USODA Atlantic Coast Championship
October 3-4, 2009
Larchmont Yacht Club
Larchmont Yacht Club will host the
USODA Atlantic Coast
Championship on October 3-4, 2009. We will have a championship
fleet (red/blue/white) and a green
fleet).
Please contact Merrill Ulmer at
(914) 924-1862 or
with questions.
Green Fleet Sailing Instructions
Addendum #1 Green fleet
Arrival, Opti Storage and Launching
Results
Championship Division - Due to lack of wind both days, no races were run.
Important Arrival Information for
Saturday, October 3
On the morning of Saturday, October 3, a children's triathlon will periodically close off several streets surrounding Larchmont Yacht Club. We have been working closely with the local police and our security staff to ensure that our sailors and guests are inconvenienced as little as possible by this event.
• If you can get your optimists on Club grounds on Friday afternoon or evening, please do so. Registration will be open on Friday until 8:00 p.m.
• Please approach the Club by taking Boston Post Road to Larchmont Avenue to Woodbine Avenue.
• Please have all optimists and sailors on Club grounds on Saturday morning by 8:00 am. Between 8:00 and 9:30 or so, cars approaching or leaving the Club (both on Larchmont Avenue and Woodbine Avenue) will be stopped periodically for passing bike racers. Cars will be able to enter and leave the Club during breaks in the races, but you may be asked to wait a few minutes to avoid interfering with the bike course.
• If you are arriving after 8:00 am and would like to walk into the Club to help your sailors, diagonal parking will be available on Larchmont Avenue starting at 7:00 am on the blocks between Willow Avenue and Walnut Avenue, which will be marked by police barricades.
• The triathlon (and any local traffic and parking disruptions) should be over no later than 10:00 am.
Schedule:
The tentative schedule of events is as follows:
Day / Date / Time |
Activity |
|
|
Friday, October 2 |
|
1600-2000 |
Check in and safety checks |
Saturday, October 3 |
|
0900 |
Coaches and parents meeting (mandatory) |
0915 |
Competitors meeting (mandatory) |
1100 |
First Warning Championship Fleet |
Sunday, October 4 |
|
0830 |
Coaches and parents meeting (mandatory) |
0845 |
Competitors meeting (mandatory) |
1000 |
First Warning Championship Fleet |
1530 |
No first warning signal for the start of a new "set" after this time |
The race committee will run as many sets of races as practical each day.
The Green Fleet sailors’ schedule will be the same through the first competitors meeting at which point a second, separate meeting for Green Fleet sailors will be conducted and the remainder of the schedule for that fleet will be announced.
Registration:
You need to be a member of the USODA to register for the event. Once you are a member, you can log on to the "Members Only" portion of the USODA website http://www.usoda.org/ The link for online registration is at the top of the member home page. The deadline for registration is Midnight on Wednesday, September 30th.
Charter Boats:
Dinghy Locker @ LandfallOptimist Charters - Sails, Blades & Spars Included or a la carteContact: Jamie Gilman, E-mail:
jamie@landfallnav.com, C: 401-924-4822 Optimist Charters are
also available through McLaughlin Boat WorksReserve at:
http://www.optistuff.com Or call Alisa at 800 784 6478 or
423-875-0740
Lodging:
Betz Williams of Colonial Travel Agency has reserved some
discounted hotel rooms for this event. You can visit her website at
www.colonialtravelagency.com or E-mail her at
