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Commodore's
Lay Line
Ahoy!
Sailing club members.
We had a great Awards Banquet in
January. Cattlemens continues to provide great hospitality.
Everyone was sharing and reminiscing during the greet hour, we
had to hold up dinner for a while. Last year's Board of
Directors was reinstated for 2012, and Chuck Herzog was
accepted as Member-at-Large. Awards were distributed and
pictures are posted on the Facebook page. I still have
certificates and pins for those in the top three. I'll bring
them to the meeting. Thanks to all who came to the Annual
Dinner.
I've been talking to Wallace about taking
advantage of the nice weather and plan on doing some small boat
sailing at Tomales Bay or Bodega Bay or Harbor. By checking the
weather and tides there may be some good opportunities in these
locations. These will be not scheduled on the calendar because
of weather issues. If I see a day with the right conditions
we'll send out an e-mail. If you want to be notified when we'll
be going, send Wallace or I an e-mail and we'll put you on the
call list. Tomales is always a great place for a day sail and
if the weather is nice we can launch at Miller Park, aka Nick's
Cove. Scooting around Bodega Harbor is a lot of fun. When the
tide is high, dagger board boats can pretty much cover the
whole Harbor area. Of course if conditions are just right: no
storm waves, favorable tides, and nice breezes, we can sail out
of the harbor, through the jetty entrance and out into Bodega
Bay. Bodega Bay is a large body of water bordered by Doran
Beach, The Pacific Ocean, Tomales Point, and the almost
inaccessible Sonoma-Marin coastline. I've been out there in the
Pirateer and the FJ, alone and with crew. Always a memorable
experience. Once we sailed almost half way to Dillon Beach.
Another time we were sailing over large, peaceful, incoming
swells from an Alaskan storm. Hope you can join us.
I
want to ask as many members as can, to attend this month's Club
meeting on Thursday the 16th of February, at the Round Table
Pizza near Coddingtown. Some members have expressed a desire to
sail on Spring Lake more than just once a month. When I
submitted the permit application to the County for this
upcoming year, I added a lot of new dates, which we can use if
we choose to. Some of the ideas that have been presented are:
shorter regattas with races every two weeks, having dates that
don't conflict with Tomales Fall Racing or Labor Day. This may
entail a substantial change in the schedules that we have
sailed in the past, so the more input we have, the better.
Please attend.
Of course, I couldn't finish without
reminding everyone that it's dues time again and remember: You
can now pay online.
Steve
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The
2011-2012 Frostbite Series Challenge
As
luck would have it, the third of five planned race days was
canceled on January 22. With heavy rain, cold weather, and
little wind, the active would-be participants in the 2011-2012
Frostbite Series agreed to stay home. We have two race days
left, and tremendous hope! On Sundays February 12 and March 11,
we are determined to race. According to the Notice of Race and
Sailing Instructions, "If races are postponed or abandoned by
the Race Committee, the Race Committee may reschedule such
races on any race day of the Series. Thus, there may be more
than three races on a given race day." So, be at Spring Lake
on February 12 and see how many races PRO Fred Brass chooses.
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Join
in on these up-coming events:
February
12:
Frostbite
Series Race Day, 1:00 P.M., Spring Lake
February
16: Monthly Meeting, 6:00
P.M.,
Roundtable
Pizza, northeast corner of Guerneville Road and Cleveland Ave.,
Santa Rosa
February
26: Get
Out and Sail! Day, 1:00 P.M., Spring Lake.
March
11:
Frostbite
Series Race Day, 1:00 P.M., Spring Lake
March
15: Monthly Meeting, 6:00
P.M.,
Roundtable
Pizza, northeast corner of Guerneville Road and Cleveland Ave.,
Santa Rosa
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Annual
Banquet Recap
Many
thanks to Commodore Steve Sarsfield for putting together a
great Annual Banquet at Cattlemens on January 21. With 19
members in attendance, here is what we did:
S.R.S.C.
SPORTSMAN:
Mark
Alarie was recognized for displaying the Corinthian spirit, and
for participating in 19 SRSC event days, including 52 races, in
2011.
KEEPING
US TOGETHER:
Wallace Whiting was recognized for helping to keep things
running smoothly.
LIFE
MEMBERSHIP:
Gordon and Carol Amrein were awarded Life membership in the
Club for all their service over so many years.
RACING
AWARDS: Winners of the 2010-2011 Frostbite Series,
2011 Twilight Series, 2011 Summer Series, and 2011 Tomales
Series were recognized. See the "2011 Awards" photo album
on Facebook
for details.
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SRSC
Members Sailing to victory in Non-Club Events:
Richmond
Yacht Club Mid-Winters
after
2nd
Race
Day (January 8, 2012):
Steve
Sarsfield (skipper) and Charlie Dotti (crew) are 4th
in
the Breakwater Open Class in their FJ.
Emilio Castelli
is 4th
in
the Laser Class.
Doug Howson is 1st
in
the Snipe Class.
Sausalito
Yacht Club Mid-Winters
after
1st
Race
Day (12/4/2011):
Pat
Broderick placed 5th
in
Spinnaker Division C in his Wylie Cat 30 Nancy.
Berkeley
Yacht Club Mid-Winters:
Steve
Sarsfield is active crewing Express 27's.
(Report other
member news to Wallace
Whiting.)
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Re-up
for 2012!
It's
time to renew your membership for 2012.
The
form
is on-line, and you can pay by paypal, check, or credit
card!
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Follow
us and send us your Club pictures on Facebook==>
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For those who are
thinking of racing with us at one of our low key races, this
video gives a quick overview of some of the important rules.
http://raceadmin.ussailing.org/Rules/Animated_Handy_Guide.htm
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To
join, click
here.
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