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“Series One” Edition
2006 Bridge Members Commodore John Motsko 410-873-2817 [email protected] Vice Commodore Betsy Cottingham 410-422-7023 [email protected] Secretary Kristin West 410-749-4549 [email protected] Treasurer Dave Stapleford 443-235-2601 [email protected] Choptank Fleet Captain Paul West 410-749-4549 [email protected] Tangier Fleet Captain Jerry Gerlitzki 410-546-9685 [email protected] Race Chairperson Bruce Franz 410-546-1823 [email protected]
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HE MASTHEAD finally here and everyone (almost) is back in the water and auty of the Chesapeake Bay waters. Both fleets have started out on with great participation and excitement. Thanks to the fleet nd Jerry, for their efforts in getting everything organized.
noticed the new look of the website. We are trying to keep all our s consistent by using the “billboard” photo whenever possible. for taking the time to re-work the site a bit to make it more user-dition to the website, another PR initiative we will be starting in tribution of a tri-fold brochure describing ESSA and our purpose. chure will be placed at the visitor centers in Wicomico, Somerset counties and will be placed in the local marinas in the area. Our everyone know more about ESSA in hopes we can grow in d diversity. We will focus on the Somers Cove Marina and the Marina with this PR effort. Thanks to Betsy, Paul, Jerry and Ken ri-fold designed and printed.
received your 2006 Yearbook, ESSA decal or photo CD and ceive one, please drop me a note at [email protected] or 73-2151.
e I will describe the special ESSA sailing awards available all of exciting new award donated by Walton Alder. This award, which e Great Shoals Lighthouse Trophy, will be presented to “the
who in the opinion of the Committee has demonstrated the most ling accomplishment or performed the highest level of meritorious promotion and support of sailboat racing or a combination,
is here, let’s get out and enjoy what we have been preparing for cold months!
o, Commodore
the new Friday night Sunset Cruises on the iver from Bivalve Harbor. See page 3 for details.
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ESSA Bridge Meeting The next Bridge meeting will be held on Monday, June 5, 2006, 6:30 pm at Ledo’s Pizza in the Pecan Square Shopping Center on Nanticoke Road. All ESSA members are invited to attend.
Next Newsletter
The next newsletter is scheduled for the end of June, 2006. Anyone who has information that they wish to include should email it to Janine Motsko ([email protected]) by June 20th. If you would like to get the Telltale by email instead of snail mail, send an email to [email protected] Newsletter Editor Janine Motsko 410-873-2817 [email protected] Webmaster Tim Fuhrmann [email protected]
Boat ads can be placed at no charge to ESSA members on the website. Send Tim Fuhrmann a
description and photo (if available) to the email address shown above.
FOR SALE
1977 Islander 32 sloop - "What's Next" - 14hp Volvo diesel rebuilt in 2003. New 6 gal water heater 2005. Folding propeller and fixed blade propeller available. Recent sails. Numerous spares and tools included. Docked in Cambridge, MD Municipal Marina slip 34 when in water. $24,000 or best offer. Contact: Larry Rossi at 410-749-0451 or 443-235-96926, Bob Long at 410-546-0389, or Kathy Fox at 410-749-6794 Achilles 8.5 ft. Dinghy and Honda 2 HP, 4 cycle motor. Contact: Larry Rossi at 410-749-0451 or 443-235-9626
NEW LINKS ON THE ESSA WEBSITE
http://essa.writebyte.net/essa.dll/GetFile?FileID=2006SmithCupRaceInstructionshttp://www.writebyte.net/writebyte.dll/GetPage?PageId=VOR20060507 http://essa.writebyte.net/ESSA.dll/GetPage?PageID=TangierFleet2006http://essa.writebyte.net/ESSA.dll/GetPage?PageID=ChoptankFleet2006 ESSA WELCOMES THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS
Roy Sarraf Hans Schultz
Jason M. Scopp, MD
"No-See-um" Prom on Thursday nights. Welcome to Bivalve, "Hon"!
WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY?
These only apply if both boats are sailing and not using their engines. POW’S Never Have Rights
Port tack Overtaking
Windward boats
"Hemisphere Dancer" has returned from its winter cruise to the Florida Keys (latitude 24 north). Palm trees and crystal blue waters have been exchanged for oak trees and Chesapeake marshlands with much cooler temperatures! If you have dreamed of cruising the ICW, do it; sometimes, just cruising to Crisfield can be more difficult than cruising to North Carolina! Keep dreaming, and I'll see you out on the water. Bruce Commodore 2004
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From The Tangier Fleet Captain…Jerry Gerlitzki Welllllll… the first race of the season…how was it you ask? We were ready to rumble and boy did we tumble, well some us did but we won’t get into that. The spring winds did not let us down, with 25 knots and gust to 30 how could you not have fun! I can’t speak for the rest of you but that was some great sailing! Yeah, some of us took on a little water, had a little trouble keeping the boats upright, some controversy and yes sailing is a contact sport but it was fun! The only down side to that race was some of the new equipment couldn’t be used, and I know a few of those sailors are just itching to get out the big guns. Now to the cruising section. This year we are beefing up the cruising activity. I have set up a meeting at Ledo’s, May 23, 6:00pm, for organizing the first 2 cruises of the season, the Memorial Day and Summer Cruises. Anyone interested in those events should think about attending this meeting and if you can’t make it, contact someone who has to get the low down. If you have never cruised or even if you’re an experienced cruiser these events will be sure to satisfy, so get out there and enjoy the beauty of our waters!
Sailed:2, Discards:0, To count:2, To qualify:1, Ratings:PHRFTOT, Entries:13, Scoring system:ESSA Bivalve series scoring
Rank Fleet Boat Class Helm PHRFTOT Race 1 Race 2 Total Nett Notes
1 Tanzer Happy Ours Tanzer 22 FK Gordon 240 2.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 2 Tanzer Rhumb Line Tanzer 22 FK Walter 240 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3 Tanzer Lolly Tanzer 22 FK Sheller 240 3.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 4 PHRF Greyhound Oday 19 CB Stapleford 283 5.0 4.0 9.0 9.0 5 Tanzer Puff Daddy Tanzer 22 FK Gooch 240 4.0 5.0 9.0 9.0 6 PHRF Kali Catalina 27
FK Kalinski 225 6.0 6.0 12.0 12.0
7 Tanzer Peace of Heaven Tanzer 22 FK Allwine 240 7.0 8.0 15.0 15.0
8 PHRF Boat XP Tanzer 22 CB Kundell 249 8.0 10.0 18.0 18.0 9 PHRF Free Bird ODay 25 CB
RF Griswold 252 9.0 9.0 18.0 18.0 10 PHRF Thomas L Oday 19 CB Franz 283 DNC 7.0 21.0 21.0 11 PHRF Ann Isotropy Tanzer 22 CB Williams 249 12.0
DNF 12.0 24.0 24.0 12 PHRF Impetuous ODay 25 CB Jacobson 246 DNC 11.0 25.0 25.0 13 PHRF Paper Doll II Tanzer 22 CB Cottingham 249 12.0
DNF DNC 26.0 26.0
This year ESSA Tangier Fleet will be introducing the NEW SUNSET CRUISE SERIES. Beginning in June 2006 Tangier Fleet will start a Sunset Cruise the second Friday of every month, destination being either Roaring Point or Mollies Point depending on weather conditions. There will be an option of sailing out just for the evening or mooring out for an overnight stay, your choice. Each boat should plan on being self-sufficient. The Sunset Cruise is a set date open invitation; anyone who wants to coordinate with other boats must plan accordingly. Plan on leaving port between 5:30 and 6:00 PM. Note from the editor – Perfect time for a “Boatini”
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From the Choptank Fleet Captain…Paul West
With three races under our belt already the season is off to a great start as more boats are getting out for every race. After the race, be sure to walk the docks and welcome our new members and if you are a new member don’t hesitate to introduce yourself to those in the fleet and ask where dinner is. Usually we all go to Plaza Tapatia but this week 5/24 we have been invited to the model condo in Deep Harbor. If you did not receive the announcement and directions via email, email me at [email protected] . If we all make it a point to talk to other sailors about ESSA, we should be able to round up 4 or 5 more boats to race on Wednesday nights. We just moved to the Cambridge Yacht Basin and I personally have talked to 2 people on our dock alone, both of whom have been in the marina for eight years, who didn’t know about us. I don’t know if they will join but it is worth a try. I keep hearing stories of the ESSA “glory days” when there were 30 boats on the line and multiple classes and I’d love to see that again in Cambridge. We have produced tri-fold flyers that I will give to everyone to pass out to friends, neighbors and total strangers if it makes it easier. Let’s see if we can get 15 boats on the line for the second series and 20 boats by the third series! There were a couple of people who were not able to download the last set of race instructions with the revised committee boat schedule so I have re-sent them to those who mentioned it to me. Please double check the last set of race instructions sent out and write down your date to serve as committee boat. To the extent that you can, when it is your turn to serve as Race Committee, please do your best to arrive early enough to evaluate the course, not only based on the wind direction, but where it is most logical to set up the start line as it relates to the start AND finish. Take your time, it is not imperative that we start precisely at 18:00 and believe me, I’m not picking on anyone as I am the guiltiest of showing up late and setting a bad line. I noticed that our first three races have not been as competitive as they could be, due to start lines that have produced a close reach parade to the first mark instead of a desired beat which should require multiple tacks. Since we are all rusty and only do this a couple of times a season, the following is a review of one way to set a start line once a course has been chosen. The goal is to set the line square (perpendicular) to the wind direction, with the weather mark (the first mark) in the center of the line.
1) First determine the wind direction by pointing your bow into the wind by looking at your wind vane and stopping. Please be aware that if you don’t stop you will only find the apparent wind, not the true wind.
2) After you have determined the wind direction look at your compass and note the angle. 3) Calculate 90 degrees from that angle and proceed on that course until the weather mark is directly abeam (90
degrees off the middle of your boat). 4) When it is abeam, look at your watch and note the time (better to use the stopwatch from the RC bag) and
proceed along this course for however many minutes/seconds you want ½ of the line to be and drop the pin. Generally you want to set the pin at the starboard end of the line as most people start on a starboard tack and if they get pinched out it is best for them to hit the pin rather than the stern of your boat.
5) Turn upwind and continue 2 or 3 boat lengths upwind of the pin. Look at your compass again and head down the reciprocal of the course you just took.
6) Re-start the stopwatch when you pass the pin and note the time again as you pass the weather mark abeam. The goal is to travel an equal amount of time at the same speed on both sides of the weather mark so that the weather mark is in the center of the line.
7) When you have traveled an equal amount of time past the weather mark, turn upwind and drop anchor. 8) Let the anchor bite and then drift back until the where ever you are going to hang the RC flag is aligned on the
same course as you just traveled to set the pin and you should have a reasonably square line.
There will be times when the tidal current is going to be stronger than the wind and you will have to adjust accordingly, but hopefully the above procedure will help and again, I recommend we take the emphasis off starting at 18:00 and put the emphasis on setting a good line and don’t be shy about asking another boat to move the pin for you either if you think the line isn’t square. Setting the line can be a pain, but when it is properly set the race is a lot more interesting and a lot more competitive by the added strategy required in making tactical decisions and the need for coordinated crew work. If the fleet can lay the mark from the start line without tacking, it is a poorly set line and the only factor in that leg of the race is sail trim and boat speed. If the fleet has to tack more than once, then you have added significantly to the challenge of the race with a more tactically demanding course. It also allows those with slower boats have a better chance at doing well if they pick the right tack and the faster boat(s) do not.
As a case in point regarding tacking and strategy, during the last race, after passing Mark C we elected to stay on the port tack longer than Reveille and Zoo and slightly over-stand Mark D. Our reasoning was that we felt they were going to get swept away from the mark with the incoming tide and would have to recover lost ground which actually did happen. However, what also happened was that the starboard tack was almost a half a knot faster and even though they got swept away from the mark, the wind was stronger over by Mark D and allowed them to get back to the mark faster than we had been moving on the original port tack. We lost a lot of ground and almost recovered but the wind died out at the end. Finally, look at the entire course in relation to where you set the start finish line to make sure the rounding of the last mark makes sense. Courses are not set in stone and can be altered as needed, you just have to write it out on the board and remember that all rounding are to port unless otherwise stated. The Stedman Smith Cup will be held rain or shine wind or no-wind on Saturday, June 3rd. A $10 entry fee will be collected at the skippers meeting at 09:00 in front of the Dockmaster’s office at the Cambridge Municipal Yacht Basin. Free slips are available at the Beazer Homes Condominiums in Cambridge Creek for those of you in Bivalve who want to come up and race. The race is to the Tred Avon Yacht Club in Oxford where we will be served a buffet lunch of crab cake sandwiches, pasta salad, dessert and iced tea or soft drinks for $12-$15 (have not gotten a set price yet). A cash bar will also be open. The race back to Cambridge will be as soon as everyone has had a nap after lunch. Race Instructions have been posted at: http://essa.writebyte.net/essa.dll/GetFile?FileID=2006SmithCupRaceInstructions Finally, as those of you who have been sailing for a while have realized, the sailing community is a small and close-knit group, bound by the joy and excitement of testing one’s skills and knowledge on the water that can, at times, come with great risk. Those at the pinnacle of the sailing world know this all too well and, not to imply that I am anywhere near that pinnacle, but we have lost one of our own. If you have not been following the Volvo Ocean Race, there was a tragic accident where one of the sailors on ABN 2, Hans Horrevoets, was washed over the deck at night and died before being found 40 minutes later. From all accounts and tributes I have read, he was a much respected and well liked man who leaves behind his pregnant wife and 2 yr old child. I was fortunate enough to have captured some of the final images of him at the Maryland Maritime Marine Festival and I think this photo captures the kindness that people remember most about him.
Series 1 Race 3
Date: 5/17/06 Published start: 18:10 Course: 8 Wind strength: 8-12 Wind direction: W
Rank Boat Name Sail
No H w t
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1 1 0:59:42 0:0 2 3.716 kts 2
4406 P. West 1:13:00 0:6
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253.176 3.321 kts 4
F 2 1 1:08:02 0:09:11
336.706 3.083 kts 5
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1st Revei 43181 . Jackson 126 :07:46 0:58:51 00:0 122
5.88 3.763 kts 1
2nd Zoo 6602 H. Schultz 26 :08:37 00:5 137.88
3rd Adventure Kwest 156 1:01:57 03:0 199.76
5 3.493 kts 3
3rd Touché 53462 B. Dickey 32 OD 3
5th Isla T-30 BK
. amman 192 :16:47
6th Windsong 291 . Roux 07 :22:42
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Speed Net
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7th Wampu 93261 A. Counts 195 1:32:16 :18:27 0:19:3 471.76 2.764 kts 6
8th A2H 13446 C. Holtz 2.503 kts 7
ll 192 DSQ 10
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SERIES 1 RACING SCHEDULE FOR TANGIER & CHOPTANK FLEETS
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1 6 5 1 607.52195 1:41:53 1:28:04 0:29:
3 9 9th If 93458 G. Mitche
9th North Star E. Henry 189 DNF
11th What's Next 67 G. Rossi 198 DNC
(All races begin at 6 PM) GIER-1 Throw Out (Thursday nights) Choptank-2 Throw Outs (Wednesday nights)
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OCEAN CITY --Julie Golightly, crew leader for the Recreation and Parks landscape crew, recently completed all the necessary criteria and requirements of the Certified Horticulturist program for the state of Maryland. Having also passed an examination and demonstrated a high level of proficiency in all phases of the nursery and landscape industry, Golightly has been granted the professional status and is thereby recognized as a Certified Professional Horticulturist.
As an employee of the parks division over the past five years, Golightly is responsible for the beautifying of the town's parks and public grounds from the inlet to the Delaware line. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in plant and soil science from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, is a certified advanced landscape crew manager by the Virginia Horticultural Society and a certified pesticide applicator with the Maryland Department of Agriculture. Golightly is also recognized by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service as a roadside tree care expert.
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