That is a nice long list
isn't it! A very warm welcome to you all. In case it was too much info to
take in at the Open Day, a reminder that the club is open on Wednesdays from
7.30pm for drinks and burgers etc, Thursdays just for drinks from 5pm till
around 7pm and Fridays from 5.30pm for drinks and meals.
For those keen
fishermen/women amongst you, GHYC has a continuous fishing competition,
with a prize and cup presented at the Summer Prize-giving. You just need to
fill in one of the forms from the club foyer and provide a photo as evidence
of the huge fish you have caught.
On Saturday December
3rd it will be the children's Xmas Party, starting at
10.30am. In the evening the bar and restaurant will be open as
Devonport Yacht Club and Ponsonby Yacht
Club will be visiting GHYC. All welcome. It
would help Rosa to cater if you let the office know you are coming.
On Friday, December
16th we are going to have a Xmas buffet, RSVP's
essential.
The office will close on
Monday, December 19th and re-open on Monday, 16 January 2012.
The ladies racing will
resume on January 18th with the bar and restaurant open for light
meals and as normal on Thursday 19th and Friday 20th.
If I don't see you at
the club – Happy Holidays
Gill Waite
A Big Thank You
from Michael Green to the Gulf Harbour Yacht Club
For the support
of the club and those members who attended and helped at the launch of
Blood ROOTS
The
Sequel to ‘Blood Line and ‘Blood Bond’
The day proved a great success with the target for donations to Lifeline
achieved.
If you could not attend and would like a book please visit
www.mgc.co.nz
Note: stocks of all three titles are now very limited – (first come, best
served).
PUBLIC NOTICE -
Shakespear Open Sanctuary Animal Pest Eradication
The Whangaparaoa coastline from Army Bay to Okoromai Bay will be closed to
public entry from 1 July until approximately mid December. Three aerial
applications of cereal bait containing brodifacoum, each approximately two
weeks apart will be undertaken as part of a pest eradication programme, east
of the pest proof fence. Application dates are weather dependent. Measures
are in place to prevent bait entering the coastal marine area.
Vessels will be patrolling the coastline during days of aerial
applications. Please follow all instructions and stay clear of the coast.
Although we do not
expect this activity to affect marine life, as a precautionary measure we
advise that people
avoid
collecting and eating seafood from this area until the all clear is given
following testing.
Notices to mariners will be broadcast on the Nowcasting channels 20, 21and
22
For up to date information on the fishery status and park closure contact
the Auckland Council on 09 3010101, visit
www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/regionalparks or email
open.sanctuary@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.
Wentworth SOPC (Sailing & Outdoor Pursuits
Club)
The Wentworth Sailing Team launched into the new sailing season during the
last school holidays, attending the School Team Sailing Spring Regatta at
Algies Bay. After 3 days of sailing in fairly trying weather, our team
performed really well to finish 3rd in the Silver Fleet. We would like to
thank GHYC for your support in allowing us the use of your chase boat at
this regatta – it was much appreciated. Our next regatta is at Keri Keri in
mid-December and students are looking forward to another opportunity to
improve their sailing skills as well as having fun on the water, camping out
and getting to know other students from all around the country.
We continue to work at establishing this group and have managed to acquire
some much needed equipment. We are now the proud owners of a new set
of bright orange teams racing sails and a double dinghy road trailer thanks
to the support of NZCT and our sponsor
bulletin.net. You might have seen
the sails on display at the recent Open Day. We also hope to complete the
purchase of a third ‘pre-loved’ 420 in the near future. This will mean that
we’ll have all the basics required for team racing and will no longer need
to borrow boats and sails, etc, when competing at regattas.
Our next mission is to establish a 'Learn to Sail' Programme. We have our
first course scheduled as a holiday programme during January so please
spread the word. We hope that this will help grow our group and introduce
the younger generation to GHYC.
'Learn to Sail' flyer and application form
page 1
& page 2
Helen Hughes
WSOPC
Club For Hire
The club is available for hire by members for private functions. Phone
Dawne
on 428
0664
for details.
Key
difference in the New Rules 2009 - 2012
By John Doerr, IJ GBR (and abridged by YD) Courtesy YNZ
The most significant changes in the new version of the Rules
of Racing are to the mark and obstruction rounding rules. In total, there
are well over 100 changes to the rulebook. These are the ones that really
have an impact on how we go racing.
Passing Marks - The Zone
The most obvious change is the size of the zone around marks
increasing from two hull lengths to three, still of the boat nearest the
mark. However, beware! Rule 86.1(b) now permits the sailing instructions
to change the zone back to two lengths, or even increase it to four lengths!
Passing Marks - Mark Room
A new definition of 'mark room' has been added. It reads as:
'Room for a boat to sail to the mark, and then room to sail her proper
course while at the mark. However, mark-room does not include room to tack
unless the boat is overlapped to windward and on the inside of the boat
required to give mark-room.'
Now, it no longer matters if you are the right-of-way or
give-way boat inside at a mark. Whenever you are entitled to room you can
take the room needed to make a proper course rounding.
Passing Marks - Clear Ahead at the Zone
A boat that arrived at the zone clear ahead instantly became
the right-of-way boat under old rule 18.2(c) even if she was on port tack
and her opponent on starboard, and of course, the right-of-way could well
reverse again once the boats had completed their rounding. Those changes of
right-of-way are history. Instead of changing the right-of-way, the new
rule 18.2(b) simply requires the boat astern to give the boat ahead
'mark-room'. In many senses this change has no real effect, but is a good
deal simpler to understand.
Passing Marks - The Windward Mark
In practice, not a great deal changes at the windward mark,
but it is just a bit harder for a boat to pull off a port tack approach and
tack within the zone.
The 'zone' around the mark is now three hull lengths of the
boat nearer to it, but rule 18.3 now 'turns on' when the tacking boat passes
head-to-wind rather than completes her tack. So, the overall effect is to
increase the scope of the rule about an extra half boat length, a critical
distance if you tack just below the layline outside the zone with the hope
of shooting the mark.
Passing Obstructions
Passing obstructions now has it own rule, new rule 19. In
concept, there is no 'zone' around obstructions but that would cause a
problem when the obstruction is also a mark.
Rule 19 applies between boats at an obstruction except when
the obstruction is also mark the boats are required to leave on the same
side, however, at a continuing obstruction, rule 19 always applies and rule
18 does not.
An outside boat must give room to an inside boat, if at the
time the overlap began she is able to do so. If the obstruction is a
continuing one the rule has not changed. The outside boat only has to give
room if, at the moment the overlap was established, there is room for the
boat that was clear astern to pass in safety.
Passing Racing Boats
Racing boats can still be obstructions - and are when; other
boats are required to keep clear of her, give room to her or avoid her - but
they can no longer be 'continuing obstructions'. It is important to read
this in conjunction with the change that removes the potential switch of
right-of-way when a boat clear ahead enters the zone. Also, remember that
there is no 'zone' around obstructions.
Proper Course
Rule 17.2 has been deleted. It prohibited a boat from
sailing below a proper course when another boat was steering a course to
pass to leeward of her. So, it used to be that you could protect yourself,
by luffing, from a boat trying to pass to windward but you had to accept a
faster boat overtaking to leeward. Now, if you see her coming and provided
you can keep clear as you do so, you can bear away across her bow so forcing
her to sail even lower or risk going to windward and being luffed.
Outside Help
Now, if you receive help from any source, even when in
danger, you break rule 41.
Race Management
A few things that had become common in sailing instructions
have found there way into the rulebook. Hopefully, sailing instructions
will now be shorter as a result.
The use of gates has increased dramatically and they are now
included in rule 28, Sailing the Course. A boat must always pass between
the marks of a gate from the direction of the previous mark.
A shortened course must now be signalled before the first
boat has crossed the finishing line. It was never recommended practice to
do otherwise, but it was not an improper action to do so. Presumably this
will make it easier for boats to be given redress if the race committee does
shorten the course too late.
The pretty pages with all the race signals in colour now
include the full set of options (green triangle, red rectangle, plus and
minus signs) for changing the next leg of the course. The words in rule 33
have been changed from 'lengthened' and 'shortened' to 'increased' and
'decreased'.
Burnsco Marine and Leisure,
who have kindly sponsored our cruising series for several years, have chosen
Gulf
Harbour
Yacht
Club
to be one of the clubs to benefit from another
generous sponsorship scheme. A lot of you are probably already Burnsco
cardholders and enjoy the discounts this affords. Now, in addition to
those discounts, every time you shop at any one of the
Burnsco
stores or
online at
www.burnsco.co.nz the club will earn sponsorship dollars in the form of
a monthly rebate. In order for this to work, I need to let
Burnsco
know the names and cardholder numbers of people who are members of
GHYC.
I would appreciate it if you could let the office have these details.
If you are not happy to give your cardholder number, your address will
suffice. In these straitened times we need to support our sponsors
where we can.
Gillian Waite
Treasurer
Gulf
Group
Marine
Brokers Ltd now has 10 branches with the
opening of new offices in
Picton and
Tauranga.
We are brokers for
PIC
Marine insurance and
Marac
finance.
We can quote on your boat insurance with
PIC.
GHYC already uses
PIC
for all their insurance needs (see below).
Call
Nigel or
Howard on
09 424 1633 for a quote, and if you accept the quote, the club will
benefit in the form of a cash grant at the end of the year.
Ring
Gill
Waite on
09
424
2118 to learn more about this deal or call Nigel and Howard
direct.
Gulf
Group
Marine
Brokers with branches at
Whangarei, Tutakaka, Gulf Harbour, Westhaven, Pine Harbour, Westpark, Tauranga, Wellington, Picton, Fiji.
Nigel
021 242 4448
Howard
021 242 4446
PIC Insurance Brokers Winter Series
Well the Winter sailing is underway again! Please note that with
it is our renewed sponsorship of the Gulf Harbour Yacht
Club for another
year. This year we are also giving a percentage of Insurance Premiums back
to the club on top of our usual Sponsorship. This is to fund projects each
year to help develop and strengthen your club.
We
are also offering substantial discounts on House, Contents and
Vehicle
covers to all members of the Gulf Harbour Yacht Club. This is an exclusive
benefit and is only available to Yacht Club members and their families. We
will make the transition from your existing insurer easy. In most cases we
will not require new proposal forms and documents.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us, on 09 478 8495, to see how we can help.
Kind Regards
Daniel Garner
PIC Insurance
Racing Rules
Sailing Series' are governed by the new Racing
Rules of Sailing 2009-2012. The website
www.ukhalsey.com/RulesQuiz/quiz_list.asp is worth checking out to
follow examples of incidents and the correct interpretation of the rules.
Bosun's Locker
Nothing this month!
