LPSC Newsletter June 2015 - Lake Pleasant Arizona Sailing Club

June 2015
PLEASANT TIMES
Cruising, Educating and Socializing Since 1977
Regular Features
• View from the Helm
• Pegleg Pete
• Famous Thoughts
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June 2015
June Jabberings from the
Helm
by Rhonda Brewer
The weather this spring in Phoenix has been
phenomenal. It is almost June, and we have
had very few, if any, 100 plus days. Last
weekend, many LPSC members celebrated
Memorial Day at the lake while enjoying 82
degree temperature and light breezes.
Unfortunately, we all know the hot weather is
coming; it may already be here by the time
your read this article. Understandably some
LPSC members give up and shelve their
topsiders until cooler weather returns. A
few hearty souls continue to sail all summer
despite the heat. Some of us continue to
feed our wind addiction by scheduling our
sailing time for the evening/nighttime hours.
Our cruise directors, Bruce Andress and John
Bagwell, are planning to add two moonlight
sails to the event calendar for the summer.
Watch Meetup and the LPSC website for
more information on these nighttime sailing
opportunities.
Astronomical Society. Eric is an avid
astronomer and member of the Phoenix
Astronomical Society. Fascinated by science
he began taking things apart to see how they
worked at age 3 – and later on even learned
how to put them back together. At least
most of the time. Eric has a BA in Biology/
Premed from Rutgers College and an MS in
Computer Science from Polytechnic Institute
of New York. Always interested in
astronomy and space, he found the light
pollution and heavy tree cover of New York
to be frustrating enough to stick to
“textbook” astronomy, but upon moving to
Arizona and seeing the skies, realized it was
time to start some real observing. These
days, Eric can be seen regularly at star parties,
giving lectures or observing in the deep desert
with his automated 22” Dobsonian scope.
He lives in North Phoenix with his wife and
two cats.
Please plan to attend this special meeting. It
promises to be worth your while, and the air
conditioning is FREE!
Whether you nighttime sail with the Club or
on your own this summer, it's a great
opportunity to participate in a little star
gazing. To this end, they 2015 Board has
arranged an astronomy presentation for the
June general meeting on June 16. The
presentation will include a narrated Power
Point presentation including the folklore,
stories, science etc. behind the constellations.
There will also be something to take homepossibly charts of the northern, eastern,
southern and western sky. The presenter is
Eric Steinberg from the Phoenix
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June 2015
Friends of the LPSC
New Members
http://gosailaz.com/
New Members
NAMES
Glenn and Jamie Wright
BOAT
Capri 18
Directory Update
http://www.gopaddleaz.com/
The club will update the online directory this
summer, so if you have any changes in:
- mailing address, - boat names, - email address, http://www.lakepleasantcruises.com/
- phone number,
- etc., please let Alan Greatorex know.
(membership@lakepleasantsailing.com)
Have You Joined Meetup Yet?
http://boats4rent.com/lake-pleasant/
http://www.meetup.com/LPSC-Private/
Type or copy this link into your browser and
hit enter to access sign up for the club site.
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June 2015
Catalina 2015 Cruise - Are
You Going?
Hear ye, hear ye, all those who are thinking
about or planning to do the annual LPSC
excursion to Catalina Island need to contact
either John Bagwell (602-332-6443) or Bruce
Andress ( 602-499-3844).
You may also contact us via your beloved
email but it's now time to get rolling on the
planning this most excellent adventure. If
you want to charter a boat instead of sailing
your own boat we may be able to work out a
discount with one of the charter companies -but we need to know now. SO DON'T DELAY -- CALL NOW.
The dates are on your calendar, but here they
are anyway -- July 11 - July 19.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon!
John -- 602-332-6443 - jfbagwell@hotmail.com
Bruce -- 602-499-3844 - bruceandress@cox.net
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Pegleg Pete - Da Query
1. What is the name of the light line used to
haul a heavier working line? It is also
referred to as a mouse line.
2. What is the difference between a
downburst and a microburst?
3. A sailing vessel with the wind coming from
180 degrees relative would be ...
a) close hauled on the starboard tack
b) close hauled on the port tack
c) on a broad reach on a port tack
d) running before the wind
4. Wind that blows from a direction half way
between abeam and astern is called what?
This term can similarly be used to describe
waves that approach the boat from the
same direction.
5. How big was the biggest wave recorded?
Also where, when and how was it
measured?
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June 2015
Famous Thoughts….on
enjoying leisure
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last
product of civilization, and at present, very
few people have reached this level. (Bertrand
Russell)
Famous Thoughts….on
getting away
Every now and then go away, have a little
relaxation, for when you come back to your
work, your judgment will be surer. Go some
distance away because then the work appears
smaller and more of it can be taken in at a
glance and a lack of harmony and proportion
is more readily seen. (Leonardo Da Vinci)
Pegleg Pete - Da Booty
1. The light line is called a messenger or
messenger line. (Stolen from Sailorspeak
by Bob Roitblat.)
2. A downburst is an area of strong, often
damaging winds produced by a convective
downdraft over an area from less than 1 10 KM in horizontal dimensions. A
microburst is a downburst that covers an
area less than 4KM along a side with peak
winds that last 2-5 minutes. These winds
are most associated with strong and
violent thunderstorms and have strong
wind shears that can result in aircraft
accidents. (Pillaged from The Glossary of
Meteorology by The American
Meteorological Society.)
3. The answer is d) running before the
wind. (Pilfered from Get Your Captain's
License by Charlie Wing.)
4. It is called a quartering wind or sea.
(Snagged from The Sailing Dictionary by
Joachim Schult.)
5. The biggest wave ever measured with
certainty was 110 feet tall in the middle
of the Pacific Ocean during a typhoon.
It was measured from the 480' long Navy
vessel called the USS Ramapo in 1933. The
officer on watch on the bridge saw the
crest of the wave aligned with the crows
nest. (Pinched from Do Dolphins Ever
Sleep? by Pierre-Yves and Sally Bely.)
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June 2015
Reminder
No Club Meeting or
newsletter in July
See you in August!
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June 2015
Membership Meeting
June 16, 2015
Meeting Begins at 7:00PM
Caddy Shack
Rolling Hills Golf Club
1405 North Mill Ave, Tempe
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June 2015
2015 LPSC Board of Directors
Commodore
Rhonda Brewer
commodore@lakeple
asantsailing.com
Vice
Commodore
Stephanie Miller
vicecommodore@lak
epleasantsailing.com
Treasurer
Stan Ferris
treasurer@lakepleasa
ntsailing.com
Secretary
Emily Kaufmann
secretary@lakepleasa
ntsailing.com
Communications Alan Greatorex
Co-Director
communications1@la
kepleasantsailing.com
Communications Deedy Payne
Co-Director
communications2@la
kepleasantsailing.com
Cruise Director
John Bagwell
cruising1@lakepleasa
ntsailing.com
Social Director
Carolyn Cronin
social1@lakepleasant
sailing.com
Director-atLarge
Larry Akins
director1@lakepleasa
ntsailing.com
Director-atLarge – AYC &
New Member
Liaison
Tom Errickson
director2@lakepleasa
ntsailing.com
Education
Director
Doug Payne
education@lakepleasa
ntsailing.com
Membership
Director
Alan Greatorex
membership@lakeple
asantsailing.com
Newsletter
Editor
Stephanie Miller
newsletter@lakepleas
antsailing.com
Crew Liaison
Sammi Majors
crew@lakepleasantsai
ling.com
Past
Commodore
Deedy Payne
pastcommodore@lake
pleasantsailing.com
Webmaster
Deedy Payne
webmaster@lakepleas
antsailing.com
Sunday Sail
Contact
Janet Cohen
info@lakepleasantsail
ing.com
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