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Inside this Issue:

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Commodore’s Corner

Pg. 2

Oktoberfest Celebration

Pg. 3

Safety and Education Pg. 4 and 5

BINGO

Pg. 5

USSAIL and

RBOC Pg. 6

Race Calendar

And Raft-Up Photos

Pg. 7

Activity Calendar

Pg. 8

Photos provided by: Susan Rodriguez, Marybeth Thayer

and Edelgard Rieder

Newsletter Editor: Edelgard Rieder

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SMYC Christmas Dinner & In-stallation December 2, 2016 6:00 PM Jolly Roger – Bay Room 1900 Harbor Drive North, Oceanside Dinner Buffet includes: 2 entrees – Salmon in Dill Sauce & Prime Rib Garlic Mash Potatoes & Sau-téed Vegetables Green Salad Car-rot Cake Cost $34 per person * Corkage Fee $7.00 per bottle or purchase from the bar *Please make checks payable to SMYC, checks and reservations due to Vice Commodore Susan

General Membership Meeting

Santa Margarita Yacht Club

October 14th, 2017 at 4.00p.m. Please join us at our annual membership meeting to vote for next year’s Bridge and Board of Directors. We are still looking for nominations for the Rear

Commodore position. Additional volunteers are always very much appreciated. Please let us know if you are interested to serve. If you are unable to attend, please fill out and mail ballot and proxy forms, available on our website. We are looking forward to seeing you all on this important day!

After the official part of the meeting we will gather for our annual

Oktoberfest Celebration. Details can be found on

page 3 of this newsletter.

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Commodore’s Corner Hello Friends,

Hope this newsletter finds you all in good health and happy. This is the best time of the year; the crowds are gone and the weather is still warm and sunny.

The joint Silver Gate YC and San Diego YC Raft-Up was a great success. Everyone had fun. Between the two clubs, there were at least 18 boats that anchored in the basin starting Friday afternoon, with a few members meeting Silver Gate YC for dinner at Oceanside YC. Teri and Kat put up the pop-ups and decorated the deck and patio with signal flags, Tiki torches, and tea lights, providing a cozy corner for the voyagers to relax and enjoy their stay. At noon, a group walked over to the YAT YAS Museum to tour the WWII and Korean War amphibious history artifacts. Then, later in the afternoon, Silver Gate provided the hamburgers and hot dogs and all the fixings. SMYC provided the side dishes, and San Diego YC supplied the desserts. Teri did a fabulous job of cooking the meat. Kat was in charge of both the nautical hat contest and the nautical trivia contest and did an awesome job as well. Sunday, Teri and I visited the raft-up by kayak to offer refreshments and join in the cama-raderie. We ended up staying for a light dinner and headed back to the dock after dark. All are looking forward to the raft up next year. Thank you to all who volunteered and attended to make it a special event. We are looking forward to the General Meeting and Nominations on October 14th. Both the ballot and proxy have been posted on the website and on the bulletin board at the patio. This is a very important meeting for all members to attend. Hope to see you all there. Other October events include Small Boat Race #7 and #8 and the Gator Cup at Navy Yacht Club San Diego. Times and dates are posted on the club calendar and in the newsletter.

Please come out and enjoy the fun and festivities. See you all on the docks and join us

on the sunny clubhouse patio.

Yokwe and Stay Safe. Commodore, Susan Rodriguez

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Back by popular demand:

Immediately following our annual Election Meeting on October 14th ,

our clubhouse patio will be transformed into a German Beer Garden.

SMYC will offer an authentic Oktoberfest meal, prepared by

our Director and Newsletter Editor Edelgard.

The meal will consist of two kinds of Sausages, Potato Salad, Sauerkraut, Red Cabbage and Spinach Salad

as well as a Dessert. Homebrewed Craft Beer by our own brew master Jim Bordier,

along with some non-alcoholic beverage choices including festive special drinks

will be offered by our bar host Kat.

Cost per person is $14.00 CASH (correct denominations appreciated) and will be collected at the door in exchange for meal and beverage tickets.

Bring along extra cash for additional beverages (donations encouraged), three single dollar bills to enjoy a game of LeftRichtCenter,

and funds to participate in the 50/50 raffle.

Bring your favorite Beer Stein to enter into a contest!

Festive dress is encouraged, Bavarian colors are blue and white.

Reservations are required to ensure the proper amount of food and beverages. Friends and family are invited.

Please respond no later than October 8th: vicecommodore@santamargaritayc.org or 760 717 5501 Vegetarian sausage available by prior arrangement with Teri (advise by Oct. 8th)

Safety and Education

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BOATING IN HEAVY WEATHER - PART I ( LOOK FOR PART II IN NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER)

Preparation For Heavy Weather

This month's tip is all about preparing yourself for heavy weather. If you have kept a proper lookout, developed a "weather eye" and monitored the weather on your VHF radio, you should have plenty of time to get prepared. Obviously, the best way to handle rough weather is to get to shore immediately and avoid it completely. Howev-er, this may not be practical if you are on an extended cruise. In this case, you should prepare yourself, the ves-sel and your crew for what is to come. As boats vary in design and size, and weather conditions vary in severity, so does the laundry list of precautionary items that need to be performed. The following list was accumulated from various resources:

What Every Skipper Should Know

Meet with the crew to explain the situation and reassure them. Make sure that they know what to do, and what not to do, when the extreme weather arrives. Explain such things as keeping low in the boat, not moving around excessively and not going out on deck unless necessary. Give them all an assignment to keep them occupied and keep their minds off the situation.

Determine position of storm, wind direction, speed and estimate time to your location.

Secure all hatches; close all ports and windows. (Keep the water on the outside.)

Pump bilges dry and repeat as required. This helps eliminate "free water affect." (Sloshing of water in the bilge as the boat rolls which can effect stability.)

Secure all loose gear above decks and below. Put away small items and lash down larger ones. Anything you want to have when the storm passes must be secured.

Break out PFD's and foul weather gear and exercise your authority as skipper by requiring them to be worn by everyone on board. Do this before the weather gets bad, don't wait too long.

Ready emergency equipment that you may need such as hand pumps, bailers, first aid kit, sound signaling device, etc.

Get a good fix of your position and plot it on your chart. Make note of the time, your heading and speed.

Make plans to alter course to sheltered waters if possible.

Continue to monitor channel 16 on your VHF radio for updates to forecasts.

For extremely severe weather, break out your abandon ship procedures and review them.

Make sure the life raft is ready to be deployed.

Make sure emergency food and water are in the life raft.

Rig jack lines (see below for definitions) and/or life lines and require anyone who must go on deck to wear a safety harness.

Make ready your sea anchor or drogue if needed.

Turn on navigation lights.

Keep away from metal objects.

Change to a full fuel tank if possible.

Keep a sharp lookout for floating debris and other boats.

If you have a choice, do not operate the boat from the fly bridge. (continued on next page)

Prevent getting caught in heavy weather by developing a "weather eye," listening to your radio, and heading for shore before it becomes an emergency.

Jack Lines - lines rigged along the outboard decks running from the bow aft. This allows you to attach the tether from your safety harness and move forward and back at will.

Life Lines - usually vinyl or plastic covered wire rope at the sides of the boat's deck to keep the crew from falling overboard.

Safety Harness - a nylon web harness worn in rough seas or heavy weather. It has a tether with a clip. The clip is attached to the jack lines or lifelines so that if you are washed overboard in a storm you are still attached to the boat.

Sea Anchor - A floating canvas cone, held open by wire rings, with an opening in the smaller end, and a rope bridle at the larger end attached to a line leading to the bow of the boat. It is used in storm conditions to (a) keep the bow of the boat into the wind, and (b) slow the downwind drift of the boat.

Drogue - Any device steamed astern to check a boat's speed and/or to help keep the stern perpendicular to the waves in a following sea.

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BINGO IS BACK !!! Ladies, please reserve

Saturday, October 28, 2017,

for the third and final BINGO event of 2017.

Games begin at 1.00p.m. at the Santa Margarita Yacht Club.

Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Bring a $10-$15 gift hidden in a plain paper bag (think FESTIVE FALL),

and $1.50 for two of the games.

Gather up a friend or two….the more the merrier.

Looking forward to a great afternoon!

***RSVP is not necessary, but it helps with the planning.

Marybeth Thayer

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The IOBG SMYC Chapter entered a large basket of goodies into the Silent Auction for the IOBG BOD Race for charity at Point Loma Yacht Club. Our basket went for $46.00

U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY HOSTS 2017 U.S. OFFSHORE SAILING CHAMPIONSHIP The Championship focuses on the core fundamentals of offshore racing. Teams will be challenged in the areas of navi-gation, boat handling, teamwork, and basic fleet racing skills. The forma features one medium and one long distance race (weather permitting) with a variety of possible courses, as well as at least three buoy races. The distance races will be approximately 15 to 30 nautical miles. The competing teams are representing each of the US Sailing Areas and are

seeded through Area eliminations or by sailing resume, plus one U.S. Naval Academy team. Each team consists of a crew of eight, including one skipper, six crew members, and one US Naval Academy Midshipman from the varsity offshore racing team. Teams must have competed in at least five IRC, ORC, ORR, PHRF, Offshore One Design, Offshore Level Class Racing or Portsmouth. Numbers rating systems in its respective Area during in the past 18 months. Both distance and buoy races will be sailed in this championship. Two distance races are planned, but in the event that weather conditions allow, distance races may be substituted for one or more of the buoy races. Up to two distance races may be run on a day and no more than five distance races will be run in the regatta. Buoy races will be held between Tully Point and Thomas Point and east of Greenbury Point. For more info check the US SAIL Website. Till next time….. SC Gary Hall

RBOC KEY LEGISLATION UPDATE - AS LEGISLATURE HAS ADJOURNED Prohibition against drinking an alcoholic beverage or marijuana or any marijuana product while driv-ing, or while riding as a passenger. SB65 has been enacted into law. RBOC were removed at the organ-izations request. Those provisions would have prohibited drinking an alcoholic beverage while operat-ing a vessel. The current provisions of state law strike an effective balance that prevents boating under

the influence (BUI), effectively enforces the BUI laws, and acknowledges the boating experience. ELIMINATION OF MORTGAGE INTEREST DEDUCTION ON SECOND HOMES. AB 71 was not taken up and may be taken up in 2018 Requirement that DBW, to the extent feasible, collaborate with the California Conservation corps and use member of the corps in implementing its invasive aquatic plants control programs. SB 704 RBOC Supported this law and will take effect on January 1, 2018. ENACTMENT OF A 12 cent per gallon motor vehicle gasoline tax increase, and a 20 cent per gallon diesel fuel tax, with the portion of the new gasoline taxes. Attributable to boats placed in the state parks and recreation fund. SB 1 has been enacted. Takes effect November 1, 2017. At least one initiative to repeal the tax is being pursued. Au-thorization for a court to impound, for up to 30 days a boat used in a violation of the BUI laws if the owner is convicted and the conduct resulted in the unlawful killing of a person. SB644 veto Governor Brown said not needed. Proposed $3.5 billion water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access bond measure- with potential funding for a Riverside County aquatic center. SB 5 has passed and will come before the voters June 2018. Many more laws have either been passed or tabled till 2018. Please check out their web site for all the latest information. Till next time………….SC Gary Hall

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Eight Days, Forty Races Series, Open to SMYC Members - 16.5 Capri’s and 12.5 Catalina Expo’s

Sign-In at 10.30a.m. Skipper’s Meeting at 11.00a.m. Races starting directly after For further information please contact Jess Rehn at 509 690 8013 or bike.doc11@gmail.com

Due to schedule changes currently in negotiation with the marina the dates for upcoming races in October will likely be impacted. Watch the calendar, web page, and email notices for updates.

Race 1 of 8 April 15th, 2017 Race 2 of 8 April 29th, 2017 Race 3 of 8 May 13th, 2017 Race 4 of 8 May 27th, 2017 Race 5 of 8 June 24th, 2017 Race 6 of 8 Aug. 12th, 2017 Race 7 of 8 Oct. 8th, 2017 Race 8 of 8 Oct. 15th, 2017 Oorah Regatta Nov. 4th, 2017

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Club Activities Calendar

October 2017 November 2017

The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigator.

- Edmund Gibbon

Oct. 8 Small Boat Race 7/8—11.00a.m.

Oct. 14 General Membership Meeting and Oktoberfest Oct. 15 Small Boat Race 8/8 Oct. 19 SDAYC Dinner Meeting Oct. 28 Ladies BINGO

Nov. 4th Oorah Regatta Nov. 9th Cruise to Dana Point with Dinner at DPYC at 5p.m. Nov. 10th Cruise to Newport Beach Nov. 11th Social at ALYC Newport Beach Nov. 12th cruise returns to Oceanside Nov. 15th Blue Gavel Meeting and Board Meeting Nov. 16th SDAYC Dinner Meeting Nov. 23rd Thanksgiving