Saylorville regatta August 18-20

Hope to see you at our Saylorville Regatta this weekend!

Hobie Fleet 84 Meeting

 

It was great to see many faces show up to the fleet 84 meeting at Boston's!  We got a lot accomplished and are looking forward to a great summer.  We really need to promote the fleet and increase membership this year. 

 

Jim Sohn has a booth at the sports show this Wednesday through Sunday.  (Feb. 15-19)  He first asked us if we would like to set up a spot to promote our group at his booth.  After further inquiry, we now have a booth of our own!  It is a 10 by 10 spot.  Todd and I are quicky coming up with some props and information.  Ryan is creating a brochure for a sailing seminar for new sailors on June 4th and/or June 18th.  Roger is putting together a CD with sailing pictures.  We think this is a great opportunity to really promote our sport!  We are calling on all members to show up and help out - talking to people and answering questions.  Here is a schedule of who has signed up and times.   If you want to show up please call Jim Sohn, who will be at the entire show, for an exhibitor badge.

 

Thursday the show runs from 2-9 : Ryan - 5:30-9:00

Friday open from 2-9: Jamie - 2-9

Saturday open from 10-9: Kelly 10-12, Ryan 10-5, Roger 5-9, John 12-5, Todd or Angie - throughout the day

Sunday open from noon to 5: Steve 12-2, Roger 2-5 

 

We voted to buy three bouys, one being donated by the Hobie 20 nationals fund.  We also are going to try having Thursday night fleet races beginning June 1st.  We will tell you more about this later!  The regatta was discussed and I will get back to you with more next month.  If you can help out, we'd love to see you at the show!

 

Angie

Blue Balls - Oct 2nd

It's Already the End of the Season!

 

The Hobie 18 & 20 Nationals was a super success in Clear Lake!  It was really neat to see first hand (through my husband) what really goes into a week long national sailing regatta.  I am very proud of all the hard work he and many others put into it.  If you can ever attend or help out with a national event it is a great experience. 

 

Blue balls is right around the corner!  Sunday, October 2nd is set for the fun race to the dam and back.  Meet us at the upper ramp at Cherry Glen around 1:00 or so.  Bring some food or Chilli to eat!  We will hang out and sail. 

 

Ryan Richardson has several Knoxville high school students who are interested in trying sailing.  Could we give them a taste of Hobie 16 sailing at the Oct. 2nd Blue Balls event?  If you would give a student a ride or like to have one for crew please call him! Ryan Richardson 641-820-0502

 

 

Hope to see you at Saylorville! - Angie Wilson

 

 

North American Championship Sailing Event - Clear Lake, IA

North American Championship Sailing Event - Clear Lake, IA

On Sunday, September 11th, 2005, more than 100 National caliber Catamaran Sailors will converge on Clear Lake, Iowa for the 2005 Hobie 18 and 20 North American Championship Event. Hosts for this event are Hobie Division 7 (Midwest Division) and Hobie Fleet 10 of Clear Lake.

Sailors are expected to travel from as far as Florida, California, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Canada and Mexico.  This is an end-of-the season championship event that many sailors have been preparing for since this time last year.  Sailors will launch from the State Park Beach on Monday morning, September 12.  Racing will occur on Monday thru Friday, with an Awards Banquet on Friday night.  Sailors will be racing every day on Clear Lake

The highly competitive Hobie 20 fleet is expecting Five time National Hobie 20 Champion Phil Collins from Oklahoma, John Tomko of Texas - current Hobie Tiger National Champion, and many other nationally ranked rock stars in the sailing community.  The registration list reads like a who's who of the sailing world.

The Hobie 18 Fleet is also load with talent. Local favorite Jim Sohn of Des Moines and his Internationally ranked crew - Kristin King of Vadnais Heights, MN are expected to place high in the event.

For a complete Registration List - see http://www.fleet10.com/1820NAHCeventSite/Participants.php

About the Boats:  Hobie 18 and Hobie 20 sailboats are One Design Catamaran Sailboats. For more information about the boats: http://www.hobiecat.com/sailing/index.html

For More Information please refer to the following links:

http://www.fleet10.com/H20_18NOR.doc

For Spectator Boat information - contact Tim Olson - 515/480-4088 or reply to this message via e-mail.

Event Chairman:  Todd Wilson - todd@fleet10.com or 641-691-0203

Division 7 Chair - Chris Wessels: chris@fleet10.com or 641-425-8720.  For the Division Schedule and other information - http://www.hobiecatdivision7.org

Come watch this colorful event - a spectacular display of athleticism, skill, mental acuity and finess - fueled by nothing more than... wind.  Attached - find photos of the boats that will be competing.

 

Schedule of events:

EVENT REGISTRATION AND WEIGH-IN

Friday, Sep. 9, 2005: Clear Lake State Park Lodge, 1:00-500 PM
Saturday, Sep. 10, 2005: Clear Lake State Park Lodge, morning (as needed), and evening (after Regatta racing ends)
Sunday, Sep 11, 2005: Clear Lake State Park Lodge, 1:00 - 6:00 PM
Monday, Sep. 12, 2005: Clear Lake State Park Lodge, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
(Registration and weigh in strongly encouraged prior to Monday morning. There will be no redress for a dsq due to late registrations.)

SOCIAL EVENTS AND DINNERS

Sunday Night: Welcome Party at the State Park Lodge
Appetizers, Drinks, Cock-Tails, and Directions to local restaurants and hotels.

Monday Night: Formal Dinner at the World Famous "DOCK'S Restaurant"
Iowa Pork Producers as our daily Sponsor
Serving: Smoked Iowa Chop
Side Dish
Salad with Maytag Blue Cheese

Tuesday Night: Dinner on your Own
May we suggest: "The Other Place"
200 Highway 18 W. Clear Lake, Iowa 50428
The Party Area will be reserved for Hobie Sailors.

 

Wednesday Night: Beach Barbeque with Evening Cruise on the "Lady of the Lake" Paddle Boat (conditions permitting). Serving: Fresh Ground Black Angus Iowa Burgers Bush's Baked Beans - Iowa Style Home Made Ice Cream

Thursday Night: Dinner on your Own
May we suggest: "The DOCKS" Deck with it's beautiful view of the lake. You can even sail to it!
475 North Shore Drive, Clear Lake
One Cent Miller Light night (one per person).

 

Friday Night: Awards Banquet at PM Park
Iowa Beef Producers as our daily sponsor
Serving: Iowa Black Angus Beef Tenderloin
Various Home-Made Casseroles
Vegetable Salad
Fresh Amish Bread

 

 

FW: Saylorville Regatta Information

Hello Everyone!
Here is some Regatta news and an update.
Christina Bradshaw and her family are moving to Kansas City and she is
resigning as Treasurer.  She has done a wonderful job over the years and
we will all miss her as a fleet officer and an awsome crew!  

Marilyn Hart has stepped up to take her place as treasurer.    She is
already doing the food for the regatta and is now taking on the
registration.    She would like to have some help for registration on
Friday night and Saturday morning.  She also needs some people to
provide an egg dish for Saturday or Sunday mornings.  If you could bring
one give her a call.

Beach cleanup is Tuesday August 16th at the Cherry Glen upper ramp.  I
am not sure how much needs to be done.  We may need some weed wackers,
rakes, and shovels.  Please show up if you can! 

We would like fleet 84 members to bring goodies for the Friday night
registration.  Anything would be great.  Just bring them to the Cherry
Glen upper boat ramp Friday night.

We are hoping for a great turn out for the Youth Regatta on Friday, Aug.
18th.  This will be held at the Big Creek beach area/boat access area. 
Call Jim Sohn if you have any questions at 554-0680.  It will be a fun
event welcome to kids of all abilities.  Hobie waves will be provided. 
This is a great event to get our kids excited about sailing!  Lunch will
be provided for the kids.

Kim has reserved a very large campsite loop at Prairie Flower campground
at for the regatta. If you are camping please plan on staying at this
reserved “Hobie” loop.

I hope to see everyone at the Saylorville Regatta on August 20th and
21st!  Let's pray for wind!!!!
Angie Wilson
 
 

Fleet 84 Saylorville Ice Breaker

We're officially into sailing season!  We kicked off the spring with our first event on Sunday.  We had five boats race to the dam and back.  The wind was great and it was a bit chilly!  Just right for the first time out and surprisingly everyone stayed dry.  We ended the race with some great chilli and sailing talk!  Here are the race results:

 

1st - Jaime Mauk & Jill Bassman on an 18,

2nd - Ryan Richardson & Don Vaske on a 16,

3rd - Roger Taha sailing solo on his 16,

4th - Todd Wilson on his 14,

5th - Eric Foresman & Allen Foresman on a 16. 

 

Others member that showed up were: Kelly and Marilyn Hart with some great white bean chilli, Jim Sohn - late and with NO boat, I guess he had some good excuse, and Danielle and Sari Taha.  Reagan and I were there too, providing chilli, chips and moral support!

 

We hope to see you all this weekend at the Ice Breaker in Clear Lake or later this summer.  Remember to sign up to become an HCA member!

 

See Ya!  Angie Wilson

Best seat in the house!

Paul and Erin approach the finish line in style at the 2003 Saylorville Regatta.

Where do you sit?

What do you say when your neighbor looks at your Hobie Cat in the yard and asks, “Where do you sit?”

This photo probably raises more questions than it answers.

 

Tell tales

It must take some strong wind to get these tell tales flowing.

Ready to Sail

Here are some Hobie Cats just waiting to be unleashed.

 

First Fleet 84 meeting

Hobie Friends,
Well, we officially had our 1st fleet meeting of the year. Everyone seems to be excited about sailing and ready to go! We discussed the schedule and added 3 fun races to it. We also talked about the Regatta in August. It looks like we will have Saturday's main meal and maybe brunch catered. If anyone has any great ideas let me know! It looks like we will plan on up to 175
people.

I need to ask all of you to send in your fleet dues if you already haven't.

It is really important this year to register with HCA. You must be a member to participate in the points regatta's in Division 7. We also need you to register to get our regatta insurance. Once you register you will get a membership number. Please email this to me. I will have to send a list of our registered members to HCA for insurance purposes. HCA's website is www.nahca.org.

Please add these dates to your regatta schedule:
May 15th - Saylorville Ice Breaker - 1:00 fun race to the dam and back!
Bring chilli and snacks!

July 10th - Fun Sail at Big Creek - meet around 12:00 & bring a picnic
lunch to the boat ramp/marina area.

Oct. 2nd - Blue Balls - 1:00 fun sail to the dam and back at Saylorville -
Bring Chilli!

Email me back if you need the division 7 race schedule or you can go to fleet84.com or division7.org.

See you on May 15th!!!!!!!!!!!!
Angie Wilson
Commodore@fleet84.com

Hold On

Here’s another photo from our Saylorville Regatta.

This shot was taken from the committee boat as this Hobie 20 team was approaching the finish line.

If you like to get up close to the action, but not “in” the action, volunteer to help on the committee boat. Hold signal flags, count down with the timer, or write down sail numbers as the boats finish. And don’t forget to snap a few pictures in between.

Flying a Hull

Here are some sailors coming in for a landing at the Saylorville regatta held last August 2004.

Fleet 84 meeting

Fleet 84 meeting was held April 14th at Wilsons.

Key notes:

Remember to renew membership to Hobie Class Association. (now required to skipper at points regattas) Also send in dues for Fleet84.

Regatta preparation has begun. This year our fleet will host the North Central Regional Championships. Contact commodore@fleet84.com to volunteer.

Hobie 20 & 18 Continental Championships will be held at Clear lake this year. Let us know if you want to crew. WantToCrew@fleet84.com

Fleet fun race dates were set. Check www.fleet84.com for latest sailing schedule.

Have a Hobie Day

Have a Hobie Day!!

 

Ice Breaker & Fun Sail events

Fleet 84's Ice Breaker will be held May 15. Plan to arrive and be set up on the beach by 1 pm.
Saylorville Lake, Cherry Glenn boat ramp.

Fleet 84 Fun Sail will be at Big Creek at 1 pm on Sunday July 10th. Meet at Marina Boat ramp. We'll have a course set up. We may grill out prior to the sail. Check back for details.