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4 days until this event

5 days until this event

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). For training will have 10 and may put 2 below on rotational basis. Mike Reifer will help lead training.

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

12 days until this event

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). For training will have 10 and may put 2 below on rotational basis. Mike Reifer will help lead training.

Please be at the dock on time to stow gear and a quick brief so we can be out on the water at 5:00pm.  

We will be back at the dock no later than 6:30pm for a post practice party at Kneller’s house.

Those needing a ride on base please meet 4:30 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 @ 5:00pm 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

12 days until this event

Ahoy Crew,

Please update your availability at this link from Maybe to Yes or No and indicate if bringing a significant other so we have an accurate head count.

We plan on having a Texas Tuesday New England Style farewell at the Kneller’s house for John & Laurence, who are Tom & Diana’s Innkeepers at the Almondy Inn.  John & Laurence are moving to Florida. The plan is for Vento Solare to finish practice and be back at the dock no later than 6:30pm so we can proceed to the party. Other people attending are John & Laurence, new innkeepers Shelby & Jerome, Eric Irwin, Mary Martin, Julija & Conor O’Neil, Lisa Hammond, Caitlin Niemic, and Jakob Sutton.

Cindy is getting Blount Clam Chowder and Mary is bringing Yankee Pot Roast and Shrimp Scampi. Lisa is bringing a cake and Maggie is bringing a Chopped Salad and appetizer.  Feel free to bring any beverages.

19 days until this event

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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23 days until this event

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.

First start 0905 (our start is at 0950) @ Vicinity of Halfway Rock: Scratch Sheet with Start Times

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

26 days until this event

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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30 days until this event

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.

32 days until this event

Return cruise back to Newport from BI. Weather permitting this is a spinnaker run!

33 days until this event

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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