Denver Sailing Association News
Heading home at Cherry Creek
Racing has started!
DSA is now in "full race" mode, with one series and a regatta completed.
- Thaw-out Series: Due to inclement weather, only two of
the four scheduled days of racing (April 5, 12, 19, and 26) could be held; open to DSA
members, dinghies & keelboats. Click here for the
Notice of Series (includes
all season series) and here for
the sailing instructions.
- Wednesday Night Keelboat Series: Begins May 7.
Click here for the
Notice of Series (includes
all season series) and here for
the sailing instructions.
- Thursday Night Dinghy Series: Begins May 8.
Click here for the
Notice of Series (includes
all season series) and here for
the sailing instructions.
- Shootout: May 3-4, for self-righting monohulls
is in the books. Clifford Begnaud's Ultimate 20, Underdog, won the Roger
Marshall Overall Trophy & the U-20 Fleet; Michael Dannecker's Entourage,
a J/24, won the PHRF
Fleet. Three races were held on Saturday in winds "gusting" to 8 knots; Sunday saw two
attempts at races, none completed due to light and variable conditions.
Results here.
Go here for the stories behind the
results.
- Hornblower: May 17-18; open to centerboard dinghies & multihulls. Click here for NOR. And here for the entry form in PDF.
Grill Nights
Thursday, May 8, starts DSA's after-racing grill nights on the main dock at cherry creek Marina. $2 gets you a burger or a brat with condiments and fixins. Sodas will (& adult refreshments may) also be available. Fleets rotate cooking duty and everyone has a good time.
Visitors' Day
On April 19, 2008 (April 26 is the back-up, Plan B date in case of bad
weather.) DSA and its Lightning Fleet will host a Visitors' Day for those who would like to experience
sailing. Sailing starts at 9, lunch at noon. Gather at the Marina on the west
side of Cherry Creek Reservoir. RSVP to Bob Stoller at 303-651-2039. For more information,
click here. (Note
phone number on flyer is corrected from prior version.)
April Newsletter
Click here
to view the Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file. Read about Mike Dannecker's
adventure in the South China Sea. For back issues, click
here.
Community Sailing Gala
Community Sailing of Colorado's annual Gala fund-raiser was a great success at Cableland, on Saturday, March 15, 2008
and raised $45,000 for teaching kids the beauty of sail. Dawn Riley was
the featured speaker; she's the 1999 Yachtswoman of the year and is well known
from her America's Cup & Whitbread campaigns.
DSA Winter Social Event
During the cold winter month's of no local sailing the great Social gatherings on the first Wednesday of each month from December to April gave us a chance to catch up with our sailing buddies. The Baker St. Pub and Grill located in the Northwest corner of Marina Landing Shopping Center (at Belleview and Ulster in the Denver Tech Center), with its good food. well-priced drinks and old English Pub decor promises a great setting for "apres sail". Just look around to find where we are sitting (there are two bars). Click here for more.
Race Committee Seminar
Tom Downing's seminar was cancelled due to lack of sign-ups. (Faculty would
have out-numbered students.) You'll have to wait until next Spring. See the
newsletter for more details.
2008 Denver Boat Show
DSA was again at the Denver Boat Show at the Colorado Convention Center from Thursday, Jan 17th through Sunday Jan 20th. Steve Davis loaned his Lightning and its towering sail brought many visitors to the booth. Bob Stoller arranged help in setting up and for staffing. Click here for more information.
DSA, 2007 Awards Banquet
DSA members & guests gathered on Saturday, November 10th to celebrate the past season and enjoy a fine meal in an evening of camaraderie. The Denver Athletic Club provided the proper sporting environment.
Trophies for the racing series and for accomplishments both praiseworthy and humorous were awarded. For detail on the trophies, click here. The messages from the series winners were consistent:
- "Pay your dues,
- Show up, and
- Get good crew."
Officers for 2008 were elected by acclamation. Mike Danneker steps up to Commodore, while outgoing Commodore Mike Ledger steps back to Rear Commodore. Fred Wolf is reincarnated as Vice Commodore. Doug Swenson remains as Treasurer. The Nominating Committee was still looking for a Secretary (See below). Jim Ulatowski stays on as Social chair and adds Membership to his duties. Race Chair will be shared between Bob Stoller & Kyle Cascioli. Port Captain will be Tom Sweeney. Mary Ann Byrne will continue to edit the Newsletter & Karen Swenson will help.
Helene Arendt was elected Secretary at the General Membership Meeting on November 27, 2007. Helene was one of three who volunteered and we thank them all for their willingness to help. Kyle Cascioli will chair the race committee and Bob Stoller will be in charge of scoring. Additional committee chairs will be announced later. See the Contacts page for more.
Ledger passes the Commodore's Clock
to Dannecker
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Upcoming Events
Thawout Series starts Saturday, April 12. It was to begin on April 5, but repaving the boat storage parking lot wasn't completed. This kept -- most importantly -- the committee boat from being launched. {Racing was cancelled due to inaccessibility of launching facilities, but is a GO for April 12. If the committee boat can't be launched, the Marina has promised a replacement.}
Photos Wanted!
We'd like more pictures to show what DSA is about and to liven up the site. We especially need:
- Action!
- People!
Lasers in Summer by Audrey Dunton
Photo Protocol:
- E-mail digital photos to webtender at denversailing.org.
- To avoid getting sued for copyright infringement, we need the photo to be
sent by the photographer or with his/her permission. This will imply DSA is
given a "right to use".
- DSA retains only the right to use submitted photos on its website and
publications; the photographer retains
the copyrights.
(We won't permit commercial use without the photographer's consent.)
- If desired, the photographer will be credited. Tell us.
- Don't bother reducing the image to what you think we need; we'll do it. Multiple reductions
reduce image quality.
- Each photo should have a unique title and be accompanied by descriptive text.
Names, dates & places are really useful.
- Juniors' last names will not be published, only their first names or
nicknames.
- Photos posted on the website will typically be reduced in image size and
resolution to enhance web response. They may also be cropped and manipulated as
to brightness & contrast.
- People who want the full size version of photo files should contact the photographer directly.
News from Other Climes
The strange story of the Patanela: A 19-meter (almost 58-foot) steel-hulled sailboat, described as "virtually unsinkable", disappeared without a trace on a calm Australian summer night in 1988 just off Botany Bay. Twenty years later, a message in a bottle from one of the crew is found. Read more here.