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Welcome 2010! We are looking forward to a year full of exhilarating sailing adventures and exciting events with boat loads of learning along the way!
We have lots of exciting things happening in 2010. We especially want to highlight our Coastal Passage Making Kick-off Party on January 30th, and our second annual American Armed Forces Regatta on May 15th! Mark your calendars now!
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Today's Tip
Courtesy of Assistant School Director, Dave Scott |
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 Nautical charts contain a massive amount of information. It would be a rare sailor who could memorize all of the symbols you might find. Chart No.1 is a government publication that can help you decipher this information.
For example, the abbreviation PA on a nautical chart stands for "Position Approximate". This indicates that the associated symbol may not be in the charted position, which might be very important to know.
Look at the charts that you use to navigate. Notice the symbols used for the nature of the seabed, rocks, wrecks and navigation aids. All of these are defined in Chart No. 1. You're sure to find the exercise fascinating if not down right valuable.
Click here to download a zipped .pdf of Chart No. 1.
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Mid-Winter Racing!
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 Saturday, January 9th
Saturday & Sunday January 16th & 17th
Saturday & Sunday February 21st & 22nd
Sausalito
Must commit to all days.
First boat confirmed!
Sign up now for boat number two!
Sign-up deadline Thursday, January 7, 2010!
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!
Members only: $600
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Coastal Passage Making Kick Off Party
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 Saturday, January 30th
4pm - 7pm
Alameda
Get ready for an exciting season of coastal sailing and adventure!
Mix and mingle with Instructors and graduates. Share munchies and some sea stories. Enjoy the company of those who are looking to take their sailing skills to a higher level.
Learn about our world class program. Hear first-hand examples of how Club Nautique training has changed lives and turned students into better sailors.
View gear and product demonstrations.
Purchase gear at sale prices.
Get ready to go coastal with your adventures!
FREE! Everyone welcome!
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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 copy of the Colregs MELEAH LARROCA
 
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?
ANSWER:
When the other boat started her engine she became a power-driven vessel. The boat was illuminated illegally because she had her steaming light below her sidelights, since the red and green lights in the tricolor light are at the top of the mast, putting them above the steaming light.
In the Navigation Rules a steaming light is referred to as a masthead light. This name is confusing on a sailboat, since the masthead light is not usually at the top of the mast. A masthead light is a forward-facing white light on the boat's centerline with a 225 degree arc of visibility. Annex I (g) of the Navigation Rules requires the masthead light (steaming light) to be above the sidelights.
The lighting configuration that the other boat was displaying could have made her appear to be a fishing boat (red over white) or a trawler (green over white). To comply with the rules, the correct thing for the other boat to do would have been to turn off her tricolor light and switch on her deck-level sidelights and sternlight before she switched on her steaming light.
The mistake that was made by the other boat is one of the most common lighting mistakes made on recreational sailboats. Other common errors include sailing or motoring with an anchor light on or motoring with no steaming light. The rules are fairly easy for a recreational sailboat to follow once you learn them, as there are only three common lighting configurations: under sail, under power and at anchor. Using the right configuration helps to avoid confusion.
A properly illuminated sailboat motor-sailing at night. The white steaming light is above the red and green sidelights. |
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 16th
9:00am - 1:00pm - Motoring - Sausalito
1:30pm - 5:30pm - Sailing - Sausalito
Saturday, January 30th
9:00am - 1:00pm - Motoring - Alameda
1:30pm - 5:30pm - Sailing - Alameda
Members: $75*/Non-Members: $115*
*Take both morning and afternoon sessions and get an additional $10 off!
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Nautical Noggin-Boggler
Courtesy of Assistant School Director, Dave Scott
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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 11th.
QUESTION:
Below are four different symbols for shipwrecks that you might find on a nautical chart. Each has a different meaning. What are the meanings of the four symbols.
This week's prize:
A copy of Chart No. 1, Nautical Chart - Symbols Abbreviations and Terms.
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Vessel Traffic Service Tour
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 Saturday, February 6th
10am - 12pm
Vessel Traffic Station on Yerba Buena Island
Join us as we take a tour of 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 Bay. 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.
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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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