Important Dates & USODA Nationals

LYC Opti Team,

Below you will find important dates for the USODA Nationals regatta this summer as well as some changes to our schedule.

1.       Green Fleet practice on March 15^th will be moved to Saturday March 14^th. The practice time will be the same from 1:30-4:30pm.

2.       SE Dinghy Champs at KBYC has changed the date of their event to April 18-19. We will have regular LYC practice on April 4^th but no practice on Easter Sunday.

3.       Our Green Fleet Spring Series #2 will therefore be moved to Sunday April 12^th.

4.       LYC will be attending USODA Nationals this summer in Pensacola. You do not need to qualify to participate in Nationals. I want to encourage all of our sailors, including Green Fleet, to sign up! Arthur is coaching our Red, White and blue team (we will have 2 coaches on the course) and I will be coaching Green Fleet.

·         July 6^th-10^th will have a 5 day Pre-Nationals Clinic at LYC. This clinic will run from 8am-4pm and there will be a separate clinic for green fleet and Championship fleet sailors. The clinic fee is $250 for each sailor.

·         The regatta is from July 18-25. You should book your hotel early and save the date in your summer plans! We will be transporting boats and providing coaching and will have the following fees to cover towing and coaching fees: The cost is $150 for boat transportation and $75/ day for regatta coaching. We would like to have 2 teams for team race nationals – the first event of the regatta.

·         Green Fleet- You do not need to book hotel until the 22^nd because the fleet race portion of the regatta is 4 days from Thursday 23^rd- Sunday the 25^th.

We will have a Nationals clinic and signup sheet posted on the blog later this week. Please sign up as soon as possible so we can coordinate our summer plans for Nationals.

Please let me know if you have any questions and have a great week!