This year I’m the event chair for the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Regatta on October 16-17. This is the 6th year I’ve chaired the Annual Regatta which will be held for its 29th year.
The shirts will be printed on a wicking shirt and the design is a stencil of a photo from last year.
ECU didn’t win the game, but a bunch of friends and I had a great time in Blacksburg this weekend to see ECU take on Virginia Tech. Highlights included tailgating before and after the game, Bear Pong, Hooptie Ride, and a night out in Blacksburg. Photos from the weekend can be found here.
I also took a couple of cool panoramic photos of Lane Stadium from our seats in the visitor section 37.
Following up on the USODA Layline Nationals – the event went fantastic. I was out on the water each day for the entire week with one part of the race committee or another. The social media experiment went very well with a lot of traffic hitting the site, and a lot of people following on twitter and facebook. Being able to quickly post information to the web was great for both the RC and organizing authority to get information out, and for parents/coaches to see the detailed stuff. At some point I’ll be writing up something of a case study to share what I learned with those who want to replicate some of what I did with this regatta.
My vantage point with the RC also enabled me to get some incredible photos. Some of those include a fisheye photo of the start from the bow pulpit, and photos of the start while standing on the goal posts. And event photographer Dave Hein was nice enough to swap spots with me for a race so I could get a few shots from around the course.
I did get some photos of the racing action, but I mostly focused on photos that highlighted the club and community effort to put on the event. Those photos were rolled into a scrapbook that is now in the club library. All of the photos that I took can be found here. These collections are about 93% mine and the rest were contributed by other club members.
For more videos, pictures, results and all of the writing done for the regatta. Check out the event website which will remain up for some time as an archive.
This Friday I am embarking on a 10-day odyssey to the 2010 USODA Layline National Championship. Fishing Bay Yacht Club is hosting this National Championship in 8′ sailboats for the top 8-15 year-old sailors from around the country. Deltaville Virginia, a town of only 500-800 full-time residents, will be inundated with over 320 sailors, their siblings, parents and coaches. Three events will take place from Saturday to Saturday to crown the Team, Girls and Fleet National Champions.
Since October, I’ve created and managed the event website at http://optinationals2010.org. During that time it’s evolved as a pretty neat project. The goal of course has been to create a first-rate event website for the sailors, parents and coaches to get information about the event and make their plans. The site will also serve those who may not be making the trip and will be following along from their computers at home. Not only is there a website, but we’ve set up variety of other social media outlets to enable all of our fans and followers to keep up with the regatta in their preferred format. We’ve got everything from the website (including an online shop), twitter, facebook, youTube, flickr, email, webcam, and SMS Text.
To help facilitate this I’ll be the onsite blogger for the duration of the regatta. Throughout the regatta I’ll be writing blog posts, sending tweets, updating the facebook page and getting notices and results posted to the website. During the racing I’ll be stationed aboard the main committee boat with an internet connection where I can connect to the website and upload pictures and information as well as monitor the weather for the race committee.
My role is just one part of the hundreds of volunteers around FBYC and Deltaville who have a hand in putting on this major event. It’s going to be a great week and I’m really looking forward to it. To check out my coverage and see what’s going on, check out the event website at http://optinationals2010.org throughout the week.
Last weekend was the 2010 Leukemia Cup Regatta. It was held in Deltaville at Stingray Point Marina/Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Above is a photo of the crew. After abandoning the first race on Saturday in a lightning storm, we only managed 1 race on Sunday before the wind let out. We finished 4th in our 7-boat fleet. We might not have gotten any hardware on the race course, but we were the top fundraiser raising over $11,000 to support cancer research.
I spent July 4 at the river in Deltaville. It was an incredible sight, just as the sun set, we could see people in all directions setting off their own fireworks along the banks of the Piankatank River.
Took a few friends out on the boat Wednesday evening. Here’s a short video of mostly Keith and Kevin in and out of the tree.
This photo is from the 2010 Moonlight Regatta at FBYC last Saturday night. It shows the sun setting on the Rappahannock River as the PHRF A fleet sails east to our second mark. It was taken from aboard the lead boat Double Eagle.
Photos are posted of the 2010 FBYC Annual Junior Regatta. I had a prime vantage point on the Race Committee boat where I was the scorer. It was also a great opportunity to do a trial run of some new technology I’m getting configured. I’ll soon have the ability to take pictures and beam them via wifi directly from my new camera to a computer or website. More on that once I get it completed.
This month a few of my photos were published in US Snipe Sailor. When I got the request I was quite surprised that my photos of Lasers were wanted for an article in the US Snipe Class magazine.
