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The schedule for the upcoming season has been hashed out, and there are some great events to look forward to.  In addition to this, Will Laidlaw has done an awesome job putting together the latest issue of the Barney Post.  If you would like a hardcopy, send Will a note at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  The Barney Post should be available online shortly.  Here is the schedule:

 

 

 

Race a 110 in 2010!

DISTRICT 1

7/17-18 Boston Bay Challenge Cup,…………… Hull YC (Hull Race Weekend).

 

 

7/31-8/1 District I Championship… ……….... Hull YC

 

 

8/9-13 National Championship………………… MBYC Holland MI

 

 

8/21-22 Fleet 46 Invitational Regatta………… Lake Alexander

 

 

10/2 Niantic Fall Regatta……………………….Niantic Ct

 

 

TBD- New Englands, Atlantics, Slattery..............Newport RI

 

 

 

 

DISTRICT II

 

 

 

 

5/22-23 Spring Opener……………………………….MBYC

 

 

6/12-13 Governors Cup………………………………BCYC

 

 

7/31-8/1 Distrtict II Championship…………………….Ephraim YC

 

 

8/9-13 National Championship……………………..MBYC

 

 

9/18-19 Southern Lake Michigan Championship…..CCYC

 

 

9/15…..Kollen Park Race……………………………MBYC

 

 

 

 

DISTRICT III

 

 

 

 

8/28-29 Big 11 Way Smackdown!…………………..Inverness, CA

 

 

 

 

The new sail measurement rules have been passed.  Slight changes have been made to the measurement of the sails, but more importantly, standard ISAF measurement procedures will now be used to measure in all sails.  This should make measurement easier both for sailmakers and for sailors at the nationals. 

 

 

Will Laidlaw has been diligently working hard on the new issue of The Barney Post, and he would love to get your submissions for content.  If you would like to be included on the mailing list, send your postal and email address to:   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  If you have a submission, you can forward it to the same address.

 

District I, II and II events are shaping up for 2010, and it we are sure to have some great racing.  Nationals are to be held at the Macatawa Bay YC in Holland, MI August, 11-14, so make your arrangements now!

 

Lastly, the Craigs have taken the initiative and followed in the wake of Ross to try out an asymmetric chute.  Ross and Eli really liked sailing with the bigger sail last summer, and are really looking forward to going head to head against some other boats with the same configuration.  If you are interested in seeing and trying this out, make sure you show up to any of the Hull events this year!  

110 class is now on Facebook.  Be sure to search out the 110 class on Facebook if you are a member and join the group.

110 Class Atlantic Coast Championship, Ida Lewis Yacht Club, Newport, RI  August 8-9 2009

 

 It’s always terrific fun racing 110s in Newport.  There’s just so much cool stuff going on, as much off the water as on.   Much thanks to Jeff Adam and the Ida Lewis YC for conducting a superb regatta at the perfect venue for sailing the 110 Atlantics 2009. 

 

After rigging #4 at Ft Adams, Murph and I began the weekend at Newport National Golf Club for a late Friday evening links round followed by a scrumptious dinner, tasty ice cream cones, and highly enjoyable sightseeing along Thames Street.   Doesn’t get better, right?  Well, the next morning we launched and made our way out toward the race area crooning to the live music of the Newport Jazz Festival carrying clear across Newport harbor and beyond from Ft. Adams Point.    There were hundreds of crowded concert going spectator yachts anchored close together all around, many of which were extremely well appointed…gotta love Newport.   Nevertheless, we eventually found our way out to the starting area, concert tunes still blaring in the background. 

 

Saturday, Aug 8^th:

Initially, the air was light and shifty.  the first race attempt started in sort of a westerly and then every which way.  There were times I was sailing in the same direction as Screaming Pelican or Wild Thing, but on opposite tacks.  Thankfully, the race was abandoned after a fairly steady 8-10 knot southerly breeze finally blew in, turning the race into a parade.   Jeff Adam with crew Ben Craig, sailing #687 for the first time this year, would have won the race if not abandoned.    However, it was a good indication of what was to come.