Catalina 22 Northern Gulf Coast Cruise

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September 2014 · Volume 43 · No. 5
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Calendar
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How It All Began—Catalina 22
Northern Gulf Coast Cruise
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2014 Northern Gulf Coast Cruise
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Northern Gulf Coast Cruise 2014
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Officer Reports
19
The Checklist Manifesto
22
Technical Manual Update
23
Membership Form
24
MainBrace vs. Mainsheet
25
Fleet 10—Cities of Choptank
The cover photo was taken by Ted McGee at the
2014 Northern Gulf Coast Cruise. The photo shows
Hooligan, Leap Frog and Line Dancer at Big Lagoon
Bay.
River Cruise
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Destination: Sister Bay, Wisconsin
36
When the Wind Fills the Sails
37
Sport Talk: Sizing A Bimini for a Sport
39
Promo/NOR—Gone With The Wind
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Promo/NOR—Grand Annual Regatta
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Promo—Gold Rush Regatta
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NOR—Last Splash Regatta
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GRITS Standings
49
Region and Fleet Reports
50
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FEATURE
How It All Began Catalina 22
by Bob Endicott
Photos provided by Bob Endicott
When Trish and I came up with the original notion for
what became the Catalina 22 Northern Gulf Coast
Cruise, we never dreamed it would attract C22 sailors
from as far away as Idaho, Colorado and even Canada.
Nor did we dream that it would continue year after year,
providing an annual reunion for many NGCC veterans,
as well as an opportunity for those whose home waters
are smaller inland lakes to gain coastal cruising
experience and skills. Coastal novices could be secure in
the knowledge that if things get dicey, there would be a
wealth of physical and advisory assistance close at hand.
The NGCC did indeed take on a life of its own and has
continued to adjust and reinvent itself over the years to
accommodate the desires of the participants and the loss
of various destination points to storm or other calamity.
So how did it all begin? Let's go back almost twenty
years.....
Tequila Sunset, skippered by Bob & Trish Endicott
We bought our C22, Tequila Sunset, in the summer of
1995. She was a 1985 model (#12759) one of the last of
the "old-styles", and had been in the same family since
new. She came with most of the options that we wanted
in a "pocket cruiser", e.g. sliding galley with two-burner
Origo stove, pop-top enclosure, porta-potti, etc.
(Continued on page 5)
The NGCC 2000 formation photo from the Navarre Bridge.
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The reactivation of Fleet 77 under the guidance of
Beattie Purcell not long after, saw us begin to engage in
some group activities locally. Early on, the cruising
consisted mostly of raft-ups or perhaps a rendezvous at
a waterfront restaurant. Before long, though, we began
planning 2 and 3-night fleet gatherings at Spectre Island
or some other local anchorage. As our experience and
confidence increased, we began to dream of an
adventure that would take us further afield. In 1997, we
made a trip to Panama City, buddy-boating with friends in
a Westsail 32. It was a great trip, but as a trip for a group
of Catalina 22's, the two-day run each way didn't offer
much in the way of places to socialize or take refuge
should the weather turn unfavorable. So, if not east, how
about west?
Before moving to Ft. Walton Beach, Trish and I had lived
in Pensacola for 11 years and had sailed much of the
local water with our previous little sloop, a Gulf Coast 18.
We began thinking that west would be the direction to go.
The next question was "How far?" We needed a
destination. Some place worthy of a visit, where we could
celebrate our accomplishment with a meal and libation.
Some place we could reach and return from easily in a
week, with allowance for a "weather day", if needed. In
his Cruising Guide To The Northern Gulf Coast, cruising
mentor Claiborne Young sang the praises of Wolf Bay
Lodge, a bit east of Foley, AL. Good food and accessible
by water. We had heard of the place when we lived in
Pensacola, but had never driven over there. What better
way to visit than by boat? We worked out the mileage
and the trip seemed doable; about 160 miles round trip.
We presented our idea to the Fleet. Mickey & Dee
LaGarde, Ned Westerlund and Greg Haymore all signed
on. We scheduled the trip for the full moon week in June
'98 and dubbed it The June Moon Cruise. At the last
minute, both Ned and Greg had matters arise that
prevented them from coming, so it was just Trish & I on
Tequila Sunset and Mickey & Dee on Deja' Vu. We were
blessed with spectacular weather: southeast wind all the
way to Wolf Bay, southwest wind all the way back! We
couldn't quit talking about it when we returned and
vowed to do it again next year. Ned and Greg swore
they wouldn't miss the next one, and they didn't (indeed,
Greg is the only person to have made every single
NGCC to date)!
Greg Haymore passes out the first ever Northern Gulf
Coast Cruise t-shirts at the Quietwater Beach T-dock,
Pensacola Beach.
The next year, 1999, we decided to move the trip to May
(typically less heat and more favorable winds than in
June) and open up the cruise to all of Region 3. It was
billed as the Catalina 22 Northern Gulf Coast Cruise. In
addition to the four boats from Fleet 77, we also hosted
Vernon Senterfitt, from Gainesville, FL, sailing Mari-Lee,
Ted & Dora McGee, from Cumming, GA, sailing
Rhapsody in seA and Grady Christian with his buddy
Buzz, from Panama City, FL.
In 2000, we opened the NGCC to the National
Association and had 15 participants. In 2001, we had
21. I believe the number has pretty much remained in
the 18-24 range since.
One of the rituals we began in 1999
and repeated for several years
following was the "fleet picture" from
the Navarre Bridge. The year Ned was
Cruise Captain, he even arranged for
an aerial photo from a friend's private
plane! As the number of attendees
approached two dozen, creating a
photogenic
formation
became
increasingly difficult and, if the wind
was behind us, nearly impossible, so
the
practice
was
eventually
Tequila Sunset and Deja' Vu beach
anchored on the original June Moon
Cruise in 1998.
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abandoned. 1999 was also the first year we had "Cruise
shirts", which we all wore to dinner at Wolf Bay Lodge.
Thanks to Greg and Nancy, the NGCC still enjoys annual
shirts and many of us have a closet full!
We also tried to keep things interesting with awards and
games. We had a Cruising Large Award for the cruiser
with the most outrageously (pun intended, John and
Anita) equipped C22. We also had a McGyver Award,
which was given to the cruiser who demonstrated the
greatest resourcefulness in overcoming some calamity
during the cruise. From the start, the NGCC had a history
of "cruisers helping cruisers", so this was sometimes a
tough call. Later NGCC's featured scavenger hunts, the
Poker Crawl and other such amusements.
In the early days of the NGCC, Fleet 77 didn't have the
close association with the Ft. Walton Yacht Club that it
has enjoyed for several years now. We would launch and
retrieve at other local ramps and meet at a nearby
Mexican restaurant after the Cruise to swap pictures and
stories. As several of our Fleet members became FWYC
members, We began thinking of FWYC as home, even
holding our monthly meetings there. Their hospitality
simplified many of the logistic aspects of hosting the
Cruise.
Hurricanes, particularly Ivan in 2004, required us to
consider new stops, as some marinas went away never
to return and other new ones were built in different
places. Wolf Bay Lodge burned to the ground in the
early hours of December 7, 2008. Cruisers expressed
interest in touring the Pensacola Lighthouse, the Naval
Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola and downtown
Pensacola itself. The Butterfly House and Juana's
Pagoda have been favorite stops at Navarre and in
recent years the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club has been
very generous with their facilities and hospitality. Over
the years, the itinerary has been adjusted to meet the
wishes of the cruisers. After all, it's their Cruise. We tried
to give it just enough structure to give everyone a sense
of being part of the group without dictating every little
detail.
We think that the Northern Gulf Coast is one of the best
places on the planet to sail a Catalina 22. The folks that
come every May to enjoy these waters with the folks of
Fleet 77 are what make the C22 NGCC one of the best
cruises anywhere, year after year. The friends Trish and
I have made in the Catalina 22 family, particularly
through the NGCC, are still among our best friends. We
are proud to have played a role in the origin of the
Northern Gulf Coast Cruise and humbled by the status it
has achieved over the years. Let's hope there are many
more!
Fair winds to you all!
Tequila Sunset, dinghy in tow,
on the way from Navarre to
Pensacola Beach during the
1999 NGCC.
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The 1999 NGCC fleet at Spectre Island.
The free T-dock at Navarre has long been a favorite place
to "take a break" between Spectre Island and Pensacola
Beach, both westbound and eastbound (though thanks to
an inconsiderate power boater, who damaged several
boats here with his wake during the 2014 NGCC, future
cruisers may have second thoughts about stopping here).
Four boats moored at the dock while three anchored off
at Wolf Bay Lodge. Tequila Sunset played "water-taxi"
for the three anchored boats. NGCC 1999.
The 1999 cruisers enjoy a celebratory drink in the
bar at Wolf Bay Lodge, while waiting for the dining
room to open.
Group photo 1999 at Wolf Bay Lodge.
Showing off our Cruise shirts.
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Northern Gulf Coast Cruise 2014
Article and photograph by Pete Snyder
Catalina 22 Fleet 95 / Privateer Yacht Club
This article originally appeared in the Privateer
Yacht Club’s “Private Ear” newsletter, June 2014, at
www.privateeryachtclub.org. (-Editor)
The Catalina 22 National Association’s annual
Northern Gulf Coast Cruise, sponsored by Fleet 77
of Fort Walton Beach, is an event greatly anticipated
by some of the regulars, dreamed about by those
who would like to do it, and achieved by those who
have worked hard to get themselves and their boats
ready for whatever challenges may arise. This
year’s Cruise was no exception, and then again, it
was exceptional — exceptionally challenging for
some.
Last year’s cruise was blessed with near perfect
weather nearly every day. This year’s had some of
the most challenging wind and waves that any
cruise has experienced. Everybody goes with high
hopes of wonderful, scenic beauty, fair winds
blowing from just the right direction for 26 mile tacks
along the Intracoastal Waterway, and crisp, cool
nights under a bright moon for great fellowship
around the bonfires. We had all of that this year, but
also encountered some excitement.
At least one boat ran aground under full sail, two or
three boats were damaged by large wakes throwing
them up and under a rigid pier, one lady fell overboard, a few wives huddled in their cabins wondering
if they could hang on long enough to make it, one
double whammy knock-down came from a storm microburst, white-out rain conditions blinded a group of
five boats, and for those with a purist sailor bent,
tacking in place for an hour on the outgoing tide by
the Pensacola Pass was challenging, as was a near
broach in three to four foot waves.
We had 18 boats on the cruise this year, five from
PYC. After the fourth day, the group split up with
some going further west to Alabama Pirate’s Cove
and Barber Marina and some sailing to Palifox Pier
and the old section of Pensacola. So, not everyone
had the same experience. But, everybody did enjoy
the unmatched Gulf coast beauty, some fair winds,
sunshine and full moon island campfires. And, everyone enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting new. All
in all, it was a very memorable cruise.
For more Northern Gulf Coast Cruise stories,
check out Sailing Serene Dream blog at
http://www.sailingserenedream.blogspot.com
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2014 Northern Gulf Coast Cruise
By Barbara Snyder
Catalina 22 Fleet 95 / Privateer Yacht Club
On May 9, 2014, five Catalina 22's DixSea Breeze,
Forget Knot, Leap Frog, Yee Haw, and Windabout
left the quiet waters of Chattanooga, TN - Privateer
Yacht Club to the rougher waters of Fort Walton
Yacht Club, for the 17th annual Catalina 22
Northern Gulf Coast Cruise.
I had thoughts going through my mind that this
cruise would be rough because Galapagos had
already been knocked out of the cruise due to a
recent wind storm knocking a tree down on their
home cabin. Big bummer already!
Once at FWYC, the mast raisings of C22's
began. The reward was a tasty barbecue at the
gazebo put on by the FWYC C22 fleet. My,
somebody knows how to make potato salad and
baked beans! Beautiful t-shirts and bags were
passed out by Greg and Nancy, Almost Done,
designed by Becky, Extreme Alien. Windabout Pete
surprised Hooligan Paul with a portrait of him.
Hooligan was all smiles as he showed it off table by
table to everybody in the gazebo. A print was also
offered as one of the cruise prizes at the end of the
cruise. With eighteen C22's signed up for the cruise,
four as new, it was good to meet the brave new
sailors and their mates and visit the old familiar
faces that have become our cruising family.
Spectre Island was the first destination on Saturday,
May 10. The deep waters turning shallow in a few
places only snagged one C22. Another C22 went
too far off the course like we did one year, but
eventually, all arrived safe after four hours of sailing
and motoring. All was well with the world of 18 C22's
as we were thinking the roughest sailing was behind
us and we were rocked to sleep that night. I guess it
was good we didn't know what wind and waves were
waiting ahead.
Day two, May 11th, we arrived at Pensacola Beach
Yacht Club. Cap'n Pete hiked with me a mile one
way to Geronimo's for shopping before heading
back. That evening a group of us went to Flounders
for a grease-filled meal.
Photo by Ted McGee
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Day 3, May 12th, we went on to Paradise, Big
Lagoon. It was beautiful as always. I hung around
Windabout with Clark, Lady in Red. We enjoyed
getting cooled off in the water as Cap'n Pete went
back out in David's Extreme Alien to catch some
exciting wind. The wind didn't want to show off so
David didn’t get to sail in the extreme way he does.
But, they still had a good time being together.
All the lady sailors got invited to join Anita on
Outrageous for a hen party. The moon showed up
early that evening. If laughter is good for the soul,
oh my, the cackling took the bimini off!
Just when you think you have mastered the
challenge of the NGCC, things happen: boats get
stuck in the mud, they get damaged tied to a dock
by passing boat wakes, folks fall out of their boats,
the ladies end up sitting on the floor in the cabin and
hanging on to feel safe, phones take a dive in the
shallows, high winds give a knock down, you sail for
an hour and the lighthouse is always in the same
place, and bushwhackers won't stay down. But,
even so, the NGCC is so loved, even health
Photo by Jane Overbeck
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problems don't hold some folks back. One C22 had
three adults as a friend was invited to help because
of health issues.
In the early morning of day four, May 13th, I got up
early to see the sunrise and take pictures. We were
beach anchored, but our boat was too far from shore
for me to get off, and not wanting to wake Cap'n
Pete or swim for shore, I did the next best thing took pictures from the fore deck and cabin top of
Windabout. This is where I witnessed and took
pictures of another photographer walking right into
the gorgeous sunrise. I'm sure he got some beautiful
shots, for he had a front row seat by seashore's
edge, but I'll bet he will like my sunrise pictures
better.
Day four, May 13th, split the cruise in half. Some
went to Pirate’s Cove and beyond, and some went
to Palifox Pier. Day five, May 14th, was a lay over
day for us. Here's a list of all the things we did at
Palifox: dinner at the Fish House one night and the
next at McGuire's Irish Pub (with a three mile round
trip walk), visited the Pensacola Museum of Art,
walked through historical district, perused several
galleries and some of us bought artwork, and we
window shopped a lot of cool shops, ate a great
lunch at a Four Season’s Restaurant and
frequented a couple of coffee shops.
Day six, May 14th - if I could have skipped a
morning it would have been this one. I was
seriously wondering out loud if I could catch a bus
or taxi from Palifox to PBYC. The wind had been
blowing strongly from the south for several
days. Yesterday, it swung around through the west
to the north. Pensacola bay was like a washing
machine with the agitator on full strength. Would
Cap'n Pete need my help on the sail back to PBYC?
If the sail was going to be so bad that he would
need my help, I didn't want to go. And, if the sail
wasn't going to be bad and he didn't need help, I
still didn't want to go. Well, I went. And, I have to
say, it was indeed the worst four hour sail I've ever
endured. And, I hope my last bad sail. Upon first
leaving Palifox, it wasn’t too bad because we were
in the lee of the land. But soon thereafter,
Windabout got tossed up and down and rolled from
side to side so much I thought I was going to toss
the breakfast I didn't even eat. Cap'n Pete had me
look for buoys, so I stood in the cabin, hanging on
tight, with my eyes just above the cabin roof. My
only thought was, "Would this sail ever end? It is
going to be the death of me!" Just then I received a
text from a girlfriend back in Chattanooga. It
contained only four words: "ARE YOU HAVING
FUN?" Good thing I was hanging on so I couldn't
answer. If I could, it would have been, "Fun? I am
about to die and if I make it, I'm never going on
another NGCC again!" I was extra proud of Cap'n
Pete for getting us to PBYC - all in one piece except for my nerves.
Question: How much adventure does a person
need to make the NGCC complete? Answer: For
me it was complete. I had had enough adventure.
The next two days didn't matter. I got my money's
worth and my t-shirt. I wanted to go home!
Before pulling out of the FWYC parking lot,
someone came over to me to say good-bye and ask
if I would be back next year. I said bye, but didn't
know if I would be back. The next thing said was, "If
you don't, you will be tracked down, found, and you
will be killed!" It was good to laugh. I needed that.
A strong breeze was behind us as we pulled away
from Ft. Walton Yacht Club. I’m sure a strong urge
will cause me to want to return once again to
another NGCC.
You might seem surprised that I’m already
considering going on another cruise. But, it’s really
no different from what we all do every day. We are
all on a sail. None of us know what wind or waves
we’ll face. The best we can do is set our course
and try to make it. Some of the sail will be peaceful
and calm, and some will be stormy. Either way, we
must sail on, hopefully choosing the best weather
window, and hanging on by faith when it turns out
different.
Thank you Floyd, Carol Ann and Paul for planning
another great cruise and for keeping your eyes on
us.
Ballad of the
(short version)
Sing to the tune of “The Wabash Cannonball”
“From the narrows of Ft. Walton
to the dock at Wolf Bay Lodge
Through barges, yachts, and jet-skis
that we are forced to dodge
There’s anchors, dinks and beach chairs
and other stuff we lose
All part of the adventure
called The Northern Gulf Coast Cruise””
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Don Boyko, Commodore
Commodore’s Comments:
Where has the summer gone? Hard to believe school has started and vacations are over.
Debbie and I have tried to pack-in as much sailing activity as we could this summer including
two cruises over to Catalina Island between our youngest daughter's wedding in August.
It always amazes me how C-22 owners just seem to find each other. On our first trip to the island, I had the pleasure to meet a lovely family enjoying time together on their C-22. They reminded Debbie
and me of the great times we enjoyed during the summer months back in the Midwest as our girls were
growing up and we enjoyed countless weekends on our first C-22. Then on our second trip to the island, we
met another interesting individual who enjoys living in Avalon and bought a C-22 to learn to sail. We had
several great conversations about our beloved little boats, and I was able to pass on some hints and suggestions on maintenance and sailing issues I have dealt with in the past.
By now, I hope everyone is aware that we have made the MainBrace available on the National C-22 web
site to everyone. Our hope is that folks will discover all the information on maintenance, cruises, and all the
racing activities across the country more easily, and increase the participation in these events. In addition,
Catalina 22 National Sailing Association members can now download a copy of the technical manual.
Don't put those boats away just yet; there is still plenty of great fall weather ahead to enjoy with several big
regattas on the schedule coming up soon. And don't be shy about writing up an article about your cruise, or
a regatta, a personal modification to improve your boat, or a special weekend spent at a local lake on your
C-22.
Have a GREAT fall sailing season, and we'll see YOU on the water!
Don
2014-15 Officers
Commodore
Vice Commodore
Rear Commodore
Secretary/Treasurer
Don Boyko
1192 Gazania Ct
San Marcos, CA 92078
760.453.5462
captdon001@cox.net
Don Woodhouse
PO Box 5502
Portland, OR 97228
360.798.2280
bajadon@hotmail.com
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7713 Norman Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76116
817.233.6688
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Cumming, GA 30040
770.887.9728 phone
secretary@catalina22.org
Chief Measurer
MainBrace Editor
National Cruising Captain
Webmaster
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850.865.4748
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Ted McGee
3790 Post Gate Dr
Cumming, GA 30040
770.887.8373
c22sail@mindspring.com
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Don Woodhouse, Vice Commodore
Roll On Columbia
Driving North on Interstate 5 at 4:00 pm is a bit of an exercise in patience. So what better time
to think about what to submit for the MainBrace. Even better since the traffic narrows to just 3
lanes at the bridge over the Columbia River, just exit onto the island, Hayden Island and go to
the boat. Four minutes later, I was at the dock. 15 minutes later, I was motoring out . I had just
my I-phone and I know good articles go with good pictures, but here I go!
Our River
I kind of like my Navionics App and think that $14.99 is cheap for all of the
charts in US and Canada. This is a screen shot (see picture below) that I took
after hoisting sails, sailing down and around Buoy #2 (right by the camera
symbol) - hoisting the spinnaker, dousing the Genoa, and then gybing. Man was
I sweating! I wanted to get a feel for the current so I pulled out the phone. #1.
Upper left , ignore that! I am 1783.9 nm from Pontchatrain Landing, the last
waypoint I entered. #2. 4.7 knots, that’s important information. Assuming I am at
theoretic hull speed, let’s just say 5.8 knots , then the river is running 1.1 knots.
Typical , but since we are slightly influenced by the tide that could change by
around half a knot. It was incoming tide so the current would increase during
the ebb.
The area I am describing is usually know as “between the bridges” or I-5 to I205. The river runs East to West or right to left on my chart. To sail from I-5 to I205 it is roughly 5 miles with a heading of 280. The width varies at somewhere
around .5 nautical miles. This is an active area and even on a Monday
afternoon there were a dozen sail or power boats in the area along with a tug
pushing four Super Barges up river. The dotted line marks the navigation
channel dredged to 15 feet and 300 feet wide . The little airplane by E. 5th Street in Vancouver, Washington
is Pearson Airpark, and they have the most accurate weather station for the area
25 Aug 4:53 pm PDT temp88
dewpoint47
humidity24
wind WNW
9G16
I copied this from the NOAA.gov page. If you look at the recent history of wind speeds in the area, you can
see the trend is calm in the early morning building to good sailing wind by 2:00 pm , blasting from 5:00 pm
until dusk, then dying down overnight.
What does this all mean ?
River current is a factor. Lots of the water ,
265,000 cubic feet per second, runs down
the river, a lot of it in the channel. In the
shallower areas, not so much. Avoiding
the commercial lane when going up-river
not only gains you a few tenths but also
eliminates the fear of being crushed by a
barge. Conversely the shipping lane is
the way to go when heading downriver.
Togarty (L) starts with the
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Wind. Ever heard of The Columbia River Gorge ? It is
a Mecca for wind sport fanatics. The reason is the
inland thermal low that develops over the desert lands
of the eastern parts of Oregon and Washington and
the cooler Pacific air is drawn through a narrow
corridor producing winds in excess of 30kts on a
regular basis. That same influence produces the wind
in our area but to a lesser degree. We get 5-15
regularly with evening gusts a little higher.
Gorge windsurfer mixing it up with the Barges.
If you come for the 2015 Nationals July 17 -22 be
prepared for moderate weather, great sailing
conditions, good food, and friendly folks. We are
arranging with local sail-maker Kerry Poe for a local
conditions clinic. He said he could follow the practice
race and video so that he could make suggestions on
race trim and tactics to those who choose to
participate.
In parting, I know this is the Cruising Issue. I use the
I-phone Navionic App whenever I go anywhere. I also
have another GPS and use Paper Charts. The
Navionics works without cell service, I used the app on
Heading downstream under the I-5
an I-Pad all the way to Juneau Alaska (not on a C-22)
when I was way out of cell coverage area. It is a
battery hog and I keep it plugged into the 12 volt. A little bit of sticky back Velcro on the back of a waterproof
case and it can be mounted on a hatch-board or wherever you like in the cockpit for a cheap backup chart
plotter.
Don
Don Woodhouse
Vice Commodore
bajadon@hotmail.com
360-798-2280
P.S. you tube sail or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B91CHRGDxrc
This link goes to my page where I try to make Catalina 22 sailing interesting by adding rock music.
I-5 Bridge between Hayden Island and Vancouver.
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September 2014
Dora McGee, Secretary/Treasurer
It has been quiet in the secretary/treasurer’s office, with everything running smoothly. We had a
good finish to the 2013 fiscal year. They can be found in the “Members Only” section. We
ended the year in the black, but only by a small margin.
We are always concerned when we lose existing members from the Association. Members get
two renewal notices in the mail, plus emails from the web administrator. If you know of existing
members who have not renewed, I hope you will encourage them to do so. If you know someone who owns a
Catalina 22 but is not a member, talk to them about joining the Association and act as their sponsor and be
eligible for the Recruiter of the Year award. If you sell your boat please send me an email and let me know
the new owner’s information. We would like to reach out to the new owners and let them know about the
Association.
Our current membership stands at 507.
seA you on the water!
Dora
Ted McGee, Webmaster
There is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes on the website to keep it up-to-date. All
of the behind the scenes software and security is up-to-date. You may have noticed recently
the website was down for a couple of days due to a bandwidth issue. This has been resolved
and we hope not see it again. We have made the website a virtual repository of information
concerning the Catalina 22 and the association going all the way back to 1970. We did not
have enough bandwidth for the data we were moving. In addition, we ran out of server disk
space.
To address both issues we did two things:
The videos have been moved from our local server to YouTube. Videos take up a lot of disk space and
consume bandwidth. We now use our video library to point to videos on YouTube. You can still view them
on our website by following the video library icon in the main menu. Not all of our videos have been made
available as yet. They will slowly be uploaded.
The second thing we did was to purchase more disk space and bandwidth from our provider, doubling our
capacity. This should last quite a few years as all of our historical documents are now online.
We also did some additional work on the main menu items in order to make things easier to find. You will
now find the menu divided by category, such as multimedia, communication, National Association, racing,
and cruising.
I would also like to remind everyone to update our calendar with your upcoming events. Events can include
local regattas, seminars, regional regattas, national regattas, cruises, and just about anything that would be
of interest to a number of C22 sailors. Simply log in and follow the links for the event calendar.
Ted
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Kevin Williams, Rear Commodore
Take Someone Sailing
How many of your fleets or clubs have held junior sailing camps or lessons? It’s been a very
good recruiting tool for us. If the kids are interested, you have a better chance that the parents
will be too. The Arlington Yacht Club held a junior sailing camp this summer and it resulted in
creating some young sailors along with producing several prospective new members.
The students finished the summer with a one day regatta on Sunfish and Lasers. The day was filled with both
“fun” races where the skippers had to capsize at each mark to more serious races. The course was set up in
front of the club so the parents could watch. It was a very successful program and I would encourage you to
get behind a junior program at your club. Recruiting can be as simple as taking a kid along for Sunday races.
They just might get hooked and you could end up with a good third crew.
Fleet 85 is supporting a church fund raiser on Labor Day weekend where church members pay to take a sail
on a Catalina 22. All the proceeds will go to the church and we will have an opportunity to expose 40 people
to sailing and our yacht club. Several members are excited about the idea of doing more events along these
lines. It helps the charities and the exposure for the fleet and yacht club is priceless.
The best time to sail in North Texas is the fall and I m looking forward to the cooler temperatures and a stiffer
breeze. Make it a point to take someone out this fall that hasn’t been sailing. I had a conversation with an old
car racing buddy recently and he ask what I had been up to. I told him that I had been racing sailboats and he
was genuinely interested in learning more about racing boats and was amazed at how inexpensive it can be.
He’s in a sport where engines cost $40K or more and a set of tires cost $2K. It seems that he is getting ready
to retire and wants something to do. He’s first on my list to ask to crew this fall.
So make a short list of those you plan to take sailing this fall. Try to remember the first time you went for a sail
and the joy it has brought you. Let’s share the sport we love. We’ll see you on the lake.
Kevin
Number of Catalina 22s built as of August 2014:
15761
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September 2014
Dennis Slaton, Chief Measurer
After returning and recovering from the Nationals things seems to slow here in the South, as
far as sailing. Waiting out the long hot wind-less days of July and August, known as the "dog
days". Waiting for the cooler temps and better breezes that fall usually provides. And looking
forward to the fall regattas, especially our own Gone With The Wind regatta, mostly now
known as the "GWTW". We are anticipating 30 C-22's attending this year, which will compete
with the Nationals for the most number of boats, not bad for a local regatta. We have Reid
Collins, our gifted organizing regatta chairman, to thank along with all of fleet 58 members
each year for their hard work.
Nothing much new on the measurement front, still going over our measurement rules looking for re-wording
and ways to improve and simplify them. Since I am short on material and looking for something to include in
this article, I will offer this rigging tip I came up with a few years back. After countless times of scaring my
legs on the cockpit lazarette hardware, I removed the latch hardware. I figured this was a race boat which
has nothing in the seat lockers, so I didn't need "no stinking hardware" anyway. After remembering a knockdown I took years ago where an unlatched hatch fell open and the boat took on about a hundred gallons of
water, I figured I needed to keep them closed, so I "duct tape" them. This worked, but didn't look very
"seaman like". So I came up with this, I put an eye-strap on the underside of each hatch, then I ran a long
bungee under the cockpit floor from one hatch to the other, hooking the eye-straps on each side, holding
them closed, to open just lift the hatch and unhook the bungee. You can hook the bungee on the locker
opening if you need to stand the hatch open. Works great for me, no more bleeding legs and blood all over
the boat.
If you have a boat tip or a trick you would like to share send it to me or Rich.
Dennis
National Advisors / Rules Committee
Dennis Slaton, Chair
3216 Pinehaven Dr
Gainesville GA 30506
770.534.2657
David Hayslip
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Carrollton, TX 75006
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Don Hare
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Prince Frederick, MD 20678
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Technical Editor - Cruising
J. M. Kiel
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360.320.7015
22Cat9045@gmail.com
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Floyd McKenzie, Cruising Captain
No report.
Rich Fox, Editor
The September MainBrace is the cruising edition with a feature article written by Bob Endicott
about how the Northern Gulf Coast Cruise began. Bob and his wife, Trish, played a key
role ,along with Mickey and Dee LaGarde, to start-up the Northern Gulf Coast Cruise. Bob is
also a former National Cruising Captain of the Catalina 22 National Sailing Association. Thank
you Bob for the great article. I hope everybody has the opportunity to enjoy it.
I am still working on a collection of Northern Gulf Coast Cruise stories, from 1998-2014, that
should be ready in October.
Special thanks to Rick Spraggs who wrote a short story about how he came about purchasing a Catalina 22
Sport. If you are a new Catalina 22 owner, share your story with us. I also want to extend a special thank you
to Aldo Camacci who put quite a bit of time into his article about the Fleet 10 Cruise. It is great to hear from
Fleet 10 again! And to J.M. Kiel, thank you for your continued contributions of cruising technical articles.
MainBrace is now available to the general public and is a great way to promote fleet and regional
activities to prospective members. Ginger Noble (Fleet 134) was the only one to submit a fleet report. Let’s
get the word out that we are all still here and having a great time sailing our Catalina 22s!
Correction to July MainBrace
Silver Fleet—2nd Place
Skipper: Robert Calkins
Crew: Charles Broaddus,
September MainBrace Contributors
Don Boyko
Aldo Camacci
Dick Cline
Bob Endicott
J.M. Kiel
Dora McGee
Ted McGee
Ginger Noble
Dennis Slaton
Barbara Snyder
Pete Snyder
Rick Spraggs
Kevin Williams
Don Woodhouse
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September 2014
Kelly Caudel
Boat: Sundaze (#2928)
J.M. Kiel, Technical Editor-Cruising
The Checklist Manifesto
I am writing this article in July as I get
ready to leave for a sailing trip. I going
to help deliver a 49-foot Palmer
Johnson sloop from Hanalei Bay on
Kauai to Vancouver, BC. The distance
is about 2800 nm based on how far north we have to
sail in order to get over the top of the Pacific High
that oscillates north and south off of the North
American coast. I’ve never sailed with this skipper
before so as I’m getting my gear ready I have to try
and plan for what I need, what contingencies
I should plan for, and what I can realistically carry
with me. For me that means making a checklist.
Since my days as a student pilot I have learned the
value of checklists. At first I didn’t get why I had to
go step-by-step through the same things I had
learned to do a hundred times before, but I did it and
I learned some very valuable lessons in the process.
Atul Gawande wrote a book in 2009, “The Checklist
Manifesto: How to Get Things Done Right,” about
the use of checklists in medicine, aviation, and
building. The following excerpt reinforced for me the
importance of checklists.
“On October 30, 1935, at Wright Air Field in Dayton,
Ohio, the U.S. Army Air Corps held a flight
competition for airplane manufacturers vying to build
the military’s next-generation long-range bomber.
It wasn’t supposed to be much of a competition.
In early evaluations, the Boeing Corporation’s
gleaming aluminum-alloy Model 299 had trounced
the designs of Martin and Douglas. Boeing’s plane
could carry five times as many bombs as the army
had requested; it could fly faster than previous
bombers and almost twice as far. A Seattle
newspaperman who had glimpsed the plane on a
test flight over his city called it the “flying fortress,”
and the name stuck. The flight “competition,” according to the military historian Phillip Meilinger, was
regarded as a mere formality. The army planned to
order at least sixty-five of the aircraft.
A small crowd of army brass and manufacturing
executives watched as the Model 299 test plane
taxied onto the runway. It was sleek and impressive,
with a 103-foot wingspan and four engines jutting
out from the wings, rather than the usual two. The
plane roared down the tarmac, lifted off smoothly,
and climbed sharply to three hundred feet. Then it
stalled, turned on one wing, and crashed in a fiery
explosion. Two of the five crew members died,
including the pilot, Major Ployer P. Hill.
An investigation revealed that nothing mechanical
had gone wrong. The crash had been due to “pilot
error,” the report said. Substantially more complex
than previous aircraft, the new plane required the
pilot to attend to the four engines, each with its own
oil-fuel mix, the retractable landing gear, the wing
flaps, electric trim tabs that needed adjustment to
maintain stability at different airspeeds, and
constant-speed propellers whose pitch had to be
regulated with hydraulic controls, among other
features. While doing all this, Hill had forgotten to
release a new locking mechanism on the elevator
and rudder controls. The Boeing model was deemed,
as a newspaper put it, “too much airplane for one
man to fly.” The army air corps declared Douglas’s
smaller design the winner. Boeing nearly went
bankrupt.
Still, the army purchased a few aircraft from Boeing
as test planes, and some insiders remained
convinced that the aircraft was flyable. So a group of
test pilots got together and considered what to do.
What they decided not to do was almost as
interesting as what they actually did. They did not
require Model 299 pilots to undergo longer training.
It was hard to imagine having more experience and
expertise than Major Hill, who had been the air corps’
chief of flight testing. Instead, they came up with an
ingeniously simple approach: they created a pilot’s
checklist. Its mere existence indicated how far
aeronautics had advanced. In the early years of flight,
getting an aircraft into the air might have been
nerve-racking but it was hardly complex. Using a
checklist for takeoff would no more have occurred to
a pilot than to a driver backing a car out of the garage. But flying this new plane was too complicated to
be left to the memory of any one person, however
expert.
The test pilots made their list simple, brief, and to the
point—short enough to fit on an index card, with
step-by-step checks for takeoff, flight, landing, and
taxiing. It had the kind of stuff that all pilots know to
do. They check that the brakes are released, that the
instruments are set, that the door and windows are
closed, that the elevator controls are unlocked—
dumb stuff. You wouldn’t think it would make that
much difference. But with the checklist in hand, the
pilots went on to fly the Model 299 a total of 1.8
million miles without one accident. The army
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ultimately ordered almost 13,000 of the aircraft,
which it dubbed the B-17. And, because flying the
behemoth was now possible, the army gained a
decisive air advantage in the Second World War,
enabling its devastating bombing campaign across
Nazi Germany.”
So how does all of this relate to your Catalina 22,
you might be asking. Well, the reason why checklists are good for any set of tasks is simple – it’s
easy for us to forget things. (How many times
I have forgotten to put the wind indicator on top of
the mast before I raised it is one such example!)
When you do something that involves multiple
steps, it’s likely that you will forget one or two of
them. Using a checklist helps prevent that
problem. Besides helping you do the task correctly
every time some other benefits of checklists
include:
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You can save time, which then allows you to
focus more carefully on the task at hand
 You can delegate more easily since others can
be working from the same script you are
 You can avoid stress and conflict
In our sailing family that last point is the most
important. Whatever we are doing on the boat,
whether it is launching, sailing, anchoring, or
docking, my wife wants to know what is going to
happen, when it’s going to happen, and how.
I have not always been as good as I should be
about always writing those things down until one
day we had a very public episode that seared the
lesson on to my brain.
We were preparing to launch our fin keel Catalina
22 on a busy Saturday afternoon. This was our
third Catalina 22, and both of our previous boats
had also been fin keels. This was the first boat,
though, that we were going to need to launch and
retrieve on a regular basis. The boat had come
with a trailer and I assumed that the previous
owner had used it for launching so I wasn’t too
worried except for having to use an extension strap
like the other fin keel boats use on the lake to get
back far enough into the water to float the boat off
of the trailer. Some people use trailer extensions,
but I calculated that I would need almost 20 feet for
that to work with our trailer set up so I blithely
assumed that if a strap worked for the Merit 25s
and Hobie 30s it should be just fine for a Catalina
22.
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September 2014
I was in a rush that day because there were a lot of
power boat folks waiting to get in and out of the lake
so I wasn’t paying as much attention as I should
have been. To add an extra bit of confusion there
was someone trying to talk to me about Catalina
22s and how he had never seen a fin keel and
where did I get the boat, and before I realized what
I had done I had disconnected the winch strap and
safety chain before I had even backed the boat into
the water. Then I connected the extension strap to
the trailer and my truck and popped the coupler
free. Like a giant jack-in-box the trailer reared
straight up, and the boat, untethered to the trailer,
flew up and off the trailer landing on the ramp and
shearing off the outboard’s lower assembly before
ending up on her starboard side.
In the shocked silence that followed I could only be
grateful that no one had been injured by being in the
way of the boat’s meteoric trajectory. Since we were
now really blocking the ramp we had no shortage of
help to manually push the boat the rest of the way
into the water, grinding her painfully across the
concrete. We then pulled the boat back on to the
trailer and left the ramp area to survey the damage.
I contacted the previous owner to ask about how he
had launched the boat only to discover that he had
never used the trailer for that purpose. The boat had
spent her entire life in the Pacific NW and for the 20
years he had owned her he had always driven
somewhere and had the boat lifted on and off the
trailer with a travel lift. The trailer was a single axle
style that probably would have worked well for a
swing keel C22, but with the fin keel it was woefully
unbalanced, especially on a steep ramp. Hard
lesson to learn, but that led us to rebuild the trailer
adding a second axle and increasing the wheel size
from 14-inch to 15-inch with Load Range E tires.
What a difference THAT makes for long distance
trailering and launching. We also added a fifth
wheel along the centerline that swings down when
we are launching. This is much stronger and more
stable than relying on the typical trailer jack and has
the added advantage of providing a second spare
tire and wheel assembly for an on-the-road
emergency.
It also led, accompanied by my wife’s inevitable
“I told you so,” to developing a checklist for
launching and retrieving the boat that we review
every time. I have included it here just as an
example of the detail we put into it for our use.
Photo by J.M. Kiel
Boat Launch Checklist
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Block trailer wheels. Attach dock lines
Remove travel strap, if not already done
Disconnect trailer lights and safety cables
Attach trailer extension strap to trailer and truck
Lower trailer jack and raise trailer off of truck
hitch
Lower forward trailer wheel and raise trailer jack
Move forward until trailer extension strap pulls
the trailer off of the wheel chocks
Remove wheel chocks
Back boat partially into the water until the aft
end of the boat is supported by the water
Remove winch strap and safety chain from the
bow eye
Back trailer into the water until the boat can be
floated off
Pull trailer out of water and block wheels
Lower trailer jack and raise trailer until forward
trailer wheel can be secured
Back truck up to trailer and secure trailer
coupler to truck hitch
Remove extension strap and move trailer
forward to recover wheel chocks
Reconnect lights and safety cables
For whatever you want to make a checklist for
there are a few common steps to follow:
 Start out by breaking down the task you want to
accomplish into individual actions and then
write them down as your initial draft.
 The next time you do the task, compare the
steps you are taking with your draft and edit it,
adding or subtracting procedures as needed.
 After one or two iterations without any additional updates you can assume the checklist is
complete.
Use a checklist (and wear sun screen). Trust me,
you won’t regret it. I hope the rest of your sailing
season is safe and enjoyable. We are already
looking forward to getting the boat cruise ready to
trailer over to Florida for the Northern Gulf Coast
Cruise next May. If you have never experienced
the emerald water and white sands of the Florida
Panhandle you’re missing a great sailing
opportunity.
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The Catalina 22 National Sailing Association is pleased to announce the availability of the Technical Manual
Update 2014. Prepared by Gene Ferguson, with articles contributed by Catalina 22 owners, this update is
available to download in PDF format only (a CD format is not available). This update is available only to
current C22NSA members who have also purchased the 2006 Technical Manual in either downloaded PDF
format or CD format. If you ordered the 2006 Technical Manual in CD format, you will need to send an e-mail
request to Dora McGee (Association Secretary/Treasurer) at secretary@catalina22.org so that your
membership ID can be granted access rights to download the Technical Manual Update.
The Technical Manual Update features over 130 pages with 75 articles, including:
 Topside and Hull, 18 articles
 Trailer Repairs, 6 articles
 Rigging & Repairs, 31 articles
 In The Cabin, 16 articles
 Outboard Motors, 4 articles
To download the Technical Manual Update, please follow these steps:
 Log In (C22NSA membership ID and password are required)
 Go to Main Menu and select Download Files
 Select Tech_Manual_Current_Edition
 Select 2014 Update
Current members who purchase the 2006 Technical Manual will also have access to the Update. If you are
not a member of the C22NSA, join today, and get access to the 2006 and 2014 Technical Manuals.
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September 2014
National Sailing Association
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MainBrace versus Mainsheet
You recently joined the Catalina 22 National Sailing Association . . . so which one do you get?
Answer: MainBrace is included with your membership. You can also subscribe to Mainsheet.
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Publisher: Catalina 22 National Sailing Association.
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Publisher: Catalina Yachts and Eagle LTD.
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Included with C22NSA membership dues.
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Not included with C22NSA membership dues.
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Distributed: January, March, May, July, September
Mainsheet is available for an additional $14 annual
and November.
fee when you join or renew your C22NSA
Available on-line as a digital book and PDF format at
membership. See C22NSA Membership Form.

www.catalina22.org. No log-in required for current
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Distributed: February, May, August, November.
edition.
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Mailed to subscribers.
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Printed version: No.

Printed version: Yes.

Features: articles are specific to Catalina 22 and the

Features: articles for all Catalina Yachts boats and
Catalina 22 National Sailing Association.
classes. Includes a section for the Catalina 22.

Number of pages: 52 (September 2014).
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Number of pages: 68 (August 2014).
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First publication: 1972.
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First publication: 1983.
Why two publications?
MainBrace began publication in 1972 following the formation of the Catalina 22 National Sailing Association.
In 1983, Mainsheet was established by Catalina Yachts, and MainBrace was integrated into Mainsheet. In the
1990s, as Catalina Yachts was building more models, the various Associations were competing for limited
publication space in Mainsheet to promote their activities. Fewer pages were available to the Catalina 22.
In 1997, the C22NSA Board decided to publish the MainBrace outside of Mainsheet. In 2005, the C22NSA
re-joined Mainsheet while continuing to offer the Catalina 22 MainBrace. Mainsheet is offered to C22NSA
members, as an option to their membership, for an additional subscription fee.
Both are great publications for sailors. Your support is sincerely appreciated.
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September 2014
Catalina 22 Fleet 10
2014 Cities of the Choptank River Cruise
By Aldo Camacci
Photographs furnished by Aldo Camacci
This year’s Fleet 10 Summer Cruise was organized by
Tom Beaumont. It was a “Cities of the Choptank River”
Cruise, because we visited St. Michaels, Oxford, Easton,
and Cambridge, Maryland. When I write these articles,
I usually write where all of the boats of our fleet sailed
from on the Chesapeake Bay to get to the cruise. But this
year, we had many C-22s that were trailered to participate in the cruise. Mike Bracket, came from Michigan.
Rick and Jim came from Indiana, as did Geoff and his
family members, who took turns sailing with him on
different days of the cruise. All of the above usually sail
on a Great Lakes cruise, but there wasn’t one this
summer. Floy and Chuck came from Lake Arthur, near
Pittsburgh, PA. They are sailing friends of Patty and Ken,
who had sailed on several Fleet 10 Summer Cruises with
us, and Patty and Ken told them that they would enjoy
sailing with us for a week. They immediately fit right in.
This is the first time we got to sail with George, who has
been a member of our fleet for several years. These
were his home cruising waters, since he keeps his boat
in Cambridge. There were eight C-22s on this year’s
cruise, and the other boats ranged up to Ken’s Catalina
320, Moondancer.
reaching and running toward the center of the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge on a cool breeze. We tried to
keep track of Dan on First Draught, but couldn’t
determine which boat was his, among all the other boats
that were sailing down the bay, north of Annapolis. We
called him on the phone, and then on the VHF, and
asked him how fast he was going. We were sailing
between four and five knots, on WoodWind, and he said
that he was only going two. He realized that something
must be wrong, and started his motor, which didn’t help.
Woodwind with Alice’s kayak in tow.
For my wife Alice, our son Dan, and me, the cruise
started on Friday morning, June 27th. We had driven to
our boats the night before after work, and packed them.
On Friday morning, we had a nice sail down the bay,
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But soon two crab trap floats came out from behind his
boat and his speed then increased. Alice and I soon
passed under the bridges, and watched Dan cross under
them about 20 minutes later. We sailed 36 miles that
day, but it was easy. We met Tom and Loretta on Energy
in the Rhode River, and rafted to them, Dan rafted on the
other side using a big new fender that he rescued during
the day. Tom made steaks for us on Dan’s grill, and Alice
brought a salad from our boat. We certainly got the best
of that deal.
Jim sailing Reflection
On Saturday, we sailed to the marina, Herrington Harbor
North. We usually stay at Herrington Harbor South, but
Tom said that they couldn’t take the 18 boats that were
sailing with us on this year’s cruise. We had only visited
Herrington Harbor North in the winter, and we always
thought that it was more of a boat yard, not a resort
marina, like Herrington Harbor South. But, we were
wrong. Herrington Harbor North was a very nice marina
with nice park-like grounds, nice pool and picnic areas.
The Opening Picnic was held there, as was the first of
many Skipper’s Meetings conducted by Tom and Loretta.
On Sunday, we sailed to St. Michaels. Some boats went
around the southern end of Tilghman Island, and others
went under the Knapps Narrows drawbridge. It was a
great sail once we got into Broad Creek. Jim and Sean
showed off their spinnaker handling skills by easily
passing us in the creek with Reflection.
Big boat raft in San Domingo Creek, south of St. Michaels
Tom and Loretta at the first of many skipper’s meetings.
It was great to see Dan and Grace at the picnic. Barb
joined Ken for the night, and Pat joined Richard. Pat said
that she really likes Richard’s boat until he ruins it by
putting up the sails!
Small boat raft in San Domingo Creek
Opening picnic at Herrington Harbor North
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We ran aground with WoodWind, an Ericson 26, with a 4
foot draft. Chris pulled us off the bottom with his C-22,
Paladin. We couldn’t believe that we ran aground near
buoy number 4, because we had been following a
sailboat much bigger than ours, and he made it right
through. After we rafted our boats to the rafts in San
Domingo Creek, (a bigger boat raft and a smaller boat
raft), we took a dinghy to the town’s fisherman’s dock,
and walked into town. We ate at Foxy’s Harbor Grille in
St. Michael’s, where the barmaid knew Phil well, (but we
think that there were probably many establishments in St.
Michaels where they knew Phil well).
On Monday, we sailed to Oxford. We stayed at Brewer
Marina which had a great pool and a nice deck.
Cutts & Case
appeared in the movie, Failure to Launch, with Mathew
McConaughey and Sara Jessica Parker. The woodwork
on the 47 foot boat is unbelievable. The boat was built by
Edmund Cutts in 1970.
Southern Cross sailing to Oxford
We walked around the town, ate some ice cream, and
walked around Cutts & Case Boat Yard and Marina.
Cutts and Case is the boat yard where Dan’s C-22, First
Draught, was kept, before it was given to him. We were
invited to walk through one of their workshops, which
was really more like a museum. We also walked onto
some of their docks and found the boat, Spellbound, that
Alice with Spellbound
Oxford’s water tower
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Unbelievable house near Oxford
We sailed up the river near Floy and Chuck, on an easy
run.
Floy and Chuck on More Like It
Spellbound
We had dinner at Schooner’s Restaurant, that evening. I
ate with Mike Bracket. I had e-mailed him several years
ago, and he always told me how lucky I was to be able to
sail on the Chesapeake Bay, which was something that I
had just taken for granted. It was nice to finally meet
Mike in person, and hear about some of the work that he
had very recently completed on his boat, to repair a
problem that occurred with his keel cable clevis pin, (that
he wrote about in the last issue of MainBrace). Heather
and Carol gave everyone a jar of pickles, and monkey
fists that they made. (They called them “monkey balls”).
On Tuesday, we sailed to Easton, a town up the Tred
Avon River. The houses along the river were
unbelievable.
We were only going to use our jib, since we only had a
few miles to go that day, but when they passed us, we
decided we better put up our main too. Later, we went
into town on Augie and Lori’s dinghy, but the raft was so
close to the bulkhead that we could have taken Alice’s
kayak in and pulled it back to our boat with a string.
There was a “big boat” raft and several small boat rafts.
A single small boat raft had been put together earlier in
the day, but had to break apart because a barge was
going to be moved through the area where they had
rafted, later that night.
Smaller boat raft near Easton
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Mike Bracket sailing Gunsmoke
There wasn’t enough room for an 18 boat raft either.
Alice and I had lunch at Doc’s Sport’s Bar with Augie and
Lori, where our son, Dan, joined us after riding there on
his folding bike. He had something that he had to pick up
for his boat in Easton, (more on this later). World Cup
Soccer was on the 4 TV’s at the restaurant, and the
crowd was very enthusiastic watching the game and
cheering. Everyone gathered on the bigger boat raft for
dinner, snacks and drinks that evening. Bill ran a taxi
service shuttling people between boats and the shore
with his dinghy.
Bill’s dinghy taxi service
all of our boats from our fleet arriving there at nearly the
same time, and calling-in for their slip assignments. We
walked around Cambridge, and my comments from my
notebook were, Hot, Hot, Hot! We ate at a little pub
called The High Spot. We used the fan to ram air down
the front hatch that night. Cambridge is a nice town to
walk around with many old houses. The marina had its
own lighthouse.
Lighthouse at Cambridge Municipal Yacht Basin
On Wednesday, we sailed to Cambridge. It was into the
wind most of the way, then a turn and a run to
Cambridge.
Mike sailed Gunsmoke pass Augie and Lori on August
Moon, and then sailed by us too, in the light air.
Tom told me earlier that Mike really knew how to sail and
race his C-22, and this made me tweak the sails on
WoodWind to get a little more out of the upper part of the
jib of the boat. The VHF radio conversations with the
Cambridge Municipal Yacht Basin were interesting, with
C-22s running towards Cambridge
On Thursday morning, Dan and I installed a stick onto the
tiller of Heather and Carol’s C-22, Yes II. The stick was
made from a cannibalized telescoping snow brush, and
one end went onto a little ball inserted into the tiller, and
the other end had a pin that went into the winch. They
used this stick to hold the tiller, and as a hiking stick.
On Thursday, we had a short sail to La Trappe Creek.
There was swimming and kayaking and running around in
dinghies. Many gathered at the small beach. We ate
dinner on Ken’s MoonDancer, and on Tom and Loretta’s,
Energy, with contributions of food from all the boats. The
crews from the smaller boats came to the big boat raft by
dinghy for dinner.
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Dinner on MoonDancer
Heather and Carol again brought out the paper bags for
making hats. WoodWind was tied-up next to Eric and
Barb’s Bristol 27, Ragtime. Their daughter, Sara, had
invited her friend, Kira, on the cruise this year.
I remember Kira talking to her mother on her cell phone,
assuring her that she was “perfectly safe”, as we were
watching the lightning go all around our raft in the cove
that evening.
Water battle attack boat
On Friday, the weather radio predicted gale warnings,
the remnants from Hurricane Albert. Several of the
C-22s went into the creek behind the cove that we had
anchored in the day before. Most of the bigger boats
remained in the cove. Alice and I motored up La Trappe
Creek because we didn’t think that there would be
enough deep water in the little creek with the C-22s, and
we didn’t want to get stuck again. We anchored near 2
mansions that blocked the wind.
One of the houses that blocked the wind from
Hurricane Albert
Kira wearing paper bag hat
As we were relaxing on our boats after dinner, the sailors
on the other raft talked some locals, who were cruising
around the cove in their motorboat, to sneak attack our
raft. They were a sight in their paper hats, and attacked
us with water balloons and squirt guns. After two trips
around our raft, they returned to their raft. A
counterattack was planned that involved kayaks,
dinghies, and a secret weapon, Tom hanging on the front
of one of the dinghies.
The big boat raft broke up, after the storms went around
us, and the anchor line wrapped around a keel. This
often happens, because a big boat raft can’t rotate
around the anchor as fast as the wind can shift, because
of so much keel area. The little boat raft did fine though,
and stayed together all night.
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Phil visited us that afternoon on his C-250, Schatzi. He
rafted to us while we helped him get his alternate anchor
sorted out. He had been trying to use a Delta or plow
anchor, but we helped him get his Danforth anchor
ready, and this anchor worked fine for him that afternoon, as the wind subsided. Danforth anchors usually
work well on the Chesapeake. Alice and I had a very
relaxing day at anchor, but the wind caused the fleet to
miss a visit to the marina at Slaughter Creek on the Little
Choptank. The boats that remained in the cove joined up
for dinner, and the cruisers had a bonfire on the beach
that evening.
Tap on First Draught
On Saturday, we motored through the cove, said our
goodbyes to the fleet, and began the 50 nautical mile sail
northward up the bay. The wind soon died on us, and we
motored for many hours toward our home marina on
Middle River. Before we got there, Alice said that she
wanted to have dinner at Mike’s on Rock Creek, off the
Patapsco River. (This is just down river from Fort
McHenry, of Star Spangled Banner fame). We anchored
WoodWind, and took First Draught into one of the
marina’s restaurant slips. We had planned on motoring
the rest of the way back to our marina after dinner, but
were too tired and full, and spent the night rafted together
between Mike’s Marina and the Baltimore Yacht Club.
On Sunday morning, we got ice at the yacht club, and
had a nice easy sail back to Middle River. We had
covered 201 nautical miles since we left our marina, (but
that includes all the miles that we sailed at night at
anchor, since I kept the GPS’s anchor alarm on every
night when we were at anchor).
I almost forgot to write about Dan’s purchase for First
Draught in Easton. He had to go to a beer distributor to
get some mini-kegs of Heineken. This photo shows the
recent addition that he made to his boat that made it very
popular on the raft-ups.
We want to thank Tom and Loretta for all their work
planning this year’s cruise, and all the food that they fed
to us and the rest of the fleet. It was a fun and relaxing
cruise with good weather, except for the day with the
remnants of the hurricane, but even that day was
relaxing.
If you think that you may want to sail with us on a future
cruise, or if you have a question about Fleet 10, please
send an e-mail message to us at: Captain@fleet10.org.
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What is your Favorite
Sailing Destination?
The new “Destinations” section of MainBrace
is intended to encourage Catalina 22 sailors
to share their favorite sailing destinations
with other Catalina 22 owners.
The ease of trailer-ability of the Catalina 22
makes it a great boat to hitch-up to the family
vehicle and hit-the-road to a fun sailing
get-away location.
Submit your favorite destination for the next
issue of MainBrace. Please send via e-mail
to editor@catalina22.org, and include the
following information:
State
Location and or City/Community
Marina or Venue
Website
Launch Ramp Information
Transient Dockage Availability
Marina or Venue Amenities—
electricity, showers, restaurants,
etc.
Overnighting options
Vehicle and Trailer Parking
What
makes your destination
“friendly” to Catalina 22 sailors
and what would fellow sailors
enjoy by visiting the destination?
Your favorite Destination may actually be
your home lake or reservoir where you sail. If
you think other Catalina 22 sailors would enjoy sailing there too, then tell us about it.
CALIFORNIA
Catalina Island
http://www.catalinachamber.com
See May 2014 MainBrace
San Diego Bay
Chula Vista Marina
http://www.cvmarina.com
See March 2014 MainBrace
KENTUCKY
Kentucky Lake
Lighthouse Landing
http://www.lighthouselanding.com
See March 2014 MainBrace
TENNESSEE
Percy Priest Reservoir
Hamilton Creek Sailboat Marina
http://www.ppyc.org
See May 2014 MainBrace
WISCONSIN
Door County / Green Bay
Sister Bay Marina
http://sisterbaymarina.com
Do you have a favorite sailing destination where other
Catalina 22 sailors may enjoy visiting?
Tell us about it in an upcoming issue of MainBrace.
Send details via e-mail to editor@catalina22.org
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Destination: Sister Bay
Door County, Wisconsin
Article by Rich Fox
Photographs from 2003 Great Lakes Cruise CD prepared by Erv Zimmerman
(and various contributors)
Located along northwestern Lake Michigan is a 75 mile long
peninsula, Door Country, that separates Lake Michigan from
the waters of Green Bay. With its beaches, state parks,
orchards, small towns, museums, theatres, lighthouses and
natural beauty, Door County is a popular vacation destination.
Some refer to Door County as the Cap Cod of the Midwest.
The Catalina 22 Great Lakes Cruise sailors made Door
County their destination in 2003 and 2006, staying at Sister
Bay Marina located along the eastern shore of Green Bay.
Sister Bay Marina is in the heart of Door County and was
recently named “best marina in Door County” by Door County
magazine. With an on-property launch ramp and 40 transient
slips available, the Sister Bay Marina offers an excellent
venue for Catalina 22 sailors. The marina also offers electrical
hook-ups, water, cable television and wireless internet
service. Slip fees are approximately $40/night for a Catalina
22. The launch fee is approximately $7 for in/out. Bathroom
facilities with showers are also on-site and only a few hundred
feet away from the docks. Trailer parking is available
approximately a mile away from the marina.
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The location of Sister Bay Marina allows Catalina
22 sailors the option of sailing south, west or north,
and to do so for a dozen plus miles without tacking.
This is a real treat for Catalina 22 owners who are
land-locked on small reservoirs and lakes.
The sailing conditions on Green Bay can change in
a matter of hours from glass-like calm to 15+ mph
wind with 2-4 foot waves that can make for an exciting sail aboard a Catalina 22.
My favorite time to sail on Green Bay was in the
early evening when the combination of wind and
wave conditions provided for a excellent ride without excessive pounding of the waves.
Sister Bay Marina also has a park that is ideal for
enjoying a cook-out along the shores of Green Bay
while watching the sun set over the water.
There are also many anchorages nearby where the
anchor can be dropped and you can enjoy a dip in
the very cold water.
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Located within a 5-minute walk from
Sister Bay Marina is my favorite
restaurant—Al
Johnson’s
Swedish
Restaurant & Butik. The food is great.
And the fun part of going here to eat
are the goats that graze the
restaurant’s sod roof.
Located half-way to the North Pole,
sleeping aboard a Catalina 22 can be a
pleasant experience from late June to
mid-August as the evenings are cool
and the humidity is practically
on-existent. In the morning, you will
wake up to cool temperatures and may
need to wear a jacket or sweat shirt.
To plan a trip to Sister Bay Marina in
the heart of Door County, visit their
website at:
http://www.sisterbaymarina.com.
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When the Wind Fills the Sails…
Article and photographs by Rick Spraggs
New C22 Owner—”White Hawk”
Over the years I have operated various types of
power boats owned by my father – from outboards
on Lake Ontario to a 25’ Grady White with twin
outboards on the Intracoastal Waterway at Hilton
Head Island in South Carolina. Even though I had
always been amazed by the beauty and grace of
sailboats, I had never been on one.
went over the book. Even though I had prepared
myself in advance, Captain Dave, the instructor,
was able to provide real-life experience in addition
to the basics of sailing. Anticipation, however, was
building to get out on the lake.
The next morning we set out on Dave’s Catalina 36
Mk II. We all had tasks to complete as we prepared
the boat to leave the dock and marina. The open
lake and a stiff breeze greeted us as Dave cut the
motor and gave the orders raise the mainsail and
unfurl the jib. As he turned the wheel away from the
headwind the most amazing thing happened – the
luffing sails quieted and filled with air, the boat
heeled to the starboard, and we took off. I can’t
describe the exhilarating experience that followed
as we silently cut into the choppy waters of Lake
Erie other than to say to Captain Dave, “I thought I
had the sailing bug; now I know I do”.
After sailing school and the Lake Erie experience, it
wasn’t long before I had found a used sailboat in
Florida. White Hawk is a 2006 Catalina 22 Sport
with swing keel suitable for trailering. I see the
name of the prior owner mentioned numerous
times in MainBrace.
Now living in Ohio and after a trip to Lake Erie last
year, I decided I wanted to know more. I signed up
for a three-day sailing course in Sandusky on Lake
Erie. I studied the course booklet in advance. I read
various Internet articles on sailing. But most
importantly, I learned with amazement at how a
sailboat works: that a sail is actually a wing. A
sailboat can sail into the wind for the same reason
an airplane can get off the ground.
October on Lake Erie can be brisk and windy perfect for a group of beginners! The first day we
This past spring and summer have been amazing –
sailing at least once a week at Caesar Creek in
Southwestern Ohio April through June and from the
Fourth of July weekend through Labor Day, I
rented a slip at Battery Park Marina in Sandusky,
Ohio. My wife and I have gone up there almost
every weekend and have enjoyed sleeping on
White Hawk.
Sitting in the cockpit, watching the sunrise while
drinking a cup of coffee, and anticipating the
morning cruise…it won’t be long before the wind
will fill the sails and we cut silently into the lake
water. Every moment of my sailing experience has
been exhilarating!
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September 2014
Sport Talk:
Sizing a Bimini for a Sport
By Rich Fox
In search of a new bimini that would fit a Catalina
22 Sport, I wanted a bimini large enough to provide
sufficient shade while sailing, yet small enough to
not to interfere with the boom while underway. I
also didn’t want a bimini to cover the entire cockpit.
After taking about a dozen measurements, and
studying what was available in the West Marine catalog, I determined that a Taylor Made bimini with
the dimensions of 4'L x 79"-84"W x 36"H would be
a great fit.
A bimini with a 4 foot length provides sufficient
shade in the forward part of the cockpit and part of
the main cabin companionway. The 4 foot length
also keeps the aft cockpit open, and does not
interfere with
head-knocker.
the
mainsheet
set-up
with
a
Initially, I was not sure if a 4 foot long bimini would
be
sufficient. I gave serious consideration to
purchasing a 6' long bimini in order to cover more of
the cockpit. Unfortunately, this would have require a
minimum height of 42", and possibly placing the
bimini in contact with the boom while sailing. Taylor
Made Products, the manufacturer of the bimini, did
not offer a 6 foot long x 36 inch high bimini as
standard.
The 36" height of the bimini is high enough that it
would not make us feel cramped when sitting
beneath it. There is a good 8 to 10 inches of room
above our heads when sitting in the cockpit. This
height would keep the bimini from interfering with the
boom while sailing.
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The 79"-84" width would maximize the room in the
cockpit, keeping the poles as far out to the edge of
the boat as possible. This also makes it easy to go
forward.
When selecting the best position for installation, it is
important to put a lot of thought into where the bimini
will be in the up and down positions. If you plan to
sail with the bimini up, you want to make sure it
clears the mainsheet and the boom vang. In the
down position, you do not want the bimini to block
the companionway. After several mock set-ups,
I decided to place the bimini mounts in-between the
inboard and outboard tracks, near the rear of the
inboard track. In this location, the starboard bimini
mount is aft of the electrical box located adjacent to
the starboard bulkhead inside the cabin.
In the down position with the bimini lying over the
cabin trunk, the bimini would not block the
companionway when the companionway hatch is
open in the forward position.
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After installing the 4’L x 79-84”W x 36”H bimini,
I was pleased with the results. These dimensions
allow the bimini to provide sufficient shade, plenty of
headroom when sitting down, does not interfere with
the boom and mainsheet while under sail, and a
total purchase price of slightly over $400 without the
need for a special order.
A Catalina 22 Fleet 58 Production
In Association with Lake Lanier Sailing Club
GONE WITH THE WIND
REGATTA
September 20-21, 2014
Flowery Branch, GA
Frankly Scarlett,
I’d rather have you skippering my Catalina 22!
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Notice of Race
2014 Gone With The Wind Regatta
C22 Fleet 58 at Lake Lanier Sailing Club,
Flowery Branch, GA September 20 - 21, 2014
6206 Commodore Drive
Flowery Branch, GA 30542
The Gone with the Wind Regatta is a Catalina 22 class regatta. Catalina 22 Fleet 58 is the organizing authority.
1 Rules
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing 2013-2016.
1.2 Catalina 22 Class Rules will apply.
2 Advertising
The Catalina 22 National Sailing Association does not permit additional advertising as outlined in ISAF Regulation
20.3.1.2 (ISAF Regulation 20.5.7).
3 Eligibility and Entry
3.1 Regatta is open to all eligible Catalina 22 boats meeting participation requirements as set forth in the Catalina 22
Class Rules.
3.2 Eligible boats may enter by completing the registration form at check in on Saturday 09/20/2014.
3.3 Completed registration forms and required fees must be received prior to close of registration. Registration forms
may be completed in advance and mailed to:
Catalina 22 Fleet 58
Reid Collins
6160 Stillwater Trail
Checks should be made payable to: Catalina 22 Fleet 58
4 Fees The entry fee is $35.
5 Fleets
5.1 Two fleets are scheduled—Gold Fleet and Silver Fleet.
5.2 Three boats constitute a fleet. In the event insufficient competitors register to form the Silver Fleet, they will be
registered in Gold Fleet.
6 Schedule
6.1 On-Site Registration:
Opens Saturday 09/20/2014 at 0900 and closes Saturday 09/15/2013 at 1020.
6.2 Competitor's Meeting:
Saturday 09/20/2014 at 1030.
6.3 1st Warning Signal:
Saturday 09/20/2014 at 1155.
6.4 No race will begin later than 1630 on Saturday 09/20/2014.
6.5 1st Warning Signal:
Sunday 09/21/2014 at 0925.
6.6 No race will begin later than 1200 on Sunday 09/21/2014.
6.5 Five races are scheduled, three on Saturday 09/20/2014 and two on Sunday 09/21/2014.
However, the race committee may elect to run one additional race each day based on weather conditions.
7. Sailing Instructions will be available at Registration/Check in, Saturday 09/20/2014.
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8. The Venue will be Lake Lanier Sailing Club. The racing area will be in or near Chattahoochee Bay, directly
adjacent to Lake Lanier Sailing Club.
9. The Course will be a modified windward-leeward with an optional gate and offset.
10. Scoring
10.1 The Low Point System of RRS Appendix A will be used, except no score will be excluded.
10.2 One race will constitute a regatta.
11. Awards will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each fleet.
12. Radio Communication The race committee will use channel VHF 69 or an alternate designated recreational
channel to make courtesy broadcast. Failure to hear or understand a broadcast will not be grounds for redress. Except in
an emergency, a boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radio communications not
available to all boats. This restriction also applies to mobile telephones.
13. Disclaimer of Liability. Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to
Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in
conjunction with or to, during, or after the regatta.
14. Further Information
14.1 For further information contact Reid Collins, Regatta Chairman of Fleet 58 at reid.collins@northhighland.com or
(404) 259-4346.
14.2 Friday evening (9/19/2014) “Bring Your Own” cookout starts at 6pm at the LLSC Campgrounds. Campgrounds are
located about 100 yards to the right of the clubhouse (through the parking lot).
“Bring Your Own” means Bring Your Own meat to cook, sides and snacks to eat, and beverages to consume.
Plates, cups, napkins will be available.
14.3 A social hour will follow ASAP racing Saturday 09/20/2014.
14.3 A dinner will be available at Lake Lanier Sailing Club on Saturday 09/20/2014 and served at 1900.
14.4 After racing Sunday (9/21/2014), hot dogs will be served at the clubhouse.
Places to stay.
Hampton Inn /Suites
4660 Holland Dam Rd
(770) 965-0357
Jameson Inn
3780 Merchants Way
Oakwood, GA 30566
770-533-9400
Country Inn & Suites
4535 Oakwood Road
Oakwood, GA 30566
(770) 535-8080
(revision 4/20/2014)
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You’re gonna need a bigger faster boat!!
You may have missed Shark Week on TV . . . .
but you won’t want to miss the
Cave Run Sailing Association’s Grand Annual Regatta .
Experience the thrills on October 4-5 at Morehead, Kentucky.
See the NOR on the next page.
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September 2014
NOTICE OF RACE
35th Grand Annual Regatta
October 3-5, 2014
Organizing Authority and Host - Cave Run Sailing Association,
Cave Run Lake
Morehead, Kentucky
The Cave Run Sailing Association invites you to join us for our 35th Grand Annual Regatta. Located in the heart of the
Daniel Boone National Forest, the October colors make Cave Run Lake an exceptionally beautiful place to sail.
1. Location: The Boat Gunnel Group Area at the Twin Knobs Campground has been reserved by CRSA for the
weekend of October 3-5, and will serve as the Regatta Headquarters and provides camping on a first come basis for
regatta participants. The Boat Gunnel is located on KY 801, approximately 9 miles south of I-64 exit 133.
2. Rules: This regatta will be governed by the rules as defined by the current edition of the Racing Rules of
Sailing (RRS), the prescriptions of US Sailing, except as any of these are altered by this NOR or the Sailing Instructions.
3. Fleets and Scoring: A minimum of five boats constitutes a one-design fleet (i.e. C22, Flying Scot, National One
Design, etc) with a separate start. All other boats will compete in the day-sailor or cruiser fleets based on Portsmouth
handicaps. Scoring will be Low Point Scoring System Appendix A, as amended by the Sailing Instructions. Three races
are scheduled on Saturday and two on Sunday - weather and condition dependent. A minimum of one race constitutes
a regatta and all races shall be scored. Trophies will be awarded to the top finishers in each class based on the number
of boats within each fleet. An overall Grand Annual award will be given based on corrected time of all boats.
4. Registration: On-line Registration will be available beginning July 1, 2014, on-site registration will begin Saturday
October 4h at 0900. The fee for boats registered prior to September 5,2014 will be $45, the fee for boats registrations
after September 8, 2014, will be $55. Junior registration, for skippers age 16 and under will be $20. All registered boats
will receive one t-shirt.
5. Sailing Instructions: Sailing Instructions will be posted on the CRSA web page July 1, 2014 and will be
available at the registration site to all registered boats. Changes to the sailing instruction made prior to October 1, 2014,
will be posted on the web site. Changes to the sailing instructions made after October 1, 2014 will only be posted at the
regatta headquarters and registration site.
6. Meals: Brunches are included in the registration fee for both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday dinner tickets
may be purchased for $15 per adult and $10 per child (13 and under).
7. Schedule:
Saturday, October 4th
0900- 1030
1030
1230
1730
1800
Registration and Brunch– The Boat Gunnel Group Area
Skippers Meeting
Warning signal for Race 1, with Races 2, and 3 back-to back.
Attitude Adjustment - The Boat Gunnel Group Area
Dinner – The Boat Gunnel Group Area
Sunday, October 5th
0800
1000
1330
Morning Skippers update & Brunch – The Boat Gunnel Group Area
Warning signal for Race 4 with Race 5 back-to-back
Awards Presentation – The Boat Gunnel Group Area
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8. Launching Facilities: Boat Launching facilities are available at either the Scott Creek Boat Ramp or through
the Twin Knobs Campground Facility. Passes for the Scott Creek ramp will be made available to regatta participants.
9. Lodging: Several motels are located close to the lake and in nearby Morehead:
a. Comfort Inn & Suites 606-780-7378 I-64 at KY 801 (9 miles from lake)
b. Lakeview Motel 606-784-1600 www.caverunlodging.com
c. Holiday Inn Express 606-784-5796 in Morehead (14 miles from lake)
d. Days Inn 606-783-1484 in Morehead (14 miles from lake)
e. Ramada 606-784-7591 in Morehead (14 miles from lake)
10. Camping: The Boat Gunnel Group Area has camping spaces for regatta participants on a first -come basis.
There is a nice clean bath house, and very limited electricity so please plan on not using electricity if possible. The Twin
Knobs Campground (National Forrest) is also available for a separate fee (through the campground management), although reservations are not available.
Further questions can be directed to the CRSA Rear Commodore, Chris Bollinger at crboll@uky.edu.
Also visit www.caverunsailing.org for more information.
September 6-7
Grapevine Sailing Club
Lake Grapevine, TX
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September 2014
The Dixie Sailing Club
First Annual Last Splash Regatta
October 25 – 26, 2014
Notice of Race
The Last Splash regatta is open to all categories of sailboats. Scoring will be based on the Portsmouth
Yardstick. For Catalina 22 racers, this regatta constitutes the last races in the 2014 GRITS series.
Venue: The regatta will be held at the Dixie Sailing Club, 767 New Hope Church Road, Alexander
City, AL 35010. Go to www.dixiesailingclub.com for directions.
Rules: The races will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 20132016, the Catalina 22 Class Association Rules, and the Sailing Instructions. Sailing Instructions will be
handed out at registration.
Races: Five races are planned with three on Saturday and two on Sunday. Weather conditions may
dictate otherwise. One race constitutes a regatta.
Scoring: The Low Point System, RRS A4, will apply with all races counting towards the final results.
No score will be excluded. This changes RRS A2.
Fleets: Catalina 22 (Gold and Silver), and handicap fleet.
Awards: Trophies will be awarded to the first, second, and third place finishers of the Last Splash
Regatta based on the Portsmouth Yardstick. All regatta entrants are eligible for these awards. There will be a
second awards ceremony for the winners of the 2014 GRITS Series first place Gold fleet and first place
Silver fleet.
Schedule of Events: All times given below are preliminary. Check at registration for any updates.
All times are for the Central Time Zone.
Friday, 10/24
 DSC open all day for early arrivals
 1800 – Brats and Kraut (BYOB)
Saturday, 10/25
 0800 – 1000 – Free continental breakfast
 0800 – 1000 – Registration and launch boats
 1000 – Welcome and skipper’s meeting
 1130 – Warning for the first race of the day. No race starts after 1600.
 1700 – Post race party
 1800 – Catered BBQ dinner
Sunday, 10/26
 0700 – 0900 – Free continental breakfast
 0930 – Warning signal for first race. Additional race, wind permitting
 Approximately 1300 – awards presentation
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Cost Information:
Entry Fee: $35 pre-registration, $40 day-of registration. Pre-registration will end
October 23rd.
Dinners: $16 for each BBQ dinner. Continental breakfasts are included in the entry
fee.
Food and Lodging: Free “Brats and Kraut” (BYOB) will be available Friday evening for early
arrivals. Free continental breakfasts will be provided on both Saturday and Sunday.
No lunches will be provided on either Saturday or Sunday.
We will have catered BBQ on Saturday night.
Our club is located about eight miles soutwest of Alexander City, AL. Motels there include the
Baymont Inn & Suites (256-234-7099), Days Inn (256-234-6311), Hampton Inn (256-2342244), and Quality Inn (256-234-5900).
Early Registration: Early registration will end on 10/23. Send completed forms to:
Ron Dettwiler, Regatta Co-chairman
8636 Asheworth Drive
Montgomery, AL 36117
Questions?
Ron Dettwiler, Regatta Co-chairman, cell 334-322-9637, dettwiler42@yahoo.com
Dick Cline, Regatta Co-chairman, cell 334-301-4382, dickc7247@aol.com
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September 2014
Score Board
Looks like all the racers are out cruising this summer!
There are no regatta results to report.
Tell us about the TOP GUNS in your
fleet and region.
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GRITS 2014
2 DONE, 3 TO GO!
By Dick Cline, data processor
The first two of the five scheduled GRITS regattas are in the book and the standings after them for the Gold Fleet and
Silver Fleet are shown below. KEY POINT – the way GRITS was laid out with 5 regattas and needing scores in at least
three of them meant that nobody could qualify for a prize in both fleets. One or the other, for a prize, whichever one the
skipper completed three or more regattas.
This point is being restated because after two events we have several racers that have raced in both of the first two
regattas, but one time in Gold and one time in Silver. KEY POINT – those racers do NOT have two races in the books
towards the required three! They have one each, and they can choose which fleet they want to race with in the
remaining three regattas in order to get their required three regattas in a fleet.
That said, here are the standings after two regattas. Regatta finishing positions are not shown, just related GRITS
points. For regatta finish info you will need to look elsewhere in this issue. R1 means the first regatta at Chattanooga,
and R2 is for Weiss. Tied scores are in mostly alphabetical order, but no big deal until after three regattas!
GOLD FLEET – 21 DIFFERENT RACERS
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SKIPPER
Pete Page
Jim Crane
Mickey Richardson
Bill Robertson
Dennis Slaton
Winn Story
Clark/Fowler
Keith Bennett
Lucas Kindervater
David Bergevin
Mark Cline
Larry Goolsby
Knox Rogers
Kevin Baker
Walt Jenison
John Rathjen
Dieter Kuberg
Scott Irwin
Ginger Noble
Bobby McCullough
Sail #
31
309
242
569
27
221
15597
38
10996
240
165
103
416
383
1804
563
15556
750
4361
741
R1
27
25
23
20
30
0
29
0
28
26
0
0
0
0
22
21
0
19
18
17
R2
26
27
28
21
0
30
0
29
0
0
25
24
23
22
0
0
20
0
0
0
TOTAL
53
52
51
41
30
30
29
29
28
26
25
24
23
22
22
21
20
19
18
17
SILVER FLEET
Sam Beckman
Rob Montgomery
Kevin Baker
John Rathjen
Ginger Noble
Mark Grant
Van Polidoro
Kirby Sweatt
Don Berridge
Dennis Ray
Sail #
15691
117
383
563
4361
795
136
12222
166
22
R1
28
30
29
0
0
0
27
26
25
0
R2
30
26
0
29
28
27
0
0
0
25
TOTAL
58
56
29
29
28
27
27
26
25
25
September 2014
Region 1
VACANT
Region 2
Clay Smith, Commodore
Alexandria, VA 22315
Phone 703-971-2218
CRSCBS@aol.com
Region 3
Dave Ottaviani
dave@jasdinc.com
Fleet 134, Rome Sailing Club
Ginger Noble, Fleet Captain
This fall our fleet is planning a sail around our lake.
If you are interested in joining us let me know. We
would love to have you join us. Contact me at
Noble14566@aol.com and I will send you all the
details.
On August 22, 23, and 24th, we celebrated the 30th
Anniversary of the Lake Weiss Regatta. Did we have
wind? Yes. Did we have rain? Yes. Did we have
fun? Yes.
Saturday the wind started out a little slow blowing at
around 2 to 4 mph. The heat continued to climb, but
fortunately for us so did the wind. Therefore the
second race was not so bad. At some point we
noticed some clouds coming in. My crew really
enjoyed the shade. Shortly before we finished my
crew said ”I really do not like the way that cloud
looks.” The third race started no big fan-fair, so I
decided to do something stupid. Need I say more?
We did our penalty turns then decided we only did
one. So we did it again. Guess who allowed
themselves to get in irons! Ok, now no more goofups. Things went well then. OK. Bam. The wind
stared building. I understand it was sustaining a
15-18 MPH. OK, let’s go! BAM. It hit. Sources told
me gust of 25-40 mph. Most everyone was going
down wind at this point. LOOK it’s the finish line.
Boats everywhere. Boats everywhere. Boats
finishing!! I think I even saw one boat stalled. We
were very blessed to have had no collisions. I did
not even hear of a near miss. Blessings abound.
“Oh yes, this feels good. Really cooling me down.
Ah...” As things go the blessing changed a little. The
sky fell, and fell, and fell, not a complete white out
but…” It all ends happily. The rain quit, everyone is
in the cove with boats tied up. Party time. Drinks and
snacks before dinner, dinner, and then the music.
Well, a few of us were still pretty worn out. We
smiled. Others partied. Sailing went well on Sunday
with a 5-7 mph breeze. Fun time had by all. Hope to
see YOU next year.
Region 4
Chris Kretz, Commodore
Northwood, Ohio 43619
Phone 317-815-8599
sail2383@yahoo.com
Region 5
Vacant
Region 8
Mark Goodwin, Commodore
Highland Village, TX 75077
Phone 972-317-1519
Mark.Goodwin@us.nestle.com
Region 9
Dale Bartel, Commodore
Portland, OR 97211
503-288-5832
fullquiver@uswest.net
Region 10
Don Hare
Roseville, CA 95661
Phone: 916-774-6610
Even though we had had some cloud cover, it was
still pretty hot. Well more blessings, it started to rain.
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RE GIO N 1
F leet in NJ , N H, NY
FLEET 123
Belews Creek, NC
Barbara Lupton
Greensboro, NC
Phone 336-288-4284
FLEET 86
Greenwood Lakes, NJ
Jim Pattis
Rockaway, NJ
Phone: 973-625-0966
Pattis04@optonline.net
FLEET 101
Manchester, NH
Stanley Stone
Manchester, NH
Phone 603-668-7434
stonehome83@comcast.net
FLEET 141
Rochester, NY
Lynn Bluett
Rochester, NY
Phone 585 266 5384
lbluett@frontiernet.net
RE GIO N 2
F leets in M D, PA
RE GIO N 3
F leets in AL , F L, G A,
MS, SC , T N,
Dave Ottaviana, Commodore
dave@jasdinc.com
FLEET 29
Jackson, MS
Chuck Buffington
Brandon, MS
Phone 601-238-0652
Chuck.buffington@macpapers.c
om
FLEET 35
Jacksonville, FL
Glenn Warner
Jacksonville, FL
Phone 904.472.0886
gcglenn@comcast.net
Commodore-Vacant
FLEET 38
South East, FL
Gene Cochran
Ft. Pierce, FL
Phone 772-465-7500
gene923@aol.com
FLEET 10
Chesapeake, MD
Aldo and Alice Camacci
Hummelstown, PA
Phone 717-533-7621
aa.camacci@comcast.net
FLEET 52
Nashville, TN
David M. Pilcher
pilchard@bellsouth.com
FLEET 19
Pittsburgh, PA
Joe Kirk
Pittsburgh, PA
Phone 412-571-9344
krkmich@usaor.net
FLEET 56
Lake Hartwell, SC
Mike Harrison
Anderson, SC
Phone 864-224-8393
Harrisonmike@mindspring.com
FLEET 98
Lake Nockamixon, PA
Laurine Valenti
Chalfont, PA
Phone 215-822-2216
keepsmilin49@yahoo.com
FLEET 73
Middle River, MD
Valerie Gaydos
Essex, MD
Phone 410-238-1742
vgaydos@capitalgrowth.com
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FLEET 58
Lake Lanier, GA
Dennis Slaton
Gainesville, GA
Phone 770.534.2657
September 2014
FLEET 77
Ft. Walton Beach, FL
Don Waterhouse
Valparaiso, Fl.
Phone 314.825.3952
dwwaterhouYse@gmail.com
FLEET 91
Orlando, FL
Randy Pawlowski
Sanford, FL
Phone 407-463-7846
rpawlowski@cfl.rr.com
FLEET 95
Chattanooga, TN
Bill Robertson
Hixson, TN
Phone 423-870-8334
fs50751@comcast.net
FLEET 96
Lake Martin, AL
Dick Cline
Montgomery, AL
Phone 334-301-4382
dickc7247@aol.com
FLEET 102
Knoxville, TN
Dwight Guinn
Knoxville, TN
Phone 865-546-7409
dguinnjr@aol.com
FLEET 103
Brevard County, FL
Brad Ruffe
bradruffe@bellsouth.net
FLEET 109
Lake Keowee, SC
Larry Epps
Travelers Rest, SC
Phone 864-836-3833
mariettalarry@gmail.com
FLEET 118
Guntersville Lake, AL
Leslie Buchanan
Madison, AL
Phone 256-658-5455
lesliepremier@gmail.com
FLEET 134
Leesburg, AL
Ginger Noble
Rome, GA
Phone 706-235-5695
noble14566@aol.com
FLEET 137
Fairhope, AL
Chris Dawe
Mobile, AL
Phone 251-634-2537
acdawe@bellsouth.net
RE GIO N 4
Fleets in I N, MI, OH ,
Chris Kretz, Commodore
Northwood, OH
Phone 317-815-8599
sail2383@yahoo.com
FLEET 57
Toledo, OH
Christopher Kretz
Northwood, OH
419-376-5332
sail2383@yahoo.com
FLEET 130
Detroit, MI
Mike Bracket
Clinton Township, MI
Phone 586-263-1769
Gunsmoke9150@comcast.net
FLEET 17
Galveston Bay, TX
Charles Broaddus
League City, TX
Phone 281-795-2911
cbroaddus@comcast.net
FLEET 131
Atwood Lake, OH
Michael L Duitch
North Canton, OH
Phone 330.265.9119
FLEET 30
Grapevine, TX
Mark Goodwin
Highland, TX
469-263-3323
Mark.goodwin@us.nestle.com
FLEET 138
Indianapolis, IN
Rich Fox
Westfield, IN
Phone 317-815-8599
c22sail@gmail.com
FLEET 158
Lafayette, IN
Randy Carie
West Lafayette, IN
Phone 765.497.7976
randycarieC22.yahoo.com
RE GIO N 5
F leet in K S
FLEET 116
El Dorado Lake, KS
Gene Nold
Wichita, KS
Phone 316-636-2091
genenold@att.net
RE GIO N 8
F leets in A R, L A, O K, T X
Mark Goodwin, Commodore
Highland Village, TX 75077
Phone 972-317-1519
Mark.Goodwin@us.nestle.com
FLEET 11
Keystone Lake, OK
Doug Lewis
Owasso, OK
Phone: 918-272-7044
d3klewis@cox.net
FLEET 47
Eagle Mtn Lake, TX
Craig White
Fort Worth, TX
Phone 817-689-6145
mcwhite3@airmail.net
FLEET 69
Austin, TX
Ted Owens
theodoreowens@yahoo.com
FLEET 76
Lake Hefner, OK
Don Garrison
Oklahoma City, OK
Phone: 405-203-0290
Don.garrison@hotmail.com
FLEET 80
Lake Conroe, TX
Ken Walters
Montgomery, Texas
Phone 936-447-3213
dwalters@cebridge.net
FLEET 82
Lake Worth TX
David Stokely-Fleet 82 Captain
Hurst, TX
Phone 817.284.4475
davidstokely@yahoo.com
FLEET 85
Lake Arlington, TX
Pat Hollabaugh
Arlington, TX
Phone: 817-899-5743
hollabaugh@earthlink.net
FLEET 94 Shreveport, LA
Edwin Owen
Shreveport, LA
Phone 318-686-1017
edwin.wnonline@earthlink.net
FLEET 110
Tyler, TX
Mike Butler
Tyler, TX
Phone 903.592.0728
butler@fitzpatrickbutler.com
FLEET 112
Lake Oologah, OK
Don Edwards
Claremore, OK
Phone 918-341-4493
sailman2@cox.net
FLEET 145
Greers Ferry Lake, AR
George S. Yerger III
Heber Springs, AR
Phone 501-362-6060
yerger@arkansas.net
RE GIO N 9
Fleets in I D, O R, WA
RE GIO N 10
Fleets in AZ , C A
Don Hare, Commodore
Roseville, CA
Phone: 916-774-6610
FLEET 3
Long Beach, CA
Kenneth Luke
Fullerton, CA
Phone 714-526-8270
kluke@ieee.org
FLEET 4
Sacramento, CA
Roy Moore
Fair Oaks, CA
Phone916-990-0535
roymoore925@gmail.com
FLEET 14
Lake Pleasant, AZ
Steve Campo
Scottsdale, AZ
Phone 602-620-4015
steve@sartopools.com
Dale Bartel, Commodore
Portland, OR 97211
503-288-5832
fullquiver@uswest.net
FLEET 54
Grass Valley, CA
Lynn Buchanan
Nevada City, CA
Phone 530.913.4283
isailynn@yahoo.com
FLEET 6
Seattle, WA
Skip Meisch
Bothell, WA 98012
Phone 425-483-6850
meischa3@verizon.net
FLEET 136
Merced, CA
Amy Boehme
Merced, CA
209-726-9137
amyboehme@sbcglobal.net
FLEET 20
Portland, OR
Don Woodhouse
Brush prairie, WA 98606
Phone 360.254.9342
bajadon@hotmail.com
Updates for September:
Region 2 Commodore
position is Vacant.
FLEET 64
Boise, ID
Nick Farley
Boise, ID 83704
Phone 208-608-3986
fargoford@hotmail.com
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