BYC BURGEE - Spring 2023

Message from the Commodore

Greetings BYC Members,

After a long winter we are finally gearing up for a wonderful summer of sailing. If you have visited our Club in the last few weeks, you would have noticed the yard is busy with owners and crew pulling covers, prepping bottoms, and dressing rigs. Our dedicated staff along with Venture Marine were quickly launching boats and are now complete with spring launch.

New for 2023 we will be asking for winter storage deposits for 2024 beginning next month (June 2023) and 2024 summer well deposits in October of 2023. These have been pulled forward by 4 months, respectively, to allow boat owners on the waiting list plenty of opportunity to find other arrangements when our harbor or yard is full. I think you will find that the deposits will be reasonable and final billing will take place at our typical well billing periods; March for summer well and October for winter storage.

If you have been down to the club in the past week you would have also noticed the two MarkSetBots parked in their permanent home at the end of the west harbor next to the U20 storage shed The addition of the two MarkSetBots is important for a few reasons.

First and foremost, it improves the quality of sailing for all our members and invited guests. Being able to adjust these marks in a timely manner allows for running square courses and saves time to deliver more racing for any given event Secondly, it eases the pressure on the number of volunteers and support staff needed to run races. Finally, it provides a platform to increase sponsorship revenue buy offering our Sponsorship Committee another activation to sell. With removable pullover banners we expect to have sponsorship logos changing out between each event. Plan on seeing our two MarkSetBots used in ALL Bayview run regattas including Thursday off

Photo taken by Martin Chumiecki during the 2018 Commodore's Regatta GL70.

the Dock, BOD, BYC Long Distance, WOW, Alumni Regatta, and the North Channel Race.

You will also notice that we are nearing the end of our Bar and Restaurant rerenovation project We have completed most of the major construction, minus the stairway leading to the second floor In the next few weeks, you should see wainscoting being added to the bar, mahogany trim added as accents to the dining room, wine and alcohol display cases behind the bar, and possibly a finished wine display case in the dining room pending review of our final budget and board approval The trophy committee has agreed to try and get half models rehung in the bar before the Bayview Mackinac Race in July. That will largely depend on the progress with our contractors, but we are going to make the effort.

We have scheduled a wonderful summer of regattas and events for all of our members to enjoy. I look forward to seeing you all very soon down at the club, hopefully with a new summer craft k

Manager's Report

Matthew Prost, General Manager

It's exciting to be through our first few weeks of sailing season. Thank you to everyone who made the BOD possible and helped to deliver a world class Regatta. Our Thursday Night Races continue to be one of the best nights on the river with a waiting list of Hitchhikers, special events like the Pro Team Challenge, Tito's Vodka samplings, and Long Drink.

June is full of events both on and off the water! Two Thursday Night Races, Mills Race, Windsor Overnight, GPC Regatta, Foundation Cruise, Father’s Day & Fleet Review, BYC Summer Party, and the Ford Fireworks watch party and cookout to name a few The Summer Party is June 24th and will have a 70’s theme We’ll have full details coming out in our weekly updates soon

July doesn’t slow down as we head to Mackinac for the 99th Bayview Mackinac Race! We are excited to be back at Mission Point Resort and they are thrilled to welcome us back During the winter the hotel completed a comprehensive renovation of the lobby, restaurant, and bar. There’s no better view of boats coming in than from their Round Bar. MPR also adjusted their hours for us in Chianti, their five-course prix fix restaurant and winner of Best Restaurant in the UP, to be open every day of our race week.

If you’ve been down for dinner in the past few weeks, you’ll notice that our new Executive Chef, Christopher Faulkner, has put out his first menu at Bayview. The changes are dramatic and in addition to the execution of great flavors, the presentation is gorgeous. Chef has taken traditional favorites like Michigan Whitefish and infused flavors from his travels into the food The preserved lemon mashed potatoes, the tomato jam, the fresh herbs over a perfectly basted fresh filet of whitefish This is the level of food we envisioned during our reopening and I’m happy to have the team of Chef Chris and Mike leading

the way

In addition to the food, we are also continually improving our cocktails, wine list, beer offerings, and looking for new items to introduce to membership. With new sponsors in the works there will be several tastings and ways to try new products throughout the summer. Our dining room is almost complete following our unplanned renovation. The openness of the new dining room combined with the warmth from new colors, dimmable lights, grass cloth, and mahogany have delivered a much better dining experience. There are a few more additions that will come throughout the summer, and we’re excited to add a 10-foot family style dining table made from reclaimed wood from the old clubhouse.

Here’s to a great summer of racing, friendship, teaching, learning, and fellowship. Let’s go sailing!

Memories

An Old Goat Becomes a Grand Ram Kyle Burleson

The 2013 Bell's Bayview Mackinac Race began as any other Bayview Mackinac Race had before, but for the crew of Eric Hollerbach's Aristeia, it was perhaps the most special race any of them had been a part of.

Sailing Aristeia, a beautifully restored Sparkman & Stephens 46, was Eric and his son, Kurt, along with the transplanted crew of Sea Fever, Commodore Dean Balcirak and Tom Burleson's J/34. In addition to the regular Sea Fever crew, Dean's daughter, son, and daughter-in-law traveled from both coasts to join Dean on his 50th Mackinac trip up Lake Huron to Mackinac Island. While we had a full crew of 14 featuring many experienced sailors and upwards of 200 Mackinac Races between us, only five of us had sailed the boat at all, let alone once before the Race. As a result, I was more than a little skeptical of our chances of simply jumping on a boat, taking it to Mackinac, and being competitive. Time would tell how well we could sail the boat, but without question, we would not have made it to the starting line without the hard work and long hours of preparation put in by Dean, Eric, Mark Thompson, and a few others whose expertise was critical to the boat's preparation.

The race started with blue skies and a light, warm, northwesterly wind. After starting with our AP #1, we changed to the brand-new Doyle Code Zero on a continuous line furler. This sail proved to be the difference maker for the race, giving us phenomenal boat speed in the light air we knew would be the weakest condition for the boat. Not only did we hold our own, we were able to stretch on all but a couple of the boats in our class, putting us in a position to stick to our plan throughout Saturday night and into Sunday morning.

As Saturday afternoon turned into evening, the wind clocked and built in velocity. By dinner time, we were sailing hard on the wind in roughly 15 knots of breeze. This was exactly the sort of breeze we felt the boat would excel in, and it did so in spades. The boat continually climbed to weather and was truly a dream to drive in the building breeze and seas.

Saturday night featured a beautiful night of sailing upwind with a full moon in 15-20 knots of wind and waves just big enough to soak the crew on the rail if the driver wasn't paying attention. Fortunately, Aristeia was a dream to drive in these conditions, and it was way too much fun to lose focus. We kept with our strategy throughout the night, felt like we were on the correct side of the shifts, and pressed hard all night. The wind continued to clock, and by Sunday morning we were sailing under an asymmetrical spinnaker on starboard tack in chamber of commerce conditions. It became clear that our biggest competition would be Sagitta, sailed by Commodore Jon Somes, who just happens to be Eric's brother-inlaw. Eric made sure it was no secret that he would love to beat his brother-in-law, and the rest of the crew would be happy to oblige.

Come Sunday afternoon we were into a symmetrical spinnaker, and the wind continued to clock. Before long, we were essentially sailing a very long leeward leg into Mackinac Island, jibing on the lifts and staying in pressure. It was a tremendous day with azure skies and turquoise seas, and while we continued to sail hard, at this point it began to sink what a special day of sailing this was in truly perfect conditions, and one not soon to be repeated. We even managed to do a little surfing with our 26,000-pound surfboard.

We neared the Straits of Mackinac and there were very few boats in sight. We knew, however, that Sagitta was ahead of us and extending her lead, and we were acutely aware of how much time they owed us.

Sagitta finished just before 7:45 PM on Sunday night, and I silently started a clock. With Dean driving and Eric trimming the spinnaker and giving our grinders a good workout, we were on the home stretch and I was counting the seconds and doing all sorts of math in my head that I'm not smart enough to do and for which I'm still suffering a headache. As always seems to happen when you're trying to save your time on a competitor, the wind started to lighten, and the anticipation was palpable. We weren't far from the Round Island lighthouse, and I thought we had our time, but the dying breeze made things even more interesting.

We crossed the finish line a few seconds after 9:00 PM, with Epic and Pendragon hot on our trail on corrected time. Fortunately for us, the wind gods cooperated, and before long we could say with confidence that we had won the race. Friends and family greeted us on the dock to congratulate us on the race and to congratulate Dean on becoming a Grand Ram, and some of us took full advantage of the rare opportunity to enjoy the Pink Pony on a Sunday night to celebrate the win and reunite with friends and competitors after a great couple of days on the water.

As if we hadn't had enough fun already, Barbette threw a party to remember on the porch of the Island House and invited what seemed to be the entire Island. A countless number of friends and family and sailors came by to congratulate Dean and enjoy a drink from Jerome, and it was a memorable event for everyone involved and a great way to recognize what a tremendous sailing career Dean has had.

Capping off the festivities was Tuesday's awards party where we took to the stage to accept our white first place flag and surprise Dean with his Grand Ram flag, complete with gold fringe. It was a perfect ending to what turned out to be a race we won't ever forget. Once again, Mackinac Island didn't disappoint with ideal weather for our party.

I grew up sailing with Dean and my dad on Sea Fever, and there were always multiple generations of multiple families represented on our crew. It was impressed upon me at an early age that being able to sail with your family and close friends was a real blessing, and it made winning that much better. Our crew on Aristeia featured six Balciraks covering three generations, along with father and son sailors from the Burleson, Hollerbach, and Thompson families, in addition to crew who have sailed with Dean for decades. Sailing with family has never been so sweet.

A very special thanks to Eric Hollerbach and his family for their generosity and the enthusiasm with which they embraced this very special and rare occasion. It allowed for the creation of simply unforgettable memories.

The crew of Aristeia for the 2013 Bell's Bayview Mackinac Race was:

Eric Hollerbach

Com. Dean Balcirak

Daneen Balcirak

David Balcirak

Dean Balcirak, Jr.

Mackensie Balcirak

Susie Balcirak

Daniel Burleson

Kyle Burleson

Tom Burleson

Kurt Hollerbach

Alexis Linder

Andrew Thompson

Mark Thompson

50 Years of Pendragon

Greg Thomas

It was July 1974. John Trost, 19 years of age, and Greg Thomas, 18, hopped on a boat named Pendragon, headed out to the starting line, and raced their first Bayview Mackinac Race together.

This July 2023, the good Lord willing, they will hop on a boat named Pendragon once again and race their 50th consecutive Bayview Mackinac Race together. Every one of them on a boat named Pendragon.

Things have changed a bit. They are on the third Pendragon. The first was an Ericson 37. They raced on that one for 7 years. Then there was a Contessa 43. She was a legend. That one took them to Mackinac Island for 40 straight years. She was old and John and Greg gave her a regal burial in September 2020.

At the time, they thought they were done. Not done racing to Mackinac, but done doing it on a boat named Pendragon, and perhaps done doing the race together But the boat bug bit, and in November of 2020 they got a new boat, this one a J130

They had many opportunities to miss the race over the years One year the boat started to sink in the Black River the week before the race Without telling the authorities, they arranged to have the boat towed to Sarnia by a small motorboat, where the shaft was pulled, straightened, reinstalled, and the leak fixed.

More recently, a medical emergency occurred onboard while the boat was being taken to Port Huron the Sunday before the race In order to access a dock where the ill crewmember could be removed by medical personnel, the person in charge found it necessary to drive the boat hard onto the sand. The ensuing efforts to unground the boat caused the propeller shaft to vibrate, fracturing the fiberglass collar, and once again the boat started to sink By the time the boat got to Desmond Marine in Port Huron, and directly into the hoist well, and despite frantic pumping and bailing efforts by the crew, there was close to 10,000 pounds of water in the boat. They got that fixed and started the race the next Saturday.

In the fall of 2020, calamity ensued when the strap on the crane broke while the mast was being removed, with 5 feet of the butt still inside the boat, ruining the mast and doing tremendous damage to the deck, bulkheads, and interior. It was a big fix, and exactly 7 days before the 2021 race, the crew assembled en masse and began installing hardware, stanchions, windows, hatches, everything 10hour days became the norm, and the boys were still installing fittings as the boat headed to the starting line for the 2021 race. They made it

The point is: it is not easy to do 50 consecutive Mackinac Races. It is even harder to do it together. But come July, John and Greg, with a little bit more luck, will have done just that.

The Best Race Ever Peter Wenzler

The 1996 Bayview Mackinac Race was the best race ever, racing on Fast Tango II (Mumm 36) with an awesome crew comprised of Michael Bianco, Adam Hollerbach, Glen Hummel, Art LeVasseur, JP Little, Dimitri Nicolopoulos, Tim Prophit, Stu Thompson, and me.

It was a beautiful, long and slow race that we sailed as close to perfect as I have ever experienced. Humid and very still, punctuated by an isolated thunderstorm early in the race that launched three boats, Trader, Renegade, and Cynosure over one half day ahead of the balance of the fleet.

The conditions were very challenging and constantly changing. The atmosphere onboard was very comfortable, focused, and competitive. I have many fond memories of that weekend…

Tim Prophit winning the start, sailing the great circle around the fleet Saturday night, night watches with Stu Thompson, rounding Cove ahead of Moonraker, great collaboration on tactics and strategy with Art LeVassuer, sailing perfectly still for hours at a time, “nobody move”, sailing faster than the wind, racing to cross ahead of clouds, sighting Windago, ‘walking flies’ - we captured flies and tied long strands of Stu Thompson’s hair to their hind legs and ‘walked’ them as they flew around in circles at the end of their ‘leashes’, 90-mile match race with Vim, Tim the ‘oneeyed’ sailor (broken glasses), riding the face of Spectacle Reef in a Mumm 36 - we tacked and sailed within a few feet of its clearly visible shear granite face for several hundred feet, CHINA CLOUD calling in at the finish, ‘Gameboy’ navigation (using a chart plotter was still a novel concept).

We finished at 3AM Tuesday morning in very light beating conditions, the finish order was Trader (70’), Renegade(70’), Cynosure (70’), Pied Piper (70’), Congere (82’), Thirty Tiger (70’), Equation (50’), Windquest (48’), China Cloud (46’), Stripes (70’), Windago (50’), Experience (50’), and Fast Tango (36’). We were the 13th boat to the island on the Cove Island course.

Vim finished 15 minutes after us and we helped them tie up. Terry Hutchinson, Ed Adams, Craig Speck, Dave Gerber, Mark Snyder, and the rest of the Vim crew came over, shook our hands and congratulated us for sailing a magnificent race. A muchappreciated gesture

I loved walking the dock all morning handing out dock lines and cold beer to the new arrivals. Roy Hawkinson won the shore course race on Cygnus, and I got to share some joy and a beer with him on the docks just after dawn I enjoyed partying with the crew on the Island.

The NA 40’s finished 4½ hours later in heavy running conditions and corrected out over us.We corrected to 4th in a class of 12 and 7th overall in the IMS division of just 20 boats. If we had raced in PHRF we would have finished 2nd to Santa Cruz 50 Windago in PHRF B and 2nd overall in a division of 135 boats.

As the 2023 sailing season begins, we eagerly await the 99th running of the Bayview Mackinac Race. The 99th race this year will be a great event, and I have been so fortunate to be able to participate in the planning. We have a wonderful committee working to make this a special event for everyone involved. While looking forward to this year’s race, it’s hard to believe the 100th race, held on July 20, 2024, is only one year away! We are thrilled to be able to celebrate 100 years of such a memorable event. Thus far, we have been planning the 100th race for a few years, and there has been incredible support. It truly takes a village, and I am so grateful to the many qualified people at Bayview who have offered to help.

In thinking of the people on my team, then on a larger scale, the number of people this race has impacted is profound. When the race began in 1925, 12 boats entered. When reflecting on those 12 boats, I think of not only those sailors but the race officials and the sailors’ families and friends who drove to the island or cheered them on from home. This race has continued consecutively for 100 years, including through World War II and, most recently, the COVID pandemic, making it the longest-run freshwater race in the world. Sailors have been faced with many obstacles, and yet the race still goes on! It is truly incredible how many lives this race has touched and how many people have memories of the Bayview Mackinac Race throughout the last 100 years.

This race has been the highlight of my summer for as long as I can remember, even before I started sailing. Every year I would go to Mackinac Island and wait for my dad to finish until the day came when I was old enough to join the crew and race. Having the opportunity to race with family and friends year after year is very special. My father's 52nd race will be this year, and the 50th sailing with Commodore Greg Thomas. The leadership and example they have set for me, other family members, and all the crew over the years have been exemplary. I hope to pass it on to my children and the next generation.

Year after year, I grow in appreciation and understanding of the preparation that goes into the race, allowing anticipation and excitement to build. One tradition I look forward to each year is being a part of the scene in Port Huron as you arrive at the boat. I will always have memories of bagpipes playing as you leave the Black River and cross under the Blue Water Bridge in preparation for the start. Although I appreciate these memories, nothing compares to the early hours of Sunday morning when you execute your game plan as the sun rises. You can better understand how you did during the night and work with your team to see your next moves. There is something about being all alone with your team and the boat, battling the elements, and not only accomplishing the goal of getting to the island but doing so faster than the competition. The lack of boats around you at this point allows you to completely unplug from the real world, focus on sailboat racing and accomplish the goal of getting to the island. This is a feeling no one can describe.

For the 100th race, we are expecting record-breaking participation. The Mackinac Race Authority is excited to announce that the sailing of the 100th Bayview Mackinac Race will return to the original course pending Notice of Race approval by the Bayview Board of Governors in September. The original course runs up the Michigan shoreline, leaving Bois Blanc to the north and finishing west to east at the Round Island Lighthouse. In the early years, the Chicago and Bayview races were run simultaneously and utilized the same finish line.

As I sit here thinking of the thousands of people sailing and supporting the Bayview Mackinac Race over the past 100 years, I am grateful to be a part of such a memorable experience. There will be many more updates, but we hope to see you all at the finish line in 2024!

Charlie Trost Chair, 2024 Bayview Mackinac Race

Bayview Mackinac Race Foundation

Your GenerosityMakes a Difference

The Mackinac Race Foundation's purpose is to ensure that the annual Bayview Mackinac Race continues on forever.

The Foundation depends entirely on contributions, bequests, and endowments to accomplish its goal to guarantee the financial security of the Mackinac Race in perpetuity. Thus, it is the Foundation's investment strategy and policy to invest the net principal of all monetary contributions and donations and to use only the earning in its support of the Mackinac Race each year.

Now, more than ever, we need your support to serve as a guarantee for the future of the Mackinac Race. Please think of us now or in your future estate plans. Every single contribution of any amount is always truly appreciated.

Your donation will help us reach our goal of $1,000,000

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Building Tradition: Two Decades of Women on Water at Bayview

2023 is a milestone year for Bayview’s WOW (Women on Water) – it is the 20th anniversary of the Club’s event! A lot has happened since that fateful day at the Mahogany Altar when a group of sailors wondered why Bayview didn’t have a women’s race and had a conversation that made it happen.

Several of us had just completed Southport’s all-female event and were hanging out, drinking a hummer of course, when I dropped a not-so-subtle hint that Bayview should host our own competitive women’s race.

As a then-newish member, I was a bit “nervous” asking. But with the support of the thenCommodore Chuck Bayer (2004) and future Commodore Rob Amsler (2009), the seed was planted for what we now know and love as BYC’s Women on Water and the Natalie J. O’Niel Trophy honoring the late Natalie O’Niel and her dedication and enthusiasm for the sport of sailing

Going into this year, the 20th running, I’d like to give a huge shout-out to the core group of women who’ve collectively taken the reins over the years – plus the help and support of SO many other sailors and volunteers – who have all worked in concert to make each and every year memorable.

Along the way, we’ve adapted the format to meet the changing demands of our target audience while always in the spirit of growing our sport From a simple, short, point-to-point race to a 3-day event including a hands-on clinic facilitated by Dawn Riley and racing on multiple circles. From a few PHRF boats the first year and up 28 boats at its peak, to 55 clinic participants and ladies flying in from across the US, Canada, and Australia, the WOW continues to be an excellent avenue for women to expand their sailing knowledge and experience.

Thank you to everyone who has participated, volunteered, or simply came out to support the event over the least two decades Here’s to many, many more!

Commodore Lynn Kotwicki

Setting Up for 20: A look back and forward at the Bayview women's event

Like “typical” women, perhaps, we’ve tried to do a lot with the WOW over the years. Call it “multi-tasking” toward the goals of bringing more women into the sport, competing in some close racing, and finishing with shoreside fun.

We’re heading into the 20th running of Bayview’s Women on Water event this summer, and like always, we’ll have some traditions and some new elements of the weekend that include a match-racing clinic, U20 racing, and a PHRF fleet with the latter two racing for the Natalie J. O’Niel Trophy. Milestones always give us a chance to reminisce, so here I go.

I remember the first WOW: a hot Sunday morning with barely any air on the Lake. I sailed on Target Practice, Liz Martin - now Firestone - drove, and Liz Behler and her mother, Sheila, were the other two crew. The after-party was really the first time I hung out with Lynn Kotwicki, and I hope I thanked her for founding the event. I remember hoping it would go annual, and dreams did come true.

Like many things at Bayview, other sailors, supporters, and volunteers will have their own favorites list about the event, but here are a few more of mine.

First, continued thanks to the O’Niel family for supporting the race and having Natalie as the namesake for the trophy. It’s a safe bet that there will be some sniffles every time someone at the awards ceremony talks about what that trophy means and represents. If you haven’t seen it, it’s in the new trophy cases in the clubhouse entry way.

I also love how the event changes all the time. I’ve heard grumbling in the bar about that, but to me it represents how our sport needs to react to people who want to be part of it and what works to get them on the water. So, over the next few years after the first all-women’s PHRF event that hot August day, we added the Club Boats to the WOW lineup, arranged clinics, and had fleet racing. The fun is consistent. So is getting people on the water.

Some of those clinics have been for newcomers who have maybe never steered a boat in a race. Others have been for match racing. One year, with the help of some sponsors to defray umpire and race management costs, there was a Grade 5 event

Sandi Svoboda

where clinic participants entered a raffle and a few hopped aboard the U20s for the jib-andmain races.

Ilze Liepa was the “lucky” one who jumped on with Adam Hollerbach and me. I still apologize to her every time I see her. I’m looking forward to this year’s clinic with Dawn Riley although I’m not sure all those fancy moves will translate to the Cal fleet. We’ll see.

I’ve also got to “shout out” to those special men who have loaned their boats or raced in the WOW through the years, relegated to the companionway in a lot of cases as women drove, trimmed, hoisted, doused, and did everything else that gets a boat around a racecourse. Many thanks to all of you!

Around 2013, the race organizers decided that for a team to have its name etched on the base of the trophy, it had to be all women so some of the guys got flicked. But I promise that when we’ve borrowed your boats, we’ve toasted you for it!

But back to the women in the event. It’s been great to see so many new faces on the water and be part of an event that welcomes sailors of all ages and abilities. In 2019 I took a coworker along in her first race ever – she asked halfway up the first leg when we would start the race. We laughed about that a lot.

In 2013, another memorable year, I sailed on White Fang with Suzanne Scoville and Molly Radtke, two of the best sailors I know, as well as Martha Dawson, who was 11 at the time. Talk about range of ages and experiences! I’ve also done the WOW on U20s with Eva Rossell, who graduated from college this spring, captaining the sailing team at Michigan State.

There also was the year we did Melges 24s in the river skippered by some of the top women sailors from around the country with local crew. I don’t have the red boa anymore that my team wore for awards…

The WOW gets everyone out there in a way that’s so unique in our sport. I hope it’s been inspiring to the youngsters and energizing for those of us who are not-so young anymore.

In what’s going to be a fun celebration of our own tradition and progress of sorts, my original WOW crew is reassembling, this time on my Cal, for this year’s race. See you on the water –or we’ll wave to you on the lawn.

Registration is OPEN for the 20th running of the Bayview Women-On-Water

To celebrate the milestone year, Bayview Yacht Club is offering a variety of options throughout the weekend: an optional point-to-point Fleet Race on Friday night, hands-on Match Racing Clinic with Dawn Riley on Saturday, windward-leeward racing on Bayview’s Ultimate 20s on Sunday morning and wrapping up with a point-to-point Fleet Race Sunday afternoon.

Of course, there will also be plenty of social activities and spectating from the Club lawn

Visit the official website for details and registration link.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Joshua Gall, Intermediate I

Frank

Jillian Guiffre, Intermediate I

David

Alex Warner, Junior Senior

Chris

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Step 1: BYC Member Submits Request for Membership Application & Prospective Member's Sailing Background for Review by Membership Committee

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