San Juan 21 Class Association

The response to the 2012 NOOD/ Mid-winter regatta scheduled for Feb.17-19 has been awesome !
At this time, 10 boats have said they plan to attend and 4 possibles.
Va., N.C., S.C., and Fl are represented to date.

Chris Popich from Seattle has challenged us to have 20 boats race.
If we want 2 divisions, "All sails" and "Working sails" we need 6 boats per division.

Everyone is encouraged to join us for a great sailing venue.

There is a great Downtown guide and map of St. Petersburg on http://www.discoverdowntown.com
It shows the central location of the yacht club which is downtown accross the street from Central Yach Basin where the boats are docked.
It also shows the easy walking distance to hotels, the Museum of fine Arts, The New Dali Museum, the pier, lots of shopping, Pioneer Park where there is a farmers market every Sat.,and a trolley to take you to all these places if you prefer not to walk.
If you are planning to make this a wonderful midwinter vacation, start with this guide.

Last year we were lucky enough to get some super rates, way below Regatta rates at the Hilton Bayside.
They usually come down in price the closer we get to Feb. We are working on this and will let you know soon as we get a favorable $. Last year we got it in Dec.
We are searching other hotels too.

Carlton and Aggie,

Sorry I will not be able to get Black Jack down for this event. Unfortunately for me it overlaps to much with the Miami International Boatshow which I must attend for work. I have always enjoyed sailing in St. Pete having done a lot of midwinter events there. It is a great venue.
We just had our Turkey Trot Regatta this past weekend and I think there is a growing interest to drag a few boats down from the members of Fleet 8.
Sending updates to keep the event in front of everyone so the interest continues to build.

Thanks for all your efforts.
Sincerely,
Dan Bornarth
Black Jack #2403
Fleet 8

Great News! The list of skippers planning to sail in the 2012 St. Pete NOOD /SJ21 Mid-Winters continues to grow. The 15 skippers are as follows:
1. Greg Archambault
2. John North
3. Dick Dommel
4. Bill McClure
5. Byron Hicks
6. Don Olive
7. Mike Chesser
8. Carlton Brown
9. Kyle Everly
10. Margaret Alexander
11. Mike Robinson
12. Mike Evans
13. Fisk Hayden
14. Doug Longhini
15. Jim Davis

Carlton, I had planned on sailing and even booked some rooms, however I now have a conflict. Will keep you posted and will keep the rooms to ensure our fleet all has rooms.

Branin Thorn
NO QUARTER
2361

Rooms at the Hampton Inn

I am registered!

We have a block of 10 rooms at the Hotel Indigo for 2/16,17,18/12 and 5 for 2/19/12 for any wishing to stay over on Sunday and visit St. Pete.
The rooms are $119 a night and walking distance to the yacht club. They are for king rooms. The price is only good through 1/19/12. If we book the 10 rooms and need more, she has agreed to provide them.
The web link is pasted below. If you choose to call the # is 727-822-4814 and our resevered block is under "San Juan 21"

Dear Aggie,
You are all set . I have attached the web-link at the bottom of this email for you to post on web-site.
HOLD DOWN (ctrl) & DOUBLE CLICK ON WEB LINK
1. ENTER DATES YOU WISH TO BOOK
2. SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON ( CHECK RATE)
CONTINUE WITH YOUR RESERVATION.

http://ichotelsgroup.com/redirect?path= ... D=99801505

We are the largest fleet registered right now wit 13!!!!!

Don't forget about the Early Spring Championships at LNYC in March


Mike R
#1694 Ragtop

One week to go till NOOD St Pete. Anyone seen a long term forecast you trust?

Mike R
Ragtop #1694
Statesville, NC

I am so happy for you guys. Have a blast!