Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet November Page 1 November, 2009 www.corinthians.org Volume 14, Issue 4 US: $2.50 Official Newsletter of the Corinthian Sailing Association of Lake Pontchartrain THE GREAT LAKE RACE 2009 THE GREAT LAKE RACE 2009 was one of the wildest ever. Twenty miles, with wind from 0 to 27, and two squalls, one from the West and one from the Southeast. At the start there was no breeze. Boats with a 30 minute head start had not passed the "H" mark while the boats starting at the "A" mark attempted to start on port tack with other boats approaching the line on a starboard tack. Most of the boats eventually started. Finally the breeze filled in from the North. As the fleet sailed to the west the black rain clouds began to build. Rounded 2 marks almost zero visibility (thank you GPS!). Once the rain started and there was 15 knots of breeze, half the fleet dropped out. Big J did not finish because at the last mark they encountered "WILD THING" who had been knocked down and three crew were in the water. Wild Thing s crew was able to right the boat but the leftover chop had filled in to the gunnels and although they bailed mightily, they could not get the water out fast enough. Big J stood by for a few minutes and asked if they wanted a tow they said yes out of sheer exhaustion. They were grateful and bought a round at the bar later. By: Ella McCulloch Cont page 3 General Membership Meeting December 2, 2009 7 PM at NOYC Nominee New Board 2010 Page 7 CSA BIRTHDAY PARTY Jan 23, 2010 Board meeting 2nd Tuesday Murray Yacht Sales Membership Dues Due Jan. 31, 2010 $100 Gen. & $50 Start
Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet November Page 2 COMMODORE S CORNER One of the most important meetings of the year for the Corinthian Sailing Association is December 2. When we elect next years board members. So we hope to see each one of you there. At our last meeting we were shy a couple of members to make a quorum and hope to correct this at the next CSA general membership meeting with an amendment to the CSA By-Laws to be voted on.. Please take a few minutes and look over the proposal, along with the nominees for next years board found on page 7. We have successfully completed another Great Lake Race with all of its ups and downs. Even tried to fix the problems with the weather by moving the race to a later date in September. It proved you just can t fool with mother nature as we ended up with more of the same, very little wind; but we did have a few storms to push us along. WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR we will get that perfect wind yet! A big thanks to John Winters for his hard work on the Great Lake Race. Also a big thank you, to Bob Maher for being the committee boat and taking all those wonderful pictures. Official newsletter of the Corinthian Sailing Association of Lake Pontchartrain. Copyright 2008, CSA,141 Robert E. Lee Blvd. #259 New Orleans, LA 70124. 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. EDITORS:Rita Floberg Mike Floberg Ella McCulloch Editorial communications to: flow50@charter..net, esmcculloch@aol.com FLAG OFFICERS: COMMODORE: Mike Floberg VICE-COMMODORE: Rob Grisolli REAR COMMODORE: David Herrera TREASURER: Dieter Hugel SECRETARY: Henry Barouse PAST COMMODORE: Charley Erickson AT LARGE BOARD MEMBERS: Bill Fields Brian Keating John Weathington VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.corinthians.org Webmaster: David Herrera 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 $120.00.
Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet November Page 3 GREAT LAKE RACE RESULTS Division Boat Rougarou Danger Zone Lesson#1 Horizon Sapphire Tiare Big J Defiance Spin C Spin C Spin C Spin C Spin C Spin C Wind Shift 1.0 Jambalaya 2.0 Toy Box déjà vu Jackpot Esprit De Vie Non Non Non Non Non My MoJo Judicious Merissa Miss Magic Rhynie Points 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 1.0 Division Boat Points Capricious 1.0 One More Glass 2.0 Phaedrea 3.0 J-Rex 4.0 Patriot Cattywampus Motor Boat Wild Thing Pier Pressure Blitz 1.0 Siren 2.0 Good Groceries 3.0 Right Stuff Balie Sol Neaux Name Quest Great Lake T-Shirts Available At General membership Meeting Dec 2, 2009
Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet Page 4 November THE GREAT LAKE RACE 2009 Corinthians Great Lake Perpetual Trophy presented to ROUGEROU 1st boat to finish. The end of another Great Lake Race Nat Beloni Memorial Perpetual Trophy presented by Frances Beloni to MY MOJO 1st CSA non Spinnaker to finish. Charlie Erickson Perpetual Trophy presented to DANGER ZONE 1st CSA Spinnaker to finish. CSA Round the Lake Race 2009 CLASS BOAT POINTS These are the rules. You start either at the A Mark on the South Shore, M1 mark in Mandeville, or 3 wells in Slidell. When the plane Of your bow crosses the plane of the mark, you Have started. GPS time is the official time. Record your own finish. You must round A, m1 and 3Wells. Multi 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 DNC DNC DNC Dark Side Rambunctious Impulse II Merissa Ghost Rhynie Reivers RCONDO Damn Yankee Fast Idle Aftershock Pride
Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet November Page 5 NORTH SHORE FLEET It was a beautiful fall day (at last) with striking contrast to conditions in recent races. Ten skippers showed up with small craft warnings and a wind forecast for 20 to 25 knots with gusts over 30. With the Causeway North Draw reporting only 16 knots, we proceeded with the race; but, by the time the first boats began to cross the starting line, the forecast began to materialize. We began downwind to J, and by the time the first boats had rounded and began the beat to L1, we had every bit of 20 to 25 knots along with the gusts of 30+. Everyone just hung on for the close reach back to M1 at hull speeds. Of the ten boats registered, there were eight finishers. Marcelena was unable to leave her slip due to an engine that would not start, and Night Wind had to abandon the race when her roller furling fouled 1. Esprit de Vie First overall, first in spinnaker 2. Merissa Second overall, first in non-spinnaker A 3. Ode to Joy Third overall, second in non-spinnaker A 4. Sea Trepid Fourth overall, third in non-spinnaker A 5. Summer Wind Fifth overall, first in non-spinnaker B 6. Southern Comfort Sixth overall, second In non-spinnaker B 7. Fast Idle Seventh overall, third in non-spinnaker B 8. Reivers Eighth overall 9. Night Wind 10. Marcelena DNS We had 14 boats, including Jalapeno who raced with us for the first time. As so often happens, a promising breeze began to die away as boats circled M1 awaiting their starting time. We proceeded to L1 under a slightly controlled drift; but as the fleet rounded L1 and began the beat to J, the wind began to cooperated a little more. The last leg was a wing and wing run home to M1, followed by a very enjoyable after-race get together at Pontchartrain Yacht Club. The order of finish was: 1. Jalapeno first in fleet and first in spinnaker 2. Esprit de Vie second in fleet and second in spinnaker 3. Jewel first in non-spinnaker B 4. Southern Comfort second in non-spinnaker B 5. Rhynie first in non-spinnaker A 6. Merissa second in non-spinnaker A 7. Desire third in non-spinnaker A 8. Fast Idle third in non-spinnaker B 9. Reivers 10. Celtic Girl 11. Summer Wind 12. Night Wind 13. Ode to Joy 14. Marcelena We had eight boats sign up for the single handed race: the course was M-J-L-M. At the start the wind was about 7-9 and right on the nose to J. There was a little shift during the second leg giving us a wing wing run to L and then a close reach to the finish. We got in about 1/2 hour before the rain and a light show. All told, it was a nice race with just enough wind to not take too much of a toll on the solo skippers. 1 Gerald Esprit de Vie 5 Brian Rhyme 2 Tom J-28 6 John Fast Idle 3 Charley Jewel 7 Jeff Night Wind 4 Lynn Merissa 8 Bill Ode to Joy
Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet November Page 6 SOUTH SHORE FLEET CSA/NOYC Wednesday Series Class Boat R1 R2 R3 R4 Net Class Boat R1 R2 R3 R4 Net Lesson #1 (5.0) 2.0 3.0 2.0 7.0 Zephyr 1.0 (9.0) 2.0 1.0 4.0 Pier Pressure 2.0 5.0 DNC 3.0 10.0 Heavy H2O (3.0) 1.0 1.0 3.0 5.0 Phaedrea 4.0 4.0 4.0 (5.0) 12.0 Stray Bullet 5.0 2.0 3.0 DNC 10.0 No Breaks 3.0 7.0 DNC 4.0 14.0 Right Stuff 4.0 4.0 (5.0) 2.0 10.0 Footloose 2 6.0 8.0 DNC 1.0 15.0 Tigi Two 3.0 4.0 4.0 11.0 Motor Boat 1.0 3.0 DNC DNC 18.0 Escape (6.0) 5.0 6.0 5.0 16.0 Sierra DNC DNC 1.0 DNC 29.0 Deja Vue 2.0 6.0 DNC DNC 17.0 OneMoreGlass DNC 1.0 DNC DNC 29.0 Toy Box DNC RAF DNC 6.0 24.0 J-Rex DNC 9.0 6.0 29.0 Wild Thing DNC DNC 2.0 DNC 30.0 Spin C Neau Name (2.0) 1.0 1.0 2.0 4.0 Danger Zone DNC 6.0 DNC DNC 34.0 Spin C Blitz (3.0) 2.0 2.0 3.0 7.0 Madam-X DNC DNC DNC DNC 42.0 Spin C Good Intention 1.0 DNC 1.0 10.0 Pineapple Exp DNC DNC DNC DNC 42.0 Spin C Road Hawg DNC 3.0 DNC DNC 19.0 Spin C Siren 4.0 DNC DNC DNC 21.0 Spin C Balie Sol 5.0 DNC DNC DNC 21.0 Spin C GoodGroceries DNC DNC DNC DNC 24.0 NonS A WindShift 2.0 1.0 1.0 DNC 4.0 NonS B Koala 1.0 1.0 1.0 (2.0) 3.0 NonSA LunAmi 5.0 DNC DNC 1.0 19.0 NonS B Enchantress 3.0 (5.0) 2.0 4.0 9.0 NonS A Jackpot 4.0 2.0 DNC DNC 19.0 NonS B Capt Bligh 2.0 3.0 DNC DNC 14.0 NonS A Mystere 6.0 DNC DNC 2.0 21.0 NonS B Quest DNC 2.0 DNC 2.0 14.0 NonS A Buriaiva 1.0 DNC DNC DNC 27.0 NonS B Petunia 4.0 4.0 DNC 17.0 NonS A Red Boat 3.0 DNC DNC DNC 29.0 NonS B Pompano DNC DNC 1.0 19.0 NonS A Blue Heron DNC DNC DNC 39.0 NonS B Purple Haze DNC DNC DNC DNC 27.0 NonS A Odessy DNC DNC DNC DNC 39.0 NonS B LaJoieDeVivre DNC DNC DNC DNC 27.0 NonS A Capricious DNC DNC DNC DNC 39.0 NonS A Olson 30 DNC DNC DNC DNC 39.0 NonS A Grace DNC DNC DNC 39.0 NonS A Pelican DNC DNC DNC DNC 39.0 Double Handed Race Sept. 13, 2009 Started out as another light wind summer day on Lake Pontchartrain. With the wind on my back I planned to go with the whisker pole. I went so far as to get the whisker pole ready when I looked behind me and the rain was much closer and very dark. Forget that! I tied the pole off and went back to the cockpit to wait for the onslaught. With in minutes the first gust caught the jib and we rounded up hard. With the 150 and the main not reefed. We were in for quite a ride with wind gusting to 30knt and visibility zero due to the rain but NO lighting. The wind eased as we made the last mark at J and headed for the finish. Mike Class Boat R1 Net Pineapple Express 125929 1.0 Pier Pressure 3.0 Non My Mojo 130102 1.0 Non J-Rex 130820 2.0 Non The Right Stuff 4.0 Non Blitz 135114 1.0 Non Damn Yankee 135200 2.0 Non Siren 4.0
Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet November Page 7 CSA 2009 Race Schedule November Sun 8 Fall BOTY #4 - South Shore Sat 14 Fall Series #3 - North Shore Sun 15 Fall BOTY #5 - South Shore December Sat 5 Race TBA Sun 12 Fall BOTY #6 - South Shore Board Member Nominees for 2010 Board at Large: Kevin McCaffrey Deiter Hugel Brian Keating Mark Phelan Commodore: Mike Floberg Vice Commodore: Dave Herrera Treasurer: Bill Fields Secretary: Henry Barousse The Board has recommend the following amendment to the CSA BY-Law and voted on at the general membership meeting August 27, 2009 Corinthian Sailing Association By-Laws Change to Article VI Membership I would like to amend the By-Laws to read: There shall be three (3) classes of membership: General, Associate & Honorary. Honorary members are non-voting members that are designated at the discretion of the Board of Directors. There will be no fee for Honorary membership. Honorary members will have the same privileges of General members with the exception of voting and holding office. Rob Grisoli The Board has recommended the following amendments to the CSA BY-LAW and voted on at the next general membership meeting. By-Laws Change Article IX Meeting The CSA board recently authorized this bullion to represent our sailing association. I f you would like to purchase this fantastic insignia for your blazer for only $25.00 proudly wear your CSA colors Amend the meeting requirements shall consist of one-fourth 1/4 of the general membership including two (2) Flag Officers. CSA Board. ***************************************************************
Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet November Page 8 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CSA Board Meeting October 20, 2009 The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Commodore Mike Floberg. Others in attendance were Dave Herrera, Bill Fields, Brian Keating, Dieter Hugel, John Winters, Charley Erickson and Henry Barousse. The minutes were dispensed with as there was no quorum at the last meeting. The treasurer s report was presented and accepted. New Business: John Winters discussed how we may get better participation in the Great Lake Race, particularly from the North Shore. Three North Shore boats participated this year others were registered by did not make the trip across the lake due to a poor weather forecast. More may have come if there had been assurance of docking. This will continue to be a problem until repairs to the harbor are complete. Consideration may be given to racing to the North Shore in alternate years as a means to stimulate interest from the north. Charley Erickson raised the issue of approving new members at a general membership meeting without a quorum as defined in the bylaws. Bill Fields contended that the applicable bylaw is ambiguous, requiring one fourth of the General Membership and two flag officers. He proposed that the bylaw be amended to replace the word and with the word including. It was so moved, seconded, and approved to be voted on at the next meeting of the General Membership. Charley Erickson proposed an amendment to the bylaw providing for the calling of special meetings of the Board of Directors. He proposed adding that the board must be notified at least 72 hours prior to the proposed meeting. It was so moved, seconded, and approved to be voted on at the next meeting of the General Membership. The non-spinnaker division in the GLR was won this year by a new member whose membership status was at least subject to question under a strict interpretation of the bylaws. While no remedial action was suggested for the subject case, it was agreed by all present that to be considered for a trophy in any race, a participant must have been a member in good standing at the time of the Notice of Race. This will be handled by a statement in the NOR. New Members: Clark Barton was approved as an Associate Member. Approved as General Members were Doug Dovie, Bill Weinbecker, Tim Fortney, Scot Hymel and Brian Wier. Old Business: Mike will check on progress with obtaining Corinthian window decals. Race Committee Dave Herrera reports that the BOTY race No. 3 will be rescheduled. Races No. 4 and 5 will be held on November 8 and 15, respectively. Wednesday, October 21 is the final Wednesday Night race of the season. Dave suggested positioning the starting line at the GLR so as to force a starboard tack approach, thereby avoiding some of the conflicts experienced this year. North Shore Report Henry Barousse reported that trophies had been awarded for the spring and summer series and would be awarded for a single-handed race held on September 5. The second race of the fall season had been held on Saturday, October 10, with winds up to 30 knots. The North Shore fleet will hold a meeting on November 7. The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Henry Barousse
Corinthian Sailing Association JibSheet November Page 9 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORINTHIAN SAILING ASSOCIATION August 11, 2009 Board Meeting The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm at Murray Yacht sales, in attendance were Mike, Dieter, John, Bill, Dave, Charley, Rob, and Brian Guests: N/A Minutes: The minutes from prior meeting were discussed and corrections were made to the date and the amount on-hand ($15,386.23); they were accepted as amended. Treasurer s report: Dieter: there is currently $15,386.23 on hand and a membership check that had been misdirected by sender was turned in. Membership report: Dave reported that there are a couple of individuals who participated in the Around the Lake race, who will probably join Race Committee: Dave Around the Lake Race; we had 12 boats register and 9 participated. The class splits were reviewed and adjusted, as it ends up all boats that sailed will receive a trophy. Upcoming events The Single Handed race on S Shore Aug 22 nd evening race on N Shore Pam Sintes Regatta Great Lake Race: confirmed that John Winters will officiate and SSYC will handle food Old Business: Discussion of the By-laws amendment on membership Confirm the General membership meeting on 8/27/09 Reminder of the upcoming elections on 11/19/09 Ella & Chappy on the nominating committee so far, and need 3 more members Ella will chair the committee New Business: N/A Adjourn: A motion to adjourn was made by John and seconded by Dieter; it received unanimous approval and the meeting adjourned at 7:40 MINUTES OF THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING OF THE CORINTHIAN SAILING ASSOCIATION August 27, 2009 at NOYC The meeting was called to order at 7:00PM A count was taken of the General Membership. It was determined not enough members present to fulfill the by laws, stating that there was no quorum. The following was talked about but without a quorum no voting took place until the next General Membership meeting on December 2, 2009. Races with other clubs getting more sailboats on the water. CSA birthday party, date has not been set but same venue as last year, NOYC/ Shriners band/ Kathryn Floberg catering.
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