Fall Season Information & USODA Midwest Registration Deadline

Important Fall Season Information:


*Fall Registration:

The online registration for Fall Lime Fleet is now open! Click here to register! The deadline for registering is on August 31st.

*Fall Practice Schedule:

Lime Fleet: Sunday 12-4pm
Green Fleet: Wednesday 4-7pm/ Saturday 12-4pm / Sunday 9-4pm
Championship (RWB) Fleet:  Wednesday 4-7pmpm / Saturday 9am-4pm / Sunday 9am-4pm

*Parent Meeting
We will be having our Parents Meeting on August 31 at 6:30pm for Lime Fleet and 7:30pm for Green and Championship Fleet. The meeting will take place in the upstairs classroom of the sailing school. We would like everyone to attend so please let me know if you are unable to make it so I can set up a time to meet with you individually.


* Regatta Schedule
At the Parents Meeting we will be handing out our proposed regatta schedule. We will however be supporting the USODA Midwest Championship and the early registration deadline is on August 24th. Register by the 24th to avoid additional fees! Also, please note for this event Green fleet should register for Green and Championship fleet should register for RWB. The regatta is on September 10-11th, we will be loading trailer after practice on Wednesday, September 7th. There will be no Green or Championship fleet Opti practice at CYC during the weekend of this regatta.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

JM

Mandatory Fall Opti Parent Meeting Aug 31

Parents,



On August 31st we will have a mandatory Opti Parents Meeting. The meetings are scheduled for the following fleets:

6:30pm-Lime Fleet Parent Meeting
7:30pm Green & Championship (RWB) Fleet Parent Meeting


We are introducing Lime Fleet to our Fall Program! This fleet is designated for our summer beginner Opti sailors that are enthusiastic about sailing and want to continue to practice in the fall. 



Please note that this  meeting is mandatory for parents whose sailors wish to participate in the CYC Fall Opti Program. If you are unable to attend, please contact me to schedule a time to meet prior to the start of our season. 



Our Fall season will begin the weekend of September 3-4. If you are unsure what fleet your child should be in, please discuss with me before registering. Online registration will be posted on the CYC website soon. I will let you know when registration is available. 

Below is our weekly practice schedule, we will be going over this schedule, regatta calendar, and other important details for the fall season on August 31st.



Fall Opti Practice Schedule: 



Lime Fleet: Saturday 12-4pm / Sunday 12-4pm

Green Fleet: Wednesday 4-6:30pm / Saturday 12-4pm / Sunday 9-4pm

Championship (RWB) Fleet:  Wednesday 4-6:30pm / Saturday 9am-4pm / Sunday 9am-4pm



I look forward to a great season! 

Julia Melton

ILYA Opti Champs Regatta Logistics

Opti Team,

We will be loading up boats for the ILYA Opti Champs on Friday, 7/29.

Hector and Catalina will meet the team at the Clear Lake Yacht Club venue on Sunday, 7/31 at 2:30pm to unload the trailer and rig. Please let them know if you will not be there for the practice.

The regatta organizers have scheduled a practice race on Sunday, so we will plan to be on the water by 4:30pm and do the official practice race at 5:00pm.

Registration & Safety Check is 3pm-7pm on Sunday 7/31 – you MUST take care of this on Sunday before or after the practice race.

R,W&B:

Rigged and ready on Monday 8/1 by 8:30

Skippers meeting at 9:00am

Green Fleet:

Rigged and ready on Monday 8/1 by 8:45am

Skippers meeting at 9:30am

Igor Fedulov has offered to tow our 2nd boat--Thank you!!

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Best,

Julia and Hector

USODA New England Regatta Schedule

CYC Opti Team,

The New England practice and regatta schedule is outlined below. If you are attending any of the practice days on the 6th 7th and 8th, then please indicate on the Blog sign-up in the "practice days" column: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tpLM5cW_chD2IaEaoRd2PzaDzXsuRmhBOw-tbFP7Mfs/edit#gid=0. 

2016 USODA New England Championship Schedule:

Thursday, August 4th 

 2pm load boats on trailer

Saturday, August 6th (Newport, RI) *Practice

11am unload boats 

(lunch on land)

1:30-4pm Practice

Sunday, August 7th *Practice

10am Rigged & Ready 

(Pack lunch for on the water)

10am-3:30 Practice

Monday August 8th *Practice

9:30am-12pm  Practice

(lunch on land)

12-6pm Competitor check-in and Coach/Spectator flag check-in

Tuesday August 9th *Regatta

8am Rigged & Ready

8:30am Competitors Meeting (Mandatory)

8:45am Coaches and Parents Meeting (Mandatory)

10:30am Initial Warning Signal

Wednesday August 10th *Regatta

8am Rigged & Ready

8:30am Competitors Meeting (Mandatory)

8:45am Coaches and Parents Meeting (Mandatory)

10:30am Initial Warning Signal

After Racing Cookout

Thursday August 11th *Regatta

8am Rigged & Ready

8:30am Competitors Meeting (Mandatory)

8:45am Coaches and Parents Meeting (Mandatory)

10:30am Initial Warning Signal

2:30pm No initial Warning Signal after this time

After Racing load boats, Awards

Regatta Sign Ups

Hi Opti Parents,

Looking ahead to the next couple of weeks, we wanted to clarify some logistics surrounding the up coming regattas. 

You must be singed up on the blog by tomorrow (7/19/16) at midnight for each of these regattas if you plan on going. Separate logistical emails will be sent for each regatta based on who is signed up on the blog. 

ILYA Iowa

Sunday, July 31st- Tuesday, August 2nd 

Skyline 

Wednesday, August 3rd- Thursday, August 4th

New England Champs

Trailer leaving Friday, August 5th, practice August 6-8, regatta 9-11th

There are actually only 8 spots on the opti trailer for this regatta. As Julia mentioned in a previous email, the chartering fee will be $150 for the whole event if we do not have room on the trailer for your boat. 

These three regattas are all back to back which means we will all need to work together to make sure logistics run smoothly! Here is the link to the Opti Blog: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5Q67ZteKglWM0g5N0FZRDhYWm8&usp=sharing

Since many of us will be in Newport during the end of the summer banquet, we thought it would be fun to have our own separate dinner with opti families and coaches on Wednesday, July 27th.  If you have any ideas or are willing to set this up please let us know. 

Thanks, 

Opti Coaches

Kaszube Cup Debrief- Hector Guzman

R,W&B Kaszube Cup Debrief 

 

After an intense week of practice for the Regatta with our main focus on starts and downwind technique, the team arrived on Monday to South Shore Yacht Club in Milwaukee. After having unloaded and rigged the boats, the team went on the water to get a feel for the conditions. We did a few speed-tests to make sure our boats were on point and ran a few course tests. We concluded our practice day with a few races and a fun tow back to the Yacht Club were a pasta dinner awaited for us. 

 

Being the only team on the water one day before the Regatta, surely prepared us well for the first day of racing. The day started with a shifty 10-13 knt SW breeze, flat water, clear skies and lots of sun. The Race Committee’s decision to start Green and R,W&B fleets together in a short starting line became a challenge for many of the other sailors since not everyone could fit in the line. Our sailors were happy to have spent the last few days working on starting techniques, which were reflected on their scores. Multiple race wins and lots of top 3 finishes for CYC created big smiles on the kids after the conclusion of each race. Having good starts and keeping the boat flat were our golden rules in order to keep low/consistent average scores throughout the first day of racing.  

 

Going into the final day of racing with six races on the bucket and an activated drop on the results, no race could be started after 12:00pm. With similar conditions to those of the first day, we sailed the last race of the event before a thunderstorm forced the RC to call it the day. With a “keep it simple” mentality and without thinking about the scores, the team finished strong. CYC’s Jack Baldwin came home with the win followed by Reed Rasmussen in second place and Peter Barnard in fourth. With many top three finishes and a race wins, Parker Rasmussen finished fifth and Chris Pendregast in seventh place

 

After a fantastic event the team is psyched for another great week of practice at CYC.

Welcome to the Chicago Yacht Club Opti Blog!

Sailors & Parents,

Welcome to the CYC Opti Blog! This Blog was designed for CYC Green and RWB fleet team communication.

Anyone can subscribe to the CYC Opti Blog by entering their email address in the top right of the home page.

You will find the following pages on the CYC Blog:

Home- The home page is where you will find recent posts from us (you can scroll down to find older posts). Posts will include calendar updates, regatta logistics, coaching debriefs, etc. If you are subscribed, the posts will be emailed to you within 24 hours after the post was made on the CYC Blog.

Regattas & Clinics-This tab will take you to our Google doc sign up sheets for  each upcoming regatta for the season. You must sign up for regattas on these sheets if you plan on sailing with us for events. This is important for planning purposes.

Program Documents- Any important documents that we send out to you parents/sailors. These documents may include team policies, waivers, NOR's, etc. Program documents will also include any documents that are handed out at parent meetings.

Calendar- Will take you to our Google Doc Opti calendar page. Our calendar will show Opti regattas, practices, and meetings.

Articles- Coaches can post sailing related articles for sailors reference.

Facebook- Connects you to our Facebook page.

I hope you will find this Blog as a useful tool for our team. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Julia Melton
Sailing School Director
Chicago Yacht Club