Miami Winter # 2: Valentine Cup

[Jeff Jones]

Lee

i dont think putting your beer on craig's boat would be smart.   i still have flashbacks of craig... austin with james....  on a light blue hobie 33 on lake travis...  being brough back to our condo at key west on the back of some random dude's scooter carrying a 6-pack of zima .   seem to also remember something about camping in key west and chickens...?   Oh the humanity

no no, we can not risk a relapse

Craig, has officially offered to carry all of our beer on his hobie ss.  Just sail by between races and he will throw you a cold one!!  Now thats service!!  ;)

[Peter Beardsley]

All,

Apologies for going off the grid for a bit.  The class (and more specifically, me) has neglected the winter series for a bit, which will not happen in future years.  We just had a conference call with some organizers and the Valentine's Cup WILL be happening in 2013.  Racing is Feb. 9-10 in Miami as previously discussed.  The entry fee will be $25 for teams who send their entry forms in electronically by the Friday before the event, $50 if you give your entry form to everyone at the Competitors' Meeting.  The NOR will be published in the next couple of days, storage will be at US Sailing Center Miami (storage contracts need to be completed in advance, go to http://www.usscmiami.org for details on that).  Any other questions about this event, send 'em over. 

[Craig Wilusz]

i dont think putting your beer on craig's boat would be smart.   i still have flashbacks of craig... austin with james....  on a light blue hobie 33 on lake travis...  being brough back to our condo at key west on the back of some random dude's scooter carrying a 6-pack of zima .   seem to also remember something about camping in key west and chickens...?   Oh the humanity

Hey, man, that wasn't me doing the dancing, that was the Zima....

[Matt Rowlinson]

All,

Apologies for going off the grid for a bit.  The class (and more specifically, me) has neglected the winter series for a bit, which will not happen in future years.  We just had a conference call with some organizers and the Valentine's Cup WILL be happening in 2013.  Racing is Feb. 9-10 in Miami as previously discussed.  The entry fee will be $25 for teams who send their entry forms in electronically by the Friday before the event, $50 if you give your entry form to everyone at the Competitors' Meeting.  The NOR will be published in the next couple of days, storage will be at US Sailing Center Miami (storage contracts need to be completed in advance, go to http://www.usscmiami.org for details on that).  Any other questions about this event, send 'em over. 

Great news.   CAN 70 will be there, with Mr. Lee Shuckerow in front pulling strings and telling us what to do. The rest of you get on down, or hope we leave you some rum to drink in March.

[Peter Bauer]

Any recommendations on where to stay in Miami?

[Matt Rowlinson]

Any recommendations on where to stay in Miami?

We are staying at Residence Inn <http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/miaco-residence-inn-miami-coconut-grove/> Hampton Inn nearby had nothing left for the 8th and 9th.  For Bacardi week, cheaper to get a condo or house for your whole crew than hotel rooms. It's Miami in winter, so availability seems tight and nothing is cheap. Anyone with local knowledge on here?

[Lee Eikel]

That's why I like the Mutiny.  Very close to everything.  2 Bedroom 2 bath suite with Kitchen living room and sleeper sofa.  Everyone has a place to sleep.  Cook your own Breakfast etc....  Short straw gets the sleeper sofa.  I actually have this booked for that weekend, I was gonna come down with the wife and hang out but if someone wants to buy it from me I could be talked out of it.  ;)

[Dan Tucker]

NOR and storage info is finally posted!

http://viper640.org/calendar/all-events/se/details/156-miami-winter--2-valentine-cup

What other Class could pull off a weekend of racing in Miami for a $25 entry fee? No, that's not a typo, the entry fee is only twenty five dollars!

Please hit the link and email the electronic form back to the folks listed in the NOR.

[Peter Beardsley]

Entries are starting to come in, and I got verbal confirmation from Argo last night that they'd be there in February and for Bacardi Cup.  There are a number of other people who sound like they can crew if anyone is short in that department.

[Tac Boston]

How many boats? Should be a busy weekend on the bay!

[Peter Beardsley]

We have Carroll, Lotz, Gefter, Rowlinson, a Rondar event boat, likely Matt Sole, and a couple of others -- who else is in? 

[Byron LaMotte]

179 is in!

[Dave Doucett]

Celeritas US158 is looking for a crew to sail with us on Sunday of the Valentine cup event.  If you know of any recommendations please email me at [email protected].

[Peter Beardsley]

I think Matt Sole is also looking for crew if there are people out there lurking who want to crew in the Miami events who don't want to bring their boats down. 

Working scratch sheet for Valentine's Cup:
Phil Lotz
Malcolm Gefter
Matt/Mark Rowlinson
Patrick Daniel
Dan Tucker
Jason Carroll
Byron Lamotte/Andrew Weiss/Jonathan Asch
Victor Diaz-de-Leon

Would be great if we could get to 10. 

[Lee Shuckerow]

Anyone not in Miami right now enjoy the 3 feet of snow. Haven't seen Miami this nice in a while. Nice breeze today planing most of the day in the low to mid 80s. More breeze on tomorrow.