THE
SPREADER
Newsletter of the Hollyburn Sailing Club
November 2014
Great turnout for Fall Cleanup
Sailboat/Kayak Challenge
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Commodore’s Log (November 2014) Roy’s Reflections – whatever happened to
the past 12 months?
My lovely wife and I returned
from an Atlantic cruise in December last year to the news that I had been elected commodore of this amazing
club. What’s happened over the last year has left me breathless, exhausted
and feeling pretty good about the future.
Our club has what I believe is something rare, if not unique, in that its
membership is active, engaged, enthusiastic and spans all age levels. We
have kayakers, sailors, rowers, stand up paddle boarders and a couple of
insane swimmers. We also have people who, because of their age or physical limitation, are no long active in any of these activities but continue to
support the club as volunteers whenever we put out the call and often when
we don’t. As a result of all these amazing people we’ve enjoyed a great
year. Our young sailors keep bringing home the silverware from fierce
competition with other clubs. We have our own race series and even a
friendly kayak/sail challenge. We have WOW, which continues to grow.
We have solstice paddles, Christmas carol paddles complete with brightly
lit kayaks and we have some kayakers who don’t recognize the seasons and enjoy getting out all year. Our sail training enjoyed another excellent year and it’s really gratifying to realize that many of our instructors, who patiently instill skills and responsible sailing
techniques in people only a few years younger than themselves, are graduates of those same sail training programmes in previous
years.
On the lighter side we have enjoyed many club parties to celebrate the New Year, St. Valentine’s day, St Patrick’s day, Halloween,
Christmas and more. We’ve enjoyed many evenings of quiet entertainment provided by our own members and many BBQs on the
deck during the warm summer months.
With the Ambleside redevelopment still in an embryonic state it’s reassuring to have completed negotiations for a further 5 year lease
along with assurances from council and staff that we are considered a fixture on the waterfront. The future looks good.
Sadly we lost a number of members during my tenure as Commodore, and once again I want to express the club’s condolences to the
families of Bernd Friedrich, Bob Hough, Trish McMordie, and Doug Sutherland.
The club executive has worked hard throughout the year and, thanks to their unfailing support and hard work, I’m able to hand over
to a new commodore knowing that the club is in good shape. I want to express my sincere thanks to all those on the executive, and
many others, for their help, without which I could not have completed my year in office half as well.
Roy Morford
Commodore HSC
Commodore
Vice Commodore
Rear Commodore
Past Commodore
Training Director
Minutes Secretary
Co-op Captain
Kayak Captain
Staff Captain
Communications
Outgoing 2014 Executive Committee
Roy Morford
Junior Commodore
Matt Humer
vacant
Race Team
Matt Baddeley
Richard Howard
Club Reservations
Julie Robinson
Steve Britten
Treasurer
Cameron Burrows
Barb Quelch
Fleet Captain
Evan Jones
Evan Jones
Membership Director
Rob Jones
Don Smith
Spreader Editor
Steve Britten
Ingrid Mayer
Hydrographer (Fleet Maintenance) Wing Taylor
Cheryl Leia, Neil Carroll, Heather Harris
Deb O’Connor
Chain & Anchor
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production of the club newsletter. Must have the time to attend club functions and to help with the
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Notice of AGM
A reminder that the AGM of the Hollyburn Sailing Club will take place on Sunday 23 rd November, 2014
10:00 Brunch
11:00 Annual General Meeting, presentation of Awards & Trophies
Photos in this issue supplied by Richard Howard and Steve Britten.
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2014 Club Calendar
Date
Please confirm all dates by checking the club website
Day
Time
Sailing
Kayak
Social
November
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Sat
23
Sun
09:00
10:00
Fall Cleanup
Brunch, Annual General Meeting
December
20
Sat
16:00
Winter Solstice Paddle, YuleTide musical evening
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Wed
19:00
New Year’s Eve Party: Live Music
January
1
Thur
13:00
New Year’s Day Race, Winter Swim, kayaking, Norah’s Chili, potluck food
Ground Space and Boat Storage Guidelines – a message from the Rear Commodore
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The Hollyburn Sailing Club encourages the sports of sailing and kayaking, and pursues a policy of active boat usage
Inactive boats may not be stored on the club premises, and members will be asked by the Executive to remove them
Every effort will be made to accommodate new members’ boats
Each boat must be stored in its assigned place
Each space is assigned to the club member and not to the boat. Accordingly, the space can not be transferred with the boat if
the boat is sold
A storage space waiting list – open to members only – is kept by the Rear Commodore
Membership fees permit the use of the club ramp even if the boat is not stored at the club
All boats, other than those rack-stored, are required to have their own launching dolly. No road trailers are allowed on the
premises as storage trailers
All boats must be set so that they drain to prevent waterlogging, and to facilitate moving them
All kayaks, canoes, and sail/paddleboards must be securely tied to their racks
Chains and locks for kayaks and canoes are mandatory
As the club is located in Ambleside Park the club must maintain an appropriate image. Boats must be maintained in a clean
and acceptable condition. Torn tarps and other worn-out equipment must be removed to ensure that the grounds are neat and
tidy
When boats are on the water, launch dollies must be parked in their own storage spot to reduce congestion in the central yard
area above the ramp. To avoid congestion in this area members are expected to rig, wash, and de-rig near their own storage
spaces. There are three long water hoses provided in the yard to facilitate this, and members are urged to use water sparingly
and not leave the taps running unnecessarily
All HSC sailboats, row boats, kayaks, and SUPs are expected out on the water at the annual Sail Past for the Commodore’s
salute.
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Fall Cleanup – 1st November
What a great turnout we had for the fall cleanup, and we would like to thank the following
people for giving up a lovely sunny Saturday to sweep, polish, scrub, sand, power-wash,
unpack, pack away, drill, hang and…oh yes: clean up:
Don Allan
Loreen Barnett
Nick and Sheila Bartley
Ian and Mary Baxter
Neil Benwood
Ron Bergstrom
Leslie Boivin
Ollie Bonham
Steve Britten
Mike Cairns
Lisa Chong
Norah Corbet
Jess DeBruyn
Andrea Firth
Debbie Gambling
Bernd Groll
Heather Harris
Leland Holmen
Richard Horsfall
Richard Howard
Sean Hulscher
Matt Humer
John Jansen
Britta Jones
Evan Jones
Peter Kearney
Cheryl Leia
Andy Lumb
Trevor Lumb
Joe and Josh Maga
Elisabeth McAskill
Roy Morford
Deb O’Connor
Jennifer and Annika Parkinson-Dow
Jeff Plato
Zygmunt Riddle
Rueben Schultz
Andrew and Miriam Shearon
Don Smith
Maciej & Grazyna Sobczyk
Matthew Stephens
Wing Taylor
Jill Thompson
Dave Webber
Denise Wheater
Duncan Wilcock & Lauren Hargrove
Tony Zegers
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Fall Cleanup
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Fall Cleanup
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Fall Cleanup
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Kayak Report
By Ingrid Meyer
The kayak/sail race is intended to be a relay race with each team made up of one kayaker
and one sailor. The kayaker starts the race at the Outfall, paddles to John Lawson, turns
there and then paddles back to their sailing teammate waiting at
the Outfall, tags them and then the sailor races to John Lawson,
turns there, and the team of the first sailor back to the Outfall
wins.
We had nine participants for the race-6 sailors (Ruben, Heather,
Ian, Don, Ester and Dan) and 3 kayakers (Linda, Steve and Roy).
With sailors outnumbering kayakers, it was getting tricky trying
to assign teams until Steve and Roy gallantly offered to belong to
two teams. I suspect they were quite delighted at getting two
chances to win!
The kayakers set off from the Outfall and raced to John Lawson
where they turned to come back. The sailors were waiting in a
bunch at the Outfall with Ruben somewhat farther back. The
kayakers reached the sailors but the sailors didn’t move……not
enough wind! After a while the sailboats started moving off slowly with Ian taking
the lead. Ruben, at the back, was still not moving. After a few minutes Ruben got
going, and then sped up almost catching Ian! What a great show!
Our winners, Ian and Linda won a
bottle of sparkling wine each.
Thanks all, for a memorable race.
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Editor-Guy: A Little-known Snippet of Naval History
With the recent visit of a Mexican tall ship to Vancouver spare a thought for the supplies a
sailing ship is required to carry. It reminds me of the story of a combat vessel Old Ironsides,
the U.S.S. Constitution. Consider these facts:
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48,600 gallons of fresh water were loaded for
the crew of 475 Officers & Men. This was
sufficient to last six months of operations at
sea. She carried no evaporators (fresh water
distillers)
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According to the ship’s log on 27 July, 1798
The U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston
with 7,400 cannon shot; 11,600 pounds of
black powder, and 79,400 gallons of rum
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Her mission: to harass and destroy English
shipping
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Reaching Jamaica on 6 October, she took on
826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of
rum
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She then headed for the Azores, arriving on
12th November where she took on 550
pounds of beef and 64,300 gallons of Portuguese wine
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On 18 November she set sail for England. In
the ensuing days she defeated five British
men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12
English merchant ships salvaging only the run aboard each
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By 26 January 1799 her powder and shot were exhausted. Although unarmed she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in
Scotland. Her landing party captured a whisky distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch. She then headed home
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Old Ironsides arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799 with no cannon shot, no food, no powder, no rum, no wine, no whisky…..and 38,600 gallons of water.
It just goes to show, eh: sailing is thirsty work!!!!
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Hollyburn Social Events
Three very successful events have been held at the club over the past few weeks: Salsa
Dance Evening, Acoustic Music Song Circle, Halloween Dance Party
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How-to Article by Dick Andersen
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More photos on our club website
Hollyburn Sailing Club P O Box 91216 West Vancouver, B.C., V7V 3N6. Phone 604-926-5744
www.hollyburnsailingclub.ca.
The Spreader is published by member-volunteers. Contact Steve Britten at [email protected] or [email protected]
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