Newsletter -
September 2006
Evening
Sailing Sessions
6pm evening sessions have now ended since September 1
as the Coal harbour is now closed at 8pm not to mention the shorter evenings.
There will be Monday night ruffian sailing meeting and
Tuesday night dinghy 5pm for a couple of weeks.
|
Ruffian |
Monday |
5pm sharp |
John O'Gorman |
|
Dinghy |
Tuesday |
5pm sharp |
Wyn Hughes |
For weekend sailing see email for details.
First Aid
Course
The Red Cross in
This course covers first aid skills including basic
life support resuscitation, patient assessment, bleeding, fractures,
unconsciousness, hypothermia, burns, poisons and medical emergencies (This course fulfils the requirements of the
ISA for potential sailing instructors)
Cost will be in the region of e50. Course dates will
be organized whenever they have a quorum.
Contact for details: 8821151 (Office) or 087-2539316
or email: tim@colorman.ie
Basic first aid is something everybody should learn if
you value on the health of yourself, your family, shipmates, workmates, friends
etc.
Dinghy
Pre-Instructor Assessment Coaching
Nigel has offered to do some coaching for anybody who
is interested in doing the ISA dinghy instructor pre-assessment.
This will take place on Saturday September 16. Please
contact Nicola if you are interested.
The pre-assessment requirements are equivalent to what
is usually covered by the level-4 “Speed and Spinnaker” course at Collanmore, so anybody who has completed that course should
have no problem with the assessment.
The ISA instructor training is not a “how to sail” course,
rather a “how to teach” course. The pre-assessment is to establish that you
have a reasonable level of competence to be an instructor. You don’t have to be
a world champion, just
a sound grasp of the basics is what is required.
See http://www.sailing.ie/inside/default.asp?pageId=269
for more details.
Collanmore Trip
Here’s a
special report from our western correspondent on last weekends outing….
12 SID members headed to the west to enjoy some on the
water activity on the
With our new t-shirts we proudly and glamorously
helped keep the bar open till the early hours. We had many Ginger Rogers and
Fred Astaire’s gliding most impressively across the dance floor. A great time
was had by all and our cameraman John took photo’s for
the album. It was great to get to know some more SID members. I look
forward to the next SID adventure in the west, maybe fancy dress for Halloween!…anyone?
Ruffian Racing
22 members
expressed their interest in the
The racing
kicked off last Sunday in a fresh F4-5 when Noel, Dara
and Richard overcame some navigation challenges not to mention a few sail
problems to successfully make it to the finish.
Results http://www.dmyc.ie/results/oct_series_06/index.htm
Winter courses.
- Yachtmaster Theory -
There are a large number of locations running the yachtmaster courses this winter but you will need to book soon! There are 2 types of courses suitable to all SIDers: Yachtmaster Coastal and Yachtmaster Offshore. You could sign up for either, the content is similar but the offshore course requires a higher standard. For a full list of course providers and more details on the coastal course see http://www.sailing.ie/inside/default.asp?pageId=189 and http://www.sailing.ie/dynamic/pdf/Coastal%20Courses%2018.10.05.pdf
SID
encourages you to attend this course if you have not already done so, as it
will make your trip on our new yacht, and sailing in general, even
more enjoyable. A number SID people took this course over the past few
winters and all found it to be excellent!
Ann Coyne
took the course in the DMYC http://sailingindublin.ie/Racing/DMYC%20Yachtmaster.pdf
"The course was run by David Jerrard. I
would definitely recommend this course and the materials he provides are
excellent. It will however take up one night a week at class and around 2 - 3
hours on another night to do the homework. It covers an extensive range of
topics from charts, tides, weather, collision regulations etc. It would suit
anyone who has an interest in knowing more about navigation and the "rules
of the sea"!"
Glenans
organize a course on Tuesday nights in Kevin Street DIT. Ring office for
details 01-6611481
- Powerboat Courses -
There are a
number of powerboat courses run during the winter months. A lot of practical
information is covered in the classroom and on the water and its great
fun. Nicola is trying to organize a SID group. National powerboat cert
(level-2) is something that every member of the club should have.
If you have previously done the basic certificate you should consider Safety boat certificate.
For any
members who paid the full membership fee, you can claim a e50 rebate on any
approved training course taken this year (if you have not done so already).
Yachtmaster theory, Coastal Skipper theory, Powerboat or Safety Boat
certificate all qualify.
Fuel
SID has 3
engines: Rescue 15HP engine, Ruffian 4HP engine and the Green tender
1.5HP engine. These engines require different fuel and therefore
different fuel tanks. Please ensure that the correct tank (and the correct
fuel) is used at all times, as incorrect fuel may cause irreparable damage to
the engines. The details of the fuel mixtures are posted inside the door
of the container or you can view it at http://sailingindublin.ie/safety/rescue.doc
N.B. The
air vents on the fuel tank covers must be left open when the tanks/engines are
stored in the container. Failure to do so can seriously damage the
tanks/engines.
If you are
not familiar with the engines and would like to learn some more please ask the
captain of the day.
Ruffian Nationals
“Ruffin-It”
recently completed in the Ruffian Nationals. Here’s a report from our onboard
correspondent.
Initial
radio calls from a fellow Ruffian in the bay describing high waves prompted the
organizers to ask them to repeat "How Big"!....This followed by
"It's getting rougher, we're heading back to harbour....for a break!"
eventually ended in the "AP" call over the radio
One final
attempt to get out to sea (we had already tried to go earlier) before we
adjourned for coffee and muffins to the nearby "Insomnia" coffee
house (with our portable VHF radio of course)
A few shots of coffee and we were back at the George awaiting news......then we
saw the warning flag being raised (meaning 1 hour from now!) to race
start.......onto the boat for a fast sandwich and away we went again....
Initial conditions saw a nice swell in the water, causing a little apprehension
at first for the inexperienced such as myself, but great fun once I realized we
were not going to capsize!
We got off to a great start on both of our races, Damien being master
strategist on both occasions, but we couldn’t hold off the fleet with their
bright new sails....we ended in a private battle with "Carmen" to the
finish in both races.
We finished
and exhilarating days sailing wet and tired, basking in the afternoon sunshine
all the way back to the mooring
http://www.sailingindublin.ie/frostbite/2006RuffianNationals.html
Collanmore Regatta
There is a
regatta weekend in Collanmore on September 22-24. This is a fun weekend and a
great way to sharpen up for the frostbites. It’s a combination of training on
starting, tactics etc and on the water racing. It’s usually a full house so
ring the Glenans office 01-6611481 if you are interested.
Ruffian Maintenance:
We need volunteers to organise and paint the Ruffian trailer before Ruffin'it is due for its lift out in October. There will also be a requirement for volunteers for the lift out and some other maintenance that will be required. Please contact Damien if you can help.
Yacht
Purchase
We have
submitted an application for a Marina Berth as part of the marina extension in
Date for your Diary
To
celebrate the end of the Summer season there will be a
SID night on Wednesday September 27’th. The venue is to be decided so please
watch mail for details.
Cearbhall
Daly
Chairperson
http://sailingindublin.ie