Rules Quiz #1

To get you all ready for the for the Dick Rose Rules Seminar on January 21st, I will post a series of questions from US sailing Judges test. Click on the question to make it larger.

Post your answers or questions for discussion as a comment, and I'll post the "Official" answers after you have had a chance to ponder the questions. Down load the new rules using the link to the right.

Answers

1. Green: Green is on starboard, Blue on port Green has right of way. Rules 11 or 12 don’t apply because they are not on the same tack.


2. Green: For the same reason as in question 1 Green has right of way over Yellow.


3. Yellow: Both Yellow and Blue are on port tack so rule 11 applies between them. At position 3 Yellow is leeward boat because she is on the same side as Blue’s mainsail. The trick going down wind is look at the side the mainsail is on, and that is the boat’s leeward side. This is in the definitions given in the RRS.


4. Blue breaks two Rules: 10 and 14. She doesn’t keep clear of Green who is on starboard (Rule 10) and she doesn’t avoid contact with Green (Rule 14). Blue doesn't break Rule 11 only because Green is in the way.


5. Yellow breaks the same 2 rules.


6. Green breaks Rule 14 avoiding contact. However, it’s hard to see what she could have done to avoid the contact. She will be not be penalized per Rule 14(b) because there was no damage or injury, or she would be exonerated per 64.1(b) even if there was damage or injury.


7. Both Yellow and Blue should be disqualified.

One of you felt Rule 19.2 applied to Blue. This is an interesting question. However, Rule 19.2 does not apply in this case because Yellow is not an "obstruction" to both Green and Blue she is only an "obstruction" to Blue. Read the definition of obstruction to see how a boat racing is an obstruction. If the question was changed so that both Yellow and Blue were on the same side of Green, then Rule 19 would apply between Yellow and Blue. Think about how the Rules are different between Yellow and Blue depending on which side of Green they are.

Yellow and Blue didn’t “break” Rule 44.1 because you are never required to take a penalty, although you are allowed to exonerate yourself by doing so.

If I were Yellow or Blue in this case, I would gybe to starboard before Green is overlapped. Green is not in such a good position then. If you are Blue you would have right of way over both Yellow and Green, and if you are Yellow Green would be limited to her proper course by Rule 17 provided you gybe before Green is overlapped. If you gybe after Green is overlapped, then the limitations of Rule 17 do not apply to Green, so gybe early if you are Yellow.

Star Hats

Judy is wearing one of the new Star baseball caps Sherwood and Judy have acquired. They ordered them from an embroidery business in Bend, OR.

These are really good quality caps, with which we have previous experience, and which are a pleasure to wear on or off the boat; perhaps other members of the fleet might feel the same.

The cost is $19.00 apiece, plus shipping, for an order of two caps, though the price on a group order would drop proportionally to the number of caps ordered. For example, an order of 12 caps would drop the price to about $16.00 each, plus shipping, an order of 24 to about $15.00 each, and an order of 36 to $14.00 each. Your cap number would be individualized to your hull number. Hats are available in a variety of colors, and the embroidery color could be changed to match the hat color.

Colors Include:
Black, Cardinal, Forest, Gold, Lilac, Lime, Maize, Maroon, Moss, Navy, Olive, Orange, Plum, Pottery, Red, Sage, Sky, Steel Green, Stone, Storm blue, White

Two Tones: (Crown / Visor)
Forest / Black; Metro Blue / Stone; Navy / Stone; Olive / Stone; Sage / Black; Stone / Navy; Stone / Plum; Stone / Olive; Stone / Black; Stone / Steel Green; Stone / Storm Blue

The website for eye-of-the-needle with the Harbor style caps is: http://www.driftcreekoutdoors.com/headwear_classics.html

Let us know if you would like to make an order for hats. We will determine the cost after we know how may to order. Leave a comment with the number of hats and the particulars of color, etc.

Celebration for Barb

Come and Celebrate Barb's Life

Date and Time
Sunday December 14th
Between 1:00 – 4:00 PM

Logistics
Barb’s celebration will be potluck, so please bring one of the following:
1) main dish
2) side dish (salad, desert, appetizer, etc.)
3) beverage (beer, wine, soda, etc.)

Location
Carlyon Beach Homeowners Association Club House
2719 Island Drive NW
Olympia, WA 98502

Directions to Carlyon Beach Club House
From I-5 take exit 104 (Hwy 101 N toward Aberdeen/Port Angeles).
Go approximately 6 miles on Hwy 101. (At the junction Hwy 101 and Why 8 stay right on Hwy 101).
Take the Steamboat Island Rd. turn off (This is the first exit after the highways split).
Go left at the T and proceed past the 76 station and Tavern (on the right) stay on this road until you come to a Stop/Yield sign.
At the Stop/Yield sign, go right. This is now Steamboat Island Rd NW.
Stay on Steamboat Island road for approximately 8 to 9 miles.
Take a right on Island Drive (just after the speed limit drops to 20 mph)
Parking is available at the club house parking lot, which is at the uphill side of the Park (the park will be on your left)

Note: If you want to come by boat from Olympia, guest moorage is available.

Thanks,
Jenny


On the crisp fall day that was Wednesday, Barb Stuart began her next journey. She was surrounded by family friends. We encircled her bed and her spirit with our love and wished her fair travels.
She was taken off the respirator and the extra paraphernalia was removed. She visibly seemed to relax into the bed. Believe it or not she began to snore. (Those of you who have been lucky enough to travel with Barb – know she snores when relaxed and resting peacefully). We stayed with her throughout the day, telling Barb, Barbara, and Mom stories and laughing together. Barb remained at peace and in no pain.

As the day wore on her blood oxygen levels continued to drop as was expected and consistent with her body shutting down. By evening, we decided to give Barb some time on her own and started our goodbyes. Jenny and Alex took a break - got some dinner and returned later in the evening for some last time alone with Barb. Barb passed away early this morning in the CCU. It was her body that stopped this morning. Her spirit was in that room with her friends and family, and has been nourished by all the love and care her friends and community have been sending her.

Barb made it clear she wanted no funeral or memorial. She wanted to be cremated and her ashes spread someplace remote and wild. She wanted no mourning only celebration. So Jenny has asked that we her friends, help plan a suitable celebration of Barb and her time with us. We are tentatively looking at a time early in December and will for Westbay and her home neighborhood. As more plans develop I will let you know.

Jenny and Alex are busy with the details or pulling the corners of a loved one's life together. You can send cards or your own memories of Barb to Jenny at her Seattle address:

Jenny Stuart
2613 E Aloha Street
Seattle, WA 98112

As I get more information I will continue to pass it on. You can continue to reach me via email:

ginny_stern@yahoo.com

Thank you for letting me be part of your connection with my dear friend Barb (Barbara or Mom). It has been an honor, a blessing and a gift I treasure..

Ginny

New Rule Changes

I found some information on the new rules I thought I would share it with you all. Follow the links below to some a presentation on the new rules and the Rules showing the edits.

EDITED RULES RRS for 2009–2012

Presntation 2 - Changes to RRS for 2009-2012

Hope Island Race

Race Time 1200 October 11, 2008

As most of you know the Hope Island Dash is a race that is usually sailed by an individual when the spirit moves them and starts and finishes along a line that is the extension on the shoal mark and mark 4.

The full instruction are at the following link: http://www.ssssclub.com/race.htm#start

Starting and Finishing
We will not be doing the race at exactly the same way as given in the instruction since we will all be starting together. I will be on my Catalina 36 to start you using our normal 3 minute sequence at 1200. I will be on the extension of the line as described in the Hope Island Dash sailing instructions. You need to start between the committee and the shoal marker but you can finish on either side the committee boat from one side of Budd Inlet to the other. We will take your times based on the staring time and when you cross the line to finish.

Shortening Course
We will see what the conditions are for the race day. If there is little wind or it is from a direction that would make the race less than fun, I will take the temperature of the fleet and we could do some buoy races or we may drop a mark to round in lieu of going around the island. Look for Bill's boat it will be a mark boat should we shorten. The idea is to have fun racing and not bobbing around Budd Inlet all day and night.

Communication
If you have a cell phone, please have it on board so that you can contact me if you need a tow or other help during the race. I will ask you to call me on my cell at 360-239-8706 before the race so that I have your number. Gary Pedigo will be out on his boat out to help if you need it, and Jim Findley will be in Bill's boat as support. Please sail by the committee boat so that I can get your bow number and your names before the race, and contact me should you retire so that we don't have to look for you should you not finish.

Please comment if you have any questions or concerns.

Star Meeting Notes 9/21/08

Race Schedule / Program
We had our fall meeting and there was a good group of us that discussed and voted on the proposition to change the racing program to have sailing on a single night of the week. After much discussion it was decided to keep it as we currently have it with Sailing on every other Monday and Thursday. Although the poll seemed to indicate otherwise, the difficulty comes in choosing a day that isn't in conflict with another SSSS activity or racing program. In the end those present decided to keep it as is.

In discussing what we could do better, the main issue was shortening the course and seeing the 'S' flag. We will look for ways to make it more visible and make sure that the sound signals are made when it is hoisted. If you want to make a comment about what we can do better next year for the racing program please do so on this page.

Black Star Chair
We need to have a committee chair for the Black Star next year. Since Myra wasn't at the meeting she was nominated and voted unanimously by those present. Thank you Myra for the work you have done in the past and we hope you will do it again.

District 6 Championships
Bill volunteered to chair the District 6 championship regatta committee. We will be looking for others to help with both the Black Star and the Districts. Tentatively we are looking at August 8 and 9. We will confirm the tides and make it official at the annual meeting next year.

Haul Out
We discussed the haul out dates. There will be one haul out the week after the Fall Regatta and another after the Hope Island Dash. We will be setting specific dates and asking all to indicate the date they want to haul out in the next few weeks.

Shop Dates
Bill asked that if you are going to have any major work done on your boat to schedule it early so that you will have enough time to get it done. Staring in January he wants to have the shop free to start bottom painting.

Bill Nominated
Steve Worcester announced that he has nominated Bill, on behalf of the Star Fleet, for the US Sailing Leadership award for this year. If anyone deserves this award it is Bill. Let's hope US Sailing agrees.

Comment if you were present at the meeting and I left anything out.

Race Night

I have had discussions with some of you and have heard that it may be desirable to race on a single night rather than alternating between Monday and Thursday. Some have said they think it would increase participation.

What do you think? Vote in the poll on the right and let's see the will of the fleet.