THE ANCHORLINE Harbor Island Yacht Club GREATER NASHVILLE S OLDEST YACHTING MONTHLY March 2015 Volume 48 Number 2 The 2015 WINTER SERIES started out with a bang..
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Commodore s Comments By the time you read this, the Winter Series will be over and our busy spring season will begin. Thanks to all the sailors who participated in the Winter Series; the change of sailing format to pursuit races was a success (after we learned the course and worked out a few bugs). Everyone I spoke to said they really enjoyed pursuit racing and most of the time the boats finished really close together giving us all more time at the dock to visit and compare sailing notes! If you didn t make it out this year, you should definitely plan on sailing next year as we usually experience more wind and less boaters. The Warterfield March Winds Regatta will be held on the 7th. I hope everyone can make it to the first regatta of the year; more boats=more fun! Our Sea Scouts have their annual bilge sale planned for the weekend of the 14th. Come support our Sea Scouts, give and get some sailing gear. You never know what sailing treasure you may find. Spring clean-up will be held on the 21st. Please mark your calendar for a half day of working together to make our club sparkle for the oncoming summer schedule. Lunch and comradery will be provided. Last, but not least, on the monthly calendar is the Cully Cobb 50K Regatta and the Quarterly Meeting. Please remember to send your proxy to Secretary Randall Butler, if you are unable to attend the Quarterly Meeting, as we will be voting on our yearly budget. Also, please keep in mind all the upcoming activities surrounding the O.L. Schultz Hospice Regatta and the not to be missed, Splash Party. In closing, kudos to Molly and Katie for putting together a fabulous Wine Tasting Party. Everyone had a wonderful time of dancing, food and of course, a variety of wines to sample. The décor and delicious food was over the top! I also want to thank Ray Marley and Molly s friend Carolyn for cleaning up! See you at the Club! Mike Osborne Hiyccommodore@icloud.com NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS The new HIYC Dock and Mooring Policy is now for member view on the club website: http://www.hiyc.org/member/sm_files/dock_mooring_policy_board_approved_january_2015_final.pdf
******** REGATTA CENTRAL ******** NOTICE OF RACE (Abbreviated) The Warterfield March Winds Regatta March 7, 2015 Complete Notice of Race available Online INVITATION - Harbor Island Yacht Club cordially invites you and your crew to attend the Warterfield March Winds,March 7st 2015 on Old Hickory Lake in Old Hickory, TN. HISTORY - The Warterfield March Winds Regatta, held on the first full weekend in March, bears the name of Charley Warterfield who died unexpectedly in December, 1998. This remarkably talented architect and sailor served as our Commodore in 1983. Bob Cotton followed Charley as Commodore in 1984. Together, they reflected on the fact that our club had no organized sailing event during the very month of the year most noted for wind. The Board of Governors responded favorably to their proposal to establish the March Winds Regatta as a permanent cruising class sailing event to be held as a two day regatta early in March. Since the inaugural March Winds Regatta (won by Chuck Konesky), the tradition has continued that the retiring commodore take responsibility for serving as regatta chairman for the event. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS - The Sailing Instructions will be available at registration. A draft is available at www.hiyc.org. CLASSES - The following classes are anticipated for this event. Heavy handicap class A: displacement above 5000, PHRF ratings of 145 or less, Spinnaker assumed. Heavy handicap class B: displacement above 5000, PHRF ratings 146 and greater. Spinnaker assumed, but may sail without spinnaker and take a 12 second allowance. The decision to sail without spinnaker remains in effect for the current year. Light handicap class. Displacement below 4999, Spinnaker assumed. JAM class. Jib and Main only. The Regatta Committee may combine or split classes at its sole discretion. FEES - The Regatta registration fee is $20.00 SCHEDULE SATURDAY, March 7, 2015 9:00 am: Registration, Coffee and Donuts 10:30 am: Skippers Meeting 11:55 am: Warning Signal RACING Trophy Presentation - after race The racing will consist of a river distance course for all classes. One race will constitute a series. No races will be started in less than three (3) knots of sustained wind as determined by the Race Committee. INSURANCE - Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance. FURTHER INFORMATION - For further information please contact Steve Vague, 615-477-4958 or send email to: svague007@aol.com.
******** REGATTA CENTRAL ******** NOTICE OF RACE (Abbreviated) The Cully Cobb 50K Regatta March 28, 2015 Complete Notice of Race available Online INVITATION - Harbor Island Yacht Club cordially invites you and your crew to attend the, March 15, 2014 on Old Hickory Lake in Old Hickory, TN. HISTORY In 1999, HIYC members decided to honor Dr. Cully Cobb; one of the founding members of the club. Throughout Cully s many successful regattas through the years, he continued to be a perfect example of what we at HIYC strive for and hold as the true Corinthian spirit of our Club s Mission. He served this club and the community in so many ways, it is impossible to list them. Dr. Cobb was also one of the most successful racers nationally in Lightnings as well as in other dinghy classes. Locally, he enjoyed many successful outings in his beloved Swiftsure 33, Chloe. Come out and race! Share in the honor of his memory by participating in the Cully Cobb 50K! SAILING INSTRUCTIONS - The Sailing Instructions will be available at registration. A draft is available at www.hiyc.org. CLASSES - The following classes are anticipated for this event. Heavy handicap class A: displacement above 5000, PHRF ratings of 145 or less, Spinnaker assumed. Heavy handicap class B: displacement above 5000, PHRF ratings 146 and greater. Spinnaker assumed, but may sail without spinnaker and take a 12 second allowance. The decision to sail without spinnaker remains in effect for the current year. Light handicap class. Displacement below 4999, Spinnaker assumed. JAM class. Jib and Main only. The Regatta Committee may combine or split classes at its sole discretion. FEES - The Regatta registration fee is $20.00 SCHEDULE RACING SATURDAY, March 15, 2014 9:00 am: Registration, Coffee and Donuts 10:00 am: Skippers Meeting 10:55 am: Warning Signal Trophy Presentation next Quarterly Meeting The racing will consist of a river distance course for all classes. PRIZES - Trophies will be awarded for all classes to the top three (3) finishers. INSURANCE - Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance. FURTHER INFORMATION - For further information please contact Steve Vague, 615-477-4958 or send email to: svague007@aol.com.
******** REGATTA CENTRAL ******** NOTICE OF RACE (Abbreviated) The Alive Hospice O. L. Shultz Regatta for Cruisers April,11 and 12, 2015 Complete Notice of Race available Online INVITATION - Harbor Island Yacht Club cordially invites you and your crew to attend the Alive Hospice O.L.Shultz Regatta, April 11th and 12th 2015 on Old Hickory Lake in Old Hickory, TN. HISTORY -The Alive Hospice O. L. Shultz Regatta was developed in 2013 as a partnership between Alive Hospice in Nashville, one of the oldest non-profit hospice s in the country, and Harbor Island Yacht Club. The event is one of 25 regional hospice regattas around the country to be part of the National Hospice Regatta Alliance. It is named in honor of former HIYC Commodore O. L. Shultz, who passed away in May 2013, and was served by Alive Hospice. The club s history is rich with the stories of O.L. and his beloved racing boat, Respite, his trademark hat, and his bow launching of the spinnaker from an actual laundry basket! The motto of the Regatta is We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. CLASSES - The following classes are anticipated for this event. Heavy handicap class A: displacement above 5000, PHRF ratings of 145 or less, Spinnaker assumed. Heavy handicap class B: displacement above 5000, PHRF ratings 146 and greater. Spinnaker assumed, but may sail without spinnaker and take a 12 second allowance. The decision to sail without spinnaker remains in effect for the current year. Light handicap class. Displacement below 4999, Spinnaker assumed. JAM class. Jib and Main only, Saturday racing only. The Regatta Committee may combine or split classes at its sole discretion. FEES The online registration fee is $20.00. www.regattanetwork.com/event/9798 SCHEDULE SATURDAY, April 11, 2015 8:00 am: Check-in/Late Registration, Continental Breakfast 9:30 am: Skippers Meeting/Opening Ceremony 10:55 am: Warning Signal 4:00 pm: Awards (JAM Fleet) 5:00 pm: Beer and Snacks SUNDAY, April 12, 2015 8:00 am: Coffee and Donuts 9:55 am: Warning Signal Post-Race--Trophy Presentation and Closing Ceremony INSURANCE - Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance. FURTHER INFORMATION - Contact Steve Vague, 615-477-4958 or send email to; svague007@aol.com.
The 2nd Annual O.L. Shultz Regatta and Splash Party O.L. Shultz Regatta Splash Party Kicking off our 2015 events will be the O. L. Shultz/Hospice Splash Party on Friday, April 10 at the Hermitage Golf Course Club House. The Splash Party, from 6 to 10 PM, will include dinner, a silent auction and entertainment from the Dylan Altman Blues Band. Tickets are $125 per person and may be purchased online at AliveHospice.org/regatta. Reservations are now being accepted. Alive Hospice will not, nor accept, responsibility for bad dancing on the dance floor! Silent Auction The Splash Party will feature a Silent Auction with many items for bid! Items include a gourmet basket; autographed Nashville Predators jersey; Tactics and Rules books and DVDs; Rayban polarized sunglasses; a weeklong stay in Sedgewick, Maine; a champagne brunch; Chop House gift certificates; Graceland package; Marriott gift certificate; Jimmy Kelly s gift certificates; and many more! Take a sneak peek and bid online NOW at AliveHospice.org/auction! To contribute items to the Silent Auction: Deadline is March 16, 2015. For more information, contact HIYC s Judy Netherton at 615-305-1701 or jnsail101@gmail.com or Alive Hospice s Ben Love at 615-346-8698 or blove@alivehospice.org The Regattas Two weekends of sailboat races will follow on April 11-12 (Cruisers) and April 18-19 (Open). Launching from the Harbor Island Yacht Club on Old Hickory Lake, skippers from Tennessee and surrounding states will sail in memory of longtime HIYC Commodore O.L. Shultz and in support of Alive Hospice, which provided care for Mr. Shultz in his time of need. Additionally, Memorial Burgees may be ordered online at ALiveHospice.org/ regatta. These burgees will be personalized with the names of loved ones and will fly on each vessel in the Open Regatta and Cruiser Regatta races. Proceeds benefit Alive Hospice: Alive Hospice is a nonprofit organization that provides care and support for terminally ill patients and their families; grief support services for anyone who has been touched by loss; and community education. Alive Hospice was founded in 1975 and today nearly four decades later is Middle Tennessee s oldest and largest provider of hospice care. For more information about Alive Hospice, visit www.alivehospice.org or call 615-327-1085. Sponsors: Presenting Sponsor: RT Medical Platinum Sponsor: Pinnacle Bank Gold Sponsors: Belle Meade Framers, Hermitage Golf Course, Lenox Village Flowers O.L. Shultz Regatta Chairs Silent Auction Chair: Judy Netherton Corporate Sponsorship Chair: Gene Lovelace Regatta Splash Party Dinner Chair: Beth Marshall Race Day Chairs: Marc Fortune & Bruce Richards Burgee Chair: Cindy Lovelace
Webmaster Report The new HIYC website has been a long work in progress. I started building the site in September 2014. The site was finally launched shortly after New Year s 2015. Between those dates, I put in countless hours to create the site as it exists today. It is designed to be informative and easy to navigate. If you haven t visited the new site, I strongly encourage you to do so. The address is the same: hiyc.org. It was and is my mission to create a site that is current and vital to the life of HIYC. I ll need the help of YOU the membership to keep it that way! If you have photos or an announcement that you d like to have posted on the site, or HIYC s Facebook page, please let me know. I can be reached at HIYCWebmaster@gmail.com. Over the coming months, we ll take a look at how you can use the new website. This month, the club s history gets the spotlight. If you re new(er) to HIYC, you can learn more about the club s history at hiyc.org/ about-us/history. If you re an old-timer, please check my work! I ve been at HIYC for all of my 32 years; but I don t know it all! From humble beginnings prior to HIYC s founding, right through today, I ve included archive photos, along with a revised text to make the club s history pop right off the page er screen. I hope you ll take a few minutes to read through this section of the site. It s always better to have a good understanding of where we ve been and who got us to where we are today. In this way, we can better direct the future of HIYC. Sea Scout News February has been a month of service and event planning. Youth and adults have spent several weekends in service and learning while building handrails outside the Griswold home. Holes were dug, cement poured; wood was measured, cut and assembled. Youth experienced table and compound saws, a router and a planer; all without an injury! Youth are headed to Reelfoot Lake on the 27th for the weekend for Eagle watching. March 4th, with Nashville Sailing Association, will be a combined Bilge sale at West Marine. April 11th will be the Annual Scout Rendezvous, not at Camp Boxwell as in the years past, but at the Smyrna National Guard Base. The first weekend in May will be the Pfeffer Regatta, which will be at Camp Boxwell. June has a trip to Mobile and Pensacola being planned. Each of these activities are youth generated and planned and organized. What a fun, motivated group! Brian Laidlaw Sail Camp 2015 It s that time of year again getting ready for Sail Camp! As in the past, Harbor Island Yacht Club will four one week sessions. The dates are the four full weeks of June; Session One starting Monday the 1 st, the Second Session on Monday the 8 th, the Third on the 15 th and the last week of Camp from the 22 nd though the 26 th. Campers aged 7 to 15 will be assigned to Opti or Laser fleets and this year we will have at least one main and jib boat for two sailors. Camp starts each day at 1300 hours and wraps up promptly at 1800 hours. The weekly fee is still a bargain only $255, just $5 more than last year. We continue to make this affordable because of the financial support of the Club, as well as generous donors from the Nashville Sailing Foundation Board as well as other supporters. Plus this year, the Sail Camp is working with the Sea Scouts to sponsor our Bilge Sale a nautical garage sale at West Marine on Saturday, March14; proceeds going to the Scouts and to support the Camp. All registrations including payments are done on line at https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/ applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=9728. Additional info is available on the Nashville Sailing Website (Nashville Sailing Foundation.org) or by contacting Marc Fortune at 260-7405 or Marc@MarcFortune.com.
IN MEMORIAM I got my start at Harbor Island in the late 80s (that s the 1980s), through a member invite whom I had recently met. That member was Bob Hobson. He began teaching me how to sail on his O Day 19, which was slipped next to this green boat named METROMASTER on the old Plastic Dock. Bob was an older gentleman. Kind as he was; he wasn t much to keeping up with a newly divorced, 36 year young, whipper snapper. On the flip side, the guy that owned this green boat sure enjoyed my stupidity, or rather naiveté; and that guy was P.R. Easterling. He thought I was a character; but, really, it was the other way around. It became clear early on, that this club collected all types, thankfully; and P.R. made sure that I was very welcomed. There used to be this old, out-of-tune, upright piano in one corner of the clubhouse. Some of the keys were even broken. Nobody played it or wanted to, accept P. R. Easterling. As if it were yesterday, I can hear him holler over to me as we walked through the clubhouse, Hey, Randall, listen to this! Damn, if that piano didn t come alive with some hopping ragtime tune, or a tune of his own! Who was this guy? Around P. R., there was no such thing as boredom. As some of you know; IROS, once owned by Ross Bryan, was bought by John Finch. John had it repowered with a diesel up at Roddering Marine on Lake Barkley. I had been given rights to the old Atomic 4 engine, but I had no way of picking it up. P. R. volunteered with his old white truck, so we took off on a little road trip. On the way, we both had libations in sippy cups to nourish our thirsts. Not advisable or recommended, it is what it is. So we re on our way, just shootn the breeze. P.R. starts fumbling around while he s driving; he begins to relieve himself into his sippy cup! (Now, before anybody gets up in arms, my Mom used to provide her 3 boys with what we called Travel Cups, used on long road trips to Florida back in the day.) Laughing so hard at what I was witnessing, I asked P.R., What are you going to do now, big boy? His reply, I m gonna pour it out! I could see it blowing everywhere all over the both of us when he rolled that window down. No way. I demanded we exit on the next off ramp before removing the sippy cup s contents, which we did. He smoked, he drank, he cursed, he enjoyed the company of beautiful women, he loved sailing, he loved his boat, he enjoyed his friends, and he loved his three kids! Pretty much everything I do & like. Yes, P. R. was a flawed man, much like most of us; we just hide it better. He was a man s man. There was no fault hidden that couldn t bare the light of day; or for that matter, at least being laughed about. What you saw is what you got! He lived life on his own terms and never made excuses. For me, that s what made P. R. so damn attractive and a life-long friend! I ll miss him, already do. Randall Butler Red Boats and the Blues I became friends with Bob Cotton when he invited me to crew for him on his lightning, 13957, a deep red Nickels boat built by Dave himself. We traveled to Memphis in 1987 for their spring regatta, the Hernando Desoto accompanied by a Vandy grad student. My only lightning experience prior to was with my J-24 friends sailing the famous Rat boat 11737 in the Bluenose so my experience was pretty limited. I rarely turned down crew opportunities in those days and off we went. I think we sailed passably on Saturday and after finding no available party we headed to Memphis in May where I tried to keep up in our search for the blues. On Sunday I had the blues, frequently fed fish and was as miserable as one can be, hungover in a hot boat on a little Mississippi lake on a Sunday morning. Finishing the racing, we went in and I, informed that my father had died during the night, came down with the serious blues. During the ride back Cotton kindly got me talking about him and by the time we got back I was feeling much better. I sailed with Bob a few times after that and eventually got my own red lightning 11480 and sailed against him. He was a tireless competitor as well as having a wonderfully patrician manner that always seemed to dress everything up while keeping the rest of us firmly in place. I think it was a real problem for him when I finally became more competitive but ever the sportsman, he dealt with it. When I failed to call Bruce Campbell after the first year he sailed with me (I thought he wasn t interested) Bob snapped him up and they sailed together from then on, nearly thirty years. Bob Cotton represented a certain intelligent elitism that seemed to be centered in lightning fleet 262 at HIYC and other lightning fleets in the country. There were a number of academics and professionals in the fleet and that group was as attractive to me as the sailboats they raced. My grandfather had raced lightnings back in the day, crewing for Ross Bryan. Cully Cobb was a champion lightning sailor, also Crit Currie and Fred and Anne Beesley. I have always felt lucky to have known them all. Cotton s passing is like the decline of the fleet: you know you will never have it that good again and you wish you had sailed harder and lived more fully at the time, like Bob did. Bill Killebrew 15308 (white boat, no blues)
WINTER RACING RESULTS 2015 LASER FROSTBITE SERIES CHAMPION DAVE YOUNG The final day of racing tried to live up to the series' title. Ice flowed in our PRO Hof's veins after spending the better part of an hour chiseling ice out of the Whaler with Anthony's and Ray's help before launching. The water temperature on the lake was 36 degrees; the air temperature was not much greater and what little warmth an occasional bit of sunshine offered was blown away by a 12 knot northerly. And there was current, making the upwind slog all the more painful: 9 minutes of hard hiking to the mark, 4 minutes of wave-riding back. Becca rode those waves fastest in the first race, going low of the rhumb line close to the channel and passing Dave downwind. But that strategy did not pay off in the second race, as Anthony found better pressure from the left side of the course, sailing just above the rhumb line while Dave defended his lead by splitting the difference between them. Greg "felt it" in the third race and finished third in a radial ovelapped with Mike sailing a radial well, too. Alexander had a great start in the second race, tacking immediately to the favored long port tack toward more pressure--too much pressure, when a monster gust wiped out the gains made on the line. Dave won our weather-shortened series, scoring 60% of the races with an impressively low point total of 13. But Becca sailed in and finished every race in the series and had by far the lowest score for the series before "throw out" races were discounted. She was fast and did not make any mistakes, executing a perfect port tack start today. And hats "off" (or better tied "on" in these conditions) to Alexander as well for finishing every race...and to Mikey and Greg for sailing in every race too. Smooth sailing, Bruce 2015 WINTER SERIES with ONE RACE REMAINING
Quarterly Meeting is Sunday, March 29, 2015 Pot Luck Dinner at 1700 hours Meeting begins promptly at 1800 hours If you are unable to attend, please send your signed proxy and covered dish to: Randall Butler - Secretary, HIYC 629 Hardin Shire Drive Nashville, TN 37138 or scan it to rsbutler3@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proxy I, being an Active Member of Harbor Island Yacht Club, entitled to vote at the Quarterly Meeting, do hereby constitute and appoint as my proxy to attend said Quarterly meeting to be held on March 29, 2015, or the continuation or adjournment thereof, with full power to vote and act for me in my name, place and stead, to the same extent and with the same effect that I would have if personally present. Any proxy or proxies heretofore given to any person or persons whatsoever are hereby revoked. Signed Date
Randall Butler 629 Hardin Shire Drive Old Hickory, TN 37138 Harbor Island Yacht Club Located on Old Hickory Lake Visit us On-line at www.hiyc.org 2014 Officers Commodore Mike Osborne Vice Commodore Marc Fortune Secretary Randall Butler Treasurer Fred Beesley Rear Commodore David Brandon Senior Governor Marcello Perez Governor Bill Putnam Junior Governor Sean Theriot TO: Schedule of Events March 2015 Sat 7 - Warterfield March Winds Regatta Tue 10 - Board Meeting Sat 14 - Sea Scout/NSA Bilge Sale at West Marine Mon 16 - Alive Hospice Meeting Silent Auction Donation Deadline Sat 21 - Spring Clean-up Sat 28 - Cully Cobb 50K Regatta Sun 29 - Quarterly meeting April 2015 Fri 10 Hospice Splash Party @ Hermitage Golf & Country Club Sat/Sun - 11/12 OL Schulz Hospice Cruiser Regatta Tues 14 - Board Meeting Sat/Sun - 18/19 OL Schulz Open Regatta May 2015 Sat 9 - Konesky River Race Sat 23 - Double Handed Regatta Cheeseburger & Paradise Party