2011 Mardi Gras Race Week

[Jeff Jones]

The perfect venue for a viper 640 event? 

It's on!
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MARDI GRAS RACE WEEK is going full-blown live and pounding the car bombs.

March 10-13, 2011
The Premier OD Regatta on the Gulf Coast

- Three days of OD racing
- J/30 & MOTH Midwinters
- Many OD classes as well as a Sport Boat Class & Multihulls!
- New Orleans is geographically situated in a central location thereby easing logistical costs and issues for racers.
- Late February/March weather in New Orleans is balmy and breezy.
- A massive 60 acre park and marina/yacht club complex located at New Orleans' West End - ideally suited for the post-regatta festivities and boat handling/storage.
- Dirt cheap registration fees
- Krewe of Wrex Spectator Boat Parade
- Live music from major New Orleans funk bands
- Krewe of Wrex Mardi Gras Ball
- Big time sponsors: Mt. Gay Rum, Eagan Insurance Co., Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, NOLA Brewing, SailFast, Bourbon Orleans Hotel, and many more...
- The built-in marketing, draw and excitement of "The Biggest Free Show on Earth" - Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

MGRW is going BIG!

NOR & Registration will be online December 1st!

You can also find MGRW on Facebook & Twitter :
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Or via the MGRW Website:
MARDI GRAS RACE WEEK

[Tim Carter]

Where's the "LIKE" button???

:)

[Jeff Jones]

Add....

It sounds like the majority of the Texas fleet is going to make this event...  Add a few boosts from the Florida panhandle, one boat from the big easy and at a few boats from the southeast so far!

20 boats in our first year at this event?

What's best, it supports a venue where there's budding interest in the viper 640.   A new Orleans fleet would help support regattas in Texas and throughout the southeast.

Were going to make sure everyone who attends is included in off the water festivities as well... 

Over 10 boats ringing the bell so far.... Who else is interested?

[Jeff Jones]

Where's the "LIKE" button???

:)

Timmy, great place to stop off on a westies way to charleston. 

The event organizers are really excited about adding vipers, net they will help find a spot for your truck and trailer for a few weeks :-)

[Tim Carter]

Where's the "LIKE" button???

:)

Timmy, great place to stop off on a westies way to charleston. 

The event organizers are really excited about adding vipers, net they will help find a spot for your truck and trailer for a few weeks :-)

This has been put up as a survival kit for Key West, but I'm sure I will need it If I did Mardi & Charleston.. 

- Mosquito net for bed
- Mosquito net for head
- Long pants, long sleeve shirts
- 100% DEET bug spray
- Foulies
- Wide-brimmed hat
- Bail money
- Stack of one-dollar bills
- 16-pack of condoms
- Mirror, straw, razor blade
- Spare Liver & Kidneys
- Bandage
- Aspirin

[Olaf Bleck]

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Oh boy... Sounds like I need to re-plan my spring...

[Juan Mauri]

I just heard from two "almost" new Viper owners from Dallas that will be there also.

Unfortunately the Bacardi Cup overlaps this regatta, two great events and they told me they if they were on different dates they will do both.

Base on previous post ad:

Hungover pills!

[David Guggenheim]

I love the location and it will draw the Georgia boats  19,23, 109 , much better set up than Miami; the set up got real testy at  shake a leg and it cost about 1/4 for lodgings
I'ts about time to show some love for the Texas boats .........I talked to the motor city boys and they like the idea too. I think between GA ,SC ,NC the Gulf  and Texas you would get 10-14 boats, plus the northeast travelers who could double that number... Who's in?

Black Mamba 109

[David Guggenheim]

Drive time ....
   Atlanta  Ga    7hrs 30 min
   Dallas           8 hrs 37 min
   Austin TX       8 hrs 46 min
  Savannah Ga  10 hrs 49 min
  Charlotte  NC  11 hrs 36 min
  Chicago  IL     15  hrs
  Detroit           17 hrs
  Annapolis       18 hrs 40 min
  New York       21 hrs
  Phoenix Ar     24 hrs
  Ottawa          25 hrs
  Marblehead    25 hrs
  Los Angeles   30 hrs

[Tim Carter]

Yep, long way from everywhere....But when you get there, your THERE! :)

[Lee Shuckerow]

New Orleans sounds like a really interesting place to sail and we should be able to get a lot of boats there. Jackpot would definitely be there.

[Craig Wilusz]

Deborah and I are picking the Mardi Gras Regatta over Miami Race Week venue.  A little more cost effective and a chance to meet the Texas sailors.

[Jay Harrell]

Yep, long way from everywhere....But when you get there, your THERE! :)

No farther from Atlanta than anywhere else we sail - we're in.

[Drake Borer]

 ....a chance to meet the Texas sailors.
Be careful what you ask for!  From what I can tell so far they are a bunch of degenerates!

SeaMonkey is going bourbon street!

[Craig Wilusz]

Only familiar with Jeff Jones from back in the day. 

Even got some pictures of him to show everyone!