Update on the Sail for Life Art Auction

I have changed the dates for the Sail for Life Art Auction.  I had forgotten about a planned vacation in RL.  The Art Auction will begin on Friday May 22nd and close on Sunday the 23rd.  Any artists out there that would like to donate a "one of a kind" piece of artwork in a nautical theme are encouraged to contact me.  I'd love to have the art collected by May 1st although the latest date would be May 17th.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at NberMedici@gmail.com with your questions. 

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Some of you may know that I have been involved with the Sail for Life / Relay for Life in Second Life since the very very beginning.  I have been trying to help the effort by making videos of various events.  One of the most fun events is the ChippenSail event.  Below is the video for the event for this year.  If you want to see your favorite dancer, use the following time stamps.  Many thanks to all these men who participated, the ladies that bid on them, and to Allie Tomsen for organizing the event yet again.  Benny did a great job on doing the introductions of the dancers and providing the music.  It was GREAT fun!

1:22 Mr B (David Wetherby)
2:18 Chaos Mandelbrot
3:17 "Dutch" Kain Xenobuilder
4:22 Forrest Gibbs
5:10 Fred Uralia
6:40 Greythistle Twine
8:37 Justin
10:37 "Mr. Nibs" Nibor Shoreland
12:31 "Little Wolf" Wolfhard
13:22 Yaz Launim

New Practice Start Line for Powerboats

For some time now we have been trying to get help from Linden Lab to set up a practice start line out on the mainland where power boaters could practice without worrying about the often crowed conditions of the Blake Sea. Deirdre and Dev identified Vipiteno as a great place for such a startline. It is located in a quiet corner of the mainland and is ideal as a practice area.

I met with Michael Linden there today and we created the Vipiteno Start Line complete with SYC committee boat, 100m start line, and boat rezz area.  To rezz your boat you can TP to Vipiteno (220,230) to go to the committee boat you can TP to Vipiteno (77,111). Be sure to LM those two spots.

Huge Cruise and Raft-Up

More than 50 boats and 85 residents turned out for our Motorboat Cruise and Raft-Up today. The event was nothing short of overwhelming to those who attended. Over 50 boats departed Starboards Yacht Club and made their way through parts of the United Sailing Sims before rendezvousing in Blake Sea - Haggerty for an incredibly fun time lead by our DJ Benny the Boozehound.  SYC Powerboat Commodores Devyn Smythe an Deirdre Faults did a bang up job of playing harbormaster to the fleet. Half the fun was watching Dev trying to herd 50 boats into a circle. Take a look at the pictures, he did a grand job. It was an event for the ages. Here are some photos from ZZ Bottom and Sam Portocarrero. A video is in the works with George Clooney in the role of MarkTwain White.

Click here for ZZ Bottoms images

Click here for Sam Portocarrero's images

Sailing Season Opener

Everyone, and we mean everyone, is invited to our Sailboat Season Opener tomorrow at 1130AM at Starboards Yacht Club in Hollywood Sim. It's going to be an exciting time that will kick off with giving away a Bandit 25 (worth 3000L). Don't be late the boat will be given near the start of the program.. 

We will have demos of the Bandit 25 available for our first casual race and then a FUN event (harkening back to the earliest days of Starboards Yacht Club), SAILBOAT SOCCER. This will be a LOT of fun for all. Please join us. 

We're Back!

Following a sabbatical of more than two years Starboards Yacht Club is back! Now composed of a Sailing Division,a Power Division and Tugby Division SYC has something for every boater.

Under the combined leadership of Deidre Faulds and Devyn Smythe our 2014 Power Division Season is now in full swing. Over 35 fans attended the time trials for powerboat racing at SYC on a recent Sunday Morning. Presently four boats have been approved by the SYC-PBD (SYC Powerboat Division). All four are available at the west dock area at SYC in Hollywood sim (both retail and demo versions).

The spectator crowd at the powerboat trials

Our Sailboat Division launches its 2014 season on Sunday February 16 at Noon under the leadership of our new Sail Division Commodore, Maiti Yenni. Come join us.

As our new Social Director, Meemsie Sigal will be bringing SYC a wide of assortment of social events and activities.

Nber Medici continues to run the longest running event in SYC history, the Tugby races.

And MarkTwain White will be throwing his two cents in in his Mark:My Words column.

Pre-race meeting

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