The Don “Doc” Fellows Regatta is ON for this weekend
Location Swanton VT Date: January 7- 8 2012
Take RT 89 to Swanton VT Exit 21 Follow signs to RT 78W. Stay on 78 untill you see the bridge on Lake Champlain. The launch is immediately before the bridge on the right side at a state fishing access
Registration opens at 10 Am at the Launch site
Start Time: 11 AM if conditions warrant.
A minimum of 3 races must be completed to be an official regatta. If 5 races are completed, competitors can discard their worst score. There is no Maximum number of races.
Last race will start no later than 30 min before sundown. (4:30 PM Eastern Standard time).
This is a NEIYA event and all competitors must be NEIYA members. (Membership forms available on site, dues = 20$) No Dues, no racing. Period.
Parking brakes required.
Competitors must have liability insurance coverage of 300,000$ (usually a homeowners or renters policy), and sign a waiver prior to racing.
**** Note: The conditions for this event are likely to be good. Currently there is a sailable area 1 X 2.75 miles hard black ice with 0.75” snow on top. Forecast for Sat is a high of 40° F with winds south at 10
Commodore NEIYA
The Don “Doc” Fellows Regatta is this weekend
Location TBA Date: January 7- 8 2012
We are looking at a few sites. It has been warm so our options are limited and likely all North of MA. Right now, Lake Champlain, north of Burlington is the best bet. Next update will be Thursday at 7 pM
Registration opens at 10 Am at the Launch site
Start Time: 11 AM if conditions warrant.
A minimum of 3 races must be completed to be an official regatta. If 5 races are completed, competitors can discard their worst score. There is no Maximum number of races.
Last race will start no later than 30 min before sundown. (4:30 PM Eastern Standard time).
This is a NEIYA event and all competitors must be NEIYA members. (Membership forms available on site, dues = 20$) No Dues, no racing. Period.
Parking brakes required.
Competitors must have liability insurance coverage of 300,000$ (usually a homeowners or renters policy), and sign a waiver prior to racing.
**** Note: The conditions for this event are likely to be challenging, but frankly it is the best we have to offer
Commodore NEIYA
The Don “Doc” Fellows Regatta is On
Location: Snipatuit Pond in Rochester MA
Date: on January 8 2011
Registration opens at 10 Am at the Launch site
Start Time: 11 AM if conditions warrant.
A minimum of 3 races must be completed to be an official regatta. If 5 races are completed, competitors can discard their worst score. There is no Maximum number of races.
Last race will start no later than 30 min before sundown. (4:09 PM Eastern Standard time).
This is a NEIYA event and all competitors must be NEIYA members. (Membership forms available on site, dues = 10$)
Competitors must have liability insurance coverage of 300,000$ (usually a homeowners or renters policy), and sign a waiver prior to racing.
Directions to the Launch site are as follows:
Rt 495 to exit 3 Turn onto Wareham St Heading (Rt 28 south)
Go right on Spruce St. The road becomes North Avenue
Go Left on Neck Rd to Geo Wood Fishing Access at Snipituit Pond on right
or for those with GPS just put in 514 Neck Rd which is across the street from the access ramp
**** Note: The conditions for this event are likely to be challenging, but frankly it is the best we have to offer
NEIYA club information.
First, there are only 3 official methods that the club is going to use for mass communication with members.
The first is the Hotline. This will function the same as it always has.
The second is this website, theNEIYA.org. John Stanton is overall in control of the website. The left half of the main page will contain announcements for upcoming events. This will be updated as soon as locations and times for events are known.
The third thing is the club newsletter, Black Ice. The NEIYA secretary (ED) has overall control of this one. Obviously this is for information that is not super time critical as it has much longer lead times. The goal is about 3-5 issues per year.
In the past the NEIYA used the yahoo groups to put out information, but we are going to stop doing this for several reasons. First, is to make the NEIYA hotline and website the focal point. The second reason is that the yahoo group is not under NEIYA control, and the content is often inflammatory. If we put out an official announcement for a location and or event, and you think it is the wrong call, feel free to call, or email myself or any of the board members.
Sail Fast,
Eric Anderson Commodore NEIYA
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