Notes to Wonderful Self by Randy Eakin

Fall Quarter

  Novice Dinghy Class

Preparation:
- Were clean underwear                                      - Move up weekly shower and use the good soap
- Check fly before approach WAC                      - Send girdle to tailor Get bigger girdle
- Find leaflet on politically correct speech, chics skirts dig it

Sum Class Subgekts:

ü      don’t drag Lasers by painter (eye), use bow ‘lip’ (eye-straps not meant for it)

ü      push/pull Lasers flat across docks, then float transom the rest of the way (the dock bends spines, breaks gudgeons & hull-plugs and scrapes gel-coat off badly)

ü      don’t lift Lasers up above waste while transom on dock (damages gudgeons)

ü      don’t raise DH main above first spreaders while off water (wind or no wind… bad habit – bad example…if wind catches it someone/thing gets broken…expensive)

ü      [tell joke to win them over - give ‘special look’ to the hotties]

ü      drain, prop up and leave all plugs unplugged (dollied dinghies fall backward when water-logged- easy two do and they’d like to receive them that way, too) [ß I’m such a poet! !]

ü      don’t fold/drag sails on pavement (unnecessary where)

ü      [tell joke to win the little shits over]

ü      if you can’t fix it, report the breakage, we’re where and tare (others will just break it further- it won’t get noticed - helps speed maintenance up)

ü      make sure they understand importance of check-out form (so we know wear they are - how many, in what - what hull color and/or what sail number (recognition from a distance)- and whose dental records to request)

ü      learn to use the hiking stick correctly so the rubber universal joint doesn’t break as often (the hiking stick isn’t supposed to bend/break…especially the metal ones)

ü      don’t cannibalize, but repair or replace…at least return the things after sail (tour shop)

ü      if changed rigging, return it as was before leaving it…or ask Fleet Captain.

Þ          With 300 to 400 members, more than half of them Novice sailors, it’s not possible to keep each boat always ready to sail or to monitor what you’re doing.  It’s part of sailing and only takes a couple of minutes more to rig them or put them away correctly, something we’re sure you’d do if it were your own boat.  Making respectful sailing habits early will prevent most damage.  Prompt and accurate damage reporting, allows quicker fixes of the rest.
    Please, give the club a break, don’t rush to break something.  If you aren’t sure…ask.

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