Team Seacats

Yes, there is such a thing as good press and we just got a bunch at High Octane One Designs.

Well….what-da-ya-think?  I’ve still got to move some stuff around, finish filling in some content, and get the sponsor’s information loaded up – but I’m pretty happy with it so far … not real sure about that header yet though.

If any of you have a blog site out there, you realize the volumes of spam comments and “trackbacks” you can get.  Even though there is some built in spam protection, I’ve been having to clear out anywhere from 5 to 30 a day and occasionally I would accidentally snare a real comment from one of you.  Hopefully, that is no more.  I’ve installed an Akismet plugin that should compare all comments and filter out the ones that are not genuine.  If you experience any problems with the software, feel free to email me HERE.

Say, we’ve got some website improvements coming soon – if you check in with us and see things that look different and/or incomplete, that’s probably because I have the new template activated to test some of the changes as I fine tune it with our graphics and for our content.

Thanks to the folks at AdventureOnline.TV, we have a new video player with bonus items! Click the link below (or the obnoxious “CLICK FOR VIDEO” thing up top). After seeing the new Tybee 500 Promotional Video (it’s the default video that loads up), you must see the WWF Season 3 Ep 1 video (WWF = World Wave Federation) hosted by Neitz Boy who has coined modern sailing phrases such as “one-edging” it (flying a hull). There is everything there from skydiving, kiteboarding, surfing, and even Laser sailing right after a hurricane. Seriously – it’s good stuff and thanks to Brian Karr for his talent and effort in putting together all that incredible footage. If you click on the links to go to the AdventureOnline.TV site, you can buy full length, high quality, DVD’s of many of the videos, including the 2006 Tybee 500, you see there.

Hey, also note that there is a new “maximize” feature to see the videos in a larger format…Seacats say “cool” and keep “one-edging it” Brian.

It was time for me to give back a little to our sailing club and I operated as PRO for a day of racing in our club series. Except for chasing the shifty lake breeze around for a bit, it was actually a good time. Thanks to Bill and Tommy for their help. Though none of us had actually performed previously in any capacity as race committee, operations went with only one minor mistake. As the first race ended, the wind shifted 180 degrees so we scrambled to readjust the marks for the new breeze while the last boats were finishing. I had just begun the next start sequence when I realized that we forgot to move the finish line pin to the other side of the committee boat since the wind was now from the opposite direction. Thankfully I noticed before the racers started to ask about it. We postponed the sequence and started over again smoothly and got one more race in. I admit though, I was so caught up with the action and process that I completely forgot to take pictures until the very end. Here’s the last boat who is also the high PHRF fleet winner for the day.

I did get a coat of polyester resin on the wood of the one meter plug – I plan on getting a good deal down with it tomorrow.
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Originally uploaded by Team Seacats.