GREEN FLEET SERIES RACE #2

The Green fleet will have their second series race on Sunday March 2nd. The skippers meeting will follow promptly after my meeting with the green fleet sailors at 1pm. The race committee PRO for the series race will be Bob Meagher.

Happy sailing,

Julia

LYC Gold, Silver & Green Fleet Practices (March 15-16)

Dear Opti Families,

Just a quick note to let you all know that thanks to the Dixon and Wellnitz families that offered us the use of their personal boats we are going to be able to run regular practices for all our Opti Fleets during the weekend of the US National Team Practice!!!!

Gold & Silver Fleets will have (2) full days out on the ocean from 9:30 fitness ready through 4:30 in the afternoon.  Practice will be run by our new addition to our LYC coach staff, Markus Edegran, former US Optimist National Team member and current 49er Class sailor.

Our Commodores will have a 'Fun Day' out on the water on that Sunday...Bob Meagher is planning all kind of activities for our sailors with the assistance of our LYC coaches Kyle and Liz.  We will fill you in with more details on the 'Fun Day' in the next couple of weeks.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns and thanks again for your support!

Best,

Juan

USODA Sunshine State Championship (March 8-9)

Dear Opti Families,

 We are all very excited and looking forward to the USODA Sunshine State Championship at the Martin County Sailing Center in Jensen Beach, FL on March 8-9!  This is an LYC supported event and all our Opti Fleets (Gold, Silver & Green) are invited to participate.  Below find some important information regarding this event.

Please sign up on the LYC Blog to let us know that you are planning on attending, if you need a spot on the trailer and if you can volunteer to tow a coach boat to the event.  Please take the time to update this infoon the blog promptly so we can plan the logistics accordingly.

Registration; Entry Fee

For those that are not registered yet, please be aware that there will be a $25 late fee ($135 total) if registration is completed after February 26^th and a very late fee of $50 ($160 total) if you registered February 27^th through March 5^th.

LYC trailer Loading & Unloading

All LYC boats and equipment MUST be loaded by Thursday, March 6^th.  LYC Truck &Trailer will be on site for unloading on Saturday, 8^th at 8:00am.  Note: For this event we are expecting a full trailer, so please take blades, dollies and gear bags with you if it is possible.

Coaches

Juan Carlos Romero & Markus Edegran (Gold & Silver Fleets)

Julia Melton & Kyle Pond (Green Fleet)

As you can see we have lined up (2) coaches at each course based on participation.  This means we will need (4) volunteers to tow our coach boats to the event.

Qualification for Future Events

This regatta is a 2014 USODA Team Trials Qualifying event. The top 25% of Championship Fleet team trials eligible competitors, as defined by the USODA, based on the final results using the total number of boats registered in both the Championship and Green Fleets, may receive invitations to compete in the 2014 USODA Team Trials.

Lodging

We have secured a block rate for rooms at the Clarion Inn, Stuart.  Check out http://www.clarion-stuart.com for further information.  Hotel located about 12 minutes from the venue. 

                                                            CLARION INN STUART

                                                            1200 SOUTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY

                                                            STUART, FL  34994

                                                            PHONE: 727-287-6900 

The regular rate is $89 per night, but we have been given the special rate of $65, which includes breakfast.  All you have to do is mention Lauderdale Yacht Club to receive this rate.

Some additional information such as the ‘schedule of events’, ‘event parents volunteer sign-up sheet’, 'trailer assignments' and any other particulars will be sent by email just to the sailors attending and that has signed up on our blog before the end of the week.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me by email at sailing@lyc.org or phone if you have any questions or concerns.

Cheers,

Juan

Just for GOLD & SILVER Fleets!!!

South Florida Coaches Regatta 2^nd Edition

Lauderdale Yacht Club

February 22th & 23^rd, 2014

NOTICE OF RACE

SCHEDULE:

Saturday

                   Rigged & Ready – Team Meetings           9:30 AM

                   Skipper’s Meeting                                          10:00 AM

                   First Warning Signal                                      11:00 AM

                   De-Brief with the Coaches

                  

Sunday

                   Harbor Start                                                     9:30 AM

                   First Warning Signal                                      10:30 AM

                   No warning after                                            2:30 PM

                   De-Brief with the Coaches

                   Awards

For additional information please email Juan at: sailing@lyc.org or by phone (410) 212-5303

USNT Practice @ LYC (March 13-16th)

Dear Opti Sailors & Families,

Please see post below from Wanda Casaretto, USNT Practice Coordinator.  We really need the support from all our Opti families so we can host this event and fill in all the volunteering positions.  It is a honor for our club to host a national event like this and would like to keep being consider as a host club by USODA in future years.

Thanks in advance for your support...looking forward to a great event!

Juan
PS.  Please contact Wanda directly and let her know your availability.
 
Hello Opti Families!

LYC has been granted the honor of Host Club for the upcoming USNT Practice. As the host club, we are required to secure housing for the optimist national team who will be holding practice at our club on March 14-16th with sailors expected to arrive on March 13th between 3-6pm.   We anticipate approximately 20 sailors.

It is my understanding that host families are only providing a place to sleep.  The USNT has given us a stipend to provide all meals at the club.  The attached notice of practice has more details- kids are really only expecting a couch to crash on!  These are not only great sailors but well behaved kids who are extremely independent and great role models for all opti sailors. It appears they'd prefer to keep groups of 3 sailors to a host family- not sure if this is feasible for all- so maybe a minimum of 2 or more.  If you're unable to house anybody- we will be in need of parents who can help with transportation needs especially airport pick ups/drop offs. Also if you are interested in holding the farewell dinner at your home (expenses will be covered by the stipend) let me know.

We desperately need every family's participation in some capacity to make this a success.  Thank you in advance for your assistance!
Please email me or call with what you can do to help out. THANKS!!!!

Sincerely,

Wanda Casaretto
Email: Wandacasaretto@yahoo.com
Cell: 954-258-1410

Opti Fleet Parent's Meeting

There will be an all fleet Opti parent meeting after practice on Sunday at 4:30pm in the upstairs class.
The purpose will be establishing goals for the Opti program and introducing positive changes. Please plan on attending!

Julia Melton

USODA Sunshine State Championship Deadline Before Late Fees Apply

USODA Sunshine State Championship Deadline Before Late Fees Apply Posted: Tuesday, February 11th, 2014   1:06 pm

The USODA Sunshine State Championship in Jensen Beach, FL at the US Sailing Center Martin County is coming up on March 8-9th. This is a Team Trials Qualifier (TTQ) event. Registration deadline before late fees apply is February 19th before midnight EST. Log-in to www.usoda.org to register.