2005 North Bay Wayfarer Weekend
Saturday ashore
photos by
Gillian Danby, Carol Hansman, Andrew Haill, Doug Netherton, Julia & Al Schonborn

Saturday morning arrived sunny and a tad less breezy as Julia and I had a zoomed in look at the North Bay YC before breakfast.
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Looks like we are all set for the Cruise Race this morning, including Henry Van Brussel's Felecia with her ...
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.. remarkable solid stainless steel centreboard and its multi-purchase tackle!!
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And some sobering thoughts from Andrew Haill on the steel board above:
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:49 PM
Subject: Problem with centreboard alterations?
Al
 
Hope all is well at your end.
Just the other day I wrote to Dave Hansman on various items and it prompted me to again look at the North Bay regatta photos and I noted some captions had been added to them.   Consequently I started to review them all (appreciating again the huge amount of work this is...thanks) and given a recent event I was rather struck by the picture of the steel centreboarded Wayfarer.  Perhaps you could forward the concern on to Henry Van Brussel who from the picture caption apparently owns this boat.   From my impression of the picture there is nothing to retain the board in the down position.  This arrangement could get rather nasty.   As you know, Lightnings are the other dinghy sailed up here .... they have steel boards but are also rigged with a 'preventer' to hold the board down.  However a recent capsize experience with an inadvertent non-use of the preventer is an indication of the problem awaiting this Wayfarer.  It would be a shame if a steel board presumably intended for increased stability ironically created a worse situation.   If a board is heavy (and what metre long plate of stainless steel isn't?) then it also should have something to hold it down and thus out of the case should the boat capsize.  Otherwise gravity takes over and once fallen into the case it is essentially impossible to pull out, unavailable for self-rescue and a certain way to a turtled boat and possibly an unpleasantly long wait for help.  Perhaps Henry has this all sorted out but it looks like it is just rigged to assist pulling the heavy board up.
 
cheers,

Andrew Haill
W9657
Thunder Bay
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A lovely breakfast was served upstairs in the club by NBYC volunteers. While Lynda O'Shea dishes them out, chef Bill Simkins is hard at work in the corner, and Julia Schonborn gets set to enjoy her morning tea.
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Joyce Simkins brings more batter to her husband, our cook.
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Mmmmm - I do believe that's our breakfasts that Lynda is putting the finishing touches on!
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The line-up of hungry W's grows.
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A satisfied group now has enough nourishment to face the Cruise Race.
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The Competitors' Briefing gets underway with a ...
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... welcome from Mogens Christensen and then ...
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... Ross Jamieson and ...
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... Dave Hansman lay out the ground rules.
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After the Cruise Race: Carol Hansman is happy to have made her Wayfarer racing debut.
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Carol and Ottawa's Doug Netherton bask in the hot post-race sunshine.
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Our Race Committee - just like they used to be on Trout Lake for so many years: Fred and Anne McNutt can now ...
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... relax. Although the start and finish were shore-based, they were out doing safety boat and mark laying duties during the race.
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Grant Churcher (RC boat) and ...
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... his wife, Isabel, and young son who sets a good, safety-conscious example.
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Fred does his post-race bookkeeping, while ...
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... Anne chats with Trevor Hughes (who set marks in races) and Paul Whitehead (wearing hat).
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Sue Pilling and her ...
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... crew, Stephan Romaniuk
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Marc Bennett sips a victory beer after helming SHADES in the Cruise Race.
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Lori Jamieson helps her son, Brett, with the post-race clean-up.

North Bay Wayfarer Weekend