Canadian Radio Yachting Microsoft Spring 2011
Inside this issue:
Regional Reports
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Class News
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Regatta Reports
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Windsor Club News
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Notice of Race
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CRYA: Canada’s Radio Control Sailing Authority
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The CRYA is a National Organization dedicated exclusively to R/C Sailing in • Canada. The CRYA is a class Association within the Canadian Yachting Association (CYA) and a member of the International Sailing Federation, Radio Sailing Division (IYRU-RSD). CRYA has a number of model yacht • racing classes and maintains the standards for these classes enabling our members to race in Canadian and International Regattas. For membership information please contact the Treasurer/Registrar. The annual registration fee is $15 and there is a fee of $5 per new or transferred boat - $2 for transfer with return to registrar of original card of registration. On registering one’s boat, a unique sail number is issued which enables the yacht to compete in official racing events in Canada and in other countries.
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Position
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President
Gary Bugden
Past President
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Who’s Who In The CRYA
Lana Butler
Address
Phone / Fax
63 Union Street,
Tel: 902-835-5006
Bedford, NS B4A 2B6
Fax: 902-835-4963
1429 Sydenham Road,
613-634-1140 (day)
Kingston, ON K7L 4V4
613-546-9777 (night) 613-634-1109 (fax)
Email president@crya.ca pastpresident@crya.ca
Executive Secretary
Nigel Ashman
416-580 Raven Woods Dr.
604-929-7730
secretary@crya.ca
Treasurer /Registrar
Larry Miskie
North Vancouver, BC V7G2T2 848 25th A Street East,
519-370-0352
treasurer@crya.ca
Technical Director
Nigel Ashman
Owen Sound, ON N4K 6W6 416-580 Raven Woods Dr.
604-929-7730
technicaldirector@crya.ca
Communications
Jim Goddard
North Vancouver, BC V7G2T2 108 Thistle Street
902-433-0356
communications@crya.ca
Dartmouth, NS B3A 2V9
902-488-1601 (cell)
1640 Gillard Drive
250-763-6012
jimander@shaw.ca
Lawrie Neish
Kelowna, BC V1Y 4K1 461 Walker Hook Road,
250-537-2053
wlneish@shaw.ca
Maritimes
Jim Goddard
Saltspring Island, B.C. V8K 1N7 108 Thistle Street
902-433-0356
jwg@accesswave.ca
Ontario
Paul Switzer
Dartmouth, NS B3A 2V9 2510 Conning Drive,
902-488-1601 (cell) 613-541-0704
switzerp@cogeco.ca
514-630-3777
authentica@videotron.ca
519- 974-6101
ddiet@wincom.net
Newsletter Regional Directors British Columbia & James Anderson Prairies
Kingston, ON K7L 5H6 Quebec
Dennis Edge
566 Essex Road Beaconsfield, PQ H9W 3V9
Class Secretaries A Class
Doug Diet
461 Belle Isle View, Windsor, ON N8S 3G2
Marblehead ISAF 1M
US 1 M
Lana Butler
1429 Sydenham Road,
613-634-1140 (day)
Kingston, ON K7L 4V4
613-546-9777 (night) 613-634-1109 (fax)
pastpresident@crya.ca
John Helmer
13188 Salich Crt
519-735-8522
john_helmer@sympatico.ca
Victoria
Charlie Mann
Tecumseh, ON 80, Newbury Drive,
905-868-9329
c.e.mann@rogers.com
Soling
Paul Switzer
Newmarket, ON L3Y 4R3 2510 Conning Drive,
613-541-0704
switzerp@cogeco.ca
Bernie Reid
Kingston, ON K7L 5H6 192 Kehoe Street,
613-596-4595
avalanche-reid@rogers.com
Vancouver
604-929-7730
technicaldirector@crya.ca
Lawrie Neish
Saltspring Island, BC
250 537 2053
wlneish@shaw.ca
Quebec
Dennis Edge
Beaconsfield PQ
514 630 3777
authentica@videotron.ca
Ontario
Hugh Kidd
Toronto
416-488-8466
hugh.kidd@lewisbuilds.com
PeteVanRossem
Kingston
613-546-9777
peter@lalift.ca
Peter Sly
Picton
613-476-8124
Psly@kos.net
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Ottawa, ON K2B 6A5 CRYA Measurers British Columbia & Nigel Ashman Prairies
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Ontario Report By Paul Switzer—Regional Director As I write this in early May, most of the groups I am in contact with have begun their sailing seasons despite the fact that we have had an unusually cold and wet spring in Ontario. I have been communicating with Alfie Easy who tells me of a group of Soling sailors who have begun sailing in Woodstock at Southside Park on Wellington Street South. They call themselves the Woodstock Model Sailing Club and they have a website at www.woodstockmsc.com which contains a lot of information about their activities. I was also contacted by Bill Monahan about an activity the Meaford Rotary Club are considering for the 2012 season. The idea is to host a weekend festival of model boat clubs in Meaford, making use of the inner harbour and local locations to create a special event that will not only be a chance for members of different model boat clubs to mix and meet but will also provide a unique tourist attraction. The inner harbour seems particularly suitable for such an event because there is room for plenty of spectators on three sides of the water and within the breakwater the water is relatively calm. It is the mouth of the Bighead River but the current slows down to a barely discernable flow in the summer. Another aspect of Meaford that makes it suited for an event like this is that the people of the town are very active as volunteers and he feels that there would be a lot of local participation that would add to the success of the event, making it particularly memorable for the club members and the general public alike. Meaford is a very pretty little town on Georgian Bay, situated
halfway between Collingwood and Owen Sound. To see some nice videos and learn more about Meaford, check out www.meaford.ca. Here are some of the events they have considered: • Display still models in Meaford Hall and Museum. • In-water events in inner harbour, with PA system and announcer • Sailboat races • Powerboat races • Sailpast of steam powered boats • Sailpast of historical reproductions • Submarines • Live music and food and drink in Rotary Pavilion and at other localities around the harbour • Lectures and slide shows, or live music in Opera House, a performance space in the beautifully restored Meaford Hall • A special trade show in the Community Centre, with booths manned by suppliers of equipment and parts for the model boat enthusiast • Participation with the local high school, asking students to design and build boats for separate judging at the event Maybe even a parade (people there are really into parades) Of course, this event cannot exist without the enthusiastic participation of many model boat clubs. Bill has done a lot of preliminary research and has found that, although there are many such clubs all around Ontario he can find no evidence that there has been an event of this nature anywhere before. He is sending this same email out to several other clubs and I
am publishing it here to see if the response is sufficient to determine whether or not he proceeds with the planning. It sounds like it could be a large and unique, fun event if we all get behind it. What I would like to know is: • Does it sound like something your club would be interested in being a part of? • Do you have suggestions for particular events, or advice about how they should be structured? (they can arrange for cups or other awards, with local sponsors, if competitions are appropriate) • In order to ensure that the models themselves are properly protected and participants have the best possible experience, what should we as the host town be careful to consider? • Are there recognized experts in the field that they should be consulting with, or who would be of special interest to club members as a special speaker? • Are there specific rules for regattas or competitions that they should be aware of in planning the events? • Any other suggestions? It is a year away but if your club is interested in this please feel free to contact me or Bill Monahan at Bill@homebuttons.ca and maybe we can start planning for next summer.
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Maritimes Report By Jim Goddard Sailing is well underway with regattas scheduled to open the season in Heckman’s Island and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Our sailing program can be found online at www.hamyc.ca The Soling 1M fleet has expanded with new boats being built in the Halifax area, Lunenburg and in Cape Breton. We have scheduled sailing for a new fleet of EC-12’s that currently stands at three boats. We have scheduled a Sunday each month to share tuning tips, and help newcomers with strategy and sailing fast. We are hoping to help everyone sail better, faster and safer. Not much has happened in regard to the City taking steps to abate weed growth in Sullivan’s Pond, it has fallen into some bureaucratic black hole. If the weeds grow again like last year, we will be on the road again. This problem is expanding in the local lakes, so maybe the wealthy and influential landowners will have better luck. I was lucky enough to be in Charleston, SC in December 2010 for the Soling US Nationals. It was a great event with challenging conditions and great competition. John Lowther from Kingston, ON was also there and together we sailed the red boats to some good results. Members of our club will be found at the Canadian National Championships for the Soling 1M in Kingston this summer, at the CanAm event in Stowe, Vt and perhaps the US Nationals in Michigan in September.
Sailing action from the May 1, 2011 Cranberry Pond Regatta
Ben Rusi follows his Soling 1M—CAN 171 enroute to the weather mark Ben Rusi follows his Soling 1M—CAN 171 enroute to the weather mark
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Western Report By Lawrie Neish—Regional Director Last year at this time I whined Saltspring, not to be out done, course is approximately three about everything happening at produced his new boat, “Aero” nautical miles and this year half of once the deadlines for the Western David Cook in Victoria produced the race was to windward in the Report and taxes to name two, the his second design with the help of open Strait of Georgia. The area is third having mercifully receded into Don Case from Campbell River. generally considered to have the the increasing black space in my strongest winds but this year it was Despite our frozen fingers we somewhat limited grey matter. about the top end of an IOM’s “A” have seen four events completed This year I thought it might be successfully. The season opened rig. This is the third year the race better, but lo it turned for the worse, at Beaver Lake with VMSS’s Frosty has been held and fourteen boats standing in line to vote for hours, Fever. While no one suffered frost were on the line at the starting the Cow Cup, getting a measuring bite the weather was not the usual signal followed by an unidentified jig away to the UK and the final skipper with his IOM some fifteen West Coast balmy spring. minutes later! Each boat is straw, the census! However the event had one Now that the dust is settling a advantage over the previous event followed by a chase boat. And this little I can report that Andrew Baak held in the fall in that thanks to the year the boats consisted of two Marbleheads, two IOM’s and in Calgary cheered me up in a winter rains the level of the lake eleven Lasers. Ole Andersen from some what perverse way by was high and weeds were below sending me a photo of his sailing the reach of an IOM’s fin. See the Saltspring Island Sailing Club was in great form and after rounding the location which showed me that his report for details. south corner of Protection Island lake was starting to thaw. This This year we managed to have pretty well demolished the fleet on might set you wondering why this The Great Ocean Race on a the long beat up the weather side made me a little cheerier - well out separate weekend to the Long of the island to finish about thirty here on the coast we seem to have Lake Regatta. This allowed two had a spring that would lead me to IOM’s to participate. Unfortunately minutes ahead of the next boat in an hour and fifteen minutes setting wonder what all a new course record in this talk of global doing so. This was warming is all fifteen minutes quicker about but our than the previous pond and lakes record set by a had but little ice Marblehead. for all that. A week later saw the During the IOM fleet gather at winter several new Long Lake for the IOMs have been Spring Regatta. For completed. In this this event the northern newsletter Barry fleet move to the south Fox finishes the end of Long Lake from tale of his Reggae their usual location at produced from Inn on the Lake. Inn on moulds by Adrian the Lake lists the racing Harrison. Up and at its location as one of down the Island IOM’s sailing at in the Spring Regatta at Long Lake in British Columbia its attractions! At the we seem to have south end the fleet new boats make use of a fishing appearing all the time. Graham one of them thought the starting float to sail from. This has a Herbert continues building up his time was later than it was. The capacity of around fifteen skippers personal navy of “Zooms” together race is sponsored by the Dinghy before it does a Titanic. with two new designs “Scorpio” and Dock floating pub and presented by Fortunately only fourteen skippers “Leo” and brother Martin on the Nanaimo Laser fleet. The
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were racing. Apart from the Race Director experiencing mild sea sickness every body else survived the dock’s lurching in response to the skipper’s body language. We were very grateful for the help given by Bruce McQuade both in recovering the odd wayward boat and recording. A separate report appears else where in this newsletter. On the April - May weekend five intrepid skippers made their way down to Seattle for the COW Cup and first event of the Northwest CanAm series. Some seventeen skippers from Washington and Oregon sailed and the races were sailed in two heats. The first time for some of the skippers but only one missed out on his promotion from B to A fleet. The COW Cup is presented by the Seattle Model Yacht Club with Bob Wells being the Regatta Chair. The event takes place at Coulon Park in Renton. The racing is held from a raised walkway which allows the skippers slightly better depth perception - an advantage as the course does involve sailing at some
points in a race a fair distance away. The first day winds were light and variable giving the Race Officer some entertainment. The second day started light but settled into mid- A rig conditions. The racing was close and at the end of the first day Graham Herbert sailing his latest boat, Leo, led by two points from Joe Damico sailing his Damico V6. The next four boats were separated by a couple of points per position. I did not look at the score tally throughout the second days racing but I am certain that the lead changed hands several times before Graham managed to pull out the stops to win. A report of this event appears in the newsletter. Over the first weekend in June we will be holding the Western Championship at Saltspring Island Sailing Club. We have a very good entry from our friends south of the border. This is the second event of the Northwest CanAm series. Following this the circus moves to the Hood River Carnage at Hood River in Oregon. This is also the AMYA Region 6 Championship and
Wanted Used Soling One Metres, in various states of repair, by a growing fleet in the West . Contact Lawrie Neish wlneish@shaw.ca with price and where, etc. and the information will be passed along to the right people.
I think will be one of the high points of the year. In September Saltspring Island again hosts the IOM Canadian National Championship over the 9 11th week end. Get your entries in!
Ole Andersen's Zoom "Caliente" blazing up wind to victory—Picture from the Nanaimo Laser Website www.nanaimorclaser.com
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Soling One Meter Report By Paul Switzer—Soling Class Secretary Just a few reminders about Soling regattas this summer. By the time you read this the Canadian Championships will probably be only a week or two away. It is being hosted by the Kingston Yacht Club June 17 – 19. As of May 1st there were 18 entries from Ottawa, Toronto, Woodstock, Halifax, Kingston, Detroit, Florida and Massachusetts. It promises to be a good event. Watch the events section of the CRYA website www.crya.ca for future CRYA endorsed Soling regattas. Also looking forward to mid summer, keep an eye out for in Stowe Vermont by the Stowe the Can Am Challenge Cup hosted Yacht Club at the Commodore’s
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Inn On July 30 – 31 . It is a fun event made even more interesting by the conditions in the pond at the Inn. You will be able to find more information at www.stoweyachtclub.com. The USA National Championship will be held on September 9 – 11 at Dundee, Michigan at a pond at Cabela’s Outfitters. It looks like a very good site and promises to be a fun event. For information on this and other AMYA events, go to the regattas section of the AMYA website www.theamya.org. Have a great summer of racing, cottage sailing or whatever you do with your Soling One Meter.
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Regatta Report—Frosty Fever 2011 By Barry Fox In past years we have held a happened, it was the same for series of races in the early part of everybody. Luckily, after a short the year that were optimistically time the wind settled in from a called the Spring Series. For this more steady direction and it year we decided to try to just have worked out. each event stand on its own and But (there is always a but) see how that goes. the wind dealt us almost every Usually, the first race of the strength and direction change you season has been in Victoria as it is could imagine all day long. So the the southernmost destination you races became a real contest of can have and is usually least being prepared to deal with almost affected by real cold weather. For any condition change at any time. this year we were pushing to hold A lot less about crafty tactics and the event right at the end of much more about surviving being February but Mother Nature blown over. decided to give us a small life IN the next paragraphs you lesson and froze our lake over for will read about blow overs and a couple of weeks making us delay nose diving. From that you would to the middle of March. think we were running #2 or even On March 13, to celebrate #3 rigs at times but the truth is it the beginning of Daylight Saving was a #1 rig day all day. A couple Time, we gathered at Beaver Lake of sailors tried #2 rigs early on but for the first official regatta of the the bit of control they enjoyed in year. 11 boats made the trip the gusts turned to lots of lost coming from almost every area distance in the lulls and they didn’t represented throughout our chain even figure in the mid fleet results, of islands. In addition this was the so they switched back after a first real regatta for a couple of our couple of tries. newer skippers. If you tried to pull off The day started with shifty winds that caused us some starting Position Skipper Sail No. issues as we were Graham Herbert 83 using the end gates 1 2 Martin Herbert 84 as the start and finish line. When 3 Bob Copley 76 the wind would turn 4 Barry Fox 68 around you had to 5 Peter Brosch 217 go all the way to 6 Ole Anderson 281 the other end to David Taylor 30 setup for the start 7 and by the time you 8 David Cook 04 did that the wind 9 Ron Ingalls 50 would be different 10 Rob Seline 31 anyway. After a Adrian Harrison 89 couple of starts the 11 decision was taken to just start from the same end all “normal” race manoeuvres you the time and take whatever would find your boat laying on its
Results Frosty Fever 2011
side or looking like a duck diving for food. We got to see the full rudder of almost every boat waving in the air during one race or another. All those boats that have been designed to resist nose diving? Well, it turns out they all will bury the nose and react similarly. Those who managed the conditions best moved forward. The other bit of discovery for a number of people was that they need to spend a bit more time preparing their boats to sail. The gusts were strong enough to cause boats to be laying on their side one second, running flat out downwind the next, their bows buried up to the mast the next, and then recover to be on a nice beat. All while just making it to the end of one leg. The strains on the rigging and electronics of a boat were great tests of how well the boat was prepared. Lots of line breaks, some rigging malfunction, some boats getting pretty wet inside and the odd electrical failure. No boats hurt real badly but lots of little fixes to be done. A good test of endurance. As usual, the well experienced sailors headed to the front of the pack. Graham Herbert used his long experience to not only pull off the win Points but did so in a pretty 15.0 dominating fashion by scoring only 15 27.0 points in 16 races. 52.0 The worst finish he 54.0 threw out was a 57.0 third and only a 62.0 couple of them. So what we see again 77.0 is that Graham 112.0 adapts his sailing 126.0 very well to 135.0 whatever conditions are present. 143.0 Second place was Martin Herbert who had a little run of trouble early in the event but
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then settled in to the changeable conditions and finished the day with 27 points on the day. Third place was a well earned finish by Bob Copley with 52 points. Bob is one of our newer sailors and his progress has been quite good. The next few places were closely contested with just a few points separating 4th through 7th. The rest of the fleet got into the boats that were experiencing some mechanical problems and they all took quite a number of max points races.
Regatta Report—Cranberry Pond Opening Day By Jim Goddard The Regatta was held on Sunday May 1, 2011at the Terra Beata Cranberry Farm on Heckman's Island, outside Lunenburg. The Cranberry Farm is the summer home to a growing fleet of Soling One Meter’s who also sail with the Halifax Area Model yacht Club. We had a great turnout of 10 boats and a surprising number of spectators. The wind was blustery and cool but the sailing was competitive with a challenging course.
Results May 1, 2011 Rank
Soling 1 M’s fight for clear air on the Cranberry Pond on Heckman’s Is., NS
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544
Jim Goddard
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Bob Boutilier
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Gary Bugden
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Bob White
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Fred Lindijer
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Brian Wilmshurst
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Mike Waller
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Ben Rusi
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Henry Ng
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Bill Traill
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Regatta Report— 2011 Cow Cup & Western Can Am Series #1 By Martin Herbert The Cow Cup was held this May 1st weekend in Renton and had 21 boats out for some great racing in a wide range of A rig conditions. It is a lovely place to sail with many changing conditions like chop and wild powerboat induced Tsunami’s as well as gently shifting winds that make for tactical sailing at its best. Five Canadians went, David Taylor from Victoria, Graham Herbert, Julian Laffin and Andy (not so) Slow from Hornby Island and myself from Saltspring Island. Just like last year our American hosts showed great skill and wonderful sportsmanship and it was a great pleasure to sail with
them. They make us better sailors and competitors by their example. Penalties where acknowledged and taken and incidents that were complex where discussed afterwards in the spirit of all learning and understanding the rules and the shifting of onus as the situation unfolds. One of the highlights for me was the sailing in heats, so we got to watch some racing and also spend time talking and tuning with our fellows between races. We also retired to an Irish pub to eat and swap stories after a hard day of racing. We did all go home early as the sun took a toll. The racing was very tight and
it was easy to find yourself well down in the pack and I think everyone spent some time in B fleet. Graham won in his new LEO, Joe was second in his new Damico V6 boat that he is manufacturing “soon”… (beautiful job). You might remember Joe from Victoria’s Beaver Fever last year winning the biggest weed award. I managed to climb to 3rd on the second day in my Zoom "Bark", while our SMYC host and organizer Bob Wells was 4th place, one point in front of Jerry Brower. Another highlight was to see Rod Carr's collection of model yachts including several historic
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champions that have a place waiting for them in the Mystic Seaport’s Model Yacht Collection. Thanks to Rod and Bob for hosting the Friday night measure in and skippers meeting. It is a great event and should be put into your to do list for next year. Bob Wells, Regatta Chairman: This was out first effort at managing anything but a club regatta, and it worked out very well thanks to a group effort. Last year’s promotional COW was really all by Lawrie Neish. All Seattle MYC brought, besides an excellent
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venue, was a kayak to drop in the buoys and the three new/used IOMs in existence at the time in Washington. The kayak isn’t good enough anymore. This year we grew up and took over organizing everything, but I was smart enough to continue with Lawrie as principal race officer. Quality race management and our big Lake Washington venue provided a good friendly sailing test. The event was very friendly a trait which has emerged as a feature of the Western CanAm Series. SMYC’s Bill Dye ably assisted on the scoring both days and Collie Martin, from the ARCS in Anacortes, manned the buoy boat all weekend. Bill officially has the
IOM’ s in light air at the COW Cup
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IOM bug, and is in the cue to order a V6 IOM from Joe Damico when he is officially in production. Roland Krona is already #1 in that cue line. Collie is currently on the fence regarding an IOM in his future, but he fully recognizes how special IOMs are. So the COW and IOM sailing continues to grow in Washington State. This year we added a 4th state, Idaho, to our Canada – Oregon – Washington regatta; with Bruce Anderson from Boise joining us. There is no truth to the rumor we’ll change the name to COWI Cup though, as there is no “I” in COW.
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The COW Cup & Western CanAm Series – Regatta #1 Class: IOM Date: April 30-May 1st, 2011 Location: Coulon Park, Renton, WA Host Clubs: Seattle MYC Entries: 21 Winds: Light Saturday, Light-8 knots Sunday Races Completed: 16
Club Report— Windsor Model Yacht Club By John Helmer 2011 Club Racing Announced
Johnʼs Pond location. This latter group is “fun” oriented with a very relaxed vision of competition. An ambitious club racing Lunch at Riverside Sportsmen schedule, covering all five of our Club follows the morning races. fleets, was confirmed at a meeting Registration continues to April 13,2011 representing 48 race grow across the fleets with increasevents over five months. In addies shown in the EC12 and in partion to this further weekend races ticular the Soling fleet which is now may be held including the annual at 20 sailors. This is a record for Diet Memorial Regatta. our club. The club has two sailing venIf visitors find themselves in ues with the Soling, EC12, and the Windsor area... look us up. US1M Fleets racing at the Windsor Fleet schedules, weekly results Campground Pond. These are and directions to our sailing sites evening races with a 7:00PM start are reported on the club website. time held Tuesday and Thursdays from late April until early September. www.windsormodelyachtclub.com Our Footy & RG65 Fleets sail Wednesday mornings at the
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see how light (not ignoring reliability) I could build this boat. The hull By Barry Fox was already moulded so it was a fixed weight already but the deck You may recall from the last was yet to come and then the goal issue that we went through quite an of keeping other additions to the interesting exercise to produce a structure to the minimum. lightweight but strong fin box fixture Some time ago, a fellow IOM for an IOM. Considering the sucsailor/builder from Finland (Anders cess of producing such a nice Wallin) had published a sheet with moulding it was only proper that a a weight budget for one of his boat be built to hold it. IOMs. I used the numbers he had One of our newer sailors in Vicas a starting point and started to toria, Adrian Harrison, is also an figure out what I had to work with. The wheel in my mock exceptional craftsman. When he up trial deck I had to add a couple of categodecided to have an IOM, his only ries to mine as I was using some tion and away we went. consideration was what design to different technology and I needed use. He was committed to making Just about the time that the hull to have some more detail where he his own boat. His choice was to was moulded we had a visit from had things grouped. use the lines plan for a Reggae hull British sailor Rob Walsh (a conHis budget called for about 100 as drawn by Brad Gibson, one of stant threat at the front of most ingm of corrector weights. I had the top sailors in the world for this ternational regattas) wherein he some immediate savings. My (and many other) classes. allowed as how is last boat had wheel style winch, using a Hitec been built light enough to need to So he went through the entire 7955 servo to power it, came in carry 350+ grams of corrector process of producing a plug and about 40 gm lighter than the more weight and that the target for his then moulds to produce his own conventional RMG sail winch (an hull. When the boat was completed next build was to get to 500 gm of absolutely terrific piece of sailing and sailed it seemed to have some correctors. For this class the mini- equipment); my Lipo battery on the good qualities and sailed quite well, mum weight is 4 Kg and the keel can weigh up to 2.5 Kg (which eve- boat was another 45 gm lighter even with a new RC sailor at the than he had listed for his battery helm. During the building and first ryone tries to achieve) so that only pack; my choice of rudder servo is leaves 1.5 Kg for all the rest of the sailings, Adrian offered the use of a Hitec 225MG which weighs at his moulds if I wanted to make one boat. And to have a third of that as least 15 gm lighter than most corrector weight seems to be for myself. standard servos (still delivers all astounding. I had been fiddling around with the power you need); and my rea prototype mock up of a wheel ceiver weighs 6 gm as opposed style winch for awhile and deto the one he had listed and cided that it would fit in this saved another 15+ gm. Reggae hull (it has enough So, all other things considered, beam to accommodate the if I was able to match his hull swing of the offset wheel) and weight and rig weights I was at then found that it would fit below least 125 gm lighter than his the skiff style deck as well. I budget. So my target was to hit have never actually moulded 225 to 230 gm of corrector any of the hulls I have built up weight (nestled nicely beside the so it was my opportunity to be keel fin as low in the boat as hands on from the beginning. possible. My opinion was that Adrian The plan was to keep as much had slightly “over built” his first weight out of the ends of the boat and that I would do someboat as possible. To achieve thing a bit lighter. So I arrived at a that the winch setup had to go as After a bit of idle chit chat different fiberglass cloth configura- among a few of us, I decided to close behind the fin box as possi-
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ble while leaving room for the 100 mm wheel to swing around as it moved. The wheel is also mounted offset on the servo by 35 mm. This allows the leverage that the servo has over the sails to be maximized at the close hauled position while still getting the required travel within 180 degrees of servo rotation. With the wheel behind the keel I decided that all of the other electronics had to go in front of the mast tube. For this I fabricated a fiberglass shelf that is fixed onto the mast tube moulding. The layout has the battery (the heaviest of the remaining items) exactly centered and as low as possible, the rudder servo to one side of the battery and the receiver on the other. That has all worked out exactly right. My initial float of the hull in my bath tub (with a test ballast as outlined in a previous article by Lawrie Neish) showed the boat floating right on the design waterline. This meant that, all other things being equal, my corrector weights could go right near the centre of the hull, keeping the big pieces of weight in the middle. While I was building I was concerned about the voltage I was going to deliver to the receiver and the rudder servo, neither rated for more than 6 volts. I have generally used RMG winches and they have circuitry built into them to reduce the battery voltage to 5 volts going to the radio and other equipment. My receiver has no Battery Elimination Circuit (BEC) feature in it (some do), a fully charged Lipo produces 8.4 volts and so something should be done. So I was faced with adding a voltage reducer into the wiring harness. I configured a wiring harness for the boat that delivers full battery voltage to the winch servo and then taps off that to feed the rest of the boat. That harness added 26 gm back into my weight budget but I felt that
it was needed to provide reliable electronics for my boat. The actual building of the boat is really very conventional after that. After attaching the ballast to the keel fin I had to lighten it a little bit. I accomplished that by drilling a few holes in the top of the lead and backfilling those holes with something light then a little filler to smooth it all out. Then I started coating the bulb with coats of epoxy. The advantage of the epoxy is that it adds around 5 or 6 gm per coat and it keeps the bottom of the bulb from getting scratched during those inevitable contacts with the bottom of the pond when you are close to shore. A shot of light colored paint so you can see the weeds hanging from the fin more easily and then 2 more coats of epoxy (now protecting the paint as well as the lead) and I was within a couple of grams of the maximum allowable weight. For my rigs I used tent pole material for the masts (high tensile aluminum from Easton) and arrow shaft material for the booms (again high tensile from Easton). The end result is that these are the lightest rigs I have ever built and saved me 35 grams compared to Anders’ weight budget. So now here it is, all painted up, fully rigged, ready to sail. How did we do compared the weight budget? Onto the scale, shudder just a little, and the number comes up. 230 gm shy of the minimum weight. Considering that my spreadsheet showed 225 gm I consider this a complete success. I poured my own corrector weight using the same method I use for making rig corrector weights to go inside the mast. This gave me four weights about 7/16 diameter and about the same
length as the fin box. Next into a tank to see how the whole boat actually floats so that the correctors can be used to get the boat balanced properly. With the boat floating it looked to be out of the water at the ends just about the same amount. Placing the correctors evenly on both sides of the fin box simply took the boat down to its design lines and there you go. It has been out sailing a few times now. It sails just great (my opinion at least). I have done a few little changes to the rigging to make it better but really nothing major at all and it keeps getting better. The last sail day we had treated us to quite nice consistent winds and I am very pleased with the way the boat sails. Now if I could just put the skipper on a similar diet and get him tuned up to sail as well as the boat does, then I’d have something!!! For anyone interested, outside of using Adrian’s nice workshop to do the moulding part, this boat has been completely constructed in the enclosed deck/patio area of my condominium suite. It is an area about 6 X 16 feet with about a third of that having to be left clear so that there is a path to get out the back door. It is an area also shared with two tugboats, two other IOMs and a couple of partly done Footy’s. No picture of that as it is a bit embarrassing to show. The painting of the hull and appendages was done up under some pine trees that are outside our back door and that had to wait (painfully long) until the outside temperatures hit the minimum and the wind was low at least. The point is that you do not need an extensive workshop area to do this kind of build, although I will admit that I wish I had more room; but then I would just have even more clutter!!!
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NOTICE OF RACE The 2011 S1M “CanAm Challenge Cup” Regatta “A Friendly Cross-Border Rivalry Continues” Organized by the STOWE YACHT CLUB (AMYA # 159)
Regatta Site: The regatta will be sailed on Commodore’s Pond behind the Commodore’s Inn, Stowe, Vermont, Saturday, July 30 & Sunday, July 31. Objective: To promote a friendly, yet competitive, regatta - in the true Corinthian spirit - that will be scored on two levels: (1) Individual performance, and (2) Team performance (Canada vs. U.S). The emphasis is on the individual sailor; team racing is specifically prohibited. It is anticipated that the top five individual positions for each country, for each race, will determine the Can Am Challenge Cup team winner. This number may be adjusted based on lowest number of entries from one country. Rules: This regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the current version of The Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix E of the RRS, the AMYA By-laws, the Soling One Meter Class Rules, the Regatta’s Sailing Instructions (“SI’s”) and any amendments to the SI’s. Eligibility: Any owner/skipper of a duly registered S1M Class boat, who is a current member of the AMYA or the CRYA, may participate in this regatta. The number of competitors will be limited to 30. Entries will be assigned in the order the Entry Forms are received. Entry: Any eligible owner/skipper, as defined above, may enter the regatta by completing and returning the Regatta Entry Form, together with an appropriate check, payable in USD, to the address indicated. To be eligible for frequency assignment, the Entry Form MUST indicate at least three (3) available frequencies for each boat entered, unless you are using a Spektrum or equivalent 2.4 GHz system. Housing - Transportation: A map with general directions to the regatta site will be provided along with a list of area attractions. Each competitor is expected to make arrangements for their own housing and transportation for the duration of the event. A special regatta rate will apply to a limited number of rooms at the Commodore’s Inn. Call the Inn directly at (800) 447-8693, or email to: reservations@commodoresinn.com, and request this special regatta rate. Schedule of Events: Early Check-in, possible measurement and Practice Racing will be available at the Race Site on Friday afternoon, July 29. Saturday July 30 0800-0915 0930 1000-1600 Sunday July 31
Late check-in Skipper’s Meeting Racing
1730
Cocktails followed by Prime Rib Buffet
0930
Skipper’s Meeting
1000-1430 1500
Racing (no race to start after 1430 on Sunday) Trophy Presentation
Measurement: Boats may be measured for class rules compliance, at the regatta site, before the start of the first race. Any measurement specified by the class rules may be checked by the Race Committee prior to, during, and up to 30 minutes after the last race of the regatta. Sailing Instructions - Frequency Assignments: Frequency assignments and a participants’ list will be mailed or emailed to all regatta participants. A copy of the Sailing Instructions will be available upon regatta check-in. Courses: Courses will be set, based on the prevailing conditions, and announced prior to the start of each race. Race Format: A heat-managed odd/even system will be used if the numbers of competitors or the conditions warrant. This will be determined solely by the Race Committee. Prizes: (1) Individual Awards: A minimum of the first three places will be awarded trophies or plaques. If twenty or more entries, the first five places will be awarded. (2) Team Award: The perpetual CanAm Cup. Disclaimer of Liability: Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta. Appeals, if any, shall not affect the awarding of prizes.
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2011 Mini-12 National Regatta, Saturday September 24, 2011 1. Event: The Quinte Model Yacht Club invites Mini-12 sailors to participate in a National Regatta to be held at the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club, Victoria Park, Belleville, Ontario, on Saturday, September 24, 2011. 2. Eligibility: Entrants must be current members of the CRYA or their National Authority. Yachts must conform to CRYA Mini-12 Class Rules dated March 1, 2008, using the “B Rig”. 3. Entry: Eligible boats may enter by submitting the entry form, complete with the required fee, to the Quinte Model Yacht Club. Entries must be received no later than Sept.1st, 2011. Late entries may be accepted at the discretion of the Regatta Chairman. Frequencies will be allocated based on the date of receipt of paid entries including those accepted after the entry deadline. 4. Fees: Entry fee is $20 which includes awards for finishes 1st through 3rd . Entry will be limited to 18 yachts. Cheques or money orders should be made payable to Peter Sly, Treasurer, Quinte Model Yacht Club. 5. Rules: The regatta will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing, including Appendix E, the rules of the Mini-12 Class dated March 1, 2008, this Notice of Race, and the Sailing Instructions. 6. Measurement: Measurement will be conducted at the time of registration and may be conducted thereafter on any or all boats without notice, as determined by the Race Director, acting in his or her sole discretion. 7. Registration: Print and fill in the following form and mail it to: Mini-12 National Regatta c/o Peter Savidge, Regatta Chairman, 9 Dorthy Drive, Trenton, ON, K8V 5P5. Entries will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Registration will close Sept. 1, 2011. Late entries may be accepted at the Regatta Chairman’s discretion. Entrants must be CRYA or AMYA members and all boats must be registered. Boats will be subject to measurement. 8. Schedule Firm details will be communicated to entrants as the date approaches. Provisional Schedule: Registration: 0830 – 1000 1st race: 1030 Lunch break: 1230 -1300 Racing resumes: 1330 Last race to start no later than 1530 Prize awards: 1630 Please fill in the following form to enter the Regatta: 2011 M-12 National Regatta FIRST NAME __________________LAST NAME________________________ CRYA or AMYA #_______________ ADDRESS ____________________________ CITY PROV/ STATE______POSTAL/ ZIP CODE __________ PHONE NUMBER _________________ E-MAIL____________________SAIL # ________ Radio Frequency List::
Primary Frequency: ____ Second Frequency:_______
Entry Fee: Cheque or money order for $20.00 CAD (incl. HST) payable to Peter Sly, QMYC Treasurer, enclosed: Disclaimer I hereby agree to comply with the rules as defined in the current 2009-2012 Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the rules of the Mini 12 Class, this Notice of Race, the Sailing Instructions and any amendments to the Sailing Instructions made by the Race Director. I acknowledge that my boat will at all times fully conform to the class rules. I acknowledge that I am entering this regatta entirely at my own risk and do hereby release and hold harmless the Quinte Model Yacht Club, the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club, its members, the regatta organizers, the CRYA and the AMYA all jointly and severally, from liability for any loss, injury or damage to any persons and property however caused, even if such loss, injury or damage is caused by the negligence of those released and held harmless. The laws of Ontario, Canada shall apply to any issue, dispute or claim arising directly or indirectly in respect to this regatta and the Courts of Belleville, Ontario, Canada shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any such issue, dispute or claim. I am aware that my personal information will be used to organize this event and that my name, membership details, boat registration details, home town and race results may be published, and may be submitted to the AMYA and CYRA for their use. I am assured that my personal contact information will not be disclosed outside the organizing bodies.
Signature:___________________ Date:_________________
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Race Announcement International One Metre Hood River Carnage 2011 Region 6 Championship Regatta Western CANAM Event #3 When:
July 15, 16, 17, 2011 (3 day event)
Where:
Hood River Marina - Hood River, Oregon
Hosted by:
Oregon Model Yacht Club, Portland, Oregon
VENUE: The windswept waters of the Hood River Marina basin and the current free section of The Columbia River adjacent to the windsurfing Event Site in Hood River. Both sites offer the best possible wind during the peak wind month of July. Have your #3 rig blown free of cobwebs. For information - Morgan Dewees - mdewees@omyc.org
Friday July 15th 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Check in and boat measurement. 1:30 PM, Skippers Meeting st
2:00 PM, 1 Seeding Race 6:30 PM, End of Racing No Host Dinner, location to be announced.
Saturday Jan 15 9:45 AM, Skippers Meeting 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM, Racing No Host Dinner, location to be announced.
Sunday Jan 16 9:45 AM, Skippers Meeting 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Racing Awards ceremony
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NOTICE OF RACE The 2011 Soling One Meter—Canadian Championship Regatta June 17 – 19, 2011 Invitation:
The KYC Radio Controlled Fleet and the Kingston Yacht Club invite Soling One Meter radiocontrolled boat sailors to the 2011 Soling One Meter Canadian National Championship regatta to be held June 17 - 19 at KYC, 1 Maitland Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 2V3, http:// www.kingstonyachtclub.com/
Dates:
Registration and practice sailing will take place on June 17, 2011. Racing will take place on June 18 - 19, 2011, on the fresh waters of Kingston Harbour, off KYC.
Eligibility:
Skippers of Soling 1 Meter Class boats who are in good standing with the CRYA or their respective National Authority may participate. Eligible boats may enter by submitting the entry form, complete with the required fee, to the Kingston Yacht Club, before June 1, 2011.
Number of Entries: A maximum of thirty-nine entries will be accepted into the regatta. Entries will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Entries received after June 1 may be accepted at the Race Director’s discretion. Entry Fee:
The entry fee of $60.00 CAD plus HST ($67.80) includes racing, a registration ‘goodie bag’, lunch on Saturday and Sunday, and prizes. Cheques or money orders should be made payable to “Kingston Yacht Club”.
Rules:
The regatta will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing, including Appendix E, the rules of the Soling 1 Meter Class, this Notice of Race and the Sailing Instructions.
Measurement: Measurement will be conducted at the time of registration and may be conducted thereafter on any or all boats without notice, as determined by the Race Director, acting in his or her sole discretion. Racing:
Ten races, as defined in Appendix E1.1, are scheduled. This number may be increased based upon final entry total. Scoring and heat participation will be carried out in accordance with the HMS 2007.
Schedule:
Friday June17:
1400 – 2000
Saturday June 18: 0800 – 0900 0930 1030 Sunday, June 19: 0900 1000
Registration Measurement and inspection Practice sailing Registration, measurement Skippers’ Meeting Warning Race #1 Skippers’ Meeting Warning next race No sequence will be begun after 1500h. Awards will follow ASAP after racing
Frequencies:
The Entry Form must indicate at least three (3) available frequencies (or indicate 2.4 GHz) for each boat entered.
Awards:
Trophies will be awarded to the top five finishers in the Regatta.
Regatta Contact: Paul Switzer
switzerp@cogeco.ca
613-541-0704
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2010 Soling One Meter Canadian Championship Regatta June 17 – 19, 2011 at the Kingston Yacht Club General Accommodation: Go to http://tourism.kingstoncanada.com/en/stay/index.asp. Click on the type of accommodation in the column on the right. Racing: The course will be twice around a windward-leeward course including an offset mark at the windward mark and a gate as the leeward mark, with a mid-course start/finish line. Control areas will be adjacent to the start/ finish lines. Lunch: If conditions permit, there will be a break from racing. Racing Saturday: No race shall start after 1700 hours at the discretion of the RD Regatta Dinner: A regatta dinner will be held at Kingston Yacht Club at 1900 hours on Saturday, June 18. Personnel: Our Race Director, Ross Cameron, our Scorer, Lana Butler, and our Mark Layers, Peter Van Rossem and Niilo Avarmaa, share decades of experience successfully managing and participating in major R/C sailing regattas. Registration: To ensure your place in line, REGISTER ONLINE at http://www.kingstonyachtclub.com/ or Print and fill in the following form and mail it to: Soling One Metre Canadian Championship c/o Kingston Yacht Club 1 Maitland Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 2V3 Entries will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Registration will close June 1, 2011. Late entries may be accepted at the Race Director’s discretion. Entrants must be CRYA or AMYA members and all boats must be registered. Boats will be subject to measurement.
Please fill in the following form to enter the Regatta.
FIRST NAME _________________________ LAST NAME ADDRESS ____________________________ CITY POSTAL/ ZIP CODE
___ PHONE NUMBER
SAIL # ___________________
PROV/ STATE ___________ E-MAIL
CRYA or AMYA #
Radio Frequency List: Primary Frequency:
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Second Frequency:
Third Frequency:
Entry Fee: Cheque or money order for $67.80 CAD (incl HST) payable to KYC enclosed: Disclaimer I hereby agree to comply with the rules as defined in the current 2009-2012 Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the rules of the Soling One Meter Class, this Notice of Race, the Sailing Instructions and any amendments to the Sailing Instructions made by the Race Director. I acknowledge that my boat will at all times fully conform to the class rules. I acknowledge that I am entering this regatta entirely at my own risk and do hereby release and hold harmless the Kingston Yacht Club, its members, the regatta organizers, the CRYA and the AMYA all jointly and severally, from liability for any loss, injury or damage to any persons and property however caused, even if such loss, injury or damage is caused by the negligence of those released and held harmless. The laws of Ontario, Canada shall apply to any issue, dispute or claim arising directly or indirectly in respect to this regatta and the Courts of Kingston, Canada shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any such issue, dispute or claim. I am aware that my personal information will be used to organize this event and that my name, membership details, boat registration details, home town and race results may be published, and may be submitted to the AMYA and CYRA for their use. I am assured that my personal contact information will not be disclosed outside the organizing bodies.
Signature:
Date: