Scott,
This is a fantastic idea. I have a lot of those emails saved also and am willing to help you with any that you may not have.
One suggestion that I have for the SLF Manual is a section on local knowledge for Shilshole Bay. While there are not many absolutes, there are quite a few "rules of thumb" that each sailor has with regard to current, wind shifts, thermal wind effect, etc. The goal of the local knowledge section would be to publish everyones rules of thumb and catagorize them so the new sailor coming in has a place to get up to speed. This could be a combined project with the Tasar fleet.
By the way, if you or anyone has any suggestions of changes or additions to the D6 (former SLF) website, please let me know. I'm a little behind in getting the schedule up to date. Andy Hunt has done a significant amount of work lately to nail down the 2004 schedule. Our goal is to have the schedule complete and firm by the end of the year. I know many people are eager to start scheduling their summer.
Mike Johnson
In a message dated 12/5/03 3:16:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, scott@clatterdin.com writes:
> Hello all Seattle Laser sailors,
>
> I want to quickly say "hi" and that I miss my boat, the water, and all
> of you. I'm working hard to get things in order so I can get out on the
> water and be punished once again. My self-esteem is way too hi right now.
>
> I want to ask that if any of you have had e-mail conversations about
> Laser sailing and if you think there is good info in there could you forward
> it to me at scott@clatterdin.com. We had an amazing year of e-mails and
> some great info flowed through our message board. I have saved most of them
> and I want to organize them and make a "Seattle Laser Fleet Manual" of
> sorts. My intention is not to re-format or translate but to basically
> publish raw e-mails. That way the writer gets credit and everyone can draw
> there own conclusions from what has been written.
>
> If it turns out to be something worth while I would like to turn it over
> to the Seattle Fleet to distribute how they see fit. It could be a perk of
> being a member or it could be sold for a fairly small fee to cover its own
> cost of printing and if any extra money came from it that could go into a
> regatta kitty or something.
>
> Does anybody object to me doing this? Would anybody be interested in
> something like this?
>
> Feel free to forward messages because I'm going to make one copy
> regardless.
>
> Thanks and happy holidays.
>
> Scott Weiss
>
Received on Sun Dec 7 17:32:03 2003