WEATHERMARK: Winter events at WYC

[Beth Frampton]

The Wayzata Yacht Club 2012 Season Begins in January with social events and
seminars. This year,there's something for everyone.*
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*Purely Social*

Catch up with sailing friends over a potluck dinner and a movie at WYC.

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*Saturday, January 14, 2012: Survival Sailing in Antarctica Aboard Cloud
Nine*

5:30 pm

A potluck and a DVD video of Captain Roger B. Swanson’s 2nd sail to
Antarctica in 1992 will be the program at Wayzata Yacht Club. Roger, who
received the Blue Water Medal from the Cruising Club of America, the Royal
Cruising Club’s Tilman medal, Ocean Cruising Club’s Barton Cup and the
Seven Seas Award from the Seven Seas Cruising Association, was successful
sailing Cloud Nine across the Antarctic Circle. Because of the gales,
sleet, snow, ice bergs, and a failed heater below deck this passage was a
far more dangerous and difficult challenge than his 1st sail across the
Drake Passage to Antarctica in 1988.

Please bring some food to share at this potluck social. Listen to the crew
and what Roger narrates on the video, and see the albatross, seals,
dolphins, petrels and penguins. Gordon Manning, who has crewed for Roger
across the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, will show the video. Roger
cannot promise to attend this potluck.


See the WYC Home Page <http://www.wyc.org/Home.aspx> for more details.

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*North U Seminars*

Back by popular demand, Andrew Kerr is presenting two seminars in 2012.
See the WYC North U Seminars
Page<http://www.wyc.org/Seminars/NorthU2012Seminars.aspx>for more
details.

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*Saturday, January 29, 2012: Racing Trim*

9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Instructor: Andrew Kerr

Bicycles, bobsleds, sailboats. No matter what you race, you've got to be
fast to win. If it's sailboats you race, then the North U Trim Seminar is
for you. North U Trim Seminars teach the latest in racing skills with an
emphasis on practical, proven, real world techniques that will help you win.

http://www.northu.com/Seminars/RacingTrim/tabid/1460/language/en-US/Default.aspx


*Sunday, January 30, 2012: Cruising and Seamanship*

9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Instructor: Andrew Kerr

The revised North U Cruising Course teaches sailing, cruising and
seamanship skills. Prepared in conjunction with John Rousmaniere, author of
the Annapolis Book of Seamanship, the course focuses on techniques for
improved performance, safety, and enjoyment.

http://www.northu.com/Seminars/CruisingSeamanship/tabid/1394/language/en-US/Default.aspx

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*WYC Winter Seminars*

A great time to catch up and have a fun night out. Pizza and drinks precede
the seminars, so show up early to keep your story telling skills sharp over
the long winter months. Go to the WYC Winter Seminars
Page<http://www.wyc.org/Seminars/WinterSeminars.aspx>for more details
and register for individual seminars or a season pass.


*January 19, 2012: Race Committee 101*

6:30 – 9:00 pm

Instructor: Blake Middleton

What does the race committee do out there? Learn the mysteries of race
committee work, and get ready to volunteer in 2012.

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*February 23, 2012: Celestial Navigation 101 *

6:30 – 9:00 pm

Instructor: Craiggae Smith

Three semesters of Celestial Nav plus a little Navigation Charting
distilled to two hours. This will be a very high-level introduction with
lots of pictures, minimal mathematics. Understand how spherical
trigonometry works then step outside, weather permitting, and “shoot”
Aldebaran (Taurus), Sirius (Canus Major), and Pollux (Gemini).  Early
arrivals might get a shot of Venus before it sets.

Ideally, celestial navigators have 4 things: Sextant, Ephemeris (like the
Nautical Almanac), Chronometer, and some Sight-Reduction method (I’ll
mention 5).
Fortunately, there’s a Free App for iPods, iPhones and iPads that does all
of the above. You are encouraged to bring your device, after downloading
AstroNav Lite by Sascha Troscheit:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/astronav-lite/id440513517?mt=8


*March 29, 2012: Intuitive Racing Rules*

6:30 – 9:00 pm

Instructors: Steve Truax and Tom Brown

Good Intuition is 80% observation, 15% knowledge and 5% instinct.

Observations - the primary feed for the situational evaluation

Knowledge - the impact of the observations and exposes choices,

Instinct - applied when a clear choice is not immediately available or a
negative choice needs to be avoided.

Steve and Tom discuss how to balance a "point in time reference" with the
background required to recognize the implications of that single slice of
time.


Have questions or want to volunteer? Contact Beth Frampton:
beth.frampton at gmail.com.

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Beth Frampton
beth.frampton at gmail.com
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