Live Band, Camping and Electricity onsite, Hot Showers, EXCELLENT facility. Close to my house too.
Would love to have you.
CARY

http://www.seacats.org/NORTWM2005.htm

Hey guys, NOR is there now, love to have you! We are expecting a big turnout this year as our lake is back up to full pond after being down 15ft for dam construction for 2 years. Lots of F18's, and misc fleets, F16's need to make a class here!

David Mosley
www.seacats.org

Ill just have to BITE! Please dont twist my arm! I am going to start checking my schedule. I apreciate the offer Cary.

Even Better Reason for you to come, Jeff. Looks like Robi will be there, you'll have at least 2 F-16's on the Start. I'll work on who we'll start you with tonight at Fleet, and run it by the F-18 Fleet this weekend.
CARY

Thanks for the help, Cary...Glad to see that we're getting at least one F16 up.

If the F18 fleet is cool with us being in on their start, that would be my preference. Robi, you willing to forgoe trophies etc. to have a bigger start and see how the little boats do against the f18s?

Thanks,
Jeff.

In all sincerely I am not going for trophies. I am more looking foward to a sweet weekend of awesome sailing.

So in other words, I dont mind ANY trophies. I forgo all trophies attempts.

Robi...for clarification..

We could definitely sail a portsmouth fleet and be in contention for trophies, etc.

Alternatively, if the F18 fleet is agreeable, we MIGHT be able to start with them and see how we do against them boat for boat.

Last year, I raced slow portsmouth and got waxed on corrected time....after passing boats that were supposedly faster and started 5 minutes ahead of me. I'd rather start with a bunch of boats that are about the same speed and not have to do any math to figure out how bad I got whipped.

Sounds good Jeff, if you want to start with the F18's I will be there with you.

Hopefully they wont be SKEERD!

It is a slim possibility that I could make it as well. I believe the Atlantic 1000 ends on the 20th (Friday) and it appears to only be a 6 hour drive or so from the Outer Banks to Columbia.

Problem is Mary is taking the Taipan 4.9 behind her car and I am taking 3 Waves behind my RV. Oh never mind.., it is way too complicated. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
In other words, it is possible.

By the way, I taught a seminar there a few years ago and found it to be a really nice club.
Rick

Rick,

I hope you can make it up.

Robi - there was a bit of discussion earlier re: legality of the "hooter" sail. Any issues with racing against Rick straight up if he uses the hooter? I'm good with it.

Jeff.

Also...I got a good chuckle out of Atlantic 1000, Waves and T4.9s in the same discussion.

I'll ask the Question, to my SEACATS Fleet tonight, as well as the F-18 Fleet I will be racing with this weekend.
There is no need to forgoe Trophies just cause you start with the F-18's. We try to recognize every class that has any sort of decent Turnout. I think If we can Get the Two Taipans and the Blade together that's pretty significant. As to Rick, We better watch out for him, although he rates our club and facilities as being nice, we don't sail from there anymore, SEACATS have been since been adopted by a much more active SailClub with a much nicer facility.
Mebbe I should send Rick a map!
(It's actually on the http://www.columbiasailingclub.org/ [color:"blue"] [/color] Website)
CARY

No problem from me.

He's gonna need the extra humpf! lol

Don't even worry about it, guys. Rick won't be at the regatta. I'm trailering the Taipan to Ohio at the beginning of May.

Pretty please, Mary...can Rick come out and play?

In all seriousness, you and Rick have been rather vocal about the F16 group not getting off the ground....rightly so. A few folks have been working hard to try to get the F16 off the ground. Robi has cajoling folks into action and Cary has almost negotiated a deal to allow the F16s to run with the F18s at TW. I'd like to take the optimistic view that a good result with the two fleets at TW may provide a good springboard for growing.

Any effort that you and Rick can make to attend the regatta will be greatly appreciated.