An organizational meeting for the St. Joseph River Yacht Club racing program was held yesterday. The meeting was chaired by race committee lead Jim Schrager and fleet vice commodore Louie Trembly. They introduced the on-the-water race committee for this year: Vickie Frees, Skip Heavener, Jim Scholz, and Sue Veersma. Ken Zimmerman has retired from active duty on the race committee and received a lot of applause in thanks for many years of service. The racing schedule was announced, with one change from the preliminary one - the May 17 race will be a shakedown race instead of scored as race #1. To allow this, one race was removed from the end of the summer. The Mercedes master schedule (first link under the Schedule tab) is up to date.
Unfortunately, key SJRYC events that count in the club scoring, like the Rhumbline Regatta and PHRF race to Michigan City, are in conflict with the significant Lake Michigan races - the National Offshore One Design (NOOD) regatta and the Verve Cup, both hosted by Chicago Yacht Club. One of the stated goals of SJRYC racing is to prepare sailors for events at higher levels, but they disincent skippers from participating.
Course marks are going to be set today, in the same locations as last year. When we are on the water, we will go find them and check the accuracy of their GPS position.
Happy racing, mates!
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