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President’s Report

The 2013 Lido 14 National Class Championship Week is quickly approaching. The On-the- Water details are set and VP Butch Michel is staying in close contact with the organizers to fine tune the other details that are involved in making NCCRW a great and fulfilling event for everybody.

Your class leadership has focused a lot of attention on junior sailing and continues to find ways to help develop the future of the Lido Class and sailing in general. One of the programs we have been watching and assisting is Reality Sailing and its Eastlake Sailing Club based in Chula Vista, CA. They attended the Pete Jefferson Memorial in Mission Bay and also hosted a successful Open House on Memorial Day Weekend.

At a couple of the board meetings the idea has been passed around about a Class-owned trophy case to house our invaluable perpetual trophies. Building a case is easy deciding on where to place it is the hard part. There are pros and cons to any option and each one that I have heard so far is valid. Your input is important so feel free to chime in the Forum on the website or let your Fleet Captain know your ideas.

This Fourth of July weekend is the annual High Sierra Regatta and the Association will be hosting a Lido 14 Welcome Table. We hope that it will be great exposure for our beloved little boats but also a friendly place to hang out with other class members. Be sure to stop by.

Please take the time to review the items related to the Annual Meeting and upcoming National Class Championships and have a great summer of sailing. Steve 6284

Past President’s Report As I'm kicking back on my floating condo in

Oceanside and having a few beers, I reminisce about Lido beginnings. Oh ya, the days of sand and sand dollies. The forefathers of what we are enjoying because of their fun and efforts. All those guys had survived the events of WWII and were ready to start a new life of sailing with their families.

Then Bill Schock builds a Lido 14. The Lido 14 could be afforded by the most humble of boat show-goers like my dad. He had a big job explaining to my mom why he bought a boat for himself on her birthday! Oh ya, it was a family project.

Bill Schock was such a smooth sales guy and it was the deal of the century. Boat, sails and trailer for $865 plus tax unless you paid cash. Ya, we were now a sailing family although we were land locked in Lakewood California. I was ready for the beach and our family yacht. Number 38, blue and true, we headed for the Leeway ramp or better said the combat zone of boating.

My dad showed me how to talk with a monkey wrench to a drunken fisherman who pushed our Lido yacht aside to launch his boat. I still like the concept. Well anyway off we went in our yacht. It was great for me because it had a forward compartment for me to stuff myself under the deck. Well now you know how old I am.

Within a short period of time there were a bunch of young war vets that were hanging out with my dad drinking and talking sailing. Archie Hauck, Dick George, George Lounsberry, Mike Wolf, Harry Wood, and all those guys who made family sailing really mean family sailing. They sailed and played and the kids hung out at the beach and threw sand,

water and wet clothes at each other. That explains why I have a problem with a garden hose to this day. WE ALL HAD FUN. We raced. We ate. They drank.

We did a whole lot of family things together. We really had fun. I was mentored by Gib Marshall who taught me how to sail and run a business. Gib was a navy man in WWII. I thank god for all those guys that had fun and made the Lido class what it is today. All we have to done is to continue to follow in their footsteps and we will have fun and build the next generation on Lido sailors. So I'm ending with the total appreciation and respect of that wonderful snake oil salesman Bill Schock who started this wonderful lifestyle for all of us and not to be left out all those WWII vets who taught me how to live life. Respectfully submitted Stuart Douglas Robertson.... Stunami - 2511

Vice President’s Report

A LOOK BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD

Can you believe that half the year has just flown by? I’ll bet our friends up North and out East are very happy to see that winter stuff going away and sunny skies ahead. Now is their time to enjoy our fun little boat!

I'm writing you this time as your replacement as VP of the class association. Jonathan Carroll has been and is still so busy defending our country, that he felt the need to take a couple of steps back, but he has promised that he will be back soon. Jonathan has done a wonderful, outstanding job as our class VP and I just hope I can fill those big shoes he has left me. I'm very nervous, as I do not want to let you and our wonderful Association down, but I promise you that I will give you all 110% and try my best.

We currently have an outstanding group of folks on the Lido board, and we all work so well together. Also, with a class president such as Steve Potter, we have and will still be going strong and in the right direction. As an added plus, with me moving to VP, the class gets Jim Sterner back on the board as a Director :-). I have been bugging Jim about getting back on the board and he finally gave in, although he has quietly been there for me and the board the whole time.

As I write this, the class championships are being put together very nicely by Fleet 2 there in beautiful Marina Del Rey, August 12 - 17. I hope you all will try to make an effort to enjoy a week of championship sailing. Monday-Thursday is set up for the Senior Lido group, Friday is for the Women, and Saturday we will get to watch our future champions go at it. Look elsewhere for more about the event here in the Bow Wave.

Now is the time that I would like to get some bids for 2014 Nationals as I would like to be able to announce where we will be going in 2014 at our class meeting in August. So fleet captains, get with your members, think about what it would take, and let me know if you are interested in hosting NCCRW. Maybe we could move it up the road from Southern California for next year and then the following year, even further up the coastline?

Jim Sterner will be getting in contact with those of you that are up North who are holding a Lido Association National Trophy to help me get them together. All the other folks, I believe, that are holding a National Perpetual, will be at the Nationals.

Finally, I want to wish everyone a wonderful summer, on and off the water.

Until we cross tacks, Butch 3166

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Chief Measurer’s Report A couple of weeks ago we were alarmed to hear that the

chain plate in the stan betts 6000 series boat failed while racing. Mission bay, where the incident occurred, usually provides medium winds at best and fortunately the failure occurred while on the water.

Structural failures under ordinary sailing circumstances are reviewed by your chief measurer as critical. Fortunately there were no injuries involved and best yet the boat was not on the hoist. The last thing we need is to have boats falling from the sky--especially the newer ones.

A couple of years ago we addressed chain plate failures in boats that were approaching 50 years of age, but that was largely due to corrosion of the screws embedded in the wood seat tank bulkhead or failure of the wood itself due to rot.

It appears that the 6000 series chain plate is subject to crevice crack corrosion due to large bending strains placed on the u bolt during hoisting.

If the lift sling is short, then greater strains are placed on the u bolt. Unfortunately, most people don't have a choice if the hoist boom at their yacht club is low. On the other hand, if you have plenty of room overhead a long sling will reduce stresses considerably.

The investigation of this problem is far from complete, but i can assure you that we will do whatever is required to resolve the problem.

I received some pictures of the boat, both on the side that failed and the one that still held. A lot of rust was evident in both pictures which leads me to believe that perhaps crevice crack corrosion was the culprit.

Here's how it works. Stainless steel is made from nickel, chromium, steel, and other alloys. When something is formed and the hot metal is extruded the chromium and nickel protect the steel from corrosion, just like a car bumper, well in the old days cars bumpers were made of steel and chrome plated to prevent corrosion. Steel comprises approx. 60% of the alloy.

Unfortunately, if the metal is stressed sufficiently the protective coating fails, and the steel inside starts to rust rusting is a combination of oxygen, hydrogen, and the steel so the molecule becomes bigger and it starts to push the other molecules away from it, providing a crack for faster failure.

The salt corrosion situation at Mission Bay, Alamitos Bay, and other clubs located near the ocean with surf nearby, is that the salt in the atmosphere is high and it enhances the corrosive process which will lead to failure. Unfortunately, due to space constraints, both of these clubs encourage lidos to stay in the storage area with the mast up. Any condensation with salt spray in it will drizzle down to the critical area.

This isn't a new experience. Anyone that detects rust looking stains at the termination of their shroud (especially the lower one) should heed the warning and replace the shrouds a s a p. When the shroud termination is made the wire is squeezed with tons of pressure to keep the wire from slipping out of the fitting. Everything is deformed and the protective coatings on the stainless steel wire are damaged. However, it is what it is, and we have no other technology that is available for making the shrouds. Replace them occasionally.

Steve Schupak has looked in a lot of 6000 series boats and assures me that the process can be done with ordinary tools.

New chainplate u-bolts can be obtained from the Schock factory for under $20.00 and I’d recommend that anyone who lift launches regularly replace theirs at least every 5 years. Stan’s boat is over 15 years old and has seen a lot of lift launches.

I would encourage everyone with a 6000 series boat to make sure their sling is as long as possible for the hoist they generally use (unless they always lake launch from a trailer) and to carefully inspect or rust and other signs of crevice crack corrosion. The best solution is to remove the original equipment and replace it with a new u bolt set from the factory. Probably every 5 years would be a good idea.

In the meantime, Steve has suggested that a spreader bar be used to prevent the chain plate u bolt from being bent inward. He has also provided photos of his spreader bar idea as well as the actual installation on the right side of his boat. As you can see from the photograph of the chainplate installation it is accessible even though his boat is equipped with a whisker pole tube. The spreader will work with either ¾ or 1" aluminum tubing with a .062 wall thickness.

The set up here shows a Wichard forged hook which is more than adequate to lift the boat. Steve also suggests that a bungee could be used to keep the hook in place so long as a notch was put in the tube to locate the hook. This seems like a really good idea to me. I would prefer to see the open end of the hook outboard but in any case it will provide a means to lift the boat without bending the u bolt inboard.

Without going into detail, it appears that the U bolt on the left had failed (partway) long before but held on for a period of time the other half had not died. The current issue chainplates for the 6000 series are shorter and thereby reduce the bending stress when using a sling to lift from the chainplate.

Classic chainplates fail because of the screws and the wood rotting with equally serious results. Check out these critical stress points if you haven’t already.

Dave Carroll 4682 (and others)

Editorial by Dave Carroll, Bow Wave Editor

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If you started reading the Bow Wave from cover to cover you would now be aware of the fact that the Chief Measurer is now Tom Estlow. It has become apparent to me that family commitments and the Bow Wave prevent me from doing what I consider an adequate job in the Chief Measurer position. I will not be able to attend the Championships in August because of a one-time family event that cannot be changed. Tom has assisted me as a Certified Measurer and is qualified to do the job if he can find the time. As a member of Fleet # 2 he can be on hand for last-minute measurements if need be. Hopefully there will be a number of Certified Measurers to help with the job.

Personally, I got my wake-up call coming back from last year's championships realizing how much pressure these trips were putting on both me and my wife. Especially on my wife, who was my best crew for the last 25 years. Daughter Stefanie was great but not Barb. On the return trip we visited a high school friend in Oregon. His life has gone through several major changes in the past year and I began to think perhaps that maybe I have postponed doing so many things that I needed to do or promised and that been have neglected.

A few months ago, after reading a Christmas card from Pete Jefferson I realized that he was in a major decline, not long after his daughter requested that I participate in writing an obituary in advance of Pete's final breath. It was very hard to do, but I cooperated and corroborated with Pete's son-in-law and got the job done in time. It was hard for me because we had been such great friends in the heydays of Lido sailing. Our son, Jonathan, is the Godson of Pete and Sylvia Jefferson so you can consider the impact of the final days of Pete on our lives.

In the meantime, I was trying to figure out how to split my time and put together a Bow Wave. Steve Potter and Terry Johnson helped collect information and put it in a file system which I could access. Unfortunately, there were a number of format problems which ended up occupying most of a week to correct with the printer and myself. But we got it done.

In the old days, people submitted a wave articles by typing stuff and sending it to the Editor. We have much better means to do this at this point. First, if you use a voice recognition program such as Dragon you don't even have to type it. Second, with the Internet in place you don't even have to put your article in an envelope stick a stamp on it and put it in the mailbox. I have difficulty understanding why each fleet thinks that the Editor of the Bow Wave knows where your "blog site, website, Facebook site or whatever" is and whether you have added to it or not. Frankly, I don't have time to do this and never will. Please consider your options to make this work.

Either the class needs to have a searcher/collector on the Governing Board or the Fleets need to get their heads up and simply send your things directly to the Bow Wave Editor if they want to have anything published.

Mail to: Bow_Wave@roadrunner.com Please remember this message! We are a national organization or maybe even

international but if we don't put out a good publication we may not have the privilege of being that. We are now at the lowest level of class membership for three decades. Currently our mailing list of active members is now under 200 and I am concerned! Maybe you should be too. Fleet captains please do your recruiting work as best as you can!

As publisher and editor of the Bow Wave I can tell you that our mailing costs (postal regulations for standard mail) will more than double if our circulation drops below 200. It would be now were it not for the complimentary copies that we send to our advertisers and sponsors.

Oh yes, the cost of the Bow Wave is a major part of our Class Association budget, but it is considerably less than it was in 2001 because of the continued and ongoing efforts that have been made to reduce the publishing and the mailing costs. This is not without a considerable amount of time being spent on my part.

So please help out and make sure we don't have to beat the bushes to find material that you already have at hand. Photographs are greatly appreciated but downloading them from Flickr or some other Internet photo site is time-consuming and then often not productive because the resolution is compromised to the point it is not suitable for a publication.

Edna Johnson of Mission Bay Yacht Club has consistently sent the disk of her work in the mail. She takes a lot of pictures and they probably would choke the e-mail because of the size. Because there are disk it is relatively easy to review them and pick the ones that best suit the Bow Wave article for the regatta. Fleet one also should be mentioned for having particularly good photos and well-written articles sent directly to me in an e-mail or two.

With the size of the class slowly dwindling, good ideas from the fleets and their activities need to be passed around to everyone. Only a few weeks ago, Richard Hoover announced Fleet 40 could not muster the required members to continue their fleet status. This is very sad, once Fleet 40 was the second largest in the class. Unfortunately, for nearly two decades there have been no Schock dealers in the south to support the Lido owners there.

On a more upbeat note, the Morro Bay fleet has met the requirements to be reinstated. We hope they can continue to be active and grow the fleet.

If you notice the results from the Mission Bay invitational you'll see that there are 2 C class skippers that are visiting from the Sweetwater Lake area. We hope this will provide them with renewed enthusiasm and more Lidos on the water.

A few weeks ago I made an inquiry to Adolph Liebe of the San Fernando Valley Yacht Club if they were ever going to be able to put together the Cinco de Mayo regatta in another venue that had a more user-friendly campsite. Adolph informed me that the San Fernando Valley Yacht Club had ceased to exist at the beginning of the year. He also informed me that Linda Lou (the gal that took the pictures and hosted the Margaritaville portion of the event) was quite ill with cancer but hopefully getting better. Best wishes for a speedy recovery Linda Lou.

Below are excerpts from a note to Alexander at the Schock factory from the Sweetwater Lake guy who is promoting youth sailing. (Alexander gave a tour of the Schock factory recently)

Alexander: “Firstly I want to congratulate you and the company you

represent for the nice and durable sailboats you produce. Here in our developing sailing club we are enjoying and teaching aboard (1) Lido 14 classic sailboat and I only have nice things to say about this stable, fun and high performance sailboat. And even though these Lidos are from the late 60’s it still holding real good….‘

“Our program also focuses in stimulating the consciousness for cleaner oceans and saving our planet.” J. Manuel Moreno, ASA CERTIFIED SAILING INSTRUCTOR Anyone with a boat or parts to donate to a good cause should contact Manny at (619) 249-2660

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Fleet 6 ABYC Memorial Day Recap

Happy Memorial Day and for the love of sailing and beer we sacrificed our minds and bodies for the pleasure enjoyed in our little boat. Memorial Day at ABYC was a fun event. Martyn Bookwalter (PRO) the super star of bay courses directed all the Lido traffic in the bay. Martyn has made bay racing a new adventure for us old timers by sending us up the channel, around the basin and through the constantly changing assortment of boats, buoys , surfboards and you name it who use the bay.

The wind went from light to heavy, left to right and everybody had a chance to be in front at one time or another with all the shifts. Saturday night we had a great BBQ dinner of steak or smoked salmon on a cedar plank. A total deal at 14 dollars. With plenty of sun, perfect weather and 9 races we all were able to make as many mistakes as time allowed. I was over at the start again. Bruce Golison sailed into the bays largest hole. Potter lost his tiller at the start, taking out half the class. Nathan lost control of his boat and crashed into Bruce. But we all had a great time.

When the smoke cleared on Sunday Stu Robertson under the supervision of Sammy Elsharhawy won the regatta with Bruce Golison and Dina (photo below) a close second and

John Gresham and Melody 3rd. ABYC is a great place to sail Lidos or do anything on the water. If you missed this regatta you missed a great time. By the way, we missed the traveling man Butch Michel.

-Stu 2511

Fleet 21 Mother’s Day Regatta

It was a mother of a boat race. The Mother's Day Regatta drew some of the best sailors in California to Oceanside Harbor for the 3rd day of competition, for the title of Lido 14, District 1 Champion. The legendary Lido 14 Family Day Sailor was featured...the Series of 5 Race Days began in February with the SCYA Mid-Winters at Alamitos Bay, continued on March 30 with Fleet 2 Invitational in Marina Del Rey, and Oceanside Harbor's Fleet 21 witnessed a crush of plastic and Dacron at 1200 last Saturday, May 11.

Moments earlier, that starting line presented a moving target, parting its anchor rode. The Race Committee on Mike's Gypsy Knight responded by resetting a perfectly square line that held up well for the rest of the day. Gypsy was manned by Fleet 21 Captain, Dan Avina, assisted by new Fleet 21 Champ , Steve Rhodes, and Gary Hall.

The Committee admitted that the entire fleet was slightly OCS on the first start, but the field was lined up evenly, and the Committee allowed this one transgression. In race 3 the committee had a sharper eye, sending Killer Shrimp, with Stevy and Hugh, back for a restart.

Current National Champ, Stu, announced his presence in the first race. With Sammy controlling the front half of Lady Wind, they continued to post very small numbers on the score-sheet all day long. Their rear-view-mirror was full of Kevin and Amanda in Short Bus and John Gresham and Melody Wong in Close Shave.

Stu demonstrated Championship speed that allowed Lady to recover after multiple wrong course turns. First Prize next year just may be a GPS.

Young Taylor-Renee with her Dad/crew Dave were treated to top quality competition, Butch had traveled from Modesto to race with Naz, in Flip Flop. The High-Gloss Trophy went to the beautifully prepared 14 Karat. Lilli and Jock McGraw in Aquanesia nipped at the A-Fleet the entire day. Overall, it was a great opportunity for Oceanside's best sailors to study/scrutinize the rudders of some of the nation's finest racers.

The fleet threaded through trawlers, errant cruisers, and jet-skis in a perfect combination of pit-bull attitude and ballerina grace. The kelp made a definite impression. leaving its stringy legacy on the scoreboard. Then near the end of race 4, the Power Company turned on the wind machine. Oceanside's docile reputation was soundly contradicted by the hull-speed antics of the tired fleet. How much fun can you have at 5 knots!!

Dominic's Italian Cuisine provided their Wine and Cheese Parlor for debriefing after the races, The pizza and pale ale was spiced up with Mother's Day trophies, a number of fabulous confabulatory fables, and good camaraderie.

As Fleet 21's season winds down, Oceanside Yacht Club's Thirsty Thursdays will offer a venue to racers interested in holding their fine edge. Then in September, Fleet 21 begins their 10th Championship Racing Series for 2013-2014.

District One's 5 race Championship Series will continue on September 15, at Lido Isle Yacht Club in Newport Harbor. So hose off that old Lido, pump up the tires. See you in the Harbor, and remember: Little Boats Are More Fun.

Article courtesy of Fleet 21 Captain, Dan Avina

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June 2013 Factory Update: Corona, CA – As temperatures begin to heat up, sailors

everywhere begin to feel the itch to hit the water and those of us at the factory have begun to feel the heat. Summer regattas and Class Championships are at the top of everyone’s must do list, so if you are in need of a part don’t wait to order, call ahead to ensure your delivery is in time for your big race.

The Factory is collaborating with the class regarding various methods for maintaining the 6000 series, some of these boats have provided close to than 20 years of faithful service. W.D. Schock Corp. recommends that all 6000 series Lidos have their hardware checked every 5 years or every 2 years, if you are the meticulous type. Rebedding deck hardware and checking the security of fasteners is routine for all boats.

Chain-plates and jib fairleads are especially important to monitor. The chain-plate can be inspected by removing the cuddy enclosure. Please check the chain-plate nuts to make certain they have not loosened. If the nuts are loose, retighten. After inspection reinstall the cuddy and seal it with silicone, 5200, or your favorite sealant.

We are thrilled to see the explosive growth in the number of sailors using their Lidos.

Lido Love to All!

Alexander

Rank Boat SailNo HelmName CrewName R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total1st LADY WIND 2511 STU SAMMY 1 1 3 1 2 82nd SHORT BUS 3883 KEVIN AMANDA 2 3 1 3 1 103rd CLOSE SHAVE 4339 JOHN MELODY 3 2 4 2 3 144th 14 KARAT 6262 STEVE ANNE 4 4 2 4 5 195th FLIP FLOP 3166 BUTCH NAZ 6 5 5 5 6 276th KILLER SHRIMP 4865 HUGH STEVY 7 9 7 6 4 337th AQUANESIA 5127 JOCK LILI 5 6 6 8 8 338th IRISH CAR BOMB 856 JAY HOLLY 8 8 8 9 7 409th SWIFT RIVER 3331 LARRY P C 9 7 9 7 9 4110th BOP IS FOLLY 3501 MARC LEO 11 10 10 10 10 5111th TAYLOR-RENEE 4986 TAYLOR DAVE 10 11 11 11 11 54

Mother's Day Regatta at Oceanside

Top: Jock and Lili lead the pack downwind Next: Amanda watches as John (left) gets some pizza. while Alexander (2nd from right ) chats. Bottom Sammy and Stu flaunt the first place award

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The 2013 calendar continues to be full of racing events in Fleet One. The annual Harry Wood Memorial Regatta took place at Balboa Yacht Club in March. This was the 35th year for our longest continually running regatta and 25 boats showed up to race on this gorgeous spring day.

There was great representation from all our local fleets and much socializing throughout the day. The Wood family showed up en masse to greet the competitors and they brought Harry’s vintage Mercedes for all to see.

Bill and Bobbie McCord attended the trophy presentation and shared some great stories about sailing with Harry long ago. John Gresham has written an article after winning the A Fleet Perpetual Trophy, and our newest (and youngest) A Fleet skipper, Porter Killian (age 12) has written about his experiences in winning the B Fleet Perpetual Trophy.

Twilights have started at Balboa Yacht Club on Wednesday nights and Lido Isle Yacht Club on Friday nights. Our Fleet One Championship Regatta and Summer Party is coming soon.

Finally, our Facebook page is bursting with stories, photographs, regatta results and more. If you’d like to see what Fleet One is doing both on and off the water, you can find us at www.facebook.com/Lido14Fleet1 .

Harry Wood Memorial Regatta 2013 What I love about Balboa Yacht Club is the great vibe you get when you arrive - friendly faces greeting you, sailing legends like Jeff Lenhart hanging around chatting, an awesome view, and the rich sailing history. The day of the Harry Wood Memorial Regatta was just like this - but in spades. Happy Lido travelers arrived and proudly showed off their valet skills, being careful not to scratch Harry Wood’s vintage Mercedes that was parked outside the clubhouse.

There were a lot of firsts for the day. Brothers Dale and Scott Gronewald arrived for their first Lido travel regatta. Bill Moore was sporting his freshly purchased and much sought after Lido.

Butch Michel carefully took the bubble wrap off his completely refinished Lido with new everything. The skipper’s meeting saw a crush of sailors anxious to get their free Harry Wood regatta shirts from Harry’s son, Barry, and take their first squint through the moorings at the marks. Sailors tested their light air and heavy ebb tide skills at the first start that was looking good for the port end until the current pushed everyone into the pin. In the A Fleet, the left side of the course, which was alive with yellow boats, was out of the current and paid off for Gresham, Golison, and Wiese. In B Fleet, the road-weary Butch Michel, fully pumped up on caffeine, bulleted the first race. The second start had slightly more breeze and less current that allowed Stu Robertson win the A’s.

In the B Fleet, Porter Killian, sailing with his dad, Chris, started their “no look back” sweep. The final races in the A’s saw Gresham, Wiese and Robertson mixing it up at the front of the pack while in the B’s, Dave and Jeanne Smith won the last race handily.

There was great food and drink leading up to the prize giving as most of the fleet stayed for the festivities. Harry’s family, Barry, Sheila and Andrea, were there to greet everyone.

Bill and Bobbie McCord, sailing contemporaries of Harry, spoke fondly of him and shared sailing stories of long ago. Walter and Karen did a fantastic job of organizing the regatta and presenting the trophies. The highlight of the day was Dave and Jeanne Smith taking home the Grand Master trophy, an incredible silver Lazy Susan engraved with the names of many sailing legends.

The A Fleet trophy was won by John Gresham and Melody Wong.

The B Fleet trophy was won by Porter and Chris Killian and Porter is now the newest member (and probably the youngest) member of the A Fleet! Everyone left this one-day regatta feeling great, after a day of good sailing and much camaraderie, knowing that they will be back next year.

Fleet 6 Captain John Gresham - 4339 More on Harry Wood Regatta On Sunday March 24, 2013, my dad, Chris, and I decided

to race in the Harry Wood Memorial Regatta at Balboa Yacht Club. We arrived a little late and saw there was already an amazing turnout of 24 boats, many of them were people we hadn’t seen in some time. When it was time to head out on the water, the sun was bright, the current strong, and the breeze was light. By the end of the day, the sun would get me but the current would not! We were very rusty our first race and didn’t do so well. We started by hitting the pin and taking our penalty turn that pushed us into the back half of the fleet. A rough way to start but once we got back in the groove of sailing a Lido 14, we started getting along better in the boat and recovered for the rest of the races. In the last three races, we finished 1st, 1st, and 2nd by playing the right and left sides of the bay upwind to stay out of the current, and going downwind in the center of the current while heeling the boat to give us extra speed. To maintain our lead, we sometimes covered the fleet even though we felt the other side of course was better. In the end, we finished in first place. By winning a Lido 14 regatta with 10 or more boats competing, I have now been bumped to the A Fleet! I have now accomplished my goal of becoming an A Fleet skipper earlier than my older brother Christophe. I think of it as following in his footsteps but leading him too. This year, my dad and I will be racing in the Lido 14 Class Championship Regatta in Marina del Rey. The last time we sailed in the Championships, my dad steered and I crewed. This time, it’s my turn to drive and my dad will be crewing for me.

Porter Killian – 6297 2013 Harry Wood Regatta Top Finishers A Fleet 1st

Place – John Gresham & Melody Wong 2nd Place – Kurt & Anne Wiese 3rd Place – Stu Robertson & Adam Elsharhawy

B Fleet 1st Place – Porter Killian & Chris Killian 2nd Place – Dave & Jeanne Smith 3rd Place – Butch Michel & The Sundance Kid

Grand Master Trophy: The highest scoring skipper aged over 60 years - Dave & Jeanne Smith

Fleet 1 Newport Harbor, CA

Captains John and Walter with Melody Wong

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Above: A fleet starting at Balboa Yacht Club Right: B fleet starting, both photos courtesy of Bronny Joy Daniels

Upper Left; Old-timers Dave and Jeanne Smith get to touch the holy grail of the Grand Master class. Right old-timers Bill and Bobbi McCord came to watch. Left: Barry and Sheila Wood came to watch also. Lower left; up-coming author and sailor Killian graduates from the “B” fleet with dad Chris crewing. Captain Walter Johnson is the MC. Bottom right; The gang’s all here hanging around Harry Wood’s immaculate Mercedes Benz (Lidomobile) . Photos by Karen Pierce and Bronny Joy Daniels

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SailNo flt R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Nett1 A 4339 John Gresham Melody Wong 6 1 -3 1 2 7 42 A 6240 Kurt Wiese Anne Wiese 1 -3 2 3 1 9 63 A 2511 Stuart Robertson Sammy Elsharhawy 6 -9 1 2 3 15 64 A 3883 Kevin Thomas Amanda Wayne 6 4 4 -7 5 20 135 A 2665 Bruce Golison Dina Corsi 6 2 -9 5 8 24 156 A 6288 Walter Johnson Karen Pierce 1 5 5 -11 6 27 167 A 3747 Kathryn Reed Cynthia Heavrin 6 6 6 6 -10 28 188 A 6262 Steve Schupak Anne Schupak 1 8 8 4 (13 DNS) 33 209 A 1255 Dan Gilboa Mike Cox 6 10 -11 8 4 33 22

10 A 6158 John Jackman Ross Nemeroff 7 7 (13 RAF) 9 7 36 2311 A 6284 Steve Potter Kristina Potter 2 -11 7 10 9 37 2612 A 3650 Greg Boudreaux Donovan McClelland 1 -12 10 12 11 45 33

SailNo flt R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Nett1 B 6297 Porter Killian Chris Killian 1 -8 1 1 2 12 42 B 3281 Dave Smith Jeanne Smith 6 -3 2 3 1 9 63 B 3166 Butch Michel Sundance the Kid 62 1 3 -4 3 11 74 B 4249 Tony Lange Kelly Lange 2 5 6 (14 ocs) 27 135 B 2341 Robert Mooers Madison Mooers 1 4 6 -7 5 22 156 B 4963 Jim Drury Bruce Wasson 6 -9 8 2 6 25 167 B 4511 Riley Foster David Foster 1 5 -7 5 7 24 178 B 4289 Dale Gronewald Scott Gronewald 7 9 -10 8 34 249 B 6157 Denise Ogier Paul Ogier -10 10 8 9 37 27

10 B 3747 Rich Fischbeck James Fischbeck 1 -11 11 11 10 43 3211 B 4483 Ryan Long Dwight Long 1 12 (-14 dnf) 12 14 dnc 52 3812 B 2788 Travis VanDenBerg 1 (-14 dnc) 14 dnc 14 dnc 14 dnc 14 dnc 56

fin Helm CrewHarry Wood Memorial Regatta at Balboa Yacht Club

fin Helm Crew

Portland, OR Fleet 25 – The Turtle Regatta The Turtle Regatta has always been full of surprises. This

year the regatta held over May 4th and 5th weekend at Willamette Sailing Club in Portland proved not be an exception. For one thing it was sunny, I mean not-a-cloud-in-the-sky-sunny and secondly it was windy.

These two things rarely happen in Portland at the same time. It was blowing a steady 15 knots gusting up to 29 knots and the wind was coming from the East, which meant that the gusts were shifty and squirrely. Like any sane human beings, we postponed the racing and ate burgers and drank beer instead.

By late afternoon the wind had calmed down to a meager 10-12 knots gusting to 22 so we decided to brave it. Ten Lidos raced, three from other NW fleets, and we got in three triangle races, but not without casualties. One boat turtled (of course they got a special award) and two heads got knocked by booms with one requiring stitches.

The next morning we decided to start early and beat the high winds but this proved impossible. As we started the first race at 9:30am the steady north breeze shifted east, back to the gusty boat-eating gale of yesterday. As gusts were measured up to 27 knots, our boats screamed (along with screaming sailors) toward the reach mark. I have never seen booms and masts bend so much. They looked like the golden arches of McDonalds.

We got in two races and called it a day before more people got hurt. Out of five races, four different boats took a first place, but in the end steady hand Ron Runyan and his fearless crew Nicole took first place and won the Turtle Regatta. Mark and Kathy Sandifer placed second and Steve and Ginger Orsini or Anacortes, WA took third in A Fleet.

In B Fleet, John and Donna McCoy captured first place and Everett Hobson took second. You can find the complete results at the Lido Fleet page on the WSC website. This was the fifth year for the Turtle Regatta and it was fun, surprising and maybe a little too exciting.

Capt. Kathy Sandifer 3157

Top: Regatta winners John Gresham and Melody Wong collect top hardware for the “A” fleet. Below; Class V.P. appointee Butch Michel and Sundance collect 3rd in the “B” fleet . Butch traveled all the way from Modesto for this historic event.. Photos courtesy of Karen Pierce.

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Fleet 2 Invitational Okay – so nobody told me when you win your first Lido race

you then have to write an article. Is this in the bylaws? I am still looking for this. Is this strictly an A Fleet thing, or does this also include B Fleet? Anyway, I don’t know why I am complaining.

I JUST WON MY FIRST RACE IN THE LIDO!!! I know I seem a little over excited about this one victory; but come on, all of us that race sailboats all know the agony of defeat and the thrill of victory. And if you have more defeats than victories that makes those victories that much more exciting.

My husband, Dan, and I purchased our first Lido last May and christened it Psychotic Penguin (aka Team Penguin), joined Fleet 6 and the ABYC. After a 6-year break from competitive sailing, and primarily sailing one-design keelboats on the east coast for 30 plus years, we were ready to tear up the course. Amazingly enough that did not happen.

In our first race out we lost the whisker pole over the side; forgot you need to put the centerboard down when turning to go back upwind; and realized that role tacking is a lot harder in your mid forties. Dan and I have spent the whole of this year sailing around the back of the Lido A Fleet learning how to dinghy sail. Having moments of glory and personal victories around the buoys, but never able to get out of the back of the fleet. In our effort to improve we have attended workshops, looked at other boats and their rigging, asked for fleet members feedback on technique; and read a lot of material on starts and tactics.

Well, I am happy to say it is all paying off. Team Penguin finally won its first race during the Fleet 2 Invitational on Saturday, March 30th at Marina Del Rey (the 3rd race in of the Lido A fleet to be specific). Team Penguin also moved out of the back of the fleet and finished in a respectable fifth place for the regatta. The South Coast Corinthian Yacht Club (SCCYC) hosted the event. This annual Fleet 2 regatta, the second of four regional regattas forming the Southern California Lido Championship Series, drew nine Lido A’s and eight Lido B’s to compete on a cold and overcast day. The race committee was great, getting in 5 wonderful races in oscillating, variable wind conditions. The guys operating the boat hoist were fast and efficient - not losing a single boat or trailer in the process. And the masters of the ceremonies, Charles and Joanna Smith (Lido Mosquito #6337) kept everything running smoothly and had some good swag to share with all.

In the Lido A fleet Stu Robertson and his young crew Sammy Elsharhawy squeezed out the win by a tenth of a point (continuing to show us all how to read the wind shifts and making it look easy). John Gresham and his devoted crew Melody Wong (missing the beginning of her family vacation to attend this regatta) was a close second. Kevin Thomas and Amanda Wayne finished in third.

In the Lido B fleet Butch Michel and Naz Solanki dominated. Dan McGanty and Helen Brierley finished second, health of our local fleet. A healthy fleet makes sure the back of the fleet is happy. This happens by focusing on improving the skills of the entire fleet by offering lots of time on the water with different types of venues, sharing information on tactics and Technique, and most importantly making it fun for everyone that is participating. I have watched the skills of many of the Lido sailors in our fleet steadily improve and push their way into the top more frequently. This is credited to good leadership and the generosity of those at the top the top of the fleet who are willing to share their knowledge with others.

Meanwhile Tarek Elsharhawy and Nora Elsharhawy rounded out the top three. The remainder of the results can be found on the Class Association website, www.Lido14.com

As excited as Team Penguin is about its forward progress up through the fleet, it must be credited to the strength and Now

that Team Penguin has reached the momentous milestone of achieving its first bullet and getting out of the back of the pack, the next goal is CONSISTENCY. Can’t wait to see you all out on the water and at the bar!

Kim Adam 6274

Fleet 62 Fremont , CA

Overall, the winds were great for Lake Elizabeth. It started out fairly light. A quick gust auto-tacked us once and we almost went over. Quick thinking on Maria's part to un-cleat the jib saved us from our inaugural swim. The remaining gusts of the day were at least consistently from the NW, so were easily handled by pinching up or occasionally letting out the main. By race 3, things picked up enough that we let out the traveler half way and Maria and I were hiking out a lot. Even still, there were holes in the lake especially near the docks where the wind just died, as Joe discovered in race 1, and we re-discovered in race 2. Sticking to the right side of the lake was definitely the winning strategy all day. Overall the Lido's had great starts... even though Maria and I were caught over early by half a length on port tack we had so much speed that even after ducking back through the start we recovered most of our lost ground. The most surprising result of the day was race 3 where we looked over our shoulder to see Bruce and Norene right on our heels (stealing our wind going to mark 7 indeed!) and on the final upwind leg, Bruce had actually caught up and might've even passed us if not for a bad tack.

Way to go, guys! Harold Ho – 3547

Above Earl, Joe, and Joe checking out Bruce's Lido. At Lake Elizabeth

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Jefferson Invitational at Mission Bay Lido Fleet 7 hosted the Pete Jefferson Memorial Invitational

the weekend of May 18th and 19th in Mission Bay! The regatta was both a celebration and a tribute to Captain Pete Jefferson, who was a special and wonderful member of the Lido Family.

The weather was perfect! The winds proved to be shifty, shifty, shifty both Saturday and Sunday which made the racing both fun and challenging. Brian Anderson, PRO, and Crew did a phenomenal job on the NEW Barca de la Junta II and there were smiles all around the race course!

Nineteen boats participated both from Fleet 7 and out of the area, one of our largest turnouts in years. We were pleased to welcome some of the *new* Lido Crew aboard for this regatta representing the "Rising Starz" fleet. Andy Colyer, #3906, raced for the first time in his Lido!

Congrats Andy on a job well done and for braving the waters at a major regatta! Also (fairly) new on deck was Dana Huskey, crewing for Kathy Dryden. Known as the "two with the matching blonde ponytails" racing the red boat, #2420, adorned with the new name (yes, proper re-naming ceremony was followed!) "Shout and Feel It!".

From Fleet 7 representing the A fleet, Stu Robertson and crew Sammy, Kent Foster and Pam Fairley, Grant and Barbara Williams, Bill and Heather Kenney, Roger and Ann Hinton and Randy Carper.

Representing the B fleet, Kathy Dryden and Dana Huskey, Stan Betts and Alex Kelley. And our very own Andy Colyer and crew Jonnie in the Rising Starz fleet! Well done Fleet 7 for participation!

Coming up, we have LIDO DAY on June 22nd. Starting at 10am we will be hosting a LEARN TO SAIL clinic for sailing beginners. Following that, a LEARN TO RACE clinic for those looking to get more involved in racing. We will host lunch, sailing festivities and a babysitting crew for those with kiddos along for the ride.

Anyone is welcome! The Lido Fleet is excited to have members, new and old, join us for an awesome day on the water

Rank Fleet Sail Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Tot Net1st Lido A 3883 Kevin Thomas 1 1 1 5 4 3 15 102nd Lido A 2511 Stu Robertson 3 2 3 1 2 2 13 103rd Lido A 4480 Kent Foster 2 4 2 3 3 1 15 114th Lido A 6284 Steve Potter 6 5 11 OCS 2 5 4 33 225th Lido A 3650 Greg Boudreaux 4 3 8 8 8 5 36 286th Lido A 6300 Steve Klotz 5 11 DNC 11 DNC 4 1 11DNC 43 327th Lido A 4300 Grant Williams 8 8 5 6 6 7 40 328th Lido A 1967 Bill Kenney 9 7 4 7 7 8 42 339th Lido A 4509 Roger Hinton 11 OCS 6 6 9 9 6 47 3610th Lido A 4466 Randy Carper 7 9 7 11DNC 11DNC 11DNC 56 45Rank Fleet Sail Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Net1st Lido B 5011 B Moore 1 1 2 1 2 2 9 72nd Lido B 2420 Kathy Dryden 5 2 3 4 1 1 16 113rd Lido B 6197 Stan Betts 2 4 5 2 3 3 19 144th Lido B 5127 Jock McGraw 4 5 4 3 4 4 24 195th Lido B 6337 Charles Smith 3 3 6 7 DNC 7 DNC 7 DNC 33 266th Lido B 3166 Butch Michel 7 DNC 7 DNS 1 7DNC 7 DNC 7 DNC 36 29

Rank Fleet Sail Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Net1st Lido C 4023 Susan Digkman 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 52nd Lido C 3906 Colyer, Andy 3. DNC 3 DNC 3 DNC 2 3 2 16 13

Pete Jefferson Memorial Invitational at Mission Bay Yacht Club

Front cover material Fleet Captain Kathy Dryden # 2420 and Jock McGraw punch away from the start line in the Jefferson Invitational and get the cover shot on the Mission Bay Yacht Club June newsletter, the Mainstay. Usual skipper Roger Patterson was unable to sail because of medical issues but spent the day driving around the course with Alexander and his mother in a spare launch.

Bashing the Boom Again

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32 mm Socket (or similar just less than 1 5/8" diameter)

2" hose clamp to squeeze sleeve

Jam nut

DETAIL OF SAW CUT IN SLEEVE

0.40"Edge of cut #2

2" hose clamp for alignment

Jammed nutsWasher

1/2" pipe nipple, as requiredAlign slit with top of boom

2 X 2 block

"C" clamp

Edge of cut #1

Coupler nut

6 feet of 1/2-13 threaded rod

Jammed nuts

Washer

Rip Fence

There are always questions about boom reinforcement so we’ve included it again. Originally a series in Bow waves of 2000 which were written on a Macintosh and not available a archived Bow Waves.

Updates After fitting sleeves in a couple of booms it became

evident that the screw jack mechanism had problems. First it took two people operate one to run the air wrench and the other to hold a wrench on the nut on the other end. Even with lubricant the friction would quickly wear out the nut and it would get very hot as well. A second-generation puller was created using a trailer winch mounted on a 2 x 2 square tube which could be secured on the receiver of my truck. This method was moderately successful in could be operated by one person however the cable had a tendency to bury itself due to the extreme tension and after at least one failure the winch was replaced by an automobile bumper jack and a length of chain fastened to a ½” threaded rod with attachments at each end and the 32mm socket held in place by nuts and washers. You can spend a lot of money and time by custom ordering a piece of aluminum tubing with O.D. of 1 5/8" or you can make one out of a 30" piece of excess/remnant boom tubing. [ED By making the tube by slitting an 1 ¾” boom section you can increase you chance of success. One fellow I knew of didn’t get the sleeve into position because it stuck for some reason—ruining the whole operation and the original boom—Oh well more sleeves for the fleet. ].

Sleeves from 1 ¾” tubing are used to retain and guide the socket until it is inside the boom, and another similar sleeve is used to compress the saw-cut opening in the 30” reinforcement piece. Hose clamps are used to compress the part originally into the sleeve, and

then later removed. A shackle can be used to reset process and continue on. A cold winter forced the process indoors when the photos were made. The original rod and screw process was very tedious.

The second attempt was to use a 2000 lb capacity boat winch. After trashing one winch and breaking the cable on another a bumper jack was modified slightly and mounted on a 2” piece of square tube that would fit a 2” trailer hitch receiver.

It has worked perfectly. This is been an interesting experience because it has

become apparent from the force which is required on the jack handle once the sleeve is completely in the boom friction loads must be close to 2000 pounds even with a lubricant.

Raw (undiluted) antifreeze works pretty well for a lubricant but you must make sure the internal surfaces are free of corrosion or burrs from rivets that were installed for the old vang or the gooseneck.

Driving the reinforcement in using a sledge is possible but risky and could ruin your original boom.

Retrieval line

Shackle on draw chain

Sleeve #1

Sleeve #2 & 32mm socket

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Bottom of Hull

Transom

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18 3/4"

27" Minim

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10 +/- 1/4"

Blade Thickness is 3/4" +/- 1/8" from topto within 5" of bottom

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2013 Lido Class Championship IMPORTANT: This document must be completed and turned in at Check-In at the Regatta Site.

Regatta Measurement Checklist

Skipper’s Name________________________________________________________ Hull #______________

Boat Owner’s Name (if different)___________________________________________ Sail #______________

This checklist is to be completed in advance of entering by your Fleet Measurer, or a Certified Measurer. Those that cannot locate an eligible measurer shall make an appointment with the Chief Measurer to have their checklist completed by a member of the Championship Measurement Committee that is available at the race site. It is highly recommended that the checklist be completed in advance. Any discrepancies must be corrected before the OK to race is issued at the regatta. Chief Measurer Tom Estlow can be reached at 310-457-9691 or cove179@hotmail.com Please check off each box to show compliance. Document Verifications:

Official Certificate of Measurement and registration is current, complete, signed, and dated ___________________ . Eligible sloops must have a 2012 Lido 14 Class Association boat decal is on the boat transom.

Sail Verifications Measurement mark, measurer initials, and measurement date on each sail. Measurements dated ________________. Lido 14 royalty tags attached Honor Awards and sail number attached to mainsail Additional (emergency) sails may be from a previous year but shall otherwise be compliant.

Boat/Equipment Verifications Verify compliance of the following items to the Class measurement rules.

Stated Certificate weight =_______lb Allowed changes such as internal outhaul, reinforced boom, traveler upgrade, etc can account for weight change as well as water in the buoyancy tanks. Check for water fore and aft before weighing.

Boat weight= _______ pounds + _____ pounds ballast = 310 pounds minimum. Ballast is removable or fixed? ______________ Description of ballast or photo (attach to opposite side) _________________________________________________________. Are significant allowed changes or modifications and/or upgrades noted on certificate? _________________________________ Mast length from top of extrusion to hinge pin hole goes with appropriate tabernacle fitting? _____________________________ Jib Halyard sheave center pin or classic halyard center hole is between 58 1/8” and 56 7/8” from the top of the mast extrusion. Shroud and forestay lower attach points or mast tang (such as RF43A) lower hole are in a common plane per certificate. Maximum allowed height of the jib tack shackle from deck (3 ¾ inches) Jibstay and Jib halyard lower pin holes fixed (attached by 2 or more fasteners) and cannot move while under sail. Jibstay pin center and forward face of the mast is 48 +/- ¼’ apart. Jib fairlead span athwart ship is 64-3/4” minimum. Rudder width, angle, and depth are compliant per certificate. Whisker pole length as mounted on mast (72” maximum to mast). Mainsheet bridle traveler height (22” maximum from keel at transom) Centerboard slot width (1-1/8” minimum) Centerboard width, depth, gibe, and thickness are compliant with certificate. Centerboard fore/aft position is compliant with certificate (use official certificate

as a reference) Centerboard fore/aft location is grandfathered per By-law for hulls below 3450

I am the Fleet Measurer to the Fleet which this member belongs, or an individual authorized by the Chief Measurer (Certified Measurer) or a person appointed by the Chief Measurer on the Championship Measurement Committee to verify the above measurements. Measurer or approved Designate (signature)___________________________________________ Dated_____________________ Measurer or Chief Measurer Designate (Print)______________________________________________

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