UBC SAILING CLUB / Tsunami News May 17, 2012 IN THIS ISSUE:- MEC Discount Day - FINAL DAY TO REGISTER! (Thursday May 17)
- Last safety orientation coming up soon!
- Women in Sailing BBQ - Saturday (May 19).
- Get racy on Tuesdays and Sundays!
- Please don't take Kayak paddles unless you're kayaking.
WOMEN IN SAILINGWomen in Sailing is on! Ladies, please join us for the 1st BBQ Saturday May 19th around 5pm at the picnic area in front of the Jericho Office. Come and meet new sailors, all levels, find your favorite practice partner, share your sailing experience, ask your questions, and get to know better the club. The tight knots can be easily transformed into very large butterflies! Bring your own food and some to share. See you there! Please contact Tiphaine at
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RACINGTuesday Night Racing! Casual racing is an awesome way to improve your sailing, and fun to boot! And coincidentally, Jericho runs casual races every Tuesday! UBC tries to get a decent fleet of Vanguards out each week; there is also a Laser class for the more independent, and catamarans or skiffs are options for more advanced sailors. But if you've never raced before and want to give it a try, come out on any Tuesday by 1730H this summer, and we'll pair you up with an experienced skipper who can talk you through the racing rules and start sequences as you go through them. First start is at 1815H on the water, so you should be rigged and launching by 1800H. Racing continues until the beer flag flies, which depends on wind and sun and how the race committee's feeling. Also, a reminder to both new and returning racers: Jericho requires all racers to fill in (yet another) waiver, and register your sail number. Given that your sail number will likely change each week, fill in the waiver once for the season leaving the sail number blank, then sign in with your sail number each week on the sail number change form. Both these bits of paperwork should be in the racing sign-in locker next to the first aid room, or ask at the JSCA office. Rookie racing clinic, 1800H, Thursday May 31st! They gave us an Aldis lamp so we could do it right They gave us a radio; we signalled day and night We know our codes and cyphers, but what's a semaphore? A bunting-tosser doesn't toss the bunting anymore!
The Royal Navy may not use semaphore or signal-flags in this day and age, but the JSCA race committee sure as heck does. If you've been thinking about joining us for Tuesday night races but are intimidated by the whole start sequence, start line, and all the various mysterious flags flying off the Albatross, join us Thursday, May 31st for a rookie racing clinic. We'll start with a (very short) dryland session explaining how races get started, then go out on the water and do some start-sequence practices. More involved questions about tactics, strategy, etc. will be deferred to some later occasion, possibly another clinic or just ask around during after-Tuesday patio beers...Any questions, email
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. Keep Windsurfing as an Olympic DisciplineWINDSURFERS, KITE-BOARDERS, and SAILORS UNITE!!!! LETS DO THIS. Both Kitting and Windsurfing in. POWER IN NUMBERS!!! ALL KITTERS + ALL WINDSURFERS = more then ENTIRE DINGY COMMUNITY. When I say All Windsurfers, Kitters and Sailors, I mean not only the Olympic Racers... Everyone who wants to see sailing develop in our world. EVERYBODY. POWER IN NUMBERS. NOW!!! Lets show ISAF they should have 2 BOARD SPORTS, with Female and Male Diciplines! SIGN THE PETITION. Collegiate Racing This spring and summer season we are excited to attend more regattas, mainly down south in the states with UBC and UVic combining efforts to one Canadian super power!
Interested in racing in the Northwestern Intercollegiate Collegiate Sailing Association?
E-mail Madelyn Jones at
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIESPimpin Paint PartyCome down on Sunday May 27 to help paint the new key-card frames and to label "keep off" parts of the fix it room. We also might squeeze in a bit of a tidy to ensure we're clean and squeaky for the busy months! Email Jess at
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to RSVP. Where: Jericho Sailing Center
When: 12:00-2:30 What: Getchyo work hours on! GEARMay 22 - MEC 10% Discount Night for Club Locarno and UBC Sailing Club Members.Have your gear when summer arrives! Get a head start on your summer gear shopping at our members-only shopping event at Mountain Equipment Co-op!
Doors open at 7 pm; shop from 7 pm to 9 pm. Space is limited and this event is for Club Locarno and UBC Sailing Club members only.
Members must register for the event to be eligible for in-store 10% discount including boats(5% on bike gear) and must also be a Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) member to make purchases.
If you plan on getting boots or any other gear that needs to be fit to you, please get your fittings before this night, so you can go in and get your gear without long waits.
To make purchases you must be a member of MEC. You must pre-register to attend this event. Go to this link to register. Bring your Jericho Card as proof of membership!
A big thanks goes out to Club Locarno for organizing this event!
Email
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if you have any questions and I'll do my best to help. UBC Sailing Club merchandise is now available! 
Club Gear - Get geared up for the season while supplies last!!!
- UBC Sailing TShirt (M/F), Various Colours
- Regular Club Shirt $15
- Women in Sailing UBC Club Shirt $15
- UBC Collegiate Sailing Shirt $15
- UBC Sailing Hoodies (Baby Blue/Black) $35 REGISTRATION 2012 Safety Orientations - Schedule Below We have a new electronic access system that hooks up directly with your Jericho Member Card. Sailing Club doors are now unlocked with your Jericho card, and ONLY with the Jericho card. Please make sure to attend a safety orientation and bring your Jericho Member Card when you renew your membership, or you won't have access to the club rooms!
Get Into the 2012 Windsurfing Season!Beginner? L1 E, F, H are open in May! Intermediate? L2 C and D are open in June! L2 Qualified and Looking for the Next Step? Freestyle B is open, starting June 2! Our lessons are the best deal in town at less than $10/hr for top-quality instruction. Register during office hours to secure your spot! Email
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with any questions. SAFETY Last Safety Orientation Monday May 28, 7:30PM This is the last one! Miss this one, and you have to attend either a refresher, or a lesson.
Safety orientation schedule:
Monday May 28, 7:30PM Meet at Jericho in the Main Club Room. Paddles! *This does not refer to Kayak Paddles - Please don't take out a kayak paddle unless you are kayaking* Transport Canada regulations require that you have a "manual propelling device" aboard. It could be argued that if you know how, rocking the boat turns your sail into a "manual propelling device". Assuming it's mere light wind and not an unfortunate demasting that leaves you needing one. The club highly recommends you carry a paddle. We're getting some orange collapsing paddles that might be a good choice on medium-higher wind days when you think it's unlikely you'll need one and don't want to be tripping over a full length one. In light shifty unreliable airs, I'd honestly carry the sturdier, longer, more efficient full-size paddle, myself. Please remember to return paddles to the club room when derigging; we have a relatively steady stream of "mysterious disappearance", which we have to spend *your* club fees replacing. Also, if you do use the collapsing ones, pay particular attention to rinsing the joints off after your sail, so they don't seize in the short position. Wetsuit Reminder Please remember that wetsuits are mandatory between October 1st and May 31st. As anyone who's launched a boat recently knows, the water is already very cold. And there are also a lot less people on the water to lend a helping hand if you do get into trouble. Wearing a wetsuit improves your chances of being able to self-rescue (or even to survive at all) if you capsize. Lifejacket Reminder Also remember that the club rules require you to wear a life jacket whenever you are on the water. Those not wearing life jackets will have their membership revoked. FUN STUFFUBC Sailing hangar parties YEEAAHHH!!!!The UBC Sailing Club Hangar Parties are back and better than ever! Enjoy an awesome evening of live music, great beer and amazing people at the best indoor/outdoor venue in BC. This year the parties will be on July 21st and Sept 15th. We've partnered with Howe Sound Brewing again to provide some of the best beer in BC. We've had great bands in the past such as Said the Whale, the Tranzmitors, Redeye Empire and TV Heart Attack, and this year you can expect more great local bands about to make it big.
Tickets are $12 for each party, but you can buy tickets for both parties for just $20 at any registration event! MONOHULL NEWSCounting to 55: Not exactly rocket science, people!Some of the more perceptive of you may have noticed that our hulls, sails, foils, sail bags, and foil bags have *numbers* on them. I'll grant some of the numbers are wearing off, and we'll try find white fabric paint to make them more obvious on the blue bags. But please please please sign out a matched set, and take the extra 35 seconds while derigging and match all the numbers. It's nothing but irksome when I hear of a problem with sail #26, so I grab sailbag #26 and unroll sail #20 from it. So then I roll that back up and grab sailbag #20, to find sail #23. And suddenly a five-minute fix has taken me 45 minutes just to *find* the right sail. WORK OPPORTUNITIESSUMMER JOB OPENINGThe Disabled Sailing Association of B.C. is recruiting a Team Leader for the 2012 summer season. Based at Jericho Sailing Centre, our program offers recreational and competitive sailing opportunities for adults and children with significant physical disabilities. CYA White Sail certification (formerly green level) is required. Start date approximately mid-May through last week of August. Must be available to work weekends. 40-hour work week (Wednesday through Sunday). Competitive wages. Experience working with volunteers helpful. Please send resume and cover letter to Joanne Houser, Personnel Manager, at
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For program information, visit www.disabledsailingbc.org
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