Cruise Week 2008

Friday July 25th to Friday August 1st
with option to stay out to Monday August 4th for the long weekend

Ahoy Cruise Week Sailors,

Cruising with a group of boats is an ideal way to be introduced to Lake of the Woods sailing. Navigating, popular anchorages, and some of the lake’s amenities can all be learned from a group of people who have been sailing these waters for years.

The intent of Cruise Week is to be laid back and hassle free with lots of fun for the whole family. The two charts required to navigate Cruise Week 2008 are #6212 – Kenora to Aulneau Peninsula and #6213 – Whitefish Bay. Make sure you have an adequate supply of fuel. If the winds don’t cooperate, the “iron jenny” may be required in order for you to arrive at the designated anchorage in time for cocktail hour.

The cost to register for Cruise Week 2008 is $110.00 (CDN) for NYC members, and $130.00 (CDN) for non-members. Included in your registration fee is:

- Hot Dog and Smokie dinner at Northern Harbour (July 25, 8:00 pm)
- Punch Party on Sanderson’s Beach (July 26
- 2 adult dinner tickets to the buffet at Totem Lodge (July 30)
- Lots of activities and prizes for kids of all ages

Cruise week is set up in a loosely structured format. Participants are welcome to join in any or all activities or just sit back and relax. A safety committee will decide on the anchorage and rafting style each night (star-raft, back-to-back or small-rafts) based on the weather. If you are uncomfortable with the decision please anchor where you want - the safety of your boat is your ultimate responsibility!!

This year Cruise week will offer two return date options. The first group will return on Friday August 1st to Northern Harbour to allow those participating in LOWISA race week time for re-provisioning. The second group will return on Monday August 4th to take advantage of the August long weekend. No events after the Totem dinner are prepaid so people can head back any time after that and no money is lost.

ITINERARY & ANCHORAGES:

Cruise Week 2008 officially begins with a Hot Dog and Smokie dinner and brief meeting in the Northern Harbour Boat Room at 8:00 pm on Friday July 25th.

The agenda for the week is as follows:

FRIDAY: Cruise week starts with dinner and a meeting at Northern Harbour at 8:00 pm, BYOB.

SATURDAY: We will depart Northern Harbour at approximately 11:00 a.m. bound for Sanderson’s Beach. On the beach we will have a “Get Acquainted Punch Party”. Please bring an hors d’oeuvre to share. Overnight anchorage will be “The Funnel”

SUNDAY: Bell Island is the destination.

MONDAY: On to Timber Island for a day of beach games including Bocce Ball. The overnight anchorage will be Annie Island. If you need more ice, it can be purchased at the Paradise Point RV camp, which is near by.

TUESDAY: Back to Timber Beach for a half day of lazing around in the sun. Some of you may wish to stay put and enjoy a quiet day in the anchorage. Overnight anchorage will be Hidden Bay.

WEDNESDAY: On to Totem Lodge. Lisa (On-a-Call) will host a children’s party on the beach in the afternoon.

Shuttle will be available to Sioux Narrows for shopping.

Nominations for Awards by 5:00

A buffet dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m. Your registration fee includes 2 adult dinner tickets. Additional tickets are available at $37.50 CDN each. Children’s tickets (12 and under) are $15.00 CDN each.

An Awards Presentation hosted by Kevin Booth (Windseeker) will follow dinner.

Next day the fleet will split into two groups - those heading back early for LOWISA and those staying out for the long weekend.

Early Option
THURSDAY JULY 31st -Yellow Girl
FRIDAY AUG 1st - Northern Harbour

Long Weekend Option
THURSDAY JULY 31st - Twin Island
FRIDAY AUG 1st - Cross Inlet
SATURDAY AUG 2nd - Yellow Girl
SUNDAY AUG 3rd - Moore Bay
MONDAY AUG 4th - Northern Harbour

There may be alternate anchorages selected during the week due to inclement weather. Boats will be notified by word of mouth and VHF radio should this be necessary.

TOTEM LODGE:

Additional dinner tickets must be purchased in advance. As many of you know, Totem Lodge has always been very accommodating to our needs. They are providing us with a beautiful 5-star environment, so please patronize their services. All dogs must be either on a leash or on your boat.

The cost for a shuttle ride into Sioux Narrow is $5.00 per person round trip, ice is available at $5.00 per bag, and garbage disposal is $5.00 per bag. If anyone is interested, rooms are available at the Lodge at $135.00 per person per night.


Pumpout service is available at Lake of the Woods Houseboats at the end of Long Bay (about ½ an hour from Totem). You can do pumpout on Wednesday before docking at Totem or after you leave on Thursday.

One last note, which is very important to all participants is to ensure that you have appropriate anchor and rode for your boat. The chain should equal the boat length and the rope should be at least 200 feet.

Thanks to all of you who have already volunteered to help organize some of the activities. If anyone is interested in organizing an activity (i.e. crib tournament, Bingo, kids games, wine tasting, etc), or would like to donate prizes, let us know as soon as possible. Please advise if any of your crew will be celebrating a birthday during cruise week.

We hope you can join us. Please complete the attached registration form as soon as possible. You can register electronically, print off a hard copy, or drop by Oasis or Juantu 3 (C-Dock) to register in-person. Don’t wait until the last minute. We need time to organize the food and prizes.


For more information, contact:

Bill and Pam Whitehead (Oasis)
Phone: 237-7577
bwhitehe@mts.net

Lisa Phillips (On-a-Call)
Phone: 1-204-785-1573
sailinonacall@hotmail.com

Connie and David Moyse (Juantu 3)
Phone: 256-5953
davconmoyse@mts.net

Kevin Booth (Windseeker)
Phone: 339-7908
windckr@mts.net

Summer Solstice Pursuit Race Results

Here are the race results:

1st - Sloop du Jour - 2:42:20



2nd - Black Pearl - 2:43:03

3rd - Sorcerer - 2:43.50

4th - Borderline - 2:45:15

5th - Vixen - 2:52.15

6th - Aftica - 3:20:02

7th - Airwave - 3:21:15

Warroad Race History from Hank Henderson

A little history. This is the 31^st Warroad race. The first trip was in Dominion Day 1977. There were three boats. George Kent, Jim Kern, and Lyle Little and their wives. I think that there may have been a few others on board. They were all three sailing brand new O’Day 27 footers. They cruised down from Kenora to Oak Island. Ginny and I were in our Paceship West Wind 24 and we met them at Oak Island and lead them to our dock in Warroad. Great time.

Although that was no race any time that two sailboats are in sight of each other that is a race. However with the three new boats chasing our old charter boat Paceship we had to keep doubling back to them so that they would not lose sight of us. We did not escort them back to Oak Island.

In 1978 there were eleven boats (some reports claim twelve) and they cruised to Oak Island and then raced to Warroad. On lay day we set up a 27 mile triangle from Warroad to Gull Rock to Buffalo Point and back to the finish at Warroad. The third day they raced back to Oak Island and then cruised to Kenora. However some boats made a week of it.

Also the in 1978 we set up another race which we called the KWIT race. Kenora to Warroad International team race. Here we combined the time of the first boat with that of the last and so on down the line. The best overall time of the two boats won. There was a Mayor's trophy and several others.

For the KWIT race I made arrangements with US Customs that I would check in all of the boats at my dock and call in the numbers to the Warroad port. On the third day the Canada customs officer from Sprague came to my dock and checked all of the boats into Canada from here.

Of course at some point the government officials caught on to what we were up to and stopped that so that was the only straight through race we could have. That race was on Labor Day week end of 1978. There were I think 23 sail boats in that race and they were accompanied by several powerboats.

From 1979 on the race was always on Dominion Day. 1979 I think that we had 44 boats in all but there were a number of power boats which accompanied.

After several years the Golfers started to dominate the fleet and the 27 mile lay day race was changed to an Olympic race just off shore at Warroad. It got down to only two boats for that race and we then started just having the Golf day.

There have been some really drifters through the years with shortened courses and there have been come real howling gales. Some years there was damage to several boats and ripped sails from the heavy weather but they still just keep on coming.

Now it is sort of settled down to just about the same boats and crews every year and most are golfers. Great bunch and great event and Ginny and I have enjoyed the whole thirty one years of hosting such a great bunch of people. As long as we can we will be here to help out. We have recruited and trained Stuart Michelson and he is doing a good job on it. Unfortunately his job has him scheduled out of town this year but he still got things all organized including the coast guard auxiliary will be out there in case of need. Stuart has taught them how to recover grounded keel boats.

There are a lot of stories about this event.

NYC Pizza Night 2008

Summer is finally here!

NYC Raises $375 for LOWISA

At this weekends Pizza night we held a raffle in support of LOWISA. Many thanks to Bob Webb who donated the prize and organized the raffle. Doug Skoog was the lucky winner of a Texas Mickey of Appleton’s Rum.

For those new boaters at the harbour LOWISA is an annual week long sailing regatta held on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario and Minnesota, usually occurring over the first Monday of August.

The Lake of the Woods International Sailing Association invites you to expand your sailing horizons on one of the most astounding sailing adventure vacations available. Come alive to the appeal of sailing through the amazingly breathtaking waters of Lake of the Woods. Indulge in the sights and sounds of the great Canadian/American wilderness.

The week long regatta is staged by an association of Canadian and American sailors on beautiful Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada. LOWISA is a non-profit organization of volunteer sailors.

When you attend LOWISA, you will join a fraternity of participants from various states and provinces who have enjoyed and contributed to what has now become an unparalleled annual sailing event.

LOWISA is what you want it to be. There are classes for virtually every type of sailing craft and level of ability. There are divisions for competitive racers on state of the art boats. There is also provision for those who sail on modest less competitive designs who desire only an initiation to racing. LOWISA even allows sailors to opt for a division with pursuit style starts in order to avoid the stress of Olympic style starts.

For those who don't wish to race at all, there is a cruising fleet to allow for sailors who want only the beauty of the lake and camaraderie of other sailors. This provides an avenue for family cruisers to participate in a non threatening atmosphere.

Visit www.lowisa.org for information on this year’s event.

Congrats 6 Pack Bob on your Retirement

First Weekend of Summer Party – Hosted by Gary Hall

Date has changed from June 20 to Friday June 27th.

Meal will be served at 7:00 p.m. band scheduled to start at 8:30 or 9:00. The meal is free, BYOB and we will again be collecting for Cancer Care Manitoba.

The band is a Winnipeg based blues band that goes by Deano Dean and Mix Soul. Video link below:

Cabin Door Handle Protection Device

NYC member Fred was horribly disfigured a few weeks ago when one of his cabin door handles mysteriously leaped up and hit him in the face. We at NYC are concerned and ask that all members put in place new safety practices before going to bed. Good seamanship dictates that all cabin door handles be removed before going to bed. If you are not able to remove the cabin door handles then as an alternative we suggest investing in a Cabin Door Handle Protection Device as pictured being awarded to Fred this weekend. We wish Fred and everyone safe and happy sailing for the rest of the summer.

2008 Tea Cup Results

Third Place Deja Blue Crew

Results:

1st Black Pearl

2nd Borderline

3rd Deja Blue
4th Sorcerer
5th Bird Bath

The highlight of race three was when Bird Bath sailed the entire downwind leg with the spinnaker launched sideways. As it turns out it seemed to be quite fast.

Kenora Downtown Construction this Summer

Project Start Date: early May 2008

2008 Construction Timing
• Project is expected to span approx six months from spring to fall
• Project works will be staged starting at the subway intersection
• Sewer and water works must be completed this building season

Traffic Flow
• Subway intersection will become a four way stop during construction
• Traffic will be directed onto Bernier and Matheson during construction

Main Street 2008
• Underground works on Main Street will begin mid-late June
• Main Street will be open for business throughout construction
• All businesses will be sidewalk accessible throughout construction
• The foot of Main Street will remain open for traffic and parking

Parking
• Parking will be available throughout the City, except on Main Street
• Signage will direct customers to alternate parking

Information Kiosks
• Staffed information kiosks will direct customers and visitors through the
downtown and provide information to them about the project and the community

2008 Events
• Farmer’s Market, KBI, Harbourfest and other events will be held at the
Harbourfront

2008 CYA Membership Cards are now available

For competitive sailors, Rule 75 of the 2005-2008 ISAF Racing Rule of Sailing requires that all competitors, skippers and crew, be members in good standing of a yacht club and of the CYA. For those competitive sailors that plan to attend CYA/MSA sanctioned events outside of our club and would like a CYA membership card, please see Rob Eby on A Dock.

2008 Manitoba Summer Games

The MSA is currently recruiting sailors to compete in the 2008 Manitoba Summer Games at Lake Stephenfield, located near Carmen, from August 14-17. The Games are geared toward sailors who have some experience in the sport, but have not yet seen success at the racing level.

The goal of the Games is to introduce sailors to competition, build relationships within the sailing community and give sailors an opportunity to experience a games-style atmosphere.

Games information available on the website

www.sailmanitoba.com

If the Games are something you and your sailor are interested in, please contact, Jordan Crowley at 925-5648 or sailingadmin@sport.mb.ca

The Games are Manitoba’s largest ongoing multi-sport program bringing together participants from across the province. The Games are held every two years and alternate between summer and winter sports events. Each set of Games involve upwards of 10,000 athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers.

Manitoba is divided in seven regions: Interlake, Eastman, Westman, Central, Parkland Norman and Winnipeg. For the sailing event each region in Manitoba will send a team of two boys and two girls as well as a coach and a manager, of whom one of them has to be female. The host region (Central) will have an additional team competing. In total sailing will have 48 participants at the Games.

The sailing event in this multi sport competition is held at Lake Stephenfield, which is located 20 km west of Carmen in the Stephenfield Provincial Park. The event will be sailed in Vanguard prams. Eligible are young sailors between the age of 10-15 this year. This competition is not a high performance event and the regions are asked to send sailors who are ready to race in the green fleet. Kids who have already raced in age class events should not be sent to this competition.