2018 SHTP - Start Date?

[JasonSeibert]

When is it!?!?

July is 10 months away, and that's not a lot of time to prep a boat for this kind of race - do we have a start date???


Thanks,

Jason
Olson30 #202 ("Concussion")
2017 Bermuda 1-2 Finisher/Survivor

[AZ Sailor]

2016 NOR was dated September 15, 2015. So I think we're close to seeing the 2018 NOR. Looking at prior year start dates, I'm guessing June 30, 2018. That's all of 310 days away, but who's counting?

[Gamayun]

Well then, when you put it like that, it makes my stomach lurch a bit! I am not aware that the dates have been set yet, but I recall some vague discussion during one of the meetings about starting it a bit earlier to avoid the hurricanes. Nothing was decided as I recall.

Are you new to SSS? If so, welcome! Do you have your boat in the bay area?

[JasonSeibert]

Well then, when you put it like that, it makes my stomach lurch a bit! I am not aware that the dates have been set yet, but I recall some vague discussion during one of the meetings about starting it a bit earlier to avoid the hurricanes. Nothing was decided as I recall.

Are you new to SSS? If so, welcome! Do you have your boat in the bay area?

I am new to SSS. But I keep my boat in Galveston Bay (yes, she's tucked away right now as Harvey sits off the coast). She's Olson 30 #202 ("Concussion"). We just finished up the Bermuda 1-2 and had a blast, although finishing with a broken mast was a bit of a challenge.

[Gamayun]

Yeah, good to get the mast tested and bomb proof if you want to sail off into the sunset here. I've only done the LongPac thus far, but it can certainly be a bit "sporty" for the first few hundred miles offshore. See you next year!

[Philpott]

June 23, 2018 = 2.5 ebb @ 1:25 pm, July 7, 2018 = 1.9 ebb @ 11:51 am

[mike cunningham]

Well then, when you put it like that, it makes my stomach lurch a bit! I am not aware that the dates have been set yet, but I recall some vague discussion during one of the meetings about starting it a bit earlier to avoid the hurricanes. Nothing was decided as I recall.

Are you new to SSS? If so, welcome! Do you have your boat in the bay area?

I like the "avoid the hurricanes" part. Let's do that please. Let's avoid the 45 Knot tropical depressions too. Can we just have 3 days of gale alley followed by 9 or 10 (or ,in my case, 12) days of warm and glorious bright blue weather sailing in 15 to 20 knots? Great...thank you.

[Gamayun]

I like the "avoid the hurricanes" part. Let's do that please. Let's avoid the 45 Knot tropical depressions too. Can we just have 3 days of gale alley followed by 9 or 10 (or ,in my case, 12) days of warm and glorious bright blue weather sailing in 15 to 20 knots? Great...thank you.

This makes the thought of doing a repeat of the LongPac almost bearable!

[AZ Sailor]

Pacific Cup, Vic Maui, even R2AK all have their 2018 start dates posted. We are going to do this in 2018, right? 98 days left in 2017.