Race Night Report, Monday, June 6, 2016

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Shifty gusts made for an exciting night, with several capsizes which had an effect on the standings. Mario was joined in the RC boat by instructor Heidi who (after a catamaran capsize) decided she had worked enough for one day.

The first race got off to a rocky start, as a few folks on shore had trouble launching and getting to the starting area in time (note to self… arrive sooner). Despite the rush, a good race was run, with particularly close racing on the reaches. With only a few boat lengths before the finish line, Jean and Frank (at the front of the fleet) capsized and the were passed by the other contenders. Rookie Sarah and old hand Arthur took the race in an Albacore, followed by Heather and Ken E (2nd, Albacore) and a photo-finish for 3rd between Mike R (3rd, Laser), Monica/Jason (4th, Albacore). The three person Albacore (5th, Corinne, Mike T, and 8-year-old Leopold) and Luc (6th, Laser) rounded out the pack, with Jean and Frank (7th, Albacore) as an OCF. Mike R sailed over, capsized his own Laser and helped Jean and Frank right the boat before the second race.

With more boats on the start line, race 2 was all about playing the shifts, as the wind oscillated back and forth. More capsizes followed (although people got their boats up quickly), and close racing ensued. The Heather/Ken (1st) and Sarah/Arthur (2nd) Albacores switched positions, but 3rd was grabbed by Luc in his Laser. He was followed by Max (4th, Laser Radial), Corinne/Mike T/Leopold (5th, Albacore), Monica/Jason (6th, Albacore), Mike R (7th Laser), Jean/Frank (8th, Albacore), with Jenny (9th, Byte) having retired.

According to the latest results, Ken E (58 pts), and club newcomer Luc (53 pts) have established themselves as #1 and #2, the real story is the 4-way tie for 3rd (51 pts) with Jean, Frank, Mike T, Jason. Jean leads the rookies (51 pts) but Monica (47 pts), Sarah and Heather (44 pts each) are within striking distance.

Many thanks to Mike T for bringing the food/beverages and Heidi for joining Mario in the RC boat. On a serious note, we have to be better and helping out the RC. Mike T volunteered for next week, but if anyone else wants to volunteer (and learn a heck of a lot about racing) send me an e-mail ([email protected]) and we’ll make it happen.

Plan now for Family Sailing Week

2016-06-01UncategorizedKSC Commodore

You can learn to sail with your kids this summer! Our Family Sailing Week classes are the best “stay-cation” under the sun (and on the water!). Family Sailing Week #1 starts July 11. Class #2 starts August 2.

Sophie Turner celebrity evening prom dress at Oscars 2016 red carpet. Side slit skirt — Fun for the family!

New Junior Learn to Sail Class Added

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Due to strong demand, we’ve added another Junior Learn to Sail course. These are open to kids ages 8 to 15. No previous sailing experience is required.

This week’s Site News

2016-06-01SiteSite Director

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.

Race Night Report, May 30, 2016

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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!

Race Night Report – Monday May 23, 2016

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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…)

Warm weather arrives

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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

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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.

2016 Monday Race Series – Sailing Instructions (Draft) posted

2016-05-16SailingSailing Director

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!

KSC 2016 – Monday Evening Series – SI – Draft 6

KSC Site is ready for the sailing season

2016-05-11SiteSite Director

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.