Greetings!
Yes it was 108 degrees at Oakcliff yesterday but the team still put in a full day keeping everything moving and maintained and organized and preparing for the month of match racing. Ronnie and Vlad scrubbed the bottoms of all of the Match 40s, Aiden, Dylan and Kevin worked on race committee prep and Andrew and Maurice were in CT with the 11.5.
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Peacemaker Heads West
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Andrew Wills and Colin Bunnell will soon be experiencing and learning from the sailing and sailors in the Midwest. Ken Flaska, a lawyer from Detroit will be racing the Oakcliff 11.5 in both Mackinac's as well as the Harbor Springs Regatta. The Mackinac's are legendary for being ... well inconsistent.
Some years it is a 90 degree sweltering 300 mile run. Other years it is a 24 hour sprint. Some years it takes 4 days and some years it snows. The Oakcliff team has prepared the 11.5 for any and all conditions with
special care being given to the safety equipment as the organizers take
safety very seriously. Andrew loaded the boat and 60 foot mast onto the truck that in itself is an educational
experience and then there was dealing with the trucking permits.
This month will be great training, some good racing and the best thing is when the wave washes over ... no salt! As a matter of fact the water is clean enough one can just pull a cup out of the lake and drink away. So many things to learn and experience.
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Youth Clinegatta - Umpires & Youth wanted
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The Oakcliff Sailing Center in Oyster Bay on Long Island is hosting a Youth Match Racing Clinegatta on July 23-25, 2010. On Friday, July 23, Dave Perry will be running a clinic, and then the Oakcliff is running a regatta on Saturday and Sunday, July 24 and 25. The Clinegatta will be sailed in Seawanhaka Yacht Club's Sonars. Our target age range is 16-22 years old. Even though the deadline has passed we still have room for interested youths. More information can be found on the web site.
We need umpires for the regatta on July 24 and 25. And any umpires who can make it are welcomed to join us Friday, July 23 for the on-shore and on-the-water training sessions.
You do not need to be certified; this is a great opportunity to do some umpiring while providing an opportunity for young sailors to do some formal match racing. If you can make it any of the days please let us know at race@oakcliffsailing.org
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| Umpire Training |
 Bruce Cook will be running a US SAILING Umpire Workshop this Friday from 6 to 10pm and Saturday morning. After which the umpires in training will have the option to make it out onto the race course and test out their new skills with the youth match racing clinic. For more information email Bruce at: bacook@optonline.net
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