2013 Members Magazine

2013
summer calendar
YC’s Penguins have hung up their skis.
The Eagles are dusting off their golf
clubs. Our sailors are launching their
boats for another season of regattas , Beer Can
and Laser races. Over-The-Bottom participants are planning their strategy and hoping
that more "dumb luck" will help them win this
year. All our TYC members are looking forward to many fun-filled events this summer.
And your Board is committed to the success
of each and everyone of these TYC events.
The traditional “official” opening of the summer season is our Fizz Fling on Saturday,
May 25,. Come by the clubhouse for a gin
fizz, concocted and served by your board of
directors. Help yourself to a great summer
lunch buffet catered by Melanie Jackson, and
gather ‘round for the Blessing of the Fleet by
the Rev. Dr. Chip Larson (a sailor himself) of
Tahoe City’s Christ the King Lutheran Church.
It's a great way to kick off your TYC summer
and catch up on all the news with friends not
seen since the end of last summer.
the caterer. We will, however, attempt to fill
your reservation if there is a waiting list. We
appreciate your understanding.
Yacht clubs as well as other private clubs
everywhere experience membership attrition
each year and TYC is no exception. Our
Membership committee, chaired by Director
Rick Raduziner, has been working on an
incentive plan and a number of ways to reach
out to more of our Tahoe neighbors. (See page
8). Increasing club membership is crucial to
sustaining the Tahoe Yacht Club. I ask every
member to take an active role in growing our
roster. Invite your friends to our events so they
may experience all that the TYC has to offer.
Meet me at the club!
Be sure to check TYC’s calendar often in
Block & Tackle and online at www.tahoeyc.
com. Social events like the Fizz, First Fridays,
and August’s Big Kahuna, are planned by
our Hospitality Committee chaired by Vice
Commodore Tom O'Rourke and his wife,
Marie, working along with our club manager,
Megan Leopard, and staff. And it takes a fleet
of volunteers to make these events happen.
Please consider volunteering for the committee to host or help put on an event.
Like the Fizz Fling, many of our social events
require an RSVP for planning. I ask you to
please respond as soon as possible and no later
than the stated deadline.
For catered events, a firm “head count” must
be given days before the event to the caterer
who, in turn, charges the club based on the
number given. If, at the last minute, you
decide not to or are unable to attend we must
charge you because of our commitment to
Founded 1925
Summer Season
Hours
A
May 27 thru September 1
Office:
Tuesday through Sunday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Clubhouse:
(full bar service)
Daily, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
bout now many of you
have spring fever and are
eagerly awaiting summer’s approach, me included! We
just had a beautiful Easter day,
and, although there are some late
spring snow showers in the forecast, it will be sunny and warm
soon! And once again, we have a
calendar packed with events from
our traditional summer season
opening day Fizz Fling on May 27
to August’s Big Kahuna Bash.
Summer Staffing
Soon I expect that we will be seeing many more of your faces around the
clubhouse as everyone breaks into their summer vacations. And you will
see a few changes around the clubhouse, and with summer hires, some
new faces on staff as well.
Veteran staffers include
club manager Megan
Leopard who will be organizing member events as
well as private parties and
membership drives and
bartenders Edward Torres
and Cody Lewis. For onthe-water events, Greg
Barraclough returns to set
OTB courses and head the
Edward Torres and
race administration for our
Clubmanager Megan Leopard
sailing regattas.
Los Gatos, Calif., native
Victoria Sheldon is one
of our new bartenders
this year. Her father was
commodore of Los Gatos
Yacht Club and at the age
of three months, Victoria
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Spectacular views and casual fine dining
Lots of fresh fish and
Chef Scott Yorkey’s specials
Public Pier boat parking
Lake Tahoe Webcam & Weather Station
at www.jakestahoe.com
780 North Lake Blvd., Boatworks Mall
at Tahoe City Marina
(530) 583-0188
Greg Barraclough
Cody Lewis
around the clubhouse (continued)
Lower minimum and more ways to use it!
I want to remind everybody that the 2013 member minimum runs on the
calendar year – January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013. The board
has reduced the Regular Member minimum to $250 (from the previous
$300). Once again this year, up to $100 of your minimum can be applied
toward social events! You can also use your minimum at the bar, in retail
purchases, by renting the club for private events, or toward an advertisement in our Block & Tackle
B oatique
THE
at t y c
! For graduation, Father’s Day, any day,
check out the new summer logowear arriving daily and on display in our “Boatique.”
This summer, we are getting a new line for men and women
with lots of different items: shirts; short and
long beach cover- ups; new sandals, fleece
jackets and more. Don’t forget all your retail
purchases count toward your annual minimum.
Special thanks to our “buyer,”
Sports Tahoe’s Mickey Gregory.
Joyce Drechsler
was made first member. Now she is working
on her EMT and rafting guide certificates while
attending Sierra College for transfer credentials
toward her BS degree. With sailing, snowboarding, backpacking and fishing as favorite hobbies,
Tahoe was the place for her to settle, surrounded
by nature while still close to family. Now happy
to be part of the TYC family, Victoria, who
Victoria Sheldon
raced with her father aboard their 38-ft. Refiki
sailboat named Grace, hopes to join a crew on
our Wednesday night Beer Cans. Next time you are in town, come meet
Victoria and her friendly smile.
Club Event
Reservations and Cancellation Policy
We have a busy and fun calendar set up for this coming summer,
so please join us for your favorite events! To better serve you and
ease confusion, please follow these procedures when making a
reservation for our club events:
• Make your reservations by providing your name and all
names of guests you are hosting on your club account. You
can make reservations with Megan through e-mail ([email protected]) or by phone (530.581.4700).
• If you plan to have guests who you will NOT be hosting,
have them call the office to make their reservation and make
arrangements for payment.
• TYC’s cancellation policy is as follows:
o Reservations may be cancelled without charge through email or by phone BEFORE the event’s reservation deadline.
o You will be charged the full event fee for your reservation
if you are a "no show" or have cancelled your reservation
AFTER the reservation deadline.
Please know that, when we have a late cancellation, we’ll try
to sell the reservation to another member to avoid charges. We
strive to maintain accurate counts for events and to accommodate as many members as possible. Your assistance with
these procedures will help us in accomplishing these goals.
Thank you for your understanding and support!
NEW fireplace mantle and bookcase
Special thanks to Director Keith Mason for his
carpentry talent in creating a fireplace mantle on the bar side of our
fireplace that actually looks like it’s always been there. It’s a perfect
showcase for TYC trophies and photos. Coming soon: a new 80-inch
flat screen TV above the mantle. Stop in soon and take a look!
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Please support our advertisers
I want to ask all members to please consider our Block & Tackle
advertisers when needing a new service or product. And mention that
you saw their ad in our publications. This will encourage them to continue advertising and supporting our magazine!
Last year we gained 17 new memberships
and this year we lost 24 members. So far this
spring, we have approved three new members/applicants. It's natural that we will always
have attrition with members due to many different life reasons. We need to create a positive inflow to bolster
our ranks. More members = more fun. More
Members = TYC financial stability. More
Members = opportunities to make new
friends.
à 2013 Membership Incentive - TYC’s
board of directors has approved a
reduced initiation fee of $1,000 for
2013. A trial membership is no longer
an option.
à Membership Appeal Letter - 1,200
direct mail pieces have been sent to a
select demographic of property owners
within the Tahoe basin.
à Membership Package - The member-
ship package has been streamlined to
Brad & Tamara Drian
Jim & Phyllis Plugge
Crystal Bay, Nev.
Regular Membership approved December
2012. Sponsors: Vern & Pat Lucas;
Seconders, Dick & Nileta Morton
The Plugges have been members of the
North Lake Tahoe community for a number
of years and through their local church, Saint
Francis of Assisi in Incline Village, became
friends with several TYC’ers. Jim, a retired VP
of marketing, and Phyllis had been members
of several yacht clubs in other places were they
resided so it was only a matter of time until they
joined TYC. The couple are looking forward
to the club’s social events, and the Concours
d’Elegance, while sailor Jim, who is currently
between boats, hopes to crew this summer.
Tahoe City, Calif.
Regular Membership approved April 2013.
Sponsor: Dan Hauserman; Seconder, Rick
Raduziner
Brad, a real estate investor, and Tamara,
along with children Ali, 14 and Nick 12, recently relocated to Lake Tahoe after buying a
home here this past year. They will also be adding a 22-ft Four Winns to the TYC fleet with
their new membership. Brad is interested in
racing sail boats and thought TYC was the best
way to get started. The couple is also interested
in wine-tasting events and social events.
Elaine Lamb
Annapolis, Md.
Young Adult Membership approved
Sponsor: Rick Raduziner;
Seconder, Dan Hauserman
Elaine, a nurse practitioner, is relocating
to the Reno/Tahoe area in July from Annapolis, Maryland, where she is a member of the
Severn Sailing Association. She is an active
dinghy and keelboat sailor on the Chesapeake
Bay and owns a 14-ft. Laser and Jet14. In addition to TYC’s keelboat and Laser regattas,
Elaine is interested in joining our Penguin Ski
group.
Tom & Martha Hughes
Sacramento/Homewood, Calif.
Regular Membership
Tom and Martha have been members of
TYC since 1979 and we are happy to have them
back after a short hiatus! Tom owns a Toyota
dealership in Yuba City and enjoys antique
cars. Martha, an avid bridge and dominoes
player, enjoys gardening. The couple, who are
also Friend members of the Tahoe Maritime
Museum, enjoy spending time with their three
children and seven grandchildren at their Hurricane Bay lake home and with their boat, Sr.
Crisis, a 2003 25-ft. Chris-Craft launch.
make it smaller and to reduce mailing
costs. These packages are to be distributed to several sites around Lake Tahoe
including but not limited to boat dealerships, marinas and other appropriate locations.
à
Email blast to lakefront owners - We
have created an email blast appeal letter that is being sent to lakefront HOA
condominium complexes. We have had
a positive response to include it in their
next e-mail to their members or allow us
to provide a printed insert into their next
mail-out piece. If you have direct access to any HOA
president or board member, please let
Megan Leopard or me know so that
we can contact them.
2013
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MeMbership
roster
Address, phone numbers, emails, boat ownerships…please
check your listing in the new 2013 Roster. The information
printed is what is on file and/or supplied by you on this year’s
membership renewal form. Let us know of any additions/
corrections or make your changes directly online through the
secure “Members Login” at www.tahoeyc.com. Extra copies
of the Roster are available at the clubhouse for your use only
and must not, under any circumstances, be loaned to nonmembers or used as a mailing/solicitation list.
à Website - Our new TYC promotional
video, along with a member application,
is now available to be accessed directly
from our homepage at www.tahoeyc.com.
Please direct your friends to our website
to learn about us. à New Member appreciation party - Our
New Member appreciation Party will be
held on August 2, 2013 in conjunction
with the First Friday cocktail party. All
new members from 2012/13 will receive
two free drinks on the house.
As you can see, we have a lot in the works.
I want to extend a big “thank you” to
Clubmanager Megan and General Manager
Mariana for their assistance in executing our
ambitious plan. At this time we need additional Membership
Committee members. If you are interested in
contributing a little time for the benefit of our
club, please contact me. I look forward to seeing you at the club.
P.S. Don’t forget that any member who sponsors a new regular member gets their minimum
waived the following year!
Fizz Fling
B l e ssi n g
the Fleet
and
of
Saturday, May 25, 2013
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at the Clubhouse
A selection of “First Friday” hors d’oeuvres by May Hospitality Hostess Jeanie MacAulay.
By tradition, the 2013 summer season is kicked off with
an invitation from Commodore Dick and Nileta Morton
to join them for gin fizzes, prepared and served by the
club’s flag officers and directors, along with a catered
light lunch buffet by Melanie Jackson.
The Mortons’ pastor, Chip Larson of Tahoe City’s Christ
the King Lutheran Church and a sailor himself, will be
our guest to offer a blessing for fair winds and safety
on the waters.
Dress, also be tradition, is natty and nautical “black tie”
so be creative; there’s a prize for “best dressed.”
After a one-year hiatus, the TYC-sponsored North Tahoe Rowing Regatta is back,
scheduled this year
for Saturday, June 15.
Since we missed last
year, we’re hoping for a
record turn-out this year.
That means we’ll need
chase boats, as usual.
Staff Commodore Rich
Stout and Navy Blue
From Sue Campbell
have already agreed to
serve again as the committee boat, which
means we will need four more volunteers.
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Photo courtesy North Tahoe Rowing Regatta
Being a chase boat for the regatta is a unique
experience. We rise before dawn to start the
race before the Lake gets choppy, which means
spending a very tranquil morning watching
the scullers row by. If you think you might
be interested, please e-mail Sue Campbell at
[email protected].
The clubhouse is the place to be the
First Friday of every month – a
great time to meet new members, visit
with old friends and find out who’s back
in town and around for the summer.
No reservations needed for this casual
cocktail party with great drink specials
and hosted appetizers, prepared each
month by a member Hospitality Hostess
volunteer. Just stop in, perhaps on your
way to dinner, and enjoy this fun perk of
being a TYC member. Starting at 5 p.m.
We are also looking for members
willing to house a rower or two
Though most of our rowers choose
to stay at the Crown Motel in Kings
Beach where the race begins and
ends, a few do request housing
every year. So if you have a spare
bedroom in your Tahoe home,
please consider offering it up to our
dedicated rowers. Please let Mariana
know, if you are interested.
So be on the look-out for our rower guests.
There will be a pre-race dinner and meeting
held at the club on Friday evening, June 14, so
if you’re around, feel free to drop by and offer
them encouragement. The race is spectacular
but also a lot of hard work.
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
JUNE 2013
2
3
4
LASER RACE
5
6
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
10
8
FIRST FRIDAY
Cocktail Party
- 5 pm
First Shape: 1800
11
LASER RACE
12
13
14
LASER MASTER
PACIFIC COAST
CHAMPIONSHIPS
First Shape: 1800
12th annual NT
ROWING REGATTA
Dinner @ TYC
6 pm
Father’s Day
LASER MASTER
PACIFIC COAST
CHAMPIONSHIPS
17
18
LASER RACE
19
20
First Day of
Summer
OTB Launch
Party
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
21
First Shape: 1800
- 5:30 pm
ACBS Woodie Whoopie
23
24
LASER RACE
30
First Shape: 1800
- 6 pm
15
Flag Day
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
16
BEER & FOOD
TASTING
hosted hors d'oeuvres
PICYA Delegates Meeting
Vallejo Yacht Club
9
7
25
26
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
27
28
Regatta
Kings Beach – 7 am
22
OTB #1
8:30 am registration
Tahoe City Marina
Southern Crossing Tahoe Windjammers YC
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Annual TYC FAMILY PICNIC
Catered lunch and games on the Ehrman Mansion
lawn, Sugar Pine Point State Park - 11 am to 2 pm
EAGLES Golf #1
1pm - Brockway
Potluck after at TYC
GAR WOODS
Regatta
First Shape: 1500
It’s a red-white-and-blue weekend on the sprawling lawn of the Ehrman Mansion at Sugar
Pine Point State Park with a picnic geared for members, your kids and grandkids, friends too.
The picnic is catered — this year by the Crest Cafe — and the games planned — two-legged
races, hula hoops, watermelon eating
contests and more — and, of course,
lots of prizes for the kids.
Watch your e-mail for picnic RSVP
information; make your reservtions and
remember to bring a blanket or lawn
chairs to enjoy this lazy summer afternoon as the boats drift by. (With work
proceeding on the rebuild of the Sugar
Pine pier, destroyed in a 2011 winter
storm, it will be a whole lot easier to
come to the picnic by boat this year!
Ship-to-shore TYC tender available.)
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re you tired of the restaurant runs and slow cruises around the Lake?
Then join your friends at the Tahoe Yacht Club for an exciting adventure using your power boat in an Over-the-Bottom Season Series
event. Members without a power boat are welcome, too. We will
even help you get started. Ride along with an experienced OTB’er or invite an
experienced OTB’er to ride along in your boat for an event. (Read on for a more
detailed description of an OTB.)
Club members are still talking about the 2012
OTB Season Series when, in the final event,
Bill Mann and his experienced crew in Sweet &
Sour pulled out the victory by a single second
over Harvey Rogers’ boat, Where’s Harvey.
Mike Simmons in Above Water won the 2011
Season Series and as is the tradition, hosted
the 2012 Awards Luncheon at “Playtime,” Kay
Turner’s beautiful West Shore home, following
the final event.
tions for each event. (See schedule on opposite
page.)
We anticipate the 2013 OTB Season will
be equally challenging and fun for all. Greg
Barraclough will again be setting the courses
and providing devious and intriguing instruc-
Note that for 2013 we have arranged to finish one event at Gar Woods and another at
Chambers Landing, in addition to returning to
a favorite – the West Shore Café in Homewood.
OTB #3 is scheduled for a Sunday which is
also a first.
All TYC power boaters are invited and encouraged to participate in the OTBs. All types of
craft – wood, fiberglass, or metal – can participate. No specialized equipment is required
and speeds are not excessive. However, many
skippers believe that a GPS and a stopwatch
are useful. History has proved that a successful
performance in an OTB requires limited navigational knowledge, some boat handling skills
and, most importantly, a whole lot of luck!
Typically, 15 to 20 boats have participated in
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Over-The-Bottom
2012 Summer
Series
an OTB, but the more the better! For example,
several years ago we had more than 60 boats
participate in the OTB during Wooden Boat
Week.
In recent years, participating boats ranged in
size from the 16-ft. wooden Tingle, a 1959
Century Resorter owned by Becky Arnold,
to the 33-ft. Beauty and the Beach, a 2002
Formula owned by TYC Director Keith and
Susie Mason. Some skippers have participated
single handed, but most find one or two additional crew to be helpful. It is up to the skipper
as to how many additional passengers participate. Remember, in addition to being challenging, the event is intended to be fun!
At the morning registration before each event,
skippers and crew receive instructions to follow a prescribed course including direction,
speed and timing. Each boat attempts to follow
the same course, departing at one minute intervals, with the objective to match the mark time
set by the TYC staff in the club’s mark boat.
skipper and a crew member) to the season
series award luncheon (at least a $60 value).
Signing up for the Series of five rallys is a
better deal than paying $30 for each individual
event, assuming that the boater participates in
three or more OTBs. Additional lunch tickets
for crew, as well as skippers who do not sign
up for the season series will be available for an
estimated $30-35 each. Lunch tickets must be
purchased at the clubhouse in advance of the
final Over-The-Bottom event (OTB #5), on
Saturday, Aug. 24.
Along the course there are multiple check
points where the crew will pick up a playing
card, which is used to form a poker hand at
the end of the rally. Only boats which attempt
to follow the prescribed OTB course will be
considered for awards for the event.
The Season Series winner is determined after
the final event, based on each participant’s
gross cumulative time off the mark time for
their best three of the five events.
Members and crew are welcome to participate
in one or more OTB events. Many participate
in three or more to qualify for the Season
Series and additional awards. Last year, 23
boats participated in the OTBs with 15 qualifying for the Season Series.
Please contact any member of the Power
Boat Committee if you have questions and
especially if you are interested in participating
but may need an experienced crew member to
help initially. Committee members are Roger
McGee, chairman, (415) 533-5164 or [email protected]; Becky Arnold; Director Bill
Mann; Wendy Poore; Mike Simmons; and
Staff Commodore Andy Wagner.
The cost for the Season Series will be $100
per boat which includes two tickets (for the
2013 OVER-THE-B0TTOM SEASON SERIES
Event
Date
Location
Registration
Launch Party
Friday, June 21
Tahoe Yacht Club 5:30 p.m. Clubhouse
Tahoe City Marina/ TYC (finish)
Chambers Landing
8:30 a.m. on the water
8:30 a.m. on the water
Gar Woods 8:30 a.m. on the water
8:30 a.m. on the water
OTB #1
Saturday, June 22
OTB #2
Saturday, July 6
OTB #3
Sunday, July 28
OTB #4
Saturday, Aug. 3
West Shore Café
Boat Week OTB*
Monday, Aug. 12
Sugar Pine PointAdvanced Registration
OTB #5 &
Awards Luncheon
Saturday, Aug. 24
Meeks Bay (tentative)
8:30 a.m. on the water
* All power boats are invited, but wooden boats will be given priority.
Sign up in advance with Concours d’Elegance social events or with
the TYC staff. This event is not part of the OTB Season Series.
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T
his year we are going to try something new, and I think it will be fun
and exciting. We are bringing together
two of Lake Tahoe’s oldest institutions
— Tahoe Yacht Club, established in 1925 as
the Tahoe Power Boat Club, and Old Brockway Golf Course, established in 1924 and the
home of the first Bing Crosby Golf Tournament (1934-35).
Lane Lewis, Old Brockway’s owner since the
’80s, has refurbished the restaurant and clubhouse and there are great old pictures dating
back to the original Crosby. Throughout the
clubhouse, you’ll also find pictures of other
celebraties including Dean Martin, Phil Harris
and Frank Sinatra who were regulars on the
course when Sinatra owned the near-by CalNeva Resort in the fifties and sixties.
The rational for this change is that I cannot
get the competitive rates I have had in the
past at the other courses. So we are going
to work closely with
Brockway to make
these fun golfing
events on this historic Kings Beach
course designed by
renowned Scottish
architect John Duncan Dunn.
Private or group lessons can also be
arranged with Brian Eilders or Garrett Cook.
New at Brockway this year are two Bocce
Ball courts. I have had a discussion with Vice
Commodore Tom O’Rourke and we might
combine a bocce ball tournament with the golf
tournament. This would bring out non-golfers
as well.
Dates for the Eagles Golf will be the last
Fridays of May, June, July and August (May
31, June 28, July 26, August 30). Tee times
will be 1 p.m. for those who will be playing
18 holes and 1:45 p.m. for those who will
be playing 9 holes. At the end of each event,
we will meet back at Tahoe Yacht Club for a
potluck and awards.
We have an application with Wolfedales
to enter their Bocce Ball league for the
summer. The games are played on Thursday starting at 6 p.m. with the starting
times changing each week as we work
through the rotation. Anyone interested
please contact:
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More information will be provided, as we get
closer to each event. Bring your spouse, children, grandkids or friends and join us for our
golfing events and a “hole” lot of fun.
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
3
4
Independence
Day
5
6
Watch the
FIRST FRIDAY
Cocktail Party
LASER RACE
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
First Shape: 1800
Tahoe City
FIREWORKS
(at dusk)
from the comfort of
your clubhouse!
7
8
9
LASER RACE
Spring Series
Awards Party
TRANS-TAHOE
AWARDS LUNCH
First Shape: 1800
LASER RACE
17
13
First Shape: 1700
18
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
Clubhouse 11:30 am
12
Warm-up Race
- 8 pm
16
ACBS Woodie Whoopie
TRANS-TAHOE
WEEKEND
First Shape: 1800
PICYA Delegates Meeting
Bridge Marina Yacht Club
15
11
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
14
10
- 5 pm
OTB #2
8:30 am registration
Chambers Landing
50TH ANNUAL
Skippers’ Meeting: 1000
First Shape: 1200
19
20
BEER TASTING &
FOOD PAIRING
TENNIS SOCIAL
ACBS Woodie Whoopie
22
Crusin’
EDGEWOOD
RUMGATTA
23
LASER RACE
24
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
First Shape: 1800
- meet 9:30 am
Tahoe City Marina
Sign-in - 9 am
6 pm
COMMODORES' CRUISE to Emerald Bay - Picnic at 5 pm
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TRANS-TAHOE
REGATTA
25
26
EAGLES Golf #2
1pm - Brockway
Potluck and awards
after at TYC
Board Meeting
Clubhouse - 10 am
27
SUNNYSIDE
REGATTA
First Shape: 1800
South Tahoe Wooden Boat Classic - Tahoe Keys Marina
28
29
OTB #3
8:30 am registration
Gar Woods
LASER RACE
First Shape: 1800
ACBS Annual Picnic and
Show Awards
30
31
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
JULY
(continued)
Join fellow members at the club
for a cozy, front row seat for the
Tahoe City fireworks, starting
at dusk (approx. 9 p.m.), and the
show from South Shore, too. No
charge; the bar will be staffed
and snacks set out for munching.
Or come in earlier and watch the
hundreds of boats gather for the
big show. Call in early and order a
pizza or full dinner from Dockside
700.
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craft breweries in the U.S., is
known for iconoclastic interpretations of traditional beer
styles (and irreverent packaging). Their flagship IPA has been consistently the best selling
India Pale Ale in California.
Pair that with some pretty fine food by Tahoe
City’s Wolfdale’s Cuisine Unique and you’re
in for a great evening. $30 per person; RSVP
by Tuesday, July 16.
The Commodores’ Cruise to Emerald Bay has been a TYC tradition since the ’60s but it’s not just
for commodores. ALL members (and their guests) are invited to join in the fun of this picnic on
the Vikingsholm beach. Boat in or come by car and hike down the Vikingsholm trail. And if you
need to hitch a ride, give the club a call. There’s no charge, no reservations needed. TYC provides
the traditional “Commodores’ corn-on-the-cob,” a grill for cooking, and a boatload of beverages.
On your list to bring: your food for the evening, plates and utensils, and a blanket or camp chairs
(in case all the picnic tables are taken).
The Tahoe Yacht Club Tennis Social, a summer tradition since 1990, is scheduled this
year for Saturday July 20. All level of players, women and men, are encouraged to
come and have a great time at our annual
Tennis Round Robin on North Shore courts.
We will gather at the TYC at 9:15 a.m. and
play will begin at 10 a.m. Lunch and prizes
will follow, back at the club (for players and
guests) at the conclusion of the matches,
about 1 p.m.
Registration forms, available at the clubhouse, must be received along with payment
by Saturday July 13. Questions? Contact
Tennis Social chair Kelsey Ferris or call
Mariana at the club, (530) 581-4700. Join us
for a fun day of social tennis and a wonderful lunch catered by Melanie Jackson.
Pack a picnic lunch and head “south” with
Staff Commodore Stacy and the Conner crew
to Edgewood Tahoe where Tahoe Celebrity
Golf alumni battle it out in the final round of
the 24th annual American Century Golf Championship, televised nationally starting at 12 pm
PDT. We’ll anchor off to party and serve hosted
rum drinks from our committee boat and if you
want, we’ll take you ashore for a closer look at
the course. No charge or reservations needed.
To see who’s playing, go to tahoecelebritygolf.
com. (As for “Rumgatta,” the name’s a holdover from years back when a rum distillery
sponsored a wet-and-wild TYC cruising event
to the east shore.)
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ack-to-back below average snowfall years have us entering the summer with
much lower lake levels and bigger launching challenges but where there’s a
will, there’s a way! Be extra careful this year though. Especially for those of
you whose boats have a keel on the bottom. Rocks usually win! This article was
written in April at which time it feels like summer is coming early so if that is still
the case, let’s get out there!
2012 was a great sailing year, even though it was a cold and late start, and it looks
like the 2013 sailing season is shaping up nicely, too.
Here is what’s new:
1. The Laser Masters Pacific Coast Championships are being hosted by
TYC on June 15-16. Registration is open to all sailors, 35 years of age
and older.
2. We have implemented a new online event registration system allowing participants in all our sailing events to register, pay and sign waivers
online. Look for the link on the homepage of the TYC website. at www.
tahoeyc.com.
3. We are pleased to be offering a Racing Rules presentation by John
Siegel on May 22. One week prior to the first Beer Can races.
4. Our “Buddy Boat” program is thriving. Throughout the summer we
will have two Lasers and at least one Sunfish at the Lake Forest boat
ramp. This is a free member benefit for you. You can check out the sail
bags at the TYC.
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First up this season is the Laser Fleet, TYC’s
largest and longest standing fleet of boats. It is
not uncommon to see 15 to 20-plus boats on
Monday nights.
TYC has both a Standard Fleet and Radial
Fleet. The Laser Radial is the same boat but
with a smaller sail for less experienced or
lighter weight sailors. It is perfect for those
learning to sail or for those a bit overpowered
when it is windy. There is great support each
Monday at the boat ramp where experienced
skippers are always willing to share their
knowledge and help you along the path of
becoming a better sailor.
to Gary and Lynn Redelberger for their efforts
on this event.
The seven-week Spring Series begins Memorial Day and the Summer Series begins July 8.
After the races each Monday, nightly awards
are given out at one of the sponsoring restaurants. Many thanks to Jake’s, Sunnyside and
Hacienda Del Lago for their continued support
and awards.
The Wednesday night Beer Can series is
always a summer highlight and sailors are
often heard saying “it just doesn’t get much
better than this. Beer Can Racing gets going
on May 29 this year with the races starting at 6
p.m. Like the Lasers, there will also be both a
Spring and Summer Series.
This year Tahoe Yacht Club is happy to
have been chosen to host the Laser Masters
Pacific Coast Championships. Top notch
sailors from throughout the West will congregate for epic one-design fleet racing. This
is an excellent on water spectator sport. The
Laser season concludes with the Kip LarRieu
Memorial Laser Fleet Championships and
campout at Stampede Reservoir the weekend
of September 7–8. Thanks to board member
Rick Raduziner for organizing the Laser series
and championships.
There will be three classes of racing. Division
One consists of the fastest boats we have.
Division 2 is for medium fast boats with
PHRF ratings (handicaps to level the playing
field) between 57 and 87. Last, but not least
is Division 3, the largest division, consisting
of boats with PHRF ratings of 90 or more.
It is a fun time along with some of the most
competitive racing of the summer. If you are
not a sailor and/or haven’t been to the club
after the races, you should check it out. Kudos
The Erik Arnold Memorial Restaurant Race
Series is back and this year will consist of
three races, all starting at 3 p.m. on Saturdays.
The races will be run using a pursuit format
where the PHRF rating is factored in before
the start. The highest rated PHRF (or slowest) boat starts first and lowest PHRF (fastest)
starts last. The idea is that all boats will cross
the finish line at the same time and this makes
for a very exciting race for everyone!
Course details and start times are emailed out
prior to race day. The venues are Gar Woods
Regatta on June 29, Sunnyside Regatta on July
27, and Jake’s Regatta on August 17. Each of
the regattas are held in front of the sponsoring
restaurant, making for good views for spectators and a quick dinghy ride in for the awards
parties immediately following each event.
This year will be the 50th anniversary running
of the event. Thank you, Bill Briner, for getting it started in the early ’60s. This unique
distance race offers a bit of everything and is
sure to again attract boats of all shapes and
sizes including a large Corsair trimaran class
for a 20-35 mile race (depending on wind conditions and boat type). There will be a warmup race Friday, July 12, followed by the all-day
race on Saturday, July 13, and awards lunch on
Sunday at noon.
Jim and Lynn Mullen and family have put
this event together since summer of 2005. It
is no easy task. Thank you so much for your
incredible dedication, organization and skill.
Your efforts are remarkable and very much
appreciated.
As you can see, there will be many exciting
events. If you are looking to crew on a boat or
are a boat owner looking for crew, feel free to
contact me and I will spread the word. Also,
we are often looking for help in running races
so if you know of someone with sailing or race
organization skills, please let us know. We just
may need them.
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50
th
TRANS TAHOE
Regatta
On Saturday, July 13,
Tahoe Yacht Club will
celebrate the 50th running
of the club’s feature race
across Lake Tahoe and
honor three sailors who
helped make it happened.
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As the story is told, the inspi-
ration for the Trans Tahoe came over a few
drinks at Sunnyside and talk about sailing the
big Transpac (the Transpacific Yacht Race
from Los Angeles to Honolulu, the longest of
the two oldest ocean races). According to Bill
Briner, “Someone piped up ‘Why don’t we
start our own?’ and so we did.”
From four boats in 1963 — racing from
Sunnyside to the first mark at Sugar Pine
Point, across to Sand Harbor and back — the
Trans Tahoe grew to become the largest sailing
regatta on Lake Tahoe and one of the club’s
premier events of the summer season.
On Saturday, July 13, Tahoe Yacht Club celebrates the 50th anniversary of the club’s
largest sail event.
As its founder, Staff
Commodore Briner
(1981), will be honored
during the weekend as
the Fleet Admiral of the
Trans Tahoe. In addition, honors will also
go during the weekend
to the late Jake Obexer
II and Eric Conner for
their contributions to the success of the club’s
Trans Tahoe invitational regatta and sailboat
racing on Lake Tahoe.
Trans Tahoe weekend events, beginning on
July 12, include a warm-up race followed by
a “welcome aboard” party at TYC on Friday
night, the Trans Tahoe race itself on Saturday,
and awards luncheon at the clubhouse on
Sunday.
The course—approximately 30 nautical miles
—will go from Tahoe City to Sugar Pine
Point, and then across the Lake to Glenbrook
on the East Shore. The return is to Sugar Pine
Point and then to Tahoe City. Most boats finish before dark, but in years past, several have
come in just before midnight, the deadline for
finishing.
At the awards ceremony on Sunday, trophies
will be awarded to winners of each class of
boat entered and to the overall winners. Scores
are based on a PHRF handicap system that
considers the relative speeds of boat types that
have different sailing characteristics.
The overall winner of the keelboat divisions
receives the Eric Conner trophy, named for
the late TYC Vice
Commodore who served
as club race chairman
for many years until his
tragic death in 2004.
The Jake Obexer trophy (right) goes to the
highest finishing boat
owned by a TYC member. Meanwhile the
winner of the cruising
division—for boats that do not fly spinnaker
sails—is awarded the Hellman perpetual trophy, named in memory of TYC sailor, Staff
Commodore Raymond Hellman (1974-75).
In the 2012 Trans Tahoe, the 41-ft. J/125
August Ice (pictured opposite page), owned
by TYC member Dick Ferris, won both the
Conner and Obexer trophies, finishing the
31-nautical mile course in 4 hours:20 minutes.
Under the performance handicap system used
by TYC, the difference in time between August
Ice and second place finisher Racer X, a Farr
36 skippered by Gary Redelberger, was 3 minutes:27 seconds.
The early Trans Tahoe races did much to dispel
the myth that sailing Lake Tahoe, while certainly challenging, was too dangerous because
it was not possible to see the “dark line.”
Although collisions were not unheard of, and
the “Man Overboard Trophy” was awarded
more often than not, the races continued to
grow in popularity, peaking in the late ’70s
with up to 120 participants in a year co-chaired
by Greg Dorland and John Utter. “In those
days,” Utter recalled, “we had probably 40 or
more trailor-able boats; a whole cadry of J’s
and Moores that would come up from the Bay
for the Trans Tahoe. Back then, it was easier
to secure moorings for the traveling boats,
generously provided by our west shore marinas, along with spare buoys made available by
TYC members.”
Coerced by Commodore Les Bartlet (1978-79),
Utter took on the Trans Tahoe chairmanship, a
job he held for nearly 20 years, in addition to
serving as commodore in 1985. As the regatta
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In 1975. Commodore Ray Hellmann announced the
establishment of a perpetual trophy in memory of
Jacob P. Obexer II, (grandson of Tahoe boating pioneer, J.P. Obexer) who had recently lost his life in a
tragic marina accident at the age of 27. From an accompanying newspaper article: “In just a few years,
along with a mere handful of others, Jake brought the
sport of sailing on Lake Tahoe from a colorful, but relatively rare phenomenon, to a
leading participation sport.
The three-foot trophy, which resides at the
corner of the clubhouse fireplace, is awarded
to the TYC-member boat taking first place
overall in the annual Trans Tahoe Regatta.
Inscribed plaques at the base of the ship’s
compass date back to 1968 Trans Tahoe winner Charles Crawford in Extra Dry.
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(continued)
headed into its third decade, the 29 to 30-mile
length of the early races remained pretty much
the same, but there were changes afloat.
By 1983, the regatta had moved from its
original late summer dates when the winds go
soft, to the second weekend in July, the date
often coinciding with a full moon. With no
time limit in those early days, the latter was
appreciated by unlucky sailors who didn’t
cross the finish line until “o’dark-hundred” the
following day. [Last year’s last boat to finish
came in at 10:27 p.m., comfortably before the
midnight deadline.]
In the early days there was also little inspection of boats and few rules. When it was realized that some of the boats were “souped up,”
that changed too, and the PHRF point system
was adopted.
By 1993, TYC’s members magazine reported a
“new dimension” added to Trans Tahoe weekend by organizers Utter, Vice Commodore
Michael Rosenauer and Director/Sail Chair
Rich Stout: a Sock Hop for skippers and
crew on Friday evening with barbecue on
the Homewood Green (then the location of
the TYC summer clubhouse). And the good
news from Obexer’s Jim Lane: “We’ll have
some significant improvements in launching
facilities…to handle any boat that wishes to
sail.” And from Homewood High & Dry, an
enthusiastic prediction of a harbor water depth
of six to eight feet.
Water depth and weather have always been
concerns for the Trans Tahoe, but ways were
found to launch in low water years and “we’ve
been very lucky,” Utter recalls. “We’ve had to
shorten courses but only reschedule one or two
that I can remember due to weather.” One of
those was in 1999 when Eric Conner wrote in
Block & Tackle: “For only the second time
in its 36-year history, the Trans Tahoe Regatta
was forced to cancel on its scheduled day,
Saturday, July 10. Unlike the first weatherforced postponement in 1996 because of galeforce winds, this year’s reason was the total
lack of wind.”
Twenty-seven of the 43 yachts originally registered for the 1999 regatta, sponsored by Red
Tale Ale, returned for the rescheduled August
28 running, which finally got underway some
two-and-a-half hours after its posted start time
because of, you guessed it, a no wind situation.
In 2009, it was the opposite: 38 boats started
but only nine finished when 40-knot winds
from an unpredicted mountain storm hit the
fleet about three hours after its start.
Refinements in courses, ratings, and classes
have been made. In 1995, with the relocation
of the club, it was logical to move the start
and finish from the west shore to within view
of the clubhouse in Tahoe City. Through it all,
the Trans Tahoe invitational regatta has maintained its 50 year focus, to provide a fun and
challenging yachting event for members and
non-members alike.
Come out and join
the Trans Tahoe spectator fleet
TYC members and friends are welcome to
join the spectator fleet to watch the racing. In
view of this being the 50th anniversary of the
Trans Tahoe, the race committee will organize
a boat parade of woodies and other motor craft
to encourage our sailing fleet. Watch for more
information at www.tahoeyc.com.
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
3
FIRST FRIDAY
Cocktail Party
- 5 pm
OTB #4
8:30 am registration
West Shore Café
hosted hors d'oeuvres
BIG KAHUNA
BASH
- 6 pm
4
5
6
LASER RACE
7
8
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
First Shape: 1800
12
LASER RACE
13
First Shape: 1800
Ladies' Luncheon
Woodie OTB
tba -11:30 am
Sugar Pine Pt. - 9 am
Men's Grill
Sponsors Dinner
Homewood - 12 noon
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Crusin’
RASCALS IN
PARADISE
tba - 6 pm
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14
BEER CAN RACE
Opening Night
Gala
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Awards - 6 pm
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First Shape: 1500
Picnic and Show
Tahoe Yacht Club
- 6:30 pm
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LASER RACE
21
22
23
24
First Shape: 1800
followed by
Awards Luncheon
tba
ACBS Woodie Whoopie
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LASER RACE
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BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
followed by
BEER CAN “BALL”
Awards Dinner
- 8 pm
(continued)
Big Kahuna Bash
The Rascals cruise is back, led by Staff Commodoress Bruce and Donna Block. Meet on the
water in front of the club at 10 a.m. to get your
progressive cruising “instructions” and order a
cool drink. Then follow the clues to the “secret” destination for a delicious catered Sunday
lunch. Watch for RSVP information.
TYC’s Big Kahuna kicks
off the Saturday before Boat
Week with catered island pupus to desserts by Melanie
Jackson, a no-host bar with
plenty of specials, live music
by Jo Mama for dancing and
more! Don’t miss the party
of the summer AND the fastest “sell out.” Space is limited
so get your name on the reservation list NOW!
OTB #5
8:30 am registration
Tahoe City Marina
BEER CAN RACE
First Shape: 1800
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SUNNYSIDE
REGATTA
Mahogany Magic
First Shape: 1800
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41ST ANNUAL CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE
Sierra Boat Company
10 am - 4:30 pm
9 am to
Roar Off - 4:30 pm
Exhibitors' BBQ and
First Shape: 1800
- meet 10 am
Tahoe City Marina
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10
WOODEN BOAT WEEK
West Shore Café
- 6 pm
PICYA Delegates Meeting
Pittsburg Yacht Club
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9
30
EAGLES Golf #3
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ANNUAL
1pm - Brockway
MEETING OF THE
Potluck and awards
MEMBERSHIP
after at TYC
- 2 pm
End-of-Summer
Season Party - tba
2013 Marque Class: the collection of ALAN FURTH
Tahoe Yacht Club will again be sponsoring
the exciting Over-the-Bottom power boat
event during Wooden Boat Week, returning to
beautiful Sugar Pine Point State Park. On-thewater activity will be followed by live music,
a no-host bar, and terrific picnic buffet lunch
by Men Wielding Fire. The award ceremony
follows lunch. Bring chairs and picnic blankets to be comfortable beneath the majestic
sugar pines. There will be a prize for the best
costumes and decorations in the “Old Tahoe”
theme. Sign up for the OTB with the other
Concours social events or directly with the
TYC staff. (Priority will be given to wooden
boats.) Boat entry fee is $125 which includes
lunch for captain and first mate; additional
lunches can be purchased for $35 per person.
Contact Roger McGee ([email protected])
or Mariana Dye ([email protected]) with
questions.
TYC continues the tradition of a potluck
picnic with barbecue grill provided, hosted
wine and beer, and at dusk, a slide show of
all the fun we had during Wooden Boat Week.
Bring all the fixin’s for your dinner plus a
dish to share and folding chairs for the show.
Reserve online at www.laketahoeconcours.
com or call (530) 581-4700; $30 per person.
In it’s 40 year history, Tahoe Yacht Club Foundation’s Concours has featured boats by
manufacturer; by years—20s, 30s, 40s; gentlemen’s racers, sedans and cruisers, blonde decks to fiberglass. But this year will be a “first” when the 2013 Marque Class showcases the boats of one man: Alan
Furth, a life-long Tahoephile, TYC member and consumate collector. Elegant, eclectic and rare, these
boats are sure to be a crowd pleaser for the 41st annual Concours d’Elegance, set to show Friday, Aug.
9, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and from 9 a.m. until our “Roar Off” parade at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, at
Sierra Boat Company in Carnelian Bay.
With more than 90 boats in his collection before his death in 1993, Furth was likely one of the
most well-respected and largest wooden boat collections in the hobby. Pictured above is just a
sampling: the gracefully proportioned Canadienne, a 1952 Greavette 24-ft. Streamliner; Oski
III, a one-of-a-kind 30-ft. Stevens Brothers specially designed as a crew coaching launch for
the University of California; and the Jerry Daly, a rare 1933 38-ft. Anderson & Cristofani
pilot boat from the Bay.
Alan was one of the most renown boat collectors in the world and, amazingly, he kept the
vast majority of his collection at Tahoe. After his passing, most of these boats were sold and
have since been scattered all over the county. We’re honored to feature Alan’s collection as
the Marque Class, which will bring many of these classics home.
Also returning to the show will be Terry Fiest of Orlando, Florida, as chief judge for the
fourth year. Terry, who served as a Concours lead judge for seven years prior, is also a veteran
ACBS judge and chairman of the Mt. Dora (Florida) Antique Boat Festival. The results of
his Concours judging team’s work will be announced Friday night, Aug. 9, at the Exhibitors’
Barbecue in the Sierra Boat courtyard.
The Foundation is also pleased to welcome Tahoe Luxury Properties, specializing in exceptional year-round vacation rental homes and premier real estate listings, as presenting sponsor
of the 2013 show. (continued)
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Ahoy fellow boaters …
Thinking of buying or selling a slip?
Please call
or e-mail for
available sizes and
pricing or for any of your
Tahoe real estate needs.
Capt. Jim Courcier - Realtor
530-233-9000 Cell
800-477-5570 x121
[email protected]
www.jimcourcier.com
(continued)
Social Events and Personal Sponsorships
On the social side, the 2013 Marque class inspires an “Old Tahoe” theme
for our Opening Night Gala, Thursday, Aug. 8, at the West Shore Café.
It’s usually an early sellout for this night of great food, wine and music so
don’t wait too long to make your reservations! The Men’s Grill at Turners’ “Playtime,” and Ladies’ Fashion Show Luncheon/Fashion Show
by Sports Tahoe (location tba) are scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 11, both
with catering by Melanie Jackson. And wrapping up the “week” is the
fun Mahogany Magic potluck and slide show on Tuesday, Aug. 13 (see
previous page for details).
Personal sponsorships (at graduated levels) include the by-invitationonly Sponsors’ Dinner on August 12, marina VIP
Lounge and reserved VIP Parking for both days
of the show. It’s our way of saying thank you for
helping TYC Foundation present this wonderful
event and, hopefully, realize a financial surplus so
we can help other marine related 501(c)3 organizations around Lake Tahoe. Please consider a
sponsorship this summer when making your reservations.
For Concours information and reservations,
visit: www.LakeTahoeConcours.com
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e are planning an exciting summer
program for our Jr. Sailors (adults,
too) with fundraising efforts showing
good results to support our program. During
the 2012 season we were able to repair the
hull of our Boston Whaler 17' to enhance our
safety and teaching capabilities at a cost of
$4,000. Due to the rigors of safety boat operations, with extensive stopping and starting,
the 90 hp. Mercury engine on our most recent
used Whaler was also replaced, with help from
California Department of Boating & Waterways and TYC Foundation supporters, with a
new 75 hp. Evinrude ($7,700). We were also
able to replace two of our oldest Pico sailboats
that were over 13 years old and getting to the
point of no repair.
Our members’ fund raiser brought in over
$1,500 with another $ 1,000 pledged. With the
support of our TYC Foundation, Stout Foundation (Stout Family), The Odyssey Foundation (Roberts Family) the ABM Charitable
Trust (Ferris Family) and our safety partner,
Calif. Dept. of Boating & Waterways, we are
well on our way to achieving even more of our
goals for 2013.
Some of the highlights of 2012 that we can all
be proud of include:
• establishment of the TYC Jr. Laser Radial
team in addition to our Pico Team;
• eight Laser Radial sailors and seven Pico
sailors competed in eight-week race
series; and
• receiving PICYA’s Condon Award for
distinguished and selfless promotion of
youth sailing in 2012.
In addition, we established a relationship with
San Francisco Maritime and took our team to
the Bay in August to sail on the tall ship, Alma.
We also got to stay on the tall ship Balclutha
and experience a very different aspect of maritime history and hands-on learning. Our plan
is to return this summer for more hands-on
training with SF Maritime. Thanks to Madeline
Eustis, SF Maritime Director of Education for
making this happen!
Some of the summer programs for 2013 include
women’s sailing clinics, adult sailing classes,
and a U.S. Sailing Power Boat Safety in early
June. (See the TCPUD Summer Recreation
schedule for exact dates.)
Our plans for this summer include expanding
the number of our Jr. Sail team members in
both Pico and Laser Radial boats to compete
in the race series in conjunction with our TYC
Laser fleet races. We also plan to attend some
Jr. events in the Bay Area Youth Series and are
looking at putting on a Laser Radial Jr. regatta
sometime in the near future at TYC.
Hayden Hauserman, and Drew McMillan are
our full time staff for summer. New talent
coming on board for the summer including
Program coordinator, Peter Brewster, a US
Sailing, Level 2 Coach, and an extremely
talented and experienced sailor who will be a
great asset to our program.
This very strong group is the result of having
an effective Jr. Instructor Program that trains
most of our future instructors from our own
TYC member/student base. A number of our
Jr. Instructors are attending the Level 1 US
Sailing Instructor training at Richmond Yacht
Club, Inverness Yacht Club and Stanford University this spring. When Jrs. turn 16 yrs. old,
they are eligible to be trained in US Sailing
instructor courses and can work in the program. When they turn 18, they become fully
certified US. Sailing Instructors.
Many thanks again to Sarah Obexer Fields and
all the great Obexer’s staff, including Darren
Kramer and Jim Lane, for their continuing
support. Their strong community support is a
major asset to our Jr. Sail program.
Tahoe Community Sailing program and the
TYC Jr. Sailing Program are coming back with
a very strong team of instructors and coaches for 2013. Bryce Griffith, Zack Thomas,
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Labor Day
FIRST FRIDAY
Cocktail Party
- 5 pm
LASER FLEET CHAMPIONSHIPS
Stampede Reservoir
8
9
10
LASER FLEET
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Stampede Reservoir
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12
13
14
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Club returns to winter* hours
on Labor Day weekend.
PICYA Delegates Meeting
Oakland Yacht Club
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11
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Visit www.tahoeyc.com
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for hours18and events update.
*Book the clubhouse for your holi-
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Autumnal
Equinox
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day party or other special occasion for just the $300 cleaning fee
(which applies toward your minimum). As a member, the rental fee
is waived.
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ACBS 12th Annual Boat Show
Coeur d’Alene Resort, Idaho
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OKTOBERFEST
CELEBRATION
- 6 pm
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SEPTEMBER
Around 1990, more and more owners and
crews started noticing it was actually cheaper
to drag the boat to the Bay and to remain prepared for any number of weekend events. The
Berkeley Midwinters were the initial challenge
of choice, happening once a month for four
months. Other opportunities to race the boats
existed such that one could flee the incessant
snow for a short respite in 60 degree weather.
ot many years have passed since the
overwhelming majority of those who
participate in TYC’s summer racing
season simply pushed their steed to the back
of the lot, tossed the sails in the garage loft,
put the outboard on a rack next to the bikes,
and used the mast as the center section for a
makeshift snow hovel. The boats were left to
winter’s mix of pine needles and snow, only to
reappear when the lifts quit turning.
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Historical analysis demonstrates that TYC
members have found the podium in virtually every regatta, having gained multiple
and repeated top honors in midwinter regattas
hosted by Berkeley, Sausalito, Golden Gate,
and Corinthian Yacht Clubs. They have
also won offshore contests including but not
limited to the Crewed Lightship and Crewed
Farallon Races. TYC boats have elevated the
Club’s reputation from one with a light air
90-day existence to a force with which to be
reckoned on the racecourse.
Nobody can deny that this 12-month dedication has also increased the level of racing at
Tahoe. Boats will be hoisting new state-ofthe-art sails, have reworked masts for modern
halyards and have faired, fast bottoms. Those
who spent the winter sailing will be ahead
of the (re)learning curve. Those who took the
winter off will be up to speed and prepared to
contest the Trans Tahoe podium and looking
to do well on both the weekends as well as on
Wednesday evenings.
TYC racing is every bit as good as that found
at any Club. TYC members simply have two
magnificent venues upon which to follow their
passion year around.
Keith Mason
W
ith the Gin Fizz Fling and Cinco de
Mayo parties already established, our
staff has been busy the month of April meeting with caterers planning fun events such
as the June 30 family picnic at Sugar Pine
Point and the Big Kahuna during August’s
boat week. It does take that much advance
planning to insure we have the right people
working to insure your pleasure.
Future parties will see some new creative
ventures mixed with established venues such
as the wine tasting in April coupled with a
members’ art show and sale with part of the
procedes of the show going to TYC.
Our TYC Kids’ Day
pictures say it all:
busy hands at the
craft and train tables,
bubbles to blow, ring
toss, egg hunt inside
and out and more.
Thank you to all who have planned and hosted
our social events during the past year! If you
are interested in joining our Hospitality committee, please email Megan at clubmanager@
tahoeyc.com or call (530) 581-4700.
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The plot: The year was 1938
with war looming on the horizon.
German rocket scientist Werner
Von Boom was found dead in
his compartment and the plans
for his rocket missing. Who murdered him and why was for the
audience “passengers” to figure
out during dinner.
TYC’s McPotluck is all
about food, all-you-can-eat,
and a vote for the favorite. This
year’s winners: Best Salad Nileta Morton (broccoli salad);
Best Entree - Nancy Cunningham (corned beef with all the
trimmings) and Best Dessert Lynn Mullen’s cookies
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First Fridays
Special thanks to all out FIRST FRIDAY Hosts during the past year:
Fritzi Briner
Margaret Holiday
Marie & Tom O’Rourke
Carol Cunha
Pat Landgraf
Rick Raduziner
Nancy Cunningham
Jeanie MacAuley
Linda Schwoob
Fran Gerhardy
Susie Mason
Sue Stout
Linda Greifenstein
Nileta & Dick Morton
In January, Tahoe author/historian
Mark McLaughlin, returned for
a show-and-tell of stories from
Tahoe’s winters past.
TYC welcomed Peter Goin, University of Nevada Reno professor
of photography and videography,
on April 6. Goin shared photos
(and stereotypes) illustrating
how Lake Tahoe was essentially
defined and described from the
‘water view,’ and how even early
boating dress and hats of the day
influenced fashion history.
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After three years of construction, the newly
expanded Tahoe City Marina is now complete
with the very best in recreation, dining and
shopping in Tahoe City. The opening of the
public pier, in conjunction with the opening of
the Lakeside Trail and new North Lake Tahoe
Water Shuttle all contributed to increased public access, making the Marina the gateway to
the Lake for locals and visitors alike.
On-the-water amenities include 81 newlyconstructed slips, 161 privately-owned slips,
41 buoys with a buoy valet service, two fuel
docks offering regular and diesel gasoline, and
the public pier. Buoy and slip rentals are available on an annual, seasonal, monthly, weekly
or daily basis, depending on availability.
Guest Buoy & Guest Slip Parking: To allow
for easy access to our shops, concessions and
downtown Tahoe City, the marina provides
several day-use guest buoys and slips. Guest
parking is filled on a first-come, first-serve
basis and there is a two-hour time limit. To
inquire about availability, ask any dock attendant for assistance.
TYC Member Reimbursement: If you are a
Tahoe Yacht Club member and rent an annual
slip on the expansion side of the marina, you
will receive a $500 reimbursement for your
membership. If interested in renting a slip,
contact the TCM administrative office at (530)
583-1039.
Marina Services include indoor winter storage, forklift and travelift launching, pumpouts, professional detailing by Ken Manuel of
Auto Purity and boat repair service provided
by A & M Marine, the Altitude Specialists.
Dockside 700 Restaurant & Double Dog
Deli offers lakefront dining and gourmet grab&-go food.
In addition to TYC, tenants and concessionaires on the property also include Sports
Tahoe, Alpine Home, Tahoe Marine Supply, Tahoe Canvas, Tahoe Sailing Charters,
Lake Tahoe Parasailing, Tahoe City Kayak,
and the Center for Spiritual Living TahoeTruckee. Check out each of these businesses
on your next trip to the Marina.
Powerboat Rentals (weather permitting) are
available from Memorial Day to mid-September: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week (No
overnight rentals). Early and late summer: 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week
around the
Tahoe boaters who cross the state line into
Nevada waters this summer will to be required
to display a Nevada aquatic invasive species
(AIS) decal, in addition to their inspection and
Tahoe AIS decal issued through TRPA.
The decal requirement, which
went into effect as of January
1, 2013, includes in and outof-state motorized watercraft
as well as most paddle-craft,
such as canoes and kayaks.
Watercraft that are capable of
retaining water are required
to display the decal. Paddlecraft, such as stand-up paddle
boards and float tubes are
exempt from the decal requirement.
Purchase of the decal is based on a calendar
year with the cost falling into four categories:
Resident non-motorized watercraft: $5
Resident motorized watercraft: $10
Nonresident non-motorized watercraft: $10
Nonresident motorized watercraft: $20
Decals can be purchased online (with service
fee) at www.ndowlicensing.com or by call-
Lake
ing (866) 703-4605. They also are available
at Nevada Department of Wildlife offices in
Reno, Fallon, Elko, Winnemucca, Las Vegas,
Henderson and Ely.
The decal requirement, established to prevent
the spread of harmful aquatic species threatening Nevada’s waterways, supports AIS monitoring and analysis, provides AIS prevention
through outreach and education, and provides
seasonal watercraft inspections and decontamination stations. The AIS decal also supports
enforcement of AIS prevention laws.
Note: The Nevada State Legislature is currently (2013) reviewing a bill (AB128) that
includes also includes language that would
exempt California registered watercraft specifically operating at Lake Tahoe or Topaz Lake.
The exemption would only apply to registered
watercraft not paddle-craft. Meanwhile, the
Nevada AIS decal requirement is the law!
Many aquatic invasive species, including
quagga and zebra mussels, have been transferred from one body of water to another
through contaminated watercraft. Remember
to always clean, drain and dry.
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The 30-ft. “dock hopping” boat which carries 12 passengers and up to eight bikes and
a wheelchair., provides dock service to Tahoe
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If you’d like to avoid the daytime raffic to the
club, your favorite restaurant, shopping or
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joined because he has always been fascinated with all things “nautical.”
He was pleased to learn the Coast Guard Auxiliary offered many opportunities for classes about boating and sailing. He also discovered it was
another way of helping others. Although Bill wears many hats with the
Auxiliary, he most enjoys working with the enlisted Coast Guard at Station Tahoe in Lake Forest. He gets a great deal of satisfaction helping the
young recruits polish their skills to become qualified crewmen
and ultimately help make Lake Tahoe waters safer.
When Diana Kincade was asked about her interest in the
Auxiliary she explained: “I joined on the encouragement of a
girlfriend who was in our flotilla. I was living on our sailboat
cruising the Caribbean seven months of the year, and in Tahoe
for the summer. When I saw how irresponsible some recreational boaters were on the Lake, I felt I could be useful teaching boating safety classes. I also wanted to be on the water
during the summer months, so shortly became boat crew.”
Division 11, (also known as the Sierra Division), includes beautiful Lake
Tahoe, Pyramid Lake, Topaz Lake and Lake Lahonton. We have about
100 members that are divided into three flotillas. Flotilla 01 is on the north
shore of Lake Tahoe, Flotilla 04 is in South Lake Tahoe, and Flotilla 03
meets in Reno but includes Sparks, Carson City and the surrounding area.
M
any boaters on Lake Tahoe experience first-hand the need for
education among our boating community. If you have a love
of the Nevada and California inland waters and have time to
devote, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary may be a perfect fit. There are as
many reasons to join as there are members.
When Vic Beelik, former commander of the South Shore Flotilla, was
asked way he joined, the avid sailor stated: “I became aware of the importance and quick reaction of the Coast Guard when they came to our
aid about 500 miles from Honolulu when we were sailing the Transpac
Los Angeles to Honolulu race when our 72-ft. boat was taking on water faster than we were able to pump and bail. Later, when Vic took a
coastal navigation training class from the Coast Guard Auxiliary he was
impressed with the organization that supports the USCG and decided to
join. Vic has been an Auxillary member for 20 years now and a naturalized citizen giving back to the country that has given him so much.
The Coast Guard Auxiliary, was created by an act of Congress in 1939.
is the uniformed volunteer arm of the United States Coast Guard. Membership can be a very rewarding experience for anyone interested in volunteering in an organization that supports the Coast Guard in nearly all
of the service’s missions including water safety. There are many benefits
to membership including fellowship and seamanship education. Boat
ownership is not a requirement. Some of the disciplines that members
participate in are: boat crew and coxswain training, vessel examiner,
aids to navigation verifier, instructor, computers, radio communications,
finance, and public affairs.
For membership information or to find information about our meetings, please visit our website: www.northtahoecgaux.com
Bill Stolz, a retired fire battalion chief for the City of Reno, said he
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Wine Events
orty-five TYC members and their guests enjoyed a fabulous wine pairing dinner on Saturday,
March 23 at the clubhouse. Certified Sommelier ­— and only 28 years old — Brendan Tierney
introduced us to some of Landmark Vineyards finest varietals. He used the event to showcase
wines that Landmark specialize and brought some vintages that are not available to the public.
Wolfdale’s Douglas Dales enjoyed the challenge of pairing foods with two chardonnays, a grenache, and a pinot. Douglas carried the fusion theme he is so well known
for throughout the courses.
Spring rolls, mushroom goat
cheese tarts, and oysters on
the half shell kicked off the
evening with Overlook chardonnay. He paired the Estate
Grenache with fresh spring pea
soup and crispy prosciutto. A
family-style salad of fresh mozzarella and roasted red endive followed
with a limited production Lorenzo chardonnay. And for the entrée,
Douglas served roasted pheasant which was paired with a 2010 Grand
Detour pinot.
Brendan and Douglas shared insights on the wine and food with us during the courses. And Brendan spoke about the requirements of becoming
a sommelier. Wonderful food and wine mixed with some education made
for a great evening. Thanks so much to Landmark and Wolfdale’s.
We added a little flare to our wine tasting on April 20. TYC members
Fritzi Briner, Margaret Twomey, June Phillips, Roy Dryer, Steve Lapkin,
Marie O’Rourke, and Jamie Casey exhibited
some of their paintings, sculptures, photographs
and jewelry.
Sarah Reynaud of Regal Wine Company poured
five varietals from Opolo Vineyards, a small
coastal winery located in Paso Robles. We tasted
a sparkling wine, a Spanish varietal white wine
named Albarino, a merlot, a tight zinfandel, and a nice petit syrah.
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Members brought wonderful appetizers to enjoy with the wine, art, and conversation. A very nice
evening indeed. Don’t forget to pick up your wine orders at Uncorked!
Your suggestions welcome for fall and spring calendar
The fall/spring calendar will be set in September. If you have any suggestions for wineries or dinner ideas please pass them on to me. All input is greatly appreciated.
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Keith Mason
.
Sponsored by the North Lake Tahoe
Resort Association, SnowFest provides a venue for fundraising and educational events for many of the area’s
non-profit organizations.The parade is
one of nearly 100 events held throughout the ten days of the annual event.
Mt. Rose and Diamond Peak. However, attendance was one of our smallest in years due to
the threat of storms on our events. One thing
about Sierra weather, especially Lake Tahoe,
you don’t know the type of day until the morning of the event. Those who went by this theory enjoyed some great skiing and bright sun.
While the major snow falls predicted for Fridays didn’t happen, our new alternate SaturdaySunday days had the largest attendance.
l
T
his was one of the strangest years since we
started the Penguin ski program. Early snow,
three months of extreme cold and freeze, snow at
the mountain higher elevations, rain at the lake
level, storms at the end of each week and an early
spring.
Despite the weather, we held most of our ski days
scheduled for Squaw Valley, Alpine, Homewood,
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Next year we might revamp the program to
overcome the weather predictions so attendance
will be better. We also need more Penguin input for next year. Thanks to the dedicated work
of our on the hill leaders
who showed up regardless of weather and gave
the Penguins some great
skiing.
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