I got word from Ben @ Carnegie-Mellon today saying that it shouldn't be
a problem for the park to open early on the 2nd.

Ben and I will probably get as much set up on Saturday as possible like
last year (buoys & porto johns, etc.) Maybe we can even convince Donald
to come out of retirement to help. ;-) Teams can then show up to the
course early on Sunday and try to start racing about 6-ish. If things
run okay, this should allow crews to leave around noon or so.

We can also engineer the race schedule to allow crews traveling from
afar to start packing up earlier to get on the road. If this is of
particular concern let me know when you send your final entries.

I'm on the road for work today so I will update the web site and race
packet when I get back home on Thursday. If there are any other
concerns in the meantime just let me know.

Thanks, Doug