January 31,
2001
Dear Lido
14 Class Association Member,
The 2001
sailing season is awakening in Southern California and the first few events are
important ones not to miss - the 2001 SCYA Mid Winter Regatta and W.D. Schock
Memorial Regatta. We encourage all Lido 14 sailors, far and wide, to
attend these events. Here are some essentials for those events plus a few
other news items.
SCYA
MID WINTER REGATTA
The SCYA
Mid Winter Regatta is on February 17 & 18. The Lido 14 venue is
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club (www.abyc.org).
Note that the Class Assn. will be holding its next board meeting at ABYC the
evening of the 17th. Also note that SCYA is hosting the Mid Winter dinner
at another yacht club and that ABYC will not be serving a dinner meal.
Accordingly, the Governing Board will arranging for its own dinner. We
are studying the possibility of extending this dinner to include all Lido 14
competitors. Stay tuned for further details.
W.D.
SCHOCK MEMORIAL REGATTA
The W.D.
Schock Memorial Regatta is March 2, 3 & 4 at Newport Harbor Yacht Club (www.nhyc.org). March 2 is not a racing day
- rather it is a day for clinics and practice. There will be a Lido 14
clinic (exact time TBD but probably 2:00 P.M.) held by John Papadopoulos.
The Saturday dinner is always excellent...probably the best social event of any
Lido 14 regatta - bar none. Don't miss it.
To get
complete Notice of Race and Entry Forms for these events, go to the master
calendar section of the Lido 14 Web page (www.lido14.org)
and click on the links for each of these regattas. Please note that W.D.
Schock Memorial Regatta NOR and Entry Form posted on www.nhyc.org are currently stored in Microsoft
Word format - you may experience some difficulty (depending on your software)
in accessing them. I have posted unauthorized copies of these
documents on the Lido 14 web page to circumvent this issue. Please click
on the W.D. Schock Memorial Regatta line in the master calendar to get to my
versions if you can't read the documents on the Newport Harbor YC web site.
HOUSING
Anyone
wishing a place to stay in Newport Beach during the W.D. Schock Memorial should
contact John Papadopoulos to hook you up with local Fleet 1 members with spare
accommodations.
FREE BOAT/TRAILER STORAGE
For anyone
traveling long distance that wishes to compete in both events, I am offering
free (guarded!) storage of Lido 14's at my home in Newport Beach. Space
is limited to about 12 boats. Contact John Papadopoulos at jakp@mindspring.com to reserve your
space.
CHARTER BOATS
Additionally,
I have two premium grade Lido 14's available for charter for these
events. All you need to do is bring yourself, your crew, and your
sails. Please contact me for details.
FREE AIR FARE!
Anyone
wanting free air fare...should catch a flock of swallows making their way
to the Mission in San Juan Capistrano.
HARRY
WOOD MEMORIAL REGATTA
The Harry
Wood Memorial Regatta is being held Sunday March 25th. The event is
sponsored by Balboa YC (www.balboayachtclub.com)
and will be sailed in the main turning basin of Newport Harbor. The Harry
Wood is notable for its support of our Grand Master skippers (over 50 years of
age) by having a separate division with its own perpetual trophy,
etc. Of course, there are standard A and B divisions too. The event
is run as a quick but intense regatta with a schedule of 5 races on one
afternoon so you can keep Saturday open for doing your lawn and laundry.
A tasty
buffet will be served at BYC prior to the awards giving. A further
announcement will be issued when the Notice of Race becomes available.
LIDO
14 WEB PAGE
The web
page is becoming the critical meeting point for members and information.
Recent editions include the 1999-2000 Bylaws (look under the
"The Association" sidebar). Of course, the web page contains
the master regatta schedule and results. If you can't find what you're
looking for, send me an email (jakp@mindspring.com)
and I'll make a serious effort to get it posted.
BOW
WAVE NEWSLETTER
In the fall
of 2000, the Governing Board met and, among other things, agreed upon areas to
focus its energies on for the coming year. One are was the quality and
content of our publications. Hopefully you've had a chance to read the
October 2000 and January 2001 editions of the Bow Wave. We think we did a
good job but we would like to hear from you too. Feel free to comment to
anyone on the board of directors, Sharon Young (our Executive Secretary), etc.
There will
be a concerted effort to publish information that has lasting value and a
slightly decreased effort to put regatta results in the newsletter.
Why? Because the newsletter only publishes 4 times a year, making many
regatta reports dated. More importantly, we can get very quick results
posted on the web page for all to view.
As was
discussed in my editorial in the past Bow Wave, we have a large contingent of
Lido 14 sailors that don't have access to the knowledge on how to rig and tune
a Lido 14 so that it performs at it's top level. Accordingly, we'll
continue to spend a large amount of space documenting the technical aspects of
the Lido 14 to help our newer members and to refresh the memories of those of
us that have not addressed these issues in a long time.
Of course,
we always enjoy well told stories (truthful or fictional!) about sailing Lido
14's. Pictures too. So with that in mind, the deadline for materials
the next issue of the Bow Wave is March 10th.
2000-2001
CLASS HANDBOOK & ROSTER
When I took
office in the Summer of 2000, I was almost immediately faced with the challenge
of finding a replacement for our Bow Wave and Roster/Handbook editor, who had
chosen to resign. I found an alternative strategy for editing and
publishing the Bow Wave that utilized an independent marketing/graphics
specialist however it became all too apparent that the job really called for
someone that understood the Lido 14, its members, etc. To make sure we
hit our Bow Wave publication deadlines, I assumed the task of editing the Bow
Wave. Certainly I continue to explore ways to redistribute this work but
until we find an alternative that works to everyone's satisfaction, I'll
continue with the task.
The
downside is that time I had budgeted for working on the Handbook & Roster
was eaten up, thus delaying it's publication. More importantly, it
was found that the Handbook contained numerous omissions and errors that I, in
good conscious, couldn't ignore. For example, there were over a dozen
errors or omissions in the winners of class perpetual trophies. I also
discovered that Approved Changes ratified by the Governing Board between 1995
and 1999 were never published in the handbook. Examples include the
approval to put the vang cleat on top of the centerboard trunk and the approval
to install a single block to make a multiple purchase downhaul. To be
fair to all, I have chosen to delay the publication of the Handbook until I can
be reasonably assured that it is correct.
In the mean
time, I'll be issuing a temporary roster (names, addresses, etc. only) to tide
everyone over. If you have specific comments, complaints, or suggestions
on this matter, please don't hesitate to pass them on up to me or the board.
A
CALL FOR CLASS PERPETUAL TROPHIES
Over the
years several of our Perpetual trophies (the ones for the Class Championships)
have wandered away. Just recently we recovered the Governing Board Trophy
(winner of the 3rd race in the Sr. Championships) and the Fleet 7 Trophy
(winner of the 4th Jr. Championship Race). We're rehabilitating those
trophies, bringing the plaques up to date, and polishing them up to a bristol
shine. I believe we are still missing the President's Trophy (Winner of
the 2nd Sr. Championship Regatta Race) and several of the Jr. Class
Championship trophies. If you have any idea where these are, we would
love to hear from you so we can search them out and get them back in service.
APPROVED
CHANGES
It is very
common to find Lido 14's on the race course that have undergone changes that
have NOT been approved by the Association and/or haven't
been measured and/or noted on the owner's Certificate of Measurement. I
would like to remind our long term members that compliance to the exact wording
of the Class Bylaws and Approved Changes is absolutely necessary in order to
keep the sport of racing Lido 14's fair and within the boundaries set by the
Association. You serve as role models for the rest of the class...if you
are making changes outside the Assn. procedures, others will follow your lead
without knowing the pitfalls.
If you are
new to the Assn. and are confused by the situation, you can depend upon our
more senior members to lend a helping hand and to teach the Lido 14
one-design ethic but be sure to personally verify the legality of the work done
to your boat. If you can't find a ruling in the Bylaws (see the
current edition on the web page as mentioned above) or the Approved Changes
section, you can't do it. It's that simple.
If you find
a ruling that seems to apply to your situation but you are not sure, ask your
measurer for an interpretation. Realize that there are two rules
(Approved Change #8 and Approved Change #58) that provide sufficient leeway for
you to find substitute parts to use however these rules are
very specific about not permitting any changes that decrease safety, increase
functionality, or increase speed of the boat.
6000
SERIES BOUYANCY
The
Association is increasingly concerned about personal modifications being
made to the 6000 Series Lido 14 that have the potential of voiding the buoyancy
of the boat. The 6000 Series is constructed so that virtually the entire
surface of the boat (inside and out) acts to form an airspace used to float the
boat when it is capsized. The good news is that it's easier to right a capsized
6000 because of the greatly increased buoyancy.
W.D. Schock
Corp. incorporated extra fiberglass and/or backing materials in critical load
bearing areas to reduce or eliminate the chances of opening up airways to the
interior of the boat. Mounting additional items (compasses, cleats,
whisker pole mounting clips, etc.) or moving factory items to new locations
without the advice of W.D. Schock Corp. or other experts not only puts you and
your crew at an increased risk but probably puts you and your boat in conflict
with the Assn. rules too.
If you
are contemplating modifications to a 6000 Series Lido 14 that even has the
slightest chance of opening up an airway to the sealed off portions of the
boat, the Association wants to discourage that modification. Safety
always comes first.
If you have
any technical questions about what is and isn't allowed by the Class Assn.
Bylaws, the Board is here to help you get a quick and accurate answer.
Please keep in touch so we can serve you better.
SUMMARY
Get
in your boat and go sailing. Travel to away events to see the world and
meet people. Know the rules, race hard, race fair, be honest to yourself,
take your penalties promptly, and have fun. It's a sport.
+John
Papadopoulos
President -
Lido 14 Class Assn.
(949) 863-1458
(home: 8:30 A.M. to 9:30 P.M)
(949)
466-0888 (cell phone: anytime)
P.S.
A copy of this bulletin is available on the Lido 14 web site.