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News Updates 

(May, 2010)

This month brings boats in the North, finally splashing around in the water again, and thoughts of racing dancing like sugarplums - or however that goes.

It also brings an updated version of the Frers-33 Tuning Guide, due to the hard-driving efforts of Rod Stright, with contributions from several owners.  Find this in the Tuning Guide link to the left.

We have been invited to participate as a class in several regattas across Long Island Sound this year.  Because of the high concentration of boats in the CT area, we have chosen to congregate on the weekend of July 10 & 11 at the Branford and Pine Orchard Regattas.  These are two separate events, but we will look to score ourselves across both Regattas as a Series.  We have 6 or 7 boats already committed, so shake out a reef, and join us!  Dave or I can help coordinate, but Jim Mormile has been the driver and coordinator of this event.

The following weekend is the NYYC Regatta in Newport.  With Branford as a half-way stopping point on the way to Newport, Brilliant is making the trek, as is Wolverine.  Let's see if we can get a few more boats up there.  With a One-Design class, we can choose a 2, 3, or 4 day event.  If we don't get enough boats together for One-Design, we will race in a PHRF division, so either way we race.  This event is still listed as our official National Championships, and I'd really like to see that trophy circulate a bit more! No offense Dave.

If anyone wants an early season tune-up event, the "Race for the Case" (of rum) has us listed as a class, but will fold us into a PHRF division if we don't get the requisite number of boats out.  This event is May 22-23. At least Brilliant and Bon Coeurs will be there.  http://www.lhyc.org

I understand from Scott Marino that we have been invited to the Housatonic Boat Club Invitational on Saturday, September 11th as well.  Anyone interested, contact Scott, or Art.

In more mundane news, I've decided it's time to clean up the old news from the home page.  I think all the articles are in the email threads anyway, but if anyone misses anything from it, I have a backup copy.

Dues reminder; Please support our efforts at keeping the class together through this web site and the One Design ad in Sailing World by sending your dues of $50 to David Nauber, 86 Coyote Trail, Higganum, CT 06441.  He has a new email address dnauber@yahoo.com.

Please see the Regatta Schedule page for tentative one-design events for 2010

For additional Frers 33 class information, contact the Class President, Dave Nauber at dnauber@classeaudio.com