Hunterdon Sailing Club

Sunfish Sailors: looking for a great way to get out and catch up with old friends and meet some new ones?

The Sailing Association of the North Jersey Lakes (SANJL) holds a series of four regattas each year in the Sunfish. These are held at different lakes in the North Jersey area. This year the first regatta will be at HSC on May 11th

The Skipper’s Meeting will be at 10:00 with a 10:30 start expected. Four races will be targeted for the day.

Continental breakfast will be available, Please bring your own lunch.

The entry fee is $15 for the day, $40 for the series

The fleet ranges from beginners to very experienced sailors with newer skippers in the Challenger fleet and the more experienced skippers in the Championship fleet. Prizes will be awarded in both the Challenger and Championship Fleets.

If you are interested in doing race committee for this regatta, please contact Susan Mallows at sundaysunfishfc@sailhsc.org

The Hunterdon Sailing Club 2013 season starts this Sunday. The Flying Scot Fleet will also host sailors from Lake Nockamixon in PA in the annual Challenge of the Lakes. Weatherunderground is calling for clear to mostly cloudy, a high of 66F and winds from the SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Can’t ask for better than that in April.

We have wind, we have water, we’re ready to go! See you all there.

Chet Ensign
HSC Vice Commodore

We had a GREAT turnout for Saturday’s Spring Work Day, with dozens of new and old members turning out to make sure HSC is ready for the 2013 season! (Photos on the HSC Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SailHSC )

Here are just a few of the highlights:

· Our beloved See Which One is fully restored after Hurricane Sandy. Gordon and Angelo led a team to finalize the hardware, while Bill S. and Ted had an excellent adventure figuring out how to assemble the new roof! Sunday Race Committees will now enjoy new railings and a brand new bimini top – all in HSC Green & White, of course!

· Doug & Susan led a complete assembly line of Sunfish-sail-installers, providing our HSC Club Sunfish with brand new sails for the 2013 season!
· Rich guided new members through the bubble-filled process of leak-testing our Sunfish hulls.

· Charlie, Noreen, and the entire Kiernan family readied our safety boats for the season – I am not sure if they have ever been so clean, great work!!

· Hats off to Mike W., who built and installed a new and improved rack system for all of the Sunfish rudders and centerboards.

· And lastly, EVERYONE picked-up See Which One and carried her to the water – thankfully the water was a lot closer than at the end of 2012!

And those are just the big projects – EVERYONE that came out on Saturday was eager to help and found a way to pitch in: rigging, sweeping, cleaning, painting, installing motors, caulking boats, carrying boats, organizing, filling tires, counting flags, etc.! Your enthusiasm was greatly appreciated!

Based on Saturday’s performance, it is going to be a great season — see you on Sunday for Opening Day!

HSC Rear Commodore

The 2013 Sailing Season is here! Join us THIS SATURDAY, April 20th, for the HSC Spring Work Day. Please meet by the HSC Shed at Spruce Run at 10AM! You don’t need sailing experience – everyone can help.

Our Race Committee boat, See Which Won, sustained wind damage during Hurricane Sandy, and she received brand new railings last weekend! On Saturday, we will be adding a cover and deck boxes before launching her for the season. All of the Club’s Sunfish will also be receiving brand new sails!!! And of course we will be taking care of the usual cleaning/organization of the safety boats and shed, making sure the HSC equipment is ready to go for Opening Day!

Anyone who can attend should feel free to bring: work gloves; saw horses for working on boats; any cordless power tools; hand tools, gardening tools, cleaning supplies, and large containers of clean tap water.

Thank you in advance for making the time to participate in this important event. The more people who can attend, the faster we can get everything done!

See you at the lake!

Click on the 2013 Events link above to see everything scheduled for the season.