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[SailRacer]

The brand new ‘high definition’ mixed fleet dinghy sailing series kicks off on 11th May:
• Carsington Summer Trophy  Sunday 11th May 2014
• Datchet Summer Flyer  31st May & 1st June 2014
• Oxford Summertime Blue  Saturday 21st June 2014
• The Lord Birkett Memorial Trophy 5th & 6th July 2014
• GJW Direct SailFest 14, Calshot 23rd to 25th August 2014

Live coverage with SailRacer’s GPS trackers at all events.
HD footage from Garmin VIRB cameras around the course and on boats to produce event and series round up videos.
3 events from 5 to count
Enter now at garmin.sailracer.org or contact info@sailracer.org for more information.
Your summer … your series … the Garmin Summer Series

[Phantom Titch]

Too many sailing events is just Diluting the attendance at our Class Association Events, a suggestion would be to partner and make these events part of the Associations programme, but this does mean comunicating with the Class, stealing website space without even a discussion to advertise your programme is a bit Cheeky?

Can we have some liason next year?

Titch 

[DaveK]

Why not just delete it?
Cheeky is an understatement for this marketing blurb.

[Phantom Titch]

I nearly did....

But.....

Getting Phantoms to be seen in the wider audience is one of things we should be doing, the fact we got severly let down and were miss sold a previous event does not mean we won't go back but I do expect these event organisers to make contact with the Secretary or Chairman, we might then look at rolling some of our travelling events into these bigger regattas.

Communication is not a stong point obviously...

Titch 

[Nick1291]

Don't worry about it too much Titch: in my mind the position is simple. They either coordinate with the class(es) in which case a fair few Phantoms turn up for a "race within a race" or they don't and nobody goes. I personally don't see much point in travelling for a handicap event - unless of course there are enough boats of the same class to race against.

[Kev M]

On the plus side, a Phantom sailor won one of the GPS Garmin cameras they were giving away.

[Little Monster]

Take more than giving away a camera to build the bridge they burnt with me last year.

That said it's for them to start the communication off if they want support from the Class and suggest they start with the Events Secretary.  Get him on side and it's easy street...

Cheers
Ian