Mainsheet March 2016 - Niagara-on-the-Lake Sailing …...Social Calendar Social Calendar for 2016...

In this edition:

Commodore’s Ball

Joint Active Membership

Green Turtle Invasion

2

2

3

From the Editor

Sell, Buy, Swap, Free

New Members

Commodore’s Comments

Edifications!

Social Calendar

4

4

5

6

6

7

NOLSC Board

NOLSC Policies

8

9

NOLSC Race Results

Yachtsperson of the Year

10

11

Cruising News

Big Boats!

Fleet News

Heritage Cruise

Dinghy Docking

Out and About

12

13

14

15

15

16

�OLSC Invades the Bahamas!

David & Shirley Bruce, Mike & Kathy Edwards,

Ron & Debbie Critchley, Tim & Regis O’Connor

Russ & Debbie Hodgkinson.

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Back in 2012 the Board of Directors approved a Joint

Active Membership status.

With a normal Active Membership, the person who applied is the active member, that person’s spouse is then automatically an Associate

member.

Any active member can now apply to switch their membership

to Joint Active status, where both will be considered Active Members. It is still only one membership, with one vote per membership, but either party can exercise that right. Both parties would then also be able to sign into our new website as Active Members, and apply for White

Building functions etc.

This is not at all mandatory, just

an option that is being offered.

If switching your membership to

Joint Active is something that interests you, contact Barb in the

office for the application.

David Bruce,

Toucan



Green Turtle Cay Invaded!

NOLSC Invades Green Turtle Cay

In keeping with a long standing tradition which I understand dates back to our club founder George Hinterhoeller, a large group of NOLSC members were seen

walking the streets and frequenting the bars of Green Turtle Cay Bahamas.

Shirley and I, along with Tim and Regis (Kinsail) took a ferry over from Treasure Cay for the day to visit Kathy and Mike ( Valkyria), Ron and Debbie (Red Stripe)

and almost locals Russ and Debbie (Penguin and Sea Turtle).

Apparently it was quite common during the week for locals to say “ you must be

the Niagara on the Lake group” as they walked by.

It was a great day with one small incident, as you can see by the photos Mike had to be helped out of the bushes by Kathy and Regis. We are not sure if it was the

Goombay Smash or the Bahamian beer which contributed to the fall.

David Bruce

Toucan


From the Editor...From the Editor...From the Editor...From the Editor...

Hello Everyone!

I am looking forward to Spring and another boating season as I am sure most of you are as well. We had a

fairly mild winter compared to the last two winters. However, I have had enough just the same. Bring on

the sunshine and warm weather.

It has been a busy winter in the clubhouse as the new deck nears completion and the newly sanded floors

are stained and sealed. What a wonderful club house we will have when all the work is completed.

As we move into another boating and social season at the club, I would like to remind everyone that the

Commodore’s Ball will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn on York Road, NOTL on April 16, 2016. Tickets

are available through the office until April 1, 2016. It should be a wonderful evening. The band A Simple

Gesture will be playing.

The Spring AGM is coming up! Please remember to give your proxy to a like minded

member if you can not attend.

I look forward to seeing everyone soon.

-Kathy Brown

We cannot direct the wind

but we can adjust our sails.”

Laurel’s Sewing & Alterations

Tel.or Text @ 905-327-6229

Email: [email protected]

427 Mississagua St. NOTL

Contact Laurel Gordon for:

• New boat and patio cushions

• New foam

• Any sewing needs and clothing alterations


We cannot direct the wind

WELCOME �EW �OLSC MEMBERS

Please welcome the following new 2015 members to NOLSC.

JOI�T ACTIVE MEMBERS

RICK & JA�IS CORVI�O – they need no introduction!

SYLVAI� & LISA BRILLO�

Lisa (seen in the blue dress) and Sylvan own a sailboat called Escape V

and have been at our Club since 2008. Their two sons, both, attended our

junior sailing programme. Their daughter also enjoys sailing. Many of you

have met their family on Club cruises where they, spontaneously, often

break into song. Sylvan also, crews on Spitfire in our Wed. night racing

programme.

ACTIVE MEMBER

JOH� WILLEY

John has a long history of enjoying NOLSC from junior sailing to family boating

to racing over the years. He currently owns Mariah, a Bluenose, which is docked

along Nelson St. John is hoping to teach his 9 year old daughter to love sailing.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

JOA� WRIGHT

Joan had been around our club for the last 3 years serving on race committees for

Wed. night, Sunday racing, Shark Home Comers, CanAm Regatta, and Niagara

Cup. In Sept of 2014 she decided if she was going to be on the water she might

just as well buy her own boat. Joan and her husband Geoff Hazell purchased their

first boat, a Catalina 30 last fall. Sweet Addie was christened in June and was

docked on the wall all summer.

DAVID KERR

David and his wife Karen recently sold their cottage up north and so have more

time to spend on their C & C 27 sloop Mach II. David has been around NOLSC

since he was a child as his father was a founding member of our Club.

MICHAEL DAVIES

Michael grew up in NOTL where he learn to love sports, especially soccer

ending up coaching the sport for years. He now owns a sail-boat called Missed

Stress. He would like to become a full member and become more involved.


A mild winter means no ice. Water levels are already at spring levels, the canal will open soon and the tempera-tures are rising. All an indica-tor of an early launch. Now it’s up to everyone to get ready in a timely fashion. Especially

those on the perimeter.

I feel it necessary to talk about paper work at this time of year. I wish I didn’t have to but people still do not return

contracts. This year we also

require a copy of your insur-ance policy. There’s been some discussion regarding not launching boats until all paper work is in our possession. The same rule will remain in place that if we do not have payment of invoices 30 days from bill-ing, your dock will be released

to the still long waiting list.

I’m just full of sunshine eh? Just send money and docu-

ments and we’re done! Easy.

On the lighter side…… while

in FLA in January I flew on a

C-47 (DC3) warbird that flew

in D-Day. In order to board

the aircraft, I had to become a

member of the “Valiant Air

Command”. I have since got

my commission and am now

Colonel Edward McIlroy.

Now… no no, you don’t have

to address me as such or sa-

lute……Ed will still do.

Commodore’s Comments

To begin, I would just like

to wish all the members of

NOLSC a Happy New Year

and a good start to the 2016

season.

I would also like to thank all

of the board members,

volunteers and the

employees for the hard work

that they put into managing

the Sailing Club last year.

Spring has sprung and our

club will soon awaken from

its winter slumber with boats

being readied for launch and

Sunday Racing.

As another winter has passed

we have lost some more

members; our thoughts and

fond memories go to

George Greenberger – Life

Member, Opal Lawrason and

Edie Doyle – sailors

who have not been at the

club for some time but who

will be missed.

-Bruce Harper

Commodore


Social Calendar

Social Calendar for 2016

1. Commodore’s Ball - April 16th

Hilton Garden Inn– NOTL$45 p.p. available in advance at the office By April 1, 2016

2. Pig Roast - May 28th

3. Sail Past - June 5th

4. Steak BBQ/Niagara Cup - July 9th

5. Corn Roast - Aug 13th

6. Tom Turkey - Oct 15th

Please Contact Barb in the Office for tickets.

Tickets for all Socials except Commodore’s Ball and Sail Past

will be $15 for members and $25 for non-members.

**Spring AGM will be held on March 17th at 7 p.m.**


Flag Officers

Commodore Bruce Harper

Vice Commodore—Operations Rob MacLachlan

Vice Commodore—House Ron Critchley

Vice Commodore—Fleet John Thompson

Secretary Peter Koslik

Treasurer Lottie Urquhart

Past Commodore Rick Corvino

Directors

Membership Director David Bruce

Social Director and Cruising Kathy Brown

Junior Sailing Director David Rourke

Long Range Planning David DeBoy

Director at Large David Shantz

Public Relations Donna Genge

Board Affiliates

Mainsheet Editor Kathy Brown

Cruise Co-ordinators Karen and Dave Jones

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NOLSC Policies

�OLSC Policies

Some clarification points were approved by the board of directors and added to the NOLSC policies. These additions were added to better reflect our practiced policies. According to our Policies any changes/

deletions/or additions are to be signed by the Commodore and published in the mainsheet.

Under Dock Assignments, Section F page 2 of 2

Item 5, the words “between Active Members” were added.

Item 6 was added

Under Membership, Section H page 1 of 1

Items 8 & 9 were added

Copies of the NOLSC Policies are available in the office to any members.

David Bruce,

Membership Director

2015 �OLSC RACE RESULTS

Congratulations to all the 2015 NOLSC race winners. A special thank you to John Thompson

and his very capable race committee. We appreciate your hard work, dedication and expertise.

-Donna Genge

FURLI�E – Our first race series in April. Toques, mitts,

long underwear and ski coats were a must.

1st Place: Fluffy. Skipper: Lukas Koch

RAVI�E VI�EYARD SERIES – held in June

1st Place: Fast Trak – PHRF Division. Skipper: Bill

MacLeod

1st Place: Frost Bite - Shark. Skipper: James Gardner

�IAGARA CUP - July Regatta

1ST Place: Amicus – Shark. Skipper: Mark Shantz

SEVE� YEAR SERIES – held in May

1st Place: Runaway – PHRF division. Skipper: Richard

Hinterhoeller

1st Place: Almost Free – M. & J. Skipper: Jens Gemmrich

CLA� MACLEOD SERIES - July

1st Place: Frost Bite. Shark Division. Skipper – James Gardner

GREAT LAKER SERIES – August Series

1st Place: M. J – Fluffy. Skipper: Lukas Koch

1st Place: PHRF 2 – Spitfire. Skipper: Ed Simmons

1st Place: Shark - Frost Bite. Skipper: James Gardner

BROX COMPA�Y 1812 SERIES – September Series

1st Place: PHRF 1 – Wings. Skipper: Bill Cavers

1st Place: M. & J. – Fluffy. Skipper: Lukas Koch

FALL SERIES – Weekend Regatta in Sept. 1st

Place: Shark – Red Dwarf. Skipper: Jinnie Gordon

2015 �OLSC RACE RESULTS

OCTOBER CUP

1st Place – M.& J. – Almost Free. Skipper – Jens

Gemmrich

1st Place – Shark – Frost Bite. Skipper – James Gardner

TOM TURKEY

1ST Place –Aquarius. Skipper & Party Girl - Carol Hepburn

WED. �IGHT OVERALL CHAMPIO�S

1st Place: Shark – Frost Bite.

Skipper: James Gardner

1st Place: M & J: Fluffy

Skipper - Lukas Koch

CLUB CHAMPIO�S

Frost Bite – Rory, Tara, James

SPIRIT OF COMPETITIO� AWARD

Fast Trak – Todd, Bill, Mike, Rod, Adam

JACK MCKE��A MEMORIAL TROPHY

Nathan Zalepa

YACHTSPERSO� OF THE YEAR

Bill Cavers

Cruising �ews

Cruising 2016

As another sailing season

begins, we look forward to

some of our favourite

reciprocal cruises.

This year we will be

cruising to Port Dalhousie

Yacht Club (DYC) for one

night June 11, 2016 for our

Shake Down Cruise.

July 1-4 we will be heading

to Ashbridges Yacht Club

(ABYC) for Canada Day

and Fourth of July

Celebrations.

July 30– Aug. 1 we will be

headed to Etobicoke Yacht

Club (EYC) for the Civic

Holiday.

Sept 3-5 we will be heading

to Lakeshore Yacht Club

(LSYC) for the Labour

Day weekend. This will be

the first time we have done

a reciprocal cruise with

LSYC and we look forward

to visiting their club.

Cruising is a great way to

meet your fellow club

members and see the dif-

ferent clubs around the

lake. For those that are not

familiar with cruising,

reciprocal cruising allows

you to sail to clubs you

wouldn’t necessarily go to

on your own either due to

the distance or being unfa-

miliar. Cruising with a

group of people gives you

some added security know-

ing that there are other

people out on the water

with you.

Please sign up in advance

with Barb in the office for

the cruises you wish to

attend.

It is important to

remember that if you sign

up for a cruise, and cannot

make it, please inform the

office as soon as possible.

Karen and Dave Jones will

be our Cruise

Coordinators for 2016. If

you would like to help with

any of the cruises, please

contact them. As you all

know there is a lot of work

that goes into the cruising

and social functions. Many

hands are always appreci-

ated. Please watch out for

our cruising flyers prior to

the cruises for more details.

If you have any questions

or concerns, please contact

me.

Here is to a great sailing

season 2016!

Kathy Brown

Social Director/ Cruising

[email protected]

BIG BOATS

Hey Honey, do you

want to buy a bigger

boat?

That conversation seems to be happening all around the sailing community. Larger sailboats are becoming far more common. Ten or fifteen years ago a 30 ft. sailboat was considered to be an average to large size boat, not any more. Ed showed me a copy of the Mainsheet from February-March 1976 “Doug and Marg Minor have joined the big boat fleet with a new C&C 27”. How times

have changed.

While purchasing and own-ing a larger boat is certainly a desirable and fun thing to do, larger boats present a challenge at our club. Our club always does our best to accommodate our member’s new boats but it has happened in the past and very well may happen again in the future where physically we do not have

room.

In our General By-Laws and in our NOLSC Policies we

address the procedure for

dock allocations. I would suggest anyone who is considering a larger boat to get a copy of these and make yourself aware of them ahead of time. When each of you became an active member, in your acceptance letter it was stated you were guaranteed a slip for your boat. That still holds true, but it was for the boat you had docked at the club when you submitted your application, it does not apply to any boat you may

purchase in the future.

A few suggestions you may want to consider in the beginning of your boat search. This is not an all-inclusive list but a starting point. Check with our club manager to see if the boat you are considering would fit into your current slip. It is not always as simple as can I get it into the slip with a shoe horn. As we were reminded a while ago, storms and surges do happen along with the boat damage that goes with them. If a new boat would fit in your current slip it makes

the process a lot easier.

If the slip is deemed to be

too small you have to submit

a letter to the office requesting a dock change by December 31st for considera-tion for the following sailing season. The procedures are all covered in the NOLSC Policies section on dock

assignments.

In our office we have a large stack of applications for new boats wanting a slip at NOLSC. It is a desirable position for our club to be in,

of course, not a desirable

position for a boat owner wanting a slip. Of course our members have preference in the dock allocation

procedure over nonmembers.

As I mentioned above, the club will always do it’s best to accommodate members boats. It never has been or never would be our intent to turn members away. A little bit of legwork up front may save a member the awful situation of having a new

boat with no slip to put it in.

David Bruce,

Membership Director.

FLEET �EWS

At this writing, we are three

weeks away from our first

river race, which almost

certainly will be sailed on

schedule given the complete

lack of ice in the river or

lake. That said, I expect a

terrific turnout for the

Furlined and Seven Year

Series this year. So get on

down to the yard and get

those boats in the drink.

Last year’s changes to the

Sailing Instructions were

generally well received, so

for 2016, we’ll be sticking

with the same basic format

but with minor changes.

These would include a start-

ing location below the

leeward mark for the PHRF

boats. So download, print,

and read those SI’s carefully.

New this year will be the

introduction of a Vanguard

15 fleet. The Vanguard 15 is

one of the strongest double

handed one design racing

classes in the US, and is a

staple on the US college

racing circuit. They will

have their own Friday

evening series, as well as an

invitational regatta at the end

of August. Also new this

year, will be a Tuesday

evening sport boat series.

The J70’s have signed on to

this series, but other sport

boat fleets are welcome as

well. For those feeling a lit-

tle less sporty, Tuesday

evenings also offers non

spinnaker racing. This low

key, low stress racing night

has been growing in

popularity in recent years

and offers an alternative to

Wednesday nights.

Don’t fail to circle July 9th

on your sailing/party

calendar. This day will have

something for everyone, so

there’s no excuse not to be at

the Club for the day. It is of

course, Niagara Cup, as well

as our 2nd Race to Nowhere.

We expect increased

participation from Youngs-

town boats for both these

events. So it should be a

great day on the water for

everyone. The evening

naturally is the ever popular

steak roast party. So no

matter what your thing is,

race, cruise, or social, the 9th

is a day you won’t want to

miss.

And finally, YYC has de-

cided to renew the C&C

Owners Regatta, now

renamed the C&C River City

Rally and Race, scheduled

for August 12-14. Last time I

looked, there were still lots

of C&C’s lying in our basin,

So pay attention to yyc.org

as the details are announced.

From the sound of it, it

promises to be much more

than just a sailboat race.

See you on the water.

John Thompson

Vice Commodore-Fleet

03/15/16

Heritage Cruise

Dinghy Dock Etiquette

There have been a lot of arti-

cles on Dinghy Docking and

the proper etiquette when it

come to tying up your din-

ghy.

Last year our staff cleaned

up the area near the A-frame

at the end of Shark Alley in

order for our members to tie

up their dinghies. There

seemed to have been a surge

of new dinghies purchased

over the past few years and

there was a need to create

more space.

A couple of things to re-

member when tying up your

dinghy.

*Use only one line...do not

tie both stern and bow.

*Always leave your out-

board down. A raised out-

board can damage other

boats.

*Use a long painter line, so

others may push your din-

ghy aside to nose up closer

to the dock. If you use a

short painter, others will

have to climb over your

dinghy.

*If there are only a few

cleats on the dock, tie a

loop in the end of your

painter to allow more

looped painters on a cleat.

*If there are other dinghies

at the dock, try to tie your

painter below the earlier

boats. This will prevent

someone having to untie

and retie your dinghy.

-Kathy Brown

Out and About

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