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February 2012 Official Publication ofAlamitos Bay Yacht Club

Volume 85 • Number 2

Commodore’s Compass.................................... 2Manager’s Corner .......................................... 2-3Vice Verses ....................................................... 4Rear View .......................................................... 4Fleet Captain’s Log ........................................... 5Membership ...................................................... 5A Note From Sheila ........................................ 5-6Pages of History ............................................. 6-7Junior Sailing.................................................. 7-9New Year’s Eve ................................................. 9Fleet News ................................................. 10-11

i n s i d ei n s i d ei n s i d ei n s i d ei n s i d es as as as as a vvvvv e t h e d ae t h e d ae t h e d ae t h e d ae t h e d a t et et et et eSuper Bowl Party ......................................... Feb 5Rat Pack Night ............................................Feb 11Membership Meeting.................................. Feb 17Midwinter Regatta ................................. Feb 18-19Adopt A Beach....................................................26EE Manning Regatta ............................. March 3-4Membership Meeting...............................March 16Laser Midwinters West ...................... March 23-25Olympic Classes Regatta .................. March 24-25

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Comeback kids win way to Ireland for YouthWorlds

Sunday was a day for comeback kids in the USSailing ISAF Youth World Qualifier hosted by the AlamitosBay Yacht Club.

None of the winners was leading his or her classentering the third and last day, which was blessed bydecent, if chilly, 9-10-knot breeze for the first time on theweekend. They all earned trips to Ireland in July, wherethey will join 400 boys and girls ages 19 and younger from60 nations in Dun Laoghaire (pronounced doon-lary) onDublin Bay for the Youth Worlds showdown July 12-21.

“We’re ready and excited,” said Abigail Rohman,18, from Darien, Conn., who crewed for MeganGrapengeter-Rudnick, 16, in International 420s. “I studied European history and wrote a paper on Ireland.”

Now they’ll all become a part of the land’s sporting history.All of the competition mixed boys’ boats with girls’ boats, except for the 29er skiffs which had coed crews: boy-girl, two

boys or two girls. Grapengeter-Rudnick and Rohman won four of their eightraces, just ahead of Lily Katz and Fiona Walsh who outsailed the 15 other I/420s, including a dozen raced by boys.

But Mitchell Kiss, 17, from Holland, Mich., had the largest hurdle to overcometo win out over 44 other Laser Radials. He started strong inSaturday’s sorry air with 8-1-1 finishes, but then was black-flagged for jumpingthe fourth start and dealt a 45-point penalty. He didn’t sleep much that night.

“I had my heart rate go up,” he said. “I was really far back.”He would discard the disastrous score after Race 5, “but I knew I had to kick

it up Monday.”So he won three of Sunday’s four races to run away with the victory by 13

points as the halfway leader, Erik Weis of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., suffered in thestronger winds.

“I knew I couldn’t push it at the starts, but [otherwise] I just sailed as hard asI could,” Kiss said.

Brothers Quinn, 14, and Dane, 16, Wilson of Ojai, Calif. temporarily led the29er skiffs at the end of Day 1’s racing, but were DSQ’d on a protest that dropped them out of immediate contention with 14points. Despite their light weight of 150 and 80 pounds, respectively, they tossed the 14-point penalty and remained competitivein Sunday’s stronger breeze by winning the first and last of five races to nip Christopher Willford and Kai Friesecke of Ft.Lauderdale by a single point, 23-24.

Mitchell Kiss of Holland, Mich. surfs to victory in Laser Radials in Youth SailingQualifier regatta at Long Beach

Quinn and Dane Wilson of Ojai, Calif. rebounded towin the 29ers

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January was a busy month. It started with New Year’s Eve and Mark Townsend’s Boxing DayRegatta. We had the largest Boxing Day regatta in a long time. As usual lit was a fun eventrather than a serious regatta. That night Dan Clapp held his New Year’s Eve party. This

year included music provided by Rhonda Rubio. Potluck hors d’oeuvres were the fare of theevening.

Next up was the annual Rose Bowl regatta on January 7 & 8. This event was hosted byABYC but run by Mike Segerblom and the USC sailing team. There were 90 teams with 60 highschool and 30 college teams. There was enough wind but it was cool. Navy won the collegeregatta with Stanford second. Point Loma won the Gold high school division and Palo Alto win-

ning the Silver division. If you were at either of the venues you would have seen several of our current and former juniors,including an All American, Sydney Bolger.

The next weekend the ISAF Youth World Qualifier was held at ABYC. This is a U.S. Sailing event that we host on athree-year rotation. This year the worlds are held in Ireland and the winners of each class of this event will qualify to go to theworlds. In addition the first and second place will join the Olympic Development Team. Riley Gibbs missed going to Irelandby one point but will be joining the Olympic Development Team. This is an important event and is attended by some of thebest sailors in the nation. This was a 3-day event.

The next two weekends were packed with fleet races, a General Membership Meeting and Club ABYC. Etchells, Cal20s, Lasers and Lido 14s all had fleet races with the Lidos holding a clinic in conjunction with their fleet race. Our JanuaryGeneral Membership Meeting was hosted by the multi-hull fleet and the program was a wine tasting. This was a fun eventwith strong attendance. Club ABYC was another unique event, a fleet hors d’oeuvres contest. We had many members inattendance and everyone had a lot of fun.

Look forward to events in February; the Super Bowl Party will be first Sunday. It will be a casual event following theSuper Bowl Etchells fleet race. We will have the bar open, brats, chili, chips and beer, and of course the game. The secondevent is a new social event, a Night in Chicago. Kelly and the SAC is planning a dress-up event the will prove to reallyspecial. If you like Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack you will love this evening. There will be hors d’oeuvres, a great band,dancing, decorations from the late 50’s and a martini luge.

The Laser fleet has the responsibility for the General Membership meeting. Dinner will be served at 1830 with ashort meeting to follow. The program will be very interesting talk by Tugboat Captain Scott Culver. He will is an accom-plished sailor and will be talking about how the commercial and pleasure traffic is managed in the Los Angeles and LongBeach harbors.

The next day is the 83nd annual Midwinter Regatta. The classes will be 505, Beach Cats (one-design & Portsmouth),Cal 20, CFJ, Finn, International 14, International 420, Laser Master, Lido 14 A & B, Portsmouth (monohull), Etchells, andViper 640. Look to Jennifer’s article about the event that is planned for Saturday Night.

Looking forward to March, the E.E. Manning Regatta is March 3 & 4. If you do not have a keel don’t miss this one,it is Free and that is a good price.

Membership is a very important part of my job this year. We have a great promotion that started the first of Januaryand will conclude at the end of May. This is the same as last year with a $500 initiation fee and a fleet competition. The fleetswill not only compete for the most members signed up but also for perks along the way. For more on the promotion, EdSpotskey or Dan Milefchik will be writing articles for the Sou’wester. Like last year, when the promotion is over there will bea celebration. If you have any questions contact Ed, Dan or me.

ABYC IS THE PLACE TO BE.See you around the club.Jon Robinson

I guess I should have known better during Boxing Day Regatta when Commodore Robinson asked meif I was busy, should have said extremely. BUT, I said “not right now, what’s up?” He said “need acrew for the Regatta, let’s go sailing”

So, as I have done in all the times I have been sailing (three)….I headed to the Lost and Foundfor gear, borrowed a pair of maintenance pants from Reggie, put my cell phone in my desk and headedfor the docks.

Commodore Robinson had the Lido ready & rigged (forget the name, but I renamed it “Pain andSuffering”). I asked Jon where I should sit, he says, “just get in, and make yourself comfortable”, which ina Lido is like saying to someone being water boarded...hope you’re thirsty.


2011/12OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

Commodore Jon [email protected]

Vice Commodore Mike [email protected]

Rear Commodore Jennifer [email protected]

Jr. Staff Commodore Jeff [email protected]

Fleet Captain Chuck [email protected]

Secretary Ken [email protected]

DirectorsJunior Program Pat McCormick

[email protected] Chuck Tripp

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Volunteers Latham [email protected]

Treasurer George Kornhoff/Mary Montz

Junior Commodore NIck Odegard

Fleet Surgeon Dr. Angela Albright

Judge Advocate Tom Ramsey

Fleet Chaplain Don Reiman

Port Captain Dave Myers

Sou’wester Editor/Layout Sharon Pearson

ABYC Phone (562) 434-9955Homepage www.abyc.orgEmail [email protected]

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Now, I don’t know who designed the Lido, but I have a feeling his hobbies include pulling wings off flies, using amagnifying glass on ants on sunny days and Taser Tag.

I now remember from sailing in a Lido with Staff Commodore Jeff Merrill, if you’re not steering, you’re RIDING THERAIL. There appeared to plenty of room opposite Jon on a bench, but evidently that comfortable seating would not facilitatemy handling of the lines…note to self, learn how to steer.

So, I place my derriere on the cold, hardwood centerboard, and off to the start we go. We’re approximately 15minutes to the start, and my right hip says to me, “hey buddy, remember me I’m artificial and miserable right now, and Oh bythe way, your left hip will be calling soon”. The only thing that took my mind off the pain in my hips was getting hit in the headby the boom every ten minutes.

Would it have been that difficult in the design phase of the Lido to raise the height of the boom by a foot? It appearsthe perfect body type for a Lido sailor is Quasimodo.It wasn’t long before we were off and…well, sort of running. Jon inadvertently forgot to pick up a course chart (Hey, he’s abusy guy) and I felt we may be in a bit of trouble when Jon says to me “hey, do you see any other Lido’s?” My response was“Jon, I’m trying to get feeling back in my legs, and avoid any further brain damage from Mr. Boom”. We agreed after beingpassed by a young woman on a stand up paddle board, our best option was to head back in and do important Commodoreand Club Manager stuff…whatever that might be.

Thanks Commodore, I actually did have a good time sailboat racing with you.As we’ve been reporting, we are now in “Winter Hours” in the Galley. We’ll still have sandwiches, hot soup or chili,

snacks and beverages. No breakfast or hot grill items until further notice.Don’t miss the upcoming RAT PACK PARTY. We’re pulling out all the stops for this event. Great live music from Tim

Gill and his All Star Band, gourmet passed appetizers, martini bar, drink specials and Tons of Fun…Check your calendar forFebruary 11th. It’s Valentines weekend, so grab your guy or gal, put on your dancing shoes and come on down!!

Kelly Whitlow


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ZONE 24 IS THE PLACE TO BE! As our friends north of the 38th latitude suspect, winter is our busy season. Between the ISAF Qualifier, Laser Mid-Winters West, and our SCYA races, we have a pretty full sched-

ule. Add in some winter rain, and this makes it tough to complete the bigger facilities jobs. Buteven in our busy seasons, we have some changes to tell you about, and we are getting ready forour spring chores.

We are fixing and upgrading the locked door to the quarterdeck heads. The door willhave a combination lock (no membership card or key required, but you will have to remember thesecret code). The code is available to all members (ask the office for the code). We are also

locking the ice machine outside under the stairs. By adding these locks, we will discourage our unexpected late night andearly morning visitors that have been using our club as a convenient spot to fill their coolers and clean their fish.

We are installing a deployable partition wall between the bar and dining area of the second deck. Our previouspartition wore out a few years ago, and we delayed replacement until the major construction upgrades were complete. Thenew partition will allow us to break out multiple activities upstairs, such as multiple class and seminar sessions, and segre-gating bar noise from the main room events.

Looking forward to spring spruce-up, Kelly will be stocking up on paint (in both colors) and the Bishop’s are checkingtheir Sunset Magazine Western Flowers and Plants Gardening Guide for more landscape ideas. Save the date, SaturdayApril 21st.

Mike Baumann

It’s been a busy month for sailing events, but not for social events. Stacy Conn and her teamof volunteers cooked dinner for over 400 competitors of the Rose Bowl Regatta teams Jan.7th. Jesus bbq’d hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch both days of the regatta (running out

of food at one point). The following weekend was the ISAF Youth World Qualifiers, a three dayevent. Again, the kitchen and snack bar were humming to keep everyone well fed.

The Wine Tasting hosted by the Multihull Fleet was a lot of fun. Thanks to Dan DeLavefor organizing the event with The Wine Country. Many wines were sampled with the expertguidance of local wine expert Randy. Please let the Bar Czar know which wines you liked andwe’ll see if we can weave some of them into our Happy Hour drink menu.

Speaking of Happy Hour, drink special for February is “The Terri Bishop.” You may bewondering why Terri has a drink named after her. It’s Reggie’s name for her special cocktail of Vodka, Cranberry Juice anda shot of Tonic. It is quite refreshing after a long day out on the water (or in the office for that matter). As you can see by thephoto (back page), she is very happy with consuming her drink ☺.

As of this writing, the Club ABYC Fleet Appetizer Contest is still a week away. We’ll report on that event next month.Other upcoming events:

Super Bowl Party, Feb. 5 - Come relax at the club and enjoy the game. Keg beer on tap, hot dogs and good company.Rat Pack Night, Feb. 11 – Come celebrate Valentine’s weekend at Rat Pack Night. Enjoy the sounds of Tim Gill andthe All-Stars big band music, gourmet appe-tizers and martini bar.Midwinter’s Chili Cook-Off, Feb. 18 – Enteryour best chili recipe and taste for free! Fea-tured band “Squeeze Box” will play music fromthe 60’s to the present. No need to pre-regis-ter, just show up with your Chili by 4 pm. Freefor contestants and $7.50 for non-contestants.Band plays from 4:30 to 8:00 p.m.Jennifer Kuritz

Got Sails?Do you have any old sails sitting around thatyou don’t use anymore? Not sure what todo with them? Well, here’s your chance toget rid of those old sails and help the ABYCJunior Board at the same time. Pleasecheck out the details in the Bay Cloggercolumn on page 8.


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Sailing activity is starting to heat up around the club! We ended the year with Boxing Day with a great turn out but not without a little twist; FOG. This did add in a little excitement but it all worked out. Many thanks to Mark Townsend and his team for another great event.

ISAF Youth Qualifier was a huge success with 90 kids from all over the country. Saturday’swind god did not cooperate very well, which did not yield any wind for Saturday, and racing wascalled. Saturday’s dinner fed about 480 people in 80 minutes great job by Stacy Conn and herteam. Steve Smith was event chairperson with Mark Townsend and Scott Mason as PRO, did anamazing job dealing with the inconsistent weather and managed to get 9 races completed!

The General Membership meeting was hosted by the Multi hull and 505 fleets with RandyKemner from The Wine Country setting up wine tasting, it was a very enjoyable evening for everyone.

The ASPBYC installation dinner was held at LBYC with awards going to Margaret Caddle for Yachtswomen of theyear; Jack Jorgensen Jr. Yachtsperson of the year (for the 2nd time 2009 with Samantha Gebb) and Richard Tyhurst Yachtsmanof the year. Congratulations for all of your hard work and dedication to the sport and lifestyle that we all love.

Patience is in the process of getting well need canvas, so look out for the “old girl” and her new gear! During ISAF thewindlass was acting up, so we are in the process of replacing this very important piece of equipment. The whalers will begetting some needed attention in the near future as well.

Cheers, See you around the club!Chuck Clay

Your Membership Committee has been busy this past month with improving the application process. In the near futurepotential applicants and sponsors will be able to access the application package from the front page of the ABYCwebsite. We are also bringing back the interview process for membership applicants, which has been on hiatus. It will

be an informal discussion with the potential new member to explore their interests in ABYC as well as providing useful informationon how things work at the Club. Hopefully the interview will make the applicant feel welcome and add a personal touch to theprocess.

The Fleet Membership Challenge is off and running. We have 3 new applicants so far in January and points will beassigned to the appropriate fleets once the memberships are completed.

Last but not least, the Membership Committee is developing a leads list of potential new members. If anyone has alead on someone you think might be a good fit at ABYC, please let either Dan, Ed Spotsky, or myself know and we can followup.

Again, thanks for your support.Chuck Tripp and Dan Milefchik

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Congratulations to Margaret Caddle and Jack Jorgensen! Jack was awardedthe ASPBYC Yachting Youth of the Year and Margaret was awarded theASPBYC Yachtswoman of the Year. WAY TO GO! The ABYC Web Page is an ongoing process. Sue Rice is doing a GREAT

JOB! She is adding information, downloading forms and applications, adding links andmaking improvements and changes to information already on the Web. Anything andeverything you want to know about ABYC, this is the place to be. The latest improvementis the ability to make your reservations for an event on the Web Page. To make areservation: Two options

1. Open ABYC Web Page2. Under Current Events (Left Hand Side), click on the event you want reservations

for3. This window has three choices:

a. Click “Add a new reservation for a member”. Fill out this form to make yourreservation. You will need to know your charge number (not yourmembership number). Click on submit reservation button.

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b. Click “View Current Reservations”. This will show you a list of everyone that has reserved and the totalnumber of reservations.

c. Click “Party Flyer”. This will bring up a flyer for the event (if one available) which gives you the informationabout the event.

4. Option 2: In Member section-Click on ABYC info; then Interactive Calendar (this is another new improvement) thisbrings up the monthly calendar.a. Scroll (with arrows) to month of eventClick on the date of the event. This brings you to the same three choices as above.

The “Juniors” are doing a fundraiser and is asking for anyone who has old unwanted sails to donate them to the“Juniors”. You can bring your old sails and drop them off at the Club.

Many of you may know Jim Kirk, a Laser and 505 sailor and a member who joined in May of 1990. It saddens meto have to inform the members that Jim has a disease called myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). This means his bonemarrow isn’t producing enough red cells, white cells and platelets. There is no cure for his condition and it is progressive.Jim receives blood transfusions, chemotherapy and injections twice a week. He spends a lot of time with doctors at City ofHope. These treatments do not fix the problem. The only hope Jim has, is a bone marrow transplant. He has been on adonor list for sometime but no matches have been found. I know how amazing the members of ABYC are; they are peopleof action, generous and compassionate. I would like to ask all the ABYC members and their friends to register to be a bone-marrow donor to help Jim find a match that he so desperately needs. You can register to be a bone marrow donor throughthe web sites; www.marrow.org or www.cityofhope.org. These websites will explain the process and answer many of yourquestions. The process is painless; just a swab inside the cheek. Even the transplant is relatively painless and takes abouta day and a half. City of Hope will pay any fees for registering; just enter “hope4Jim”. I know Jim and his wife Ellen wouldbe grateful and appreciative if you register to be bone marrow donors. Call the office if you have any questions about Jim orthe donor process. Wishing Jim the BEST!

Sheila Mattox, Director of Member Services

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Last month I mentioned that our collection of SOU’WESTERs has a gap from January through September, 2002, andasked if any of you might have some we can put on file. Thanks to Jerry Montgomery who brought in a few that filledsome other gaps but not this one.

Thanks, too, to the family of Ann Exley, who dropped off a scrapbook from Sid’s last term as Commodore and whatlooks like a very interesting artifact: a ledger book of yacht-club financial transactions from the late Twenties and earlyThirties. Both will be reviewed and stored away.

And now, back to the past. I ought to remember more of this, as the period we are covering from 20 years ago wasthe year I was Commodore. The fun for me is reading about things I had forgotten and now remember. I hope for many ofyou this column does the same.THIRTY YEARS AGO:

A photo of ABYC’s original clubhouse was the cover art for the SOU’WESTER for February, 1982. I don’t think it isthe same photo that hangs in the Wardroom Bar on the second deck, but it is the same building: a one-story, shingle-sidedand composition-roofed building with a two-story observation tower attached. It sat on leased land on the northwest cornerof Bayshore Walk and 64th Place; the entrance was on the 64th Place side, adjacent to the tower, and the Bayshore Walkside had a large window.

The photo shows a Model A Ford that reportedly belonged to Sid Exley parked on the street in front of the entrance,so that suggests the photo was taken during or after 1928 (I’m guessing after 1930). Sid is evidently among the crowd ofyoung people posing in front of the building, and evidently George and Bea Hart and even the legendary Ducky Woodmanare there, too. There is no explanation why this photo ran; my guess is, they had it and needed cover art so used it.

Marty Bowman, for years the “Lido Lady” of Alamitos Bay (a Lido dealer and source for Lido parts) was Fleet Captainin 1982, and reported that the fleet had recently instituted a Social Membership for former Lido owners and friends. SocialMembers would be invited to all events and receive the “Deep Six,” the monthly newsletter for the fleet that was in thosedays produced by professional journalist Don Brackenbury (he was on the staff of the Long Beach Press-Telegram) andfeaturing a header designed by Marty. (The article is also the first mention in the pages of history of your author, whoassisted in a team race—on the race committee.)

Gary Marshall, son of ABYC Club Manager Midge Marshall, was a part-time worker at ABYC in those days (hebecame Club Manager himself in the Nineties). An article ran in which he asked for donations of winter clothing—boots,gloves, hats, coats—that could be worn by kids headed for Camp Alpine in the San Bernardino Mountains that year as part


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of their sixth-grade outdoor-education program. “Many of our students cannot afford proper clothing” for the cold weather,the article said, so donations were being solicited for the camp at which Gary would be a director.

There was a correction to an announcement in the previous SOU’WESTER that said dry-storage yard fees would bepegged to Alamitos Bay Marina fees, with yard fees to be a fixed percentage of the fee that would be charged to a comparableboat in the water; the correction stated that this percentage would be used as a “guideline” if a rate increase wasnecessary...from the “no good deed goes unpunished” file, there had been a class in personal safety for the women of ABYCat which purse-sized tear-gas canisters had been sold; now, however, they were being recalled...Norma Clapp was gauginginterest in a distaff version of the Stag Cruise and soliciting not only a schedule that seemed best but also a name for theevent; someone suggested “The Maiden Voyage”...TWENTY YEARS AGO:

The cover of the SOU’WESTER for February, 1992, showed action at the craps table at the 1991 New Year’s Eveparty. It also showed the innovative decoration motif that was used: curtains of tinsel were temporarily attached to cover theburgees on the walls for just one night. My recollection is that the event chair said, unless this was done, the only colors thatwe could use to decorate were red, white and blue—great colors, but a bit done. The décor was silver and black, if memoryserves.

The “Commodore’s Comments” listed the various organizations to which ABYC belonged, and the reasons for ourmembership. These included the newly-renamed United States Sailing Association (then shortened to “USSA” rather than“US SAILING” as now), membership in which allowed the club to purchase regatta insurance and rulebooks; the SouthernCalifornia Yachting Association (SCYA), membership in which ensured that ABYC members would be welcome to enterregattas sponsored by other SCYA clubs; the Yacht Racing Union of Southern California (USYRU), which consisted of yachtclubs with clubhouses and more substantial operations and annually held club-management seminars for the officers anddirector clubs; and the Yacht Club Association of Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors (now called the Association of SanPedro Bay Yacht Clubs), which group maintained the racing marks in the Long Beach Outer Harbor and coordinated theannual racing calendar. These organizations still exist, ABYC is still a member of them, and they continue to offer theseservices to ABYC members.

In 1992 Carl Rischer was an ABYC member, a college professor, a C-15 owner and wrote the “Driftwood” column.“Driftwood” was kind-of a gossip and announcement column; however, as Carl—and lots of other ABYC members—werethen taking up golf, it became a monthly report on the doings of what could have been the ABYC Golf Fleet that included asmall amount of non-golf-related stuff. Anyway, this month’s report was that a “famous sailing couple” from ABYC hadbought golf clubs and taken lessons in this new sport. “He” was reported as left-handed and the man who “knows more jokesthan anyone else at ABYC”; “she” was reported to have been the “1991 Sailing Champion among Southern CaliforniaCommodores.” Yep: Junior Staff Commodore Norma and Dan Clapp.

The centerfold was of new members (and their sponsors) who had come into the club since November; they includedDavid and C.J. Crocket with sponsor Sharon Pearson (and newborn son Justen), Randy Smith and Ron Fox (Randy wasmoving up from Yachting Member) and Joe Markowitz and Fran with their sponsor Larry Pinching (who had sold them partinterest in his Etchells)...Alamitos Bay Lido 14 Fleet Six would be hosting the 1992 Class Championship, but not on AlamitosBay—on Big Bear Lake; fleet members Don and Margie Brown, who owned a home on the lake, would serve as regattachairs and organizers of the event...Anne Exley’s “From the Pages of History” column continued reporting the wartimedoings on Alamitos Bay even though ABYC had gone dormant; she reported that the war years was the time when a “newboat on the block appeared:” built of plywood, it is still sailed here—the Naples Sabot...

Chris Ericksen, Club Historian

It seems that ABYC junior sailors didn’t get the memo that they were supposed to beon holiday during winter break. Many of our advanced sailors road tripped during theholidays to Florida to compete in the Orange Bowl Regatta in Coconut Grove from

December 26-30. Jack Jorgensen and crew Savanna Brown from Santa Barbaraplaced 3rd out of 76 420s. Alex Ivory crewed for Clare Dahl from NHYC and they placed58th. Nick Odegard placed 27th out of 99 in the very competitive Laser Radial fleet. Inthe Open Orange Bowl Regatta (open to adult racers), Rob Rice and Matt McDermaidplaced 15th out of 25 in the highly competitive 29ers.

Most of our high school age sailors stayed closer to home during the holi-days and raced the Rose Bowl Regatta on our own waters on January 7-8. 29college teams and 27 high school gold teams competed near the Belmont Pier,while 32 high school silver teams competed in Alamitos Bay. ABYC college sailorsincluded: Sydney Bolger sailing for Georgetown (4th); Laura Newton sailing for


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CSULB (8th); and Samantha Gebb sailing for Princeton (20th). Wilson High School placed 13th and Los Alamitos HighSchool placed 26th in the gold flight. Poly High School placed 8th out of 32 in the silver flight. ABYC sailors competing fortheir high schools included: include Mike Anctil, Riley Gibbs, Marissa Golison and Steven Hopkins for Wilson; AlexNewton, Claire Paice and Emily Golison sailing for LB Poly; and Erik Carpenter, Kai Jensen, Brian MacLean, JohnMcInerny, Elle Merrill, Jonn Merrill and Sunny Scarbrough sailing for Los Alamitos High School.

Winter winds can be fickle, or nonexistent, in Southern California and the January 14-16 weekend proved that. Ourteams racing in San Diego and at home in Long Beach, both encountered NO wind that Saturday with all races abandonedor cancelled. Light winds and a bit of rain made for tough conditions Sunday. Our sabot racers travelled to SDYC for theannual Junior Invitational, also the third of four in the SCYYRA North Series. Thank you to the Elsharhawy family andStanley Gibbs for towing the sabot trailer and Ian Fournier for coaching. In the A fleet, Jacob Rosenberg finished 7th,Sawyer Gibbs 9th (with an OCS darn it), and Ethan Michaelis in 15th. Other ABYC sailors include Adam, Nora and SammyElsharhawy, Ryan Schack and RJ Ivory.

That same weekend ABYC hosted the prestigious ISAF World Youth Qualifiers. Juniors from across the countrycompeted for the top spot in their class to qualify for the World Youth Championship in Ireland this summer. Riley Gibbscrewed for Korbin Kirk in I420s. They were leading after the first full day of racing, but lost first place in the regatta on a tie-breaker for the boys I420 division. Congratulations to our ABYC finishers who battled fickle winds, including: Rob Rice andMatt McDermaid in 29ers (10th out of 13); Riley Gibbs crewing for Korbin Kirk (LBYC) in I420s (2nd boys, 5th overall); andLaser Radial sailors Jack Jorgensen (16th), Nigel Lipps (33rd) and Steve Hopkins (35th) out of 45...and January wassupposed to be the calmest month on the sailing calendar.

Congratulations to all of these sailors for their hard work over the holidays, and thank you to the parents and othersupporters who make it all possible!Junior Program Spring Clinics

February 5 starts our Junior Spring Clinics for sabots, Lasers and double-handed boats. For our sabot racers wehave Ian Fournier coaching for all clinics and Mark Gaudio for at least two! We have new ABYC member, parent andOlympic sailor Brady Sih and our own Jack Jorgensen to coach our Lasers and double-handed boats. The registrationmaterials are available at fleetracing.net. Please note for our junior racers, the Spring Program includes 5 Sunday clinicsand 10 days of regatta coaching for only $260. That’s only $17 per day! Our coaching fee for non-program sailors will be$20 per day starting January 1. Other spring clinic days are March 18, April 1, April 22, May 20 and June 10 for makeups.Coached regattas include the SCYA Midwinters (at NHYC for junior sabots), Manning Regatta at ABYC, Spring Gold Cup atNHYC and Memorial Day here at ABYC. Go to fleetracing.net for full program information or give us a call at x22.Recycling Used and Old Sails for the Juniors

The Junior Program wants your old and used sails to recycle into tote bags and duffle bags! Get all the old sails outof the garage and down to the Club to help out the Junior Program! We are working with a company that recycles used sailsand turns them into one-of-a-kind bags that the Junior Program will sell to buy new sails and parts and support the JuniorFund. We will collect old and used sails of any shape or size starting in January. Simply drop off your old used (but dry) sailsof any material to the Junior Room or Junior Office at the General Meetings, at Midwinters, Manning or anytime!Summer Instructors

ABYC is now accepting applications for summer sailing instructors. The summer program will run from Monday,June 18 through Friday, August 3. Most instructors will be needed to coach the Sabot Nationals which run from August 5-10. Instructors may be needed for prep meetings before June 18. Please send your cover letter and resume [email protected] or via snail mail. Please feel free to pass the word along to coaching friends at other clubs.

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The Junior Advisory Board is pleased to announce the hiring of Matthew Beck as the new Jr. Program Director atABYC. Matt is from New Jersey and has an extensive background in sailing, includingcompetitive racing in Lasers and other dinghies. Matt’s most recent yacht club em-

ployment was at Nantucket Yacht Club in Massachusetts as an instructor/coach for juniorand youth sailors, and then as NYC’s Director of Race Operations. Matt also holds a degreein Mechanical Engineering. Matt will be starting at the end of January in a year-round posi-tion with ABYC. Jennifer Golison has done a terrific job as temporary Jr. Director whichshould aid greatly in making a smooth transition as Matt assumes the responsibilities of theposition.

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Over the Winter Break, several ABYC sailors and their families ventured to Miami, Florida to participate in the49thAnnualOrange Bowl Regatta. I was lucky enough to sail with Rob Rice in his 29’er. We had the boat traileredacross country and it was waiting for us once we arrived. We flew out Christmas morning from John Wayne

Airport,arrived 8 hours later (3 hour time change), emerged from the Fort Lauderdale Airport with all of our luggage, andready to sail the next day.

Racing took place in BiscayneBay with twenty-five teams from five different countries participating. Sailing condi-tions varied throughout the regatta. The first day the wind blew between 14-18 knots, while the second day the wind droppeddown to 7-10 knots. Day three started out with no wind and the race committee finally sent us out in the afternoon with 6-8knots of breeze and day four was probably the most difficult with only 4 knots of winds.

When the racing was over, the boat packed, ready to travel back to California for the ISAF Youth World Qualifiers,both Rob and I agreed that we really enjoyed the high caliber of sailors who participated in the regatta and determined we stillhave a lot to learn about the 29’er.

Other ABYC sailors who participated in the Orange Bowl Regatta, but sailed at a different venue include: NickOdegard(laser radial, Jack Jorgensen and Savannah Brown (Club 420’s) who finished 3rd overall in their fleet.

One final note, I would like to thank CISA for providing outstanding coaches and financial grants to help defrayexpenses. Both Rob and I plan on attending next year and hope CISA will be able to continue with their support.

Matt McDermaid

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The New Year’s Eve party on the 2nd Deck was a great group ABYC’ers celebrating 2011 and hello to 2012. Therewere about fifty there and their hors d’oeuvres were awesome and plentiful. The music added a nice touch andsome danced and some sang. Ronda Rubuio played for the evening and she has a great repertoire and the ambience

was terrific.The board games brought by Peter Bishop proved to be fun for adults as well as the youngsters. It was fun to see

the great mixture of adults and young ones celebrating a great year together at ABYC.The fog (as you well know) did come on strong and several folks did not want to leave home on the third straight night

of fog. We had an experience that we have never had before, we left the Club and drove home to Huntington Beach and sawonly six cars going our way. Totally new experience!!

As usual Reggie made the evening flow well with his always cheerful attitude. We are very proud of our ABYC Staff.They’re the best.

We hope your 2012 will be a great year for you and our wishes for your success in all of your sailing, work andwhatever you attempt to accomplish.

Dan and Norma Clapp

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Happy New Year from the Etchells Fleet! The fleet kind-of laid back earlier this winter, but we’re back atit in the first month of the year with one regatta done and another big one on tap.

The first fleet regatta of the year was a wild-and-wooly affair on Saturday, January 21. The firstrainstorm of the year passed through that morning, not leaving much moisture on the ground but leaving

some serious post-frontal winds in its wake. Four boats braved the conditions—and two storm-tossed juniors on the racecommittee—and everyone lived.


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“We’re not as fast in wind,” Quinn said, “but that wasn’t the biggestproblem. There were a lot of good competitors out there.”

With the 80-pound Quinn driving, they had been racing a 29er togetheronly since August. This was their biggest win, Dane said, “except for a coupleof small regattas.”

Lucas Gonzalez, 15, of Miami Beach, had it smoother in the Techno 293sailboards, although he won Saturday’s last two races and still trailed Ian Stokesof Norfolk, Va. by one point before Sunday. Then he ran off four more firsts towin by 12 points and give the U.S. a glimmer of hope for the future in the class.

The domination in recent years, he said, “has been in Europe. The U.S.[board sailors] went to kites. We’re just going to bring it back.”

All competitors were required to be age 19 or younger through the endof this year. Class winners will not only race in the Youth Worlds but will beinvited to join the US Sailing Development Team as future Olympic prospects.The USSDT will have two teams training in each class and a target age spanof 16 to 24. More info

Rich Roberts

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Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick (l.) and crew AbigailRohman led all boys and girls in the I/420s

Nikki Medley, Ft. Lauderdale, was top girl in the Laser Radials,7th overall

Lucas Gonzalez of Miami Beachwon 5 of 8 Techno 293 races


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KEEL BOAT FLEET ON WATCH

The Fleet to Be In!

Lots of fun spoofing Friday the 13th date of January’s meeting of the Keel Boat Fleet. The contest was who could give the best idea to ward off the ‘evil spirit’ of the 13th. Barney Flam won first place fol- lowed byBillNicoli in second place with John Ellis winning third place. The winners were awarded a

bottle of that iconic wine, ‘Two Buck Chuck’.Judy Mathias informed the Keel Boat Fleet members of the upcoming ‘Arm Chair Cruise’. The date is Friday,

February 10 at the Long Beach Play House on Anaheim near Clark. The play is Neil Simons’ ‘Bare Foot In The Park’ whichis just a great comedy. Give Judy a ring and get signed up as this production has already been praised by the critic for ourlocal paper, the ‘Grunion Gazette.’ A word to the wise, the parking lot behind the theater fills up fairly rapidly so plan to comea little bit early.

And now an ode to the members of the Keel Boat Fleet members who unfailingly provide the outstanding ‘pots’ to thepot luck dinner. I have no idea whether you communicate by ESP, or what ever, but you always come up with just the rightamount of salad, entrée and for us epicureans, terrific deserts.

See you at ‘Bare Foot In The Park.’,George

Another Boxing Day is in the books, and another huge turnout. This is a great fun race that brings outall kinds of boats and folks for a great holiday sail on the bay. Weather was terrific, and we had amild breeze all afternoon. The Cal 20’s mostly duked it out with Lido’s, as we never really saw the

Mercurys. There were a couple crazy mark roundings with the metal bow fitting of two Lido’s pointed at ourbroadside. Scary! But all’s well that ends well as major carnage was avoided. Retread, sailed by Stan and

Stacey Gibbs took first in the 20’s group, outpacing Jeff Ives and Phil Soma on Bravura, Caguama’s Stu Roberston andWhitt Bachler, and Jennifer and Steve Kuritz on Hot Pink. Bill Uniack and son Billy were out mixing it up on U-boat, andSpar Wars with Dave and Carol Kofal had smiles on their faces. Also spotted on the water were Maniacal’s Dave & SueCrockett, Loyree with Dan & Dan Bates, and newcomers Gregg & Teri Weeger sailing the newly beautified Lola on loan bythe always giving Chris Raab. Thanks to Mark Townsend and all race organizers for a super fun day. If you did not makeit out this year, pencil it in right now for next year.

MidWinter regatta is scheduled for February 19-20, and a goodly number of boats are expected to be out. This isa terrific chance to get out and enjoy winter sailing where you can be on the water while looking at snow-capped moun-tains in the distance. If you can make it, you will surely be rewarded with a great weekend of sailing with top honors beingentirely possible.

Some work is going on around the yard on various boats, as many owners are making upgrades here and there.Great to see boats staying in tip top shape. Also, be sure to check on your boat from time to time, because Cal 20’s seemto leak a bit when it rains.

See ya on the starting line,Dan Bates, Jeff Ives

They only got three races in, but that was enough: it was blowing a solid 20 knots and over for much of the afternoon.Defending fleet champion Rich Vaught, sailing with Bob Bishop, was hot out of the gate with a one-two in the first two races,but they failed to finish Race Three. It fell to Tom Corkett and his team to hang in there with a 1-3-1 tally to take the day. KenFrost was right behind with a score of 3-2-2 and the gang in SPIRIT—Don Burdge, Jim Barber and a player to be named later(sorry, I didn’t get any crew names) rounded out the field with a 4-4-3 total. And special thanks to Peter Bishop and DavisBakker, who braved the elements to work on the race committee.

But the big news of the winter is that classic event, the annual Super Bowl Regatta. For this one, the fleet launchesearly the morning of the Super Bowl and runs three to five races within Alamitos Bay; then, after we come back to the dockand haul the boats, we join the other party-goers to watch the game.

Some years we race several non-spinnaker heats in the eastern end of the Bay and one or two with spinnakers thatrun all over the place; some years all races are spinnaker races. There have been costumes, collisions, some swimming anda grounding or two, but so far no deaths (injuries, but no deaths).

If you want to see how the 2012 version goes, come down the morning of Sunday, February 5, to watch. And tune innext month to see what the outcome was—not of the Super Bowl, but of the Super Bowl Regatta.

Chris Ericksen

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The ABYC Laser Fleet is hosting the Friday evening February 17th General Membership Meeting. A tasty buffetdinner is on the menu and after dinner, our speaker is; Mr. Scott Culver, Tugboat Captain with FOSS Maritime.

Mr. Culver will speak to us about how FOSS Maritime manages the shipping traffic in Long Beach and Los Angelesharbors. Being a sailboat owner, Mr. Culver has a unique perspective on how commercial and pleasure traffic interacts inour waters.

This presentation should prove very interesting to ABYC sailors and our guests. This membership meeting is on theeve of the 2012 SCYA Midwinter Regatta. So make plans for your crew and friends to join us for dinner and more.

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TSUNAMIS! Everything you wanted to know, and maybe didn’t want to know about Tsunamis. Our guestspeaker for the April General Meeting will be Russ Boudreau. As a practicing coastal engineer, he will tellus about what causes tsunamis, and share dramatic realities of recent tsunamis in Japan, Chile andIndonesia. Are we at risk here at ABYC? What are the chances? He will also give some background ofthe sleeping giant known as the Cascadia Fault, and what that may mean to anyone living in near the coastin the Pacific Northwest.

Drink of the month“The Terri Bishop”

Vodka, Cranberry Juice, Tonic, Lime

The ISAF Youth World Qualifiers regatta winners...all headed to Ireland!

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Arriving at our club on Thursday to prepare for the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Youth Worlds QualifierRegatta, I found the staff of ABYC very busy doing the chores we weekend sailors may not always observe or appreciate. They were mowing the grass, edging the lawn, washing the patio tables, hosing down the patio, checking

the liquor cabinet supply and more upstairs in the kitchen I did not see.Then a full-size semi tractor trailer pulled up in frontof the club and unloaded a pallet piled high with food and drink supplies of every variety. I realized then and there just a bitof what it takes behind the scenes to make ABYC run the way we like it to run.

After observing all the activity, I was feeling comfortable the ABYC staff was ready for an onslaught of youngsailors, coaches, parents and volunteers attending the regatta. I,on the other hand, needed to get busy and prepare for competitorcheck-in and sail measurement the next afternoon.

This regatta was open to members of U.S. SAILING®(USSA) under the age of 19 years on December 31, 2012 andeligible to represent the United States at the 42nd VOLVO™ YouthSailing ISAF World Championship 2012 in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland.The regatta was contested in; Laser® Radials, I420’s and Techno293 Sailboards for both boys & girls and 29er’s as the Open DoubleHanded Skiff.

The regatta drew competitors from across the USAincluding 29er racers; Zack Downing, Paris Henken and I420 racerLily Katz, each of whom was profiled as, “The Next Generation ofStar Talent” by Gary Jobson in the January/February issue ofSAILING WORLD magazine. The event also drew competitorsfrom the 2012 Southern California Youth Yacht Racing Association

Sailing Team; Esteban Forrer, Korbin Kirk, Stephen Long, Georgie Ryan, Scott Sinks and ABYC’s Jack Jorgensen. OtherABYC racers competing were; Riley Gibbs, Rob Rice, Matt McDermaid, Jacob Rosenberg,(2011 Dick Sweet SeriesNaples Sabot winners), Nigel Lipps and Steve Hopkins. Class winners earned a spot on the 2012 ISAF Youth Worldsstarting line and a select few top finishers were selected as members of the 2012 U.S. SAILING Youth Development Team.

Fortunately for me and our guests, we had a hard working staff of ABYC volunteers in the Quarterdeck; StaceyGibbs, Linda Fuccillo, Bill Nicolai, Bob Anderson, Will Vrooman, Teri Weeger and Steve Kuritz to smooth out thecheck-in process where each sailor was required to present four complete and signed Parental Release Forms, a signed-off Sail Check Form, a Birth Certificate and a valid U.S. Passport. We were also helped by a volunteer from Italy; MarziaBusana who stepped in where asked all weekend despite a naggingsore throat. Outside the Quarterdeck, on the patio, we set-up sailcheck where USSA representatives; Jerelyn Biehl, USSA OlympicCommittee Representative and Kenneth Andreasen, USSA HighPerformance Director & Head Coach along with Margaret Jorgensen,handled sail check and directing sailors to add or change sail numbersand country letters where necessary.

An unfortunate issue did come up involving sailors who arrivedwithout a valid Passport. Seven registered competitors either arrivedon-site without or cancelled their entry due to lack of or an expiredPassport. This situation made for uncomfortable discussions and e-mail exchanges, however, the decision was backed by USSA’s DeanBrenner himself via an e-mail message and no waivers were granted.Thankfully Jerelyn and Kenneth were also on hand to deal with thedisappointed sailors and parents.

After dealing with upset parents over the Passport issue,Jerelyn asked Andrew Campbell to write something about regattapreparation she could refer to when she wrote to the sailors who hadbeen denied entry to the regatta. Andrew did just that on his blog:http://campbellsailing.com/. Andrew’s editorial also appeared in Scuttlebutt #3508 January 18, 2012. It makes for interestingreading.

While check-in was taking place, the always reliable Jim Morford was logging-in the competitors and ensuring allinformation was in place for regatta scoring. Meanwhile Dave Myers and George Caddle were making sure Race Committee(RC) whalers and equipment was in good working order. Due to the fact our regatta was contested on two separatecourses, Chris Ericksen loaned and crewed his trawler Volunteer while Rick Roberts with Long Beach Yacht Club generously

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allowed us to borrow four of their boats to use for on-the-water Judges and our Regatta Press Officer/Photographer, RichRoberts. A nice surprise for me was the addition of Chas Merrill and his boat Chamois with crew Doug Jorgensen andDave Crockett to our race committee armada.

At our Competitor’s Briefing, the volunteers were thanked then; Commodore Jon Robinson, our Principal RaceOfficers (PRO) Mark Townsend and Scott Mason, Kenneth Andreasen and our Chief Judge, Latham Bell addressed theassembled sailors, coaches and parents. Unfortunately, flags on the ABYC flagpole hung lifeless necessitating a two hourpostponement. This was pure luck for a Florida sailor whose airline connections delayed his arrival to 11:00AM. Despitehis late arrival and having to remove and reattach the USA letters on his Laser Radial sail, he did just fine, earning a SilverMedal in the regatta.

After a lengthy postponement Mark and Scott decided to send out the fleet to race. Joining Mark on Patiencerunning the I420 & Laser Radial course was; Jennifer Kuritz, Don Shirley, Vann Wilson Jon Lounsberry, SharonPearson, Juliana Hopkins, Bonnie DeMoss and Amy Steward. On whalers, we had; Chuck Tripp, Jorge Suarez, KevinTaugher, Gwynfa Hopkins and Dan’l Steward. On the 29er & Techno 293 Sailboard course, Scott had; Chris Ericksen,Judy Mathias, Jeff Gordon, Bill Anderson, Shirley Smith, Patt Anderson and Marzia on Volunteer. In the whalers, he had;Steve Kuritz, Chuck Hardin, Tom Mendenhal and Peter Fyfe.

The wind Gods did not smile on us Saturday, so after trying in vain to start a race, the RC sent the fleet home. Now,retrieving 90 dinghies at the ramp is never easy, especially when they all arrive at once but our cadre of volunteers; YonCarpenter, Lars Rosenblad, Teri & Greg Weeger, Jon Robinson, John Romeo and a few others I cannot recall, pitchedin to launch and retrieve boats all weekend…thank you!

Adding to the complications of launching and retrieving the competitors, were 32 registered Coach Boats for whichit was necessary to find berthing space in Basin five. They managed to squeeze in, but we were fortunate the competitorsdid not linger, tied to our docks. They launched and were gone. It is interesting to note 89 of 120 sailors had coaches.

Despite the conditions Saturday, our Regatta Press Officer/Photographer,Rich Roberts, accompanied by his whaler driver, Jim Drury took some lovelypictures you can view at the regatta website.

A dinner for the competitors, volunteers, coaches, parents and guestswas scheduled for Saturday evening. Fortunately Jesus and his helpers had thebuffet ready to go by 5:15PM and the serving line was virtually empty before 6:00PM.While our event looked to be running smoothly, two young lady competitors reporteda water leak in the main clubhouse Ladies shower room. Being given carefulaccess with Kelly, I saw a small, barely detectable stream of water squirting outfrom the tile wall next to the shower stalls forming a rapidly growing puddle on thefloor. Though it seemed disaster loomed, I did find out the next day, the leak wasdetected and repaired…disaster averted.

Wind conditions were still light Sunday, however, I420’s and Radialsmanaged four races while 29ers and Techno 293’s sailed five races. Newvolunteers on the I420/Radial course were; Barbara & Dave Rustigan, Greg Weeger and John & Karen Long.

Monday, the M.L. King Holiday, dawned with a nice brisk breeze. Like Sunday, the RC moved the first start timeforward one hour to 11:00AM, so I420’s and Radials were able to squeeze in a total of eight races when Mark started thelast Radial race two minutes before the time limit for the last race start at 3:00PM. Techno 293’s completed eight raceswhile 29ers completed nine.

With on-the-water activity at an end, it was now up to our Chief Judge Latham Bell and his team of Judges to hearand adjudicate protests. We are grateful to Latham for assembling a distinguished team of Judges for this regatta; MargaretCaddle, Mike Martin, Randy Smith, Ron Wood, Don Becker, Kirk Brown, Ryan Cox, Kim Kymlicka and Steve Schupak.

After close of protest hearings, Gold, Silver and Bronze USSA Medals were awarded to the winners. Jerelyn Biehlpresented Jon Robinson with a plaque thanking ABYC for hosting the regatta and Kenneth Andreasen had an inspirationalmessage for both the winners and the aspirations of all the event competitors. Kenneth also announced the names of the2012 U.S. SAILING Youth Development Team and held a meeting with the new team afterwards.

As Regatta Chairman, I am grateful to my fellow ABYC members and the numerous parents and guests whovolunteered their time to help us host a successful regatta. From just a few e-mail solicitations, we were able to fully staffthis regatta in early December. We were even approached several times during the event by people willing to help…thankyou all!

Thanks also to Kelly and the entire staff of ABYC who did all I asked and more! Are you ready to host this regattaagain in 2015? I’m sure the answer will be yes!

Steven Smith, 2012 ISAF Youth Worlds Qualifier Regatta Chairman

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