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- Get your entry in NOW - Fleets fill Charlotte Harbor as regatta wraps up After two days of heavy winds and high waves, Mother Nature delivered Chamber of Commerce weather for the final day of the inaugural Charlotte Harbor Regatta, Sunday, Feb. 7 on Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Read more HERE.
Under postponement Waiting for the wind ... Principal Race Officer Harold Bennett has postponed the first race of the 33rd America's Cup Match. Originally scheduled to start at 10:06 CET, the race was postponed due to very light and shifty winds. At start time, there was less than two knots of wind in the start area.
13:46 First information is that there will be no race today. AP flag is over A. That means Race 1 will take place, weather permitting at 1006 local time. 12:21 It
is reported that things did look a little more promising. The windward
mark has moved north and west, so it is now just over two miles
offshore at El Saler beach. And the breeze is building and at 11-12
knots at 240 degrees there, so the breeze is still moving left. At the
start boat, offshore, there is only 1.5 to 3 knots. Of course there are
no published, set limits of windstrength and Principal Race Officer
Harold Bennett has refused to be drawn to discuss 'numbers'. As
background... there is a prescription from the Deed of Gift in the
Sailing Instructions which, in essence, says the Race Committee 'may'
stop Leg 1 if in its opinion there is a wind shift of 30 degrees. So, a
variance of more than 40 degrees between WW1 mark and the start, and
now (in as long a it has taken to write this) 80 degrees, is not going
to inspire him with real confidence to 'go'. 10:14 The breeze in the start area does remain quite light and the start is still delayed. Start area is set up about 27 miles east of Valencia. The two race yachts Alinghi 5 and USA are sitting almost alongside each other a few hundred metres from the committee boat. Crews look relatively relaxed, just discussing possible weather scenarios. There is reported to be breeze closer to the SW'ly horizon
but it is not moving towards the start area very quickly.
The
Official new website for
the
33rd America’s Cup has been launched Take some time to see it all by Clicking HERE.
Click the icon below for information about AC33 Coverage
You can watch the America's Cup race live from anywhere in the
world at the 33rd Cup site, and if that site
goes down from the traffic, you'll still be able to catch
the identical feed at BMW/Oracle Racing's site. ENJOY
! In addition to getting up
very early in the morning, you will need a good broadband
internet connection, a newer PC with good processing horsepower and
lots of memory in order to watch
the live streaming of this event, If getting up in the middle
of the night is not your
forte and the connection and PC outlined above doesn't describe your
setup, just
watch the recaps on these
websites and come back to this website a little later on. Feb
7
Here is how it all started ... The reigning monarch Queen Victoria, who witnessed this yacht racing event from her
royal yacht, reportedly turned to one of her attendants to inquire who
was in second place. "Your majesty, there is no second," came the reply, a phrase that
neatly summarizes what this race is all about. But, do you know why it's called the "America's Cup" ? ( It's called the America's Cup because the first sailing vessel that won the big silver cup was a schooner named "America".)
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Feb
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Feb
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Sailing every
Wednesday -
Ready at Noon, Frst gun at 1pm. Also, every 2nd and 3rd
Saturday
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The
Punta Gorda Sailing Club promotes all forms of Sailing on
Charlotte
Harbor in SW Florida. Racing, Cruising, Small Boat Sailing - We do it
ALL! Our
next Club Meeting is our lasagna dinner meeting on February
10th at PG
Isles
Civic
Association
2001 Shreve St, Punta Gorda February 10th
Dinner
Tickets must be purchased in Advance
- Over a Barrel -
The most common method of punishment aboard ship was flogging. The
unfortunate sailor
was tied to a grating, mast or over a barrel and flogged A
punishment that was even worse
was "Kissing the gunner’s daughter". The unfortunate sailor
in
this situation was tied
over the barrel of a deck cannon while it was being fired. OH Man -
that had
to really hurt !
Not in Florida !
Punta
Gorda, Charlotte Harbor Tides
If you don't
see the tide chart below, it's not
available from the Tidelines Online server. Check back later.
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E R E for a February 2010 Tide
Prediction Chart
The Tidelines Online server may
be dead. We're starting to think we will have to do something else here.
Punta
Gorda, Charlotte Harbor
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