bilgewater - Waikato Yacht Squadron

BILGEWATER
September 2014
September 2014
Committee Members
2014-2015
Committee Member
Terry Caughley
Portfolio
Commodore
Phone Number
07 843 0452
John Klinkhammer
Vice Commodore
Safety & Tuition
Quartermaster
07 8298504
Peter Stewart
Treasurer
07 8380079
Hugh Beecroft
Race Coordinator
07 827 3330
Alan Macdonald
Bilgewater Editor
Publisher
07 843 8851
Dean Herrmann
Race Convener
Squadron Liaison Officer
07 859 2259
Ged Arbuckle
Social Convener
07 873 7743
Non Committee
Terry Henry &
John Pollard
Compound Convenors
07 856 8175
07 843 7336
Roy Woolerton
Publicity
07 843 6443
Kawakawa Bay Compound
Dave Whitburn
Compound Manager
09 292 2073
David Reffin
Kawakawa Bay Boat Club Rep.
09 292 2112
Website:
www.waikatoyachtsquadron.org.nz
Email:
waikatoyachtsquadron@gmail.com
Copy for October Bilgewater to: alan.macdonald1@xtra.co.nz by 8 October
FROM THE HELM
Your committee over the last couple of months have been hard at work sorting out the
sailing programme and the Members Handbook for the coming season. A big thank you to
John and Lynne Pollard who have stepped in during Peter’s absence overseas. At this time
of year it’s not an easy task to do all the bookwork and keep everything up to date so the
Members Handbook can be done correctly. On behalf of the Squadron I thank you both for
your effort and time that you have put in, it is greatly appreciated.
I’m sure when you see the sailing programme for the upcoming season you will be impressed
- yes there are some changes to ports of call and a couple of extra events.
On 27 August Kay Arbuckle and myself attended a meeting in Te Awamutu about Sailability, a
programme for sailing with handicaps, very interesting and a worthwhile activity. There will
be more to follow on their programme and how we can assist.
At the last Nog ‘n Natter Hamish Hay from Yachting New Zealand came along to answer your
set questions concerning affiliation fees and other related matters. The questions that were
put to him were answered fully. On a matter as important as this it was disappointing that
the turnout was low.
While on the subject of the Nog ‘n Natter, for those of you who did not attend you missed an
excellent presentation by Dani and Lydia on their experiences on the Spirit of New Zealand.
Thank you both very much and sorry your allocated time was not longer. Dani has offered to
talk on her trip to France later this year. I’m sure this will be very interesting.
Your Committee have put a lot of thought and effort into the Nog ‘n Natters - come along
and have some fun.
You will see in this Bilgewater a couple of extra topics, - let’s make the Bilgewater a
Newsletter that we look forward to reading. Your Editor, Alan, can only print articles that he
receives; if he has six pages he prints six pages and if more he will print more. Let’s keep
items of interest fun or otherwise coming in. It’s your Mag and you want it to be interesting,
so put in copy please.
While on the subject of items for the Bilgewater take time and read the very interesting
articles that Phil Plimmer has put on the Squadron web site about his adventures in the
Pacific; well done Phil an excellent read.
Summer is not far away and I’m sure we are looking forward to getting the hull wet and
enjoying each other’s company on the water.
Take care and be safe.
Terry
FROM THE BOAT YARD
Things are happening out at the Boat Yard in Bruntwood Road. It seems that the trailer is
now fixed and ready to go. However, there is concern that instead of water under the blue
yacht there is 6” of grass. The work on the yacht at Fitzroy Ave is finished and as you would
expect it looks like a new yacht. Also the Monarch has a new WOF.
If you have trouble trying to get in touch with the owner of Aperitif at night time, it seems he
has taken his sleeping bag to the shed so he can spend more time working on his Yacht. The
race co-ordinator is spending so much time planning his new yacht he has not had time to
empty the water from his Yacht in the Compound. He is lucky that he has mates who did that
for him.
The Editor has now got a new Yacht and has been spending heaps of time getting it ready for
the new season, ask him about the new grey water holding tank; it’s a work of art. Mistique
is getting the rudder and bow painted so watch out for the blue streak this season. It’s great
to hear the number of people in the Squadron who are sharing their knowledge and
workmanship looking out for other members. We had an incident some time ago in the
Compound where a pole fell over and did damage to a couple of yachts. Members and
owners got together and cleared the mess in double quick time. I’m sure all help that we give
each other is greatly appreciated. It goes without saying that we have missed a couple of jobs
that are worthy of mention, there is always next month so keep the stories coming in.
Finally it’s great that we all know the importance of cardinal marks and what happens if we
don’t abide by their warnings. I fail to understand why a certain Squadron Member does not
understand what speed cameras are for and what happens if we don’t heed their warnings.
How many times have you driven past that spot, you did know it was there, must have had
your mind on other things.
FROM THE GALLEY
Winter Warm-up Tom-Toms
Serves 4-8
8 Medium tomatoes
salt and freshly ground black pepper
200g can tuna or shrimp
4-8 drops Waha Rewi, Kaitaia or Tabasco sauce
8 tsp vodka
lettuce leaves to serve
8 sprigs of parsley or basil
Cut the tops off the tomatoes and set aside. Scoop out and discard the seeds, then season
inside the tomato cases with salt and pepper. Mix together the tuna, hot sauce and vodka
and fill each tomato case generously, topping each tomato with its lid. Press the lid on gently
to secure.
To serve, place the tomatoes on lettuce leave and garnish with some parsley or basil.
Just the taster for a Cold winter’s night……….how about bringing some along for our Pot Luck
dinner.
Printed from The NZ Boat Cook Book
GED AND KAY’S CROATIA BLOG 2014
What? You went to Croatia and did no sailing??
It is true, but never-the-less there was plenty of on-water activities (needless to say plenty of
off-water activity as well - the calamari and limincello stocks are way down now!)
The start was the wild ride on the water taxis in Bangkok on the way over- now that is an
unmissable experience. Not so much with the tourist boats but the local taxis up and down
the canals ferrying people to and from home and work. No such thing as a 5 km speed limit.
NB. Make sure no water splashes onto face…
Next stop Split in Croatia- land of sparkling blue seas and fickle winds. We took an excursion
(how about that for tourist speak?) on a slow ex–fishing boat to a lagoon for swimming,
followed by a bicycle ride across the island Solta. We know now that Croatian for flat is New
Zealand for undulating to hilly!! Mind you the perfectly ripe watermelon we consumed under
a shady tree made up for any aches and pains from unprepared muscles. Not much beats
freshly grilled fish for lunch on the boat- cooked on a charcoal fire just under the stairs to the
top deck. It kind of went against instinct to see open flames on a marine vessel, but hey it
worked.
And for a completely different boating experience, we took a trip out to the truly beautiful
blue cave on a 25 foot RIB with twin 200 hp motors, travelling at 20 knots non-stop for two
hours (Ok, so we were nearly half way to Italy by now.) The young tourist operator /owner
now realises that plastic ponchos are required for that trip as we all were completely soaked
both there and back….fun. No need for a swim at the beach that day. Beach is a whole
different concept over there, with sand being in very short supply (did we actually see any in
Croatia?). I have taken a strange liking to plunging into what amounts to a giant salt water
swimming pool from warm smooth rocks and with no fear of anything resembling a
wave…..oh, maybe some wake from a passing super yacht. And the phrase that goes with
super yachts, both powered and sail, in the Adriatic and Mediterranean is – well – “a dime a
dozen”! We did spot the odd 50 foot ocean crosser between the gleaming hulls, looking
suitably sea worn.
Another really fun incident, which is water related because we were looking out onto an
inlet, was when we were savouring some Ston oysters at a very fine establishment. What
should drive on up but a car club on a tour- not just any car club but a Mercedes SLR car club.
For the uninitiated, like I was, these are the low convertibles with the doors that open like
wings (apparently these babies are upwards of 300000euro each). A real treat that even the
local policeman had to come and get a photo of!
When in Croatia it is a hop skip and jump to Bosnia, literally neighbours. So what to do but
take a visit? All up we spent a week in Bosnia, which is a very scenic country of mountains,
lakes and rivers. Also water driven (!) rotisseries tempting taste buds with slow roasting
lambs.
However, there can be no avoiding the war damage from the Balkan wars a little over two
decades ago. Sarajevo endured four years of siege and it was both enlightening and sobering
to have a local guide show us around and detail his experiences. He is only in his early 30s, so
it was from a teenager’s perspective, giving a bit of a different aspect to it all. Ged’s favourite
word became “war-torn”, when viewing buildings still damaged.
Then we braved Republic of Serbia (a significant portion of Bosnia) to take a guided walk into
the Sutjeska National Park. Now this park borders Montenegro, so we crossed that border
while out hiking to a delightful lake. Fortunately no passports needed! Interestingly the
gates into the park are manned during the day, the guards often receiving a ‘little something’
to ease the way, but appeared to be completely open at the end of the day. The lodge we
stayed at was staffed by very stern men. 8 pm was dinner- don’t be late, it will be served to
you whether you are there or not and everyone gets the same...
Our final on-water excursion was the hiring of a 6m RIB on the Amalfi coast. Ged drove like
“Don Johnson” a la Miami Vice - really surging away with the 40 hp- cutting a great wake past
yet another super yacht (this one with its own waterslide from the top deck for the young
ones). The Amalfi coast in Italy is spectacular with winding Coromandel–like roads around sea
cliffs. It was quite the entertainment for us while on the water to watch a couple of tourist
buses try to pass each other. One did have to back up – not a task for the faint hearted
especially the passengers!
It is unlikely we will ever complain about boat launching or mooring fees again - we had
returned to the RIB after a wee bit of power shopping to find it gone from its attachment to
the mooring Ged had fastened it to just 30 minutes ago. It was found after a small fee of 15
euro was paid, but, hey, that did include the ride out to the boat.
Conclusions about Croatia and Italy (aside from the certain amount of inevitable pollution
seen) reliably warm, spectacular coastline, sea water that beckons to be swum in, and no
sand in the togs.
WAIKATO YACHT SQUADRON
OVERVIEW OF 2014 – 2015 PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Month
Date
Day
Event
September
23
Tuesday
Nog ‘n’ Natter Quiz Night
October
25 - 27
Labour Weekend
Lake Rotoiti – Trailer Yachts
Kawau Island Cruise – Keelers
28
Tuesday
Nog ‘n’ Natter – Pot Luck Dinner & Key
Exchange
1
Saturday
Great Barrier Cruise
22
Saturday
Ice Breaker Relay
25
Tuesday
Nog ‘n’ Natter - Pre Xmas Get Together &
Phil Plimmer on his South Pacific adventures
6
Saturday
Seamanship Event
31
New Year’s Eve
Venue to be advised
24-26
Anniversary Weekend
Coromandel Cruise
27
Tuesday
Nog ‘n’ Natter
21-22
Saturday/Sunday
Ponui Island Poker Run
24
Tuesday
Nog ‘n’ Natter
6, 7, 8
Friday-Sunday
Waikato Yacht Squadron Gulf Classic
21-22
Saturday-Sunday
Tarahiki Island Race – cruise to BBQ Bay
24
Tuesday
Nog ‘n’ Natter
3-6
Easter Weekend
Islington Bay – Upper Harbour Cruise
28
Tuesday
Nog ‘n’ Natter
November
December
January
February
March
April
N.B.:
Detailed information on events will be forthcoming.
Additions to the programme will be advised.
NGAROTO SAILING CLUB Where sailing's a breeze
Calendar till the end of 2014
Month
Date
Day
Event
September 13
28th
Saturday
Sunday
5th
12th
19th
26th
1st
2nd
9th
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
Working Bee, start time 9 a.m.
Opening Day Brass Monkey Regatta
Briefing 10.30 a.m.
Paterangi 1 & 2 drop 1 at race 5
Paterangi 3 & 4
Paterangi 5 & 6
Labour Weekend – No sailing
Annual Trailer Yacht Regatta
Hartley 16 North Island champs.
Club Champs Race 1 & 2 of 8
th
October
November
Officer of the Day
Owen Johnston
Danny
Arthur F
Nigel
Danny/Arthur Giffney
Owen
One drop at race 5, 2 drops at race 8
December
15th
16th
23rd
30th
7th
14th
21st
28th
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
Sunday
PT Freshwater Lakes Regatta
Ross/Danny/Gordon
Mangapiko 1 & 2
Mangapiko 3 & 4
Mangapiko 5 & 6
Club Champs Race 1 & 2 of 8
Spring Race Series begins
No sailing
Robbie
Bill
Dougal
Owen
Arthur F
Notes:
1. Briefing for Sunday club racing is 12.30 p.m. Racing starts at 1.00 p.m.
2. Further details from the club captain.
3. All Regattas attract an Entry fee; check Notice of Race for details.
4. Club Champs Series is spread throughout the summer sailing season.
Owen Johnston (Commodore)
Ph (07) 871 8209
Postal address:
PO Box 188
Te Awamutu
New Zealand
www.teawamutu.net/nbc
TARANAKI SAILABILITY
Urenui and Districts Lion Club, with the support of Waitara Lions Club, Waitara Boating Club
and the New Plymouth Yacht Club set up the Sailability Taranaki Trust on the 8 March 2012.
A passionate group of people under Chairperson Dave Allerton, a blind Urenui Lion and
competitive sailor, are offering sailing as a sport to people in the disabled community,
whether physical or intellectual. As well as three or four sailors, four or five Lions have been
volunteering each day that sailing has taken place. The opportunity to experience the
freedom of adventure of sailing, Sailability caters for Amputee, Vision Impaired, Ambulant,
Cerebral Palsy, Hearing Impaired, Wheel Chair and Intellectual Disability. The sea is a
treasure everyone should be able to enjoy. Halberg Trust Sport Opportunity Laura Hill says,
“Sailing is a sport that individuals can participate in with very little assistance from others. It
helps children to be active, improves social skills, boosts confidence and helps them learn
about water safety.” Sailability Taranaki is a new Trust formed in collaboration with the
Waitara Boating Club. In June 2012 an Open Day was held to get people with a disability to
have a go at sailing in special untippable boats with experienced skippers, a hoist for wheel
chairs and a host of volunteers including Urenui Lions helping out. Two yachts were on loan
– Access 303 dinghies from NZ Class Association, thanks to AMP. They are built with heavy
lead centre boards, making them very stable and safe. On this first Open Day, 80 children,
with varied levels of disabilities, turned up and all had a turn at experiencing sailing. Now
the Trust has raised the $80,000 needed for 4 yachts, a crane and life jackets plus $4000 for
running expenses such as fuel for rescue boats, insurance to cover equipment, storage costs
and maintenance costs, through generous donations from TET, TSB and Methanex. The
remaining need is Volunteers. Working with YNZ staff and Halberg staff, the Taranaki
Sailability Trust have now set up a hoist for wheel chair users, upgraded access to the
floating dock and held their first Learn to Sail Programme for 2013 on 3 March. Not only is
this project growing the sailing opportunities for the disabled of Taranaki but it is also
growing the Waitara Boating Club’s membership, facility and reputation. This noncommercial project is seeing happy people getting on (often apprehensive) and off (beaming
with pleasure) boats after sailing round the Waitara Marine Park. – They may be even
dreaming, “Is this a pathway to the Special Olympics or Paralympics?” Two young women,
one a cerebral palsy and one a paraplegic, recently took a full part in the Waitara Boating
Club Regatta with great success. Sailability is in its infancy and is grateful for the support of
the New Plymouth Yacht Club. Supporting organizations are listed below.
Yachting NZ, Halberg Trust, Taranaki Blind Trust, Hartley 16 Assn, Waitara Rotary, Waitara
Boating Club, Waitara Lions Club, Pukearuhe Waitoitoi Rural Women NZ, Taranaki Electricity
Trust, Taranaki Community Trust, I.E.D.Lifting Centre, Methanex N.Z., Reumers Trim &
Upholstery, Warner Construction Waitara and Regal Transport. Taranaki Sailability has a
Facebook Page.
This is a description of how Sailability Taranaki was formed and its aims and objectives. Also it
is an indication of the support that came from the community. The Lions Club of Te Awamutu
and the Ngaroto Sailing Club with the help of Mrs. Robin Klos are presently working towards
setting up Sailability Waikato with the Venue being Lake Ngaroto. The Lions Club of Urenui
put on a demonstration at Lake Ngaroto a month or so ago with 2 yachts and is supporting
the project of setting up Sailability Waikato. The recent Sailability Waikato committee
meeting was attended by 3 members from the Waikato Yacht Squadron.
Alan Managh
KAWAKAWA BAY BOATING CLUB AGM REPORT
On the 17th August a small delegation, including your Commodore and Vice Commodore
attended the above meeting at Kawakawa Bay.
Our Kawakawa Bay fees have increased this year by $20.00 per member. This is a 25%
increase. We did not manage to get any dispensation on these fees for our members. We felt
most of our members would not launch and retrieve more than maybe 10 times a season on
average. In light of this we asked for some relief but unfortunately this didn’t happen. The
casual fee has gone from $10 to $15.00.
We asked why, in view of having nearly $490,000.00 invested, was there a need to increase
subscriptions. There were 1379 financial members this year and appears to still be growing,
and an unknown number of casual day payers.
New CCTV cameras will be in place soon at a cost of $30,000.00 Including 1 in our compound.
$100,000.00 is budgeted for the new ramp on the eastern side against the rock wall - to be
installed in the near future.
They now have a lease licence to occupy the ramp facilities for 60 years from the Auckland
City Council.
Up until now Auckland City has been contributing 50% of the warden’s wages but this now
becomes totally Kawakawa Bay Boating Club’s responsibility. This cost is budgeted for
$100,000 approx. This is a 12 months per year job. We did stress our appreciation of the
work the wardens are doing and their willingness to help.
200 cubic meters of mud was dredged from the ramp area recently, paid by the ACC. This is
due to happen every year. This will certainly help trailer yachts during lower tide times.
Terry Henry
Compound Convener
We welcome Paul, Sarah and Luke Weaver to the Waikato Yacht Squadron.
family has brought a Moonraker 23, which is now in the Compound.
We also welcome Megan Mackie and Sam Whitburn into our midst.
The Weaver
FORWARD PLANNING
NOG ‘N NATTER
28 October
Pot Luck dinner starting at 6.00 p.m., followed by Key Exchange for compound.
Please bring your old compound key. More info. in our next Bilgewater
25 November
Guest speaker will be Phil Plimmer who will talk on his South Pacific adventures. See below
for a letter from Phil.
Hullo members of the Waikato Yacht Squadron,
Nigel joined 'Different Drummer' at Cairns a week ago for some extended offshore cruising
with us, and on the first evening produced and presented to me the Squadron's Blue Water
Pacific Medal.
This came as an unexpected and very pleasant surprise, and I feel greatly honoured to receive
this recognition from my many friends in the squadron for doing what I love to do. Perhaps it
will inspire others to give thought to achieving their dreams.
We are presently in the Louisiade Islands in Southern Papua New Guinea. The locals are very
friendly folk who manage well with very little and who enjoy interaction and trading with
their occasional visitors.
Although cell phone coverage and hence the internet has spread rapidly through the islands in
the last few years it has yet to reach the Louisiades so it will be some time before you receive
this.
I would ask that you share my thanks with the membership, and you are of course very
welcome to hit me up for a presentation at a Nog 'n' Natter some time.
Regards,
Phil Plimmer
26/07/2014
SNIPPET CORNER
Great to hear that Jim Pascoe on Acushla, with his crew,
is keeping the WYS name to the fore. Congratulations
on the Line/Handicap win a couple of weeks ago.
We hear that you are still training your crew on how
not to broach in 25 knots of wind – four times in one race
– must be slow learners. Good luck with that.
Committee meeting snippets
The Committee held a meeting on 4 Sept. and was attended by
all most with a visit from Terry H. We discussed all the normal
stuff Including an array of correspondence, “Bilgewater”, events,
racing etc. Of note was Terry H’s report on the compound. He is
getting a small crew together for a clean-up. Our finances have
been boosted considerably by the membership renewals but
much of that is earmarked for YNZ and Kawakawa Bay Boating
Club. Welcome Megan M. and Sam W. to our membership and
the potential joining of Paul W. and family. The bones of the
event calendar was presented and will be presented elsewhere in
this publication. The calendar of Nog ’n’ Natters was sorted up
till the end of the year and we had a major discussion in relation
to our YNZ membership. The meeting concluded with copious
rums. ----------- Just Kidding!
KHAZANA IS FOR SALE
Anyone who knows of anyone who wants a safe, stable sailing platform please contact Hugh
on 027 4967033 or at Beecroft@wave.co.nz
She has all the gizmos and would suit someone who is new to sailing or who wants a forgiving
yacht (she forgave me many times).
Which bears the question. “What is Hugh going to do now?”
He fancies a line honours, division 1 type yacht and will be going for something faster (than
the rest of the fleet).
Will it be a sport Boat? Will it be (even) a multihull?
Who will know until it happens?
All he’s saying is that wheels are in motion and ---LOOK OUT.
Hahahaha
Proudly Supporting the
Waikato Yacht Squadron.
Karewa Place, HAMILTON.
Phone: 07 850 4171