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The story of the mutiny is well-known, having been told in in the novel, Mutiny on the Bounty, by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, as well as made into four movies.

1 Dog Tales Commodore s Log Becky Mock April 2018 Ahoy, Salty Doggers! April 28th is the 229th anniversary of the mutiny on the HMS Bounty. It s a somewhat odd number to recognize, but it gives me something to write about this month. The story of the mutiny is well-known, having been told in in the novel, Mutiny on the Bounty, by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, as well as made into four movies. But what about the ship herself? Inside this issue: Sailing Schedule 3 Event Schedule 9 Upcoming Events Details found in newsletter Meeting Apr 12 Boat Wash May 5 Ladies Day Sail May 12 When the British government planned their breadfruit expedition to feed the slaves in the Caribbean, none of the 600 odd ships in the Royal Navy at the time were deemed appropriate by the Admiralty. They needed a ship that could be converted into a floating greenhouse with an emphasis on large carrying capacity in relation to the overall size. The Admiralty turned to merchant ships and from the final shortlist of six chose the Bethia. They purchased her for 1950 (about $300,000 today.) The Bethia was built at the Blaydes Shipyard in Hull, Yorkshire, UK. She was a 3 - masted full-rigged snub-nosed ship, weighing 215 tons, which until this point had served as a coastal trader. After the purchase in 1787, she was renamed Bounty and sent to Deptford to be refitted. Of interest is the bit that the previous owner was one Duncan Campbell, whose niece, Elizabeth, was wife to one Lieutenant William Bligh. The relationship is said to have influenced the selection of Bligh as commander. The ship was somewhat on the small side considering the mission. She was 90 feet 10 inches long and 24 feet 4 inches at the beam with a draft of 11 feet 4 inches. Despite the small size the refit was costly. The bottom hull was sheathed in copper plate. The main cabin aft, usually the captain s cabin, was enlarged to a third of the ship s length. A raised second deck was installed made of planks with holes for the potted plants. The floor was covered with lead sheeting to prevent leaks into the deck below. Water was collected and piped into containers to be reused for watering the plants. The cabin had accommodation for 626 plants. A large coal-fired heater prevented the plants from freezing in colder latitudes. The Bounty was armed with four short-carriage four-pounders and ten half-pounder swivel guns. The cost for the refit was 4456 (over $700,000 today). This was more than twice the purchase cost. The Bounty was commissioned on June 8, 1787 and set sail from Spithead on December 23, She dropped anchor in Matavai Bay on the north coast of Tahiti on October 26, 1788, where her crew spent the winter among the natives gathering breadfruit. The fateful return voyage began on April 4, The mutiny, led by master s mate Fletcher Christian, occurred on April 28. After setting the captain and about a dozen loyal crewmembers adrift in a long boat, the Bounty returned to Tahiti and after a few months set sail again for a little known, uncharted island called Pitcairn. ( continued on Page 2 )

Page 2 Commodore s Log - continued from page 1 The crew, cutting all ties to their former lives, burned and sank the Bounty on January 23, 1790.

2 Page 2 Commodore s Log - continued from page 1 The crew, cutting all ties to their former lives, burned and sank the Bounty on January 23, Today about forty people live on Pitcairn island, all but a handful descendants of the Bounty mutineers. Any story of the Bounty must include the two full-sized replicas that were built as props for the movies. The first was built from what could be found of the original plans in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia by MGM for the 1962 movie. After the movie, she had a long career starring in movies and TV shows, including Pirates of the Caribbean: Deadman s Chest. She was also used as a training vessel. She met her demise during Hurricane Sandy. The crew abandoned ship in 40 mph winds with 18-foot seas. The Bounty sank in the early hours of October 29, 2012, 100 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The second replica was built by Whangarei Engineering Company in Whangarei, New Zealand for the 1983 movie. After the movie she participated in several historical voyage re-enactments and made multiple appearances at the America s Cup Yacht Races before serving the tourist excursion market out of Sydney, Australia. Today, she serves as a tourist attraction in Hong Kong. Wind in Your Sails, Becky Vice Commodore s Log Marilyn Allen Hi Salty Doggers It seems like it s a little more skiing than sailing weather. There s only ONE lonely mast in the slips at Cherry Creek! I guess the April Fool s joke was we might be sailing by April 1!!! Our April meeting will be at our usual place, Garrison Street Grill, 608 Garrison Street, Lakewood. PLEASE NOTE: The change in time experiment didn t help AT ALL, so we ll be going back to our old schedule. Socializing begins at 5:30, business meeting starts about 6:30 with the presentation no later than 7:00. Also, to allow the Grill to have additional wait and kitchen staff for our meeting and make a profit, they will be adding a couple of dollars service charge to each ticket. THIS IS NOT IN LIEU OF THE TIP! The servers work really hard to take good care of us in a short time, so please be generous. Our speakers in April will be Bobby Olson and his wife Pat Finley ( the O Fins??? ) who will show pictures and tell us about their 6 week trip to Thailand and beyond. It should be great. No sailing stories, but a great chance to learn about places many of us haven t yet visited. I m looking forward to seeing everyone soon. Marilyn Allen, Vice Commodore.

3 Sailing Schedule 2018 Diana Bliss Page 3 **** To volunteer as a Coordinator, please contact Diana at onthewater@saltydog.org **** Date Event Location Coordinator Saturday May 5 Boat Wash / Launch Chatfield Becky Mock Saturday May 12 Friday Sunday June 1 3 Saturday June 9 Ladies Day Sail ( Ladies sail free! ) Chatfield Memorial Day Weekend Sail Lake Pueblo Melissa Steiner / Dan Ebbert New Member Sail & BBQ ( New Members sail 1 / 2 price ) Chatfield Ira Lori Conway Thursday June 14 June Meeting / Sail Chatfield Saturday June 23 Men s Day Sail ( Men sail free! ) Chatfield Saturday June 30 Day Sail Chatfield Friday Sunday July th of July Sail Granby? Sterling? Becky Mock Thursday July 12 July Meeting / Sail Chatfield Saturday July 21 Mid Summer Sail Chatfield Brooke and Larry Moreland Thursday July 26 Full Moonlight Sail Chatfield Shane Brouillette Thursday August 9 August Meeting / Sail Chatfield Friday - Saturday August Day Mountain Sail ( Meteor Showers? ) Dillon Lake John Venema Saturday Sunday August Day Sail at a nearby Lake Big Mac, Granby, Carter?? Saturday August 25 Full Moonlight Sail Chatfield Friday Monday August 31 Sept 3 Labor Day Sail Lake Dillon Marilyn Allen Sunday September 9 Golden Colors Sail Cherry Creek Shane Brouillette Saturday September 22 End of Season Sail Cherry Creek Shane Brouillette

4 Page 4 Announcements Seventh Annual Boat Wash Saturday, May 5, 2018 Chatfield Reservoir Here is an opportunity for club members to assist boat owners for the season. The Plan Agenda 9:00 AM Meet boat owners at Lakeview Parking area (at end of road to campsite loops B & C) to help as needed. 12:00 PM Pot luck lunch (Bring your own entrée and a side dish or dessert to share. You will also need your own table service and drink and a chair.) Finishing cleaning/launching boats. Sail, sail, sail (at captains discretion after boats are cleaned) Bring rags/sponges/buckets. We have hoses covered. I will not be camping this year, but feel free to do so if you choose. Cost of campsites is $ Campsites can have one hard side camper and a tent; no more than 2 vehicles per site. Make your own reservations. If you own a boat and would like to have it cleaned and polished, please let me know. If you have a gas powered pressure washer that we can use, please contact me. Contact Becky Mock, or realljomo@gmail.com if you are interested. Ladies Day Sail - Ladies Sail Free!! - Saturday May 12 - Chatfield Ladies Day Sail is coming up - Saturday May 12 Ladies - Please contact me if you are interested in sailing with us that day. $ 10 in advance to reserve a spot; this will be refunded day of sail. $ 20 for men We will 11 11:30 Continental breakfast will be provided. Plan to noon 12:30. Still working on boats - Boat Owners Please contact me directly if you would like to be on the water that day. Contact - Ira Greenberg at , or me at iramichael@gmail.com

5 Page 5 Announcements continued from page 4 Lake Pueblo Sailing Weekend, Friday June 2 Sunday June 4 Come join the Salty Dog Sailing Club on our first weekend trip of the 2018 sailing season and our 2nd annual Pueblo event!! Last year we were at the North campground and marina. This year we will be at the South campground and marina, where there s a free hoist for the masts. We have reserved three slips and three campsites. We will be sailing on Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting. Friday night is a potluck dinner at the campground bring your own meat to grill and a side dish to share, also BYOB. The Club will provide the paper products for dinner. Saturday night dinner will be at a local restaurant where we ll have a group reservation. Everyone will be on their own for breakfast and lunch both days. Registration (member pricing) is $75 for those camping on Friday and Saturday, and $55 for those staying in a hotel. This includes the 2 days of sailing, and there is no reduced price for a 1-day sail. At this point we are full unless we get a 4th boat. You may pay at the April 12 th meeting, or you can mail your check to Melissa Steiner, 7474 E Arkansas Ave #1710, Denver Checks are payable to SDSC. Those who are camping must specify what type of camping unit they have. Please contact either of the following if you have questions: Melissa Steiner at , msteiner@interiorconnections.biz Dan Ebbert at , dbebbert@comcast.net Early July Friday - Sunday, July 6-8, 2018 North Sterling Reservoir (probably) We re trying a new location for this sail. I will be driving out to Sterling this week to look at the park. I have reserved 2 campsites. Pot luck dinner on Saturday, and, of course, sailing. We have room for more people and boats. Send your reservations to Becky Mock now. Theme for this year: American Cook-out The pot luck dinner will be on Saturday night. The entrée is burgers and brats. Becky will make the traditional pineapple upside down cake. Your dish assignments will be sent direct once we have a final count. Please remember that there will be many dishes. Most people do not take a full serving of everything. Plan accordingly. Each person will be responsible for the left overs of their dish. Donation: $80 for members to camp, $130 for guests to camp, $60 for members staying in a motel, $100 for guests staying in a motel. Your check is your reservation. Mail to Becky Mock, 9168 W Plymouth Ave, Littleton, CO Looking forward to seeing you on the 4th. Contact: Becky Mock,

Page 6 Announcements continued from pages 4 and 5 Attention Sailors Sail Coordinators needed!! We need members to step up and volunteer to coordinate a day sail or evening meeting sail.

6 Page 6 Announcements continued from pages 4 and 5 Attention Sailors Sail Coordinators needed!! We need members to step up and volunteer to coordinate a day sail or evening meeting sail. You will get training and / or a mentor. Benefits are you get to sail free that day. We have openings for - Meeting Sail June 14th, Men s Day June 23rd, and Day Sail June 30th coming up. If you are interested, please call or Diana Bliss. Contact Diana at or dbliss5030@gmail.com Call for Help from Members As you may know the club is in need of more boat owners to help the club grow and prosper. We have had new brochures made to help advertise the club. The plan is to distribute these brochures to the boats at Chatfield and invite those boat owners to one of our events. In late April - early May I will pick a nice sunny day to go down to Chatfield and distribute the brochures to the boats. I would like to get two to three people to help with this event. If you are interested and have a few hours to spend down at the marina, please contact me - (dbliss5030@gmail.com) or call me at that you are willing to help. Thanks Diana Bliss OTW coordinator. ******** End of Announcements ******** ( whew.. )

7 Page 7 Science and Technology Log - An occasional presentation of contributions, findings, jottings, musings, at the whim and discretion of the editor. Stephen Hawking Surprisingly absent amid the outpouring of praise and respect on his passing was any mention of Hawking s early work in Fluid Dynamics, work far less well known than his work in cosmology, but over the long term, perhaps no less important, influential, or far reaching. While much has been written of Hawking s four minute spell of weightlessness on the Vomit Comet, journal records of his observations over years of extensive sailing, a great passion of his late teens and early twenties, have reached only a limited audience. Yet he left an impressive body of work devoted to modeling and harnessing the strength and energy of the constant flow of undersea waves. Working with teams of grad students, researchers, and designers from a range of disciplines, under Hawking s direction the group developed, built, and put to sea several prototype designs. Most notable among them was a revolutionary proof of concept craft designed around a hermetically sealed cabin. The craft was actually oriented to travel upside - down, deploying extremely large sails of an entirely new material technology, shape, structure, and configuration, Solar Sail style, to capture the full power of undersea currents. Seemingly counter intuitive, this design turned out to far surpass all expectations of speed and stability. One of the first to realize the potential of this new design, Larry Ellison quickly and quietly attempted to secure patents on the technology, but thus far has not been successful. Said Ellison, We believe bringing this theory to actuality, putting this design to work, will not only bring the Auld Mug back where it rightly belongs, but will literally turn established sailboat design upside down. Bowline End of the Line? The venerable Bowline, foundational element of most every sailor s training as far back as anyone can recall, may be on it s way out. A series of unfortunate events, low key but consequential failures initially reported within the small maritime community in Lichtenstein, triggered the inquiry. Leading edge researchers in String Theory and Topology summed up their findings, The Bowline simply does not work. Details of their findings were difficult to follow, couched in terms of higher mathematics few lay people or sailors could understand. In a rare consensus within the U.S., Democrats and Republicans called for O.S.H.A. to immediately monitor and come up with a plan to remediate the situation. Setting up shop in Truth or Consequences, NM, O.S.H.A. released a first draft of required paperwork for sailors and marina s, intended to limit unfortunate incidents and / or claims of liability. This paperwork will be required of both boaters and marina operators each and every time a bowline is used in docking or undocking maneuvers. Agreeing this initial requirement runs a little long at just over 11 single-spaced typewritten pages, they have placed it on their calendar for comment and review after the 2020 elections. Border Reconsidered A joint study conducted by the Congressional Budget Office and the Army Corps of Engineers has recommended that rather than build the proposed wall along the U.S. Mexico border, the U.S. build a canal. Studies of soil samples and ground penetrating radar indicate the project is feasible. Potential benefits could be the opening of additional lanes of maritime commerce, relieving a growing backlog of traffic thru the Panama Canal, plus new recreational and business opportunities for the boating community. Besides, said a spokesman for the Corps of Engineers, a wall is going to get weathered and unsightly in short order, having a new waterway is far more desirable in the long run. The E.P.A. played down the idea that the proposed waterway could also act as a relief valve mitigating the effects of sea level rise along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Junk Science, said a spokesman for the agency.

8 Page 8 Classifieds Legendary Franchise Opportunity - Own your own business in recreational boating industry. Contact - Sir David H.M.S. Jones, CEO Locker s, Etc The Premier Online Internet Maritime Storage Firm Our Family has been the undisputed leading name in Maritime Storage Lockers for Generations 45 Benneteau - Beautifully Outfitted Pristine - Priced for quick sale. First $ 2, takes it. Paul, husband of 37 years, last seen driving off in new convertible with young, shapely administrative assistant. Hasty departure left checkbook, wallet, credit cards behind. Needs cash, has asked me to quickly sell the boat and forward proceeds to him. Contact Sheila at classifieds.saltydogs.com ( Classifieds Editor offers a nod and apologies to John McCutcheon ) Editor s Log Ira Greenberg April Version. Fair Winds - May you find gentle harbor as every day ends, May you lower your anchor amidst peace and good friends

Salty Dog Sailing Club Officers Commodore Becky Mock commodore@saltydog.org Vice C dore Marilyn Allen vice.commodore@saltydog.org Membership Lori Conway membership@saltydog.

9 Salty Dog Sailing Club Officers Commodore Becky Mock Vice C dore Marilyn Allen vice.commodore@saltydog.org Membership Lori Conway membership@saltydog.org Secretary Stephen Hale secretary@saltydog.org Dry Land Dan Ebbert dryland@saltydog.org On the Water Diana Bliss onthewater@saltydog.org Newsletter Ira Greenberg newsletter@saltydog.org Treasurer Brooke Moreland treasurer@saltydog.org Web Admin Larry Moreland sdscwebmaster@saltydog.org We re on the web! The Salty Dog Sailing Club, Inc. is a Colorado nonprofit organization composed of couples and singles interested in sailing and socializing with others who share their love for the sport. Boat owners and non-owners are welcome! The Club plans about a dozen sails each season, including day and weekend sails at nearby lakes. Special three day holiday trips often include Lake Granby or Pueblo Reservoir in Colorado, Lake McConaughy in Nebraska, or Glendo Reservoir in Wyoming. Salty Dog members have also organized charter sails in the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Greece, and France. Aside from sailing, we have a variety of fun dryland activities throughout the year. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month, except for February, November and December when there are banquets and special parties. Meetings during the off season are held at Garrison Street Grill, 608 Garrison St, Lakewood, CO Beginning in June regular club meetings resume at the Chatfield Marina. Rendezvous at the Seagull (Chatfield Marina) Restaurant around 5:30-6:00 for socializing with other members and to order dinner. A brief meeting will follow with the goal of being on the water by 7:00 pm. Event Schedule (I m going to try to keep this projected for 2 months, space permitting. Check each issue for changes.) Date Event Location Coordinator/Presenter April 12 Meeting Garrison Street Grill Marilyn Allen May 5 Boat Wash Chatfield Becky Mock May 12 Ladies Day Sail Chatfield Ira Greenberg June 1 3 Memorial Day Weekend Sail Lake Pueblo Melissa Steiner / Dan Ebbert In case you were wondering: 35 Days to Sailing Season! But who s counting? Articles for next issue are due on the 25th. Please send Word Doc files to: newsletter@saltydog.org

Dog Tales. Upcoming Events. Ladies Sail - Miami to Key West 2018

Dog Tales. Upcoming Events. Ladies Sail - Miami to Key West 2018 Dog Tales May 2018 Ladies Sail - Miami to Key West 2018 Crew members: Pat Pardekooper, Captain; Lori Conway, Melissa Hunter, Cathleen Johnson, Linda Johnson, and Anne Andres We all met in Miami airport