Just a reminder that normal Twilight pointscore racing resumes this Friday evening and will continue throughout the second half of the season as per the sailing program. Handicaps for this weeks racing have now been posted on the Yacht page of the website, and please note that despite the flexible format adopted for the sweepstake races over the last few weeks that spinnakers will not be allowed in pointscore twilight races for the remainder of the season.
Following the Yacht meeting held in mid December to review the trial weekend yacht racing program adopted in the first half of the season, the consensus view based on feedback received was that the format for weekend racing should be revised for the remainder of the season. Most skippers indicated that the twilight racing program should continue unchanged while the most indicated that they were not able to race every weekend due to family and other commitments. While further discussion will be required to determine a new format for next season, it was subsequently proposed that in addition to the full weekly twilight racing program, that the following weekend races would be retained or added for the remainder of the current season:
Sun 12/1 Handicap Race 4 KS Series
Sun 19/1 Interclub Race at SLMASC (extra interclub race added)
Sun 9/2 Handicap Race 5 KS Series
Sat 15/2 Interclub Race at MPASC
Sat 15/3 Interclub Race at SLMASC
Sun 23/3 Handicap Race 6 KS Series
April Races TBC
The proposed program for races at SLMASC for the remainder of the season therefore includes:
– Weekly Friday Twilight races;
– 1 Sunday Handicap race at SLMASC each month; and
– 1 Saturday Scratch interclub race at MPASC or SLMASC each month.
On weeks where no weekend race is scheduled at SLMASC, yachts are able to race at MPASC on Saturdays if they wish. The program will again be revisited at the end of season to determine the new format to be adopted for next season.
An updated Yacht Sailing Program along with any further details will be published next week once confirmed at the Sailing Committee meeting on Monday night.
We hope to see you back on the water this weekend on both Friday night and in Sundays Handicap race at SLMASC.
Smooth Sailing for 2014!
Team SLMASC
