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May 2019 Volume 52 Number 4

COMMODORE’S COMMENTS

OL Schultz Alive Hospice Open Regatta

DOCK AND MOORING WAIT LIST

Konesky Great River Race

Double Handed Race

Pics by Rob McDonald, Dock Fielder, Gene Lovelace and Greg Theriot

COMMODORE’S

COMMENTS

Summer is almost here! The ice cream man is coming!

There is something great about every season, but summer is definitely my favorite. After

a day full of chores or work, there is plenty of sunshine and daylight remaining to get out

and do something outdoors that is good for your soul - like go sailing or simply just float

with friends. We are planning a few evening events at the club this summer and hope to

see you there. These events will be more like meeting friends at the club for an evening

sail to Blue Turtle Bay or rafting up in Drakes Creek rather than organized, sponsored

club events. As many of you know, many of the best times at the club have been the ones

that are unplanned with your personal favorite libation and food to share with friends,

dock mates, or dock lizards hanging at the Race Committee Storage Building. Announce-

ments for these will simply be via the Friday Blast. I encourage you to plan some over-

night trips on the river with friends – and invite someone new to join you. It is surprising

how many members have never taken their boats to Saunders Branch or other spots along

the way and stayed overnight. Sailing adventures don’t necessarily need to be far from

home.

Summer is also a time for Sail Camp with children and many non-member and future

members visiting the club. These visitors always remember how helpful and welcoming

members have been to them – even years later. Parking may be somewhat limited and

shoreline power will not be available during the weekday while the camps are active, but

it is a small price to pay for our future sailors and leaders.

See you out there,. Bob, The Commodore

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The O.L. Schultz Open Regatta for Dinghies benefiting

Alive Hospice

The View from Bob ‘n’ Jack

Twenty-two teams participated in the sixth annual O.L. Shultz/Alive Hospice Regatta in Lightnings, Y-Flyers and Vanguard15’s,

several returning from Little Rock and Chicago because “we love your hospitality and sailing for a good cause”. And two

teams represented Sea Scout Ship 851 after conducting the burgee presentation at the skippers’ meeting. The forecast light

northeasterly held for one race Satur-

day morning and then evaporated in-

to variable wisps af-ter the Lightnings

and Y-Flyers had

started the second race, in more than a knot of current. Jeff Rodgers and Drew Daugherty

achieved the near-impossible task of maintain-ing momentum around the race course, finish-

ing more than twenty minutes before the rest of the fleet (for whom the time limit expired,

hence the TLE in their score lines). “We just kept moving, it did not matter what direction,”

Jeff’s crew explained.

The torture led to the closest finish of the day: after nearly two hours of trying to

overcome current and countless lead chang-es in the Lightning fleet, Bill Killebrew’s

team played a left puff to cross the finish line 18 inches ahead of William Hofmeister

and Daddy’s Little Girlz. The Vanguard-15 fleet was spared the torture of a second

race as the current took them all down-stream toward dinner and a party! The Chi-

cagoans finished 1-2 in the first race but

our own Ju-

lie Bollinger and Iain

Montgomery sailed well

to finish 3-4 in a compet-

itive and athletic

fleet.

Sunday morning’s fresh southerly breeze fresh-

ened to 20 knots with gusts to 30+, challenging conditions for all of us and as nearly impossible as

the previous day’s drifting had been for most. Sea Scout Sam Slater and crew went boldly where few

dared to follow -- first out on the water… and first in the water. We are grateful to Chris and Peter

Bennett on the

windward mark

boat for noticing that they were on a lee shore and needed

help…effected by homeowners and Steve and Pam Vague on the pin boat. We abandoned racing for the

day when there were more boats upside down than

right side up; Steve and Pam and Ray Marley worked tirelessly to right them, bailing themselves out of an-

kle-deep water in the club’s Whaler. But hats off to those who sailed flat in those conditions including

Michael Schroff from Chicago in a V-15,

Anthony and Elizabeth Passafiume in a Y-Flyer and William Hofmeister with extra crew aboard

a Lightning.

I was joined on Bob ‘n’ Jack by a superb team of PRO’s and PRO’s-to-be: Chris Johnson, Rob

McDonald, Tim Parshall and Ted Chapin. We used almost every signal flag on the boat over

the course of the weekend and Ted constructed one Sunday that we were missing, just in case:

the “M” flag for “mark missing”. Fortunately,

no one and no thing went missing, but you don’t want to miss this event next year.

Smooth sailing, Bruce Richards, PRO

Sea Scout News

Over the past month our Scouts have had a lot going on

March 16th four of our Sea Scouts raced their Pearson 30, Triad in the annual Cully Cobb 50k regatta.

Winds were light to Medium. And which side of the lake you choose while traveling towards the lee-ward mark made all the difference. As it turned out they made the decision to sail the longer course which had more wind. And as a result they took first in their fleet. Way to go Sam, Eli, Kat and Alex.

Then upon arriving back at the dock I got a request from one of the scouts to go sailing again on Sun-

day afternoon. One would think they got enough sailing in on Saturday. But they wanted to take a young lady sailing that had never been on a boat before. So I agreed to go Sunday afternoon. Think-

ing we would only sail for about an hour. This would mean sailing about 1.5 miles down the lake and then turning around and returning to the dock. But, but, well... The wind was still blowing it was so nice. The boat seemed so happy. And the wind was getting even better. We reduced canvas and

sailed about another 1.5 miles down the lake. Turned around and started heading back.

As we approached the entrance to our cove this young lady on her first boat ride was now on the helm. And for some strange reason the boat did not turn into the cove but continued going up the lake. For another mile. Could it be this young lady was enjoying herself along with the others on the

boat? Our one hour sail was now about 2 1/2 hours in length. And it really was starting to get late. So we

turned around and headed back to the dock. And this young lady who was enjoying her first boat ride stayed on the helm and even brought this 30-foot sailboat back into the dock. Sweet!!!

Something we do for fun is let the kids walk the boom on the Pearson 30. This is done while sailing. Although only when the conditions are good. It’s fun and is a skill that can be used to help heal the

boat over when stuck on the bottom. More on this below.

Our Sea Scouts meet at 6:00 every Thursday evenings. But that does not give a lot of sailing time. Thus the second week of daylight savings time there was a request to go sailing at 2:30pm and then

be back at the club at the regular meeting time. The wind was fantastic and we had my Pearson 30 Makena moving very well. But the young man on the helm did not tack in time and found the bottom up by two foot cove. It was blowing around 20 mph and pushing the boat towards shore. We dropped

the sails and started the engine in hopes of backing into deeper water. But there was no movement as we were really stuck. But with three out on the boom we were able to get the boat unstuck and re-

turn to sailing. So yes being experienced with the “walking the boom” thing came in handy that day.

Then the next evening (Friday before the clean up day) the kids had an overnighter planned. This

would be an opportunity for working on some advancements and just simply having fun. The plan was to go across the bay from the club. And raft the boats together for the night. Returning Saturday

morning to assist with the clean up day. But a lack of adult skippers prevented that so they planning on staying at the dock. But with all three boats together so as to be at lease have an experience simi-lar to overnighting rafted together on the hook. The club’s Catalina 22 was to be used for the boys,

with the girls on Triad and the leaders on Makena. But upon arriving at the club they found the wind to be blowing very nicely. So before moving Makena from her slip to join the other two boats the

Scouts all piled on Makena and took a wonderful sun set sail. And they all had a great time. But at one point Brian Laidlaw tossed a fender into the water and called for a Man-Overboard-Drill. And to quote Brian. “The fender drowned.” Yes it took three tries to fetch that poor fender while under sail.

But a lot was learned which is why we have these types of drills. Something you should consider for your crew to practice sometime.

Saturday at the club clean up day we had seven Scouts and 2 leaders present. And all put in a good

morning of work.

Then Thursday April 4th we held an awards ceremony which is

called a Bridge of Honor. It is a ceremony somewhat similar to the Boy Scout Court of Honor. But in this case we create what is called a Land Ship to symbolize being on an actual ship. And

the ceremony is held while on that ship. During this ceremony 6 of our youth were awarded the first rank of Apprentice and 2

were awarded the next rank of Ordinary. There are four ranks in Sea Scouting. Ap-prentice, Ordinary,

Able and Quarter Master. Note that

the effort required to obtain Quarter Master is truly equal to that of the rank of Eagle in Boy Scouts.

You may also notice the new blue uniforms. This is the new standard nation-wide for Sea Scouting.

April 13th five of our Sea

Scouts performed the Alive Hospice burgee presentation ceremony. This was the sixth year they have done

this wonderful ceremony.

Afterwards two teams raced on V15s in the O.L.Shultz Open re-gatta. Saturday there was almost no wind and only one race was completed. Then Sunday there was WAY TOO MUCH wind. So

much that not one race was even started alt-

hough most of the V15 fleet attempted to get

to the course. Including our two inexperienced teams of

Sea Scouts. Yes we were concerned and one of our crews flipped. But at the end of the regatta both crews were full

of excitement and looking forward to racing in the O.L.Shultz Cruiser regatta.

It’s going to be another busy year with these fine youth. And I would not want it any other way.

Andy Griswold

2019 HIYC Clean Up Day

Vanguard Fleet start Y-Flyers cross the line

We had 8 people attend on a Friday night at HIYC, with beer and pizza provided by our

Commodore. The seminar was conducted by race chairman, Jim Doran with valuable in-put from both Paul Latour and Bruce Richards. The participants asked good questions

throughout, Jim Doran provided a handout and Paul Latour provided laminated pictures of the various flags used in running a race. Hopefully a few of those who attended will

volunteer to serve as PRO for future regattas.

*** PRO Training Session ***

Hi we are the Botzum family! We relocated here from West Central Indiana, where we lived all of our

lives, prior to our move to Old Hickory in May of 2018. My wife, Tresa, and I have been boating for

most of our lives which means our kids, Brianne, Brittan, and Blake have spent a lot of time on the

water. Sailing has been passed down from my dad to me and on to my kids. It’s been a huge passion

of mine for the past 30 years. My family was drawn to Old Hickory in the interest of serving God by

working with an organization that focuses on education and empowerment for people in Nashville and

all around the world. My engineering background has allowed me work through a wide variety of job

opportunities which has culminated in my current role as an Efficiency Consultant. My family is

blessed and excited and to have this opportunity to better get to know wonderful people who are a

part of HIYC and to be back on the water sailing again. Thanks, Doug

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Schedule of Events

Harbor Island Yacht Club PO Box 8117

Hermitage, TN

37076-9998

June 2019

03 Mon—07 Fri—Sailing Camp Week 1

10 Mon—14 Fri—Sailing Camp Week 2

11 Tues—Board Meeting 7pm

17 Mon—21 Fri —Sailing Camp Week 3

22 Sat—Quarterly Meeting 5:30pm fol-

lowed by Dock Party 6:30—9:00

24 Mon—28Fri Sailing Camp Week 4

Sea Scouts meet every

Thursday at 6:00 PM

May 2019

05 V15—Dinghy de Mayo 1515

04 Sat—Konesky Great River Race

12 Sun—Mothers Day

14 Tue—Board Meeting 1900

18 Sat—Double Handed Regatta

25 Sat—Cheeseburger in Paradise

27 Mon—Memorial Day

2019 Officers Commodore—Bob Carlton Vice Commdore —Don Kaufman Secretary— Greg Theriot Treasurer—John Robertson Rear Commodore—Gene Lovelace Senior Governor—Dan Haskell Governor— Jim McCann Junior Governor— Sam Anderson