The San Francisco Yacht Club
September 2011
November 2009
THE
BULLETIN
The Bulletin
Magazine of The San Francisco Yacht Club September 2011 Volume 17 • Issue 8 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
AUXILIARY OFFICERS & DIRECTORS President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Directors:
Lisa Harris Melissa Tulp Mimi Blakeslee Lori Fromm Molly Brilliant Ginny De Maria Tina Setzer Ginna Milan Sue Milliron Marily Rimmer Vicki Silverman Jane Young Alisa Bekins - Ex-Officio Emily Heller - Honorary Asst. General Manager Evelyne Swinscoe-Byer
THE BULLETIN Editor Ads/Calendar Editor Race Editor Production Manager Bulletin Committee
Contributors
Photographers
P/P Mimi Cornelius AGM Evelyne Swinscoe-Byer Ross Tibbits Vince Mattera Joan Linn Bekins Mike North P/P Sally Secor Barbara Raeuber Thomas P/P Jane Watts Paige Brooks, Doug Finley, Forrest Gay, Scott Harris, Lisa Klairmont and Harold Kleiderman, Chef Reny Madrid, Steven Mason and Ginger Souders Mason, Ann McCormack, Bob McDermott, John Medovich, Angie Lackey Olson, Molly Robinson, Paul Rosenlund, Bill Stark, Bob VanBlaricom, P/P Nancy Wells, Rich Wideman Roxanne Fairbairn, Jim Rimmer, Ron Steinau, S/C John Swain, Joan Bekins, Serge Zavarian
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Columns
Commodore Auxiliary News Food and Beverage
photo by Toby Garfield
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Departments 5 6 8 12
Bowline House Race News Youth Sailing
A SeaSonde surface current mapping antenna measures currents in the San Francisco Bay. To learn more about this system see the Speakers’ Series ad on page 4.
Features 4 16 18 19 22
Speaker Series Cruising Crossing Wakes Eight Bells Employee Picnic
Social Events 20
November 2009
photo by S/C John Swain
Robert Heller W. Robert Griswold Thomas C. Lacey Paul S. Rosenlund Suzie Moore Jay Hooker Daniel C. Buckstaff Edward Lynch William Melbostad Angie Lackey Olson William Stark Jr. S/C Raymond Lynch
Jim Cornelius and Zia Ahari begin the sail home aboard Duet after the SFYC Delta Cruise
On the Horizon
Employee Picnic
Cover photo: SFYC Race Committee in action; Melissa Moody demonstrates perfect starter technique.
photo by Ron Steinhau
Commodore Vice Commodore Rear Commodore Secretary Treasurer Port Captain Directors:
The San Francisco Yacht Club
Cover photo by Roxanne Fairbairn
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Yappy Hour is returning! See Food & Beverage page 23 for details.
From the Commodore Bob Heller, Commodore / commodore@sfyc.org
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his is a time of change at The Club. As announced in the Bow Wave, our General Manager Dennis Conneally has resigned and has left The Club. We thank Dennis for his services and wish him well in his future endeavors. The Board has initiated a search for a new General Manager and we hope to bring a new leader aboard as soon as possible. While we ask for your patience, our dedicated staff will continue to serve you with enthusiasm. We are all grateful to them for stepping up and working as a team during this transition period. Our SFYC staff members often labor until late at night and on weekends and holidays when they would love to be at home with their own families. Instead they stand ready to serve our members with a smile. They deserve our appreciation and sincere thanks for stepping up and filling the void. Please take the time to say an extra “thank you” to them for a job well done. We hope that this transition period will be brief and that we will be successful in finding an energetic and inspiring leader soon. What gives me confidence that The Club will be able to get through this transition period without a hitch is you, the membership. This is a “member club”. At its heart are the many volunteers that are involved in running the organization: be it Race Council staging regattas, Harbor Committee overseeing our waterfront facilities, House Committee making sure that members have fine facilities, or the Finance Committee checking that you get value for your money. But more about that later. In the meantime, Club life is in full swing as we continue to enjoy the peak days of summer. Our racers are out every weekend on The Bay and crowd the deck afterwards as they collect their well-deserved trophies; our cruisers have fanned out to the far corners of the globe; our Juniors have finished their summer program; and our seniors enjoy their Pinot Grigio on the deck before proceeding to the Dining Room for a fine meal. Life is good! If you ask different members what they enjoy most about The Club, you will hear almost as many answers as there are members. Everyone has different reasons why
they spend time at The Club and why they are members. For some it is their love for intense racing competition; for some it is that their kids get to participate in summer sailing activities; for some it is the cruising and the access to reciprocal clubs; for others it is a quiet afternoon relaxing on their boat in a gentle breeze on The Bay; and for some it is an enjoyable evening at The Club Bar or in the Dining Room. But what we all share is our love for the water and the camaraderie of the many good friends we have come to cherish over the years. And I think that’s the way it should be. We may have different tastes and priorities, but The Club is the place that unites and brings us together. A key factor that binds us all together as club members is the spirit of volunteerism both on the water and in the Clubhouse. About 200 volunteers serve on the various club committees that perform the essential tasks of governance and then put their shoulders to the wheel to make it all happen. Many more club members volunteer for needed tasks every week. There is Angie Lackey Olson, who not only chairs our Race Council, but is there before and during race days to assure that everything runs smoothly on the water. She also coordinates the extraordinary efforts of the many members of the Race Council who dedicate their time so that others can enjoy themselves on the race course. Bill Melbostad and his Race Development Committee are not only in charge of the regattas away from our own port, but they are also responsible for bringing prestigious regattas to our club. The membership appreciates that this endeavor greatly enhances The Club’s prestige and reputation. Staff Commodore Ray Lynch is in charge of Sailing Development. He is working hard to create new activities for the young adult sailors who are looking to establish themselves at our club and are eager for opportunities to enhance their sailing skills. The Youth Committee, led by Dan Buckstaff, has had its hands full running our youth training and racing programs for hundreds of youngsters throughout the (continued on page 4)
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(continued from page 3) summer. Forrest Gay, who has led our eminently successful youth programs, is stepping up to assume broader responsibilities as The Club’s new Director of Sailing. We all expect great things from him. Bill Stark leads the Cruising Committee, which arranges many organized cruises to near-by ports throughout the year and also helps facilitate the globespanning cruising activities of many members who are exploring exciting far-away places. In September, many SFYC cruisers will be enjoying themselves on the “Commodore’s Cruise”, a trip to Greece and Turkey organized by RoyAnne Florence. But your Commodore will not get to go because there is too much work to do here at home. While these committees are focused on our on-thewater activities, the other committees that keep The Club running are equally important to the ultimate enjoyment of the members and the health of the enterprise. Rear Commodore Tad Lacey leads the Membership Committee; Treasurer Suzie Moore the Finance Committee; Secretary Paul Rosenlund the House Committee; Vice Commodore Bob Griswold the Facilities Planning Committee; and Ed Lynch the Harbor Committee. The latter two committees have been very busy this year working on plans for the kitchen and Cove House remodel and the rebuilding of the harbor docks, a project that is currently in progress. All the committee chairs mentioned so far also are also members of the Board of Directors guiding the overall direction of The Club. The Auxiliary, led by President Lisa Harris, and the Entertainment Committee, chaired by Evon Rieden, have put on many successful programs to enhance the quality of life of our members and to keep us all merrily entertained. Our Port Captain, Jay Hooker, keeps order in the harbor and Staff Commodore Bill Smith ensures that all reciprocal clubs are properly accredited and recognized. Last but not least, Mimi Cornelius, the editor of The Bulletin, keeps our members wellinformed. And the Historical Committee under the guidance of Staff Commodore Ken Frost keeps track of our valuable artifacts and historical records. And I should also mention my very own wife, Commodorable Emily, as part of this long list. She tries to keep me sane when I come home from a long Board meeting at 11:30 in the evening. The Club has received much external recognition that attests to the excellence we have achieved. I am happy announce that we have become one of the Founding Members of the National Sailing Hall of
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Fame. This means The SFYC is recognized as one of the premier yacht clubs in the USA. Our burgee will fly proudly, along with those of other distinguished clubs, at the National Sailing Hall of Fame in Annapolis. It is also very gratifying that our member Paul Cayard is among the first group of inductees to the Hall of Fame. Our sincere congratulations to Paul for being honored alongside other giants such as Dennis Conner, Nat Herreshoff, Gary Jobson, Joshua Slocum and Olin Stephens. I am also privileged to report that the Pacific InterClub Yacht Association (PICYA) is honoring our members Richard Von Ehrenkrook with the Valhalla Cup and Trygve Liljestrand with the Edward E. Peck Memorial Trophy. Congratulations to both of these fine sailors! Turning to more mundane housekeeping matters, the Board has decided to speed up the harbor rebuilding project that is currently under way. The Club is able to take advantage of the current slump in the building industry to get some extraordinarily advantageous terms and will complete the entire harbor rebuilding project in two and a half years as opposed to the original estimate of four years. This will mean that we can show off a shining new harbor when the world comes to visit during the America’s Cup year of 2013. Our special kudos go to Ed Lynch, the chair of our Harbor Committee! Things have not been going quite as smoothly with respect to our Club remodeling plans. The Board approved the badly needed kitchen remodel and relocation of the accounting and managers offices a long time ago. Conceptual plans have been drawn up for the rejuvenation of the Cove House, which is deteriorating and starting to fall apart. But the final decision to go ahead with this project has not yet been made and the financing is not yet in place. Many SFYC members attended a recent Planning Commission meeting at the Belvedere City Hall where our plans were considered. We heard first-hand that the Planning Commission was not yet ready to approve on our plans. Many thanks to those of you who spoke in front of the Planning Commission or who wrote letters in support of our project! I am hopeful that we will get the City’s approval of the concept in the near future so that we can finalize our plans. As you can see, everything is coming up roses – it just takes a little while! Your patience and support is always appreciated. See you at The Club!
Commodore Bob
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SPEAKERS SERIES “Real Time Monitoring Of Surface Currents Along the California Coast and In The San Francisco Bay”
TOBY GARFIELD SEPTEMBER 28 6:30
PM
• COVE HOUSE
RSVP: THE SFYC FRONT OFFICE 435-9133
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The event is free for Members and their guests.
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oby Garfield leads an oceanography program that has installed shore-based instruments to measure surface currents from the California coast line out 100 miles into the ocean. Sailors can access the data online to obtain hourly maps of the currents with spatial resolution between 500 meters and six kilometers (http://cordc.ucsd.edu/projects/mapping/maps/fullpage.php?) His team hopes to release their related iPhone app by this fall. Dr. Garfield is a professor of Physical Oceanography in the San Francisco State Geosciences Department and Director
of the Romberg Tiburon Center, SF State's Marine Laboratory. Prior to joining the SF State faculty in 1998, Dr. Garfield worked in the research faculty at the Oceanography Department of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. A New England native, Dr. Garfield earned his PhD at the University of Rhode Island. His area of research interest is ocean circulation in the transition region from the deep, open ocean to coastal areas and estuaries. In addition to being a seagoing oceanographer, Dr. Garfield is a lifelong sailor. He is a member of the Cuttyhunk Yacht Club in Massachusetts.
Save the Dates: Future Speakers Series are planned for 10/19 and 11/16
News from the Bocce Ball Corner Team Vecchio Marinaios, the SFYC bocce ball group, plays Wednesday mornings at Marin Bocce, located at 550 B Street, San Rafael.
Do You Have A Story? Do you have a story, photo, or idea for an article you would like to share with the SFYC membership? The Bulletin editors welcome submissions and ideas. Please contact the editors at bulletin@sfyc.org.
The team has openings for three new players. Please call John Medovich at (415) 923-1011 for more information.
Mimi Cornelius Evelyne Swinscoe-Byer Bulletin Editor Ads/Calendar Editor
Ross Tibbits Race Editor
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House Paul Rosenlund, House Committee Chair
On The House
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t’s hard to believe, but Fall is almost here and quiet afternoons at The Club are giving way to busier schedules with school, work, families and friends back from vacations … and lots of great sailing! The topic of this month’s column is parking. The SFYC parking lot is currently striped for 186 spaces, which is usually (but not always) enough. The City of Belvedere has given us a gentle reminder that our existing arrangements with the city, which date back to The Club’s acquisition of the Cove House in 1984, call for The Club to maintain 196 spaces in our lot. It’s not entirely clear what happened to those ten spaces. They were “gone” before The Club built the Sailing Center. The city’s records aren’t clear on when or whether this reduction was authorized. In any event, The SFYC wants more spaces and a parking engineer has provided us with a restriping plan that will restore those spaces. Is 196 spaces enough? Ninety-nine percent of the time it is. But that’s no consolation if you arrive on a Friday evening just after the last space was taken or on a race day with the lot full of boats being rigged and many cars in the parking spaces without a parking sticker. Who are these people without parking stickers? Some of them are members who don’t have a sticker. For those members who do not have a parking sticker, please get a sticker for each of your cars. It will help you and it will help The Club. As for the rest, they could be crew on a member’s boat, a member’s dinner guest, or a reciprocal club visitor. But we have encountered a variety of others who park in The Club’s parking lot, including local construction workers, crew on boats headed for other yacht clubs, local residents attending a concert in Belvedere Park, and even a few Tiburon restaurant employees who said they had been instructed by their employer to take advantage of “free parking” at the San Francisco Yacht Club! Our first priority is to provide parking
for SFYC members and then for Club members’ crew and guests. Most of the time there is plenty of room for crew and guests. But sometimes there is not. This can happen when The Club is hosting a community event, when there are double bookings for youth events and a Club race, or as occurred on the 4th of July, when there was a regatta and a wellattended afternoon barbecue. What can The Club do about this? In addition to planning for ten more parking spaces, we are restoring a parking attendant on Friday nights and on certain weekend days when a full house is expected. On Friday evenings and weekends the center section of the lot has been marked as reserved for cars with current parking stickers. Other solutions for those occasions when The Club is heavily booked may include limiting parking to members only, using a valet parking service, issuing a limited number of permits to skippers of visiting yachts, limiting the number of spaces for crew and guest parking, and facilitating offsite parking in Tiburon. We have made arrangements with the owners of public lots in Tiburon to accommodate our needs and parking maps are available for crew and guests. What can you as a SFYC member do to help this situation? First, please have a current parking sticker on your car to ensure that you will have first priority in the lot. Second, please be kind to our parking
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attendants who might be new or might just not know who you are, even if you are a long-term member. These employees are trying to do their job for The Club and a “don’t you know who I am” speech really won’t help the situation! On race days, please be aware of the parking situation. If you are a skipper, encourage your crew to use bikes, public transit, carpool or even to park offsite. And also remind them that the City of Belvedere limits parking to two hours along Beach Road and nearby streets. Finally, do not park on Teal Road or in the Belvedere Land Company’s lot. These are private parking areas and violators may be towed. Make sure your crew and guests know this as well. We can all fit, but sometimes we just need to try a little harder. Please enjoy the Fall Season at The Club!
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October 12, 19, 26
Labor Day BBQ Monday, September 5 12:00 Noon – 7:00 p.m. $18.95 Adults H $7.95 Children 10 and under
Choice of: Rotisserie Chicken Brazilian Style BBQ Tri-Tip Barrel Smoked St. Louis Spare Ribs Pacific Red Snapper Hot Dogs Hamburgers Fresh Corn On The Cobb Texas Chili H Labor Day Salad Bar H Ice Cream Bar w/ Assorted Toppings H Music on Deck 2-6p.m.
Save the Date October 14, 2011 Oom-pah-pah Band
All prices subject to Club service charge and Marin sales tax
Second Annual
Country Western Shindig & Chili Cook-Off Saturday, September 10
Mosey on over and pony-up y’all WE’RE BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN!
6:00 p.m. Buckaroo Beer Tasting and Second Annual Chili Cook-off 7:30 p.m. Good Ol’ Chuck Wagon Chow and a Shindig Featuring Roy Marcom & the Wranglers Reserve early pardners! Reservations limited! Call the Front Office 435 9133 Ext. 10
Ranch-style seating • $24.95 per person • Be there or be square!
Hoedown Hands:
All prices subject to Club service charge and Marin sales tax.
Shana & Ed Lynch, Katherine Ferguson, and Elizabeth Merrill
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Race News Angie Lackey Olson / Anne McCormack
505 Regatta By competitor Aaron Ross Nine teams turned out last weekend for the Kings of the Bay Regatta, hosted by The SFYC. Saturday's racing was held on Southampton Shoals, a little to the north of the Berkeley Circle. Being in the lee of Angel Island, there's a little less breeze and a fair bit less chop. This course can also be shifted to get just the right amount of breeze. The race committee nailed the location and we had three perfect races in 15 -18 plus knots. Race one was a triangle sausage, two and three were sausage-triangle-sausages. All the races were gate starts with downwind finishes, so racing time was maximized. The longer courses were only 35 minutes long, so even though there was a lot of corner banging, there was no time to get bored. Mike and Carl won the day with three bullets. Howard and Andy scored a 2,2,2, Jeff and Pat a 3,3,3. Ted with Steve Kleha got a 4,4,4, and Aaron and Rob recorded a 5,5,5. Tim and Garth got a 6,7,6, with Geoff and Reeve breaking the trend with a six in race two. While preparing to be the pathfinder for race three, Geoff decided it would be a good time to break a rudder gudgeon. Back on shore, The Club wheeled out a dock cart full of beer on ice and a barbecue with all the trimmings. A comprehensive debrief followed. Since the 2012 North Americans will be at The SFYC, the fleet and the race committee took the opportunity to try a new racecourse on Sunday. We sailed the Knox course, very close to The Club between Angel Island and the Marin Headlands. With 8-14 knots of breeze, four knots of current and geographically shifty breeze, the results were not a repeat of Saturday. Jeff and Pat won the day with a 1,3,2. Howard and Andy would have won the day, but they were outsmarted and outmaneuvered at the finish of race four by the incredibly handsome team of Aaron and Rob. Mike and Carl scored a 2,2,3, enough to hold onto the regatta win. There was much place-changing between fourth and seventh in each race. So even though the conditions were not as exciting as Saturday, there was never a dull moment. Back on shore, The Club wheeled out another cart full of beer and presented trophies – engraved hot toddy sized thermoses – for the top three helms and crews. A big thank you to The San Francisco Yacht Club staff and volunteers, including the local 505 team of Mark Dowdy and Jason Bright. You can always count on The Club to put on a great regatta with excellent on-shore facilities, race management and logistics. Plus, it’s always sunny and warm on The Club’s deck; it’s the best place to be after a day on the Bay. God would live in Belvedere if he could afford it. The 2012 North Americans at SFYC is a regatta not to be missed. And unlike the St. FYC you can leave your hat on... The outstanding Race Committee crew included David Carrel (PRO), John Sanford, Jay Hooker, Berkeley Riley, Michelle Farabaugh, Shawn Davies, Julia Yost, James Feliz, 8 • SEPTEMBER 2011 THE BULLETIN • www.sfyc.org
Marc Kasinin, Lynn Spiller, Jerry Eaton, Angie Lackey Olson, Mark Dowdy and Jason Bright.
Lipton Cup The 2011 Lipton Cup Series consisted of four PHRF divisions with three races in one day and we had participants in all of them. In the Big Lipton, Tryg Liljestrand and his Ragtime crew of Jeff Mulvihill, Marc Kasanin, Will Mitchell, Doug Wilhelm, Geoffrey Allen and William Gammel took second and will be bringing home the Edward E. Peck Memorial Trophy for second place. In the Admiral’s Cup, Richard von Ehrenkrook, Paul Suteck and Rebecca Hinden were aboard Can o’ Whoopass, also bringing home the second place Valhalla Cup. Additional competitors were the all SFYC member boat Longboard with Paul Mourani, David Carrel, Darren Goldman, Tina Lundh and Paige Brooks in the Larry Knight division. And in the Little Lipton was the Lykken crew of Larry Drew, Mike Guzzardo, Jim Colletto and Jeff Elliot. Congratulations to all the teams for a truly Corinthian effort.
Longboard crew: Darren Goldman, Tina Lundh, David Carrel, Paul Mourani and Paige Brooks
Easom Founders & Melges 24 Regatta The weekend of July 23-24 brought the Etchells and Melges fleets some big winds to contend with out on the Berkeley Circle. PRO Anne Scully kept the support boat crew busy as the course required lengthening several times as the sailors zipped quickly around the buoys. On Saturday, one of the sailors’ heads struck a boom. The race crew was calm, cool, collected and well-prepared to respond to the incident. A support boat returned the injured sailor back to The Club where professional assistance awaited. Congratulations to the team for quick and efficient action based on our safety response plan as all ended well. On Anne’s race team were Suzie Moore, Tristan Ruhland, Madeline Selig, Steve Stroub, James Feliz, Berkeley Riley, and Stephanie Cannell.
ETCHELLS 1st Place, Craig Healy (with 5 bullets) 2nd Place, Don Jesberg MELGES 24 1st Place, Erwan le Gall (with 5 bullets) 2nd Place, Doug Wilco
Schneider in 2nd place in the Express 37 fleet (Saturday only) and Kirk Smith for 2nd place in the Alerion 28 division (Saturday only).
Out Into the Deep Blue Sea OYRA The Jr. Waterhouse Regatta took place on July 19. Honors go to Richard von Ehrenkrook for 1st place in PHRO2 and Mark Dowdy for 3rd place in PHRO2. In the short-handed division, Sean Mulvihill took 1st place. And speaking of… Sean Mulvihill, he and son Jeff Mulvihill were first to finish on the J/120 Jamani in the SSS Half Moon Bay race (4 hours, 25 minutes and 1 sec), first in corrected time and first in the double-handed division. A trifecta!
Craig Healy and crew accept the prestigious Easom Founder's Trophy from Hank himself
Mitchell & Ross Regattas
On August 6, we held the double-header Mitchell and Ross Regattas, running both on the same day. Each has a long and rich history: The Peter Mitchell Memorial Trophy began in the 1950’s in honor of “Peter” Mitchell – mother of “The Finn is the most physically and mentally demanding single- QE3 sailor Suzi Mitchell Miller - and her siblings Allen hander in the world. It breeds exceptional, all-round sailors by testing (Punky) and Emery (Kim), the three of whom are represented by the three carved wooden sandpipers on the trophy. The all aspects of racing. IFA, the cult of the International Finn Herb Ross Memorial Trophy was started in 1975 in honor of Monotype, may seem strange to some people, but to us devotees, there is nothing else remotely like it. The Finn offers the most purely Herb Ross who died at the helm of his Choey Lee Pacific Clipper in 1974. It was originally awarded to the topathletic form of yacht racing and is, therefore, the most finishing wooden boat, but since 2001 the beautiful fundamentally competitive. The Finn offers the rewarding opportunity of doing a difficult thing well. There will always be those scrimshaw whale’s tooth trophy has been awarded to the best finisher in the race at the request of Herb’s son, John Ross, who aspire to be the master of a Finn.” - Jack Knights (1961) who is still an active club sailor. And this is as true today as it was in 1961. Eight Finns In cool and breezy conditions with a dying ebb and participated in this year’s PCCs, which were orchestrated by Forrest relatively flat water, PRO Anne Scully selected a Gay, our Youth Director and competitive Finn sailor. Erich windward/leeward, double sausage (no Ringewald and Don Jesberg, assisted by Angie Lackey Olson, meatballs) 5.2 nm course between Knox Suzie Moore, Bryan Moore, James Feliz and Corey Lynch, and Yellow Bluff for the Peter Mitchell executed six races over two days in light winds and big flood tides. Regatta. Glenn Isaacson in Q was the The Finn sailors persevered and the top finishers were: clear winner of the 12 starters in the Non1st Place, Ben Leibowitz (the new guy) Spinnaker Division, beating second place 2nd Place, Forrest Gay finisher Fast Friends (Bill Smith and Kyle 3rd Place, Andy Casey Elliot) by 21 seconds (corrected), followed a bit later by Eben Marsh in Elusive in third place. These three boats are at the top of the leader board in the overall Club Glenn Isaacson Series. Of the eight who started in the The SFYC was well represented in the Moseley Regatta held at Spinnaker Division, Hank Easom cruised home in Yucca 23 Tiburon Yacht Club on July 30 & 31. And we also brought home the seconds (corrected) ahead of Doug Holm in Mirthmaker, top finish in both the Etchells (1st place, Don Jesberg; 2nd place, followed by Steve Stroub’s Tiburon Hank Easom) and Knarr Fleets (1st place, Larry Drew). who took line honors but had to settle for third on corrected time. These three are at the top of their division for the Club Series Championship. Believe it or not, your Race Council Chair actually got to sail in To create some variety for the Herb this one, rather than organize it. What a special treat for me and of Ross Regatta, PRO Anne Scully course there were a plethora of SFYC members out on the water. selected a 5.5nm triangular course from Accolades go to Trig Liljestrand for 2nd place in the Sportboat 1 Knox, to Yellow Bluff, Harding Rock, division, Richard von Ehrenkrook for 1st place in PHRF7, Bartz Hank Easom S/F, Yellow Bluff and Finish.
Finn PCCs
Moseley Regatta at Tiburon Yacht Club
Second-Half Season Opener
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Conditions were similar to those of the first race, but the tide had turned giving more of a challenge fighting the flood on the windward legs. Glenn Isaacson took his second bullet of the day, well ahead of second place finisher Trig Liljestrand in Ragtime who opted not to fly a spinnaker and prevailed over third place Fast Friends by a mere 11 seconds (corrected). Doug Holm For the Spinnaker Fleet, it was déjà vu all over again for the top three finishers. But, in what has to be a first time ever in the annual SFYC Club Series Championship, Tiburon took line honors, but Tiburon and Mirthmaker tied for first place as each had the exact – down to the second – corrected final times. Extra Steve Stoub engraving space will be required to list the 2011 co-winners! This time Hank had to settle for third. The short-handed, but very experienced, multi-tasking team on Victory included John Sanford as driver and noise maker, Loretta Sheridan doing scoring and flags, while
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Roxanne Fairbairn served as timer, recorder and managed to take the photos. Support boat driver Jerry Eaton was assisted by Bob McDermott in setting the marks and maintaining calm on the race course.
Club Series results after 6 races NON-SPINNAKER DIVISION Elusive
Marsh
25 1 2 3 6
Fast Friends
Elliott & Smith
12 5 3 2 3
“Q”
Isaacson
36 2 1 1 1
SPINNAKER DIVISION Mirthmaker
Holm
2 2 1 2 2 1.5
Yucca
Easom
13 3 3 1 3
Tiburon
Stroub
3 9 4 1 3 1.5
Race News All American Team Sails Hard to Vanquish Competitors By MOLLY ROBINSON Molly Robinson, daughter of S/C Jim and Martha Robinson, submitted the following report after completing the Transatlantic Race aboard the 65 ft. carbon fiber STP65, Vanquish. The All American Offshore Team members trained for The Transatlantic as much as we possibly could in the small three-month window we had. I made the team in late April, arrived at The Tidewater Baltimore shipyard May 5, and The Transatlantic started July 3. I left a desk job working in international logistics and found myself trying to aim a cocking gun, scraping waterproof goo, stepping a 100+ foot rig, and doing a variety of other boat maintenance projects. I learned something new from each project, and each one became more complicated than the last as I moved from prepping projects to
Molly inspects the Spectra watermaker aboard Vanquish learning how to lay carbon and discovering the “soothing itch” of carbon dust. But I didn’t find out what Vanquish was truly capable of until May 30 after the entire team had passed the Safety at Sea course and we went sailing. It was a blast. I realized that the boat was going slow if she wasn’t matching the wind speed.
Aside from loving the boat I was going to spend the summer on, I realized that I was ecstatic to spend the rest of the summer with the team. The All American Offshore Team is unlike any other team I have been on, partially because this is the first time a group of promising young American sailors have been handed a 65 foot carbon, high performance race boat to race across the Atlantic, partially because this is a group of talented sailors that absolutely love going fast; but mainly because there are some absolutely hilarious characters and great dancers on board. In between moonlit-warm training sessions, we prepared the boat for the worst of the Atlantic. We added a third reef, re-waterproofed “everything”, repacked and tested lifejackets, added foot chalks for the bowmen… the list goes on. The race started and we headed out. When I browsed through the start photos, Vanquish looked like a toy next the Leopard, Puma’s Volvo 70, Beau Geste, and Rambler, the giants of the Transatlantic. Our practice leading up to the race had been in light breeze, peaking at 28 knots, over calm moonlit waters. Several nights we sailed under a completely full moon and our shadows chased us across the brilliantly lit deck. We spent the first days of the Transatlantic in heavy fog. At night it was like sailing through the black bowels of a coal mine. During the day you could see a few feet in front of the bow. The team smiled, cracked a few jokes about seeing the competition, and kept pushing the boat. It was nice to see that no one was even slightly fazed about sailing through conditions we hadn’t practiced in. We quickly fell into our watch schedule and slowly my body began to crave sleep after four hours and I would wake up after three hours ready for a new day, ready for the next watch. Our five star burner and cooler spewed out macaroni mush daily. But it always had plenty of water so I never had ‘the stuck to the side of your stomach and not decomposing stomach ache of dehydrated freeze-dried.
Vanquish and the All American Offshore Team get ready to race After several days the temperature dropped. The water was the clear sapphire blue of the Caribbean and I was wrapped in my warmest gear as the boat glided through a thick shroud of fog. We kept hoping a polar bear would swim up to the boat. No polar bears, but we did run into handfuls of dolphins, a few birds, several whales, and we even passed a sunfish. It was another dark night and the dolphins’ and fishes’ movements left phosphorescent tracks through the Atlantic. As the dolphins scared the fish they would scatter, and the skeletonthin lines of phosphorescence were interrupted by the dolphins’ thick trails as they weaved under and alongside the boat like torpedoes. Every race has its disappointments. For me it was that we never were able to really stick the bow down in 35+ plus winds and let the boat run. We ended up in an inevitable ridge that cut us off from England. Even though drifting is frustrating, it was fascinating to spend all day sailing up to a cloud formation on the horizon, pass it, and then wake up in the morning with the exact same clouds in front of you. There was no wind, so we sprawled out over the bow trying to keep the weight forward to keep steadily riding the miniature puffs toward the Lizard. Ed note: After holding third place overall for almost a week, the high pressure system captured Vanquish and they ended up with a sixth place finish. When Molly wrote this review on August 7th, she was getting ready for the Fastnet. Editors’ Fastnet Postscript: Molly and her Vanquish crewmates went on to have the sail of their lives in the 2011 Fastnet. The race saw winds from 0 to over 40 knots and flat calms to seas over six meters. More than 30 boats retired from the fleet of 300+, including the 100 ft Rambler which lost her keel shortly after rounding the Fastnet Light and capsized. Vanquish went on to finish 2nd in her IRC Z division of 18 boats and 3rd overall in the combined IRC divisions which included over 280 boats.
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Youth Sailing
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FYC’s summer program has completed another year. Over the nine weeks of summer sessions we enrolled 330 kids in over 450 sessions. A couple of dozen Opti race team sailors also dropped by to practice their Optis or try out FJs during the summer. The Belvedere Cove provides some of the warmest sailing in the Bay, but also some of the trickiest learning conditions. Along with all the fun and smiles and swimming after class came lots of booms to the head. All in all our 14 instructors provided great, safe instruction for the largest youth summer program in the Bay. We hope a group of the summer sailors will join our Opti Green Racing Team over the next year to continue to build our Opti and other racing teams in the future. July was a busy month for the race teams as well. SFYC youth participated in 15 regattas in one month! Check out the results section in this Bulletin to see where they were and how they finished. Don’t forget about Fall Light Green Sailing, which runs six weeks in the Fall on Fridays and Sundays. Applications are available at www.sfyc.org/youth under “Seasonal”. Space is limited to 16 Opti sailors who have some sailing experience, either in Optis or JYs over this summer.
Alex Moody, Graham Gooding and Jack Barton at CFJ Nationals
Scott Buckstaff and James Moody, 29er National Champions, racing in The Gorge
SAVE THE DATE: SFYC Youth Sailing Awards Dinner October 8 Club Dining Room Sammy Shea and Alex Moody jibe-set at CFJ Nationals
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Youth Sailing Forrest Gay, Director / youth@sfyc.org
Boys Silver Fleet (56 boats) 23rd Lawson Willard; 31st Kyle Larsen; 35th Will Cefali; 37th Michael Tan; 39th Markus Suorsa; 40th Will Dana
OPTI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP @ TAVIRA, PORTUGAL (JULY 2-10) Boys (130 boats) 38th Romain Screve ISAF YOUTH WORLDS @ ZADAR, CROATIA (JULY 7-16) 29er (23 boats) 2nd Antoine Screve/crew IDA LEWIS (GIRLS DOUBLE-HANDED NATIONALS) @ BAY HEAD, NJ (JULY 9-14) 40 420s) 17th Kennedy Placek/Lea Russell SOCAL JUNIOR OLYMPICS @ SAN DIEGO YC (JULY 14-17) 29er (8 boats) 1st Scott Buckstaff/James Moody BAYS #3 @ ENCINAL YC (JULY 16-17) Opti Green Fleet (16 boats) 1st Caleb Yoslov; 5th William Foox; 6th Ines Lowe Opti Championship Fleet (16 boats) 1st Teddy Hayden; 2nd Sam Barton; 3rd Christian Ehrnrooth; th 4 Dylan Meade; 5th Mats Keldsen; 6th Michael Tellini; 7th Tommy Young; 15th Ezra Acker 29er (3 boats) 1st Kyle Larsen/crew; 2nd Maria Casciani/crew
SFYC YOUTH RACE TEAM RESULTS OPTI NATIONALS @ HOUSTON YC (JULY 20-24) Green Fleet (40 boats) 21st Buster Baylis Championship Fleet (225 boats) 37th Lucy Wilmot; 73rd Teddy Hayden; 94th Sam Barton; 117th Dylan Meade; 127th Sally Wilmot; 136th Christian Ehrnrooth; 158th Hannah Baylis; 161st Coco Dana; 167th Remi Lowe; 172nd Mats Keldsen 29ER NATIONALS @ CORONADO YC (JULY 21-24) (21 boats) 1st Scott Buckstaff/James Moody; 6th Annie Schmidt/crew; 15th skipper/Jack Barton OPTI ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP @ SINGAPORE (JULY 22-30) (118 boats) 62nd Jackson Wagner
Laser Radial (11 boats) 2nd Will Cefali
LASER 4.7 NORTH AMERICANS @ TREASURE ISLAND (JULY 23-24) (33 boats) 9th Lola Bushnell; 10th Markus Suorsa; 11th Kyle Larsen; 15th Michael Tan; 22nd Lawson Willard; 27th Will Dana; 32nd Will Cefali
FINN PCCS @ SFYC (JULY 16-17) (8 boats) 2nd Forrest Gay
LASER 4.7 WORLDS @ STFYC (JULY 26-AUG 2) Girls (51 boats) 18th Lola Bushnell (top USA)
420 (10 boats) 4th Kennedy Placek/Lea Russell
CFJ NATIONALS @ CABRILLO BEACH YC (JULY 29-31) (71 boats) 33rd Sammy Shea/Alex Moody; 37th Jack Barton/Graham Gooding; 52nd Lea Russell/Corey Lynch HYANNIS REGATTA @ HYANNIS YC (JULY 29-31) Radial (65 boats) 47th Kennedy Placek/Kristopher Swanson LASER NATIONALS @ CALIFORNIA YC (AUGUST 3-7) 420 (98 boats) 15th Annie Rossi; 18th Kyle Larsen; 24th Lola Bushnell; 26th Kristopher Swanson; 34th Michael Tan OPTI WEST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP @ SANTA BARBARA YC (AUGUST 6-7) Green Fleet (16 boats) 5th Sarah Young; 7th William Foox; 8th Caleb Yoslov; 9th Buster Baylis Championship Fleet (42 boats) 6th Maria Casciani; 7th Christopher Casciani; 8th Sam Barton; 9th Christian Ehrnrooth; 14th Tommy Young; 17th Remi Lowe; 24th Coco Dana; 25th Hannah Baylis; 27th Gage McLennan; 29th Teddy Russell; 35th Ezra Acker BAYS #4 @ SFYC (AUGUST 6-7) 420 (6 boats) 2nd Kennedy Placek/Lea Russell Opti Championship Fleet (12 boats) 1st Will Martens; 2nd Alex Ron; 3rd Michael Tellini Opti Green Fleet (16 boats) 1st Charlie Perkins; 2nd Jack Scherer; 4th Chris Hall; 14th Lucie Russell; 15th Alya Kalra
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Auxiliary News Lisa Harris, SFYC Auxiliary President, 2011
Auxiliary Notes – A History to Remember
The San Francisco Yacht Club Auxiliary cordially invites you to the
Annual Past Presidents’ Luncheon
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t was a great honor for me to be the SFYC Auxiliary President and to have such a terrific Club Board to work with, plus our wonderful Auxiliary, outstanding members, staff and employees. From decorating for Christmas, to all of the parties and sailing activities, to fundraising for Junior Sailing, we have always been a group that gave our heart and soul to The Club! However, the most cherished memories I have are the wonderful, lasting friendships I have made through my involvement with The Club.
Don your fascinators, derbies, berets, or fedoras… or not… But definitely join us! Friday, October 7, 2011 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea Nancy Wells, SFYC Auxiliary President 1993
The San Francisco Yacht Club Auxiliary Presents
The Cove House Please RSVP@ Front Desk 435-9133 ext. 10 office@sfyc.org
Passport Details Thursday, September 15th, 2011 10:00 a.m. Marketplace, “Table top Destinations,” and Raffle 12:30 p.m. First Class Luncheon Book Now, Bring a Friend or Two and Shop, Shop, Shop! $65.00 per person (Inclusive of Service and Tax) CALL THE FRONT DESK TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT 435-9133 Ext. 10
Travel the World…Enjoy Scrumptious Food, Tantalizing Drinks, To-die-for-Shopping, Culture and Fun… And you don’t even have to pack!!
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Cruising News Bill Stark
Delta Cruise By Lisa Klairmont and Harold Kleiderman
photo by S/C John Swain
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his year’s cruise to the Delta Yacht Club was a great success. Twelve boats from The SFYC made the passage up the San Joaquin River for a week in July, enjoying the warm weather, fresh water and relaxing pace of Keltie McClosky and Mike Brunn, the “Delta Time”. ultimate DYC Hosts Two SFYC members, Mike and Cindy Brunn (Snafu) and Keltie and Deborah McClosky (Rhumbline), are also members of Delta Yacht Club and acted as our hosts at DYC, providing a gracious welcome and great hospitality all week. The SFYC cruising fleet converged on DYC from several
with room to spare. The club has a big solar-heated pool, bocce, horseshoes, mini-golf, showers, eight barbeques, a big fully equipped kitchen, and both indoor and patio dining. After settling in on Monday, some of the group explored the area by dinghy while others enjoyed the island. Tuesday night was Paella Night. Everyone got involved in the set-up, preparation, slicing and dicing, and cooking of three big paella pans on three separate barbeques. Shawn Wideman made a big batch of sangria, using fresh blackberries picked an hour before by Anne Finley right there on the island. We all took turns stirring the paella and providing opinions on seasoning, cooking time, etc. When it was done to perfection, over thirty people enjoyed the dish which was based on Chef Reny’s recipe, along with a giant salad made by Mimi Cornelius. Wednesday was Caribbean Buffet Night. We sent a boat to pick up five trays of yummy Caribbean delights from the Breadfruit Tree, a restaurant about four miles upriver. While we were waiting for the food to arrive, Rich and Shawn Wideman made everyone margaritas, using Bar Manager Phil Atchison’s special recipe. The mornings were pleasantly cool and calm and an afternoon breeze kept the temperature comfortably warm. With twelve boats and over thirty members and family, this cruise was one of our best in recent years. We reserved Delta Yacht Club for the same week next year, so plan on joining in the fun.
locations. Andiamo (Klairmont/ Kleiderman) and Duet (Cornelius, with crewmembers Don Bekins and Zia Ahari) had stopped at Pittsburg Marina Sunday evening while La Vida (Mellon) stayed over at Pittsburg Yacht Club, and Bumpy (Wideman) and Tuck-A-Roo (Finley) stopped at Bethel Island. Meanwhile, Sea Jay (Mason) and Freedom (Martens) were already in the Delta, getting a head start on the fun by anchoring out nearby the DYC. Payneless (Payne) made a non-stop passage to DYC on Monday morning, bringing along Dick’s two sons and grandchildren. Hummmdinger (Vare) and Josephine (Haussener, Gale, Swain and Montag) arrived a day later. Joan Bekins hitched a ride up with Al to join Don. Delta Yacht Club is a great location for a delta getaway. Just a mile or so past Tinsley, it has a long guest dock with water and power and easily accommodated all of our boats
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2011 Cruising Calendar Date
Destination
Cruise Leader
Sept. 16-18
Tomales Bay w/ CCA Bob VanBlaricom Doug Finley
Sept. 17-24
International Cruise
RoyAnne Florence
October 2
Leukemia Cup
Jib Martens
October 7-9
Tinsley
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2011 “Quad Cruise” to Tinsley Island
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s we get into the Dog Days of Summer, it’s not too early to start planning for the annual “Quad Cruise” to Tinsley Island this October. With beautiful warm days and cool nights, it’s a wonderful time of the year to be in the Delta. And once again, we will be joined by the Corinthian, Tiburon and Marin Yacht Clubs. Those of you who have been on this cruise before know we have the use of all the island facilities for the weekend. Find a table at the Pavilion and bring your own food to barbeque or cook in the open-air galley. Dance each evening to music provided by the Delta’s best DJ. Join in the fun activities or just relax around the pool. Friday night we’ll kick off with the legendary Tiburon Yacht Club Martini Party to get the weekend started.
Saturday morning Bloody Marys will be provided by the Marin and Corinthian Yacht Clubs and Saturday afternoon we of The San Francisco Yacht Club will be starting the evening with our traditional Margarita Party. So plan on joining the fun on:
October 7, 8 & 9 (Friday – Sunday)
HALLOWEEN THEME Costumes & table decorations optional $125/boat per night (No per person charge!) $62.50 for those staying over on Sunday Night There will be a nominal charge of $20/person to cover the cost of the DJ, prizes, the three hosted cocktail parties, decorations, and a souvenir T-shirt.
Pre-Tinsley Warm-up at Delta Yacht Club October 3-6 The Delta Yacht Club will again be open for those of you who want to extend your time in the Delta. Enjoy their pool, pitch and putt golf, and great facilities. Cost: $50/boat per night. If you are interested and want the detailed info about these great cruising events, please email: scottharris@fluentstudios.com or call me at 775-250-3874. If you intend to join us, please email me the names of all in your party, and Tshirt sizes (S, M, L, XL, XXL). By return email we will send you confirmation and detailed info. Bring your SFYC Name Tags and SFYC Cruise Flags. Have fun! Rich Wideman, crwideman@aol.com & Scott Harris, scottharris@fluentstudios.com
THE CCA - SFYC Annual Tomales Bay, Hearts Desire Beach Cruise
SEPTEMBER 17-18
Come by boat and enjoy the weekend. Or come by car for the Saturday afternoon BBQ at Hearts Desire Beach. Contact Doug Finley, at 415 453-9322 or at ddfinley@aol.com for more information or to sign up for the cruise.
Will, grandson of SFYC Director and Cruising Chair Bill Stark and his wife Ann, looks happy in his role as “Future Crew”
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Crossing Wakes Steve Mason & Ginger Souders-Mason on and Alice Shinn made it to the continent from Britain, and after safe harboring Ariel, they took the train to LeHavre. While checking out Arsenal Harbor in Paris, Jon and Alice spotted Matilda whose owners, Bob and Sue, they had met in Honfleur. Later, as the Shinns were about to leave the harbor, Bob and Sue came walking down the hill with their newly arrived guests creating a “This was a small world experience”! It was Jerry and Karen Eaton who first noticed Jon’s Tiburon shirt and then they all realized they had met at the SFYC Recognition night when the Shinn’s received the Cruiser of the Year award. The three couples enjoyed a fun evening together. Our globe hopping couple Jerry and Karen Eaton, along with Gay and Wyman Harris, will be joining the CCA Northwest Chapter cruise from Nanaimo as the group work its way south through the Gulf Islands during the week following Labor Day.
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Jerry and Karen Eaton and Alice and Jon Shinn were all smiles as they enjoyed their surprise meeting in France.
Conner Leech Sails for South Africa Aboard Misty By BOB VAN BLARICOM
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ord has arrived from Darwin, Australia that SFYC sailor Connor Leech has signed aboard Bob Van Blaricom's former, well-traveled little 32' yacht, Misty for a 6,100 mile voyage from Darwin to Durban, South Africa. This passage will be Misty’s last lap of a voyage from The San Francisco Yacht Club to Cape Town which began last November under her new owner, Peter Forrest, to his home in Cape Town. Twenty-two year old Connor has broad experience in sailing. He received the Bill Black Award for junior sailors
Connor Leech displays the SFYC burgee aboard Misty and became an instructor in the SFYC Junior Sailing Program. He sailed in innumerable San Francisco Bay racing events, coastal races and passages on the California coast. Connor has also been a regular member of the SFYC sailing team. Recently, while attending the
SFYC Cruisers Help Improve Angel Island Docks
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isa and I have been working with the California State Parks and Angel Island Association for the Lisa Klairmont and past year to install a wash down system Harold Kleiderman for the docks at Ayala Cove. Angel Island is a favorite destination for many SFYC members, but sometimes boaters have to deal with the messes and smells that 18 • SEPTEMBER 2011 THE BULLETIN • www.sfyc.org
University of Cape Town, he sailed on the university sailing team and was chosen to join the crew of one of the top boats in the Royal Cape Yacht Club fleet. This will be Connor’s first major ocean crossing and it will be a big one. This crossing has a reputation for strong but favorable winds and will cover a distance of 6,100 miles. The planned route will take Misty and her crew from Darwin on the north coast of Australia, to Ashmore Reef, Keeling-Cocos Island, Rodrigues Island, Mauritius, Reunion Island and finally to Durban, South Africa. The skipper, Peter Forrest, is a very experienced and capable ocean sailor who departed the SFYC harbor nine months ago. Although he sailed Misty with one crew as far as Mexico, Peter has sailed single handed all the way across the Pacific. We will expect to hear some exciting sea stories when Conner returns.
the seals leave behind after they spend the night on the docks (They are not so good about cleaning up after themselves.) So Lisa and I organized a fund raising effort to get the $1,000 needed for a dock wash-down system. We also organized a work party for Wednesday July 27 to help the Angel Island rangers install the water line. We enlisted some friends to help and we all went over to the island aboard Andiamo, armed with tool bags and knee pads. We were met by the Superintendent and several Rangers. After some discussion on the best way to run the water line, production started in earnest. Seven hours later, we completed the rough-in of the water line, all the way from the island to the corner of the main pier. The Rangers will finish the installation and start using the wash down system soon. Look for cleaner, fresher smelling docks in the future.
Eight Bells Charles D. Kuhn, a SFYC Member since 1989, died August 3, 2011 after a brief illness. Charles and Nancy, his wife of 56 years, lived in Tiburon. Charles is also survived by his children, Kathleen Anstey (Rich), William Kuhn, Barbie Kuhn (Andre Lemos) and Lisa Seery (Martin); his grandchildren Josh Anstey, Melissa Nicholas (Josh), Finnian Seery and Cormac Seery; and great-grandchildren, Hannah and Noah Nicholas. Charles was a native Californian whose childhood during the Great Depression included selling newspapers to Hollywood movie stars and helping his father deliver ice before refrigeration. In 1942 Charles enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in World War II off the West Coast and in the South Pacific as a coxswain on both the USS Zebra and the USS Virgo. In 1945, he chose to continue his education at the Woodbury School of Design in Southern California. He then entered into a partnership with real estate developer, Fred Rowley, and eventually obtained his General Building Contractor's License in 1950. The pair constructed many residences in the Pacific Palisades area. In 1955 Mr. Rowley acquired land in Tiburon that is now known as Del Mar Estates. He convinced Charles to move to
James Laidlaw Decker, 50, died on July 26 in Portland, Oregon after a brief illness. He is survived by his young son Jacob Alexander Decker of Portland, OR; his mother Katharyn Leitzell Clyde and stepfather Larry Clyde of Santa Fe, NM; his father R. Thomas Decker and stepmother Denise Mularoni Decker of San Francisco, CA; and his sister Jennifer Decker Buck and brother-in-law Gary Buck of Eagle, CO. Growing up in Tiburon and Belvedere, CA, Jim fell in love with sailing and was a fourth-generation member of The San Francisco Yacht Club. He graduated from Redwood High School and the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Jim worked his entire career as a trader in the lumber industry, in locations across the country including Los Angeles, Atlanta, Denver, Napa, Portland and Bend, where he recently joined the Forest City Trading Group. He was a voracious reader and student of American military history, a passionate fan of jazz music, and a frequent traveler, especially to one of his favorite places, Italy.
Marin County and construct homes on the property. Charles and his wife, Nancy, set up an office in the old dairy barn on the site. At the successful completion of the Tiburon project, Charles and Nancy decided to start their own construction company. Since making that decision, they have built hundreds of homes, apartments and commercial buildings in Marin County. Charles served as the Construction Manager of the first phase of the Skywalker Ranch project in Nicasio for George Lucas. One of the highlights of Charles' life was his development and construction of twenty American colonial style homes during the 1980’s in the Sleepy Hollow neighborhood of San Anselmo. Charles is remembered as a kind and honorable man. His personal life was enriched with his love of family, his many years of racing cars and sail boats, and a fulfilling business. Many of his business associates, clients and acquaintances became part of his extended family. Charles finally retired from the construction business at the age of 89. He continued to manage his investment properties until his death. Donations in Charles’ memory can be made to the Marin Humane Society at 171 Bel Marin Keys Boulevard, Novato or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
THE SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB AUXILIARY 2011 Annual Meeting Luncheon Thursday, November 17 10:30 a.m.
Welcoming The America’s Cup 2013 A Lady Remembers! RSVP Front Office 435-9133 ext. 10 Co-Chairs Ginny DeMaria and Sue Milliron
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SAVE THE DATE THE SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB AUXILIARY 3RD ANNUAL
Mother-Son Dinner Dance
Dance the night away with your special young man!
Saturday, October 22
The San Francisco Yacht Club’s
Pasta Night Sunday, September 4 Enjoy fresh pasta dishes cooked to order in the Member’s Dining Room BUILD YOUR OWN PASTA BAR INCLUDES CHOICES OF: Steak, Chicken, Shrimp, Scallops and Calamari Bell Peppers, Mushrooms, Olives, Broccoli, Sundried Tomatoes, Winter Squash and Seasonal Vegetables YOUR CHOICE OF PENNE PASTA OR FETTUCCINI WITH Alfredo Sauce, Pesto Sauce or Marinara Sauce Delicious Garlic Bread and Full Salad Bar with Chef Reny’s famous Assorted Salads
RSVP to the Front Office 435-9133 ext. 10 Nautical Attire
ALL YOU CAN EAT: $18.95 Adults $10.95 Kids 10 and under
Co-Chairs: Ginna Milan, Jane Young, and Vicki Silverman
All prices subject to Club service charge and Marin sales tax.
Champagne Dinner FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 COVE HOUSE RECEPTION 6:00 P.M. DINNER: 6:30 P.M.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED PLEASE CONTACT THE FRONT OFFICE 435-9133 EXT.10
Come spend an evening with one of America’s oldest and favorite sparkling wine houses:
Schramsberg Vineyards Has been served at many a White House dinner, now is your chance to delight in experiencing a Gourmet 4 course dinner with sparkling wines! SFYC Members Only Limited to 50 Seats
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Enhance your dining experience every
Thursday All Day at The San Francisco Yacht Club with
NO CORKAGE option
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September 3, 17, 24
Lobster Dinner for Two $48.95 for two All prices subject to Club service charge and Marin sales tax.
SAVE THE DATE!
The San Francisco Yacht Club’s
Friday Night BBQ Served from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM All items include Salad Bar, With Condiments, Corn on the Cob, and Hearty Sailors Chile
Saturday, November 5th Commodores’ Ball 2011
Reminiscing the Rhine Honoring Commodore Bob Heller & the Staff Commodores
Angus Burger ........................................................................10.00 All Beef Hot Dog ....................................................................8.00
Invitation to Follow
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Grilled Breast of Chicken......................................................10.00 Grilled Fresh Fish of the Day................................................14.00 Caribbean Skirt Steak............................................................13.00 DESSERTS Hot Fudge Sundae ..................................................................5.00 Fruit Pie ala Mode ..................................................................5.00 All Prices are Cash Prices and include Service and Tax
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Employee Picnic
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Food and Beverage Reny Madrid, Executive Chef / renymad@sbcglobal.net Chef’s From The Hood Philosophy: “If you want happiness for an hour – take a nap. If you want happiness for a day – go fishing. If you want happiness for a month – get married. If you want happiness for a year – inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime – help others.” -Chinese Proverb Kitchen Confidential: Ask Ricky “Ricardo” Samayoa the name of his new dog. The end of summer is coming! Join us at the Labor Day BBQ to celebrate. I am looking forward to seeing all the members that I haven’t seen over the summer. The Special for September 3, 17 and 24th will be Lobster for Two for $48.95++. On the wine tasting event last month I wanted to give special thanks to Juan Maldonado for his creative decorating. It always amazes me what he comes up with. Many of the items he has made himself, at his house, on his day off. The decorations make everything taste better! Thanks Juan!
Yappy Hour Sunday, September 25 3 pm - 6 pm Adults $10.00++ per person (includes nibbles for your pet)
Back By Popular Demand: “Yappy Hour” is returning to the SFYC. We have set the date for September 25th. Find out “Who let the dog out”? Bring your best friend and also your dog and have some food and drink together. Please feel free to email me with any ideas or suggestions: renymad@sbcglobal.net. Regards, Reny
EVEN THOUGH SUMMER IS ALMOST OVER There’s still time to gather with friends and family Create an event and lasting memories
Contact Natalie in the Catering Office And let the fun begin catering@sfyc or 415-9133 x25
Bring your dog for Yappy Hour We will be serving Chef Reny’s Signature Sangria and BBQ by the Bay skewers for both two legged and four legged guests.
They are everyone’s best friend!
SAVE THE DATE
December 16, 2011
Member Dining in Cove House
Saturday September 24
The San Francisco Yacht Club Auxiliary Holiday Gala Presents
“A Rudolph Red Evening” 6.00 p.m. – Midnight Dinner 7.00 p.m. Featuring the Fabulous Fundamentals Orchestra Reservations Front Office 435-9133, ext. 10 Members and their guests Co-Chairs: Ginny DeMaria, Sue Milliron & Vicki Silverman
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3:30-9 p.m. 28 Beef Sliders & Mini Tacos Speaker Series
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9 Country Western10 8 Shindig & No Corkage Fee Chili Cook-off All Day Friday Night BBQ Opti PCC Coyote Point Yacht Club
Youth Regatta: Southampton Auxiliary 15 Express 27 17 Express 27 16 Fundraiser: Fleet: Knox Fleet National Jet Set Lunch Champ: Knox Lobster for Two No Corkage Fee Friday Night BBQ C r u i s e O u t –
With Dinner Cruise Out – No 22 23 Corkage Fee Friday Night BBQ All Day
29 30 No Corkage Fee Friday Night BBQ All Day
October 2011
Monday
Friday
Cruise Out – International D i s c o v e r y B a y Ya c h t C l u b C r u i s e
26 Club Closed
Sunday
Club Closed
19
Cruise Out
Yappy Hour 3-6 p.m.
12
3:30-9 p.m. 7 Beef Sliders & Mini Tacos
Thursday
Thursday
Friday
Member 24 Dining: Cove House
To m a l e s B a y
Lobster for Two
Saturday
1
Leukemia Cup VIP Dinner
2
Leukemia Cup Leukemia Cup BBQ
9
Club Closed
Club Closed
Cruise Out
Fall Classic: 16 Knox
Perp.Challenge 23 Round The Island Race: Southampton
30
3
10
Club Closed
Club Closed
17 Club Closed
Club Closed
4
11
18 Club Closed
24
Club Closed 31
25 Club Closed
Breakfast: Sat 0830-1130; Sun 0830-1400
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3:30-9 p.m. 5 Beef Sliders & Mini Tacos 3:30-9 p.m. 12 Beef Sliders & Mini Tacos Dream Boat Series
Beef Sliders 19 & Mini Tacos Dream Boat Series Speaker Series 3:30-9 p.m. 26 Beef Sliders & Mini Tacos Dream Boat Series
Wosser Cup: 8 6 Past Presidents’7 Knox: Club Series Luncheon No Corkage Fee All Day Friday Night BBQ Youth Award Dinner
13 No Corkage Fee All Day
C r u i s e O u t – Ti n s l e y / D e l t a Y C
OktoberFest14 Party
Friday Night BBQ
Fall Classic: 15 Knox Rack of Lamb Dinner for Two $48.95
Mother/Son 22 20 21 No Corkage Fee Friday Night BBQ Dinner Dance IOD Team Racing All Day IOD Team Racing: Perpetual Challenge: Circle Circle
27 28 Family Halloween No Corkage Fee Friday Night BBQ Party All Day
Lunch: Thur-Sun 1130-1500
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Dinner: Wed-Sun 1730-2100 (Fri 2200)
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