Gulf Coast Start... very important

[Steve-O]

Kent. Completely agree that starts have been a bit chaotic in the past.

2 Years ago, Jay was concerned we were gonna lose the wind and just was itching to get it going.

Last year, well, Chris also got itchy.

The forecast are all over the road right now, good news is we have plenty of wind in the forecast to work with this weekend, I think it is going to come down to direction to run the course.

With that said, it would be helpful for all riders to have a watch and sync them at the skippers meeting so everyone has a pretty good idea of when the flag and horn are going to sound.

Have considered having a ski at the start to point to act as a barrier and also get things off smoothly, but really don't want to have a ski in pounding surf.

Points well taken, and we are spending alot of time and thought this year on the start sequence and making sure it goes smoothly and fairly.

[kent]

Killer. The main point is the the sequence shouldn't give a good idea of when to start, but an exact time.

In a race there are only 2 things you have to do right and that's the start and the finish. It's easy to do by employing standard procedures from kite, windsurfing, and sailing race starts. Let's do the 1 minute rule and run with it. It's also very important to enforce the line 100% if we want it to get better in the future. As I said before, unless you have a viable provision for a recall, the 1 minute rule must be used.

Looking forward to seeing you guys on the water and getting some ride time in after the race. Bada Bing Bada Boon!!!