Saturday, June 22, 2013
9:30am-4:30pm
North Leschi Marina, Seattle

Registration $40 (Register Online)

• Registration includes breakfast, cool sporty t-shirt, use of a Thistle or similar 3-person dinghy, and on-the-water support boats.
• At 5p.m. participants will gather for an after-clinic dinner at BluWater Bistro at Leschi Marina (optional; cost of dinner not included in the registration fee).

The Seattle Thistle Fleet and Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle will host a women’s sailing and racing clinic at the Leschi waterfront (north end of the marina) on Saturday, June 22, 2013. The clinic will focus on basic and intermediate sailing and racing skills that are useful in any boat. If you or a female sailor you know would like a chance to try skippering, learn how to crew, or improve existing boat handling skills, this is a perfect opportunity to learn and have fun.

The clinic will offer both on-shore and on-the-water instruction and drills as well as a review of basic racing rules and strategies.Coaching and dock support will be provided by dedicated volunteers who want to encourage more women to sail and race.

Cost is $40/person, which will include breakfast, a cool sporty t-shirt, the use of a Thistle or similar 3-person dinghy, and on-the-water support boats. Please join us and help spread the word!

Register Online

Email or call Haley Lhamon for more information or if you have any questions: Haley.Lhamon@gmail.com / 206-799-0275

Rendezvous at the protected anchorage in Tanglewood Bay on the north-central side of Fox Island just south of the bridge. Shore access at Paul Baker’s undeveloped family property for beach party, walking, dogs, wild children, and local store.

Plan for two nights of Beach Barbeque Pot-Luck! Summer Holiday Style! Think grilling, potato salad, jello salad (or any other salad), bonfire, hand cranked ice cream, watermelon, more!!! Bring your tastiest or most outrageous dish! Bring stories and songs!

Saturday:

Think a day sail to Cutts Island, Penrose Point (clamming?) or . . . !
Think kayaks and dinghies – explore by sail or ash breeze! (There will be adequate ferrying capacity for people without small craft.)
Think reading quietly on the hook. Let those pesky young pirates go raiding elsewhere!

Sunday

Sunday’s itinerary to be decided then & there.

Group travel (if desired): there are different sub-groups, check with the cruise coordinator to see what appeals.

Info/Contact/Sign Up:

Hans Reinhardt reinhardt.hans@gmail.com or 206-890-8256

Free to CYC members,
Free with you new membership or
$100 Non-members

Corinthian Yacht Club offers several ways to help you get started in sailboat racing or brush up on your skills. The Rookie Rally Educational series provides a solid foundation of racing skills via classroom instruction, hands-on exercises, and on-the-water activities. Our educational committee members are also glad to meet with you to help you work towards your goals!

We expect to have at least one on-the-water practice session at Shilshole at the end of the series. We also will provide you with the opportunity to come out and help with the Race Committee on a weeknight race, which puts you in the center of the action! You need to have appropriate sailing gear, including a PFD, and basic sailing skills.

This series is a great opportunity to expand your skill base, move to another position on the boat, or start racing your own boat!

Location: CYC’s Shilshole clubhouse, 7755 Seaview Ave NW

Schedule: Classroom sessions will be held 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Monday nights in May and June 2013, as follows:

• May 13: “Welcome to the Racecourse”: Walk-through a typical race. Handicap racing, One Design, distance vs. buoy races. Paperwork / organizational requirements. Conduct of a race per RRS. Reading Sailing Instructions. Starting sequence and basic rules
• May 20: Starting & upwind legs: Rules during starting. Finding the favored end. Standard starting tactics. The advantaged side of the course vs. advantaged side of starting line. Rules when sailing to windward, and at the weather mark.
• June 3: Downwind angles, gybing on wind shifts: Rules when sailing downwind. Leeward mark rounding rules and tactics. Favored end of the finish line. Rules when finishing.
• June 10: Boatspeed Basics: Foils above and below water. Balance. Main, jib, and rig controls. Windward sail trim in light, medium, and heavy air. Downwind trim. How to read a tuning guide. Basic tuning for keelboats.

Recommended Textbooks: 

• Getting Started in Sailboat Racing by Adam Court and Richard Stearns
• Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing by Dave Perry

Chief Instructor: Bruce Van Deventer is an experienced keelboat and dinghy racer who has competed in everything from club races to international world championships. He is also an experienced race officer. He currently campaigns a 5O5 and a Melges 24.

To register: Contact the CYC Office at 206-789-1919

Rookie Rally Event Flyer

Friday, May 10^th
5:30 to 9:30pm
CYC Clubhouse
7755 Seaview Ave NW

CYC is hosting an open house membership event during the regular Friday evening social with food, drinks, and info about CYC activities.

The club is not just for racing skippers:  CYC is for members of the sailing community who want to take part in all kinds of events, hang out with other sailors, and create a fun environment for their friends and family.  For those who would like to feel welcomed into the Corinthian family, and for those of you who would like to consider joining Corinthian so you can help welcome more people into the sailing community, come on down the clubhouse at the north end of Shilshole Marina on Friday, May 10, from 5:30 to 9:30.

Come to the Event. Bring and Welcome Potential Members.

• Have a family? Bring your kids.
• Personally invite a potential new member to come with you.
• Have a boat in the Shilshole Marina? Invite someone on your dock.
• Are you a skipper? Invite your crew.

What’s Happening

• Racing, Cruising, Social, Educational and Junior Sailing Lessons information will be available
• Complimentary food and soft drinks, plus, one free drink ticket and no-host bar
• Door Prizes
• Kids are Welcome – Kid food and activities available

Membership Information

• Adult and Family Membership is only $35 per month
• No initiation fee
• More Information

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•  CYC_Membership_Event_Flyer_2013

ISAF Certified Safety At Sea Course this weekend Saturday and Sunday May 4th & 5th. Predominantly oriented around the Van Isle 360 format, this is the certificate required for many open ocean races. The course includes:

• 2 full days of classroom training
• life raft training at the nearby Ballard pool.

Speakers include moderator Bruce Brown, Bob Schoonmaker, Ken Fabert, MD, and Jonathan McKee. Agenda available for review upon request.

Course fee $275. Includes course materials and lunch both days.

REGISTER NOW!!!!
For more information, contact Bill Blodgett: bill@kamgear.com

Friday, May 3, 2013
Club and Bar open at 6pm
T-37 Sailing starts at 6:30pm
Extravagant appetizers by Rachel
Bring a potluck desert

Come and celebrate Opening Day 2013 at CYC. We are excited that the T-37 fleet (remote control boats) will be setting sail.Kids young and old are invited to come watch and maybe skipper a boat.
Keeping in subject with this year’s theme of “Hawaiian Magic,” wear your favorite Hawaiian Shirt.
Bring your T-37 and join the fun.

Bring something sweet for the potluck dessert table.

Food and drink specials TBA

Join us for a Friday night of unbridled ukulele delights as CYC presents the Ukudelics (Seattle’s best kept ukulele secret) who take the stage with the force of a runaway pineapple truck and heats up your event like a tropical sunset!

From quaint beginnings strumming for friends at an annual backyard Luau,  The Ukadelics now play regularly around town for private parties and themed events. Their repertoire is a range of classic “hapa-haole” Hawaiian songs like Blue Hawaii andTiny Bubbles to the  show stopping lounge favorites such asSecret Agent Man and I wanna Be Like You (from Disney’s Jungle Book). Though primarily a uke driven ensemble, The Ukadelics creatively employ a wide variety of percussive instruments as well as a guitar, Hawaiian slide guitar, bass, and nearly a dozen different ukuleles.

Pair you favorite Hawaiian shirt with your trustiest slippahs and join us.

(Food and drink specials TBA)

If your spouse, significant other, or family aren’t involved with your racing program then, in the balance between racing, sailing for fun, and time with family, sailing for fun will lose out every time unless family is involved, too. Most families or couples don’t race together, and there’s good reasons for that. So if you have a family, don’t lose sight of the powerful ways that the adventure of sailing together can make lasting memories.  We’re blessed here in Puget Sound with having some of the best cruising waters in North America, so when we don’t share our skills and knowledge with our family and friends to use what nature has given us, we’re doing them a disservice.

I worry too about the state of youth sailing, not just here but worldwide.  As I write this to you from Barbados I have spoken with several sailors from Europe who share the same concern I have that our youth racers are at risk of being over-coached, over-managed, and over-trained.  They need time to be kids. They need time to develop self-reliance. They need to learn how to fix things when they break. They need to know what it’s like to be a leader, and of working together as a team – few of these experiences are served by the present format of youth racing.  Meanwhile only about 5% of kids who go through the learn to sail programs nationally go on to become racers.  We need to be sure that just as we have programs for the 5% that go on to be racers, we have a path for the 95% which will entice them to make sailing a lifelong passion and not just something they did one summer.

Bruce Van Deventer
Commodore
Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle

CYC Clubhouse and bar will be open Friday and Saturday nights. Dinner will be served Saturday after racing.

Please see below for updates and instructions

 Guest Moorage and Dry Storage:[PDF]

 Parking:

• The North Parking lot adjacent to the Shilshole Bay Marina dry storage area may be used for trailer and dry-sailed boat storage.
•  Please avoid leaving parked vehicles in the North Parking lot.  This allows maximum space for boat rigging and trailer storage.

Hoists

• Hoists are complimentary to PSSR participants who sign the necessary waivers.  Waivers will be available at the CYC clubhouse office or hoist.  Please do not operate a hoist without signing.

Wet Moorage

• Wet moorage is complimentary to PSSR participants on a first come first serve basis from Friday 2pm to Sunday 10pmwithin the horseshoe between the north side of W dock and the south side of X dock.  See accompanying map (below).  The north side of X dock is not included in complimentary moorage.
• Rafting is permitted and encouraged between W and X docks.   Please do not block the hoists.
• Please raft up to other PSSR competitors to conserve space.  It works particularly well if boats in the same fleet raft together.
•  For other wet moorage, please see Shilshole Bay Guest Moorage on page 8 of the Race Book.

Families with kids are encouraged to join us! Activities (weather cooperating) will include:

• Field activities at nearby school Saturday PM
• Small boat activities in harbor
• Social Hour Saturday at 1700 aboard boats (Please bring your favorite hors d’oeuvres to share)
• Dinner at Bella Luna Italian Restaurant Saturday (@1830)

We will sail back to Shilshole Sunday mid-day

 Planning is easy:

1. Call Kingston Marina (360 297-3545) to reserve a berth on Saturday PM, April 6.  Tell them you are with the CYC Pizza Cruise as they have berths set aside for us.
2. Email Doug Stewart (joancstewart@comcast.net) that you are planning to come. He needs to know how many people to make the dinner reservation for.

For questions contact Doug Stewart:
joancstewart@comcast.net
206 325-9663

CYC Kingston Pizza Cruise 2013 Printable Flyer