16 — Wednesday, June 24, 1992 - North Shore News SPORTS The Pacific High Weathering a sailor’s nightmare SOME PEOPLE might. think that once you are clear of the B.C. coast, you would sail as the crow flies Straight for the Hawaiian Islands. By Mark Sager | Contributing Writer Thus with Cape Fiattery on the northwestern tip of Washington state’s Olympic pennisula behind you at approximately 49 degrees north and 124 degrees west and the Hawaiian Islands lying at ap- proximately 21 degrees north, 156 degrees west, a straight course be- tween those two points would be on a heading of 220 degrees on the compass and 2,284 nautical iniles of open ocean. But in a sailboat entirely dependent upon the wind, there is &@ major potential obstacle between B.C. and Hawaii. It is Known as the Pacific High. This weather system produces clockwise trade winds around its extremity, but the centre of the high is often a calm, windless area. In other words, 2 nightmare for saiiors. Last Sunday night, the centre of the Pacific High was reported to be roughly 43 degrees north and i43 degrees west sliding in a southwesterly direction to Hawaii. .That means that as of Sunday, the centre of the high is at a bear- ing of 245 degrees on the compass ‘and 904 nautical miles away. Thus the most likely course for West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager’s Passing Cloud and all of the entrants in, the Victoria-to- Maui yacht race will be to leave Cape Flattery and sail down the MAYOR TO MAUI Oregon and northern California coast in an attempt to keep wind on the beam of the boat. And as the trade winds begin their clockwise motion somewhere off the California coast, the boats will make a right-hand tum and cross the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii. In preparing for an ocean cross- ing, there is a great deal required not least of which is studying navigation, and particularly, celestial navigation. Members of the Passing Cloud crew took their course from West Vancauver’s Cetin Hempsall, well-known for his solo ocean crossings, navigation skills and teaching abilities. Hempsall instructed the crew on the use of the sextant in “shooting’’ the sun and_ stars. While the boat has some of the latest in global positioning systems which rely on satellites to provide the navigator with a constant location, it is important to under- stand how sailors can locate their position without the benefit of modern electronics. Mayor Mark Sager and eight crew members of the double- masted, 70-foot Passing Cloud will leave from Dundarave Park pier at approximately 2 p.m. on _July 1 for Victoria. The interna- tional boat race start is on July 4 at 10a.m. Sager will update North Shore News readers on his ship's pro- gress during the race with regular reports featured in the News. Athletic association honors sports officials with dinner TWENTY-SEVEN referees and other officials in a variety of sports were honored by the North Shore Secondary Schools’ Athletic Association for their _ longtime contributions in officiating school competi- tions at the ‘association’s annual dinner June 16. The association is the co-or- dinating body for all high school sports in North Vancouver, West Vancouver and Squamish. The awards tied into B.C. School Sports’ designation of this school year as ‘The Year of The Official."” Recipients include: Basketball: Dave Backie, Bob Molinski, Dave Pearce, Len Slade and Jim Tarves. Cross Country: Lyle Johanson and Norm Vipond. Field Hockey: Olive Gilmour. Football: Bruce Hawkshaw and Ken McKinnon. Gymnastics: Nicky Carroll. Rugby: Bob Michael and Mike Smith. Skiing: Jim Best. Soccer: Terry Rowe. | Swimming: Jeri Krogsetin. Track and Field: -Len Corika, Elwin Evans, Herb Jenkin, Cam Kerr, Roger Kronquist, Ken Mayson, Bill McKitrick, Bill Parnell and Moe Williams. Volleyball; Cliff Graham and Mike Rockwell. Volunteers sought for golf event VOLUNTEERS ARE need- ed for the World Amateur Golf Championships to be played at Capilano Golf and Country Club (CGCC) Sept. 27 to Oct. 4. CGCC is co-hosting the men’s portion of the charnpionship. Volunteers are needed to assist in admissions, scoring, parking, tickets and other duties. The championship is played every second year and this is the _first time Canada has hosted the event. Fifty-three countries are send- ing 85 teams to play in both the women’s and men’s segments of the championship. The women’s segment will be played Sept. 20 to Marine Drive Golf Club is also co-hosting the event. For more information about volunteeiing, cali 439-1933. 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