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1 GOLD COUNTRY YACHT CLUB...a little dinghy VOL 21, ISSUE 7 JUL 2002 Inside this issue: At Our Helm 2 Commodore s Corner 3 Racing Chair 5 Watch ESPN2 5 Next meeting 6 Beef & Brew Announcement 6 Women s Only 7 Calendar of Events 7 GCYC Regatta results 8 From the VC 10 Regatta Gallery 13 JR Sailing Club Gallery 19 Minutes 22 For Sale/Wanted 23

2 2 We are on the web! - At our Helm Commodore Hugh Talman htalman@gotnet.net How To Reach Us: We welcome letters from our readers. The writer should include his/her name, address and phone number....a little dinghy reserves the right to select letters for publication and edit all submissions for length. Letters to the editor: G. Frank Nin P.O. Box 813 Grass Valley, CA Or send by to: gfnin@earthlink.net On the cover: GCYC Regatta Snipe Class: Sail #29302 is Charles Heimler of Berkeley and Sail #28856 is Vince Cassalini of Berkeley (both from Richmond Yacht Club) To Subscribe: This newsletter is published monthly by the GCYC. For membership information, please access our web site at: All material in this newsletter has been written and gathered by G. Frank Nin the newsletter editor of the Gold Country Yacht Club (GCYC), and the publication of this material in this newsletter is at his discretion and it is his responsibility alone and not that of the GCYC. Permission to re-print photos and stories, have been granted where noted. Every attempt has been made as not to infringe on any copyright laws. This newsletter is for a non-profit club. The GCYC is a non-profit organization. Vice Commodore Tish Buti tbuti@littonengr.com Secretary Don Wight Rebecca Carter (Assistant) Treasurer Nicolette Talman Cruise Chairman Pat Lund patlund@gv.net Publicity/ Membership Paul Butts paulm10@netshel.net Port Captain Dough Epperson Race Chairman Jerry Lewis jlewis@oro.net Newsletter Editor G. Frank Nin gfnin@earthlink.net

3 Commodore s Corner 3 Ahoy Mateys, Summer has arrived! Hopefully you have been able to take advantage of some of the best sailing on Scott s Flat in recent memory. The winds have been steady (relatively, for Scott s Flat) and warm except for the Regatta weekend, when the winds were and not warm! In fact, it was so cold on the barge during the Regatta that the race committee was wearing hats, gloves and four layers of clothes! Speaking of the Regatta, the 21 st Go For The Gold was a resounding success! A HUGE thank you to Tish Buti, our Vice-Commodore and this year s Regatta Chairperson for doing such a super job. She spent many hours planning and organizing to the last detail. The feedback has been very positive and if the compliments are any indication, next year we should have even more than the 51 boats we had participating in this year s race. Thanks again to Jerry Lewis, Race Chairman, for Expires 4/2003 an outstanding job on this year s Regatta. The separate start/finish lines were an improvement, at least from the race committee s perspective. From our point of view, it was the most exciting Regatta ever! I remember one race in particular, the wind was really blowing and the boats in the Open Keel class were showing their bottoms to the race committee as they went by. It was really exciting to us, I can imagine the Skippers had their adrenaline pumping. The winds were a little over powering but it tested your racing skills to the MAX. And, the races were over in record time. On Sunday the winds came from the opposite direction, and that changed everything for the racers and the race com- (Continued on page 4) O Dell Construction 123 Mill St., Grass Valley, CA John O Dell General Contractor/Civil Engineer SCL Tel: 530/ Fax: 530/ jodell@odellconstruction.com

4 4 We are on the web! - (Continued from page 3) mittee. Wayne and I had to go out in his dinghy and change the start and finish lines. Well, what more can you ask for than good wind for a race? Thanks to Wayne Buti for doing another great job running the race committee. And thanks to the Stealth (Dale Buchanan) and the rest of the committee: Nicki Talman, Pat Lund, and Becky Carter. I can t say enough about the racing because that s what it was all about. Now, the rest of the story. The highlight was being in our new clubhouse for the dinner and festivities. Yes, being close to the lake and the parking and having our own place was GREAT! Thanks to each and every one of you who helped make this Regatta a success. I really appreciate all your hard work. June has really been a busy month. Besides the Regatta and our regular club races, we had the Jr. Sailing Program and Friendship Club. Lynn Buchanan, our Jr. Sailing Instructor, will have a full report to present at our July meeting, and Tish Buti, who headed up Friendship Club Day, will tell us about that event. We also started our Wednesday night sail and barbecue. What a great way to break up the week! Go for a little sail, a little swim, raft up and have some dinner. It s great fun. I encourage everyone to come out and join us. Clubhouse update. Things are looking good, but we still have a couple of projects to finish. My main goal right now is to finish the barbecue. What we really need is a mason to finish laying the block. Any volunteers? The other little projects we need help with are repairing the donated picnic tables and finishing touches on the clubhouse. If you have been to the clubhouse I m sure you noticed that we have some nice flowers in the planters out front. As we don t have water on site yet, I would appreciate it if whoever is there would check the planters and water them if needed (and they most certainly will need it). There is a watering can in the shed, and you can fill it up at the fish cleaning station just remember that it operates on a motion sensor so you might have to wave your arms around to make it work. Regarding the dry storage area: If you have your boat stored in the parking lot, please make sure it is in the proper area for dry storage. If you are not sure, contact Karen at Kalyn Management and she will tell you where you should be. She has already informed me that we have some GCYC members who are keeping their boats in unauthorized parking spaces. Also, make sure to make your storage and mooring payments on time. Thanks for your cooperation on these items. We will plan to have our meetings at the clubhouse until September, weather permitting. The next meeting will be July 10 th. Bring something to barbecue and something to share last names A-M, dessert; N-Z, salad. Be there or be square! Don t forget our annual 4 th of July boat parade, where he who has the biggest squirt gun wins.

5 5 Racing Chair by Jerry Lewis Keeping the Gold at Home The 21 st Go For The Gold regatta went very well from this club's Race Chairman's perspective. We had 51 boats race in unusually strong winds (15-20mph) in eight classes ranging from 8' El Toros to a Catalina 25 in Open Keel. For a change, GCYC members were able to keep a lot of the 'award gold' in the foothills! to third place. GCYC had only one representative in the remaining five classes: Open Centerboard, Byte, Snipe, Sunfish and El Toro. Ed Guinaugh tied for fourth in the Open Centerboard class, just mis s- ing a gold pan. We need to (Continued on page 12) The Capri 22 class was dominated by GCYC sailors. We did have a long distance visitor from Las Vegas, but unfortunately our 'out of town guest' was T-boned in a pre-start port/starboard collision that resulted in damage to both his boat and the club's Capri 22. Jeremy Gicker and Kent Bennett won all but one race with Joe Weathers taking second and Mike Bringolf getting third in our up and coming club class. GCYC Catalina 22 racers also kept the gold in the club with Don Hare winning every race, Lynn Buchanan & Tish Buti taking second while Gordon & Karen Fellows grabbed third. John Andrew took the gold chest to the Bay Area for Open Keel in his Ult i- mate 20 with four firsts, while the Owens gang placed second with their Moore 24. Club member Bruce Boe sailed his MacGregor 21 Wayne Buti wbuti@yahoo.com Watch ESPN2 Sunday 7/7/02 2:00PM ESPN2 Volvo Ocean Race (Show #11) Leg 9 Highlights Sunday 7/14/02 5:00PM ESPN2 Volvo Ocean Race (Show #12) Wrap-up Program Expires 3/2003 Davis Realty Inc. 901 La Barr Meadows Rd. Grass Valley, CA (530)

6 6 We are on the web! - Women's only Sail Lynn Buchannan will host a Women's only sail, limited to 4 passengers only, on Saturday July 13th on her Catalina 22. She will also host a co-ed sail on Sunday July 14th, again, limited to 4 passengers only, on her Catalina 22. This sail is to help build confidence and develop skills for sailing a keel boat at Scotts Flat Lake. Hours will be 10:00 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. with a potluck BBQ to follow. Cost is free to GCYC members and US Sailing textbooks for Keel Boat Sailing may be purchased for $ She will cover motoring, docking and departures, sail trim (stop the healing), man overboard, heaving to, reefing and anchoring The next General Meeting July 10 At the GCYC Clubhouse Scotts Flats Lake 6:00 PM to eat 7:00 PM for meeting Next meeting, the GCYC will be offering it s members a Beef & Brew extravaganza. First Come, First Served. (limited supplies) Steak just $5 bucks Sample the Limited Edition, Famous Regatta Aero Brew in a 24 oz bottle just $2 bucks

7 7 Calendar of Events July 4 *SFL Parade 5 Pacific Northwest Cruise 7 th *Race #7 Summer Series Crazy 7s 10 th General Meeting 13 High Sierra Regatta Small Boats 19 High Sierra #2 24 *SFL BBQ Cruise 28 th *Race #8 End Summer Series 29 th - Junior Sailing Orientation #2 August 1-4 th Junior Sailing Program #2 7th *SFL BBQ Cruise 10 th *Race #9 Fall Series 14 th General Meeting 18 *Race #10 Fall Series 21 st *SFL BBQ Cruise 24 th Lady & the Tramp Race-Folsom 31 st RYC Byte Championship 31 st Tahoe Cruise For a complete calendar go to the GCYC website at John O Dell Realty 123 Mill St, Grass Valley, CA Lisa O Dell-Nin REALTOR Associate Bus: (530) Cell: (530) Fax: (530) lnin@nevadacounty. Expires 3/2003

8 RACE ANNOUNCEMENT CAPRI 22 WESTERN REGIONAL REGATTA MISSION BAY YACHT CLUB AUGUST 17 & 18, 2002 CAPRI 22 R A C E S POINT FINISH SAIL SKIPPER Boat Type TOTAL PLACE 183 Jeremy Gicker Capri 22 One Design two Joe Weathers Capri 22 One Design four Mike Bringolf Capri 22 One Design four 12 3 CATALINA 22 R A C E S POINT FINISH SAIL SKIPPER Boat Type TOTAL PLACE 457 Don Hare Catalina 22 One Design one L. Buchanan Catalina 22 One Design three 8 2 OPEN KEEL R A C E S POINT FINISH SAIL SKIPPER Boat Type PHRF TOTAL PLACE 153 John Andrew Ultimate dns C. Owens Moore two Bruce Boe McGregor three OPEN CENTERBOARD R A C E S POINT FINISH SAIL SKIPPER Boat Type Portsmouth TOTAL PLACE 3342 Wade Behling Thistle dns S. Aguilar Laser 91.5 eight D. Roberts JY eight BYTE R A C E S POINT FINISH SAIL SKIPPER Boat Type TOTAL PLACE DEN8 Dan Ouellet Byte One Design 2 1 three Kati Murray Byte One Design two Gail Yando Byte One Design four SNIPE R A C E S POINT PLACE SAIL SKIPPER Boat Type TOTAL FINISH Robin Gales Snipe One Design two Nabil Shahin Snipe One Design 2 2 two V. Cassalini Snipe One Design dns 19 3 SUNFISH R A C E S POINT FINISH SAIL SKIPPER Boat Type TOTAL PLACE 6015 Stickells Sunfish One Design one Byron Jonk Sunfish One Design three Jordan Sunfish One Design 3 3 three EL TORO R A C E S POINT FINISH SAIL SKIPPER Boat Type TOTAL PLACE Amen El Toro One Design Walt Andrews El Toro One Design J. Pacholski El Toro One Design We are on the web! -

9 9 3 Great Locations! 128 Auburn St, Grass Valley (530) Argall Way, Nevada City 1110 E. Main St, Grass Valley Expires 3/2003 Expires 3/2003 Terracotta Creations Delightful Decoupage Designs paulm10@netshel.net Warbler Way Penn Valley, CA Susan Butts (530)

10 10 We are on the web! - We re on the web From the VC The 2002 Go For the Gold is now in the books!! I have so many people to thank-after all, this shows we are a working club! First and foremost, I'd like to thank Hugh, Joe Day, Wayne and all those helping hands that built our beautiful Clubhouse. The comments from all the participants were really heart warming. The weather gods were kind and we were able to show off our "home" at its very best. Thanks to Doug Epperson for providing power for the event and Jerry Lewis for our great sound systems-on land and lake. Special thanks to the Cutshalls and friends for preparing our great dinner on Saturday evening - I hope that Bruce is fully recovered. Ed Guinaugh donned his apron once more to give a helping hand at the barbeques-one picked up by Kent Bennett just for the occasion and one given to the club by the Thurstons. Sioux and Don Wight kept us well watered with the bottled water from NID and treated us to a beautiful dessert on Saturday night (I just love cake!). Thanks to Don & Barbara Eagle for acting as Clean-up crew after the evenings festivities were over. To Rebecca Carter and her group of picker-uppers and callers for our wonderful raffle prizes - kudos! Not only that, but she can sling a pretty mean hot dog, too! Chris & Beth Buti made a trip to the Bay Area just for those very special items from places like West Marine and Svensons, just to name a few. Thanks to Lynn Buchanan for having the energy to help with the raffle after dinner. Our parking lot crew of Gary Wade and Joe Weathers kept everyone lined up in an orderly fashion.

11 11 Once again our trophies were the best! Jeremy Gicker, Mike Bringolf, Dale Buchanan and Doug Epperson make them appear flawlessly at the awards ceremony. Our barge crew of Wayne Buti, Dale Buchanan, Nicki & Hugh Talman and Pat Lund worked through faulty computers, difficult printers and cranky spreadsheets to make it all come out right. They ran five races in very challenging conditions and really put 51 skippers through their paces. It was wonderful! Our Club Race Officer, Jerry Lewis put the final touches on those spreadsheets just to make sure they were done properly. Jerry rounded up his crew to set the marks in position on Friday and reset things on Saturday and again on Sunday. The winds rearranged things just to keep them on their toes. When it was all over, he and his crew of Wayne, Hugh and Cameron did the honors of rounding up the marks once more and unsticking the barge's anchor. Frank Nin and Jeff Lund watched over our fleets with an ever-vigilant eye as our crash-boat crews. Jeff even watched over the barge crew as he came to the rescue with an extra computer and printer. Our Regatta is our main fundraiser for the entire year and it takes so many willing hands to make it happen. Our club is very special in that whomever I asked to do something simply did it. Even the Board of Directors when asked to serve dinner, stepped up to the plateliterally. Racers, cruisers and landlubbers all come together for this one special event each year. Thank you to one and all. Please forgive me if I have overlooked someone and know that I feel it is a pleasure and an honor to serve and be part of such a well rounded and varied organization. Fair winds!

12 12 We are on the web! - (Continued from page 5) Keeping the Gold get our Junior Sailors involved in dinghy racing so we can better compete in these classes next time. The winds were the big story this year, with gusts to 25 mph and plenty of knockdowns, round-ups and wet dinghy racers. Paul Butts needed a few stitches from his encounter with the boom in an accidental gybe going toward the mark at the dam. Yes, downwind toward the dam. The first race on Sunday morning had the wind from the north (from up the creek). The Olympic Circle proved perfectly capable of handling this as the RC simply anchored the barge into the wind and raced as normal, except the windward mark was 5 instead of 1. The wind shifted toward the end of race four and everyone just drifted for the 20 minutes it took to swing 180 degrees. The final race had the winds from the normal south direction, but the strongest of the two days. In fact, no El Toros and only two Open Centerboarders raced the final day due to strong winds. race on Saturday that listed a double letter course (for twice around the course). This was not specifically reviewed in the Skipper's Meeting but was in the Sailing Instructions (parenthetically) and 16 sailors in three different classes only sailed once around, getting DSQed for going through the finish line when they weren't actually finishing. This year we tried three new things in the running of the regatta. First, we allowed a throwout, just counting the top four of five scores. This actually had no impact on standings and since it complicated the final scoring process, we've decided NOT to have throwouts next year. Secondly was the addition of a separate FINISH line. This worked well and should be further utilized next time by getting fleets that have completed their course quickly to be able to start again right away, rather than wait for slower classes to finish. This is still open for future discussion. And thirdly, there was a 'limit buoy' added about 150 feet downwind from the start line that marked the Starting Area that was off-limits to all classes not in their starting sequence. This was beneficial to all and will be used again, maybe with a larger buoy next time. Overall a great time had by all with a great dinner, raffle, racing, awards and clean-up. Thanks to everyone that helped make the regatta a success and to all the racers for participating and keeping the gold in the hills where it belongs! Tish Buti and crew on the RC barge did a great job with course management and starts. The only "hiccup" was the second

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22 22 We are on the web! - GCYC Minutes General Meeting June 5 th, 2002 Called to order 19:00 Hrs Officer Reports; Commodore: Hugh Talman 1. Main reason for meeting is to discuss Regatta; Tish will lead that discussion. 2. Need to repair race buoys 3. Took reporter from the Union sailing; hope to get coverage on Regatta and other events. Vice Commodore: Tish Buti 1. Contact Tish if you don t have a job for the Regatta and want to help. Officers will be serving dinner. Treasurer: Nicki Talman 1. Mooring fees for barge and club boat have been paid for three months. Race Chair: Jerry Lewis 1. The spring race series is over and standings are as follows; Don Hare 3 rd, Gicker & Bennett 2 nd, Carson Owens 1 st. Cruising Chair: Pat Lund 1. Cruise points will be given for participation in the Regatta. 2. Come out for Wednesday evening cruise and BBQ on Scotts Flat Lake 3. There will be a 4 th of July cruise and BBQ at Scotts Flat and prizes will be given for the best decorated boat. 4. Contact Doug Epperson for details on a North West cruise sometime in July. Port Captain: Doug Epperson 1. Thanks to those who helped repair the Club barge. 2. Thanks to Jerry Lewis for his help repairing the Club buoys. Publicity and Membership: Paul Butts 1. Two new prospective members; Jim Bowman and Paul Cruickshank. New Business: Jerry Lewis 1. Jerry discussed boat classes and starting details for the upcoming Club Regatta. Adjournment: 20:38

23 23 Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 on ESPN2 Sunday, July 7 at 2:00 pm et (11:00 am pt) The largest spectator crowds in the history of sailing were on hand for the start in Gothenburg and the finish in Kiel of the Volvo Ocean Race. The all women's team finished in an impressive fourth place for Leg 9 defeating stablemate Grant Dalton on Amer Sports One by just three boatlengths. This 30- minute program features comments by each skipper following the race. Gary Jobson takes us for a tour below deck. Would you live in these quarters? Chevy Suburban $ Please call Volkswagen Bug. $ Or Best Offer Please call On deck: One hour recap Sunday, July 14 at 5:00pm et (2:00pm pt) Notice The Pacific Northwest Cruise departure date has changed to July 26th at 4:00 a.m. instead of July 4th. Looking for a used Sunfish with trailer for grandma and granddaughter. Please call

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