2024 Chicago T-10 Boat of the Year Update

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The 2024 Chicago T-10 Boat of the Year standings have been updated to reflect a change in the scoring. The Spring Opener regatta had previously included 5 races. The 5th race had been protested due to starting after the allowable start time stated in the NOR. CCYC recently updated the regatta results to reflect the 5th race being disregarded and we have updated our results to reflect that change. The buoy BOTY standings changed for 2nd and 3rd place and 8th and 9th place. The overall BOTY standings did not change. The updated data can be viewed HERE.

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2024 Chicago T-10 Boat Weighing and Sail Measurement

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Reminder to all Chicago Taran 10 owners:

All competitors must present a valid and accurate measurement certificate in their own name to race in the 2024 T-10 North American Championship.

Fleet Measurer Mike Better is planning on making himself available at the Belmont Harbor crane to weigh and measure boats on Sunday June 16th and Sunday July 28th. He will also require the assistance of two or three people to accomplish the weighing in an efficient manner. Please sign up HERE if you would like to get your boat measured on one of these days or are available to assist. If you require measurement and/or weighing and cannot make one of the two dates above, please reach out to Mike directly (mbetter@gmail.com) to make alternate arrangements.

Another note: while sail measurement will be offered at the NAC, please try to have all sails that have already been delivered measured and tagged in advance of the regatta. Mike is planning on measuring sails again at the various sail lofts directly before NAC.

Thanks,
Mike Better
Chicago T-10 Fleet 2 Measurer

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2024 Chicago T-10 Boat of the Year Schedule Released

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Chicago T-10 Fleet #2 has released it’s 2024 Boat of the Year Series schedule. This year’s schedule includes 21 days of buoy racing, 7 port-to-port/distance races and 9 parties before you add in the T-10 NAC parties! Oh, did we mention that Chicago T-10 Fleet #2 is hosting the T-10 North American Championships at CYC Belmont? It’s sure to be an epic summer, don’t miss out!

Check out the 2024 Chicago T-10 Boat of the Year Series schedule HERE.

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2024 Chicago T-10 Fleet 2 Membership Sign-Up and Renewal Now Available

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Chicago T-10 Fleet 2 has opened our 2024 fleet membership sign-up and renewal. Regular membership dues remain at $100 and Associate membership dues remain at $10. Regular members renewing after May 1 will incur a $50 late fee in addition to the $100 membership cost.

Chicago local fleet rule 3.3.2 requires that any Chicago area T-10 participating in Fleet-approved races must be skippered by a Regular member or an Associate member of the Fleet who normally crews on that particular boat.

Your dues cover the parties that the fleet sponsors, boat of the year series awards, fleet insurance, the website, GLIOR and North American Championships when held in Chicago.

You can sign-up or renew your fleet membership by selecting Pay Dues in the menu, or by clicking HERE.

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Winter Talk #1 Slides

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The Chicago T10 Fleet in coordination with the Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club held our first winter seminar yesterday. We presented on a cold day to about 25 in person attendees and another 25-30 on Zoom.

Fleet Captain Blane Boynton presented AIS for Racing Sailors, which is an overview of AIS, advice for how to equip your vessel and some thoughts on its strategic value while distance racing. You can find that presentation HERE.

We were then joined by a weather forecaster from NWS in Romeoville for talk about the weather. Zachary did a nice job overviewing the typical weather that we encounter during summer and fall racing.

Thank you to all those that attended whether in person or remotely. Also thanks to Steven Fink and Aimee Smith for their long term organization and conduct of these winter seminars.

Please join us for the next session on Feb 17th which will be about the Racing Rules of Sailing. Its an Olympic (Rule Change) year and Chief Judge Ted Jones from the 36.7 PainKiller V will join us!

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Lake Erie/Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatts

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Hello T-10 Members,

I would like to pass along this email and request from Gail Turluck and the Intercollegiate Regatta organizers, anyone interest in supporting these events please reach out to the group below. Thanks you.

Nick Ward (Class President)

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The Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association scheduled two offshore regattas for 2022. They heard the comments from owners in 2021 and are communicating clearly to incoming contestant teams that it is necessary that they come prepared with adequate personal gear and some experience (see attached slide show).

Lake Erie Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta
Hosted by University of Toledo at North Cape Yacht Club
11850 Toledo Beach Rd, La Salle, MI
May 20-22, 2022
Coordinator is Craig Mueller (craigmueller6712@gmail.com)

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta
Hosted at Columbia Yacht Club, Chicago, IL
September 23-25, 2022
Coordinators are Nick Zomer (nzomer@iu.edu) with Steve Karstrand (stevekarstrand@gmail.com)

The Tartan 10 Class has supported these regattas well traditionally and it is hoped this will continue. The Lake Erie event was scheduled as late as it could be yet still have collegians available to participate. Both regattas seek more boats; Lake Erie more so than Lake Michigan.

I'm excited to see how these go this year.
Sincerely,

Gail M. Turluck

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