LAYLINE OCTOBER 2012 VOLUME 39 ISSUE 9.

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1 LAYLINE OCTOBER 2012 VOLUME 39 ISSUE 9

2 HELLO WINDJAMMERS RUSS NOORDA S ince my last much earlier than enjoyed an awesome view of Em- letter requesting in- liked due to my erald Bay with a we would have put from t h e m e m - bership, I ve had CHECK OUT THE SEPTEMBER FISH FRY ON UTUBE no res p o n s e (CLICK ON THIS LINK OR COPY AND PASTE TO YOUR BROWSER) with respect to m y quest for ideas or the direction having shoulder light and unseason- for the club. So surgery the first ably warm katabat- the Board will continue week in Oct. We ic breeze flowing to work to our did dink ashore over the island on collective, best. Fannette Island for the September 29th Debbie and I put a full moon hike to weekend. Valkyrie to bed the Tea House and Russ FOR SALE SANTANA 20 $3,500 OR BEST OFFER GOOD SAILS PLEASE CALL RAY WILSON The race committee is already at work on the calendar for next season. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Fresh Ketch on Sunday, October 21 st for the Election of Officers and October General Meeting. Fair Winds and good luck to Windjammer s participating in Mid-winters. Hi Windjammers, My Heat Wave has been parked and neglected for too many years. It pains me to put it up for sale, but the time has come. It needs tender loving care and restoration. It comes with several bags of sails including a 14 year old barely used 150 Genoa and Main sail. The trailer has an extension so that the boat can be launched from your car into the keys. Price for all is negotiable. Give me a call if you would like to see it. It is in my storage yard behind the Tahoe Fishing Store on H50. Aloha Les Wright Tahoe Cell: Maui: Fax:

3 GREETINGS WINDJAMMERS JERRY STARKEY T hree things in life are true. Death, taxes and winter in Tahoe. Unfortunately for us sailors winter is coming and that means the end of our sailing season. However Oct. is looking good still and Jane and I are up for raft ups/lunch on any week-end. Lets try to get some more outings in. TOO FAST TO GET IN ONE FRAME Of course with winter also comes our always fun X-mas party. I am looking for "ammo" for our awards presentation at the time (rookie of the year and anything else). If any of you have ideas, fun only please, let me know. I would also again express my thanks for an outstanding Fannette Island day both on the lake and especially at the dinner. Thanks all. 3 Finally on a more s erious n ote. Thankfully Renee on Vixen did a great job of recovering her man over board situation (maybe he jumped). But we should all take a lesson from it that things can go wrong when everything is going right. Let us all be safety aware at all times. Well that is it for now see you all at the party. Fair winds. Jerry O n the afternoon of August 26, 2012 Ernie Jones and this writer, Steve Katzman, met with members of the U.S. Coast Guard. This was an informal m e e t i n g scheduled only a few hours before with Ensign Wil- liam Hawn and Chief Petty Officer Joshua Clark, both of Sector San Francisco Waterways Safety. These Coast guardsmen work with permits for marine events. The LTWYC obtains such permits thru San Francisco Yacht Racing Association (YRA). LTWYC is a member of YRA. We list our events with YRA every October and that goes on a YRA schedule that is ap- proved by the Coast Guard. It was also noted that we use our own private marks for our races and they are granted under permission obtained by one of our members, Vic Beelik. The Coast Guard's interest in meeting us was to see our clubhouse and get acquainted with some faces behind the permits. This writer found it refreshing to meet representatives of our government that did not want to collect a fee or say no to something. 3

4 We had a visiting boat for the Fannette Isle Race. Time Bandit, a J-22, skippered by Scott Mack, crewed by his wife Debby and other crew Ransom Burford. Ransom hails from our town, now resides in Grass Valley, and was part of Junior Sailing with Glen Barclay. Nearing the Ross Mark in breezy conditions they found the head stay swinging loose. A broken turnbuckle was to blame. They fastened the spinnaker halyard to a strong point on the bow to hold the mast up in place of the forestay. This saved the mast from falling and they retired from the race and made it back to shore under their own power. Our thanks to them for coming to do our race and our congratulations for saving their mast. Steve Mike Robinson PICKUP YOUR LATITUDE 38 ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH PLEASE STOP BY Tahoe Sail & Rigging 1413 Meadow Crest Dr

5 RULES RULES RULES T hree boats with asymm e t r i c a l chutes are running downwind toward the leeward mark. Two of them (Green and Yellow) are overlapped on port tack and converging with the third boat (Blue) on starboard. Yellow knows she must keep clear of Blue, but she cannot bear off behind Green so she hails Green for room to jibe. Green replies that there is no such rule. Blue has to jibe to avoid contact, and she protests Yellow. Yellow Green. protests As a jury member, how would you decide this? RULE 19 Room to Pass an Obstruction 19.1 When Rule 19 Applies Rule 19 applies between boats at an obstruction except when it is also a mark the boats are required to leave on the same side Giving Room at an Obstruction (a) A right-of-way boat may choose to pass an obstruction on either side. (b) When boats are overlapped, the outside boat shall give the inside boat room between her and the obstruction, unless she has been unable to do so from the time the overlap began... Rule 19 (and therefore this scenario) will remain the same for the new rulebook. (Continued on page 7) 5

6 VICE COMMODORE S COMMENTS ERNIE JONES T he formal sailing season has come to an end. The marks have been pulled and the all the racing results are being tabulated. The social season is not over yet and we still have several events remaining. Before getting into the coming events, I want to mention the Fannette Race and Party. It was a great day sailing and all the crews enjoyed the racing. The dinner following featured fresh Alaskan Halibut. There were almost sixty people in attendance and no one went away hungry. Ann and I want to thank everyone who attended; it was a pleasure to host the party. That being said, our next event is a tour of the North Sails Christmas Party Friday December 14th Loft in Minden on October 17 th at 6:30 P.M. I m sure all of you received the special flyer with all the details. Remember an RSVP is necessary by Sunday, Oct. 14 th to v i c e c o m m o - dorewyc@gmail.co m More information to follow Our October General Meeting will be October 21 st at the Fresh Ketch. Each person will be ordering from a restricted menu and will be paying their own bill. Reservations will still be required to allow the Ketch to provide the proper staffing. RSVP to v i c e c o m m o - dorewyc@gmail.c om by noon October 17 th Remember this is our Annual Membership Meeting and election of officers. If you want to nominate someone for office or want to hold an office yourself, be sure to contact the nominations committee. The Christmas Party is being planned for Friday, December 14 th. If we can agree on the terms, it will be aboard the Tahoe Queen much the same as last year. Be sure to mark your calendars and more information will be provided as plans are formal- 6

7 (Continued from page 5) RULES Blue has the right of way over Green and Yellow, so Blue is an obstruction to both of them. Green and Yellow are approaching an obstruction, so rule 19 (Room to pass an obstruction) will apply to them. Green is a leeward boat and has the right of way over Yellow; therefore, according to rule 19.2(a), Green may choose to pass the obstruction (Blue) on either side. is the outside boat. In this case, Green chooses to pass Blue on Green s port side. Yellow also chooses to pass on that s i de; sinc e Green and Yellow are overlapped, Yellow is the inside boat and Green According to r u l e ( b ), Green must give Y e l l o w room to pass between her ( G r e e n ) and the obstruction (Blue). RULE 19 Room to Pass an Obstruction 19.1 When Rule 19 Applies Room is The space a boat needs in the existing conditions while maneuvering promptly in a s e a m a n l i k e way. So, here s how it works: Green and Yellow, two overlapped boats, approach a rightof-way boat (Blue) that is an obstruction. Green has right of way over Rule 19 applies between boats at an obstruction except when it is also a mark the boats are required to leave on the same side Giving Room at an Obstruction (a) A right-of-way boat may choose to pass an obstruction on either side. (b) When boats are overlapped, the outside boat shall give the inside boat room between her and the obstruction, unless she has been unable to do so from the time the overlap began... Yellow so she can choose to pass Blue on either side. Yellow must keep clear of Green, but if she has an inside overlap when the boats are at the obstruction then Green must give her room to pass the obstruction. Room includes enough space and time for Yellow to keep clear of Blue in this case Green must give Yellow enough room to jibe. Even though Green holds the right of way (over Yellow), she has to bear off and probably even jibe to comply with rule 19. Note that rule 20 (Room to tack at an obstruction) doesn t apply here because neither boat is sailing close hauled or above. Also, rule 20 does not cover jibing. Rule 19 (and therefore this scenario) will remain the same for the new rulebook) 7

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12 Layline LAKE TAHOE WINDJAMMERS YACHT CLUB P.O. BOX SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA Phone: (530) Fax: (530) LTWYC EXECUTIVE BOARD 2012 Commodore Russ Noorda Vice Commodore Ernie Jones Rear Commodore Jerry Starkey Secretary Diane Martin Treasurer Dale Herman Member-At-Large Jon Hoefer Past Commodore Mike Robinson COMMITTEES Membership Linda McLennan Publicity Debbie Noorda Webmaster Murray Finn Layline Don Newman Historian Michelle Langlois Cruising Debbie Noorda COVER : ANN JONES PREPPING FOR THE SEPTEMBER FISH FRY LTWYC GENERAL MEETING SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21st COCKTAILS: 6:30 DINNER: 7:00 MEETING: 7:45 FRESH KETCH UPSTAIRS ORDER OFF THE MENU NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 2013 AMERICAS CUP VIDEO RSVP TO: VICECOMMDOREWYC@GMAIL.COM