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As was posted earlier, racing today is postponed to tomorrow.

For Chris Bedford's 8/10 morning weather brief, CYC_VERVE_20120810am.pdf

The weather briefing from the Skipper's meeting on 8/9/12 is available for download as a PDF.

CYC_VERVE_20120809pm.pdf

CYC_VERVE_20110821am.pdf

 

Courtesy of Chris Bedford - please click on the link above and it will open as a PDF.

Today on the water the circles were each able to get in three races. The race committee postponed the start for nearly an hour waiting for the wind to build. The wind was east to east southeast most of the day, building slightly from three to five, to seven to nine. 

PRO reports:

Circle A: Circle A saw three good races with very tight racing especially among the Farr 40’s. Only six points separate the top five boats in…

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Racing starts today! Good luck to all our competitors.  Chris Bedford's weather presentation last night indicated light air was expected today, but our crack Race Committee will undoubtedly get some racing in.

 

See you all tonight at the Sponsored Competitor Party presented by Karma Yacht Sales. 

Skippers

 

We wanted to remind you that Chris Bedford of Sailing Weather Service will be doing a weather briefing at the Skipper's meeting Thursday night at CYC Monroe. He'll also be doing a talk on the weather for this year's Mac race, which will undoubtedly be quite interesting. We urge all competitors to attend.

 

Also, Chris's company has a free weather portal for the Verve here:…

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We are happy to announce and introduce the official photographers for the Verve Cup. Please check out their sites after the race for great photos of our competitors:



Scott Diamond, Layline Photography – www.layline.photoreflect.com 



Karen Hirsch Photography – www.kihphoto.com 



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The Verve Offshore is just over a week away! 

 

If you haven't done so already, please "like" the Verve on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/vervecup. You'll get the latest news and updates from there.

 

Also, our friends at Sailing Weather Service have set up their free Verve weather portal again. Check it out at …

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