Racing Update

TUESDAY WHITE SAIL
Attention all sailors, due to circumstances beyond the sailing committee's control, tonight's White Sail (A1) will have to be canceled. The Hy Seas III will only be ready for the weekend, and the new Bosun can only start work this weekend (the Spring Regatta). 

WEDNESDAY SPINNAKER SAIL
Please be advised that tomorrow's Wednesday night race will go ahead as scheduled due to the fact that the RC duties are CVL's responsibility.

THE SPRING REGATTA
The Spring Regatta offers an excellent opportunity to shake off the winter blues and cobwebs and more importantly get your boat and crew ready for the coming summer of racing on Lake of Two Mountains. The Regatta will feature 3 races Sat and 3 on Sunday.  Don't forget that the 3 races on Saturday also count as the SAT A1 in the regular club series, so this regatta is doubly important for those wishing to get off to a quick start in the HYC racing series. The Regatta already has 13 entries as of last weekend, please do not miss out on this event, register as soon as possible. You may only register on line at:     http://hycspring2011.sailspace.net      It is fast and simple and NO COST!!

See you on the water!

Racing Starts this Week!

Tuesday 24 May - White Sail A series.

Wednesday 25 May - A series, together with CVL.

The first boats are in the water and racing is getting underway this week. 

First gun: 7pm

Let the games begin...

First Sail

The club was busy this weekend with many boats launching and several crews taking advantage of the fine spring weather to tune-up in advance of the racing this upcoming week.

If you havn't booked your launch date, do so soon.  The season is short, so take advantage of every day you can.

Spring Regatta - Please Register

The Spring Regatta is scheduled for May 28 and 29 and is a wonderful opportunity to blow away those winter cobwebs and get your team working together as a well-oiled sailing performance machine.  Alternatively, you can also approach it as a weekend of fun and pretty relaxed racing and a good way of easing into the season.  Remember that the three Saturday races are also the Saturday A1 series.

The good folks who organize our regattas are testing out a new registration tool that we would like to use for Fruitbowl this year, so please take a few minutes to register by clicking here for the Spring Regatta Web Page.  You will also find the NORs there. There are no obligations associated with registering, but it helps plan for numbers and will allow us to test the software.  If you have any feedback on the tool, please email us at sailing@hudsonyachtclub.com.

Limited Crew Membership

If you wish to have a regular crew sailing with you in racing events, who is not currently a member of the club, this is possible through the Limited Crew Membership.

It's a great deal and allows the person use of club facilities on days when a racing event is scheduled.

It is the skippers responsibility to submit proposals for the Limited Crew Membership.  Please contact the HYC office for the forms and further details.

Crew Bank Sign Up

If you're a skipper building your crew for this season, or a sailor looking for a ride, check out the Crew Bank link on the right of this page.




For those who signed up last year, let us know if you still want to be on the crew bank or if any info has changed.

Send any updates to sailing@hudsonyachtclub.com

Keelbolt Maintenance Bulletin

Courtesy of Waterline Systems
There aren't many maintenance areas that are more important, or more often overlooked than keel bolts. This is true for every boat, but particularly so for J/22s, J/24s and J/80s, all of which routinely hoist the boats in and out of the water using the bolts.

Failure of any keel bolt is bad, but most bolts are part of a massively redundant system, where the failure of any one bolt is rarely immediately catastrophic.  For boats that are hoisted, the failure of a bolt holding the lifting gear can be catastrophic and has the potential to lead to the loss of the boat, or much, much worse.

While this article is being distributed to USWatercraft and J/Boats customers, it applies to virtually all production boats, regardless of builder or brand.  If they use Stainless Steel keelboats and most of them do, it applies. Feel free to pass it along to your friends and fellow boat owners.  It's pretty important.


Click here for the full article.

Sailing Calendar Updated

If don't have you calendar handy and are wondering when the next race is, you can always click on the link on the right of this page.  It's now been updated for the 2011 season.  There is also a calendar of external events.  Admittedly it's a little J22-centric, so if you'd like some dates added for other fleets, drop a note to sailing@hudsonyachtclub.com.