Ahoy,

Here is a summary of the skippers and support crew meeting held on May 4th:

• All races will start at 1 PM. All kayak and small boat events will start at 10 AM. Notices will be sent out before each such event with pertinent details for participants.
• We have verbal commitments that fill all slots for sailing school. There will be a waiting list in case of drop-outs.
• To encourage more race participation among new sailors, each race will have a race within a race. First, everyone competes against everyone  else as in regular races. In addition, all skippers who have never won a race will also be competing against only each other for awards.
• There will be one single start for all boats. The starting line will be lengthened to be less intimidating. Help remind the novices of the rules on the course as needed if it seems necessary.
• We need a few more volunteers for safety boat operators and crew. Contact Bob Fewkes to sign up.
• The boating poker game for non-power boats (sail, kayak, canoes) on June 22th will be open to the first 10 participants to sign up. Each player will collect five cards and bring that poker hand to the BYOB/Pizza party at Johnson Pt. that evening. More on that later.
• The Pontoon Raft Up party will be held jointly with the Lake Auman Sport's Club on Aug 24th. We will anchor near the Fewkes' residence since they have graciously offered us the use of a bathroom.
• Because we changed the picnic date to Sep 14th, we have added a BYOB after the Commodore's Cup Race on Oct 5th so that we have a social at least once per month.
• There is only one cup race this year because of the scarcity of big boats likely to participate and to hold the race early in October when water is still warm enough for small boats.
• Those on the race committee boat should meet at noon so that they can be anchored on station by 12:30.

The first race is May 18th.  As Yvonne says: You bought the boat, sail it!

Paul Kirst, Commodore