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Subject: Fw: regatta schedule
From: "Greg Ryan" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:15:20 -0400
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Greg Ryan 
To: WFS03@xxxxxxx ; swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: regatta schedule


I just wanted to remind people that Rob DesMarais has been doing a lot of work 
behind the scenes to make the Oktober Fest Regatta at Greers Ferry Lake in 
Arkansas a sucessful sSwift Solo and single handed skiff regatta. If people are 
looking for a great venue and a central location soon this year,  then this is 
it. There is still plenty of time.   Check out the attached Photos. I'd 
encourage you all to go. There is very enthusiastic support from the locals for 
this regatta. There is also a great deal of interest from the "midwest high 
performance sailing community" (mostly I14's and vectors) for this regatta as a 
recurring event even though this year it follows hard on the heels of the big 
I14 event on the west coast.  

Roger, good idea, I'm working on a class list for an interactive world google 
Map (api) - for our web site in a couple of days (Al's idea).  Bill I think 
that is a great suggestion, we already have nice offers for some of those lakes 
you mentioned in conjunction with the midwest skiff group. A very enthusiastic 
offer for Mendota. We have also been talking about Stockton Lake, in Missouri, 
Carlyle Lake/Eldon Hazlet State Park  in Illinois and I think Lake Pepin. All 
of these venues have support and most of the characteristics we have been 
looking for. Rather than make anyone drive 5 days to get to a regatta these 
very large lake venues with well developed infrastructure, where people will 
see us sailing, might make more sense. 

I think the more people that pitch in and invest in the regatta decision and 
organization process the better, so Bill, why dont you and Roger form a 
committee, maybe as an email ring, get some volunteer organizers who will come 
to the regatta involved, (Rob D and Mark W and Christian would be, right guys? 
some of the Canadians on this side maybe, Steve?), to narrow down the times and 
especially the appropriate places from the proposals, talk to Musto Ron , 
Marcus Ward and Gerry about their fleets getting together with us, then we can 
see how people in our class respond to a couple of worked out proposals you put 
on the website.  I could forward you their recent emails - that would be great 
progress.  Keep me and Rob Harper informed.  

Greg
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: WFS03@xxxxxxx 
  To: BDally6107@xxxxxxx ; swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 2:07 PM
  Subject: Re: regatta schedule


  Bram,
  The drive from New England to FL is 2-1/2 days (22 hours, 1360 miles).  My 
drive to Huntington Lake, CA is 5 days (45 hours, 3000 miles).  If we do the 
regatta in the winter, warm is good, so we can't do better than FL.  FL is a 
long way for left-coasties, so hopefully we can find a venue somewhere 
inbetween.  Rob's place in AR may be a possibility.  Later in the spring, the 
upper mid-west has some fantastic smaller lakes in Wisconsin and lower 
peninsula MI.  Madison, WI has some great regatta sailing facilities on Lake 
Mendota and Lake Monona.  Hopefully, some one will pipe in with further 
fly-over state suggestions.

  Bill Scheumann
  USA020 and USA040

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