• Please register if you intend to participate in the Commodore Cup – Nov 20th 11 AM 1st Start.  If it turns out your in-laws are not coming to visit and it’s a really nice day to sail please know you are still welcome to race even if you have not registered.  Getting some free pizza and caesar salad is a different story.  See a following dot point.
• This race will be a pursuit start.  If you read the NOR & SIs you can skip to the next dot.  The course and all start times will be posted no later than 10 PM on Thursday Nov 18th. We will have start times posted for all SPSA Membership boats with a rating.
• The deadline to declare a cruising chute in the cruising class is Friday Nov 19th at 5 PM.  TreinenRich@aol.com 
• The deadline to RSVP for the post race pizza and caesar salad for members and their guests is NOON on Friday Nov 19th.  SPSA Members eat free, guests dine for $5.  If you do not RSVP you might find yourself fighting for leftovers.   TreinenRich@aol.com
• Everything else under the tree is BYO.  You can expect our under the tree event to start  at 3, maybe 4.  Pray for good wind.
• Need crew to get your boat out on the water?  Membership.Chair@spsa.us 

Commodore’s-cup-Nov-20-2021   Start Times (Download pdf)

• King of the Bay Report:  7 Nov 2021 Cayennita III elapsed time 1:28:05 with a corrected 1:12:43
• Series Race Date Change: The St Petersburg Grand Prix was moved into conflict with our scheduled Feb 26th Series Race.  The new date is now January 29th.
• Our Cayennita III’s skipper Tony Sanpere was one of three local veterans honored on Veteran’s Day by Mayor Rick Kriseman.  Tony served in the US Army from 1960 to 1968 in Germany and Vietnam.  Tony was awarded multiple Purple Hearts, 2 Bronze Stars, and other service awards.

• November 20th Commodore’s Cup 11 AM 1st Start.  Registration is open for this pursuit race.  You must login to your SPSA account 1st.  Then click List/Search under Regattas drop down.  You can find the  Enter  button and the information you need by clicking the  Docs  button on the Commodore’s Cup line.  If you intend to deploy your cruising spinnaker, make sure you declare your spinnaker chute according to the NOR.  Starting times will be posted by 10 PM on Thursday November 18th.
• Post Race party under the tree.  Your SPSA Membership gets you and your significant other free pizza and caesar salad. Your crew, if not a SPSA Member can buy in for $5.  Please Please Please RSVP by High Noon on Friday Nov 19th so we know how much food to bring.   TreinenRich@aol.com  We will time the pizza delivery for 1 to 1.5 hours after the race is over.  Probably 3 to 4  PM – no promises. Everything beyond pizza and salad is BYO.
• We have implemented a sharing cup tradition at our post race gatherings.  If your boat wins the best of the day liquid trophy, you can expect heavy pressure to utilize the sharing cups provided.
• The next SPSA Series is Dec 4th.  Our Race Committee will be Warrior.
• We have sailors looking to get their feet on a deck.  If you need crew or could take along another body or two, please let Brian know.  Membership.Chair@spsa.us  Our growing non-boat owning membership has enabled our post race free food.
• Our next board meeting is Tuesday December 7th.  Watch for details.  This is a good way to find out how your club works, get involved, have say in what pizza we eat and a good way to find a deck for your feet.  

• SPSA Fall Season Series Races 5 & 6 will have Libèlula as our race committee boat.  Thanks to Fritz and Joyce for stepping up.  Chris Dollin and Dee Gill have have volunteered to help out.  The 1st start is scheduled for 11 AM.  Monitor VHF 72 for any last minute instructions. After the race we will meet under the tree.  It’s a bring your own everything event.  We are planning a free food event after the Commodores Cup if you RSVP.

• Also thanks to Warrior, Hula Girl, Gimmi Shelter, Amber Looe, and Freelance volunteering to cover the remaining Series Race Committee duty.

• King of the Bay report.  Last Tango ran the course on Oct 30th in challenging shifty winds.  Her corrected time of 1:04:51 beat all the other reports.  There were none.  If you don’t run the course, you can not win a KoB Flag.