Re: Cascadia Cup in Two Days!

Good morning everyone,

Thank you for the responses on carpools! We are all sorted now and the regatta signup spreadsheet is updated- any parents originally signed up to drive are still driving the same number of sailors: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11I6siGsA7Rv1akjqlePjGLAvvKmJ6aHjiJ0IaVjm8to/edit

Thank you again to everyone who is driving down this weekend. We couldn't do it without you. 

We'll go over final details with sailors today but please let us know if you have any other questions. 

Best,

Anna

On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 at 6:56 AM, Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

Hi team,

Cascadia Cup, our first away regatta, is this weekend at Sail Sand Point in Seattle. We are excited to bring 18 sailors and 4 total teams! There will be a total of 43 high school teams there, plus some college teams, so it is a huge event.

Sailors (18): 

Adham, Adrien, Ajax, Atticus, August, Avery, Axel, Bella, Dawson, Emmett, Grace, Hans, James, Marin, Max, Oz, Tristan, and Tyce (18 Sailors).

Carpools:

Sailors are assumed to need a carpool unless otherwise written in the signups. Sailors are not assigned to specific carpools beforehand- we just make sure there are enough seats in cars and sailors sort themselves into cars Saturday morning. 

Carpool drivers and sailors will meet at the Sehome/Samish Way Haggen's at 7:45AM on Saturday, and 7:00AM Sunday. Carpools are driving there and back both days. End time Saturday is variable/weather dependent.

As a nontraditional sport, we rely on parents to help transport the team and boats to and from away events, so we really appreciate all parents who are volunteering to do so this weekend!

Drivers - Neuman (4 & towing), Norwood (1), Vondrell (3), Resnick (3), Brewin (2) and Cooper (4 & towing). (17 Spots**) 

**If anyone who is signed up already can drive ONE ADDITIONAL SAILOR, or any parents are planning on driving their own sailor and did not list it on the spreadsheet, please let us know ASAP because we are currently short one seat.

Fees:

$30 total for the weekend: $10/Sailor fee for registration, paid to coaches (who then pay the regatta host) $10/sailor for lunch for the weekend, and recommended $10/sailor gas donation to your carpool driver for the weekend. 

Cash or Venmo for the fees- please give registration fee to coaches by Thursday. If these fees are a barrier for your family, please let the coaches know and we will provide a scholarship.

Lunch:

Sailors are responsible for their own breakfast both days and should bring a water bottle. Dawson's mom Lorena is providing lunch both days for sailors, which is covered by the $10 lunch fee. Thank you Lorena!

Schedule/Address/NOR:

Notice of Race includes the racing schedule, address of the sailing venue, and more. Sailors and parents please read it!

Coach:

Cooper (360) 815-9941. Coach Anna will be there but is racing for WWU.

Please let us know if you have any other questions!

Best,

Anna and Cooper

Cascadia Cup in Two Days!

Hi team,

Cascadia Cup, our first away regatta, is this weekend at Sail Sand Point in Seattle. We are excited to bring 18 sailors and 4 total teams! There will be a total of 43 high school teams there, plus some college teams, so it is a huge event.

Sailors (18): 

Adham, Adrien, Ajax, Atticus, August, Avery, Axel, Bella, Dawson, Emmett, Grace, Hans, James, Marin, Max, Oz, Tristan, and Tyce (18 Sailors).

Carpools:

Sailors are assumed to need a carpool unless otherwise written in the signups. Sailors are not assigned to specific carpools beforehand- we just make sure there are enough seats in cars and sailors sort themselves into cars Saturday morning. 

Carpool drivers and sailors will meet at the Sehome/Samish Way Haggen's at 7:45AM on Saturday, and 7:00AM Sunday. Carpools are driving there and back both days. End time Saturday is variable/weather dependent.

As a nontraditional sport, we rely on parents to help transport the team and boats to and from away events, so we really appreciate all parents who are volunteering to do so this weekend!

Drivers - Neuman (4 & towing), Norwood (1), Vondrell (3), Resnick (3), Brewin (2) and Cooper (4 & towing). (17 Spots**) 

**If anyone who is signed up already can drive ONE ADDITIONAL SAILOR, or any parents are planning on driving their own sailor and did not list it on the spreadsheet, please let us know ASAP because we are currently short one seat.

Fees:

$30 total for the weekend: $10/Sailor fee for registration, paid to coaches (who then pay the regatta host) $10/sailor for lunch for the weekend, and recommended $10/sailor gas donation to your carpool driver for the weekend. 

Cash or Venmo for the fees- please give registration fee to coaches by Thursday. If these fees are a barrier for your family, please let the coaches know and we will provide a scholarship.

Lunch:

Sailors are responsible for their own breakfast both days and should bring a water bottle. Dawson's mom Lorena is providing lunch both days for sailors, which is covered by the $10 lunch fee. Thank you Lorena!

Schedule/Address/NOR:

Notice of Race includes the racing schedule, address of the sailing venue, and more. Sailors and parents please read it!

Coach:

Cooper (360) 815-9941. Coach Anna will be there but is racing for WWU.

Please let us know if you have any other questions!

Best,

Anna and Cooper

Cascadia Cup Info October 12th/13th

Hi Team,

Cascadia Cup is next weekend and is our first big regatta. It is a joint high school and college regatta, so sailors will race against Anna. Competition will be tough! We plan on having a varsity team from Bellingham, Sehome, Squalicum, and a mixed JV team. 

Sailors - Adham, Adrien, Ajax, Atticus, August, Avery, Axel, Bella, Dawson, Emmett, Grace, Hans, James, Marin, Max, Oz, Tristan, and Tyce (18 Sailors). 

Please let me know ASAP if your plans for attending this regatta have changed. We can take everyone who can go, so it's not too late to sign up. 

Drivers - Neuman (4 & towing), Norwood (1), Vondrell (3), Resnick (3), and Cooper (4 & towing). (15 Spots) 

If anyone else can drive a carpool, let me know because we could use another driver. It's okay to only commit to one day of driving if that is all you can offer. Please note that we plan to drive back to Bham on Saturday night. So you are signing up for two trips to Seattle and back. 

Fees - $10/Sailor fee for registration. Recommended $10/sailor gas donation to your carpool driver for the weekend. Cash or Venmo for the registration fee. 

Housing - No housing, planning on driving back to Bham Saturday night. 

NOR - Notice of Race. Please read through this, it has a lot of important information. 

Coach - Cooper (360) 815-9941

Schedule - 

	Saturday, October 12, 2024			Sunday, October 13, 2024
0930	Report time		0845	SSP 'opens,' rigging begins
1030	Competitors' meeting		1000	First warning
1115	First warning		1500	No starts after
1700	College sailing forum

 

Let me know if you have any questions,

Cooper

Re: Bellingham North Regional Regatta October 5th & 6th

Good evening everyone,

We have SeaFeast going on this weekend as well, in the parking lot area near the Fisherman's Pavilion, so parking will be extremely limited and some parking areas are closed. We'll have to utilize the area near the Squalicum Boathouse and likely use the loading zone to drop off sailors and items and then park elsewhere. I have included a link here which shows a map of the parking lot: https://www.bellinghamseafeast.org/overview SeaFeast Map . Please note there are also booths along parts of the pathway, so all of the teams will be setting up our tents near the dock to keep separate from the vendor tents. I'll let you all know if anything changes or if I have any more updates on parking and SeaFeast! 

The regatta will happen as normal, same schedule as listed in the NOR (linked here) in the previous email. 

10am report time Saturday and 9am report time Sunday, although if you are worried about parking I would give it some extra time so sailors can be at the dock ready to go by report time.

The visiting teams are also in the loop about SeaFeast parking and will be launching their boats on Friday night to avoid any parking lot traffic jams on Saturday morning. 

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Best,

Anna

On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 at 10:13 PM, Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

Hi all,

We are excited for the first regatta of the fall 2024 season!

Everyone who signed up is going: 

Adham, Ajax, Atticus, August, Avery, Bella, Dawson, Emmett, Finn, Grace, Hans, James, Liam, Marin, Max, Oscar, Oz, Sotiri, Tide, Tristan, Tyce (21 sailors)

Drivers/Carpools: Everyone should plan their own ride. Because this regatta is in Bellingham, sailors can drive themselves and other sailors. 

Food:  Everyone should bring their own lunch.

Waiver: None 

Cost: Free

Notice Of Race (NOR): Please read this! Schedule is in the NOR. 

Let me know if you have any questions about this weekend! 

Cooper 

Hosting North Regionals Regatta October 5th and 6th

Hi Everyone,

We are hosting a regatta on October 5th and 6th! This is a smaller regional event and we are expecting 30 to 40 sailors from Orcas, Anacortes, Oak Harbor, and Seattle. 

We will need some parent volunteers to make this regatta great. This is the list of current jobs that we are looking to fill. Many of these jobs don't require any previous experience, so don't worry if this is your first time volunteering. 

• Registration (Checking in teams as they arrive)
• Photographer (On a powerboat taking photos of the regatta)
• Dock Lead (Helping boats with breakdowns / first aid, has radio) 
• Markset (On a powerboat moving marks. Drivers have to have a Washington State Boaters card, but markset seconds do not)
• Scorer (On the RC boat helping Cooper score)
• Making lunch for volunteers (Easy sandos or burritos for 6 to 8 volunteers)     

If you are interested in helping out, let us know!   

It is a common courtesy to house visiting teams. All that is expected is some extra floor space where sailors plus a chaperone can set up sleeping pads & bags. Teams can vary in size, so let us know how many you can take. You don't have to offer hot showers or meals, just some floor space. I know this is new to many of you, so please reach out if you have any concerns or questions.   

Thanks,

Cooper 

Last Swim Test tonight at 7pm

For those who did not take the swim test yesterday, tonight is the last opportunity.  7pm at Arne Hanna.  See you tonight!

Scott Wilson

Whatcom Sailing

360.303.1759 c

www.whatcomsailing.com

Fall High School Sailing

Sailors and Parents,

Who's ready to start sailing?!! The sailing team pre-season meeting will be Monday, August 26th @ 6:30pm @ The Bellingham Yacht Club in the downstairs room. This meeting is for all parents and students who plan to be on the team or are interested in learning more about it.  The team is open to all high schoolers in Whatcom County. We have many important topics to cover at the meeting including practice and regatta schedules and expectations. It will also be a good meeting to attend for new sailors interested in joining the team, so encourage anyone who might be interested to come.  

Practice and Regatta schedule for the season are posted on the website: http://www.whatcomsailing.com/

REGISTRATION & TEAM FEES

Team fees are $350 for the fall season. As always, we don't want these fees to stop anyone from participating so please let me know if you need financial assistance. There is also a deposit of $35 for your team uniform (pinnie). If you paid this previously you do not need to pay it again. However, we need to collect all pinnies from previous seasons.  Please let us know if you have a pinnie and please bring it to the pre-season meeting.  For new sailors, the pinnie deposit will be refunded at the end of the season when you return your pinnie.

Registration is now open and online at whatcomsailing.com. Registration will close at 35 kids OR Friday Aug 30th, whichever comes first.

To completely register, please complete all steps listed on the Join page here. Remember, a sports physical is required, so get that scheduled ASAP.  Registration and school clearance is required before you can practice. Please read all information on our website including the Sailor Packet here.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: Practices will be Tuesdays/Thursdays 3:45 to 6:30. In addition, there will be a team meeting every other Wednesday (9/11,9/25,10/9,10/23,11/6). 

Practice starts Tuesday Sep 3 @ 3:45 at the Bellingham Yacht Club.

Last practice will be November 5th.

We will go over more details at the meeting, but feel free to contact me if you have questions!

Scott Wilson

Whatcom Sailing

360.303.1759 c

www.whatcomsailing.com