Campbell River Yacht Club 2005

Executive:

Commodore: Mike Harris 923-4647 mharris@connected.bc.ca

Vice Commodore: Rene Bosshart 923-6304 asb@oberon.ark.com

Past Commodore: Glen Gresdal 923-4262 britainy@oberon.ark.com

Secretary: Karen Floor 926-0515 floors@telus.net

Treasurer: Lynda Harris 923-4647 mharris@connected.bc.ca

Directors:

Cruising: Dave Dakin 923-4618 dakind@telus.net

Racing: Wade Major 923-5326 wade.major@crcn.net

Club Promotion: Wade Major 923-5326 wade.major@crcn.net

Newsletter: Jeanne Gresdal 923-4262 britainy@oberon.ark.com

Social: Nola Fremont 923-5573 Fremont@oberon.ark.com

Programs: By Directors – 5 Presentations

Committees:

Sunshine: Carol Pennock 337-5318 Phoning: Carol Pennock 337-5318

Royeen Silver 287-8213 Lynn Wright 923-3915 Colleen Kelly 337-8950

Clubhouse: Nola Fremont Power Squadron Liaison: Pat James 830-1726

Published Sept.—June

Editor: Jeanne Gresdal

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The Commodore's Message

The Events calendar is in high gear and its great to see that the recent club outings have been very well attended. My sin-cere thanks to those who managed to get out for the sailpast, it was a brand new experience for Lynda and I and your salutes were greatly appreciated. The Prawnathon had 12 boats out over the week-end and I for one can say the quantity and size of the catch exceeded my expectations. Thanks to all those who attended and special thanks to Dave and Wade for coming equipped with pullers. Having a machine do the work gives a whole new outlook on the sport. The upcoming general meeting will feature a pro-gram on paints put on by the knowledgeable staff from Ocean Pacific. Please bring those hard to an-swer questions. The Gorge Harbour weekend is coming up on the long weekend and for those who are new to the club

I would strongly suggest you make time to attend, as it is the highlight of the spring social calendar. See you there.

Mike Harris

May 2005

Sailpast—The Commodore’s View

A salute from Wind Song!!

Remember the wind up barbecue on June 16th at the Club-house. Usually starts about 6:30 p.m.

Next General Meeting—Thursday, May 19th— with a program- “bottom paint” - Ocean Pacific

The Mechanic’s Chest by Wessel

. The Inflatable Dinghy

Old sailors never die, they just get a little dinghy!

Ya Ok I can buy that. We have bought a few dinghies’ over the years. Our first tender which came bundled with the purchase of our first boat was a Sabot style 200# cemented and fiberglassed box. I for one hate to get wet (swimming aside of course) and that first dinghy only provided about 4” of freeboard with Colleen, the two girls and I on board. One big wave and "dingy" would have been gone. We’re good swimmers so no immediate problem. Soon a corporate decision was made to purchase an Inflatable. Hard-bodied tenders will far outperform and outlast any Inflatable but they do not provide the stability or unsink-ability we required.

There are two types of Inflatable hull fabrics today.

-PVC (Zodiac, Quicksilver and West Marine) is a thermoplastic that is heat welded (melted) together by machines. PVC’s are cheaper to make and easier to sell because the assembly process is mecha-nized which means any dumb machine can build them and programmed machines don’t make mistakes. Problems with PVC’s are their inability to withstand UV rays. This is not a big problem in our northern climes if the dinghy is protected with a cover but given even a few seasons of constant expo-sure to Campbell River’s summer sun, the telltale signs of brown creeping UV fecus on the topsides appears. PVC’s do not sell in the tropics.

-HYPOLON (AB, Achilles, APEX, Avon, Novurania and others) are machine cut but must be hand glued by humanoids so hence the added expense and dangers. The material is a rubber based material, is much more UV resistant and far tougher with plies of material within the layers of rubber.

The single biggest source of damage to in-flatables is running your dinghy underin-flated. Floorboards chafe, the engine weight strains the tran-som-tube joint and the boat slowly tears itself apart. Fill drum-hard typically 3.5psi. Inflat-ables also must be pro-tected from sharp ob-jects like barnacles and oyster shells. Inflat-able dealers like “Big Island Inflatables” in Nanaimo sell the proper glues and materials to add on bottom reinforcement if you’re a do it yourselfer, or they can provide the service for you. For winter storage they are best left inflated and out of the perishing weather, but should you deflate, it is a good idea to sprinkle with tal-cum powder and store in a dry place. Oh ya, and finally the UV problem addressed. It is a good idea to buy an inexpensive off the shelf cover.

No Worries Mate!

Gary Wessel

Truth is not determined by a majority vote!!

The North Pacific Shoe Spill

(Many of you will recall this story) Approximately 8,000 athletic shoes were lost over-

board on May 27, 1990 in the North Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of 48 00 N 161 00 W (Nth of Hawaii). The

container vessel Hansa Carrier was en route from

Korea to the US Pacific Northwest when it encoun-tered a severe storm causing 21 of its 40 foot con-

tainers to be lost overboard. Five of the containers held shoes, a variety of different styles from chil-

dren's runners to men's hiking boots. Six months to a year later, thousands of shoes washed ashore from

southern Oregon to the Queen Charlotte Islands.

People held swap meets to match up the shoes. One avid beachcomber, Steve Mcleod, kept detailed lists

totaling 1600 shoes that could be exchanged to ob-tain matching pairs. This spill allowed the oceanogra-

phers to study the ocean currents. They traditionally

do bottle drops to achieve the same results! At the Northern end of the Big Island of Hawaii three

shoes were found from January to March 1992. These shoes appear to have followed the California

Current southward, and then traveled westward. Ad-ditional computer runs indicate that some of the

shoes should have arrived in Japan in 1994.

A similar story describes a Toy Spill in 1992. 2,900

floatable bathtub toys (rubber duckies?) in 1 of 12 containers washed overboard in the mid Nth pacific

ocean. To determine the long-term

fate of the toys, a computer simula-tion continues beyond the first land-

fall on the Southeast Alaska coast. According to the simulation the

Toys traveled anticlockwise around

the Gulf of Alaska and then through passes west of the Alaska Peninsula

into the Bering Sea. By January 1994 the toys arrived in Bristol Bay

and were presumably trapped in the seasonal sea ice. The following

spring during break-up, it is reasonable to assume

given the prevailing currents, that the toys will have been transported through the Bering Strait into the

Arctic Ocean. Then on to the vicinity of Point Barrow and from there will have been transported with Arctic

pack ice in Northern Siberia, eventually reaching the

North Atlantic Ocean. Quite a story eh?? Or is it survivor!!!

Colleen Kelly

Tuesday, June 7th at the

Anchor Inn—our usual time—

11:30 a.m. This is our last lunch

until the first Tues. in October.

Next lunch date will be in September or

thereabouts.

Men’s Luncheon

Gotta luv Nautical Trivia by Jim Elliot

Most Valuable Tip #462.5

Bug screens on hot summer nights are not a luxury!

And if you have tried to attach them under the deck

hatch to the fibre glass liner, it is usually a nightmare.

Velcro tape seems to be the answer and over the

years I have always been told that contact cement

works the best to attach the Velcro to the liner.

Don’t you believe it! To open the hatch you need to

peel the Velcro back and by the middle of summer,

there are sections of the tape left hanging in the

breeze and the bugs just walk on in. I have re-glued

the tape so many times, I have contemplated stapling

the tape to the thick layer of contact cement left on

the liner.

Finally I ventured into a non-marine store (Windsor

Plywood) and asked for their advice on this problem.

The clerk didn’t even bat an eye. He walked over to

the adhesive rack and picked up a Lepage Bulldog Grip

Polyurethane construction adhesive. “Just follow the

instructions and it will work”.

1. I scraped the old contact cement off the liner.

2. Pat sewed some new Velcro tape into a square to

fit the bug screen.

3. I laid a wavy line of adhesive along the Velcro

tape. The instructions said if you want faster cure

time, spray the bead with a fine mist of water which I

did.

4. The Velcro was then pushed onto the liner and the

adhesive spread evenly behind the tape.

5. The excess glue was cleaned up with a piece of

paper towel and some paint thinner.

6. 24 hours later, I attached the bug screen and

tested it by grabbing one corner and ripping it off the

liner. The strip glued to the liner stood up to the test

every time.

7. I kicked myself for believing that only marine

stores can solve problems with boats.

Jim Elliott Opus 5

Ladie’s Luncheon

Yearly Membership Dues

Family Memberships are CRYC $65.00

Fund $10.00Family Total $75.00

Personal Memberships are CRYC $55.00

Fund $10.00Personal Total $65.00

The fund to go to Marine Parks

Offshore Membership totals are

$42.50 for families and $37.50 for personals. “Off Island and Adjacent Islands" residents. Please send cheques to CRYC, 2 – 9082 Clarkson Dr, Black Creek, BC V9J 1B3

Total Memberships as at May 5, 2005—28

We welcome our newest Members—Bill & Lynn Wheeler/Lennox and Glen and Betty Rumley

Get set for the Gorge Harbour weekend!! (See Cruise

Reminders for the Next Month) Let’s go and have a wonderful time as this may be the last!!

The Gorge Harbour resort has been sold and it is not known at this time if it will remain a resort. See you

there.

We are tentatively planning a Mother’s/Father ‘s Day brunch on June 5th. More details will be announced at the May 19th General Meeting. The phoning com-mittee will also be calling.

Prawnathon 2005

A great success!!

Action Between the Sheets - on

the race course with Hugh SilverRacing in Gorge

Sure we have some plans for showing the stink-potters how much more fun sailors have with our toys than they with theirs. If it is breezy, two races... a relatively serious sin-gle handers trophy race and a fun race with life ring over-board retrieval involved, bottle of wine entry fee and the spoils to the winner. If it’s warm and calm and a volunteer can be found to “fall overboard” in a wet suit or exposure suit, I’m game to demo my man overboard drill. Think about joining me—a skipper who loses a man overboard because he doesn’t have the equipment and the ability to use it is exposed to big legal trouble aside from his conscience.

Ladies Lunch—

San Marcos

—May 3rd

More pics from the Commodore’s View of

the Sailpast...

Cruise Reminders for the Next Month

May 21-23 Gorge Harbour Race and Cruise -

Saturday, Sunday, Monday Great fun! Join in the race!

June 11 Major Mystery Race and Cruise toLund or the Copelands

Cruise over on Saturday and return Sunday. Or, Maybe

try your cruising machine in the race! Handicap system could make you a winner!

Mark your calendar for July 1st to 3rd weekend cruise to

Octopus Islands and take part in the dedication of new

parklands on Sunday, July 3rd. More info next month. Dave Dakin

Sikanni Chief

Chase the Wind

Far Niente

A salute from...

Goose

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