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Regatta Schedule
September 29, 2007
0930 Competitor Welcome Announcement on VHF 05
1055 Course Signals made on RC Boat
1100 First Warning for Class 1
1630 Sail For Hope party at the Newport Shipyard*
*Competitors are welcome to raft up at the Newport Shipyard for the Post-Race party at no charge. The shipyard can be hailed on VHF 09. Alternatively, sailors are welcome to raft at Sail Newport’s Alofsin piers for no charge. The Oldport launch will be running from Ft. Adams.
The 2007 Sail For Hope will help raise funds to conduct the US Olympic Trials for the Laser Full Rig and the Laser Radial, and the Paralympic Trials for the Sonar, 2.4 M and Skiff of Universal Design (SKUD 18).
The Rhode Island Sailing Foundation with support from the New York Yacht Club, Sail Newport, the Ida Lewis Yacht Club and the Rhode Island Yachting Committee are the hosts of these 2 important events to choose our Paralympic and Olympic Sailing Teams.
In 2006, The Team ran an outstanding Pre Trials for the classes at Third Beach in Middletown and at Sail Newport for the Paralympic Classes. Olympic Pre Trials Report
In the spirit of unity and patriotism that spawned the original Sail For Pride, Sail Newport and the Organizing Comittee of Sail For Hope 2007 has dedicated all funding for SFH go to support the Olympic and Paralympic Trials in Rhode Island. All proceeds from Sail For Hope will go towards the Trials and all donations are tax deductible within IRS Guidelines.
Sail For Pride and Sail For Hope have raised over $300,000 for different charities since the 2001 event. Sail For Pride was created in the wake of the terrorist attacks on our country to support those who suffered losses on September 11, 2001. $110,000 was raised by sailors during Sail for Pride. Since then, Sail For Hope (we retired the name Sail For Pride) has raised $115,000 for Katrina Relief in 2005, and nearly $90,000 in funding for 3rd party charities.
Those helped by Sail for Hope include:
The Jamie Boeckel Foundation, The Newport Harbormaster Emergency Equipment Fund, The Rhode Island Chapter of the American Red Cross, The United Way, Hurricane Katrina Relief, The NY Firefighters Widows and Children's Fund, the RI Firefighters Widow's and Children's Fund.
With your help, we can help fund the important safety and medical assets needeed for hosting this 16 day US Olympic and Paralympic event in October 2007! Please join us in this "Last Blast" around Jamestown to support our US Olympic and Paralympic Trials in Rhode Island!
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Olympic and Paralympic Supporters:
Hosts and Admiral Level Supporters:
Ida Lewis Yacht Club, New York Yacht Club, Sail Newport and the Rhode Island State Yachting Committee
Captain Level Supporters:
The New York Sailing Foundation
The United States Olympic Committee
Foredeck Level Supporters:
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
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