Harbor 20 Class Association

Starting Practice and more at BCYC’s Taco Tuesdays!

Peter — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:58:20 +0000

BCYC is stepping up their game this year to provide the “best night of the week” for Harbor 20′s. Video taped starting practice starts at 5:30, and racing starts at 6:00. What a great way to get in a bunch of practice starts, and get a feel for the first windward leg before the actual racing starts. You should be able to see video of your practice starts at the post racing party, where there will also be $1.00 Tacos and $1.00 Draft Beers, not to mention the traditional raffle and nightly trophy presentation! This should be fun, and we hope to see you there! See the Calendar, or click here . . . → Read More: Starting Practice and more at BCYC’s Taco Tuesdays!

BYC Twilights Starting Up

Nik Froehlich — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:15:05 +0000

I’m just gazing out of my window at this beautiful day (with good breeze!) and getting excited that Twilights are starting next week!! Please sign up if you haven’t done so already.

Online registration

Sailing Instructions and course charts should be ready to go up our website by Friday.

Hope to see you all next week!

Becky Lenhart

BYC Sailing Director

949-673-3515 . . . → Read More: BYC Twilights Starting Up

Harbor 20 #203 – Tudo Azul

Nik Froehlich — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:05:58 +0000

2004 Schock Harbor 20, sail number 203, Tudo Azul

Only Raced – Sixty One Days – Great Race Record.

Dry sailed since 2005 – Bristol Condition!

Custom Water Line Stripe, Electric System/Motor, Jib Winger, Mast Hinge, Lifting Eye-Sling, Block Foam/C-Foam Cushions (never used), All One-Design rules equipment, cockpit cover, jib sock, Elliot/Patterson Main, Ullman Jib, Ziehman H20 Trailer, Mast Carrier, Ramp Wheel (No travel since delivery)

Original Retail: $33,045

Contact: Bill Fallon 619-224-5153.email: bmafallon@cox.net.

Asking: $20,000 (including H20 trailer)

Spring Social

Nik Froehlich — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:51:18 +0000

Hello Annapolis H20 Fleet,

Our Spring Social sail was a huge success, thanks to all participants and especially to Susan and Marshall Steele. Seven Harbor 20’s sailed up the Severn River in an easterly breeze. Jim Meade arrived by kayak and several people came by car including John Heinz and his son, Eric. The Cahills came the longest distance to attend the event – from New Jersey.

Golf carts were waiting for us at the Sherwood Community floating docks upon arrival, and we all shuttled up to the Steele home for a delicious lunch on their deck. First prize for the most creative nautical derby hats went to Sue and Garth Hichens.

Stay tuned for more information on the next social event on October 19th at Pat and Howard Brooks home on Rideout Creek.

See you on the water soon!

Cathie and Pete

. . . → Read More: Spring Social

“Strategy & Tactics” Seminar Re-scheduled / C-Fleet Clinic Added

Peter — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:02:35 +0000

An unreconcilable conflict has required that the “Strategy & Tactics” seminar sechduled for Sunday, June 2, be cancelled and rescheduled for Sunday, July 21. Also, a C-Fleet Clinic is now scheduled for Sunday, June 9 at LIYC. Watch for details to be . . . → Read More: “Strategy & Tactics” Seminar Re-scheduled / C-Fleet Clinic Added

Summer is here! ALYC Sundowner starts Monday, May 6

Peter — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:34:08 +0000

Summer is here ! ALYC’s Sundowner Series racing starts next Monday May 6th, 2013. If enough boats register, ALYC plans offer separate starts for A and B/C. With Bill McNamara now charing the race committe, there are quite a few changes in the works for this year. See the previous post for details, and note that the regstration price increases at 3:55 . . . → Read More: Summer is here! ALYC Sundowner starts Monday, May 6

ALYC Monday Nights Sundowner Series Registration Now Open

Nik Froehlich — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:51:11 +0000

Hello Harbor 20 Racers in Classes A, B & C

The American Legion Yacht Club – 2013 Monday Nights Sundowner Series registration is now open online:

Early registration is only $40… registration after 1755 hours Monday April 22is is $50 and after 1755 hours Monday April 29th is $60 – without a guarentee that we’ll have room… so register early!

Racing starts Monday May 6th, 2013 – several changes are in the works to enhance your team’s enjoyment:

Sundowners will be a single series with a higher percentage of “throw-out” races to allow for missed races and “off-nights” without a series scoring impact Enhanced prizes are to be awarded after each race and Series trophies at the end of the season Pre-defined courses will have squarer starting lines and more-windward 1st marks and windward leeward courses for H20s Signal flags, visible from all directions, will be flown on the Committee Boat to identify courses Fewer changes to the Racing Rules of Sailing will be made – for more consistency with other Regattas and Series You will only be competing with other Class approved boats (PHRF 2013 or Harbor 20 Fleet 1 2013)

The Notice Of Race is online .

Sailing Instructions, Course Charts and Class Breaks will be available no less than a week before the first race. Please contact me with any questions.

Race safe and race fair,

Bill McNamara
ALYC Race Committee Chairman
Bill-McNamara@cox.net
. . . → Read More: ALYC Monday Nights Sundowner Series Registration Now Open

Fleet 1 Facebook Page

Nik Froehlich — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:08:38 +0000

To our Fleet One members,

We have recently created a Harbor 20, Fleet 1 Facebook Page so you can see how much fun we’re having. It contains all the social elements of sailing, racing, and off the water events. There are hundreds of photos in different photo albums from regattas, parties, and other events that are available for you to copy, download, and share on your own Facebook page or with your friends. You can find the most recent photo albums on the “Newsfeed” (as Facebook calls the main page) or by going to the box at the top of the Facebook Page called “Photos”.

The Facebook Page contains limited regatta results with links to the host yacht club and the Harbor 20 Class Association website. It also contains articles about recent events (such as the W.D. Schock Memorial Regatta). You can make comments at the bottom of the articles or just click “Like”.

Also at the top of the main Facebook Page, there is a box called “Notes” in which you will find the lists of winners for each of our perpetual trophies that go back to as early as 1997 when our fleet was created.

Finally, you can post your own photos, news, and articles onto the Facebook Page for the enjoyment of everyone in the fleet.

If you click on this link, it will take you to our Facebook Page:

www.facebook.com/Harbor20Fleet1

If you would like to join our Fleet One Facebook Page to receive our news, updates and photos, please click “Like” on the homepage. You will find the “Like” box next to the words “Harbor 20, Fleet 1, Newport Beach, CA” underneath the photo at the top of the Page. When you click on it, “Like” will change to “Liked” and that all you need do!

We have also created an email address that you can use to contact us. It is Harbor20Fleet1@hotmail.com

We hope to see you out on the . . . → Read More: Fleet 1 Facebook Page

Boat Handling & Sail Trim Seminar Coverage

Peter — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:45:40 +0000

We were very pleased to have Steve Barrett aka “Skipper Steve” of the Newport Beach Independent in attendence at the Boat Handling & Sail Trim seminar at BCYC on March 9. Following is a reprint of his “Under Sail” column in the March 15 hardcopy edition which was also posted on their website on March 17.

Newport Beach Independent online at newportbeachindy.com

Under Sail - Sailing Seminars

By Steve Barrett on March 17th, 2013

Last Saturday I spent the day at a sailing seminar at Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club with Peter Haynes as the instructor. The topics covered were sail theory, shape and trim, the basic aerodynamics, rig tuning, and using your telltales. Included were steering, crew position, tacking and gibing, and rounding the marks. Whewwww!

Peter and his helpful wife, Debbie, were the best of the best at explaining and teaching the most complex of facts necessary to win races, which then enable winning regattas. While this information is critical against the sailing pros Newport Harbor sailing has bred, most of these topics are also important for cruising and leisure sailing.

Learning these principles will allow the leisure sailor to arrive at Catalina hours sooner and The Cape days sooner. I recommend and encourage all local sailors to attend Peter’s “Harbor 20” organizations seminars. Besides the “Handling and Sail Trim” seminar, Peter also will provide a “Strategy and Tactics” seminar on June 2, and on September 8 he will cover “Understanding the Racing” rules of sailing. I look forward to attending both of these as I watched a very gifted instructor explain extremely complex facts in an understandable manner for even a slow learner like myself. I encourage novices and experts alike to attend, and assure everyone they will learn something–novices quite a bit more.

As far back as I can remember until I was about 12 years old, my Dad was a crewmember on an 18-foot Thistle and religiously raced every regatta locally and a few outside our area. His college friends who were captains of the three-man ocean racing deck-less sloops were mostly engineers like Peter Haynes. The theories and practices of winning sailing are mathematically similar in the thought process.

I started racing sailboats when I was eight years old and continued until high school. All noncalms in the sailing program at Newport Harbor Yacht Club arrived around 9:00 a.m. and finished washing down their boats before 5:00 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. During my era Dick Sweet supervised the races and our behavior, which also included lectures and chalk board instruction.

I learned an awful lot, but Peter’s information took my knowledge and experience two or three levels higher. Thank you Peter and see you June 2, if not sooner racing in the Harbor.

Included was a portion of a sailing film by Llowell North whom, along with our own local Bill Ficker, (winner of the America’s Cup), were winning Starboat regattas in the 50s and early 60s. Side note: Congratulations to our Newport Harbor Christmas Parade Chairman David Beek for winning the “Valvetect Marina of the Year” award at the International Marina and Boatyard Conference. Atta boy David! Seymor must be very proud.

Keep on sailing.

Sea Ya,

Skipper Steve

Steve Barrett has more than 50 years boating in Newport . . . → Read More: Boat Handling & Sail Trim Seminar Coverage

AYC Fleet 5 Frostbite awards

Nik Froehlich — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:43:54 +0000

Attached is an image of the Harbor 20 sailors who attended the AYC Fleet 5 Frostbite awards March 24, 2013. There were lots of winners and smiles while the club offered free drinks and a hot lunch in the Skipjack.

We all had an outstanding Fall/Winter racing series and now we can get ready for Wednesday night racing which starts April 24th. Please enter the 2013 WNR regatta online when you have time.

Peter Trogdon #311