March Calendar 1 (Wed) Deadline to sign up for the CPR/AED Class. 2 (Thur) KSA Physics of Sailing. 3 pm to 4:20 pm. 2 (Thur) Race #3, Glen Hontz Memorial Race Series. 5 pm start. Fast Company hosts. 4 (Sat) Race #1, Skipper’s Choice Offshore Race Series. 9 am Skippers meeting; 10 am self start. Skippers: email finish times to Vice Commodore Kevin Arndt at ksarndt@live.com. Mahalo! 6 (Mon) Kaua`i Channel Race Planning Committee. 5 to 6 pm. Please come and help with planning our 2017 KCR! This is the largest NYC event of the year which generates funds that in turn helps keep membership dues down! This benefits all NYC members! All are welcome! 7 (Tue) & 9 (Thur) KSA Physics of Sailing. 3 to 4:20 pm. 9 (Thur) Race #4, Glen Hontz Memorial Race Series. 5 pm start. Kato hosts.11 (Sat) CPR/AED Class. 11 (Sat) Reservation Deadline St. Patrick’s Day Dinner!14 (Tue) NYC Meetings ~ Race Committee 5 to 6 pm BOD 6 to 8 pm

March 2017 16 (Thur) Race #5, Glen Hontz Memorial Race Series. 5 pm start. Lelele will host a St. Patrick’s Day Dinner!18 (Sat) NYC Game Night. 5:30 pm. Potluck Dinner. Hosted by Bill & Sea Peterson. All are welcome! See page 6 for details.20 (Mon) KSA Leadership Kaua`i.20 (Mon) to 24 (Fri) KSA Spring Sailing Camp. 7 am to 1 pm. For more information, please contact Shale Shore at kauaisailing@gmail.com.20 (Mon) Beginning enrollment period for NYC group rate for Hawai`i Life Flight. See page 6 for all the details.23 (Thur) Race #6, Glen Hontz Memorial Race Series. 5 pm start. O Zone hosts.25 (Sat) Deadline for submissions to the April Newsletter. Please be on time. Mahalo!25 (Sat) Private Usage: Sea Scouts. Kevin Arndt sponsor 8 am to 10 pm.

April Calendar 3 (Mon) Kaua`i Channel Race Planning Committee. 5 to 6 pm. Please come and help with planning our 2017 KCR! This is the largest NYC event of the year which generates funds that in turn helps keep membership dues down! This benefits all NYC members! All are welcome! 3 (Mon) Deadline for enrollment period for NYC group rate for Hawai`i Life Flight.

NYC Newsletter

6 (Thur) Race #1, Louie Abrams Memorial Rum Race Series. 5 pm start. Papa A`u hosts. 8 (Sat) Race #2, Skipper’s Choice Offshore Race Series. 9 am Skippers meeting; 10 am self start. Skippers: email finish times to Vice Commodore Kevin Arndt at ksarndt@live.com. Mahalo!10 (Mon) Private Usage. Sponsor Diane Sands11 (Tue) NYC Meetings ~ Race Committee 5 to 6 pm BOD 6 to 8 pm13 (Thur) Race #2, Louie Abrams Memorial Rum Race Series. 5 pm start. Speedy hosts.15 (Sat) NYC Game Night 5:30 pm. Pot Luck Dinner. Hosted by Bill & Sea Peterson. All are welcome!20 (Thu) Race #3, Louie Abrams Memorial Rum Race Series. 5 pm start. Race Committee hosts.22 (Sat) & 23 (Sun) Private Usage Sea Scouts. 8 am to 6 pm. Sponsor Fred Styer.27(Thu) (Thur) Race #4, Louie Abrams Memorial Rum Race Series. 5 pm start. Lelele will host.

v v vHours worked will be logged to receive $50 off 2018 dues for ten hours of service at Facility or Garden Committee Work Days or setup/cleanup for Party Events.Note: Dates/times subject to change, and event additions/cancellations do occur on occasion; please check online website calendar at nawiliwiliyachtclub.org for accurate dates, times, and event details. For more information please contact Secretary Charlotte Ross at info@nawiliwiliyachtclub.org. Mahalo!

Commodore’s LetterThursday Race Night “Host Boat”

DelightWe’ve been blessed so far in 2017 with delightful dining since Opening Day through Glenn Hontz Memorial Race #2 thanks to creative catering options by Bonjolea II and the NYC Board members. Big shout out to Charlotte Ross for orchestrating delicious entrees from Mark’s Place and soon to be served Marcie Millett’s Amaize, Inc. out of Hanapepe. The entrees by local caterers are outstanding and the sides made by the Host Boats were wonderful. Our first catered entrée

was Roast Beef au jus. The second entrée was Asian Steamed Fish with Bok Choy. The fish turned out to be fresh Mahi Mahi, exquisite! With the new catering support, dinner prices have gone to $15 to keep us on budget. I believe our dinner menus will only get better. NOTICE to all members: Don’t miss Thursday night after-race celebrations!

NYC Lease Renewal ProcessAs most of you are aware, our 15-year lease with DLNR expired last September 1st. We’ve been in close contact with both local and O`ahu-based DLNR officials since 2015 requesting planning support for a new long-term lease. There are many details behind the lease renewal process, but suffice to say…DLNR has been slow to respond. Jim Saylor, Staff Commodore, and one of our longest-standing members, is leading us through this maze of due diligence. Jim and I just returned from O`ahu where we attended DLNR’s Quarterly Land Board meeting on Friday, February 24th. We learned only one week prior that we (NYC) were on the agenda! DOBOR (Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation) submitted a proposal to continue a “Holdover Lease” for NYC on a month-to-month basis for one year. The DLNR Land Board meeting was asked to approve this proposal along with a 58% increase in rent ($1,107 to $1,746) retroactive to last September. This amounted to an unplanned $6,000 hit to our budget! Again, many details behind the proposal, but as you can imagine, we were stunned. NYC was invited to share testimony: and, so we did. Off to O`ahu we go!I’d love to share details of this experience, but it would take most of this newsletter to cover it all. Bottom Line: We requested that rent remain the same through this holdover period. And we are grateful the DLNR Board approved our request! The DLNR Land Board members were impressive, very knowledgeable, and patiently listening to all testimony. Ours took just 30 minutes, but others lasted hours. What our DOBOR planners misunderstood was the need to consider “Character of Use” in our property appraisal. Our Character of Use was NOT a profit-driven enterprise, but rather a non-profit community-based program that shares the love of boating and ocean recreation

for all of Kaua`i. The DLNR Board recognized this immediately and to some degree scolded the DOBOR contingent for misrepresenting our club!So, we won this battle. But we are still in the war of retaining a long-term lease that protects our club’s future and allows us to grow our mission to higher levels. It will take hard and creative work on the part of all: both NYC and KSA Board members must work together to successfully capture a new long-term lease. This will require cooperation from everyone. If you’d like to assist, please contact Jim Saylor to get involved. We can use all the help we can get.

Mahalo,Commodore Fred Styer

Opening Day Pond

John Ross bringing the decorations for opening day. “Let us know when you arrive, and we’ll send a dory to bring you from your car to the club.”

James

Racing NewsOn Wednesday, February 15, Commodore Fred Styer and Vice Commodore Kevin Arndt attended the HYRA Spring General Meeting at Kaneohe Yacht Club as NYC delegates. As the roll call was taken, a round of applause came from the group as our names were called! The group encourages “outer island” delegates to attend and contribute to the meetings. The agenda included voting on clerical modifications to Notice of Series for the All Island and Season Series. There was discussion on possible government regulations affecting the boating industry such as a possible requirement for propeller guard for inboard/outboard engines.

A mention was given on the fact that training was available to HYRA members to obtain the status of US Sailing Area Race Officers (ARO) and Regional Administrative Judges (RAJ). These are intensive courses covering racing rules and race administration. Under new business, we discussed the “best practices” of scoring a downwind race and how these relate to our own Kaua`i Channel Race. This new knowledge gained will be discussed at the first committee meeting for the 2017 KCR scheduled for March 6th at 5 pm at NYC. Before and after the meeting, several boat owners remarked that they felt that the Kaua`i Channel Race is the premier racing event in Hawai`i and that NYC is the best host. The weather at the Opening Day Race Series was rainy with light winds so the start of the race was postponed an hour. After the postponement the boats were drifting around the start area when the Race Committee decided to postpone the race again but for 15 minutes. That’s all it took because the wind filled in, the sun came out, and we got two good races completed before heading back to the clubhouse for the Champagne Picnic.

Opening Day Series Results

v PHRF Open and PHRF Monohull 1st: Kato 2nd: Company 3rd: OZonev CLUB Open 1st: Weatherly 2nd: Bonjolea II 3rd: Papa a’u

Glen Hontz MemorialSeries Race #1

v PHRF Open and PHRF Monohull 1st: Fast Company 2nd: OZone 3rd: Katov CLUB Open 1st: Weatherly 2nd: Bonjolea II 3rd: Coyote

Glen Hontz MemorialSeries Race #2

v PHRF Open and PHRF Monohull 1st: Papa a’u 2nd: Fast Company 3rd: Katov CLUB Open 1st: Coyote 2nd: Trinity 3rd: Chaos

The first Offshore Skippers Choice Race for 2017 will start on Saturday, March 10 at 10 am. These offshore races are good opportunities to fine tune your crews racing skills all the while enjoying a nice afternoon sailing among the whales and porpoises. Don’t miss the skippers meeting at 9 am on the day of the race.April 6th will be the start of the Louie Abrams Memorial Rum Series. This six race series requires that each boat must present a bottle of rum with a label that includes the boat’s name and art work on it. The bottle will be stocked at the bar for consumption by all NYC patrons. This is timely because we’re running low on rum at the bar.

Mahalo,Kevin Arndt, Rear Commodore

Burgee Exchanges

Commodore Fred Styer exchanges burgees with Eric & Mary Moorehead from Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook, Texas, on 16 February.

Treasurer Ned & BJ Luce of Port Ludlow Yacht Club on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State exchange burgees with Port Captain Bill Peterson on 21 January.

Commodore Fred Styer exchanges burgees with Commodore Paul and Pat Mac Menamin visiting from Long Island Sayville Yacht Club on 3 February.

Hawai`i Life Flight Offers Discount for Nawiliwili Yacht

Club members! Hawai`i Life Flight is extending an offer to Nawiliwili Yacht club members of a special discount for their `Ohana Plus Program. `Ohana Plus provides financial peace of mind at an affordable price. By enrolling in the `Ohana Plus Program you will have no out-of-pocket costs when taking a medically necessary flight - all co-payments and deductibles will be waived. Your membership also extends to their sister companies on the mainland and Alaska at no additional cost: see listings at AMRG.com.Hawaii Life Flight is offering NYC members $10 off the standard one-year membership of $30, making it available for $20! This is for the single or family plan for those who have insurance. HLF is offering discounts on all of the other membership options as well! It’s a deal that can’t be beat, and you and your family will be covered in the event you need to be transported to O`ahu for any medically necessary flight. Hardcopy applications that are specific to the NYC group discount will be available at the yacht club and on the NYC website. You must use these postmarked forms to take advantage of this offer. The offer is open to NYC members from March 20th to April 3rd ONLY. After completing the application, please send it with payment to the HLF address on the form by April 3rd. For more information, visit their website at http://hawaiilifeflight.com Hawai`i Life Flight has been providing air medical transportation in Hawai`i since 2010. With the most experienced air medical teams in Hawai`i, they have built a reputation for excellent patient care as well as an outstanding safety record. In 2010, Hawai`i Life Flight was awarded the Fixed-Wing Award of Excellence from the Association of Air Medical Services.Hawai`i Life Flight has saved thousands of lives over the years by providing access to the highest level of care to everyone living in the Hawaiian Islands, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The company has aircraft based on Kaua`i, Moloka`i, Hawai`i and O`ahu and serves Maui and Lana`i as well.

Fleet Captain Shaun Lehman, pilot for HLFVice Commodore Kevin Arndt

March Game NightMarch Game Night will feature an Irish themed supper. Liz & Dick Olsen will bring corned beef. Jo & Mike Steciuk will bring cabbage and potatoes. If you prefer to bring something else instead of “Irish”, that is fine too. We will have an exotic beer tasting, so don’t forget to bring an interesting beer and a shot glass (or equivalent). Those who don’t drink beer are encouraged to bring an exotic soda instead.See the poster for a wee bit of info about the March Game Night Beer Tasting. “Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A cold pint and another one!”

Sea & Bill Peterson

NYC MEMBERS & GUESTS

IRISH POT LUCK

BRING A BEER

Saturday March 18th 5:30pm

Quiz 94 Four boats are approaching a port-hand windward mark, two on starboard tack (SA and SB) and two on port tack (PW and PL). One of the starboard tack boats (SB) is approximately two lengths behind the other starboard-tack boat (SA) and half a length to windward of her. The two port-tack boats (PW and PL) are both ducking SA, with PL to leeward and about three-quarters of a length ahead of PW. As the boats are passing astern of SA, PL hails PW for room to tack to clear SB. Because PW can’t tack right then without hitting SA, PW does not reply. PL immediately luffs sharply to try to avoid SB, but SB needs to luff to avoid hitting PL. PW tries to avoid PL but can’t and there is slight contact between them with no damage or injury. SB protests PL for breaking rule 10 (port/starboard), and PL protests PW for failing to respond to her hail under rule 20.2 (responding to a hail for room to tack at an obstruction). You are on the protest committee; how would you decide this?

ANSWER TO QUIZ 94Boat PL is penalized for breaking rule 10, On Opposite Tacks, rule 16.1, Changing Course, and rule 20.2(a), Room to Tack at an Obstruction: Responding. PW breaks rule 11, On the Same Tack, Overlapped, but is exonerated under rules 21, Exoneration, or 64.1(a), Decisions: Penalties and Exoneration, because she is compelled to break rule 11 by PL’s rule breaches. Both SA and SB are obstructions to PW and PL because both PW and PL are required to keep clear of them under rule 10 (see the definition Obstruction). When PW and PL are passing astern of SA, they are overlapped. Rule 19.2(b), Giving Room at an Obstruction, requires PL to give PW room to pass SA, which she is doing. Safety requires PL to make a substantial course change to avoid SB; and rule 20.1, Room to Tack at an Obstruction: Hailing, gives her the right to hail PW for room to tack to avoid SB. However, rule 20.2(a) requires PL to give PW time to respond to the hail before tacking. One of PW’s options for responding is to tack as soon as possible (rule 20.2(c)). When PL hails, it is not possible for PW to tack due to her proximity to SA. As soon as she can she begins tacking, but PL has already started to tack and the boats collide. Therefore PL fails to give PW time to respond before tacking. Furthermore, when PL luffs, i.e., changes course, she fails to give PW room to keep clear, thereby breaking rule 16.1.

Regarding the contact, it is not possible for PW to avoid contact, so she does not break rule 14, Avoiding Contact. PL on the other hand can avoid contact with PW by passing astern of SB instead of tacking. Therefore PL breaks rule 14, but is exonerated (not penalized) for breaking that rule because she is the right-of-way boat and the contact does not cause damage or injury (see rule 14(b)).Answers to Dave Perry’s 100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes are based on The Racing Rules of Sailing for 2013-2016. For a comprehensive explanation of the rules, read Dave Perry’s Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing through 2016, which is available from US Sailing: 1 (800) 877-2451 or www.ussailing.org. Permission to reprint this quiz for non-commercial use is granted by the author.

NYC Notice of RaceLouie Abrams

Memorial Rum SeriesThursdays:

April 6, 13, 20, 27 May 4, 11

RULES: This series of races will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). U.S. Sailing and HYRA prescriptions with NYC modifications will apply.ELIGIBILITY: The races are open to the following classes: Monohull & Multihull with LOA over 21’ (3 boats are required to make a class) & Open (Monohull & Multihull) combined if individual classes are not established in both). Membership not required.LOUIE ABRAMS MEMORIAL RUM SERIES ENTRY FEE: One bottle of RUM brought to the clubhouse and added to the bar stock for consumption by NYC patrons.The bottle needs to have your boat’s name on it or It can be a new label of your design that shows your boat’s name.Be creative, have fun!!RACE SCHEDULE: Thursdays: April 6, 13, 20, 27 and May 4, 11. The scheduled time of the warning signal for each race start is 1700 hours.SCORING: Scoring will be Low Point using HYRA modifications and NYC ‘Club Adjustment’ scoring system. There will be one throw out in this series.DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY: Competitors participate in the race entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the race.FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information please contact Vice Commodore Kevin Arndt email: ksarndt@live.com phone: 651-9057.

Photos This IssueNYC Pond ~ James Beardmore

LYC Burgee Exchange ~ Liz OlsenPLYC Burgee Exchange ~ Sea PetersonLISYC Burgee Exchange ~ Fred Styer

Game Night & Racing ~ Liz Olsen

For Sale

Olsen 30 Partnership$5500 ~ 50% ownership.

Included:Experienced partner and a great crew!

Ready to race. Super fun and fast boat. Contact: 634-8703

Glen Hontz Race #3 Start

http://www.nawiliwiliyachtclub.org info@nawiliwiliyachtclub.org

P. O. Box 3661, Līhu`e, Kaua`i, HI 96766

WHO YA GONNA CALL ???Clubhouse Use & Scheduling Bill Peterson .......... nycportcaptain@gmail.com

635-9129 Facility Development Jim Saylor ......................... jsaylor@aloha.net 639-1116Finance Committee Dick Olsen ................. kauai.sailor@gmail.com 634-8703 Silent Auction Jeff & Bev Jakus ...................................... bev@casaciaire.comKaua`i Channel Race Kevin Arndt ..................... ksarndt@live.com 651-9057Landscape Carol Marsh ...................................... nimbo@aloha.net 742-9733Membership Paula Saylor ........ nyc.membership.paula@gmail.com 639-0389Newsletter Editor Liz Olsen ........................ lizbetolsen@gmail.com 822-5092Bulletin Board Manager Liz Olsen ................. lizbetolsen@gmail.com 822-5092Publicity Shaun Lehman .................... sailingshaun@gmail.com 719-640-6563Race Committee Kevin Arndt ............................ ksarndt@live.com 651-9057Sailing Program Shale Shore .................... zendavestan@yahoo.ca 346-6051Boat Use Skills Test Shale Shore .............. zendavestan@yahoo.ca 346-6051& Carl Andersson ............................. carl-construction@hotmail.com 639-3809Sailing Instruction Carl Andersson ... carl-construction@hotmail.com 639-3809Sailing Instruction Shale Shore .................. zendavestan@yahoo.ca 346-6051Ship’s Store Janice Portillo ............... sailingjanice@gmail.com 512-827-1220Webmaster John Ross ............................. jmr44n44@hawaii.rr.com 639-3544Keiki Fishing Tournament KSA Fleet Maintenance Carl Andersson ......... carl-construction@hotmail.com

639-3809We need chairs for the following committees, events, or activities:

Fund Raising (Needed immediately!)Please contact Commodore Fred Styer if you are willing to help

fstyer@hawaii.rr.com 264-4845

2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORSCommodore Fred Styer .......................... fstyer@hawaii.rr.com 264-4845Vice Commodore Kevin Arndt ..................... ksarndt@live.com 651-9057Rear Commodore Fleet Captain Shaun Lehman ....sailingshaun@gmail.com 719-640-6563Port Captain Bill Peterson ........ nycportcaptain@gmail.com 635-9129Secretary Charotte Ross ................ nycsecretary.charlotte@gmail.com

651-0603Treasurer Dick Olsen ...................... kauai.sailor@gmail.com 634-8703Director Paula Saylor ... nyc.membership.paula@gmail.com 639-0389Director John Ross ......................... jmr44n44@hawaii.rr.com 639-3544Past Commodore Ken Martinez .................. jjkmart@twc.com 332-5041

STAFF COMMODORES on the Board of DirectorsDoug Tiffany ........................................ tiffanygd@yahoo.com 652-8727Jim Saylor ................................................ jsaylor@aloha.net 639-1116Doug Gibson .................... doug_shar_gibson@hotmail.com 742-2512

Kaua`i Sailing Association Executive Director Shale Shore ................................... zendavestan@yahoo.ca 346-6051