THE ANCHORLINE Harbor Island Yacht Club December 2018 Volume 51 Number 9 GREATER NASHVILLE S OLDEST YACHTING MONTHLY In This Issue COMMODORE S COMMENTS A night with Jeff Johnstone of J-Boats New Members Dock Slip and Mooring Waiting List Sea Scout News Beesley 50K results Lobster Boil and Beesley Appreciation Dinner
COMMODORE S COMMENTS Serving Christmas Brunch at HIYC One of the rich traditions at HIYC is our annual Christmas Brunch. It began several years ago as a typical night of hors d'oeuvres and dirty Santa gifts, and then former Commodore Donna Moore (1998) transitioned this gathering to a wonderful Christmas Champagne Brunch. Hope you can attend. Sunday December 9, 11:00-1:00 So why title this article Serving Christmas Brunch.. I would like to highlight the word SERVING The annual Christmas brunch is prepared by and served by your HIYC Board of Governors and Officers. We split up assignments as to what is needed, they purchase the food and supplies, pay for it and then get reimbursed, arrive early, set up, cook the meals, serve the meal, and clean up afterwards. I will acknowledge that is nothing more than any other member does when they are asked to help at our volunteer sailing club., But there is one difference. These officers also serve many hours each month. Two thirds of them drive over an hour each month and then an hour home to and from our monthly 2+ hour board meeting. Each officer has assigned roles, jobs, and tasks necessary on a monthly basis. Board members are also responsible for assisting with several races a year and at least two major events or holiday gathering. Most attend other HIYC events during the year.even if they have no responsibilities. The officers and board of HIYC have been very faithful to SERVE our sailing community all year. I am so very thankful to have had them serve with me as Commodore during the 2018 year. Please make an effort to thank them for this year of SERVICE. Thanks to Rear Commodore Randall Butler, Vice Commodore Bob Carlton, Secretary Don Kaufman, Jr. Governor Jim McCann, Governor Dan Haskell, Sr. Governor Brian Smokler and retiring Treasurer Fred Beesley. Early in my years at HIYC I commented to one of the officers. You sure are around here a lot.. do you live close by?. No, they answered, service is what an officer at HIYC does. I have seen that so very clearly in my years on the board, and especially in serving this year as your Commodore. When you see them SERVING on Sunday December 9. take an opportunity to thank them for the many hours and years of service they provide to our sailing community. Hope to see you at Brunch Gene Lovelace - 2018 Commodore
*** Dock Slip and Mooring Waiting List *** December New Gate Code for access to Harbor Island On January 1 2019 a new causeway gate code will go into effect: The New Code is in the printed version of the Anchorline. Please note that this year all of the old expired gate codes will be erased and will not work after December 31.
Beesley 50 K Sailed in light winds a small fleet competed with three classes represented! It was entirely fitting that the Class A winner was Anne Beesley besting Rick Fielder. Jim Waller took the win in a closely contested B Class beating Dave Brandon and Ray Marley racing his newly acquired Morgan 30. It the Light A Class Paul Latour had a dominant win over new member Clint Webb and Andy Carson. Thanks to PRO Jim Doran.
AN EVENING WITH JEFF JOHNSTONE On Wednesday November 7th our clubhouse was crowded as HIYC hosted an Evening with Jeff Johnstone president of J Boats. Sponsored by Steve LeMay, here is a report on the event. An Evening with Jeff Johnstone was a huge success! Close to 40 sailors from both HIYC and PPYC attended the informative lecture. Tennessee J Boats dealer and HIYC member Steve LeMay provided the libations and introduced Jeff right at 7:00. Mr. Johnstone gave a great hour long lecture. He touched on the history of the family built garage boat that became the world famous J/24, how the company progressed through different J models and gave insight on current boat design thought. Several people stayed after to ask questions and talk to Mr. Johnstone about their J boat experiences. Stay tuned for the next J Boats TN speaker series lecture late in the spring. Steve LeMay promises another great sailing celebrity!
Scott Cody Mitchell and Rachel Gayken New Members Cody s parents were members of Harbor Island Yacht Club and he spent many happy hours with them on the waters of Old Hickory Lake. He attended sailing camp and was also a member of the Sea Scouts for five years. They are the proud parents of Jaina their beautiful daughter who is 7 years old. Mark and Rachel both work full time as loan managers. Jaina is active in gymnastics and is looking forward to following in her dad s footsteps and going to sail camp! The Mitchells live in Old Hickory and have joined the club as Associate Members. John and Catherine Summers were previously members of Harbor Island Yacht Club and now in retirement they have rejoined the club. John and Catherine have three daughters. Two of the girls have served as counselors at the HIYC Sail Camp and one of the girls still races with Bruce Richards when possible. Catherine is a Nurse Practitioner with St Thomas Health Services. John has been sailing for 38 years and now with more free time he wants to actively involved with Sail Camp. The Summers are purchasing a new Catalina 22. he is a member of Percy Priest Yacht Club and his current plans are to keep the boat at Priest but expects to trailer it over to Harbor Island to race. With sailing experience on a Hobie 16, a Laser, Opti, and O Day 272 and racing experience at PPYC and HIYC he will be an asset on any boat! The Summers live in Nashville and have joined the club as Associate Members. John, Catherine, and Hayden Hayden is a junior at Hillsboro High School and her enthusiasm for sailing has motivated the rest of her family to get back into sailing after five years away from the water!
A night to Remember Three Generations: Anne, Fred, Rick, and Preston Beesley It was a magical night as our members gathered to thank and honor Fred and Anne Beesley for fifty years of service to Harbor Island Yacht Club. Our Annual Lobster Dinner sold out in record time when it was announced that the dinner would recognize Fred Beesley for his years of leadership at HIYC. Fred recently resigned as Treasurer but at the request of the Board has agreed to serve as an advisor and mentor. Under the guidance of Governor Dan Haskell who chaired the event and a team of volunteers, the club house was beautifully decorated and a fabulous lobster dinner was prepared and served. Following the meal Commodore Lovelace recounted Fred s early days on the water, his early boat building attempts, his courtship of Anne, and his careers in the family furniture business, the military, and law. Following Gene, members and guests rose to speak of the influence that Fred and Anne had had on their lives and on Harbor Island Yacht Club. The common theme was Fred s unselfish willingness to serve in any capacity. His love of Harbor Island Yacht Club and it s members, the importance of giving back, Fred and Anne s commitment to support the Sea Scoutsand charitable causes.
It was a shame to cut into this beautiful cake, but it was so Fred and Anne s story told in pictures
Commodore Beesley 1969 Commodore Lovelace presents the burgee to Fred and The clubhouse board room has a new name!
Dan Haskell and some of the volunteers that worked to create a memorable evening Photo by Andy Griswold
Sea Scout News In last month's Scout news I talked about our Scouts taking part in a Tolling of The Boats ceremony. To do this they missed the McDougall Cruiser Regatta. But on the plus side their efforts were noted all the way up to the National level. Pretty cool! I also gave a report concerning the achievements of three of our Scouts at a regional Sea Scout Regatta in Georgia. During which the weather was exceedingly warm. I will now fast forward to the McDougall open Regatta. Sam and Nathaniel raced a V15 in this event. And the conditions were very different. On Saturday it was cold and cloudy and on Sunday very windy. And as all Sailors know just because you did well in one event does not necessarily mean you will do well in the next event. This was Nathaniel first time to be on a v15 and only the second time for Sam. And the first time Sam was crew one year earlier. Needless to say it was a good learning experience for both boys. And both learned a bit about how to properly dress for the cooler conditions they experienced during this two-day event. And getting the Mast stuck in the mud can be checked off their Bucket List as well. Thanks to the V-15 fleet members for supporting our Scouts Wednesday before the Arnold Nye Cruisers Regatta I was looking at the forecast. It looked as though the temperature at race time was going to be about 32 degrees with Winds of about 10. True winter time sailing! We discussed the Regatta and the expected conditions at Thursday's meeting and I was surprised but delighted to find that we had a crew wanting to race. Although with my current eye situation I knew that I would not be able to attend. But Brian Laidlaw was available and ready to race with the kids. And I should point out three Scouts committed to race that day had rearranged their work schedules so they could attend. Needless to say they were very disappointed when the race was canceled Saturday morning. But shortly after the cancellation I received a phone call asking if they could come pick me up and we could take my boat out for a little bit of cool weather sailing. And thus about an hour later with the Dodger attached we got to enjoy a wonderful afternoon on the water with bright sunshine, nice wind and colorful Fall Foliage on shore. And I was very pleased to be able to sail with them yet hide behind the Dodger avoiding wind on my eyes. Several years ago our youth started a December tradition called the Sea Scout ball. This is an event where both Venture Scouts and Sea Scouts get to dress up for an evening of fun and dancing. Some may consider this as just a party. But for us it is also an excellent recruiting tool. In fact three of our current Scouts attended last year's ball as guests and joined our group that night. And as I write this article our youth are once again planning this year s Sea Scout ball. And I know it will be a lot of fun and a great way to end year 25 of HIYC s Sea Scout Ship 851. Andy Griswold
Lightnings on the road to Pensacola Pensacola, The Jubilee, Big Breeze, No Air Show I was sold on the Jubilee Regatta in Pensacola a number of years ago by my Lightning sailor friends in Memphis: Killebrew, it s perfect, it s mid November, warm in Florida. You go out around 12:30 and the sea breeze comes in predictably at 1:30, 6-12 tops and the Blue Angels are flying overhead. True, it s an open regatta so there will be Thistles, VX s, Tiger 10 s sometimes, J boats, 420 s. Other stuff. But a good fleet of Lightnings. Robert Bernhardt generally hosts the Lightning people at his house on Saturday night. You can get off the water, pull the boat up onto the lawn and cover it up or not, ride over to Joe Patti s for whatever fresh fish you like the best and go to Robert s where several grills are fired up and his wife has provided some really good side dishes. What could be better? And most years that description was pretty much on the money so we made plans to do it again this year along with William and Mandy Hofmeister. They sailed with their daughter Becca and Mandy found us a Thistle sailor from Atlanta willing to drive down and crew as well as a great place to stay. Mike Osborne and I drove down optimistically expecting the usual perfect conditions. Well, no. The air show happened the prior weekend, no big deal, those jets are distracting anyway. But more importantly, the wind was out of the north, cold and gusting over 20 at times with lots of chop and tide. We started watching the weather closely the week prior and were apprehensive to say the least. We ve been swimming a lot and I did not want to do so this time. We watched the Optis go out and come back in. We watched Addison Jones struggling to stay upright in his Laser. The Thistles wisely stayed ashore. Seven Lightnings went out, we lost two before the first start due to breakdowns and the rest of us started in what was for us pretty heavy air. Humorously, the guys on the race committee were having trouble making their electronic anemometer work and wind readings were all over the place but for us it was heavy and there were plenty of gusts in the 20+ range. There were two champions duking it out in front, we were in the middle and two boats that didn t fly spinnakers bringing up the rear. We did three races Saturday and survived it and only one boat capsized, sadly, in the last race and at the finish line, a boat from Michigan with really light crew and no spinnaker flying. They were OK but the boat sustained some damage and they couldn t sail the next day. Sunday was much lighter and sunny and we had two more races and wound up third. Surviving on Saturday helped that along. The club s hospitality was unsurpassed as usual and it was great to see our friends. I ve sailed Lightnings since the mid eighties and the fleet has become a sort of surrogate family. We take care of each other. It is a difficult boat to sail but it rewards you if you pay attention to detail (Mike Osborne does that) and the class has been around since the thirties. I am currently in 15308, my fourth Lightning which I bought in 2007. I had good company for the ride back to Nashville. Rob and Robbie McDonald had sailed with Joe Hagan from New Orleans to Panama City the week prior and they Ubered to Pensacola for the weekend and rode back with me. Rob and I apparently live in parallel universes, we know many of the same people, live pretty close to each other in White s Creek. He is a Scot of course and his father was a commodore at HIYC in the 60 s as was my grandfather. So, good conversation for the trip back capping off a another Pensacola adventure, one I am always eager to repeat. See you next year? Bill Killebrew 15308
Harbor Island Yacht Club PO Box 8117 Hermitage, TN Harbor Island Yacht Club Located on Old Hickory Lake Visit us On-line at www.hiyc.org 2018 Officers Commodore Gene Lovelace Vice Commdore Bob Carlton Secretary Don Kaufman Treasurer Fred Beesley Rear Commodore Randall Butler Senior Governor Brian Smokler Governor Dan Haskell Junior Governor Jim McCann TO: Photography contributed by Andy Griswold, Don Kaufman, Ray Marley, Howard McMichael Schedule of Events December 2018 01 Sat Flotsam / Jetsam Regatta 04 Tue Board Meeting 09 Sun Christmas Brunch 25 Tue Christmas Day January 2019 01 Tue New Years Day 05 Sat Change of Watch Regatta 06 Sun Quarterly Meeting Change of Watch 08 Tue Board Meeting 12 Sat Winter Series Race 1 13 Sun Frostbite Series Race 1 19 Sat Winter Series Race 2 20 Sun Frostbite Series Race 2 Sea Scouts meet every Thursday at 6:00 PM 26 Sat Winter Series Race 3 27 Sun Frostbite Series Race 3