Tomorrow we are racing the Great Pumpkin

All righty then

Tomorrow we are racing the Great Pumpkin

Be at the boat no later than 9:00am!

We have three races on Saturday—so, costumes might now be best for the race. The actual costume contest is at the club later in the evening.

Don’t forget to bring a lunch for Saturday. We shall have plenty of water on board, and we shall provide sandwiches for Sunday’s pursuit race.

Don’t forget to bring your sleeping bag if spending the night


We will have beer and snacks on board for after the race, but by all means if any of you want something stronger; feel free to bring that along too (and plenty to share with the crew).

We are planning on having dinner, and more drinks, later that evening at the club.

Weather Report:
Saturday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s at the coast to the upper 70s inland. East winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Tides and Current:
2007-10-27 11:26 PDT 3.20 knots Max Flood
2007-10-27 14:11 PDT -0.01 knots Slack, Ebb Begins
2007-10-27 17:38 PDT -5.80 knots Max Ebb
2007-10-27 18:17 PDT Sunset


See you Saturday 9:00am

Arrrrrrrrrr,

Gary

NOTICE OF RACE …OCTOBER 27 & 28

The 2007 GREAT PUMPKIN race is just around the corner; If any of you currently not signed up for the Great Pumpkin, or have a change in plans and can make it, by all means do. A good time is to be had by all!

SATURDAY RACING: One Design classes will be run on three courses in the Southampton Olympic Circle and Slot Areas. Each course will have separate start and finish lines. The first race, on each course, will start at 11:30 AM.

SUNDAY PURSUIT RACE: Will be around Angel Island and Alcatraz. The slowest Rated boat (handicap 264) will start at 12:00 noon.
On shore events:

SATURDAY:

1600 Free Beer, Secret Agent Bar.

1730 Moroccan Dinner $10.00

1800 Belly dancer and Mama Pacho Band

1900 Costume Contest Best: Bond, Bond Girl,

Villain’s and other disguise.

SUNDAY:

0830 Eggs, Sausage, Fruit, Croissant, Juice, Fizzes $2.00 and Coffee $5.00.

1200 Pursuit race, trivia, find the gold pumpkin

We are looking to fill in some gaps, so again by all means if you can make it please advise me ASAP.

Weather forecast for tonight: Dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.

Arrrrrrrrrr,

Gary

Z-Crew,

http://www.richmondyc.org/boatinfo/racing/pumpkin/2007/default.asp

Momentum is growing for the up coming Great Pumpkin race, and so we need to make sure we have a full complement of sailors for both the Fleet Week BBQ preparation event and the Great Pumpkin overnight.

Several of you have already advised me your intentions, but others still have not. Don’t miss out on this very fun overnight race at the Richmond Yacht Club. RYC gives great parties and there prizes out on the water if you can net a floating pumpkin.

Andrea – were counting on you
Dan – where are you buddy?
Enno – this is going to be a great party, bring Meg along!
Gwyn and Robin Jones – come on out and play with us
Matt, Michael – just do it!
Greg – don’t miss out on this one

Let us know you will be there!

Fleet Week light work day / sail / BBQ. Oct 6th or 7th
Install new inboard track and go out and do some light hearted tuning and a few kite jibes.
Please advise if you prefer Sat. or Sun. 10/6 or 10/7
Anchor in lee of Angel Island
http://fleetweek.us/fleetweek

THE Great Pumpkin two day Regatta, Oct. 27 & 28
http://www.richmondyc.org/boatinfo/racing/pumpkin/2007/default.asp


Arrrrrr,

Gary

Guy Rittger's Reflections on BBS 2007 IRC Division "B"

Guy describes the three days of the Big Boat Series on board of Kokopelli 2, the winner of IRC Division "B" under Skipper Lani.

To read his report, click here.

Zamazaan BBS 2007 Pictures

Team,

You may have already seen them, but the photos of our swim session
start here:

http://lyonsimaging.smugmug.com/gallery/3492666#P-2-9

And a leeward mark rounding on Sunday:

http://lyonsimaging.smugmug.com/gallery/3492666#196856751

I haven't gone through the galleries for the other days - too many
photos! There is also a VERY brief shot of us on video, starting
around 4 minutes in, on www.t2p.tv - in Sunday's free video.

Thanks for all of the fun!

Mark

BBS

My congratulations to all on a tough series. All did a great job against really tough boats and crews. You know sail boat racing when the pros get involved. You don't think seconds count look at the race results. Race #2 we lost 6th place to Velos by 58s. Race #4, we were 23s out of 6th and 3 sec out of 7th. Race #6 53s out of 7th and 19s out of 8th.Race#7 35 s out of 7.

This would put us in 8th.

AHHHR!!!!

Thanks to all for a good season, Farr 40's now know how to spell Zamazaan.

Chuck

Zamazaan 4th quarter 2007 racing schedule

Crew,

All righty then, now that the BBS is over, its time to regroup the Zamazaan team for the 4th quarter of the season. This year we want to keep our sailing skills sharpened by continuing to sail throughout the fall and winter months. Then in an effort to do better for BBS '08, we will be to doing a mix of Buoy and Long Distance Ocean Races throughout the 2008 season.

Following is a tentative schedule for the season. We still need to make some decisions on what day to have a BBQ for FLEET WEEK and then whether to do two day races with an overnight party or just a single day sail for THE GREAT PUMPKIN and CORINTHIAN MIDWINTERS.

Fleet Week light work day / sail / BBQ. Oct 6th or 7th
Install new inboard track and go out and do some light hearted tuning and a few kite jibes.
Would someone please volunteer to coordinate a menu / potluck?
Please advise if you prefer Sat. or Sun. 10/6 or 10/7
Anchor in lee of Angel Island
http://fleetweek.us/fleetweek

THE Great Pumpkin two day Regatta, Oct. 27 & 28
Please advise if you prefer Sat 10/6 only or both Sat 10/6 and Sun 10/7 with an overnight at Richmond Yacht Club.
I think we should plan to eat ashore as much as possible and maybe ask for $10/PP for 2nd day sandwich buffet & munchies.
http://www.richmondyc.org/boatinfo/racing/pumpkin/2007/default.asp

Seaweed Soup Regatta First Saturdays of the month Nov. 3rd, Dec 1st., Jan. 5th, Feb 2nd., and Mar. 1st.
http://www.yra.org/racing/docs/GGYC_manuelfagundes06.pdf

Corinthian Midwinters two day Regatta, Jan. 19 & 20
Please advise if you prefer Sat Jan 19th only or both Sat 1/19 and Sun 1/20 with an overnight at the Corinthian Yacht Club
http://www.cyc.org/calendar.html

See attached Calendar for a complete schedule with visual for frequency

Please look at the entire schedule/calendar and advise your commitment to sail these events so we can get signed-up as soon as possible.

Looking forward to seeing you all again soon!

ARRRRRRRRRR

Gary