November 2009

The Spinnaker The official magazine of the Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat

Club

Racing and Events Calendar

Sunday, 29th November

Kids Christmas Party

Saturday, 5th December

Adults Christmas Party

Friday, 6th November – Friday, 18th December

Spring Twilight series

January, 1st – 28th 2010

No racing

Whilst some might question the appropriateness of putting ‘the little sailors room’ on the front page, this

particularly dunny has been a long time coming. It has been the subject of so much discussion, dissent and debate,

that for it to have finally been achieved is worthy of front page news, not to mention the showing of appreciation to

all those who brought about the installation of it & the new kitchen/bar. Well done team (details on page 3)!

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Contact Details Club office: Telephone: 04-939-4167 Fax: 04-939-4168 Office open roughly: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Sat 9am-1pm Email address: admin@ebymbc.org..nz Web Page: www.ebymbc.org.nz Postal address: PO Box 14-496, Kilbirnie, Wellington 6241

Physical address: 501 Evans Bay Parade, Kilbirnie, Wellington 6021

Slip master / Bookings 027-240-5109 or 04-939-4172

Clubhouse (members) phone 04-939-4170

Management committee contact

details are on Page 15.

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members supporting the club. Much of the activity at the club has been

related to a shiny new kitchen and bar layout and a brand spanking new

accessible toilet. There is plenty of information in this Spinnaker about the

project so please read on and see who we have to thank for the incredible

hours of work that went into the facility. We are delighted to finally have

an accessible toilet facility available and we look forward to seeing more

sailors joining in club activities as a result.

The new kitchen and bar are a pleasure to work in and Lynley our Rear

Commodore has an ever expanding repertoire of food delights on offer on

Friday night and Saturdays as a result. Friday night meals are back in

action and are proving popular. We are mixing up the caterers so there

should be something for everyone. The key to keeping these meals going

is the support of club members and I hope you can make an effort to come

down once a month and join in. And as if you needed any further

encouragement, we have reinstated the Friday night membership draws.

You have to be a current financial member and you have to be present at

the time of the draw to win.

As you read through the Spinnaker, get your diary ready because there are

plenty of events coming up. You will already have taken part in or missed

the Old Salts Reunion and the Fireworks raft up but never fear, plenty

more to come. We have lots of Saturday racing planned, and those new to

racing are very much welcome, there is a Children’s Christmas party and

the almost famous grown-ups Christmas party as well. The band from last

year are returning so it will be a fabulous evening. Grab some friends and

make a table out of it - and don't wait too long to buy your tickets - they

might just disappear.

Last but by no means least, please make sure you pay your membership

and storage invoices which are now overdue. We will be charging interest

on late payers again this year and we will contact you to follow up. It’s a

far more efficient use of club resources if you all just pay without us having

to hassle you. And if you have left the club, we aren't yet psychic so make

sure you contact the office and resign your membership. But this year is

shaping up to be a cracker and we would love to have you with us, so get

involved and get the most of out of your club.

Nikki Johnson

Commodore

Commodore’s Report

The club has been a hive of activity since

Opening Day and if you haven't been part of it

then you have missed out. Opening Day was

well attended - unfortunately there wasn't any

racing as the predictable Wellington spring

weather was in action but it was a really

positive sign to see a large number of our

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A Major Project & a Major Thank You Problem: The Club needs to provide accessible toilet facilities without delay Proposal: Construct a purpose built accessible toilet block by the start box Problem: Cost, even with Community Trust Grant, outside Club's financial capacity Proposal: a) Resurrect a previous Gary Wagstaff design & construct within the Clubhouse b) As wall linings will need to be removed & beer lines re routed & new/additional plumbing piping/fixtures installed, tackle the problems of:

• Food & beverage service for Sailability members & • Dramatically improve the functionality, the layout, & the hygiene requirements of the kitchen.

Solution: A group of normally reserved, but eminently practical people, decided they were sick & tired of the talkfests, discussion groups, SGM's etc, etc, & put the above proposal to Commodore Nikki; incorporating a totally free of charge labour contribution. Nikki grabbed it by the tail & said “Let's do it!” The final result is a fantastic transformation, a brilliant solution & a major credit to the stubborn, proud & competent team. Any attempt to put a $ figure on the tradesmen hours donated by the team is mind blowing! However we do need to recognise them, & they must publicly receive our heartfelt thanks. Gary Wagstaff. Architect, original design & dealing with WCC & compliance issues. Rick Martin WCC issues Barry Telford (Telfy) Commercial Joinery - supplied the material, built the kitchen & servery joinery,

donated the fridge/freezer for the kitchen, donated the Lazer water heater for the front of house coffee station, donated the stainless steel kitchen bench.Donated 100's of hours to the project, including weekends & late nights, all the while his beaut launch sits on the hard awaiting his attention. A legend!

Rory Graham, Rory Graham Building - supplied material & 100's of hours, again at weekends & late nights. Telfy's shadow.

Phil Rock, Phil Rock Electrical.- Phil is not an active club member, but that did not prevent him from spending 4 weekends & several days thru the week wiring & rewiring the kitchen & servery---- in effect a total revamp. In the process he brought the existing wiring up to current standards. Phil has since moved to New Plymouth which makes his contribution even more commendable.

Rodger Wilson Network Plumbing - 100's of hours removing redundant pipework, piping out new WC & kitchen & servery& coffee station. Rodger's work meant much time spent under Club house floor - filthy & freezing but still retained a sense of humour & embraced many tasks outside his trade. The original stirrer of the project.

Lynley Manning Spent more time on site than the build team, preparing lunches, &, at times, breakfasts & dinners. Superb camp mother & motivator.

Paul Vautier Provided the specialised knowledge of accessible design. Paul Price Plastering & painting. Grant Viggars Painting, colour behind servery, prep & varnish work bar top. Todd Birell Lino laying. Todd drove down from New Plymouth to do the job for us & is not even a

Club member - he is a member of the Horowhenua Sailing Club & is linked to us only via the Paper Tiger fleet.

Matt McCullough Demolition & building. Bob Mawson Demolition & building. Wade McGee Demolition & building Chris Hargreaves, Chris Hargreaves Building - Building & lining work. Don Herbison Toilet framing & Main Switchboard cableway (continued over)

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Daryl McGee General extra hand to all trades ( good at under floor tasks) & tv cabler. Courier of

materials. An oldie & a goodie. Sven Beringa Cleaning & more cleaning & general assistance to build team. Left field ideas man. Greg White Cleaning & more cleaning - did a great deal on new oven. Ryan Leatham Dog's body for build team, skilled broom pusher, apprentice belt sander operator Ann Seggie A major hand in the pre opening day clean up. Our Marvelous Suppliers Steve Hazelwood Resene Paint product & varnish application on servery top. Alan Atkinson 24/7 Services. A fabulous job sorting & routing the beer lines. Graham Joy Placemakers Evans Bay. A great supporter & always with us. Andrew Flint Rob McCauley - Zip Plumbing Plus, Newtown This has been a great project & a major step back in time to where we just got on with it & a major building of Club Spirit.

THANK YOU, TEAM!!!!!!!!

Neil Blance PS. I take full responsibility for any omission but ask that any errors or omissions be brought to my attention such that I may add a correction in the next issue.

Letter to the Editor: I am sure all members attending the club will have noticed the improvements around the House recently. Lynley is spending many hours working at the club, and the results are clear for all to see. Lynley & her House Committee, in partnership with the Events Committee have already seen positive results. We are again having events and meals on club nights, and on Friday 30 October

there were at least three couples who we have not seen at club nights for some considerable time. It is important that these improvements continue, and that we increase member participation on

club nights, events and on the water. The improvement to the kitchen and facilities generally has been very successful, with many members giving of their time to complete the work.

The reason for my letter is to acknowledge the excellent work of our recently elected Rear Commodore, which in my opinion is the most difficult position in the club. This is borne out by the fact that at election time there is not a rush of members putting their name forward for the

position. I am advised that in many clubs, to put ones name forward for the position of Commodore, one has to have served an apprenticeship as a Rear Commodore.

To continue the excellent progress, requires membership support, and more volunteers are required to share the workload. Members can show their support by volunteering to assist the

House Committee, and by supporting events which are planned for the future. The operation of the club bar brings a number of responsibilities with it, not least complying with the provisions of the license. Having a pool of volunteers sharing the responsibilities and workload should lead to a

club that is inviting and where members and their families want to spend time. With members’ support I am convinced Lynley will continue to improve the atmosphere in all aspects of the House. John Seggie, President

I don't care what it is, when it has an LCD screen, it makes it better. - Kevin Rose

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VICE COMMODORES RULES COMMENTARY

The “STARBOARD” Hail Is it necessary?

This commentary covers the most basic and fundamental rules of the Racing Rules of Sailing. I apologise to those readers whose response to this commentary is “Everyone knows that!!" I write this commentary because from the comments I have heard around the Club on this subject, I suspect everyone does not know that. “Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks “When boats are on opposite tacks, a port tack boat shall keep clear of a starboard tack boat.”

Simple stuff. This rule imposes two obligations on a port tack boat:- (i) to keep clear of a starboard tack boat; and (by implication) (ii) to keep a proper look out.

Question: Does Rule 10 impose an obligation on a starboard tack boat to give warning to the port tack boat by

hailing “Starboard!!”? Answer: No. There is no rule which imposes any obligation on a starboard tack boat to hail to a port tack

boat to keep clear. But: There is a rule which imposes an obligation on a starboard tack boat which is relevant to Rule 10:-

“Rule 14 Avoiding Contact – “A boat shall avoid contact with another boat if reasonably possible.”

Simple stuff again. This rule imposes two obligations on a starboard tack boat:- (i) to avoid contact, even with a port tack boat required by Rule 10 to keep clear; and (by implication) (ii) to keep a proper look out. So, where does this leave a starboard tack boat on collision course with a port tack boat required by Rule 10 to keep clear? If it becomes apparent to a starboard tack boat that a port tack boat is not going to keep clear (particularly because it seems the port tack boat is not aware of the starboard tack boat) the starboard tack boat has two options:- (i) hail the port tack boat in an endeavour to make the port tack boat comply with Rule 10; (ii) alter course to avoid contact, either by dipping or tacking. So, if you are a starboard tack boat approaching a port tack boat which is failing to keep clear, what do you do? (i) hail and hope? (ii) alter course to avoid contact, and protest? The answer to this question lies in your tactical approach. Before you decide what option to take, you need to run the following tactical considerations through your computer, all at the same time and possibly (if you have not been keeping a proper look out) in a few seconds:-

(a) if you hail, what is the port tack boat likely to do, and is that what you want it to do? (b) do you want to disadvantage the port tack boat by imposing a penalty on it, or run a protest if the penalty is not taken? (c) are you currently on a lift or a knock? (d) do you want to be on the left hand side of the course or the right hand side of the course?

What your computer will spit out for you will depend to a large extent on your position relative to the position of the port tack boat, particularly in respect of which boat is the furthest to weather, notwithstanding the collision course both are on.

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If you are sufficiently advanced to windward of the port tack boat (so that if the port tack boat didn’t keep clear it would collide with you), you are in a controlling position. If you want to continue on starboard tack (either because you are on a lift or you want to keep going left) you will want the port tack boat to stay on port and dip you. Clearly the best way to achieve that is to give the port tack boat an early warning to keep clear, by hailing. The port tack boat will be more likely to dip you than to tack in your lee. If the port tack boat is sufficiently advanced to windward of you (so that if the port tack boat didn’t keep clear you would collide with it), even though the port tack boat is the give way boat you may not be in a controlling position. If the port tack boat also wants to go left it will try to tack under your bow and force you tack away on to an undesirable board. Therefore, in this situation, a hail may be undesirable and you may be best to alter course at the last second to dip the port tack boat and hail a protest. The port tack boat, recognising that it has failed to keep clear and you altered course to avoid contact, may do the honourable thing and take a penalty. Chances are, it will not. If you wanted to press the point, you would lodge a protest. Trouble is, winning a protest under Rule 10 where there has been no contact can be very difficult [refer ISAF Case 50]. Consider this. You are a starboard tack boat on a collision course with a port tack boat. You expect the port tack boat to keep clear, but it doesn’t. You collide with the port tack boat causing damage to it. The port tack boat retires from the race. You carry on. The port tack boat lodges a protest against you for breaching Rule 14. The outcome of the protest would (in all likelihood) be:- (i) if you hadn’t hailed starboard before the collision, you would lose the protest and be disqualified from

the race; (ii) if you had hailed starboard before the collision you will have acted to avoid contact and (provided you

had taken the prescribed turning penalty for breaching Rule 14) you would win the protest and your finishing place would stand (unless you gained significant advantage in the race or race series as a result of the collision).

Conclusion: Whilst a “Starboard!!” hail to a give way boat is not necessary, it is most often desirable and prudent. A breach of Rule 14 by a starboard tack boat has more significant penalty ramifications for the starboard tack boat than the penalty ramifications for a port tack boat in breach of Rule 10.

Debt Recovery Costs

The Management Committee agreed that from 1 March 2005, all new outstanding debts will incur interest and any associated debt recovery costs. Interest will be charged at the rate of 19% per annum.

VHF Radio Operators Course - Thursday 19 and Sunday 22 November The Sailing Academy is running another VHF radio operators course. An important and useful

qualification to have and is a requirement to have to operate a VHF Radio, except in an

emergency. The qualification is for life, and the course cost $60.00 will include the exam and certificate If you

are a boat owner and want to register a callsign for your boat (highly recommended) there is an extra fee for this. If you are interested in attending this course please complete the

registration form at http://www.ebymbc.org.nz/lts_assets/VHF20091119.pdf. The course is endorsed by Coastguard New Zealand and will be run by club members Rowan

Hatch and Murray Thomas. The schedule will be as follows:

Thursday November 19th - 6pm - 9pm: Lesson Sunday November 22nd - 9am - 10am: Recap - 10am - 11am: Exam

As a bonus, we have also organised a visit to the Maritime Radio Centre at Avalon, so you can

see who is listening to you! This will include a tour of the NZ Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (in the same building). These tours will be on Thursday 26th November from 6.30pm.

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Tales from the Travels of Uncle Brian

Hi All, a bit of an update on the last month or so. Rita and I sailed up to Samoa from Tonga and this was quite uneventful apart from a whale "exploding" alongside the yacht...it was just enjoying itself by leaping out of the water. The resultant splash was so big

and close that I heard it above the engine noise...and I am fairly deaf!

We spent a few weeks in Apia, doing the touristy things...Aggie Greys...Robert Louis Stevenson’s house and grave, touring the island and watching the changeover from right hand drive to left hand drive. No

accidents were reported with the change over and the one incident of someone travelling the wrong way in Apia was very loudly corrected with about 20 horns being blown and much laughter....turned out that the

offender was a policeman!

Rita left to return to Perth and I visited Savaii and stayed at a harbour called Assau. Much drama when entering the harbour as the passage through the reef is very clear only if you approach it from one

particular angle. I checked out the passage for about ten minutes before heading in. Wrong!! I managed to abort the manoeuvre with about 20 meters from ending up on the reef. I called up the other yacht in the harbour and received some help in finding the pass and came in without any further problems. The other

yacht had taken 3 probing attempts to enter so was quite sympathetic to my situation! So whenever other yachts were trying to find the entrance I would take my dingy out and make out that I was a guide dog.

Left Assau the day before the big force 8 earthquake and tsunami, and headed for Nuitoputapu in the

northern Tongan group. I was approx 100-150 miles from the earthquake centre and the effect on Kyogle was a bit scary. She started shaking as if you were driving a car with all the wheels about to fall off. I assumed that I had major trouble with my transmission system so stopped the engine and stopped the

prop shaft from turning...still shaking...checked the sails to see if they were flapping madly...no problems there. The shaking stops and then restarts for a short while longer. I was talking on my long range radio a

few minutes later and was then advised that a tsunami warning was in force.

Carried on sailing to Nuitoputapu where two other yachts were in the lagoon. The water in the lagoon was very dirty with many large trees floating about. Using my binos I could not see very much on shore, more like things were missing, there was a car in the water and a house about half a mile off the shore.

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completely empty as the houses had been swept away. The force of the wave was huge, leveling even cyclone-proof reinforced concrete block structures. The second village was on higher ground and was

relatively free of damage and the third village where the main government offices are/were was badly damaged...they could not even find the government offices! The Treasury safe was found later on...sitting

on the reef! The money inside did not need laundering but it did need drying. So we now have three yachts in the lagoon ....and these provided the only communications with the

outside world with our HF radios and one sat phone, all other land based communication was drowned. The yacht Tortuga (Wellington yacht) did all of the liaison work...brilliant effort. Panacea (Swedish yacht)

had the sat phone...great invention really. Both these guys got to work on the water system (bore pump repair) and I joined them when not fixing water logged outboards. We provided whatever we could in the

way of bedding clothing food and in my case because I could pump out my main fuel tank...100 odd litres of diesel fuel.

It was good to have a NZ Airforce Orion aircraft circle us and we were able to make contact with them and pass back info and requests for water pump parts to the NZ government. Those boys (and girls) in the

Orions do a tremendous job.

Another yacht arrives (Red Herring) also from Wellington. I had sailed with its skipper from Wellington to Tonga some 15 years earlier. He quickly got into repairing generator sets. Prior to Red Herrings arrival, he

had seen a smoke flare on the volcano island about 5 miles off Nuitoputapu so he had diverted and was directed around that island to a sort of landing area, they notice a buoy in the water and made to tie up to it.....turns out it was a buoy ok, but there was a man attached to it... he had used the buoy as a float and

had swum out passed the reef. Niko was the man and he had previously taken his 25 foot boat over to the volcano to warn the 3 or 4 families .The tsunami hit the islands just after he arrived. The passing yacht was

his only way back home to Nuitoputapu as his boat was in two pieces...up in the trees! I later took Niko and one other islander back to the volcano island to collect the outboard motor off his

wrecked boat. This was a bit tricky... I towed my dingy behind Kyogle and when we got close to the

volcano island’s reef Niko took the dingy and headed for shore. I noticed that he was doing circles outside of the reef opening but could not pay that much attention to what was going on as I had to keep Kyogle safe.

Well after a while Niko shoots through a gap in the reef amongst a lot of white water and returns 20 mins later with 3 more islanders who need to go back to Nuitoputapu. He then returns to shore and I was able to see what was actually going on with his landing. Ok, he shoots through the gap in the reef and as he approaches the shore two men wade into the breaking waves and hold my very best dingy between them

to stop it from being crashed onto beach. The transfer of people/bags, and finally the 40hp outboard,

is then achieved and the two men holding the dingy in place release it and out the gap she shoots. On the last transfer, one of the men who was holding the dingy in the surf, also wanted to come back to Nuitoputapu so he had to swim out passed the reef where Niko picked him up for the transfer back to

Kyogle. That same day a Tongan Navy vessel arrived, the airport was cleared of rubbish and a small plane was able to land with medical help. There were very few injuries thank goodness but 8 people lost their lives, which

is quite a sizable number, the island only has about 1000 inhabitants of which some three hundred are

/were without housing. Tents food supplies and water was brought in by the navy ship. A few days after another Tonga Naval vessel and a French navy warship from Tahiti arrived at the island, yachties in Vava’u had donated half a tonne of food, sent up by plane, about another 6 yachts had arrived with supplies, the immediate needs were being met fairly well. So the three Kiwi and one Swedish yacht left for Vava’u and

we are now on moorings here and have access to email again!!! Panacea took some interesting photos during the wave action...Tortuga fending off/ dodging a house in the lagoon...this was the floating house I mentioned above. The amazing thing was the wave was about 4

meters high as it crossed the reef and the yachts in the lagoon had let out all available chain, and indeed

Tortuga was trying to motor forward as well...both yachts survived but with some damage to anchoring points on the yachts. That’s about it for while.

Brian

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Border security is everyone’s business The New Zealand Customs Service has the vital job of protecting New Zealand’s border to enhance the security and

prosperity of our country. Customs is constantly seeking information from the public on any suspicious border activity and in 1977 set up Coastwatch. Customs Manager Operations Coordination, John Ladd, says that Coastwatch is run on a similar concept to ‘Neighbourhood Watch’, and is especially important in isolated areas and small coastal communities. “Border security is everyone’s business. It was local knowledge and vigilance that helped lead to the identification and capture of the Rainbow Warrior bombers. The community have an even greater role in protecting our borders today. “That's why we have Coastwatch 0800 4 CUSTOMS . This is a nationally coordinated, 24 hour hotline to Customs.” “The local knowledge of members of the community makes them ideally placed to identify anything that appears unusual or suspicious or people or craft that seem out of place. Locals can play a vital role in helping Customs protect New Zealand communities from international crime, illicit drugs, terrorism, smuggling and other illegitimate activities.” “Labour Weekend signals the commencement of the annual armada of arriving small craft from the cruising grounds of the South Pacific. There will be more than 650 small craft, many of which will be overseas registered, arriving from the South Pacific islands during the season which continues through until Christmas. Members of the community know what looks suspicious in their area so we encourage people to let Customs know if they see or hear something. Call Coastwatch however minor your suspicions are”. Calls from members of the public are answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by Customs staff, and all information and details are treated anonymously and in confidence. The nationwide, freephone number to ring is 0800 4 CUSTOMS (0800 654 279). For more information www.customs.govt.nz

See the checklist below to find out the information that Customs needs when you phone. .

LOCATION • Name of place • Date and time • Distance from an easily recognisable landmark • Direction heading in • Type • Estimated length • Name • Number • Port of Registration • Colours • Flag

PERSONNEL DETAILS • Number • Male/Female • Ethnicity • Other Distinguishing features • Type • Registration • Colours • Direction aircraft / vehicle headed in

WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR � Exotic flora and fauna smuggling � Unusual aircraft movements or activity on

remote disused airstrips � Anyone attempting to land in isolated areas

(aircraft or boats) � Ships signalling to the beach or shore � Two vessels meeting at sea

DO’S AND DON’TS DO � Report any suspicious activity to Coastwatch

0800 4 CUSTOMS, however minor it may seem, any time day or night.

� Ensure information is clear and concise DON’T � For your own protection, do not get physically

involved. � Don't handle or disturb anything as this may

harm vital evidence.

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. - Robert Frost

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A Short Communication from the Communications Department Hi everyone, If you have been receiving the Club’s email updates, you will know that the beginning of the season has already been incredibly busy. We have already had the annual Working Bee, Opening Day, the WYA Regatta, a Quiz night, Learn to Sail courses, Old Salts and Friday night meals & membership draws are back. The PTs have also had a great regatta at Lake Wairarapa hosted by Horowhenua Sailing Club, and we are hoping that EBYMBC will take this back as one of their annual regattas with more of you joining us next year. Wow what a start, and there is plenty more to come! If you have missed out on all of this, I can only assume that you have not been checking the website www.ebymbc.org.nz which is constantly being updated and/or you haven’t been receiving the Club’s email updates. To get on the mailing list send an email to eb.comms@gmail.com Hopefully by now you will all have paid your membership fees and received your membership cards along with a new EBYMBC car/trailer sticker. Your first sticker is free, thereafter you can purchase more for $4 each from the Club Office. They are a great way to promote the Club so do use them. Apart from keeping you all well informed, the Communications team is also looking at our funding structure and how we can best recognise our amazing corporate sponsors. If you have skills in setting up sponsorship structures, we would love to hear from you to ensure we do it right. In the mean time Keep in touch Jane

Hi all from your House Team

It is all go here both on and off the water. Hopefully you are participating in the goings-on around the place whether it be

yacht racing, out for a puddle or a fish in your launch or fizzy, or popping into the Clubhouse to say Hi.

When you are in the Clubhouse I hope you are very impressed by the huge amount of work that has gone into the Access

Facility Project. We love our fabulous shiny bright new kitchen. It is much more user friendly and is very easy to keep

clean. You will notice a great new look to the downstairs bar area too. It has been moved out, tarted up a bit, and is now

separate to the kitchen. And of course the main reason around the project is to have an Access facility in the Clubhouse

which will make a big difference to the comfort of some of our members. And it doesn’t finish there… please keep an eye

out for the new coffee station downstairs. Telfy has donated the water heater and this is on the go anytime the clubhouse

is open. There is also a drinking water tap to fill your water bottles at the station. Brilliant!

This wonderful job has been undertaken by a great bunch of guys. The drawings were done by Gary (Popeye) Wagstaff.

The core group of Telfy (Barry Telford), Rory Graham and Rodger Wilson have been onsite for the bulk of the job – starting

at 7.00am each day, 4-5 weekends in a row. Add many evenings to this (after full days at work) and you can see just how

many hours have been put into this project. These guys have been ably assisted by a broader team - further reading about

this project is elsewhere in the mag. As well as so many people working so hard for an hourly rate of $0.00! many people

and organisations have given us fabulous deals or gifted us materials. Well done everyone, and thank you very much!

It is great to see the numbers quietly building on Friday nights. We have had a bit of a variety in the meals. Kerry Rose

Catering is still looking after us, as well as the guys from Mon Ami in Bond Street. The Taitonga Wakaama Fundraiser Hangi

meal on Friday 6th November was well patronised.

To manage the increasing popularity of the Friday night meals we need to get a handle on numbers. Please book to

ensure you don’t miss out. You can do this through our new email address eb.rearcommodore@gmail.com or contact the

office. Information is sent out regularly by email so please ensure you are on the Communications email list so you are up

with the play and don’t miss out on any adventures (or goss).

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While still on the topic of meals etc – thank you so much to Tim Hawley (Andrew Hawley Ltd). Tim has given the Club a set

of cutlery, and bumped up the number of dinner plates we hold so we don’t have to serve your meals up to you on paper

plates. We really appreciate the gift.

Please note we will be taking a break from the Friday night meals from the end of December through to late January/early

February.

Please ensure you sign your guests (Non-Members, or Non-Financial Members) into the Guest Book when in the bar. This

is vital – Clubs are being prosecuted for breaching their licences in this way. As a sports club we have certain privileges

under the Sale of Liquor Act 1989, and one of our responsibilities that is placed on us is not to sell liquor to members of

the public.

The first couple of Member Draws have been made and would you believe it - they have both been won. The first was

Friday 30th

October and Anne Seggie took home a crisp $50.00 note. Friday 6th

November Jane Thomassen was the winner

of the $50.00. Great that these ladies were the winners as they both put a lot of time and energy into the Club. The rules

of the membership draw are: you must be a current financial member, and you must be present in the bar at the time of

the draw. Thank you to Daryl McGee for setting the draw up.

Raffles – please support the raffles on Fridays and Racedays, we are currently raising funds towards the cost of the new

Access toilet/Kitchen upgrade/Bar upgrade downstairs.

We are trying to bring a bit of a variety to the race day lunches and after race snacks. Please ensure you support our

efforts. At other times (ie – not race day) we have a small selection of frozen microwaveable meals available. Please ask

at the bar.

Help please, we may be in need of some assistance on some race days (and other times too). If you are asked to help -

please jump in with a grin. It’s not for long and sometimes you end up meeting new people…

Connie has finished up as our regular bar lady as she is moving on to other things (she may help us out from time to time).

We thank her for her many hours behind the bar over quite a long period of time and hope she will visit from time to time.

If you know anyone who is looking for a few hours a week in bar work please send them in my direction. Fridays and

Saturdays, and the odd function.

I am quite looking forward to the Club Christmas do on Saturday 5th

December. The Events Committee have organised

great music and dinner, and I am sure it will be a great night. I just need to get my $10.00 Ops Shop Glam outfit sorted…

don’t forget to get your tickets soon. You can purchase them from the bar.

Cheers

Lynley Manning, Rear Commodore

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Remember, this is on the afternoon of Sunday, 29th December. We must know numbers in advance so please call Mike Usher right this minute & let him know your ankle biters will be attending (027-240-5109).

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The revised Navigation and Safety Bylaws came into

force on 1 July this year, there are copies of the printed

bylaws at the Club (featuring an Evans Bay photo on the

front so you know it’s the new copy) and there is an

electronic version on our website www.gw.govt.nz/harbours

Below are some of the significant changes;

2.1.7 Lifejackets

In vessels under 6 metres lifejackets (which includes buoyancy aids) must be worn, unless the skipper

decides it safe not to wear them. This is likely to be a national rule by the end of the year and, as most boating fatalities occur in small boats it is intended to encourage wearing lifejackets in small

boats, and remind Skipper’s of their responsibilities.

2.15 Means of attracting attention when in distress

When you go out boating ask yourself this “If things turn bad, who do I need to contact and how will I

do it?” If you can honestly and realistically answer those questions you will mostly likely comply with

the bylaw.

For example; If racing on a Saturday afternoon and something goes wrong (with your boat or crew),

who do you need to contact? Kokotahi or Te Akautangi. How will you do it? Shout, wave, tell another

boat to get them.

If you are heading to the Sounds who do you need to contact? Maritime Radio or RCCNZ or Beacon Hill

or Police or Coastguard How? VHF and/or Flares and/or Cellphone and/or EPIRB

3.4 Diving

The requirement for a dive flag when diving from a boat is not new, what has changed is the minimum

60cm x 60 cm size.

6 Radio reporting

These requirements have been simplified and tidied up. If you are going through the harbour entrance

at night, or in restricted visibility, you must talk to Beacon Hill, preferably on VHF 14.

If you are on the harbour at night, or in restricted visibility, and you have a VHF radio, you must listen

on Ch14.

Big ship stuff

There have been more rules formalised about the conduct of shipping in the Harbour. Vessels of 18

metres are required to follow the recommended tracks in and out of the Harbour, these are the same tracks the ferries and Pilots follow. If you know where the big ships are going it is easier to avoid

them. To further assist with this the recommend tracks are included in the Bylaws.

Facilities Update Hi everyone,

First of all thanks to everyone who turned up and worked on the Working Bee day. Considering a lot of

Members were working on the bar renovations the rest involved achieved a lot. It was a great effort so

thank you.

If any member is prepared to use their expertise to do odd jobs around the Club the Facilities team would

be happy to hear from them. Please contact Dale in the office with your name and phone number and we

will contact you.

We have at last verified the numerous jobs and tasks to do so now we can prioritize and complete them.

At this time our main effort is being put into the repairs or replacement of the main Club House roof.

Inspections and provisional estimates are being attended to and I will report more on this in the next issue of

the Spinnaker.

Gordon

What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public. - Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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Part 1, MOMENTS FROM THE CRUISING DIVISION, by Nev of MORETA.

Somebody from this racing division once said we should put pen to paper and record some of the funnier moments.

My pen writing is a special dialect that only I can read and my key board skills are slower than cheques in the mail.

So, this may take a little while. The aforementioned somebody was Mike Usher from the slipway so it is fitting that

the first tale should have a slipping theme.

HOW TO AVOID PAYING FOR SLIPPING.

The first thing to do is find another venue. Hopai seemed like a great place to start. So I got Moreta my 28 ft steely,

got diesel, got food, got water and got three suckers to go with me just in case I needed more hands to help scrub.

Decided to take my two sons Bryan and Shane and Bryan’s girlfriend Shannon [one of us had to look good].

Tides were good and the forecast too. Exited the harbour and got some rag up and began the cruisey ride to Tory

Channel. Yeah right. Toe rail in the water at Moa Point – yuck! Reefed the main as we weren’t racing [cruising

division only sail around the course, we don’t race]. Dumped the genny for a number two jib at Sinclair then

proceeded to get a shit kicking for the rest of the ride to Tory. This seemed all too much for the boys who retired to

the bunks and let the old guy and the good looking one get on with the cruising. Entered Tory and began thinking

where to go.

We decided on Anapua Bay and rafted up with Bob and Robyn on Gaffer who also made the trip over. Seems there

was talk of turning back but the decision was that if that little blue boat could make it then so could they. They were

right and they didn’t want to miss out on the free slipping did they? Two days went by till the weather settled. We

then escaped to Resolution Bay. Beautiful but lousy anchorage and ended up moving in the dark and on watch all

night. The next stop was Endeavour Inlet for New Years Eve. Got a little trollied but a good night was had by all.

The next aim was off to Hopai for a day of fun and laughter. Bobs first job was to remove his anchor from the

unmarked power cable that ran across the bay. Yes we did have up to date charts. We motored almost all the way to

Hopai. Booooring, no shit kicking for us today. We went through Allen Strait and got the tide just right. Me first. Then

Bob in Gaffer, who was vainly trying to sail and carrying all manner of sail. She made an impressive sight as first the

bowsprit showed then the rest appeared like a pirate ship. Found a quiet spot away from the rabble rousers and had

an early night as I needed it. Fat chance.

I woke up about 0130 as I was holding myself in the bunk with one arm on the starboard side. Why was this I thought

and why was Moreta leaning over at ten degrees? Went up the hatch to find that it was only me leaning over and

none of the other twenty or so boats had gotten drunk and fallen over as well. The thought then occurred to me that

maybe someone had stolen some of the water from under the boat. So what did I do? Of course, I checked the depth

with the depth sounder. Yes I did have one. It just looks like an oar and as I only draw 4ft and the oar is 6ft, it was

adequate. BUGGER! there did seem to be an awful lot of oar sticking out of the water.

All this action brought the good looking one up on deck. The first question she asked was “Why am I sober and the

floor pissed ?” My reply was “Because somebody has stolen the water from under us and they will continue to for

another two hours and then they will give it back to us over six hours”. Well this girl was a fine looking blonde but

her reply wasn’t. “You mean the #!*ing tide is going out and leaving us high and dry?” “Yip that’s about it.” “What

about Bob?” This brought out the really sharp knife, not for a stabbing but to cut a perfectly good springer as it was

in danger of pulling Gaffer over with us.

So Shannon and I sat and drank a coffee or two which she made while standing on the chart table at thirty degrees

and reaching over to the galley to make. She did raise the subject of scrubbing the bottom on one side while we

were over but we gave that idea away as it was too dark to see and we might look stupid. As if we didn’t already.

Well, dawn came, Moreta floated and nobody noticed so I took a few photos and went to bed now that I could stay

in it

First job of the day was to find some deeper water. That done we got kitted for a day at Hopai.

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No disappointment there as the weather was fantastic as usual. Bryan and Shannon had a whack at the two handed

saw. It took so long that there were buds starting to grow from the log. We then had this slice of lumber to tote all

the way back to Welly with us.

Upon getting down to the shore after the games were over it was noted with a smile that Gaffer was now the victim

of the water thief and was sitting perfectly upright on her very wide keel but still in about 2.5 ft of water. Coffee on

Moreta for an hour or so seemed appropriate until the water was returned.

A few souls departed before dark descended and the real festivities began. These were punctuated with what

seemed like endless impromptu swimming lessons and increasingly bizarre dancing styles until finally everybody was

so tired that they crashed. Dawn brought a scene like a war zone with bodies strewn out in all manner of places.

Some in dinghies, cockpits, on the decks, even one under the beach embankment. The silence was quite eerie.

The days agenda was fairly easy- find coke, beer and pies. So off to Portage it was with Gaffer along as escort in case

we got lost, [that’s another story]. Bought the essentials and even groceries while the kids loaded up on pies and

played pool, much to the amusement of the locals. Then onto Chance Bay as we were in need of some fresh water

and a scrub. There is a nice stream there and plenty of space to anchor.

We managed to convince four kawhai to get on board with us while Bob and Robyn talked a barracuda to do the

same. Then came the laughing.

Bob and Robyn decided to anchor first and put out a stern line to show how it’s done. The spot was chosen and the

plough dunked in the tide. Reverse was engaged and the chain let out in an orderly fashion until the desired place

was reached. This looked easy enough. So we began the same routine. Then Bob was into the dinghy for the row

ashore with the stern line in tow. He got to the beach ok and headed for the tree but found it was five meters too far

away so called to Robyn to let out ten meters of chain. The great shame of it all was there was only two meters left

and they went for a dunk also. We managed to grab Gaffer with the extendable boat hook and tie ourselves

together.

This brought about the afore mentioned laughing. As the tears blurred our vision we were of no use to anyone for a

few minutes. Finally we gathered our composure and decided to retrieve the anchor and chain by the text book

method .This needed to go well as the light was fading fast and it had been a long day.

So into the dinghy went the very expensive folding grapnel anchor purchased from the Red Shed for like - ten dollars.

Also ten meters of rope from, yes- you guessed it. I rowed while Bob did the fishing. Bingo! Twenty meters of rowing

caught us an anchor chain. One can’t eat it like kawhai but still a good catch. The rest was straight forward. After

resetting the anchor and chain we used a quality 12v battery drill from Black and Decker and shackled the chain to

the stem post. Read that in the textbook also.

We settled down for the evening with fish, beer and fine company.

Well, here we #!*ing are again. High and dry. Same scene, different place. This time both of us were

stuck and as I already knew the routine, only Bob had to be initiated. It takes a bold bloke to wake up a sleeping

women and ask her to shift her butt to the other side of the boat, so I did this with my most diplomatic voice.

Actually, Robyn grasped the scene very easily. We then swung on Gaffers boom and laid her over to starboard and

Moreta to port.

Shannon wandered up then went back to the 30 degree bunk muttering something about deja vu and scrubbing the

bottom quietly.

Dawn came yet again, but the silence was broken when Shane opened the cupboard under the galley on the

starboard side and let the pots and pans escape.

As the last of the water got stolen from beneath us it became clear to us that we were sitting on a mound only two

boats in size and lo and behold , there stretching out for 80 meters or so, was the

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anchor chain with the anchor visible. Damn’. We could have walked out and got it. Instead we walked the other way

and got a feed of rock oysters and murdered a few thousand mosquitoes. I took a couple of photos again so we could

look at them when we are old.

The water stealer sent the water back and we shifted to a better spot for the day. Me, I got some sleep even though

it was the best part of 30 to 35 degrees during the day. The kids swam all day and frolicked in the sun.

We decided to go back to Welly the next day. Parted from Bob and Robyn at Maude Island at 1930 hrs. They to

Penzance and us to Welly.

No wind so back to the engine. Visibility was lousy and no moon so we were living from lighthouse to lighthouse but

got past the Brothers ok. Made a coffee while Bryan steered for a while. Put an end to that when I realized we were

in the red sector of the light and only 300 meters from Awash Rock. Made a 90 degree turn until I felt safe. The

current was pushing us along quite well and we passed Karori Light doing 10-12 knots. Tied up at 0830.

A few things that have occurred to me since then.

1. Hopai is a long way to go if you want to scrub the bottom of the boat so you may as well use the fine facilities

at Evans Bay slipway.

2. Hopai is a great place to go and lie around and meet people, even though some are a little strange.

3. When in the Sounds you don’t get much sleep at night.

4. And finally. There are blondes that are good looking, can cook, can sail, don’t panic when they are out of

there comfort zone and are good company. But don’t believe everything you read. Go and try for yourself.

Nev.

2009 - 2010 Management Committee Officers

Commodore Nikki Johnson c/o 939-4167 Email eb.commodore@gmail.com Vice Commodore Rick Martin Ph 021 241 7363 Email richard@gaultmitchell.co.nz Rear Commodore Lynley Manning Ph 388 9522 Email lmrw@xtra.co.nz Club Captain Gordon Cooper Ph 0274 458988 Email ebymc.captain@gmail.com Sailing Academy Officer Martin White Ph 380-6110 Email whites.nz@gmail.com Communications Officer Jane Thomassen Ph 027 668 0286 Email eb.comms@gmail.com Events Officer Mike Usher Ph 027 240 5109 Email mikann@paradise.net.nz

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.- Margaret Thatcher

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Saturday, 5th

December, 7pm

Theme: Op Shop Glamour. Pop on down to your local op shop & see what treasures you

can find, or alternatively, come in your regular glad rags & risk have someone ask where

you found that dreadful thing.

Food: The Rose Family Caterers, doing a fabulous Christmas buffet dinner

Band: Shenanigans

Cost: $50/ticket

Prize: Mystery $200 prize to one lucky ticket

holder

Tickets from: the club office or Mike Usher

Confirmation: For catering purposes we must

have numbers by December 2nd

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