LETS SELL SOME MORE BOATS!
At present there are only 6 boats for sale in the Pacific Northwest and Alberta and you can see them all on the Fleet One Buy&Sell page here.
The most likely buyers are folks we already know:If you have anyone in your orbit who fits that description, steer them to the Buy&Sell page and walk them thru the attributes of the various boats that are listed.
- M242 crew who want their own boat to race
- People who own other boat types and want to switch, or could be talked into it
- People who have expressed an interest in getting back into racing One Design, etc.
In 2018 we had 9 boats change hands, 2 retained ownership, and 1 moved to BC from Ontario! (and it is racing in the NA’s - look for Coal Dust, #45) Quite a development, and one that builds on the 7 or so boats that changed hands in 2017. Perhaps this is the year we really clear out the modest backlog.
The 2019 NA’s are at Orcas Island in Washington State on June 29/30, so use this as a selling tool with potential buyers, where they can join 24-26 other boats for some tight racing!
If you or the potential buyers have any questions about the boats for sale, contact the owners or Michael Clements (michael.clements13@gmail.com).
Windy Wednesday Wake-up, again.
This is not all the kind of 'merry month of May' I'm used to.
After 3 evenings, the Fleet One Wed Eve Series seems to have set a record for windy racing. Latest results can always be seen under "Racing and Results" menu to the right on desktop browsers.
It has been a good test of life jackets and crew recovery drill on some boats.
Congratulations to Michael Clements and crew on Too Wicked!
A perfect start to the One Design season, especially for Too Wicked. Sunny weather, 10 - 15 knots of breeze and 5 races brought out the top players and made for close racing amongst the top 3 boats with only 1 point separating them. Overall results will be entered into Fleet One's In-Bay series and we'll have both the Wednesday Evening Series and the In-Bay series underway.
Gentlemen (and Ladies) Start your motors!
Oh, wait, wrong sport.
Okay, this Wednesday will see the start of Fleet One's racing season. Chaos may ensue for those with new crew (watch out for Whippet #5!) or those who have just entered the Vancouver M242 Fleet. With 15 - 20 boats on the line, starting and turning corners is always entertaining and exciting for crew and skippers alike.
I like to think of Fleet One as the kinder, gentler Fleet; but some may disagree. The best sailors are competitive, competent, and will catch out errors by the boats around them. Sometimes those errors are dealt with by protest and a flag, sometimes by protest and debate which can become heated. The very best way is to let a jury decide. That is how the rules of our sport are designed to be enforced, not by who can yell the loudest or intimidate the best. Wednesday evenings are beer-can racing (albeit competitive) and most of us want to enjoy this time on the water and the community of friends it creates. Let's go sailing.
DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER! Registration is done online here. AND for the One Design Series, www.royalvan.com/ods is the place to go. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED 48 HOURS BEFORE THE EVENT! Do it today.
Water, water, everywhere... except under the cranes! Sometimes with low tides, boats with dry moorage will have to adjust their normal routine for launching and hauling out. Alan Drinkwater has prepared a spreadsheet with dates that need consideration for hauling out at Royal Van. Kits boats can assume that they will have to review their launching and hauling times as well although Alan did not address depths at Kits for this table. Please check out the table Alan prepared here. It is now a menu option for this season under Wind and Tides to the right on desktop displays. Also check the tide tables a few days before the event.
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