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International 2.4 Meter Class CanAm Series 1 Results & Wrap up

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Port Charlotte, FL – December 11, 2019
The first of five sailing events concluded today at the Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club. Twenty two boats from Canada and the United States sailed 4 races on day one, but were left ashore with no wind on day 2.
American Paralympic sailor Dee Smith held onto a one point lead over  Canadian Olympic sailor Allen Leibel.  Smith was quoted as saying “I was lucky enough to win because my mistakes were smaller than my competitors”.  American Jeffrey Linton rounded out the top three.  Full results can be found at:  https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/19912#_newsroom+results
As mentioned above, the International 2.4 meter class winters in FL and runs 5 different events from December to March.  Can Am 2 starts Friday December 13. After the new year, CanAm 3-5 run each month through March. The class welcomes newcomers with great hospitality and high quality charter boats.  If interested in joining us, please contact our class president, Tony Pocklington,  captiva_24 at yahoo.com.

Nominations Open for the 2019 Optimist Sailor of the Year!

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Thanks to McLaughlin for sponsoring this award! Optimist sailing, for so many, is where it all starts. In fact, there may be no healthier one-design class in North America than the US Optimist Class. Sail1Design is proud to salute this boat, the people involved in the class, but most importantly, the kids who get out there and sail in this great little boat. Last year’s Optimist Sailor of the Year, Tommy Sitzmann, was a great choice. Who will it be this year? It’s up to you!

2017 S1D Optimist Sailor of the Year Stephan Baker

This award, announced each January, goes to the North American Optimist sailor, who in the evaluation of our judge panel (from nominated sailors), had the best overall sailing year in 2019, start to finish.

Rules:

  1. Sailor must be from North America
  2. You MUST write in to Sail1Design to nominate this sailor. The better and more descriptive your letter, the better that sailors chances.

HOW TO NOMINATE
This is YOUR award! We require written submissions of nomination; in fact we only choose from nominated sailors, and do not suggest nor solicit specific nominations. If you’d like to nominate an Optimist sailor, please write a letter, with regatta results, to editor@sail1design.com. Please make sure we receive this letter before 15 JANUARY 2020.

WHAT YOU WIN!
the winner will get 3 great awards in addition to the honor of winning:
1. A beautiful, framed & engraved painting to keep forever.
2. What’s more, and in keeping with the philosophy of Sail1Design, the winner will have the opportunity to give “the gift of giving”, or give back to sailing, and choose, on his or her own, an “up-and-coming” Optimist sailor to receive a FREE charter of a McLaughlin Race Optimist at a major US Optimist event on McLaughlin’s schedule! Sail1Design will help work out details of when and where this great gift is made.
3. Finally, the winner will ALSO receive his or her own free charter as well!

McLaughlin just won the 2019 World Championship!!!!  Holding true to the original ideas of Elms and Shear, MBW continues as a business run by sailors for the benefit of sailors. You cannot build a successful company without good people. MBW has assembled a group of like-minded sailors who believe that if you provide the finest in customer service and the best product money can buy the rest will take care of its self. This is why MBW is the premiere partner with the United States Optimist Dinghy class organization (USODA) and supporter of the International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA).

McLaughlin’s reputation has been built upon the principles of: Customer service, Exacting quality standards and Engineering fast durable racing yachts.
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Winners
2015 – Luke Arnone

 

2019 Optimist Midwinter Championship Results

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New Orleans, LA — December 1, 2019   56 boats from around the USA met up in the Big Easy, at Southern Yacht Club over the Thanksgiving holiday for the 2019 Optimist Midwinter Championship. Congratulations to Stephen Momeier for winning the Optimist Midwinters! Top Ten:

For full results, click HERE.

Pos Sail Skipper Club Fleet Sg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Points		 Pos
1 21143 Stephen Momeier Lakewood YC Red 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 [4] 17.00 1
2 ISV 113 Tanner Krygsveld St Thomas YC Red [8] 3 4 4 5 1 2 3 22.00 2
3 21447 Gil Hackel Pensacola YC Blue 1 2 5 1 4 [10] 4 6 23.00 3
4 19032 Matias Martin Lakewood YC Red [7] 4 3 3 6 5 1 2 24.00 4
5 18311 Liam Christopher Southern YC Blue 2 5 1 [11] 1 9 6 10 34.00 5
6 20916 Owen Grainger Coral Reef YC Red 4 9 10 [19] 2 2 11 1 39.00 6
7 22740 Myles Wilson Adelaide SC Red [19] 10 12 8 9 6 7 11 63.00 7
8 22406 Charlie Allen PYC/Lakewood YC Red [34] 18 17 12 7 4 5 5 68.00 8
9 18508 Maddie Janzen Southern YC Blue Girl 10 14 [22] 7 13 8 10 8 70.00 9
10 21279 Brayden Cope Southern YC Blue 14 7 14 13 10 [15] 8 7 73.00 10

For full results, click HERE.

S1D New Team Member! PredictWind Provides Essential Tools for Competitive Sailors

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Sail1Design is thrilled to partner with PredictWind, an incredibly rich, accurate, and I feel essential tool for competitive sailors. I used PredictWind recently while coaching, and found the data to be absolutely invaluable. This is precision stuff with ease of use to boot. Welcome aboard PredictWind! Apparently, their data just got even better (see below):

PredictWind has made significant improvements to their weather models. 10 years of development has culminated in the release of the most accurate iteration of the PWG & PWE forecast model to date. This means that the PredictWind models now give you more forecast confidence than ever before, making your time on the water safer and more enjoyable.

I have been very impressed, and now count a trip to the PredictWind.com web site as a regular part of my pre-race prep.
Peter Isler – Two-time America’s Cup Winning Navigator

To validate the improvement, we undertook an intensive verification study using real time data from 77 weather stations around the globe. For each station 1 month of one hour interval readings were compared to the forecasts based on the new PredictWind model versus the existing model. The results of the study show on average a 12% improvement using the new PredictWind model for wind speed, and a 7% improvement in Wind Direction.

Check out the updated forecast model at forecast.predictwind.com

12 New Features of the Updated Model

Please see the technical evaluation report to learn more.

  1. Improved, more efficient model code developed over the last 10 years
  2. New radiation code
  3. 50% more vertical levels in the model
  4. Non-hydrostatic code
  5. Smaller time step of the model
  6. More accurate topographical and land-water mask data is now used
  7. Updated and more detailed land-use and soil type
  8. More sophisticated boundary-layer mixing scheme
  9. High resolution observed Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data used over water
  10. Initial analyses are now interpolated to each grid
  11. Global 50km grid forecast now used to drive the 8km domains
  12. Improved model settings for treatment of Tropical Cyclones on the 50km global grid

In addition 15 times more computing power is used to produce the forecasts with this updated model. The 1km resolution forecasts are now released 30 minutes earlier. In addition 15 times more computing power is used to produce the forecasts with this updated model. The 1km resolution forecasts are now released 30 minutes earlier.In addition 15 times more computing power is used to produce the forecasts with this updated model. The 1km resolution forecasts are now released 30 minutes earlier.

 

Nantucket Yacht Club is Hiring!

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The Nantucket Yacht Club is a private club established in 1906 on the beautiful historic island of Nantucket. Nantucket Yacht Club has a vibrant and growing adult program, and we are seeking the right leader to continue to develop our adult programming. The ideal candidate will have extraordinary competence in dinghies and small keelboats, and will be excited about coaching adults at all levels, from learning to sail up through focused racing drilling and refining racing ability. This position works at the direction of the Sailing Director, who is also intimately involved with adult instruction. For more information and to apply for this summer position, please see our job ad HERE.

Nantucket provides an ideal venue for sailing, with reliable sea breeze and both protected and open water training options. Nantucket Yacht Club includes housing and meals as part of our employment package.

Our mission is to teach sailing and seamanship in a fun, safe environment while inspiring a lifelong love for our Nantucket waters and the Corinthian spirit. NYC is also hiring for other summer positions: Head Instructor, Fun Instructor, General Instructor and Adult Instructor Positions Available!

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