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September 2011

The San Francisco Yacht Club

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The San Francisco Yacht Club

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The San Francisco Yacht Club

September 2011Volume 17 • Issue 8

OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

Commodore Robert HellerVice Commodore W. Robert GriswoldRear Commodore Thomas C. LaceySecretary Paul S. RosenlundTreasurer Suzie MoorePort Captain Jay HookerDirectors: Daniel C. Buckstaff

Edward LynchWilliam MelbostadAngie Lackey OlsonWilliam StarkJr. S/C Raymond Lynch

AUXILIARY OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

President Lisa HarrisVice President Melissa TulpTreasurer Mimi BlakesleeSecretary Lori FrommDirectors: Molly Brilliant

Ginny De MariaTina SetzerGinna MilanSue MillironMarily RimmerVicki SilvermanJane YoungAlisa Bekins - Ex-OfficioEmily Heller - Honorary

Asst. General Manager Evelyne Swinscoe-Byer

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Editor P/P Mimi Cornelius Ads/Calendar Editor AGM Evelyne Swinscoe-ByerRace Editor Ross TibbitsProduction Manager Vince MatteraBulletin Committee Joan Linn Bekins

Mike NorthP/P Sally SecorBarbara Raeuber ThomasP/P Jane Watts

Contributors Paige Brooks, Doug Finley,Forrest Gay, Scott Harris,Lisa Klairmont and HaroldKleiderman, Chef Reny Madrid,Steven Mason and Ginger Souders Mason, Ann McCormack, Bob McDermott, John Medovich, Angie LackeyOlson, Molly Robinson,Paul Rosenlund, Bill Stark, Bob VanBlaricom, P/P Nancy Wells, Rich Wideman

Photographers Roxanne Fairbairn, Jim Rimmer,Ron Steinau, S/C John Swain,Joan Bekins, Serge Zavarian

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The San Francisco Yacht Club

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Columns3 Commodore

14 Auxiliary News

23 Food and Beverage

Departments5 Bowline

6 House

8 Race News

12 Youth Sailing

Features4 Speaker Series

16 Cruising

18 Crossing Wakes

19 Eight Bells

22 Employee Picnic

Social Events20 On the Horizon

Cover photo: SFYC Race Committeein action; MelissaMoody demonstratesperfect startertechnique.Cover photo by Roxanne Fairbairn

Jim Cornelius and Zia Ahari begin thesail home aboard Duet after the SFYCDelta Cruise

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A SeaSonde surface current mappingantenna measures currents in the SanFrancisco Bay. To learn more about thissystem see the Speakers’ Series ad onpage 4.

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From the CommodoreFrom the CommodoreBob Heller, Commodore / [email protected]

This is a time of change at The Club.As announced in the Bow Wave, ourGeneral Manager Dennis Conneally

has resigned and has left The Club. Wethank Dennis for his services and wish himwell in his future endeavors.

The Board has initiated a search for anew General Manager and we hope to bring a new leaderaboard as soon as possible. While we ask for yourpatience, our dedicated staff will continue to serve youwith enthusiasm. We are all grateful to them for steppingup and working as a team during this transition period.Our SFYC staff members often labor until late at nightand on weekends and holidays when they would love tobe at home with their own families. Instead they standready to serve our members with a smile. They deserveour appreciation and sincere thanks for stepping up andfilling the void. Please take the time to say an extra“thank you” to them for a job well done.

We hope that this transition period will be brief andthat we will be successful in finding an energetic andinspiring leader soon.

What gives me confidence that The Club will be ableto get through this transition period without a hitch isyou, the membership. This is a “member club”. At itsheart are the many volunteers that are involved inrunning the organization: be it Race Council stagingregattas, Harbor Committee overseeing our waterfrontfacilities, House Committee making sure that membershave fine facilities, or the Finance Committee checkingthat you get value for your money. But more about thatlater.

In the meantime, Club life is in full swing as wecontinue to enjoy the peak days of summer. Our racersare out every weekend on The Bay and crowd the deckafterwards as they collect their well-deserved trophies;our cruisers have fanned out to the far corners of theglobe; our Juniors have finished their summer program;and our seniors enjoy their Pinot Grigio on the deckbefore proceeding to the Dining Room for a fine meal.Life is good!

If you ask different members what they enjoy mostabout The Club, you will hear almost as many answers asthere are members. Everyone has different reasons why

they spend time at The Club and why they aremembers. For some it is their love for intenseracing competition; for some it is that their kidsget to participate in summer sailing activities;for some it is the cruising and the access toreciprocal clubs; for others it is a quiet afternoonrelaxing on their boat in a gentle breeze on The

Bay; and for some it is an enjoyable evening at The ClubBar or in the Dining Room.

But what we all share is our love for the water andthe camaraderie of the many good friends we have cometo cherish over the years. And I think that’s the way itshould be. We may have different tastes and priorities,but The Club is the place that unites and brings ustogether.

A key factor that binds us all together as clubmembers is the spirit of volunteerism both on the waterand in the Clubhouse. About 200 volunteers serve on thevarious club committees that perform the essential tasksof governance and then put their shoulders to the wheelto make it all happen. Many more club membersvolunteer for needed tasks every week.

There is Angie Lackey Olson, who not only chairsour Race Council, but is there before and during racedays to assure that everything runs smoothly on thewater. She also coordinates the extraordinary efforts ofthe many members of the Race Council who dedicatetheir time so that others can enjoy themselves on therace course.

Bill Melbostad and his Race DevelopmentCommittee are not only in charge of the regattas awayfrom our own port, but they are also responsible forbringing prestigious regattas to our club. Themembership appreciates that this endeavor greatlyenhances The Club’s prestige and reputation.

Staff Commodore Ray Lynch is in charge ofSailing Development. He is working hard to create newactivities for the young adult sailors who are looking toestablish themselves at our club and are eager foropportunities to enhance their sailing skills.

The Youth Committee, led by Dan Buckstaff, hashad its hands full running our youth training and racingprograms for hundreds of youngsters throughout the

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summer. Forrest Gay, who has led our eminentlysuccessful youth programs, is stepping up to assumebroader responsibilities as The Club’s new Director ofSailing. We all expect great things from him.

Bill Stark leads the Cruising Committee, whicharranges many organized cruises to near-by portsthroughout the year and also helps facilitate the globe-spanning cruising activities of many members who areexploring exciting far-away places. In September, manySFYC cruisers will be enjoying themselves on the“Commodore’s Cruise”, a trip to Greece and Turkeyorganized by RoyAnne Florence. But your Commodorewill not get to go because there is too much work to dohere at home.

While these committees are focused on our on-the-water activities, the other committees that keep The Clubrunning are equally important to the ultimate enjoymentof the members and the health of the enterprise. RearCommodore Tad Lacey leads the MembershipCommittee; Treasurer Suzie Moore the FinanceCommittee; Secretary Paul Rosenlund the HouseCommittee; Vice Commodore Bob Griswold theFacilities Planning Committee; and Ed Lynch theHarbor Committee. The latter two committees have beenvery busy this year working on plans for the kitchen andCove House remodel and the rebuilding of the harbordocks, a project that is currently in progress.

All the committee chairs mentioned so far also arealso members of the Board of Directors guiding theoverall direction of The Club.

The Auxiliary, led by President Lisa Harris, and theEntertainment Committee, chaired by Evon Rieden,have put on many successful programs to enhance thequality of life of our members and to keep us all merrilyentertained. Our Port Captain, Jay Hooker, keeps orderin the harbor and Staff Commodore Bill Smith ensuresthat all reciprocal clubs are properly accredited andrecognized. Last but not least, Mimi Cornelius, theeditor of The Bulletin, keeps our members well-informed. And the Historical Committee under theguidance of Staff Commodore Ken Frost keeps track ofour valuable artifacts and historical records. And Ishould also mention my very own wife, CommodorableEmily, as part of this long list. She tries to keep me sanewhen I come home from a long Board meeting at 11:30in the evening.

The Club has received much external recognitionthat attests to the excellence we have achieved. I amhappy announce that we have become one of theFounding Members of the National Sailing Hall of

Fame. This means The SFYC is recognized as one of thepremier yacht clubs in the USA. Our burgee will flyproudly, along with those of other distinguished clubs, atthe National Sailing Hall of Fame in Annapolis. It is alsovery gratifying that our member Paul Cayard is amongthe first group of inductees to the Hall of Fame. Oursincere congratulations to Paul for being honoredalongside other giants such as Dennis Conner, NatHerreshoff, Gary Jobson, Joshua Slocum and OlinStephens.

I am also privileged to report that the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association (PICYA) is honoring our membersRichard Von Ehrenkrook with the Valhalla Cup andTrygve Liljestrand with the Edward E. Peck MemorialTrophy. Congratulations to both of these fine sailors!

Turning to more mundane housekeeping matters, theBoard has decided to speed up the harbor rebuildingproject that is currently under way. The Club is able totake advantage of the current slump in the buildingindustry to get some extraordinarily advantageous termsand will complete the entire harbor rebuilding project intwo and a half years as opposed to the original estimate offour years. This will mean that we can show off a shiningnew harbor when the world comes to visit during theAmerica’s Cup year of 2013. Our special kudos go to EdLynch, the chair of our Harbor Committee!

Things have not been going quite as smoothly withrespect to our Club remodeling plans. The Board approvedthe badly needed kitchen remodel and relocation of theaccounting and managers offices a long time ago.Conceptual plans have been drawn up for the rejuvenationof the Cove House, which is deteriorating and starting tofall apart. But the final decision to go ahead with thisproject has not yet been made and the financing is not yetin place. Many SFYC members attended a recent PlanningCommission meeting at the Belvedere City Hall where ourplans were considered. We heard first-hand that thePlanning Commission was not yet ready to approve on ourplans. Many thanks to those of you who spoke in front ofthe Planning Commission or who wrote letters in supportof our project! I am hopeful that we will get the City’sapproval of the concept in the near future so that we canfinalize our plans.

As you can see, everything is coming up roses – itjust takes a little while!

Your patience and support is always appreciated.

See you at The Club!

Commodore Bob

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The BowlineThe BowlineKeeping the SFYC membership tied to what’s happening around The Club [email protected]

Toby Garfield leads an oceanography program that hasinstalled shore-based instruments to measure surfacecurrents from the California coast line out 100 miles

into the ocean. Sailors can access the data online to obtainhourly maps of the currents with spatial resolution between500 meters and six kilometers(http://cordc.ucsd.edu/projects/mapping/maps/fullpage.php?)His team hopes to release their related iPhone app by this fall.

Dr. Garfield is a professor of Physical Oceanography inthe San Francisco State Geosciences Department and Director

of the Romberg Tiburon Center, SF State's Marine Laboratory.Prior to joining the SF State faculty in 1998, Dr. Garfieldworked in the research faculty at the Oceanography Departmentof the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. ANew England native, Dr. Garfield earned his PhD at theUniversity of Rhode Island. His area of research interest isocean circulation in the transition region from the deep, openocean to coastal areas and estuaries. In addition to being aseagoing oceanographer, Dr. Garfield is a lifelong sailor. He is amember of the Cuttyhunk Yacht Club in Massachusetts.

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Save the Dates: Future Speakers Series are planned for 10/19 and 11/16

SPEAKERS SERIES“Real Time Monitoring Of Surface Currents

Along the California Coast and InThe San Francisco Bay”

TOBY GARFIELD

SEPTEMBER 28 6:30 PM • COVE HOUSE

RSVP: THE SFYC FRONT OFFICE 435-9133 EXT. # 10The event is free for Members and their guests.

News from theBocce Ball Corner

Team Vecchio Marinaios, theSFYC bocce ball group,

plays Wednesday morningsat Marin Bocce,

located at 550 B Street, San Rafael.

The team has openingsfor three new players.

Please call John Medovich at (415) 923-1011 for more information.

Do You Have A Story?Do you have a story, photo, or idea for an article

you would like to share with the SFYC membership? The Bulletin editors welcome submissions and ideas.

Please contact the editors at [email protected].

Mimi CorneliusBulletin Editor

Ross TibbitsRace Editor

Evelyne Swinscoe-ByerAds/Calendar Editor

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HouseHousePaul Rosenlund, House Committee Chair

On The House

It’s hard to believe, but Fall is almosthere and quiet afternoons at The Clubare giving way to busier schedules with

school, work, families and friends backfrom vacations … and lots of great sailing!

The topic of this month’s column isparking. The SFYC parking lot is currentlystriped for 186 spaces, which is usually(but not always) enough. The City ofBelvedere has given us a gentle reminderthat our existing arrangements with thecity, which date back to The Club’sacquisition of the Cove House in 1984, callfor The Club to maintain 196 spaces in ourlot. It’s not entirely clear what happened tothose ten spaces. They were “gone” beforeThe Club built the Sailing Center. Thecity’s records aren’t clear on when orwhether this reduction was authorized. Inany event, The SFYC wants more spacesand a parking engineer has provided uswith a restriping plan that will restore thosespaces.

Is 196 spaces enough? Ninety-ninepercent of the time it is. But that’s noconsolation if you arrive on a Fridayevening just after the last space was takenor on a race day with the lot full of boatsbeing rigged and many cars in the parkingspaces without a parking sticker. Who arethese people without parking stickers?Some of them are members who don’t havea sticker. For those members who do nothave a parking sticker, please get a stickerfor each of your cars. It will help you andit will help The Club. As for the rest, theycould be crew on a member’s boat, amember’s dinner guest, or a reciprocal clubvisitor. But we have encountered a varietyof others who park in The Club’s parkinglot, including local construction workers,crew on boats headed for other yacht clubs,local residents attending a concert inBelvedere Park, and even a few Tiburonrestaurant employees who said they hadbeen instructed by their employer to takeadvantage of “free parking” at the SanFrancisco Yacht Club!

Our first priority is to provide parking

attendants who might be new or mightjust not know who you are, even if youare a long-term member. Theseemployees are trying to do their job forThe Club and a “don’t you know who Iam” speech really won’t help thesituation! On race days, please beaware of the parking situation. If youare a skipper, encourage your crew touse bikes, public transit, carpool or evento park offsite. And also remind themthat the City of Belvedere limits parkingto two hours along Beach Road andnearby streets. Finally, do not park onTeal Road or in the Belvedere LandCompany’s lot. These are privateparking areas and violators may betowed. Make sure your crew and guestsknow this as well. We can all fit, butsometimes we just need to try a littleharder.

Please enjoy the Fall Season atThe Club!

for SFYC members and then for Clubmembers’ crew and guests. Most of thetime there is plenty of room for crew andguests. But sometimes there is not. Thiscan happen when The Club is hosting acommunity event, when there are doublebookings for youth events and a Clubrace, or as occurred on the 4th of July,when there was a regatta and a well-attended afternoon barbecue.

What can The Club do about this?In addition to planning for ten moreparking spaces, we are restoring aparking attendant on Friday nights andon certain weekend days when a fullhouse is expected. On Friday eveningsand weekends the center section of thelot has been marked as reserved for carswith current parking stickers. Othersolutions for those occasions when TheClub is heavily booked may includelimiting parking to members only, usinga valet parking service, issuing a limitednumber of permitsto skippers ofvisiting yachts,limiting the numberof spaces for crewand guest parking,and facilitating off-site parking inTiburon. We havemade arrangementswith the owners ofpublic lots inTiburon toaccommodate ourneeds and parkingmaps are availablefor crew and guests.

What can youas a SFYC memberdo to help thissituation? First,please have acurrent parkingsticker on your carto ensure that youwill have firstpriority in the lot.Second, please bekind to our parking

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Second Annual

Country Western Shindig & Chili Cook-Off

Mosey on over and pony-up y’allWE’RE BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN!

6:00 p.m. Buckaroo Beer Tasting and Second Annual Chili Cook-off

7:30 p.m. Good Ol’ Chuck Wagon Chow and a ShindigFeaturing Roy Marcom & the Wranglers

Reserve early pardners! Reservations limited! Call the Front Office 435 9133 Ext. 10

Ranch-style seating • $24.95 per person • Be there or be square!

All prices subject to Club service charge and Marin sales tax.

Hoedown Hands: Shana & Ed Lynch, Katherine Ferguson, and Elizabeth Merrill

Saturday, September 10

Save the DateOctober 14, 2011Oom-pah-pah Band

Labor Day BBQMonday, September 5

12:00 Noon – 7:00 p.m.$18.95 Adults H $7.95 Children 10 and under

Choice of:Rotisserie Chicken

Brazilian Style BBQ Tri-TipBarrel Smoked St. Louis Spare Ribs

Pacific Red SnapperHot Dogs

HamburgersFresh Corn On The Cobb

Texas ChiliH

Labor Day Salad BarH

Ice Cream Bar w/ Assorted ToppingsH

Music on Deck 2-6p.m.

All prices subject to Club service charge and Marin sales tax

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505 RegattaBy competitor Aaron Ross

Nine teams turned out last weekend for the Kings of the BayRegatta, hosted by The SFYC. Saturday's racing was held onSouthampton Shoals, a little to the north of the Berkeley Circle.Being in the lee of Angel Island, there's a little less breeze and afair bit less chop. This course can also be shifted to get just theright amount of breeze. The race committee nailed the locationand we had three perfect races in 15 -18 plus knots.

Race one was a triangle sausage, two and three weresausage-triangle-sausages. All the races were gate starts withdownwind finishes, so racing time was maximized. The longercourses were only 35 minutes long, so even though there was alot of corner banging, there was no time to get bored.

Mike and Carl won the day with three bullets. Howard andAndy scored a 2,2,2, Jeff and Pat a 3,3,3. Ted with Steve Klehagot a 4,4,4, and Aaron and Rob recorded a 5,5,5. Tim and Garthgot a 6,7,6, with Geoff and Reeve breaking the trend with a six inrace two. While preparing to be the pathfinder for race three,Geoff decided it would be a good time to break a ruddergudgeon.

Back on shore, The Club wheeled out a dock cart full of beeron ice and a barbecue with all the trimmings. A comprehensivedebrief followed.

Since the 2012 North Americans will be at The SFYC, thefleet and the race committee took the opportunity to try a newracecourse on Sunday. We sailed the Knox course, very close toThe Club between Angel Island and the Marin Headlands. With8-14 knots of breeze, four knots of current and geographicallyshifty breeze, the results were not a repeat of Saturday. Jeff andPat won the day with a 1,3,2. Howard and Andy would have wonthe day, but they were outsmarted and outmaneuvered at thefinish of race four by the incredibly handsome team of Aaron andRob. Mike and Carl scored a 2,2,3, enough to hold onto theregatta win. There was much place-changing between fourth andseventh in each race. So even though the conditions were not asexciting as Saturday, there was never a dull moment.

Back on shore, The Club wheeled out another cart full ofbeer and presented trophies – engraved hot toddy sized thermoses– for the top three helms and crews.

A big thank you to The San Francisco Yacht Club staff andvolunteers, including the local 505 team of Mark Dowdy andJason Bright. You can always count on The Club to put on a greatregatta with excellent on-shore facilities, race management andlogistics. Plus, it’s always sunny and warm on The Club’s deck;it’s the best place to be after a day on the Bay. God would live inBelvedere if he could afford it. The 2012 North Americans atSFYC is a regatta not to be missed. And unlike the St. FYC youcan leave your hat on...

The outstanding Race Committee crew included DavidCarrel (PRO), John Sanford, Jay Hooker, Berkeley Riley,Michelle Farabaugh, Shawn Davies, Julia Yost, James Feliz,

Marc Kasinin, Lynn Spiller, Jerry Eaton, Angie LackeyOlson, Mark Dowdy and Jason Bright.

Lipton CupThe 2011 Lipton Cup Series consisted of four PHRF

divisions with three races in one day and we had participantsin all of them. In the Big Lipton, Tryg Liljestrand and hisRagtime crew of Jeff Mulvihill, Marc Kasanin, WillMitchell, Doug Wilhelm, Geoffrey Allen and William Gammeltook second and will be bringing home the Edward E. PeckMemorial Trophy for second place. In the Admiral’s Cup,Richard von Ehrenkrook, Paul Suteck and Rebecca Hindenwere aboard Can o’ Whoopass, also bringing home the secondplace Valhalla Cup. Additional competitors were the all SFYCmember boat Longboard with Paul Mourani, David Carrel,Darren Goldman, Tina Lundh and Paige Brooks in theLarry Knight division. And in the Little Lipton was the Lykkencrew of Larry Drew, Mike Guzzardo, Jim Colletto and JeffElliot. Congratulations to all the teams for a truly Corinthianeffort.

Easom Founders & Melges 24 Regatta

The weekend of July 23-24 brought the Etchells andMelges fleets some big winds to contend with out on theBerkeley Circle. PRO Anne Scully kept the support boat crewbusy as the course required lengthening several times as thesailors zipped quickly around the buoys. On Saturday, one ofthe sailors’ heads struck a boom. The race crew was calm,cool, collected and well-prepared to respond to the incident. Asupport boat returned the injured sailor back to The Clubwhere professional assistance awaited. Congratulations to theteam for quick and efficient action based on our safetyresponse plan as all ended well. On Anne’s race team wereSuzie Moore, Tristan Ruhland, Madeline Selig, SteveStroub, James Feliz, Berkeley Riley, and Stephanie Cannell.

Race NewsRace NewsAngie Lackey Olson / Anne McCormack

Longboard crew: Darren Goldman, Tina Lundh, DavidCarrel, Paul Mourani and Paige Brooks

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ETCHELLS1st Place, Craig Healy (with 5 bullets)2nd Place, Don Jesberg

MELGES 241st Place, Erwan le Gall (with 5 bullets)2nd Place, Doug Wilco

Finn PCCs“The Finn is the most physically and mentally demanding single-

hander in the world. It breeds exceptional, all-round sailors by testingall aspects of racing. IFA, the cult of the International FinnMonotype, may seem strange to some people, but to us devotees,there is nothing else remotely like it. The Finn offers the most purelyathletic form of yacht racing and is, therefore, the mostfundamentally competitive. The Finn offers the rewardingopportunity of doing a difficult thing well. There will always be thosewho aspire to be the master of a Finn.” - Jack Knights (1961)

And this is as true today as it was in 1961. Eight Finnsparticipated in this year’s PCCs, which were orchestrated by ForrestGay, our Youth Director and competitive Finn sailor. ErichRingewald and Don Jesberg, assisted by Angie Lackey Olson,Suzie Moore, Bryan Moore, James Feliz and Corey Lynch,executed six races over two days in light winds and big flood tides.The Finn sailors persevered and the top finishers were:

1st Place, Ben Leibowitz (the new guy)2nd Place, Forrest Gay 3rd Place, Andy Casey

Moseley Regatta at Tiburon Yacht Club

The SFYC was well represented in the Moseley Regatta held atTiburon Yacht Club on July 30 & 31. And we also brought home thetop finish in both the Etchells (1st place, Don Jesberg; 2nd place,Hank Easom) and Knarr Fleets (1st place, Larry Drew).

Second-Half Season OpenerBelieve it or not, your Race Council Chair actually got to sail in

this one, rather than organize it. What a special treat for me and ofcourse there were a plethora of SFYC members out on the water.Accolades go to Trig Liljestrand for 2nd place in the Sportboat 1division, Richard von Ehrenkrook for 1st place in PHRF7, Bartz

Schneider in 2nd place in the Express 37 fleet (Saturdayonly) and Kirk Smith for 2nd place in the Alerion 28division (Saturday only).

Out Into the Deep Blue Sea -OYRA

The Jr. Waterhouse Regatta took place on July 19.Honors go to Richard von Ehrenkrook for 1st place inPHRO2 and Mark Dowdy for 3rd place in PHRO2. In theshort-handed division, Sean Mulvihill took 1st place.

And speaking of… Sean Mulvihill, he and son JeffMulvihill were first to finish on the J/120 Jamani in the SSSHalf Moon Bay race (4 hours, 25 minutes and 1 sec), first incorrected time and first in the double-handed division. Atrifecta!

Mitchell & Ross RegattasOn August 6, we held the double-header Mitchell and

Ross Regattas, running both on the same day. Each has along and rich history: The Peter Mitchell Memorial Trophybegan in the 1950’s in honor of “Peter” Mitchell – mother ofQE3 sailor Suzi Mitchell Miller - and her siblings Allen(Punky) and Emery (Kim), the three of whom are representedby the three carved wooden sandpipers on the trophy. TheHerb Ross Memorial Trophy was started in 1975 in honor ofHerb Ross who died at the helm of his Choey Lee PacificClipper in 1974. It was originally awarded to the top-finishing wooden boat, but since 2001 the beautifulscrimshaw whale’s tooth trophy has been awarded to the bestfinisher in the race at the request of Herb’s son, John Ross,who is still an active club sailor.

In cool and breezy conditions with a dying ebb andrelatively flat water, PRO Anne Scully selected awindward/leeward, double sausage (nomeatballs) 5.2 nm course between Knoxand Yellow Bluff for the Peter MitchellRegatta. Glenn Isaacson in Q was theclear winner of the 12 starters in the Non-Spinnaker Division, beating second placefinisher Fast Friends (Bill Smith and KyleElliot) by 21 seconds (corrected), followeda bit later by Eben Marsh in Elusive inthird place. These three boats are at the topof the leader board in the overall ClubSeries. Of the eight who started in theSpinnaker Division, Hank Easom cruised home in Yucca 23seconds (corrected) ahead of Doug Holm in Mirthmaker,

followed by Steve Stroub’s Tiburonwho took line honors but had to settlefor third on corrected time. These threeare at the top of their division for theClub Series Championship.

To create some variety for the HerbRoss Regatta, PRO Anne Scullyselected a 5.5nm triangular course fromKnox, to Yellow Bluff, Harding Rock,S/F, Yellow Bluff and Finish.

Glenn Isaacson

Craig Healy and crew accept the prestigious Easom Founder'sTrophy from Hank himself

Hank Easom

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Conditions were similar to those of thefirst race, but the tide had turned givingmore of a challenge fighting the flood onthe windward legs. Glenn Isaacson tookhis second bullet of the day, well ahead ofsecond place finisher Trig Liljestrand inRagtime who opted not to fly a spinnakerand prevailed overthird place FastFriends by a mere 11seconds (corrected).For the Spinnaker

Fleet, it was déjà vu all over again for thetop three finishers. But, in what has to be afirst time ever in the annual SFYC ClubSeries Championship, Tiburon took linehonors, but Tiburon and Mirthmaker tiedfor first place as each had the exact – downto the second – corrected final times. Extraengraving space will be required to list the2011 co-winners! This time Hank had to settle for third.

The short-handed, but very experienced, multi-taskingteam on Victory included John Sanford as driver and noisemaker, Loretta Sheridan doing scoring and flags, while

Roxanne Fairbairn served as timer, recorder and managed totake the photos. Support boat driver Jerry Eaton was assistedby Bob McDermott in setting the marks and maintainingcalm on the race course.

Club Series results after 6 racesNON-SPINNAKER DIVISION

Elusive Marsh 2 5 1 2 3 6

Fast Friends Elliott & Smith 1 2 5 3 2 3

“Q” Isaacson 3 6 2 1 1 1

SPINNAKER DIVISION

Mirthmaker Holm 2 2 1 2 2 1.5

Yucca Easom 1 3 3 3 1 3

Tiburon Stroub 3 9 4 1 3 1.5

Race NewsRace [email protected]

Doug Holm

Steve Stoub

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After several days the temperaturedropped. The water was the clear sapphireblue of the Caribbean and I was wrapped inmy warmest gear as the boat glided througha thick shroud of fog. We kept hoping apolar bear would swim up to the boat. Nopolar bears, but we did run into handfuls ofdolphins, a few birds, several whales, andwe even passed a sunfish. It was anotherdark night and the dolphins’ and fishes’movements left phosphorescent tracksthrough the Atlantic. As the dolphins scaredthe fish they would scatter, and the skeleton-thin lines of phosphorescence wereinterrupted by the dolphins’ thick trails asthey weaved under and alongside the boatlike torpedoes.

Every race has its disappointments. Forme it was that we never were able to reallystick the bow down in 35+ plus winds andlet the boat run. We ended up in aninevitable ridge that cut us off from England.Even though drifting is frustrating, it wasfascinating to spend all day sailing up to acloud formation on the horizon, pass it, andthen wake up in the morning with the exactsame clouds in front of you. There was nowind, so we sprawled out over the bowtrying to keep the weight forward to keepsteadily riding the miniature puffs toward theLizard.

Ed note: After holding third placeoverall for almost a week, the high pressuresystem captured Vanquish and they ended upwith a sixth place finish. When Mollywrote this review on August 7th, she wasgetting ready for the Fastnet.

Editors’ Fastnet Postscript: Molly and her Vanquish crewmates went

on to have the sail of their lives in the 2011Fastnet. The race saw winds from 0 to over40 knots and flat calms to seas over sixmeters. More than 30 boats retired from thefleet of 300+, including the 100 ft Ramblerwhich lost her keel shortly after rounding theFastnet Light and capsized. Vanquish wenton to finish 2nd in her IRC Z division of 18boats and 3rd overall in the combined IRCdivisions which included over 280 boats.

Aside from loving the boat I wasgoing to spend the summer on, Irealized that I was ecstatic to spend therest of the summer with the team. TheAll American Offshore Team is unlike anyother team I have been on, partiallybecause this is the first time a group ofpromising young American sailors havebeen handed a 65 foot carbon, highperformance race boat to race across theAtlantic, partially because this is a groupof talented sailors that absolutely lovegoing fast; but mainly because there aresome absolutely hilarious characters andgreat dancers on board.

In between moonlit-warm trainingsessions, we prepared the boat for theworst of the Atlantic. We added a thirdreef, re-waterproofed “everything”,repacked and tested lifejackets, added footchalks for the bowmen… the list goes on.The race started and we headed out. WhenI browsed through the start photos,Vanquish looked like a toy next theLeopard, Puma’s Volvo 70, Beau Geste,and Rambler, the giants of theTransatlantic.

Our practice leading up to the racehad been in light breeze, peaking at 28knots, over calm moonlit waters. Severalnights we sailed under a completely fullmoon and our shadows chased us acrossthe brilliantly lit deck. We spent the firstdays of the Transatlantic in heavy fog. Atnight it was like sailing through the blackbowels of a coal mine. During the day youcould see a few feet in front of the bow.The team smiled, cracked a few jokesabout seeing the competition, and keptpushing the boat. It was nice to see that noone was even slightly fazed about sailingthrough conditions we hadn’t practiced in.

We quickly fell into our watchschedule and slowly my body began tocrave sleep after four hours and I wouldwake up after three hours ready for a newday, ready for the next watch. Our fivestar burner and cooler spewed outmacaroni mush daily. But it always hadplenty of water so I never had ‘the stuckto the side of your stomach and notdecomposing stomach ache of dehydratedfreeze-dried.

All American TeamSails Hard to

VanquishCompetitors

By MOLLY ROBINSON

Molly Robinson, daughter of S/C Jimand Martha Robinson, submitted thefollowing report after completing theTransatlantic Race aboard the 65 ft.carbon fiber STP65, Vanquish.

The All American Offshore Teammembers trained for The Transatlantic asmuch as we possibly could in the smallthree-month window we had. I made theteam in late April, arrived at TheTidewater Baltimore shipyard May 5, andThe Transatlantic started July 3.

I left a desk job working ininternational logistics and found myselftrying to aim a cocking gun, scrapingwaterproof goo, stepping a 100+ foot rig,and doing a variety of other boatmaintenance projects. I learned somethingnew from each project, and each onebecame more complicated than the last asI moved from prepping projects to

learning how to lay carbon anddiscovering the “soothing itch” of carbondust. But I didn’t find out what Vanquishwas truly capable of until May 30 after theentire team had passed the Safety at Seacourse and we went sailing. It was a blast.I realized that the boat was going slow ifshe wasn’t matching the wind speed.

Molly inspects the Spectra watermakeraboard Vanquish

Vanquish and theAll American Offshore

Team get ready to race

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Youth SailingYouth Sailing

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SFYC’s summer program hascompleted another year. Over thenine weeks of summer sessions we

enrolled 330 kids in over 450 sessions. Acouple of dozen Opti race team sailorsalso dropped by to practice their Optis ortry out FJs during the summer. TheBelvedere Cove provides some of thewarmest sailing in the Bay, but also someof the trickiest learning conditions. Alongwith all the fun and smiles and swimmingafter class came lots of booms to thehead. All in all our 14 instructorsprovided great, safe instruction for thelargest youth summer program in the Bay.We hope a group of the summer sailorswill join our Opti Green Racing Teamover the next year to continue to build ourOpti and other racing teams in the future.

July was a busy month for the raceteams as well. SFYC youth participatedin 15 regattas in one month! Check outthe results section in this Bulletin to seewhere they were and how they finished.

Don’t forget about Fall Light GreenSailing, which runs six weeks in the Fallon Fridays and Sundays. Applications areavailable at www.sfyc.org/youth under“Seasonal”. Space is limited to 16 Optisailors who have some sailing experience,either in Optis or JYs over this summer.

Alex Moody, Graham Gooding and Jack Barton at CFJ Nationals

Scott Buckstaff and James Moody, 29er National Champions, racing in The Gorge

Sammy Shea and Alex Moody jibe-set at CFJ Nationals

SAVE THE DATE:

SFYC Youth Sailing Awards Dinner

October 8Club Dining Room

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Youth SailingYouth SailingForrest Gay, Director / [email protected]

OPTI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

@ TAVIRA, PORTUGAL

(JULY 2-10)

Boys (130 boats)38th Romain Screve

ISAF YOUTH WORLDS

@ ZADAR, CROATIA

(JULY 7-16)29er (23 boats)

2nd Antoine Screve/crew

IDA LEWIS (GIRLS DOUBLE-HANDED

NATIONALS) @ BAY HEAD, NJ (JULY 9-14)

40 420s)17th Kennedy Placek/Lea Russell

SOCAL JUNIOR OLYMPICS

@ SAN DIEGO YC(JULY 14-17)

29er (8 boats)1st Scott Buckstaff/James Moody

BAYS #3 @ ENCINAL YC(JULY 16-17)

Opti Green Fleet (16 boats)1st Caleb Yoslov; 5th William Foox; 6th

Ines Lowe

Opti Championship Fleet (16 boats)1st Teddy Hayden; 2nd Sam Barton;

3rd Christian Ehrnrooth;4th Dylan Meade; 5th Mats Keldsen;

6th Michael Tellini; 7th Tommy Young;15th Ezra Acker

29er (3 boats)1st Kyle Larsen/crew;

2nd Maria Casciani/crew

420 (10 boats)4th Kennedy Placek/Lea Russell

Laser Radial (11 boats)2nd Will Cefali

FINN PCCS @ SFYC(JULY 16-17)

(8 boats) 2nd Forrest Gay

OPTI NATIONALS @ HOUSTON YC(JULY 20-24)

Green Fleet (40 boats)21st Buster Baylis

Championship Fleet (225 boats)37th Lucy Wilmot; 73rd Teddy Hayden;94th Sam Barton; 117th Dylan Meade;

127th Sally Wilmot; 136th ChristianEhrnrooth; 158th Hannah Baylis;

161st Coco Dana; 167th Remi Lowe;172nd Mats Keldsen

29ER NATIONALS @ CORONADO YC(JULY 21-24)(21 boats)

1st Scott Buckstaff/James Moody; 6th Annie Schmidt/crew; 15th skipper/Jack Barton

OPTI ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

@ SINGAPORE (JULY 22-30)(118 boats)

62nd Jackson Wagner

LASER 4.7 NORTH AMERICANS @TREASURE ISLAND (JULY 23-24)

(33 boats) 9th Lola Bushnell; 10th Markus

Suorsa; 11th Kyle Larsen; 15th Michael Tan; 22nd Lawson

Willard; 27th Will Dana; 32nd Will Cefali

LASER 4.7 WORLDS @ STFYC(JULY 26-AUG 2)Girls (51 boats)

18th Lola Bushnell (top USA)

Boys Silver Fleet (56 boats)23rd Lawson Willard; 31st Kyle Larsen;

35th Will Cefali; 37th Michael Tan; 39th Markus Suorsa; 40th Will Dana

CFJ NATIONALS @ CABRILLO BEACH YC(JULY 29-31)(71 boats)

33rd Sammy Shea/Alex Moody; 37th Jack Barton/Graham Gooding;

52nd Lea Russell/Corey Lynch

HYANNIS REGATTA @ HYANNIS YC(JULY 29-31)

Radial (65 boats)47th Kennedy Placek/Kristopher

Swanson

LASER NATIONALS @ CALIFORNIA YC(AUGUST 3-7)420 (98 boats)

15th Annie Rossi; 18th Kyle Larsen; 24th Lola Bushnell; 26th Kristopher

Swanson; 34th Michael Tan

OPTI WEST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP @SANTA BARBARA YC

(AUGUST 6-7)Green Fleet (16 boats)

5th Sarah Young; 7th William Foox; 8th Caleb Yoslov; 9th Buster Baylis

Championship Fleet (42 boats)6th Maria Casciani; 7th Christopher

Casciani; 8th Sam Barton; 9th ChristianEhrnrooth; 14th Tommy Young; 17th Remi Lowe; 24th Coco Dana;

25th Hannah Baylis; 27th GageMcLennan; 29th Teddy Russell;

35th Ezra Acker

BAYS #4 @ SFYC(AUGUST 6-7)420 (6 boats)

2nd Kennedy Placek/Lea Russell

Opti Championship Fleet (12 boats)1st Will Martens; 2nd Alex Ron;

3rd Michael Tellini

Opti Green Fleet (16 boats)1st Charlie Perkins; 2nd Jack Scherer;

4th Chris Hall; 14th Lucie Russell; 15th Alya Kalra

SSFFYYCC YYOOUUTTHHRRAACCEE TTEEAAMM

RREESSUULLTTSS

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Auxiliary NewsAuxiliary NewsLisa Harris, SFYC Auxiliary President, 2011

It was a great honor for me tobe the SFYC Auxiliary

President and to have such aterrific Club Board to work with,plus our wonderful Auxiliary,outstanding members, staff andemployees. From decorating forChristmas, to all of the partiesand sailing activities, tofundraising for Junior Sailing,we have always been a groupthat gave our heart and soul toThe Club! However, the mostcherished memories I have arethe wonderful, lastingfriendships I have made throughmy involvement with The Club.

Auxiliary Notes – A History to Remember

Nancy Wells, SFYC Auxiliary President

1993

The San Francisco Yacht Club Auxiliary

cordially invites you to the

Annual Past Presidents’ Luncheon

Don your fascinators, derbies,berets, or fedoras… or not…

But definitely join us!

Friday, October 7, 2011

2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Afternoon Tea

The Cove House

Please RSVP@ Front Desk435-9133 ext. 10 [email protected]

The San Francisco Yacht Club AuxiliaryPresents

Travel the World…Enjoy Scrumptious Food,Tantalizing Drinks, To-die-for-Shopping, Culture and Fun…

And you don’t even have to pack!!

Passport DetailsThursday, September 15th, 2011

10:00 a.m.Marketplace, “Table top Destinations,”

and Raffle

12:30 p.m.First Class Luncheon

Book Now, Bring a Friend or Twoand Shop, Shop, Shop!

$65.00 per person(Inclusive of Service and Tax)

CALL THE FRONT DESK TODAY TORESERVE YOUR SEAT 435-9133 Ext. 10

Co-Chairs: Lori Fromm, Melissa Tulp and Tina Kleinjan Setzer

Proceeds Benefitting Auxiliary Programs

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2011 AuxiliaryBoard Members

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1. Sue Milliron and Tom Nord2. Lisa and Haig Harris3. Mark, Vicki, Paige and Parker Silverman4. Don, Jane, Wheeler, and Charlie Young5. Ginny and Phil DeMaria

6. Ginna Milan with Matthew, Cooper andGrace7. Lori and Andy Fromm8. Molly, Brooke and Mike Brilliant9. Tina Kleinjan, Lola and Curt Setzer

10. Marily and Jim Rimmer11. Bob and Emily Heller12. Mimi Blakeslee and Steve Fentress13. Alisa Bekins14. Melissa and Frank Tulp

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Cruising NewsCruising NewsBill Stark

This year’scruise tothe Delta

Yacht Club was agreat success.Twelve boatsfrom The SFYCmade the passageup the SanJoaquin River fora week in July,enjoying thewarm weather,fresh water andrelaxing pace of“Delta Time”.Two SFYCmembers, Mike and Cindy Brunn (Snafu) and Keltie andDeborah McClosky (Rhumbline), are also members of DeltaYacht Club and acted as our hosts at DYC, providing agracious welcome and great hospitality all week.

The SFYC cruising fleet converged on DYC from several

locations. Andiamo (Klairmont/ Kleiderman) and Duet(Cornelius, with crewmembers Don Bekins and Zia Ahari)had stopped at Pittsburg Marina Sunday evening while La Vida(Mellon) stayed over at Pittsburg Yacht Club, and Bumpy(Wideman) and Tuck-A-Roo (Finley) stopped at Bethel Island.Meanwhile, Sea Jay (Mason) and Freedom (Martens) werealready in the Delta, getting a head start on the fun byanchoring out nearby the DYC. Payneless (Payne) made anon-stop passage to DYC on Monday morning, bringing alongDick’s two sons and grandchildren. Hummmdinger (Vare)and Josephine (Haussener, Gale, Swain and Montag) arriveda day later. Joan Bekins hitched a ride up with Al to join Don.

Delta Yacht Club is a great location for a delta getaway.Just a mile or so past Tinsley, it has a long guest dock withwater and power and easily accommodated all of our boats

with room to spare. The club has a big solar-heated pool, bocce,horseshoes, mini-golf, showers, eight barbeques, a big fullyequipped kitchen, and both indoor and patio dining.

After settling in on Monday, some of the group exploredthe area by dinghy while others enjoyed the island. Tuesdaynight was Paella Night. Everyone got involved in the set-up,preparation, slicing and dicing, and cooking of three big paellapans on three separate barbeques. Shawn Wideman made a bigbatch of sangria, using fresh blackberries picked an hour beforeby Anne Finley right there on the island. We all took turnsstirring the paella and providing opinions on seasoning, cookingtime, etc. When it was done to perfection, over thirty peopleenjoyed the dish which was based on Chef Reny’s recipe,along with a giant salad made by Mimi Cornelius.

Wednesday was Caribbean Buffet Night. We sent a boat topick up five trays of yummy Caribbean delights from theBreadfruit Tree, a restaurant about four miles upriver. While wewere waiting for the food to arrive, Rich and Shawn Widemanmade everyone margaritas, using Bar Manager PhilAtchison’s special recipe.

The mornings were pleasantly cool and calm and anafternoon breeze kept the temperature comfortably warm.With twelve boats and over thirty members and family, thiscruise was one of our best in recent years. We reserved DeltaYacht Club for the same week next year, so plan on joining inthe fun.

2011 Cruising Calendar

Date Destination Cruise Leader

Sept. 16-18 Tomales Bay w/ CCA Bob VanBlaricomDoug Finley

Sept. 17-24 International Cruise RoyAnne Florence

October 2 Leukemia Cup Jib Martens

October 7-9 Tinsley Scott HarrisRich Wideman

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2011 “Quad Cruise”to Tinsley Island

As we get into the Dog Days ofSummer, it’s not too early to startplanning for the annual “Quad

Cruise” to Tinsley Island this October.With beautiful warm days and coolnights, it’s a wonderful time of the yearto be in the Delta. And once again, wewill be joined by the Corinthian, Tiburonand Marin Yacht Clubs.

Those of you who have been on thiscruise before know we have the use of allthe island facilities for the weekend.Find a table at the Pavilion and bringyour own food to barbeque or cook in theopen-air galley. Dance each evening tomusic provided by the Delta’s best DJ.Join in the fun activities or just relaxaround the pool.

Friday night we’ll kick off with thelegendary Tiburon Yacht Club MartiniParty to get the weekend started.

Saturday morning Bloody Marys willbe provided by the Marin andCorinthian Yacht Clubs and Saturdayafternoon we of The San FranciscoYacht Club will be starting theevening with our traditionalMargarita Party. So plan on joiningthe fun on:

October 7, 8 & 9(Friday – Sunday)

HALLOWEEN THEMECostumes & table decorations

optional$125/boat per night

(No per person charge!)$62.50 for those

staying over on Sunday Night

There will be a nominal chargeof $20/person to cover the cost of theDJ, prizes, the three hosted cocktailparties, decorations, and a souvenirT-shirt.

Pre-Tinsley Warm-upat Delta Yacht Club

October 3-6

The Delta Yacht Club will again beopen for those of you who want to extendyour time in the Delta. Enjoy their pool,pitch and putt golf, and great facilities.Cost: $50/boat per night.

If you are interested and want thedetailed info about these great cruisingevents, please email:[email protected] or call me at775-250-3874.

If you intend to join us, please emailme the names of all in your party, and T-shirt sizes (S, M, L, XL, XXL). By returnemail we will send you confirmation anddetailed info.

Bring your SFYC Name Tags andSFYC Cruise Flags. Have fun!

Rich Wideman, [email protected]&

Scott Harris, [email protected]

Will, grandson of SFYC Director andCruising Chair Bill Stark and his wifeAnn, looks happy in his role as“Future Crew”

THE CCA - SFYCAnnual Tomales Bay,

Hearts Desire Beach Cruise

SEPTEMBER 17-18

Come by boat and enjoythe weekend. Or comeby car for the Saturdayafternoon BBQ at Hearts Desire Beach.

Contact Doug Finley, at 415 453-9322 or [email protected] for more information

or to sign up for the cruise.

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Crossing WakesCrossing WakesSteve Mason & Ginger Souders-Mason

SFYC CruisersHelp Improve

Angel Island Docks

Lisa and I have been working withthe California State Parks andAngel Island Association for the

past year to install a wash down systemfor the docks at Ayala Cove. Angel Island

is a favorite destination for many SFYC members, butsometimes boaters have to deal with the messes and smells that

the seals leave behind after they spend the night on the docks(They are not so good about cleaning up after themselves.)

So Lisa and I organized a fund raising effort to get the$1,000 needed for a dock wash-down system. We also organizeda work party for Wednesday July 27 to help the Angel Islandrangers install the water line. We enlisted some friends to helpand we all went over to the island aboard Andiamo, armed withtool bags and knee pads. We were met by the Superintendent andseveral Rangers. After some discussion on the best way to runthe water line, production started in earnest. Seven hours later,we completed the rough-in of the water line, all the way fromthe island to the corner of the main pier. The Rangers will finishthe installation and start using the wash down system soon. Lookfor cleaner, fresher smelling docks in the future.

Jon and Alice Shinn made it to the continent from Britain, and aftersafe harboring Ariel, they took the train to LeHavre. While checkingout Arsenal Harbor in Paris, Jon and Alice spotted Matilda whose

owners, Bob and Sue, they had met in Honfleur. Later, as the Shinnswere about to leave the harbor, Bob and Sue came walking down the hillwith their newly arrived guests creating a “This was a small worldexperience”! It was Jerry and Karen Eaton who first noticed Jon’sTiburon shirt and then they all realized they had met at the SFYCRecognition night when the Shinn’s received the Cruiser of the Yearaward. The three couples enjoyed a fun evening together.

Our globe hopping couple Jerry and Karen Eaton, along with Gayand Wyman Harris, will be joining the CCA Northwest Chapter cruisefrom Nanaimo as the group work its way south through the Gulf Islandsduring the week following Labor Day.

Lisa Klairmont and Harold Kleiderman

Jerry and Karen Eaton and Alice and Jon Shinn were allsmiles as they enjoyed their surprise meeting in France.

Conner Leech Sailsfor South Africa

Aboard MistyBy BOB VAN BLARICOM

Word has arrived from Darwin,Australia that SFYC sailorConnor Leech has signed

aboard Bob Van Blaricom's former,well-traveled little 32' yacht, Misty for a6,100 mile voyage from Darwin toDurban, South Africa. This passage willbe Misty’s last lap of a voyage from TheSan Francisco Yacht Club to Cape Townwhich began last November under hernew owner, Peter Forrest, to his home inCape Town.

Twenty-two year old Connor hasbroad experience in sailing. He receivedthe Bill Black Award for junior sailors

and became an instructor in the SFYCJunior Sailing Program. He sailed ininnumerable San Francisco Bay racingevents, coastal races and passages on theCalifornia coast. Connor has also been aregular member of the SFYC sailingteam. Recently, while attending the

University of Cape Town, he sailed on theuniversity sailing team and was chosen tojoin the crew of one of the top boats inthe Royal Cape Yacht Club fleet.

This will be Connor’s first majorocean crossing and it will be a big one.This crossing has a reputation for strongbut favorable winds and will cover adistance of 6,100 miles. The plannedroute will take Misty and her crew fromDarwin on the north coast of Australia, toAshmore Reef, Keeling-Cocos Island,Rodrigues Island, Mauritius, ReunionIsland and finally to Durban, SouthAfrica. The skipper, Peter Forrest, is avery experienced and capable ocean sailorwho departed the SFYC harbor ninemonths ago. Although he sailed Mistywith one crew as far as Mexico, Peter hassailed single handed all the way acrossthe Pacific. We will expect to hear someexciting sea stories when Conner returns.

Connor Leech displays the SFYC burgeeaboard Misty

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Charles D. Kuhn, a SFYC Member since1989, died August 3, 2011 after a brief illness.Charles and Nancy, his wife of 56 years, livedin Tiburon.

Charles is also survived by his children,Kathleen Anstey (Rich),

William Kuhn, Barbie Kuhn (AndreLemos) and Lisa Seery (Martin); his grandchildren Josh Anstey,Melissa Nicholas (Josh), Finnian Seery and Cormac Seery; andgreat-grandchildren, Hannah and Noah Nicholas.

Charles was a native Californian whose childhood during theGreat Depression included selling newspapers to Hollywoodmovie stars and helping his father deliver ice before refrigeration.In 1942 Charles enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in WorldWar II off the West Coast and in the South Pacific as a coxswainon both the USS Zebra and the USS Virgo. In 1945, he chose tocontinue his education at the Woodbury School of Design inSouthern California. He then entered into a partnership with realestate developer, Fred Rowley, and eventually obtained hisGeneral Building Contractor's License in 1950. The pairconstructed many residences in the Pacific Palisades area.

In 1955 Mr. Rowley acquired land in Tiburon that is nowknown as Del Mar Estates. He convinced Charles to move to

Marin County and construct homes on the property. Charles andhis wife, Nancy, set up an office in the old dairy barn on the site.At the successful completion of the Tiburon project, Charles andNancy decided to start their own construction company. Sincemaking that decision, they have built hundreds of homes,apartments and commercial buildings in Marin County.

Charles served as the Construction Manager of the firstphase of the Skywalker Ranch project in Nicasio for GeorgeLucas. One of the highlights of Charles' life was hisdevelopment and construction of twenty American colonial stylehomes during the 1980’s in the Sleepy Hollow neighborhood ofSan Anselmo.

Charles is remembered as a kind and honorable man. His personal life was enriched with his love of family, his

many years of racing cars and sail boats, and a fulfillingbusiness. Many of his business associates, clients andacquaintances became part of his extended family. Charlesfinally retired from the construction business at the age of 89.He continued to manage his investment properties until hisdeath.

Donations in Charles’ memory can be made to the MarinHumane Society at 171 Bel Marin Keys Boulevard, Novato or toa charity of the donor’s choice.

James Laidlaw Decker, 50, died onJuly 26 in Portland, Oregon after a briefillness.

He is survived by his young son JacobAlexander Decker of Portland, OR; hismother Katharyn Leitzell Clyde andstepfather Larry Clyde of Santa Fe, NM;

his father R. Thomas Decker and stepmother DeniseMularoni Decker of San Francisco, CA; and his sisterJennifer Decker Buck and brother-in-law Gary Buck ofEagle, CO.

Growing up in Tiburon and Belvedere, CA, Jim fell inlove with sailing and was a fourth-generation member ofThe San Francisco Yacht Club. He graduated fromRedwood High School and the University of California,Santa Barbara, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Jim worked his entire career as a trader in the lumberindustry, in locations across the country including LosAngeles, Atlanta, Denver, Napa, Portland and Bend, wherehe recently joined the Forest City Trading Group.

He was a voracious reader and student of Americanmilitary history, a passionate fan of jazz music, and afrequent traveler, especially to one of his favorite places,Italy.

THE SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB

AUXILIARY

2011 Annual Meeting Luncheon

Thursday, November 1710:30 a.m.

WelcomingThe America’s Cup 2013

A Lady Remembers!

RSVP Front Office 435-9133 ext. 10

Co-Chairs Ginny DeMaria and Sue Milliron

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Enhance yourdining experience every

Thursday All Dayat

The San Francisco Yacht Clubwith

NO CORKAGEoption

The San Francisco Yacht Club’s

Pasta NightSunday, September 4

Enjoy fresh pasta dishes cooked to orderin the Member’s Dining Room

BUILD YOUR OWN PASTA BARINCLUDES CHOICES OF:

Steak, Chicken, Shrimp, Scallops and CalamariBell Peppers, Mushrooms, Olives, Broccoli,

Sundried Tomatoes, Winter Squash and Seasonal Vegetables

YOUR CHOICE OFPENNE PASTA OR FETTUCCINI WITH

Alfredo Sauce, Pesto Sauce or Marinara SauceDelicious Garlic Bread and Full Salad Bar

with Chef Reny’s famous Assorted Salads

ALL YOU CAN EAT:$18.95 Adults $10.95 Kids 10 and under

All prices subject to Club service charge and Marin sales tax.

ChampagneDinner

Come spend an eveningwith one of America’s

oldest and favoritesparkling wine houses:

SchramsbergVineyards

Has been served atmany a White House dinner,

now is your chance todelight in experiencing aGourmet 4 course dinner

with sparkling wines!

SFYC Members OnlyLimited to 50 Seats

COVE HOUSE

RECEPTION

6:00 P.M.

DINNER:6:30 P.M.

RESERVATIONS

REQUIRED

PLEASE CONTACT

THE FRONT OFFICE

435-9133EXT.10

FRIDAY,NOVEMBER 18

SAVE THE DATE

THE SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB AUXILIARY

3RD ANNUAL

Mother-Son Dinner DanceDance the night away with your special young man!

Saturday, October 22

RSVP to the Front Office 435-9133 ext. 10

Nautical Attire

Co-Chairs: Ginna Milan, Jane Young, and Vicki Silverman

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SAVE THE DATE!

Saturday, November 5th

Commodores’ Ball 2011

Reminiscing the RhineHonoring

Commodore Bob Heller & the Staff Commodores

Invitation to Follow

LobsterDinner for Two

September3, 17, 24

$48.95 for two

All prices subject to Club service charge and Marin sales tax.

SaturdayNightSaturday

Night

The San Francisco Yacht Club’s

Friday Night BBQServed from

6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

All items include Salad Bar, With Condiments, Corn on the Cob, and Hearty Sailors Chile

Angus Burger ........................................................................10.00

All Beef Hot Dog ....................................................................8.00

Carne Asada.........................................................................10.00

Grilled Breast of Chicken......................................................10.00

Grilled Fresh Fish of the Day ................................................14.00

Caribbean Skirt Steak............................................................13.00

DESSERTS

Hot Fudge Sundae ..................................................................5.00

Fruit Pie ala Mode ..................................................................5.00

All Prices are Cash Prices and include Service and Tax

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Employee PicnicEmployee Picnic

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Food and BeverageFood and BeverageReny Madrid, Executive Chef / [email protected]

Chef’s From The Hood Philosophy:

“If you want happiness for an hour – take anap. If you want happiness for a day – gofishing. If you want happiness for a month – getmarried. If you want happiness for a year –inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for alifetime – help others.” -Chinese Proverb

Kitchen Confidential: Ask Ricky “Ricardo” Samayoa the name of his new dog.

The end of summer is coming! Join us at the Labor Day BBQto celebrate. I am looking forward to seeing all the members that Ihaven’t seen over the summer.

The Special for September 3, 17 and 24th will be Lobster forTwo for $48.95++.

On the wine tasting event last month I wanted to give specialthanks to Juan Maldonado for his creative decorating. It alwaysamazes me what he comes up with. Many of the items he has madehimself, at his house, on his day off. The decorations makeeverything taste better! Thanks Juan!

Back By Popular Demand: “Yappy Hour” is returning to the SFYC. We have set the date

for September 25th. Find out “Who let the dog out”? Bring yourbest friend and also your dog and have some food and drink together.

Please feel free to email me with any ideas or suggestions:[email protected].

Regards, Reny

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December 16, 2011

The San Francisco Yacht ClubAuxiliary Holiday Gala

Presents

“A Rudolph Red Evening”

6.00 p.m. – MidnightDinner 7.00 p.m.

Featuring the Fabulous Fundamentals Orchestra

Reservations Front Office435-9133, ext. 10

Members and their guests

Co-Chairs: Ginny DeMaria, Sue Milliron & Vicki Silverman

December 16, 2011

The San Francisco Yacht ClubAuxiliary Holiday Gala

Presents

“A Rudolph Red Evening”

6.00 p.m. – MidnightDinner 7.00 p.m.

Featuring the Fabulous Fundamentals Orchestra

Reservations Front Office435-9133, ext. 10

Members and their guests

Co-Chairs: Ginny DeMaria, Sue Milliron & Vicki Silverman

SAVE THE DATE

Bring your dog

forYappy Hour

We will be serving Chef Reny’s Signature

Sangria and BBQ by the Bay skewers for both two legged

and four legged guests.

Yappy Hour

Sunday, September 253 pm - 6 pm

Adults $10.00++ per person(includes nibbles for your pet)

They are everyone’s best friend!

EVEN THOUGH SUMMERIS ALMOST OVER

There’s still time to gatherwith friends and family

Create an eventand lasting memories

Contact Natalie in the Catering OfficeAnd let the fun begin

catering@sfyc or 415-9133 x25

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Youth Award Dinner

Past Presidents’Luncheon

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Leukemia CupVIP Dinner

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Cove House

Friday Night BBQ

3:30-9 p.m.Beef Sliders &

Mini Tacos

3:30-9 p.m.Beef Sliders &

Mini Tacos

3:30-9 p.m.Beef Sliders &

Mini Tacos

Country WesternShindig &

Chili Cook-offOpti PCC

Youth Regatta:Southampton

Friday Night BBQ

Lobster for Two$48.95

AuxiliaryFundraiser:

Jet Set LunchNo Corkage Fee

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Lobster for Two

Sacramento Yacht Club

Cruise Out – Internat ional

Perp.Challenge

Round The IslandRace: Southampton

Yappy Hour3-6 p.m.