FLEET NEWS

• Eight Bells - Jonas Saunders of Spring Lake MI died unexpectedly Jan 30th

• Wawasee E-Open Regatta - NOR
  They would also like to wish you a Happy Groundhog Day!

• Site of the 2010 E Nationals - Little Egg Harbor YC
  See an Aerial View of the location
  (club house on the right and crane launch area on the left)

• Jon Ruf leading halfway through US Sailings Miami Rolex OCR
    - Scuttlebutt Story

• Digital Reaches Newsletter - Jan 2010

• Happy Birthday Buddy Melges!  (Jan 26)

• New Google Calendar of events - NCESA Calendar
  This is an option for those that prefer a calendar format for the schedule

• A ballot on NCESA Rule changes is due Feb 7th - this ballot is in the mail to all Regular members. BALLOT

• Eight Bells - Al Magno, father of Dave and Paul Magno, from Lavallette.

• Sarasota One Design Midwinter Regatta, March 19-21 - NOR

• A new Spring regatta opportunity at the Lake Eustis Sailing Club in central Florida, March 12-14  -  Notice of Race and Invite Letter

• Will Demand Wins 7th Annual Tech Dinghy Santa Bowl - Results

• 2009 Board of Directors Meeting - Minutes

• Save the Date - 2010 Nationals,  Little Egg Harbor, September 10-12, registration on Thursday PM September 9, and early Friday September 10

• Jon Ruf nominated for Yachtsman Of The Year - see what John Gluek says

• Island Heights Sailing Foundation E-scow Grant Program
  Announcement & Application for BBYRA youth sailors

• More pictures from the 2009 E-National Regatta by RJ Bangs
  Pictures (check all 3 pages)

• Second Annual Midwinter E Scow & A Cat Party at the New York YC
  See Party Notice

• Sam Rogers is US Sailing Sailor-of-the-Week, Oct 1-7

• Bob Koar wins 4 of 5 races at the Lake Hopatcong Fall Regatta - Results

• Sam Rogers withdraws from race 2 & 3 at the Blue Chip Regatta - Story

• Vincent Porter wins the 2009 Blue Chip  - Report        RESULTS

• 2009 Annual Membership Meeting at Oshkosh WI - Meeting Minutes

• Liz Baylis is the 2009 E Blue Chip Mystery Guest

• NCESA 2009 membership by Region and Fleets - Take a Look

• NCESA Board of Directors Meeting is on Saturday, Nov 7th at the Chicago Yacht Club.

• Commodore Rick Turner's mother passes away on Tuesday September 15, 2009
  Autumn Turner 1927-2009

• 2009 National Championship Pictures:
      Tammy Sawyer Photos
      Pat Dunsworth Photos    (new)

• Tom Burton wins the 2009 National Championship with crew Bruce Martinson, and Andy Fergusen.    Final Results  Only 3 races completed, no wind on the last day.

• National Championship Regatta, Day-1
  Wind filled in at about 5:00 and we got a race off at 5:35. 46 boats had a good breeze of about 6-10 mph from the southeast, 135 degrees, two and one half times around. The legs were 1.2 miles long and the race lasted 75 minutes. Rob Terry (CR-66) lead all the way getting to the left of the fleet and catching a nice port tack to the first mark. It seemed there was a manageable crowd at both ends of the line.  The right appeared to have a little more wind and the left a slight angle advantage. See Digital Reaches for the full Report.
   
  

• Sailing Instructions  - 2009 National Championships @ Oshkosh, WI

• Rules Committee Ruling from Ted Beier: "In the interest of encouraging participation, we will accept crew changes (including the helmsman) that are declared by specific race or time period (day or portion of day) at the time of registration."

• The NOR for the 2009 National Championship regatta has been corrected to consistently indicate the competitors meeting is at 8:30 AM on Thursday, September 10.

• If you are reluctant to register for the National regatta on-line for some reason, an alternative is to print an entry form and mail it in. National Regatta Entry Form
  It would help us to know why you choose to not register on-line.

• Bobby Koar, BH-22, wins the Down Bay regatta - Results

• Tom Burton, Bruce Martinson, Andy Ferguson, and Martha Morgan are the 2009 ILYA Champions. See Results, Reports, and Items of Interest

• Art Brereton is the WMYA Champ - Results

• Louis Hill wins 2009 Inter-Lake Regatta - Report (new) & Results

• Carl Horrocks wins an 8 race 2009 ECESA Championships - Report (NEW) &Results

• Photos from Easterns by Justin Chando.

• 2009 Eastern Class E Scow Association Annual Meeting - Agenda

• Click HERE to see the most current list of PAID registrations for the National regatta

• Robert Cole wins New York State Championships - Report & Results

• Rob Terry Wins 3rd Straight WMYA Invitational - see Report & Results

• LEHYC Down Bay Regatta, Aug 15-16 --  see the NOR

• Missing a Digital Reaches Article? Check out the new archive area!

• Barkow wins ILYA Invitational regatta - Results

• Register for the 2009 National Championship Regatta --  On-line registration is closed. You can register when you arrive at the event.

• Blake Middleton is the PRO for the 2009 NCESA Championship regatta
  Click here to view the announcement.

• IHYC Wanamaker Weekend Regatta - Results

• 2009 National Championships - Notice of Race
  Please watch for a notice here when On-Line Registration is available - soon

• The Eastern E-Scow Championship regatta on-line registration is now ready
  Register Now

• Chad Hillyer wins the Runyon Colie Jr. Bilgeboarder One-Day regatta
  Results with a New Report

• Toby Sutherland wins Wawasee Regatta - Results and link to Kattack races

• ILYA E Invitational Regatta in Pewaukee July 9-12,    NOR

• E-Scow Up Bay Challenge Cup - Notice of Race (& Registration)

• Toms River Turn-up won by Eric Horrocks - Results and Reports

• 2009 Eastern Championships - Notice of Race 

• Jim Gluek Joins the North Sails & Melges Team - Press Release

• Koar wins LHYC Icebreaker - see results

• No Races at the Lake Geneva Spring Regatta - but here is the story anyway

• 2009 Oshkosh Promotion piece - postcard - regatta registration is not open yet, but watch for a notice next month, along with the NOR.

•  Jim Gleuk's Quantum Inland Sails company has closed - I received an email from Jim on May 11th telling me to remove mention of Quantum from the NCESA web site. I am sure I can say for all members that we are very sadden by the news and wish Jim the very best.

• Robby Wilkins wins 56th Mug Race -- see story

• E-Scow Grant Program Winner Profiles

• WMYA Championships to allow non-member skippers - See Notice

• Runyon Colie Jr (Bilgeboarder) One-Day-Only Regatta - NOR - JUNE 13th!

• Sarasota Midwinter - Results & Report

• Charleston Easter Regatta - Final Results (refresh page)

• Wawasee Annual E-scow Open is June 5-7. See recent NOR

• Lake Hopatcong Ice Breaker Regatta, May 16-17  --  See Notice

• WMYA Invitational Regatta, July 18-19 at Crystal Lake - NOR

• Lake Geneva Spring Regatta  - NOR posted

• Charleston Easter Regatta - Walter Prause says the MC fleet has registration on their site for the Easter Scow Regatta.  Please Please REGISTER so that we can attempt to track those planning to attend.
  Extra meal packages will include lunch on both Fri. and Sat.

• Toms River Regattas:
        Spring Series Regatta, Apr 19, 26, May 3, 9, 17 - NOR
        TuneUp Regatta, May 30-31 - NOR

• ILYA E-Invite Regatta flyer -- view

• 2009 Scantling Rules posted - view

• The vote is in - see the 2009 Scantling Rules Ballot Results
  Also an interpretation on the GPS electronics issue that failed.

• Easter Regatta at Charleston - Notice of Race

• Island Heights Sailing Foundation - BBYRA E-Scow Grant Program. FORM.

• Scantling Rule Ballots were mailed to 'Regular' members on January 9th. Ballots are DUE on February 3rd.

• Added two sentences Jan 17th to clarify the aluminum scantling change: " Since corrosion resistance is one of the important properties considered, this still essentially limits us to the use of 6000 series alloys for leeboards. Also, since weldability is an important property, this essentially limits us to 6000 series alloys."

• 2009 Scantling Rule Change Ballot - FORM

• "Don't Ban GPS" Chris Fretz has an opposing view from the Board of Director's decision to put the electronic devices topic to a vote

• NCESA Board of Directors Meeting - Minutes
  A membership vote on items of the minutes will take place shortly.

• Excerpt from a 11/24/2008 Sailing Anarchy interview with Dennis Conner.

• 2009 Eastern Sailing Championships
  Bay Head and Mantoloking Yacht Clubs will host the 2009 E Scow Eastern Sailing Championships.  Racing will take place on August 3, 4, and 5; Monday through Wednesday.  We have assembled an awesome team to provide you with great racing and the best food and entertainment possible.  Please note that the Championship Regatta will start the day after Tom River Up Bay Regatta, sailors are encouraged to participate in both.  Contacts:  Russ Lucas BH 8 and Bob Koar BH 22.

• 2009 National E-Scow Championships in Oshkosh, WI. See Announcement

• ILYA Secretary, Jim Smith, says, "the ILYA (Suzi) has booked Dick Rose, rules expert from Sailing World Magazine, to talk about the new rules at the Winter Inland. I have heard Dick before and he makes great sense of the rules in a easy-to-understand way."
  New racing rules, including a 3 boat length zone, go into effect for 2009.

• 2008 Annual Membership Meeting in Chautauqua - Minutes

• The 2009 ILYA E-Scow Championships will be on a Thurs- Sat, August 13-15. Registration probably the 12th. More details when it is officially announced.

• Augie Barkow in his Big Wheels V-37 E-scow competed in Louie's Last Regatta (http://www.louieslastregatta.com/) and finished 3rd. This may seem like they did not win, but the prize for winning is 1 quarter barrel of beer, 2nd receives 2 quarter barrels - Augie received 3 quarter barrels for 3rd place. Victory!150 plus boats participated in the charity event. Augie says they were about as far as the Mumm 36 in the light air.

• Richie Ryon wins Triple Crown at Little Egg Harbor - Results

• Blue Chip Regatta  - History of Mystery Guests & Winners

• Jewett wins 2008 Blue Chip regatta - Corrected Results & Report

• Tammy Saywer's 2008 Blue Chip Regatta  Pictures

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