Tradewinds Sailing School and Club More Experience. More Time on the Water. More Fun. W i n d wo r d s July 2012 www.TradewindsSailing.com Email us: [email protected] Phone # 510-232-7999 From the Helm Happy July!! We are back from our San Juan Islands trip. Our Family and members had a wonder- ful time exploring Sucia Island, Stuart Island, Victoria BC, San Juan Island and Lummi Is- land. We got to see Bald Eagles, Orcas, Dol- phins and Harbor Seals. We went hiking and saw fossils and found sea shells. We tried to fish but had no luck in that area. The last evening we had a BBQ and bonfire on Lummi Island, which was definitely one of the high- lights of the trip for us. We are hosting the Catalina rendezvous again this year. The rendezvous is scheduled to start on Saturday, July 21. In the evening it will be bring your own BBQ and there will be a band for the event. The races series is going well this year. The current standings are up on the website. The next race and after-party is July 20. See you there! -Brandy K Contents Events & Announcements 2 Sailing Classes 3 Checkout Schedule 3 Nautical Terminator 4 ACC Article 5-6 Great Barrier Reef 8 Events & Announcements Date Event - Click: Event Calendar July 20, Friday Night Race Series - Our Third race of the season! Teams should be at the start line 6pm - and ready to go when the first flag goes up! Much of the racing can be viewed from Knox- 9pm Miller park near the Ferry Dock if you are not on one of the boats. July Catalina Rendevous - Tradewinds will once again be hosting the annual Catalina Boat Owners 20,21,22 Rendezvous. Tradewinds members are welcome to join in the festivities. Boats for Sale in the Tradewinds Fleet Risky - 1984 Catalina 30 - $19,000 Clio - 1979 Cal 31 - $18,500 Pain Killer - 1988 Catalina 34 - $39,000 Redeemed - 2002 Hunter 356 - $98,500 Home Free - 2001 Catalina 36 - $98,500 Risky Clio Pain Killer Please contact the office for more information about these boats. We will put you in contact with the owners so you can talk specifics. Redeemed Home Free Welcome New Members Gavin Dollinger David Feibush Anji Rosga Dale Schroeder Angelina Enos Michael Oberto Adam Hanna Kenton Kivestu Greg Creighton Jacob Best Kevin Fayle Grace Cheney Charles Washburn Rasmus Nielsen Mary Young More Fun. 2 Classes The following classes have at least one opening at the release of this newsletter. See our online Course Schedule for real-time data. Call the office if you have any questions or if you are ready to sign up. Prices listed are normal full-price courses. Check our specials page for current specials! Basic Keelboat ($695) Coastal Navigation ($325) July, 21,22,28 July 20,21,22 July 25,26,27 July 27,28,29 Advanced Motoring & Docking ($225) July 28,29 & Aug 4 July 21 Basic Keelboat All-Women’s($695) Advanced Anchoring ($225) Sept 7,8,9 Aug 4 Basic Coastal Cruising ($795) Advanced Coastal Cruising ($1,295) July 11,12,13 Aug 3,4,5 July 15,21,22 Aug 17,18,19 July 22,28,29 Cruising Catamaran ($695) Bareboat Chartering ($895) July 14 –15 July 29 & Aug 4,5 July 30,31 & Aug 1 Boat Checkouts Remember, checkouts are free and the more boats you are checked out on, the easier it is for you to go sailing on any given day! There are openings in the following checkouts. Remember to call the office and schedule it if you can attend. For up-to-the-minute schedule & openings, click: Checkout Schedule Date Time Boat Number/Name July 7 9am 3603—Home Free (Gold+) July 8 9am 3101—Lionheart (Silver) July 10 4pm 3102—Kallisto (Silver) July 10 6pm 3103—Clio (Silver) July 12 4pm 3604—Vallhanna (Gold+) July 12 6pm 4201—Galen (Gold+) July 14 9am 3105—Mauna Kea (Silver) July 15 9am 4203—Sea Angel (Gold+) July 17 4pm 4204—My Density (Gold+) July 17 6pm 3401—Pink Slip (Gold) July 19 4pm 3104—Megalina (Silver) July 19 6pm 3106—Alpha Waves (Silver) July 21 9am 3205—BonTemps Rouler (Gold) July 22 9am 3302—Monet (Silver) July 24 4pm 2803—Toba Leah (Silver) July 24 6pm 3011– Amazing Grace (Silver) July 26 4pm 3402—Lucy! (Gold) July 26 6pm 3404—PainKiller (Gold) July 28 9am 3012—Asilo (Silver) July 29 9am 3503—Amazing Grace (Gold) July 31 4pm 3405—Vested Interest (Gold) July 31 6pm 3801—Black Pearl (Gold) Checkout Requirements: Silver = Basic Coastal Cruising (ASA 103), Gold = Bareboat Chartering (ASA 104), Gold+ = Bareboat Char- tering (ASA 104) + Advanced Docking & Motoring (ASA 118) OR Advanced Coastal Cruising (ASA 106) More Experience. 3 Nautical Terminator By Tony Johnson, Tradewinds Instructor You can’t help but notice how common it is that things related to seafaring are named after animals. In a house you’ll find a table, chair, bed, cupboard, bookcase, rafter, gable, and joist. But aboard a ship in the great age of sail you’d hear the terms gooseneck, crow’s nest, crowfoot, duck, cat, cathead, cat hole, wild- cat, catboat, cat-rig, catwalk, cat-o-nine-tails, ratlines, horse, dead horse, Flemish horse, saddle, cow hitch (which is the same thing as a lark’s head), sheepshank, leg-o’-mutton, jackass, camel, horns, bridle, bullnose, bullrope, bull’s eye, cockpit, cockbill, cockboat, fox, dog, doghouse, dog vane, dog watch, and hounds. An old boat can lose its shape and become “hogged,” and “pig-ballast” was molded in forms called “sows.” A “Donkey’s breakfast” was the term the old seamen used to describe their straw mattress. The “manger” is the space immediately inboard of the hawse pipes. Then there’s the monkey fist, monkey jack- et, monkey’s blood, monkey bridge, monkey chain, and monkey rail. Of course, not everything on a boat has a metaphorical name; we have masts and cleats and lines. Yet, when the old sailors sought a colorful moniker for a piece of gear, they looked to familiar and friendly ani- mals. It is notable that there is a scarcity of sea creatures among these names. We do have a dolphin-striker, and a pelican hook, and a fish-plate, but no shark-widgets; and the crow’s nest is named after a land bird, not a gull or albatross. We also don’t see fearsome animals like wolves and tigers represented. Humans evolved on land as hunter/gatherers and then farmers, and until this century the majority of the people of the world situated themselves in rural areas, not cities. Before then, most people lived and worked in the countryside, in close, everyday contact with the animal kingdom, both domestic and wild. But long ago, at least 50,000 years in fact, humans took to the sea. We are challenged to comprehend the courage and imagination required to be the first to sail away from the sight of land, hearth, and home, into that alien environment, removed from everything recognizable. Did the homesick sailor, now in a fear- some, barren wasteland far from the familiar things of life, construct the mental furniture of his surround- ings out of his companions—the comforting creatures humans have known forever—in the unconscious ef- fort to place himself at home? Well, maybe he did. More Experience. 4 Advanced Coastal Cruising Class (ASA 106), June 22 – 24, 2012, by Brad Call On Friday morning I met my instructor, Bill Yawn and my two fellow students, Mary Ann Paulazzo and Daniel Merle. Bill is a long time instructor at Tradewinds and he also serves in the Coast Guard Auxiliary. He mentioned that participation in the CG auxiliary comes with many beneficial free training opportunities. He was certainly a wealth of nautical information! Mary Ann Paulazzo and her husband Cliff own a nicely equipped cruis- ing yacht named “Carola” (Young Sun 37). She and her husband hope to “dip their toe” into the cruising world this August with a trip down to the Channel Islands, a 3 week journey there and back. Daniel Merle and his wife own a Leopard 46 catamaran that they have placed in charter with Moorings in Mexico. Their boat is named “Balajan” which is “my little child in Armenian. One of the benefits of placing a boat in charter with Moorings is the ability to use other Moorings boats around the world. They recently took advantage of this benefit and took friends to sail off the Croatian coast. After meeting each other, Bill had us haul our gear and food down to the boat for the checkout. For this class we were using the club’s Bavaria 42 named “My Density.” The name has an interesting origin that involves the owners meeting in a chemistry class during college. In any event, the Bavaria 42 is a very nice boat. It has a master suite with head forward. There are two aft cabins, a galley, head, and large dining area. The cockpit is quite spacious and it has dual helm stations. It is powered by a Volvo diesel with a sail drive instead of the typical drive shaft and propeller. For this class a large emergency raft occupied the after part of the cockpit. We spent about 3 hours checking over the boat, filling the tank with fresh water, and stowing our gear. Bill briefed us on our itinerary and how he would conduct the class. Each student would spend one hour as helmsman, then crewperson, and finally as navigator.