Thanks Rob N. for cleaning the debris off of the clubhouse roof; Bill for trimming the cedar trees; The City of Ottawa’s Forestry Department and the Y for pruning the trees along the electric line.
It’s time to plan for reinstating the deck on the beach and do some more work around the clubhouse.
The city still has a ban on open fires in place so no campfires permitted yet.
Lots of work going on around the Site and it’s good to be sailing again, too.
The wind made up for last week, and a great time was had by all! I counted 6 Albacores, 4 Lasers, and a Hobie out (with at least 9 actively racing, and a couple others out for a leisure sail) and even more folks who showed up for the apres-sail. High gusts (along with a bit of equipment failure) led to several capsizes before the first race but the wind calmed to about (a relatively steady) 7-8 knots for most of the evening.
Old-hand Frank and rookie Jean took home the most points of the night, with a 1st place finish in the first race, and a 4th place in race two (Albacore #86). Only one point behind, old-hands Andy W and Liz took 5th place in the first race, and 1st place in race two (Albacore #90). Rounding out the top 3 was club newcomer Luc who placed 4th and 3rd (Laser #281).
A special shout out goes to all our rookies who came out (Jean, Fanny, Andy L, Monica and Bill — apologies if I forgot anyone), our race officer Mario, and Frank and Jean for bringing the food/beverages to the apres-sail!
Complete results can be found at Results – May 30, 2016. As always, results are provisional for 72 hours, so if we missed your boat, please let me know!
People showed up for the 1st Race Night in our Monday Night series, but sadly the wind did not. With dead air (< 1 knot) prevailing, and the few “gusts” there were up to 4 knots, the race was abandoned at 6:15pm.
Still, the company was great, and the beer, burgers and sausages helped to sooth disappointed hearts. Of particular note was the large contingent of Learn-To-Sail trainees who showed up and the enthusiasm was great to see!
Forecast for Monday May 30 looks better — as of Thursday the 26, WindGuru is calling for 9-15 knots (WindGuru) so hopefully we’ll make up for it! (Light rain is forecast, but we race rain-or-shine as long as there’s no lightning)
Much appreciation to Mario and Frank for running Race Committee (or trying to…)
Great to see folks out for the Victoria Day long weekend. We plan to install the lower deck soon for the beachgoers. The ice-cold edge is now gone from the water and while it’s ‘bracing’ when you first go in several children were full-on swimming this weekend.
Duty Day at KSC – This past weekend: Thanks Annie for cleaning up the clubhouse storage cabinets and washing the floor. And thanks Jean for organizing the area between the gas shed and tool shed and cleaning the gunk out between the clubhouse front step boards (it causes wood rot) and helping me change some of the boards there and on the deck. (Full disclosure 🙂 I’m Jean’s husband and somehow her Duty Day expanded into us replacing several stair and deck boards!)
In addition to helping keeping the place neat and tidy, Duty Day is a great opportunity to pickup new skills like for example, learning about the powerboats, sailboat repair, and the use of the workshop tools. Simply ask me or another experienced member and we’ll be glad to show you. After all, we’re all in this club together.
Be sure to sign-up for your turn.
Ahoy folks,
A draft of the 2016 Sailing Instructions (SIs) for the Monday Racing Series is now available. The SIs are to be ratified for the Spring Series on Monday May 16 at a meeting at the clubhouse (6:30pm). If you see any errors, or whatever, please let me know by sending an e-mail to [email protected], or we can discuss them at the meeting tonight.
“What are SIs?” you may ask… generally speaking, they’re the formal definition of the “house rules” for the races. The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) published by World Sailing is the blueprint for running races, and the SIs are amendments/modification to the RRS for the purpose of racing at the club. They include what time/dates races will be run, how our start sequence differs from the standard sequence, how scoring will work, that kind of thing.
Many thanks again to Mario for putting these together!
Thanks to all the helpers who got the entire place ready for the sailing season – from the highest rooftop down to the docks on the beach. Now it’s time to enjoy fun on the water.
The racing season’s almost here, and it’s time to get things sorted out! Come out to the club Monday May 16 for a pre-season meeting and we’ll talk all things racing. For those who have never raced before (or, if its been a while) we’ll give a once over of all-you-need-to-know-to-get-started (what to do when you arrive on race-night, what the race course looks like, how the races are started, basic rules, etc). For the old-salts, we’ll go over this year’s SIs and how they are different from last season (especially scoring).
We will be hosting a formal “Racing Clinic” later in the season (after the first Learn-To-Sail lessons are over) as well, but the meeting on the 16th should get us started for the Spring series of races (May 23, water-levels-permitting, to June 20).
Many thanks to Mario for again volunteering as our Principal Race Officer.
If you’ve been on the fence about whether or not to race, let me try to persuade you
See on you Monday the 16th!
Did you know that as a member of KSC, you’re entitled to use any of our Albacores in Canadian Albacore Association events? Well you are! The 2016 Ontario championships are being held in Toronto this year at Mooredale Sailing Club, for anyone who’s interested! Check out http://albacore.ca/ontarios/ for links to the registration page.
Thank you to those who helped with Launch Day. Huge progress was made in preparation for Saturday’s Open House. Lunch was awesome – thanks to Ken and his team.
‘New’ Furniture: A big thank you to Tony for donating the beautiful sofa and chairs, delivering them and getting a few helpers to help him cart off the old ones.
Water pump: Thank you John, Ken, Louis and especially Mike (who spent time in the cold river), for your expertise and doing a great job priming the pump. Then Ed discovered and quickly fixed the leak from a burst pipe.
Workshop / Sail Loft Roof Shingles: Thank you to Deb and Stefan for initiating and taking on the roof reshingle project.