May 2011 - Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club

The SpinnakerThe official magazine of the Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat ClubMay 2011Unlike 2010, this year’s East-West Dash went off without a hitch on the first scheduled date, and eventhe weather played its part to make it an all-round excellent day on the water.Racing and Events CalendarSaturday, 18 th JuneWinter Race series beginsCheck the Website for other weekendracing details and social events.

The SpinnakerContact DetailsClub office:Telephone: 04-939-4167Fax: 04-939-4168Office open roughly:Mon-Fri 9am-5pmEmail address:admin@ebymbc.org.nzWeb Page:www.ebymbc.org.nzPostal address:PO Box 14-496,Kilbirnie,Wellington 6241Physical address:501 Evans Bay Parade,Kilbirnie,Wellington 6021Slip master / Bookings027-240-5109 or04-939-4172Clubhouse (members) phone04-939-4170Management committee contactdetails are on Page 9.The Spinnaker is produced bimonthly,contributions (writtenand photographic) are welcome.Editor: Alison Pritchard04-385-7347kokamo39@actrix.co.nzBlack & White AdvertisingBusiness card size $30Quarter page $50Half page $100Full page $150Bulk orders placed in advance:20% discount for 2 ads25% discount for 3-5 ads30% discount for annualcontractPlease call for colour pricing.The Spinnaker is printed byAdPrint60 Cambridge Terrace04-384-2844least one of these events and can take some of the credit we have beengetting from visitors this summer. Even the weather generally behavedand we managed results from all of the regattas including the East Westdash – I don’t think anyone was complaining about the lack of wind(except maybe the ferries) and the sunshine was spectacular.The combination of profit from the East West Dash and the recently heldquiz night has been used to purchase a new large screen tv for theclubrooms. The club has Sky TV and is used by many of our clubmembers for watching sport, particularly rugby. For those people whodon’t have Sky at home, the club provides a good alternative forwatching rugby or in fact other sports. Check the website or emailnewsletter for times when the bar is open and feel free to bring friends,just sign them in as guests. If demand supports it we can also screengames on the projector – just like the pub, only cheaper and you aresupporting the club!The Management Committee is in full swing developing budgets for thecoming year and looking at tidying up the accounts for the end of year.We are hoping to utilise a less expensive review process for the accountsthis year rather than a full audit – this was a recommendation from theAuditor last year and will reduce time input from the auditor, staff andthe Committee without compromising quality. The financials are trackingwell this year and the Committee has worked hard to reduce expenditureso the end of year position should be positive. We have also undertakensome further long overdue maintenance this year and the project list hasreduced considerably as a result so capital expenditure requirements infuture years should be reduced.The big project for the next 3 months will be to find some new people totake on roles in the Management Committee. I have come to the end ofmy maximum 3 year term and will be standing down at the next AGMand a number of other positions on the Committee will also becomevacant as members stand down. The club needs some new people tostep up and take on the vacant roles and now is a good time to startthinking about whether you could get involved. In this and previousSpinnakers we have provided a summary of what is required in some ofthe Committee roles and I urge you think about how you might be ableto get involved. Current Committee members would be happy to discussthe roles further should you be interested. The club is not going to runby itself and now would be a very good time to get involved. The clubsurvives on volunteer input – the more volunteers, the greater the load isspread. If you haven’t had your turn, then this could be your year.Nikki JohnsonCommodoreCommodore’s ReportAs I write this, it seems autumn has well andtruly arrived and we are in fact seeing a littletaste of winter. I prefer to think that theearly arrival of the southerly storms meansthat we will get nice calm weather in themiddle of winter but I guess time will tell.The arrival of autumn means we are sayinggoodbye to a very active summer season ofsailing & boating at Evans Bay. We haveoutdone ourselves with a plethora of regatta’sand events and the club has certainly beenwell utilised. I hope that you were part of at- 2 -

The SpinnakerCliff-hanger finish to Paper Tiger North Island Grand Prix SeriesGlenn Syman (Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club) has won the Paper Tiger North Island Grand Prix Series ina cliff-hanger finish at the Mighty River Power Regatta hosted by Lake Taupo Yacht Club over the weekend.After four regattas (and 23 races) over a five month period the two leading skippers (Syman and Scott Pedersenfrom Napier) were even on points going into the final race and everything was on the line, setting up the serieswith a better cliff-hanger ending than any drama found on television these days.Taupo put on its normal zero to six knot conditions for the final regatta with the race committee doing well to getany races completed let alone the seven that were finally finished by Sunday afternoon.The regatta was again a taught fought contest as has become a feature of the series with five separate racewinners over the seven races. Syman and Pedersen won a race each to start the series. Ryan (Rowdy) Leatham(New Plymouth) was then awarded a win after Syman was judged OCS by the race committee in race three.Richard Dent (Tauranga) finished the day with a win in race five.Sunday dawned with very little wind again, with results so close on day one everything was to play for on thefinal day with both the Mighty River Power Regatta title up for grabs and the overall North Island Grand PrixSeries to be decided. Race five saw Syman pass Rowdy in the final boat length before the finish to win by half aboat length.Race six then saw a reversal of the previous race with Rowdy sneaking past Syman in the final tack into thefinish.All of this left the North Island Grand Prix Series tied between Syman and Pedersen going into the final race.Race seven was to see another new race winner for the regatta with Dylan Taylor (New Plymouth) in his firstever Paper Tiger regatta sailing a perfect race to lead from start to finish. At the finish all eyes turned to the cliffhangerfinish between Syman and Pedersen, which Syman managed to win with a close cover maintained up thefinal leg meaning Pedersen had no passing lane with Syman finishing third and Pedersen fourth.All this excitement (and a few double checks of the calculations) eventuated in Syman winning the Paper TigerNorth Island Grand Prix Series by one point from Pedersen.The Paper Tiger North Island Grand Prix Series is regatta series held over four regattas around the North Island(Lake Wairarapa, Lake Ngaroto, Turangi, and Taupo) during the season.Points are tallied at each regatta, with no drops allowed at any individual regatta (making consistency essential).The overall series winner is calculated by allowing each sailor to count 3 regattas from the 4 in the series.Final results for the Paper Tiger North Island Grand Prix Series:1st Glenn Syman (Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club)2nd Scott Pedersen (Napier Sailing Club)3rd Ryan (Rowdy) Leatham (New Plymouth Yacht Club)4th Denis Leatham (New Plymouth Yacht Club)5th Stuart Taylor (New Plymouth Yacht Club)Full results can be found at on the Paper Tiger website http://www.papertiger.org.nz/ResultsMighty River Power Regatta results can be found at http://www.ltyc.org.nz/results/MRP2011.htmFor further information please contact Ryan (Rowdy) Leatham on 027 636 6465 or rnleatham@gmail.comRyan (Rowdy) LeathamPublicity OfficerNew Zealand Paper Tiger Owners Association- 3 -

The SpinnakerPersonality profileThis article is about Bill Brambleby, who has been a member of theEvans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club since1956, and also aboutthe ketch he built and launched in 1958. Ahurangi coincidentallypassed my window on Friday 25 th March this year on a voyagefrom Picton to Wellington.Bill started working for Balina Bay Construction Limited in 1948 asan apprentice shipwright, qualifying in 1952. In 1954 he startedhis own business as a shipwright based at the Evans Bay Slipwayand the now redundant Patent Slip in Wellington. The majority ofthe work carried out at these locations was the repair of fishingvessels and wooden coastal cargo vessels. For a period ofapproximately four years Bill was slip master at our club.In 1968 Bill formed the company Shelly Bay Slipway Ltd inconjunction with our club captain, Gordon Cooper, after being offered the lease of the Shelly Bay ship buildingfacilities, including the deep water wharves, and substantial slipway facilities. These facilities could accommodate theservicing of fishing vessels, oil rig research vessels, pleasure boats and other commercial ships up to 100 meters inlength. Ship broking became part of the company’s activities, and Bill sold the slipway company in 1985. Followingthe sale of this business, Bill, in the same year, and in partnership, formed Capital Marine Brokers Limited, operatingat the NZ Shipping Corporation site at Greta Point and then at the Overseas Terminal in the inner Wellington harbour.In 1998 this business was sold to Taylor Ship Broking. In the same year Bill formed International Ship Brokers NZ,again in a partnership, which continued until 2002 when it was dissolved as the shareholders’ interests diversified. Inthe same year Bill formed yet another company “Bill Brambleby Ship Broker”. This business necessitated Bill travellingall over the world to inspect vessels on behalf of clients. Over a period of thirty years Bill arranged the sale, purchase,leasing and valuation of fishing vessels, tugs, barges, and small cargo ships. Times have changed since these earlieryears, and there is less activity in ship brokering today.Building of the Ketch Ahurangi (whichtranslated means Chieftain of the Sky)commenced in 1950. It seemed logicalto Bill to build his own yacht, and he wasencouraged by the fact that hisgrandfather, Mr Ralph Millman, had beenbuilding yachts since 1890. During thedesign stages Bill was also influenced byJohnny Wray who had designed andbuilt his own yacht Ngataki. Prior tofinalising the design the plans weregiven to Athol Burns, a well respectedyacht designer, who most of ourmembers will have heard of, for hisapproval. Athol confirmed the design tobe sound. The building of Ahurangi commenced around 1950 at the Berhampore Golf Links number one tee. Theconstruction site is now populated by homes and flats.In 1948 Bill wrote to Johnny Wray enquiring about where he could source suitable building timbers. At the time therewas a shortage of good Kauri, and Bill had no option but to use more easily obtainable timbers such as importedOregon and Red Birch. The deadwoods (keel stem etc) were constructed from imported hardwoods from Australia.The deck was kauri laid fore and aft, the seams being sealed with black pitch. Bill was assisted in building Ahurangiby Noel Baker, Michael Ahearn, Malcolm Dyett, and Charlie White who worked mostly on the interior joinery. Themain mast was selected spar grade from Canada. The spar was lowered from the ship that transported it into the sea,and was towed to Evans Bay where it was lifted from the sea and deposited next to Ahurangi. The engine was asecond-hand four cylinder Perkins Diesel, which was later replaced by a Mercedes diesel ex-bus engine. Thedisplacement weight worked out at around 15 tons. The approximate cost of construction was in the region of £965pounds, though this amount does not take into consideration the many hours of voluntary work involved. Whenlaunched, Ahurangi initially had only one mast due to there being unavailable suitable timber. Bill says the designturned out to be very successful.- 4 -

The SpinnakerAhurangi was sold to David Scott around 1965, who sailedher to the Pacific Islands. The next owner was a well knownengineer, Jack Tait. Jack sold her to Michael Vining of Pictonwho also sailed her to the Pacific Islands. In 2002 she waspurchased by Cleve Griffiths in Picton. Cleve gave the ketcha complete overhaul, which when completed made her lookbrand new. She was then sold to Heather Esplin. Thepresent owners, Derek and Dot Preece, in partnership with Aland Linda Gould, acquired her in August/September 2009.Ahurangi has been cruising in the Marlborough Sounds andcame from there to Wellington on 25 th March. Bill waslooking forward to meeting Derek and Dot, and has nowdone so.John Seggie, PresidentRace Results for the 2010- 2011 SeasonTrailer Yachts – Div II - Spring 2010Boat Name Helm Class Line Rating Club HandicapBlack Mamba Darryl McGee Gazelle 1 st 1 st 3 rdTarantula Warren Rankin Gazelle 2 nd 2 nd 4 thStinger Mike De Ruyter Gazelle 3 rd 3 rd 2 ndBig Brumus Nikki Johnson Noelex 25 4 th = 4 th 5 thLiquid Asset Mike Dunlop Williams 7 4 th = 5 th 1 stTrailer Yachts – Div II -Summer 2010/11Boat Name Helm Class Line Rating Club HandicapBlack Mamba Darryl McGee Gazelle 1 st 1 st 1 stTarantula Warren Rankin Gazelle 2 nd 2 nd 2 ndBig Brumus Nikki Johnson Noelex 25 3 rd 4 th 3 rdSeadate Craig Ryburn Young 6 4 th 3 rd 4 thLiquid Asset Mike Dunlop Williams 7 5 th = 7 th 6 thEquinox Grant Viggars Gazelle 5 th = 5 th 5 thStinger Mike De Ruyter Gazelle 7 th 6 th 7 thTrailer Yachts – Div III - Spring 2010Boat Name Helm Class Line RatingTuraco JT Aquarius 1 st 1 stYavi Sandy McBreaty Noelex 22 2 nd 2 ndTrailer Yachts – Div III -Summer 2010/11Boat Name Helm Class Line RatingTuraco JT Aquarius 1 st 1 stFlying Fifteen – Spring 2010Flying Fifteen -Summer 2010/11Boat Name Helm LineBoat Name Helm LineFantoccini Doug Roberts 1 stFantoccini Doug Roberts 1 stFifty Fifty Julian Bishop 2 nd- 5 -

The SpinnakerPaper Tiger - Spring 2010Boat Name Helm Line Club HandicapHairy McLary Andy Brown 1 st 3 rdPom Puss Jane Thomassen 2 nd 1 stButterfly Richard Martin 3 rd 5 thAgainst The Grain Murray Mclauchlan 4 th 2 ndUnplugged Glen Syman 5 th 8 thAbbey Cat Greg Shadbolt 6 th 4 thOne Fish, Two Fish Lynley Manning 7 th 6 thHappy Daze Alan Dunn 8 th 7 thMoney for Nothing Sean Syman 9 th 10 thPsyclone Carl Syman 10 th 9 thMike Hood 11 th 11 thPaper Tiger -Summer 2010/11Boat Name Helm Line Club HandicapHairy McLary Andy Brown 1 st 3 rdButterfly Richard Martin 2 nd 4 thAgainst The Grain Murray Mclauchlan 3 rd 2 ndHappy Daze Alan Dunn 4 th 1 stMoney for Nothing Sean Syman 5 th 6 thPom Puss Jane Thomassen 6 th 5 thDouble Dutch Remy Thomassen 7 th 7 thMike Hood 8 th 9 thAbbey Cat Greg Shadbolt 9 th 8 thPanther Norm Codd 10 th 10 thPsyclone Carl Syman 11 th 11 thSail a Tiger Tom Leslie 12 th 13 thDaemon Jennifer Loader 13 th 12 thCentreboard – Non-Trapeze -Summer 2010/11Centreboard – Non-Trapeze - Spring 2010Richard Christie-Jones Optimist 2 ndHelm Class LineHelm Class LineVivian Christie-Jones Phase 2 1 stVivian Christie-Jones Phase 2 1 stCentreboard – Trapeze - Spring 2010Boat Name Helm Class LineDavid Nalder Xenon 1 st30 Something Demian DIxon Javelin 2 ndChris Carlaw Farr 3-7 3 rdZiggy 420 420 4 thCentreboard – Trapeze -Summer – 2010/11Boat Name Helm Class LineChris Carlaw Farr 3-7 3 rdDavid Nalder Xenon 1 st30 Something Demian DIxon Javelin 2 ndWe Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you countmaybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it. - DaveBarry- 6 -

The SpinnakerAccess - Spring 2010HelmAlice LeslieOllie GouldenAlexander O’ConnorJohn AndresMichael JonesAnnabelle TyeLine1 st2 nd3 rd4 th5 th6 th Access -Summer 2010/11HelmAlexander O’ConnorMichael JonesJohn AndresLine1 st2 nd3 rd420 -Summer 2010/11HelmThomas AndrewsNicky ThyneSteve LuckinSophie Parra d’andertKen TildesleyMichael BellenglarLine1 st2 nd3 rd4 th5 th6 thWith many Mancom incumbents standing down this year, here’s short job descriptions paraphrased from earlier editionsof the Spinnaker, to help give you an idea of what’s involved.Commodore Role and ResponsibilitiesThe Commodore of EBYMBC acts largely as a Chairman of a Board of Directors of a small company would, with someof the responsibilities of a CEO as well. The role provides co-ordination of the Management Committee work and alsoundertakes some specific management tasks.Specific management tasks:• Responsible for office staff management (Club Manager and Accounts Manager) but not the bar staff.• Responsible for financial management of the club including:- ensuring budgets are set annually (operational and capital);- ensuring that these budgets are met and (where not met) any discrepancies explained;- ensuring that expenditure by authorised persons is within approved guidelines.• Responsible for preparing Annual Accounts, working with Accounts Manager and Auditor• Manage the relationship with the Landlord (Wellington City Council).• Manage the relationship with Affiliate clubs.Other tasks:• Approve agenda and Chair monthly meetings of the Management Committee.• Manage the Committee ensuring that Committee members are meeting reporting obligations and that agreedactions are undertaken.• Assist the President to arrange and prepare for Annual General Meeting.• Host functions including Prizegiving, Opening Day and where possible Regattas.• Ensure compliance with the Constitution.• Assist Committee members to resolve any issues that may arise during Club operations• Provide leadership role to ensure the Club is run in an effective and efficient manner for the benefit of Clubmembers.• Represent the Club at other yacht club activities.• Represent the Club at Yachting NZ activities.While experience in financial and business management would be an advantage in the Commodore role, it is not arequirement as long as there in an interest in these aspects of the job and a willingness to learn. There are manyprevious Commodores still active in the club that are prepared to teach the ropes to someone new. If you have aninterest in Management but have never had the opportunity to try it, then getting involved in club management couldbe a good way to start. Generally speaking the Commodore usually spends some time as a Management Committeemember before standing for Commodore so they are familiar with how things work before taking on the role. But thisis by no means essential – but it can be a good starting point.- 7 -

The SpinnakerThe Sailing CommitteeThe Vice Commodore, aside from being backup to the Commodore, is in charge of the Sailing Committee, whichlet’s face it, is what so many of us are here for. Their work starts early in the racing season with setting up a raceprogramme, and then getting together with all the other yacht clubs in the region co-ordinate their calendars toavoid clashes of important events. Once the programme is published they then move into race managementmode.Every race day they are ensuring that appropriate courses for each class of boat is set, making decisions based onWellington’s difficult weather conditions, ensuring we have sufficient rescue boat coverage for the day, physicallylaying out the course marker buoys, organising the on-the-water committee boat for starts & finishes, recordingthe finish times, watching to see that everyone obeys by the rules, making sure all boats that start also return, &getting the race results out afterwards.To do this the Sailing Committee consists of individuals with specific tasks, & brings in class representatives to helpmake decisions on their race courses. The committee needs to include, or be able to call upon, accredited raceofficials, a recognised sailing judge, people capable of manning rescue boats & committee boats, and at least oneperson who knows their way around a computer....and they always need more of these volunteers.Another part of their mission is ‘bidding’ for National competitions, as running these not only provides our sailorswith home ground advantage, but also provides training opportunities for our race management people & raisesthe profile of the club nationally, assuming they do a good job, which they always do, of course.And lastly, the sailing committee usually provides a club representative on the Wellington Yachting Association, ourregional sailing body which co-ordinates, promotes & develops yachting for the eleven clubs in the region. If youwant more of the low-down, have a chat to Gary Wagstaff or Rick Martin.HouseWhilst racing might be the raison d’etre of most yacht clubs, the House is where we spend most of our time. Whetherit’s for a good, cheap feed on a Friday night, a beer on Sunday afternoon to talk over the weekend’s racing or boatmaintenance achievements, or just a place to have a coffee while waiting for the kids to get out of that freezingsoutherly, the club simply couldn’t function without it.This year, as with many of the Management Committee roles, we’re looking for someone new to fill the RearCommodore’s position, so here’s a bit of a rundown on the work involved in being on the House Committee.First & foremost, we need people who are good natured & organised, because they are the front of house, often thefirst impression for new comers. The job involves food & drink, deciding how much is needed, where to get it from,ordering, arranging delivery times, storage and the serving of. Currently the club is not doing Friday night meals, sothis primarily means the provision of bar snacks, pies, pre-race food, on-tap beer, bottled alcoholic & non-alcoholicdrinks, tea & coffee. For special club events, caterers, either internal or external can be organised, but if you’re a cookyourself, then feel free to contribute.Another major function of the House is hall hirage for external events. Though much of this work is undertaken by theoffice, this role may involve some meeting time with hirees, sorting out their requirements and organising clubvolunteers to help, sometimes the hiring and management of bar staff. Someone from the club is required to bepresent for the duration of any external event.Having some knowledge of pricing, profits & stock control would also be useful, so we need people who can keeptrack of where everything is, and hopefully make an acceptable profit in the difference between buying and selling it.Living within a bulls roar of the club would be useful, but not essential and if you have a bar licence, we want youNOW, but if you don’t the club can help organise you getting one.If hospitality is your thing, this is your role. For more information badger Lynley Manning.FacilitiesPotholes in the trailer park, broken window, leaking tap, showers need painting, new roof, it all comes underFacilities.All the buildings around the club premises –the clubhouse, Black Shed, Startbox, TRIYA shed, Sailing AcademyShed – and the land around them – rigging area, hardstand, trailer park, car park – that’s what Facilities lookafter, inside & out, back to front. They’re a multi-talented team of more than just the sub-committee members,- 8 -

The Spinnakerbetween them and their volunteers they’re electricians, plumbers, chippies, lawnmowers, road crews, roofers andpainters.You certainly don’t have to be all of those things, in fact the ideal person for running the Facilities Committee issomeone who’s well organised enough to delegate the work to all those other bods...although it has to be said, alittle knowledge of building maintenance would help. Whilst there are a few meetings to attend every now & then,the job is really a practical one, prioritising maintenance needs, organising repairs, ordering and purchasinghardware, tools and paint, helping out with repair work, running the Working Bee, working out what renovationsand development needs to be done to buildings and land.If you don't want to be the head honcho in charge of all this, being on the Facilities committee is a great way togain practical skills, knowledge and confidence, all at the clubs expense, so to speak. Have a chat to GordonCooper or Matt McCullough if you want to know, I’m sure they’ll be more than happy to give you all the gorydetails.Sailing AcademyRunning the Sailing Academy is a challenging job, but one that provides a lot of opportunity to make a real differenceto the club. Also, along with Vice Commodore, it is the role that has the most actual sailing involved! The mainchallenges by far are the lack of money for upgrading of equipment, and the incredibly hard job of persuading studentsto keep sailing after their course is over. The latter is where I chose to put the bulk of my effort, with noticeablerewards in terms of the numbers joining the club the year after their course - 12 being my record! If you reckon youcan beat that (or if you're good at finding sponsorship money), then we'd love to hear from you....Being a relatively inexperienced sailor myself, I really enjoyed the process of becoming a YNZ instructor and teachingbeginners the basics of sailing. Being involved with the Academy gave me the opportunity and the reason to gain anumber of new qualifications which enhanced my own boating knowledge as well as enabling me to pass thatknowledge on. For someone who already had this knowledge, the enjoyment would come from being able to pass thaton and see enthusiastic beginners turn into competent sailors and club members.I also got to know a lot of people around the club, with the result that I feel much more a part of it than I did before. TheSailing Academy Committee is a group of highly committed people, who did everything they possibly could to help meand would do the same for anyone else. So, if you're thinking about getting involved, stop thinking and start doing!CommunicationsCommunications is all about keeping you all informed about every activity that’s going on around the club, be itracing, social, sailing academy, financial, administrative or maintenance. We have three main ways of achievingthat aim. The Spinnaker reaches every single club member, every two months, but can be biased by what theeditor thinks is interesting. Email updates work in between the magazine, but of our 400-odd members, we onlyhave email addresses for around half of you, we’d really like to increase that number And lastly, we have thewebsite. This is available to all of you, and it’s also available to the outside world, so with that in mind we have tomake it the most informative place we possible can because it’s our sales desk.Outside of these three contact points, we also do signage - the big boards on the outsides of club buildings, wedeal with any external sources that require input from the club (newspapers, internet), although these are rare.Any printed item that is provided to a large number of members usually has some Communications involvement –the annual report, notices of meeting, membership cards, the Constitution, so our biggest cost is printing.Being on the Communications committee requires something of a creative bent, and preferably you should believein the importance of keeping people informed. If you want to feel you’re contributing, but don’t have a hugeamount of hours available, this might the volunteer role for you.EventsThe Events Committee, unsurprisingly, is responsible for organising social events for the clubEvents such as:• Opening Day• Christmas Party• Quiz nights• Movie showings• Mid year partyThis involves booking the venue with the Club Manager, discussing the event with the House Committee, contactingthe Communications Officer for event promotion, doing posters for advertising, discussing and organising thecatering as required and, in some cases, sending out invitations to invited guests.- 9 -

The SpinnakerSome of the events are traditional club events, such as the Christmas party and Opening Day, but part of thechallenge is to think up new types of events. An afternoon of jazz was a great example of a new function. At sometime in the past, the Events Committee was part of the House Committee, and even though the Events Committee isnow separate, it still needs a close working relationship with the House Committee.2010 - 2011 Management Committee OfficersCommodore Nikki Johnson Email eb.commodore@gmail.comVice Commodore Rick Martin Ph 021 241 7363 Email richard@gaultmitchell.co.nzRear Commodore Lynley Manning Ph 388 9522 Email lmrw@xtra.co.nzClub Captain Gordon Cooper Ph 0274 458988 Email ebymc.captain@gmail.comSailing Academy Officer vacantCommunications Officer Jane Thomassen Ph 027 668 0286 Email eb.comms@gmail.comEvents Officer Kirsty Jennings Ph Email kirstyjennings@gmail.comEBYMBC - Use and Participation ObligationClub members with boat storage will find in their licence a requirement to participate in club activities. “Licenseemust use the boat and trailer for active participation in boating and sailing sport in accordance with the purposes andobjectives of the EBYMBC and in particular:-The Licensee must actively utilise the boat for actual boating and/or sailing for no less than the minimum days and/orhours and/or events for participation which may be fixed from time to time by EBYMBC (the “SpecifiedParticipation”).EBYMBC at its discretion will specify [by notices on the Club noticeboard and/or newsletter and/or such other meansas EBYMBC deems fit] the Specified Participation.In the event that EBYMBC in its discretion considers that the Licensee has failed to achieve the SpecifiedParticipation then EBYMBC may give notice to terminate the Licence and require the Licensee to remove the boatwithin 7 days AND if the Licensee fails to do so, then EBYMBC is entitled without notice to effect removal and/or saleof the boat pursuant to clause 7.2 of this Licence.”Bar Opening HoursThe following are the authorised opening hours for the bar, but ifthere’s no-one around then it’ll probably get closed. Openingoutside these hours requires approval from a flag officer.Monday to ThursdayFridaySaturday (race day)Saturday (non-race day)Sunday5.00pm to 10.00pm5.00 to Midnight11.00am to 1.00pm3.30pm to Midnight4.00pm to Midnight4.00pm to 9.00pmMy neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30am this morning, can you believe that 2:30am?! Luckily for him I was stillup playing my Bagpipes.My girlfriend thinks that I'm a stalker.Well, she's not exactly my girlfriend yet.I woke up last night to find the ghost of Gloria Gaynor standing at the foot of my bed. At first I was afraid........then Iwas petrified- 10 -

British W aters (Part II)The SpinnakerAn Antipodean in British WatersWe left John & Wendy enjoying the delights of the English winter, and the joys of British boat jumbles. Thestory continues…As spring approached the marina became livelier with people mucking about on their boats and we metmore people including Valentin and Daria, both naval architects, living with their dog Laika aboard theirbeautiful 1968 wooden planked S&S 50.During this time a previous owner of Beyond, Peter Hancock, who had sailed her from the UK to NZ cameto visit with his daughter Karen and grandson Rory. He was clearly moved to see Beyond again and notedshe had completed her circumnavigation.With Wendy departing for NZ to take up her grandmotherly duties with another grandson about to be bornI was faced with the prospect of having to sail alone which I did not relish. I turned to the internet, finding aBritish crewing website Sailing Networks with some scary results. What someone in the Ukraine with nosailing experience wants to sail the Atlantic for I do not know. However there were some good results frompeople I could meet, the first being Fiona who visited us on the boat and quickly established her sailingcredentials having sailed round the Cape of Good Hope up to St Helena and Ascension Islands then on upto Europe finishing in Holland all on a boat we knew. The clincher however was she shared my interest inred wine. The other was Matt a busy contracting computer systems engineer who wanted time on acruising yacht. As I pen this communiqué in Brest, Fiona has returned to her life in London and I am waitingfor Matt to fly out to help sail Beyond across Biscay.Towards the end of April with my visa due to expire and Wendy returning to NZ it was time to go. Insteadof being just Fiona and I departing St Katherine’s there was suddenly four with Wendy returning for a fewdays to sail to Dover, because her flight was delayed due to the volcanic ash in the atmosphere, and Gus aneighbour at the marina deciding at the last to come along for the ride.The sights down the Thames of Greenwich and the Thames Barrier were now known and familiar and wequickly made it to Queenborough, off the Medway, where I planned to moor for the night but Gussuggested we go on behind the Isle of Sheppey, anchor there and go out through the Swale in the morning.Despite not having a detailed chart for the area I foolishly agreed and off we went, waiting for theKingsferry Bridge to open dependant on the train timetable. We carried on navigating using the Mark 1eyeball. Having not picked up the change of bouyage direction at Milton Creek caused me some confusionbut we eventually found a sheltered spot to anchor behind Fowley Is. We had a couple of ‘shallow’moments exiting The Swale next morning at one point having to double back to relocate the channel and itwas with some relief we joined the Thames once again and made a quick passage to North Foreland wherewe picked up the next tide for the passage to Dover.It had taken me some time before departing London to get the geography of these passages into my headand also the concept of the tides entering both ends of the English Channel simultaneously allowing you touse the assistance of two tides on a single passage. The passages down the South coast were still quitechallenging for me, working the tides and avoiding the numerous offshore dangers of the coast plus thelack of safe anchorages necessitated incurring the considerable overnight charges at Dover and Brightonmarinas.Wendy and Gus departed the boat at Dover leaving Fiona and I to carry on, enjoying the white cliffs andmaking fast passages as far as the Solent, picking our way carefully, as it was approaching low water, up thewell marked channel into Chichester Harbour to find a calm and peaceful anchorage behind ThorneyIsland.Choosing to sail through the Solent because it is one of the most famous pieces of water in the world andthe busiest recreational boating area in Britain, Fiona having sailed there before, said I would hear all sorts- 11 -

The Spinnakerof disasters on the Solent coastguard channel. She was right, in our short time in this area the Solent CoastGuard dealt ever courteously with a vessel running aground on a falling tide, a boat which lost its rudderand someone who has pushed the DSC emergency call button on their VHF which when the situation wasfinally sorted out prompted the coast guard to advise “care should be taken when cleaningcommunications equipment”.Deciding that Lymington would be a good jumping off point to exit the Solent, we followed the channel intothe entrance which we closely shared with a rather large car ferry and past a maze of marinas and boats onpole moorings to the town quay at Lymington, where boats were rafted up four deep in places. We spent apleasant afternoon chatting to our neighbours on all sides and wandering through the picturesque townintending to depart next day bound for Guernsey. However on hearing the forecast which in part was,“Good visibility, occasionally poor and occasionally very poor”, and having no clue as to what this reallymeant, we decided to head for Cherbourg as it had an entrance clear of dangers even if the visibility waspoor. I will ever be grateful to the skipper of the boat we were rafted up to reminding me that “whencrossing the channel it is best to stick to your compass course and let the tides take care of the rest”.Departing Lymington I realised what the forecast meant, which was one couldn’t see very far, and as thetide was moving along, as we were approaching springs, we had our work cut out picking the channelmarkers and avoiding the many sandbanks as we exited the Solent past the Needles.Fiona had proven to be an excellent crew, happy to be on the tiller for ages, which was just as well as I hadthe attention span of a goldfish, and a sharp eye for navigation marks and was above all interested andproactive, as time went on taking over the tide calculations and gathering the weather forecastinformation.I managed to get the timing for the Race of Alderney right but the final run down the Little Russel channelto St Peter Port on Guernsey made my hair stand on end with rocks everywhere like broken teeth, finallybeing swept into the peace and tranquillity of St Peter Port itself, where the marina staff were friendly andefficient, directing yachts to holding pontoons. The sill at the marina entrance was drying by more than ametre when we arrived but barely two hours later was covered by two metres of water and we were ableto proceed to our marina berth.The marina’s ‘stay for three days get one free’ deal was persuasive, enabling us to explore the islandutilising the excellent bus service which is only 60p per ride irrespective of the distance. I was particularlyinterested in the German relics from WW2 visiting the substantial five story German observation tower atthe North end of the Island and the famous German military underground hospital and arsenal in thecentre of the island which surely must be Hitler’s folly, as it was only used for about 3 months to treatGerman wounded bought over from France after D Day, where they suffered from the damp and lack ofsun and were moved to surface hospitals.The dark side of the German occupation was visible too as the posted advising a Guernsey man havingbeen executed for releasing a messenger pigeon and adverts in the local paper of the time an examplebeing, “Evening frocks and evening shoes for sugar, flour and other commodities – call or phone after7pm....”.Also the Little Chapel built by Brother Deodat begun in 1914 as a miniature version of the famous grottoand basilica in Lourdes, France was a delight. It was completely decorated inside and out with shells,pebbles and pieces of broken china.Our time in Guernsey done and having taken on a full load of diesel at 59p/L, which alone is worth a visit,we headed out into the big tides once more bound for Brittany."If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in timeto ask questions?" - Scott Adams- 12 -

The SpinnakerThe Sailing Academy – Helping people achieve their sailing goalsRalph Wynne-Griffiths started Sunday morning Academy classes in October 2009. Unfortunately his course wasplagued with harsh weather, Ralph doesn’t think there was a single outing where they had less than 20 knots, &consequently spent a lot of time in, rather than on, the water. But despite that, he was very happy with his course,enjoyed the group he trained with & says that Martin was a great teacher & leader, as were the support crews theyhad working with them. Strangely enough when he finally got to do his practical exam, it was just about flat calm.Staunch to the end, he describes the rough conditions as an exhilarating survival experience.Ralph has now gone on to buy an old Phase II which he sails at Heretaunga, & is extremely pleased at heaving beenable to persuade one of his sons to come sailing with him. He hopes to one day move to trailer boat sailing. Hisexperience of sailing on Tarantula on the East-West Dash last year was one a most memorable for all good reasons,(& there was us secretly calling Warren Captain Bligh) and that the Sounds Weekend was a huge highlight of his sailtraining.Welcome to new members over the last couple of months:Ken TildesleySusanna McSweeneyHilary McWhinnieSara DunckleyJonathon HannsMathew CoxsonCarl JacksonPhil RobinsonAnd farewell to those who departed the Evans Bay shores.The Spinnaker is always a team effort, so thank you to the regular contributors. Dale Adamshelps with day-to-day information of happenings at the club, photos and with getting ready toprint. Rachel Leatham is a regular source of excellent photos for the Paper Tigers. Thanks tothose who’ve written about their respective events, and to Mancom members, who don’t mindme applying thumb screws occasionally to get information out of them.A talk with John Duurloo, the Slipway Manager, who has served the Evans Bay Club for many along year.their dedication.Recently, as the result of health issues, John has been forced toslow down for a period and when visiting the club, is dependenton his wife to drive him to and from Evans Bay. While this isinconvenient for both John and his wife, he still comes to theclub whenever possible. Due to this situation, there was anunfortunate presumption that John was stepping down from hisslip manager position, which is incorrect. However, John hasrequested assistance with his responsibilities for a period, which Iam sure will be forthcoming. The slipway committee is a veryimportant committee and contributes to the success of ourclub, particularly its financial success. Members give their timevoluntarily, and I’m sure club members are very supportive ofJohn Duurloo re-joined our club in 1972 after attending Auckland University College. In earlier years theCommittee was elected at the club’s AGM’s, along with Flag Officers and the Club captain. MANCOMmembers made up the House, Sailing, and Facilities Committees. Like now, monthly meetings were chairedby the Commodore, and could last a very long time, and subcommittee reports were presented atMANCOM meetings. John served on the MANCOM Committee for twelve years, from 1973 until 1985/86. Itwas practice that elected flag officers did not come in cold to flag office positions. To get elected membersin general had to have done an apprenticeship. An example would be Ross Rodgers’ election asCommodore. Ross had previously served on the General Committee in 1981, as Rear Commodore in 1982and Vice Commodore in 1985, and then after that as Commodore. During John’s time on the committee he- 13 -

The Spinnakerserved on the Sailing, and Slipway Committees. In these years the keeler racing was started from theRPNYC’s startbox at Pt Jerningham, John would drop them off a log book was provided by John for PortNick staff to complete the lapse times and then return to collect it after he’d finished racing in the thirddivision.John also carried out some architectural work for our club which included the fence at the northern end ofthe hardstand, which apparently is no ordinary fence. John recalls when Ross Telford approached him tobe the race officer for the club’s Wellington-Nelson and Brothers races. This was an annual event until thetime the club gave these races to the RPNYC, a decision John did not support at that point in time.Dependent on the tides, yacht races could start as early as 5am. At these early morning starts theoccupants of the surrounding houses would be woken by a 10 minute, five minute and then the start gun. Itwas easy to determine what residents were woken by the starts due to the lights in the houses beingswitched on.Up until 1983 the slip operated mainly at weekends,run by a roster of four Slipmasters, including John.Bookings were made at Little Ship Services duringthe week, and the slip master took charge forSaturdays and Sundays. Quick slips on week dayswere organised by Brian Miller from Little Ships. Anumber of club captains continued with this systemfor quite some time. This was in the days prior to theTravelift, and the labour intensive method ofmoving boats required four volunteers, and it notbeing always possible to get assistance, an ad hocslipway development committee was formed tolook at alternative ways of slipping boats.By this time Mike Usher was running the slipway. John was invited to join the committee due to hisexperience. The outcome of this was that the club now has a Travelift operating on piles built for the CityCouncil and leased to the Club, a sealed hardstand area, washdown area complying with anti pollutionregulations and 15 identical cradles fully adjustable and stable. This has required fulltime staff. Mike Usherhas been Slipmaster handling bookings and driving the Travelift and John holds the grandly named titleSlipway Manager, to act as pilot and handle paperwork. It is well known to members using the hardstandhow much is owed to these members, who were responsible for introducing the much improved system wehave now.He intends to keep sailing in the Cruising Division in Kotuku since he can't stop now after 32 years in the sameboat.Debt Recovery CostsThe Management Committee agreed that from 1 March 2005, all newoutstanding debts will incur interest and any associated debt recovery costs.Interest will be charged at the rate of 19% per annum.HAVE WE GOT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS?The best way to stay informed of events, racing & general information is via ourirregular emails. Often this is our only avenue for issuing last minute information,and we’d hate to think of you missing out. You can unsubscribe at any time, so tostay up with the play, drop Communications a line at eb.comms@gmail.comA TV can insult your intelligence, but nothing rubs it in like a computer.- 14 -

The Spinnaker51st East-West Dash Saturday - 9 April 2011 - ResultsRace started 1332 hrs at Days Bay in an 11knot Southerly & finished 10km away at Evans Bay Yacht ClubPlace Boat Name Skipper TimeDIV A: KEELERS, DIV 1 TY's 1 Airlift Alan Peterson 95.39CRUISING YACHTS 2 Wakarere Matt McCullough 127.183 Enya Gary B 130.254 Lady Mink Dave Parsons 147.52DIV B: DIV 2 TY's 1 Liquid Asset Mike Dunlop 120.012 Sedate Craig Reyburn 122.033 Wag'n Trail Gary Wagstaff 123.254 Black Mamba Rodger Wilson 123.25DIV C: CENTERBOARDS 1 Bain Marie Ralph 189.18DIV D: WAKAS 1 6 men/women 63.31DIV D: TRI'S/CATS 1 Triphena Kyle Radisma 71.342 Pom Puss Jane Thomassen 96.303 Hoby Doug Roberts 96.46DIV G: POWER BOATS 1 Logan Bay Barry Telford 26.502 Moreta Paul Price 63.313 Pania Neil Gibbons 150.16FASTEST TIME Logan Bay 26.50SWEEPSTAKE(Wag'n Trail) guess elapsed time Jane Thomassen $76DOMINION BREWERIES IS THE MAJOR SPONSOR TO THE EAST WEST DASH & KINDLY DONATEHEINEKEN TO THE ABOVE PLACEGETTERS PLUS TUI & EXPORT GOLD TO ALL PARTICIPANTSSpot PrizesRESENE Coffee Mug, Sunglasses,Hat Doug Roberts Finn VautierRory GrahamPaul SaraGraham LeslieAnnabelle TyeRESENE First Aid Kit, Cooler Pack Bob Gillies Phillipa DuchinBev MeadeVivienne Christie JonesRESENE Resene Rugged Work Bag Simon Edwards Ruth MedlyAlex PattersonIzzy DevittPLACEMAKERS Evans Bay Smoke Alarm, Tape MeasurePLACEMAKERS Smoke Alarm, 3 piece Knife SetPAK 'n SAVE (Petone) 2 bottles champagneDeborah PattersonNeil CornwallJohn ReidJustin WallNeil BlanceJennifer WaldonBarbara BaldwinRodger Wilson- 15 -

The SpinnakerKarman WallaceGary NimmoNOEL LEEMING Tory St Electronic Kitchen ScalesNOEL LEEMING Tory St Breville WizzGary WagstaffAlan OsbourneTUATARA 6 pack Tuatara Garfield Toro Genevieve MclauchlanCharmaine Matiaha Alice LeslieRickMatt McculloughRodger HiggisonMartin DaveyGreg WhiteBarry TelfordNatalie YoungKirsty JenningsALTEX COATINGS 4 litres AntifoulALTEX COATINGS Epoxy PrimerALTEX COATINGS 4 litres Polyurethene BrightMALTHOUSE $50 voucherMALTHOUSE $50 voucherMALTHOUSE $100 voucherCOPTHORNE SOLWAY PARK RomanticNight for Two champagne, truffles onarrival, plus full breakfastGary BaldwinMike UsherStephen AlvesWalter WorthingtonBob MawsonNeville ClarkMargaret EarleKITCHEN STAFF 2 bottles wine Yvonne Mexted Barbara McGeeKarman WallaceTHANKYOU DOMINION BREWERIES FOR BEING OUR MAJOR SPONSOR- 16 -