Shields Fleet 9

After 3 races in Mason’s Island

1, Grace

2, Virginia

3, John Dory

4, Syrinx (Bill Berry)

5, Old Paint (John Shannahan)

6, Ultimate Pressure

7, Aeolus

8, Abigail

9, Rascal

10, Maverick 3

WOW, FLEET 9!!!

Shields Fleet 9,

We’re happy to have dodged a bullet with Hurricane Earl and glad we were able to offer some peace of mind in preparation for what could have been a severe situation. That being said, we have a few stragglers left in the Department of Environmental Management’s parking lot. The discounted use of the hoists and park storage expired Monday, September 6, and we need the lot cleared before the end of the day tomorrow. All boat and trailers who remained beyond the sixth currently owe transient storage for the period to date. Any trailers that remain beyond the end of the day tomorrow will be ticketed, towed and impounded off-site by the environmental police. Please be sure to make the necessary arrangements to have your boats and trailers moved in a timely fashion. Thanks in advance for your attention to this.

Best Regards,
Sail Newport Staff

The George Winslow Memorial Regatta is less than two weeks away.  Three
races with spinnakers on Saturday, 31 July, beginning at noon.  BBQ with
awards ceremony after racing at the Navy marina.  The regatta fee is
part of your Fleet 9 racing fees, so you don’t have to worry about it.
Registration and crew waivers can be done electronically at:

https://sites.google.com/site/chnycorg/wednesdays/regattas/winslow

Individuals submitting registration and crew waivers by 29 July will
have their names on the access list for the base on Saturday to attend
the social after racing.  You can register as late as 0900 on race day.
If you have to, print out the crew waiver and give it to the mark boat
on the course.

Hope to see you there.

Ron Oard
Icea #15

Coastal Living Newport Regatta, July 9-11 — Coming next week!

Volunteers needed for RC and shore duties.  Register if you haven’t already, go sailing!

sailnewport.org

Fellow Shields Sailors,

I would like to welcome you on behalf of Shields Fleet 19 and Mason’s Island Yacht Club to the 2010 Shields National Championship Regatta. We’re honored to be your host for this extraordinary event which will take place in Mystic, CT on September 22 to 25, 2010. If you haven’t had the opportunity to experience “The Nationals” this is the perfect year to find out what it’s all about. Here in Mystic the water is sparkling blue, the wind is delightful and we promise to do our utmost to keep you well fed, watered and entertained. Those of you who have attended the Shields Nationals in previous years know how exciting, fulfilling and memorable this event is. The Notice of Race and registration information have been posted on line at http://www.shieldsclass.com/2010. Now is the time to muster your crew and register your boat so that we can get this party started.

I’m looking forward to seeing you in September.

Bob Banas

Shields Fleet 19

Mystic, CT

New si and nor.

The 2010 season is officially open.  Online registration is up and running, and we’ve added an online credit card payment option as well, no excuses now…  Please head to the registration page and get things underway.  We have our opening party scheduled for Wednesday, April 28- THAT’S NEXT WEEK!!!- which means registration is due by the following week, and racing starts the week after that…

Yeah, me too… better take the cover off and see who’s been living in the boat during all this rain.

Fleet registration rates are the same, the fleet books are clean and ready for an action packed social calendar.  Please take note of some of our generous fleet sponsors with the new graphic underwriting opportunities available on the home page.

Here it is, the simple list:

1. go online and register
2. get your insurance information squared away
3. pay your fleet dues
4. come to the fleet party, April 28
5. Put your boat in the water
6. sail fast

Here is a summation of items discussed on National call:
1.) Financials: National Account Balance of 21,585.83 earning 1.5%/yr
* They generate $6K/yr approximately
* Looking for suggestions on how to spend money (currently spend on Masthead, Boat Purchases, Support for Nationals)
* In past some monies used to help with Travel expenses for Nationals

2.) Dues – They want better breakdown of payment boat by boat. Fleet 9 was noted for doing this accurately

3.) Nationals -Mystic has really got a big jump and very organized (see their website)

4.)Fleet Growth – Chicago attends their boat Show to promote Fleet and has a follow up Pizza Party

5.) Tech Committee – Self Rescue Issue rule 6 a. 1 Want to add “Portable hand pumps and other devices/Buckets may be used for self rescue” This is related to the fact that the boat will float when swamped if the tanks are properly sealed.

6.) Jib Apex measurement They want to come up with a template to determine Apex to standardize the measurement Sect 5.8.6. redefine Jib Apex

7.)National Class website has been upgraded. We should encourage all to visit the site

8.) Nationals 2011/2012 options being considered Vineyard, Oyster Bay, and the 50th Anniversary is 2014 (which Newport should try to Host in my opinion)

additional Fleet 9 Comments: regarding the boat show, maybe the fleet should consider a presence at our show, certainly a good way to expose a beautiful boat to a lot of people who may not otherwise see it. new interest in the fleet helps the used boat value and new boat orders.

as reported by Andy Segal, additional comments by Kurt Edenbach

The Shields Class Sailing Association had a Governing Board meeting on February 24, 2010 and several items of interest to the Shields community were covered. The first was the report from the National Championship Committee for the National Regatta to be held in Mystic, Connecticut on September 22-26, 2010. Plans are progressing and some of the detail is now available in the Mason’s Island Yacht Club Newsletter The Mainsheet. Check back for more details as they are posted on the web at http://www.shieldsclass.com/2010.

Shields Nationals 2010
The Governing Board unanimously approved three minor changes to the Class Rules. The Optional Equipment and Sail Measurement rules were recommended by the Technical Committee (see Measurer’s Corner for a full discussion). These rules go into effect after 60 days if there are no objections from any of the fleets.

1. Section II 3.5/3.6 – Applications and Dues: Sponsoring/Corporate Member and Reinstatement Fee have been removed.
2. Section IV 10.1 – Optional Equipment: Removed ambiguity as to extra pumps and buckets and made such devices to facilitate self-rescue permitted.
3. Section V 8.6 – Sail Measurement – General Instructions: Re-defined the jib head apex measurement point to allow for more repeatable measurements (has no effect on how sails are made).

The 2009 season is officially over, and the racing saw some great competition, some close finishes, and some new boats at the front of the pack, along with some familiar faces.  We also would like to introduce our new fleet officers, Capt. Peter Clark, Exec. Officer Reed Baer, Treasurer Andy Segal, Secretary Kurt Edenbach, At large Dr. Charlie Shoemaker.  thanks to everyone for a great season, a great awards dinner at NYYC a few weeks ago, and i’ll have the total, final, overall scores posted for you wintertime revisionists to quabble over.