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107 days until this event

Be at Borden Light Marina - Mon April 7th @ 9:30AM EDT

Bill will bring sandpaper, sanding pads and poles, hoses, buckets & nitryl gloves. 

Wear old clothes.

There will be beer available for after we sand with 320, 400 & 600 grit paper.

109 days until this event

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Be at Borden Light Marina - Wed April 9th @ 10:30AM EDT

110 days until this event

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Be at Borden Light Marina - Thu April 10th @ 10:30AM EDT

121 days until this event

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Be at Borden Light Marina - Mon April 21st @ 10:30AM EDT

Meet 10am at Navy Marina or  10:30 at Borden Light Marina

We’ll get delivered in one car to BLM  so no cars are stranded.

Everyone bring a water bottle Bill will have sandwiches and snacks.  Beer and seltzer are in the reefer.

Should be a nice cruise from Borden Light to the Navy Marina.

129 days until this event

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Be at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Tue April 29th @ 5:00PM EDT

Note: We will have extra people onboard and will rotate through for training evolutions. Normally we limit max crew to 8  (7 for OD events).

Homework Assignment: Please review this presentation on using the instruments – J/109 Vento Solare Crew Training for B&G Instruments

Please be at the dock on time to stow gear and a quick brief so we can be out on the water at 5:15pm.  

Those needing a ride on base please meet 4:45 pm at the Pass & ID parking lot to be driven on base.

Walk through settings on dock, then leave dock @ 5:15pm sharp.
–Practice upwind settings, tacks, calling wind and shifts, crew communications, jib trim and inhaul settings
–Spinnaker sets, jybes, downwind settings, crew communications
–Dust off the cob webs and instruct new crew on Vento Solare race routine and instruments

Using One Design Class Sails

136 days until this event

Registered:No

Be at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Tue May 6th @ 5:00PM EDT

Note: We will have extra people onboard and will rotate through for training evolutions. Normally we limit max crew to 8  (7 for OD events).

Please be at the dock on time to stow gear and a quick brief so we can be out on the water at 5:15pm.  

Those needing a ride on base please meet 4:45 pm at the Pass & ID parking lot to be driven on base.

Homework Assignment: Please review this presentation on using the instruments – J/109 Vento Solare Crew Training for B&G Instruments

Walk through settings on dock, then leave dock @ 5:15pm sharp.
–Practice upwind settings, tacks, calling wind and shifts, crew communications, jib trim and inhaul settings
–Spinnaker sets, jybes, downwind settings, crew communications
–Dust off the cob webs and instruct new crew on Vento Solare race routine and instruments

Using One Design Class Sails

143 days until this event

Registered:No

Be at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Tue May 13th @ 5:15PM EDT

JYC Spring Series Tuesday night weekly. The warning signal for the first class is approximately 1800.

Those needing a ride on base please meet 5:00 pm at the Pass & ID parking lot to be driven on base.

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147 days until this event

Registered:No,  Scratch Sheet

Be at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Sat May 17th @ 7:45AM EDT

Those needing a ride on base please meet 7:30 am at the Pass & ID parking lot to be driven on base.

Everyone please bring your own lunch and any snacks for the day. Please bring a refillable water bottle.  I will have water jugs to refill them. I will also have beer, ginger beer and rum onboard.

Pursuit Race with first start 0905 (our start is at 1010) @ Vicinity of Halfway Rock: Scratch Sheet with Start Times

Sail plan: One Design Jib, Class A2 Spinnaker, Code 0 (PHRF 75)

150 days until this event

Be at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Tue May 20th @ 5:15PM EDT

JYC Spring Series Tuesday night weekly. The warning signal for the first class is approximately 1800.

Those needing a ride on base please meet 5:00 pm at the Pass & ID parking lot to be driven on base.

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154 days until this event

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Be at Navy Marina Slip A49 - Sat May 24th @ 8:00AM EDT

PHRF 94 – Vento Solare start is at TBD
Pursuit race to BI – non spinnaker. Be at dock 8am to load up.

Those needing base access please meet 7:45 am at the Pass & ID parking lot to be driven on base.

Staying at Payne’s Dock. 

Bill & Cindy – responsible for Appetizer Contest!
TBD – responsible for Bloody Mary Contest

Bill will have beverages and snacks + stuff for breakfast (yogurt, granola, hard boiled eggs, coffee).

TBD – bring dinner for one night (something like Lasagna in foil pan or Bertollis bags we can heat in stove)

TBD – bring lunch for Saturday.

Bill brings fender board, long dock lines, shore power cable, cocktail table and boom tent.

Friday

• 6:00pm Skippers Meeting – Get official start times and sailing instructions

Saturday

• 9:00am Start – Newport. The first boat will start at 9:00am, and the rest will follow based on handicap.
• noon – sandwiches on boat
• 6:00pm Finish – New Harbor, Block Island – If you can’t finish by 6:00pm give up, turn on your engine and come in for beer.
• 6:30pm Dinner – One night on boat, another night in town.

Sunday

• Breakfast stuff available on boat

• 10:00am Bloody Mary Contest  – Back by popular demand. Bring your own concoction. What you do with the mixes after the judges taste them is up to you.

• 12:00pm Hors d’oeuvres – On the dock. Be ready to present your best hors d’oeuvres for judging in taste and presentation. Partaking requires participation!

• 1:00pm Awards – On the dock.

• 6:30pm Dinner – One night on boat, another night in town.

Monday

• Breakfast stuff available on boat

• Lunch – Sandwiches on boat

• Leave as you so desire or continue to enjoy the island. Be sure to check with your dock mates in case any of them want to leave early.