Volume 52, Number 8, August 2019 Latitude: 30°32’29”N Longitude: 87°54’14”W

From the Commodore Juniors reach for the title! Hello Everyone, South Carolina on July We have made a few 12-14, and was sailed in changes in the last couple of The Mainthes Colhlege oef Cehartlesto n months. We switched pool J-22’s. companies at the beginning of A team of sailors from last month. We see that the multiple clubs within the change was a good one to GYA traveled to compete make and hope the pool is in in the event. The team much better condition for our was skippered by Scott members. This month we are Sonnier (SYC), and moving in a new direction in crewed by Pete McGriff the restaurant. We are making (FYC) and Mallory a change in our Chef. Please Edwards (PCYC). Two be patient as we search for a days of steady breeze and new chef. Keep an eye out for challenging current made e-blast for updates in the for great racing. After a restaurant. If you have not three and a half hour signed up for e-blasts you may Pictured Mallory Edwards(PCYC/BWYC), Dan Machowski(US Sailing Area D rep), Scott protest, the team won the want to through our club web - Sonnier(SYC), and Pete McGriff(FYC) regatta by one point. site. Each year, US Sailing hosts They will travel to Racing season has been the Junior National Redwood City, California to busy. Juniors have been racing Championships for single, dou - sail in the finals against the hard for the club in the Viper. ble, and triple handed disci - ten other qualifiers from other This weekend is the Junior plines. The qualifier for the US Sailing areas. The finals Lipton’s Regatta. We wish triple-handed division, Sears will be raced in the Open 5.7 them the best of luck. Would Cup, was held in Charleston, on August 7-11. also like to congratulate Joe Comer V on his 1st place fin - From the Rear Commodore ish in Silver fleet at 2019 Opti Nationals and qualifying for Our Wadewitz Regatta is coming up September 27-29 the 2020 Opti Team Trials. It and we are going to schedule 4 Race and Regatta is so great to see our youth Meetings to get the planning and preparation in order so it making great strides in the flows smoothly. Anyone who has offered to help or wants to sport of sailing. help please come to these meetings as we run up to our Big Wadewitz Hope everyone has enjoyed Weekend! their summer as it is fading In addition to the Capdevielle competition, we will have 3 Circuit com - fast. Our youth will begin a petitions, Optimist Prams, 420s and Finn Class, to be run at the new school year very soon. Wadewitz. This will require at least 3 and maybe 4 race courses and Chris Dabney, organization for them on the water as well as ashore. Commodore The easiest way to join the fun and help with preparations is to attend the meetings which you can find on the Calendars.

Over 80% of the hurricanes that have affected Mobile Bay have occured between mid-August and mid-September. Are you prepared? The Mainsheet is published The Layline ~ Sailing Director Holly Murray monthly by the Fairhope Yacht Club, a member of and discussing 2020 summer the Gulf Yachting Association and camp so we can have another United States Sailing Association. Circulation includes all Fairhope Yacht successful year next summer. Club members and GYA affiliated Even though the summer is clubs. The Mainsheet, Fairhope Yacht ending it is not the end of our Club, P.O. Box 1327, Fairhope, AL sailing program. In the next 36533, or e-mail to couple of weeks our fall clinics [email protected] by will be online for registration. the 20th of the month prior to publica - Optimist class will have learn tion. to sail, green team and advance BRIDGE clinics, sailing Thursday after Commodore - Chris Dabney We are finishing our last school and most Saturdays. Vice Commodore - Scott Hartwell summer camp session as I Start date for clinics is Rear Commodore - Philip Durant write our layline report. It has September 5. We will also Fleet Captain - Mark McCullins been a successful, fun summer offer some Sunday Feva racing Fleet Surgeon - Dr. Robbie Rux for all of our sessions. The only in the fall. These are the new Secretary - Joe McIntosh hiccups the camp experienced boats FYC purchased for our Treasurer - Kay Robberson were with some unusual double handed learn to sail weather. We dodged a lot of class. They were a hit not only BOARD OF GOVERnORS rain in June but have had a with the coaches, but the Tony Lowery dry July with more breeze than Johnnie Roberts sailors really enjoyed these Dan Herzog we usually experience this time quick little boats. Randy Fitz-Wainwright of year. The coaches did a fan - High School sailing will be Mignon Bishop tastic job with the sailors, mak - gearing up at the end of the John Clarkson ing even the scary moments on month. Teams from Fairhope Kevin northrup the water fun and challenging. HS and St. Michael’s will start It’s always an accomplished practice on August 26 and con - COMMITTEE CHAIRS feeling to have these young tinue every Monday and Memorial Pat Colvin children that have never sailed Wednesday 4:00 to 6:30. Entertainment Angel Overton t a k e o n and conquer the chal - Fairhope High School will Building & Grounds Chad Smith lenges sailing offers. have their parent meeting at Food & Bev The Bay Buddy camps which Insurance/Marine Safety David Barr FYC August 19 at 6:30. This Harbor John Adams f illed up in the first week of meeting will also be announced Associates registration were fun. We at the HS. Membership Jill Godard enjoyed sailing, power boat Events we will attend this Offshore Don Faircloth rides, kayaking, and some time month are the Jr. Liptons, Cruising Stan Brown in the pool. They are a hoot to August 3 and 4, Knost Sailing Director Holly Murray hang out with, always shooting Championship Aug. 10 and 11, Adult Sailing John Helmstadter lots of questions at us and Galloway Aug 17 and 18, Rock Race & Regatta Philip Durant making statements that are Paper Scissors, Aug. 24 and 25, Junior Commodore Parker French truly “from the mouth of Sr. Lipton Challenge Aug 31 Juniors Advisors Elizabeth & Kelly babes.” They gave us some and September 1. McGriff priceless moments of laughter. Historians PC Barbara Brown We wish them all the best of Sarah Johnston-Cox We have already been talking luck and fair winds! Guardian John Adams GYA Coordinator Philip Durant Mainsheet Editor nancy Fitzpatrick At Half Mast Long Range Planning ICRC FYC Auxiliary Kate Gibson Senior Equity Member

Office: Mon-Fri 8:00am-12:00, 1:30-4:30pm Louie Nady Phone: 251-928-3276 Fax: 251-990-8602 Email: [email protected] Club Office: 101 Volanta, Fairhope AL 36532 October 13, 1941 Mailing Address: Box 1327, Fairhope AL 36533 July 30, 2019 Web address: www.fairhopeyachtclub.com Junior Commodore’s Report Junior Regattas Fairhope juniors began the the Weatherly Regatta July 27-28 at month of July by sailing the Gulfport Yacht Club. Saturday’s conditions GYA Junior Lipton Meigs Regatta at Fort were 8-9 knots with predictable wind Walton Yacht Club on July shifts, and the wind Sunday was light and Championship 6-7. Conditions were favor- shifty with 5-7 knots. The Junior Lipton PCYC-A ug 3/4 able with 10-15 knots. The Summer Challenge will be the first weekend of GYA Knost Championship Regatta, scheduled for the following week- August at Pass Christian Yacht Club. PCYC-A ug 10/11 end of July 13-14 was cancelled due to the Parker French, tropical depression. Our juniors sailed in Junior Commodore GYA Galloway Regatta GYA Sunfish/Laser Joe Comer qualifies at Opti National Championship Championship FYC Junior Joe Comer V and his family traveled to Optimist Circuit #4 Detroit, MI to the 2019 Optimist National Championship at Laser/Laser Radial Grosse Point Yacht Circuit #5 Club. There were a GYC- Aug 17/18 total of 279 young GYA Summer Regatta sailors competing dur - ing the 4-day event on MYC- Aug 17/18 Lake Saint Clair. Joe Rock Paper Scissors won first place in silver Regatta fleet and qualified for the 2020 USODA Team Trials to BSC- Aug 24/25 be held in Houston at Lakewood Yacht Club next sum - mer. This is Joe’s second year in a row to qualify for GYA Sir Thomas Team Trials, as he continues to relentlessly improve. Lipton Challenge Way to go, Joe! GYC-A ug 31/S ept 2 Pete McGriff chases the USSA Laser Full Rig Championship GYA Chappell-Stitt Regatta US Sailing held its 2019 Youth Championships in PYC- Sept 14/15 Little Egg Harbor, New Gulf Coast Laser Jersey from June 21 Championship through June 25. Pete PCYC- Sept 7/8 McGriff competed in the Laser full rig class finishing Back to School Regatta a respectable fifth place. Optimist Circuit #5 The conditions were light Finn Circuit #4 and shifty and hotter than Pont YC- Sept 14/15 expected for New Jersey. GYA Wadewitz Regatta 2019 Junior Olympics Optimist Circuit #6 The Fairhope Juniors represent - the day and never getting above 420 Circuit #5 ed themselves well in the 2019 about 12 knots. The RC was able Finn Circuit #5 Junior Olympic Sailing Festival to get five races sailed on Sunday FYC- Sept 28/29 at PYC on the weekend of June for all three fleets, and at the end 29-30. It was the largest JO's in of the day, Fairhope's Brig Baisch GYA Jerry Ellis Regatta years with over 40 Opti's, 10 won Silver in the Opti White BYC- Oct 5/6 C420's, and 5 Lasers competing Fleet, while Juniors Nate Great Oaks SEISA on a Trapezoid course in Hartwell and Ava Cocke took BWYC- Oct 5/6 Pensacola Bay. FYC sent 5 Opti Bronze in the C420 Class. sailors and 6 C420 sailors to com - Great job everyone! FISH WORLDS pete in the regatta. Competitors Finn Circuit #6 dealt with feckless weather: Buc YC- Oct 5/6 Saturday looked nice in the morn - GYA 420 Championship ing before getting completely rained out by Noon. Race Officials 420 Circuit #6 called it a day at 2PM, and com - BWYC- Oct 19/20 petitors agreed to meet early John Dane Finn Regatta Sunday to try and make up for Finn Circuit #7 the lost day. Sunday was sunny, with winds PCYC- Oct 19/20 shifting from E to SE throughout Restaurant & Bar Hours Of Operation (251-928-8888 for Dinner Reservations) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 11am-8pm 4-9pm(Bar) 4-9pm(Bar) 4pm-9pm 4pm-9pm 11am-10pm 11am-10pm August~2019 Hurricane Season is here but so far has been quiet. Do 1 2 3 not be lulled by the lack of activity in the Gulf or panic Jr Lipton from weathermen with not much to track. Be prepared! PCYC

4 5 6 7Membership 8 Wadewitz 9 10 Jr Lipton 6pm PotLuck Taco Tuesday! Meetings Race Knost-PCYC Committee Movie Night PCYC 6:30 JrYC 6:30 7:30 Equity 6:30pm Luau! 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Knost-PCYC 6pm PotLuck TacoTuesday Seafood Membership Jubilee Committee 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 6pm PotLuck TacoTuesday Bingo 6:30-8:30

25 26 27 28 29 Wadewitz 30 31 6pm PotLuck TacoTuesday Race Committee Lipton 6:30pm GYC WHAT’s Happening at the Club! MEMBERSHIP MEETING 2nd Friday: MOVIE NIGHT: the honor and our sailors are look - NIGHT Pasta Buffet! Choose the Young member-approved movies ing to bring them home to FYC. pasta, sauce and ingredients you and kid-approved supper while They expect to be out most after - like for $10 with desserts. you enjoy the dinner in the noons and our wide porch should WEEKLY/MONTHLY Dining Room. 6:30pm. be the place to watch. EVENTS: 3rd Friday: SEAFOOD AUGUST 10 : END OF SUM - SUNDAY FUN RACES: Join JUBILEE: The freshest and best MER LUAU : come join us on the the sailors who come out every the Bay has to offer with Chef beach listening to the sounds of Sunday afternoon to compete and Specials and tried and true steel drums for a last summer enjoy the Bay, sign up at the Bar favorites. splurge. $25 per person for food, and meet after the race to talk 3rd Sunday: PORCH SOCIAL- music, a specialty drink, leis, and refresh. Race starts at 2pm BACK IN SEPTEMBER games, and more. Cash bar will and sails about 5nm on our com - REGATTA TEAM PRACTICES: also be up and running in the pass course. Our Juniors and Ladies will be on gazebo. Monday night: POT LUCK: the bay this month practicing in SEPTEMBER 12 : ROMAN Meet new and old members, the new boats for the upcoming STREET : join us for dinner in the share special foods and enjoy the August GYA Championship dining room while enjoying the evening with friends. Regattas, Junior smooth sounds of our hometown Tuesday Night: TACOS: Lipton, Knost and the favorite, Roman Street . Sunset and tacos at the Club, grandfather of all SEPTEMBER 27/29: THE 6:30pm . GYA regattas, Sir WADEWITZ REGATTA : FYC 3rd Wednesday: BEER & Thomas Lipton’s celebrates the founder of our club BINGO: Take a chance and try Challenge. These 3 with a regatta with all the trim - the bingo, a chance to earn a lit - regattas bring out the mings, intraclub rivalries, music, tle extra and sample the many best sailors in the and an opportunity for everyone beers the bar has to offer. GYA competing for to join the fun! Restaurant & Bar Hours Of Operation (251-928-8888 for Dinner Reservations) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 11am-8pm 4-9pm(Bar) 4-9pm(Bar) 4pm-9pm 4pm-9pm 11am-10pm 11am-10pm September~2019 1 2 3 4 Membership 5 6 7 Lipton Meetings Auxiliary Challenge 6pm PotLuck TacoTuesday ! 6:30 JrYC Luncheon GYC 7:30 Equity Roman 8 9 10 11 12 Street 13 14 Summer 6pm PotLuck TacoTuesday ! Movie Night Regatta-MYC Membership Wadewitz Race 6:30pm Comm. Committee 6:30pm 15 Porch 16 17 18 19 20 21 Social 6pm PotLuck TacoTuesday ! Bingo Seafood is BACK! Jubil ee 6-8pm 22 23 24 25 26 Wadewitz 27 28 6pm PotLuck Taco Tuesday! Regatta Committee Wadewitz 6:30pm Regatta 29 30 Wadewitz 6pm PotLuck Regatta We have a growing club with new members every month and we felt that it is time to introduce you to the mem - bers who have given so much to make this club the community you want to belong to. We’ll celebrate Past Commodores and Century Heritage members each month so you can understand the pride we have in our club. Past Commodore-Bob Mace ests.” His best memories include Bob’s active roles in the club By Sabe Fink all of that, and are topped only by leadership, his passion for sail - Century Heritage member Bob “sailing on Mobile Bay with Diane ing, and his enjoyment of other Mace has made the most of his on Faith Too.” club activities are a model for nearly forty years as a member of When asked about the chal - younger club members. FYC. He has served as lenges the club faces today and His advice to new and younger Commodore and held other posi - into the future, Bob mentions members is, “Get involved! tions on the bridge, Member and maintaining a balance between Participate at all levels, but in Chairman of the Board of sailing and social events, main - particular get involved in sailing, Governors, Chairman of the tenance of the building and the whether racing or cruising, or on harbor, and the ability to dredge the race committee. It’s a great Dauphin Island race, longtime the harbor when necessary. way to be part of the club.” race committee member, and founding member of the Fairhope Sailing Foundation. He has been just as active and involved in the GYA, having held the offices of Secretary, Treasurer, Rear Commodore, Vice Commodore, Commodore, and board member. In other words, he’s done it all. When asked what he has enjoyed most about the club, Bob says, “I have enjoyed the overall Grouped for the race for the Commodore’s Cup,Past Commodores participation, and meeting so Dan Herzog, Erik Schmitz, Gary Moore, Cathy Cromartie, Bob Mace, many people with common inter - Paul Ring, Steve McClure, Barbara Brown and Wes Stapleton An invitation from Fairhope Public Library July Membership A local captain will host a and has been a longtime con - Report Book Talk of his sailing adven - tributor to sailing publications ture, First Time Across. This is Latitudes & Attitudes and Accepted to Equity Captain Jim Cash’s recounting Cruising Outpost. His talk is Membership: of the journey he and his crew free and open to the public, Chad Clark took on a 35-foot Catamaran and will include a multi-media Dale Emge nearly halfway around the presentation with photos from David Jernigan world from South Africa, his trip. He will also have Invited to Associate across the Atlantic, through copies of his book available for the Panama Canal, and up the purchase. For more informa - Membership: coast to California. Cash’s book tion, visit www.fairhopeli - Michael Rauch talk about his sailing adven - brary.org. Michael Gagnet ture will be at the Fairhope Ed Bellue Public Library on August 14 at A proper place for a Andrew Robinson 2:00 p.m. Cash, who is semi- celebration! David Dietz retired and lives in Foley, has Molly Kirchoff been a licensed captain since Joel Green 1991. He estimates that he has Colby Giles sailed 100,000 nautical miles Kendall Bowman Invited to Transitional Membership: Carter Ryan Gaines Bates Tony and Sonya Green chose to cele - Clare Privett brate mom Phyllis Hartley’s 100th Invited to Out-of-Area Birthday and our Fairhope Yacht Non-Equity Club made it a beautiful, fun and Membership: delicious celebration! Pictured above: Michael McCord Tony Green, his sister Sandy Mills, Shannon Pesnell (Sandy and Steve’s Suzanne Short daughter) Sonya Green, Phyllis Welcome Aboard Hartley (the birthday girl), Kathy Jill Godard Esteves (Tony’s youngest sister), Membership Chair Chuck Esteves and Steve Mills. Marine Safety & Insurance - David Barr For those of you that must know, the AL State Statute is 220- 2.95. Sooo, please don’t feed the gators, they will associate you with food and then eat your pets or your children. At the least the gators will have to be relocated. Club Sunday Racing 6/23 - 5 boats came out in 13 to 18 the harbor at FYC but only two PLEASE NOTE: Errors in sail - knots of wind to race with White boats felt that the race was worth ing or recording are made on Hawk winning (You keep surpris - battling the heavy winds. Sunday during or just after the ing us - Good Job Ben), Damn But wait! The winds closer to race. Any protest or request for Yankee 2nd and MOJO 3rd. shore were considerably reduced adjustment should be addressed 6 boats this time in Light to and the idea was floated to change on Sunday or Monday at the lat - Moderate winds did a course of X- the standard course to more of a est, whether you are protesting SW-NW-NE- X. And we did have windward-leeward course that yourself or someone else. By a surprise Winner - Moonglade . stayed closer to shore. All four Wednesday or Thursday, after the Congratulations Tracey. Wanderer boats were back in the race! new sheet is posted, the protest was 2nd and Alouette 3rd. The The start time was changed to period is long past. FAT LADY started singing to sig - 2:15 to allow all the boats time to nify the end of the 1st Half Series get to the new starting mark. The with the FINAL RESULTS as fol - course was set, starting at E-SE- lows: NE-SE-and finishing back at E. A RACERS q u i c k r a c e w a s c o m p l e t e d w ith the White Hawk 40 points 1st l e a d b o a t s finishing in just a few Tigress 26 points 2nd minutes over an hour. Damn Yankee 22 points 3rd Results were as follows: Wanderer 11 points MOJO 1st 3:16:00 MOJO 9 points Wanderer 2nd 3:18:00 FNG 9 points Gypsy Wind 3rd 3:21:30 Moonglade 5 points Alouette 4th 3:21:45 Faster Pussy Cat 4 points Looking forward to seeing even CRUISERS more boats out next Sunday, 7-21! Alouette 26 points 1st Gypsy Wind 13 points 2nd 7/28: Sunday was a beautiful, Liberty 5 points 3rd sunny day and six boats turned It was a great Series and lots of out to race. A small pod of dol - FUN for all who participated. If phins even joined in the fun! you haven't tried it, come join us Winds were very light at about 5- for some really good times and 7, with an occasional higher gust you will improve your sailing abil - and that, combined with an ities. GUARANTEED. inshore course, threw the favor to We start our 2nd half Series the lighter boats this week. 7/14/19 and go for 7 straight With winds out of the W at the Sundays of racing so now is the 7/21: Beautiful day on Sunday, , start and shifting around to the time to come out and see what you with plenty of wind! A few white SW, the course was set at X-W- can do. caps and lightly choppy seas put SE-E-X. A note from John Helmstadter: the winds at about 12-15 sus - A spinnaker helped some of the Just to let you know what I'm tained. Five boats made their way boats move around the course and doing in Minnesota, Bob to the X-mark in the sunshine. finishes were recorded as follows: Christenson helped me win 2 The course was set at X-S-E-N-X. Wanderer. 1st; Moonglade. 2nd; Regattas in a Thistle that my The fully crewed or heavier boats MOJO. 3rd; Skedaddle. 4th; Uncle built in the 50s. had the advantage in the heavier Alouette. 5th; Gypsy Wind. 6th. air and the finishes reflected it. 1st place White Hawk 3:14:30 2nd place Alouette 3:15:30 3rd place Gypsy Wind 3:17:25 4th place MOJO 3:23:00 5th place Wanderer 3:38:10

At left, Jack Ardrey's neice and her hus - 7/14 - Sunday was a day that band and daughter visiting from MI on the brought sustained, strong winds Sunday race, 7/21 at the X mark in the 15-18 range Above, it’s a beautiful day in the with gusts even higher. Four neighborhood, boats braved the winds and left Photos from Tracy Hirsh Please support the Members whose Ads support the Mainsheet

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