CAT FIGHT II - Mission Bay Yacht Club

Mission Bay Yacht Club
MAINSTAY
June 2016
IN THIS ISSUE:
CAT
FIGHT II
Herb Shear
Snipe Invitational
SCWSA Senior
Sabot Regatta
The father-son team on Double Trouble hauled their F18 over 10-hours from Berkeley to compete in Cat Fight II.
“We had such a blast, we can’t wait to come down again,” said skipper Matthaeus Leitner. Photo by Melody Le Patourel.
Flag Officers ‘16
Commodore:
Vice Commodore:
Rear Commodore:
Secretary/Treasurer:
Fleets Captain:
Port Captain:
Jr. Staff Commodore:
James Perry
Van Barr
Jeneé Gillam-Ray
Bill Kenney
Matt Hopps
Bill Sweeney
Lori Longstreet
Board of Directors Meetings: Second Wed.
of every month, 7PM, Main Clubhouse
Clubhouse
Club Manager:
Food/Beverage:
Chef:
Office/Membership:
Receptionist:
Accountant:
Jason Proctor
Alex Fortner
Javier Rubio
Meagan Brown
Regina Simms
Mike Curtin
Editor:
Calendar:
Support Staff:
Bill Kenney
Darnelle Hopps
Mainstay
Doug Swenson,
Greg Brown
Deadline for publication: 15th of the month
email [email protected]
Hours
Office:
Monday-Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday & Sunday:
9:00AM - 6:00PM
9:00AM - 9:00PM
8:00AM - 5:00PM
Galley:
Friday: Full Service
Saturday:
Sunday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
6:00PM - 8:30PM
Breakfast, Lunch
& Bayside Grill Dinner
Breakfast & Lunch
Bar:
5:00PM - 10:00PM
Noon - 10:00PM
1:00 - 8:00PM
Commodore’s Comments
by James Perry
From the Office of Commodore Perry
Well I am at the halfway mark as your Commodore. It has been a whirlwind amazing ride for
the first half. Essentially the first quarter is setting
up your board to be the best team possible, identify your board theme (in our case to
improve our member experience), set
agendas, budgets and overall plans and
timelines. The second quarter is tracking,
beginning execution, checking for improvements of said plan, and outlining
the Opening Day season for club and association, then looking to, and preparing
for, the summer season. That’s pretty much where
we are at the moment. All along the way we listen,
learn and spend time with our members. There is a
vocal minority that helps as a beacon for improving our member experience. We value their positive
contributions. However, I continue to be amazed
by our core. Our core member comes to enjoy the
club, values our family and often offers simple praise
to the board and employee alike. Their heartfelt appreciation drives all
of us who volunteer
so many hours at the
club. We appreciate
each and every one of
you. I promise you,
every member on this
year’s board has been
spending many, many
hours (on top of full
time jobs), to ‘improve
member experience’.
I say thank you to our
amazing membership,
and thank you to an amazing board! Together we
are one strong family. For me personally I cherish
every conversation and moment to talk with you all.
My only real private moment was to become part
of only 89 people in the world to sail the Scantie as
your Commodore. I had such an amazing private
moment, I didn’t want to come back in to shore. I
soaked up every dry moment out on the water with
what we all love about sailing. Wind, water, nature
and a peaceful moment on the water… I look forward to the next half with much work to be done.
Thank you for all your positive support in the hard
work left for this volunteer and amazing
board and team.
Summer parking:
The board of directors has issued
our policy for summer parking in 2016.
Club Manager Jason Proctor has accepted the arduous task of helping to
communicate and enforce the policy. Please note it
is not meant to be hard and unreasonable, but to be
safe and follow common courtesy during this busiest
of all seasons. We will arrange boat pick up for those
of you parking at other lots on Mission Bay (what a
cool MBYC only feature!). We kindly and respectfully ask to car pool when you can. We will not allow
red zone parking which is a violation of law (you put
your auto at towing risk). There will be days when
the lot is full and we
will need to turn away
parking. We will do
EVERYTHING in
our power to minimize
this by good organization. The gate will be
maned and work to
ensure we all have a
wonderful time! We
will also manage visiting trailers to areas that
don’t impact parking
spots. Uber when you
can as a safety opportunity (as you imbibe). Please
check in all guests at the front office (it’s a nice way
to show our special club and membership). Remember to talk with your guests about sandy feet, covering feet and wearing shirts in our bar. It’s usually not
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Our Mission
MBYC exists
to perpetuate Corinthian Yachting
and the Sportsmanship
and Fellowship Incident Thereto.
www.mbyc.org / 858-488-0501
The SCWSA Senior Sabot Regatta. Photo by Edna Johnson.
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Vice Commodore’s Comments
by Van Barr
We move into the busy season with things
looking up. Jr. Program is booked thru the summer.
New memberships are at an all-time high. Budgets
for Galley and Bar are within expections. Are we
ready for summer??
Motion to approve $10,000 for the replacement
and repair of Managers Office roof using same flat
roof requirement as the Main clubhouse was carried.
Plans are to get this done as soon as possible.Roof is
in bad shape and has been leaking for five plus years.
Work on the Main Clubhouse roof is to start
May 31, 2016. Expected to take ten work days.
Adverse weather and the extent of damage found
could change completion date. Substantial impact
first two days-Tuesday May 31 & Wednesday 6-1.
Make other plans those two days and to be safe do
not plan on Thursday. This work includes adding
slope to the flat roof to eliminate puddling water.
And repair as needed any structural damage found.
Piling plans from Bluewater Design were
received Friday. The designs were forwarded to a
contractor and our two members who have agreed
to assist. I am hoping to hear back from
them all about where this puts us, as far
as getting anything done. We may have to
split the project. Ten replacement piling
are on the lease for this year. Front dock
upgrades/improvements are just a good
idea.
Window bid for replacement of
existing windows with upper awning
opening window like for like and new doors with
double doors at south entrance pricing double glazed,
tempered, low E, tinted came in at $64,728.09. This
just another base line.
Baker Electric review of our basic electrical
upgrades and impovements for the Main clubhouse
totaled $35,850. Code violations corrected at $95/
hr on a T&M basis. T-24 LED fixture and switches/
motion sensor included. Existing drop ceiling for
heater and electrical upgrades.
Spoke with both contractors
recommended by Architect about doing
the Bodrero building underfloor repair
work. Both are interested and both will
quote at no cost. I extended to them
Walt’s offer of Dropbox access to the
Bodrero underfloor repair drawings. I
expect to have their pricing by next BOD
meeting. My hope is to also get two more quotes to
balance the pricing.
All design and architectural work on Bodrero
and Main is on hold pending review of progress and
direction. Funding is also a big concern.
Rear Commodore’s Comments
by Jeneé Gillam-Ray
Military Appreciation Day was a great success
again this year. Our weather cooperated and it turned
out to be a beautiful day for boat rides on the bay.
Thanks to all the MBYC Club volunteers who made
this day very special for our local military families. Volunteerism is what makes our club stand out
in the community. MBYC hosts so many
events throughout the year that support
our community mission.
Alex and I will be participating in
the Silver Gate Yacht Club Wheel Chair
Regatta on 12th. This community event
sponsored by SGYC provides boat rides
on San Diego Bay for physically challenged
guests from all over San Diego County. SGYC started
this community service event back in 1960. Historically, MBYC has provided much needed power boat
support for this affair. I believe this year will be Dick
Statler’s 39 year volunteering for this wonderful event.
I may be wrong, it could be his 40th! Alex and I look
forward to this weekend every year. We feel blessed to
be able to provide boat rides around SD Bay for those
who might never be able to get out on the water due
to their physical challenges. It is extremely rewarding
especially to see the smiles and excitement on the faces
of our honored guests.
By the time that this Mainstay edition is printed
the prestigious Butler Invitational Regatta will be
in the history books. As chair of this regatta, I must
thank our PRO, Randy Carper, and Selby Winkler for
all of their hard work and planning for this event. As a
novice regatta chair their mentoring and support was
much appreciated!
A little history on the Butler Invitational Regatta: The Deed of Gift from the Butler Family was provided on November 5, 1987. The motivation for this racing event was to promote
ocean racing competition for MBYC and
other yachting clubs. The Butler Trophy,
which resides at MBYC was donated by
Staff Commodore Sam Butler and Family. Originally, the race, hosted by MBYC,
took place just off the Mission Beach
Jetty and ended at Oceanside Yacht Club.
Some years later, according to Staff Commodore Sam
Butler, Staff Commodore Rogers convinced the folks
at Southwestern Yacht Club to host a return race from
OYC to San Diego Bay on the following day. For as
long as I can remember the Butler Invitational has
been held on Memorial Weekend. I am looking forward to the after party at OYC. I hear they put on a
great feast and post- racing celebration!
I won’t go into the details regarding our Lease
obligations and construction plans for this year. I am
sure that James and Van will provide those particulars.
When you see them, please thank them for all the time
and effort that have been providing to assure that we
meet our obligation to the City of San Diego and that
we continue to maintain and upgrade our facility for
the enjoyment of our MBYC membership.
May is the first month of TNT racing.
Photos by Bill Kenney.
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Entertainment News
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the members who are shirtless in the bar.
by Steve Cooper
SDAYC Dinner:
One of our key hosting opportunites for the
year is the San Diego Association of Yacht Clubs.
Every month the group rotates to another yacht club
in the area. May was MBYC’s turn at the podium.
I will tell you the club, board, staff, executive chef,
food and beverage manager NAILED this event.
We had an amazing guest speaker, who was not your
typical stuffy speaker. THE Bobby Mathews, from
our very own, Alpine Brewing honored us with a
wonderful presentation and talk about the amazing San Diego craft brewing scene. Besides amazing
weather, palm trees, great sailing, the military, and 2
lousy sports teams, San Diego is worldwide known
for its craft beer scene. I never heard so much positive feedback on the dinner, event, speaker, and overall hospitality we shared with our dear friends. You
may not know about this association we have, but
it’s a critical item for our club and board. Oh, and it
was the initial roll out of our new patio tables and
chairs! We looked amazing darling…
Summer is nearly upon us. June 20th is the
Summer Solstice which is the longest day of the
year and the official start of summer. On that
day in San Diego, sunrise will be at 5:41am and
sunset will be at 8:00pm, with daylight of 14
hours, 19 minutes. This is the day we
receive the most heat and UV rays
from the sun – so wear your sunscreen!
It takes the ocean and the land a few
months to warm up which is why it
gets warmer in July and August, even
as the days begin to get shorter. Wow,
5 minutes on Google and now I’m a
climatologist.
In May we had the MBYC cruise to the
Caribbean. Everyone had a great time. The
highlight was a tour of Saint Lucia that includes
a speed boat ride, trip to a volcano cauldron, a
mud bath, standing under a waterfall, snorkeling,
music, dancing and a bit of rum punch. For those
that had been on cruises before, this one was
extra special because we got to hang out and get
to know all the others in the MBYC group. The
2017 MBYC cruise will be to Alaska on July 7-14
and it promises to be another great adventure.
People are already signing up, so if you are
interested, contact Lori Cooper.
In May we also had our first Thursday Night
Thing (TNT) with a Cinco de Mayo theme. The
TNT races are every Thursday now
through September 1st. The racing
starts at 6:00pm so come down to the
club and enjoy the ambiance while
cheering on your favorite racers.
May 8th was our Mother’s Day
brunch. It was a very classy event,
with board members pouring the
champagne. Thank you to all the Moms for all
that you do!
Memorial Day weekend is set to be fun with
bands playing on Saturday and Sunday, and then
a very special performance by the “Ham Jam” – a
group of talented musicians all from MBYC –
performing on Monday.
Father’s Day is June 19th at the club will be
hosting a Father’s Day brunch.
So, ready or not, here comes the summer!
Enjoy.
Notice:
Due to many conflicts, the Board has approved
moving the June board of directors meeting to the
15th. We love to see you all there…
Membership
by David White, Jr.
It is summer season! School is out. Our junior sailing program starts this
month, and Mission Bay Yacht Club begins it busy season. The galley will be open
for lunch daily; and the bar will be open Thursday through Sunday. It is a busy
time and a really fun time at the club. We continue to attract new membership
with great new friends and families. Please welcome this month’s new members:
• Flag Member Ambrose and Lucy Conroy. They have two children, Ben
(age 11) and Keira (age 9). They are interested in introducing their children
to sailing and join us with a Sabot.
• Flag Member Andrew and Bridget Homer. They have two children,
Hannah (2) and a brand new baby girl Caroline. They join us with 1949
Luders L16.
• Flag Member Randy and Theresa Kinnings. They are very experienced
yachts people (Theresa has her Captain’s license.) I hope to get them to
join the Power and Racing Cruising Fleets.
• Flag Member James Orkins. He has been racing Catamarans at MBYC for
years, he joins us with an F18 Catamaran.
• Flag Member Joshua and Katherine Retish, They have two children, Levi
(age 12 this month) and Kaeden (age 10). They own a 69’ power boat,
another potential Power and Racing Cruising Fleets members.
• Flag Member Michael and Janet Saras. They join with a Capri 25 and they
own a vintage 1959 Dorsett Runabout.
• Social Flag Member William Ferrell Jr.
• Social Flag Timo and Jodi Luostarinen and their daughter, Lena, who is
involved in the MBYC Junior program.
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• Social Flag Member Mitch and Emily Manion. They have three daughters,
Bailey, Makenzie and Raegan. I have been waiting a long time to welcome
Mitch and family!
• Social Flag Laura Perches-Roberts and her spouse Bertram Roberts. They
join with kayaks.
• Social Flag Lola and Robert Pollack
• Jason Sanderson and spouse, Melissa Ortega-Daniel and their daughter
Bella (age 7).
MBYC has so much to offer: we have sailing, racing, and powerboating. But
we also have a uniquely beautiful beach and barbeque area. Starting Memorial
Day weekend through the end of September, we have special “Parking” provisions.
Every year at this time the Board of Directors addresses the limited parking that
we have and how to help. We are looking at possible boat shuttles as well as other
options. My tip is the “10:30 / 3:30 rule”. If you want to come down during the
weekend, and be assured a parking spot, you need to arrive before 10:30a.m. Or
wait until after 3:30p.m., when a lot of members head home. Between those
hours finding parking can be very difficult.
We are still offering a 50% discount for Flag Membership initiation. Also,
Junior Flag Member initiation is only $300. Please get the word out!
Do not forget to log onto Facebook and “LIKE” and “SHARE” the MBYC
Facebook Page with your Facebook friends. Spread the word about our club
through social media!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (619) 313-1423
or email [email protected]
Port Captain Report
by Bill Sweeney
We are making great progress addressing and cleaning up neglected
boats that are taking up valuable wet and dry storage at the club. As all of
us are aware, there is a very long waiting list of members that would like
to store a vessel at the club. In addition there is also a similar size list of
people looking to upgrade to a larger boat.
The Board of Directors have acknowledged
the problem and made the suggestion that we
bring back the “float by” policy from years past
that require each stored boat to get under way
either power or sail and pass by the front dock
and wave to the Club Manager. We will send
out a formal invitation to each vessel owner and
expect a call into the main office that notifies the
club when you will be passing by.
Summer is a great time of year to explore some of the other yacht
clubs in the region with reciprocal agreements. As you can imagine,
MBYC is a very desirable destination for boaters visiting form the
various clubs and marinas. The only way we can welcome them is if
we have a vacant slip for a night or two. Please notify the front office
if you intend on taking your boat out for at least a couple days. Our
visitor’s are quite gracious for the time spent will more times than not
leave the dock better than they found it.
Last but certainly not least, I want to thank both Nick Muller and
Robert Henderson for their outstanding work in keeping all of our dry
storage ship shape. I am amazed with the amount of constant moves,
adds and changes in the racks, lockers and dry spaces. Both these guys
have dedicated huge amounts of time to keep everything organized and
accessible for our membership. They absolutely make a big difference
for us all.
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RC News
by Gene Ratliffe
I don’t think I truly appreciated how much racing happens at our club
until I took this position. We’re rapidly approaching summer, Opening Day
was a blast and TNT’s are off to a good start.
At the last fleet meeting we took some time to discuss best practices
for organizing race committee. We discussed a variety of aspects including:
• Minimum number of volunteers per race committee position
• Teambuilding process – Meet in the morning to assess team skills
and the days conditions. Make a plan for the day, make sure team
skills are distributed among the key positions and communicate
constantly through the day.
• Recruit early and aggressively – Emails seems
to be the primary method these days and many
are using a template so that you can see who is
signing up for each position.
• Fleet captains also brought some suggestions
regarding the Bay course SI’s that we’ll evaluate
and make changes as necessary.
The key here was the process of knowledge sharing to maintain the
quality of racing at MBYC. The fleet meeting is a great venue for these
conversations and if you have ideas for discussion please let your fleet captain
or Matt and I know.
On the training front two members took me up on my offer for an
RC101 job shadow program. For this we met at the club and discussed
background and goals in order to tailor the day’s plan for what was needed
then jumped in and helped Doug Hart run the Lido Invitational. We also
had to reschedule the bay boat certification training. I am sorting out future
dates for both. Be on the lookout for email flyers or feel free to contact me
directly to make sure you don’t miss out.
Finally, I need everyone’s help on the US Sailing Junior Championships
August 11-15. Please let me know if you can house any of the visiting sailors
who will be here. Hopefully you’ve seen the email flyer. If not please send me
a note at [email protected] and I will forward you the info. And, if
you or your company would like to sponsor the event let me know.
Summer Parking
by Jason Proctor, MBYC Club Manager
As summer approaches we would like to remind you about our
summer parking policy. Starting on Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday
May 28th, through Sunday September 25th, parking at MBYC will be
limited to Member Parking Only on all Saturdays, Sundays, TNTs,
and the Monday holidays of Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day.
There will be certain exceptions to this rule during the
summer such as our Father’s Day Brunch and certain Invitational
Regattas where our guests will be able to park inside. Please remember
that if you are planning an event on a weekend in the summer, your
guests will most likely have to find another place to park.
In past summers, we have had a limited number of guest
passes available. While we will be able to offer guest passes on TNT
nights, we will be unable to offer them on weekends.
We have had a large number of new members apply this year and
our Club is at its highest total number of members in its history.
We will be managing the parking to the best of our ability. There
will be times when the parking lot will be full and we will have to turn
away cars. We are currently looking at all possible options to create more
parking for the membership. We would like to encourage everyone to
carpool with your families to the Club. Please make any effort possible
to minimize the amount of cars in the parking lot.
Our apologies to any inconvenience this may cause. We are only
trying to make the Club experience enjoyable for all.
Thank you for your
understanding and cooperation.
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Fleet’s Captain Report
by Matt Hopps
It certainly does not seem that we have had
enough of a break from the winter storms to
say that summer is just around the corner, but
it is. I’m sure most everyone has their calendars
locked in on some great vacations this year. And
when we are not frolicking about in
locales near and far from our home,
we have this great yacht club and bay
to play at.
I’m certain there are other
references to the fact that TNTs
have begun, that Memorial Day
Weekend marks the start of member
only parking, or work that is being done to the
facilities to make them better than ever. So I
won’t mention them (even though I just did).
While we welcome the increase in activities
at the club, specifically the racing, it does come
with challenges. To put it into perspective
there have been 24 Invitation race days and 9
Club race days so far this year. We need PROs,
Timers, Flag Hoisters, Mark Setters, Drivers,
Finishers, Scorers, and of course a few Anchor
Pullers. That is a lot and we do a great job, and
it’s a lot of work to coordinate all the resources
its takes to do such a great job. Ask
any fleet captain and they will tell you
it takes effort.
There are a couple of things
in the works to help simplify and
help the fleet captains manage their
RC responsibilities. Gene Ratliffe
has helped in drafting some tips on
assembling the Race Committee Team. Based
upon the feedback from during our meetings, we
are providing information and exploring ways to
make it easier to specify the positions that need
to be filled. I don’t expect there to be only one
way to do this, I do not believe there is a one size
fits all with respect to the diversity we have with
our fleets. Our discussion also highlighted some
other facts with respect to running races. Expect
to see changes in some of our forms, specifically
the scoring form to eliminate any ambiguity in
how they should be recorded.
I am very much enjoying working with the
Fleet Captains. There is a tremendous amount
of energy in the group and many good ideas. I
look forward to our meetings, I know there will
be good discussion and a desire to make this the
best place on the planet to call home to their
fleet.
Mothers Day, hope everyone enjoyed it
as much as I. I had the pleasure spending some
time at the club that day meeting and greeting
many. It’s awfully nice to have someone come
up to you, with their server in tow, to let you
know that a staff member “made my day special”.
Chef Javier, Jason, Alex, and all the staff did an
excellent job.
FIND MORE CLUB NEWS AT MBYC.ORG
Secretary Treasurer Report
by Bill Kenney
The MBYC monthly Board of Directors
meetings typically last a couple of hours and cover
many topics. We have a standard agenda that I
try to prepare a couple of days before the next
meeting. This is also the time for me to
review my minutes from the previous
meeting, transcribe them into a printable
document, and include the occasional
addendum from ongoing discussions
throughout the month. You would be
impressed by the amount of information
and topics we must cover at each meeting.
Usually, first items of the meetings are
requests from any members currently in attendance
at the meeting. They are given the courtesy of
presenting right away before we move on to
regular Board business. Following these, we move
to the submitted and online requests. Ever since
we incorporated the online event request form,
available on our website, reviewing these potential
upcoming events has become much more efficient.
If you have an upcoming event you’d like to
schedule, I encourage everyone to start with the
website. Check the event calendar for any conflicts
with your preferred date and a currently scheduled
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event. Use the online form to request the date, time,
and Club area for your event. Contact the office if
you need assistance. If your event will be large or
requires special accommodation, contact our Club
Manager, Jason Proctor.
Next on our meeting agenda is New
Business. Here we address any issues
or topics that have arisen since our last
meeting. Old Business then follows
where we might review or refine the
management of our ongoing projects or
issues. Lastly, each Director gives a report
of 3-5 minutes, updating the Board of Directors
with the current status of their responsibilities.
This also gives each Director the chance to present
any upcoming topics regarding their office and the
management of their responsibilities.
My job at each meeting is to record all that is
discussed. As you can imagine, this can be quite a
task, but keeping accurate minutes of Board actions
is imperative. They serve as the official record of
Board action, and as a reference for guiding the
Board’s management of the Club While serving in
this office, I am giving my best effort to making sure
Board actions are documented.
TNT hosts great handicap racing.
Photo by Bill Kenney.
Military Family
Appreciation Day
story by
Susan Pasterkiewicz
May 7, 2016- Light Rain, drizzle, overcast. The day before it poured down rain and
everyone was concerned it would rain on our
event. At 10:00 we were setting up things and
people started to arrive. I was praying that the
weather was going to cooperate with us and it
did!
We had gift bags made by the USO and
had a variety of things in them. Pictures were
taken by Guy Raffee in front of our bell for
each family to have in remembrance of the
day. Great photos were taken and given to the
families.
Hamburgers, hot dogs and watermelon
were served by the great lunch crew headed up
by Chuck Weber. These guys and girls really
worked very hard getting everyone fed. Everyone had plenty to eat and were greeted with
smiles and made to feel like they were at home.
We had Wes Anson as master of ceremonies and music, face painting (the kids loved
it), life guards came by and sprayed the kids on
the beach and Corey from Sea World paid us
a visit. We gave out buckets, coloring books,
crayons, and bubbles to the kids. Pat Row
Photos by
Bergstroms Photography
donated stuffed animals which were raffled off to
the kids. All the kids love it and it’s great to see
the older kids getting a stuffed animal and having
a big smile on their face.
The families were given boat rides by both
power and sail boats. We had one boat with a pirate theme that the kids loved. Thanks to all of
you for helping out with your boats and everyone
that put it together with life jackets and scheduling. I heard many compliments from people after
their rides.
Thanks to all the fleets that donated to
the event. Racing Cruising, Power Fleet, Ladies Group, Lightning Fleet, Senior Sabot fleet.
Thanks!
The USO supports our events in many ways
and our contact, Tiana is great. We have worked
with them and they said this event is the best one
that they work with in many ways. They have only
gotten positive feedback on the event.
Many people helped at the event and I would
like to say “THANKS” to all of them. The USO
and the military families really appreciate this
event and we receive for the club acknowledgement and thanks from them.
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by Cherie Sogsti
photos by Melody Le Patourel
and Dick Brown
Photo by Dick Brown
Catamaran fleets are exploding in San Diego, and on May 14-15th,
Mission Bay Yacht Club hosted Cat Fight II, the largest gathering of
high-performance catamarans on the West Coast since the F18 World
Championship in 2012.
The excellent race committee, led by Doc and Andrea Caroe and their
team of volunteers, pumped out six races over two days. Twenty-seven boats
showed up for the ocean fun, and were split into two
starts. Everything with two hulls came out to race:
A-Cats, N20s, F18s, a Nacra 20 Carbon, and an F16.
The spinnaker fleet had 19 boats on the start line,
while A-cats showed up in force with 8 boats.
Saturday’s light and bumpy seas provided
frustrating conditions for the sailors. One moment, a
racer was a genius, the next moment, he was an idiot.
Sunday was the fun-day and nature gave the cat sailors
a perfect 12-15-knots with a few 20-knot gusts just for fun. It’s not a cat race
unless there’s a capsize. Luckily, no one was hurt, save a few bruised egos.
Steve Cooper was only able to race his Nacra 20 on Saturday but he had
an excellent day on the water with crew Emily Allina. “The winds were light
and uneven, so finding the elusive veins of wind on the course was critical,”
said Cooper. That’s where crew Allina came in, and Steve nicknamed Emily
“the wind whisperer” for her ability to find almost every puff of breeze.
Following the wind, the Cooper/Allina team threw in a few extra tacks
and went up the middle of the course and rounded the windward mark in
3rd place. “At the downwind gate, we suddenly realized we were leading the
fleet! We led for the next two legs, but were edged out at the finish line by
Stroebel/Morris who made a great jibe maneuver just before the finish line.”
Cooper and Allina crossed the finish line 2nd, but corrected into 4th place.
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“It was the first time I had sailed with Emily, and she is an amazing sailor
and tactician.”
The current F18 National Master’s Champion Scott Miller enjoyed
surfing the waves downwind in the good breeze. Miller’s least favorite
moment was hitting the windward mark, not once, but twice. On Race 2,
Miller was distracted by a capsized outrigger canoe on the course, when he
realized his fleet was in their starting sequence. Miller launched his kite and
accelerated towards the line pulling off a decent start navigating through 18
other cats with his chute up. Miller and his wife Patty’s skills overcame those
few mistakes and Team Miller took an overall 3rd place in the Regatta.
Skipper Travis Vetter and crew Jason Jarrell had their own kitemare.
A-Cats fight to the finish. Photo by Le Patourel.
They caught a fishing line between their daggerboards and when they
launched their spinnaker it created a rat’s nest. With intense focus and
teamwork, they managed to stay upright and crew Jarrell drove the boat and
trimmed the chute while helmsman Vetter untangled the mess. Impressively,
Jarrell kept his calm and kept pace with the fleet and barely gave up a second.
“I’m blown away by how much Jason has grown as a sailor this past year,” said
helmsman Vetter.
“Some of us don’t race cats to stand on a podium and get awards,”
said Cherie Sogsti who was the only female skipper out of 27 boats. “Some
sailors do this just to feel alive. When you’re racing cats, it’s like a thrilling
meditation. You can’t think of anything else other than what’s happening in
the present moment.”
This year’s Regatta was filled with both intense racing and personal
triumph. Matt Morris, the 23-year old comeback kid, was the crew on
an inspiration to him. Lorraine also had a tumor and brain surgery. Before
Morris had his procedure, Peck met him at the Yacht Club and gave him a
hat that said: I had brain surgery, what’s your excuse?
Now the two brain surgery survivors jokingly call each other “crainy”
2011 US Rolex Yachtsman of
the Year Bill Hardesty shows
off his “Mission Impossible”
moves while his World Etchells
Champion wife Mandi hoists the
spinnaker. Photo by Le Patourel.
A Cat vs F18. Damon LeCasella vs
Dan and Eileen DeLave.
Photo by Le Patourel.
buddies. “The debilitating pain is almost hard to describe,” said Morris.
“Lorraine is someone with true grit. I knew if she could do it, then so
could I.”
“It was so awesome to have Matt full strength back on the boat, right
where he was a year ago before his brain surgery,” said Steve Stroebel.
Morris is equally fond of Stroebel. “Steve is the best sailing partner you
could possibly ask for,” said Morris. “He stays calm, cool, collected and fast,
even where there is mass chaos.” In June, Stroebel and Morris are making one
of their team dream come true and heading to Europe for 93 days of racing.
They’ll be competing in a dozen regattas with 33 race days scheduled on
the winning boat from last year’s Cat Fight with Steve Stroebel. After the
racing in 2015, Morris suffered a seizure and ultimately had to have a very
complicated brain surgery. It’s been a difficult year for Morris fighting his
way back to health and vitality, but the doctors recently gave Morris the
thumbs up to compete again. This weekend’s Cat Fight was Morris’ first time
back on the water racing. “Matt is the gas pedal on the boat,” said Sunday’s
helmsman Bryan Paine. Like a true champion, Morris and his skippers Steve
Stroebel and Bryan Paine defended their title as Overall 2016 Cat Fight II
Champions. It was the absolutely the “feel good moment” of the Regatta.
“I was nervous about my first regatta after my seizure,” said Morris.
“After brain surgery, I had to relearn how to walk and I felt clumsy getting
on a boat. Patience was the hard part. I realized I wasn’t invincible.”
Morris thanks his family, girlfriend Stephanie, and the entire Cat Fleet
for their support, but especially MBYC member Lorraine Peck for being
New MBYC members and husband and wife team Greg Retkowski and Cherie Sogsti
sailing their F18 recently sponsored by Valtech Engineering. Cherie was the only
female skipper in the 27-boat Cat Fight 2 fleet. Important note: Sogsti’s technique of
getting kelp off the rudder by stuffing the bows did not work. Photo by Le Patourel.
It’s not a Cat Fight unless there’s a capsize. Luckily, no one was hurt. Photo by Le Patourel.
their F18. Now that’s a fairy tale ending.
The multihull fleet isn’t just about spinnaker cats. Seth Siegler just
bought an A-Cat two weeks ago and moved from sailing Snipes (a onedesign dinghy) to racing on a 165-pound catamaran. “It’s like a mini singlehanded America’s Cup boat,” said Siegler. “When you are a football field
away sailing a Snipe, it’s game over; but when you’re on an A-Cat, you are
just one good shift away from taking the lead.”
Still learning the boat, Siegler decided to sign up for Cat Fight 2 and
get on the startline with some of the most accomplished A-Cat sailors in
the country. Matt Struble, just one of our many local A-Cat talents, is the
current North American Champion, a title he’s held three times.
“The best way to learn about a new boat, is from other sailors,” said
Siegler who was grateful for how friendly, welcoming and helpful the MBYC
A-Cat fleet was. “My goal was to beat one boat,” said Siegler. “And for ANY
reason.” Siegler mustered up his courage, signed up for the Regatta, got
around the course, and beat a boat during a race and ended up 5th overall.
“It’s a really cool process getting up to speed on a new boat,” added Siegler.
I’ve never had so much fun getting my butt kicked. I felt like I was going
100mph, but I’m sure it was more like 12-knots.”
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(Cat Fight II continued from page 9)
“I cleaned up 90% of the kelp off the course for the other racers,” joked
Siegler. “Maybe the seaweed acted like training wheels and helped keep me
upright during the big winds on Sunday.”
Kelp isn’t fast. Kevan Peck and his crew Cole Baker on the Nacra 20
High-speed crosses tested the nerves of even the most seasoned cat racers. Photo by Le Patourel.
Carbon stayed on the outside to keep clear off the kelp, and it paid off. Peck
had to drop out of racing on Saturday with boat problems, but came back
strong on Sunday with four bullets. “I haven’t sailed in that much wind in
two years,” said Peck. “It was the first time Cole got a taste of real speed and
it was phenomenal.” Chuck Peinado and his crew Daniel sailed an excellent
Regatta earning 2nd place in the Spin 20 Fleet.
The MBYC cat fleet has recently drawn top sailing rockstars like Bill
Hardesty, Bryan Paine, Scott Hoffman and Tyler Caroe. Hardesty is a
professional sailor who has won a dozen world titles on various boats and
he recently bought an F18 to race with his wife Mandi. Bryan Paine is a
former Olympic-level sailing coach who just moved to San Diego to work
for Ullman Sails. Hoffman has been racing for over a decade and is jumping
back into catamaran sailing after an Olympic Finn Campaign. “It’s fun to
haul ass around the course in these boats,” said Hoffman. “The San Diego
fleet has gotten incredibly competitive.”
“My wife Mandi and I have really enjoyed sailing our new F18,” said
Hardesty, the 2011 US Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. “It’s an exciting boat
with competitive racing and lots of couples sailing together. The fleet is
growing at MBYC with the help of good leadership, free clinics, and exciting
but casual racing.”
The Cat Fight ended with good cheer and the never-ending discussion
about ratings. Should an old N20 really have to give time to a brand new
F18? Drink, laugh and discuss. Sailing is only part of the Cat Fight fun. The
other moments we’ll remember most were on the MBYC deck after our cats
were put away...when we laughed together with wet feet and salty hair.
Snipe Droppings
by Seth Siegler
The 2016 edition of the Herb Shear Invitational took place at MBYC this
past weekend. Fleet veteran, Don Bedford kicked things off by recounting,
a bit, about the life of the regatta’s namesake, who
(along with Earl Elms) was essentially, the father of the
modern snipe as we know it. Taking to the water with
a fleet full of the latest evolutions ( Jibe Techs, Perssons
and a DB-R1) of the snipe that Shear and Elms dreamt
up (Chubasco) in the epicenter of it all (San Diego)
was a pretty cool feeling.
As the racing kicked off on Saturday morning, we
were treated to an ultra-shifty and patchy breeze that had eased off just before
the first start. It was clear from the beginning that consistency would be key.
SDYC’s Alex Comet and Erika Dale drew first blood with a solid win in the
first race followed by Randy Lake and Maddy McGrath and Don and Treat
Bedford in third.
PRO Andrea Caroe, along with the the Lido 14 fleet did a fantastic job
as three races would follow, featuring a number of different teams making
appearances in the top five including Doug Hart with Ryan Hopps, Seth
Siegler (hey that’s me!) with Jon Rogers, Packy Davis / Julie Calvert, Bob
Bowden / Gus Wirth and Chris Wright with Diana Waterbury. At the end of
the day, Hart and Hopps rode three bullets to the top, followed by Lake and
McGrath and Jon and I in third. Scores were extremely tight through sixth
place though.
When the fleet returned to shore, they were greeted beachside by regatta
chair, Craig Storms, and a cart full of refreshments and chips and salsa. The
fleet re-hydrated and traded tales of what they did right and wrong that day.
Sunday brought a little more breeze than Saturday but the shifts and
holes seemed to be even bigger. My old college coach used to tell us to “stay in
the cheese” on days like this (imagining the course to be a slice of swiss cheese
where we needed to avoid the holes) and it was everybody’s game plan. It
was a day of going between hiking and crouched into the boat, and thinking
you’re crossing by a mile and then suddenly having to decide between a duck
and a lee-bow. Scores were too close to focus on just one opponent so staying
fast, lifted and heading to the next puff was the name of the game.
Three races were ticked off though and at the end of the day, Hart and
Hopps added two more wins to take home perpetual trophy for the second
year in a row. Lake and McGrath followed in second and Jon and I claimed
third place but it came down to the last part of the final beat in the final race.
Comet and Dale ended up fourth with Don and Treat Bedford rounding out
the top five.
Doc Caroe postpones a start due to an invasion of outrigger paddle boats.
Photo by Dick Brown
Snipes round the weather mark in the Herb Shear Regatta. Photo by Bill Kenney.
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Junior Coordinator Report
by Dave Tillson
Welcome to summer!! Lots of exciting things happening with the
Junior Program, but I’m going to lead with summer sailing, which starts this
month. I’ve said it before, but Mission Bay is hands down the best venue for
junior sailing on the west coast ... and arguably nationwide. More importantly, we have a phenomenal
coaching staff led by veterans Chris Wright and
Jimmer Montgomery. Many of our summer coaches
will be returning from last year and to top it all off, we
have our own Doug Hart leading the Laser program.
It is shaping up to be an EPIC summer! Many of our
classes are sold out, but there are some spots left, so it’s
not too late to join in on the fun.
The summer kick off barbecue will be Sunday, June 12 from 1-3. This
is always a fun event and for those new to the summer program, a great
opportunity to meet the coaches and other kids who will be sailing. I hope
to see you all there!
We will be hosting four national championship regattas this summer.
This is a huge honor and opportunity for us to show off our club, sailing
venue, race management skills and hospitality. First up will be the Sabot
Junior Nationals August 1-3 where we expect about 130 sailors to compete.
Our co-chairs for the regatta, Edmundo Escobar and Don Bedford, are hard
at work making sure everything is in place for a great show. A huge thanks to
those two for all their efforts!
And only one week later, we will receive another 100 or so junior sailors
from across the United States for the US Sailing Junior Single, Double and
Jr. Secretary Report
by Cassandra Shand
MBYC hosted the first SCAYC Luff-In of 2016. Ryan Ratliffe
and San Merson won the 29er fleet and Carter Sirota and Jay Reedy
placed 3rd in the 420 fleet. We had a new fleet out on the water for
this regatta- the Open Bic fleet- which saw Marleigh Henehan in 3rd,
Shane Tillson in 4th, Sean Ross in 6th, Sarah Ozaki in 8th, Garrett
Bedford in 11th, and Ben Conroy in 12th. In CFJs, Diego Escobar
got 1st, Sarah Adams got 5th, Cole Tillson and Treat Bedford got
6th, Marcus Hall/Sarah Parker came in 7th, and Danny Sabin/Hollis
Allen came in 8th. In C1 Sabots, Treat Bedford placed 2nd, Cole
Tillson placed 6th, Sean Ross placed 7th, and Marleigh Henehan
placed 9th. In C2 fleet, Nikita Peugh placed 1st, Shane Tillson
placed 2nd, and Garret Henderson placed 3rd. In C3, Sarah Ozaki
placed 2nd, Kaden Miller placed 4th, Ben Conroy placed 7th, Rowan
Henehan placed 9th, Allie Shand placed 10th, and Kate Bossler
placed 14th. In the Laser Radial fleet, Marcus Huttunen placed 2nd,
Diego Escobar paced 4th, Max Karmel placed 5th, and James Ozaki
placed 6th.
It is safe to say that summer is quickly approaching for us juniors!
FIND MORE CLUB NEWS AT MBYC.ORG
Triple Handed National Championships (also known as the Sears, Bemis
and Smythe Trophies.) Gene Ratliffe and Chris Wright are regatta cochairs for this event. I would like to thank them both for their efforts on
this important event. There are a lot of logistics to make this event happen,
one of which is housing and transportation for our out of town guests. A
big thanks to Melinda Ozaki for organizing this critical piece ... speaking of
which, we could really use your help.
We need to provide housing and transportation to and from the club for
our out of town junior sailors. We’ve hosted out of town sailors in the past
and it is really fun to meet sailors from across the country who have qualified
for these events. If you can provide both housing and transportation that’s
fantastic, with that said, we realize it isn’t possible for a lot of folks. So, if
you can provide housing but not transportation or transportation but not
housing, please let us know and we will work out the logistics. The dates are
August 11-14 and you can contact Melinda at [email protected]
with your availability. Thanks in advance!
I’m going to wrap things up this month with a congratulations to Ryan
Ratliffe, Sam Merson and Ian Brill for being named to the 2016 Olympic
Development Program Travel Team for the 29er Worlds. The Olympic
Development Program provides world-class coaching support to promising
American youth sailors competing in high-performance classes. This is the
result of a lot of hard work and practice by our juniors. It is a huge honor and
very exciting for three of our juniors to be named to the team! It’s not too
early to start thinking about the 2020 Olympics!
See ya on the water!
Adult Sailing Classes
Mission Bay Yacht Club has developed an Adult
Sailing program designed to meet your needs. Our
coaches are US Sailing certified and we have
classes to suit your busy schedule.
Our program recognizes that not everyone wants to
be the next America’s Cup skipper, and we offer a
range of classes and coaching to suit everyone from
the beginning sailor to the advanced racer.
Our coaches are happy to explain each class level
and help you select from the range of available
classes. Call us, email, or stop by MBYC to ask
questions. We welcome your interest.
.
Classes run on the last Saturday of every month
from 12 pm to 4pm and the cost is $50 per person.
Reserve your spot with the Junior Sailing Office
today by calling 858.488.0121 or emailing us at
[email protected]
(24hr cancellation policy)
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Sabot Scene
by Rod Innes
I am writing this at the end of April which is national poetry month. I’ll
bet you didn’t know that. So in honor of poetry month, here is my creation
which I am sure will be included for study in English classes for years to
come.
Our sabots may be hard to sail
a downwind gust may not be seen
and before we have a chance to bail
our boat will be a submarine
And if we think we might relax
a sudden shift will make us think
we will know that we were lax
as we are dumped into the drink
Because of these endearing characteristics of our little craft, the Sabot
Fleet has created a unique award for those who relax too much and end up
in the drink. It is the soggy sabot trophy which is presented to a sailor who
capsizes their boat. They are permitted to take it home for proud display on
their mantel until the next participant appears. This privilege may be enjoyed
for as little as one day or for many months depending on the performance
of other sailors.
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Kirk Johnson is the current holder of the award. He feels that he
has owned it long enough and is willing to pass it on. Well there is
always someone looking for glory who steps up to take it. In this case
it is Carol Pearson who capsized at the SCWSA regatta at Newport
Harbor Yacht Club on April 19. Congratulations Carol! By the way,
Carol is the current Commodore of the SCWSA and a top notch racer.
So you can see that it takes extraordinary credentials to earn the soggy
sabot award.
The Newport regatta is the first in a series of four. MBYC sailors swept
the mixed C division there with Jason Brooks, Bob Henderson and Wes
Westlake taking the honors. Scott Finkboner, Serena Hanby, Carol Pearson
and Gary Pearson also represented our Sabot fleet.
The Tuesday evening Sabot XXTNTs got underway on May 3. There
were a total of 5 boats who sailed on the very first night. Let’s get more
Sabots on the starting line out in “Chicken Cove” every Tuesday at 5:00.
On May 14 the second installment of the SCWSA series was held here
at MBYC. The Senior Sabot Invitational was a huge success. Jim Whitcraft
and his team of helpers, put on a great regatta. The races were in light winds
and cold conditions. PRO Randy Carper kept everything running smoothly.
We were all ready to enjoy the delicious hot meal. Scott Finkboner took 1st
Place in Men’s A. Ruth Jones won 1st place in Women’s B. Bob Henderson
placed 1st in the Mixed C fleet.
Laser Beam
by Rob Bayliss
Encore ! ENCORE !!!
The Wobbly Knee troupe delivered a tour de
force with last month’s presentation of ““Annie
Annie Get
Your Gun But Only After A Background
Check And Seven Day Waiting Period”.
Period”.
The English language is miserably
inadequate to describe its magnificence.
Some of the members are definitely
Broadway bound. The night I attended, I
spied the New York Times theatre critic
weeping tears of joy.
And those classic Gilbert & Sullivan
songs! Their renditions of ““Memory
Memory”,”, “My
“My Heart
Will Go On”
On” and “Somewhere
“Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
Rainbow”
had the audience dancing in the aisles.
Since the show coincided with campaigning
in California, invitations were extended to the
presidential frontrunners. Mrs. Clinton declined,
stating “The theme of the show trivializes the
very real and ongoing problem of gun violence in
musicals. Besides, no real woman would ever want
to shoot a gun.”. Mr. Trump cited a conflicting
engagement, but commended the troupe’s diversity,
saying “It’s great to see you putting on a show where
a broad is in the starring role”.
The Laser Fleet’s contribution to this
performance was immeasurable. Do you know
how many Laser members were involved in the
production ? Anyone ? Anyone ? Yes.
That’s right. None. Zero. Nada. Zip. Nil.
A goose egg. And for that I say “You’re
very welcome”.
The kindest way I can put it is that
the Laser fleet members are “theatrically
challenged”. The talent pool is about as
deep as a mud puddle in the Mojave in
August. When any of us sing, it’s the
audial equivalent of waterboarding. The most
sophisticated musical instrument we can play is
the kazoo. The sight of us dancing causes frantic
searches for the taser confetti. And don’t suggest
acting/singing/whatever classes. That would be as
pointless as teaching calculus to a cat.
Our total absence helped guarantee a
successful performance. We stepped aside and left
it to the theatrically gifted. We’ll focus our efforts
on the water. You see, when it comes to sailing we
have boatloads of talent. Get it ? Sailing ? Boatlo…
oh forget it. Don’t know why I bother. I’ll get out of
your way now. Catch you in July.
Sunfish Bites
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505 Talk
by Gary Lee
505s are back! Well, sailing TNTs, that is.
We had two boats out for 5/12 and five boats
out for the FNT on 5/20. Hopefully as summer
progresses, we’ll see six or seven boats on the line.
The most recent boat joining the fleet is Paul
Scoffin’s 505, number 6821. This is an absolutely
gorgeous boat which Paul brought over from the
East Coast. Paul has spent the last three years
completely refurbishing the boat from stem to
stern. The hull is Kevlar/carbon and epoxy and
the deck is wood. Paul completely stripped the
deck and revarnished it. It looks like a piece of
furniture that should be displayed in someone’s
living room. Paul is no slouch of a sailor either,
having won the 2015 Flying Dutchman nationals.
So we expect 6821 to be very competitive.
There’s lots of sailing coming up. TNTs of
course, as well as Bay Races on 6/5 and 6/12. And
we hope to muster a fleet for the MBYC One
Design Regatta on August 20-21. Note too that
we have Race Committee duty with the Finn fleet
for the TNT on 8/4.
The 505 is a great boat. If you’d like to try one
out and/or just go for a ride, we have a fleet boat
available for juniors, members and non-members
to try out. Give me a call at 858.735.7316, or
email me at [email protected] and we’ll set
you up. It will be a fun time.
by Paul Henkart
Welcome Mike Tabler to the Sunfish fleet.
Mike got a nearly complete race ready 1978 AMF
boat from Santa Cruz.
Five fish were out for the chaotic short
course races on April 17. Hey Derek, the yellow
marks are for the multi-hulls. And Mike, look for
the finish line early on – it might not be where
you think. I suspect the Sailing Instructions will
be amended since people in other fleets had the
same problem. The fish only sailed two races and
completed the other three with rabbit starts. We
told the scorer to not bother scoring us. Good
fun.
Four fish were out for the April 30 Single
Handed races. Lots of places traded. Scoring is
not a priority, but congratulation to Lisa Karmel
for taking two bullets. Thank you Clay Karmel
and Wally Geer for doing race committee. Thank
you Nina (and Allen) Peugh for the post-race
BBQ.
International Sunfish Class Association
president Jon-Paul Patin recently wrote “In
2016 LaserPerformance moved their entire
manufacturing to China and will no longer
manufacturer boats in the US. Some will have
preconceptions and opinions about this move as
I certainly had my own and I can now say I could
not have been more impressed with the facility,
the engineering staff and hands on labor. Based
upon what I see I believe the Sunfish outlook
quite bright and starting in May we should start
to replenish the demand of boats and parts we
have all longed awaited.”
June will see Sunfish every Thursday night
for TNTs. As last year, we will modify the SIs so
that at all but the last mark must have the last boat
round first. (That makes each leg a new race!
Races schedule changes:
Delete June 25 MBYC Lynch Regatta
(details upon request).
Add October 8 & 9 CYC (Coronado Y.C.)
Fall Regatta. Details later.
June 4 – Ocean practice.
June 12 is race committee for Bay Races.
June 18 are Single Handed Races.
June 26 are Short Course races.
Gary Lee and Dan Downing racing 505s
in South San Diego Bay.
Paul Scoffin getting his boat ready for 5/20 FNT
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Lido Lines
by Jennifer Rohr
Our Lido 14 Pete Jefferson Memorial Regatta on April 23 & 24 was
raced by eight official entries and Randy & Lina Carper joined us for two
races on Sunday. Ken Reiff with Glenn Selvin represented ABYC and Jeff
Lenhart returned to Lido 14 racing to show us how it’s done. Skippers Kent
Foster & Aaron Sturm did very well our first day, but were not racing on
Sunday. On Saturday new members Jennifer Ziska with Matt raced Ed
Rodriguez’s old boat #5025 for the first time and proved to be very quick
learners. Stan Betts with Fred Marks and Bill Kenney with Heather duked
it out for 2nd place overall with Stan gaining honors, but Bill did indeed
surpass all for a first in race 6. Roger Hinton with Anne also raced both days
and placed 2nd in race 5.
Jeff Lenhart and crew Peggy were the winners of the regatta,
capping a challenging weekend of racing with light/variable conditions
on Saturday April 23rd and then followed on Sunday with a most
unusual southerly wind and very gusty conditions. Exciting racing for
all.
Many thanks to the PRO Doug Hart and the Finn R/C and other
helpers; Jane Engleman, Doug, Roger Patterson for being available for
protest committee and Selby Winkler scoring.
Also much gratitude to the many Fleet 7 helpers who made chili,
salad & fixings for the Saturday dinner. Susan Betts made all of the race
committee lunches.
Our first TNT of the year, May 5th, was raced (and won) by Kent
Foster, Roger Hinton with Anne and new Lido14 owners Randy & Theresa
Kinnings. Ken Wild skippered while crew Randy absorbed all of Ken’s
racing secrets. We expect to soon see more of Randy & Theresa racing with
us on Sail Bay.
A reminder to Fleet7 members: The Lido 14 2016 Nationals are at
the Eugene Oregon Yacht Club on 15, 16 and 17 July. Documents for this
event are on the Lido14.com website. Boats racing in the Nationals will
have to be measured. Contact fleet measurer Roger Hinton to schedule
boat measurement.
The Pete Jefferson Memorial Invitational
had strong winds and blue skies
Seagull Sightings
by Gurden Hutchins
Since last reported, the Seagulls have kept their hands full with a few
projects. We finally finished the finish on another park bench after about 6
weeks of effort. This one had some of the worst wood we’ve seen, so two of
us took pieces home to work on with our own power tools. After the bench
was put back by the front door of the main clubhouse, we started refurbishing
old race committee placards. These had fallen into disrepair over the course
of many years, and there weren’t enough to go around when we hosted big
regattas. Stan Betts dug up all the old ones from the race committee room,
and we started in. Cleaning and a new base coat of either black or white paint
was followed by stenciling new numbers and letters on. Each placard requires
weeks of work since only one paint can be used on one side at a time, with a
week for drying. Since we only do these jobs on Thursdays (usually), it takes
quite a while to get through the whole bunch. We may be done with them
now, but only Stan knows for sure. Next we were asked to refinish the Scantie
rudder and tiller. This started on April 21 and is a pretty straight-forward
piece of work. Sanding and the first coat of varnish were done the first day.
If this wood is like the rest we’ve worked on, two more coats of varnish, with
sanding in between coats, will be required. Normally about this time of year
we start replacing the nylon feet on all the deck chairs. There has been no
notification from management yet that this is needed, but the feet seldom
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last a full year. With the first TNT looming, the chairs are due for their big
workout.
On the big boat front, the Maritime Museum has gone full-court press
on finishing up the San Salvador. Rigging and interior work remain, with
the rigging being pretty tricky. The 16th century featured running rigging
with a lot of peculiarities compared to more modern ships. Even the 1757
frigate HMS Surprise is not too hard to figure out. The museum may bring in
outside talent to help determine how to run some of the galleon’s rigging, and,
more importantly, how to sail it. No one alive today has a lot of experience
tacking a galleons’ lateen mizzen or the spritsail under the bowsprit. The ship
has a filming date this summer to head up to the Channel Islands to film a
docudrama about the discovery and exploration of those islands by Cabrillo
in 1542. The historical re-enactors from the National Park Service at Cabrillo
National Monument will play all the roles of the ships’ company that landed
on those islands and claimed them for the king of Spain. The docudrama will
then be the film all visitors to the monument will see in the theater, instead
of the old thing shown now. Visitors will be able to go on board the ship
at the Festival of Sail on Labor Day weekend. This three day annual event
features many visiting tall ships, gun battles on the bay, and harbor tours on
the museums’ Viet Nam war Swift boat (PCF-816), and the 1914 Pilot boat.
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It’s here: TNTs. We had a good turn out on the first Thursday. Six boats
were scored as part of the handicap fleet. Adjusted results put David Kobrinetz in front, although Brian Vanderspek had line honors in his newly
acquired Hobie 33, “Aloha.” Other participants included Richard Noe, Matt
Bones, Chris & Lauren Wright, and Todd Bowers.
May 12 was our second day of Thursday racing.
Six keelboats raced along with a mysterious dingy
raced by Mickey Mouse. Scott Hoffman emerged as
the winner in the T-590. Second was David Kobrinetz, followed by Richard Noe, Brian Vanderspek,
Todd Bowers, and Chris & Lauren Wright.
There were others racing with the handicaps. On
May 5th Kimi Brown raced a CFJ, Marianna Shand
raced a Snipe, and Kevin Olenick raced a Thistle, all alone in their classes.
I’m pretty sure they all started with the handicaps, but as it happened, they
were scored as members of their natural fleets. On May 12 there were two
505’s starting: Gary Lee and Bill McKinney. One CFJ was sailed by Cassandra Shand, one MC Scow by Ev Meade and two Solings by Jon Mendham
and John Walton (not really, but a different issue.). It is not clear whether
some or all of these finishes included the recording of times. It is easy to
imagine that it didn’t fully happen. It is also not clear which short fleets were
given separate starts. As is appropriate, race committees make game-time decisions as to who to start, and we’ve already seen examples on both of these
evenings of fleets being given separate starts with only two boats showing up.
This informal match racing can be a great thing.
This year, we’ve already had reminders that in a perfect world fleets
would be in fluid communication so that skippers would know whether to
sign up as entries of their own fleets or entries as handicap. We’ve seen that
boats might sign up one way while the race committee might handle them
Handicap Helper
by Wil Blozan
differently. A perfect example is the two Solings on 5/12. One boat signed
up as handicap, but the committee gave the Solings a separate start. Near
the starting area I alerted a Soling, who seemed to not be concerned about
timing, that he was in sequence and he responded saying, “We signed up as
handicap.” I responded that it will be interesting to see how he gets scored.
As it happened, he got scored as Soling – last (actually as someone else, a
different issue.)
A reminder: boats not in sequence should stay away of the starting area
as a Corinthian courtesy. This is especially important for the handicap fleet
since some of the in-water boats create relatively large wind shadows.
Coming up: The Butler Regatta has not yet occurred as of the time
of this writing, but it will have by the time of your reading this. The other
PHRF race is the Lynch Regatta, to be held on Saturday, June 25. This is
an ocean race from just outside up to La Jolla Shores and back. There had
been interest shown by some dingy fleets of also participating at least in
some fashion, but they backed off after realizing that an additional chase
boat would be required and their inability to help fill that requirement. This
year’s PRO is Randy Carper and the NOR should now be posted on the
club’s website.
Our remaining 2016 Race Committee assignments are listed below. We
are required to staff three more race days. They are:
August 20, Saturday:
Saturday: One Design Regatta, Inside, with Randy
Carper as PRO
August 21, Sunday:
Sunday: One Design Regatta, Inside, with Randy
Carper as PRO
December 4, Sunday
Sunday:: Bay Courses 1-3/3
The season has started. If you haven’t yet done so, get down to your boat
and see where you are. How do the lines look? Test the cam cleats. Replace
missing tell-tales on your sails. Clean your boat. Let’s go.
Scow Scuttle
by Nils Andersson
For those of you who haven’t heard, this spring has been marked by
several boat accidents. The first incident happened in March
at a bay race. Keith Sternal, in his Scow, was hit by a fishing
boat whose skipper apparently panicked and turned his engine
to full throttle. Keith, leading the fleet, didn’t want to lose his
place so he didn’t stay long enough to check for damages. Later
he saw that his port side stay wire was mostly broken.
At the MBYC Opening Day Doug Hart had my CR914 remote controlled model boat sailing between the junior
dock and the raft up. The skipper of a rubber rib boat suddenly
turned 45 degrees and ran my boat over. As a result, the drain plug’s retaining line was caught and the plug was pulled out. Doug and I were able
to sail it to the dock where we drained it of water but ---- too late. Salt
water caused the failure of my on-board electronics.
Then on April 17 while we sailed short courses, Laser sailor Clay
Karmel was hit by an aluminum pontoon boat. Again the skipper apparently panicked and with the engine in gear, lifted the outboard motor
and damaged Clay’s Laser with the propeller coming very close to tak-
ing Clay’s face along with it. During those same races I, while sailing my
Scow, had the skipper of a ski boat come parallel to my course
then turn sharply so his stern hit my freeboard just in front of
where I was hiking. Luckily there were no damages to me or
my boat.
Thankfully, even though we had some costly repairs to
make, none of us was injured. The lesson this spring ‘s events
give us is now the weather has turned summer like, we all need
to be extra careful and alert knowing that people do not need
to take safe driving classes to drive a boat and that we, in smaller
boats, need to be defensive in our sailing.
In spite of the pontoon boat crash, which delayed the racing that day,
the MC Scow fleet had great fun racing with very close finishes. Howard Macken won, Keith Sternal was second, Brian Anderson third and I,
again, came in last.
We are looking forward to more racing. If you like to join us the MC
Scow Fleet has a loaner boat. Just contact me at [email protected] or Brian
Anderson at [email protected]
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