Unfortunately, the C-Fleet Clinic scheduled for Saturday, June 8, at LIYC has been canceled. The reason is low registration, coupled with the fact that I am traveling on business all week and unable to help promote further. I hope to be able to re-schedule later in the summer.
You’ve seen them out there, all those Harbor 20’s racing about Newport Harbor. Have you ever contemplated competing in your Harbor 20, but just don’t know how to get started? Jumping in to the existing B-Fleet can be intimidating because the fleet is pretty big. But, as of the 2011-2012 racing season, there is now a C-Fleet in Newport Harbor. The C-Fleet offers an introductory experience to sailing a Harbor 20, whether your interest lies in racing or not. Even if you have no interest in racing your Harbor 20, trying a bit of racing helps develop boat handling and seamanship skills faster than any other learning activity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok3H79i_688
In the C-Fleet, you can get lots of help! Fleet 1 has a “mentor” program whereby experienced sailors go with you on your boat, either while racing or not. And, the fleet periodically offers C-Fleet Clinics – and the next one is coming up on Saturday, June 8, 1-5 PM at Lido Isle Yacht Club. C-Fleet clinics emphasize introductory boat handling, seamanship, and FUN! Mentors will be avaialble to sail with you if you like. The cost is $25.00 per person, and includes pizza and cold refreshments.
Click here for a Clinic Description.
Click here to register. You’ll be glad you did!
If you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact me.
Peter Haynes
peter.haynes@3ds.com, 949-631-8757 Office, 949-466-3971 Cell
BCYC is stepping up their game this year to provide the “best night of the week” for Harbor 20’s. Video taped starting practice starts at 5:30, and racing starts at 6:00. What a great way to get in a bunch of practice starts, and get a feel for the first windward leg before the actual racing starts. You should be able to see video of your practice starts at the post racing party, where there will also be $1.00 Tacos and $1.00 Draft Beers, not to mention the traditional raffle and nightly trophy presentation! This should be fun, and we hope to see you there! See the Calendar, or click here for information.
I’m just gazing out of my window at this beautiful day (with good breeze!) and getting excited that Twilights are starting next week!! Please sign up if you haven’t done so already.
Sailing Instructions and course charts should be ready to go up our website by Friday.
Hope to see you all next week!
Becky Lenhart
BYC Sailing Director
949-673-3515 x 133
Hello Annapolis H20 Fleet,
Our Spring Social sail was a huge success, thanks to all participants and especially to Susan and Marshall Steele. Seven Harbor 20’s sailed up the Severn River in an easterly breeze. Jim Meade arrived by kayak and several people came by car including John Heinz and his son, Eric. The Cahills came the longest distance to attend the event – from New Jersey.
Golf carts were waiting for us at the Sherwood Community floating docks upon arrival, and we all shuttled up to the Steele home for a delicious lunch on their deck. First prize for the most creative nautical derby hats went to Sue and Garth Hichens.
Stay tuned for more information on the next social event on October 19th at Pat and Howard Brooks home on Rideout Creek.
See you on the water soon!
Cathie and Pete
Summer is here ! ALYC’s Sundowner Series racing starts next Monday May 6th, 2013. If enough boats register, ALYC plans offer separate starts for A and B/C. With Bill McNamara now charing the race committe, there are quite a few changes in the works for this year. See the previous post for details, and note that the regstration price increases at 3:55 PM today.
Hello Harbor 20 Racers in Classes A, B & C
The American Legion Yacht Club – 2013 Monday Nights Sundowner Series registration is now open online:
Early registration is only $40… registration after 1755 hours Monday April 22is is $50 and after 1755 hours Monday April 29th is $60 – without a guarentee that we’ll have room… so register early!
Racing starts Monday May 6th, 2013 – several changes are in the works to enhance your team’s enjoyment:
The Notice Of Race is online .
Sailing Instructions, Course Charts and Class Breaks will be available no less than a week before the first race. Please contact me with any questions.
Race safe and race fair,
Bill McNamara
ALYC Race Committee Chairman
Bill-McNamara@cox.net
(949) 360-8448
To our Fleet One members,
We have recently created a Harbor 20, Fleet 1 Facebook Page so you can see how much fun we’re having. It contains all the social elements of sailing, racing, and off the water events. There are hundreds of photos in different photo albums from regattas, parties, and other events that are available for you to copy, download, and share on your own Facebook page or with your friends. You can find the most recent photo albums on the “Newsfeed” (as Facebook calls the main page) or by going to the box at the top of the Facebook Page called “Photos”.
The Facebook Page contains limited regatta results with links to the host yacht club and the Harbor 20 Class Association website. It also contains articles about recent events (such as the W.D. Schock Memorial Regatta). You can make comments at the bottom of the articles or just click “Like”.
Also at the top of the main Facebook Page, there is a box called “Notes” in which you will find the lists of winners for each of our perpetual trophies that go back to as early as 1997 when our fleet was created.
Finally, you can post your own photos, news, and articles onto the Facebook Page for the enjoyment of everyone in the fleet.
If you click on this link, it will take you to our Facebook Page:
www.facebook.com/Harbor20Fleet1
If you would like to join our Fleet One Facebook Page to receive our news, updates and photos, please click “Like” on the homepage. You will find the “Like” box next to the words “Harbor 20, Fleet 1, Newport Beach, CA” underneath the photo at the top of the Page. When you click on it, “Like” will change to “Liked” and that all you need do!
We have also created an email address that you can use to contact us. It is Harbor20Fleet1@hotmail.com
We hope to see you out on the water soon!
Newport Beach Independent online at newportbeachindy.com
Under Sail – Sailing Seminars
By Steve Barrett on March 17th, 2013
Last Saturday I spent the day at a sailing seminar at Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club with Peter Haynes as the instructor. The topics covered were sail theory, shape and trim, the basic aerodynamics, rig tuning, and using your telltales. Included were steering, crew position, tacking and gibing, and rounding the marks. Whewwww!
Peter and his helpful wife, Debbie, were the best of the best at explaining and teaching the most complex of facts necessary to win races, which then enable winning regattas. While this information is critical against the sailing pros Newport Harbor sailing has bred, most of these topics are also important for cruising and leisure sailing.
Learning these principles will allow the leisure sailor to arrive at Catalina hours sooner and The Cape days sooner. I recommend and encourage all local sailors to attend Peter’s “Harbor 20” organizations seminars. Besides the “Handling and Sail Trim” seminar, Peter also will provide a “Strategy and Tactics” seminar on June 2, and on September 8 he will cover “Understanding the Racing” rules of sailing. I look forward to attending both of these as I watched a very gifted instructor explain extremely complex facts in an understandable manner for even a slow learner like myself. I encourage novices and experts alike to attend, and assure everyone they will learn something–novices quite a bit more.
As far back as I can remember until I was about 12 years old, my Dad was a crewmember on an 18-foot Thistle and religiously raced every regatta locally and a few outside our area. His college friends who were captains of the three-man ocean racing deck-less sloops were mostly engineers like Peter Haynes. The theories and practices of winning sailing are mathematically similar in the thought process.
I started racing sailboats when I was eight years old and continued until high school. All noncalms in the sailing program at Newport Harbor Yacht Club arrived around 9:00 a.m. and finished washing down their boats before 5:00 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. During my era Dick Sweet supervised the races and our behavior, which also included lectures and chalk board instruction.
I learned an awful lot, but Peter’s information took my knowledge and experience two or three levels higher. Thank you Peter and see you June 2, if not sooner racing in the Harbor.
Included was a portion of a sailing film by Llowell North whom, along with our own local Bill Ficker, (winner of the America’s Cup), were winning Starboat regattas in the 50s and early 60s. Side note: Congratulations to our Newport Harbor Christmas Parade Chairman David Beek for winning the “Valvetect Marina of the Year” award at the International Marina and Boatyard Conference. Atta boy David! Seymor must be very proud.
Keep on sailing.
Sea Ya,
Skipper Steve
Steve Barrett has more than 50 years boating in Newport and performs systems checks, repairs and pilots yachts. Email him at skipperstevetoo@yahoo.com.
Attached is an image of the Harbor 20 sailors who attended the AYC Fleet 5 Frostbite awards March 24, 2013. There were lots of winners and smiles while the club offered free drinks and a hot lunch in the Skipjack.
We all had an outstanding Fall/Winter racing series and now we can get ready for Wednesday night racing which starts April 24th. Please enter the 2013 WNR regatta online when you have time.
Peter Trogdon #311
