Manhasset Bay Yacht Club

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Sailing at MBYC

The Ideal 18 Committee has put together this booklet so that we can answer your questions about Ideal 18 sailing and help you SAILMBYC so you can join in the fun. The Ideal 18 is a fantastic day sailor that is stable and not intimidating for the beginner yet it can still provide a stimulating sail for a one design racer. The boats can comfortably seat four. They are usually raced with two people. Our goal is to tailor the Ideal 18 program to your needs so we don’t want you to be shy about communicating with the Ideal 18 Committee or our Program Director. We have scheduled a variety of different activities at different days and times so that we can accommodate your schedules. Parents are always welcome to sail with their children. Arrangements can also be made for child care so that it is easier for those of you with young children to participate. (Please call the Front Desk in advance.) The Ideal 18 Committee will keep you updated about the program and our weekly activities for members and their families. So watch for details by email (make sure that the Club and the Ideal 18 committee have the correct email addresses for members and spouses), snail mail, and postings on club bulletin boards and the club web page under “Sailing and Racing” (after you login, click on “Sailing and Racing” and then on “Ideal 18”). We will also try to communicate with you the old fashioned way, by word of mouth, so you can expect telephone calls from committee members and the Program Director. Further information about Ideal 18 class rules is available on the web at http://www.shumwaymarine.com/ideal18/idealrules.shtml

The program includes a family friendly program which is designed to help you build your confidence, competence and skills for beginners and intermediate sailors and provide opportunities for experienced sailors to enjoy the full range of sailing experiences. Most of all, we don’t want to forget that we are all here to have fun and recreation. We follow the KISS (“Keep It Simple Sailor”) approach to sailing so there is no reason for you to stay at home or sit on the dock. 2

Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or an advanced sailor, Manhasset Bay Yacht Club’s Ideal 18 program has something for you. It’s an easy and inexpensive way to get you and your family on the water. Members of the program are entitled to unlimited use of the boats from Commissioning to Decommissioning. There is no distinction between family and single memberships so once a MBYC member joins the program, the member’s spouse and children under 21 become program members and can skipper an Ideal 18 for no additional charge. The Ideal 18 Program fee is set by the Board of Trustees each year. Non Program members may skipper an Ideal 18 three times by paying a single use fee (they must sign a chit when they sign out a boat) and then will be automatically enrolled in the Ideal 18 program the fourth time they skipper. Program members have priority on the use of boats. Joining the Ideal 18 program is as simple as signing one of the enrollment forms that are available at the front desk or, if you prefer, calling the front desk at 516 767 2150 and saying “I want to join the Ideal 18 program.” Participation in the Ideal 18 program is an easy way for new members to learn to sail or polish their skills so they can experience the fun of sailing on Manhasset Bay. But the best kept secret at MBYC is that most people who join the Ideal 18 program have been members of our club for several years, several even own other boats, and many program members are some of the best sailors in the club. They join the program because they have fun sailing, mentoring, cruising on Manhasset Bay, and fleet and team racing. As an added benefit, the boats are quick and easy to rig and are maintained by the club. From Commissioning to Decommissioning, 171 Little Dipper, 172 Lure, 173 Black Jack, 174 Mutiny, 175 Noni, 176 Sagola, 177 Hawk and 44 Infinity, our eight Ideal 18s, which are all named after famous MBYC racing boats, are waiting for you. Each member of the Ideal 18 program has unlimited use of MBYC’s Ideal 18s, subject to boat availability, weather conditions and safety issues. Members must follow our reservation and sign-in/sign-out procedures. The Program Director and members of the Ideal Committee can assist members sailing an Ideal 18 for the first time. There is something here for everyone! The season runs from commissioning in May to decommissioning in October. Even if you plan to 3

go away for part of the summer there will be plenty of time to participate in the program. The fleet is available to sign out in two hour time slots seven days a week during daylight from 8 a.m. until sunset After decommissioning, the boats are available to active, intermediate, winter, flag and courtesy members for Sunday afternoon frostbiting at an additional fee.

Program Director Our Ideal 18 Program is available for lessons or any other help that you may need to get the most out of Ideal 18 sailing. Members can contact the Program Director by leaving a message at the front desk (516 767 2150).

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Reservation and Sign-in/Sign-out Procedure

MBYC’s Eight Ideal 18s are available seven days a week In two hour time slots from 8:00 am to Sunset

Please reserve your boat at the front desk in person or by telephone at (516) 767-2150. We ask you to try to arrive at the Front Desk a few minutes before your time slot so that you have time to sign out your boat. Please call to cancel your reservation if for some reason you are unable to sail. You will lose your reservation if you arrive more than 15 minutes after your scheduled time. Program members may sign up for two consecutive time slots for Saturday and Sunday afternoon bay racing. Those participating in Manhasset Bay Race Week can reserve boats all day for each day of Race Week. At other times, Program members are allowed to use a boat past their allotted two hour time slot only if it is not reserved for the next time slot and there is no waiting list. It is the responsibility of the member who signed out the boat to make sure that his or her name is signed in the Ideal 18 log book so that the Program Director knows who is on the water at all times. Before going out for a sail, every Ideal 18 skipper must stop by the front desk and sign-out his or her boat in the Ideal 18 log book. You will not be permitted to take out a boat unless you first sign out the boat in the Ideal 18 log book. Please identify the number of the boat you are taking, clearly write your name and audit number, and make a note of the time. Skippers using spinnakers should indicate that they are doing so in the remarks section of the log book. After your sail, we ask that you sign the boat back in when you return from your sail. You should log the time of your return in the log book and note any problems that you may have encountered. UHOH!! Things break and accidents happen so skippers should fill out an Incident Report (in the Log Book) to report accidents, damage, missing parts, and all repair or equipment issues. 5

MBYC requires that all Ideal 18 skippers use a MBYC owned hand held VHF Radio as part of their standard equipment whenever they skipper an Ideal 18. A radio is an important safety device that will allow you hear weather reports and keep in contact with the dock and other boats. Cell phones are not an acceptable alternative. When you sign out a boat you will be required to sign out an MBYC owned radio which will be your "ticket" for the launch that will take you out to your boat. The launch drivers have been directed to deny boarding privileges to any skipper without a MBYC radio, or because of weather conditions, wind speed or bad sailing conditions. For the convenience of everyone, please make sure that the boat you take is the boat that you have signed out. Check the radio before you leave the front desk so you can make sure that the radio is adequately charged and in working order before you leave the front desk. The radio should be tuned to Chanel 73, which is the frequency monitored by MBYC, and should be kept on at all times during your sail.

Qualification Checkout The Ideal 18 Program Director and members of the Ideal 18 Committee are available to give those sailors who are unfamiliar with the Ideal 18 a personal briefing. All MBYC members, spouses and children under 21 wishing to skipper an Ideal 18 must first contact the Program Director who will determine the member’s proficiency and level of qualification. The Program Director has the final say as to whether someone is qualified to go out on the water. He will make an assessment of sailing skills and will determine whether or not someone is qualified to skipper. Skippers are not permitted to use spinnakers without the prior permission of the Program Director.

Out of Bounds Ideal 18 skippers and crew are not permitted to sail outside Manhasset Bay without the prior permission of the Program Director. Beginners are not permitted to sail beyond Plum Point. 6

A Word about PFDs Each boat comes equipped with four adult life jackets but we strongly recommend that you purchase your own for better fit and comfort. It’s also a skipper’s responsibility to make sure that children wear a properly fitting PFD as soon as they enter the dock area and at all times while on the water.

What do I Need to Bring with Me? In addition to your own PFD, depending on weather conditions, we suggest that skippers and crew dress in layers (short or long sleeve shirt, sweatshirt, windbreaker, shorts or long pants). You should also bring the following:  Boat shoes or sneakers with white soles (black soles mark up the boat.)  A hat to shade you from the sun.  Sun glasses (polarized are best)  Sunblock (SPF 15 or better)  Sailing gloves  Water  Finally, weather conditions often make it advisable to bring a rain jacket or rain pants.

Sailing Education and Sailing Instruction Program members are always free to sign out a boat and sail on their own. They can also participate in a variety of social events and sailing activities that are sponsored by the Ideal 18 Committee including:    

guest speakers chalk talks on-the-water clinics cross-sound cruises to other clubs 7

 sunset sails  bbqs and social events  match, team and fleet racing events Our instructional activities are designed to help members and their families learn to sail, enhance their skills and become independent sailors so that they can enjoy a full range of sailing activities, including day sailing, and, if they wish, competitive racing as skipper or crew. The objective here is KISS so we can make it easy for Ideal 18 sailors learn what they need know about handling a sailboat and then continue develop as sailors. These are a just a few examples of the subjects that will be covered:                     

Sailing vocabulary and boat parts Getting a boat ready to sail Wind awareness, direction, No Go Zone, Luffing, In-irons Points of Sail Boat Control, steering, helm vs. crew, working the controls (trimming/easing) Getting off a mooring Stopping/starting Getting out of Irons Tacking and Gybing Upwind and Downwind sailing Beam reaching Windward/leeward sailing Reefing the main Man overboard drills The rules of the road Mooring approaches How to put away a boat Radio use 1.1 What to know about weather Chart reading Knot tying

Most of all, we try to promote camaraderie with other members and our sailing activities are often followed by adult refreshment and sunset dinners. Ideal 18 sailing offers a great opportunity for you to get out of the house and have some “R and R” with other MBYC members at our beautiful 8

home on the bay. Clinics and chalk talks are “rain or shine” and will be moved indoors if required by weather conditions but remember that this is a water sport so sometimes we will sail in the rain. Watch for details during the season. Personalized Instruction Whether you are a beginner or advanced sailor, the Program Director can set up a lesson program specifically tailored to your sailing skills and help you get the most out of your MBYC membership. The Program Director is available for private lessons (1 person) for $65 per hour and semi-private lessons (2 persons) for $40 per hour per person. Please set up your lessons by making a reservation for a lesson AND a boat at the front desk. If you have to cancel, call the Front Desk at least 24 hours before your lesson. Chalk Talks and On the Water Clinics The Program Director will organize chalk talks and sailing clinics to help you polish your sailing skills Weekend Bay Racing on Saturdays and Sundays The first start is at two every Saturday and Sunday afternoon. All you have to do is reserve a boat and sail out to Worry Wart by 2 pm. Please contact the Program Director for more information. Women’s Sailing Women’s Sailing addresses the needs of beginning, intermediate, and advanced sailors. It runs on- the -water clinics and sessions covering starts, upwind and downwind sailing, and The Racing Rules of Sailing. Clinics and racing continue through the summer on Wednesday evenings. Skippers must be MBYC members. Mentoring The Ideal 18 Committee tries to team beginner and intermediate sailors with more experienced MBYC sailors so that program members have a chance to familiarize themselves with sailing the Ideal 18 in a relaxed 9

atmosphere. You go out with an experienced club member, who will “show you the ropes” and where to go and not to go in the Manhasset Bay area. The program is designed to make you feel more comfortable with sailing in our bay and help members develop the skills necessary to skipper and crew.

Skipper Responsibility and Guests Ideal 18 Skippers must be active, intermediate, courtesy or flag members of MBYC. Skippers assume all risks associated with sailing. Skippers are asked not to sail in conditions beyond their skill level. Default responsibly for a boat is on the MBYC member who signs out a boat. Skippers are responsible at all times for the boat, its equipment and crew, including a $250 insurance deductible for the boat, and all damages done by either skipper or crew. Ideal 18 Skippers are asked to leave boats in clean and fully workable condition after each sail and must comply with all rules issued by the Ideal 18 Committee and MBYC’s Board of Trustees. The MBYC member who signs out a boat as a skipper must be on the boat with anyone they may invite as a guest. MBYC members who are not members of the Ideal 18 program may skipper but are subject to the single use fee and will be enrolled in the program the fourth time they skipper. The crew is on the boat at the skipper’s invitation. The crew need not be a participant or a member of the Club. Ideal 18 program members have priority for special events such as Manhasset Bay Race Week and the New Year’s Regatta but MBYC members who are not members of the program may reserve and skipper an Ideal 18 if boats remain available forty-eight hours before the scheduled start of the special event. MBYC members who are not members of the Ideal 18 Program competing in Race Week will be charged for only one single use fee in addition to the Race Week entry fee.

Equipment List Before going out, it is each skipper’s responsibility to check out the boat and equipment to see if anything is missing or damaged. If possible, notify the Program Director or Dock Master before sailing, or note the problem in the Ideal 18 log at the Front Desk. The following equipment should be on each Ideal 18: 10

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Paddle * Sponge First Aid Kit * Anchor and anchor line Dock lines * Sail ties and tiller tie down A throwable PFD * Bucket and Pump Whistle * Four Adult Life Jackets For Qualified Skippers Only: Spinnaker poles, Spinnakers and Spinnaker Sheets. Skippers are responsible for drying Spinnakers and sheets, repacking in the turtle and returning Spinnakers, sheets and poles to sail locker after each sail.

Sailing Tips Moorings Each of our Ideal 18s has its own numbered mooring (1 to 7 for sail numbers 171 to 177 and 8 for sail number 44). It’s a skipper’s responsibility to return a boat to its proper mooring and properly secure it so that it is ready for the next skipper. Our system to tie up the boat at the mooring does not depend on the use of knots. Two lines will be connected to the mooring. The first will be short with a large hook at the end that will be clipped to the ring on the bow of the boat. The second line will be longer with a smaller hook at the end of it. It is to be placed around the mast once with the hook clipped to the mooring line itself. This line is not meant to be load bearing unless the primary line fails. In the interest of safety, the reefing line is in the main. Please do not remove the reefing line under any circumstances. Getting Under Way The Ideal 18 sailboat has been designed to allow you to leave the mooring within a few minutes of setting foot on the boat. The main sail and the jib will always be rigged on the boat. Once on the boat follow the steps below to safely leave the mooring: 1) Remove both sail covers and stow under cuddy 2) Check and pump out bilge (if necessary) 3) Release tiller and close bailers 11

4) Uncoil all lines, release mainsheet and boom vang 5) Connect Main Halyard to Mainsail head 6) Hoist main, cleat and coil halyard 7) Cast off mooring, clipping both hooks to tall buoy on the mooring line 8) When clear of mooring rig, trim jib sheet (after releasing line to self-furler) to unfurl jib 9) Trim main Returning Home Once you return to the mooring, note these steps before you leave the boat: 1) Secure the mooring (the large clip goes on the eye ring on the bow and line with the small clip is wrapped once around the mast with the hook clipped back on to itself) 2) Secure tall buoy on port side 3) Disconnect Main halyard from head and connect to hook on mast. 4) Center and secure boom parallel to deck and then flake mainsail, tie sails and put on cover 5) Roll up jib and zip cover on (use spinnaker halyard to hoist jib cover) and Coil lines neatly 6) Stow all equipment under the front deck 7) Put the tiller cover on the tiller, tie up the tiller and open bailers 8) Radio the MBYC launch for a pick up (“Manhasset Bay dock this is Ideal ___, ready for a pickup.”) 9) Remove all garbage 10) Spinnakers, Spinnaker pole and sheets should be removed and checked back in. If the Spinnaker has become wet it needs to be rinsed with fresh water and dried out, repacked in the turtle and returned to the sail locker. 11) Return to Front Desk to sign boat back in and return radio

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Data

The Ideal 18 keelboat was designed by Bruce Kirby as a strict one-design, accessible to sailors of all ages, weights, skill levels, and competitive backgrounds. The emphasis is on strategy, tactical skills, and boat handling, rather than tuning or special rigging. The Boat

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The 3/4 fractional sloop rig has no permanent or running backstays; instead, rig stability is generated by 15 degree swept spreaders and a large cross-section mast. Most sailors prefer to keep the upper and lower shrouds fairly loose up to 15 knots. Upper tension ranges from about 180 lbs. up to 300 lbs.; lowers are one or two turns above hand-tight until 12 knots; thereafter, usually about 75% of upper tension. The jib is self-tacking and roller-furling. When sailing to windward, the jib has a sheeting angle of about eight degrees. The spinnaker is small for an 18 foot boat, and easily handled by any size forward crewmember; with standard twings, topping lift, foreguy, and Spectra sheet/guy. The spinnaker is stored in a mesh bag on the port side of the cockpit. No hiking straps are provided or allowed; in fact, sailors are required to keep their legs inside the boat. Because of the no-hiking rule and the heavy keel, a larger range of weights is competitive than in most one-designs. In 5-15 knots, any weight is competitive. Keels and rudders are identical with no fairing allowed, the mast steps and partners locations are fixed, and headstay lengths are the same.

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Upwind Sailing In light winds, 5-7 degrees of heel is best, and as flat as possible above eight knots. The two bodies should be close together upwind, weight centered six or eight inches in front of the barney post. When the breeze builds, sit back a foot or so. Although the boat can have an 80 degree tacking angle, it is usually better to foot some and let the boat run. This is especially true when the waves build up. Main trim is more important than jib trim in all conditions. Keep the vang loose in light air. When both crew are sitting on the deck, the vang may be pulled harder to bend the mast and open the narrow slot. Above 15 knots, pull the vang as hard as possible and be prepared to use the sheet aggressively. The main likes a tight outhaul. The cunningham is a floating tack. Trim it such that no hardlines radiate from the forward end of the bolt rope in the boom slot. There is no main traveler; a fixed, non-adjustable bridle is placed above the tiller. The jib is tall and narrow. Typical jib trim is one-half inch to three inches from the clewboard to the traveler block. The clewboard adjusts the lead angle; top hole for 0-3 knots, second hole from 4-8, middle hole for 8-18, fourth hole for 18+. Jib halyard tension and length are non-adjustable. Because the main is large, bearing off requires mainsheet ease above 12 knots. Agressive ease and trim is fast in puffy conditions. In puffy conditions above 15, it is faster to luff the main and keep the boat driving than it is to feather up; partly because the boat sails at high tacking angles in the first place, and partly because this will keep the boat flatter.

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Downwind Sailing Downwind sailing is very much like in other dinghies. The pole should be square to the apparent wind; in moderate wind and flat seas, Ideal 18's may be sailed almost dead downwind with the pole "oversquared." Sailing higher downwind angles is usually only effective in light air. On hoists, the crew moves the pole from the boom to the mast, raises the topping lift, and raises the halyard while the skipper trims the guy back. Dousing is essentially the opposite of hoisting. Take care to make sure that the halyard will run free when uncleated. During gybes, the crew stays in the cockpit. Most prefer to gybe the main first, then the pole. The skipper trims both the sheet and guy during the gybes, and pulls the guy back on the hoist. Keep the spinnaker in front of the boat and out from behind the main. If the sail repeatedly collapses despite good wind, trying squaring the pole more and easing the sheet. Ideal 18's surf well, but only plane in more than 15 knots of wind. In heavy breeze if the boat is rolling too much, ease the pole forward and trim the leeward twing to gain more control. Also move aft. Ideal 18 Trim Chart Sail Control/Technique

0-4 knots

5-10 knots

11-15 knots

18+ knots

Mainsheet Tension (boom to bridle) - Flat Water

8-12"

6-8"

6"

6-10"

- Choppy

8-12"

8-10"

8"

8-10"

- Flat Water

1" eased

tight

tight

tight

- Choppy

1 ½" eased

1/2" eased

tight

tight

soft

soft

Small wrinkles

flat (no wrinkles)

Outhaul

Cunningham (cloth tension at slugs)

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Vang

5-10 degree 5 degree twist twist

tight

Jibsheet (clew shackle to turning block)

1 ½ – 3"

3/4 - 1 1/2" ½ - 1"

Upper Shroud Tension

150-180 lbs. 180-220 lbs.

3/4 - 1 1/2"

Lower Shroud Tension

Hand tight

Hand tight+1/2 turn

Heel Angle

5-7 degrees

5 degrees

very tight

220-280 lbs.

300 lbs.

165-250 lbs.

225-250 lbs.

flat as possible

flat as possible

Skipper Position (relative to barney post) - Upwind

1' in front

athwartship athwartship 1' aft

- Downwind

Athwartship athwartship 1' aft

2' aft

Crew Position (relative to shrouds) - Upwind

just aft

3" aft

6" aft

1' aft

- Downwind

3" aft

6" aft

1' aft

3' aft

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