This September, a very special numerical sequence will occur on the second
Wednesday of the month:

The date will be 09/09/09.

  For those who would like to mark the day, we will meet at Watts Bay to sail in
the early twilight hours, then adjourn to Perkins Restaurant in Cranberry to
synchronize our watches at 9:09 PM and enjoy coffee and dessert and some
nautical talk.  We'll plan to meet at Watts Bay at 6PM, rig and launch some
boats (how many depends on your participation!), sail until the sun begins to
set, then return to harbor, haul the boats out and put them away and convoy to
dessert.    RSVP to Ken Andrews at kandrews84us@... to participate.

International Laser Class Association (ILCA)
2009 Laser District 19 Championships – August 8 & 9
Organized and Hosted by — The Grand Traverse Yacht Club (GTYC)
West Grand Traverse Bay — Traverse City, Michigan
NOTICE OF RACE
1 - RULES — The regatta will be governed by the ’rules’ as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). The
following rules will be changed and these changes will appear in full in the Sailing Instructions. This list may
not be complete.
1.1 - Race Signal AP will be changed so that, when made ashore, it means; “The race is postponed. The
warning signal will be made not less than forty (40) minutes after AP is lowered.”
1.2 - Races will be started using App S - Sound Signal Starting System. This changes RRS 26.
1.3 - Appendix A will be changed so that each boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores.
1.4 - Appendix A will be changed so that a boat starting later than ten (10) minutes after her starting signal
will be scored Did Not Start (DNS).
1.5 - RRS 35 will be changed so that the time limit will be sixty (60) minutes.
2 - ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY — The regatta is open to all ILCA Members. The entry fee is $35. The entry
fee includes a picnic on Saturday after sailing.
3 - SCHEDULE —
Day/Date Event Time Notes
Saturday, 8th Registration 0900-1100 GTYC
Competitors Meeting 1100 GTYC
Race #1 Warning Noon Subsequent Races To Follow*
Sunday, 9th First Warning 1000 Remaining Races To Follow**
*our goal is to complete 6 races on Saturday with 3 on Sunday.
**no race will start after 1300hours on Sunday.
4 - SAILING INSTRUCTIONS — will be available at registration.
5 - COURSES — will be Windward/Leeward with a mid-course Start/Finish line.
6 - PERSONAL BUOYANCY — All competitors are required to wear USCG approved PFDs while racing.
7 - SCORING — The Low Point Scoring System, RRS App A, will apply as modified herein. Nine (9) races
are scheduled, of which, one (1) race must be completed to constitute a series. All races will count toward
the final score. This changes RRS App A2.
8 - PRIZES — Prizes will be awarded depending on the number of entries.
9 - DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY — Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See RRS
4, Decision to Race. The organizing authority and the host yacht club and fleet will not accept any liability for
material damage, personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the
regatta.
10 - CONTACT — Than Dykstra 231-631-1275 (than0629@...) or Jamie Stuursma 231-740-0649
(ljstuursma@...)
_________________________________ END OF NOTICE OF RACE ____________________________
Housing Info — T.C. Area Convention & Visitors Bureau — 1-800-TRAVERS
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Hi MSC members!

I want to invite each of you to participate in the Regatta at Lake Arthur this
coming weekend.  The 11th  Regatta at Lake Arthur will occur this coming
weekend, August 1 and 2.

One of the highlights of the weekend is a fireworks display on Saturday night.  
MSC has arranged for the use of the Davis Hollow cabin for Saturday night for
the convenience of our members who would like to stay overnight after the
fireworks.

We are sponsoring sailboat races on Saturday and Sunday, as well as providing an
opportunity for our members to watch the fireworks from the water on Saturday
evening.

To promote Moraine Sailing Club, I am asking for your support and help in
conducting the races on Saturday and Sunday and providing information to Regatta
visitors at Lakeview Beach at a club information booth between 10 and 4 each
day.

I will be Day Steward on Saturday.  I need three to four people to assist in
conducting the Saturday races (between 9 and 3).  For Sunday, I would like to
actually sail my keelboat in the races, so I am looking for a Day Steward and
three to four people to run the Sunday race from about 10AM registration to a
finish around 2PM.

Saturday will feature three races (starting 11:30/12:15/1:00) on a triangular
course in front of Lakeview Beach and stretching toward Bear Run and Watts Bay.
Sunday will feature a "pursuit" format in which the slower boats will start
first, with the fastest boats starting last similar to what we did on the last
race day of the 2008 season. Keel boats will start at noon, other monohulls will
start at 12:20, and catamarans will start at 12:45. Start and finish line will
be off Lakeview Beach, with a mark near the dam and the other mark near the
island opposite Watts Bay.

Registration Forms are attached to this message and will be available at the MSC
information booth at Lakeview Beach as well.  Participating boats will receive a
yellow streamer to fly from the top of their mainsail during the race.

In addition to race committee staff, I also need several people to represent
Moraine Sailing Club at our information booth at Lakeview Beach.  I'd like to
have the booth staffed between 10AM and 4PM each day.   At the booth, we'll have
newsletters, brochures and membership applications as well as additional
information about sailing.  For the information booth, I am also looking for a
sun/rain shade to protect our people and our stuff from sun and rain.

Please let me know what you are willing to do to help with this event.

Ken Andrews
CSP Director

Kelly IV is a 1979 Endeavour 32 sloop.  We'll do both daysails and overnight
sailing, including sails to Canada and the Erie Islands.  Kelly IV has room for
8 people on a daysail and can host 4 overnight.  These sails are usually
relaxing, lazy, easy days on the water.  In late June through August, the water
can be very nice for swimming off the boat.  We'll take lunch, visit some
coastal restaurants, and enjoy the sailing and the weather.  There are over 25
Islands to visit, some within a 2 - 3 hour sail!  Check these links and email me
at murphy@..., if you are interested.

http://forums.cruisingworld.com/videos/membersList.php?browse=memberMostViewed
(click on the photo labeled "Murph")
http://www.cruisingworld.com/destinations/north-america/exploring-the-unknown-cl\
ose-to-home-1000042404.html

Murph
Kelly II, Hunter 170 on Lake Arthur
Kelly IV, Endeavour 32 on Lake Erie

I'm looking for advice on reputable (and, ideally, economical) sailboat repair
services.  I've happily acquired an Ensenada 20 in decent condition which I hope
to bring to Lake Arthur soon.  Modest fiberglass repair, bottom painting,
rigging replacement are all within my abilities -- but it looks like this season
or next, the 500 lb. iron swing keel will need to be removed, sandblasted,
painted, and replaced.  I think this is beyond my ability.

Can anyone suggest a good marina or boat service that could do the job? I'm in
Indiana County but would trailer the Ensenada to Erie, Eastern Ohio, etc. as
necessary.

Thanks for any advice.  Feel free to backchannel if it's not of interest to all:
kwsherwood@...

Still working on setting up a better way of emailing all MSC members,
but for those of you who have subscribed to the yahoogroups
morainesailingclub list, let me tell you that Jackie Stevens has
published a new Nov/Dec '08 'Batten The Breeze' newsletter.  It's on
our website:
http://morainesailingclub.org/Website/newsletter/BTBNov2008.pdf

Great job, Jackie!

Hello.  I have a sailing dinghy that should find a new home.  It is a
sloop rigged fiberglass boat with a daggerboard and kick-up rudder.
The mast and boom are aluminum.  The mail halyard is run inside the
mast, and the jib halyard is run outside.  There are cam cleats and
fairleads for the jib sheets.  The mainsheet is rear-boom mounted with
a center-boom turning block.  The standing rigging consists of of wire
cable side-stays (shrouds), and all tangs, pad-eyes, and wire are in
good shape.  The running rigging consists of main and jib halyards,
and main and jib sheets.  All are woven line and are in fair to good
condition.

When I bought the boat this summer, it came with a bunch of "extras."
  I have two rudders, two tillers, two daggerboards, two jibs, and two
mainsails.  I also have a small bag of small-boat hardware, including
a bunch of extra shackles, pins and split rings.  One jib and one
mainsail appear to be new.  I only used the older jib and mainsail,
which are only in fair condition.  I was just learning, though, so
they were fine for me.  :)  I also have a portable, hand-held bilge
pump and a set of oars to go with this boat, but I do not have oar
locks (though the boat has slots for oar locks).

The sticker with the builder's information inside the boat is damaged
and I could not read it.  The sail bag says that the sails were made
for what looks like the name "J. L. McReynolds Co., Pittsburgh, PA."

I carried the boat on top of our Subaru Outback Sport (essentially,
this is an Impreza Wagon).  I taught myself how to sail in this boat
on a harbor on Lake Huron this summer.  It was a great deal of fun.
Under full sail, I easily had it up over 4kts SOG.

I can email pictures to anyone interested.  I paid $400 for it this
summer.  Best offer takes it.

jonathan

For those who may not know, this years Fall Banquet is taking place on
Saturday November 1st. We have a special guest speaker this year; Mr.
Jim Roddey. He is an ardent supporter of sailing in Pittsburgh, as well
as an acomplished sailor in his own right. He has sailed with the likes
of Ted Turner, and will regale us with these tales. So if you have not
yet sent your responce to Alice Uehling, make sure you do so soon. You
do not want to miss a night like this.

As you know, all boats need to go into winter storage by Oct 31st.

We will be transferring our Flying Scots and Sunfish to winter storage
on Saturday Oct 11 and Saturday Oct 18.  We have 10 to 13 trailers to
move to storage on those two days, so please set aside time starting
at 9:30 AM each day to assist in this process.  We'll meet at Watts
Bay at that time.  If you have a trailer hitch, please let us know so
that we can plan how to convoy our boats to their winter homes.

Thanks for your help with this annual task!

Ken

An open invitation to all members of Moraine Sailing Club:
There are/will be several positions on the board of Directors, and
club officers that need filled for the upcomming year.
Club officer:
Secretary
Treasurer

Board members:
Social Director
Equipment Director
Newsletter Director
Website Director
Flying Scot Fleet Liason
Director-at-large

If you have an intrest in serving as a club officer or director,
please contac me at:
jake_159@...
       or
412-874-1019
MSC is an all volunteer club, and without the help of these fine
folks who volunteer, the club does not exsist.

Barn Dates are: Sat. October 11 and 18 from 2:00 till 4:00

If there is anyone who wants to store his/her boat with us over the winter,
he/she should contact Tom Hohler at 412-279-8572 or
thomas.hohler@....



Dr. Thomas P. Hohler

356 Vanadium Road

Pittsburgh, PA 15243

412-279-8572

Harry Carpenter, the Flying Scot builder, is bringing a brand new boat to
the Sail for the Grail this weekend.  Any one interested in looking and,
perhaps, purchasing a new Scot ought to visit the regatta at Lake Arthur
this weekend.  This boat will be sold at a good price.  If anyone is already
interested, he or she can contact Harry at harry@... before the
weekend



Dr. Thomas P. Hohler

356 Vanadium Road

Pittsburgh, PA 15243

412-279-8572

For anyone that is not on the Flying Scot mailing list: the annual
Flying Scot Fleet 80 Sail-for-the-Grail Regatta is being held September
20-21 at Watts Bay. Anyone with a Flying Scot available is welcome to
register. We expect a good showing of locals, and quite a few out-of-
town boats, so it should be a fun weekend of racing.

Also, we can use assistance on both days with race organization. If you
are not racing, and are able to assist on either day, please let me
know. Experience on committee is a plus, but not necessary.

The committee will need to be at the lake between 9-10AM on Saturday
and 9AM on Sunday (bridge-to-bridge race). Meals will be provided on
both days.

If you would like a registrations OR would like to help with the races,
please email me directly.

Thanks!
Dan Gelman
dangelman@...

With regret, we will cancel the Cruising Fundamentals session for this
Saturday, August 30.  There will be a "shore school" scheduled for
Sunday afternoons in the early spring to continue discussion of
navigation and charting subjects; VHF radio and Rescue 21; foul
weather tactics; docking, mooring and anchoring techniques; and other
topics of interest.

This Saturday is the last scheduled race day for the Youth Sailing
Championship. Skippers meeting 10am. Hope to see a bunch of kids there!

Jason

I'm seeking members with experience in the areas of outboard motors,
anchoring techniques, marine VHF radio operation, crew overboard
recovery, docking techniques etc to help in the presentation of our
seminars on August 24 and August 30.  Joe Shields will have his
sextant and charting knowledge, I will demonstrate heave-to
techniques, but I would like to have a variety of people each
presenting on one of the subjects.

Let me know if you can help with the program or if you want to
attend.  We will do as much of this program on the water as we can,
perhaps using the club's pontoon boat as a floating lecture hall for
the "shore school" portion of these demonstrations.

Thanks,

Ken Andrews
CSP Director

Pontoon Boat

Day Steward

Day Steward Assistant

Time Keeper

Communications

Safety Boat #1

Operator

Assistant Operator

Safety Boat #2

Operator

Assistant Operator

2 or 3 MSC members able to talk about a sailing and Moraine Sailing Club

I would like to rotate people at the information booth on an hourly basis, so that everyone can have time to enjoy the regatta.