Texas City Dike Yacht Club

Team Poison Girl has graciously opened their doors for us.  The address is 5524 Bertellis Lane.  Houston, Tx 77091.  The primary purpose is to plan the fast coming Wayward Winds which may very well be our first race back at the Dike.  We will also discuss Texas Two Step/Red Fish Reach and cover any new business that is needed.  Mike is providing food so bring your drinks and come on.  If you want to be a part of planning or running Wayward Winds we would love to have you there.  See ya at 7:00.

We will be broadcasting live from the Dike in about 10 minutes (John Grady and I are on the pontoon boat) http://qik.com/m/u/flumpmaster

I'm going to put together a report on the race from the perspective of Team TCDYC (Chris Green/Jim Kondziela) in a series of posts. I'll whet your appetites with a some footage of the last day - light wind, but excellent racing with some close battles.
 
 
Day 1 - A tough day in the office

 
Chris.

This is the Team TCDYC GT300 thread. We arrived on Padre early Saturday morning. Actually, it was the Walmart parking lot on Port Isabel - scene of an impromptu Fiesta where the whole team demolished a gallon of crown watching the sunrise. The boat is built and we've been for a couple of practice runs to test our new rigging ideas - such as a rudder system that can be raised and lowered from out on the wire. We shot some video today and will post to youtube once we figure a free windows editing solution. Mike Niggli, Steve Piche and Michael Yost already have their boats set up.

The boat that Dub and Tommy Granger have been building for the past 4 years was launched today. O.I.D. started as a 27ft Stiletto, but is now a unique one of a kind 33ft lightweight rocket ship. The attention to detail and weight saving is incredible. Here is some footage of here crossing under the power-line on Robinson Bayou on the maiden voyage. I assisted in checking the clearance and we had a safety boat with tow line attached in case of engine failure. Good view from up that pylon...

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2010 Hill Country Regatta

It is that time again.  Come one come all to the Casey Casa to express your interest in TCDYC to all of your elected officers.  Topics to for sure be covered will be the planning of the "Sailing Seminar", planning of the party for the Surfside stop of Great Texas, planning of a social event, and how to punish Chris Green for teasing us all with this nonsense of the Dike being reopened on the weekends.  Because of my work schedule the meeting will start at 7:00.  Food shall be served in a pot luck format so please bring a dish. 

2010 Trimaran Nationals and Rendezvous April 14 - 18 Fort Walton Yacht Club

The 2010 Division 6 regatta season kicks off with Ides of March regatta on March 27th-28th at Welch Park, Lake Somerville.

Notice of Race

This is the location where we held Wayward Winds and the sailing clinic last year. If you've been sailing down at Surfside, c'mon and rinse some of the salt out of your rigging in the fresh water!

Welch park has tent and RV camping facilities.

NOR and registration is posted on PAYC website http://www.payc.us/racing.htm