Commodore's Fleet Practice Sunday -- One Hour Earlier

Commodore's Fleet can't catch a break!  First all these kids from around the country take over LYC last weekend for a team race regatta, and last night everyone wanted to quit sailing early for Halloween.  And now this Sunday's practice ends early for some silly cookout??  When do we get to sail!?

Never fear!  To make up for lost time on Sunday, we're going to start Commodore's Fleet practice ONE HOUR EARLY on Sunday.  Please arrive in time to be rigged and ready to sail at 12:30, not 1:30, this coming Sunday, November 3.  If your schedule doesn't allow the earlier time, please come at the normal time and just give the coaches a head's up, so they can keep an eye on your sailor coming down the canal.

Commodore's / Green Fleet Naples Replacement, Nov. 9 & 10

Next weekend we tried to get the Green Fleets from Coral Reef and Key Biscayne to come sail with us, but they already planned a joint Green Fleet practice on Biscayne Bay that weekend.  Biscayne Bay is a fantastic place to sail, with flat, safe water that's a little more "open" than LYC or Ft. Myers, a great stepping stone.  So, instead of staying home by ourselves, our Commodore's Fleet will just go join their party!

We will practice and race both days next weekend out of Coconut Grove Sailing Club, in the heart of the Grove.  I'll post a schedule and details as soon as it's available, but plan for Saturday and Sunday.  We believe (but do not yet know) it will be an arrival time around 9:00 a.m. down there, ending around 3:00, with some on-shore instruction and practice and racing on the water both days.  It's a great opportunity for our kids to travel someplace new, sail in different waters, and test their skills against kids from other clubs.

More specific details will follow, but please plan to load boats on the LYC truck after practice Thursday, and unload Sunday afternoon after returning to the club.

"Naplacement" Weekend - Nov. 9 & 10

Here it comes, the Naples Replacement ("Naplacement"?) Regatta of 2013.  This post is for Advanced and Intermediate sailors who will race in the ocean.  Weekend plans for Commodore's Fleet / Green Fleet sailors will be covered in a separate post.

Saturday, November 9 will be a Joint Practice Day with Coral Reef Yacht Club and Key Biscayne Yacht Club, also possibly with the participation of the Coconut Grove Sailing Club and the Upper Keys Sailing Club.  Saturday will be led by the coaches who will combine to form a unique practice experience, supported by parents serving as race committee.  Rigged and Ready for all sailors will be 9:30 a.m.

Sunday, November 10 will be a Regatta, managed by the joint efforts of all participating parents from the various clubs serving as race committee.  Rigged and ready is 9:30 again, with a team meeting at that time, and Skippers Meeting at 10:00 a.m.  No start after 2:30.

Saturday Night will be an LYC Cookout.  All participants are invited.  LYC members and LYC-YSGs will be billed $40 to their accounts as the weekend entry fee, which includes the cost of two dinners Saturday night.  Please make plans to stay and extend our hospitality to the Opti families from the other clubs.

What you need to do now:  

1) Visit the link here and sign up for the event.  Please fill out the needed information so we can be well organized.

2) E-mail Bob Meagher and let him know which day you can volunteer for on-shore or on-the-water activity.  

Complete information about the weekend can be found here at this link.

Commodore's/Green, please stand by for further plans.

Commodore's Halloween Practice

Knowing that our sailors may have other priorities as Thursday evening approaches, Commodore's parents please note that Commodore's Practice on Thursday will end at 4:30 pm to give the kids enough time to transform themselves into ghosts, zombies, or -- God forbid -- Hanna Montana.

Phil's Pharewell MOVED to SUNDAY, November 3

As we often are/were, we weren't aware of Phil's other duties when making our plans.  Though his heart is always with Optis, this Saturday the rest of him will be down in Hollywood running a high school 420 regatta and he's unable to make a Saturday cookout.  So, we moved it to Sunday, 3:00 p.m.  Please sign up on the link here and let us know you're coming, how many people, what you can bring, with $20 in hand.  With questions or ideas, please contact Sharyn Wellnitz at marshan@me.com.

Saturday Farewell Cookout

This Saturday (after an abbreviated Champ/Int practice), please come join our Opti friends in a party to send Phil off with a bang.  Yes, this post spills the beans to him, but alerts the rest of us to a great time together to thank Phil for everything he's done.  Please make plans to come join the team at 3:00 on Saturday for burgers and dogs.

Please help.  Technical difficulties prevented the sign-up sheet from going up tonight, but here are the basics.  We'll gather at the Sailing Center, around hot grills, cold coolers, with $20 from each family and some pot-luck-style contributions of snacks and sides from those who can bring them.  Please save the date and stay tuned Tuesday for the sign-up sheet, posted here.  Check back later in the day and find it, or the Wednesday morning e-mail will remind you.

See you Saturday.

Thursday Commodore's Fleet Practice Canceled

Bad news / good news, guys.  The work on getting the club Optis ready for the team race regatta will make them unavailable for Thursday afternoon Commodore's Fleet practice, so it's been canceled. 

The good news is, the club Optis are getting work done!  So when the kids are back in them, they should be a bit better. 

Thanks for your understanding -- we'll make up the day somehow.