March 2007 - Fairwind Yacht Club

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not require a cruise checkout to skipper a boat on the trip! On the overnite trips, we will try to make it a cruise checkout, as well. One thing new for 2007: On June 29 th ,we will have our first “Kid’s Cruise” to Catalina, designed for Fairwind families that have kids. March 10 Whale Watch (MDR) March 11 Whale Watch (Oxnard) April 15 King Harbor Brunch May 11–13 Paradise Cove (start both MDR/ Oxnard) June 8–10 Avalon Harbor June 29–July 1 Kid's Cruise to Isthmus July 13–15 Isthmus July 27–29 Nick Rendezvous (preliminary date) (Oxnard) August 10–12 Santa Cruz Island (Oxnard) Sept 9 King Harbor Dinner Please consider signing up, people are doing so, already! We charge $5/pp for the day cruises, and $20 for the overnites, to cover the boat/fuel costs. On the overnites, the food is bought/decided by the participants. If you would like to crew or skipper any of these, PLEASE contact me as soon as you can commit, so we can arrange the boats appropriately. There has been a problem with e-mail going through the Cruisechair@fairwind.org address, so please contact me directly at: kmurray@pol.net WHALES TAKE OFF! This year’s whale watches start on March 10, out of Marina del Rey, and we have both Island Side, and the Mark III going, with lots of room remaining! Also this year, we are adding another whale watch on March 11th, out of Oxnard, on our deepwater 40-foot cruising yacht, Angelsea. We also have lots of room on that boat. For only $5 to cover fuel, as we chase the giants of the sea all over, it is a great way to see the ocean! If you would like to go, please e-mail me at kmurray@pol.net, or call my number in the member roster. BOAT RESERVATION SHEETS A volunteer prints, delivers and files the Boat Reservation Sheets every week. On rare occasion, they were only printed and delivered, but at least they got to the dock box. Thanks in advance for the courtesy to all other members that you file them into the binder. Also there is a three-hole punch in the bottom of the main dock box. Peter Griswold Page 4 MIDWINTER REGATTA. Photos from the Hobie Wave class. The races were hosted by Fairwind YC in Marina del Rey. Dave at the Midwinter race on a Hobie Wave.
TRUE CONFESSIONS: THE SECRET OF WHY MARGARET’S SO POPULAR WITH LOCAL SAILORS… I’ve gotten 2 or 3 calls a day recently from my Fairwind friends and other local sailing buddies. Why? Because I live right on the harbor next door to the MdR Coast Guard station, and took a marine weather forecasting class last Fall. Friends who live in other areas call me to see what the conditions are like before they decide to make the long drive here to go sailing. “Is the MdR Coast Guard station flying the small craft warning flag?” some ask, knowing that they’ll be limited to sailing in the harbor if it is. Others ask, “Do you think it will rain this afternoon there?” to decide if they should pack foulies. Some wonder, “How’s the wind?” I love to feel useful. So I pause for a moment, then report “Yep, the red flag’s up,” or “It’s raining now, but looks like it will clear up in an hour or two,” or “Wow, there’s a NE wind gusting well over 20 knots.” My friends thank me, imagining that I’ve been pondering cloud formations and flagpoles outside my window. Here’s my secret: usually the only window I use to answer their questions is the Microsoft kind. For casual local day-sails, three websites give all the weather information a sailor needs in fairly clear, concise formats. The first is Accuweather for Marina del Rey for rain and temperature predictions. The other two are: http://www.watchthewater.org/ Select ‘Marina del Rey’. On the right hand side of the screen is a webcam you control with arrow keys. Turn the webcam towards the flag pole to see if the small craft flag is flying, as it is in the above picture: This site also gives other useful information for planning your sail, such as what time the sun sets, tides, and surf height. When the small craft flag is flying during beautiful, calm conditions (like the picture above), optimistic sailors sometimes dismiss it only to be knocked on their beam ends by wind or waves a couple of hours later. Remember it may be flying for forecasted conditions, not just current conditions. Many marine insurance policies (including Fairwind’s I understand) state that they won’t cover damage incurred when a small craft warning is in effect, regardless of the cause. http://marinaaquaticcenter.org/weather/ MAC_Conditions.htm The UCLA Marine Aquatic Center is everyone’s favorite for current wind information, including average speed, high wind speed (gusts) and wind direction: Now that I’ve shared my secret, I hope that my sailor friends will still call me once in a while… and invite me to go sailing! Page 5
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