In The Wind: July 15, 2020
Big Sun, Big Wind, Big Weekend @ Jericho: Gate Keeper Ambassadors Needed
As of today the weekend weather forecast is sunny, hot and windy-summer is finally arriving in Vancouver.
We are looking for more JSCA member volunteers to assist us with gate control under our Jericho Sailing Centre Covid-19 Safety Protocols. Our goal is to ensure that the ocean gates are used only for launching and retrieval of craft. On sunny, busy days in particular, gates have to be left open at times to facilitate numerous members and craft coming and going. In these intervals beach walkers tend to leak into the Jericho Sailing Centre compound, unmasked and unregistered. We are looking for diplomatic volunteers to help keep them from entering anywhere other than the specific gate they are looking for; Galley, schools, etc. Gate Keeper Ambassadors will also open and close gates for their fellow, boat toting members. Members who volunteer for this program will receive a stylish new Jericho Sailing Centre hat and a 2020 gate key. Please let me know by reply email if you have any questions or would like to sign-up for a shift. Shifts are generally 2 hours and it’s a great way to meet fellow members and share information on the Jericho Sailing Centre with the public. Thank you to all of the JSCA members who are volunteering in our Gatekeeper Ambassador program. You folks are the unsung heros of this coronavirus enriched season at the Jericho Sailing Centre!We gratefully accept drop-in volunteers during busy periods; please consider volunteering for an hour or so before or after your ocean therapy session.
Jericho Sailing Centre Open Under Covid-19 Safety Protocols – Week 10
The Jericho Sailing Centre is sailing into Week 10 of operation under the Jericho Sailing Centre Stage 3 Covid-19 Safety Protocols. These protocols have been put in place to minimize the risk of spreading Covid-19 among the users, staff and volunteers of the Jericho Sailing Centre and must be strictly adhered to-no relaxation or Covid fatigue permitted.
The main gate will be the only access point for members and their guests during Stage 3. Non-member Galley patrons must enter via Gate 1. (closest to the Jericho Pier). School patrons must go to the designated School Zone on the beach side of our facility.
Everyone entering the Jericho Sailing Centre must: wear a facemask at all times, stay physically distanced at all times, wash their hands frequently, register upon entry*, and of course, be kind to each other. Have your JSCA member card** with you and registration will be a quick card swipe. Please remember to pack your facemask with your equipment. Guests accompanying members will be required to provide their name and phone number*. All ocean gates will remain closed until needed for boat launching or retrieval.
To support the Jericho Sailing Centre Covid-19 Safety Protocols we have located temporary washroom, changeroom, shower and handwash stations throughout the compound. Showers and changerooms within the building will not be available. Interior washrooms will have an occupancy of 1 and people with accessibility challenges will be given priority.
All traffic within the Jericho Sailing Centre hallways and staircases, will be One Way only to support physical distancing. Please look for directional signage through-out the building and compound. JSCA office service is accessible via 2 service windows on the east exterior wall under a temporary awning.
The success of our Jericho Sailing Centre Covid-19 Safety Protocol depends on the cooperation of our entire Jericho community. Although members have been exceptionally good about adapting to and following the new protocols over the past nine weeks, there have been a few who have have put “self” over “community” by not wearing their face mask properly at all times within the Centre. Please do not be selfish. Together we are doing everything we can to minimize the risk of spreading the Covid-19 virus. If we can all keep our respiratory droplets to ourselves we will succeed.
We expect to be tweaking and tuning the Jericho Sailing Centre Covid-19 Safety Protocols through-out the summer as things evolve. We value our member feedback and input to help the Jericho Sailing Centre Association minimize the risk to all.
*Registration information is taken for the potential purpose of Contact Tracing only. All information will be securely stored and destroyed after 30 days.
** Please ensure you have signed the 2020 liability waiver to activate your membership card. We are installing a member card access system at the front gate next week. Your card will only work if fees have been paid and the liability waiver has been signed.
Waivers can be signed at the following link: JSCA Waiver
Jericho Wavechaser: Thursdays @ 1900H
Registration Opens Tonight 1900H
Registration for Race #6 will open at 7:00 PM on July 15th. There are several spots as not all pass holders registered. If registration is full, put your name down on the waitlist and drop by on Thursday, as there may be last minute spots opening up. https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=216913
Weekly Racing Programs
Weekly Racing Programs, with slightly modified Covid-19 rules, will continue through August.
Tuesday Nite Racing – Tuesdays @ 1815H
Jericho Wavechaser – Thursdays @ 1900H
Sunday Racing – Sundays @ 1230H
Jericho Sailing Centre Affiliated Clubs Sign-up Season
One of the best ways to enjoy recreational ocean access on Vancouver’s largest playground is to join a community based club at the Jericho Sailing Centre. These low cost, not for profit, volunteer driven organizations provide a wide variety of boat access and training programs for dinghy sailing, paddling, windsurfing, SUP and rowing programs as well as social opportunities. Clubs looking for new crew include:
ClubLocarno – http://www.clublocarno.com/
Companionway Sailing Club – http://www.companionwaysailing.ca/
Disabled Sailing Association – http://disabledsailingbc.org
Discovery Sailing Club – http://www.discoverysailing.org
Jericho Paddling Club- http://www.jerichooutrigger.com/
Salish Sea Coastal Rowing Club – http://www.salishsearowing.ca/
UBC Sailing Club – https://ubcsailing.org/
Viking Sailing Club – https://www.vikingsailingclub.bc.ca/
For more info. on all JSCA Affiliated Clubs surf over to https://jsca.bc.ca/clubs/
WOW! Women on Water Tuesday Evenings @ Jericho
Jericho Beach Kayak Centre co-owner, Erian Baxter started the popular Women on Water program at the Deep Cove Kayak Centre 18 years ago for women of all paddling abilities to come together for a relaxed, semi guided, summer evening paddle. This summer the program comes to the Jericho Sailing Centre on Tuesday evenings from 1830H-2030H.
Jericho Beach Kayak Centre’s experienced volunteers lead the paddle and keep the group together.There are also special themed nights throughout the summer, such as Date Night, Mother Daughter Night and the ever-popular Dress Up Night, where everyone is encouraged to wear their finest dresses…as long as you don’t mind if they get a bit damp of course!
Most paddlers have some experience but newcomers are very welcome. For more info. & to register, paddle over to WOW!
NEW @ Jericho – Surf Ski Lessons and Rentals
Want to “turbo charge” your paddling experience? Jericho Beach Kayak Centre is now offering surf ski lessons and rentals.Surfskiing is an exciting, fitness-oriented paddle sport where the boats are lightweight, high-tech, give great glide and yet are very stable. They are paddled like a kayak, but are much lighter so go further and faster. Find out more at JBKC Surf Ski
Jericho Beach Kayak Centre – Friday Social Paddles
Do you want to paddle together with others? Connect with other paddlers? Exchange ideas, experience, tips and tricks? Socialize and make new friends? Join us each Friday evening for our Jericho Social Paddle. Our first Jericho Social Paddle will run on July 10. Spots are limited!
Anybody is welcome. Most paddlers have some experience but newcomers are very welcome.We offer discounted kayak rentals for those participating or you can just join the group for free with your own kayak (please register when joining us with your own kayak). Volunteers will help coordinate the group on land and on the water, but paddlers are expected to be fully self-sufficient.
Registration opens each Saturday at 10am for the following week. For more info & to register back paddle to
https://jerichobeachkayak.com/2020/07/06/social-paddles-go-kayaking-and-make-new-friends
Jericho Sailing Centre Summer Schools in Session
Summer school is back in session at the Jericho Sailing Centre. Jericho’s school partners are operating under Covid-19 Safety Protocols to ensure everyone’s ocean experience is as safe and enjoyable as ever. School patrons must book lesson and rental services in advance and will enter the Jericho Sailing Centre, by appointment, at the designated school zone gate.
With fewer leisure opportunities available around Vancouver this summer, Jericho School programs are filling fast. Don’t delay, register today for lessons, rentals, seasons passes and summer camps.
Windsure Adventure Sports for windsurfing, SUP and skimboarding
MacSailing for dinghy sailing & canoeing
Jericho Beach Kayak Centre for kayaking and surf ski
Galley Patio & Grill – Take Out Service Available @ Gate 1
The Galley thanks JSCA members for their support this summer, and for their compliance with our Covid-19 protocols. Please remember to check in with their Host Table, located at Gate 1, prior to heading up to the patio. The Galley is required by WorksafeBC to keep their own customer contact information records.
Please note that seating has had to be reduced, due to 2-metre distancing between tables. With this in mind, they’ve instituted a “4 people maximum” per table, as well as “1 hour maximum visit” per table.
Mon-Fri: 11:30am-9pm
Sat-Sun: 11am-9pm
Hours are weather-permitting. See you soon!!!
Jericho Sailing Centre – Craft & Equipment Storage Available
There are still some craft and equipment storage spaces available to members at the Jericho Sailing Centre for this summer:
Kayaks $158
Double Kayaks $191
SUPs & Windsurfers $158
Laser Racks $191
Tall Lockers $119
Small Lockers $63
Wake Up Wednesdays with Windsure’s Sunrise SUP Session
Start your Wednesday mornings with Windsure’s sunrise stand-up paddling sessions from 0630H-0730H. Participants can register online and meet their guide at the North side of the Jericho Sailing Centre compound, outside the Windsure beach hut. Attendance for this class is $30.00 including taxes.
Additionally, find all the information you need, including Windsure’s COVID-19 safety guidelines, to book lessons and drop in for rentals on the Windsure website, www.windsure.com. There is a new option this season to reserve and pay for stand-up paddling and windsurfing rentals online.
Every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with the exception of statutory holidays, the second hour of every rental is free!
Sail Racers – Please Register!
Sunday and Tuesday night racing has started, so this is a good time to review how Jericho Series scoring works, and to ask everyone to register when they race.
Results from Sunday and Tuesday night racing are used for Series scoring. Series scores are kept for all classes that race. Series results are updated after every event.
Series score people, not boats. Because over the course of the season some people sail in different boats, with different sail numbers, we score people, not boats in each Series.
To be scored in a Series, you have to be registered each time you race. Registration is easy – go to jracing.org and look at the results for the event. Find the boat you raced on. If you are already registered, your name will be shown. If not, the word “Register” will appear where your name should be. Click on “Register” to go to the registration page.Once you have registered (or if you registered for any Jericho event last year), you can pick you name from a list. If you’re not listed, enter your first and last name, and your name will be added to the list.If you always sail on the same boat, you can register for the season. If not, you can register for each event. If you need to delete a name, click on “Add or remove a competitor” below the results, to go to a page where you can do this.
For two person boats – each person who registers is scored in a Series, whether they are skipper or crew. This means (for example) that at the end of the season, someone who crewed on different boats which always did well could be the series winner. This values crew and skipper equally, and gives everyone a chance at doing well. At the end of the season, instead of recognizing the top 3 two person boats in a series, Jericho recognizes the top 6 people, whether skipper or crew.
If your name is missing from a series. If you are looking at a series result, and your name is missing for an event you sailed in, click on the date for that event to go to the event results and register.
It’s really easy to register at jracing.org and it makes racing more rewarding for everyone.
Sail Racers… one more thing
Thanks to everyone who is racing on Sunday or Tuesday night, and has registered. You will be included in the Series results.There is one more thing. If you sail a Laser Radial (or 4.7) you may need to change the class shown in the Sunday or Tuesday results. Just go to the event results, click the down arrow beside your class, choose Radial or 4.7 from the list, and click Go.If you register for the season with the correct class and sail number, you results in future events will show the right class. If you have already registered for the season, but with the wrong class, you can click: Register for an event or the whole season, (on the jracing.org home page, under Register), select your name, and edit the class.
Facemask Photo of the Week Contest
Facemasks are the required summer fashion within the Jericho Sailing Centre this summer, so we are going to have a little fun with it by posting the Facemask Photo of the Week contest.
Weekly winners will receive the newly designed Jericho Sailing Centre ball cap, the perfect accessory for your distinctive facemask.
Send your photo entry via “in the wind” reply email.
Thanks to this week’s winner, our new member Sinead, who has perfected her technique for drinking coffee through a mask. Jericho members are always able to adapt quickly to changing conditions.
Facemasks
The last pandemic taught us that containing respiratory droplets in a facemask is a simple strategy to stop the spread of a deadly, highly contagious virus.
The last pandemic taught us that containing respiratory droplets in a facemask is a simple strategy to stop the spread of a deadly, highly contagious virus.
If we all keep our droplets to ourselves, wash our hands, keep physically distanced and frequently disinfect high touch areas; Covid-19 doesn’t stand a chance of spreading at the Jericho Sailing Centre. That’s our goal.
During the last 9 weeks of operation we have noticed that many Jericho users have come prepared with their own face masks. We encourage ALL Jericho users to bring their own facemask. The disposable masks we have been providing are PLASTIC and we should all be focusing on using less plastic. Please: be kind to each other; be kind to our environment.
DISPOSABLE FACEMASKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR $2 AT THE FRONT GATE. PLEASE SAVE MONEY, SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT BY BRINGING YOUR OWN.
NOTICE: Ocean Gates Are Locked at 2100H
The Jericho Sailing Centre ocean gates are locked each day at 2100H. If you don’t have a gate key please make sure you are back in the compound by then. Sailors should be aware that the wind frequently shuts off abruptly in the hour before sunset.
Mystery Trailers
There are two unidentified trailers in the plaza which have been taking up too much space for too long. We need the space for active users. If you own one of these, please come claim it immediately. If they are not claimed by July 22, 2020, they will be, regrettably, seized under the Warehouse Lien Act and sold at the next JSCA auction.
The Maiden Factor Fundraiser
HERE – Link to Fundraiser Maiden’s current mission is to inspire and empower women and girls to reach their true potential through education and to bring awareness to pervasive and ongoing gender inequality-both in education and in sailing. The Maiden Factor does this by supporting charities that work with vulnerable girls many of whom are living in poverty. As you probably also know Maiden provides female sailors (like myself) with once in a lifetime opportunities to sail on Maiden as Milebuilders. Maiden also inspires anyone (young, old, male, female) and encourages people to follow their dreams!
Safety on the Ocean is your Responsibility
On the ocean there are elements of risk that common sense and personal awareness can help reduce. Regardless of how you decide to use the ocean always show courtesy to others. Please adhere to the code listed below and share with others the responsibility for a safe ocean experience.
It is every member’s responsibility to know and observe the rules of the road when on or near the water. Here are some key rules which every Jericho member must know and practise.
0.5 IT IS EVERYONE’S RESPONSIBILITY TO AVOID A COLLISION
1. Always wear your P.F.D. on the water.
2. Sail powered craft have the right of way over power craft, paddle and rowing powered craft.
3. All non-commercial vessels shall keep well clear of commercial vessels.
4. It is illegal and extremely dangerous to pass between a tug and its tow.
5. A port tack sailing vessel shall keep clear of a starboard tack vessel.
6. A windward vessel shall keep clear of a leeward vessel.
7. A vessel clear astern shall keep clear of a vessel ahead.
8. Any vessel overtaking another shall keep clear.
9. A vessel tacking or gybing shall keep clear of a vessel on a tack.
10.The area south of the orange can buoys is for training or transiting only.
11. Swimming or wading on the beach in front of the Centre is prohibited and is particularly dangerous for small children.
12. It is unsafe to loiter or let children play near the bottom of launching ramps.
13. Stay well clear of the end of the Jericho Pier as fishers cast lines as far as possible
14. Be cautious of pathway traffic when launching/retrieving
15. Do not leave your craft on the shoreline for extended periods of time
Always do a careful pre-launch safety check of your craft equipment and crew
Common sense goes a long way toward maintaining a safe environment. Membership in the Jericho Sailing Centre Association is contingent on members knowing and observing the Safe Ocean Sailing rules.