Women's Sunday Typhoon Series

Hello Ladies,

Good news – we have an enough interest in the Women’s Sunday Typhoon Series so I’m moving forward with planning activities.  We also have Ron Mihills and Chuck Carmichael’s support. 

Here’s the overall concept:

Mission:  have fun, improve sailing/racing skills, and get out on the water (oh yeah…and compete, too!). 

Schedule:  Sunday afternoons starting ~ 3:15 pm (I’ll be coordinating with the Junior Sailing group so that we don’t collide on the water).  Series would span 5 racing days between Easter and early June.  Since everyone is busy and not likely to race in all 5 Sundays, the scoring will be lenient.  With the intent of 3 races per race day, we’ll take each racer’s best 9 scores.  That means as long as you race in at least 3 race days you won’t be penalized with “no show” scores.  Here are the proposed dates: 

·         Sunday April 27

·         Sunday May 4

·         Sunday May 11 (this is Mother’s Day so we’ll play it by ear…if there’s enough interest we’ll hold a race, if not we’ll pass)

·         Sunday May 18

·         Sunday June 1 (Awards BBQ to be held afterwards)

Several of you have asked for help in recruiting crew.  That won’t be a problem – we have 4+ women available to crew.  So if you are looking for crew, let me know and I’ll help make a match.

There is an area where I could use your help.  I need to recruit Race Committee and Mark Boat volunteers so if you have a willing spouse, significant other, parent or child willing to help out at least one race (or as many races as they want), that would be super. 

If you haven’t raced ever or in a while, don’t worry…this is a low key series intended to be fun and supportive.  Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sending out information (eg, equipment needed on board, racing rules, starting sequence info) to get everyone geared up and excited.  Also, I may organize a “captain/crew” briefing right before first Friday on April 4^th to answer any questions you might have and go over rules, etc. I’ll keep you posted on that.

In the meantime, if you have questions, email me. 

Please feel free to pass along this email to other women who might be interested in racing their Typhoon or helping out as crew and/or Race Committee/Mark Boat duty.  The more the merrier!

Looking forward to a fun season,

Stephanie