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1977

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A U S T I N Y A C H T C L U B

1977 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CQt..NOOORE John E. (Jack) Breen

l~EDIATE PAST C~RE •.•••••••.••.•.....•••........ R. E. <Bud) Boucher

VICE-C0f41000RE •.•.••••••.••••••••....••••....•..... Sanford (Sandy) Bauman (Regattas, USYRU Races, TYA Representative)

SECRETARY •••.•.. •••••....•..••••••••••••• , ••...•••. Roi If n W. (Ron) Harden (Directory, Melllngs, Publ lefty, Minutes)

TREASURER. • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • . • . • • . • Russe I I E.. Pa f nton (Finances, Bllllngs, Budget, Audit)

RACE COM'1ANDER ••••.••••.•••..••..•..••••..••••• Frank Arakel (Arak) Bozyan (Race C~lttee for Regattas & Serles, Marks, Bouys)

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS C~NDER ••••••••.•••••••••••••••.. Edward A. Halter (Clubhouse, Ceblns, Pool, Grounds, Landscaping)

FLEET C0"4ANOER • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lew Is Arno Id Thompson (Docks, Dry Storage, Comltt" & Rescue Boats, Tretter and Credle Storage)

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Protest hearings after series races must be chaired by a member of the Permanent Race Committee. If such a member is not avail­able1 the protest will be heard the following week.

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SPRING SERIES _RESU~

LASER I 1. Bill Levens

THI SILE 1 • R i ch H1 i st c1 2. Rucker Garrison 3. Deke DeK(->yser.

M-20 1. Hap At nold 2. Tom Gunderson

MC SCOW: 1. Bassett Magui_re

ca;TER BD. HANDICAP 1 • Jerry Pearson 2. Rich. Schotr

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t.1bIC,N: l. Arak Bozyan 2. Frank Creamer 3. John Weiler

SOi..1TH COAST l • BL1d Boucher

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THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THURSDAY, July 28, 1977, 7: 30 P .M. at the AYC CLUBHOUSE ...... ,·, ...... · •.

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MIKE MORRISSEY ANO FRAZER BEER WIN

It all started with a phone call from Buddy and I had a good notion about the reasons he called. I decided that there was no way that I could take his place at the One­Of-ArKind Regat t a, as the school year was closing, finals coming up, my masters oral examination, sister­in-law's wedding, and trying to put the E boat together. So no way, can't go, sorry Buddy, etc, etc., etc. The return phone call went like.this, ~: Hello, Buddy, what'cha call about? Buddy1 Glad you called back. I've got conflicts at the shop and I was hoping you and Fraser could sail the M-20 at Lake Caryle. ~1 Sorry, Buddy, too many confl.icts, and I've got to teach a few classes on Wednesday. Buddy: You can gee someone to cover for you. ~: Yes, but I can't get down to Zenda.

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So needless to say, while traveling to Lake Caryle with Fraser, I wasn't in my normal frame of mind. As we look on our

. Illinois road map for the route down there, we could find no Lake Caryle, and for good reason. Our road map was 10 years old and the lake was only 8 years old! It's sort of a mini-Winnebago about 7 miles by 2 miles, shallow with a nasty chop at times. There were over 100 boats and we were at first dismayed that the scows were in the high performance,. trapeze boats, 505, flying dutchrnan, the Australian 18 footer and Ian Bruce's new invention for the the sailing masses - the TASER (a two-man laser). We'd been hoping to grind down the flying Scott or Highlander, which feeds the ego very nicely where you fly past them on a reach. No such luck. So we measured in, and were further dismayed when they didn't weigh the boats or calculate Buddy: We'll pick you up at 8 in

the morning up there. ~: (getting desperate): But my wife's sister is getting married on Sunday and they'll have my neck if I'm not there.

the weights into the handicap,as we were twice as heavy as the 505 or flying dutchman. We had to smile, though, when they measured the water line of the M-20, flat in the water! It measured 16ft. 1 in., which is probably 2 feet shorter than its true water line when it's sailed on its normal angle of heel.

Buddy: If the Regatta's delayed we'll fly you home from St.Louis Sunday at noon. ~ (panicy)1 Buddy, have mercy. I've got my masters examination next Wednesday, I can't go off sailing. I've got to pass this thing. Bugdys Actually, Michael, we've been thinking of hiring a person with a good Food Olemistry background like yourself. You see, we've been thinking of making edible boats so that when they get old and soggy, the owner can mulch them up, feed them to his dogs or cows or whatever, so if you flunk your exam we could probably hire you cheaper, and be-sides •••••••••• Me (in purgatory): OK, OK, I'll go, but if I start talking about lipid oxidation to Fraser on the down wind legs instead of windshifts, you've only yourself to blame. Buddy: What the hell's lipid oxidation? Me: Never mind, pick me up at 8.

It was 90 degrees and no air the first morning as we got towed to the starting line with our com­petitors. A light breeze from the SE finally appeared and the A-scow came ghosting toward the assembly buoy with a laser parked on its bow as a reserve: Buddy Ebsen (of Barnaby Jones fame) was sailing his catamaran, the world's largest, which we all dubbed the "Barnaby 58". The cats started first and we were 10 minutes after them. The wind was light, 4-6, and we started in the middle, sailed over the Taser, and then flipped to port for what looked like good air on the right hand side of the course. We looked golden for the first 1/2 of the leg - 2nd only to the A scow

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and then the wind filled big from the left. It was a question of biting your tongue and trying your best to catch up, which we wou1d on the upwind legs, but 1 got lost a few times on the downwind leg so not a good race and one that didn't show the M-20's potential.

Fraser and I had a talk and got our minds geared to just sailing fast and picking the windshifts, and trying to get optimistic about this operatton. This morning's race didn't al low one to compare with the other boats in our division and not knowing what our ratings were, we just de­cided to try to sai] a good race.

On the second race we had a good start but had the misfortune of being between the A-Scow and the Aussie 18 - not a good spot, so we flipped to port sailed a nice lift, caught some good shifts in a 10-14 mph breeze and rounded behind Gordy Bowers in his C-Scow. We passed him on a chute reach and pulled away from the 505 and dutchman on the reaches, which we needed . The dutchman, sailed by Chris Chartain, was very fast up wind and gobbled up the yardage between us. We split sides down­wind and our side was the right one, and by the leeward mark, were in 4th behind the A,E, and Aussie 18, with a 150 yd. lead on the dutchman and C-scow. We ended in 4th, beating Charain by 30 yards, as his upwind speed was awesome, and we felt real good about this race, and knew that we were probab1y in the top 3 with the handicap.

The best aspect of the regatta was the diversity of the people we met. John Kolius of the Soling .• Hobie Alter, Tom Ekman, who won the Champion of Champions regatta, to name a few. An old M-20 stalwart, Bill Bentson was there cheering us on, on the water and the cocktail parties, which brought out some of the best sailing stories 1 heard.

The 3rd race was in 14-17 mph, range, and everyone had a good race, sailing their boats to their ut­most potential. We finished 5th,

behind the A, E, 18footer, and flying dutchman, beating 11 other boats in our division, boat for boat. We felt Lhe M-20 was at its fastest on rhe spinnaker reaches with its big chute re~1ly propelling the boat forward, and closing the gap on the boats in front.

The wind really kicked up for the 4th race ancl we took Fraser's wife as a third, which we were glad we did, since 2 minutes after the start a squall kicked up with rain and gusts over 30. The waves came in big, and we hit a few of them the wrong way, taking on 100 lbs of H20. The chop was very bad and we had to have Susie sit behind the horse going upwind to keep the bow out, as the mini bailers just weren't doing the job. (Even Mendota wasn't this bad.) This brought up interesting sheeting arrangements as 1 had to sheet over her legs and felt like 1 should ask permission before sheeting in too hard, All in a11, a good way to know your third in a hurry. We broke our pole on the spinnaker reach, had the fastest no chute reach man M-20 in my life with some 40 mph puffs (at one point we were keeping up with some of the catamarans)J saiJed downwind with­out a pole &nd finally survived. We all went to bed about 9 o'clock that night.

Saturday morning, we appeared on the docks early to repair some damage and discovered that we were leading the regatta in our division. We couldn't believe it. We had actually won the 4th race with a1l its problems. The old nerves started churning in the stomach. The Taser was in 2nd, the Ea close 3rd. The 5th race w~s medium with large holes, we hit some of those holes but everyone else hit larger ones with the only boat seemingly doing het.:ter than us was the Dutchman.

The 1 ast r.ace was blowing 25 and this one, along with the 2nd race, wns probably our best. The M-20 really came alive at times

planning up wind and really soaring over the sets of big waves. 0 l f the wi ml was al ways a thri 11 as t hf' wind s l eacli 1y' bui 1 t to 10 and would dl'powc:1 upwin anrl S( re 1111 ciln·,nwi r,d. We firlished our no mal 5th be:hirnJ m.' t1H"' usua1 qu,1rtette or the A, E, ? 18 and flying dUtC'hman, but. w<:rE ~ closPr thi <:> ti rne, A.nd f,~1 t n tl ~ goorl ~1boul the race. ~

At the banq11et th'~l 11i[!t1t Wt' ~ disC'overe<l that W€.: had Lridced won ~

. ' ><b( with corrected time t1nish0s of ~ 7,2,2,1,1,l. he ail then pie,- >dx. ceeded to get glen iuus ly drunk, .5Zfx" listen to some ~xi tint stories, and tell a few our~elv(=:s. We took home the silver, but:: tlle team i member that degerved most oI the credit was the boat itself. We · sailed good, but nnt bri 111.ar,tly. The M-20 as u boat was just t.hat. much superior. The winds helped i as the st.ronger they became, the betcer tLe boaL re, ponded. I \1as imp:.-essed ,\·ith just how good the boat is in compctrison to othec boats. A lot of people were 1m- : pressed with the ~1at. One comes away from the regm. ta feeling a bit 1 ucky that this is the C'la&s ldM.. of boat you chose to race for a -W

.u;e; $.'1$ $ ...... : M-20 •..•...•. tom Bauer

In the spring the lo~al Fleet turned out in force with eight boats traveling to Dallas for a seventy boat regatta com­posed of c:1irtv N-20 's and 40 C Scows. The spring champion­ship, an annua] favorite for all M-20 sailors, show~d the northern sailors still the toughest to beat, and a new, rapidly growing Dallas Ft. becoming very competitive. Our local fleet, while not running off with much silver, did place four boats in the top eight after three days rain, temporary calms, and many baffling wind shifts.

A couple of weeks ago the Aust·n and DaJlas M-20 Fleets met cgain on a neutral lake at Waco. This tim• the Dallas .Eie:'t "hoWf;d their stuff by trk1ng t~rec of the first four p1.-:i.c PS v.i h CHlr tl ird p1acc . f inis11 sa11dwi tched in bet.ween· .... • \vi t~. my cleverly disguised rorll l u. (Ka .... hy) manning the fore det:k w0 pc1ssed by the o, e turned hul s of such local favori tl. as "Cpright" Larsen and 11 I>o It Again" Mcintyre in be medium but puffy air the

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In the SPcond race we were sonn knocked over after a poor- sn1rt" left us in ~he trashy ~ ind left by the rest of 0A fleet railroadin6 past to w• ndward. A sp :-edy T:1ari t. i rne court mart.1al deteLmined the crAW was at fau1 t nd she was eiected from rhe boat!! After the simmering skipper cJoled off in the water - tne 1;r:eat sa1 va :,c ~ffort began. With tho wi nri piping up a little heaview ior:- the third and final race we found ourselves in the third place overall.

Plagued again by a poor start we were able to pasf the over­Lurned hull of the second place cont~nder at the windward mark. But it was to no avail as the fourth place boat s t,:,amed awa) upwind carrying Paul Bunyon and two of his cousins. Rumor has it a big blue oven was seen in r~e vicinity just before post t 1 me.

As usual the biggest sense of accomplishment was not the finish of1r tL~ final standings but those

eet1.ng seconds in which botl• the crew ~no boat were planin~ across the Welter under comp] ete control with impending disaster lurking ahead .... and behind .•..

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salllng Jone Levens

Tacky? Maybe; Coveted? Certainly lt has been called Victorian, rococo,

flamboyant, tacky, elegant and down­right ugly. It came from a second-hand shop on Red River Street; its past a mys­tery.

But since its discovery, it has been called the Go\•ernor's Cup and has been sought after and displayed with great pride as the trophy presented to the Tex­as yacht club with the most boats partic­ipating in the Austin Yacht Club's an­nual Governor's Cup Regatta.

It is a revolving trophy. the winning club keeping it a year, then returning it to Austin to be presented to the new win­ner.

The annual sailing race begins at noon Saturday and continues on Sunday.

The regatta was first held in August 1960, the brainchild of Don Marsh, a past commodore of the then Austin Sailing Club. Dr. Francis Mcintyre was club commodore then. and his work through

the years has been greatly responsible for making the regatta a success.

Modeled after the President's Cup Re­gatta, held in Washington, D.C., it was first hoped that the governor might help defray the cost of trophies for the honor of having his name attached to the regal· ta, but this never happened. However, a governor or his representative has usually been on hand to present the cup.

In 1963, it was decided that an out­standing trophy was needed to present as the Governor's Cup, something remi­niscent of the grand, ornate trophies giv­en by the fine old yacht clubs back East. Nothing appropriate was available from the usual sources, and the idea was about to be abandoned when Mcintyre's wife, Mary, and Sue McBee, whose hus­band Frank was then commodore, found their treasure while poking around a junk and second-hand shop. More like a convoluted pitcher than a cup, it has to

be seen to be appreciated. This year about 200 yacht clubs from

all over Texas will be represented, com­peting for the cup and for individual class trophies. Fifteen classes of boats, including centerboard, keel and board­boats will be represented.

The first race begins Saturday at noon the second race immediately thereafter'. The third race will start at 10 a.m. Sun­day. There will be three courses, but all boats will be racing in the basin near Mansfield Dam with larger boats going down the Jake past the highlines.

Good vantage points for spectators should be LCRA Park off State Road 620 at the dam, or Lake Travis Lodges and Highline .Marina, both off Hudson Bend Road, which runs off 620.

Jane Levens and her family sper f most of their spare time in sailboats.

GOVERNOR'S CUP REGATTA,

RESULTS FROM THE 114 boats:

Catalina 221 1. Gene Doremus,Austin 2. Don t-bhr, AYC

Ensigns 1. Bill Holman, AYC 2. Tom Rogers, CSC

Flying Dutchmana 1. Jeanine Masters, 2. Cherokee Dalehita,

Flying Scot I 1. Bill Berry, CSC 2, Richard Wade, CSC

Fireball: 1, Linda McDavitt, AYC 2. Teri Nelms, AYC

420: 1. 2.

Geo Ford, UTSC Jim Peters, UTSC

Laseari Junior Class 1, Bil 1 Levens, AYC· 2. Bill C.onnor, AYC

Laser : Senior 1. David Lincoln, Clear Lake 2. Ronnie Marraguin, Waco 3. Ralph Johnson, Waco

M-201 1. 2. 3. 4.

M)RCa

Hap Arnold, AYC Tom Romberg, AYC Tom Gunderson, AYC F. Mcintyre

1. Russell Painton, AYC 2. Rick Vanderweel, AYC 3. Dick Van Hooser, AYC

South C.oast: 1. Bud Boucher, AYC 2. Duane Dobson, AYC

Thistle: 1. Jim Kincaid, Seabrook 2. Peter John, HYC 3. Ed Halter, AYC 4. Rick Hlista, AYC 5. Ken James, Seabrook

Windmill: 1, Pat Butler, Clear Lake 2.' Roger Hobert, Clear Lake· 3. Tom Feux, Clear Lake

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As you may rN•ber, the intrepid "characters", Prank and Gloria were laat heard troa back on 8 January 1977, safely ashore at Roosevelt Roade NaTal .Ba•e, Puerto Rico. We had an extended 'risit vi th our son, Troy, during which we started to check him out in handling the Westsail ;2.

Now it happens that we c rry a '.351.b. CQR on 100' of 'j/16" chain; this rig w.ighte about 1.50 lbe. not including any ot the 5/8" nylon rode. It promptly came to mind that Troy bad a natunl talent for handlirig this hea"Y gear and h beoame our "anchor •pecial~st". If we had the 1"00Jl to ev1ng we always let out the entiro chain and about 20'ot' nylon; it m&de a smoother "ride" ince the catenar;v cur:-e ot the chain absorbed any motion and shock. Incidentally, we a.lu c.arry a 45 lb. CQR on :,o• or 3/8" ohAin and JOO• ot S/8" nylon as our •torm enohor. In the laza­rett& we have 300' of 1/2" nylon which ve use with a 12 lb. hi h-tenaUe Dantorth. We use the Dan:torth to kedge of! and to keep from swinging in close quarter•. '!he anahora may strike •011u, people as excessive for a :32 rooter but no~ when you re­alise that the boat ,reighe almost 20,000 lbs. and earriea 70 gal. diesel oil, 66g&l•. ot water in tank and &?'..other 40 in reaeM'e containers. We're dooumented by th• n,a:, at 1'.3 ton• and that is probably an aacmrate weight ready ter extended passage.

When we tinal.1:y did get ready to loa.T it vaa 18 '1e.nus.ry and we had b•en aahor for 25 daya, except tor a tw overnight ila to Culebra and Viequee n•rby. Ao­t.u•lly when •• lett. Roeaey Road• ve expected to go aa f'ar • CUlebra, spend th• night there, ud them go on to St. Thonas in the U.S. Virgins the next day. Ho11-ffr, we discovered ve had a south wind that day and decided to try to make th entire 40 ail.•• :bl one day. Sine we didn't start out of the baa• until 1140 ve !1gu.Nd. ve Jli.gbt make it befcrn it got dark. i:tter a.ll the windward sailing v had to get to F'll!._1(to Ric,c, it wa.a a delight to be able to get en a bum reach all the vay. We drepl"'t.be hook in Dru.it B:ly on Water !o. around the oorner !roa Char­lotte J.uli•, St. Thnae juet •• it got da?"k. '1'b.e next m.orning w• •ed threu.gh the channel into the main harbor vb.ere wt, anchored for another night.

Charlotte Amalle {pro:nounaad &Jl8.lya) is besieged with c1'tdse ships. With a.a many as 6-7 •h1p1 di•g~rging 600-700 po.Hengere each it tends to e1uttor th place and ia not a partiC\tl.arly good spot tor a yacht to lay at ancher. Since it is a !Ne port it 1• a good pl.ace to ehop tor luxury goods.

The nut .. m1ng ve oved on over to Caneel Ba7 by w.y of: Current cut. One of th• lwwlc+tMI Roolcetell.er resorts, Caneel Plantation, ia located th re. I! aeyon• i• bard presaed to •pend their 110ney they will help ycu ••• $15.5/day fol" two nth breaktaat am ci.irrMr, plus a $9.50/person service charge daily. This is a llin1-JllUll accomodation at that. Ot oourse you do get free uee or a Sunfish 1:! you. want •••

The radio vaa reporting that ~raordinary wells 11ere coming 1n from the Atlantic and forced the .vacuation o! .50,000 people from tha jberto Rican coa1t. By late afternoon we could••• vavee crashing over som l~ge rooks to the north or Can­••l Bay. The•• rocks wei-ei more than 30' high. Betwe n lfforal et the ialands near the rock• the channels were JO' deep and the wave• wertJ brealdngt We got some nell but had a. tolerable night. By i:orning the h Yy va·H action had di1a1pated and•• moved on to the extreme weat end ot the British Virgins, Horman Island.,

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We departed Dc,g Is. to the NW of .Anquil.la at 1730 ao aa to make an oTernight pa•­•&1•• th• distance was 75 ailes and, in rtew of the light vind•, I w.a ••tiaating the run would take 25 hour•. 'nie nut morning at tiret light ve were al.ready in •1ght or Virgin Gordo but aoa9What •outh of oouree. So the current n• Ml"• to the we•t and ve ended up uld.ng the trip in 19 how-a eTen though ve nner had an iJxiioated epeed or 110re than 3 knots. We oua• into Dea.du.n's Bay, Peter I•. That i• juat to the west or the Peter Ia. Yacht Club and ia really a beautitul place. The P/I YC people own the property but invite yachun•e ashore. A.tter a tw days we went around the point to the P/I YC harbor and spent the night there. Then it wae another abort mo•• to LitU• Harbor tor another night. Th• next morning we JIOVed arcnmd the we•t end ot Peter le. al!d vent into White Bay, a J10re solitary anohonge.

White Bay ia on• ot our favorite pl.ao••· .A. white ••nd beach stretch•• ed ua in a gentle nrY• betvNn two rocky headland•. The bottom 1~ •and and gnH to within 30' ot ab.ere. 1'roa there on it 1• aanc:lhom a depth of 7' to the beach. We p1a,-.d it aate the tint night and had a at.em anohor out*° be certain ve wouldn't ni?lg on the beaoh at night ; we had to ooa• fairly oloae in beoau•• ot depth. Tlw next day we toek in the atem anobor and nung to the beach ao we were 2.S•-)0' ott. It really do•• Mk• it easy to ge aahore that way. We pnt on ear +wed morkel gear and en­je,-.d the Net• at the north hMdl.ud. RN1.1y a nper 1potl We vv• there e•er 26 beU'8 beteN an.19n• oaae in and that 11 NN in the BVIf 'l'b1.1 bay 1• on the Car-

ibbean Sea 1ide et the ialand and th11.1 do-=ittget the buk et th• tratfio which ..... in the Sir Pranei.1 Drake Owmel. We oolleoted • bu.oket et whelk• and ll8imll oooked th• aooording to a Noipe in o?le ot the or\'li.ai.ng guidu ••• not uaotly ea­oarpt bltt telenble. It••-- that whelk• have an affinity fer•• urohina and I Jlll'l&led te pt no leH than 3 ins:, finger• that day.

hell White Bay ve IIOTed over to Pranoi1 Bay in th• OSVI at St. John•, theno• to Cirme•n Sq. CD.oria vaa interested in aHing the edel"ftter trail at Trunk Bay. a part et the Virwin I•. Natl. Park • .bit turned out it va1n•t worth the ettort atter what ve had ~ •""• We at• lunch at anchor atter ba'ri»g people nill o\lt to••• the boat ••• they vere going to order a W)2 and wanted te , .. h4,v we were 011ttitted and want.cl to hear our thought• on thine• they were oon.aidering ••• a verthwbil• ar,pNaob ter anybody who plan• to pt a CIJ'Uid.ng boatJ ll1tening to otheN oa.n be enlightening, althoqh 1011etiaea oon.tuaing. Arter lunch ve got ready to ....... Kt and I vmt up forward to pill in on the anchor. "nle viJtd vaa blowing quite at.Nncl.y and I aipalled Gloria to gin ae help with the dieael. Still it •Hiiled th.at the boat vaa not~ up on the oh.ain M I •ignal.lecl tor aore power. Still I vaa pulling aa bard •• enr and the boat vaa not going forward. When Gloria 1ndi•ted. that •h• n.1 gi:rlnc .tull throttle and we weren't going anywh•re I tip.red that -•thing waa allt••· Looldnc • .,... tho ,tern I eoul.d ... that th• :prop va, not ao'rlnc. Se we ehut the engine dewn and 1aid down while th• engine cooled.

Mt.er oheoking th• linkage to the gearbox I coud atill not ti.pre what the prob-1• vaa. 'nlen I Mtioed a -chin• bolt layina under the propel.J.er •hart. A ol•••r lMk am I dilOOYered that al.l tour ot t.h• boltsbad backed 01lt .r the nuc• 1e01tring th the propeller ebart to the drive. I oou1d only t1!ld ) •« th• bolts but that vaa ::-........ l, to pat a.a into operat.1.ng oondition.

We o.ntifflltd anud the north eid• or St. John• and tumed the oom.t, a.gain pat­ting in at Ca11 .. 1 Ba:,, bs.ere to chat with Hu.bert. lmaphrey, van greeting• to La•· ranee Roeket.Uer. Th• nut day ve went into CJ'V.s Bay and oleared u.s. Ca.•toaa & hm.gratien before goine to Oiarlott.e Amalle and en t. .Pllerte Rio..

Back at P/R v. apent. the toll.wing YMk-end girtng Troy a final checlc ... ut on the boat. In doing •o I oaae to realise all the thing• 11• had leuned about th• bea.t 1

0., , the••, navigatien, food storage, toed prepattUon underway, eto. I alH oaae to realise that un;r ot th• thing• ..,. had leaned we bad learned vi th luak en our aide. We al•• know that there are •till a lot ot thing• te be lee.med, n.n after 8,500-9,000 Iii.lea ot sailing. fl\e probl• ia that thing• k .. p obancinc·

Before ,,. n .. out et P /R we did call tvo yards at hjardo to get their prioea on hallllng ua. They both quoted $2/ft mit one yard aid..,. had to ue their people ter ale&ning. B;y this time the boat had been oloaned alllo.t to the point where it waa ready for paint ao I didn't want to pay for acmethillg which waan•t nooeaaaey. The other yud hauled us and .. bloclced ua and Gloria and I finiahed the aleard.ng and rolled en a ooat or paint. When vo went to pay tho bill•• diaooTored that they wore oharging ua $16 tor blook:ing ua, plua S~ •1nnranoe t .. •. When they ban your boat out of th• water there ian•t a whole lot you OI.J\ do about retuing the bill. Like I aaid, we•re still learning.

We beught thia Weaua.11 troa a tollow who had ordered 1 t ill illp.t ot 1973, juat before the big price increa••• duo to tho oil aitaation. S, took doliT•1"7 in Dec. ot 1974. Three 110nths later he decided to mon to .Alaaka and wanted to get hi • 110ney 011t of tho boat. hd eo I waa able to buy a 3 aonth old boat at 1973 pricea. With tho •oeption that he only had one battery aboard, ho bad a boat vbioh vaa equipped tha .... aa I would ha•• ordered it • .All pod, exoopt ho naaed it Sealuat and neither Gloria nor I~ enthuaed about th• name. Atter our oricinal fty&p laat year vo wanted to change the name bu.t oouldn•t ooae up 111.th anything whioh aatiatied u both. In deepmoation, we naaed the boat Bitterav .. t ••• .toelinc that it•• a wmtion of ov n1ling experl•u,e. M"t.r tb.i• vint.r'a experienoo we •till !eel that it is a DUle apropoa to ov oruiaing.

Before we run hard agroum on the shoals or boredoa, I'• going to tack and ••• it' I oa.n•t ••t pen aaideo We•re already getting reatle•• at home and it vouldr.•t take 1111oh &rlltviating to et dfx u• oft to '11• boat again.

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THE PAST

Scott Young wins District 15 Championship

Austin, Texas, May 28th and 29th. Scott Young's consistent sailing paid off as he won the District 15 Championship ..• and a berth at the Laser Worlds in Brazil.

Second place finisher Doug Hart, winner of the first race, lead the 55 boat regatta thru the first five races. However, in the sixth race, Doug was forced ove~ early at the start .•. had difficulty restarting correctly •.. and finished 22nd. Meanwhile, Scott Young won race six, and grabbed a slim 4 point regatta lead.

The critical seventh race was sailed in light/moderate/ flukey/shifty, {s.o.b. was it flukey/shifty), winds. Scott snared the lead on the s~cond windward (sometimes windless} beat. He kept the lead, won the race, and regatta.

Last years' District Champ, Chris Brandon, finished fourth in the regatta.

Individual race Doug Hart Scott Young Jack Kern

winners were: Races 1, 3, and 4. Races 6 and 7. (in light to moderate no less!) Race 5.

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"THE PAST" continued

Results of District 15 Regatta

RACE RESULTS POINTS 1. Scott Young 7 4 4 2 11 1 1 29.5

2. Doug Hart 1 6 1 1 2 22 11 43.25

3. John Bartlett 5 20 8 3 4 3 12 55'

4. Chris Brandon 4 17 7 6 3 4 23 64

5. Ron Harden 17 19 11 8 8 9 2 74 6. Dave Maguire 12 8 17 13 5 14 6 75 7. Mark Hulings 6 10 3 5 26 5 21 76 8. Kelson Elam 8 7 10 9 7 15 22 78 9 • . Brig North 14 14 2 4 19 11 15 79

10. Jack Kern 15 1 25 11 12 6 13 82.75

Brandon/Darden duel at Dallas

Dallas, Texas, May 21st and 22nd. The Dallas Corenthian Yacht Club Regatta drew 19 Laser Sailor . Chris Brandon of Dallas and Glen Darden of Forth Worth dueled in the sun and moderate breeze with Chris winning the last race and, with it, the regatta.

Regatta Results

1. Chris Brandon 1 3 1 4.5 2. Glen Darden 3 1 ·2 5.75 3. Keith Comfort 2 4 5 1.1 4. Bill Chilton 5 6 3 14 5. Stan Johnson 6 5 4 15

Lighter is Righter ••• Gough grabs Forth Worth Boat Club Regatta Ea9le Mountain Lake, Texas, June 4th. Kelly Gough ("I weigh less than at the Distr,iots 11

) sailed a steady series and won the "Total Weekend" Regatta •.••. Hurn, sounds like a sailing fling for those that have r.E!Ad the "Total Women" and "Total Man" books .•... anyway, back to the Regatta, Kelly finished 2-3-4 in winning the event. Second Place went to Scott Young; Chris Brandon was third; John Bartlett fourth and Glen Darden fifth.

THE PRESENT

Jciin the "YOU SEND IT HE PRINT IT" Club You can be a "Charter Member"·. of the YOU SEND IT HE PRINT IT club. That's right, a CHARTER MEMBER! All you have to da is send to Stan Johnson, 3305 Parkhaven Dr., Plano, TX 75075, any information you . wish the "Super Dudes and Classy Lassies" of District 15 to know. Is your club having a Regatta? Hey, let me know ... no, not 2 wee~s before the r e gatta .•. TWO (2) MONT~S. Why so much.lead time(something I never seem to experience in a sail boat race) because this isn't a weekly newspaper, it's quarterly. You want Lotsa Lasers, then give me Lotsa Lead time okay? After the races are over, (even if you didn't finish in the top ten), send me the results. How soon? Within two weeks so they can be published in the next District "Laserbearn". Datsun? Yes, Datsun. By so doing you will become a "CHARTER MEMBER" of the "You Send it He Print It" Club. You will become immediately qualified for all the rights and privileges bestowed upon CHARTER MEMBERS. What are they, you ask. What's a matter, don't you trust me? Ask me the next time you see me, I'll think up something. Don't forget the stamp. Send your information to:

Stan Johnson 3305 Parkhaven Plano, TX 75075

IDEA: How about putting me on your Yacht Club"s news letter list?

Austin, Lake Travis Galveston Bay Laser

Fleet

THE FUTURE

July 2nd and 3rd

Aug. 6th and 7th

Governors Cup

SSC Board Boat Regatta

SOUTHCOAS T NEWS

by Nom de Plume

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

Bud Boucher for three firsts in the Spring Series Eddie Calogero for two outstanding races sailed and 1st place

in the Lakeway Re gatta Duane Dobson for 2nd place in the Lakeway Robert Vassalo for leading the second race forever ... until

spinnaker time.

WELCOME TO:

Carlos Valdez, new AYC member and So uth coast 21 owner. VALDEZ is coming!

RACING TIPS: Calogero has added a fantastic piece of sophisticate d go-fast

to his SCz1 to the dismay of his fellow competitors. When questioned ab o ut the details of this equipment, Eddie report ed a total cost of 10¢. I t's a sign on the cabin bulkhead that reads "COVER."

"HOLL OW VAY IN VIXIE"

The cou4tJr.oom 6cene, ca.u~ing M0Jr..Jr.i6 1 ha.6.te Giving up the bJr.u6h Jr.ace, all 6uch a wa6.te The judgement to evict, -00 long expected Th e. plea of; t.he pfa.i.n.t.{66, 60 Jr.ude.ly lle.je.ete.d .

Speeding on diJr..t Jr.oad, ju6~ Sou.th Do Jewett CaJr.l got a ticket, don't tell me., 1 kne.w it ! Rai6ing .the. ma6:t, with 6panolY mi66ing Lowe..Jr..ing .the ma.6:t, a.n,.,ld6.t boolng and hi66.,lng !

The APB an wive6 a.t la.Jr.gt Vi6coveJr..ed a.t ViltaJr..d.6 in ~he. act 06 a CHARGE! Phacticin.g w,i.nd.6hi6:t.J.i at ea-0.t end 06 la~e. Racing on wut-0.i.de., wha.t a mi-0.tak.e.!

StaJr.t at Committe.e. boat, 4"ght on time Leewa.~d boat.6 a.he.ad, w~ong e.nd 06 l~ne: Re.ach.,lng with SpAinnaken, 6ailing up high Low boat.6 ge.t wind, 4a.,le~ng on by.

Ta.c.k.l ng on windlhi{t, ne.a.11. 6inL6h line. Wa.tc.h othe.1~ ge.t ll6ted, they come o~om be.hind! Second Jr.ace 6low , we. could .6e.e ouJr.. '1.e.6le.ction The. only .6ucce.66 Wa.6 pa.66lng in.6pe.ctlon'.

Su.nda.y bl!in.96 cloud.6, now we. have. wlnd S.tftap 'e.m in tight, watch the ma.6.t bend . Up with the. le.ade.A.6 , how 6we.e.t.the ~ound'. See boa.t.6 go by, a.6 we'he blown a~ound.

La-0.t leg be6t in the. ha.in and the blow But ala.6 too late., 6oJr. Win~ Place oh Show . Pulling the boat wlth bow untied Wateh lng i.t tip, and be.gin to 6llde .

Limping home thophyle.66, oh .60 6ad. But out oo 6l6te.e.n, 6i6th ain't 60 bad!

Poet Lowha.te oi the Sou.thcoa.6.t Fleet

ENSIGN-ELECTRA Fl.EET NEWS John Weiler

FIREBALL FLEET #283 by Teri Nelms

The Ensign-Electra Fleet continues to enjoy a growing and enthusiastic scale of activity. Recent additions to the fleet include Jim and Jane Baker with Ensign #324. "Jonathan Seagull", who participated for the first time in th~ AYC Spring Series; Garrett and Sandy Jamison with Ensign :fl 977, "Pilgrim", and Tommy Kowalski who, very recently, acquired an in- Fleet Participation this series terest with Clift and Gloria Price is down to some from the Spring in Ensign #929. Formidable competi- series due to vacations and tion is expected of all of these business commitments, Regulars newcomers to the Fleet, McDavitt (who won Spring), Connally .

Arak Bozyan, Chairman of the Aic Nelms, Fitzsimmons, and Byrne are Race Committee, and Also Fleet Captain fighting it out with Nelms and of the Ensigns, reports that the Connally occasionally having diffi-Ensign-Electra Fleet turned out a • culty with the infamous continuous greater number of contestants for . trap. Bob Nelms took a flying back the Spring Series tha n did any other • drop at full speed when his shock AYC Fleet. We know that Arak is a cord broke during the first race. paragon of veracity, but an affidavit : H complained later that he had can be furnished ifnecessary. Top trouble swimming with his life finishers for the Spring Series were jacket on because Doug refused Arak Bozyan, first; Frank Creamer. i to wait on him. Wilkins has since' second; and Eugene English, third. bought up all the local shock cord It is rumored that the domestic tran- supply. Bob Thompson, a visiting quility of all of these individuals skipper and potential addition to is enhanced in direct proportion to the Fleet, sailed the first race their standing in the Series. The with Laura Hasti on McDavitt's hand that rocks the cradle sometimes !boat and scared us all, He then rocks the boat and all who are in it. picked up Pappa Hasti for the

The Ensign Fleet is busy preparing second race - lucky for us the wind for the Region IV Regatta, an annua1 dropped off •••• Til.ompson will be event, to be held at AYC this year .joining the Club soon a nd will be from 7 to 10 July. Top skippers and in need of a crew. Interested their crews from Ensign Fleets located :parties should contact on of our at Dillon, Colorado, Dallas, Houston , Fleet to get in touch with him New Orleans, La., and Austin will (single, 5'10", 29 yrs. old,, ••• ) compete for the Region IV Champion-ship and trophy. Skippers repre- ~ senting Fleet 30 at Austin are Arak • Bozyan, Frank Creamer. and John · Weiler. A buffet dinner and planning • session were h eld at the home of John and Thelma Weiler on the eveni~g of • 13 Friday, with much Conversation a ~ and possibly some progress being made ~ in spite of the ominous date, .. ···· ········ . . ··· * ·· .... /·;.. E i' .... \

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July 7, 1977

Dear Laser Owner:

AYC's Junior Racing Program needs your assistance.

We have built up a good beginning racing program for the younger 12 to 16 year old age group. Our major obstacle now is providing suitable and adequate boats for kids who have mastered basic sailing ~nd are ready to become full fledged racers.

This summer, we are expecting 8 to 12 young sailors who are ready to learn boardboat racing. We'd like to use your Laser in our training program. The boats will be needed this summer on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings and early afternoons. The Junior Sailing Program would like your permission to borrow your boat QL just the hull (we will have several full sets of rigging available to us). In exchange for the use to your boat, we'll provide you a written boat safety · and cOoQd,i.tion report and thoroughly clean the hull. Of course any damage to the boat and rigging or loss of equipment will be promptly remedied ac our expense.

If you are so inclined, the program will also accept donated board­boats. lbere are several Lasers at the Club which are rarely (if ever) used. Many of these boats are in poor condition, but could be salvaged for use by the program. We'll accept them and you'll save $66.00 per year in storage fees.

If you have questions about loaning (or donating) your Laser or working with our program, call Lee De Keyser or Kathy Hasti at the Clubhouse during the day (266-1336) or try to call me at 477-5508 (office) or 837-6317 (home).

If you can let us know about the use of your boat soon, it will help us with planning our summer inst:ructional program. Thank you for your prompt consideration of our request.

Sincerely,

Terry Hight, Co-Director AYC Junior Sailing Program

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HLlSTA HEADS HLARGE HLANGUISHING HLEGION by Henry Clements

Richard Hlista of AYC "Pointed" the way for 32 Thistles in the umteenth runnifig of the annual Holiday in Dixie Regatta here in 1 i ttle old "Shreves ville". Our dear race committee, determtned that this should go down in his­tory as a "one~of-a-kind" regatta, began the series at about 1:30 of a gus ty Saturday into a wind that blew every few seconds from the SE at anywhere from 8-21 mph. The uninitiated were quick to learn why this lake is called Cross. The firs t indication that this might turn into an unusual affair, besides the initial start­ing slant, was the committee's difficulty in finding the start mark for the beginning of the second race. At race time it appea red that we might easily have lobbed a rather l arge stone from the pin to the committee b boat (we'll pause and allow you to reflect on that for a moment). Needless to say, the start was an exciting one . And, after this humble captain had finally cl eared the start line, the real racers were some 1/3 of the way up the first leg and it was just another hum drum affa ir.

But , Sunday •.. now there's some­thing to brag about. We probabl y set two records: the first Thistle drags, and the most Thistles over the line the farthest with no c callback . The only interesting part of the day was the rain . Happily f or us there were always l0ts of boats ahead so we always knew where the marks were. We we r e also 1.ucky that there were no beats. The committee , with unusual foresight. had arranged the course s o t hat every leg was a reach or run so that we might keep the bailers open ac all ti times. So, the rain would pour

in at the top and run right out the bottom. Predictably , the b~at that was most over the line at the start was first over the line at the finish (or so we sus­pect). The part we l iked best ab0ut the entire regatta was the salad at the Friday smorgasbord. That salad was hand-made by the captains and crews of Thistle Fleet #26 .

A final look at che finishings shows that the Thistles were domtnated by the folks from Little Rock with four out of the top ten boats .

We enjoyed having you - all and sincerely hope you 'l l plan to be back next year .

··--·-·--···· • FLYING SCOT NE~S

! Carol Pearson

Fl ying Scot districts were held May 14 , 15. Fourteen boats par­ticipated. Brian Schuller, Dick

• Schott , Jerry Pearson, and Kelson Elam all deserve a big thank you and congradulations for making it through all 5 races . (Dick Schott had breakdowns in 2 races). The results were:

Kelson Elam ( Austin) 1st Richard Wade (Dallas) 2nd Fred Tears (Dallas) 3rd Roz Bowan (Dal las) 4th

Obviously we need to get out there and practice so next year we can whip some of those Dallas boats (this includes K. E. ).

So let ' s al 1 get out there every week and get with it. (This in­cludes Jerry - he will have to cut short some of th0se kingfishing . ' trips.;

Keep your eyes open for a notice coming about our next pot luck. See ya Sunday .

THISTLE ••••••••••••••• 1323

Tulsa ••••• Tie breaker gave Hlista #3074 the win at Windycrest Sailing Club -Lake Keystone ~ OK •••••• First race winner by a half leg and only a few hours of practice under the belt was new Ihistler Dave Powell #2485 with crew Dave Maguire and Bill Levens. The· guys did good •••

Four boats from AYC attended a well organized and most .. hospitable Fleet at Tulsa. DeKeyser and Richardson (showing 1323 his transom) went along for the ride ••••• getting · swamped in the mase of 34 Thistles on the short line with a very short course. No time to catch up as is the case with #1323.

Extremely high and fluky winds on Sat gave everyone a chance to visit and relax. Sunday's two races determined the winners of the Ihistle Central Southern Inter-Districts.

THISTLE •••••••.•• , •••• 2408 .

Waco Regattas Second Race of Delta Circuit - 25 boats went - top honors to Wacoan Doug DeCluitt ••••• Austin boats topped by Ed Halter and family, second place ••••• Otner plaudits and excuses of note: Terry Hight= 130 lbs of crew· Geo Robison= improving fast Mark Finley= 800 lbs of crew and first in record keeping ••• Deke De Keyser= trailer wheel faster than boat ••••••••• David Richardson= fast boat .• sinks frequently •••••••• John Church= playing games Rich Hlista = too many girls ........................... ' ...

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SAILING SKILLS United States Yacht Racing Union Racing Clinic ••••

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PETER ISLER

Peter Isles, is a well-known intercollegiate competitor with both the Kennedy and McMillan Cups to his credit. He was twice the winner of the intercollegiate North American dinghy championship and was named outstanding college sailor of the year in 1976 ••••• (See April "Yachting" page 58)

Three days of intense drills were in order for 23 Thistlers who joined in the Seminar. From 500 starts to sailing "backwards", well planned and conducted by Peter on his first of many USYRU Clini.cs.

Results indicate the sharpness of skills in several boats •••••• namely "Halter Family" ••••••••••

Those interested in doing the same - round-up the boats and $700,00 and YOU TOO CAN IMPROVE!!

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When BHl Levens of Austin began sa!lm~. six ycnrs ago, it v. as just something he'd do for fun, going along for a weekend nde as a crew member.

But that got st ale after a while and to relieve the boredom, he ~ay ,, he ' got i11to smaller be.at. " More spe­cif1taliy1 smgle-person sailboats

Now the 1&-, ear-old Leveus h Q , ed for the mif inaJs of 1e

myt Cup th~ p aw' rd for ) n 1or ailors- , d tht> most d1ft1cult lo , in. lr. late Au u,t he ll go to 11 tuo for th com 1l 1on

' If you lose f 'l: c setcnds, 1 hurts .. lot. It could be de.:dJy. •

Le, ens had dcr.~ nll Friday !:, il· mg m two races and winning both. · 'But I only won by a couple 01 point!:," b~, ays ''I could have lost it all on the last race.··

But he dldn'L

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This is the bag where the spinnaker is kept, bu1 if you're very nautical, you'll call it a turtle

To the novice crew member: You may iust be up the creek

• Not long after I'd st~rted sailing, I was asked to

substitute for an absent crewman on a friend's boat for a short race. I protested that I wasn't good enough, but he said I shouldn't worry, he'd tell me just what to do. It sounded safe enough. I did know port from.starboard, and surely lcould follow simple directions.

Sporting my new sailing gloves and sure-grip deck shoes., I hopped aboard full of confidence and vigor. After .all, Lowell North, the great Ameri· can's Cup competitor, had to start somewhere. My spirits were lifted. when we executed a nearly per· feet tack .

"Ready about," the captain called. "Ready," I answered. "·Hard alee." Gee, I love that kind of talk! It loses something

In the translation, but in plain English, the skipper is asking the crew if they are ready to turn the boat in a different direction.

I began to realize that I might be in trouble when the skipper suddenly yelled !or me to go forward and skirt. Skirt? I wasn't even wearing one. 1 tried to pick up a clue from his gestures. I edged toward the foredeek, when he leape_d forward, reached around me, grabbed the bottom of the jibsail with both hands and lifted it over the lifelines.

"Skirt the sail, the sail, damn it!" he yelled. "Oh," I said. As we approached the turning mark that we

must go around, he suggested that I again go for· ward, this time to take the top off the turtle. I'd he~ri of people sailing with a dog, but a turtle?

Inching my way forward, not too sure of my sure-grip sneakers, I wondered where anyone would keep a turtle on a sailboat.

I was now as far ·forward as I could go. Nothing was between me and the clear blue waters of the Jake but the bow of the boat-. Hanging from the bow was a large blue canvas bag with a lid on it. It looked like a good place to keep a turtle. I unfas· tened the1id and pulled it back.

·"Good work!" my captain cried. "1 wasn't sure you knew we call a spinnaker bag a turtle."

"Oh sure," I replied, looking down into the large bag from which the brightly colored spinnaker is raised. "Everyone knows that." ·

As. the afternoon went·by, I was asked to give him some backstay, relea$e the main traveller, let out the Cunningham, put on the vang, tighten the uphaul and open a cold beer. .

I did one of-tho~ things correctly. Later, in need of a bathroom, my discreet in·

quiry netted a scornful look, and I was told the head wl;ls below. Why was it called a bead? I won· dered. ' · · After recovering from the rigors or the day, I did a little research and found that in the days of the old saiJlng ships, nature's call was answered on a platform built out under the ship's figurehead. Going to the figurehead naturally got shortened to going to the head.

Now If I could only figure out why a spinnaker bag is called a turtle, and why I've not been asked to crew for that nice man again.

Jane Levens belongs to a family of sailors.

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