February Meeting: Sailboat design with Bob Perry Commodore`s

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The South Sound Sailing Society’s Newsletter
Volume 32 Issue 6
February 2003
http://www.ssssclub.com
February Meeting: Sailboat design with Bob Perry
Creator of Robert H. Perry Yacht Design in 1974, Robert has designed dozens different
cruising sailboats with an eye for speed. Those include: CTs 54, 56, 48, & 65, Tayanas 37, 48,
& 52, Valiants 32, 40, 42, 47, & 50, Espirit 37, Nordics 44, 46RS, 40, & 34, Norseman 447,
Lafittes 44, & 66, Cheoy Lees 35, 44, 48, & 42LRMS, Islanders 26, 28, 34, & 32, Freeport 36,
Babas 30, 35 & 40, Tashibas 31, 36 & 40, Passports 37, 40, 41, 44, 47, & 50, Tatooshs 42, &
51, Sagas 43, & 35, Mirages 27, 30, 32, & 35. Is your boat in this list? Or maybe you have one
of the many custom designed boats he has created.
For the past 22 years Bob has been the technical editor of the internationally distributed
magazine The
Beauty of
Sailing
published in
Port
Washington,
Wisconsin.
Each month
four designs are
critically
reviewed in the
magazines.
These reviews
have been
collected into
four books titled
Sailing Designs
volumes 1
through 4. This
is the most
complete
collection of
Toliva RC 2002
photo: Sean Trew
More photos of last year’s race, by Sean and others, are on our web site.
design reviews
in the industry
and is an internationally recognized source of design information and standards. Basically a
great chance to hear from and question a invaluable source.
He will be speaking on yacht design as well as filling us in with some inside knowledge of
the current issues in the America’s Cup racing. There is really to much to tell here though, be
sure and visit his web site for a complete story, at www.perryboat.com/.
This is a great opportunity to hear from another legend in sailing.
See you soon.
Cheers, Dan Decker
Commodore’s Corner: Where’s the Wind?
This is a FAQ around the Puget Sound. The January Performance Sailing Seminar addressed
the question, specifically for Budd Inlet sailing. I learned a few tidbits from the local seasalts
and I think their hints may confuse the fair weather sailor. Alas, not more, for I have devised
three strategies to help you find the wind in Budd Inlet!!
I dubbed the first device as Spin for Wind. This device is carefully engineered from a plastic
lid from a coffee can. It operates like a wheel of fortune. Suggested replies are: hug the beach,
stay in the river, avoid the shoal, stay in the current, go home bad day to sail, or follow Uproar.
The wheel of fortune has been set up down at the Martin Marina. Spin the wheel and the windalliances will offer your deserving advice.
SMOOTH BOTTOM? : RULES QUIZ : GRENADA CHARTER : VIRTUAL BAR OPENS
McAllister Creek Race
New Starting Sequence
February 1
first start 1000
Performance Sailing Seminar
February 4
1900 at Rod Tharp’s
General Meeting
February 11
At Olympia YC Visitors Welcome
Doors open at 1900, Meeting Starts 1930
Toliva Shoal Race
February 14
Welcome Party 1600 OYC
February 15
Race Day
First Southern Sound Series Race
New Starting Sequence
Board Meeting
February 18
1900 Appollos
Dinghy/Star Race Meeting
February 26
1900 Appollos
Henderson Inlet Race
New Starting Sequence
March 1
first start 1000
Performance Sailing Seminar
March 4
1900 at Rod Tharp’s
Hope Island Cruise
March 8-9
General Meeting
March 11
At Olympia YC Visitors Welcome
Doors open at 1900, Meeting Starts 1930
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I have nicknamed the second device George. I think this super
high-tech model has serious potential to impact our racing
program, however, this model is still in beta test mode. It’s a
multivariate slide rule, designed to process wind directional flow,
current and tidal action, sea state, and your crew’s propensity to
win. The device yields similar responses as Spin for Wind, yet
tainted with Norwegian humor. The model has a one word
disclaimer, gudenuph.
My favorite wind generator is the Magic Wind Machine! Find
your shiniest quarters and insert them into the Magic Wind
Machine, all proceeds go to the food bank. Look for it at the next
Meeting! Your generosity will serve many!!
We want to help you enjoy more of our sailing events. If you
have a question or suggestion then contact the chair of the event
or me at 786-9106.
Let’s keep having fun!
Judi Kruller
Toliva Shoal RC’s Report
The Toliva Shoal Race will be on Saturday, February 15.
Ahoy!! Join us at the Olympia Yacht Club for a Friday Night
Pre Race Dinner and then gear up for the big race on Saturday!
The Toliva Shoal Race, a long-standing South Sound tradition,
is 36.8 miles of the best the Sound has to offer: outstanding
scenery, challenging wind and tides, and the warmest welcome
reception in Puget Sound! It is our best attended race, the only
one to draw many out of town boats.
Live-aboards and non-traditional sailors, take note! Toliva
Shoal includes a no flying sails class, complete with awards, for
those who don’t regularly compete in races. This is a great
opportunity to get away from the dock and shake out the sails
mid-winter in
some of the
most beautiful
waters Puget
Sound has to
offer.
Come race
with us. The
Please help us keep our
fun starts
databases up-to-date and your
Friday night
Ship-to-Shore arriving like it
and goes on all
should. If you move, or have
weekend.
other changes to your
Friday
Membership information, do
Evening:
not wait until next fall to
Baron of Beef
update. Go ahead and change
dinner —
your information now. Drop
profits support
me an e-mail or stop with the
local youth
new information at our
sailing, live
meeting. Thanks!
music, cool
Thera Black, Brass Ring
Toliva Shoal
Race t-shirts,
Winter Vashon, Dave Knowlton, Charlie Hanlin, and Hal Wilson aboard Koosah
Cruise News
photo: Dwayne Young
tasty locally
brewed beer,
and
good
old
fashioned
sailor
oriented
cheer!!
Beer
starts pouring
The December rains miraculously held off on New Years Eve,
Allowing SSSS Members to participate in the third annual Boston at 1600. Dinner starts at 1800. Live music starts at 1930. Last call
at 2230.
Harbor Marina New Year’s Eve party. Six boats arrived in early
Saturday Morning: Breakfast at 0700 — profits support local
evening: O-My-God and Unity, both with out-of-town guests,
Murphy’s Lawyer, Kalakala, Murrelet and Selah. Pandora made a youth sailing. Skippers Meeting at 0845. First Start at 1000.
Sunday Morning: OYC Clubhouse Cleanup 1000 until noon.
valiant effort to join us, but her engine had other ideas. The dock
The
more helpers the easier the load for all!
party began at 2000, with numerous SSSS Members arriving by
Thank
you to all those who are on board with the Toliva Shoal
car and Boston Harbor neighbors on foot.
Race
2003!
The food table and the chili pot were continuously replenished
Judi Kruller
as new people arrived. A bonfire on the beach kept the chill away.
Dancing picked up later in the evening. By midnight, many
Race Committee crew members are still needed for Toliva
boaters had slipped back to their heated cabins, but some of us
Shoal. Join me as we run South Sound's premier sailboat race. At
stayed out to pop the champagne corks.
this time, race committee boats are Gary Larson's trawler Slo
New Year’s Day brought a steady downpour , that didn’t let up Dancer, Mort James' Nauticat Journey II, and a Bayliner cabin
all day. Adagio’s crew decided to pass on the polar bear plunge
cruiser, courtesy of Sean Trew. Refreshments provided. No
scheduled for noon, and headed home in late morning. Our
experience necessary, just willingness to learn and do a race
sailors, however, braved the deluge to head back to their home
committee job. This is a great chance to gain experience in race
ports.
committee duties and watch the race in comfort.
All-in-all, it was an enjoyable and memorable way to bring in
If you are interested, contact me at dsames@attbi.com or (360)
2003!
459-7539.
Ann Wade, Adagio
Susanne Ames
Secretary’s
Report
New Year’s Eve
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RC Report
8 Think about shortening the course and what that involves.
9 When finishing be sure to put down hours, minutes and
seconds Record in the order of finish as best as possible.
During a break in finishers check for writing or recording
errors.
Rod Tharp, Strider
AAAAAGH. Have you ever heard that sound before? It is the
sound of no wind. Winter Vashon — AAAAAAGH. Duwamish
Head — AAAAAAGH. No wind for two South Sound Series
races in a row — AAAAAAGH.
Toliva Shoal is the next race in this series February 15th. I
predict that everyone who attends will be all smiles after the race.
This is a challenging and fun race which every type of sailor can
Planning meeting February 26, at Apollos restaurant, 1900
enjoy. Come out and enjoy a fun race.
hr.
Everyone interested in small boat racing should come.
Crew Awards. After every series, the winning skipper of each
The time is fast approaching to get all the Stars and small boats
class is entitled to nominate a crew member to receive a crew
ready for the new season. The Stars will race one day of the
award at the next monthly Meeting. It is the skipper’s
Spring Regatta, Saturday April 12. I am going to invite the Seattle
responsibility to contact me with the name of the deserving crew
people down, offering my boat for their use, and ask whoever
member the week before the Meeting. To receive the award,
uses it to take
either that crew person
one of our
or their representative
local people
must attend the meeting.
out as crew.
General Recalls: In
At this time, I
conjunction with our
am asking Jed
changing of the starting
Miller, who
signals that we use for
sailed in the
SSSS races we are also
Star worlds in
changing our general
August. If he
recall procedure to
can’t do it, I
match the racing rules
will try
prescribed method.
someone else
Using this method the
of equal
recalled class(es) will
caliber so we
restart immediately
can really
instead of going to the
2002 Toliva Shoal Race start
photo: Jim Sines
learn how to
end of the fleet. This
More photos of last year’s race, by Jim and others, are on our web site.
run these
actually matches what
st
happened in the only thing close to a general recall that I can
boats. The first dingy race is May 1 . We all need to get the
remember.
calendar marked up for all the races. I will have a schedule to
General reminders for Race committee boats
hand out at our meeting in February.
Equipment:
This year, the dinghies and Stars/small keel boats will race
1 Five (5) days before the race, contact Steve Worcester, 352separate Thursday nights, so we really want to work on getting
9283, to make arrangements to pick up the racing equipment.
the dinghies out. The Stars/small keel boats will race out by buoy
2 Keep the RC equipment as dry as possible. If it is raining please five and the dinghies will race over the mud flats as in the past. I
cover the equipment as well as possible.
am hoping this will encourage more dinghys to come out and not
3 Return the equipment to Steve ASAP
feel threatened by the larger, heaver, and more powerful keel
The day of the race:
boats.
1 Having two or more people on the RC boat makes things easier
If anyone wants to crew on any of these boats, send or call me
2 Be out early and anchor ASAP
or Steve and let us know. And come to the meeting to meet some
3 Be aware that there is are differences between the buoy races
of the skippers. As with the Stars, I want to set up a calling list so
and the distance races. The distance races have two starts and
I can remind skippers of races and help arrange crew if needed. At
the buoy races have three starts. The buoy races do not have set the present time, I do this before each Star event.
starting locations. See setting the start line for buoy races.
For the dingy sailors, I have made arrangements with Westbay
4 It is advisable to count and record the boats racing before the
Marina to establish a dingy float here at the marina. People can
start of the starting sequence. Use scrap paper to record boat
keep their boats rigged and ready to go out of the water. The cost
names and sail numbers. Double checking at this point can
will probably be about $10/mo. I am looking at space for 8-10
save you time later.
boats with more space available if needed. As you know, we have
5 Start the timing sequence on time. Set your clock to correct
been given a good rate for the Stars and will have a good rate for
time using a GPS or some other accurate source
the dinghies. I will have all the information at the small boat
6 Monitor channel 16 and if possible channel 14
meeting, February 26 at Apollos.
7 If needed you can contact Group Seattle Coast Guard on
I will be gone most of April. Cecilia and I will be on a trip to
channel 16 or by phone at (206&341; 217-6002. You do not
New Zealand, where we will hike, camp, kyak, maybe get in a
need to contact them at the start or finish of the race.
day of sailing and skiing as well as some of the normal tourist
Small Boat RC Chair Reports
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things. So I would like to get all the Stars in the water before I
leave.
Once again, I want to thank Sean Trew and Steve Worcester for
all of the help with this program. But remember, we can put the
program together,but we need you, the skippers, to participate, to
make it a success. Come out and join in the fun and friendly
competition. Most of all, it is a good excuse to use your boat ...
you know that one that is sitting on its trailer, turning green due to
lack of attention. The one you dreamed about when you bought it
and have hardly used. Clean her up. Say sweet things to her. And
take it racing with us.
See you at the February meeting at Apollos,
Bill Brosius, Starseeker
Clubhouse Virtual Bar Opens
Now you can meet with your SSSS friends on-line. Thanks to
Sean Trew, you can have a discussion over the net through our
web site. And you can have it sans ads. This really has a lot of
potential.
This can be a place to meet after a race to talk about it. After a
race go home and take that shower and put on some dry clothes;
then log on with and for race stories? Learn who broke what, or
which side turned out to be favored. If everyone who checks
results on-line stopped by the Bar with just a short comment ...
This can be a place to meet before a SSSS Cruise. Find out who
is going. If most boats checked in the week before, you would
know when everyone was leaving and could sail together.
This can be a source of information. Our Members have had a
Council Rep. Reports
lot of experience with things that go wrong on boats. Whether
you have a problem anchoring, broken gear, or bad sail trim, I bet
There was no Duwamish Head Race. There was not enough
some Member has had a similar problem and learned from it. Or
wind. After waiting around two hours for wind, the race was
if you are planning a sailing
abandoned and will not
trip, from a Seattle race to a
be resailed.
Mexican cruise to a Caribbean
Now the Series comes
charter, chances are good
to us: our Toliva Shoal
some Member has been there,
Race February 15.
maybe recently. Posting here
Normally the third race
could be a way to get in touch.
in the Southern Sound
This can be a place
Series, the Toliva Shoal
to find crew/rides. Sean is
Race will start the Series
setting up a special section for
this year! I think this is
crew quests. This can be a
a first: the first time
place to criticize SSSS
both the Vashon Island
policies. We are still old
and the Duwamish Head
fashion enough to believe free
Races had to be
speech works best. There are a
abandoned. This will be
lot of things we can do talking
a historic race. Come be
to each other. Some that I
part of history.
have not yet thought of.
That means that even
I keep saying this
if you stayed home in
can be, because what it will be
December and January,
depends on you, our
you are at no
Members. If it is to be
Gadzooks, 2002 Toliva Shoal Race
photo: Eric Egge
disadvantage in the
anything at all, you have to
More photos of last year’s race, by Eric and others, are on our web site.
Series. You can still
use it. Stop by the Bar
even form a team for the
periodically and see what the talk is. Do not be afraid to post.
team race. Further, our race is half your Series score this year!
What makes a good bar is the crowd that hangs there.
Those attempting to race Vashon or Duwamish will get a flyer
So go to the Bar section of our site. Click on Members bb. You
with an entry form in the mail. Or you can down load an entry
will see a list of current posts with responses indented. Click on
form, and more information about the Race and Series, from the
one to read it. You can respond, or you can post a new topic;
Southern Sound Series page. Or register at the SSSS Meeting.
there is a menu at the top of the page. It may take a few minutes
Remember, the Toliva Shoal Race will be the first Series Race
for your post to load. You will not be responding as fast as you
to start as per the Racing Rules of Sailing rule 26, Starting. If you
can type. You may have to refresh your browser to see your post.
are not sure how this works, there is an explanation on the Series
It will be up there for all to read for weeks.
Ed.
web page. Or ask at the registration desk the Friday before the
race.
Steve Worcester, Sugar Magnolia
Letter:
Southern Sound Series
PHRF Dues Due Now
PHRF dues have been due since the first of the year. We have
not been checking to see if you have paid, yet. We will check for
Toliva and for club races there after.
Benefits of Very Smooth
Racing Bottoms
I wonder if the detrimental effect of an orange peel bottom
surface isn’t a bit overrated in any racing competition less than
one-design boats, dry-sailed in the national or perhaps regional
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championships. I don’t know, I’m just asking but my thinking is
Letter:
that the effect may be small compared to missing a wind shift, or
Aloha, Mike Visser here, longtime SSSS enthusiast and newly
a puff or misplaying the currents. Perhaps I’m just trying to ease
appointed facility director of Island Sailing Club in Olympia. The
my conscience for not having a 600 grit sanded and burnished
ISC is a three fold organization that really complements the
under body. My wife seems to have lost her interest in sanding
SSSS. We are an American Sailing Association 4-star
boat bottoms and I never really had the urge in the first place.
instructional facility, we have a membership program that allows
Do any of you know of or have quantitative data of the speed
you access to our 47 keelboats for the price of a cup of coffee per
differences between orange peel and polished bottoms?
Bethwaite, in High Performance Sailing, page 252, claims to have day. Why is this so great? It’s great because there are so many
activities that SSSS Members can do, but they usually revolve
measured a 2% drag increase due to an invisible but just
around having a boat. Instead of owning one, you can use ours for
detectable to the touch, road film over the polished bottom of a
cheaper than moorage! No maintenance, no cleaning, no hassles!
high performance 18-foot dingy towed at 2 kts. But how much
You can take our classes that range from Basic Keelboat all the
should that decrease its speed? Can one get there from here?
way to Offshore, where
Smith, in How Sailboats Win or
we take you for a week
Lose Races, reports his towing
long trip 200 miles
experiments. In one case a Small
offshore. Now that’s a
Point One Design, a 19 ½ foot,
sailing lesson! We’ve
2300# displ., 400# outside ballast
got 3 prime locations:
keel, round bilge, was test towed
Portland, Olympia, and
with a rough bottom condition: no
Kirkland, in which a
marine growth but “…paint ridges
member may sail at any
on her rudder, grooves in her iron
of our locations with
keel, and caked paint along her
boats suitable for both
topsides”, between one and six
racing and cruising.
miles per hour to develop a speed
We are a store
vs. drag curve. A similar curve
that sells great sailing
was developed after the she was
gear from Douglas Gill,
“…carefully sanded, all cracks
Helly Hanson, and
and keel gouges filled, and her
everything in the port
entire bottom given two coats of
supply catalog for 10clear epoxy paint”. The bottom
15% less than list price!
was then further smoothed and
Island Sailing Club is
polished. The smooth bottom was
also proud to offer
faster by an average of 200 feet
per mile. That equates to 3.8%
Isabella C and Sparrowhawk at Cooper Point, Eld Inlet Race photo: Sean Trew International Superior
More photos of this race on our web site.
Cushions, an exclusive
faster for a gain of 227 feet per
line of custom boat and
NM or 24 seconds per NM at 5
RV interiors made at our factory in central Oregon. With a few
knots.
measurements and no sales tax, we can bring your old funky
Now consider this: two boats on a beat cross closely and
interior into the new millenium. Come by our Olympia shop and
continue on opposite tacks at 5 knots boat speed and 45 degrees
say hello, we are located at Swantown, next to Skookum Bay
off the true wind direction. In 1.4 min. they will have diverged
Outfitters, on the waters edge. Remember that SSSS Members
1000 feet1 with both on a Line of Equal Position which is
receive an instant 10% off any in store items.
perpendicular to the true wind. Now a 15 degree wind shift will
For further information check us out at
cause the boat on the side to which the wind shifted, to gain 366
www.islandsailingclub.com
feet 2 sailing distance at the other’s expense. At 5 kts this amounts
Fair Winds
to a 44 seconds 3 of gain or loss.
Mike Visser
One lesson here is that when two boats on a beat cross on
opposite tacks, one of them is going the wrong way! The other
lesson is that it is better to have even a grossly rough bottom than
to miss a 15 degree wind shift more than once every two miles. If
you have a rough bottom and miss the shifts, you should probably
reevaluate your program, but a little bit of orange peel shouldn’t
As the wet windy weather of the Pacific Northwest clams down
be catastrophic.
upon us this winter, memories of our charter boat cruise last
Ok guys, rip it up! Cheers,
summer continue to provide warmth and assurance that there is
George Hansen, Vela better weather on the way!
Notes:
We planned this trip a year in advance. Six couples: Gail and
(1)
(1.4-min)(500-fpm)(cos45)(2-boats) = 1000-feet
Keith Grant, Cygnet, Kathy and Forrest Koponen, Cool Change,
(2)
(1000-ft)(sin15)/(cos45) = 366-feet
Dee Ann and Steve Meacham, Fat Cat, Gretchen and Tom
Greetings from the Island
Letter: Grenada St Vincent and the
Grenadines.
(3)
(60-spm)(366-ft)/(500-fpm) = 44-sec
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Robinson, Much Ado About Nothing, Brenda and Dan Stainbrook, universities: everywhere in the Caribbean we saw Toyota vehicles
Chinook, and Linda and I, Koosah, departed SeaTac June 20,
and Yamaha outboard engines!
2002 for Grenada, pronounced Gren-AY-duh.
Time to set sail! Well, almost. We had to do some shopping in
Most of us had bare-boat chartered together three years before
town to provision the boats with what was really necessary. The
in the British Virgin Islands so we knew how much excitement
rum is inexpensive, about $3 US a bottle. We had learned from
this would be! Our charter company was the Moorings and the
our previous cruise in the BVI that we would be eating out at least
two boats for the six couples were Beneteau 463s. The boats are
every other night, so a lot of food on the boat was not required.
owned by individuals and placed into charter, managed,
We stored lots of bottled water and fruit juices. The beer is rather
maintained by the Moorings.
expensive and there are two major brands: Red Stripe from
The flight went through Dallas, then to San Juan, and finally
Jamaica and Carib from St. Vincent.
Grenada. About 24 hours later we arrived at Point Salines
The boats were well prepared and designed for the charter boat
International airport. As we touched down in the darkness, the
industry. There were three private cabins, each with a head, a
thoughts of the 1983 US invasion were mingled with the
main cabin with a European style galley along port and a huge
anticipation of twotable that sat six on the
week adventure in
starboard. The holding
paradise.
plate refrigerator and
All presented their
freezer were immense.
passports, claimed
The diesel was a
the luggage, and
Yanmar. We were
smiled timidly as we
instructed to run it at
exited through
least an hour a day to
customs. Taxis
charge the batteries
awaited outside the
and holding plate.
terminal. Two Toyota
Doyle in Trinidad
vans with Vincent
made the Dacron sails
and Henry B., our
with a Profurl furling
drivers, would take
headsail and Doyle
us to Secret Harbor,
stack-pack main.
the Moorings base
There was no
with a neat luxury
requirement to go on
motel. The sites,
deck for sail handling;
sounds and smells
it could all be done
were different than
from the cockpit with
those in Puget Sound.
the Lewmar winches.
Waiting to clear customs in Grenada, Forest Koponen on the bow
photo: Dave Knowlton The cockpit was huge,
The humidity, warm
additional photo of the charter on-line, look under S-t-S photos
breeze and horns
outfitted with a dodger
honking and driving
and bimmni, a sugar
on the wrong side of the road, British, all added to our thrill of
scoop swim platform with fresh water shower, drop leaf table and
finally getting there.
several storage lockers.
Grenada is the southern-most island in the Caribbean
Everyone on the boat had an assignment: Keith was the
Windward Island chain, approximately 700 miles north of
Captain; Tom was the alternate Captain and navigator; Gail was
Venezuela. The population of 100,000 is mostly black, decedents the Purser for our joint boat purchases such as food and rum;
of slaves who worked the sugar plantations. When the sugar
Gretchen was the Log Keeper; Linda, Gail and Gretchen were the
industry was no longer profitable, the plantation owners departed cooks and the guys cleanup; and I was the Dinghy Captain (!) in
and the colony was left in a state of benign neglect. Grenada was charge of the outboard and dinghy to include locking them up at
granted independence from Great Britain in 1974, has
night. We were instructed to only take pictures and leave only
experimented with Castro, and finally settled into a
bubbles and footprints; to remove our shoes upon boarding, and
parliamentarian form of government and remains a member of the to relax, enjoy, have fun and think in Island Time! The Moorings
British Commonwealth. Grenada is known as the Spice Island
orientation briefing was detailed and left us with confidence, yet
and is the world’s second largest producer of nutmeg. As with
anticipation of our voyage ahead.
most of the Caribbean islands, Grenada is struggling to diversify
Now it was time to set sail! We were going to travel about 40
its economy.
miles north to the next island named Carriacou and anchor in
The next day we all piled back into the Toyota vans and toured Tyrrel Bay. We would sail up the west side of Grenada, then the
the southern portion of the island. St. George’s is the capital and
open ocean, between the Sisters, pass near an active volcano and
main town in Grenada. Tour ships visit along with some cargo
arrive about eight hours later. Sailing at night is forbidden; there
ships in the well-protected carenage. The market place is teaming are few navigation aids and lots of reefs. There are no marinas, so
with spices, fruits, vegetables and hoards of people. Most do not
the all chain rode and CQR anchor would see a lot of use. Well,
own cars and travel in red Toyota taxi vans that hold about 15
tune in next month to find out how our first open ocean sail went!
people. The Japanese could present a course to our business
Dave Knowlton, Koosah
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Performance Sailing Seminar
Performance sailing is an informal get together of SSSS sailors
to discuss different topics regarding sailing. The goal is to share
knowledge, experiences and tall tales. The January topic was
about reading the wind and 19 sailors attended.
Future topics are:
February 4: electrolysis and corrosion
March 4: rig tuning
April 1: the racing rules
May 6: GPS, the in and out of it
Join us at 1900 hr. at 1231 Miller Ave. NE in Olympia.
Rod Tharp, Strider
Ditty Bag
Brand new Helly Hansen matchrace foul weather
sailing outfit, price tag still on it. Red, white, and blue jacket
with matching dark blue pants. Medical problem forces sale.
$90 or best offer. Call 786-8039.
Johnson 3 hp ob, long shaft, 1968 completely gone through
by Tom’s Outboard, $350, Terry Lee 491-7184,
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I have two 11 meters, McSwoosh and its stable mate usa83
ESPN. There is one trailer which can be used for delivery etc.
I’m looking for someone local to buy one and keep it here, or
charter one or both for racing; they are excellent match race
boats! If you can think of some creative/or otherwise deals
contact me, Clark McPherson 754-4994 or
ClarkandJayne@aol.com. Fast does not have to cost that much.
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Rules Quiz Answer
The Sailing Instructions are Amended
Effective Henderson Inlet Race, March 1
1. Boats B, G, H, I, and J are all on port tack and are obligated
Sailing Instruction 8.2 General Recall, is amended to read:
to keep clear of the starboard tack boats A, C, D, E, and F.
“A general recall shall be signaled by displaying the First
Boat G is clear astern of H and F is clear astern of E; so G must
stay clear of H and F must stay clear of E. A is not clear astern of Substitute Flag (a blue and yellow flag) from the Race Committee
Boat, and by one additional audible signal, two in total. We will
B because they are on opposite tacks.
restart as per RRS rule 29.3, General Recall.”
All boats on the same tack not clear astern/clear ahead are
The change is in how the race is resumed after the recall. The
overlapped. That means that any pairing of port tack boats except
warning signal for the next start will be made one minute after the
G-H will be an overlap situation where the windward boat is the
First Substitute pennant is removed. The
burdened boat. B is the most
remaining classes will start in the order
windward port tack boat; G
scheduled; the recalled start will be first.
and H are the to leeward of
Inlet Series
all port tack boats.
Destiny II was the RC Boat. Thank you.
Likewise, any pairing of
Finish Corrected
starboard tack boats except
points Sail No. Yacht Name
Yacht Type Rating
Time Finish Time
November thirtieth SSSS Member Jan
E-F will be an overlap
S
-CLASS
Start Time 10:00 Distance 11.1 nm
Visser
became the new Executive
situation and the windward
0.75
79 STRIDER
F9A
27 16:17:57 16:12:57 Secretary of PIYA. She will straighten
boat is the burdened boat. A 2.00 10051 SYNERGY
SYN
54 16:43:34 16:33:35
out their records. And she is now the
3.00 1005 SILVERHEELS
SYN
54 16:43:40 16:33:41
is the most windward
JBOA 80
129 18:05:32 17:41:40 contact person for getting sail numbers.
starboard tack boat; E and F 4.00 69880 UPROAR
You can reach her at: P.O. Box 4213
are the to leeward of all
H-CLASS Start Time 10:00 Distance 11.1 nm
Tumwater 98501, 754-6506,
starboard tack boats.
0.75 69399 FLYING CIRCUS EXPR 37
73 16:50:47 16:37:17
2.00 234 WELLS FARGO
11M
81
DNF
In summery:
2.00 245 SPARROWHAWK JBOA 30
142
DNF
A owes C, D, E, F
2.00 8122 GADZOOKS
JBOA 30
139
DNF
C owes D, E, F
2.00 28415 EDGEWALKER
OLSN 34
118
DNF
ISLAND SERIES
D owes E, F
2.00 30190 CHILDS PLAY
JBOA 30
139
DNF
A
CLASS,
TERRY HULL, BALDER
2.00 31396 O-MY-GOD
BSNSA 40
89
DNF
E owes no one
H CLASS, GRAHAM FORD, FLYING CIRCUS
2.00
69174
DYNO
SOVR
33
93
DNF
F owes E
S CLASS, JIM FINDLEY, STRIDER
2.00 73392 BODACIOUS
BENE 35 S5 129
DNF
G owes H
A, C, D, E, F 2.00 64996 STORM FRONT C&C SR33 72
B CLASS, SCOTT SCHOTT, WIZARD
DNF
H owes
A, C, D, E, F No Race Other Classes: no one finished in the time limit
I owes H, G A, C, D, E, F
After the time limit
B-CLASS
Start Time 10:05
J owes I, H, G A, C, D, E, F
39852 WIZARD
Cal 27T
208 19:20:03
B owes everyone
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2. E has rights over both H and I, so she is an obstruction to
both. H and I are overlapped and I is inside boat. So if H takes E’s
stern, she must give I room to go between her and E under rule
18, room at a mark or obstruction.
Please join us in welcoming the following new Members to the
However the rules do not require H to take E’s stern. H as
South Sound Sailing Society!
leeward boat gets to choose how she avoids E. Rule 19 gives her
The Members listed below are not in your new Roster. Save this
the right to tack at an obstruction. I can either tack as soon as H
and future columns to keep your Roster updated. All those listed
asks for room to tack, or tell H to tack. If I chooses not to tack,
here before now are in your 2002-3 Roster.
she must stay clear of H. If she can not do so without tacking, she
Steve & Sara Lee Broback, Freightrain, Heritage 37
needs to tack.
2728 Crescent Valley Dr., Gig Harbor 98332 / (253)
3. Rule 17 comes into effect when a boat clear astern is passing
851-5145 steve.broback@mcgranahan.com
to leeward of the boat ahead and within two lengths of that boat:
Tim & Vonna Madeley, Inner Sanctum, Catalina 25
over taking from close astern. Boats G and F are the only boats
2525 Fir St., Olympia 98501 / 956-9198 /
clear astern. F is not steering to pass to leeward of E.
tmadeley@aol.com
G is steering to pass to leeward of E. She can invoke rule 17
James & Jan Muri, S-Car, Erickson 27 12215 133rd Avenue E.,
without changing course simply by catching H. Once overlapped,
Puyallup 98374 / (253) 770-9810 / irumrj@yahoo.com
G can not sail above her proper course as long the overlap lasts.
Mary White & Ken Robbins, Capriccio, Santana 30 PO Box 489,
Note that because H is on a beat, the part of rule 17 that restricts
Gig Harbor 98335 / (253) 853-3658 / sailorgirl1@msn.com
her, as windward boat, from sailing below her proper course does
Mary is the Business Manager for PHRF and has been
not apply. On any other point of sail, she is not allowed to sail
around the NW sailing scene. She is a former member of CYC,
low to block a leeward boat. If you knew that rule 17 does not
joining us when she moved south, and a early member of the
apply to H, count that as extra credit.
Level 30 Class.
If you have questions about one of these questions, or other
J.D. Watson 31 Old Pacific Hwy SE, Olympia 98513 / 412-1755
rules, come to the Performance Sailing Seminar and ask.
Ed.
J.D. is a member of the Island Sailing Club, and is looking for
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races started. This data showed a predominance by boats with a
handicap less than 90.
RC Proposal: Create two new classes out of the H and S
On January 16th the race committee met at the Olympia Library,
classes. One class is to include all boats with handicaps less than
where we had a productive meeting. We covered five topics and
about 90. A second class to include all boats with a handicap
have recommendations to put forward to the fleet. We will be
greater than about 90 but less than 143. As of now, we are
soliciting comments from those boats affected before the race
undecided as to the best break place. Any ideas as to what to call
committee makes the final decisions on the following topics:
the new classes? It should be abbreviated with one letter.
PIYA requirement: currently our sailing instructions specify
If you have any comments, suggestions or questions about any
that boats competing in the Island Series, Inlet Series, and Mclean
of these proposals please contact
Memorial Race must be equipped in
either your Class Captain or the
compliance with PIYA Category III.
Race Chair.
Recently, those requirements have
Rod Tharp, Strider
been amended to include a VHF radio.
There is a concern about the added
cost of meeting this requirement with
out any real benefit.
I need more photos for the S-t-S.
RC proposal: Modify sailing
I also want photos of the Toliva
instructions for these races to read:
Shoal Race for race publicity.
PIYA Category III, except that a VHF
radio is not required, but advised.
Shortening Distance Races: The
RC boats have had trouble shortening
some of the distance races which have
As we start a new year it is
a long and short course. The short
time to review your knowledge of
courses are popular and we will
the racing rules. This month we
continue using them but we need to
look at the rules involved when
improve the methods of shortening
boats meet in open water. Racing
these races.
skippers should know the answers
We are setting up a task committee
to all these questions. If you miss
to find ways to enable the RC boats to
any, maybe it is time to brush up
shorten both courses. If you would like
your rules knowledge. If you miss a
to help, see me.
lot of them, maybe it is time to
RC Boat Scoring: The consensus of
really hit the books.
those present was that scoring of boats
Questions are based on the
that perform RC duty unduly favor the
diagram.
Here we have a ten boats
RC boat in competition within that
all
converging.
However only those
series. Examples were cited. A boat sailed one race and won that
mentioned
in
the
question
are
considered
to
be
there. There are no
race. She became in effect “unbeatable” as she was serving as RC
marks
shown
as
there
are
none
close
enough
to
matter. There are
boat on the remaining races of the series; the remaining races
no
obstructions,
except
the
other
boats.
were held in one day, the Regatta. The other example came from
1. When two boats meet, who is burdened? Quick, pick any two
a series where a race was canceled. We discussed how to word a
boats;
who is burdened? Pick two more. Go round the circle,
simple rule that would serve in both cases.
which
boat
would be burdened should they meet. For example:
RC Proposal: amend the scoring rules so that a boat must race
boat
A
meets
boat B, then boat C, then D, etc. — in which
in at least two races of the series to score her RC duty as the
meetings
would
boat A be the burdened boat? We ask the same of
average of her finish points. Otherwise, the boat will score as
boat
B,
C,
D,
etc.
DNF, finishers plus 1, for the race(s) in which she served as RC.
2. Boats I, H, and E are converging. H is on a collision course
We would like to have the same RC boat for both Friday
evening and Saturday races of the Spring Regatta. As a reward to with E. I asks for room as inside boat to pass astern of E. Must H
give her room? H hails I for room to tack. Must I give her room,
a boat volunteering to do so, the Regatta will then count for two
even if I has to tack to do so?
years of race committee duty.
3. I saved the hardest for last. Rule 17 puts additional limits on
Class Breaks for H and S classes: There was a proposal to
overlapped
boats in one special situation. When it applies,
combine H and S classes to make two classes that were more
leeward
can
not sail above her proper course; windward can not
closely aligned with the PHRF ratings of the boats in these two
sail
below
her
proper course. Rule 17 does not apply to any of the
classes. Eric Dahl showed data from Spring, Summer, and Fall
situations
shown.
Without any course changes, rule 17 can not
buoy races that summarized the scores that would have been
apply to any of these boats, with one exception. Which boat is the
earned by each boat in the S and H classes had these boats been
scored on handicap only as a single class. He figured the number exception that could be subject to rule 17? What would she do
that would cause rule 17 to apply?
of times a boat placed, first, second, or third, as percentage of
Answers on the other side.
Race Committee Meeting Recap
Photos Needed
Rules Quiz