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    Exclamation Announcements


    this is the sticky thread that will be used for announcements from race organizers


    announcements only please, if you want to discuss, start another thread

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    Seminar Schedule UP

    See: http://sfbaysss.org/shtp2016/seminars/

    which says

    TOPICS

    November 12, 2015 – Power Management
    December 10, 2015 – Rigging and Sails
    January 14, 2016 – Emergency Rudders and other mechanics
    February 11, 2016 – The return trip
    March 10, 2016 – Communications at sea
    April 16-17, 2016 – Cruise-In (location TBD)
    May 12, 2016 – Provisioning and Medical Considerations
    June 9, 2016 – Weather / Race Strategy

    OCTOBER 20 UPDATE - slight changes to schedule above
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    If you want to see the SHTP news and chatter over at Sailing Anarchy, I started a thread to drum up a bit of interest in the seminar series.

    http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/ind...owtopic=169081

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    The Communications Plan has been released.

    It is here: http://sfbaysss.org/resource/shtp201...2015-12-10.pdf

    The NOR and the Racing Rules and Conditions have already been released and are all on the Race Documents page of the SHTP site.

    Aloha.

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    Special information for shipping home is posted here:

    http://sfbaysss.org/shtp2016/shippin...ck-to-oakland/

    Website posts and announcements on the topic of shipping and the Return in general will be found here:

    http://sfbaysss.org/shtp2016/category/returning/

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    Default Military Exercises during SHTP

    (I'm not a race organizer but I'll post here anyway.)

    "Four nations will join this summer's Rim of the Pacific drills in Hawaii, increasing the number of countries participating in the world's largest international maritime exercise to 27. Brazil, Denmark, Germany and Italy will take part for the first time in the biennial RIMPAC, which is slated to begin June 30 and end Aug. 4, the Navy said Tuesday."

    Does your AIS speak Chinese? Oh wait, military ships don't transmit on AIS. Well, rest assured they'll see you before you see them!

    More RIMPAC info.

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    Near the end of the 2012 SHTP, ~160 nm from the finish, I had a close encounter with what turned out to be an Aussie cruise missile ship. I spotted them approaching me midday and indeed there was no AIS signal. The radar indicated a collision and before i doused or jibed the chute i tried hailing them on VHF and SSB. They eventually answered and informed me in that friendly down-under way that they saw me and I was 'safe mate, carry on.' I crossed a comfortable distance in front of her bow. Later I met a lot of the RIMPAC sailors in Pearl Harbor where the Pearl Harbor Yacht Club sponsored a sailboat regatta in the middle lock. My write up of the regatta experience was published in Sep 2012 Latitude 38, see page 75 in https://issuu.com/latitude38/docs/l38201209

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    Hopefully China won't have annexed Kauai by the time we get there.

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    SHTP hats and shirts are now available for order from The Pirate's Lair. Be sure that you, your friends and family look their best while supporting the race.

    Order from The Pirate's Lair: http://store.pirateslair.com/sss-transpac-2016/

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    Sailing Instructions and Divisions are up on the SHTP site. Also see the Racers Page for some more detail.




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