http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/ The Sail Japan Open Forum Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:52:48 GMT Remo Proietti http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1925 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1925 Hi Warrick, If you will have the chance to visit Osaka, I am sure you will find somebody to go out sailing with. Unluckily I have no information about the Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:44:01 GMT Bill Payne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1924 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1924 Warrick, I've forwarded your message to Mark, one of the racing sailors in Osaka.  Look for an invite... Bill P.S. - you know about the web site: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:09:52 GMT Warrick Back http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1923 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1923 Hi, I just joined this group today, I'm a 50yo Australian who has been an infrequent visitor to Japan for the past 25 years to visit the in-laws and a growing Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:17:21 GMT fbr337 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1922 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1922 I will be sailing to Japan from Canada in April 2010 and then spend two (or more?) years sailing around Japan, probably followed by going to SE Asia. I would Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:32:11 GMT Bill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1921 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1921 Crip wrote on the Sail Japan site: Hi, I think your only way out is to take the test through a school like Yamaha or an affiliated school. Of course, you'll Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:28:11 GMT Bill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1920 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1920 If anyone knows the secret to successfully entering a Confirmation Code into the Sail Japan account, please share it with me. I'm using a new Macbook Pro if Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:14:11 GMT Crip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1919 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1919 Hi Mark. Depending where in Hokkaido you are, I'd make a start by contacting the Hokkaido Yacht Club (who act as the clearing house for sailing events in Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:03:26 GMT Bill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1918 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1918 Hello. I need to get a Level 2 Small Boat Operator License by the end of October 2009. I'd much rather do the process in English than in Japanese, but I hear Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:55:22 GMT Bill Payne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1917 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1917 Friends, Yahoo Mail Classic has 'upgraded' their service and now presents me with a list of unknown addresses for me to invite as 'friends'. I'm also trying to Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:41:12 GMT Bill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1916 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1916 one of two folks to get Bliss materials for the April 22 2 kyu exam. I don't know if either of them actually sat for the exam... We did discover that Osaka Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:25:52 GMT Bill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1915 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1915 Care to give us some more info? Where are you? Are you sailing? Sailing interests? etc... Bill Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:37:32 GMT Mark Holloway http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1914 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1914 Hi Everyone hope you all having a great Sunday. I was wondering if anyone could put me in touch with other sailors in Hokkaido. Any information or advice would Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:12:00 GMT Bill Payne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1913 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1913 show, colin will be there with neat goodies... Bill http://www.bliss-osaka.info Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:58:01 GMT Mark Holloway http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1912 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1912 Hi Everyone I am a kiwi living up in Sapporo Hokkaido I have been here for about ten years. I currently coordinate a health information service for non Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:58:27 GMT marlborosounds http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1911 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sail_Japan_Open_Forum/message/1911 G'day Remo, Thank you for the information about Japan, We have heard so many horror stories about entering. One person said that once you cleard you had to go