Nevermore bluewater overnite race to Provincetown

Description

[[[  NOTICE: We are opening the number of registrants to invite some more experienced big-boat sailors and racers to apply.  At present, we have a number of inexperienced crew who will serve enthusiastically, but we're skewed toward non-experience.   As before, a total of 5 crew is the best number for the overnight race and sleeping in P'town.  (changed 05Jul09)  ]]]

Friday PM: Deliver Nevermore from Boston to the host Yacht Club in Marblehead, and attend skipper meeting there.  Usually a sandwich grill and bar are very active at the YC. 

Friday eve: Overnight race from Marblehead to Provincetown 6PM Friday until usually before dawn Saturday.

Saturday: Sleep in awhile, then either hit the shore at P'town mid to late morning, or take a daysail (the preferred activity) out to some whales if wind & weather are nice.

Saturday early evening go to race committee's P'town dinner tent with music, and pick up our trophy.  We must pre-pay for the dinners (by 9 Jul).  The cash bar, the dinner, the ceremony, and the band are all thru just before final nightfall.  Walk around P'town and seemingly always hit an ice cream emporium, or ... ...

Sunday: Decide on breakfast aboard or ashore, and sail back to Boston, with a possible detour to some whales (who may be asleep, of course...)   Note that there's ANOTHER trip scheduled for this return to Boston, that starts at 10:00 AM.  This trip will be a crew manifest for this leg of the race weekend, since some personnel will change.

Expenses of race entry fee and P'town mooring are shared among all crew ($100 race registration + $90 2 nites P'town moorings) to be shared, so figure $30- $35 each for 5-6 crew, plus $28 per person for the optional Saturday dinner.

We request from each applicant a short sailing resume to help us get a mix of experience among the crew, so that we have enough sailing, and Nevermore, experience aboard for a safe sail.   Prior familization with Nevermore is important, but sailors with various degrees of experience will be accommodated.  This resume need not be more than a few sentences, and some items and thoughts of what may be helpful are available at URL  http://home.att.net/~t-e.spettel/Aleida_racecrew_resume.txt   .  Note that this list was dreamed up for racing on MIT's prior near-offshore cruising sailboat.   Try to email it to   t-e.spettel AT att DOT net   by Wednesday, 08Jul. 

And make sure your "sailing card" database experience entries are up-to-date, by picking up your sailing card and getting the staff to update your ratings.,   Or email these to the  "t-e.spettel"  email address above, also by Wednesday, 08Jul.

There is a separate Bluewater Event scheduled for Friday afternoon 17 July to deliver the boat from Boston to Marblehead.  Racing crew should sign up for it too, if they can make this sail.

Depending on how much racing crew can't make this Friday delivery trip, there MAY be room for some recreational cruisers.  However, we will be slanting some of the trip toward tuning up our intrepid racers' skills, so non-racers may not get to sail, etc., as much as usual.  Daytrippers can return to Boston from Marblehead by bus and Blueline or bus alone. 

Crew can also jump ship in P'town on Saturday and take the ferry back to Boston, assuming some crew do NOT want to go to the race party and awards.   These folks need NOT sign up for the Sunday part of the 3-day race event.   We plan to accommodate some daytrippers for Sunday's return trip, depending on how many racers jump ship.   The return-to-Boston "event" is scheduled to start 10:00 AM Sunday.

A practice sail will be held Friday evening, 10 July, 17:30 - 22:00,  We want  to have the crew chosen by this time, to be ready for some team-building.    (!!NOTE that this 10 July date is a CORRECTION from the original "20 July" typo!!)

 Feel free to email   t-e.spettel AT att DOT net   with any questions.

Organizers

Questions about this event should be directed to the organizer(s): Thomas Spettel