THE
BULLETIN
The Bulletin
Magazine of The San Francisco Yacht Club September 2010 Volume 16 • Issue 8 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS Commodore Vice Commodore Rear Commodore Secretary Treasurer Port Captain Directors:
Raymond Lynch Robert Heller Robert Griswold Bill Melbostad Suzie Moore Jay Hooker Steve Fentress Tad Lacey Ed Lynch John Rittenhouse Paul Rosenlund S/C Kyle Elliott
AUXILIARY OFFICERS & DIRECTORS President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Directors:
Alisa Bekins Lisa Rosenlund Mimi Blakeslee Melissa Tulp Kari Cusack Ginny DeMaria Lori Fromm Lee Johnson Cindie O’Donnell Ginna Milan Laura Rousseau Jane Young Helen Reilly - Ex-Officio Kim Lynch - Honorary
General Manager Dennis Conneally Asst. General Manager Evelyne Swinscoe-Byer
The San Francisco Yacht Club
Columns
3 14 22 23
Commodore Auxiliary President Food and Beverage General Manager
Departments 4 5 6 8 12 16 17
Bowline Around The Club Harbor Race News Youth Sailing Cruising New Members
Features 18
Finn North American Championship
November 2009 Racing
Crossing Wakes
THE BULLETIN Editors
P/P Mimi Cornelius Ross Tibbits
Production Manager
Vince Mattera
Bulletin Committee
Joan Linn Bekins Dennis Conneally Mickey McClure Mike North Bill Reilly Marily Rimmer P/P Sally Secor Evelyne Swinscoe-Byer Barbara Raeuber Thomas P/P Jane Watts
Contributors
Advisor
Laurence Bekins, Bruce Edwards, Royanne Florence, Forrest Gay, Scott Harris, Ed Lynch, Chef Reny Madrid, Steve and Ginger Mason, Angie Lackey Olsen, Bill Stark, Jeffery Stein, Sergei Zavarin
Social Events 20
On The Horizon
Employee Picnic
Cover photo: Yucca on the city front in the Lipton Cup
S/C John Swain
THE SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB
photo by S/C John Swain
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