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    News  Tornado hits Canandaigua Yacht Club

    Venue of 2009 Upstate NY Regionals hit by tornado. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sailorbill/sets/72157622180470734/ http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x425636736/Storm-topples-trees-sinks-boats-on-Canandaigua-Lake
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    2008 Force 5 NAs

    Start Date: April 25, 2008 End Date: April 28, 2008 Venue: Canandaigua, New York, USA http://www.canandaiguachamber.com/ Entry Name: 2008 Force 5 North Americans Entry Address: Canandaigua Yacht Club http://www.sailcyc.com NOR: http://www.sailcyc.com/sail/2008_Force5_NOR.pdf SI ...
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    Need ideas for races and awards

    Your proposal is acceptable. Please acknowledge those whose material is incorporated in the doc. See: p.2
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    Need ideas for races and awards

    Re: LeMans There is a picture of a Le Mans start on page 10 of: http://www.cycinstitute.windwhisper.org/starting.pdf
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    News Starting Lines

    "The Start" is quite often the misnomer in sailing i think. Racing "Starts" at the Preparatory Signal. A 'good' start is part and parcel of the "Race".
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    News Worlds - Day 1

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t95KYMcxvDQ
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    News Upstate NY Sunfish Regionals - Aug 11 & 12

    Photographs Photographs are available at: http://windwhisper.org/public%5Fphotos/sailing/2007sunfishregatta/ Thank you John Wright! In a message dated 8/13/2007 9:06:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: " use this as a resource as you see fit, no credit...
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    News Upstate NY Sunfish Regionals - Aug 11 & 12

    Re:sults Upstate NY Sunfish Regionals Canandaigua Yacht Club Race Sail # 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Final Doug Kaukeinen 52853 1 1 1 1 1 3 8 5 Mark May 56 3 4 4 2 4 2 19 15 Brian McGinnis 3481 14 2 6 3 2 4 31 17 Mike Fortner 57923 6 8 2 6 5 1 28 20 Jim...
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    Can a bent mast be straightened?

    This topic has been around for some time. See e.g. the Minutes to the ISCA Advisory Council meeting of the past 3 years and last year's World Council meeting. Other places were discussion exist are for example...
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    Can a bent mast be straightened?

    It is my experience that the answer is: sometimes..... Alternating the direction in which you thread the halyard through the cap does buy you time, but does not preclude the inevitable. When things have progressed too far, flip-flop the mast by swapping the base and mast cap, and...
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    News Upstate NY Sunfish Regionals - Aug 11 & 12

    Some changes to the SI have been made based on comments that I received since my last posting. 5.2 Deleted 16 Personal cell phone calls are now permitted... 17.7 New; An anonymous sponsor for a fun/bad-luck prize has come forward. 18 Fixed Giant...
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    News  Upstate NY Sunfish Regionals - Aug 11 & 12

    2007 Upstate NY Regionals August 11 & 12 NOR: http://www.sailcyc.com/sail/2007_NY_Regionals_NOR.pdf SI: http://www.sailcyc.com/sail/2007_NY_Regionals_SI.pdf Directions: http://www.sailcyc.com/about/about.htm I-Flag Supplement, p.19: http://www.cycinstitute.windwhisper.org/starting.pdf
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    Things you would like to see improved upon by the Sunfish boatbuilder for 2008

    Bailer My fanciful submission, is a more efficient bailer, http://marinestore.co.uk/page/mrst/PROD/self-bailers/PBIB-E001/, In heavy air, I tend to sail around with a swimming pool.
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    News  2007 Bonaire Regatta

    Website: http://www.bonaireregatta.org/ NOR: http://www.bonaireregatta.org/notice.html TITLE: 40th Bonaire Regatta START DATE: Oct. 7, 2007 FINISH DATE: Oct. 13, 2007 VENUE: BONAIRE NATION: NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ENTRY ADDRESS...

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