Posted on behalf of Frolic Meiser Phil Ramser:
Two Friday Frolics are scheduled in February:
The race committee will be on board the Dick Sweet and on Station North of the Newport Yacht Club and sound the warning signal for the first race each day at 2pm.
Come and enjoy another great day of sailing in our beautiful bay.
Seaya on the water, Phil Ramser
In the near future, or possibly already, you will/have receive an email titled “Time to renew your Harbor20 Membership”.
BEFORE clicking the “Pay Now” link in the email, LOG INTO harbor20.org.
THEN click the “Pay Now>>” link in the email. This will take you to your “Orders” page. Then click “Pay” under “Actions” for your $90.00 order.
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IF YOU DO NOT LOGIN to harbor20.org BEFORE clicking the “Pay Now” link in the email, you will have to navigate to your “Orders” page:
Many of you had the opportunity to get to know P.J. Kohl, father of Mike Kohl, as they have been extremely active racing together on #396 “A-Tack Dragon”. We would like to dedicate the last Sunkist series #4 to P.J. this coming Saturday, February 1. We will be thinking of him while sailing, and will remember him afterwards with Mike at BYC.
Posted on behalf of the Fleet 1 Board of Directors:
High Point races are used for both scoring the High Point Series for each division, and for effecting promotions and demotions between divisions. In an effort to even up the size of our racing divisions, provide more opportunity for promotion from one division to another, and to increase the number of skippers who qualify to be scored for the High Point Series, three changes have recently taken effect:
1) Any skipper who has ever been promoted to the A division will never be demoted into the C division.
2) All sanctioned daytime Fleet 1 races with the exception of the NHYC Opening Day Regatta, the Heritage (Summer Party) Regatta, the Flight of the Lasers and Harbor 20s (and this years NHYC Winter Series #4) are now High Point events. Clich here to see the 2020 Fleet 1 Calendar.
3) To qualify to be scored for the High Point, a skipper must compete in more than 67% of the events. (This percentage has dropped from 75%).
Understanding the “Divisions” page:
Click here to see the Divisions page.
By default, when a skipper joins Fleet 1, he/she is assigned to the C division. Skippers may use the petition process to request assignment to another division (which is voted on by the board of directors). When a skipper is promoted to the next division, an expiration date is assigned one year past the promotion date. During this time, a skipper may either re-qualify to stay in the division (which sets a new expiration date one year out), or may be promoted to the next higher division, which sets an expiration date one year out for that division. There are no expiration dates associated with skippers in the C division. Skippers for which no expiration date is associated in the B division had at some point been demoted from A (and thus can never be demoted to C).
For details about how the promotion/demotion rules for divisions work see the Fleet 1 Bylaws on harbor20.org, or click here.
Posted on behalf of Frolic Meister Phil Ramser:
IT IS TIME TO FROLIC AND OUR FIRST FRIDAY FROLIC OF 2020 IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 24.
The races will be held North of the Newport Harbor Yacht Club. The Race Committee will aboard the Dick Sweet and will be on station to sound the first signal at 2pm.
Plan to attend and enjoy a great sail and after sailing plan to visit the PIRATES DEN and enjoy an adult beverage with your sailing pals.
ALL SAILORS ARE WELCOME, SO IF YOU DO NOT OWN A HARBOR 20 BORROW OR RENT ONE AND COME AND ENJOY THE DAY.
SEAYA ON THE WATER,
PHIL RAMSER
To register, click here.
To order a rule book, click here.
Questions? Please contact Peter Haynes peterhaynes201@gmail.com, 949-466-3971
As the 2020 Fleet 1 Calendar is under construction, this is a reminder of upcoming events in January:
Saturday, January 4 – Sunkist Series #3, BYC, 1PM
Sunday, January 5 – Winter Series #3, NHYC, 1PM
Saturday, January 11 – “Tune up Day with Harry Pattison”, NHYC, 9AM
Friday, January 24 – Friday Frolic, NHYC, 2PM
Lots of sailing activity to start off the New Year! We hope to see you there.
Posted on behalf of Fleet 1 Captain Bob Yates:
Tune Up Day!
Featuring Harry Pattison, sailmaker for the Harbor 20 mainsails for the past 22 years, and exceptional sailor.
NHYC Docks, Saturday January 11th, starting at 9 am.
Come as you are, no registration necessary, and bring your boat if you want to work on it.
This is a tune up session for your boat, and features adjusting your standing rigging, running rigging, main sail shape, jib adjustments for best pointing and power, tuning for differing wind conditions, and other rig issues. It will include both on-the-dock discussions and adjustments, and on-the-water testing.
We hope to see you there!
