Etchells Fleet 20, Miami Florida

The Cruising Club of America has selected William (Scott) Piper III, M.D. to receive its prestigious 2008 Blue Water Medal for 12 years of adventurous cruising and voyaging in two boats, Pipe Dream VI, a J/40, and Pipe Dream IX, a 52' J/160, aboard which he has logged over 132,000 miles, for a total of 180,000 miles.... [more]

 

Notes from Fleet 20

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Annual Meeting Notice January 9th 2009	2009 Fleet 20 Etchells Dues Form
Fleet 20 December 31 2008 Newsletter	2009 Fleet 20 Etchells Associate Member Form
Fleet 20 December 2, 2008 Newsletter	2009 Fleet 20 Etchells Gift Associate Member Form

2008-9 Jaguar Cup - Winter Regatta Series
Sponsored by Alpine Jaguar of Ft. Lauderdale

The Jaguar Series Regatta dates are:
Piana Cup December 13 & 14, 2008 Results
Sid Doren Memorial January 10 & 11, 2009 Results
Florida State Champ. February 7 & 8, 2009 Results
Jaguar Mid-Winters February 27, 28 & March 1, 2009 Results  Tim Wilkes Photos

See the Etchells & how they  raced KATTACK.COM (You need to create an account.  login, download their player and view  the races. You can also View Summaries Here

For the 2008-9 Jag Cup Series, as we did last year, the Piana Cup, Sid Doren Memorial, and Florida State Championship regattas will continue to be classified as “Open” events and the Florida South Eastern Mid-Winters Regatta will again be classified as a Sanctioned (class “C”) event by the International Etchells Class. This of course will require us to weigh crew before the Mid-Winters regatta, so make your travel plans accordingly. Sails used will be limited to those declared on the measurement form, and skippers will be expected to provide the organizers with current hull measurement certificates, and sail cards at registration.

We wish you all Smooth Sailing on beautiful Biscayne Bay.

Some of you may have heard about the proposed rule about coach boats and towing, in Biscayne bay our own Doctor Steve (USA 1239) and his local knowledge has already found a solution to the problem, not only is his Coach fast, we heard that has the tow line connected to the top of the keel, avoiding detection by other racers.

Photographer: Brian Edenfield from Miami Yacht Club