[C320-list] Ideas for a Future C320 annual Regatta/Meeting

[SYC]

I finally figured out how to handle the travel to the BVI. Take your airline
flight into St. Thomas, USVI instead. There are plenty of airlines that fly
there and it is cheaper. Then you take one of the ferries over to Tortola.
You will need to go through Customs in Tortola, but they give you the
paperwork to fill out while you are riding the ferry and it is pretty
painless. A few added benefits to flying into St. Thomas: it is not
considered an international flight if you are flying out of the US, and when
you come back to the US you get the (much better) duty-free rates. You just
need to make sure that you make SOME purchases in St. Thomas (not hard to
do, of course).

Joan #90
P.S.  I'm in! I haven't been down there for awhile and I'm dying to go back!

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Pat Moriarty
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 11:54 AM
To: gchunt at comcast.net; C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Ideas for a Future C320 annual Regatta/Meeting

How about Baha, the last time I checked American Airlines was the 
only one into Tortola and they are real proud of the tickets.

Pat #130

At 10:41 AM 12/29/2006, you wrote:
>Ditto !
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>Dave Moores wrote:
>
>>Yesss!
>>
>>Dave M
>>
>>(Canada)
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
>>[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Hare
>>Sent: December 29, 2006 9:58 AM
>>To: 'C320-List'
>>Subject: [C320-list] Ideas for a Future C320 annual Regatta/Meeting
>>
>>
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>   I've been thinking about the annual regatta/meetings and wanted to toss
>>out an idea for the '08 or possibly later.  I know it's a way off.
>>
>>   What do people think about departing from the typical format and trying
>>something completely different?
>>
>>Here are the problems I see:
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>>1) Hard to find a member(s) with time/energy/location to do all the work
to
>>host such an event
>>
>>2) It's always in the US, and most attendees have to pay for flights and
>>hotels.
>>
>>3) It costs the same (or more) to fly out for a couple days just for the
>>regatta as it would to fly somewhere for a longer stay.
>>
>>4) The hotels typically give us a break, but it's still expensive.
>>
>>5) The event only has a few hours of sailing (at best) for the whole
event,
>>so unless you have your boat there, you're not going to do much sailing.
>>
>>6) There's little or no incentive for people outside the US to attend one
of
>>these events, given the short duration, limited sailing, etc.
>>
>>7) Outside the Dinners and Organized events, there's nothing to do but
>>sight-see or try to hook up with other members for some side activities.
>>
>>
>>Here's my proposal:
>>
>>Let's consider having an annual meeting/regatta in the BVI sometime
between
>>December and March.  We'll charter the boats, spend a week sailing, racing
>>bar-to-bar, diving, whatever.
>>
>>* It would be a *lot* more fun.
>>* There's a reason for more people to go, and especially people from other
>>countries.
>>* People who want to do this, but are otherwise uncomfortable with
>>chartering could "get their feet wet" with a large group of friends to
build
>>confidence.
>>* Get a chance to sail/race/cruise larger boats or Catamarans and share
>>skills.
>>* Adam will cook for everyone ;)
>>* Have our annual meeting at Saba Rock Resort restaurant in Virgin Gorda
>>sound, or elsewhere.  Note that they have valet dinghy parking.. :)
>>* Yea, we'd have to take the kids out of school for a week assumig it
>>wouldn't fall on vacation week, but we'll just bring the homework along
like
>>we always do and call it a educational opportunity. :)
>>
>>While I haven't run the numbers recently, I recall that we seem to spend a
>>similar amount of $$ to fly to the west coast for 4 or 5 days, pay for
>>hotel, food and transportation as it cost us to do a charter in Tortola
>>(looking at the cost/day $$ average).  And it's a real vacation as well.
>>Given that we're all sailors, we might be able to carve out some kind of
>>group discount to sweeten the deal.
>>
>>Then for an encore at a future date, maybe cruise the Med?
>>
>>Just a thought...
>>
>>-JeffH.
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