This is for anyone attending the Ft. Myers River Romp this coming weekend...
We Need a Tower. We need one more tower, someone who can carry one of the coach boats to Ft. Myers, and grab a coach or buddy to launch it -- and bring it home Sunday. Please contact Philip directly at philip.muller@lyc.org.
Loading. Loading will take place after your last weekday practice this week, and Phil will post the truck/trailer map with your spot. Please put your boat in your spot, not someone else's. Commodore's Fleet parents -- your Green Fleet sailor gets priority on the truck and your spot will be there when you load after practice Thursday. Please note, when you do, the other fleets will have loaded before you. Sails/spars, boards, and dollies all have specific locations in the trailer bed, so please look and match them. A word to the wise -- take whatever you have room for, especially the dolly you will use. Having a dolly ready when the truck pulls up makes your unload faster and allows you to help others more quickly. Please remember, while we will all want to get out quickly on Sunday, let's load the truck as orderly then as we do this week.
GroupMe. We will re-establish the GroupMe group texts, with one group for the Red/Blue/White fleets and one for the Green fleet. There are more detailed instructions on the LYC blog under the GroupMe tab on the top, but briefly, it is a group text app. We use it at regattas for immediate communication of important or time-sensitive information regarding that regatta. One text goes to all members. However, any reply also goes to all members, so please do not text the group unless your info is relevant for the whole group. Example: when the club truck shows up with all the boats, or the race committee is sending the kids in to the beach early, or the car pool is leaving for dinner, someone will text. Group notification of speed traps on Alligator Alley on Friday afternoon is a highly-approved use. If you want to swap info with only one or two others, please text them directly, not through the group. More instructions will follow, but you can also visit the GroupMe tab on the blog to learn more.
Saturday Night. Lisa Jones is scouting the options for a team dinner Saturday night, for a place big, fun, and kid-friendly enough to accommodate a large group of us Saturday night. Of course, some will have their own fun, but the bulk of the LYC crowd will end up making noise together. Additional info to follow later this week.
Gear. If this is your first regatta and your kid needs some gear, never fear, vendors have gear! Typically two or three gear vendors show up with truckfulls of parts, clothes, gadgets and gizmos. It's a great idea to make friends with the gear vendors, because you'll really need them one day. Special note -- Pam Moss, mother of LYC Intermediate sailor Mike Moss, will be making her debut as a North American distributor for Magic Marine. Magic Marine sells foul weather gear and gear bags designed to keep sailors (and their parents) happy in bad weather. Let's all support Pam thrive as our own in-house supplier!
Weather. Today's forecast for the weekend is 5-10 knots and sunny, but we all know how fast that can change. If you have anxious kids with computers or smartphones, start teaching them how to look up the forecast themselves instead of bugging you each afternoon.
Zombies. Yes, zombies. Each year for the last four, there have been zombie sightings on Saturday night. Tell your sailor they only eat the kids who don't try their hardest on the race course. http://www.zombicon.com/
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