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  1. RC Boat Wanted for April 27 South Bay Race

    Hello, SSS Racers!

    I could use your help.

    We have a race on April 27 that is aimed at helping beginners start singlehanding in the South Bay.

    The last (and first) time we ran this in the...
  2. Thread: SSS Classes

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    Another question that came up was class breaks....

    Another question that came up was class breaks. (Just considering Round the Rocks here.)

    Handicap racing is hard because the boats are dissimilar, and unless there's a very big turnout it is...
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    SSS Scheduling

    A SSS skipper asked a question about how we end up in tough tides, and how the schedule is made.

    There's a variety of reasons for that, and it might be worth posting them.

    Location is a lot of...
  4. Thread: SSS Classes

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    SSS Classes

    Hello!

    After Round the Rocks, a racer prompted me to look at classes and how they were done in the past, specifically the class sizes and starting orders.

    That was a good question.

    I had...
  5. I'm sending something similar to the following to...

    I'm sending something similar to the following to all registered entries for Round the Rocks:

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    1) As usual, we will have a...
  6. Round the Rocks: Registration is open / volunteers wanted

    Hello, SSS Racers!

    Seventy-five of you have already registered for SSS Round the Rocks coming up on Saturday, March 16. If you have not registered but would like to do so, please do it now at...
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    Jan, thank you for coming out and racing. ...

    Jan, thank you for coming out and racing.

    There are many changes that could be made. How open is the membership to change?

    Please reach out to the board. They need to decide on anything big.
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    I'd also like to thank SSS race volunteers: ...

    I'd also like to thank SSS race volunteers:

    All day:
    * Carliane J
    * Shawn W
    * Chris C

    Morning shift:
    * Jan B
    * Brian L
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    2024 Corinthian Racers, Thank You

    Emailed to racers:

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    Hello, SSS Racers

    I wanted to say thank you for a good day yesterday on the race committee.

    We had 49 boats leave the...
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    Hello, all. I asked the board for the late...

    Hello, all.

    I asked the board for the late fee. Here's why.

    I've been Race (co-)Chair for a year. I've seen YRA and the race information officer give, and give, and give of their time to people...
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    See you at Richmond YC at 5 PM tonight for the in...

    See you at Richmond YC at 5 PM tonight for the in person Three Bridge Fiasco awards.

    Thank you for racing with the SSS.

    Richard
    2024 SSS Race Chair
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    We had 76 boats finish in a 20 minute period,...

    We had 76 boats finish in a 20 minute period, many overlaped as per above, so it was very difficult to look up or down the course to see who we'd missed without risking missing the people finishing...
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    Etc. 8904

    Etc.

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    See the Wabbit? 8903 Look at the white sail...

    See the Wabbit?

    8903

    Look at the white sail number for #38135 Shake & Bake: good size and good contrast makes a sail number MUCH easier to identify. Thank you, Shake & Bake.
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    Here #9 Errant Belle has just finished and let...

    Here #9 Errant Belle has just finished and let out spinnaker enough to see their sail number. The boat behind them is finishing and the two boats from the right are about to.

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    Dark red on...
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    A good technique when boats are approaching...

    A good technique when boats are approaching overlapped is to wait a few seconds and try to identify the boats a little later.

    Here's what "later" looked like for the two boats approaching the...
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    Here's a boat finishing from the right that has...

    Here's a boat finishing from the right that has dark sail numbers on a dark mainsail. Compare with #3113 Arcadia's numbers on the spinnaker.

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    Race Committee request: Please do not put black...
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    Fiasco Finish Fun

    Fiasco was very tough on the race committee, for reasons I'll talk about later, but I wanted to share some finish photos.

    If you've never been on race committee, one of the most important jobs is...
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    SSS Corinthian: we have a boat!

    Hello, SSS Racers!

    I am very pleased to announce that we have a RC boat for the race next week, which means we will NOT be running the race from GGYC this year!

    I'll preview the start line...
  20. Re: GBR3068's question about the PRHF Certificate...

    Re: GBR3068's question about the PRHF Certificate process at YRA and the use of certs at SSS.

    Disclaimer 1: I help YRA a little but I am completely uninvolved in certs.
    Disclaimer 2: I have never...
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    Thinking positively, perhaps there are other...

    Thinking positively, perhaps there are other SSSers who could never make weeknight meetings but can attend a Sunday session.

    You'll be missed.
  22. Hello, jkalucki. I can't talk to YRA's...

    Hello, jkalucki.

    I can't talk to YRA's responsiveness except to say that Fiasco and Corinthian drive a *lot* of new PHRF certificate activity for YRA and it may be very, very busy in the YRA...
  23. SSS Racers, to run a good race, the race...

    SSS Racers, to run a good race, the race committee needs some good volunteers!

    If you are NOT racing and are interested in being a part of it, and supporting your fellow racers, please send an...
  24. Sending this tonight to people that raced...

    Sending this tonight to people that raced Corinthian in past years, or Fiasco in this year, but who have not signed up for Corinthian this year, yet.

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  25. Hello, SSS Racers! In a recent email saying...

    Hello, SSS Racers!

    In a recent email saying that registration for the Corinthian race is open (https://jibeset.net/JACKY000.php?RG=T002594448), I made an error and said we would have an in-person...
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