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The EC12 Class Newsletter
Volume 8, Issue 5
February 26, 2010
Since August 2003                  Now serving 589 Subscribers 
Elections
The deadline for the filing of motions and nominations is a week away on March 3rd. This is for balloting in the Fall.
Positions Open
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Region 1 Director
Region 2 Director
11 Class Secretaries
See page 53 of Model Yachting issue 158.
It is your AMYA.
 
Your Activities
The season has opened.
Florida will host 7 events ending the first of December.
Dixie will have 5 events plus the Champions Regatta.
Colonial will have 4 this year while Chop Tank takes a break.
New England has 5 scheduled that includes the popular 3-days at Mystic Seaport and the Nationals at Stowe.
Region 4 is hanging in there at Camp Dearborn while the nearby Canadians are building a fleet.
It is more than racing. These are the Playgrounds.
Websites
 tony rieckRieck Wins Season Opener
 

   Palm Beach Gardens is always well run, attracts a large fleet and sails at a fine venue that is attractive and comfortable. It is always a good party for the season's opener in February.

   This year spice was added with gale force winds and B rigs to the point of survival and some crafty tactics...stay clear of boats and endure. Tony, the popular Jacksonville resident Kiwi, rose from third on Saturday to an eight point win on Sunday with other Florida champions; Joe Walter, Alan Perkins, John Bottensek and Baron Bremer following closely.
 Alinghi33rd America's Cup

   If you are into real racing, this was a bore. It was over on the first race and confirmed on the second...Whoopie!  

Champions Regatta Series

The four series coordinators have unanimously agreed to two changes to the General Rules for the Champions Regatta. The changes are for the 2010 sailing season and thereafter.

      The New England Cup group has been granted full status in the Series and will now be able to send a full compliment of 5 representatives to all Champions Regattas,

Since the event is a contest of the top skippers in each group, all the entrants must be from the top ten finishers in their respective groups. The rules for each individual group remain unchanged.

The new rules for the Champions Regatta Series are available at this LINK.             

 
New Lake
  New Venue 
  Class HQ is looking for a new venue for major events and two-day regattas. Desirably, this would be a large facility on a lake or reservoir centered geographically to the population of the Class. This could be from the Norfolk/Williamsburg area to below Raleigh-Durham but north of Charleston/Atlanta and extending into the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia and even eastern Tennessee. This should be near major routes of travel like Interstates 95, 26, 85, 75, 40 and 81. Something that would be within 500-600 mile distances for the Yankees and the Floridians is a prime consideration.

   Lake Norman (pictured here) and Charleston have been big draws for the Class over the years. The former is still available but with little to no local contact now. Over the last two years several sites in Virginia were studied and did not work out. Somewhere in the area stated above there is a lake. This is to illuminate that place for study. It does not have to be related to a club or group. The Class has the ability to conduct and manage a big event with just one local contact person. This is a quest.
Sailing Schedule Stuff
   The Champions Regatta will be held in Charleston March 13-14 at the James Island venue. This is a great special event to watch the best against the best.
   St. Pete will follow on the 27th.
   Then it is on to Atlanta at the Lawrenceville venue for a regional status event for R3a on April 10.. Entries for this will be listed on the Q-List for the 2010 NCR. Sign up now.
   Notice: The Thunder Mug Regatta has been moved from the first of October to the 16th at the Deep River Venue in CT.
   Please check the Florida website for all information on regattas in that state. 
On going... 
Photo Contest
   We are going to do this again this year. Take your best images from anywhere about the EC12 and the people. Send them to Mike Cavanaugh at State College. The rules are simple and this should be fun. The prize is a free AMYA membership of your choosing or renewal. Check out this link for more information, contest and rules.
Class Discussion Page 
   This section is included for the benefit of any new subscribers. If you are one of the 562 who access the class discussion forum you can stop reading and get on with your life. 
   New to the Class? Have a question? Need advice? Have information to Share? Just want to read what others in the EC12 Class have on their minds? 12 Discussions is where you need to go.
   New subject areas have been added and the "chat" area has been revised. Be sure to use the "Search" function to see if anyone has asked the question that you have before you post, The page has been running for five years and most topics have been well discussed. There are currently 970 topics to study.
 
 
Respectfully submitted,
EC12Net News Editors
Rick West, Class Secretary
AMYA # 10176
Chief of Staff
Frank Angel 
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