Beach Sailing
We should be able to start sailing on the beaches soon with the end of summer. Last year we had several great days of sailing in Wildwood, Wildwood Crest. The best wind direction for sailing in Wildwood and most Jersey Beaches is NW and SE, with the fronts coming across the country usually predictable 3-4 days in advance. A group email will be sent out announcing sailing time and date when conditions are favorable. There usually are extra carts available for a demo ride. We have been sailing from in back of the WWC beach patrol headquarters at Rambler Rd. 4 wheel drive beach permits for Wildwood Crest are $25.00, good for Oct 1. to April30.
Note safety equipment & vehicle inspection, Mon - Fri. At police station.
Wildwood Group Sail Oct 20-23.
A group of us are planning to get together for sailing, hanging out and having fun together. Low tide is mid day and conditions in late Oct are usually favorable for sailing.
Let me know if your interested in coming. Unfortunately most of the motels are closed then and I was not able to get a group motel as in the past. There are listing on Vrbo & Airbnb, we will be sailing from Rambler Rd. There will be extra carts available for a demo ride.
Bader Field
NABSA is looking for a Insurance Co for a group policy to cover the Liability Insurance that most locations require to use for organized sailing. The site users will be required to cover most of the insurance cost. At this time some quotes have come in at $300.00 a day to cover a event site. The Insurance issue is also preventing other events besides Bader from happening. Hopping the issue is resolved soon so we can start sailing Bader again.
NABSA
The NABSC 2023 are being organized for April 2023 at Ivanpah Dry Lake.
NABSA has put in a bid to host the Blokart World Championship in 2024 at Ivanpah Dry Lake. http://nabsa.org
Blokart
Blokart is offering free shipping on any cart purchase until Oct. Contact your dealer to place a order for you. I have the new Composite Rims and Tubeless Tires designed for 50 lbs. of air pressure in stock and also most blokart equipment and parts in stock.
Loring ME, Fall Landsailing Regatta Sept 15- 18
Land Sailing event that a lot of blokart participant in. Loring site is a old B1 base that has 3mile long runways used for sailing. Contact Bill Buchholz bill@hilltopmidcoast.me
Thanks to the Jersey Guys, we will be allowed to sail on the Tuesday before our regular schedule begins on Wednesday, September 14. What started out as a weekend event is now nearly a week. Dan Clapp and the Gervolinos want to have some free time to sea trial their new fixed wings. There are no scheduled events for this day. Official racing will still commence Friday morning.
There might be timed speed runs on Wednesday or Thursday, depending on wind. This would be a flying mile, with runs for both classes. Details are still to be worked out, but it might be fun to post the best times up on the speed board.
Dial up start racing Thu, Fri, Sat & Sun.
Hope to see you sailing soon sailing,
Fran Gramkowski
East Coast Landsailing
609-314-3429
