Coach Arthur, Sharon and I are very excited for the Naples
regatta this weekend! After Wednesday and Thursday practices this week we will
be loading boats on the trailer. If you are not at practice this week you will
need to find a time to load your boat and pick up your equipment.
Trailer spot assignments will be posted on the truck window.
We will have spots for both the truck rack and the Opti trailer.
With 21 boats signed up on the blog, we will need to
conserve space so we ask that Silver & Gold fleet will need to take their
own sails and dollies, and blades.
Green Fleet will again be assigned a dolly for the regatta
and are responsible for assembling at the event and reassembling when the
trailer/ truck return to LYC. Green fleet sailors can pack their blades, sails
and dollies on the bed of the truck or trailer. Please let me know if your
sailor has any boat repairs needed done this week by tomorrow.
I plan to leave LYC around 1pm on Friday, so I hopefully be
getting to the park around 3pm. The coaches and I plan to stick around and help
unload until 6pm. I’d like to have a team designated rigging spot.
HUGE thanks to Tate’s, Stacy Moss and Valerie Rozzo for
towing. We will be taking the 15’RIB, Lil’ blue and the 17’RIB.
Saturday a.m. Arrival
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We will be launching coach boats Saturday a.m.
The launch ramp is about a 45 minute drive away. I will need 2 volunteers to
drive the coach boats in the morning. The boats need to get to the launching
ramp by 6:30am. Please let me know if you can tow one of the boats in
the a.m.
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I plan to be at the sailing center by 7:45. I
would like GF to be there by 8:15 or earlier. We will have our team meeting
at 9:20am. The skippers meeting is at 9:45
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Saturday night Team dinner will be a bbq at the
Park shore hotel. Lynn Dixon has stepped up to provide marinated chicken and
fish for the grill at $5 per person. We also would like each family to sign up
for one of the items listed in the Google doc. Lynn would like a head
count so please indicate on the blog sign up if you are planning on joing us
for dinner. Click here to sign up!
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Other things to pack: (refer to opti survival
guide attached) Sun block, sunglasses, refillable water bottle snacks, spray
jacket or warm gear, life jacket, etc.
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Beth Reilly has picked up bars/ waters for the Green
fleet boats. Silver and Gold fleet should designate a parent to get waters and
bars for Arthur’s boat.
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As always, you will be assigned a group text
message group, which will be used to communicate to the team throughout the
weekend.
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Please do not forget to bring team gear! It is
mandatory that all Opti sailors wear their blue polos at the awards ceremony.
You can find the Notice of Race here:
I think that covers most of the logistics. Looking forward
to a great weekend!
Julia Melton
Julia Melton
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