Regular sailors of Lake Mead here is the schedule for 2010 events:
• 12th Annual LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race : March 27, 2010
WHAT: The LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race is open to all trailerable sailboats and skipper experience. Minimum racing rules apply. A small donations from participating skippers will be appreciated for off setting the cost of the awards. Request registration at las_vegas_bay_ macgregor_ assoc@yahoo. com with: • Name of the boat • Boat's Manufacture and model • Name of the skipper and crew • ETA at Callville Bay
Winner award is a engraved SS Coleman coffee cup and the "Bitter End" award for last boat to finish. DNF boats are disqualified.
For detailed maps of the both Mead Madness and LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race, go to http://maps. google.com/ > in the search block type "lake mead sails" > click "show search options" > select "related maps" > click search.
WHERE: Launching at Callville Bay Marina ramp. Callville Bay Marina is located 12 miles East of Junction RTs 147/167 on the Northshore Scenic Drive, Lake Mead NV. Group to assembly at a SW sheltered cove of Callville Bay just outside and to starboard coming out of the marina's tire jetty entrance. Will be monitoring VHF Channel 68 on the hour to provide directions. Overnight courtesy dock fee at Callville Bay Marina is $15 assessed about 11 PM. Mast up boat camping overnight in the Callville Bay camp grounds $10. If available, use the camp sites along the South side for widest spaces in the camp ground. A $50 fine could be assessed for boat camping in the marina parking lot. Only trailer-less vehicles may park down by the ramp. Recommend parking in the Long Term parking lot at the lower level of the parking area. Water, ice, fuel, food, small grocers available at all the marinas.
WHEN: Group Sails usually start out from Callville Bay in the AM on first Sunday. If winds are favorable during the Fall Flotilla Sail, we will conduct the annual Lake Mead Sailing Rally between designated navigation buoys / markers along the transit routes to the various Lake Mead basins.
LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race (Saturday of Mead Madness Sail): 8:00 AM Captains' Meeting at the courtesy dock to provide time 'hack', minimum rules, preparation and race start signals, the designated race course with a map. Those overnighting in the sheltered Callville Bay cove on Friday will already have the information. .
9:30 AM Start of the Race at Navigation Buoy CB-A (Callville Bay entry buoy) and closest point of land. This will also be the finish line.
~3:00 PM No Host BBQ and Awards ceremony and group picture at the overnight cove.
PROVISIONING: Recommend provisioning before entering the tolled Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Food4Less (with Ice and Dry Ice), Wal-Mart, West Marine are located at a strip mall at Lake Mead Drive (Rt 147) and Boulder Hwy. Recommend fueling vehicle and boat before entering. Expensive vehicle and boat fuel is available at the marina.
If there is anything I forgot, or a Sailmate I missed please pass the "word" to me and them. Hope to see you all there.
"The Goal is the Voyage, Not the Destination"
Captain Kimo Second Commodore & Events Coordinator Las Vegas Bay Macgregor Association las_vegas_bay_ macgregor_ assoc@yahoo. com 96' Mac26X "FOREVER" Callville Bay, Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Ahoy Lake Mead Sailmates,
Regular sailors of Lake Mead here is the schedule for 2010 events:
• Mead Madness Sail '10 : March 26 to April 2, 20010 • 12th Annual LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race : March 27, 2010
WHAT: The two schedule Sails are non-sponsored week long group sail to the five basins of Lake Mead. Overnighting in either sheltered coves or one of Lake Mead marina's courtesy docks. Newbie skippers are welcome. We have a group of regular Lake Mead sailors that have sailed together for many years and have a wealth of advise and assistance.
The LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race is open to all trailerable sailboats and skipper experience. Minimum racing rules apply. A small donations from participating skippers will be appreciated for off setting the cost of the awards. Request registration at las_vegas_bay_ macgregor_ assoc@yahoo. com with: • Name of the boat • Boat's Manufacture and model • Name of the skipper and crew • ETA at Callville Bay
Winner award is a engraved SS Coleman coffee cup and the "Bitter End" award for last boat to finish. DNF boats are disqualified.
For detailed maps of the Mead Madness Sails, go to http://maps. google.com/ > in the search block type "lake mead sails" > click "show search options" > select "related maps" > click search.
WHERE: Launching at Callville Bay Marina ramp. Callville Bay Marina is located 12 miles East of Junction RTs 147/167 on the Northshore Scenic Drive, Lake Mead NV. Group to assembly at a SW sheltered cove of Callville Bay just outside and to starboard coming out of the marina's tire jetty entrance. Will be monitoring VHF Channel 68 on the hour to provide directions. Overnight courtesy dock fee at Callville Bay Marina is $15 assessed about 11 PM. Mast up boat camping overnight in the Callville Bay camp grounds $10. If available, use the camp sites along the South side for widest spaces in the camp ground. A $50 fine could be assessed for boat camping in the marina parking lot. Only trailer-less vehicles may park down by the ramp. Recommend parking in the Long Term parking lot at the lower level of the parking area. Water, ice, fuel, food, small grocers available at all the marinas.
WHEN: Group Sails usually start out from Callville Bay in the AM on first Sunday. If winds are favorable during the Fall Flotilla Sail, we will conduct the annual Lake Mead Sailing Rally between designated navigation buoys / markers along the transit routes to the various Lake Mead basins.
LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race (Saturday of Mead Madness Sail): 8:00 AM Captains' Meeting at the courtesy dock to provide time 'hack', minimum rules, preparation and race start signals, the designated race course with a map. Those overnighting in the sheltered Callville Bay cove on Friday will already have the information. .
9:30 AM Start of the Race at Navigation Buoy CB-A (Callville Bay entry buoy) and closest point of land. This will also be the finish line.
~3:00 PM No Host BBQ and Awards ceremony and group picture at the overnight cove.
PROVISIONING: Recommend provisioning before entering the tolled Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Food4Less (with Ice and Dry Ice), Wal-Mart, West Marine are located at a strip mall at Lake Mead Drive (Rt 147) and Boulder Hwy. Recommend fueling vehicle and boat before entering. Expensive vehicle and boat fuel is available at the marina.
If there is anything I forgot, or a Sailmate I missed please pass the "word" to me and them. Hope to see you all there.
"The Goal is the Voyage, Not the Destination"
Captain Kimo Second Commodore & Events Coordinator Las Vegas Bay Macgregor Association las_vegas_bay_ macgregor_ assoc@yahoo. com 96' Mac26X "FOREVER" Callville Bay, Lake Mead National Recreation Area
