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BEACH CATAMARAN SAILING IN EAST AFRICA

Contributed by walterdavidscott on Jun 08, 2011 - 06:48 PM

EAST AFRICAN BEACH CATAMARAN SAILING SAFARI!

Greetings from Tanzania, east Africa.
 
Following the outstanding success and, most of all, sheer enjoyment of Tanzacat2010, it has been decided to host another international catamaran open sailing event in Dar es Salaam Tanzania in 2011. Visit the website to see pictures of this amazing event and learn more about our warm blue waters and great winds.
 
This is one of the world’s great sailing venues and when the sailing is done, there are a lot of exciting places to visit, including Zanzibar, Serengeti, Selous, Kilimanjaro, to name a few.

The entry fee and full event pricing including accommodation etc has been finalised and firm entries are now being taken through the website.
 
We look forward to meeting you and sharing our sailing paradise with you.

Best regards
 
David Scott
Tazacat2011 Committee
Dar es Salaam Yacht Club
Tanzania
 
 

 

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Tybee 500 Postponed

Contributed by damonAdmin on Mar 23, 2011 - 04:03 PM

Message from Chuck Bargeron, organizer of the Tybee 500.

To the Tybee 500 Fleet, its staff and supporters: 

Judi and I would like to extend our gratitude and respect to everyone for the years of dedication and effort. On behalf of the entire Tybee 500 administrative team, THANK-YOU ALL! 

The last couple of years have been a challenge as tough economic times have required us all to tighten our belts and choose carefully where our hard earned money and vacation time is spent. With that reality in mind, I have made the decision to postpone the Tybee 500 until May 2012. I will be contacting the checkpoints to inform them of this announcement.

Footnote: Really sorry to hear this, I hope all the competitors and aspiring teams will plan to come back strong for the 2012 Tybee 500.

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Notice of Race for GT300 Has been posted.

Contributed by gbkersey on Mar 23, 2011 - 02:48 PM

The Great Texas Catamaran Race is an off-shore beach catamaran race along the Texas Coast. Starting in South Padre Island and finishing in Galveston, the race covers approximately 300 miles along the Texas coast over Father's Day weekend. The race is conducted in four stages with each stage starting and ending on the beach.

http://gt300.com


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2011 Tybee 500 Notice of Race

Contributed by damonAdmin on Jan 04, 2011 - 01:35 AM

The Notice of Race for the 2011 Tybee 500 has been published.

There are several changes from last year.

The date has been moved about a week later, the 2011 race will start on Monday, May 16 from Islamorada, FL and finish Saturday, May 21 at Tybee Island, GA.

The NOR has been changed to allow for the inclusion of additional classes. This doesn’t automatically mean that more than just the F18 and Nacra 20’s from 2010 will be there, but it leaves the door open for new classes if they can come up with 5 entries and are acceptable to the organizer as suitable for the race. This appears to be geared towards allowing the new Nacra Predator 20x10 carbon beachcat introduced recently, but how about a class of F16’s, could the lightweight boats and crews handle the 560 miles of open water?

The stopping place for leg two has been changed from Jupitor Beach to a little further up the coast to Jensen Beach. This was done to even out the length of legs two and three, the Jensen Beach location has a long history with both the Tybee 500 and the Worrell 1000.

Link to full NOR for the 2011 Tybee 500

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Harvest Moon Regatta 2010 - 157 miles of Texas Coastline (in the dark)

Contributed by damonAdmin on Nov 04, 2010 - 10:32 PM
2010 Harvest Moon Regatta on the Beach

Story by Lee Wicklund -- Initially I had planned on doing this race with Chris Green as we had talked about doing it for the past few years on my Nacra 20 beach catamaran, 20 feet long, 8.5 feet wide, 390 pounds with no cabin, just a trampoline between the hulls. Usually something came up and we scrapped the idea. This year, I was hell bent on doing it. Unfortunately Chris has a job and couldn't get out of some previously scheduled commitments.

I contacted Wendy Simkins of Spanish Fork, Utah since she had expressed great interest in doing more of this type of racing at Ruff Riders in South Padre. She bought a ticket and headed down Wednesday evening before the race. I stopped by the Green's for a few last minute items and picked up Wendy at the airport then headed to Galveston. The forecast wasn't looking to favorable for a beach cat doing this in the dark and I was contemplating my escape routes should it get too rough. Initially it was looking like the weather wouldn't get rough till mid day Friday, so we should be ok.

Footnote: The Harvest Moon Regatta is a long distance coastal race along the Texas coast, one of the rules of entry is boats must be "27 feet length on deck" which is why the Nacra 20 didn't quite qualify for official entry. Good effort and great story Lee, get em next time.

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