Re: [ietf-sailors] another year, another three meetings

[Ben Campbell <[e-mail]>]

On Jan 13, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Cullen Jennings wrote:

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> I don't know if you can still do this but ..... 
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> In San Diego, you used to be able to charter one of the America Cup 12 meters. That would be a hoot to get a bunch of people to go out on. 
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http://www.sailusa11.com/

I've done one of these in Sint Maarten on Stars & Stripes (US-55) (http://www.12metre.com/regatta.htm ). It was, in fact, a hoot. We would have lost to their Candada2 instance which was a lighter boat, but they ripped their main sail :-)

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> On Jan 13, 2010, at 2:25 AM, Lars Eggert wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> so in 2010 we're looking at Anaheim, Maastricht & Beijing!
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>> Anaheim is close to several Orange County harbors, and we could either mop around the coast for a day, or go to Catalina Island and back in 2 days. When I lived in LA I chartered from http://www.marinasailing.com/ and I think they have boats in OC.
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>> Maastricht is about as far from the water as you can be in the Netherlands, but it's only about 200km to the IJsselmeer. Alternatively, we could interpret "sailing" loosely and rent a house boat to bump around the canals for a few days.
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>> Finally, I have no clue if Beijing offers any sailing possibilities.
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>> Thoughts?
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>> Lars
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