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2009 is drawing to a close. It has been a great year thanks to all of you, our members, students and friends!
We wish you the warmest of Holiday Greetings and the hope for prosperity and joy in the coming year!
We will be taking a break from Keeping You Current during our Holiday closure and will be back in your inbox in the new year.
Now that the days are officially getting longer get out there, go sailing and be merry!
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Holiday Specials!
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LAST MINUTE GIFT IDEAS!
For that sailor or would-be sailor in your life
Offers valid through 5pm Wednesday, December 23rd.
 Discover Sailing
A full day of sailing on San Francisco Bay with a professional skipper on board. Includes lunch. No sailing experience necessary!
Regularly $135
 Gift Certificates
Not sure what to give the sailors in your life? Give them Club Nautique gift certificates!
Any Amount
- Basic Sailing Skipper's Course
Learn to be a confident skipper. Qualify to charter Club Nautique
boats up to 33'!
- Basic Keelboat Class
- Basic Cruising Class
- Bay Cruising Destination Workshop
- Rugged Tote full of goodies
AS LOW AS $1195! |
Holiday Hours
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Club Nautique will be closed on the following days:
Thursday, December 24th through Wednesday, December 30th
Members who have chartered with us previously are eligible to
charter during times when the club is closed. Please contact us to make your
reservation. |
Today's Tip Courtesy of Club Nautique Instructor, Thomas Perry
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 A tricolor light is an efficient and functional way to satisfy the requirements for navigation lights on a boat sailing offshore at night. A tricolor light combines the sidelights (red and green) and stern light (white) into a single lantern that is placed atop the mast. This has two big advantages:
1) For a boat sailing offshore, the lights are positioned up high, where they can be more easily seen above the waves.
2) Combining the three lights into one fixture allows the use of a single bulb, where three had been required before. This dramatically reduces electrical demand, which helps to prolong battery life (this is less of a concern with new LED navigation lights).
While a tricolor light is great for sailing offshore, it's best not to use a tricolor in inland waters, where watch keepers on other boats will be scanning for lights and silhouettes close to the water, not at masthead height, and where the tricolor may appear as a light on the shore.
Tricolor lights can be used legally on sailing vessels under 20 meters in length (65.6 feet).
 Alternate lighting configurations for sailboats under 20 meters in length (65.6 ft). |
Nautical Noggin-Boggler WINNER!
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We selected our winner randomly from the correct answers submitted. Don't miss your chance to dazzle us with your knowledge and win a prize!
Congratulations to last week's winner of a 2010 Tidelog! Thomas Black
 
Thomas is the one on the right...
As a holiday gift to Club Nautique and its members, Tiny Tim came to
decorate the marina at Ballena Bay, in Alameda. He came early Saturday
morning on the 19th of December, and at 7:20 am had everything complete
except for his final decoration: A star that he planned to place on top
of the piling at the end of the dock. But even on his father's
shoulder, Tiny Tim's reach was still forty inches away from the top of
the piling. When was Tiny Tim finally able to place the star on the
piling?
ANSWER:
Tiny Tim had to wait until 12:55 pm to place the star on the piling. Tiny Tim was originally trying to place the star on the piling right at low water. At high water, the floating dock was raised the additional 3.3 feet (forty inches) that he needed to place the star.
From the Tide Book we get both the time and heights of low and high water at the Golden Gate. It is necessary also to look up the corrections for Alameda (pg. 6 of the Tide Book). In this case, the corrections for low water are +0.41 *0.98 (add 41 minutes and multiply height by .98). The corrections for High Water are +0.32 *1.12 (add 32 minutes and multiply height by 1.12). Here are the original and corrected values:
December 19, 2009
Height of Low water at Golden Gate
+3.2 ft at 6:40 am
Correction for Alameda, *0.98, +41m
+3.1 ft at 7:21 am
Height of high water at Golden Gate
+5.7 ft at 12:23 pm
Correction for Alameda, *1.12, +32m
+6.4 ft at 12:55 pm
  Click on images to enlarge.
Note: Heights in this solution are rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot, which is normal for this type of computation. If more precision is carried in the computations then a height difference of 38.976" is obtained, so Bob Cratchit might have to stretch a little bit... |
Winter Wednesday Seminar Series
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Every Other Wednesday
November - March
6pm - 8pm
Alameda
 January 6
Yacht Design Part I
The Underwater Part
Presented by Ted Strand, Club Nautique Instructor and Physicist &
Jim Hancock, Club Nautique School Director and Naval Architect. Ted and Jim will help answer the question "What boat should I buy?" by explaining why boats are designed the way they are.
This is Part I of a two-part series. Part II, on rigs and sails, will be presented by Kame Richards of Pineapple Sails on January 20th.
Free!
 January 20
Yacht Design Part II
The In The Air Part
Presented
by Kame Richards, owner of Pineapple Sails and local sailing guru. Kame will help you understand why sails are made the way they are to help your boat do what you want it to do.
Free!
Everyone welcome!
Please call to book your seat today.
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Bareboat Prep Charter Share
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 Have you finished Basic Cruising? Get ready for your Bareboat class and build your skills. Join other Basic Cruising certified students and follow the guidelines that we set for you to practice specific maneuvers to prepare you for your Bareboat certification.
Session topics: Sailing, Motoring, Crew Overboard & Anchoring. Attend all four sessions and skipper one of the sessions and you'll receive four credits towards your experience requirement for Bareboat class.
Upcoming Sessions:
Saturday, January 2nd
9:00am - 1:00pm - Anchoring - Alameda
1:30pm - 5:30pm - Crew Overboard - Alameda
Saturday, January 16th
9:00am - 1:00pm - Motoring - Sausalito
1:30pm - 5:30pm - Sailing - Sausalito
Members: $75*/Non-Members: $115*
*Take both morning and afternoon sessions and get an additional $10 off!
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Big Boat Motoring Clinic
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 Saturday, January 9th
9am - 5pm
Alameda
For
Bareboat certified skippers and above (or equivalent qualifications).
Taught onboard one of our larger sailboats. Learn how to use wind,
rudder and prop walk to make your docking maneuver a success every
time. Take this clinic to get the skills you need to feel confident
motoring in any situation.
Ultimate Members: FREE
Members: $244/Non-Members: $325
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Anchoring Clinic
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 Sunday, January 10th
9am - 5pm
Alameda
In this on-the-water clinic you will learn both basic and advanced anchoring techniques. The clinic covers anchoring equipment and theory, advanced scope calculations, target anchoring and the use of both single and multiple anchors. Specific scenarios that are practiced in the class include the use of bow and stern anchors, double anchors off the bow, Med-moors and anchoring under sail.
Taught by Club Nautique School Director, Jim Hancock. Jim has anchoring experience from more than 16,000 miles of international cruising and his technical analysis of anchoring scope has been published in the popular sailing press. Jim only runs this clinic a few times a year. This is a don't-miss for anybody interested in cruising or anchoring.
Ultimate Members: FREE
Members: $282/Non-Members: $375
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Nautical Noggin-Boggler
Courtesy of Club Nautique Instructor, Thomas Perry
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Reply to this email with your answer to the following nautical Noggin-Boggler. There is no need to change the subject line. Club Nautique will randomly select a winner from all correct responses received by end of business on Monday, January 4th.
QUESTION:
While sailing offshore at night during a Club Nautique CPM class, you find yourself close to another sailboat, displaying a tricolor light in lieu of her deck level navigation lights. As the wind gets lighter the other boat starts her engine and simultaneously turns on her steaming light, but makes no other change to her lighting. Your CPM instructor looks at the other boat and declares that it is illuminated illegally. Why?
This week's prize:
A copy of the Navigation Rules
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Attention Racers!
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Saturday, January 9th
Saturday & Sunday January 16th & 17th
Saturday & Sunday February 21st & 22nd
 Must commit to all days.
Participate in the Corinthian Mid-Winter Races on a Colgate 26.
Enjoy an exciting challenge! Get onboard with the Club Nautique Race Team. Sailors must meet minimum qualifications of Basic Cruising Certification or equivalent skills.Join in and hone your skills!Sign-up deadline Sunday, January 3, 2009!Members only: $600 |
Vessel Traffic Service Tour
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 Saturday, February 6th
10am - 12pm
Vessel Traffic Station on Yerba Buena Island
Tour the nerve center of Bay Area vessel traffic. Atop Yerba Buena Island, in the middle of the Bay, there is a room full of monitors being watched by operators who track all the activity on the water. From sailors to swimmers, tankers to tugs, they keep a watchful eye to make sure that everything runs smoothly and safely.
The friendly operators are full of information about what they are tracking, why and how. It's absolutely fascinating! You won't want to miss it. FREE!
Everyone Welcome.
Reservations Required. |
Weather For Mariners
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 Saturday, Ferbruary 6th
1pm - 5pm
Alameda
Learn why the wind blows the way it does. Also learn valuable sites where you can gather information and how to interpret the charts and images.
Taught by Club
Nautique member and Coastal Passage Making graduate, John Carroll,
Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Science, UC Davis. Ulitmate Members: FREE
Members: $64/NonMembers: $85 |
How Tides Work
At the Bay Model with Kame Richards
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 Photo by: Latitude 38
Wednesday, February 10th
Thursday, February 25th
7pm - 9pm
Bay Model in
Sausalito
Sail maker Kame Richards (Pineapple Sails) will present slides of high altitude photos to show the tidal patterns on the Bay waters, followed by a demo of the Bay Model in action. Kame uses floats on the model to show the direction and flow of the changing tides, while narrating and answering questions. Cruisers, racers, and recreational boaters will see and learn how the waters move on San Francisco Bay. Can we even begin to tell you how valuable this is?
$15 cash only
Reservations:
email
jimtantillo@comcast.net or phone 408-263-7877
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Eight Bells for Roy Disney
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Photo by: Latitude38Avid sailor and theme park icon, Roy Disney, passed away on December 16th. Roy was passionate about racing in the Transpac race to Hawaii. Roy's first race to Hawaii was in 1975. He owned a number of boats built for that race, four of which were named Pyewacket. Roy Disney also produced the 2008 film "Morning Light", a documentary in which young men and women trained to race in the Transpac onboard a boat, also named Pyewacket. Roy will be missed by all of us in the sailing community.
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Caught on Camera
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Congratulations to our newest Coast Guard Captain Class Graduates!
From left: Deb, Taylor, Paul, Arnstein (Instructor) and Marianne
Some Merry Santa Sailors seen out and about.
Thanks for the photo Roger!
Back row: Sam, Max and Mark
Front row: Roger, Suzanne and Marianne
Club Nautiquers in the British Virgin Islands!
A gaggle of Nautiquers headed to the B.V.I.s. Thanks to Rod and George for the photos! Looks like a fun time was had by all! We want to go next year!
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