Mead Madness Sail & LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race 201 4

[Captain Kimo]

Regular sailors of Lake Mead here is the schedule for Las Vegas Bay Macgreor Association 2014 events:

• Mead Madness Sail '14 (MMS): April 18 to April 25, 2014
• 16th  Annual LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race : April 19, 2014
• Fall Flotilla Sail '14 (FFS) October 10-17, 2014, (Including Annual "Lake Mead Sailing Rally" while transiting the various Lake Mead Basins)

WHAT: The two schedule Sails are week long group sail to the five basins of Lake Mead.  Overnighting in either sheltered coves or one of Lake Mead marina's courtesy docks.  Newbie skippers are welcome. We have a group of regular Lake Mead sailors that have sailed together for many years and have a wealth of advise and assistance.

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS:
1. Complete the LVBMA Registration form submitted with $15 donation for Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LMNRA) Special Use Permits and Awards Cost.
2. Sign and mail LVBMA Liability Release Form with LVBMA Registration Form.
3. Out of State Registered boats obtain Nevada Alien Invasive Species (AIS) sticker (except Arizona registered boats)
4. Proof of $300,000 Liability Boat Insurance with United States of America named as also insured.

LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race:
The LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race is open to all trailer-able sailboats and skipper experience.  Minimum racing rules apply.  A small donation from participating skippers of $15 by mailed check on registration is required for off setting the Special Use Permit fee of National Park Service and cost of the awards. LVBMA registration and liability release forms upon request at las_vegas_bay_macgregor_assoc@yahoo.com. Request to include:
• Name of the skipper and crew member(s)
• Name of the boat
• Boat's Manufacture and model
• ETA at Callville Bay
Details at http://www.las-veagas-bay-macgregor-assoc.webs.com

LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race (Saturday of Mead Madness Sail):
8:00 AM Captains' Meeting at the courtesy dock to provide time 'hack (use GPS time referece)', minimum rules, preparation and race start signals, the designated race course with a map.  Those overnighting in the sheltered Callville Bay cove on Friday will already have the information..

9:30 AM Racers (e.g. MacGregor 26D) Start of the Race at Navigation Buoy CB-A (Callville Bay entry buoy) and closest point of land. 

9:45 AM Cruisers ( e.g. MacGregor 26X/M) Start of the Race at same Start / Finish line.

~3:00 PM No Host BBQ and Awards ceremony and group picture at the overnight cove.

Winner awards are a silk screened SS winner coffee cup and the "Bitter End" award for last boat to finish. DNF boats are disqualified. There will be two awards. Racers winner (e.g. Mac26D) and Cruisers (e.g. Mac26X/M) winner. NOR available at LVBMA website (http://www.las-vegas-bay-macgregor_assoc.webs.com).


Lake Mead Sailing Rally:
The Lake Mead Sailing Rally is timed sailing runs ("legs") between various navigation buoys/markers along the transit route of the lake basins. Maps and forms of the four route legs and distances will be supplied to registered participants

Awards are the yellow winner's T shirts (ala' the yellow shirts of Tour de France Bike Race) for best adjusted time for a given leg. NOR available at LVBMA website (http://www.las-vegas-bay-macgregor_assoc.webs.com).


WHERE: Launching at Callville Bay Marina ramp.  Callville Bay Marina is located 12 miles East of Junction RTs 147/167 on the Northshore Scenic Drive, Lake Mead NV.  Group to assembly at a SW sheltered cove of Callville Bay just outside and to starboard coming out of the marina's tire jetty entrance.  Will be monitoring VHF Channel 68 on the hour to provide directions.  Overnight courtesy dock fee at Callville Bay Marina is $15 assessed about  11 PM.  Mast up boat camping overnight in the Callville Bay camp grounds $10.  If available, use the camp sites along the South side for widest spaces in the camp ground.  A $50 fine could be assessed for boat camping in the marina parking lot.  Only trailer-less vehicles may park down by the ramp.  Recommend parking in the Long Term parking lot "C" at the lower level of the parking area.  Water, ice, fuel, food, small grocers available at all the marinas.

WHEN: Group Sails usually start out from Callville Bay in the AM on first Sunday of the event.  If winds are favorable during the Fall Flotilla Sail, we will conduct the annual Lake Mead Sailing Rally between designated navigation buoys / markers along the transit routes in the various Lake Mead basins.



PROVISIONING: Recommend provisioning before entering the tolled Lake Mead National Recreation Area.  Wal-Mart, and West Marine are located at a strip mall at Lake Mead Drive (Rt 147) and Boulder Hwy.  Recommend fueling vehicle and boat before entering.

If there is anything I forgot, or you need further information, come back with your questions.

"The Goal is the Voyage, Not the Destination"

Captain Kimo
96' Mac26X "FOREVER"
Commodore & Events Coordinator
Las Vegas Bay Macgregor Association
http://www.las-vegas-bay-macgregor-assoc.webs.com
las_vegas_bay_macgregor_assoc@yahoo.com
Callville Bay, Boulder Basin, Lake Mead, Nevada

[Captain Kimo]

UPDATE OF MEAD MADNESS SAIL '14
• PERMIT RECEIVED APRIL 18 AFTER NEGOTIATION WITH LMNRA TO ACCEPTANCE PROVISION OF:
4. Proof of $300,000 Liability Boat Insurance with United States of America named as also insured.
AS OPPOSITES TO ORIGINAL REQUIREMENT FOR AN UMBRELLA "LAS VEGAS BAY MACGREGOR ASSOCIATION" LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR EVENTS.
Estimate for such an umbrella liability insurance to be $1700 per year. With LVBMA not collecting dues from associates sailboat skipper for the two annual reunions, which include "pick-up'" races / sailing rallies using existing shore landmarks / navigation buoys, and lake island turning marks, it was not a viable option.

• ONE BOAT SHOWED UP FOR THE RACE AND WAS GIVEN SS LVBMA FOUNDERS' DAY WINNERS COFFEE CUPS BY DEFAULT. PREREGISTERED SAILBOATS OPTED OUT EXCEPT TWO.

• PLAN TO COORDINATE FALL FLOTILLA SAIL AND SAILING RALLY OCT. 10 TO 17 WITH REMAINING PERMIT. HOWEVER, WILL DISSOLVE LAS VEGAS BAY MACGREGOR ASSOCIATION AND ALL INTERNET CONNECTIONS BY YEAR END.

Regular sailors of Lake Mead here is the schedule for Las Vegas Bay Macgreor Association 2014 events:

• Mead Madness Sail '14 (MMS): April 18 to April 25, 2014
• 16th  Annual LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race : April 19, 2014

WHAT: The two schedule Sails are week long group sail to the five basins of Lake Mead.  Overnighting in either sheltered coves or one of Lake Mead marina's courtesy docks.  Newbie skippers are welcome. We have a group of regular Lake Mead sailors that have sailed together for many years and have a wealth of advise and assistance.

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS:
1. Complete the LVBMA Registration form submitted with $15 donation for Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LMNRA) Special Use Permits and Awards Cost.
2. Sign and mail LVBMA Liability Release Form with LVBMA Registration Form.
3. Out of State Registered boats obtain Nevada Alien Invasive Species (AIS) sticker (except Arizona registered boats)
4. Proof of $300,000 Liability Boat Insurance with United States of America named as also insured.

LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race:
The LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race is open to all trailer-able sailboats and skipper experience.  Minimum racing rules apply.  A small donation from participating skippers of $15 by mailed check on registration is required for off setting the Special Use Permit fee of National Park Service and cost of the awards. LVBMA registration and liability release forms upon request at las_vegas_bay_macgregor_assoc@yahoo.com. Request to include:
• Name of the skipper and crew member(s)
• Name of the boat
• Boat's Manufacture and model
• ETA at Callville Bay
Details at http://www.las-veagas-bay-macgregor-assoc.webs.com

LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race (Saturday of Mead Madness Sail):
8:00 AM Captains' Meeting at the courtesy dock to provide time 'hack (use GPS time referece)', minimum rules, preparation and race start signals, the designated race course with a map.  Those overnighting in the sheltered Callville Bay cove on Friday will already have the information..

9:30 AM Racers (e.g. MacGregor 26D) Start of the Race at Navigation Buoy CB-A (Callville Bay entry buoy) and closest point of land. 

9:45 AM Cruisers ( e.g. MacGregor 26X/M) Start of the Race at same Start / Finish line.

~3:00 PM No Host BBQ and Awards ceremony and group picture at the overnight cove.

Winner awards are a silk screened SS winner coffee cup and the "Bitter End" award for last boat to finish. DNF boats are disqualified. There will be two awards. Racers winner (e.g. Mac26D) and Cruisers (e.g. Mac26X/M) winner. NOR available at LVBMA website (http://www.las-vegas-bay-macgregor_assoc.webs.com).



"The Goal is the Voyage, Not the Destination"

Captain Kimo
96' Mac26X "FOREVER"
Commodore & Events Coordinator
Las Vegas Bay Macgregor Association
http://www.las-vegas-bay-macgregor-assoc.webs.com
las_vegas_bay_macgregor_assoc@yahoo.com
Callville Bay, Boulder Basin, Lake Mead, Nevada

[Loala]

What next?

[sailfish02]

I want to do the October trip before it's over... always want to sail Mead but never have and I would sure like the "locals to show me around.

Thank ye kindly

[Newell]

All,

Not sure what to make of this result as I skipped the event, first time in many years. It had become a 'must do' for me and a bunch of darn good sailors. I didn't skip because of the red tape and the hint of fees, though I have never paid a dime to the NPS before. Never had a problem with a small donation to reimburse Kimo for a small part of the work he put into the planning. I think this result is like the black cloud hanging over the West in terms of drought. I still think it's our government and we have the power to make it work for us. Meanwhile it sounds like the cost of living is moving the middleclass sailor out of the water.

[Loala]

Not sure why the issues...

These guys pull it off with no problems.

http://www.meetup.com/Nevada-Yacht-Club ... om_fb=true

[Captain Kimo]

Not sure why the issues...

These guys pull it off with no problems.

http://www.meetup.com/Nevada-Yacht-Club ... om_fb=true

The Nevada Yacht Club is a proper yacht club with their own IRS ID number which they can put on the application; is a due paying membership with an account to pay for Special Use Permits; and is an affiliate with a national Yacht Club association providing a liability insurance umbrella for their member events. As the Las Vegas Bay Macgegor Association (LVBMA) is only a group trailer-able sailboat sailors from the surrounding states without membership and dues, I had to provide my personal SSN and promise to sight personal liability boat insurance as a function of the "organizer" of the "Get Together" of trailer-able sailboat sailors for the last 16 years. The Lake Mead National Recreation Area sight concerns for the safety and NPS liability of sailboat races and other timed marine events as the need to enforce their long standing requirement for such events. This would include the "Fun" LVBMA Founders' Day Cup Race (with a "Rabbit Start" and rounding islands on the lake as course markers) and the Fall Sailing Rally (using existing Navigation Buoys and Markers). After submitting my application for the two marine events for 2014 (was Grandfathered from the need of a non-refundable $100 application review fee) and paying the required $50 fee's (from donations from regulars to the events, as LVBMA has no dues supported membership account) for Special Use Permits for the two events. Due to the lack of attendance at the 2014 Mead Madness LVBMA Founders' Day Cup race and Fall event cancellation due to sudden reduction of water at the usual Callville Bay Marina ramp at Lake Mead; it was decided to discontinue all FUTURE "Timed Marine Events" as part of the two LVBMA's Get Together's in the Spring and Fall.

The Lake Mead National Recreation Area Park Rangers I dealt with were very helpful in trying to get through the arcane application system and requirements. A system I believe is left over from the corporate sponsored hydro boat races that were held on Lake Mead in the 1940's. Also, I believe the National Part Services budget was cut by the sequester budget reduction for discretionary Government expense, and this is an existing method for new revenue to offset the cut. Again this is my opinion and has been denied by LMNRA representative. BTW fees at the LMNRA toll booths are going to be raised in 2015 .

Captain Kimo
Commodore and Events Coordinator
Las Vegas Bay Macgregor Association

[raycarlson]

Why dontcha know all you have to do is form a corporation and hire a lobbyist to spread some cash around the Hill and you could do whatever you want at Mead, and then deduct everything on your incometaxes.

[Captain Kimo]

Why dontcha know all you have to do is form a corporation and hire a lobbyist to spread some cash around the Hill and you could do whatever you want at Mead, and then deduct everything on your income taxes.

Jimmy Hoffa is dead and never was a member of our Las Vegas Bay Macgregor Association when Caeasr's Palace here in Las Vegas was built. As Bobby Dylan sings "The Times they are changing...".

Being Irish American (mother born in Ireland ), giving it another go, without the Timed Marine Events or Distribution of Beverages and Food by LVBMA. See LVBMA schedule for 2015 on this page.

[Loala]

So where are you sailing these days Cap'n Kimo?