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Pre Canon Race 1 email

Greeting fellow racers,
I hope this email finds everyone well on this Memorial Day eve. I hope everyone takes a moment to reflect on those that gave their lives for our freedom.
I apologize for the lack of emails over the past few months. Like most of you, I’ve also been waiting for Spring to arrive and I’m hoping that starting tomorrow it will finally show up in East Tawas. My other issue is that I’m getting more and more tired of laptops so I avoid them when I can. I just spent the last hour firing up my laptop and waiting for it to finally let me touch it. I’m surprised it’s still in one piece.
Onto the business at hand…. Attached are the sailing instructions for this season. A copy can also be found in the information binder on the desk as you enter the club.
I’ve attached a liability form to this email for your review. A couple of people have suggested this now that we are allowing racers from other marinas/clubs to join us in racing. Those with boats in the harbor at the club are asked to provide proof of insurance prior to docking our boat at the club for the season, thus the reason that we haven’t pursued something like this sooner. Now that we are asking others to join us, it would be nice to give everyone on the racecourse some peace of mind that we all carry this insurance. I will print out several copies of this form and ask those competing in the Cannon Series to review and sign the form. I will NOT be verifying this information. Your signature is your word. There was a question of whether those in the yacht club would also need to sign this form, and it seems like it would be best for consistency’s sake. I will keep these signed forms in the racing office at the club. Please feel free to ask questions.
Chris Princing informed me earlier today that the navigational buoys we use for racing marks (such as R2, R4) have still not been set by the USCG. Maybe they’ll be set prior to our upcoming race, maybe not. We’ll monitor this and deal with it on race morning if necessary. In the meantime, if anyone happens to notice that they do get placed, please let me know.
Lastly, our first race is just a standard, single start, buoy race. The race is scheduled for Saturday, May 30th. The skippers meeting starts at 10:30am and the race start is 12:00pm. I look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday for the start of another great season.
Brian

Cannon Race 1 – May 30, 2026