memorial day regatta Volume 85 • Number 6 · sou’wester • june 2012 • page 2...

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June 2012 Official Publication ofAlamitos Bay Yacht Club

Volume 85 • Number 6

Commodore’s Compass.................................... 2Manager’s Corner .......................................... 3-4Vice Verses ....................................................... 4Rear View .......................................................... 5Note from Sheila ............................................... 5Fleet Captain’s Log ........................................... 6Membership ...................................................... 6Junior Sailing..................................................... 7Pages of History ............................................. 8-9Opening Day/Mother’s Day ........................ 10-12Fleet News ................................................. 13-15

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 eMembership Meeting................................. June 15Men’s Day/Father’s Day BBQs ................. June 17Long Beach Race Week ......................June 22-24Adopt-a-Beach .......................................... June 244th of July Regatta ....................... June 30 - July 1LB Firefighters Fundraiser/Fireworks ........... July 3Pine Block Regatta ...................................... July 7Family Outdoor Movie Night ....................... July 20Multihull Regatta ................................... July 21-22

Jeff Merrill photo

Kelli Clinton photo

Rich Roberts photos

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Heavyweights rule Memorial Day regattaSometimes in life it’s the people who carry theweight who come out on top, and it also works in

sailboat racing.Vann Wilson and his buddy Chuck Tripp ran 1-2

in all but one of the first six exhausting Laser class racesof Alamitos Bay Yacht Club’s windy Memorial Day RegattaSaturday and Sunday, and they had a deal: they wouldn’tsail the seventh and last race in their club’s annual holidaycompetition.

“We had nothing left in the tank,” Wilson said. “Wehad decided that no matter what we did [in the seventhrace] we’d sit it out. We’re old guys.”

Vann is 55, Tripp 56, thus they let the last race go as their allowed discard race, leaving Wilson with the edge, 9points to 13. The difference, Wilson said, “was that I put on 20 pounds over the winter, so Chuck was faster downwind but Iwas faster upwind.”

In the brisk west-southwest breeze of 11 knots building to 15 through both afternoons, Wilson was better able to dealwith the white capped waves and powered gusts, but he still plans to lose the excess ballast.

The largest turnout in recent years totaled 154 boats in 21 classes.Other impressive winners included Greg Thomas and crew

Jacques Bernier from Oceanside, Calif., who won five of six races amonga dozen Formula 18 catamarans; rookie skipper Evan Hoffman of SanDiego with a one-point edge over ABYC’s Tim Carter in Viper 640s, ABYC’sMike Wood in Cal 20s and Adam Lowry of San Francisco’s St. FrancisYC in the zippy one-man Moths.

All dealt well with the conditions, and Thomas said after winningSunday’s first two races and sitting out the last one, “We had a lot moreboat speed than yesterday.”

His crew, Jacques Bernier, said, “We’ve sailed together a dozenyears now. Normally we’re better in light air, but we’ve come along sincewe’re a little heavier than we used to be.”

They’re aiming for the F/18 Worlds that ABYC will host inSeptember.

“There were five or six boats here that could be in the top 20,” Bernier said.Hoffman, 19, said, “I usually crew, but our owner was doing a [Santa] Catalina [Island] race this week,” so he sailed

with Gina Liotta and a substitute third hand until the owner returned to serve as crew Sunday.The owner is Dr. Jim Sears, a TV talk show personality and active racing sailor. Unlike other winners, they sailed all

Greg Thomas and crew Jacques Bernier won 5 of 6 races to claim the MemorialDay Regatta Formula 18 title

Stan Gibbs (r.) chases Robin Townsend in Cal 20s


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Got Sails?Do you have any old sailssitting around that youdon’t use anymore? Notsure what to do withthem? Well, here’s yourchance to get rid ofthose old sails and helpthe ABYC Junior Boardat the same time. Just bring them to theclub and you’ll be directed to the placeleave them.

May was a busy month. We started with the club opening weekend. The raft-up and party Friday night was a real success and well attended. The next day the Club Championship, Opening Day Ceremony and open boat reception was a lot of fun and well attended.

The next weekend was Mother’s Day where good food and good friends were everywhere. Finallythe Memorial Day regatta was as usual the first of our Holiday Series of regattas and plenty of funwas available. Saturday night was a barbeque with a great band.

June is looking like it will be just as busy. We will start with Area J semifinal. This is aone day regatta for single handed boats. The next Friday will be our General Membership Meeting.This month the Lido 14 Fleet will host the meeting and you can bet there will be a party involved.

I have seen some of the planning and this will be a fun one. On the following Sunday the ever famous Men’s Day andFather’s Day events will be held. Come out and watch the boys break boats and make fun of themselves at Men’s Day.Then stick around and spend the day with Dad. Father’s Day is a low key afternoon to relax and have some food, play somegames and generally have fun with your family. The next weekend will be Long Beach Race Week. It is not really a week,it only lasts 3 days. This regatta is co-hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club and Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. We will be hostingthe Friday night dinner and party. The club will be buzzing with people and our event was so successful last year that we willhave the same burger and brat cook out, 3 bars, a beer garden and live band. Transportation will be available between theclubs and there will be plenty of fun. If you are not going to race come down to the club Friday night and join in the party. Thelast weekend of the month is the 4th of July Regatta. Can you believe it; the second of the Holiday Series is already here.The regatta will include a Saturday night dinner and Trooper Thorne will be the live band on the lawn. Stick around after theregatta or come on down to the club and enjoy the food, fun and entertainment.

Looking forward to the 3rd of July there will be an event well worth attending. The club is closed that day but LongBeach Firefighter’s Memorial Association will be holding a fund raising event at the club. There will be Santa Maria typetri-tip barbeque, the bars will be open and there will be fireworks on the bay. The success of last year’s 911 fireworks showprompted the same show this year. This will be a great event. For more information see Kelly’s report or call Sheila at theclub office.

Remember the Junior Summer Program starts June 18. If you are looking for a great sailing program for your juniorsign up now. We will have our usual Sea Urchins and Sabot sailing programs, but we are also offering single handed anddouble handed sailing programs. This will be a great way for our kids to spend the summer with plenty of friends, fun andevents.

Other fun events during the summer are the Lido and Sabot races every Thursday night. The Nirvanas are racingevery Friday night. Happy hour is always available on Friday nights and look for the Barbeque Series of races that havesome very different sailing instructions.

In addition to our usual events this summer look for new events. Kelly has several planned and they should be reallyfun. We are planning Sunday breakfasts, special dinners and possibly a movie or two. Look for these events and make yourreservations early.

We have also installed a soda fountain in the buffet area. This is for the under 21ers. The kids can have theirparents get a wrist band and a cup from the bar and have as many soft drinks as they like. We really need to keep the kidsout of the bar due to our liquor licenserequirements. Please help us abide by the law.

Remember the Weekly Reader willinform you of these and all of the events at theclub. We also have a calendar on line and aninformation board in the lobby. If you have anyquestions about any event at the club, call Sheilain the club office.

This summer the club is going to be afun place.

Remember ABYC IS THE PLACE TOBE.

See you around the club.Jon Robinson


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

[email protected]

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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Much going on around the club these days, and it’s not only sailing. The major erosion of the asphalt in the yard has been repaired, a major section of bad drain pipe replaced and new lighting in the front office installed.

As you can imagine, maintenance around the club is an ongoing challenge. The elements reallytake a toll on the club and even the hoists’ need constant attention to keep them safe and functional.

The Marine Department has put significant effort into the Basin 5 docks recently, but they can stillbe a challenge to navigate and caution should be used when using them, particularly in the evening.Hopefully, the rebuild of Basin 5 will commence sooner than later. We’ll keep you posted as we receivemore information.

With all its maintenance challenges, the club is in great shape. Spring Spruce up was a huge success this year, andall the volunteers involved should be proud of their accomplishments. Once again, Teri and Bob Bishop have done anincredible job of keeping their “backyard” in pristine shape. The lawn and landscaping have never looked better, and it didn’tgo unnoticed at this year Opening Day Ceremony. Several guest commented on how great the club looked. Thank you all,it really is a labor of love.

With June quickly approaching, and summer sailing right around the corner, we hope that you all will plan onspending some quality family time down at the club. Once again, we’ll freshen up the Galley Menu, have weekend specialsand beginning Sunday, June 3rd, we’ll offer a Sunday “Omelet Bar & Champagne” Brunch. We have the greatest view inLong Beach right on our patio and we want to encourage members and guest to take advantage of our enhanced menu,dressed up patio and always GREAT prices.

In an effort to keep children out of the bar area, we have purchased a Coke Fountain Machine. The machine istemporarily located on the counter in the serving line area. Wristbands may be purchased in the bar (from parents) and aglass will be issued. Children can help themselves to a variety of soda’s, lemonade and water from the machine, refillsincluded. Please encourage your child to obey the NO CHILDREN IN BAR policy; we appreciate your support in this policy.

In my last post, I spent a few minutes with ABYC staff member, Rick Rose. Several members commented on howmuch they enjoyed getting a little insight into the “off duty” side of Rick. This month, I sat down with the Baron of Beverage,Mr. Reggie Myles, the very popular club bartender.Kelly: “So Reggie, what’s a kid from St Louis doing working in a yacht club in Southern California?”


...from page 3managerm o r eReggie: “Well, my life is like a movie; everything in my life seems to happen for a reason. The reason I’m working at here,is because the man upstairs pointed me to ABYC”Kelly:” Tell us a little about your childhood in Missouri”Reggie:” It wasn’t like living in Long Beach. I grew up in a nice neighborhood, but still in the inner city. It was fun, hard, great,and bad at times, but it was the childhood that made me the man I am today.”Kelly:” I don’t think most members know you’re a father; tell us about your daughter”Reggie: “Yes, I’m a Dad…that’s what she calls me DAD. My daughter’s name is Georgia, but we call her Peaches. She’stwenty-two years old, and has a two year old son. WOW, I’m a grandpa, and I love it. The little guys name is Demarion.”Kelly:” I know you love sports, who are your teams?”Reggie:” For sure ALL the St. Louis teams. Rams, Cardinals, Blue’s hockey and for basketball, I roll with the Clippers. Toobad we’re down 0-3.”Kelly: When you’re not behind the bar here at ABYC, what does Reggie like to do?Reggie:” Hanin’ out with my girl Sha Vonna. Watching movies, going bowling, going shopping “with her” and just spendingtime with her family.”Kelly:” Who’s been the biggest influence in your life?”Reggie: “My little brother. He showed me when things get hard, stand strong and don’t give up. All, while he’s looking up tome as a Big Brother.”Kelly: “You’re obviously a fan favorite here at the club. Does your outgoing personality come naturally?”Reggie:” I guess so, because as a kid, my Godfather, RIP, used to call me Wild Man “Reggie Wild Man” that’s because Iwas always running around, playing in the grass, climbing trees, talking to anybody and everybody, just Wild he’s say, beenthis way ever since.”Kelly: Ten years from now, where do you see yourself Reggie?Reggie: I see myself hopefully healthy. Living righteous, being a great husband, dad and granddad, succeeding at whateverjob I’m doing at the time. Maybe even take after you Kelly my good friend and mentor. Maybe even become a Yacht ClubManager.Kelly: Ok, last question.what four people, past present, dead or alive would you like to take out for a nice dinner and a fewgames of bowling?Reggie: My girl Sha Vonna, little brother Chris, Tupac and Michele Jackson. You might ask why? because this would be anight I’d laugh my butt off and have a lot of fun. But really there are hundreds of people I’d like to do this with. A lot of theABYC members’, you, Rick and the Staff, my family in St Louis, my daughter and Grandson, the list goes on and on.Thanks Reggie for taking a few minutes to let us see another side of the Man behind the Bar.

See you at the Club.Kelly Whitlow

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A TRUCE IN THE AGE OLD ARGUMENT There has been a lot of research and debate on how to best go about fixing up our boat yard. As you may guess, there are a lot of things to consider: do we want to upgrade

drainage, what do we want for lighting, how many power outlets do we want, are we rearrangingthe layout, can we add space, when can we get it done, and so on. However, the biggest issueis always the “tastes great” case for concrete, vs. the “less filling” mandate for tarmac. Thanks tosome good work by Norma Clapp, and Kelly Whitlow, we were able to put that debate on hold,and do some needed repairs.

Norma and Kelly had found and vetted an asphalt contractor that was able to repair theaisle ways of the boatyard with asphalt and a sealer (not just a slurry coat). The price was

affordable enough that we could do this essential repair now, without investing too much money in new construction thatwould just get damaged when the city comes in to do heavy construction on basin 5.

Our staff has been busy on other parts of the club too. Kelly, Rick Rose, and the rest of staff have been working onthe quarterdeck, finishing off a very nice remodel. The quarterdeck has new paint, a repaired ceiling, a new TV cabinet. Thefireplace flume was repaired. The wet bar and cabinets were stripped to show off a beautiful natural wood finish. This wholeeffort was done on an extremely small budget, and it turned out as one of our nicest upgrades. Take a look the next time youare on the patio, I’m sure you will be pleased.

With all that done, it’s June! Time to enjoy twilights, drop the kids off for the junior program, come down and enjoya sail, or just relax and talk to friends. Note: This invitation applies to both cement and the asphalt advocates. Let thedebates begin (again).

Mike Baumann


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Club ABYC for April was in conjunction with the raft-up party. Apparently, a keg was tapped with a cannon blast at high noon and the party started (most of us were still at work). Later that evening, the band Squeeze Box played while Jesus cooked us steaks,

hamburgers, portabella mushrooms or chicken. It was a great party (even Merle danced) and afun beginning to Opening Day Festivities.

Opening Day the club looked fantastic! Sparkling from Spring Spruce Up and welldecorated with all the boats with flags flying in the basin. Jorge Suarez and his team put togethera great club championship while the Etchells fleet grilled brats and everyone enjoyed the openboat hospitality. Flag Officer’s made the rounds of the other club’s ceremonies, and found ourway back to ABYC for the traditional opening and champagne toast. Kelly set up a tent over the

BBQ area and served food and Bonnie Robertson’s baby cupcakes. After the ceremony the party really took off, the cannonblasts continued and open hospitality went on to late into the evening. Someone in my family took a short dip in the basin, sowe had to go home to dry off.

Special bar drink for the month of June is the “Kelly Moffett-Higgins.” Kelly’s drink is a refreshing mix of vodka, peachschnapps, sprite and a splash of orange juice. Come down to happy hour and enjoy this refreshing special! Summer is hereand the Friday night crowd is growing – with Racin’ in the Basin there is a good company to watch the sunset.

Mother’s Day Brunch was well attended. Sue McDaniel and Kathy Robinson did a wonderful job decorating thesecond deck. Centerpieces were beautiful glass vases with orchids set on off-white table clothes with pink napkins. Kellycreated an incredible buffet of eggs, quiche, roast beef, several salads, waffles and fruit. Vocalist and keyboard playerCornelius Herring serenaded us with popular jazz and pop tunes from the 1960’s and 70’s. Dessert was provided by BonnieRobertson and was a beautiful arrangement of different flavors of baby cupcakes.

Memorial Day Regatta Dinner will be BBQ steak, baked potato and salad served on the second deck with a Jazz Triofor Entertainment. Even if you don’t race, come down and enjoy the dinner and entertainment.

After Memorial Day is Men’s Day! (June 17). Theme for this year’s event is “The Simpson’s.” Co-chairs CindyHeavrin and Kathy Reed are looking to recruit men to beg, borrow or bribe a Junior to have a Sabot for the day – no excuses.Keg will be tapped during the skippers meeting, so look for the NOR and sign-up today. Men’s Day festivities will continue oninto the Father’s Day BBQ, so mark your calendar for an all-day event.

Coming up later in the month is Long Beach Race Week (June 22 to 24). ABYC will host the Friday Night Party andhas hired the band “Another Fine Mess.” Party will be Beer and Brats similar to last year. Please come down and welcomeyour friends to our club! We’d like a lot of members at the event to greet people and help them navigate the club. If you’reinterested in volunteering to help at the party or with race committee, please give me a call. This is one of the big events forthe summer and we’d like to see as many members as possible helping or sailing in the event.

Fourth of July Regatta will have an “All American Picnic” on June 30. The band “Trooper Thorne” will provideentertainment. Please see the on-line Calendar for more information closer to the event.

Don’t forget that Twilight Dinners are being served on the patio Wednesday and Thursday nights all summer.Wednesday night is Jesus’s Mexican cuisine and Thursday night BBQ with choice of meat and sides served out of the snackbar. A broad range of refreshments are also available, so even if you’re not racing, come down and enjoy the long summerevenings.

Jennifer Kuritz

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The summer sailing season has begun! It looks like June will be a busy month. With that said, I need to send a friendlyreminder that parking on Club grounds is for members only and keys need to be left in the car. Only cars with an ABYC# sticker is allowed to park inside. If you don’t have a sticker, come to the front office and one will be issued to you.

The parking lot does get full, so be thoughtful of others and pull your car to the front, do not lock your car, and after unloadingyour gear, close the back of your vehicle (truck tailgates, SUV backend.) Parking passes are available in the front office topark across the street on days there are sailing events.

Another reminder is all boats stored in the yard must have current registration stickers on their boats. I am seeing alot of boats with outdated registration stickers. Also all boats must have an ABYC sticker assigned to the boat. If you don’thave one or if yours is worn and the number can’t be seen, please come to the front office and one will be assigned to yourboat.

Sheila Mattox, Director of Member Services


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You know summer is officially here when you can come down to the club and go racing onWednesday and Thursday afternoon! Finally the season is here so come down and dustoff your boat and go sailing! The snack bar is open for dinner featuring Jesus great food.

Even if you aren’t going to race, come down and enjoy the great patio and watch the boats sailpast it is a view you cannot beat!

One of ABYC’s highest rated regattas is the Club Championship! This is a competitionbetween all of the active fleets and the winner get’s the coveted parking space in the yard foryear! As always the competition was very fierce with Bruce Golison and Amanda Wayne on topwith Jeff Merrill 2nd and Chuck Clay rounding out the top three.

Easter and Mothers day brunch was a huge hit many thanks go out to the Social ActivityCommittee (SAC) Board of Directors and the juniors for making it a special event. Lots of food and champagne for everyone!

If you have been down to the club lately hopefullyyou have seen the new canvas on Patience. WOW it isamazing how new canvas can really dress up the “oldgirl” Hank Thayer from Baxter and Cicero did a greatjob not only with the level of quality but helping us designnew covers to make it easer to remove and install. I amsure that all of the volunteers will appreciate it next timethey come out volunteer! Next up new varnish on thecabin floor!!

As you know ABYC is run by highly dedicatedvolunteers and once a year we all gather for “SpringSpruce Up” taking on various projects around the club.Many teams were set up to paint, clean whalers, varnishPatience, stencil the inflatable marks, garden, install thenew weather station, landscape, inventory all of theperpetual trophies, swept the east and main yard. Asyou can see there was a ton of work done. The bigsurprise of the day was lunch, not burgers but STEAK!!!And beer, which kept everyone very happy! It is alwaysa challenge to organize all of the help and everyoneinvolved did a great job.

Membership, Membership and Membership! This is the lifeline of the club and it takes all of us to keep a good levelof membership active. We are running a ½ price special (expiring at the end of the month) so if you know anyone that maybe on the “fence” get them down to the club to show first hand how cool ABYC is to hang out and be involved. If you needany help or sponsors, just reach out to any board member or go to ABYC.org and go to membership all the info and formsare online!

Come on down to the club on Friday night to watch the Nirvana fleet race in the basin and take advantage of FridayHappy Hour. The racing is VERY competitive and blast to watch, it is worth the trip down to the club.

Cheers, See you around the club and remember ABYC is the PLACE to BE!Chuck Clay

The Membership Drive officially ended on June 1, 2012. During the past 5 months, the Board of Directors approved 10applicants for regular membership, 5 applicants for Junior membership and 3 Yachting members for a grand total of18 new members. Unfortunately during the same period, we have had quite a few resignations of membership. 16

Regular members, 2 Anchor members, 3 Junior members, and 1 Yachting member have resigned for a grand total of 22members. Hopefully, as the summer sailing season heats up, we will see a rise in interest in joining ABYC. We also plan aopen house in July or August when we will be offering the lower initiation fee for one day. Stay tuned for the date and time.

The Fleet Membership Challenge has seen some changes. The preliminary count, which is subject to potentialapplicants accepting a membership offer, has the Lido Fleet with 18 points, the Laser Fleet with 6 points, the Junior Fleetwith 5 points, the Cal 20 Fleet with 3 points and the Multihull Fleet with three points.

Thanks for your support.Chuck Tripp and Dan Milefchik

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2012 Summer Junior ProgramBe sure to sign up for the 2012 Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program!After an incredibly successful program last summer, we are excited for what is to

come for the 2012 summer season. We have a number of great regattas includingSabot Nationals here at home! This summer we have a fantastic staff that will surelymake this summer one of the best.

The summer program sign up form is available in the main office of ABYC oronline at http://www.abyc.org. Fill them out and turn them in to the main office atABYC. Word of mouth has always been our best advertiser, so please help us spreadthe news about our program and keep the ball rolling on our growth and success!Remember our parent meeting date is June 7th @ 6:00pm - Parent OrientationMeeting (for new sailors and parents).29er Clinics

In addition to this summer’s program, we have finalized the 29er Clinic schedule. The clinics will be coached byWillie McBride and Helena Scutt. Helena is a national 29er sailor from Stanford University. At the 29er World Championshipsin the Bahamas, she finished 20th overall and was the second female. She was also sixth overall and the second female atthe 29er North American Championship in Kingston, Canada. Willie McBride is another top 29er sailor. Willie placed thirdat the 29er Youth Champs in 2006 and was part of the top boys team at the 2007 Youth Champs. Currently he is coachingat Santa Barbara. The first clinic is June 30th – July 1st. Check out fleetracing.net or email [email protected] formore information!Adult Sailing Lessons

ABYC will now be offering private adult sailing lessons in Lidos 14s and FJs! Proceeds will go to support the juniorprogram. If you are interested please contact the ABYC Junior Sailing office at: [email protected]

Matthew Beck, Junior Sailing Director

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Sail recycling really works! The Junior Board just redeemed its second collection of used sails with 44 Knots, a smallcompany in Newport Beach that makes all kinds of things out of used sails. Thank you to 44 Knots for donating $400to our Junior Fund in exchange for our load of sails. These funds will be used to purchase another CFJ for the junior

program. We sent our first batch of sails to Sea Bags of Maine who gave us ten tote bags made from recycled sails andcustomized with the ABYC burgee. These are for sale for $50 in the ABYC store.

We are ALWAYS collecting used sails, so clean out your garage or boat and bring them down to the club. We havea collection bin in the junior room. The bigger the sail, the better! Soon we will be selling bottle totes and Christmas stockingsmade from recycled sails. Thank you to all who have donated their olds sails to date!

Also, it’s time to start thinking about applying to the Junior Board which runs on the ABYC calendar from October 1-September 30 each year. The Junior Board at ABYC has a busy schedule of staffing and/or planning several events throughoutthe year. A new junior board is chosen in late August, to be approved by ABYC’s Board of Directors in September. Candidatesmust be a member in good standing of ABYC, 13-17 years old and be committed to actively work for the club. Attendance isrequired at several events, including: Installation Dinner in October; holiday party in December, Easter Brunch, April GeneralMeeting, Opening Day, 4th of July Regatta, beach cleanups and other events. Application information will be posted atfleetracing.net and sent out via the Junior News in July.

Get ready for summer sailing with our new ABYC Gear. We now have crisp white polos for the whole family, with amore feminine cut for the ladies. For the juniors we have ¼ zip microfleece pullovers that come in sizes 6x-20. Wealso have long sleeve wicking shirts with ABYC down the sleeves for easier identification of our sailors when they

have their lifejackets on. These come in unisex gray or a women’s style in light blue or pink. We have more ABYC belts in thepopular sizes, key chains, dog collars and leashes. We are testing women’s flip flop sandals with the ABYC burgee ribbon onred or pink webbing, with black or tan soles. The Juniors are tote bags by Sea Bags of Maine made of recycled sails with theABYC burgee for $50, with all proceeds to the Junior Fund. Look for our sale table upstairs at the general meetings andspecial events. We are happy to accommodate special orders, would love your suggestions for other gear, or let us know ifyou would like to help with sales at the general meetings and big regattas. Contact Jennifer at [email protected] if you areinterested.

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Opening Day at ABYC was certainly the place to be on May 5th. With a nice sunny day, nothing could beat the eventthis year. For a start, the club championships were spectacular to watch this year. Seeing all the members togetheron Opening Day was such a great sight to see too. The food afterwards was also spot on and I myself couldn’t stop

digging in to the Bruschetta.Kevin Baumann

I always look for a connecting theme for the three SOU’WESTER editions reviewed in this column, but one escapes methis month. It is a tribute to the variety of activities—and the skills of generations of ABYC volunteers—that each of thethree editions are different, but special.

THIRTY YEARS AGO:The SOU’WESTER for June, 1982, is dear to my heart as Club Historian: it shows four people whom I knew well

and are now gone and part of the work they did earlier that year. Commodore Adra Kober is shown standing next to ClubPhotographer Peter Gales, Ann Exley (later Club Historian) and Mary Matson, and Ann is holding one of the framed historicalphotos that still hang in the Wardroom Bar upstairs. Peter had the photos cleaned up and reprinted; Ann helped identifythem and the people in them; and Mary and Ted Matson did the matting and framing.

The photos had been presented to the club during the May general-membership meeting. There was also a film ofsailing on Alamitos Bay from the Thirties, and it was a chance for “Exleys...from far and near” to gather to celebrate SidExley’s 75th birthday. They apparently hired a belly dancer for “Sultan Sid” and got a cake.

A By-Laws change was the agenda for the June general-membership meeting, and one important to many: it wouldrevise the rules for young people to be members of ABYC. What was formerly called an “Interim” member would now becalled a “Yachting Member,” and the rights and responsibilities for that class of membership were spelled out; also, the rulesthe two categories of Junior Membership, Family and Independent, were changed. Regular Members, those who wouldvote on the By-Laws change, had been mailed information in accordance with the By-Laws; the SOU’WESTER article wasprimarily for the information of the then-current Interim and Junior members.

The sailing team at Cal State Long Beach sailed out of ABYC in the Eighties, and the team paired up with the SeniorSabot Fleet to do a work party: they overhauled the Bay Barge. As many as 15 students helped to manually lift the BayBarge out of the water and up the Sabot Ramp, where it was scraped and painted and generally squared away. They alsoscraped and painted the two Bay Whalers, overhauled more than two dozen Sabot dollies and “repaired and re-mounted thegiant stag-horn fern in the patio.” No names of the Forty Niners were printed, but it was “noted that a few of the (CSULB)volunteers are active members of ABYC and the Senior Sabot fleet.”

Charlie Cummings took his fifth Alamitos Bay Lido 14 Fleet Six championship title in a regatta held in May; TonyFallon earned the B fleet title and got his name on the Dale Berkiheiser Perpetual Trophy...the ABYC Board had approvedthe Deed of Gift for the John Hand Perpetual Keel Boat Fleet Founder’s Trophy; it was to be awarded to the winner of theinverted-start race that John Hand had created and which was later named in his honor...among the names posted for ABYCmembership are two that ought to be familiar: one was Jay Golison, coming in as an Interim member, and the other wasDave Perry—yes, THAT Dave Perry—who had applied to be a Regular member of ABYC...TWENTY YEARS AGO:

Photos from Opening Day 1992 were on both covers of the SOU’WESTER for June of that year. The cover photofeatured Junior Rear Commodore Scott Lake and Port Captain Chris Reno hoisting the US flag while ABYC Secretary SusanCrockett led the singing of the National Anthem. Commodore Chris Ericksen was featured in the two photo on the backcover: in one he was shown with wife Vicki, both smiling for the photos; in the other the Commodore was pictured with theflagship of ABYC. The joke here was that the flagship, a Star he sailed with Doug Miller, was named “STARDUMB”—and thelast letter in the name was reversed.

The Spring Tune-up Regatta had an unusual format: the one-day regatta for most classes was expanded to twodays for the Snipes, which class sailed their Arch Higman Regatta, and the B-25s, which class sailed their NationalChampionship. The C-15 fleet handled duties on Saturday, with Ted Stoker serving as Race Committee Chairman; butLatham, Bell took over on Sunday and, with many of the Saturday crew aboard, ran the second day of racing for the Snipesand B-25s. Stu Robertson was winner of the Higman while B-25 Leif Beiley won the B-25 Nationals.

The interesting news for Alamitos Bay Lido 14 Fleet Six in the summer of ’92 was that the fleet would be hosting theLido 14 Class Championship. But not on Alamitos Bay: it’d be held on Big Bear Lake. Don and Margie Brown would serve asgeneral chairs; Commodore Chris Ericksen would go up as Race Committee Chairman while his wife Vicki would be incharge of scoring; Pam Cummings would handle registration and Stan and Elise Church would handle trophies, bothperpetuals and take-homes. All would be under the leadership of Fleet Captain Al Landeck. The Marina Riviera Resortwould be the headquarters of the event, set for late July.


...from page 8historym o r eApparently they were still looking for a SOU’WESTER Editor: a lot of the copy was written by Sue Crockett, who also

ran an ad looking for an Editor..the Keel Boat Fleet wagon-wheel raft-up in Newport Bay was evidently quite a wild-and-woolyaffair in 1992: while five boats made it down on Friday, the weather made a Saturday passage possible only for one boat—and they had a rough time of it, according to reports both in the Keel Boat Fleet article and in “Driftwood”.the only interestingthing on the inside rear cover was the correction for three phone numbers in the Roster; the interesting part was that the areacode for Long Beach in 1992 was still 310...TEN YEARS AGO:

The humorous caption on the cover of the SOU’WESTER for June, 2002—which illustrated three Capri 14.2scareened on the beach west of ABYC—said that “A pod of sailboats beached themselves this weekend” and that “onlookerswere attempting to entice the boats back into the water.” The truth was somewhat more prosaic. The late Rich Kempster,then an ABYC Director, had arranged for the Leeway Sailing Center to loan their fleet of Capris for the Club ChampionshipRegatta; sadly, he could not arrange to have the boats cleaned, and the sailors careened the boats on the beach to scrapethe considerable marine growth from the boats.

Commodore Chuck Hardin announced in his “Commodore’s Comments” the hiring of Daniel Somogyi as the newClub Manager. Daniel, who was born in Hungary and had represented his native country in the 1988 Olympics in tennis,earned a degree in Hospitality Management from Cal Poly Pomona and had previously been the Assistant Food and BeverageManager at Santa Barbara Yacht Club. His baptism under fire came the day after he came to work: Opening Day.

The Keel Boat Fleet cruse to King Harbor in the spring of 2002 was much more gentle than the one to NewportBeach in the spring of 1992 had been; Bud and Joyce Lorbeer and Tom Ramsey in their powerboats anchored the fleet thatincluded Jinx and John Ellis in their Coronado 25 and a flock of members who drove over in their cars...among the newmembers joining ABYC in the spring of 2002 were Barney and Evelyn Flam; Barney had been Commodore of CabrilloBeach Yacht Club, Long Beach Yacht Club and the Southern California Yachting Association (SCYA) and joined to sail Cal20s with son Steve...Steve also sponsored Hans and Laura Dose (he had been a Junior Member years before) while JimBateman sponsored the promotion of Scott and Heather Meyer to Regular Member status from Yachting…

Chris Ericksen, Club Historian

J u n e22, 23 & 24

It is with great sorrow that I have to inform you of the passingof Don Michaelis.

Don passed away of a stroke on Sunday, May 6, 2012.He raced several one design boats, most recently Schock 35sand Far 40s.

Don was a long time member of Alamitos Bay YachtClub and he will be greatly missed.

Our thoughts go out to David, Lisa and Ethan Michaeliswho are also club members.

Arrangements are being made for a service at the clubfor Don. I will let you know time and date.

Jon Robinson

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bellseightJeff Merrill and Mandi Smith Dufort in 1977 and last week.


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their races, winning three of the last four to hold off Carter, who wonthree races and had no finish worse than third.“It was a match race,” Hoffman said.

Wood, sailing with his father Ron and Tom Cooke as crew,beat ocean racing veterans Mike Van Dyke and crew Ernie Richau bysix points in a normal Cal 20 dogfight. Both opened the regatta withtheir throwout races after jumping the start line in Race 2, leaving littlemargin for error in the notoriously bunched fleet. As in other classes,the boats with three sailors on board enjoyed an edge over those withtwo.

“It was fighting all day,” Mike Wood said, “a battle. My dadtold me up front that ‘this is the most fun you can have going 5 knots.“

Not so among the handful of Moths that flitted around therace course at incredible speed. The top speed recorded by a Mothis 31.1 knots, achieved by Scott Babbage in Australia early lastyear, and Lowry appeared to approach that at times. He won all sixof the fleet’s races.

The larger and faster boats raced on the Long Beach outer harbor, the smaller inside on Alamitos Bay, andLasers and Laser Radials on both sites.

Rich RobertsComplete results and hi-res photos

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Lido 14s mixed it up with Naples Sabots inside Alamitos Bay

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If you attended this year’s Opening Day celebrations, than you most likely had asmuch fun as I did!

This year’s festivities started Friday night, with the annual raft up party heldthrough out Basin 5. With the keg officially tapped at noon, and with the CLUB ABYC’sbbq on the back lawn, Friday night was just the precursor to the next day’s fun. Fridaynight was brought to you by Staff Commodore Merle Asper, as well as the folks on theSocial Advisory Committee, and these folks out did themselves once again!

Saturday’s event started with the Club Championship regatta, put on by JorgeSuarez, Latham Bell, and Chris Ericksen as our various fleets raced for both braggingrights, as well as that coveted parking spot in the yard! A huge thanks to these folks,as well as to the Lido fleet for lending their boats to the Club for the championshipregatta. Great to have a fleet that is so generous with their boats.

Saturday’s festivities continued with more open boat hospitality, with a biggathering of people around the annual Etchell’s fleet barbecue. I don’t know how theydo it, but they have the best dogs this side of the Oceanside Chevron gas station’sJohnsonville Brats! With some heavy duty grillin’ by Rich Vaught, Gordon Dudley,and the rest of their crew, the Etchell’s barbecue was as popular as ever.

Evan Hoffman (r.) tipped Tim Carter by one point inViper 640s

Team Stordahl/Landis. Axel and ShelbyStordahl won sabot trophies. Proudgrandparents are Dick and Linda Landes.

Vann Wilson swept the Lasers 6-0

day86th opening Tracy Conn photos

Allison Landes Stordahl photo


The rest of the Open Boats, on shore, included a Viper, a Lido, agorgeous wooden Sabot, and a very nice Finn, all on display. In the waterwere many of our member’s boats, all dressed up for the occasion, and allserving food and drinks that kept many partying into the evening! Also inthe water was a Viper and a Tempest, rigged and ready for those membersthat wanted to go for a ride. And after all, isn’t that what ABYC is all about?Sailing on Opening Day?

At 3:30, the ceremony itself took place, with our entire back patioseating area full by our own Staff Commodores in attendance, as well asthose visiting from other clubs. Many people have commented that theyenjoy our ceremony amongst all that they go to, because we truly stickwith the 30 minute rule! A big thanks to Commodore Jon Robinson forhelping put the day together, to Bob Bishop the Bell Ringer, to Chris Ericksenand the ABYC juniors for all of their duties, and to our Staff Commodores for checking in our guests as they arrived.

And, I have to thank specifically Kelly Whitlow, Reggie Myles, Rick Rose, and all of the ABYC staff for all their help insetting up for the day…all of the grounds looked wonderful, the chairs and podium were set and ready to go, and the food,thanks to our guest chef, was just off the charts delicious!

If you didn’t go this year? Well, what about next year?Glenn Selvin, Staff Commodore 2008

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brunchmother’s day Stephanie Gwinn photos

All the hustle, bustle and excitement that was Easter painteda sharp contrast to the ABYC Mother’s Day brunch. This affair was entiicng, relaxing, and elegant. Guests entered

a second deck that was pretty in pink as a salute to themoms. Tables boasted pink orchid centerpieces and pink napkinsringed with grape vines. Serving tables were decked with pink aswell.

The buffet was first class featuring carved roast beef,smoked salmon, Kelly’s special egg strata and Bonnie’s famouscupcakes. A feast to warm any mother’s heart. Guests sippedmimosas while listening to the soothing music of keyboard playerand vocalist Cornelius Herring, who now and then soundedsuspiciously like Nat King Cole. Then, Comodore Jon Robinsonpassed out chocolate truffles to the ladies of honor. Not even atrip to the spa could have pampered these mothers more.

As usual the guests were very appreciative for all of the efforts thatwent into this event. They were generous with their compliments andpraise for the volunteers that set up, decorated and served. Thesevolunteers included the awesome team of Jenifer and Steve Kuritz,Sue McDannel and master decorator, Kathy Robinson. They were joinedby master carver Bill McDannel, master photographer Stephanie Gwinnand of course master truffle passer and champagne pourer, JonRobinson.Major compliments also went to the Kelly and the rest of the staff forpreparing a fantastically deliciious brunch. One of the best ever, theysaid and you know what, I agree!

Sue McDannel


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Pine Block Fleet adds new membersThe Pine Block fleet has been around since 1994 andthis beautiful 12” self sailing classic designed by our own

Bob Chubb has had a resurgence in popularity with the completionof 21 new hulls. Boats were reserved in advance and presentedduring the May Keel Boat Fleet meeting Pot Luck. Elections forthe PBF found Jeff Merrill selected Fleet Captain, Mandi DufortTreasurer and Bob Chubb Chief Measurer. Bob Chubb gave ahistorical overview of the class and instructions for the newrecipients to finish their models for the big July 7th regatta. If youwould like to know more about the Pine Block Fleet (or have anold boat you are no longer using and would like to recycle to thefleet) please contact Jeff Merrill.

Jeff Merrill

Mark your calendars for the 2012 ABYC Catalina Cruise to Two Harbors on August 24, 25, and 26. This weekendis after the Sabot Nationals, after the Cal 20 Nationals and the weekend before Labor Day.This Year’s edition is going to be back to basics. It will be a bring your own food and drink Bar B Q on Friday

evening. Saturday will feature the traditional open boat hospitality in the afternoon, appetizer contest before dinner, and achoice this year of having dinner at Doug’s Harbor Reef Restaurant or another bring your own food and drink Bar B Que.

The best news about this year’s edition is it is going to be FREE.What better to way to usher the summer out than to spend time at Catalina with friends and family.Please contact me if you are planning to attend or if you have suggestions.ThanksPat McCormick, 2012 ABYC Catalina Cruise Chairman

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race week 2012long beach

If you have not already done it: Mark June 22-24 on your calendar! The weekend is almosthere! We will be hosting Long Beach Race Week in conjunction with Long Beach YachtClub. Not only is this a great regatta to sail in, but it is a great regatta to enjoy as a spectator.

Go out in your boat and check it out! Come to the Yacht Clubs and see and participate in therevelry.

Not to repeat myself but…this is currently the largest Keel Boat regatta on the WestCoast and probably 3rd or 4th in the nation. It is big and fun! We have a lot to offer, whetheror not you are going to be sailing. There is a major party after racing each night involving bands and heavy h’orderves. Wehave shuttle service between ABYC and LBYC on the Big Red Bus and you as a member of ABYC are encouraged toparticipate! Friday night party is at ABYC, Saturday night party is at LBYC, and Sunday night is the trophy presentation atLBYC (which has been known to get rowdy with people swimming fully clothed!!! HAHA!) Be here for the fun! If you needfurther guidance, send me an email!

Please thank our sponsors personally and with your business when you can; Ulman Sails, Gladstone’s Long Beach,West Marine, Ayer’s Hotel and Mount Gay Rum. If you would like to be sponsor, please contact Jim Bateman. His contactinformation is in the roster.

Here is an issue for the people participating as sailors: More than 150 boats are expected to compete in this year’sevent and it is difficult to find moorings due to the major construction going on. If you have a boat in Alamitos Bay, you knowwhat I mean. Our Job is to find moorings for each and every out-of-town boat competing in the regatta. Rick Roberts (LBYC,waterfront director, son of member Rich Roberts, and all around good guy) is the point man and he is very capable. Throughthe generosity and hard work of the City of Long Beach’s Marine Bureau we believe we’ve come up with enough slips to solveour space issue. We do have a request; If you are competing in this regatta we ask that you stay in your assigned slip for theduration of the event rather than try to side-tie with others in your class. Space is at a premium and we need every bit of roomwe can find. Thanks in advance for your patience!

Again, as an ABYC member, we invite you to participate! Please know that this means: even and especially if you arenot sailing. Go to our Website (http://www.lbrw.org/), like us on Facebook (Long Beach Race Week). Participate as we gainmomentum! We want you here!

Fair winds, Merle AsperCo-Chairman (with our Illustrious Jeff Merrill!)


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The Fleet to Be In!

The Cal 20’s have been busy lately with Wet Wednesday’s starting and lots of boats out there battling for the cannon shot at the finish line, not to mention a bottle of rum. Ten or eleven boats were out for the Fleet 1 Championship the month prior, won by Chuck Clay. Many folks were on hand to remember

Ken Hodges at his memorial. Loryee was dockside, and many examples of Ken’s artwork and accomplishmentswere on display in the quarterdeck.

The Memorial Day regatta is coming up as we write, and we’ll report on the winners next month, as well as WetWednesday series 1 winners. Long Beach Yacht Club is hosting the championship regatta in August, so check it out on theLBYC website and mark your calender.For more up-to-date info, read Patty Nash’s email blasts. Please thank Patty when you see her for all she does to keepthings rolling and us informed.

See ya on the starting line,Jeff Ives

ABYC Laser Fleet to Host 4th of July Holiday RegattaThe ABYC Laser Fleet hosts the ABYC 4th of July Holiday Regatta June 30-July 1. This event

gives us wonderful chance to give back to fellow ABYC members who run races and otherevents for the Laser Fleet during the year!To volunteer and help run this regatta, please send a message to Bruce Johnston:

[email protected], Steven Smith: [email protected] or Jorge Suarez: [email protected] .2012 ABYC Club Championship Regatta

As a result of his 2011 performance in ABYC Laser regattas and participation in volunteer events, Vann Wilson wonthe right to compete in the 2012 ABYC Club Championship Regatta as representative of the ABYC Laser fleet. Much to mypleasant surprise, Vann asked me to crew for him in the race. Jorge Suarez was second in the Laser fleet last year and byrights was eligible to race with Vann; however, Jorge was PRO for the event, hence my position as crew in the Lido 14’sgenerously provided by the ABYC Lido 14 fleet.

In the best of three races in the Bay, Vann expertly placed us on the start line in great shape each time. Despite ourbest intentions, we were never a factor in the lead pack of boats. One second we were moving well, right on Bruce Golison’s(winner of the regatta) hip…but, two tacks later he was gone! The races each featured a unique weather mark option withtwo weather marks, forcing boats to round each mark, but in the order you chose. Nevertheless our weather mark choicesnever seemed to work out.

To his credit, Vann was effusive in his praise of my amateurish crew work, placing our performance on himself. Youwon’t find a better sportsman in our boat park, that’s for sure! Thanks for a good time on the water Vann! I wish you betterresults next year when we’ll contest the Club Championship in Lasers?

Steven Smith, ABYC Laser Fleet Co-Captain

Friday night radio controlled sailboat racing is underwayfor the 2012 season. Racing usually starts around6:00 PM off the dinghy ramp. Those racing this

season include: Don Shirley, Keith Ives, Damon Kunkle, JeffIves, Latham Bell, Ed Kimball, Dustin Arnold, Eric Conn andJim Kirk.

The boats are Nirvana II’s. They are bought almost ready to sail for avery modest price. They are 32” long, have a fin keel, main and jib. Thetransmitter is hand held and usually hangs from a safety strap around theneck. The transmitter has two sticks operated by thumb. The right stick movesleft and right to operate the rudder and the left stick moves up and down tosheet both the main and jib in and out. It’s that simple. The boats are capable of surprisingly high speeds and sail very well.

The courses are set with small marks that are tossed out and tied off the dock. Typically, a start line is set near thedinghy ramp where the operators stand. A leeward mark is set, usually on the eastern side of the basin as the winds are westor west south west at that time of day. Courses usually are windward, leewards, twice around and finish at the dinghy ramp.

The racing is very competitive and very friendly. Collisions, fouls and missed marks are not uncommon. Friends andspectators enjoy the banter from the competitors and also enjoy watching the racing.

The boats contain sensitive electronics operating in a salt water environment. Some care must be taken, but it ispossible to keep most of the water out. If needed, replacement parts are inexpensive and available. If you have a boat thatis temporarily inoperative, please contact the group and they will be glad to help out.

See you on Friday nights.Jim Kirk

Chuck Clay photo


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Twilights are ongoing, Thursday nights at 6:00 PM, comeand join us! The Senior Sabot Nationals will be held inMission Bay on June 9th. Registration is available from

the Mission Bay YC web site. Men’s Day will be June 16th.Thank you to Jim Drury and Don Wilson for running our

Sabot Sunday races in May. Bob Ware happily accepted hischocolate bar for first place, closely followed by Mary Riddick insecond and John Ellis in third. We were happy to see FredStevens Senior, Kathy Weishampel and Robert Ivory in his new(to him) Sabot.

Jane McNaboeRob Ivory raced his sabotfor the first time and won!

The May meeting of the Keel Boat Fleet has always been lots of fun as it is traditionally a bar be cue with dinner on the patio or quarter deck. Certainly this one was no exception as we had not only our

members but also joining us were the members of the new fleet of Pine Block Model Boats. Jeff Merrillis the organizer of the new fleet and Bob Chubb has gone back into production to accommodate the new fleet. The

membership dues are $12 per year with participating Keel Boat Fleet members getting a free ride the first year. I am sure thatJeff will have more concise information in the near future.

One of the great times of the Keel Boat Fleet was the summer cruise. Jim Hetherington organized the first cruise toSanta Cruz Island up north in 1985. I don’t remember all the people and boats that went but Frankie Grover was the motherboat. Maggie and I went on Judy and Clif Mathias’ Catalina 30 which was fairly new and was very enjoyable. Besides thebefore mentioned was Jan and Jerry Tankersly in their boat and in another boat were some guests of Jan and Jerry’s. I alsodon’t remember the various ports we stopped at going up and down the coast but Pierpont Bay Yacht Club in Channel Islandsharbor sticks in my mind. The event I do remember was everyone brought their inflatable dinghies over to Frankie’s mothership and Frankie took us to the big cave. The conventional wisdom to visit the cave is go early before the wind and waves.Well of course when on a cruise no one gets going very early. By the time we got to the cave, Frankie could not anchor andshe motored around in circles while three intrepid boat loads headed into the cave. The cave is composed of a very largeroom and a smaller room at the back. The first dinghy in the cave and also in the smaller back cave was Jerry with his guestsas they had the only big flashlight and its dark in the back cave. Maggie and I were in the second dinghy with a small flashlightand the plan was for us to also go into the smaller cave but wait just inside until Jerry’s boat had a look around and then wewould trade flashlights. We would look around the smaller cave and turn over the big flashlight to Judy and Clif who were inthe third dinghy. However, Jerry’s dinghy had just reached the end of the smaller cave and Maggie and I had just made it intothe smaller cave when a fairly large swell filled up the entrance to the smaller cave and banged us around a bit. Maggie andI decided we had better get back to the big cave, called to Jerry and he called back that they were coming out also. I startedrowing just as a small swell came through and Maggie said that either the rocks were coming with us or we weren’t gettinganywhere. The current changed as the swell reversed itself much to our relief. Judy and Clif were waiting for us in the bigcave room and Jerry’s dinghy also came out shortly afterwards. Jerry was wet and we thought their dinghy had watersplashed in by the big swell but found out their dinghy had been deposited on a ledge and Jerry had to jump out and shoveoff.

The summer cruise was a big part of the Keel Boat Fleet for over twenty years and as I look back I think Clif and JudyMathias were the ones that grabbed on to the idea of the cruise and took it to it’s fullest. They put on a cruise to San Diego in1986 and lined up the various yacht clubs to stay at with information on navigation etc. and that cruise has been emulatedever since. Neal Dundas and I put on the next cruise in 1987 with a circumnavigation of Catalina Island and then over to DelRey, Paradise Cove and Channel Island Harbor.

More cruises and nostalgia will appear in the August Sou’Wester plus information on the next Keel Boat Fleetmeeting in September as there is no Keel Boat Fleet On Watch column in July.

Have a great summer,George

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William and Allison Schock leaving for the racecourse at ABYCMemorial Day regatta. After training on Saturday William andAlli got a 2nd place in the first race of Lido Bs with a little helpfrom Dad and Alli’s Mom Ruth. We then went in for lunch anda nap. Both kids had a great time. Alli released the jib ontacks and William helped Daddy get the last bit of main on atthe leeward mark and was helping roll tack. Unfortunatelysince it was “breeze on” we didn’t get any pics while racing.Best day of sailing Daddy has ever had! (Editor’s note...lovethe sippy cups!!!)

DOH!!! Dont miss the ABYCMens Day & Fathers Day BBQ

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