CSA BOTY Winter # 1 & # 3 Sunday, March 12th

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1 April Volume 11, Issue 3 US: $2.50 Official Newsletter of the Corinthian Sailing Association of Lake Pontchartrain Seven boats hit the starting line at 10:30 for the make-up races for the Corinthian Winter Series #1 and #3 (#2 was successfully sailed on February 5th). The wind was blowing like stink out of the SSE; in spite of some cloud cover the sailors had a perfect sailing day with lots of wind and little wave action. The Race Committee was John Winters, George Hero, and Nat Belloni. They suffered no pain aboard Bob Maher s luxurious Second Cup. Race #1 was a windward/leeward T-A-E twice around. Race #3 was a 7.5 km drag race E-J-A. Big J had a big jam while raising the foresail for the first race and crossed the line at 6 knots under main alone, but after unfouling the pre-feeder went on to finish Race #1 and take the gun in Race #3. Helmsperson for the day was Elaine Boos, the reigning Women s PHRF champ. Good Intentions sailed with 2 reefs in the main and was the CSA BOTY Winter # 1 & # 3 Sunday, March 12th only crew brave enough to fly a chute. Mark Phelan introduced his new Evelyn 32, Phaedra, with her powder blue hull and burnt orange sails she is an extremely fast ride. Phaedra replaces War Canoe, a victim of Hurricane Katrina. J Rex exhibited some sharp tacking with Don Griglack on the helm. Damn Yankee sailed for the first time in a while, due to Chappy Holbrook s recovery from a back problem. Y-Knot was a glorious sight coming down to the line with all her sails spread wing on wing. Plus One sailed a very competitive race, with Dave Herrara s crack foredeck crew consisting of his fearless teenage son and a buddy. The next BOTY series will start May 7. Check the schedule for upcoming races. Daylight Savings Time is coming soon, along with Wednesday evening racing! E. S. McCoulloch UPCOMING EVENTS Wednesday Night Twilight Series! First Warning 7:00PM April 5, 12, 19, 26 & May 3 North Shore Races 10:00 AM Start Sat. Apr 1 Sat. Apr 22 Sat. May 6 Spring General Membership Meeting TBA CSA Board Meeting Tuesday, April 11th 7:00 PM inside... Commodore s Corner p. 2 CSA Race Schedule p. 4 North Shore News p. 5 Gen Meb Minutes p. 6 Winter Sereis Results p. 7 Mar Board Minutes p. 7

2 Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet April, 2006 Page 2 Commodore s Corner Dear Corinthians: Spring is here and it is unusually welcome considering the fall and winter most of you have had. Our Winter Series is in the book with David Herrera's "Plus One" taking Spinnaker A, Gilbert's "Good Intentions" taking Spinnaker B and Chappy Holbrook's "Damn Yankee" winning Non- Spinnaker. Chappy also won Non-Spinnaker boat of the Leukemia Regatta this past weekend. Wed. night racing has begun for As you know, we co-sponsor the first five race series with Southern. The first race Southern provided Patrol II and myself, Bill Fields, and mostly George Hero conducted the race. Twenty-two boats reached the starting line. We have some logistics to work out, but I believe a permanent site is close at hand! "Dixie Chick" is close to being ready, Dr. Robson will launch his new boat in a few weeks and others in the various yards will be back this summer. Our reduced fleet size has naturally made it more difficult to fill race committee than in the past. If you don't have a boat, call Don and he can place you on the committee boat. If you do have a boat, I expect Don will be calling you. GOOD LUCK ON THE WATER!! John Winters Commodore Official newsletter of the Corinthian Sailing Association of Lake Pontchartrain. Copyright 2005, CSA, P.O. Box 1695, Metairie, LA All rights reserved. The purpose of the Association is to promote the knowledge and expertise of its members in seamanship and sailing, and to promote and encourage racing of sailboats as a sport in the Gulf South, and particularly on Lake Pontchartrain. EDITOR: Ellie McCulloch Guest EDITOR: Casey Grimm Editorial communications to: deb-casey@cox.net FLAG OFFICERS: COMMODORE: Johnny Winters VICE-COMMODORE: Rick Berry REAR COMMODORE: Don Griglack TREASURER: David Herrera SECRETARY: Ella McCulloch PAST COMMODORE: Alan Robson AT LARGE BOARD MEMBERS: John Weathington Gilbert Maclachlan Margie Offan VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: Webmaster: Danny Casanova ADVERTISEMENTS (50% discount to CSA members) 1/12 page $10.00/mo 1/4 page $30.00/mo 1/2 page $60.00/mo FULL $ Beneteau New Power Sailing Lessons West End 7356 West Roadway Drive J Boats Brokerage Sail Charters New Orleans Mobile NORTH SAILS 1716 LAKE AVE, METAIRIE, LA AL GOOCH BENZ FAGET FAX

3 Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet April, 2006 Page 3 Final Results Corinthian Sailing Association Winter #1 - Mar 12, 2006 Course: T-A-E x2, Wind: SSE knots Start time: 10:30:00 (all classes) Distance: 3.96nm SPINNAKER A 1 Plus One :20:57 0:41: J Rex :24:15 0:47: Stray Bullet :28:05 0:49: Big J 75 11:25:40 0:50: Phaedra :30:29 0:53: SPINNAKER B 1 Good Intentions :27:13 0:41: Bad Dog :24:57 0:43:40 28 NON-SPINNAKER 1 Damn Yankee :38:33 0:52: Y-Knot :38:57 0:55:17 38 THE COMPANY Copiers Laser Printers Fax Machines Service-Supply-Sales If you think we sail fast you should see how fast our service Macho Slavich Final Results Corinthian Sailing Association Winter #3 - Mar 12, 2006 Course: E-J-A, Wind: SSE knots Start time: 12:00:00 (all classes) - Distance: 5.49nm SPINNAKER A 1 Plus One :52:37 0:39: Phaedra :50:15 0:40: Stray Bullet :53:14 0:40: Big J 75 12:48:28 0:41: J-Rex :51:22 0:41:46 19 SPINNAKER B 1 Good Intentions :57:45 0:36: Bad Dog :55:32 0:39:53 38 NON-SPINNAKER 1 Damn Yankee :05:59 0:44: Y-Knot :05:48 0:46:52 31 Committee Boat Volunteers for 2006 Volunteers for race committee are still needed: Boats entered in a series that do not compete because they are serving as the race committee will receive a score that is equal to the average score of the other races in that series. If a boat entered in a series serves as race committee in two of three races, that boat will receive a score of the average of all championship series races sailed to date. Such boat, however, cannot be declared winner of the series. All Race Committees receive an honorarium of $30 to help defray committee expenses To sign up for race committee, contact Don Griglack!

4 Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet April, 2006 Page 4 Corinthian Sailing Association of Lake Pontchartrain 2006 Sailing Schedule Series Races Start Dates Notes Winter * Jan 29, Feb 5, 12 Before Mardi Gras Spring * May 7, 21, 28 After Starlight Series Summer * July 22, 29, Aug 5 After Pensacola Race Fall * Nov 12, 19, Dec 3 After LPRC break Series Races Start Dates Notes Spring ** April 5,12,19, 26 & May 3 Begins at CDT Fall ** Sep 20, 27, Oct 4, 11, 18* Ends with CST Race Start Date Day Notes Bayou Lacomb 1000* April 22 Saturday Single Handed 1000* Aug 20 Sunday Around the Lake NS-1600* S-1700* July 8 Saturday evening M1-PSP-A or PSP-M1-A Great Lake Race 0900** Sept 9 Saturday Rain date: 9/30 Double-Handed 10:30 Oct 8 Sunday 2 people- 4 hands Race Start Proposed Date Notes Relay Race ** April 15 CSA, NOYC, SYC Race to Mandeville 1100** Mar 18 CSA, NOYC, SYC & PontYC 1000** Mar 19 Ladies Fleur de Lis ** June 3 & 4 CSA, LPWSA, NOYC, SYC Pam Sintes Race 1000** Aug 26 CSA, SSYC * Skipper s meeting / Registration will be 90 minutes before the first race of the series at the CSA office. The location of results announcement & after-race party will be announced at the Skipper s Meeting. ** Skipper s meeting location and Registration procedures will be defined in the Notice of Regatta (NOR). The location of results announcement and after-race party will be specified in the NOR.

5 Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet April, 2006 Page 5 CSA NORTH SHORE 2006 SCHEDULE All Races on Saturday Afternoon - Best Two of Three in a Series Skipper s meeting at 9 am Under the Oaks at Prieto Marina. Races starts at 10 am. Late Spring and Summer Series to start at 6 PM No experience needed, come on out! To race or crew, call Charlie Erickson, or 2voodoo@bellsouth.net JANUARY 7 SAILING CLASS JULY 1 14 CSA BIRTHDAY PARTY 8 Late Spring # WINTER # Summer #1 FEBRUARY 4 AUGUST 5 11 WINTER #2 12 Summer # MARDI GRAS WK END 26 Summer #3 MARCH 4 WINTER #3 SEPTEMBER. 2 LABOR DAY 11 9 GLR or Cruise 18 BAYOU CRUISE CRUISE if GLR is sailed APRIL 1 Spring #1 OCTOBER 7 Lief Ericson Race EASTER WK END Spring #2 28 Fall #1 29 MAY 6 Spring #3 NOVEMBER Fall # /28/29 MEM DAY WK END CRUISE 25 THANKSGIVING JUNE 3 DECEMBER 2 Fall #3 10 Late Spring # Late Spring #2 23 CHRISTMAS 30 NEW YEARS

6 Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet April, 2006 Page 6 MINUTES OF THE MEETNG OF GENERAL MEMBERSHIP CORINTHIAN SAILING ASSOCIATON OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN March 8, 2006 Location: The bar at New Orleans Yacht Club Commodore Winters called the meeting to order at 7:50. A quorum was declared. 29 members attended. Minutes: Nat Belloni moved to approve the minutes as published in the JibSheet. The motion was approved. Treasurer s Report: There is $13, in the account. 28 members have paid dues to date. Five members paid tonight. Since the old post office box was flooded, dues should be sent to David Herrera s box Membership: There are 2 new members. A mailing for this year s dues has been sent. Social Committee: Gilbert MacLachlan is chair. He is working on the birthday party. Race Committee: The Winter Series postponed the 1 st and 3 rd race due to bad weather, but both races will be sailed this coming Sunday at 10:30. This will complete the Winter Series. The turnout has been good, with 7 to 9 boats competing. Race Committee is John Winters and others. Many thanks to the Race Committee and to Bob Mayers for the use of his boat Second Cup. Northshore: The Northshore fleet had to cancel their first race five times due to weather. They finally had a beautiful day last Saturday. Eight boats came out for a great race. New Business: The club is searching for an office or at least a place at West End to post notices about races. There was discussion. Old Business: Alan Robson was presented with a custom half-hull of a J-35. The half-hull was inscribed with the name Footloose. Dr. Robson commented that Footloose II is on its way. Macho Slavich also received his trophy for the Sportsman of the Year award. The board that listed all the Sportsmen of the Year for the past years was lost in the storm. New Business: George Hero announced the Mandeville Race will be March 18 and 19. There will be a staggered start. The race will be 20 nm each way and the fee is $45. The Leukemia Cup kick off party will be held at Pontchartrain Yacht Club on Saturday evening after the race. The skippers meeting will be on Thursday before the race. PYC needs an exact head count so they can order the food correctly. The Leukemia Cup race will be the next weekend. There was discussion about the Delta mark. No one has spotted it since the storm. The hoist at NOYC dry dock is not working yet. The club has acquired new flags. Ella McCulloch motioned to adjourn. Rick Berry seconded. The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p. m. Respectfully submitted, Ella McCulloch, Secretary, Corinthian Sailing Association of Lake Pontchartrain

7 Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet April, 2006 Page 7 BOTY Winter Series Results Winter #1 - Mar 12, 2006 Winter #2 - February 12 Winter #3 - Mar 12, 2006 SPINNAKER A Place Boat Div Pts Plus One (2) 1 2 J-Rex (5) 3 Stray Bullet (6) 3 4 Phaedra (6) 2 5 Big J 7.0 (4) 3 4 SPINNAKER B Place Boat Div Pts Good Intentions (3) 1 2 Bad Dog (3) 2 NON-SPINNAKER Place Boat Div Pts Damn Yankee (3) 1 2 Y-Knot 3.0 (2) 1 2 Notice!!! This will be the last issue of the Jibsheet you will receive if you have not paid your 2006 dues. Additionally, all rights and privileges normally accorded to members will be revoked and you will be denied the use of the secret handshake! Associate $50 Member $100 Send your check to: David Herrera P.O. Box 1695 Metairie, LA MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS March 14, 2006 Board Room B, Children s Hospital Present: David Herrera, Rick Berry, Don Griglack, Gilbert Maclachlan, John Weathington, John Winters, Alan Robson, Ella McCulloch. Commodore John Winters called the meeting to order at 7:05. Treasurer's Report: Treasurer David Herrera reported the balance in the checking account is $14, members have paid dues to date. Membership: David Herrera is keeping the membership roster. Education and Social Committee: There was discussion about the birthday and upcoming educational sessions. Race Committee: Wednesday races will start in 3 weeks. Awards may be at SYC. The new flags will be put on poles. Some equipment is still needed. Janice Griglack made the equipment bag. Great Lake Race: The chairman is looking for volunteers to help get donations. There was discussion about adding one-design races to the regatta. Due to the hurricane decimation of the PHRF fleet, the onedesign fleet is increasingly popular. One-Design races may require at least a four-race format. New Business: There was discussion about how to reach the membership, especially those who have relocated since the storm. Most members seem to be getting their mail. Only 6 or 8 cards came back undeliv- (Continued on page 8)

8 Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet April, 2006 Page N. BROAD NEW ORLEANS LA. (504) FAX (504) COPIERS FAX COMPUTERS PRINTERS TYPEWRITERS SUPPLIES 1465 N. Broad, New Orleans, LA (504) FAX (504) Copiers, FAX Computers, etc. (Continued from page 7) Broker s Home Mortgage Service and Support WAYNE CONNELLY LOAN OFFICER 4051 VETERANS MEMORIAL BLVD. METAIRIE, LOUISIANA (504) Cell Home wconnelly@brokershome.com Junius Ship Shape, Inc. Boat Maintenance Service All Repairs.Installation.Clean.Engine Maintenance.Wax.Delivery Work.Varnish.Rigging Work.Detailing.Repairs.Bottom Cleaning w/scuba Tanks Custom Racing Modifications Cletus A. Junius Office Fax erable from the last mailing. The webmaster moved to Nashville. There was discussion about making the web site work with more browsers. Dave Herrera will look into the website. Commodore Winters announced he may have located office space in the West End area. Power may be restored there by the end of the month. Alan Robson moved to allow the Commodore to inspect the potential space and approve the rent at $250 per month. David Herrera seconded. The motion passed. There was discussion about purchasing a propane-fueled canon from CF Salut for use by the race committee. There was discussion about ways to involve more people with the Race Committee team. David Herrera moved to adjourn. John Weathington seconded. The meeting adjourned at 7:45. Corinthian Sailing Association C/O Dave Herrera P.O. Box 1695 Metairie, LA CSA Board Meetings 7:00PM, 2nd Tuesday