Fall End-of-Season Party Nov. 14

Good evening,

We are excited to celebrate the fall sailing season with you all!

Thank you to all of the sailors who came to practice last week with their availability and ideas for the end-of-season party. As we discussed at practice, the Fall End-of-Season Party is a potluck this Thursday, November 14th from 5:00-7:00pm at Bellingham Yacht Club in the upstairs bar room. Apologies for getting this email out so late. 

We have also been approved to use the upstairs of the yacht club! Thank you to Ajax's parents Jayna and Andy Neumann for their help with yacht club logistics. We will be doing a potluck, so anyone bringing food please sign up on this list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W0ZXKvJFnO1chY3ARauGfQC0eK1Kzd7bHSC121JjouU/edit?usp=sharing

Please let us know if you have any questions and we hope to see you Thursday night. :)

Best,

Anna and Cooper

Last week of practice + End of season party + Turkey Bowl

Hi Everyone,

This is the last week of practice for the season. Due to the limited daylight, practice will end at 5:30 PM on both days.  

Typically for the end of fall season we have a potluck in the downstairs of the BYC, and then for the end of spring when the weather is a little nicer we do a potluck at a sailor's family's house. We will be asking sailors this week about a good date to do this end-of-season potluck as each sailor will get to be recognized so it is important we pick a time and day that most can make it. It will likely be a weekday evening in the next few weeks.

Turkey Bowl (NOV 23 - 24) is a one-off regatta hosted by CYC Seattle. I'm going to be putting together a team like last year. Sailors have the option of sailing FJs, Lasers, or Optis. This regatta is non rotational, so sailors are spending the entire day out on the water being coached by me in a powerboat. Let me know if you are interested in learning more or attending. 

Find out more about Turkey Bowl here.

Best,

Cooper

Re: Trick or Treat Regatta NOV 2nd and 3rd @Anacortes

Couple of updates for the weekend.

Sailors -  Ajax, Atticus, Avery, Bella, Dawson, Emmett, Finn, Grace, Hans, Marin, Max, Oscar, Oz, Tristan, and Tyce (15 Sailors).

Wetsuits are required for everyone. This is an Anacortes Waterfront Alliance rule and they take it seriously. Please also bring extra dry clothes and rain gear. 

Pizza will be our group lunch this weekend. Additionally, the regular morning fare like bananas, oranges, fruit bars, OJ, and hot chocolate. No lunch fee. Thank you Lorena for organizing! 

I'll see everyone tomorrow at 8:45AM.

Thanks,

Cooper    

On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 2:41 PM Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for getting this email out so late. We were originally only allowed to send 6 sailors, but now we can send more. Also it is now a two-day 2v2 Team Race regatta, instead of a one day clinic and one day regatta. 

Sailors -  Ajax, Atticus, Avery, Axel, Bella, Dawson, Emmett, Finn, Grace, Hans, Marin, Max, Oscar, Oz, Tristan, and Tyce (16 Sailors).

Drivers - Neuman (4), Norwood (1), Vondrell (3), Hatch (3), Cooper (3 and towing) (14 Spots).    

We need a couple more spots, let me know if you can drive. Please note that we plan to drive back to Bham on Saturday night. 

Fees - No registration fee. 

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

Venue - Seafarers Memorial Park (601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes, WA 98221)

Waiver - Anacortes Waterfront Alliance waiver. Everyone needs to sign this!  

Coach - Cooper (360) 815-9941

Schedule 

Saturday, 26 Oct

0845 Meet at Sehome Haggens (Haggen, 210 36th St, Bellingham, WA 98225)
1000 Report time (601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes, WA 98221)

Sunday, 27 Oct

0745 Meet at Sehome Haggens (Haggen, 210 36th St, Bellingham, WA 98225)
0930 Report time (601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes, WA 98221)
1500 No Races After 

Let me know if you have any questions

Best,

Cooper

Trick or Treat Regatta NOV 2nd and 3rd @Anacortes

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for getting this email out so late. We were originally only allowed to send 6 sailors, but now we can send more. Also it is now a two-day 2v2 Team Race regatta, instead of a one day clinic and one day regatta. 

Sailors -  Ajax, Atticus, Avery, Axel, Bella, Dawson, Emmett, Finn, Grace, Hans, Marin, Max, Oscar, Oz, Tristan, and Tyce (16 Sailors).

Drivers - Neuman (4), Norwood (1), Vondrell (3), Hatch (3), Cooper (3 and towing) (14 Spots).    

We need a couple more spots, let me know if you can drive. Please note that we plan to drive back to Bham on Saturday night. 

Fees - No registration fee. 

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

Venue - Seafarers Memorial Park (601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes, WA 98221)

Waiver - Anacortes Waterfront Alliance waiver. Everyone needs to sign this!  

Coach - Cooper (360) 815-9941

Schedule 

Saturday, 26 Oct

0845 Meet at Sehome Haggens (Haggen, 210 36th St, Bellingham, WA 98225)
1000 Report time (601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes, WA 98221)

Sunday, 27 Oct

0745 Meet at Sehome Haggens (Haggen, 210 36th St, Bellingham, WA 98225)
0930 Report time (601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes, WA 98221)
1500 No Races After 

Let me know if you have any questions

Best,

Cooper

RR#1 Weather & Final Reminder

Hi Team,

The forecast is up to 20kt all day tomorrow. Everyone is required to bring a wetsuit and extra clothes. It's going to be a big breeze day! 

Fees - $15/Sailor fee for registration. $10/Sailor for lunch/snacks both days. Recommended $10/sailor gas donation to your carpool driver for the weekend.

Waiver - Oak Harbor Youth Sailing Waiver. Everyone needs to sign this! 

Venue - Oak Harbor Marina (1401 SE Catalina Dr, Oak Harbor, WA 98277)

Schedule 

Saturday, 26 Oct

0745 Meet at Sehome Haggens (Haggen, 210 36th St, Bellingham, WA 98225)
0900 Report time. Registration. (1401 SE Catalina Dr, Oak Harbor, WA 98277) Sailors should meet at the boat ramp to unload boats.

1000 Team Meeting at boat ramp. A fleet sailors can change between team meeting and competitors meeting. B fleet sailors will help carry gear to F dock. 
1030 Registration ends.
1030 Mandatory Competitors' Meeting.
1100 First warning; sailing will continue throughout the day.

Sunday, 27 Oct

0745 Meet at Sehome Haggens (Haggen, 210 36th St, Bellingham, WA 98225)
0900 Report time. (1401 SE Catalina Dr, Oak Harbor, WA 98277)
1000 First warning; sailing will continue throughout the day.
1500 No starting sequence shall be made after this time
1530 Results and Awards Presentation

See you all tomorrow,

Cooper 

Photos

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share some awesome photos taken at the last two regattas, plus some photos taken by Cooper and I at practice. 

Oz's dad Adam Resnick took photos at both the North Regionals and Cascadia Cup regattas, and has shared his smugmug photo albums for both:

https://resnickphoto.smugmug.com/Sehome/Whatcom-Sailing-Cascadia-Cup-Sand-Point-October-2024/n-7Kdvsp

https://resnickphoto.smugmug.com/Sehome/Bellingham-North-Regional-Regatta-Whatcom-Sailing/n-GkkMcn 

Thank you Adam!

BHS Sailor Emma Moore and WWU sailors Carolyn Harmon and Malcom Duncan-Graves also took photos at North Regionals, which we have added to the Fall 2024 Whatcom Sailing Photo Drive. Thank you to all three of them for their photos as well!

And finally, Cooper has been taking photos at practice to show sailors how their maneuvers look from an outside perspective. We will continue to periodically update this photo drive to share feedback photos taken at practice, as well as photos taken at regattas. 

Thank you again to those who took and shared photos! If anyone else has photos that they would like me to add, or if you have any questions, please let me know.

Best,

Anna

Ranking Regatta #1 OCT 26th/27th Logistics

Hi Everyone,

Sailors - Adham, Ajax, Atticus, August, Avery, Bella, Dawson, Emmett, Finn, Grace, Hans, James, Marin, Max, Oscar, Oz, Tristan, and Tyce (18 Sailors). It's not too late to sign up, but please let us know ASAP!  

Drivers - Neuman (4), Norwood (1), Scheyer (1), Vondrell (3), Madi (1), Hatch (3), Haines (1), Little (3), and Cooper (3 & towing). (20 Spots) 

Please note that we plan to drive back to Bham on Saturday night. 

Fees - $15/Sailor fee for registration. $10/Sailor for lunch/snacks both days. 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 (~70 min drive)

Venue - Oak Harbor Marina (1401 SE Catalina Dr, Oak Harbor, WA 98277)

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

Waiver - Oak Harbor Youth Sailing Waiver. Everyone needs to sign this!  

Coach - Cooper (360) 815-9941

Schedule 

Saturday, 26 Oct

0745 Meet at Sehome Haggens (Haggen, 210 36th St, Bellingham, WA 98225)
0900 Report time. Registration. (1401 SE Catalina Dr, Oak Harbor, WA 98277) Sailors should meet at the boat ramp to unload boats.

1000 Team Meeting at boat ramp. A fleet sailors can change between team meeting and competitors meeting. B fleet sailors will help carry gear to F dock. 
1030 Registration ends.
1030 Mandatory Competitors' Meeting.
1100 First warning; sailing will continue throughout the day.

Sunday, 27 Oct

0745 Meet at Sehome Haggens (Haggen, 210 36th St, Bellingham, WA 98225)
0900 Report time. (1401 SE Catalina Dr, Oak Harbor, WA 98277)
1000 First warning; sailing will continue throughout the day.
1500 No starting sequence shall be made after this time
1530 Results and Awards Presentation

Let me know if you have any questions

Best,

Cooper

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

Re: End-of-Season Party

Thank you Tim and the Andress family for hosting! Here is more info from Tim:

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Sailing Team Families,

Thank you Anna.  The Andress family would like to extend a warm invitation to all our sailors and their families for an End-of-Season Party. 

Event Details:

• Date: Sunday June 9th
• Time: 3:00 PM - 6 PM
• Location: 2778 Northshore Rd. 1 mile past The Fork restaurant lake side, wood gate and woodchip parking area. Additional park 2790, one property east along the road. 

Agenda:

1. Celebration:  A successful season! 
2. Acknowledgment: We'll express our gratitude to all our sailors and coaches Anna and Cooper for their dedication and guidance throughout the year.
3. Potluck Style:  Please bring your favorite dish to share with everyone. Whether it's a main course or a  dessert.
4. Weather Permitting: If the forecast holds, we might even venture out onto the water for a bit of sailing.

Please RSVP by Friday so we can plan accordingly. Let us know what dish you'll be bringing, whether it's a main or a dessert. A BBQ will be available and fired up.

Looking forward to celebrating with all of you!

Please text me if you have any questions.

Tim 

360.927.8562

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Please sign up on this spreadsheet what potluck items you are bringing, if any:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E7huMOdd_oM3ytKfyIjKE0SFA9--c3YB7qGQXOLIp1E/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks again and look forward to seeing you all there!

Best,

Anna

On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 7:43 PM Tim Andress <tandress@hotmail.com> wrote:

Sailing Team Families,

Thank you Anna.  The Andress family would like to extend a warm invitation to all our sailors and their families for an End-of-Season Party. 

Event Details:

• Date: Sunday June 9th
• Time: 3:00 PM - 6 PM
• Location: 2778 Northshore Rd. 1 mile past the fork resturant lake side, wood gate and woodchip parking area. Additional park 2790, one property east along the road. 

Agenda:

1. Celebration: A successful season! 
2. Acknowledgment: We'll express our gratitude to all our sailors and coaches Anna and Cooper for their dedication and guidance throughout the year.
3. Potluck Style:  Please bring your favorite dish to share with everyone. Whether it's a main course or a  dessert.
4. Weather Permitting: If the forecast holds, we might even venture out onto the water for a bit of sailing.

Please RSVP by Friday so we can plan accordingly. Let us know what dish you'll be bringing, whether it's a main or a dessert. A BBQ will be available and fired up.

Looking forward to celebrating with all of you!

Please text me if you have any questions.

Tim 

360.927.8562

On May 30, 2024, at 03:54, Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:



Good afternoon everyone!

We are planning for our end-of-season potluck and party on Sunday, June 9th from 3-6pm at Andress's house on Lake Whatcom.

Based on feedback at the last week of practice and on email to seniors, this was the time that worked for the most people! 

If anyone can only make it for part of the time, please let us know. We want to do the end-of-year awards at a time that works for everyone. We'll follow with more details and a schedule of what to expect later this week!

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Best,

Anna

End-of-Season Party

Good afternoon everyone!

We are planning for our end-of-season potluck and party on Sunday, June 9th from 3-6pm at Andress's house on Lake Whatcom.

Based on feedback at the last week of practice and on email to seniors, this was the time that worked for the most people! 

If anyone can only make it for part of the time, please let us know. We want to do the end-of-year awards at a time that works for everyone. We'll follow with more details and a schedule of what to expect later this week!

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Best,

Anna

Summer Racing Opportunity

Hi Everyone,

This summer, I'll be coaching a ILCA (Laser) Team out of CBC. We will be attending regattas in the Northwest Youth Racing Circuit (NWYRC) summer series. It is a series of big regattas with 150+ sailors across 5 different kinds of boats and is a great source of competitive racing. Racing Lasers in the NWYRC is a great way for youth sailors to get better at dinghy sailing locally. 

The summer season runs from June 26th to September 5th. We have two practices and one race night each week. The team will attend four regattas and sailors have the opportunity to go to clinics. Find out more information about the team here. Registration is live! 

Summer Sailing is different from High School sailing in a couple of ways. The biggest is there is no rotating at regattas. Instead, regattas start a little later in the day and sailors get breaks while on the water to eat lunch. Each sailor will sail all day and be supported by me on a coach boat. Because of this, the race team is limited to 10 sailors. Lasers are also a different boat than FJs, with only one person in the boat instead of two like we have as the standard for High School. With the time on the water and the style of the boat, laser sailing is the best way to grow racing skills and confidence. I find that it transfers back to FJ sailing for the school year. 

The Community Boating Center offers both full and partial scholarships for programs including the race team. We do not want cost to be a reason for not joining. Scholarship form. Let me know if you have any questions about scholarships. 

We will be having an info meeting next Tuesday, June 4th at 7pm in the upstairs of CBC's new Wheelhouse building. Please let me know if you plan on attending by responding to this email.

CBC will be running a fundraiser for youth programs and scholarships this Friday May 31st. "Empty the Boatyard" and enjoy a fun evening celebrating youth at the Community Boating Center. Find more info about Empty the Boatyard here. 

I'm super excited to be able to offer this race team to all of you! This is the #1 way to get better for the highschool season, and is a fun summer of sailing.

Let me know if you have any questions,

Cooper   

Re: Gold Team Race Champs Logistics

Hi everyone,

Oz's dad, Adam Resnick, took some great photos of the Oak Harbor Team Race Champs two weeks back! The photos can be found here: https://resnickphoto.smugmug.com/Sehome/Whatcom-Sailing-Gold-Race-Champs-Oak-Harbor-April-2024/n-Cpc9wR

Best,

Anna

On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

Hi Team,

Sailors - Keagan, Cole, Katy, Tyce, Hans V, and Oz (6).

Oak Harbor Drivers - Woo 1, Vondrell 2, Resnick 3.

Coach - Scott

Housing - We are driving back to Bham for Saturday night.

Costs - $15 entry fee per sailor + money for food.

NOR - Here!

Schedule 

Saturday, April 27 2024
0730 Meet at Sehome Haggens
0740 On the road - Leaving a little early because Oak Harbor is closing a road or something like that.
0900 Report Time
0930 Registration
1000 Skippers Meeting
1100  First warning; sailing will continue throughout the day.

Sunday, April 28, 2024
0730 Meet at Sehome Haggens
0740 On the road
0900  Report Time
1000 First Warning
1530 No Starts After
1600 Awards Presentation 

We only have two Sehome pinnies, so if you still have yours from last weekend please bring it! 

Let me know if you have any questions.

Cooper 

Fleet Race Champs this Weekend

Hi everyone,

We are excited for fleet race champs this weekend in Anacortes! We are driving there and back both days, it's about an hour drive. We will be meeting at the Sehome Hill Haggen's at 8:30am on Saturday and 7:30am on Sunday.

Everyone who signed up is going:

Aiofe, Atticus, August, Avery, Bella, Campbell, Cole, Emma, Finn, Frank, Hans S, Hans V, Katy, Keagan, Max, Max, Oscar, Oz, Sofia, Tristan (20 sailors)

Drivers: Parents/family of:

Aiofe (1), Cole (3 (Sunday only)), Emma (3), Katy, Oscar (5), Oz (4), Tristan (1). Thank you to everyone who signed up to drive!

With the parents listed above driving and Cooper and I each driving a 3 boat trailer we should be more than good! If anyone who signed up to drive can't anymore, or if anyone else is planning on driving just their sailors, please let me know. 

Group food: Thank you to Karen Woo for leading plans on group food. If any parents are interested in helping that would be much appreciated; please text or email Karen at karenswoo@gmail.com if you would like to help.

Waiver: Each sailor must have a signed Anacortes Waterfront Alliance waiver to compete. Please complete the waiver here: https://forms.gle/DaVzdWW5vV9b2YnX6 

Cost: $25-35. Entry fee is $10, plus $15 for group food. Please also bring $5-10 for gas if you/your sailor is getting a ride from another parent. Of course, cost should not be a barrier- if the cost is an issue, please let us know.

This is the final away regatta of the normal season, and after this we have the annual golden bailer race at home on Bham Bay and our end-of-season potluck and awards. More to follow on those fronts.

Let us know if you have any questions about this weekend! See you soon.

Best,

Anna

Gallium Team Race Champs Logistics

Hi Team,

It's going to be windy and rainy at Sail Sand Point this weekend. Bring your wetsuit and other cold/rain gear. Plus a change of clothes in case you capsize. 

Gallium SSP Team - Max, Tristan, Bella, Sophia, Avery, Atticus, Errol, and Aoife (8). 

Drivers - Cooper 3 (Towing single boat trailer), Tamminga 3, Norwood 2.

Coach - Cooper

Housing - We are driving back to Bham for Saturday night.

Costs - $5 entry fee per sailor + money for food.

NOR - Here!

Waiver - Here! If you have sailed at SSP in the last year you should already have this filled out. 

Schedule 

Saturday, April 27, 2024

0730 Meet at Sehome Haggens

0740 On the road
0930 Report time
1000 Mandatory Coaches meeting
1015 Mandatory Competitors' Meeting
1100 First warning; sailing will continue throughout the day.

Sunday, April 28, 2024
0700 Meet at Sehome Haggens

0710 On the road
0900 Report time.
1000 First warning; sailing will continue throughout the day.
1500 No race will be started after this time,
1545 Results and Awards Presentation.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Cooper 

Gold Team Race Champs Logistics

Hi Team,

Sailors - Keagan, Cole, Katy, Tyce, Hans V, and Oz (6).

Oak Harbor Drivers - Woo 1, Vondrell 2, Resnick 3.

Coach - Scott

Housing - We are driving back to Bham for Saturday night.

Costs - $15 entry fee per sailor + money for food.

NOR - Here!

Schedule 

Saturday, April 27 2024
0730 Meet at Sehome Haggens
0740 On the road - Leaving a little early because Oak Harbor is closing a road or something like that.
0900 Report Time
0930 Registration
1000 Skippers Meeting
1100  First warning; sailing will continue throughout the day.

Sunday, April 28, 2024
0730 Meet at Sehome Haggens
0740 On the road
0900  Report Time
1000 First Warning
1530 No Starts After
1600 Awards Presentation 

We only have two Sehome pinnies, so if you still have yours from last weekend please bring it! 

Let me know if you have any questions.

Cooper 

Team Race Champs this Weekend

Hi Team,

We are once again splitting up into two teams for the weekend.

Gold Oak Harbor Team - Keagan, Cole, Katy, Tyce, Hans V, and Oz (6).

Oak Harbor Drivers - Woo 1, Vondrell 2, Resnick 3.

Coach - Scott

Gallium SSP Team - Max, Tristan, Bella, Sophia, Avery, Atticus, Errol, and Aoife (8). 

SSP Drivers - Cooper 3 (Towing single boat trailer), Tamminga 1. We need 4 more seats for sailors. Please let me know if you can drive sailors one or both days.

Coach - Cooper

More logistics will follow for the specific teams.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Cooper 

Hosting Gold Team Race this Weekend

Hi all,

We are hosting a gold (varsity) team race this weekend! Sailors going are: Axel, Cole, Hans V, Katy, Keagan, Tyce

Since this is a home event, sailors not listed above are welcome to come and watch for all or part of the day. It is the team race qualifier for district champs and we have 6 top teams attending, and we are using our new race sails with school logos on them! Lots of excitement to watch.

Schedule:

Saturday

9:00am Report time at Zuanich Point Park Youth Sailing Dock. 

We will be unloading boats at the top of the dock and setting up sails etc. in all of our boats. Registration for other teams opens at 9:30am

10:15am Competitor's Meeting

11:00am First Start

Sunday

9:00am Report time

10:00am First start

3:30 No starts after

Attached is the Notice Of Race which includes the schedule and entry fee. 

Here is our planning spreadsheet for anyone helping or interested in helping- Thank you to Karen and Meghan for helping with food. We still need a parent to run the registration table Saturday morning if possible.

Sailors should bring $20- $10 for entry fee and $10 for group sandwiches for lunch! There will be light breakfast and snacks that we are providing at this event which is included in the entry fee (food is similar to what was provided during the day at Vashon but way less people).

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Best,

Anna

Leschi Silver Team Race Quals Logistics

Hi Team,

Forecast for a good breeze Saturday and Sunday, with a chance of rain on Sunday. I expect each sailor to look at the weather forecast and bring the right gear. You should always bring your wetsuit, towel, and change of clothes!     

Sailors - Max, Tristan, Avery, Emma, and Sophia (5)

Driver - Cooper (6). We are using Anna's car. Everyone will have a seat, but space will be limited. Please limit to one bag/duffel of sailing gear and lunch (It will probably end up on your lap). 

Housing - We are driving back to Bham for Saturday night. 

Costs -  $15/Sailor. $5 for entry fee. $10 for gas money. Plus money for food if you are planning on buying at Haggens.

Lunch - Bring from home or buy at Haggens. I will bring some PB&J materials and extra snacks just in case.

Waiver - I don't have access to the waiver yet. Parents stand by.

Venue Address - 324 Lake Washington Blvd, Seattle, WA 98122

NOR - Here!

Schedule 

Saturday 20th

0700 Meet at Sehome Haggens 

0720 On the road

0900 Report Time

1000 Competitors Meeting

1030 First Warning

No end time on Saturday.

Sunday 21st

0630 Meet at Sehome Haggens 

0650 On the road

0830 Report Time

0930 First Warning

1500 No races after 

Let me know if you have any questions,

Cooper 

Team Race Qualifiers

Hi all,

As you know, team race quals are split between two locations this weekend, with Gold hosted here in Bellingham and Silver down in Leschi in Seattle. Here is who is going where:

Bellingham Gold Team Race Quals: Sehome varsity team

Keagan, Cole, Katy, Axel, Tyce, Hans V

Drivers: No carpools as this is a home event, let us know if this is an issue for anyone. 

Coach: Anna      Phone: 360-391-8681

Leschi Silver Team Race Quals: Bellingham mixed team

Max, Tristan, Avery, Emma, Sophia

Driver: Cooper (full car)

Coach: Cooper      Phone: 360-815-9941

Both events are team racing and going to be competitive. For the silver event, we are merging with Orcas to create a team of similar skill levels.

We will send out more info to each specific team as well. Sailors listed above, please respond so we know you know where you're going this weekend! 

Best,

Anna and Cooper

Whatcom Sailing Remaining Regattas

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for making it out for an awesome regatta this past weekend at Ranking Regatta #3 at Vashon Island! That was our final overnight event and our second-to-last fleet race of the season. Big thanks to all the parents who drove and organized food! 

The rest of the Regatta signups will close tonight at 8:00 pm. Please double-check all the info and update anything that has changed. 

April 20-21 Bellingham Gold TR Quals - Sehome is the only team with enough sailors to have a gold TR team. 

April 20-21 Leschi Silver TR Quals - Mixed team allowed. We can only send 8 sailors because we only have one berth. Driving back home for Saturday night.   

We will send out the logistics for the regattas this weekend once sign-ups close tonight. Apologies that we are a little behind on this one, Vashon took a lot of time and energy. 

April 27-28 Oak Harbor Gold TR Champs - Sehome only if they qualify @Bham quals the weekend of the 20th. Driving back home for Saturday night. 

April 27-28 Sail Sand Point Silver/Gallium TR Champs - Have to qualify at Leschi Silver TR the weekend of the 20th. Driving back home for Saturday night. 

May 4-5 Anacortes Fleet Race Champs - Gold and Silver fleet race regatta. Open to all sailors. We are planning on taking everyone. Driving back home for Saturday night.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Anna & Cooper

Re: Ranking Regatta #3 Vashon April 14-15

Hi all,

Looking forward to the weekend! Here is the schedule for the whole thing, broken down by the hour:

Friday, April 12th

1630 Meet at Sehome Haggens

1600 Leave Bellingham for the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal in West Seattle (~2 hour drive)

1900 Arrive at Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal. Get in line (no reservations, it's first come first serve)

1935 Ferry* to Vashon Island. $15 per car, kids are free. 20 min crossing to Vashon Island North End Ferry Terminal

1955 Arrive on Vashon Island. Drive to AYH Ranch and Campground at Southwest Cove Road, Vashon Island. Check in under Anna Morrow, Reservation #218580176**

2030 Set up tents and eat dinner

Saturday, April 13th

0800 Wake up

0830 Leave AYH Ranch for sailing venue- Dockton Park (~20 min drive)

0900 Arrive at venue and unload boats, eat light breakfast provided by host

1000 Report time. Goal is for boats to be rigged and sailors changed by this time
1030 Mandatory Competitors' Meeting
1100 First start; sailing will continue throughout the day
1700 Final start

1800 Drive back to AYH Ranch (~20 min)

1830 Regatta Dinner at AYH Ranch

Sunday, April 14th

0730 Wake up, pack up tents

0830 Leave AYH Ranch for sailing venue- Dockton Park (~20 min drive)

0900 Report time. Rig boats and change, eat light breakfast provided by host

1000 First start; sailing will continue throughout the day
1500 No race will be started after this time
1530 Results and Awards Presentation

1600 Drive to North End Ferry Terminal on Vashon (~30 min drive)

1700 Ferry* to Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal in West Seattle (~20 min sail)

1730 Drive back to Bellingham

1900-1930 Back in Bellingham at Sehome Haggens

*Please note that the ferries are first come first serve, so our sailing on a certain ferry is no guaranteed. They sail every 30-60 minutes and we are planning on arriving early enough to increase our chances of making it on the ferry we want, but there is a chance that our plans could be sped up or delayed based on the ferries.

**I have attached a PDF of the confirmation in case anyone needs it to check into the campground. We paid for everyone and will get paid back as sailors give me their $75 registration for the weekend. Again, if the cost is too much for you or your family to handle right now, let me know.

See you shortly at 4:30pm the Sehome Haggens!

Best,

Anna

On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 3:37 PM Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

Hi all,

Some updates on the regatta on Vashon Island this weekend:

Carpools: Thanks to those who responded so far and to parents who can drive. We are extremely close to having enough seats for everyone. If any parents are planning on driving their own sailors but cannot drive others, please let us know so we can take your sailor off the list of who needs rides.

We will also be bringing 6 boats (in 2 trailers, borrowing WWU's trailer) to provide enough boats for everyone going.

Camping: We will be tent camping with other teams at AYH ranch on Friday and Saturday night. The team will be staying as a group and we will book as a group once we get the confirmed numbers of sailors and parents attending. Camping is $10 per sailor per night, $20 per adult per night.

Food: The host team, Gig Harbor, is providing dinner on Saturday and breakfast Saturday and Sunday. Any parents wanting dinner should let us know so we can request additional meal tickets from the host. 

Our team will do our own group dinner Friday night and lunch both Saturday and Sunday, plus lots of snacks. Thank you to the parents helping plan group food for our team. Group food will be $15 per person for the weekend.

Cost: With group food, camping, the registration fee, and the ferry, sailors should plan to bring $75 to cover weekend costs. Please let us know if this cost is not doable for you or your sailor- we want this event to be accessible to everyone.

Please review this planning spreadsheet which includes a list of what each sailor should bring, and group food and carpool plans (in progress). Please also view the host's Notice of Race (NOR), which includes the daily schedule.

We will continue to update with logistics planning as we hear back from more sailors at practice today, and from parents on driving. It will be super fun to have all skill levels and schools in one place for the weekend!

Best,

Anna

 

On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 7:09 PM Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

Hi Everyone, 

This is a big Gold and Silver Regatta! We are planning on taking everyone who signed up. 

Drivers - Woo (3), North (4), Cooper (3), Anna (4). 14 Total. 

Team - Aoife, Atticus, August, Avery, Bella, Campbell, Cole, Emma, Errol, Finn, Frank, Hans S, Hans V, Katy, Keagan, Max, Nate, Oscar, Oz, Sofia, Tide, and Tristan. 22 total

We are planning on leaving Friday at 4:30ish due to the ferry schedule. Camping both nights with all the other teams. If you cannot leave Friday afternoon let me know. There might be time in the morning on Saturday to drive down but it would be a very early morning. 

Sailors, please reply to this email so I know you can make it. We need to know ASAP if you cannot attend because this will affect the amount of boats we bring.

Parents, please reply to this email if you can drive. We don't have enough spots yet. If you can only leave Saturday morning let me know as I know a lot of you work till 5 on Friday. 

The entry fee is $35 per sailor which includes dinner. We can get additional dinner tickets for parents who are attending but I need to know  ASAP. 

More logistics to follow shortly.

Thanks,

Cooper

Re: Ranking Regatta #3 Vashon April 14-15

Hi all,

Thank you to everyone who responded! Sounds like all carpool drivers are leaving Friday- please let us know if you are a driver (listed below) and that is not the case. We will be meeting at the Sehome Haggens at 4:30pm on Friday and driving down to Seattle to catch the ferry to Vashon Island.

Who is going: Aiofe, Atticus, August, Avery, Bella, Campbell, Cole, Emma, Errol, Finn, Frank, Hans S, Hans V, Katy, Keagan, Max, Nate, Oscar, Oz, Sofia, Tide, Tristan, Tyce (23 sailors)

Drivers*: Anna/Cooper and Parents of: Aiofe, Katy, Hans S and Finn, Frank, Nate, and Tide. Totaling 24 spots. Also driving two 3-boat trailers.

*I included parents that are planning on driving only their own sailors just to make sure I know who all is driving there and that everyone is making it. We don't have a lot of extra spaces.

Thank you to parents Karen Woo, Oksana Purpura, and Meghan Carrigan for helping plan group food!

$75 per sailor will cover regatta registration fees, campsite, and group food. Please let us know if you are unable to pay this cost and we will get a scholarship sorted.

Thank you also to the sailors who have viewed the Vashon Regatta Planning Spreadsheet and signed their name on it confirming they know what to bring and the plan for the weekend: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16qth04m0lWlBoCBtRFF19DI1TXt4lC2IgmFxsi7VnW8/edit?usp=sharing

Big, entire team regattas are lots of fun and also lots of moving parts- Let us know if you have any questions!

Best,

Anna

On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 3:37 PM Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

Hi all,

Some updates on the regatta on Vashon Island this weekend:

Carpools: Thanks to those who responded so far and to parents who can drive. We are extremely close to having enough seats for everyone. If any parents are planning on driving their own sailors but cannot drive others, please let us know so we can take your sailor off the list of who needs rides.

We will also be bringing 6 boats (in 2 trailers, borrowing WWU's trailer) to provide enough boats for everyone going.

Camping: We will be tent camping with other teams at AYH ranch on Friday and Saturday night. The team will be staying as a group and we will book as a group once we get the confirmed numbers of sailors and parents attending. Camping is $10 per sailor per night, $20 per adult per night.

Food: The host team, Gig Harbor, is providing dinner on Saturday and breakfast Saturday and Sunday. Any parents wanting dinner should let us know so we can request additional meal tickets from the host. 

Our team will do our own group dinner Friday night and lunch both Saturday and Sunday, plus lots of snacks. Thank you to the parents helping plan group food for our team. Group food will be $15 per person for the weekend.

Cost: With group food, camping, the registration fee, and the ferry, sailors should plan to bring $75 to cover weekend costs. Please let us know if this cost is not doable for you or your sailor- we want this event to be accessible to everyone.

Please review this planning spreadsheet which includes a list of what each sailor should bring, and group food and carpool plans (in progress). Please also view the host's Notice of Race (NOR), which includes the daily schedule.

We will continue to update with logistics planning as we hear back from more sailors at practice today, and from parents on driving. It will be super fun to have all skill levels and schools in one place for the weekend!

Best,

Anna

 

On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 7:09 PM Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

Hi Everyone, 

This is a big Gold and Silver Regatta! We are planning on taking everyone who signed up. 

Drivers - Woo (3), North (4), Cooper (3), Anna (4). 14 Total. 

Team - Aoife, Atticus, August, Avery, Bella, Campbell, Cole, Emma, Errol, Finn, Frank, Hans S, Hans V, Katy, Keagan, Max, Nate, Oscar, Oz, Sofia, Tide, and Tristan. 22 total

We are planning on leaving Friday at 4:30ish due to the ferry schedule. Camping both nights with all the other teams. If you cannot leave Friday afternoon let me know. There might be time in the morning on Saturday to drive down but it would be a very early morning. 

Sailors, please reply to this email so I know you can make it. We need to know ASAP if you cannot attend because this will affect the amount of boats we bring.

Parents, please reply to this email if you can drive. We don't have enough spots yet. If you can only leave Saturday morning let me know as I know a lot of you work till 5 on Friday. 

The entry fee is $35 per sailor which includes dinner. We can get additional dinner tickets for parents who are attending but I need to know  ASAP. 

More logistics to follow shortly.

Thanks,

Cooper