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Sailing
25th Annual Dana West Yacht Club Charity Regatta
By: KATHERINE M. CLEMENTS
DANA POINT— It’s that time of the year once again. The Dana West Yacht Club hosted the 25th Annual Sailing for Life Charity Regatta June 3-5 to benefit the American Cancer Society.
The Friday race started off the coast of Newport Beach, where three different races were launched at 1 p.m., 1:05 p.m., and 1:10 p.m. Fifteen teams raced throughout the entire weekend, raising between $11-$13,000 over the three-day event. One boat alone, named Tomol, a Catalina 385 skippered by Bob Langan and Sue Greisbach, raised $7,200. Tomol also held the title for most money raised in the 24th Annual Charity Regatta last spring. The DWYC believes that after all the donations are totaled between all activities, including the races and auction, they will have raised $55-60,000 for the American Cancer Society. The official amount raised will be announced on June 11.
The race on Friday ended later in the day, off the coast of Dana Point, as racers passed by the tetrahedron, an orange flotation device used as a marker for the starting and finish line.
Skippers were invited to enjoy breakfast at 9 a.m. at the Dana Point Yacht Club Saturday morning before participating in Saturday and Sunday’s races. PHRF and Crusier Classes raced in bouy and random leg races this weekend.
Overall winners by race class are:
Beneteau 36.7 (6 boats raced) - Rode Rage – Peter Cochran – Seal Beach Yacht Club
PHRF A (3 boats raced) – Firewater – Rich Bennett – Lake Mission Viejo Yacht Club
Non-Spin A (5 boats raced) – Tomol - Bob Langan and Sue Greisbach – Dana West Yacht Club
Non-Spin B (5 boats raced) – Tekeela - Jock McGraw - Dana West Yacht Club
The full results have been posted to the DWYC website.
The three-day event includes: - Three days of racing - A Dinghy Poker Run - Virtual Auction - Daily, overall, and perpetual trophies - Beneteau First 36.7 Class - Junior Tera and 420 classes
Next up, the Dana West Yacht Club will be starting its Summer Beer Can Wet Wednesday’s series on June 15.
The virtual auction is still available, and items to bid on include handmade goods such as quilts and other home goods, themed gift baskets, a day at the Del Mar race tracks, a Caribbean getaway in Antigua, and other vacation getaway opportunities. For more information or to bid on the items, see http:// dwyc.org/.
Firewater flew a pink spinnaker in honor of the American Cancer Society.
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Dana West Yacht Club Race Chair, Barry Clark raising flags to signal to the fleets that the race has begun.
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Tomol, a Catalina 385 skippered by Bob Langan and Sue Greisbach raised over $7,000. Jock McGraw,the skipper onboard Teekela, the smallest vessel in the fleet.
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Make A List and Check it Twice
Ahoy Sailors, your galley should be secure and efficient by now which means we are moving on to a new lesson; here is a checklist that will make for a successful and safe sailing trip. Take this issue of the Log with you on your next adventure to use as a checklist and you’ll have everything you need! Stay tuned for next week when we discuss the big no-no’s on a sailboat.
By: KATHERINE M. CLEMENTS
A checklist is an efficient way to record and track required items, things to be done, points to consider, or remember items and tasks. When setting sail, it is important to account for everything from groceries to weather, to roles of the guests onboard in case of emergency. Here is a checklist for these categories.
Pre-Sailing Checklist:
☐Check and report the weather forecast. ☐If you have one (which you should), turn on Garmin InReach & Iridium
Go, global satellite communications devices that act as pocket-sized cellular towers. ☐Update Predict Wind Offshore app and weather route ☐Turn off the anchor light (turn on nav lights if it’s a night sail) ☐Check battery status ☐Bilge check ☐Engine check, clear filters, and
check oil levels. ☐Record fuel status (including jerry cans) ☐Make sure instruments are on. ☐Ensure that radar is on ☐VHF on & tuned to channel 16 ☐Navigation – All charts and apps on, start recording track ☐Sunscreen, Sailing gloves, & PFDs ☐Make sure the swim ladder is put away. ☐Galley – Everything stowed, hatches and portlights closed ☐Cabin – Everything stowed, hatches and portlights closed ☐Knot log clear ☐Dinghy is secured, and pins are in place. ☐Your stack pack, sometimes called a lazy pack or lazy bag, a modern type of sail cover, is unzipped and ready (tie zipper pull to boom topping line) ☐Rudder control arm clear. ☐Provisions, fuel, water, and gas, food for the journey (if it’s a day trip, try making small snacks like carrot and cucumber sticks and preparing salads or sandwiches. For longer trips, try to make several main meals and freeze them. ☐Safety gear – divide and assign lifejackets (and harnesses if needed) to those onboard. It’s helpful to label the lifejackets with different numbers so that when the crew takes them off and they’re piled up, they can quickly identify the one fitted to them. This is also helpful if someone goes overboard. An unfitted lifejacket is less protective, especially for children. ☐Crew safety briefing ☐Crew passage briefing – explain the
‘Passage Plan.’ ☐Crew deck briefing ☐Headsail – bending on, sheet leads, changing ☐Mast – halyards, topping lifts, etc. ☐Mainsail – reefing arrange-
ments, clew outhaul ☐Winches – operation, safety, the security of handles ☐Ropes and fenders – how to tie on and store
Post-Sailing Checklist:
☐Make sure all lines are correctly coiled and stowed away. ☐Mainsail and stack pack tidy and zipped (the front cover should be put on if staying more than a night). ☐Wheel locked ☐Turn off instruments, radar, and
VHF ☐Open hatches & close bug screens ☐Battery check ☐Bilge check ☐Stow away personal toys and equipment ☐Turn on the anchor light ☐Move over the boom for solar panels ☐Rinse the deck to remove salt
Roles to assign guests in case of an emergency:
☐When a person falls overboard, whoever sees the accident should shout
OVERBOARD and keep their finger pointed at the persona to avoid losing sight of them in the waves. ☐Another person should be throwing a buoyant object, like a life ring or lifejacket, to help mark the spot and assist the person in the water. ☐Assign one person to help keep sight of the overboard person. Use a flashlight at night. A checklist is a great way to avoid becoming stressed before navigating the open waters. Create a checklist for pre and post sail to ensure you hit every mark and have a great trip. ☐Turn the boat and approach the person in the water with the boat facing upwind to help use the wind to slow the boat for better maneuvering and ensure you do not run them over. The wind will help blow the victim towards you. ☐Switch the engine off to avoid the danger of it accidentally being put into gear. ☐In a smaller boat, recover the person over the Emergency Preparedness & Response stern, which is the lowest part of the boat. ☐Boats must have a reboarding device if the freeboard is greater than 2 feet. This can be a ladder or swim platform.
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Low Tide Hosts Annual Dinghy Poker Run for Charity
By: JORDAN B. DARLING
ALAMITOS BAY— Low Tide Yacht Club will host its 3rd Annual Dinghy Poker Run benefitting the Marine Mammal Care Center on July 2 at 1:30 p.m. starting between docks 17 and 18 in Alamitos Bay.
Low Tide is a free yacht club located in Alamitos Bay. The club fondly refers to itself as a club for “drinkers with a boating problem” and gathers several times throughout the year for fun events like movies in the water and group potlucks.
Everyone is welcome on the dock, and the club only asks that members participate in two fundraisers a year to benefit the ocean and the local community.
The Dinghy Poker Run is held the weekend before the Fourth of July, and all proceeds go to the Marine Mammal Care Center.
“This is a great way to get our members community together and have some fun, while at the same time, raise some money for something we call care deeply about!” said Founding Members Steve and Brandy Hyham in an email to the Log. “We spend a lot of time on the water, and the marine life is something we all enjoy. The people at the Marine Mammal Care Center work very hard to make our experience on the water enjoyable while keeping our little friends happy and healthy!”
For the event, participants buy a $20 poker sheet. They can buy as many as they want and travel to various predetermined locations throughout Alamitos Bay in their dinghies to collect a five-card poker hand.
After collecting the hand, everyone meets up for a beach party where the best and worst hand are presented with their prizes, and the club hands over a check to the center to support the work they do on the water.
“This year, we would like to raise $3,500 for the center,” said Hyham. “We think this is a very doable number. Being a free club, our members have been very generous over the years! Everyone really comes out when we gently ask them for some of their hard-earned money. We love our member friends and would like to see many more new friends become of part of our little club!”
In addition, the club is looking for volunteers for the event to run the stations where poker players come by for their cards. Over the years, station volunteers have come up with crazy themes for their stations to the delight of the poker players who are stopping by.
“We would like to have a competition between the card stations as to who has the best theme,” said Hyham. “…In the past, we have had some pretty crazy card stops!”
If poker draws your attention or you are looking for a fun way to volunteer this summer, you can check out the Low Tide Yacht Club website at www. lowtideyachtclub.com or contact Brandy or Steve Hyham at Dock 18, Slip 7 in Alamitos Bay.
The club is a free club located in Alamitos Bay between docks 17 and 18.
Last years event had a spectacular turn out with almost 20 dinghies participating in the event.
ON THE HORIZONS
By: JORDAN B. DARLING
2022 Sundown Series (June 17)
MARINA DEL REY— The third race of the Del Rey Yacht Club 2022 Sundown Series is scheduled for June 17 at 5:55 p.m. in Marina del Rey Harbor. The sixrace series held on Fridays throughout 2022 is governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing. No spinnakers will be allowed in this series. The event is open to all sailboats between 14 and 50-feet in overall length. There will be three divisions: performance, cruising, and dinghy. Boats can be reassigned from the cruising division to the performance division. When the race starts, participants will sail out of the main channel through the North Entrance and will return to the marina through the south entrance without crossing the “No Sail” buoys on the north side of the entrance channel. The finish line will be in the center of the channel. There is a $5 entry fee per race. The deadline to register for each race is 3 p.m. on the day of the race. Interested parties can register online at the DRYC website https:// dryc.org/RACING/Races-Notices_(3).
host the Chuck Stein Random Leg Regatta, Race 1, on June 25 in Santa Monica Bay outside the Marina del Rey breakwater. The regatta is open to PHRF and Cruising Class Boats and will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing. Rule 63.7 will be replaced with “If there is any conflict between a rule in the Notice of Race and one in the Sailing Instructions, the Sailing Instructions shall apply.” Rule 44.1 has changed so that a boat may be exonerated by taking a one-turn penalty; exceptions (a) and (b) to Rule 44.1 remain in force. There will be a postrace trophy presentation at the Pacific Mariners Yacht Club. Trophies will be presented to winners of each division. There is a $20 entry fee by 10 a.m. on the day of the race. Registration can be made online at http://www.regattanetwork.com/.
2022 Summer Gold Cup (June 25-26)
NEWPORT BEACH— Newport Harbor Yacht Club will host the 2022 Summer Gold Cup on June 25-26 in Newport Harbor. The regatta is open to all Junior Naples Sabot boats whose skipper is a member in good standing with the International Naples Sabot Association. The regatta is governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing and INSA Class Rules. Changes to the rules will appear in the sailing instructions. Entries are due on or before June 24 at 5 p.m.; the entry fee is $35 before June 21 and $50 after. Check-in will start at 9 a.m. on June 25, and the first warning will be at 12 p.m. each day. The first set of races will be north of the NHYC Main Dock, and the second set will be in Lido Channel; courses may be windward-leeward or any variation of a triangular or another course. Registration can be completed at https://www.nhyc.org/.
