Whatcom Sailing Regatta Signups Closing @10PM

Hi Everyone,

Please review the Regatta signup and make sure all information is correct for these two upcoming events:

Combined Division @SSP April 6th and 7th. Notice of Race.  

We will be sending only 6 sailors based off of finishes at Ranking Regattas 1 and 2, but sailors are not limited by school.

Ranking Regatta #3 @Vashon April 13th and 14th. Notice of Race. 

This Regatta has both gold and silver so we are planning on taking as many sailors as possible. We will be leaving Friday afternoon and camping for both Friday and Saturday night. Parents, if you are available to drive and spend the weekend, we need more drivers. $35 registration fee for the Regatta includes a light breakfast Sat/Sun and a dinner Saturday night. Other costs will include ferry, lunches, and camping. This is a big Regatta at a new venue so please read through the NOR. 

Signups for both of these events close tonight at 10pm. Let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Cooper

Re: Orcas Clinic- Meet at 6am tomorrow

Hi everyone,

Thank you all for your responses on tents! 

It sounds like we now have more than enough tents for everyone- awesome. 

The campsite states that only two tents are allowed per site, and we have two sites booked aka 4 tents- not as awesome; we are limited. 

In this case, we have enough spaces and are fitting into the rules if these 6 people bring the 5 tents listed below and on the spreadsheet:

Tyce 5+ person Alex 2 person Megan 3 person Anna 1 person Sophia 4 person

This allows us enough space in a few larger tents to stay within the rules of the campsite (plus one emergency/extra tent). I know a lot of sailors were planning to bring their own smaller tents. If you want to bring those in case they let us set up extra, that's fine (I even included it as an option on the spreadsheet), but I'd like us to have the ability to fit within the 4 tents rule if needed.

Thanks again and please let me know if you have any other questions!

See you tomorrow at the Sehome Hill Haggens at 6am.

Best,

Anna

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 1:22 PM Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

Hi everyone,

Here is the updated plan for this weekend! 

Orcas Team (9 sailors) - Bella, Hans V, August, Tyce, Avery, Atticus, Oz, Sofia, Errol

Drivers/chaperones (3) - Alex (Hans V's parent), Megan (Errol's parent), Coach Anna 

We are meeting tomorrow morning at 0600 at Sehome Hill Haggens, and getting on the road quickly as we have to catch the ferry in Anacortes. We are all set with ferry reservations there and back, so will be on the 5:15 ferry headed home on Sunday night, making it into Bellingham around 7:30pm Sunday. 

We are all set for this weekend on camping items EXCEPT TENTS! If anyone has a tent they could lend to the cause for this weekend, please email me asap. Many thanks to chaperones and drivers for this weekend Alex (Hans V) and Megan (Errol) for helping plan group food! See the planning spreadsheet attached for what food we are bringing. 

Sailors should bring:

• Sailing gear
  
• Warm clothes
  
• Sleeping bag and sleeping pad (reach out if you need one)
  
• Bailer
  
• Set of their own utensils and plastic bowl/plate
• Notebook and pen/pencil for taking notes during chalk talk
• Toiletries, towel, and quarters for coin operated shower
• $40- to cover campsite, ferry, and group food costs

Schedule:

Saturday, Mar 23, 2024

  0600 Meet at Sehome Haggens

0700 Arrive at Anacortes ferry terminal

0740 Ferry to Orcas

0830 Report Time

0900 Chalk talk

1000 On the water for drills and practice racing

1200 Lunch with chalk talk

1300 Scrimmage races begin

1600 Derig and debrief in small groups

1630 Closing for the day and dismissal

1700 Dinner with other teams at Orcas Island Yacht Club

1800 Set up camp at West Beach Resort

1900 Campfire, sunset @ 1930

Sunday, Mar 24, 2024

0800 Wake up / Breakfast / Pack up camp gear

0900 Report time. Review yesterday's racing and chalk talk

1100 Rig and back on the water for practice regatta

1530 Off the water to debrief and closing thoughts

1600 Head to ferry

1715 Ferry to Anacortes

1805 Arrive in Anacortes

1915 Arrive at Sehome Haggens in Bellingham

Please let me know if you have any questions. See you all tomorrow morning!

Best,

Anna

Cell: 360-391-8681

Orcas Clinic- Meet at 6am tomorrow

Hi everyone,

Here is the updated plan for this weekend! 

Orcas Team (9 sailors) - Bella, Hans V, August, Tyce, Avery, Atticus, Oz, Sofia, Errol

Drivers/chaperones (3) - Alex (Hans V's parent), Megan (Errol's parent), Coach Anna 

We are meeting tomorrow morning at 0600 at Sehome Hill Haggens, and getting on the road quickly as we have to catch the ferry in Anacortes. We are all set with ferry reservations there and back, so will be on the 5:15 ferry headed home on Sunday night, making it into Bellingham around 7:30pm Sunday. 

We are all set for this weekend on camping items EXCEPT TENTS! If anyone has a tent they could lend to the cause for this weekend, please email me asap. Many thanks to chaperones and drivers for this weekend Alex (Hans V) and Megan (Errol) for helping plan group food! See the planning spreadsheet attached for what food we are bringing. 

Sailors should bring:

• Sailing gear
  
• Warm clothes
  
• Sleeping bag and sleeping pad (reach out if you need one)
  
• Bailer
  
• Set of their own utensils and plastic bowl/plate
• Notebook and pen/pencil for taking notes during chalk talk
• Toiletries, towel, and quarters for coin operated shower
• $40- to cover campsite, ferry, and group food costs

Schedule:

Saturday, Mar 23, 2024

  0600 Meet at Sehome Haggens

0700 Arrive at Anacortes ferry terminal

0740 Ferry to Orcas

0830 Report Time

0900 Chalk talk

1000 On the water for drills and practice racing

1200 Lunch with chalk talk

1300 Scrimmage races begin

1600 Derig and debrief in small groups

1630 Closing for the day and dismissal

1700 Dinner with other teams at Orcas Island Yacht Club

1800 Set up camp at West Beach Resort

1900 Campfire, sunset @ 1930

Sunday, Mar 24, 2024

0800 Wake up / Breakfast / Pack up camp gear

0900 Report time. Review yesterday's racing and chalk talk

1100 Rig and back on the water for practice regatta

1530 Off the water to debrief and closing thoughts

1600 Head to ferry

1715 Ferry to Anacortes

1805 Arrive in Anacortes

1915 Arrive at Sehome Haggens in Bellingham

Please let me know if you have any questions. See you all tomorrow morning!

Best,

Anna

Cell: 360-391-8681

Re: Olympia Gold TR Clinic Updates

Hi Everyone,

Here is the updated schedule.

Olympia Team - Keagan, Cole, Max, Tristan, Katy, Oscar

Drivers - Karen (2), Cooper (4)

Regatta Venue - Olympia Yacht Club, 201 Simmons St NW, Olympia, WA 98501

Schedule - Saturday, Mar 23, 2024

0600 Meet at Sehome Haggens

0615 On the road

0900 Report Time. Registration (Olympia Yacht Club, 201 Simmons St NW, Olympia, WA 98501)

Check-in and boat rigging

1030 Mandatory Competitors Meeting

1130  Breakout into smaller groups/sessions
             1230  Transition to Water, may take a break - may stay on water until end time
             1600  End, brief-debrief with sailors

               

Sunday, Mar 24, 2024

0800  Wake up / Pack

0900 Rig / Change

0930 Breakfast at OYC, eat during discussion / Sat debrief

1000  Discussion, debrief videos
             1100  Transition to water / eat lunch snacks
             1430  Off water
             1445  Coaches convene to prep for debrief with sailors
             1500  Debrief with sailors
             1600  Approximate end time

                           Sailors should contact parents on the drive home the ETA to Sehome Haggen for pickup

Costs - $30 entry fee, plus money to buy two lunches and dinner. Breakfast Sunday comes with your entry fee.

 It's going to be mid 50s, cloudy, with a chance of rain so bring all of your gear. Also bring a sleeping bag and pad as we are camping inside. 

Let me know if you have any questions,

Cooper

On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 2:42 PM Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

Hi Team,

Olympia Team - Keagan, Cole, Max, Tristan, Katy, Oscar

Schedule -  Two options

• Leave Friday 5 pm. Get to our housing around 8pm.
• Leave Saturday morning at 6:15am to make the 9am report time. 

I always think it's a great idea to leave the night before and get good rest for the sailors. I understand that this is late notice for leaving Friday so I want to hear if that works from each family. 

Thanks,

Cooper 

Olympia Gold TR Clinic Updates

Hi Team,

Olympia Team - Keagan, Cole, Max, Tristan, Katy, Oscar

Schedule -  Two options

• Leave Friday 5 pm. Get to our housing around 8pm.
• Leave Saturday morning at 6:15am to make the 9am report time. 

I always think it's a great idea to leave the night before and get good rest for the sailors. I understand that this is late notice for leaving Friday so I want to hear if that works from each family. 

Thanks,

Cooper 

Re: Orcas Silver Team Race

Good morning everyone,

Thank you for your responses! We will be going down SATURDAY morning, meeting at Sehome Hill Haggens at 6:00am on Saturday and taking the 7:40am ferry from Anacortes to Orcas. 

Addresses/ Travel times:

The Anacortes Ferry Terminal is about 1 hour from Bellingham, located at Ferry Terminal Road, Anacortes, WA.

We will be sailing at Orcas Yacht Club in Deer Harbor, located at 876 Deer Harbor Rd, Eastsound, WA. It's about 10 minutes from the ferry terminal and the host knows we will be getting on island right at 8:30. 

We are planning to camp at West Beach Resort, located at 190 Waterfront Way, Eastsound, WA. It's about 10 minutes from the Yacht Club and 15 minutes from the ferry terminal.

Ferries:

If drivers could please reserve spots for the 7:40am ferry on Saturday 23rd at

https://wsdot.com/ferries/schedule/scheduledetailbyroute.aspx?route=ana-sj-sid

that will help ensure we get the ferry on the way there! You have to get there 30 min before the scheduled sailing, which is why we are aiming to get there by 7:00am.

We will hopefully be taking the 5:15pm ferry back to Anacortes on Sunday, but reservations on the way home are unavailable. Reservations for the milk run (the last ferry that goes to all of the islands) are available if drivers want to reserve a spot on the 10:05pm ferry back to Anacortes on Sunday. That way, we will be sure we make it back on that ferry at the latest, although it is likely we will get on an earlier ferry. If we do end up having to wait to take a later ferry, the ferry terminal at Orcas has cell service, bathrooms, and some stores.

Camping:

We do not have to bring boats to this event (thanks to Orcas for providing them all!) but we do have to bring camping gear. If anyone can bring tents let me know. Sailors, please plan to bring a sleeping bag and sleeping pad at least, and possibly a tent if you have one. If anyone does not have a sleeping bag or sleeping pad, please reach out.

There are showers and a firepit at the campsite. The regatta host has said we can hang up sailing gear to dry at the yacht club overnight on Saturday. We are planning to bring group food- if any parents are interested in helping organize food for this let me know!

I'll be in touch with more details as I hear back about tents and group food, and will be updating it in this planning spreadsheet. Please take a look if you are interested.

Let me know if you have any questions! 

Best,

Anna

On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 at 22:06, Whatcom Sailing Coaches <coaches@whatcomsailing.com> wrote:

Hi all,

Sorry for a delay in getting this information out. It was unclear until today how many sailors we could send to each event this weekend. It is also finals week for WWU. 

As you have heard, we are splitting up into two teams this weekend for team racing. We are sending 6 sailors with Cooper to Olympia for the gold team race clinic, and 11 sailors with Anna to Orcas for a silver team race clinic. There is no gallium (c-team) option for this weekend.

Orcas Team - Bella, Hans V, August, Tyce, Avery, Finn, Atticus, Oz, Hans S, Sofia, Errol

Drivers- Errol's parent (4), Hans V's parent (3), and Anna (4). We technically have enough seats, but with camping gear, sleeping bags, and sailing gear, it would be nice to have a fourth driver. If any parents are able, let me know.

Costs - Please send $40 with your sailor. This will cover the campsite fee ($10), gas and ferry ($10), and group food ($20). 

We are working out if we should leave Friday night or Saturday morning. Both options are listed below in italics. Please respond with your availability if possible!

 

Option 1 - Friday, Mar 22, 2024

1730 Meet at Sehome Haggens- eat dinner before or on the way

1830 Arrive at Anacortes ferry terminal

1910 Ferry to Orcas

2000 Arrive on Orcas

2030 Set up camp

Saturday, Mar 23, 2024

Option 2 0600 Meet at Sehome Haggens

0700 Arrive at Anacortes ferry terminal

0740 Ferry to Orcas

0830 Report Time

0900 Chalk talk

1000 On the water for drills and practice racing

1200 Lunch with chalk talk 

1300 Scrimmage races begin

1600 Derig and debrief in small groups

1630 Closing for the day and dismissal

1700 Set up camp (location TBD)

1800 Dinner and campfire!

Sunday, Mar 24, 2024

0800 Wake up / Breakfast / Pack up camp gear

0900 Report time. Review yesterday's racing and chalk talk

1100 Rig and back on the water for practice regatta

1530 Off the water to debrief and closing thoughts

1630 Head to ferry

1715 Ferry to Anacortes

1805 Arrive in Anacortes

1915 Arrive at Sehome Haggens in Bellingham

Please let me know your thoughts!

Best,

Anna 

Orcas Silver Team Race

Hi all,

Sorry for a delay in getting this information out. It was unclear until today how many sailors we could send to each event this weekend. It is also finals week for WWU. 

As you have heard, we are splitting up into two teams this weekend for team racing. We are sending 6 sailors with Cooper to Olympia for the gold team race clinic, and 11 sailors with Anna to Orcas for a silver team race clinic. There is no gallium (c-team) option for this weekend.

Orcas Team - Bella, Hans V, August, Tyce, Avery, Finn, Atticus, Oz, Hans S, Sofia, Errol

Drivers- Errol's parent (4), Hans V's parent (3), and Anna (4). We technically have enough seats, but with camping gear, sleeping bags, and sailing gear, it would be nice to have a fourth driver. If any parents are able, let me know.

Costs - Please send $40 with your sailor. This will cover the campsite fee ($10), gas and ferry ($10), and group food ($20). 

We are working out if we should leave Friday night or Saturday morning. Both options are listed below in italics. Please respond with your availability if possible!

 

Option 1 - Friday, Mar 22, 2024

1730 Meet at Sehome Haggens- eat dinner before or on the way

1830 Arrive at Anacortes ferry terminal

1910 Ferry to Orcas

2000 Arrive on Orcas

2030 Set up camp

Saturday, Mar 23, 2024

Option 2 0600 Meet at Sehome Haggens

0700 Arrive at Anacortes ferry terminal

0740 Ferry to Orcas

0830 Report Time

0900 Chalk talk

1000 On the water for drills and practice racing

1200 Lunch with chalk talk 

1300 Scrimmage races begin

1600 Derig and debrief in small groups

1630 Closing for the day and dismissal

1700 Set up camp (location TBD)

1800 Dinner and campfire!

Sunday, Mar 24, 2024

0800 Wake up / Breakfast / Pack up camp gear

0900 Report time. Review yesterday's racing and chalk talk

1100 Rig and back on the water for practice regatta

1530 Off the water to debrief and closing thoughts

1630 Head to ferry

1715 Ferry to Anacortes

1805 Arrive in Anacortes

1915 Arrive at Sehome Haggens in Bellingham

Please let me know your thoughts!

Best,

Anna 

Olympia Gold Team Race

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for a delay in getting this information out. It was unclear to us on how many births we were getting at this event. Also it is finals week. 

Olympia Team - Keagan, Cole, Max, Tristan, Katy, Oscar

Drivers - Karen (2), and Cooper (4).

Costs - Registration Fee is $30, comes with a breakfast at the venue. Also bring money for lunches/dinner. I'll send more updated costs soon. 

Schedule - Dependent on if the housing provided is Saturday only or Friday and Saturday night. I'll keep everyone updated. We might leave Friday afternoon or early Saturday. 

Housing - Sleeping on someone's floor. Bring sleeping bags and pads. Let me know if you do not have access to these items. 

NOR - Here! 

I'll send a follow up email with more details as they come in.

Thanks,

Cooper

Ranking Regatta #2 Updated Logistics PLEASE READ

Hi Everyone,

A sailor's family from Bainbridge has offered us a guest house to stay in, so we are no longer camping! Everyone should still bring a sleeping bag and pad. Let me know if you don't have access to these items and we can find you one.

Team - Avery, Axel, Bella, Emma, Katy, Max, Oscar, Oz, and Tristan (9).

Drivers - Barry (3), Karen (2), and Cooper (4).

Costs - Please send $50 with your sailor. This will cover the entry fee, group food, and ferry fare.

Schedule - Saturday, Mar 16, 2024

0600 Meet at Sehome Haggens

0615 On the road

0855 Seattle to Bainbridge Ferry (801 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98104)

0930 Report Time. Registration (301 Shannon Dr SE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110)

Check-in and boat rigging

1015 Mandatory Competitors Meeting

1100 First Warning: Racing will continue throughout the day.

Eat during boat rotation – no lunch break.    

               

Sunday, Mar 17, 2024

0800 Wake up / Breakfast / Pack

0930 Report Time

1030 First Warning: Racing will continue throughout the day.

Eat during boat rotation – no lunch break.

1500 No warning signal after this time. 

1530 Results & Awards Presentation, then Leave

                           Sailors should contact parents on the drive home the ETA to Sehome Haggen for pickup 

Each sailor please respond to this email so I know you have all the updated info!

Let me know if you have any questions.

Cooper 

Ranking Regatta #2 Logistics

Hi Everyone,

Team - Avery, Axel, Bella, Emma, Katy, Max, Oscar, Oz, and Tristan (9).

Drivers - Moore (3), Cooper (3). We need at least one more driver! If anyone else can drive, let me know. 

Regatta Venue - 301 Shannon Dr SE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

Housing Saturday Only - Camping at Fay Bainbridge Park (15446 Sunrise Drive NE). Sites 30 and 31

Schedule - Saturday, Mar 16, 2024

0600 Meet at Sehome Haggens

0615 On the road

0855 Seattle to Bainbridge Ferry (801 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98104)

0930 Report Time. Registration (301 Shannon Dr SE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110)

Check-in and boat rigging

1015 Mandatory Competitors Meeting

1100 First Warning: Racing will continue throughout the day.

Eat during boat rotation – no lunch break.    

               

Sunday, Mar 17, 2024

0800 Wake up / Breakfast / Pack

0930 Report Time

1030 First Warning: Racing will continue throughout the day.

Eat during boat rotation – no lunch break.

1500 No warning signal after this time. 

1530 Results & Awards Presentation, then Leave

                           Sailors should contact parents on the drive home the ETA to Sehome Haggen for pickup

Notice of Race - Here.

Entry Fee - $10 per sailor. I will collect this from each sailor on Saturday morning. 

Camping/Food - Ranking Regatta #2 Food and Gear Google Sheet to help us plan. We are going to be doing group food, with everyone chipping in money to cover costs. If you have an idea for a meal, please list it on the sheet.  Also, we will need 3 to 4 tents to house everyone. Please list if you can bring a tent.   

Coach - Cooper 360.815.9941 

I'm excited for the regatta this weekend! The forecast is sunny in the mid-60s on both days, but please still bring all of your sailing gear (Including Wetsuits).

Let me know if you have any questions,

Cooper