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TAHOE YACHT CLUB
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2011
Closest finish in more than 15 years!
Wicked wins Trans Tahoe
by five seconds… 8
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Nominees for 2012 Flag Officers and Directors…page 6
around the
Clubhouse
from Mariana Dye, General Manager
A
round the clubhouse we are enjoying the beautiful weather and getting ready for
the rest of a fun summer
packed with activities
for everybody.
Mariana Dye
New events - New this year are Family
BBQ nights at the club every Thursday night
at 6 p.m. The cost is only $12 per person.
Also, Doug Brown has three Eagles golf
tournaments lined up at Northstar-at-Tahoe,
and Mary Ann and Charles Quaglieri and Pat
and Ray Landgraf have Bridge games set up
through July and August.
This year, TYC will be doing the Woodie
Over-the-Bottom off Obexer’s Marina
with a Caribbean theme on Monday,
Aug. 15, with an award luncheon at Obexer’s
barn. We’ll have a no-host bar plus a band
for entertainment, so don’t miss this exciting
event.
Be sure to check the calendar for full
details and don’t forget to RSVP for your
favorite events by the advertised due dates to
secure your spot!
Lunch at the club - Dockside 700, the
restaurant below the club, has been open now
for two months and I’m happy to say that
many members have been enjoying the opportunity of ordering food and having it served in
the privacy of the club. Next time you are in,
ask a bartender for their menu and give it a try.
This is what members have been waiting for,
so come and enjoy hot and cold sandwiches
and wraps, homemade soups, fresh salads plus
pizza or a selection from the new dinner menu
right here in the comfort of your own club.
Minimum period extended - This year,
the board of directors extended the minimum
through December 31. Remember you can
fulfill your minimum with bar and retail purchases, along with renting of the club for your
private party (with the rental fee waived for
members, you pay only the $300 cleaning fee
for use of the club).
We have some new and fun retail items in
the Boatique: brim hats and visors, sweatshirts
and shirts. Items for yourself or for a gift. Be
sure to check out our Boatique next time you
come to the clubhouse!
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Roster Note - Bill and Carol Meehleis
of Lodi and Tahoe City were inadvertently
omitted from the 2011 Roster. The Meehleis,
members since 1995, are owners of So Inclined,
a 2002 28-ft. Four Winns Sundancer.
We apologize to the Meehleis and thank
them for calling this to our attention. We ask
you to help us, too, by checking your Roster
listing and notifying the office of any changes
or additions in boat ownership, address, phone
numbers or emails.
Wireless note - A password has been added
to our wireless network at the club. Just ask
our bartenders for the password to connect to
TYC Open wireless network and catch up on
your email while enjoying lunch or a drink at
the club.
Introducing our
Newest Summer Crew
Leila Malcolm grew
up outside of Boston,
sailing in the summer
on Cape Cod. She started racing Optimists and
then 420s while teaching at the local sailing
camp. A graduate of
Hamilton College in
upstate New York with a degree in geology,
Leila has been in Tahoe since September 2010.
While doing markset and committee boat for
all our sailing events, Leila also earned kudos
as committee boat for the Rowing Regatta and
her shore boat duties for the club’s July picnic
at Sugar Pine Point.
Matt Toddes grew up
in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and graduated in
2010 from Alfred University in western New
York state with a degree
in art/design along with
minors in marketing and
business. He moved out
to Tahoe in November 2010 to ski and decided
to stay. He enjoys longboarding, sailing, skiing and hiking. You will see Matt at the bar on
Saturdays and Sundays and helping out with
sailing events as markset.
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Comments
from the
Commodore
S
ummer finally arrived after a missing spring. In spite of the late
arrival, we’re all grateful for the precipitation – rain or snow – to
raise our beautiful Lake Tahoe to its current level.
Many summer events have already happened, including the beginning of our Eagles golf tournaments, organized by Doug Brown at the
Northstar golf course. Our Laser and keel boat sailors are getting ready to
award their spring series trophies before kicking off their summer series.
The first Over-the-Bottom had beautiful weather to bring out a large fleet
of TYC boats. Many thanks to OTB co-chairs Tom O’Rourke and Roger
McGee for producing such a fine event.
While difficult financial times have accounted for a loss of some
members, a recruitment effort has already produced many
new members and several new slip renters in the new addition to the Tahoe City Marina have taken an interest with
some already signing up. TCM has offered a great financial
incentive to its new slip renters who join our fine club. Our
Membership committee has also proposed an added incentive
to recruit new members (page 4).
Concours d’Elegance and Wooden Boat Week which, happily, has been
moved back to August. This year, the TYC Foundation has turned over
both the Woodie Over-the-Bottom and Mahogany Magic to the club.
Tom O’Rourke has picked a “Caribbean” theme for this year’s OTB
which will start and end at Obexer’s Marina on Monday, Aug. 15.
We’ll be producing a superb show for Mahogany Magic which will
be held, as usual, at the Gatekeeper’s Museum the evening of Tuesday,
Aug. 16. I’m hoping you’ll all attend as it will be a fun show, a great
chance to see your friends and yourself on the big screen. You’ll get free
wine and beer, and a set-up for your barbecue, as well as the show. There
will also be a reward for the best table decoration. And don’t forget the
club’s Boat Week party, this year with a Jimmy Buffett theme, so be sure
to join us in “Margaritaville” on Saturday, Aug. 13.
Under the superb direction of our treasurer, Fred Greifenstein, the
financial situation of the club is in good shape. We are not only meeting
our expenses but providing you, our members, with wonderful events.
The sailing program is outstanding and the motor boating events continue to offer many fun times. As you read online and in your Block &
Tackle, the social offerings are diverse and welcoming for all. Your job
is to take advantage of all that interests you and get to know your fellow
members. There is a fine group of people to share
your common interests. As fall enters, don’t forget
the club as there continue to be many opportunities for your enjoyment.
Now that summer activities have swung
into full gear, we look forward to seeing you at the
yacht club and all our superb events.
Summer Party and Wooden Boat Week
We’re very involved, as usual, in the 39th annual
Hank Upton, Commodore
By tradition, the board led by
Commodore Hank Upton are
the official fizz mixers for the
“black tie” Opening Day party.
Catherine Macfee shows Bill Robatham some
of her ideas for a possible interior redesign of
the clubhouse.
Fizz Fling “Best Dressed” Winners
With all the snow on May 28,
Dick Wallrich (above),in Sorel
boots and summer shorts, and
Rod Sumpter, (inset) with a Santa hat atop his boater, were a shoe-in
for the“Best Dressed” award. Pictured with Dick are his wife,Donna,
and Fritzi and Staff Commodore Bill Briner. Director Tom O’Rourke, in
tailcoat and captain’s cap, pours Rod an Opening Day fizz.
Michael and Marilyn Cabak
opt for a Bloody Mary along
with the hearty appetizers by
Dockside 700.
New member Matt Dill
introduced Krista to the
club.
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W
e’re having a membership drive, and
hope you will think of friends who might
like to join. As an added incentive, the Membership committee has come up with an offer
‘you can’t refuse’ for those who bring in
new members. Here’s what the committee has proposed:
“If a current member, in good standing,
of the Tahoe Yacht Club sponsors a new
prospective member of the “Regular”
class, and this prospective new member
becomes a full Regular Member with initiation and dues paid in a calendar year,
that the sponsoring current member’s minimum
be waived for the following year. Co-sponsors
would not be eligible for this waiver.
In addition, if a current member as previously
defined brings in additional paid Regular members in the same calendar year; their minimums
would be waived in future years to correspond
to the number of qualifying new members.”
For questions, contact Membership co-chair
Terry Clapham or General Manager Mariana
Dye at the clubhouse.
Returning “Old Friends” Jim
and Sally Subject; (inset)
Trinkie Watson
Welcome TYC’s
NEWEST
members
Fred & Marla Gartrell
Reno, Nev.
(Regular Membership)
Welcome back to Fred and Marla who had
been TYC members back in the days when the
club was on the west shore. Now retired and
several boats later, the couple decided to leave
Tahoe Keys Marina for the north shore and one
of the brand new slips at Tahoe City Marina
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James and Colleen Lim
Woodside, Calif.
(Regular Membership)
James and Colleen have spent time at the club
with their sponsors, the Sakrison family, and
enjoy being on the water with friends. The
Lim couple has two children, Charlotte and
Alexander, ages nine and seven, respectively.
We are happy to welcome James and Colleen
and their family into our TYC family!
Sponsors: John & Carla Sakrison
James and Sally Subject
Goleta/Tahoe City, Calif.
(Non-Resident Membership)
Welcome back to the Subjects who last were
members in 2008 and are rejoining the club as
“old friends”! Look for Sally’s great recipes in
our TYC Cooks cookbook. Retirees Jim and
Sally own two boats, She’s a Keeper, a 1939
Chris-Craft utility, and Moe, Curly & Larry,
the Monterey fishing boat co-owned with Don
Sloat and Dick Wallrich.
Sponsor: Hank Upton
Trinkie Watson
Truckee, Calif.
(Regular Membership)
Trinkie’s back after a three year abscence
and we welcome her as an “old friend.” The
California and Nevada Regional Lake Tahoe
Broker® with Chase International is also an
officer or director of numerous organizations
including the presidency of the Lake Tahoe
Music Festival (twice) and currently, a member
of the Cancer Advisory Council for the Tahoe
Forest Health System. She’s also a dog lover
and raising her seventh German Shepherd.
Julie Weed
Tahoe City, Calif.
(Regular Membership)
Julie lives and works in Tahoe City as a
real estate broker and owner of West Lake
Properties at Tahoe. She owns a 20.5-ft.
Reinell powerboat homeported in the Tahoe
City Marina and looks forward to taking
advantage of our club benefits.
Sponsors: Wendy Poore, John & Carla
Sakrison
Brad & Barbara Witmer
Salinas/Truckee, Calif.
(Regular Membership)
Brad and Barbara are new to the area and are
interested in the history of the club, meeting new people and having fun with other
members! The couple is also currently in the
market for a new boat. Brad works in the agricultural industry at Crop Production Service.
The Witmers are parents of Lindsay and Katie,
ages 32 and 29, respectively.
Sponsors: Don & Diane Sloat
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Block & Tackle /
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2011 Meet the Nominees
Bruce Block, a Bay
Area financial consultant and former executive director of the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht
Association (PICYA),
attended Cal Poly and
San Jose State where
he earned a degree in
business and a MBA in marketing. A member of TYC since 1987, Bruce was a charter
member of the Hospitality committee and has
chaired both Membership and House committees. Bruce, a Penguin skier in the winter, was
also the instigator of the club’s new Eagles
golf group. A former member of San Francisco Bay’s Islander 36 sailing fleet, Bruce
and his wife, Staff Commodore Donna, now
“sail” Tomahawk, a 1937 Chris-Craft runabout
on Lake Tahoe. The Blocks and their golden
retriever, Winchester, make their home in Tiburon and Tahoma.
Fred Greifenstein
was appointed to the
board as treasurer in
September. Originally
from New York City, he
was working in IT management at Argonne National Laboratory near
Chicago when he met
his wife, Linda, who was pursuing her doctorate at Northwestern. In 1974 the couple moved
to Italy where Fred helped manage the largest
private data center in Europe. In 1978, he began a consulting firm in Rome, specializing in
IT systems for large banks. Since returning to
the U.S. in 1988 with their two daughters and
earning an MBA from UCLA, Fred has specialized in human resource management. He
now consults part-time and teaches management at the University of Phoenix in Reno and
online. Residents of Crystal Bay, Nev., since
2008, the Greifensteins became members of
TYC in 2009. They have a Hunter 41 in Sausalito which Fred skippered with a TYC crew
for this spring’s Opening Day on the Bay.
Keith Mason grew
up in the restaurant
business (his father
was a successful restaurant owner in San
Francisco) and cooking is still a hobby.
But after five years
with San Francisco
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Opera in set construction and lighting, his
interests shifted from the kitchen to the stage.
After working with various studios as a key
grip and lighting gaffer, Keith formed his own
company–Mason Studio Services based in San
Francisco and Seattle–which he ran from 1978
to 2005. In addition, he worked as a director
of photography for N. Lee Lacy, Paramount
and various other Hollywood studios for 20
of those years. In 2006, Keith added property construction, development/management
to his resumé as owner of KMT Properties
after making Tahoe his home. A TYC member
since 2000, Keith has co-chaired Monday
Night Football and, along with his wife, Susie,
planned and hosted several club social events.
On the water, these Dollar Hill residents are
also stalwart OTB contenders in their 33-ft.
Formula, Beauty & the Beach.
Roger McGee has
been a member of THC
for 17 years and during
that time he’s served on
the membership committee, co-chaired the
Over-the-Bottoms for
the past five years, initiated the OTB kickoff
party and seen boat participation double from
1- to more than 20 boats per event. He can
also chalk up 12 years as a judge for the TYCF
Concours d’Elegance. By profession with an
MBA and an MS in chemical engineering,
Roger’s had 32 years of management experience with Chevron. Now with a California real
estate license, he does oil industry consulting
for private real estate clients. Roger and his
wife, Joan, call Tiburon home where Roger
served as president of the largest homeowners
group in the city. Here at the Lake, the west
shore is home and their boat: Sh-Boom, a 1959
17-ft. Chris-Craft.
Dick Morton and his
wife, Nileta, spent 30
years on the Delta and
Folsom Lake in their
Catalina 22 but now enjoy just being crew for
TYC’s Over-the-Bottom rallys. Together,
they have also been
Concours d’Elegance volunteers for the past
dozen years and since joining the Club in
2004, served on the Membership and Hospitality committees, co-chairing the later since
Dick was elected to the TYC board in 2008.
Morton, a past president of the North Lake
Tahoe Historical Society and returning board
member, also serves on the board of SnowFest, and is “the tall guy with the camera,”
photographing social events for our Block &
Tackle newsletters. A graduate of CSU Sacramento, Dick is now retired after a 30-year sales
career with AAA. The couple have homes in
Sacramento and Carnelian Bay.
Tom O’Rourke is
completing his second
full year as a member
of TYC’s Board after
being appointed to fill a
vacancy in the spring of
2009. The former San
Mateo county sheriff’s
lieutenant and his wife,
Marie, have been members of the Club since
1993, and active in ACBS where Tom serves
on the international Board of directors. Tom,
who enjoys entertaining in the couples’ second
home in Tahoe Vista, was a “natural” to serve
as Wine Events chair this past year, along
with co-chairing the club’s Over-the-Bottom
powerboat regattas. And while Sun Tripper II
has been retired as the family ski boat (in favor
of Summer Daze, a newer Chris-Craft), Tom
keeps the 1967 Century Arabian shinned up for
her regular appearance in TYCF’s Concours
d’Elegance.
Wendy Poore
is
completing her first
one-year term as a TYC
director and serving
as board secretary. Although born in Boston,
Wendy grew up in Reno,
receiving her Bachelors
in journalism at UNR.
After graduation she planned on moving to a
“big city” to pursue an advertising career, but
plans changed after living in the small German
ski town of Garmisch Partenkirchen. After
eventually settling in the “next best” small ski
town of Tahoe City, she met her husband, Tim
Crowell, and together they planted their roots
with a few houses, a few dogs and a Christmas
tree farm. Wendy, a TYC member since 2004,
was introduced to the Club by the late Erik Arnold with whom she bought her first sailboat.
When not sailing on E-Ticket or participating
in the club’s OTB rallys, you’ll find her selling
homes in Tahoe at West Lake Properties.
Rick Raduziner, who is also completing
his first one-year term, says he moved, sightunseen, from Colorado to Lake Tahoe in the
fall of 1988 and like many other skiers before
him, knew he wasn’t going to move again.
For the past 20-plus years, he’s called Lake
Slate of Nominees
Officers and Directors for 2011-2012
The Tahoe Yacht Club Nominating Committee met on June 30, 2011 and voted
unanimously on the following slate of officers and directors for the fiscal year
2011-2012. In accordance with the Tahoe Yacht Club By-Laws, the following list
of officers and directors was forwarded to the club’s secretary for posting to the
membership.
Commodore Bruce Block
Vice Commodore
Dick Morton
Rear Commodore
Tom O’Rourke
Port Captain
John Utter
Directors-At-Large
Fred Greifenstein
Rick Raduziner
Wendy Poore
Roger McGee
Keith Mason
Senior Staff Commodore Andrew Wagner
Junior Staff Commodore Hank Upton
Election of Flag Officers and Directors will be at the Annual Meeting
of Membership, held Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, 2 p.m. at the Clubhouse.
Nominating Committe
Richard Stout, Chairman
G. Douglas Ball
Sharon Bernadini
Nancy Cunningham
David Olson
Other Nominations: Other nominations may be made by petition of five Regular Members
provided such petition is filed with the Secretary not less than fifteen days prior to the election.
Nominations for Director must designate the Director whom the nominee is to succeed.
Reference: Bylaws, Article XV, 15.4
Tahoe “home,” focusing his career on real
estate brokerage and development and, in 2003,
establishing Mountain
High Real Estate. Still
very much the skier,
Rick teaches at Squaw
Valley USA and serves
as a senior staff trainer and PSIA divisional
examiner. When Rick discovered sailing four
years ago, he joined the club and has been
having a great time being part of the TYC
gang. You may have also spotted TYC’s Laser
fleet chair and keel boat sailor enjoying some
Monday Night Football potlucks at the club,
mixing it up as a Master Mixologist contender
or on the slopes with the Penguins.
Hank Upton has been
a member of TYC
since 1997, a director
since 2004, and now is
completing his term as
commodore. And that’s
after serving five years
as Hospitality committee co-chair with his
wife, Joan. The proud Stanford alum and
physician started his career, however, with a
degree in engineering and as an officer of the
deck on a Navy destroyer. His boats now are
“woodies” including a 1941 Chris-Craft barrel
stern, a Century Resorter, two Rivas, and a
1956 Higgins convertible, the latter which he
likes to skipper for TYC’s Crusin’ series and
OTBs. Between boating and skiing with the
club’s Penguins, Hank and Joan enjoy traveling around the world. Now “retired,” Hank
still practices one day a week at the VA hospital near the couples’ Woodside, Calif., home.
At Tahoe, they make their home at McKinney
Shores.
John Utter has a list
of TYC credits a mile
long, not the least of
which is commodore,
1984-1985 and negotiating TYC’s move from
the deck at Sunnyside
to our first “clubhouse”
facility in Homewood.
During nearly 35 years as a member, he’s
chaired the sailing program for five years and
the Trans Tahoe Regatta for 19, and continues
to race with his wife, Anne Marie (and daughter Alicia when she’s in town) aboard True
Luff, the family’s 33-ft. Tartan-10 in the Beer
Can races, weekend regattas and every Trans
Tahoe since becoming a member. His boating career began, however, as a teenager in
powerboats–a 14-ft. McDonald ‘cab forward’
hydroplane and a DeSelva runabout–that he
raced in the club’s early regattas off Chambers
Landing and Tahoe Tavern. Off the water, the
Reno native has been owner of Utter Mortgage
Company and Utter Real Estate Consultants
for 30 years, a former board member and past
president of Prospectors Club, and active for
the past 20 years as advisor to his University of
Nevada fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Andy Wagner, TYC’s
current junior staff
commodore, has been
a member of the board
since 2004 during which
time he established and
chaired the club’s popular wine events program
of tastings and bi-annual Winemaker’s Dinners. Andy also chaired
the board’s Power Boat committee and a
too-short-lived Polar Bear water ski series.
With his wife, Suzanne Boucher, the couple
are Over-the-Bottom regulars in RUBY RED,
their classic 1976 Century Resorter, and in the
winter, participants and leaders (at Alpine and
Heavenly) in the club’s Penguin ski program.
A graduate of the University of California,
Berkeley (BS in business administration/finance and marketing), Andy is a co-founder
and partner at Tradewinds Capital Management, LLC, a merchant banking firm focused
on privately-held, growth-oriented companies.
Andy, Suzanne, and Ruby, the Newfoundland,
commute between homes in Walnut Creek and
Carnelian Bay.
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Another WICKED success!
Tahoe Yacht Club member
John Corda and skipper
Richard Courcier, together
with a consistent team.
garner top honors in the
2011 Trans Tahoe Regatta.
PHOTOS: Steve Lapkin, h2omark.com
Wicked wins Trans Tahoe by five seconds
D
riving his sleek red Farr 36 sloop, Wicked,
skipper Richard Courcier won the 48th
annual Trans Tahoe sailboat regatta Saturday,
July 10, with only 5 seconds to spare.
Completing the 30
nautical mile course in
04:27:47, Wicked edged
out last year’s winner,
August Ice, the 41-foot
J/125 owned by TYC
member Dick Ferris.
Although August Ice
was first over the finish
line, the handicapping
from Jim Mullen, system used by Tahoe
Trans Tahoe
Yacht Club scored
co-chair
Wicked the winner by
five seconds, the closest finish in more than 15 years for the Trans
Tahoe.
Courcier commented after the race that
his crew used a stopwatch to measure the difference in finishing times for their boat and
August Ice and figured that Wicked had won
by 2.5 seconds. Nobody knew the official
results until Sunday’s awards luncheon at the
club when Wicked, co-owned by TYC member
John Corda, was announced the next name to
be engraved on the three-foot tall Jake Obexer
Memorial Trophy.
Third place overall went to Racer X,
the Farr 36 skippered by TYC member Gary
Redelberger, who finished 07:46 behind the
winner.
“Conditions for the race were ideal: steady
winds, clear sky, and flat water—a perfect day
on Lake Tahoe,” said Jim Mullen, regatta cochair “ Redelberger said his instruments measured peak wind speed at 23 knots, and Staff
Commodore Les Bartlett—the fourth place
finisher and previous four-time winner—noted
that the sailing conditions were absolutely
perfect and were the best he had experienced
in his more than 40 years of racing in the Trans
Tahoe.
Divisions 2, 3, Multihull and Cruising
Staff Commodore John Utter won in
Keelboat Division 2 in his Tartan 10 sloop,
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Personal Puff wins Tahoe Melges Race
Week and Trans Tahoe Melges division
T
YC sail chair Dan Hauserman won the hotly contested Melges 24 division and the eight-race
Tahoe Melges Race Week, one of four events in the Melges California Cup competition which
TYC conducted simultaneously with the Trans Tahoe. Hauserman’s Personal Puff won by an
amazing 11:38, winning the third in the series of Melges Race Week, which began on Thursday,
July 7 and concluded the Trans Tahoe on July 9.
All three days of hotly contested racing saw winds ranging from 5 upwards to 20 knots.
Following Hauserman in the California Cup top five: San Franciscans Erwan le Gail (Abordage)
and Kristian Notto (American Lady) in second and fourth place respectively; David Joyner of
Tiburon in Flying Circus in third place and TYC’s Steve McMillan taking fifth place in Mako.
The California Cup is a top level circuit for Melges 20, 24, and 32 sportboats, sailed at select
destinations. The first of the four race series was held in March, sponsored by Santa Barbara Yacht
Club, followed by the second stop at San Diego Yacht Club in April. The fourth and final race will
be in the Bay, August 19-21, hosted by San Francisco Yacht Club.
True Luff, edging out Phil Kanegsberg’s
Ultimate 20 U Decide by eight seconds. Staff
Commodore Bartlett’s Groovy, a Venture 24,
topped Keelboat Division 3 with a corrected
time of 05:57;22.
In the Multihull division, Paul Martsen
from Southern California won with his Corsair
31 Drei and also won the Tahoe Yacht Club’s
beautiful new glass trophy for the first-place
Corsair multihull. In the Corsair 24 division,
perennial winner Ross Stein
from South Lake Tahoe won
aboard Origami by a substantial
05:40. For the Corsair fleet, the
Trans Tahoe was the final event
of their “Harmonic Conversion
at Lake Tahoe,” their annual
get-together at the Lake.
Winning in the Cruising
division was Brainwave, owned
by TYC member Dr. Charles
Quaglieri. The Wylie 40 completed the shorted Cruising
Class course in 03:48.16.
In all, 38 boats registered
for the annual invitational
regatta with a number of visiting Melges and Corsairs from the Bay and as far south as San Diego.
“We had tremendous cooperation this year from Tahoe City Marina who
provided a number of slips and buoys at no charge to our visitors from
outside the Basin.”
With a reversed start and good winds, all were over the line
within one to one-and-a-half hours of the posted 1200. The new starting
sequence, allowing the slower boats to go off first, got good reviews,
according to Mullen, and may be repeated next year. Other things being
worked on for 2012 are plans for the multihulls and more one designs.
For complete results from Race Officer Greg Barraclough, see
“Under Sail” at www.tahoeyc.com. Images taken by Steve Lapkin of the
past week of racing, including the Melges California Cup and 2011 Trans
Tahoe Regatta have been uploaded online at www.h2omark.com.
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2011 Chambers Landing
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2011
News from Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association
from Ray Holstead, TYC Delegate to PICYA
10th annual Rowing
Regatta a success
from Sue Campbell, Co-organizer
A
fter several years of less than stellar weather, June 18 gave our North Tahoe Rowing
Regatta near-perfect rowing conditions — cool
and clear with next-to-no-boat traffic. Conditions were so great that we had a course record
broken: the short course open water women’s
double record was broken by almost 3 minutes
by Jessica Gammell and Vanessa Marlin of
South End Rowing in San Francisco.
The good weather also helped in the celebration activities for our 10th annual Regatta.
Those who stopped by the club on Friday evening saw our decorations and anniversary cake.
On Saturday, our traditional post-race picnic
included additional “special” awards and celebratory toasts. All were in good spirits!
Thanks, as always, to TYC staff for their
help with the event as well as TYC chase boaters Commodore Hank Upton and Larry Tomlinson, and Staff Commodore Rich Stout’s
Navy Blue committee boat. Next year’s race
will be held Saturday, June 16, for anyone who
would like to help out— or participate. See you
on the water!
T
ahoe Yacht Club was well represented on
Opening Day of the Bay on May 1 with our
Treasurer Fred Greifenstein entering his boat
Anne’s Turn in the parade under the “flags and
streamers” category. TYC members on board
with Fred and Linda included Commodore
Hank Upton and Joan, Vice Commodore
Bruce Block and Staff Commodore Donna,
Staff Commodore Rich Stout and Sue, Staff
Commodore John Utter, Anne Marie and
daughter Alicia.
While they had fun sailing on the bay
and participating in the blessing of the fleet
outside the Corinthian Yacht Club, we were on
board the PICYA Committee Boat California
Hornblower enjoying a no-host bar, lunch and
front row view of the parade. Please join us
next year on board the committee boat for this
time-honored start of the boating season.
A rewarding event sponsored by PICYA
is Wheelchair Regatta held on September 24
at Encinal YC. This event provides veterans
residing in Northern California an opportunity
to experience a cruise on San Francisco Bay
followed by a picnic luncheon with entertain-
OTBs
ment. Volunteers from PICYA member clubs
are needed to make this a memorable day. If
you are interested in volunteering your boat or
services, please see the sign-up on the PICYA
website at www.picya.org.
Recreational Boaters of California
(RBOC)
There is good news to report. With the
passing of the California state budget, funding for Department of Boating and Waterway
(DBW) was not reduced and remains at $68
Million. Also for those of you with boats
in salt water, SB623 which would eliminate
the use of copper in anti-fouling paint was
amended to allow for the application of paints
using low-leaching, low-level copper. RBOC
is urging that the bill be amended to include
the following provisions:
• Ensure that any ban on the application
of copper-based anti-fouling paints be
accompanied by a finding that alternatives are available, affordable and effective.
• Ensure that any ban would apply to all
vessels that contribute copper to the
waterways.
For more information about
RBOC’s efforts to protect your
boating interests, visit them online at www.rboc.org.
Have a great summer boating on a beautiful full Lake Tahoe
and we’ll see you at the club or
on the water.
off to great start
from Port Captain Tom O’Rourke
T
he Over-the-Bottom kick off party on June
24 was a huge success with more than
40 members attending. The highlight of the
evening was the wonderful array of appetizers
prepared by Bill Mann and others.
Saturday, June 25, saw more than 14
boats show up for the first event. When the
results were announced, there were 8 boats
finishing under one minute and the winner,
Bill Mann, came in 8 seconds off the mark.
Congrats, Bill!
Hurry and get your entry in for TYC’s
Woodie Over-the-Bottom with a “Caribbean”
theme, Monday, Aug. 15, of Wooden Boat
Week. Start and finish is off Obexer’s Marina
with lunch, bar and band following in Obexer’s
red barn. Call the club for more information.
Joining Kathy and Ray
aboard the PICYA committee boat were TYC
members Chris and Fiona
Miller and Opening Day
Parade Grand Marshal
Emperor Norton.
TYCers joined in San
Francisco Bay’s May1
Opening Day parade
aboard Anne’s Turn,
Treasurer Fred Greifenstein’s 41-ft. Hunter homeported in Sausalito.
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comin G e v ents
PICK-UP BRIDGE!
Come join our hosts, Ray and Pat Landgraf and Charlie and MaryAnn
Quaglieri, for a friendly game of bridge at the club. Singles and couples
welcomed!
Bridge Dates:
Friday, Aug. 5, 6-8 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 26, 6-8 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 29, 1-4 p.m.
If you’d like to join, lease
RSVP by e-mail ([email protected]) or call 530.581.4700
by the Wednesday before the game to help us plan.
presented by Tahoe Yacht Club Foundation
Friday, Aug. 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday, Aug 13, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
More than 80 classic woodies including 30 Gar Woods in this year’s
Marque Class (from a stunning 1926 33-ft. Baby Gar to a 2007 Gold Cup
replica) will be on display. A “must-see” at Sierry Boat Company. Tickets
available at the gate. And don’t forget TYC’s Woodie Over-the-Bottom on Monday, Aug. 15. It’s a start and finish off Obexer’s Marina
with lunch, bar and band following in Obexer’s barn. This year’s theme:
Caribbean. Call the club for more information.
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2011
Creative
American Cuisine
in a 1930s
Tahoe log cabin
the soule domain
Best Place to take a date 15 years in a row!
Stateline Road, next to Tahoe Biltmore, Crystal Bay
from 6 p.m.
530.546.7529 Dinner
Reservations requested
summe r socia l scene
Bill Yundt with Scott Stone, general manager of Schug Winery, founded by Walter
Schug in 1980.
Winetasting - Saturday, June 11
Proud grandparents,
Carol and Terry Clapham
with daughter Lyn, sonin-law Ed Holstead (son
of PICYA delegate Ray
and Kathy Holstead) and
baby Emily, born May 15.
The Mako (Melges 24) crew – skipper
Steve McMillan and son Drew – stopped
by after an afternoon of sailing.
The Grape Vine
Darren Kramer and
Deborah Selak
from Director Tom O’Rourke
Winemaker’s
Dinner
Saturday, June 25
This third Winemaker’s
Dinner of the season
(and the first ever held
during the summer)
was the most successful of the year if
not the entire series,
with 49 members in
attendance as well
as Kokomo winemaker/owner Erik
Miller and his partners and grape
growers, Randy and Robin Peters.
John Phillips and Staff
Commodore Andy Wagner
Bill Mann, Steve Fuji and their guests were part
of the overflow crowd enjoying the view in the
Commodores’ Room.
When each course was served, the
winemaker spoke about the wine
and the vineyard that made the wine
what it is. There was a question
and answer period with each serving
that enhanced the diner’s experience.
Scott Yorkey, Jake’s executive chef,
did an unbelievable job of pairing
the food with wine that attracted
applause with each serving.
Winemaker/owner Erik
Miller explained the name
for his winery; his hometown
of Kokomo, Indiana
Al and Patti Multon with their
hosts, Michael Schoff and fiancee,
Renée.
Marylinn Coldiron
and guest with
Gail Tomlinson
Andreas Papaliolios makes the
introductions for
the dinner.
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summe r socia l scene
First Fridays
April thru July
Left to right: Jeanie MacAuley and Martha Hughes, Staff Commodore Buzz Gibb and
“Commodorable” Joan Upton, John McKinney and Sue Campbell
July host Bill
Mann raised
the bar for First
Friday’s complimentary appetizer spreads.
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
Saturday, May 7
Hospitality Host: Bill Mann
Nileta Morton tries her hand at the
tortilla press while Bill Watson (left)
takes his turn at the pinata. A fun
evening topped off by a tequila
tasting and dinner catered by Chef
Paul Selak.
Joyce Mann, Gail Tomlinson, Carol and Paul Cunha
①
②
Chuck and Cindy Pfaff, Treasurer Fred and Linda Greifenstein
“Souper Saturday” Speaker Series
① Martin McClellan, project coordinator for New Millennium Dive Expeditions returned April 30 to update us on
his diving expeditions to the famous steamer SS Tahoe.
② Professor Scott Lankford, author of “Tahoe Beneath
the Surface: The Hidden Stories of America’s Largest Mountain Lake,regailed us with tales from the “Rat Pack” era at
Tahoe on June 4.
③ Jim and Jamie Casey
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Dr. Richard Tomlinson, a partner in Tahoe City Dental
Group, with member Marc Thomas, recounted on April 2,
his amazing journey in a kyak through the Grand Canyon.
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③
Don’t miss TYC’s 2011
Golf Tournaments
from Doug Brown, Golf Committee
T
he Eagles just finished the first of four golf
games this summer. Twenty ladies and gentleman signed up and 16 (4 foursomes) played
Northstar-at-Tahoe’s beautiful course on Friday, June 24. Fun was had by all.
The format was a scramble, best ball
of the foursome. The winning team was two
couples - Keith and Susie Mason and Fred and
Lynn Hurst. Their score was a 6 under par. This
group should also get an award for having the
most fun. Their laughter was heard all over the
course as the ladies kept sinking 10-foot putts.
Longest drive went to Paul Selak for the
men (he was the only one who could keep the
ball in the fairway) and to Margaret “Long
Ball” Twomey. She out-drove even the men
Among the Eagles playing the group’s first tournament, June 24, at Northstar, left to right:
Wes Schimmelpfennig, Keith Mason, Lynne Hurst, Les Schwoob, Jerry Penman, Paul Selak,
Donna Block, Margaret Twomey, Doug Brown, Fred Greifenstein, Fred Hurst, Tom Rowland,
Bruce Block, and John Twomey. Not pictured: Bruce Penman.
and, I am told, carried her foursome. The closest to the pin award for the women went to Staff
Commodore Donna Block with an award-win-
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ning shot that landed 12 feet 6 inches from the
hole. The men’s closest to the pin was a lucky,
wind-aided shot by Doug Brown which landed
30 feet 3 inches from the hole.
Everyone liked the format, the Northstarat-Tahoe golf course and, of course, the fellowship. It was a fun time. And like our winter Penguin group, all participants thought we
should have an Eagles’ potluck back at Tahoe
Yacht Club after the event. “Mexican” is our
theme for our second tournament on July 29.
Reserve now for the
last two tournaments of the season!
Let’s get a good turn out for next month
and make it even better. The dates are:
#3: Friday, Aug. 26
#4: Sunday, Sept. 4
The cost for the round is $67 per person.
Since TYC must confirm and pay for all our
tee times with Northstar two weeks prior to
each tournament, we need your reservations
as early as possible before August 12 for
#3 and August 21 for #4 ! To reserve, call
530.581.4700 or e-mail Mariana at [email protected] today!
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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LASER RACE
THURSDAY
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BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
First Shape: 1800
FRIDAY
BBQ at the Club
- 5 pm
Pickup BRIDGE
5
Clubhouse - 6 to 8pm
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10
LASER RACE
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Monday, Aug. 15, 9am start - Obexer’s
Marina; Lunch - 12:30pm Obexer’s Barn
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LASER RACE
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Opening Night
Gala
Ladies’ Luncheon,
Men’s Grill
12 noon
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Mahogany Magic
Sponsors’ Dinner
Swiss Lakewood - 6pm
Gatekeeper's Museum
- 6:30pm
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39th annual
Concours d’Elegance
Friday, 10am–4:30pm; Saturday, 9am–4pm
Exhibitors' BBQ/Awards - Friday, 6pm
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Board Meeting
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OVERBOARD
BEACH PARTY
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BBQ at the Club
- 5 pm
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
First Shape: 1800
26EAGLES
GOLF
Northstar - 12:30pm
Pickup BRIDGE
Clubhouse - 6 to 8pm
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30
Pickup BRIDGE
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First Shape: 1800
followed by
BEER CAN "BALL"
AWARDS PARTY
LASER RACE
First Shape: 1800
september 2011
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hours, beginning September 6: Office: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm;
Bar: Friday, 4-8pm; Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 8pm
and Monday Night Football, opening at 5:30pm
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5
6
Labor Day
First Shape: 1500
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OTB #5
8:30 am registration
Tahoe City Marina
followed by
Awards Luncheon
august 2011
BEER CAN RACE
Clubhouse - 1 to 4 pm
CHAMBERS
REGATTA
Clubhouse - 10 am
Woodie Whoopie - CLAMBAKE
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10am - 2pm
LASER RACE
THUNDERBIRD
LODGE
Cruisin' and Picnic
BBQ at the Club
- 5 pm
First Shape: 1800
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wOODEN BOAT wEEk
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BEER CAN RACE
First Shape:
1800
OTB #4
8:30 am registration
off West Shore Cafél
awards at TYC
Woodie Whoopie - Irish
West Shore Café - 6pm
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hosted hors d'oeuvres
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First Shape: 1800
wOODIE-OVER-THE-BOTTOM
FIRST FRIDAY
Cocktail Party
- 5 pm
Summer Party, Saturday at TYC - 6pm
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
SATURDAY
FINAL FAMILY
BBQ at the Club
- 5 pm
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2
FIRST FRIDAY
Cocktail Party
EAGLES' GOLF
TOURNAMENT
Northstar - 1pm
3
- 5 pm
hosted hors d'oeuvres
Saturday, Sept. 3 at the Clubhouse
2nd Annual
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ANNUAL MEETING
of the MEMBERSHIP - 2 pm
END OF SUMMER
PARTY - 6 pm
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LASER FLEET
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Stampede Reservoir
Sept. 9 - Private Party
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MONDAYNIGhT
FOOTBALLPOTLuCK
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MONDAYNIGhT
FOOTBALLPOTLuCK
St. Louis @ NY Giants
- 5:30 pm
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MONDAYNIGhT
FOOTBALLPOTLuCK
Washington @
Dallas - 5:30 pm
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Monday Night Football
potlucks are back…
New England @ Miami 4 pm; Oakland @
Denver - 7:15 pm
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2011
No charge, no reservations needed. Drop in
with a potluck snack or main dish to share
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for a big screen TV dinner and lots of fun
beginning at 5 p.m., every Monday
thru NFL Season (assuming there is
a NFL season!).
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OkTOBERFEST
CELEBRATION
- 6 pm
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Autumnal
Equinox
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