LASER REGATTA HOSTS,
The proposed 2004 schedule that is posted on the District 6 website is an
attempt to get organized while everyone is still relatively active rather than
wait till November when everyones minds are on the holidays. See
www.drlaser.org/d6. You can look at the dates from 2003 to get an idea of when
approximately an event will happen in 2004. For example the
Frigid Digit is usually the last weekend in January, The Frozen Assets is usually the third weekend in Feb, The Flites of Spring is usually the last weekend in April The SOCKS is usually the weekend before Memorial Day The Seattle Fleet Champs is usually the 2nd weekend in Oct and so forth (many other regattas have precedents)
These precidents are not carved in stone, however they have been that way since I've been sailing Lasers and can be used for planning if you are intending on scheduling a grand prix regatta or hosting the PCC's or Nationals. It is my intention to get commitments from the regatta hosts as early as possible so as to avoid having a Youth Circuit Regatta and one of our long standing annual regattas happening on the same body of water on the same weekend. As I hear from the regatta hosts I will fill in the date and you will know that weekend is taken. Hopefully by the end of the year we will have a good schedule that everyone can plan on.
The Youth Circuit will be meeting this weekend at the Octoberfest in Seattle to hash out its schedule for 2004. Therefore many of you already know what dates you are targeting for 2004. By the middle of next week I should have firm dates on at least 7 to 9 Youth Circuit Regattas. I am not sure if the Youth Circuit will invite Adults to their Laser Class in 2004. That too should be decided at the meeting this weekend.
I've tried to include all primary POC's for 2003 regatta in the CC block of this email. Hopefully you will query your club and let me know what weekend your event will be in 2004. I'll do my best to keep the 2004 Schedule up to date as I hear from people so you can check it to see if a weekend is open.
Thank you for all your efforts in getting Notice of Races and Results to me in 2003. I am open for any suggestions on how to make the web site and scheduling better for 2004. Putting this schedule out early is in response to feedback from Dennis Clark (thanks Dennis).
Mike Johnson
SLF Secretary
Received on Thu Oct 2 08:25:39 2003