oh Yfasthead = Vol. 3 SEPTEMBER ~ Long Distance Day Race. 15 1 Executive Board Meeting, 8PM at Van Ghent's hone. 26 - Winkle Cup Race. 27 = Katrina Cup Race. OCTOBER 3 = MCYC/LHYC Fall Series, Race #1 fee ° "” Race #2 tee : "Race #3 23-0 fe "Race #4 31-00" . "Make-up. THE QUARTER DECK The Ladies Day Races of the 1981 season were @ great success. 16 boats participated, which is three times the previous number. It is won- derful to see more of our lovely ladies out on the ‘quarterdeck'. To those captains whose mates have not yet taken command, T have some suggestions which Tina and I have found create confidence at the helm. At every opportunity when doing any unusual manoeuvre, such as picking up a mooring under sail, coming up to a raft, sailing out an an- chor or laying a difficult mark, Tina will rake the helm, especially if I already have “perience doing the job. This practice gives sth of us confidence in each other, which is the key to sharing command, No.7 A Publication of The Masthead Cove Yacht Club THE DECK LOG” September 1980 It is also important to avoid "testing" your mate. No one who is learning to do something as complex as sailing can do so in an emergen- ey or under the stress of "proving" oneself. The sea provides more than enough tests, Why should we add to them? I have noticed that skippers swear more and yell more loudly in inverse ratio to their confidence and knowledge. The next time you see a captain yelling at his or her crew, you can be sure that the fault is the captain's. There is no excuse on a boat for the skip- per to get excited. We have for a number of years sailed in two hour watches, one of us relaxing or navigat- ing while the other steers The last suggestion I have is: prepare your boat and crew. Tacking, gybing, anchoring, rafting, docking all require preparation. Firet, review the procedure and signals, step by etep. Then review the boat: are sheets ready to run?...bumpers set at the right height?...ete. Then, ask..."Are you ready?". Finally...do not proceed if anyone is not ready. There is alvays time to review. There is never time to correct a problem once the boat is committed. I hope we see more and more participation in our marvelous sport by mates and children. Be- Lieve me, the satisfaction of sailing well is more that doubled when you sail with confi- dence in your mate. Roger Van Ghent Note: due to unavailability of moorings} and slips in Stratford and good seats for the Shakespeare theatre, the Club sponsored cruise has been cancelled over Labor Day weekend.1981. All rights reserved. Published monthly by Masthead Cove Yacht Club, Inc., a not-for-profit organization. Deadline for all material is the 20th of the month. Address: J Howard, 119 LaRue Drive, Hun- Yington, NY 11743. Editor... «Morton J. Howard Staff... :Matt & Ann Berger, Craig Kavafes, Irv Wolf, Ed Ja-Kob, THE STARTING LINE by June Kendrick Congratulations to Dave Fecteau of EMERALD STAR for second place in the Around Long Island Regatta! Results of the MCYC Overnight Race of August 8th are: SPINNAKER DIVISION ~ RICHARD CURRY 645 New York Ave. SHORE SAILS I JAMES E. MEEHAN Yacht charter Morgan Out Island 41 Boat owner corr, Time ae FURLING JIB - KETCH RIG PAPER SAILS Obletz 9,295 (CENTER COCKPIT - WALK-THRU TO AFT CABIN LARINA IL Brancaccio 11,269 SLEEPS 6 IN 3 SEPARATE AREAS DUTCH TREAT Ja—Kob 14,103 2 HEADS EACH WITH SHOWER TAURUS Wiley iD HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER LORAN C - VHF - 55HP DIESEL - DINGHY NON-SPINNAKER DIVISION eT AVAILABLE TO CHARTER oat ey Corr. Time WEEKENDS, WEEKLY OR LONGER cee ‘ NORTHPORT, NY ] MS, ALLISON Adams 8,746 | SEAWIND Cassa 93494 CALL BOB SHULMAN LOKI Correll 93513 SECOND WIND Shulaan 10,837 (516) 499-8013 OR 842-8383 ENCORE Lesser 115179 NIKE Tetrault 14) 069 Ketch Rig Morgan 41 O! LYDIA Baris wo sa CHEERS Lipman wD a FEA on Boe) mrarmen CEA The results are published here with (EY a = Ue > apologies for not having mailed thea | a 2 as your Racing Fleet Captain has been [S a Involved with the rigging and racing | 223 = a. of her own (new) boat. Siok, _|SCUTTLEBUT Annie Berger Congratulations must be extended to the Ja-Kobs and the Giannonis on the birth of their grandchildren, The Giannonis have a grandson named Adam and the Ja-Kobs a granddaughter called Alexa who began her sailing career at 8 days of age, The Howard's, who children reside in Colorado and the State of Washing- ton and New York, had a family re- union in Huntington this summer, Their son and daughter-in-law fell in love with Matey and took her back to Seattle so that their great dane, Dagmar, would have a playmate, The E1lin's are planning to move to Rochester, NY, It seems that Leon received an offer he couldn't refuse, The family {s now waiting to sell their home so that the move can be finalized, sally and Wally Storch have a new address: they live a couple of hun- fared yards off the dock at the duntington YC, Please call us - it is difficult to call you. The C&C40 is for sale, Bruce Baylis is hinting that he might take a sabbatical from sailing, Mike Marco celebrated his 40th birth- day: he is selling his boat and Ibis home, His actions seem to indi- cate that when one reaches middle lage, it's time to start anew, the buchner's changed their living~ jroom. They moved from one side of |rrose of you who thought you saw a deposit on another Soveral 30, only this one has a fractional rig. liuntington Harbor to the opposite side Mike Friedman did it again, He has a SPECIALIZING IN OVER 1000 DIFFERENT BRANDS OF AND OTHER EXOTIC IMPORTED SPIRITS’ g@ustom SAILMAKERS __| INGRATULATIONS TO MCYC CHAMPIONS! 4 FIRECRACKER MCYC Performance Champ 1st MCYC Spring Series lst MCYC Fall Series 1st Lloyd Trophy lst Katrina Cup st Distance Trophy st MCYC’ Fall series Ast Fall Series Div. VI Ist Commodore Cup NYC lst MCYC Spring Series MCYC Performance Champ MECHANIC GOODWINDS | JUSTICE RAG DOLL IT TAKES A SPENCER SAIL TO BEAT A SPENCER SAIL!! 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