…a little dinghy Gold Country Yacht Club monthly Newsletter Call for more info: 530-273-5911 March 2012 Volume 34, Issue 03 From The Commodore Winter has finally arrived and there has been snow spotted at the lake. Overall, it feels Regular like spring occurred throughout early winter and winter in the spring. This month I was Columns: able to travel to New York City for an educator’s conference. Of course in my travels I was looking to find some nautical sights on the eastern seaboard. While on a ferry trip to Ellis and Staten Island our guide told us that the Hudson River usually freezes a few • From the times through the winter months. This year it hadn’t frozen at all! Commodore Throughout the trip I had many views of the Atlantic Ocean, Hudson River and Long • Minutes 2 Island Sound. I was amazed at the beautiful wide open space for sailing however there wasn’t a single recreational boat out on the water, even with a daytime temperature of • Membership 3 nearly 50 degrees and sunny skies. Along the East River there is the South Street Seaport where you can find the American National Maritime Museum and the largest • Club Notices 3 fleet of privately owned ships in the country including the Peking, a 1911, four-masted barqueBarque ,and and Wavertree, Wavertree, an an 1885, 1885, fully fully rigged rigged • Trivia 3 cargo ship (Seen in the picture on the left). Along the Hudson River I stopped at Chelsea • Events 4 Pier and saw the place where the Titanic was supposed to dock after its voyage from • Classifieds 8 Queenstown (below). There were a few sailboats at the pier however I was most intrigued by a man who had brought a paddle wheel boat up the Atlantic coast. The boat was commissioned in 1982 anandd has been up and down numerous Individual river tracks. Highlights: Throughout the month of March the GCYC we will 2012 Regattas 4 be gearing in hopes of Racing Trophy getting us on the water at History Help 4 Scott’s Flat in April. Our club Board of DirecDirectorstors has Havasu Pocket Cruisers 5 been working on changes to the regatta registration Conch Key form, planning the Youth Cruising 6 Sailing program, reviewing 2012 Calendar 9 the insurance policies and planning for the Catalina nationals. Over the next month, we will be busy finalizing plans and then the club can hit the water ready for the active summer months. Anchors Aweigh, Christopher Buti s/v Nauti I, Catalina 22 At Our Helm …a little dinghy Page 2 of 9 Commodore Chris Buti 530-273-5911 February 2012 General Meeting Minutes [email protected] Vice Commodore Commodore Chris Buti called the meeting to order at 19:01. Don Hare 916-774-6610 The club is planning on improving the Youth Sailing Program by acquiring some [email protected] double-sail boats and teaching an intermediate class. Please keep your eyes open for boats that the club can acquire to help fulfill this need. We will need to make room at Secretary the clubhouse for additional boats. Janis Johnson 530-265-8090 Chris thanked Dudley Gaman for getting the electronic GCYC membership forms [email protected] ready to launch. These will be available on the GCYC website soon. Treasurer Don (Vice-Commodore): Plans for the Catalina 22 Nationals are ramping up. Tish Buti Jean Cutshall and Dudley Gaman have been working on details and online registration form. Don 530-477-1709 Hare is looking for sponsors. If you’re planning on camping at Scotts Flat Lake, [email protected] reserve them soon with NID. There has been a lot of interest about the event from out-of-state sailors. Cruise Chairman Don Wight Stewart Nielsen (Education): He did a cost analysis for the Youth Sailing classes and 530-272-4647 [email protected] determined that $200/student would be adequate to cover the insurance deductible per class. Susan Murphy suggested that we offer a scholarship to one or more students in need. Tish mentioned that the National Women’s Sailing Federation offers Publicity/Membership scholarships to girls. General discussion about new sailing dinghies and the Melinda Day 530-265-2070 associated logistics followed. [email protected] Janis Johnson (Secretary): Please renew your membership! Richmond Yacht Club’s Port Captain Sail a Small Boat Day is March 3 (free event). Bryant Cockcroft 530-265-5196 Jean Cutshall (Treasurer): She gave the treasurer’s report. We have less than we did [email protected] last year at the same time due to purchase of new chase boat, building of new stairs to the dinghy dock, and repair of a ski boat that was damaged during youth sailing Race Chairman program last year. The club’s insurance bills will be due soon. Jerry Lewis 530-272-9380 Melinda (Membership): She introduced guests Greg Smith (Tish’s father) and Ted, [email protected] Wendy and Josie Rybicki who are interested in joining the club. They enjoy wind surfing and scuba diving and Wendy learned to sail a Hobie Cat on Lake of the Pines Newsletter Editor when she was growing up. Rick Paulson 530-274-2549 Bryant: He pulled the dinghy dock up a little, which means the lake level is rising. [email protected] Announcements Sailing Education Stewart Nielsen Ken Neely announced that he and Janis will be hosting day sails out of Berkeley 530-277-6632 Marina on 2/18 and 3/10. They are planning some Giants game charters for the [email protected] season as well. The meeting was adjourned at 20:25. Janis Johnson Club Secretary s/v Kuani, Cascade 42 Page 3 of 9 …a little dinghy Melinda’s Membership Memos Club Notices A few reminders for everyone this month: For all of those that have filled out Free Sailing Magazines membership forms and paid I have your laminated cards ready to go (and Thank Latitude 38 and 48 North You !). I will have them at the March 14th meeting. More importantly, rejoin before magazines can be picked up anytime at 148 Richardson April 1st for a mere $65.00 after the 1st it is $75.00. We have plenty of forms at the meetings and you can also fill out a form on line. Street in Grass Valley. They are in the driveway in the BLUE I have joined forces with the Chamber of Commerce and we now have some of our MAILBOX. Usually we get them events listed on the Gonevadacounty web site. I have submitted information about between the 2nd and 4th of the No Motor Day April 29th and the Go for the Gold Regatta June 9-10th. It is a great month. website, check it out. I will continue to make sure our meetings are posted in the Unions Club News, seems many interested salts have found us in the paper. Club Meetings The March general meeting will I would like to welcome Charlie McKenzie and first mate Beth Palaske back to the be held at Alta Sierra Pizza club. They did some time in Mexico aboard their Sceptre 41 and have had her in Parlor on Wednesday the 14th, San Diego for about one year. In March, along with some crew, Charlie will be dine from 6pm, Commodore’s bringing her back to the SF bay. He would like to berth her in Point Richmond but not bell at 7pm to start the meeting. sure if that is where he will be at this time. nd (The club meets the 2 Wednesday of every month but December and Joe, myself and random crew have had the opportunity to enjoy several long st weekends aboard Daydreams this year. The weather in the bay has been on the 1 Wednesday of the month of the Gold Country Regatta.) exceptional, light winds and sunny skies. Most recently, President’s weekend, we were able to watch a few of the Oracle Cats race around the bay. Wow, they are incredibly fast. Seeing them really got me excited about the Americas Cup. I’ve Nautical Trivia included a few photos from our days on the bay. See everyone at the Pizza Parlor next meeting. Melinda Solis-Day GCYC Membership and Publicity What has happened if a yacht s/v Daydreams, Pearson 385 is 'taken aback'? s/v Mental Floss, Catalina 22 A. It has sailed the wrong side of a mark of a racing course (requiring it to go back and re- round the mark). B. It is caught with the wind on the side opposite that for which the sails are set. C. It has been hauled out of the water for hull scraping and cleaning. D. It is sailing against a current so strong it can not make any headway. answer: page 8 Page 4 of 9 …a little dinghy Go For The Gold Regatta and Catalina 22 National Regatta Hello to all, The Go for the Gold Regatta and the Catalina 22 National Regatta are not that far off. Reservations for hotels or campsites should be made now. Make sure to mention that you will be attending the Regatta, and the Scotts Flat Lake management will try and place you in a suitable spot for the week. There are pictures and information about the Gold Country Yacht Club and Scotts Flat Lake on our website at www.gcyc.net. The Notice of Race for both regattas can be found at http://www.nccn.net/~gcyc/gcyc-race.html. Don Hare m. 916 201 9012 s/v No Cat Hare, Catalina 22 Special Request from the Commodore Jerry and I have received very little response about the past years Club Series Race Awards.