Snipe Regatta Opportunity *REMINDER*

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Hello BYC Racers,


Below is a recap of a cool opportunity for next year. Please read through and let me know if you would be interested in participating next year. Additional communications will be sent as we get closer to the event.


BUSTING THE YOUTH BUBBLE
While youth events in the U.S. attract record numbers, what will it take to transition these young sailors from their youth classes (ie, Optimist, Club FJ, Club 420) to the options that exist outside the 'youth bubble'? A group of adult Snipe sailors in Miami took the initiative and hosted an event for young prospects... here is their story:
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What does $75 get you these days? How about a charter boat, two-day clinic, 2-day regatta, housing, regatta insurance, coaching by international champions, and even a Cuban lunch and dinner? Too good to be true? Nope! Just ask the 56 young sailors, age 30 and under, who participated in the First Annual Miami Snipe Invitational this past weekend (January 7-8).

The new event, put on by Miami's legendary snipe fleet, was designed to introduce young high level racers to high level snipe racing. It worked. Competitors came from FL, CA, MA, NY, NJ, CA, RI, SC, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Four teams alone came from Boston College. Seven races were completed over two days. Twenty-three sailors raced in their first snipe event and
found that time in the boat pays off. The Snipe class vetrans were hard to beat.

What made such a turn-out of high caliber sailors possible? Every owner of a race ready snipe in South Florida lent their boat to a young team. Miami Fleet members were race committee, mark boats and patrol boats. They picked sailors up at the airport, housed them and fed them. Champions like Peter Commette, Augie Diaz, Ernesto Rodriguez, Tyler Sinks, Kathleen Tocke, and Nick Voss taught sailors to rig and tune boats, and coached them on and off the water. Not a bad deal for $75. Hey, college sailors, what did you do on your winter break? Join them next year. -- Full story:http://forum.sailingscuttlebutt.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?post=13122



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