December - Hillsboro Inlet Sailing Club

HILLSBORO INLET SAILING CLUB
December 2015
From
The
Helm
By Suzi Wehe
Commodore
Glory Daze
"The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own
lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless
when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient
when least effective."
- Henry David Thoreau
It appears to me that as soon as October arrives
the months just start flying by. These months
however are my favorite as we begin spending
more time with friends and family. I love all the
decorations and the general happy disposition
that comes with them. We have the Thanksgiving Day Cruise coming up and promises to be a
good time for all who attend.
Our fall racing is coming to an end and I think
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Lighthouse Point, Florida
Inside This Issue
From the Helm
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Upcoming Events
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Officers & Notices
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Membership
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Racing
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Program & From the Editor
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Hillsboro Inlet Soundings
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HISC Holiday Dinner Dance Flier
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New Years Cruise Flyer
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Crew Pool
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Club Classifieds
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Advertising
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Calendars
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for the most part the weather cooperated with us,
only having to cancel and reschedule one race.
Hillsboro
Inlet
Sailing Club
We are certainly hoping that we can have beautiful weather for our New Years Eve cruise and
that you all come to join your hosts for a fun
evening and at the end are tucked safely in your
boats. The annual membership renewal letters
will be arriving soon. Please be sure to get your
checks in before Dec. 31 2016 in order to be included in the 2016 roster. There will be no increase in dues so HISC is still the best deal in
town. Happy Holidays.
Inlet Outlet
Editor
Paul Alcock
The Inlet/Outlet is published
by the Hillsboro Inlet Sailing
Club. Items for publication
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Inlet/OutletEditor
[email protected], ideally just include the copy in the
body of the email. Paper
documents or photos
should be given or sent to
Paul Alcock
5804 NW 18th Court
Margate FL 33063
Officers
Commodore Suzi Wehe
Vice Commodore Larry Geller
Rear Commodore Hector Arrillaga
Secretary Melinda Betkowski
Treasurer Brian Broad
Board of Governors
James Wallace
DEADLINE THE 15TH OF Judith Whittaker
Deborah Menagh
THE MONTH
Graham Danvers
Tel: (954) 736-7114
Please notify Inlet/Outlet of
Past Commodore
address changes so you will
Frank Tippett
not miss any issues.
2 Years
2 Years
1 Year
1 Year
Staff Commodore
Maureen Leonard
Club Credo
Upcoming Events
The purpose of the Hillsboro Inlet Sailing Club is to
develop, encourage,and stimulate an interest in sailing in
the Hillsboro Inlet area. It is our responsibility to promote
fellowship and camaraderie among sailors in our club,
among sailors in the area and among our guests.
Membership
An application for membership in HISC may be obtained
from membership chairpersons Robert and Patricia Schuldenfrei at (561) 582-3340 ([email protected]) or by
contacting any club member. There is a $30.00 initiation
fee and annual dues of $150 (family), $125 (single), are
payable upon joining and every January thereafter. After
June 30, the dues are 75.00 (family) or $62.50 (single) for
the rest of the current year for new members.
Monthly General Meeting
The Hillsboro Inlet Sailing Club holds a monthly
membership meeting generally on the second Thursday of
each month, 7:00pm at the Lighthouse Point Yacht and
Racquet Club, 2701 N.E. 42nd Street, Lighthouse Point,
Tel: (954)942-7224. Please check the monthly calendar or
call the editor for any changes in the meeting dates, times,
or locations.
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Date
Event
December 3rd
Board Meeting
December 4th
Wirth Monroe Race
December 5th
Holiday Dinner Dance and
General Meeting
December 12th
Fort Lauderdale Boat Parade
December 13th
Pompano Beach Boat Parade
December 31
New Years Cruise
January 1st
New Years Cruise
HISC 2016 Slate of
Officers
Commodore
Vice Commodore
Rear Commodore
Past Commodore
Treasurer
Larry Geller
Hector Arrillaga
Bob Schuldenfrei
Suzi Wehe
Michael Cross
Secretary
Two Year Directors
Deborah Menagh
Paul Ferrara
One Year Directors
Dave Lockman
Jim Wallace
Judy Whittaker
Audit
Brian Broad
Nominating
Karyn Katz
The slate was voted in at the November 2015
General Meeting.
After Race Party Schedule
Date
Race
Hosts
Dec 4th
Wirth Monroe Race
TBA
HISC 2015-16 Cruising Calendar
MONTH
December
February
DAY(S)
31 - 1
6-7
EVENT
New Year’s Eve Cruise
Chili Cook Off
HOSTS
Magic
Adelante
Lake Boca
March
5-6
Change of Command Raft Up
Cruising Committee
Lake Boca
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LOCATION
Membership
Gary Snyder is a new member of the HISC.
He was born in Indiana, but move to Florida when he was 10 years old, and he has
never gone back. He has experience as
crew for sailboat races with two boats that
were part of the Gulfstream club: Chablis
a C&C 40 and Redskin a J35. He has
raced a couple times in the Fort Lauderdale to Bimini race as well as the Fort
Lauderdale to Key West race. Gary has a
100 Ton license which is valuable for doing yacht deliveries. His sponsors are
Dale Kern and Robert Schuldenfrei. The
Board member who did the interview was
Rear Commodore Hector Arrillaga.
By Patricia and Robert Schuldenfrei
Esprit du Vent
New Members
Robert Apgar is now a member of the
HISC. Having first starting sailing in college, Bob Apgar moved to the very arid
climate of Phoenix thinking that his sailing
days were behind him. As luck would have
it though, Phoenix boasts beautiful sunshine and regular winds so racing continued on the man-made lakes surrounding
Phoenix. Travel took him sailing for brief
trips to Singapore, Australia, and South
Africa. The first boat he owned was a
Kelsell 52’ catamaran which he sailed with
his father to Mexico, Belize,
Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica and the
Cayman Islands. His life has charted a different course lately where is the proud father of an energetic 3 year old who he
hopes will join him for sailing adventures
in the years to come. His sponsors are Suzi Wehe and Robert Schuldenfrei. The
Board member who did the interview was
2 Year Director Judy Whittaker.
Roster Updates
Apgar, Robert
2609 NW 79th Ave.
Margate, FL 33063
Cherona
(727) 722-3336
[email protected]
Member since: 2015
Miceli, Mike
300 NE Spanish River Blvd.
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Sea Ghost
(781) 718-9831
[email protected]
Member since: 2015
Mike Miceli has joined the HISC. He start-
ed sailing in the Boston area in the community sailing program. His mid-life
years were spent in the Boston area as an
electrical engineer. In 2011 Mike bought a
33 Hunter which he kept in Boston. He is
currently a snow bird living in Boca Raton, FL. He plans to bring his Hunter
down to
Florida in the near future. In the interim,
he is looking to crew where needed. His
sponsors are Frank Tippett and Robert
Schuldenfrei. The Board member who did
the interview was 2 Year Director James
Wallace.
Snyder, Gary
407 SW Natura Ave.
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
(954) 462-8823
[email protected]
Member since: 2015
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Racing
By Larry Geller
Third Tri 2
Hello Racers!
I am sitting down to write this article on Thursday, November 12, three days before the Mary Wells
Coastal Race, so I figure a good topic for this month’s Inlet/Outlet would be:
TO RACE OR POSTPONE – HOW DO I MAKE MY DECISION
The two key factors that I use in making this decision are:
SAFETY – although the decision to race in any given situation is always up to the skipper, I don’t want
to put our people or boats into a dangerous situation – especially for an event that can be postponed. Also, I need to consider the safety of the crews that will be dropping and retrieving race
marks. This can be a chore in a breeze, and it can be very dangerous in 30 knots and 8’ seas!
PARTICIPATION – will the fleet come out in the forecasted conditions. We usually get about 20 boats
for our coastal races, but some are more conservative than others so will we get enough boats out to
make the race worthwhile.
The current NOAA forecast for Sunday is East Winds 15 – 20 knots, with gusts to 30. Seas 5 – 7 feet
with occasional seas to 9 feet. It would be easy to look at that and says that a postponement would
be a good idea, but my experience is that NOAA tends to forecast on the high side, especially with regard to their forecast for wave heights. Next step – check WINDGURU, which is forecasting 25 – 28
knots, with 8’ seas – YIKES. The last thing I check is the tides, as the inlet can get NASTY when there is
an outgoing tide and winds from the east. High tide is 10:53am, so it will be OK going out for the race,
but it could be nasty when the fleet returns in the afternoon.
So, if I needed to make the decision right now, I would postpone based on these factors. Fortunately,
it is only Thursday, so Ill keep checking the forecast and will make a decision by Saturday afternoon.
On a related topic, I am pleased to announce that next year, these decisions will be left up to Michael
Carrington and Marie Graham who have volunteered to be the racing co-chairs. Michael has done
this many times before, and will be mentoring Marie who will be helping him plan and run the races in
2016. They are already working on some exciting stuff, so stay tuned.
Larry Geller
THIRD TRI
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Cruising
Hector Arrillaga
Cruising Committee
This year’s Cruising Flag is pretty awesome.
The Cruising Committee awarded 6 Cruising Flags during the November General Meeting. There should be more flag awards at the January Meeting: Cruising events before
then include the November Thanksgiving Cruise, & New Years Cruise.
Don’t forget to report your cruising overnights with other Club Members to Hector:
[email protected]
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Membership
By Paul Alcock
Eximius
As a comparatively new member of the Hillsboro Inlet Sailing Club (HISC) I hope that I bring a fresh
perspective to membership and how to get the most from the club.
Peggy & I joined the HISC in November 2014, we had been searching for a bigger boat than our then
Catalina 250 Water Ballast that we owned from new in 2005. I had the notion that meeting with people
that sailed bigger boats would help in that search, and with the intent on retiring from full time work in
late 2015 / early 2016, we could develop a social life that included sailing on a bigger boat.
We were welcomed into the club by several enthusiastic members, lead by Robert & Pat Schuldenfrei.
That included several trips out on their Catalina 34 Espirit Du Vent, and participation in the 2015 Hospice Regatta, and Dale Kern on Shoal Mate in one of the Racing series. We started to meet several of
the club members and we felt very comfortable in the club.
Commodore Suzi Wehe asked me to take on the Email Coordination task, something right up my alley.
As a consequence, I started to attend the monthly Board Meetings, met more of the club members and
learned how the club operates and who is making it work.
During the Change of Command Raft up, we met Dave and his wife on Vallhala, and had the chance to
look around their boat, more things to consider when we eventually purchase our ’bigger boat’. Membership in the club was working out: Socail life expanding, Learning lots from owners of bigger boats,
and getting to meet and talk with those owners. That helped us understand the things we wanted in our
new boat, and it helped establish what we could do when we get the boat.
I helped out at the club booth at the Miami Strictly Sail show, met more members, and another member
at the booth told me that he had just delivered a Catalina 385 to a new owner in Stuart Florida, and that
the owner was selling his older Catalina 34.—With everything else going on, we did not follow up on
that. But later , in May, the owner contacted us asking if we were still looking for a Catalina 34. Consequently, we ended up driving up to Stuart and putting an offer on the boat.
We brought the boat down to Fort Lauderdale in late May, and started to get involved in club events on
the water. Our first event included renaming the boat ‘Eximus’ and a good crowd of club members
helped us celebrate the event, especially the Gods representatives: Pam & Dave owners of Sjöfn Pearson 35.
So joining the HISC has been really worth while, we have met with many more members on the water,
helped and have been helped in several boat projects, and we have our new , OK, it’s a 1987, boat within less than a year of joining.
Now that retirement is just around the corner (January 2016) I agreed to incoming Commodore Larry
Geller’s request to take over the position of Inlet / Outlet Editor.
So my perspective: Join, Get involved, Meet the Members, Enjoy the fun. See you on the water.
Paul & Peggy Alcock
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December Program
From the Editor:
Walter Betkowski has been the driving force behind the
Inlet/Outlet for years and I have the privilege of taking
over as the I/O editor. Walter provided me with the last 8
years of digital copies of our magazine and the aging
HISC Laptop. Walter has been a huge help in preparing
me for taking on this task. I hope you will forgive my British Humor when it pops up on deck, it’s an acquired taste.
Tom Garvey, The Program
Chair has the month off in December.
Hope you all enjoyed the great program
about Cuba last meeting.
I hope that club members will provide feedback as well as
their own stories for inclusion in the I/O, please do not
hesitate to send me an email with your point of view or
anecdotes to share in future editions. I don’t promise to
include them, and if I do, they will most likely be edited to
fit space available. But submit them anyway,
Enjoy the Dinner Dance on December 5th.
Thanks.
Paul Alcock
Sailing Vessel Eximius
1987 Catalina 34 Tall Rig Fin Kee.
See you out on the water.
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The Hillsboro Inlet Soundings are
provided by Jack Holland, we hope
you find them useful when Navigating the Inlet
Jack Holland
Chairman
Hillsboro Inlet District
Staff Commodore 1983
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Crew
KING
for Boats
Cindy Kehoe – Able bodied “crew person” would like to join other HISC sailors for fun in the sun racing/
cruising. I have crewed on Karma, A loha, Danse de Lune, and Condor. (561) 445-0770 (C) or [email protected].
Bob & Barb Stevens – Part-time Hillsboro Beach residents with 10 yrs. of bare boat charters on 25’-45’
boats. Would like to race and cruise when in town throughout the year. (812) 371-1356 (C) or [email protected].
Randy Zelden Beginner sailor looking for oppor tunities to act as cr ew in any appr opr iate capacity. I
have limited sailing experience, mostly on hobie craft. Anxious to learn and assist to the best of my ability as
crew member. Contact: tel. (561) 542-2974. e-mail: [email protected]
Renee Wylie – Has crewed & raced with several club boats and is looking to do some cruising on some of the
cruising boats. (954) 425-2082 or [email protected].
Ira Wechterman is a r ecently r etir ed dentist who has cr uised and raced for the past 40 year s. He and
his wife have bare boat chartered in the Virgin Islands multiple times. They currently have a Pearson 39 for
sale in Huntington Long Island NY. They are now permanent residents here in Fla. During his last season
racing with the Setauket Yacht Club his boat was first in their division. Ira and his wife both like to day sail
and cruise. Ira especially likes to race and is looking to be a regular crew member. Please give him a call if
you need crew to either race or cruise. (631) 834-6374.
David Livingston is ASA Certified 101, 103, 104 and 114. If you require crew, call me at (561) 8436328 and I’ll see if I can help out. Fair Winds and Following Seas!
Jerry Freedman has gr eat cr edentials and wishes to cr ew on cr uises and r aces. Sailing (Captain) my
own boat Chitter Chatter, a Coronado 25 sloop with fixed keel, main, 150 genoa, and a cruising spinnaker, 9.9
OB powered for over 40 years. Regions sailed are: Plymouth Bay Mass (2yrs., O’DAY Javelin); Chesapeake
Bay (Annapolis); South New Jersey Coastal Ocean (24 yrs.); Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Coastal, Lower NYC
harbor (2 yrs.), 1 winter sailing a HOLDER 12 on Lake Worth FL ShakeALeg Miami Volunteer (Captain/
Crew) for 6 years on Biscayne Bay with Special-needs kids for sailing students using Catalina 22s Other Regions sailed are: BVI bare boat charter (Moorings 36 ft. sloop), Norfolk-to-Annapolis Morgan 42 boat delivery, Annapolis-to-Ocean City NJ boat delivery. Contact:
[email protected] or from Nov.to April 30 (561) 369-8503 and from May 1 to Oct 31 (732)
446-7475.
Boats L
KING for Crew
Susimi X Michael Car r ington welcomes potential cr ew member s for HISC club races. Contact:
[email protected]
Esprit du Vent Bob & Pat Schuldenfr ei and Chr isteen Pozniak & Fr anco Cer vetto will welcome any
member to enjoy a day-sail on our Catalina 34. If you would like to join us please send an e.mail message to
[email protected].
Any HISC member looking to crew, or Captains (boats) looking for crew, can be added to our
new Crew/Boat pool. E-mail a SHORT description of your interest & experience (cruising/
racing/both) to the crew pool chairman, Brenda Duvall, at [email protected] by the 15th of any
month and we will add the info to the list. Any questions just give me a call (954) 249-9539.
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Club Classifieds
For Sale: Chain, new G43 Hi Test Windlass ISO, Zinc
Coated, Titan (Canada Metals – maker of Rocna anchors).
Up to 150 ft. available. $3/ft. New England Ropes, 5/8”,
new on spool. Up to 600' available. $600 for spool. $1.25/
ft. for cut lengths. (100 ft. minimum.)
Contact
Dave Legrow at [email protected]
no phone calls
please as I often travel.
Wanted - Buyer for a safe exceptional seagoing vessel,
well cared by original owner. Updated rigging and sails
2007. NO teak decks. New bowsprit. Radar, SSB,VHF, Dinghy Davits, Cabin heater, Lectra-San head. Separate shower
stall, Sea Frost refrigeration/freezer. Recently CSC bottom
paint, Hull compounded polished, 3QM30H serviced. A
MUST SEE TAYANA 37 1981 Mar k II Cutter . Reasonable offers will be considered. Joe Tosta (954) 614-8024.
Dock space for rent in SE Boca. Up to 45’ - up to 6 ½’
draft. No live-a-boards. Water and electricity. Very secure
and private. Only 20 minutes to the Boca inlet. John Van
Blois
(561)
251-0579
or
(561)
414-5388.
[email protected]
For Sale: Tor qeedo 1003 S/L electr ic outboar d motor .
A year and 1/2 old, almost new; less than 10 hours use. All
equipment, including 12 volt charging system. Original
cost $2,000; asking $999. Call Bill Stolberg (Duet) (954)
798-6203. You too can be green and high tech
For Sale: Alan Pape design, steel cutter . 31 ft., 5.2 ft.
draft, VHF, 3 burner stove, oven, head.
Wheel steering in & outside. Price $26,500. Contact Art
Campbell (954) 334-1721.
Wanted...OLD SAILS. Past club member Judy Moran is
still making bags out of old sails. She needs your old
sails. If they are cluttering up the garage, carport, storage
locker or boat, now is the time to get them recycled.
Call me and I'll pick them up. Bob Tigar (954) 781-5910.
For Sale: 14 ft. day sailor with tr ailer . Lido 14 $1.000,
(954) 491-6539 Please leave message.
For Sale 2007 Tar tan 4100. Nino was designed, built
and fully equipped for long range cruising. Her center board
draft is 4’3”/8 which makes cruising the Florida Keys and
the shallow areas of the Bahamas very accessible, She has
been maintained to the highest standards and is ready to
cruise. Price $299,000. Contact Gus Sclafani (516) 2798142
For Sale: Mast-Head Bird Deterrent : custom installation ,
safe, non-metallic, flexible , removable, easily stored. Other deterrents available. Contact: Ira Wechterman (member)
[email protected] or call (631) 834-6374
For Sale; 1989 36' Pear son Tr i-Cabin, Turn-key yacht in
excellent condition. New Furuno electronics, many upgrades. Boat is located in Boston, Sail this summer in colorful New England, and sail South in the Fall.
$59,500.
Gene
(617)
459-3285
for
pics
email [email protected])
For Sale Alliance (hypolon) dinghy-9-feet, 2-inches-plus
oars-also 5-h.p.Honda outboard (7-year low usage) with 2
-fuel cans-- at Lighthouse Pt. Location. $1,500.00 for
both—any realistic offer will be considered--call Dennis
@ (954) -296-6422
The Inlet Outlet will accept classified ads at no charge from members in good standing. These ads will be
run for one(1) issue only unless renewed. Ads must be submitted in writing. You must notify the editor for
each issue in which you wish the ad to run.
BOAT US MEMBERSHIP
Boat US membership dues are $30.00. Since we have a group membership; current HISC
Members as well as any new HISC Members in 2015 should only pay $15.00.
Our Group Number is GA83724S
If you need any additional information call me,
Tim Leonard, Boat US Coordinator at (754) 367-1085
or e-mail to [email protected]
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Fort Lauderdale
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Dance and General
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Hillsboro Inlet Sailing Club - December 2015
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