Boats For Sale

If you are intrested in a boat listed below by one of our members, please make contact directly with them.

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Current Designs Speedster Kayak

Excellent condition.
Single seat "Ride on top".
PaddleFast Kayak for experienced paddler.
$ 850.00

Lee Grant514-829-0438

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Laser Sail # 98565


Includes:
3 sails:
One Radial (NEW) with mast.
One Full sail (NEW) with mast.
One old leisure sail (mast the same as the full sail).
Trailer (NEW) from CastleCraft. Light weight - can be used to launch/retrieve.
Trailer is value at $800 US. Comes with spare tire and tie down straps.
Trailer can be pulled by any vehicle, and is highway certified.
Everything in good condition and ready to sail.
Asking $3,500 ($2,700 + $800).

Contact Claude Taillon 514-824-2393

Race Team Registration Opens January 30 – March 16

Reminder that registration for the HYC Race Teams opens following the information meeting on Thursday, January 29th, 2009 at Hudson Yacht Club. The evening will be split into two sessions. The Junior Race Team (Opti) meeting will be held at 7 p.m., followed by the Senior Race Team meeting at 8:30 p.m.

Please note that there is a limited number of spaces for participants for both race teams. Forms will be available at the information meeting, when the registration period opens and applications will be accepted until March 16th, on a first-come-first-serve basis. Following the information session registration forms will also be available from the Club Office.

RRS 2009 - 2013 Rule Changes

On January 1, 2009, the new edition of The Racing Rules of Sailing went into effect. The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) govern the sport on the water. They are revised and published every four years by the International Sailing Federation. It is now time to purchase your new rule book and study the changes which have taken place from the previous version. You will not get much sympathy from the protest committee if you are not aware of the significant changes which have taken place to the mark rounding rule (rule18). Copies of the new rule book are available for purchase from the Club Office.

Confused by what this means then take a look at the following, it will help you understand what the game changes are and prepare you for the season ahead.

The following article is reproduced from SCUTTLEBUTT (www.sailingscuttlebutt.com)

Scuttlebutt is published each weekday with the support of its sponsors, providing a digest of major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features and dock talk . . . with a North American focus. This article by Dave Perry, Chairman of the US SAILING Appeals Committee, explains some of the game changes that the new rules will create.

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/09/0108/

Other Resources

For full details of the RRS visit the ISAF Website

http://www.sailing.org/racingrules.php

From this page you can download the Racing Rules of Sailing as a complete version or in individual sections, view details of Rule 42 interpretations, the ISAF Casebook and Fleet Race Sailing Instructions and Notice of Race Guides.

There are also plenty of blogs out there too such as Butch Ulmer's discussion of the new rules changes which also includes illustrations and quizzes that to help your understanding.

http://www.ukhalsey.com/blog/default.aspx

Rule 17.2 (On the Same Tack; Proper Course) has been deleted.

This means that a windward boat or a boat clear ahead no longer has a proper course limitation when sailing near other boats. She can sail below her proper course if she wishes, for instance to make it more difficult for a boat astern to pass or establish an inside overlap nearing a mark. Windward boats must still keep clear of leeward boats under rule 11 (On the Same Tack, Overlapped).

New three length zone; no more “about to round a mark.”

The previous rule 18 (which is the rule for rounding or passing marks and obstructions) began to apply when boats were “about to round or pass the mark or obstruction.” Though this was a useful, self-adjusting criteria given the varying speeds and levels of boat handling in the wide spectrum of boats and conditions that are raced under, it was also very vague and almost arbitrary. The new rules now create a definitive location where rule 18 begins to apply. It is when the boats reach the Zone, which is now three lengths from the mark (see definition Zone; note that sailing instructions can change the Zone to two or four lengths; and team and match racing are staying with two lengths, and radio-controlled boats are staying with four).



The game change here is that even if the boats are approaching the mark quickly and/or have a lot of sail handling to perform before rounding the mark, outside right-of-way boats do not need to start giving room until they or the inside boat reaches the Zone. However, outside boats are required to give the room the moment either of them reaches the Zone, so they must be ready for that obligation. And for boats clear ahead of others, they are “safe” from being overlapped on the inside when they reach the Zone, which is now three lengths from the mark, not two as in the previous rules.

A new definition called Mark-Room.

Instead of saying “room at the mark,” there is a new concept called “mark-room” (see definition Mark-Room). In fact, it is not entirely new; the previous rule 18 contained a definition of room at a mark or obstruction that has now been incorporated into the new definition. “Mark-room” is the space a boat needs to sail “to” the mark in a seamanlike way; and then when she’s “at” the mark, the space she needs to sail her proper course around the mark. The primary difference is that the previous rules did not specifically require outside right-of-way boats to give inside boats room to sail “to” the mark, though most outside boats did so anyway. Once a boat gets to the point where she needs to turn around the mark, she can sail her fastest course from that point on (i.e., her proper course), which will normally be to smoothly turn around the mark passing as close as she dare. There is not much game change here.

New rule 18 cleans up some confusion caused in the previous rule 18.

In the previous rule 18, if a boat on port-tack (P) reached the two-length zone clear ahead of a boat on starboard-tack (S), P became the right-of-way boat while they were in the act of rounding the mark. Having the port-tack boat be the right-of-way boat was very confusing. Under the new rules, S remains the right-of-way boat but must give P “mark-room” (see rule 18.2(b)). Also, under the previous rules, if a boat outside of two others entered the zone but then needed to sail back out to give the inside boats room, it was not clear whether rule 18 turned off for that boat (call it X) when it left the zone, such that boats astern that became overlapped on the inside when X reentered the zone were entitled to room. Under the new rule 18, it turns off when a boat leaves the zone for any reason, including giving room to inside boats (see rule 18.2(c)). However, with the new larger zone, it will be possible to remain in the zone longer while still giving room.

Rule 18.4 (gybing at a leeward mark) does not apply at a gate mark.

This may be the biggest “game change” in the new rules. When a leeward “gate” is being used (two leeward marks close to one another that boats pass between and exit in either direction), rule 18.4 does not apply (see rule 18.4). That means that when a boat is approaching a gate mark on the inside with right of way over other boats (and assuming that rule 17 does not apply; i.e., she did not become overlapped from clear astern which would require her to not sail above her proper course), she does not need to gybe to sail her proper course around that mark for as long as she remains the right-of-way boat. She may sail farther from the mark than needed to sail her proper course, even if she has no intention of sailing over to the other gate mark. She might do this because she is having difficulty lowering her spinnaker, or because she wants to push the outside boat outside of the zone or over to the other mark. Outside keep-clear boats will need to keep clear of her under rules 10 (port/starboard) or 11 (windward/leeward). The take-away here is, more than ever, outside boats should not have their bows “locked” outside of boats they are giving room to or keeping clear of at marks.

No more zones around “obstructions.”

Because the previous rule 18 applied at marks and obstructions, it created a two-length zone around every obstruction (such as other boats on the starting line or starboard tackers upwind). If boats were not overlapped before they were two lengths from these obstructions, inside boats were technically not entitled to room from outside boats. In reality however, most sailors did not consider the overlap situation at each zone as they reached down the starting line with everything happening very quickly. The new rules remove “zones” from all obstructions by breaking the old rule 18 into two new rules (rule 18 for rounding marks and rule 19 for passing obstructions). Under new rule 19, if boats are overlapped when they get to an obstruction, outside boats must give inside boats room to pass the obstruction, even if they weren’t overlapped before arriving at the obstruction. The only test for an inside boat establishing an overlap between an outside boat and an obstruction (other than a continuing obstruction) is whether the outside boat is able to give the inside boat room from the time the overlap is first established (see rule 19.2(b)). This does not represent a big game change.



But there will however be a small change on the starting line in the situation where a boat astern is considering sailing in between two boats that are luffing side by side. Right-of-way boats in a race can still be “obstructions” but in the new rules they are never “continuing” obstructions (see definition Obstruction). This will change the “test” for whether a boat astern can establish an overlap between two other boats. Under the previous rules, on the starting line a boat astern (B) could establish an overlap between a leeward boat (L) – which was the obstruction - and a windward boat (W) only if there was room for her to pass all the way between them in safety (windward boats used to let their booms hang out to leeward to narrow this space). The “test” under the new rules however is whether W can give B room to keep clear of L from the time the overlap begins (see rule 19.2(b)). It will still be tough for B to put her bow into a tight space because B has to initially give W room to keep clear when she becomes overlapped to leeward of W (rule 15), and give her room to keep clear if she then luffs (rule 16). But, if W can respond and create the space B needs, B is entitled to be there. The same will be true on a downwind leg when B approaches two boats ahead (L and W).

Rule 20 (Room to Tack at an Obstruction) has a small but important change.

Rule 20 is previous rule 19; it is the rule that allows a boat to call for room to tack at an obstruction and requires the hailed boat to respond in one of two specific ways. The rule prohibits a boat from hailing when safety does not require her to make a substantial course change to avoid the obstruction, or if the obstruction is a mark that the hailed boat is fetching (see rule 20.3). However, it now states that when a boat is hailed, she *must respond* by tacking or hailing “You tack” (see rule 20.1(b)), even when the hailing boat has hailed when she is not allowed to under rule 20.3 (see above). This is for safety. To be clear, if the hailed boat thinks the hail is not allowed, she must still respond; if she doesn’t, she breaks rule 20.1(b) and will be penalized. After responding, she can then protest the hailing boat, who should then be penalized for breaking rule 20.3.

Dinghies Wanted - To Buy or Sell

Do you want to buy a boat?

Do you have a boat to you wish to sell?

Many of our young members are looking for a boat to further their sailing ambitions but are frustrated not knowing what is available to buy at the Club. There are also many boats at the Club (or in your garden) that haven’t seen the water in a number of seasons that you have considered selling.

To help satisfying this eager demand and rejuvenate the use of our dinghy fleet we invite you to post an advertisement through the Sailors Advisory.

To help match prospect buyers and sellers simply let us know some simple info such as type of boat, sail number, age, condition, price range, contact information etc. and we will post it for you. Lists will be posted at the Club, on-line and circulated through upcoming editions of the Sailors Advisory.

E-mail your request to sailing@hudsonyachtclub.com

Boats / Equipment Wanted

If you have a boat for sale that may meet one of or members needs below, please make contact directly.

Tanzer 22 Sails

I am restoring my Tanzer 22 #787 and looking for a few used racing sails for next season. If you know of anyone who actively sails Tanzer's and may be willing to sell some sails from storage that would be great.
Name: Bob Hines
Phone: 617 584 8641
Email: antiquebrick@comcast.net

Race Team Information Sessions January 29, 2009

It may be cold outside, but things are heating up with the Hudson Yacht Club Race Teams! Being a member of our exciting Race Team reaps immeasurable rewards: the thrill of competition, travel, and a lifelong love for racing. Be sure to attend an information meeting on Thursday, January 29th, 2009 at Hudson Yacht Club. The evening will be split into two sessions. The Junior Race Team (Opti) meeting will be held at 7 p.m., followed by the Senior Race Team meeting at 8:30 p.m.

We encourage parents of sailors who finished White Sail III to consider the exhilarating challenges of Optimist racing. This is a full-season, BYOB (bring your own boat) program and offers our young sailors wonderful opportunities to really strengthen their sailing skills in a friendly, competitive environment while building tremendous confidence at the helm.

For those avid Junior Sailors who have passed Bronze V, the Senior Race Team is a terrific opportunity to develop strong racing skills, at local, provincial or national youth regattas, while earning Silver VI levels. This is a full-season, BYOB program, with pre- and post-season training for those who are truly passionate about the sport.

A New Year and a New Look

Happy New Year to all and welcome to the new look HYC Sailors Advisory. The purpose of our Sailors Advisory is to provide specialized information about the sailing activities at Hudson Yacht Club. The desire is to better inform the members and to foster a greater sense of community amongst the sailors within our Club.

Enjoy