Text Box: It is amazing how well theses boats sail in light winds. They are like the sports cars of the sea. Well maybe not like a Porsche or Ferrari, but more like a muscle car. They definitely don’t tack like a monohull. If you turn the rudder too quickly I found that they just come to a stop like I was putting on the brakes. It definitely takes some skill to get these babies to tack sweetly. Oh, and don’t forget to flip the Text Box: they are so overpowered that they could just take off from the dock and cause all sorts of mischief if left to there own devices. So paddling or sculling them to the outer dock is the best way to make headway. Once at the outer dock, John shows me that hoisting the main is just a simple matter Text Box: Stepping aboard the Hobie is like stepping on a trampoline, well it is a trampoline. You bounce and jiggle and the other people on board also bounce and jiggle, if they are less than ten they probably giggle too. One of the rules of sailing the Hobies is to raise the main at the outer dock. This is because Text Box: of using all your weight, while balancing precariously on the forward hull, while pulling the main halyard down until the fork at the top of the mast catches the tiny weenie slug and holds it in place. Did I forget to mention that the Hobie masts swivel? Yes they do, and you better have that mast swivel in your direction so that you are facing the front of the mast or ye shall be at the dock for a very long time. Text Box: Club Officers and Chairpersons Text Box: Page #

Student Chiefs

Andrew Cheung                                                        cheunga@u.washington.edu

Kregg Philpott                                                          kreggp@u.washington.edu

Abigail Plawman                                                       aplawman@u.washington.edu

Matthew Probert                                                      mprobert@u.washington.edu

Josh Rusk                                                                   jsr3@u.washington.edu

James Wai                                                                  prairiestyle@earthlink.net

Sam Wilson                                                               sam.wilson@gmail.com  

Kevin Hawkinson                                                     kmh_1974@hotmail.com

Associate Chiefs

Evan Abramson                      CK                            evan@geophys.washington.edu

David Banks                                                              crashtack_99@yahoo.com

Kate Bogh                                                                 kathrine@u.washington.edu

Dan Callahan                           CKSW                      dcallahan@speakeasy.net

Cedric Chenal                          CK                            cedric.chenal@philips.com

John Courter                           CKSW                      sx18@u.washington.edu

Bruce Davis                             K                               bruce68@u.washington.edu

Ralph Jackson                         W                              ralphj@u.washington.edu

Adrian Johnson                                                         adriancjohnson@gmail.com

Rebecca Linde                         CKS                          rebe@u.washington.edu

John (Bill) Mains                                                      mainsbill@yahoo.com

Jerry Morin                                                                jmorin@cac.washington.edu

Christopher Peragine              KW                          peragine@oz.net

Andrew Roberts                      CW                           arobs@u.washington.edu

Andy Sack                                KW                           papillon@mselectron.com

Robert VanderPol II             CKSW                      trysail@hotmail.com

Roy Ward                                 KW                           royward@u.washington.edu

 

* C=Catamaran K=Keelboat S=Sailboard W=Whaler

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Commodore

Josh Rusk

Rear Commodores

Paul Stewart

Brandon Fahey

Head Fleet Captain

Goran Zivkovic

Laser Fleet Captain

Assistant

Kristy Leissle

Geoff Wales

Double Handed Fleet Captain

Kevin Hawkinson

Performance Fleet Captain

Adrian Johnson

Keelboat Fleet Captain

Assistant

Assistant

Andy Sack

David Carey

David Chang

Catamaran Fleet Captain

Jeff Hughes

Sailboard Fleet Captain

John Courter

Daysailor Fleet Captain

Jay Kenney 

Craig Harris

Bravo Fleet Captain

WE NEED ONE

Whaler Fleet Captain

Ross Fleming

Sail Fleet Captain

WE NEED ONE

Historian

WE NEED ONE

Program Director

Adam Thorne

Social Committee Chair

WE NEED ONE

Snooze & Cruze Chair

Aimee Schantz

Snooze & Cruze Food

Jullie Holmes

Quartermaster

Cedric Chenal

Purser & Ratings Examiner

Ratings Examiner

Andrew Cheung

Bruce Davis

Reciprocal Moorage

Dennis Bogh

Telltale Editor

Mike Klaczynski

Webmaster

Matt MacAdam

Computer Consultant

Kyle Fitzpatrick

Email

Alan Cairns

Outboards

Andy Sack

Wind

Julia Ruthford