JANUARY, 2009 COMING EVENTS FEBRUARY 1 - SUPERBOWL …

[Pages:10]JANUARY, 2009

COMING EVENTS

FEBRUARY 1 -

FEBRUARY 20 -

MARCH 28 -

APRIL 17/18 -

MAY 2

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MAY 15-17 -

SUPERBOWL PARTY BOAT BUYING SEMINAR SPRING SHORE WORK PARTY SAFETY WEEKEND SAILPAST SPRING CRUISE - EKINS

COMMODORE'S MESSAGE

2009 was welcomed in by a hardy group of BYC boaters at our Clementine outstation. Before they could revel they had to shovel ? there was about two feet of snow on the docks! The evening proved to be special as snow was falling when the fireworks signaled the New Year!

Shovels were needed prior to 2009 as we finished off 2008 with more shoveling when the snow hit us like never before. We did lose one shed and damage was incurred by

another but compared to other clubs and marinas we got off lucky.

I somehow had a feeling Earl Fry wasn't phoning to wish me Merry Christmas when he phoned around 9:00 AM December 25th. I then ruined James' Christmas morning with my call explaining the situation. I couldn't believe the timing when I was on the docks with James and his crew on Christmas and Boxing Day watching them deal with the situation. They had arranged for Gord Kleaman's crew to bring over a crane and barge on Boxing Day and it was this call to arms that allowed us to minimize the damage. We are very fortunate to have a staff that is willing to get things done under these circumstances!

These events illustrated the problem we have getting emergency crews to deal with weather related situations. It is extremely

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difficult finding people to shovel snow off the sheds. If anyone has ideas on how we can address this problem please give me or James a call! When it comes to removing snow from the docks, it is up to all the mooring members to pitch in ? this has nothing to do with work credits, simply the preservation of our facilities!

It was great to see members working together as we tackled the elements but it would sure be nice to have additional volunteers. Everyone must remember that this is a club, not a marina, and it is our responsibility to lend a hand when required. We decided to rebuild the shed without going through insurance (we have had too many claims) and the main structure is already up in the parking lot ? probably in the water as you read this column. Once again, a group of volunteers helped build the shelter, many of them didn't need any work credits, and the job was accomplished. I enjoyed my first "Coffee with the Commodore" experience and will be doing this again in March.

The weather wasn't the best but the coffee was a heck of a lot better when aided by the Carolina Cream provided by Betty Davison! It was good to get some input from the various members who dropped by for a visit.

As I write this column Marj is getting ready and we are going to the dinner put on by Rose and Ingrid with a little help from their friends ? I know from experience it will be a great evening. Next Sunday I look forward to seeing some of you at the Super Bowl Party and later on in February there will be an informative evening co-sponsored by Burrard Yacht Club and the Seymour Power Squadron dealing with how to buy and sell a boat. There will be guest speakers (including Tim McGivney) and Beer `n Burgers available during the evening. It should be a lot of fun as well as interesting to all club members. These events make it a little easier to get through the winter doldrums!

Grant Allen

Commodore

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING

Shore Captain Chris Nelson confirmed that Work commences Feb. 23 on the upgrade of the women's washroom in the clubhouse. Project scheduling has been posted and members are being identified to carry out elements of the project as part of the work credits program. Treasurer Gord Argue advised that we are projecting a solid cash balance at September 30, 2009. February 1 as the rollout date for our new Simply Accounting system for the club. The Board agreed to replace the shed A71 immediately and construction has begun. Rule #41 was modified as seen below in the TRIDENT. Insurance Director Gary McGregor confirmed that our insurance has been renewed. Quotes have been received for dredging the west side of the club, but since the material is not suitable for at sea disposal, it would have to be trucked out at considerable expense. The Board has put the project on hold. To ensure consistency, the Long Term Planning Committee will now report to the Rear Commodore.

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RULE CHANGE

During the January 20, 2009 Board meeting Rule # 41 was revised. Rule # 41 previously read as follows:

"No electrical installations or modifications of any kind may be made to Club floats or shelters without the prior written approval of the Director responsible for maintenance and repairs. Any modifications not approved will be removed at the owner's expense."

It was noted that the club is actually the "owner" of the shed and on this basis to clarify the rule and minimize the club's liability the Rule # 41 was revised to read:

"No electrical installations nor modifications of any kind may be made to Club floats or shelters without the prior written approval of the Director responsible for maintenance and repairs. Any modifications not approved will be removed at the offending member's expense where in the meantime the offending member will be responsible for any and all damages resulting in any case from such unauthorized modifications."

IMPORTANT NOTICE ? ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION

During this last cold snap many members exceeded the rating of the electrical service supplied to their vessels causing the whole system to have low voltage. A few measurements revealed that many members were drawing more than 30 A at that time.

Members are requested to review the power consumption at their berth. For example, two 1500 watt heaters completely consume the energy available from one 30 A outlet at 110 volts, meaning you can't have any other draw.

In order to reduce voltage problems during cold periods (November to March), members must reduce their power consumption to a maximum of 3000 watts for a 30 A 115 volt circuit (or 6000 watts for dual 30 A 110 volt circuits). We strongly suggest members conform to the following recommendations:

Turn off water heaters (not really needed in the winter ? a water heater probably draws at least 1500 w) Inverters input must be reduced to 15 amp input or less (again vessels should not need a high charging rate) Heaters should not be operated at high power (1500 watts) they should be reduced to less draw (500 watt or 900 watt or the 1000 watt setting). Please note the thermostat only indicates the temperature at which the unit comes on. So if you set the thermostat down it will still operate at 1500 watts (or whatever it's set at) when it comes on.

Stan Shepherd, Maintenance Director.

TID BITS

Heading to the Gulf Islands this season ? you may wish to visit the MORNING BAY WINERY on Pender Island. Summer tasting hours: Wednesday to Sunday ? 10-5, Winter hours Friday to Sunday 1-5. Many BYC members have dealt with Brad Mah at Nikka Marina in Steveston. You may not be aware that Brad has opened his own business OCEAN YACHT EQUIPMENT, #185-5489 Byrne Rd., Burnaby. Brad is specializing in Electronics. You can see him at the Vancouver Boat Show or go online - oceanyachtequipment.ca/

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NEW YEAR'S EVE AT CLEMENTINE

Conditions were very snowy!! On the 27th when I arrived the docks were awash and covered by 3 feet of snow. Lots of hard shovelling work by participants managed to clear them but Mother Nature brought more. The lobsters were enjoyed by brave members from 12 boats, then the shooting of the flares, followed by lobster bisque on New Year's Day. A good time for all.

Rob Langford, Outstation Director.

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WINTER HITS BYC AGAIN

Winter hit Vancouver once again in December and it did not bypass BYC. Heavy snow buildup caused significant damage to the docks including the complete destruction of A-71 ,Past Commodore Gord Kleaman's boathouse. Thanks to the sturdy construction of Earl Fry's vessel, Xtasea, it was able to hold up Earl's shed until help arrived. Several boats on A dock moved out of their double wide sheds as a precautionary move. Help in shoveling snow was provided by many members but it should be noted that James Nelson, Travis Kleaman & James Gautier, our maintenance crew put in yeoman service on the docks working the weekends before and after Christmas as well as Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Fortunately, damage to boats was minimal. XTASEA now has a broken radar arch but most damage was minor.

Shed A 71

Shed A71 ? or its remains

James Gauthier, James Nelson & Travis Kleaman Survey the damage.

XTASEA Shoring up the shed

Vancouver International Boat Show, February 4 - 8,

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S/V malachi ?The Crandell's

continue their 2 year cruise. They are currently in New Zealand.

Here in `Whangarei, we're tied to the dock right in the centre of town. It's kind of fun to have everything close by and we often have people stopping by to say hello. It's a very friendly town. Jay spent the first three days here in Whangarei taking out the generator and doing a major repair. ? doesn't he look happy. We used the main halyard to hoist the generator out of the engine room and transformed the starboard settee in to a workbench for this task. Be sure and check out the web site - there are some wonderful pictures on the site ?

Spirit of Canada retires from Vendee Globe Race.

Can you imagine ? single handed racing covering 24,000 miles in less than 80 days. The Canadian Entry, Derek Hatfield had to drop out due to damage to his rigging. Here is his last email report.

"Hello from Algimouss Spirit of Canada. After a week battling storm after storm, I thought that we would get a break today with lighter winds. Last night it was blowing 40-47 knots all night long with gusts to 55 knots on occasion. In the gusts, the autopilot was struggling to keep the boat tracking and would round up into the wind. This morning the seas were huge, maybe 25 feet and confused but nothing we couldn't handle normally. I was exhausted and laying in my bunk and crash, the boat went over and I ended up on the ceiling with all kinds of articles whizzing past me. The boat came upright immediately and the carnage inside was immediate. I rushed on deck and my heart sank to see two of the spreaders dangling limp on the shrouds. The shock hits you quickly that this is not fixable and the end of the race is here already. I started to cry and it was uncontrollable. It's now been a long day of stabilizing the rig and cleaning up the interior so I can live a little easier and I am still in shock. I feel so bad for Patianne and all the people that have supported us for five long years both financially and emotionally."

Derek made it safely to Hobart, Tasmania after several days. Out of 30 starters only 12 are left in the race.

Spirit of Canada Ocean Challenges announce a sailing opportunity of a lifetime for an individual sailor to co-skipper the IMOCA 60 Algimouss Spirit of Canada on the delivery leg from Hobart, Australia to Les Sable d'Olonne, France. The route will be into the Southern Ocean; round Cape Horn and northward across the equator to France. If there is any interest in this opportunity we will hold an auction for the co-skipper position. The successful bidder can decide to sail the entire trip or leave the boat at a number of ports along the route." Individuals interested in this unique opportunity to sail an IMOCA 60 around Cape Horn, contact Derek Hatfield at: derek@

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THE BOATS OF BYC

There are many vessels in BYC that were designed by Ed Monk Sr. & his son Ed Monk Jr. Included are all the Tollycrafts, the McQueen's, and quite a number of wooden yachts by various builders. One such boat is SLAINTE owned by Brian & Maureen McClements. Slainte is was built in Victoria for businessman James Porter in 1947/48 .and was originally called AWAYWEGO. The builder was a shipwright named Van Dyke and the boat was build in the yard of Porter's business. The original plans called for a bridge but Porter did not like the way it infringed on the side berth so eliminated it during construction. His children gave him such a bad time that after about 5 years he had the bridge added by Philbrook. Having seen AWAYWEGO Philbrook liked the lines so much he built a sister ship the BONNIE LOU and a shipyard was founded. (A picture of both vessels hangs in the salon on SLAINTE)

Originally she was powered by an 8 cylinder gas engine but was repowered in 1962 with a 6 cylinder Chrysler. The AWAYWEGO

had several owners over the years; the last two were perhaps the most interesting. First was Shirley Philbrook, daugter in law of Philbrook. Shirley owned the boat for a while but soon discovered that she could not keep up the maintenance. With the boat up for sale, who should see her but none other than BYC's very own Grant & Marjory Allen. They made the purchase and renamed her NEVERHOME. Grant spent most of his time refinishing the boat with new teak& holly flooring and a new Volvo TAMD 41 with 200 hp. These were just a few of the improvements made during Grant's ownership. Brian & Maureen purchased the boat in February 2005 and changed the name to SALINTE which is Gaelic for "TO YOUR HEALTH"

SLAINTE is 40 feet with a 10.8 foot beam. She carries 100 Gallons of fuel, 50 gals of water and cruised comfortably at 10-13 knots. She is a still a fine looking vessel considering she came off Ed Monk's easel 62 years ago.

VENDEE GLOBE ROUND THE WORLD RACE

As of January 26, the lead boat, FONCIA, had 1800 nm left to the finish. That means the skipper, Michel Desjoyeaux has covered about 22,000 nm in 78 days averaging about 12 knots. 12 boats remain in the race with the last boat 7000 nm behind the lead boat. For more info and great pictures and videos go to

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WORK PARTIES

Members are needed for the following work parties:

January 31 - Finish installation of the shed and repairs in the area (6 members) February 7 - Moving inventory to the new storage shed (lots of lifting) (10 members) February 14 - Install new deck on wood pontoon (10 members) February 21 - electrical inspections (4 members)

Feb 23-March16 - During the week projects for the upgrade of the ladies washroom Schedule for this project is available through maintenance: Drywall (2 members) Electrical (2 members) Plumbing (2 members)

February 28 - Start work on the ladies washroom Projects will include removal of wallpaper, drywall and painting (4 members)

March 7 - Remove the floor tiles in the ladies washroom (3 members) March 14 - Finish washrooms Painting and finishing touches (4 members) March 21 - Dinghy float repairs and power washing (8 members) March 28 - Shore work Party (20 members) April 4 - Ekins work party (16 members)

Please sign up in the office.

GULF OF GEORGIA PREDCITED LOG RACE SCHEDULE FOR 2009

March 7

Thunderbird Yacht Club Race

March 8

Spring Race

April 4

Hot Toddy Race

June 13

Bev Pillsworth Memorial Race

June 14

Mary Frampton Memorial Race

Sept. 12

Packenham Race

October 24 Gulf of Georgia Race

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT JAMES NELSON

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