Fleet 5 Party

Boat of the Year schedule will be voted on at the Fleet 5 party.

Stop Asian Carp – Protect Our Great Lakes

Take a moment and view the following link: http://www.stopasiancarp.com/

This will be a big problem if it is not addressed !

Please sign the petition provided on the link above.

Sheldon Clark/Great Lakes/J105 North Americans interest poll :

 Please respond to the poll provided on this page with your intentions of racing these events.

Fall Meeting: Message from Blane Shea

Fleet 5:

Please allocate time for our fall meeting Wednesday, October 7th.   We have an absolutely packed schedule.  Therefore, the plan is to move through the agenda only.   I would ask that people email questions that concern you to Brian or myself prior to the meeting.  We will prioritize requests which we believe we may be able to address at the meeting.  

It is time to embrace technology in the sailing community.  The fleet 5 site is a tool which we will utilize to more efficiently community with the members.  There is a poll on the right side of the home page which I ask you review and vote.  The results will be shown at the meeting and will assist us in expediting the matter.  

I look forward to seeing you all at Chicago Yacht Club next week.

Sincerely,

Blane Shea

Acting President, Fleet 5

KASHMIR Overall Winner in Fleet 5 BOTY Series

Congratulations to KASHMIR and crew for their strong first place overall in the J/105 BOTY Series, with 20 points, adjusted for throw-outs. Coming in second overall is GARGOYLE with 40 points and third place overall is VYTIS with 41 points. Thirteen races were completed in the BOTY series, with seven race events, including the Olympic Cup, Hobelman, Lutz, Byrne, Zukasky, Clark and Daley.  KASHMIR had four first-place and three second-place finishes in the series, and their three throw-out points were 5-5-6. The number of boats competing was 13 boats during May-June-July, between 6 and 9 boats in August and 6-11 boats in September.

The series was scored with the Low Point scoring system. As an evaluation, fleet 5 also compiled series results data using the High Point Percentage Scoring System. With this scoring method, the 1-2-3 went to Kashmir-Vytis-Gargoyle, with 82%, 63% and 62% High Point Percentage scores, respectively.  

RESULTS

Fall Meeting October 7th at CYC-Monroe Station

The Fleet 5 Fall Meeting will be held at CYC-Monroe Station,
Wednesday, October 7th from 6pm to 8:30pm.
We will meet in the upstairs conference room.

J105 Fall Meeting Agenda

Brief Review of 2009 Season & Meeting Agenda: Blane Shea
Secretary’s Report & Approval of Spring 2009 Meeting Minutes: Brian Danaher
Board Elections
2010 Nationals Update: Clark Pellett
Treasurer’s Report: Tom Petkus
Measurer’s Report: Paul Petkus & Keith Krause
Proposal Changes to Fleet 5 Articles of Association
Winter Awards Party Dates & Location
Summary & Action Plan: Blane Shea

SEALARK overall winner in Goose Island Long Distance Series

SEALARK and crew nailed the Goose Island Long Distance Series with three bullets ! Perhaps the most dramatic of the races was the Waukegan-to-Chicago, a 26.1 nm race, completed in 2 hours and 36 minutes, or an average speed of 10 knots. Sealark’s two throw-outs were a 2 (Chicago-to-Mackinac) and a 4 (Chicago-to-Waukegan).  In second overall was PHANTOM with 9 points and PRONTO II with 10 points. There were seven competitors in the GI-LD Series, with five race legs in all, the Waukegan race @26.1 nm x 2, Mackinac @289.4 nm, and the St. Joseph race @ 50.5 nm  x 2, or a total of 442.6 nm sailed.

Great Lakes Championship 17-20Sept09 – Mentor, OH

I just wanted to drop you an update about the J/105 Great Lakes Championship coming up in September at MHYC. You can trailer your boat to MHYC with no problem. There is plenty of room at Mentor for on-site trailer storage. 

From the NOR - 
10.1 Launching and haul out services will be provided for all J/105’s (other than boats within a 50-mile driving radius of Mentor Harbor) free of charge. Boats desiring to use the launching service are requested to make arrangements with MHYC’’s Harbormaster, Allan LeSuer @440-257-7214.
10.2 All boats shall be in the water by 17:00 hours on Thursday, September 17th and must remain in the water through the end of the regatta.

Regatta site: http://mhyc.us/programs/sailing/sr/j105gl/index.html

from Rob & Laura Mock

Sept 6, BI-STATE, aka St. Joseph-to-Chicago, JPYC NOR/Entry

BI-STATE PART 2: Jackson Park Yacht Club Bi-State Race;

bi-state_nor_2009      entry_form_bi-ste_2009   www.jacksonparkyachtclub.org

To all interested participants:

The NOR’s listed on the Jackson Park Yacht Club for the 2009 Bi-State Race had the incorrect finish area.  The finish will be approximately where it was last year.  They exact Lat and Long will be listed in the special SSI’s that will be posted on the JPYC website by the end of this weekend.

Due to the unfortunate circumstance of JPYC’s phone cable going down, all phone and fax communications with the Club are at best compromised to non-existent.  The Park District working with ATT cannot give us a time when they will be back in operation. THEREFORE:

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY FORMS TO:

JANET HANSEN

PHONE:  773-251-1983

FAX:  708-499-5850

E-MAIL:  jankh74@yahoo.com