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Stickers, We got Stickers

click image above to enlarge Stickers We now have stickers for your boat or car - one for each year as well as busted (red x) or completed (green ✓) to indicate your success or lack thereof. It's structly honor system but there are requirements. To get up to two 2010 stickers, you must print and sign our waiver and send it to our club secretary, Stephanie May (address below) with an SASE. To get up to two each of the 2008 and/or 2009 stickers and one busted or completed sticker for each, you must have paid your club dues (below) and send an SASE to: Stephanie May 2718 Lyons Avenue Houston, TX  77020

Time to Sign up for 2010

Club Dues* We are organizing as a club this year and to pay for insurance and other expenses, we are collecting annual dues. Anyone can join the club and we urge all participants to do so. You MUST join and pay dues in order to purchase a Shuttle Bus Seat.	Club Dues - $25
Shuttle Bus Seat - Deadline: May 22* We have 100 seats available so there should be plenty. Only purchase one per boat, please. To board the bus you must have paid your club dues and signed and submitted a waiver which we will have available at the Monday morning meeting.	Bus Seat - $50 We still have a few bus seats left, so get them before they are gone. Boat
Meal Tickets - Deadline: June 8* There are three meals you can share with the group. First is a breakfast at the meeting just before the shuttle. There will be a fund-raising hamburger dinner at the Padre Island Yacht Club on Wednesday night. Drinks (beer and soda) will be available for purchase at the yacht club for $1 each as long as they last. Finally our traditional Shrimp Boil at Magnolia Beach. You may buy the full meal ticket or any of the individual tickets. You may also buy tickets for any of these meals for visitors or crew.	Full Meal Ticket - $25
	Kickoff Breakfast: - $8
	PIYC Dinner - $10
	Shrimp Boil - $7
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* No refunds after deadline - No refunds of dues - All refunds less 5% handling fee

Another Year

I personally feel that the Texas200 has been a great success. But with success comes problems. Having been cautioned by several experienced people, we are taking steps to formalize the structure of the event as a Non-profit organization called The Texas200 Sailing Club. This will insure that we can continue to enjoy the Texas200 for years to come without the spectre of liability issues.

Now for some good news: Jackie Monies has volunteered to fix breakfast for everyone the morning of the shuttle. That will make the meeting more enjoyable and mean that arrangements won't have to be quite as hurried - eating facilities in Port Mansfield being what they are. There is a general meal ticket on sale and it will cover both this breakfast and the Shrimp Boil at the end of the trip, as well as a dinner at the Yacht club which the members of that fine organization are putting on.

The dates have moved back a bit this year. We thought that would make it easier for the several teachers who sail with us. It will also let us sail a bit farther into the summer tradewind weather pattern without having to worry too much about hurricanes. We have also shifted the shuttle and launch day back one day - the idea here is to give folks who have to drive more time to set up before we sail off. So the shuttle will be on Monday instead of Sunday and we will arrive at Magnolia Beach the day of the messabout instead of the day before. Also, this year the Kayak Builder's Bash will coincide with the messabout, so there should be a big blowout at the end.

Bus and meal tickets are on sale now as well as club dues. Be aware that there are deadlines on everything but the dues.

The route is pretty much the same as last year. Here are the main points:

2010 Schedule

Start: Port Mansfield:
We will meet on Monday morning, June 21, 2010 at the TPW boat ramp on the north side of the harbor in Port Mansfield. Breakfast tacos and coffee will be served starting at 7:00 - a meal ticket will be required. At 8:00AM everyone needing a shuttle will leave with cars and trailers to make the drive to Magnolia Beach and the parking area. A bus or van will bring us all back to PM. Tuesday morning we set sail for Happs Cut. You will need to purchase a ticket ahead of time to ride the bus. Tickets will be $50 and will go on sale after the first of the year. A ticket is NOT necessary to sail with the group, only to ride the shuttle.

Camping is allowed at the county park, though it is pretty primitive, and there is a Motel in town - or you may want to get a slot at the marina.

Tuesday - Camp 1
The land cut has several channels heading east toward Padre Island. We will stop for the first night in the northermost of these, called Happ's Cut.

Wednesday - Camp 2
The folks at Padre Island Yacht Club have offered us the use of their facility and an anchorage for the night. We will try to have some volunteers with cars there to take folks to get supplies. This will be the last good opportunity for that. There are resturants nearby also, There may be a dinner put on by the yacht club that night - more on that later.

Thursday - Camp 3
Paul's Mott is located where Long Reef - in Aransas Bay - runs into St Joseph's Island. There are several ways to get there so we may split the group in case some of the faster boats want to take the longer, more scenic path.

Friday - Camp 4
Army Hole is the old name for this decommissioned Army Air Corps Base which dated to WWII. It was Matagorda State Park but now is a state operated wildlife area owned by the federal government. It has an excellent harbor and a nice picnik area, but no facilities. There is a "back way" from Paul's Mott to Army Hole and some of the more adventurous boats may want to take that. It involves finding several poorly marked passes and is not for the novice sailor.

Saturday - Finish
Magnolia Beach is only about 30 miles from Army Hole so we should all be there early. Again, there is a "Back way" for anyone with a shallow boat and a yen for adventure. Everyone is invited to stay for the messabout and Kayak Builder's Bash which will go on all day..