Fall 2011 The Bamse Cup Regatta August 2011 Management Team - 2011 By Ted Skiffington Commodore, Marina Manager Nathan Reece Vice Commodore, Bar, Entertainment Co-Chair Debbie Mountenay Rear Commodore, Sailing Activities Jason Penney Fleet Captain Sail, Junior Sailing Gordon Hart Fleet Captain Power , Yard Mark Joseph Treasurer Participants and coaches with Steiner Engset and Bamse! Grant Gordon Management: This August Dartmouth Yacht Club hosted with sailors Sean Leblanc and Chad Liebold Marina, Mooring its annual Bamse Cup Regatta for junior taking first place in the Club 420 class with Field and Gas Dock sailors from DYC and Bedford Basin Yacht 9 net points and fellow DYC Race Team Don Cameron Club as part of the Convoy Cup Foundation members Justin Smith and Paul Corkum Clubhouse in the double-handed Club 420 class and finishing in second place with 18 net points John Rhyno the singlehanded International Optimist after two drop races. The International Health and Safety class. The event enjoyed sunshine and 12-15 Optimist class was dominated by BBYC sailor Stephen Whitefield knot wind conditions that allowed for the Tineke Weld who finished with 7 net points Race Committee to hold 10 races in the after dropping her only 2nd place finish! Entertainment Co- 420s and 8 races in the Optis over two days. Chair The event wrapped up with a visit from Brad Boudreau With many of the sailors being new to Convoy Cup Chairman Stiener Engeset who Recording Secretary racing, the event placed emphasis on told the story of the Bamse, the Great Mary Ridgewell learning and team building between the Norwiegan Seadog who became the heroic Trustees: two teams by holding classroom seminars mascot of the Free Norwiegan Forces Paul Downing related to boat handling and basic racing during the Second World War after saving a Jim MacDonald skills in the mornings prior to racing, and young lieutenant commander who was Jim Thomas group debriefs about the day’s events in the being attacked by a man wielding a knife Club Historian evenings. This was all tied together with a by pushing the assailant off of the wharf Donald Backman post racing barbeque graciously donated by into the sea. the Convoy Cup foundation for the sailors and parents after the first day of racing. The 2011 edition of the Bamse Cup was a General Manager great addition to the DYC Race Team Dan Gallina The DYC Race Team put up quite a showing program and was successful in establishing See Bamse pg. 2 1 Bamse Continued from pg. 1. a good training relationship with BBYC for the future. We’re looking forward to the 2012 edition of the event and hope to build event participation from other clubs Above: DYC Race Team athletes Sean Leblanc and Chad from around the province while maintaining a focus of Leibold show off their hardware with DYC Sailing Director teamwork and learning in a social and competitive Ted Skiffington, Convoy Cup Foundation Representative environment. Steiner Engset, and Bamse! What’s Going On Next Door? By Bruce Cake Now that the seawall has been erected and a tower crane is in place to the north of us, the question “What’s going on Next Door?” is the most common question being asked at the office. To provide an answer that’s more than a guess, we have made a couple of trips next door to speak to the folks developing the property. Mr KJ Gandhi, of Legacy Home Builders who are the developers of the property, came to the office and provided some answers. This will be an luxury apartment residence, six stories high, consisting of 70 apartments ranging from one bedroom to three bedrooms, square footage ranging from 1200 to 1500 with four penthouse units All apartments will have a view of the near future on our web site which is approximately 2800 square feet. water and from some units, the www.legacybuilder.ca club’s marina system. Rental rates have not yet been The company looks forward to established. HRM have imposed a mandatory providing more detailed information, easement for a boardwalk along the floor plans, conceptual drawings and The exterior will be a combination of shore line. rental information in the December decorative stone, brick and concrete. issue of the SIGNAL. These are being built as higher end The completion date of the project is units complete with granite expected to be July/August, 2012 countertops and high ceilings For details on rentals etc, the There is underground parking. information will be posted in the 2 The 2011 DYC Junior Sailing Program By Ted Skiffington As you may have noticed, this past July Canada at the Bedford Basin Yacht Club, At the end of the summer DYC hosted and August Dartmouth Yacht Club once The Bay, The Wind, The Regatta at the its annual Telstar regatta for all of the again offered Junior Sail Training St. Margaret’s Sailing Club, in addition junior sailors who had attended at least programs for kids and athletes between to representing our club here at home at one session throughout the summer. In a the ages of 7 and 16. The program the annual Bamse Cup and Telstar round robin format, DYC racers and hosted upwards of 100 kids, over four regattas. Notable results posted by DYC Intermediate sailors were paired with two week sessions at the Beginner White sailors include Neil Jewers 3rd place students from the beginner levels to Sail 1, 2, and 3 levels, as well as at the finish in the Club 420 class at ARK compete for the overall club Intermediate Bronze Sail 4, and 5 levels. Regatta, as well as 1st and 2nd place championship. At the end of the event finishes respectively to teams Sean we held a season wrap up barbeque and The White Sail Programs offered at DYC Leblanc and Chad Liebold, and Justin awards ceremony for all of the sailors are headed up by Instructors Emma-Jean Smith and Paul Corkum at DYC’s own who attended the program and their Slobodesky and Rebecca Haley who have Bamse Cup Regatta. parents. Certificates were awarded at been with the club for the past four this time for any sailors who had met the summers and who continued to instil the In addition to the Club 420 Race Team, requirements at their current level as love of the sport of sailing that they both DYC also hosted an Introduction to well as awards for the most dedicated possess onto the newcomers, often Optimist Racing clinic which was able to sailors. At both the Intermediate and having kids who had originally only draw athletes from other clubs around Beginner levels we award a top prize, registered for one session returning again metro to DYC to join our athletes for two the top White Sail Award going to Owen and again throughout the summer. weeks of training including a trip to Craig and the Top Bronze Sail Award Chester Yacht Club for the 2011 Opti going to Sean Leblanc. In addition to these traditional Jam Regatta which hosted 94 Optis! Top programs, DYC implemented a new DYC Opti Sailor Sean Leblanc posted As Sailing Director, I personally received Learn to Race program for the most DYCs best result at the event finishing in a lot of positive feedback from the advanced sailors returning to the club in 50th which, in Nova Scotia where we parents and would like to thank Emma- conjunction with its Bronze Sail 5 host the top youth sailors in the country, Jean and Rebecca for all of the hard program in the Club 420 class. was quite a feat after only starting in the work they put in before, during, and class two days prior to the event! The after the season. I would also like to This was an establishing year for the International Optimist is undoubtedly the thank our GM Dan Gallina and the Yard program and the athletes who took to best and most competitive youth racing Staff at DYC who, among a million other racing represented DYC vigorously by class in the world with over 80% of things, helped ensure our coach boat dedicating themselves to training a Olympic medalists beginning their sailing motors ran day in and day out in minimum of six out of the eight weeks careers in it and will be something we as addition to hosting the wonderful offered! The DYC Race Team traveled to a program will be looking to invest in for barbeque events at the Bamse Cup and events including the Youth Olympic the coming summers. end of season banquet. Training Seminar and Atlantic Regatta 3 Bravo Zulu (Well Done) Bras d’Or Yacht Club Regatta Week 2011 By By Rod Stright, S/V EQUINOX Left: The venue: Beautiful Baddeck , Baddeck Bay and the Bras d’Or Lakes Photo Credit: James Haliburton Above: DYC’s Equinox, BYC overall Regatta Week winner headed for the leeward mark enroute to the finish line in the Gardiner Hubbard Bell race, the final race of BYC Regatta Week. Photo Credit Shawn Dunlop Every year since its inception in 1904 Regatta Week started off with a sail evenings proved to be an endurance the picturesque and friendly village past of more than ninety-five boats test for one and all. of Baddeck comes together to led by Shaun McIntyre’s X-35 support yacht and dinghy racing Schanryla, sailing past the Despite the picturesque scenery, the through the community centred Bras government wharf packed with local idyllic setting on the Bras d’Or Lakes d’Or Yacht Club (BYC).