SAN DIEGO CATALINA ASSOCIATION

                   SDCA NEWSLETTER

November, 2008

 

Visit our Web Site at sdcatalinaassoc.com

 

October 22, 2008

  

2008 SDCatA Board/Chairs

Dan Golembiewski, Commodore*/Web Master

Mike Roll, Vice Commodore*

Debbie Willis, Treasurer*/Membership

Open, Secretary*

Larry Pascal, Cruise/Social,

Jim Harvey, Race

Brad Poulos, Programs

Chip Willis, Librarian

Cleve Hardaker, Measurer

Brad Poulos, Jr. Past Commodore

*Board Officer

 

The November Meeting is Wednesday, November 5th.

       At Silver Gate Yacht Club,(19:30); dinner at 18:00 at SGYC

 Jim Huksom is the Assistant Director of Communications for the San                    Diego Port Authority.

He’ll give us an update on the various port projects and plans.

Commodore’s Comments:

 

Only one meeting left before the Holiday party; December  6th (would you believe it!).

Voting for the Bridge for 2009.  We have so far received nominations for                              Sec/Treasure: Pat Yates

                                                       Librarian:         Brad Poulos

                                                      Race Chair       Dan G

                                                      Web master and

      Newsletter:     Brian Yates and

                                                                               James Baumgart

                                                      Cruise: Open

                                                      Programs: open

                                                      Commodore   James Harvey

                                                      Vice-Commodore: open

Past Commodore:  Dan     Golembiewski      

 

Please advise any more nominations at the Wednesday meeting or by email to Commodore, Dan G:  dhgolembiewski@cox.net

 

Do you have any un-needed boat items you want to trade or contribute to the Association?  Please email interest to Dan G.

 

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When you're sailing a boat that has a symmetrical spinnaker, the biggest gains and losses usually occur on the upwind legs. But with asymmetricals, it's exactly the opposite. Gains and losses on the beats are relatively small - but on runs they can be huge!

There are two main reasons for this. First, boats with asymmetrical chutes sail much higher angles downwind, which means they normally split very far apart on runs. With this much separation, even the smallest shifts or puffs can make a big difference.

The second reason is that asymmetrical boats tend to have a much wider range of performance. It's not uncommon for one boat to sail a knot or two faster, or 10° higher or lower, than another boat. This produces large disparities in downwind performance.

Because of the potential for big gains and losses, it is important to sail fast and smart on runs. Here are a bunch of ideas about how to do this. Besides the tips on this spread, there is other good advice tor asymmetricals spread throughout this issue. Here are a couple of the most important points:

• Jibe back through puffs - Symmetrical boats sail low angles that allow them to head in almost the same direction that a puff is going and therefore stay in that puff longer. Because asymmetrical boats sail higher angles, they tend to go across and out of puffs. To stay in better pressure longer, jibe when you get to the Far side of the puff so you can sail back through it.

• Play most shifts as persistent - On runs. Asymmetrical boats sail last with the wind so they clon'l experience as many shifts. In fact, even if the wind direction is oscillating, they might see only one shift during the course of a 10-minute run. Therefore, they should play that as a persistent shift. 




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Dan G.

FROM:

Debbie Willis, SDCA Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RE:

Treasurer's/Membership Report, September 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TREASURER'S REPORT

 

 

 

 

Beginning Cash Balance

8/31/2008

 

 $    1,713.88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income

 

 

 

 $              -  

 

 

Membership Dues

 $                -  

 

 

 

 

Burgees

 $                -  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

 

 $              -  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ending Cash Balance

9/30/2008

 

 $    1,713.88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Burgees

 

 

 $         80.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

 

 

 $   1,793.88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP REPORT

by Debbie Willis, Membership Secretary

Current members -  40

 

 

 

 

New in 2008 - 16

 

 

 

 

 

 

TO GET A COPY OF THE CURRENT ROSTER CLICK ON ATTACHED

EXCEL FILE

 

Programs

Jim Huksom is the Assistant Director of Communications for the San Diego Port Authority.

He’ll give us an update on the various port projects and plans.

 

Fleet Captains: (still need a 22 fleet captain)

42 Ron Betzing

36 Brad Poulos

34 Bill Sedgwick

30 Mike Roll

27 Still looking for C27s to come on board

25 James Baumgart

22 ?

                                                           

Email your favorite picture of your boat to be featured as the lead page on the web site.    to dhgolembiewski@cox.net

 

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Cruising Calendar

 

                        October 25-26                      La Playa Cove

            November 22-23                 t.b.d.

 

 

Larry Pascoe

S/V Sabbatical

 

Tech Talk

(Important, repeated from last month)

Larry Pascoe had a learning experience during his recent Mission Bay trip. In Catalina his outboard motor ran perfectly, five days later it would not run in Mission Bay due to a fuel system problem.  In checking two outboard motor sources he was told that there is currently is a rash of problems with gasoline contamination in outboards.  The present gasoline/alcohol mix absorbs water and has a very short (weeks) life time until it starts breaking down.  The recommendation is to:  run the gasoline out of your motor before storage and do not keep gasoline more that a month before using.  Buy enough gasoline for your immediate use and dispose of the balance after the outing.  Note: there are some gasoline additives that are effective in increasing the storage life, but do not eliminate the problem.  After fixing his outboard motor, Larry is going to put his unused gasoline into his car.  Gasoline can be disposed of at the marine gas station on Shelter Island.

 

            October 25-26                      Glorietta Bay

            November 22-23                 t.b.d.

 

Larry Pascoe

S/V Sabbatical

           

Please e-mail or call Larry to give him your cruising preferences.  Tel. No. 858-755-5613 and e-mail at larrypascoe@san.rr.com 

 

 

Race Report for November, 2008

 

  On October 11th SDCaTA and Silver Gate Yacht Club held the Man O’ War Race. We had a beautiful day of racing with a fairly stiff breeze, which is so much more fun than some of the drifting contests we have had in the past. We had six Catalina’s show up, unfortunately none of the “B Fleet” boats showed up. I can’t seem to get rid of those trophies. We had a longer than usual course length at 12.98 miles which was nice considering the conditions. After a little more than two and half  hours Team Escape took the win. ”B Fleet” boats take note, Escape left the racing sail at home and used a 10 year old Dacron cruising sail. So you can be competitive without having expensive racing sails. In second place was Interlude followed by SchatzSea in third, then Sabbatical in fourth. Fifth place was Mis-Behave ll and in sixth was Cherimarie.

  Thanks again to Jo Ann, the Dekker’s and the rest of the RC staff for the their time and effort.

 SDCaTA has one more race for the 2008 season. Escape has first place wrapped up but there is still a tight race for 2nd through 4th. Indiscipline and Mis Behave ll are tied for 4th. Sabbatical and Interlude are only 3 points apart for 2nd and 3rd. This last race should be really exciting. 

  James Harvey  SDCaTA  Race Chairman

 

 

2008 SDCatA RACE STANDINGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOAT

PTS

 

3 throw outs

 

 

 

 

RACE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pres

St Pat

Coro

Galleo

Clippr

MB 1

MB 2

Cat

Cat

MoW

Turkey

Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   with the

 

throw out Pts.

 

 

Escape

19

 

1

3

2

1

3

3

2

2

1

1

 

10

 

Mis-Behave ll

46

 

2

1

8

6

7

5

5

4

3

5

 

26

 

Sabbatical

33

 

3

4

5

2

4

3

3

3

2

4

 

20

 

Inspiration

52

 

4

9

3

5

3

5

5

5

6

7

 

30

 

Shooting Star

63

 

5

9

12

7

7

4

4

4

7

7

 

38

 

Cherimarie

69

 

6

9

12

7

7

5

5

6

7

6

 

42

 

Schatzsea

51

 

6

9

1

7

7

5

5

1

7

3

 

28

 

Isle Run

68

 

6

9

12

4

7

5

5

6

7

7

 

40

 

Wine Knot

69

 

6

9

10

7

7

5

5

6

7

7

 

43

 

Coaster

66

 

6

7

9

7

7

5

5

6

7

7

 

43

 

LeaveMessage

66

 

6

9

7

7

7

5

5

6

7

7

 

43

 

C Angel

70

 

6

9

11

7

7

5

5

6

7

7

 

43

 

 

Interlude

37

 

6

2

4

7

1

1

1

6

7

2

 

17

 

Indiscipline

45

 

6

5

6

3

2

2

3

6

5

7

 

26

 

Classical cat

68

 

6

6

12

7

7

5

5

6

7

7

 

42

 

Ellie Cat ll

67

 

6

9

12

7

7

5

5

5

4

7

 

39

 

.

 

James Harvey

SDCaTA Race Chair

TEAM ESCAPE

 

 

 

Boat name        size        rating    spin rating

 

Sabbatical          36T          145         129

Cherimarie         36            149         132

Isle Run             36 T         157         141

SchatzSea          34             164         147

Escape               34             164         147

Inspiration         36             167         150

Shooting Star     32             174         159

LeaveAMessage 36            176         159

Ellie Cat ll          34            185         168

Wine Knot          34            194         177

Coaster               34            194          177

Interlude             27            216          198

Mis-Behave ll     30            221          204

Indiscipline         25            247          228

Classical Cat       25            246          228

C-Angel              25            262           ???

   

 

Race Schedule (Cortez Racing Association) 2008

Saturday

12/13/2008

Year End Regatta

1,2/2


2008

SDCaTA Race Schedule

 

11/15/08 Turkey Day Race

 

James Harvey

SDCaTA Race Chair

TEAM ESCAPE

----- Original Message -----

 

The B Fleet added a lot to the excitement for us and the other Catalina 25 racers.  Lets keep it going if we can.

 

James Baumgart

Manager

Architecture and Infrastructure Systems

858-571-4221

 

 

I think you have a great idea.  We would be willing to race more often.  I like the idea of racing to a raft up.  The race on Saturday and the party on Sunday provided a fantastic time.  Thanks to everyone.

 

Craig

Leave a Message

 

 

The "A" fleet boats are

Sabbatical

Escape

Schatzsea

Mis-Behave ll

Inspiration

Interlude

 

The "B" fleet boats are

Wine Knot

Coaster

Leave a Message

Indiscipline

C Angel

 

 

 

James Harvey

SDCaTA Race Chairman

TEAM ESCAPE

 

Technical Discussions

(Reports will remain until new reports come in)

 

 

SHARE OUR ‘TECH’ NEEDS. If you need advice on tackling a boat problem, need an extra hand, want to borrow a specific tool, or  need a “how-to” tip on some aspect of your boat’s care, upgrade or maintenance; toss it out to our membership (now 45 members strong) to see if someone else has already tackled that project and can give you some advice. These “tech tips” will also be presented in our monthly newsletters.

 

I called Catalina Yachts to get a complete spreader replacement kit for my Catalina 30 all wooden spreaders . They sent me to CatalinaDirect.com.  And yes on their home page there was a new item, complete conversion kit part number K1956 ($575). All holes match the old wooden spreaders and tang assembly.   Alas. None in stock, 6 weeks (maybe).

Anyone know who else has  such an item?  Is there a place in Florida doing the same thing?

Neil

PS Chip & Debbie claimed the wooden deck hand holds. 

 

Follow-on:  Updated info on the direct replacement kit for wooden spreaders.  Catalina Direct assembles this kit by buying components from about 5 different sources.  See web page for applicable hull numbers.  Two items of interest: 1)  After cutting off the ends of the ½ inch SS bolt flush when compression tube is stuck inside to bolt, the replacement procedure is to use a long piece of PVC and tie the compression tube to it and fit it up thru the bottom of the mast.  (the tech guy said it’s not that difficult). 

2)  The length of the spreader is 39 inches.  The wooden one was 44 inches.

I’m going to wait for the full assembly to arrive.  Cost with tax and shipping is $634.95   Assembly number K-1956.  CatalinaDirect.com   Parts: 1-800-959-7245, tech info: 1-843-1971

Neil McGinnis

 

Tech Talk

 

 

 

 

  

BUYING OR SELLING?

If you have any items for sale or wanted please send email to dhgolembiewski@cox.net

Pictures can be used in both the newsletter and the web site.

 

For Sale

 

 

WANTED:

Dinghy outboard motor, 4 cycle, approx. 2-5 hp. 9/29/08

Contact Dan Golembiewski at dhgolembiewski@cox.net

__________________________________________________________________________________ General Items

 

Wanted:

 

I am looking for an equity partner for my 1996 36 MKII, Inspiration. My old partner of almost three years is ‘leaving’ regular boating.  Please contact me for details.  Yes, still looking as of 9/29/08.

Commodore Dan

 

 

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Membership Application

 

Dear Fellow Catalina Owner,

 

What is the San Diego Catalina Association (SDCatA)?

 

We are a fun-loving non-profit sailing group of Catalina owners. Our membership is comprised of over 30 boating families – with Catalinas ranging from 27-42 feet. (All Catalina owners and associates are welcome).

 

Are you an "old salt?"  You will find experienced cruisers and racers in our midst.  Are you new to San Diego or to sailing?  SDCatA is a great place to learn all kinds of technical things about our boats; as well as, gain local knowledge, racing skills, cruising, navigating, currents, weather, oceanography, ocean life...you name it. 

 

For your convenience, a membership application is on the other side of this page. Annual dues for the San Diego Catalina Assn. are $30 - a fantastic bargain!  Events are announced at our monthly meetings, in our monthly e-mail newsletters and our website: www.SDCatAtalinaassoc.com

 

We meet the first Wednesday of the every month (except May through September and December) at 7:30 PM at the Silver Gate Yacht Club on Shelter Island.  Meetings include an informative speaker, tech talks and news of upcoming events.  Our events include monthly raft ups, monthly races (April-October) and regularly scheduled social events. Visitors are always welcome!

 

We sincerely hope you’ll consider membership in our Association and meet other Catalina owners.  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or if we can help in any way.  We look forward to seeing you soon!

 

See you on the water,

 

Daniel Golembiewski, Commodore

Dhgolembiewski@cox.net

 

 

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Membership Application

SAN DIEGO CATALINA ASSOCIATION

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION                                                  DATE____________________

 

NAME ___________________________      HOME PHONE __________________

 

SPOUSE'S NAME _____________________ WORK PHONE _________________

 

ADDRESS ________________________       EMAIL _________________________

   

 

BOAT INFORMATION

 

Boat Name __________________       Boat Type ____________      Length _____

 

Hull # __________________                 Sail # ____________                CF # ______________

 

Marina ____________________          Slip # _______          Type of Motor _____________

 

SAN DIEGO CATALINA ASSOCIATION FEE            $30

 

Mail to: Debbie Willis

Treasurer, SDCatA

6757 Friars Road, Unit 19

San Diego, CA 92108

 

If you’re also interested in racing, please complete the next section.

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HANDICAP INFORMATION FOR RACING

 

Standard Rig _                 Tall Rig _      Bow Sprit _

Roller Furling Jib  _     Spinnaker _  Roller Furling Main _

Head Sail Size:  Less than 140% _         130-155% _        More than 155% _

Sail Material:  Dacron  _    Mylar/Kevlar _

Propeller:  Folding  _   Fixed  - 2 blade _     Fixed  - 3 blade  _ Feathering

Dodger  _        Anchor windlass _             Dingy on davit _

Race experience in past year? _   Number of races _________