Corpus Christi Windsurfing 2000 Fall Fun Series Sailing Instructions
PROGRAM
Sailors of all abilities are welcome to improve their skills & widen their smiles by participating in Corpus Christi Windsurfing's 2000 Fall Fun Series.  The series that started last year in Oso Bay will be held at Bird Island Basin this year & consist of 4 events.  Depending upon conditions, the plan is to have 1 day of speed trials, 1 day of slalom, 1 day of team relays, & 1 day of course sailing.  Meetings for the events will be held adjacent to the WorldWinds containers at 10 am if there is a north wind & 2 pm otherwise. 

CLINICS 
Each event will include a brief clinic prior to the on H2O activities.  The clinics will help folks focus on improving a specific aspect of their sailing each day.  In addition to the off H20 clinic, instructors will also be available to answer questions and give helpful hints while out on the water. 

SCHEDULE 
October 7, 2000  Fun Event #1   November 4, 2000  Fun Event #3 
October 21, 2000 Fun Event #2   November 18, 2000 Fun Event #4 

AGE GROUPS/DIVISIONS 
Age groups and divisions will be determined at the skipper's meeting for each event 

SCORING 
Scoring for a speed trial is as simple as the person with the fastest run through the speed trap gets 1st, 2nd fastest gets second, and so on.  Fleet scoring will be used for all other events.  Scoring for the relay, course, and slalom races will be as follows:  the winner or winning team will receive .7 of a point, the second finisher/team will receive 2 points, 3rd gets 3 points, etc  A participant/team that starts a heat, but does not finish (DNF) will receive points equal to the total number of entrants/teams in the event plus 1.  A participant/team that does not start (DNS) a heat will receive points equal to the total number of entrants/teams in the event plus 2.  A participant/team that is disqualified (DSQ) will receive points equal to the total number of entrants/teams plus 3.  Frowning, swearing, and getting too serious during a heat will get you DSQ'ed.  DSQ's can not be discarded. 
     There will be 1 discard for each 4 heats run in a day (1 discard after 4 heats, 2 after 8, 3 after 12, etc) 
Ties will be decided in favor of the sailor/team with the most 1st places; if a tie still remains, the tie will be decided in favor of the sailor/team with the most 2nd places, etc If a tie still remains, the tie will be decided in favor of the sailor/team with the best position in the last heat in which both individuals/teams participated. 
AWARDS 
Awards will be given each day at the discretion of the event committee.  No overall series awards will be given, however those sailors that participate in all 4 events will be given awards. 
 FEES 
Corpus Christi Windsurfing member = $ 5.00 per event 
Non member = $15.00 per event 
CONTACT 
Craig Greenslit:  Hoffslit@AOL.com

ED's Note  No cussin' and grimacing in pain better not look like a frown- ok, I got the rules down!
 

Editor's Puffs:   by Roy Tansill
    Since last month's encounter of the third kind with the park's management its been way busy around my house.  With the help of Nashville's Jerry McEwen, an online based discussion group for folks concerned about Bird  has been set up, an international mailing list has been initiated, and at this juncture, windsurfing can more easily be heard at NPS headquarters.  While very little of these changes are attributable to my activity,  being on the periphery has certainly consumed my time.  Please take a look at Jerry's web page:  http://www.coolcats.com/bib/   While you are there, sign up for the listbot (mailing list) in the upper right corner of that first page.    You'll have to answer a few demographic questions and click a few buttons but it'll put you on a mail list that will be used only if a response from a horde of windsurfers is needed to help Bird Island Basin- I promise.
     Another new sailor is about to arrive in town (in less than nine months).  Thomas and Mary Beth Holmes are now officially expecting. 
     Summer's over and we've already had a pass by a cold front which provoked several great days for those who enjoy their winds hard.  In my few years in Corpus,  October has become my favorite and a big part of that has been the Aransas Triangle Event.  Its on again this year right in  John and Rose Williams' front yard.  It'll be held on October 28th at City By The Sea. 
     I guess I should say something about the second annual long board event held Sept 16.  One positive note, we had a 100% increase in participation this year.  Don Gentry joined me in what proved to be yet another memorable ride on a board too big.  We left the Park at the foot of Sea Lane Drive,  crossing the Oso, going under the bridge and out into the Bay with a destination of marker 37 over by Snoopy's.  The wind was NNE sending us ramps all the way from Aransas- ever jumped a really big board?  That was the day for it- whenever you were foolish enough to get up speed you couldn't keep one of those monsters in the water.  Head high breakers where coming in sets of three- like runaway trucks.  We turned back when it became all too apparent that going down the Intercoastal was going to be a dead run for several miles since the winds were not shifting to the East and it was already past 4:00 PM.   Its back to the drawing board- one of these years I'll come up with a good idea for a long board event.  One thing is for sure- I'm not ever taking another long board cruise in the mouth of the Bay when its been blowing NNE all day! 
 

2000 San Francisco Classic   by  Craig Greenslit
On August 10 - August 14  I visited past CCWA Commodore Mark Franey and his lovely wife Kathleen at their home just south of San Francisco.  While in the Bay Area, I sailed a ton at several of the hot spots, ate humble pie at the San Francisco Classic Long Distance race, recovered in course racing at Berkeley, and had a great time hangin' with Mark and Kathleen. 
 HOT SPOTS
 San Francisco Bay offers several top notch sailing sites.  Mark treated me to water time at Coyote Point, Crissy Field, and Berkeley Marina during my stay.   Coyote Point sits adjacent to the San Francisco Airport.  I freaked the first time the shadow and deafening roar of a low flying 747 enveloped my  rig and I until I looked up and saw its belly a safe distance above.  Coyote Point's typical sideshore 15 - 25 knot wind and mild to moderate chop serves as the ideal playground for sailors of all abilities. 
  Crissy Field rests southeast of the Golden Gate Bridge.  While rigging at Crissy, Mark and I witnessed the famous San Francisco Fog.  The white river flowed through the blue sky from the Pacific Ocean under the Golden Gate past Alcatraz and on to Berkeley.  I think Mark will agree that "on-H20 anarchy" adequately describes the sailing conditions at Crissy Field.  Crissy's totally unpredictable 0 - 50 knot wind, shadows, gusts, tides, spikes (2 waves collide violently forming 8' peaks), shipping traffic, tour boats, and fog combine to challenge and lure the hardcore wind riding addicts. 
  Berkeley Marina extends west from the town of Berkeley out into San Francisco Bay.  I enjoyed sailing at Berkeley Marina the most, probably because the day I sailed there the chop and wind conditions reminded me of home (Oleander).  Berkeley offers a wind sheltered grassy place to rig, typically lighter winds, a protected area for beginners to learn, and warmer water/air temps. 
 CLASSIC HUMBLE PIE
  For runners there is Boston, for triathletes its the Iron Man, what is the ultimate test for Windsurfers?  It may very well be the San Francisco Bay Classic.  The Classic begins near Crissy Field and challenges sailors upwind/downwind skills first with 2 laps under the Golden Gate into the Pacific and back to Crissy.  After the 2 windward/leeward laps, the Classic tests sailors broad reaching ability for several legs north and south around landmarks and shipping lane buoys passing by Alcatraz and Angel Island down to the finish at Berkeley Pier.  Here is the kicker, as  soon as you cross the finish line @ Berkeley you start the final part of the race; The UltraNectar Challenge.  The UltraNectar Challenge is a timed upwind grind from Berkeley to Crissy Field.  For those not familiar with San Francisco Bay geography, you can appreciate that one of this years finishers logged 48 miles on his GPS.  It is a long way. 
      Well, how did it go?  I started on 7.0 and wide course board.  Much to my dismay once we went under the Golden Gate and out into the Pacific it was gusting 45+ mph.  I tail-walked around the upwind/downwind course 1time, prayed the entire second lap and began the reaching run to Berkeley.  About 3 minutes into my run to Berkeley, I had a change of heart.  Actually 3 things happened that brought me to my senses.  First, out of the corner of my eye I saw Mike Persey get freakin' hammered, I mean HAMMERED!  Like you see on highlight films.  Second, I remembered what my college track coach used to say to me, "Craig, there is a fine line between tough and stupid."  Finally, I remembered a local sailor saying on shore, "Be careful what you rig because it gets REALLY windy down north of Alcatraz."  What did he call that gale out in the Pacific?  So I quit, along with Mark and 25 of the 35 starters.  We all sat on shore and shared humble pie

 COURSE RACING RECOVERY
The day and long agonizing night (I'm not big on quitting) after the Classic, Mark and I dragged our sorry tails over to Berkeley Marina for some course racing.  A few racers sailed on Techno's, but no surprise the majority rode Zajicekno's (Mike's Lab boards).  Thankfully for our ego's,  Mark and I pulled it together during the course racing.  Mark consistently sailed strong.  Meanwhile, Mike Zajicek and I fought hard each heat and swapped 1st's.  In the end, Mike won first prize and I took 2nd.  That may be the real reason that I liked sailing at Berkeley Marina the best. 
 For more information and complete results visit www.calcupevents.com

San Fran Classic Results
 1) Mike Zajicek
 2) Bill Weir
 3) Steve Sylvester

 UltraNectar Challenge Results
 1) Mike Zajicek
 2) Brian MacDougal
 3) Bill Weir & Chenda Herstus

  Course Racing Results
 1) Mike Zajicek          2) Craig Greenslit
 3) Chris Radkowski    4) Steve Sylvester
 5) Corwin Hardham    6) Bill Weir
 15) Mark Franey
 

NPS Meeting- There Ain't No Free Lunch   by   Roy Tansill
     The invite said there would be a lunch provided and since the Commodore was going to be out of town, I decided to to go in his place.  The National Seashore requested CCWA input in the preparation of their new Comprehensive Interpretive Plan.  The two day meeting, held at a Shoreline Drive hotel, was informative but I had forgotten how bureaucracies conduct such ventures despite my former career as a state employee.  The two days  brought those memories back very quickly as the jargon peculiar to government bureaucrats filled the room.  Staying awake was difficult but I met some interesting players from the Corpus area including Pat Suter (the Audubon lady of Corpus), Ken Reagan (the Parks & Wildlife boss at Mustang Island State Park), Jim Atkins ( leader of the Corpus Christi Anglers), and a host of other local luminaries in the ecology movement.  Windsurfing interests were also represented by half of the new owners of Worldwinds in the person of Don Jackson.  Meetings which start at 8:00 AM are really not designed to get much input from me and the explanation of what a Comprehensive Interpretive Plan is by itself would usually send me into deep sleep but sitting next to Pat Suter eliminated that option.   I found the breaks more productive than the meeting as conversations with Ken Reagan and Jim Atkins provided a promising route to pursue in order to slow down boat traffic (no wake zone) in the windsurfing area at Bird.  Between Don's controlled and eloquent discussions and my rants, I feel confident that windsurfing will get prominent mention in the final plan- it sure did in the rough draft generated by the end of day two.  Oh and that advertised free lunch courtesy of the NPS, the best thing about it was the view from the top of the hotel overlooking the downtown Bay front.  Sitting in the meeting all day (8 to 4:30) was a steep price for a lunch! 
     Day two got even worse- one of my out of town bosses showed up to make me actually work an entire half day thereby costing me a second free lunch.  I was back at the pseudo-posh hotel  by 2 PM just in time to see the results of the collective effort- 4 large sheets of newsprint taped up on the room's front wall.  From this collection the NPS wordsmiths will generate the final report.  On the page regarding recreation, Windsurfing was at the top of the page, #1, primo so Don and I were successful (Don deserves most of the credit on that).  We also gleaned a ton in intelligence regarding who the likely players will be when the specific plan for Bird is finally sent before the public for comment and we've both formed a few alliances with what we agreed were the likely movers and shakers in those proceedings. 
     The end result of the meeting for windsurfers is that windsurfing is listed as the #1 recreational activity at Padre Island National Seashore in the rough draft of the park's Comprehensive Interpretive Plan- and that plan is supposed to be in effect for the next decade.  Windsurfing also earned some new respect among some folks who are 'important' in this town (again Don gets the credit for that).  Beyond that, we now are again in a wait and see mode, waiting for the Bird Island Basin specific plan to materialize. For me, I feel a bit optimistic about that plan now- and almost proud that I didn't fall asleep during the entire meeting (well... almost anyway). 
 

ARANSAS TRIANGLE   The umpteenth running of the annual event will be held on Saturday, October 28th at City By The Sea, TX.  in John & Rose Williams 'front yard'.  Always a great event so don't miss this one.  It might be your chance to take home the historic trophy and get your name engraved on it.
     Pot Luck (bring something tasty)       RSVP (so we'll know how much gumbo to make) 
                             Call Arleen Ward @ (361) 949-0232 
 

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