This is a memo for those racers in the Wednesday night Non Spinnaker racing groups. The memo is also for the Wednesday night PROs. As you know, the race committee revised the starting procedure a few weeks ago in response to safety concerns.The revised procedure was stated as follows Wednesday Night RacersJuly 9, 2011 Pursuant to Rule 2 and 3 of the Wednesday Night 2011 Sailing Instructions this notice and the subsequent posting of it on the Notice Board located on the south end of the porch at the Boat Club at least one hour before the race shall constitute a change in the instructions. 1.The Wednesday night principal race officer (PRO) may at his discretion split the start of the Non -Spinnaker boats into two starts, one for Division "C" and one for Division "D". 2.Division "C" boats will race under the GREEN class flag, whereas Division "D" boats will race under the Sonar Class flag.This changes rule 6 of the sailing instructions. 3.The PRO will signal his intent to split the non-spinnaker fleet by posting a Sonar Placard atop the Committee boat prior to the race. 4.The course for the Division "D" boats shall be the same as the Division "C" boats. Signed Nyack Boat Club Race Committee Howie Rinehart, acting chairman Based on recent feedback from the Cruising Fleet Captain, we learned the following. 1)Some racers have found this starting procedure to be too flexible and/or too confusing. (e.g. it contained the option for the PRO to have one start or two starts for the non spinnaker group) 2)Most if not all of the active members of the Wed Night non spinnaker group would prefer to eliminate the option andalways have two separatestarts for the non spinnaker group. As a result of this feedback from the Fleet Captain,we will now have two separate starts for the Wednesday night non spinnaker group for the remainder of the 2011 season.This will hold for all the Wednesday races. The Wed night PROs will not exercise the option to have one or two starts for the non spinnaker groups. If you have any questions on this, please either give us a phone call or communicate your concerns to the fleet captain and he can discuss that matters with the race committee. Bill Mann and Bob Shoemaker, co-chairs of the Racing Committee