Attention Offshore Skippers
This Saturday, April 13th, there will be an Offshore meeting in preparation for the 2013 FBYC Racing Series. This meeting will occur at 4 PM in Fannie's House after the Opening Day medium distance race and prior to the Blessing of the Fleet. The meeting will end promptly at 4:45 PM to allow time for folks to migrate to the Blessing. If for some reason the Opening Day race is not complete prior to 4 PM, an alternate time for this meeting will be established and posted on Fannie's door.
The goal for this meeting is to provide a forum for skippers and to share their thoughts on relevant topics related to club races at FBYC. An agenda will be provided and a sample of topics is included at the end of this message.
If you have any questions prior to this meeting please reply (paul.wash@webnext.net) to me directly or call me at 804.399.2568.
Sample Topics:
FIRST: DONT FORGET TO HAVE FUN
Courses and options
More races vs. longer races
Vary lengths per fleet
First warning earlier? 10 AM for example?
Heavy Weather
Max conditions
Decision to move into lee of the land
Comfort of race committee
Go/no go decision
Light weather
Go/no go decision
Shorten course?
Race Committee
Level of VHF communication (course announcements, VHF recalls)
Starts and finishes
Hold for all fleets or start as fleets are done?
Weather Monitor
Monitoring and planning using Advanced weather sources
Live radar and storm tracking
Postponement
Safety and Equipment
Equipment checks?
Validation of basic drills?