YEAR 54 ISSUE FIVE MONTEREY PENINSULA YACHT CLUB MAY 2006

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1 The TILLER YEAR 54 ISSUE FIVE MONTEREY PENINSULA YACHT CLUB MAY 2006 MPYC High School Sailing Update Bob Dunaven Our high school sailors finished the high school sailing season with the PCISA Silver Championship held in S.F. Bay and hosted by the Richmond Yacht Club on April 22-23, The Richmond Yacht Club did a great job hosting the event and I would say they are equals to the MPYC when we host the Sea Otter Regatta each year in October. They completely opened their yacht club to the participants and parents, the race committee did a great job, wind was good, food was fantastic, etc. etc. Thanks Richmond Yacht Club! The wind ranged from 3 to 15 knots and was generally nearer the 15 mark. The water conditions were calm, save the wake from the occasional freighter, with a wicked current that made mark roundings an entertaining and frustrating challenge. The fleet boats took a beating (both of our boats came back unscathed) with at least three sets of sails blown out and numerous redresses due to equipment failure. In short the conditions were nearly perfect for FJ sailing! Our sailors didn t do quite so well this time around coming off of great scores from the two previous PCISA regattas. Out of a field of 21 teams including one all the way from Hawaii, the Salinas team of Brian, Kevin, Tom and Amy came in 11 th overall and the PG team of Cole, Ashley, Keely and Martha came in 14 th overall. The real stars of this regatta were Tom and Amy who came in 8 th in the B fleet Good Job! Continued on Page 3 COMMODORE S LOG Garth Hobson It looks like the rains have finally let up and we may get some good sailing in over the Spring, before the foggy days of summer arrive! Wednesday night races are well under way, with a good turnout both on the water and in the club afterwards. The addition of more bartenders has certainly been well received. Jerry Mayo is having Natalie train Tristan as her backup bartender. By the time you read this the clubs Open House would have happened. I have no doubt it will be a resounding success as Carolanne Erickson headed the organizing committee for this event. We look forward to signing up a few new members as well as filling the signups for the summer sailing program. On the new member signups this last month we voted in five new members! Please keep up the good work in recruiting new members. For the summer sailing school we already have more than fifteen kids signed up and some of the popular weeks are starting to fill up. I have committed to limiting the class sizes to fifteen students, so sign you children early if you want to get them in the week of your choice. All the signup information is online including the club membership application forms for juniors as well as regular applicants. Continued on Page 2

2 Continued from Commodore page 1 Speaking of the website, Meryle Sachs, has been working diligently to keep it up to date. She has added an instruction link on how to run the race scoring program and with Ron Baxter s help, she can now add pictures to our website. So please start sending Meryle pictures of the club, racing, juniors, etc. Stay tuned for the member login portal to the website, as Ron continues to moonlight on this job when he has a free moment between jetting around the world, beating up on the Santana-22 fleet and being race chair again this year! On the racing front, thanks to Larry Smith, who arranged for West Marine to donate three inflatable marks plus an inflator (and deflator!) pump worth more than a thousand dollars to the club! We have a junior fundraiser dinner planned for May 20 th. This will take place after the club laser championships. I plan to drag my old bones around the buoys in my laser. Jack Allen and Spomenka will be presenting their cruise of the Greek Isles last year, which will make all of us envious. So please come out and support this worthy cause. Jeff and Vic Carder replaced the roller on the end of the ramp which goes down to the dock. The rollers had completely frozen and had worn through the metal guides and were merrily working their way through the wood on the floating dock! Anyway after much planning and prefabrication of the parts, Jeff and Vic spend most of their Sunday installing the new rollers. I enjoyed working with them and thanks to both for taking care of this project. Steve Halvorson, repaired the gate at the top of the stairs on the north side of the club, and replaced the faucets and drains to the sinks in the men s room. He is also going to do some touch-up painting around the club before the Open House. Thank you Steve. Continued on next column Continued from Commodore Our Boston Whaler has pretty much come to the end of its useful life. I have been looking for a replacement for it for some time now and finally found one on Craigslist.com for seven thousand dollars. The board approved the purchase and we now have another Whaler, which is in very good shape for a nineteen-year-old boat including a 90 hp engine. We will dry out the old whaler and keep it as a backup for the Summer Sailing program, as well as for any large regattas we may host in the future. Let s take care of this whaler and hopefully it will last another two decades! If you are out on one of the MPYC boats and something breaks or seems out of the ordinary, please write it in the log sheet hanging in the office, or call me. John Ruck, our Rear Commodore, has identified a worthy recipient of our generosity. After hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans last year the Board decided to donate one thousand dollars to either a Yacht Club or a Sailing Association in the New Orleans area. John identified the Gulf Yachting Association Foundation (a 501(c)3 charity) as a worthy organization, it comprises of a membership of fifteen different yacht clubs and the GYAF s goal is to assist with replacing junior sailing equipment damaged by the hurricanes. We will be passing the hat around the club on Wednesday evening after racing on May 17 th and then again on Friday evening at happy hour on May19th. I am hoping that our members will be more than double the $1, that the club will be sending! If you would prefer, you can send a check to the Monterey Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation (with attention Hurricane Fund). MPYSF will send you a letter for tax purposes. The board asks you to contribute generously to this worthy cause. Looking forward to socializing with you on the Yacht Club s birthday on Memorial Day, May 29. ******** 2

3 MPYC CALENDAR Every Wednesday BBQ 6:30 Every Thursday Lunch 12:00 Every Friday Dinner 6:30 PCISA regatta, maneuvering for the start. Continued from Juniors page 1 This marks the end of this year s high school sailing season and it also marks the end of Cole Davis participation in the MPYC high school sailing program. Cole was the heart and soul of the teams he told the parents where we had to be and when we had to be there (thanks Cole), made sure the boats were ready when they needed to be, led the group in solid sailing strategy and was a pure pleasure to be around. No, Cole s not dead, but his is moving on to Cal Maritime and will continue his sailing on the collegiate level beginning this fall. Soon Cole will be another accomplished alumni of the MPYC youth sailing program unleashed on the world of competitive sailing. Speaking of alumni, I heard recently that Nick Ward is now sailing on the U.C. San Diego sailing team congratulations Nick! *** May Sunday 7 th Spring III PHRF Saturday 13 th Club Laser Championship Sunday 14 th Mother s Day 10:30 to 1:30 Brunch Saturday 20 th Greek Isles Cruise 5:30 Jack & Spomenka Sunday 21 st Spring 5,6,7 One Design Friday 26 th Spinnaker Cup Saturday 27 th Spinnaker Cup & Breakfast Monday 29 th Club Birthday Party June Sunday 4 th Saturday 10 th Sat & Sun Sunday 25th July Sunday 2 nd Tuesday 4 th Saturday 8 th Sunday 9 th Summer I PHRF Winemakers Dinner Commodore s Regatta Summer 1-2 One Design Summer II PHRF 4 th of July Party Ladies Day Regatta Long Distance Singlehanded Sunday 23 rd Summer 3, 4 & 5 Sunday 30 th Ocean Race PHRF Note: Some dates may be subject to change. Check at the Club or in next month s Tiller for updates. Juniors at Stanford. Limey or Limejuicer Nickname, in sailingship days and now, for a British ship and her people. Limes and limejuice had been discovered to be a preventative for a common shipboard disease, scurvy; they became a required ration first in British ships, for this purpose. Origins of Sea Terms, by John G. Rogers, Nimrod Press: Boston MA,

4 MPSYC..?..MPSYA..?..MPYSF That s it! That s what? Don Hoover Monterey Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation (MPYSF). MPYSF is a nonprofit organization exempt under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal revenue Code and is also classified as a public charity under section 509 (a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code. What does all that mean to you? That means that MPYSF can accept your tax-deductible contributions to support youth sailing on the Monterey Peninsula. Historically, contributions to MPYSF have been used to purchase junior sailing equipment for our local clubs and organizations. The youth sailing programs for both MPYC and Stillwater Yacht Club have utilized the MPYSF to financially support their programs. The two new Flying Juniors and the new trailer that you may have seen around the club were all purchased with tax deductible contributions made to the MPYSF. The MPYSF also administers the John R. Neighbours Scholarship Fund. This fund offers two full annual scholarships to the MPYC summer sailing program to benefit young people who would not otherwise have the means to attend the club s summer sailing program. A very good cause!! Harvey Kilpatrick and others formed the MPYSF in the early 70 s as a means to provide financial support to youth sailing programs on the Monterey Peninsula. The Foundation has been kept active thanks to the dedication of some long time MPYC members. The Board just recently said good bye to Larry Smith, who was replaced by Bob Dunaven as Treasurer. Larry s service on the board for the last 5 years helped guide the Foundation through a challenging paper scuffle with the IRS and State of California. Thank you Larry for your service! Norma Brambilla, who is active in the high school sailing program, has also joined the Foundation Board. The current board members are listed below. Please contact any one of us if you have questions, or would like to make a contribution to Youth sailing on the Monterey Peninsula. President: Harvey Kilpatrick Harvey@carmelinsurance.com Vice President: Don Hoover dhoover@redshift.com Treasurer: Bob Dunaven bdunaven@berry.net Secretary: Norma Brambilla nbrambilla@ehf.org Speaking for myself and all the other board members, we encourage the members of MPYC to support junior sailing by making cash contributions to MPYSF. ******** Speed burn. 4

5 LET'S GO TO..." Sharon Halvorson The Greek Isles with Spomenka and Jack! We begin at 5:30 on May 20 (after the laser championships) with light and tasty bites a la Spomenka, and then we'll have a full Greek dinner around 6:15 with coffee and desert. After dinner, Jack and Spomenka will share photos, stories, music and culture from their cruise around Greece last year. It's all a part of our new "Let's Go To..." series which benefits our junior sailing program. Price is $30 per person and seating is limited so sign up early - see sign up sheet at the club. For more information, call Sharon Halvorson at Oh yes...togas are encouraged but not required. ******** Corresponding Secretary Report Carolanne Erickson We have had our Open House, and sign ups for the Summer Sailing Program is well on its way. Next on the calendar is The Birthday Party. This is The Club House Event of the year. We all get dressed up in our Sunday best and try to recognize one another. No really, for all of our new members, this is really quite The Party. Guys in their Blue blazers and gals in their Sunday best. Why don t we ladies wear hats this year? I love hats! They make you feel so dressed up. Anyway, you will be getting your invitations soon to this members only event; and you will be asked to bring your favorite hors d houvors to share with the other members. Jerry and our wonderful staff will put on the Main Finger Food Entrée and we will drink champagne, eat Birthday cake and have a wonderful time! Mark you calendar for May 29. You don t want to miss it. I will have all of the name tags up to date to help us recognize each other. New Members are: Alan Chaffin Spouse: Kellin Alan bought Richard Griffin s J-22 and has renamed it Fleeboflam Louis Algaze Spouse: Juliana Dacuyan Ron Blue Spouse: Debbie Hinckley Bermuda 40, Rapture, arriving mid May Robert Hornady Spouse: Barbara Don Reiley Spouse: Janet Ross Duval Kowalik Junior Resignations Birgit Ball-Eisner, Moved to Hawaii. Paul Allen, Lives in Santa Cruz. Did You Know? To qualify for a Non-Resident membership you must reside further than 60 statute miles in a direct line from the Club House. Article IV Section 7 of the By-Laws. See you at the Birthday Party! Carolanne Erickson **** Wednesday night Sunset Winners Sal Joegensen awarded Sunset C Award for Santy Anno- Greg Cailliet and Lisa Headley were Race Committee. 5

6 Racing Ron Baxter In spite of the wet, nasty weather the 2006 racing season is in full swing. In April MPYC hosted PHRF Spring 3 and 4, One design Spring 3 and 4 as well as the Lefler race. Last but by no means least our Wednesday night crowd pleasing Sunset series, which for me truly marks the beginning of the MPYC racing season, is well on its way with 4 races complete and 22 yet to be sailed! So don t forget to get your boat and crew out on the bay for what looks like another fantastic racing season. Speaking of racing this month s PHRF Spring 3 and 4 saw light and fluky winds for the 13 boats that raced. In A-Fleet it was break even day with all three yachts finishing with 4 points each. Surprise new comer Locomotion won the day by finishing 1st in the last race for a 3rd and 1st place finish followed by the mighty Bustin Loose with a 1st and 3rd place finish. Rounding up third place it was the ever-consistent Athena with two 2nd place finishes to give her 4 second place finishes for the series! Overall the point s tie leaves Bustin Loose with 6 points, Athena with 8 points and Locomotion with a total of 10 points. With 2 races to go Athena and Locomotion will have to fight hard to upset Bustin Loose who looks on her way to capturing the first A-Fleet series title. But as we all know from previous experience, it isn t over till its over. In the B-Fleet it was Pretender who won the day with a 1st and 2nd place finish for a total of 3 points followed Carnaval who finished 3rd in the first race but took a bullet in second race for a days total of 4 points. Third place honors for the day when to series leader Heart of Gold with a 2nd place finish in the first race and a disappointing 5th place finish in the second race for a total of 7 points. Even with a 7 point total for the day Heart of Gold was able Continued on next column to maintain a slim lead in the series with a total of 10 points to Carnaval s 11. In third place for the series it s a tie between another new comer, D3 and an old favorite, Pretender each with 15 points. In C-Fleet it a day of exciting finishes with Krash winning the first race by a mere 10 seconds followed by Mizzen finishing in second and Santy Anno finishing in third. In the second race it was Mizzen in light air who capitalized on her position to finish with a commanding lead followed by Krash who just barely bested Santy Anno by a scant 1 second margin! The 3 point total for the day Mizzen continues to hold onto first place in the series with a total of 7 points followed by Krash with 8 and Santy Anno in third with 10, setting up what should be an exciting series finish with two more races to go. For the first time in 2006 the full fleet complement rallied to race Spring One Design 3 and 4 yielding 13 boats in 3 one design fleets: J-22s, Shields, and Santana 22s. In the J-22 division it was Vice Commodore Donna Womble showing her stuff with 2 bullets followed by rear Commodore Don Hoover sailing his son Brain s J-22 Travieso who finished with 2 second place finishes. That left Alan Chaffin sailing in his fist race at MPYC in his new boat Fleeboflam, formerly Blue-J, with 2 third-place finishes. I know what you are all thinking, Fleeboflam? Well, we all know that boat names have special meaning to their owners and, although I have hear rumor as to the meaning of FleeboFlamî I suggest we all take the opportunity to welcome Alan to MPYC Racing and get the official scoop on his choice of names; welcome Alan. In the Shields class it was a day of doubles with Commodore Garth Hobson and crew nailing the coffin closed with 2 more bullets for a perfect series total of 4 for the good yacht Stillwater. With similar consistency it was Continued on page 7 6

7 Continued from Racing page 6 October finishing with 2 seconds followed by Carol with 2 thirds. In the Santana 22 Fleet it was close racing with Krash and Leprechaun trading 1st and 2nd place finishes to tie for the day with 3 points apiece. Third place honors when to Mizzen in the first race and Cnidarian in the second race. Series totals leave Krash and Leprechaun tied for the second month in a row with 7 points each followed by Cnidarian in third with 14 points and Santy Anno in striking distance for third with 16 points total. The Wednesday night series is well underway with 4 races sailed by 4 fleets, A, B, C and Shields. So far in A-Fleet it s Bustin Loose who have charged out of the gate with 4 straight victories for a total of 4 points. In B- Fleet its Pretender out in front with 3 wins to Ergo s 1. In C-Fleet, which this year includes Santana 22s, the competition is a little closer with Krash leading the pack with 2 wins followed by Mizzen and Santy Anno both with 1 win each. In the Shields Fleet its Stillwater edging out the competition with 2 wins to October s 1. Last, but not least, was the Lefler race which saw remarkably better conditions this year then last although I don t think any sailors would call the conditions ideal. In fact I heard cold and wet, to say nothing of the fact that the wind shut down before some boats finished leading to long, cold and wet. Starting off this classic reverse start pursuit race was David Kurtmen in his dad s Santana 22 Leprechaun. Although I admire his gumption that was not enough to keep the faster boats from passing David and finishing before the wind shut down leaving he and his crew bobbing within site of the finish. For the boats that made it around the course, 6 in all, it was Tim Cordrey s Henderson 30 Sea- Saw in her 2006 inaugural race who held off MOTHER S DAY BRUNCH Sunday May 14 TH * 10:30 pm 1:30pm ON THE BUFF ET: Mixed Greens Salad * Pasta Salad Fresh Fruit Tray Smoked Salmon w/bagels & cream cheese Fresh Croissants & Danish Pastries Scrambled Eggs -- Bacon & Sausage Grilled Boneless Chicken with a Dijon Mushroom Sauce Herb Roasted Potatoes * Fresh Vegetables Assorted Desserts CAR VING STATION: Sliced Roasted New York Striploin with a Roasted Shallot Au Jus Juices, Coffee, and Tea included $19.95 (plus tax) $8.95 (plus tax) for children ages 5 to 11 Ages 4 and younger free BEVER AGES -- $4.00 Bloody Mary * Mimosa Strawberry Margarita * Fruit Smoothie PLEASE SIGN UP AT THE BAR OR CALL JERRY MAYO FOR YOUR RESERVATION, Bustin Loose in the last slow mile to take line honors and first place, congratulation Tim! Second place honors went to Bustin Loose leaving a well sailed, but unlucky Ergo, 3rd. Well, that s a mouth full! Lots of racing under our belts and much more to come. Don t forget Wednesday night racing and your chance enjoy a great night of sailing, a fantastic barbeque, some great thirst quenching quaffs and bragging rights at the bar. Bragging rights you say? Yeh, bragging rights, if you don t know what I mean just ask David Potter about Pretender s 20+ minute victory in Sunset series race 3, now I call that bragging rights. ******** 7

8 MONTEREY PENNISULA YACHT CLUB Municipal Wharf #2 Box 14 Monterey, CA Return Service Request PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID MONTEREY, CA PERMIT NO OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Commodore Garth Hobson Vice Commodore Donna Womble Rear Commodore John Ruck Staff Commodore Don Hoover Treasurer Debbie Morris Recording Secretary Todd Muck Corresponding Secretary Carolanne Erickson Director Juli Alexander Director Doug Deppe Director David Duncan Director Rick Smith Website: See the Tiller in color online at the website. TILLER STAFF Editor: Jennifer Duncan Production: Ray Ward Distribution: John and Kit Ruck Contributors: Garth Hobson Ron Baxter Bob Dunaven Carolanne Erickson Sharon Halvorson Ashley Hobson Don Hoover Send articles to 8