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Next Meeting: Monday October 20th, 7:30 p.m.

B.Y.O. BBQ 6:30 p.m

Paul Wotherspoon/Phil Darling /Noel Parker

- Knots for the Night!

Sailing in Paradise

Silversmith Island, south of the Whitsundays

(Phil Darling)

Editor: Phil Darling

Volume No. 34, No. 9 October 2014

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CRUISING DIVISION OFFICE BEARERS – 2014 - 2015

Cruising Captain Colin Pitstock 0407-669-322

Cruising Vice Captain Phil Darling 0411-882-760

Vice-Commodore Cruising

Colin Pitstock 0407-669-322

Secretary Michael Mulholland-Licht 0418 476 216

Treasurer Trevor D’Alton 9960-2878

Membership Jean Parker 0403-007-675

Name Tags Lena D’Alton 9960-2878

Compass Rose Coordinator

Maralyn Miller and Committee Members 0411-156-009

Safety Coordinator Bill Allen 9977- 0392

Waterways User Group Mike McEvoy 9968-1777

Sailing Committee Colin Pitstock 0407-669-322

Guest Speakers Royce Englehardt, & Committee Members as required

On Water Events Coordinator

Colin Pitstock/ Michael Mulholland-Licht/ Phil Darling

Michael 0418-476-216

Phil 0411-882-760

On Land Events Coordinators

Jean Parker / Hilary Gallagher

General Committee assistance

Royce Englehardt, Trevor D’Alton, Phil Darling, Maralyn Miller, Hilary Gallagher / Paul Wotherspoon

Editor's note: Deadline for the next edition of the Compass Rose, is: 6th November 2014 The EDITOR for the next Compass Rose is Colin Pitstock. Please forward contributions c/-: MHYC PO Box 106

SEAFORTH NSW 2092, Or

email:

colinp@vittoriacoffee.com

Opinions expressed in the Compass Rose are those of the contributors, and do not necessarily reflect opinions of either Middle Harbour Yacht Club or the Cruising

Division

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Next Meeting: Monday October 20th, 7:30 p.m.

B.Y.O. BBQ 6:30 p.m

Guest Speaker: Paul Wotherspoon/Phil Darling/Noel PARKER

Presentation: Knots for the Night!

MHYC Cruising Division Program 2014 – 15

October 20th Cruising Division General Meeting

November

8th to 9th 090 plus sugarloaf raftup

17th Cruising Division General Meeting

December 12th Club Christmas Party Friday 12th (replaces December meeting)

January 2015

19th End of Cruise BBQ. Informal Meeting.

24th to 26th Australia Day LWE – raftup & cruise Sydney Harbour

February 2nd Late Summer Cruise starts

16th Cruising Division General Meeting

22nd & 23rd Watchman Trophy & sugarloaf raftup

March 16th Cruising Division General Meeting.

April 22nd & 23rd Echo Point Raft-up

2nd Twilight racing ends

3rd to 6th Easter Cruise – Pittwater/Broken Bay include Safety Practice

11th to 16th Sail Port Stephens week

20th

Cruising Division General Meeting

May 16th & 17th Mystery Cruise (note – tides just Ok for Hardy’s Bay)

18th Cruising Division General Meeting

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Captain’s Column – OCTOBER 2014

Hello sailors.

Spring has arrived & arrived in a big way, it's been perfect weather for a boating. So I thought I would cover off a couple of on some important safety & emergency procedures. I though this is all information that would be handy for any of you that haven't attended the skippers briefing or don't have a hand book yet because your safety audit has not been done. If you do wish to attend an on water event you have to have a current safety audit completed.

So the first thing is emergency contacts.

Second but just as important – emergency procedures

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Finally – don’t forget the exclusion zones around ferries and big ships - Ferries – 200 metres from the bow, 30 metres from the side and stern - Big Ships – 500 metres from the bow, 30 metres side and stern, and never go

between the sip and it’s escort vessel.

Smooth seas and happy sailing

Colin Pitstock, Cruising Captain

SV Shazam

NEXT MEETING – Monday 20th October:

Knots for the Night!

We all know and use the best knots for the occasion – don’t we?

The two characteristics of a good knot are:

1. That it performs its purpose well without slipping

2. That you can easily untie it once that purpose is over

Do all your knots meet these criteria? Maybe not – based on some of the examples we have seen recently.

Paul, Noel and Phil will be coaching us all through the following knots – and maybe some more.

Please bring with you - if you can – several pieces of rope of varying size.

KNOTS FOR THE NIGHT 1. Stopping lines running – the Figure 8

2. Tying lines - Reef Knot vs Sheet Bend

3. Tying fenders - Clove Hitch vs round turn and two

half hitches

4. Forming loops – the bowline

5. Transferring sheet loads – the Rolling Hitch

6. Stopping lines fraying – the Whipping

7. How to throw a line

8. Plus – how to look expert – the Topsail Sheet Bend

and the Carrick Bend

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FUTURE EVENTS:

OFFSHORE COURSE 0900 AND RAFTUP.

On Saturday Nov 8th, make ready for sea and head for the Northern tip of New Zealand and beyond to the West Coast of Chile, well just for an hour or so and return to the snug harbour of Sugarloaf Bay where we can raftup and enjoy convivial company.

Every boat will be expected to contribute something to the party by a costume, juggling act, tall story or by bringing the words to an old sea shanty and a bottle of rum.

Can the crew of your boat rise to the occasion?

Make sure to enter your boat on the Event Clipboard at the October meeting.

Note: …In a desperate attempt to prevent Rapture winning the Pointscore, this event will carry TRIPLE POINTS ..so maximise your crew.

Paul Wotherspoon

SV Rapture

PAST EVENTS:

COOKING ON PITTWATER: Saturday/Sunday 13-14 September

Saturday morning didn't start out well...at 1000 hours it was pouring down rain and our planned trip to Pittwater seemed like a very wet adventure, if we decided to brave the weather. But our intended cooking extravaganza scheduled for 1500

hours had our mouths watering for days so it was too good to miss due to a little rain.

SANCTUM was ready and the crew donned their wet weather gear only to take it off as the rain stopped at 1100 hours as we set off for Scott and Colin's home "Elandra" in Elvina Bay. Not much wind so we motor sailed up the coast and rounded the lighthouse into Pittwater about 1400 hours.

We moored in front of "Elandra", which has stunning views across the bay to Scotland Island, and built up our appetites by climbing the many steps up from the boathouse.

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Our gourmet cooking began with a refreshing glass of wine (or beer) as is mandatory when cooking with head chefs Colin and Scott. The rest of us "galley slaves" were put to work dicing, slicing, pealing and chopping ingredients. Life was made easier using a state of the art mixer with attachments that mix, knead and rolls the pasta out. We had strips of pasta over 2 meters in lengths and paper thin which required delicate handling but we were up to the task! The appetizers, antipasto, Crostini with eggplant and capsicum capponata, basil pesto and bocconcini cups were gobbled up while the main courses were continuing to be prepared. The oohhs and aahhs attested to the fact that we liked everything so far.

When seated for the main courses of Pappardelle with Duck Ragu, roasted lamb and veggies it was a well earned toast to the 2 head chefs and pats on the backs for all of us who combined to make it a very memorable and delicious meal. Many of us had never had home made fresh pasta and it really is something special. Of course we saved room for the Tuscan apple cake which was especially yummy.

Some people had come by car with water taxi from Church Point by Colin and some by boat but no matter how you got there it was a wonderful group gourmet cooking class where we all participated to make it a memorable occasion. "Elandra" is so welcoming, Elvina Bay is so beautiful and Scott and Colin are wonderful hosts. Many thanks from all of us.....let's do it again!

Jean Parker – SV Sanctum What Next? Head Chef Scott after the event

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BUY, SWAP & SELL (gear)

FOR SALE Zantrex Link Pro Battery Monitor: New in its box. Cost $350, sell $250 Firedell Radar Reflector: New, still best available reflector. Cost $370. Sell $200 Lewmar One-Touch Winch Handle: New in sealed packaging. Cost $150. Sell $90 Contact: Noel Parker 0403017667 or 99557667

CD Quiz – October 2014 by Phil Darling

1. We have just had an eclipse of the moon (Wed 8th October). Would this indicate higher or lower tide ranges – ie Springs or Neaps?

2. What is the difference between a knot, a bend and a hitch?

3. A vessel is approaching you from approx. 15 degrees abaft the beam on your starboard side (you are both under motor). Are you the stand-on or the give-way vessel?

4. What is Free Surface Effect? Is it dangerous?

5. A yacht broker tells you a vessel has a “sweet sheer”. What does this refer to?

6. You are steering a course of 040o by the compass, and your skipper tells you to steer “two points to starboard”. What will your new course be?

7. What is a Single Whip and what is it’s the mechanical advantage?

8. What is a Flemish Coil. Is it a good idea in Australia?

9. What is Buys Ballot’s law? How does it work in the Southern Hemisphere?

10. You see a vessel flying a single red flag (code flag B). What does this mean?

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WHY IS YOUR BOAT NAMED WHAT IT IS?

Our first boat, a Catalina 42 was named "Ballymagirl" by the first owners, because they were Irish and it had significance to them because "bally" means town or place in Ireland. I could not find a town in Ireland named Ballymagirl but that doesn't mean there isn't some little place known by this name somewhere. We liked the name and Noel is of Irish decent so we kept it.

But when we bought our new Catalina 445 it was called "Jo-De V" by the previous owners John and Debra. They intended to call their new Hanse 57 "Jo-De VII" (they also have a boat with Jo-De VI) so we always knew that a new name was required. I started thinking of names, looked at the boat registry to see if ones on our short list were there and even started a contest among our friends and relatives to find a name. There were some funny names offered, some unusual ones and some good ones too but none seemed to be just right.

I was looking through books for ideas and somewhere the word "sanctum" jumped out at me. Looking up that word in several dictionaries yielded several definitions: A private room or study; Holy place; A private retreat or room; A study, office or place where one is free from intrusion; A private place from which most people are excluded; A room or place of total privacy or inviolability. It all sounded just like what we wanted our new yacht to be so we decided that "SANCTUM" was just the perfect name!

Jean Parker – SV Sanctum

Jean during the re-naming

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how we nearly sank in Paradise – Phil Darling

The task seemed straight forward – bring a racing yacht back from Hamilton Island. By the second day, though, we were wondering if we were going to make it at all.

The first leg was to be HI to Southport, and I had four keen and eager crew on board. We were due in Southport by the following Thursday, where a new crew would come on board for the run down to Sydney. The boat was heavily loaded, with racing and other gear which we would not need to touch. This included the racing sails which were stacked very tightly in the forward head – right at the bow. I checked they were there and secure but – with the aft head available – did not have time or need to pull them out and check. More about this later!

At the owners request we detoured via Airlie Beach for cheaper provisioning, and left first thing on Saturday morning into a developing South East wind – not my choice but we did have a timetable to stick to. My crew mostly had commitments to get back to, and the new crew would be waiting in Southport.

The first day was pleasant, although as we got into more open water the boat started to slow and heel more. Two reefs in the main, half furled headsail – and signs of seasickness in the crew. However – idyllic scenery and sparkling seas as we tacked amongst the islands of the Cumberland and Northumberland group, sparkling seas. Not many other boats out though.

Advice from Greg Cockle (Volare) – we did pretty well on numbers 2 – 5, not so good on 1.!

The first sign of trouble came mid morning on Sunday. We had been making slow progress,

pushing into 20kts headwind and with the current against us – when I noticed water coming over the floorboards. A quick taste – salt – confirmed my fears. We were taking in water – but where from?

Lucky this boat had two electric bilge pumps, and their satisfying noise calmed me for a while – until I noticed the water level was not dropping but rather

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increasing. Let’s check the filters – no luck there – they seemed to have been fitted by Mr Universe and we could not get them off without breaking them.

By early afternoon things were worse. With water sloshing around inside the first failure was the instruments. Thank goodness for the hand held GPS and paper charts (but keeping them dry was becoming more difficult). Then the water pumps failed – but of course we had separate water in plastic containers to keep us going. Next the gas detector decided we must have gas in the bilge (water – actually …) and shut off all chance of cooking. I thought of putting out a Pan Pan call – but being down towards the Percy Isles by this stage we were beyond VHF radio range to shore.

The crew were concerned – although by now they had their own problems. Rob and Ed were both pre-occupied with their seasickness and could really do little apart from steer and (off watch) sleep. Paul was an experienced sailor, but needs two knee replacements so could not move around to help. That left Kate and I to navigate and – more important – bucket water up from below. Sliding around below on a slippery floor with full buckets of water has to be one of the slowest ways to empty a boat! Then – just to help – the Bilge Alarm came on to tell us we had water in the bilge (thanks – we knew that).

Our track – almost two days, 260 miles sailed; rhumb line track 170 miles; net distance made less than 100 miles. You can see the current influence in the poor tacking angles!

The final straw came late afternoon when various engine alarms started to go off even though we were under sail alone. With another 150 miles ahead of us to Roslyn Bay, no radio coverage,

rising water inside and progressively failing systems – I decided to turn back to Mackay. We were just beyond the Beverly Group of islands by now – approx. 80 miles out but at least it was downwind. Still idyllic scenery but not the best area to abandon ship.

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The run back was fast – 9 to 10 knots downwind – and for some reason the water level stopped rising so we made progress on the bucketing. We arrived off Mackay just after 1am – my plan was to sail into the marina area, anchor and wait for dawn. Then – oh joy – the engine started! Down with the sails for the final run in, choose an empty marina berth, then relax. Oh – last job before sleep – bucket the final water out. Luckily our seasick crew had recovered by now. The only problem was that the damn bilge alarm refused to shut off.

Next morning I called the owner, and then arranged for a marine electrician who spent the afternoon repairing damage. Some was from the dowsing in salt water, while other items were of longer duration – the engine relays for example had obviously been corroding for many years. We were unable to find the cause of the water problems.

We set off again on Tuesday morning – nervously watching the bilge water levels – but the forecast was mild and we had a quick trip down to Bundaberg arriving just after midnight Wednesday with no more water inside. Change of crew, a few more electrical repairs, then off around the top of Fraser Island and down to Southport – and finally we found the problem.

Luckily the owner had come on board for this leg – but unluckily he was quite seasick and then managed to block the head. After two attempts to unblock we decided to use the front head – so at 11pm we set about taking out the racing sails. Quite an effort manhandling carbon fibre mainsail and headsails for a 44ft racing yacht. When they were all out – and filling up the main saloon area – I made a discovery. The sea cocks for the head and basin were open! Salt encrusted around the lower sails indicated this was the route that water had taken into the boat. No problem in light weather – but plunging into a head sea was enough to bring water in with dip of the bow! Of course – I should have checked before we left – but then how much time do you have to check every part of a boat while crew and delivery deadlines crowd in (“Phil – I have to be back on Friday – can you guarantee …” “Phil – how are you going to get to Southport now to pick up the other guys …”)

So – the damage? Apart from a scared crew and a skipper contemplating his first sinking – about $1,000 worth of electrical repairs so far (although some of those were pre-existing) – and a prediction that more electrical failures will result over time.

Also a reminder – timetables and sailing are a poor mix. Had we been able to wait for favourable weather windows the trip would have been both easier and less damaging to the boat.

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BUY, SWAP & SELL (boats)

Yacht: Catalina 42 "Ballymagirl": Three cabin, 2 heads, in excellent condition, many extras including electric winch conversion, GPS plotter, radar, new 9000 watt inverter/charger; Built to survey so can be put into 2C, 2D, & 4E survey for commercial use. New Canvas and clears surrounding the cockpit. Catalina yachts are renowned for quality and sea worthiness. She sails with ease in all types of weather, safely and in comfort. Perfect for sailing Australian or world seas. Check out Tradeaboat.com.au (Catalina Yachts) or any further information can be obtained from Geoff at the Middle Harbour Yacht Club Boat Brokerage or Noel Parker. Owners have purchased a new Catalina and are open to reasonable offers. Contact: Noel Parker 0403017667 or 99557667

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Yacht: Citation 34 "Osprey": Perfect for day sailing or coastal cruising

Jeff and Fiona have purchased yet another boat to continue their sailing adventures. The biggest immediate challenge is to sell the lovely Osprey.

She is a Citation developed by John Biddlecombe in the mid 1980s as a small to medium cruising yacht. There were many Citations built in their time almost all were designed with a centre cockpit and small aft cabin. Osprey does not fit this design as she has an aft cockpit so no aft cabin which makes for a much roomier main cabin! Opsrey’s size makes her the ideal boat to cruise the Australian coast or off-shore. We lived aboard for three years (2010-2013) cruising the eastern sea-board and she has proven herself as

very capable ocean going vessel in all types of weather from the gentle breeze to raging storms. The generally accepted view is that Citations are strongly built sea-worthy vessels, with good, looking clean lines. With a displacement of over 6.5tonnes they are not as fast as the modern day light yachts but fast enough to sail between coastal ports with the minimum of fuss. The symmetrical ship lines and canoe stern of Citations means they handle well

in heavy seas. Construction of all Citations included heavily laid-up fibre- glass hulls with the keel and ballast moulded during in construction, and decks are made of balsa core for strength.

Osprey was formerly known as “Nockabout” and her original owner, Barry Knock made some clever decisions in the construction phase of the boat. He decided to keep the mast oversize and balanced this with a large bow-spit and he kept the original forestay, one on the foredeck and one out at the end of the bow-spit. He had the rudder enlarged, the ballast increased by half a ton of lead and he reduced the mainsail in size. The overall result sailing wise works really well. The internal fit out was done professionally and in teak, so is easy to maintain and looks seriously eye catching.

Any further information can be obtained from Geoff at the Middle Harbour Yacht Club Boat Brokerage.

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Chef’s Corner ......with Colin Pitstock

Spring arrived and the bubbles are in the fridge, the Sav Blanc or Rose is chilled for the Admiral, the cheese is on the platter and dinner is the last thing on your mind. So here is some easy spring pasta dishes to cook, plus something for the vego, their the hard ones to cater for and keep interesting. Grab the bubbles and a flute, put a splash of Aperol in the glass, slice of orange and you will have a very happy Admiral. You know

what they say happy wife happy life. :-).

Broccolini, olive and pine nut pasta Serves 4

2 tablespoons olive oil

4 cloves garlic, sliced

400g cooked orecchiette

600g broccolini, trimmed and blanched

1 cup (150g) kalamata olives, pitted

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind

3/4 cup (100g) pine nuts, toasted

1 cup (80g) finely grated pecorino

sea salt and cracked black pepper

1 Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. 2 Add the pasta, broccolini, olives, lemon juice, lemon rind, pine nuts and cheese to the pan and toss well to combine. 3 Sprinkle with salt and pepper to serve. tips + tricks + Be creative and add your favourite herbs, such as oregano, thyme and flat-leaf parsley, to your pasta. + You could use cooked sausage instead of salami in the fennel pasta. Or why not try cooked and shredded chicken? + Try adding cherry tomatoes to the tuna pasta for an extra fresh flavour. + Reheat any leftover pasta in a frying pan over medium heat the next day. You may need to add a little stock. Grab those bubbles and take a sip.

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Tuna and bean pasta with broad bean and mint pesto Serves 4

500g broad beans, blanched and peeled

2/3 cup mint leaves

1/2 cup (40g) finely grated parmesan, plus extra, to serve

1 clove garlic, crushed

1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil

1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind

1 tablespoon lemon juice

sea salt and cracked black pepper

400g chat (baby) potatoes, thickly sliced

300g yellow and green beans, trimmed and shredded

185g can tuna, drained and flaked

400g cooked penne 1 Place the broad beans, 1/3 cup mint leaves, parmesan, garlic, olive oil, lemon rind, lemon juice and salt and pepper in a food processor and process until a rough paste forms. Set aside. 2 Place the potato in a saucepan of salted cold water and bring to the boil. Cook for 6-8 minutes. 3 Add the green and yellow beans and cook for a further 2 minutes or until potato is tender. 4 Drain and return to the pan with the pesto, tuna, pasta and remaining mint and toss to combine. 5 Sprinkle with extra parmesan to serve. Happy eating. Colin SY Shazam

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Going SOUTH now, homeward bound, may take a few

months though, still masses to explore

Debby Cockle – SV “Volare”

Homeward Bound, Incredible, we're excited! Have had a brilliant time as you all know BUT we do have a home. Still enjoying the cruising life

A walk along beautiful Refuge Bay on Scawfell Island, just OUT and slightly north of Mackay. We're not going into Mackay on the way home. .

Another great BBQ dinner party on Volare last night in beautiful Refuge Bay, Scawfell Island. Alan from 'Camelot' Joan is in Perth, seeing the family, so he had crew on board Yoyana from Colombia. Ben her English/Irish/Cook Islander lovely partner.

Gill and Glynne from MHYC, 'Simply Irresistible' we have known for over 30 years.

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Heading Home

Glynne and Gill Attersall - SV Simply Irresistible

Well, we are on our way home and have done six day-sails from Airlie Beach. Some of them have been over ten hours long and most involved too much motor sailing, due to the light breeze, but at least the wind was in a slightly helpful direction. On one afternoon/night, it was really exciting to catch up with Trevor and Lena at Port Newry, 30 nm north of Mackay. As we are getting older, we do take it a bit easier than in the past, so we have just had a two day rest in Keppel Bay Marina at Yeppoon. Our rest, however, did included doing a week’s washing, cleaning the boat, fixing a few things and a big shop to keep us going for another couple of weeks. We only have 1,600 Km to go! Dragging ourselves away from the Whitsundays was very difficult but we did finally get our trip out to Hardy Reef and Lagoon in idyllic conditions, revisited Hill Inlet with our neighbours from Sydney on board and grabbed what looked like a promising weather window for getting south.

Editors Note: this is an excerpt from Glynne and Gill’s newsletter.

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CD Quiz – October 2014 – Answers

1. An eclipse is only going to happen when the moon is on the far side of the earth from the sun – ie at full moon – so you would expect this to generate higher tide ranges (Spring tides) since the moon and sun are more or less in line.

2. Knots are used to form eyes or to secure a line around an object, such as a package - ie the line is attached to itself – eg a reef knot. Hitches are used to attach a line to an object, such as a ring, spar, or stanchion – eg a clove hitch. Bends are used to secure two lines together eg a sheet bend.

3. You are the give-way vessel since the other boat is approaching from your starboard side and it is forward of a line 22.5 degrees abaft your beam so is not classed as overtaking.

4. Free Surface Effect occurs when a fluid is able to flow from side to side of the vessel or within a partially filled tank. It is very dangerous as it disrupts stability and amplifies the effect of the vessel rolling.

5. Sheer is the dip in the middle of the boat in the fore and aft line, ie the amount that the forward and aft ends of the deck are higher than the middle part. Whether it is “sweet” or otherwise is a matter of judgement by the observer.

6. A compass point is 11.25o- it comes from the old days when a compass showed the 32 points rather than the 360 degrees we usually have now. So two points to starboard is 040o plus 22.5o, so the new course will be 062.5o .

7. A Single Whip is where a line is taken up over a block and back to the operator. It allows you to lift an object higher than your head or to change the direction of pull. It has no mechanical advantage.

8. A Flemish Coil is a decorative way to stow excess line by coiling it flat on a surface. Not a good idea in our climate as it exposes the maximum area of line to degradation by UV.

9. Buys Ballot’s law indicates the centre of a low pressure system in relation to the wind – it is especially useful in determining where the centre of a Tropical Revolving Storm (Cyclone, Typhoon or Hurricane) is. In the Southern Hemisphere, if a person stands with his back to the wind, the low pressure area will be on his right.

10. If they are racing it means they are protesting another boat. If they are not racing then it means they have dangerous goods on board.

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Members are invited to submit articles of approximately 800 - 900 words

on subjects with a sailing theme, including personal sailing adventures,

book reviews, sketches, jokes, and so on. Write your article with title,

your name and boat name, and email to the editor.

The Cruising Division of MHYC meets on the 3rd

Monday of each month, and uses as its sailing

pennant a flag with a white compass rose on a red

background.

MHYC Cruising Division members invite a raft-up or

cruise in company whenever they fly our pennant,

which we refer to as ‘the compass rose’.

The Cruising Division newsletter is titled ‘The Compass Rose Cruising

Log’ and is published monthly. The newsletter is also available through

the MHYC web-site at www.mhyc.com.au

Where are they now ?

Skipr.net, supplemented by individual reports, has the following: Kachina – Trevor and Lena D’Alton – Airlie Beach (Whitsundays) Simply Irresistible – Glynne and Gill Attersall – departed Bundaberg for Sandy Straits 11/10 Volare – Greg and Debby Cockle – returning south. At Bundaberg as at 11/10. See separate report Dignity – Peter Gibson – we believe Dignity is in or close to the Whitsunday islands