pier to pier ,fort myers to naples race (UP DATE 11/18/07

[kent]

Can't wait! One small piece of advice for your start. You must place times on your flag sequence for starting proceedure. Make the flag handling snappy and EXACTY n time. I would suggest using a

Prep Horn: Several short blasts of the air horn approximatly 30 seconds before Red Up.

Red UP (and 1 blast): 6 min to start
Red Down: 5 min to start
Yellow up (and 1 blast): 3 min to start
Yellow down: 1 min to start
Green up (and 1 blast): GO

It is also very important to have a provision for catching early starters and recalling the entire fleet if too many riders are over early. if you have no provision for this you are at risk.

The starting line and proceedures are very, very important on a short race like this. The top 3 riders will like finish with in 15-45 seconds of eachother.

Kent