Volume 85, Number 8 August 2013

2013 U.S. National Championship June 27 through June 30

Over 100 Lasers came to Santa Cruz

This was truly a national champion- Peter Phelan, Santa Cruz Yacht Club, finished 12th. ship. There were 108 competitors from all over the Peter was the top Apprentice Master. U.S.A. and a few from Canada. They came from the following states and provinces with the number of The top finishers in the Gold Fleet of participants in parentheses: Alabama (1), Arkansas 37 boats were: (2), British Columbia (2), California (57), Florida 1. Malcolm Lamphere, Lake Geneva Yacht Club. (14), Hawaii (1), Illinois (1), Maine (1), Michigan 2. Mateo Vargas, St. Petersburg Yacht Club. (4), New Brunswick (1), New York (2), Ohio (1), 3. Claire Dennis, St. Francis Yacht Club. Claire Ontario (2), Texas (11), Virginia (1), Washington (7). was the top female in the fleet. Twelve of the sailors were from the Santa Cruz area. 4. Cooper Weitz, California Yacht Club. 5. Andrew Puopolo, Marsh Creek Yacht Club. The top finishers in the fleet of 35 boats were: The top finishers in the Laser Radial Silver Fleet of 1. Luke Muller, Lauderdale Yacht Club: Luke 36 boats were: was also the first Junior! 1. Jack Barton, San Francisco Yacht Club. 2. Frederick Vranizan, US Team Sperry 2. Lawson Willard, St. Francis Yacht Club. Topsider. 3. Ty Baird, St. Petersburg Yacht Club. 3. Chris Barnard, Newport Harbor Yacht Club. 4. Parker Hughes, Texas Corinthian Yacht Club. 4. Greg Martin, Texas Corinthian Yacht Club. 5. David Anthes, Scuttlebutt Sailing Club. 5. Steve Bourdow, Santa Cruz Yacht Club. Emma Drejes, Santa Cruz Yacht Club, finished 7th and Steve was also the first Master. was the top local Junior finisher. Michael Levy, Santa August 2013 Santa Cruz Yacht Club Spinnaker Sheet

over 130 volunteers, way over 25% of the club. The lime green shirts they wore easily identified the volunteers. The “friendly and cooperative” spirit permeated every thing they did!

We created of number of functional areas:

Arrivals: Kevin Rooney’s team was the first group that competitors met on arrival in the harbor. They did a great job of establishing the “friendly and cooperative” attitude for the entire volunteer team. They assigned 108 Lasers to dry storage berths, and directed competitors to take trailers to a storage lot on the east Cruz Yacht Club, came on strong at the end of the regatta side of the harbor. His team consisted of Bernard Bove, placing 3rd in the last race and finished 12th overall in the Barry Keeler, and Ed Moravick. Ed also managed the fleet. UCSC ramp. Coach Boats +: Terry Drew greeted all the Awards: Lovely Weems & Plath clocks were coach boats and assigned them to end ties in the upper presented to the top finishers in all divisions with one harbor. Along with this big job he also handled all in- exception. First place in the Laser Radial Silver Fleet was harbor boat tasks including keeping order at the UCSC a beautiful Carl Ruhne Laser half model. Carl created the ramp and participating in the care of SCYC and loaned model to encourage a young and upcoming sailor to keep boats. If all that was not enough he kept in contact with working to improve. It was very well received! the Velocity skippers, so the way was clear when Veloc- How did all this happen? The club that had ity was leaving or entering her slip. originally planned to host the event was so badly damaged Aldo’s ramp: Luis Oleson worked with Fred by Hurricane Sandy that they had to back out as hosts. In Molnar to remove the Jet Floats from the Aldo’s ramp January SCYC was asked to take over. Five months is to facilitate launch and recovery of Lasers. A custom never enough time to plan and execute a national regatta. made tool created by Chaz Ebel at Aquarius Boat Works SCYC Regatta Chairman, Beau Vrolyk, and I decided the made it possible to remove the shackle pins holding the only way we could consider accepting the regatta was if the Jet Floats to the dock. During the event Luis managed leadership team from the 2012 Worlds launch and recovery of the boats berthed in Aldo’s park- consisting of Terry Drew, John Fraser, Fred Molnar, Ed ing lot and the south portion of SCYC dry storage. He Moravick, Steve Niemann, Kevin Rooney, Jim Skinner, was also my right arm for all we were doing. and Gene Sofen would sign on to the Laser effort. They all said, “Okay!” And off we went. I got tagged as Re- gatta Event Chairman and Beau as PRO. Quickly join- ing the leadership team were Gail Bove, Matthew Coale, Ron Dillehay, Julie Edwards, Luis Oleson, and Barry Whittall. The regatta could not have happened without the support of the Santa Cruz Port District. This was a very busy time for the harbor. The last thing they needed was 100 plus sailors and friends competing with slip renters and customers of harbor businesses for parking, ramp use, space at end ties, etc., but working together we all made it happen. Early on the Leadership Team committed to pre- senting an exceedingly cooperative and friendly face to all visitors associated with the regatta. The team recruited Boats queued for recovery at Aldo’s ramp. 2 August 2013 Santa Cruz Yacht Club Spinnaker Sheet

UCSC Launch Ramp: Ed Moravick man- Kristen Lenz, Andrew Lenz, Charlotte Lenz, Nicholas aged getting boats in and out of the water at this ramp. Lenz, Hannah Levy, Martin Levy, Buster Long, Chloe Vern Wallace worked with him each day of the regatta. Long, JT Long, Nicole McCartney, Julia McCartney, Lin- They handled the boats berthed in the north portion of da Moore, Ed Moravick, Steve Niemann, Casey O’Hara, the SCYC dry storage. About 60% of the boats were Luis Oleson, David Pease, Kelly Robertson, Duncan launched here. They had the additional challenge of Robertson, Malcolm Robertson, Talia Rosenbaum, Ron working about the coming and going of Velocity, Char- Salado, Cecilia Salado, Amy Steward, Josselyn Verutti, donnay, and Pacific ’s charter boats. Tina Verutti, Vern Wallace and Barry Whittall. Dolly Support: Julie Edwards. All I can say about Julie and her team is wow! Her team got A special shout out to Julie Edwards, Sasha the boats to and from the launch ramps efficiently and Hawley, Amy Steward and Josselyn Verutti who tirelessly without clogging up traffic on the harbor access roads. A worked EVERY shift EVERY day! What an incredible report on their activity follows. contribution! Thank you to ONE and ALL for EVERY launch, 2013 U. S. National Laser Championship Regatta retrieval, kind word, organizational expertise, can-do- SCYC Junior Program Report attitude, chuckle, high 5, phone call, reporting-for-duty, helpful demeanor, and taking-it-in-stride! The SCYC Junior Program showed up in force to assist with dolly traffic to and from the launch areas. Whew. What a team, Program, endeavor, and success! Julie Edwards fearlessly volunteered to head up this Mary McKinnon-Tara, Director, SCYC Junior Pro- effort. After Day 1, Julie realized that additional volun- gram teers were needed, and with great thanks to Kelli Cook for her outreach efforts, the Junior Program volunteer Check the following pictures to get a feeling of how well team nearly doubled on the remaining three days. Julie’s team organized dolly management.

The original plan was for 96 volunteer assignments over 4 days…what actually happened were 132 volunteer as- signments!

The numbers! • 59 individual volunteers, 4 days, 8 shifts, 340+ total hours!! • Report from Aldo’s Ramp -- 42 boats launched on average in 45-50 minutes, average wait in line – 8-9 minutes! • Report from UCSC Ramp – 64 boats launched on average in 55-60 minutes!

Heartfelt thanks and a major shout out go to our dolly volunteers who were both Junior Program families and Yacht Club members: Jon Badeaux, Trevor Baylis, Tina Baylis, Mara Baylis, Colin Baylis, Brian Beers, Olivia Beers, Dan Cook, Kelli Cook, Mackenzie Cook, Liz Chandler, Kate Chandler, Dave Collignon, Ian Collignon, Anna Deraco, Nicki Diaz, Jennifer Drejes, Terry Drew, Julie Edwards, Dana Foley, Trevor Foley, Brenda Greer, Kyle Hunt, Sa- sha Hawley, Tom Halderman, Jackson Halderman, Oren Dollies organized and waiting for return of the Herrera-Pease, Jim Jackson, Linnea Jackson, Emily boats near Aldo’s ramp. Johnson, Niels Kisling, Jack Kisling, Christian Kisling, 3 August 2013 Santa Cruz Yacht Club Spinnaker Sheet

Boats returning to dry storage foodie volunteers deserve a big THANK YOU for the extra effort in serving the competitors and family with all the great personality our Club has to offer. Listed here are the those who made the early breakfast happen on time and dinner service flow like clock work… Marilyn Comstock, Monika Comstock, Bridget Binko, Don Conant, Hilarie DeGroot, Michael de Hayhu, Carolyn Flowers, Mimi, Kurt Hoffmann, Sue Hoffmann, Patty Humecke, Jane Hummert, Lisa Kee- ler, Bob Mattson, Bill Murchison, Pat Murchison, Steve Niemann (Co-Chair), Ann Niemann. I would like to personally thank you all for making a commitment to volunteer and give your time to help make an event like this “happen”.

Jim Skinner, 2013 Laser Nationals, Food Service Working the UCSC ramp. Co-Chair. Food: Jim Skinner and Steve Niemann. The Food Team put in a spectacular effort. These volun- teers included 19 members and friends helping with food service that included two dinners and four breakfasts. We had expert help from KISS Catering, Sandy and Scott Dexel, with food preparation for about 525 total meals and 280 volunteer lunches over the four days. Our

Marilyn Comstock orchestrating a few words on “how to” for dinner service.

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Registration: Gail Bove, Mary Jane Roskosz, DJ Tim- Jury: Paul Zupan was recruited to serve as pany, and De Schuyler: chief judge. Paul selected a great team consisting of • Put together and distributed 118 registration Danielle Ames, Vicky Gilmore, Greg Meagher, and Don packages Wieneke all from the Bay Area. He added Barry Ault • Corrected lots of sail numbers from San Diego and Mathias Rebholz from Germany. • Distributed coach boat flags They all were very complimentary of how the regatta • Collected coach boat flag deposits was conducted both on and off the water. We were very • Answered tons of questions about the regatta and fortunate to have boats provided for the judges by Dan the local area Cook, Bruce Edwards, and Philippe Kahn. The judges in grand style: Shep and Ellen Check In/Check Out: Ron Dillehay’s team Kett made the Black Pearl Cottage available for three of assigned bands to boats before launch and collected the judges. Jere Patterson and Marcia White turned them after boats returned. This was a safety measure their lovely apartment over to two judges, while one to make very sure we did not lose anyone! Others who stayed with Beau and Tracy and one with Mary Jane and took their turn at the table were Elisabeth Russell, Tom me. Webster, Sheryl Guidera, Barry Keeler, Bengie Hodges, Preparation and towlines: Matthew Rod Trombly, and Ann Niemann. This level of staffing Coale, Rachel Hoffman, Gene Sofen. All three made eliminated waiting to sign in and out for the skippers, up and organized close to 20 mark setups. In addition, accommodated the complex recombination of the radial Matthew made up towlines and picket lines at the launch fleet into Gold and Silver, and accurately kept track of ramps. each skipper who went out to race. Race Committee: PRO Beau Vrolyk recruited a strong team including Peter Szasz from St.FYC to serve as Vice PRO and manage the finish line. Sig- nal boat people were Fred Molnar (sounds), Matthew Coale (flags), Bob Comstock (line sight), Bruce Donald (recorder), John Mizell (recorder), and Charlie Roskosz (timer). The finish line boat was staffed by Bill Lard (Main Event owner and skipper), Billie Simpson (re- corder), Rich Nesladek (recorder), Kris North (recorder).

Beau’s report follows.

Thank you for giving so much of your time to help support the 2013 Laser U.S. National Champion- ship. It was a great event, and has received nothing but a strong positive response from the competitors - even Check In/Check Out Station with Rod Trombly and those who disliked the variable winds we suffered Bob Warfield on duty. through. Here are a few pictures compliments of Mal

Boats approaching finish line.

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Northcott, and a short summary of the RC activities. The SCYC team put on some terrific racing for Here’s what we did: 108 entrants. Conditions were wildly variable, with • 11 races for the Laser Full rig races in 28 knots of wind being followed by races in 8 • 16 races for the Laser Radials (8 for the knots. With seas changing from 15 feet high and break- Gold and 8 for the Silver Fleets) ing with whitecaps to nearly flat. Through it all the • Uncounted general re-calls (actually Race Committee team kept their composure, even when about 14) the fog dropped in for a visit, and provided tremendous • A lot of OCS and ZFP (Z-flag penalties) high-quality racing for the competitors. for the over-eager Despite the difficult conditions for racing, • Over 90 anchors set and hauled (3 lost) numerous competitors made a point of searching out • Over 991 boat finishes scored your PRO and telling him how much they appreciated the willingness of the RC team to up-anchor and move The key to great racing is accurate mark set- to where the wind was. “Many RCs would have let us ting, line setting and starting sequences. We nailed all sit. We got so we could count on you to get us racing these. I am particularly proud of the team for adopting again quickly even if it meant moving a mile or two and the new technology of setting marks at precise latitude hauling up ten anchors.” That was your PRO’s favorite and longitude positions from the information delivered quote. Not once, during four solid days of re-setting by text messages. I know that this involved the adop- and moving marks did any volunteer ever hesitate or tion of two new technologies simultaneously and some complain. Our record was re-setting four times to get of our older eyes aren’t as keen on the little letters of a one race off, and we did that within less than 30 minutes text message, but we did it. Well done! The result was - that’s terrific! A gigantic “thank you” to all those who that each mark-set boat could independently get to work hauled, moved, set and occasionally cursed at anchors setting their marks and we could get 10 anchors down in and marks! precisely the right place in less than 20 minutes. That’s about as good as it gets! With the marks and the line in the right place, the rest is up to the horn-honking flag- waving gang on the signal boat, and they did not disap- point. Having a tremendously over-qualified team made all the difference. We nailed the timing on 27 starts! Regardless of how well set a starting line is, competitors occasionally find a reason to “love” one end or the other. The crew of the Black Pearl deserves spe- cial mention for hanging tough at the pin-end and calling numbers. In one race, the Pearl called six sail numbers for a Z-flag start, which matched what the Signal Boat observed and provided an accurate, and fair, result to the competitors. In the picture below you can see the concentration it takes to hold position, site the line and document the numbers as 37 boats try to over-run your end of the line. Well done!

Black Pearl helping with line sighting

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As you all know, in addition to setting and haul- ing anchors; documenting mark roundings, starts and fin- ishes; and keeping the PRO informed of sea-state, wind speed and wind direction - the mark set boats are always keeping an eye on the safety of the competitors. They were all terrific. Even when the fog dropped in while the wind speed accelerated to well over 27 knots, your PRO knew that all the mark set and support boats could be counted on to slog through the chop, take the spray in the face and find those inverted competitors. We had some Laser monitored at weather mark by SCYC Whaler pretty wet team members out there - and absolutely zero complaining. Finally, I have to say how intensely proud I am of the entire team. Our small club put on a first class regatta in a constrained location with a fraction of the resources that some larger clubs have, for the second year in a row. You did it with less than half the notice and planning time a regatta like this typically takes. You should all be quite proud of what you accomplished. Re- gattas like this one build the reputation of a club - and ours is looking pretty darn good right now. Thank you all for everything you did and I owe each and every one of you a drink!

Beau Vrolyk 2013 Laser U.S. National Championship, PRO A Laser moving out! Registration: Gail Bove, Mary Jane Roskosz, DJ It was tough out there. We had competitors with Timpany, and De Schuyler: four broken masts, a broken boom, a badly sprained wrist, cut fingers and a half dozen cases of hypother- • Put together and distributed 118 registration mia. The support and mark set boat teams were always packages there, always watching and always lending a hand to • Corrected a quite a few sail numbers keep the sailors safe. Thank you! It means a great deal • Distributed coach boat flags to the sailors to know that they can glance over their • Collected coach boat flag deposits shoulder and see a sharp-eyed team keeping watch over them. You can see Whaler standing watch over this laser Support Boats: John Fraser with lots of help at the windward mark, where the bumps are big and the from Gene Sofen lined up outstanding support boats and breeze is strong, as he heads back down to leeward. the crews. As noted in Beau’s description of what hap- pened on the water they:

• Did the mark setting and resetting, • Assisted with line calls at starts and finishes • Rescued lots of sailors

SCYC is fortunate to have the Big Whaler, Guardian, and Black Pearl, but we could not have large regattas without members and friends willing to loan or use their boats. 1. Jim Wilson: Flying Fish

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2. Lowell Ellis: Big Red 3. John and Wendy Wurster: Foreign Affair 4. Kelly Nesheim: Swede 5. Barry Whitthall: Mighty Duck would have been out there, but engine problems dictated otherwise.

We are even luckier to have such competent people to crew the boats. Participating this time were Steve Aguilar, MJ Austin, Adam Borcherding, Lowell Ellis, Richard Emigh, Royce Fletcher, Jim Foley, Jack Halterman, Chuck Hawley, Ragina Judson, David Kitchen, Linda Moore, Anika Morf, Wes Musitelli, “hit them up twice” in one month. However, Paul Neibanks, Kelly Nesheim, Malcolm Northcott, • Skip Ely’s Elyxir beverage distribution company Carl Ruhne, Jim Savattone, Rob Schuyler, Garrett provided: Schwegler, Bruce Simpson, Barry Whittall, Wendy o A beverage cooler trailer Wurster, and John Wurster. o Pop-up tents for the “village” near the tram After the regatta John and his team worked o Outstand signage very hard for a couple of days to return the boats in top • Coral Reef sold nautical clothing and sailing sup- condition. plies. SCYC will get a percentage of their net sales. • Steve Elmore provided a tent for Coral Reef’s clothing sales and another for the “village.” • West Marine supplied great nautical bags to hold registration materials and a discount coupon for each registrant. • While not a sponsor, Svendsens gave a major lift to the regatta by providing Lasers for charter. They got MANY more requests than they could handle for new boats, but they helped out of town sailors get in touch with local Laser sailors willing to char- ter their own boats.

The “tent village” near the tram provided a great social gathering place. Many of us felt that the collection One of many sailors that were happy to know our sup- of small tents was more charming and nearly as useful as port boats were in the area! one very large tent. Nothing significant gets done at SCYC without Freelancers: Barry Whittall and Steve Nie- the hard work and guidance of Greg Haws and Jennifer mann both had other jobs, but they were great reviewing Whall, many thanks to them! what we were planning or doing, and filling in wherever Well done Santa Cruz Yacht Club! Long after there was a need. For example, Barry came up with the the details of the racing are forgotten the competitors will idea of renting a box trailer for Coral Reef to store their remember the Santa Cruz Yacht club for the great welcome merchandise at night. Steve figured out how to make the our volunteers and members extended to them. The “Little mast bands and taught us how to make them. He even Club That Can” not only did it again but did it with great jump-started a competitor’s van. I saw both of them spirit that showed through to all participants! helping launch boats. These two guys were helping all over the place! Charlie Roskosz Sponsorship: The team decided not to pursue 2013 U.S. National Laser Championship sponsors, since the MISC regatta team was busy contact- Event Chairman ing nearly everyone in the area. It did not seem right to 8 August 2013 Santa Cruz Yacht Club Spinnaker Sheet

Commodore’s Report on Saturday, August 3. For(e) pros and duffers alike, the Golf Tournament will take place on I give praise that Dave is home and cancer Thursday, August 8 at Boulder Creek Golf free! Club. On Saturday, August 17, we’ll have our My article this month is brief in order to “County Fair” complete with wine tasting and help Charlie Roskosz focus on the spirit of our potluck, and the next day is our annual “West- volunteers. ern BBQ”. As I think about this year as your RC, Rob Schuyler now racing past, the one thing I would like Commodore to leave for my successor is an even better “bank” of volunteers willing to help out on Rear Commodore’s Report social events. We’ve been fortunate to have A Little Behind in my Work had so many give of their time and toil this year, and so I would ask if you’re interested in Good news! My report (aka “blather- helping on future events (the secret is that it’s palooza”) will be a little shorter than usual this pretty darn fun), please let me, Greg or Jenni- month so as to allow extra space for a special fer know and we’ll enlist you for an upcoming article on our Club’s amazing volunteers and the event. Many hands make light work!! very successful Laser Nationals. Luckily though, Again, thanks for the opportunity to things were a little reserved at the Club in the last serve as your RC. Come on down and enjoy month, socially speaking, but the next will make our wonderful Club! up for it! Aloha!! The Luau – complete with deli- Don Conant cious island buffet and live entertainment – will be Rear Commodore

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Upcoming SCYC SCYC Members Racing Updates SWEDEN - Nancy Rinkardt and I were in Istanbul, Events Calendar Turkey this month, ready to race with Morgan Larson aboard the Extreme 40 Alinghi in Act 4 of the Extreme Series. Due to “civil unrest” in the city, Luau however, the regatta was cancelled. We had a lot of fun, August 3 but were bummed to miss racing with Morgan! Instead of Istanbul, Morgan (Match Racing helmsman/tactician) went with his Artemis team to Marsten, Sweden to con- Veeder Cup tinue in the 3rd event of the RC44 Championship circuit. August 3, 4 Despite heavy 30 kt winds and driving rain, Artemis was able to garner a 1st and two 3rd place finishes in the event and ended in 5th and 6th in Match racing and fleet racing Golf Tournament respectively. They stand 4th overall in both categories in August 8 the series. MICHIGAN - Brent Ruhne was on Mackinac Island Cruise to Stillwater after finishing the Port Huron to Mac race on the 86’ August 8 - 11 maxi Windquest. They finished second to the Volvo 70 in 19.5 hours for the 210-mile race. Attached is a photo of them about to cross the finish line. At the finish, with Laser Fridays 300 meters to go, their breeze shifted dramatically such August 16 that they had to make a quick change from the code 2 spinnaker to a jib! Fall One Design #1 August 17

Wine Tasting / Potluck August 17

Wylie Wabbit Nationals August 17-18

Sunday Dinner / Western Buffet August 18

Fall SCORE #1 August 25

Windjammers August 31

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The month of July was pretty good for the Cruis- ers. We had a set of 4th of July events. First was a small group of boats that Sailed to Monterey during the week of the 4th of July. The weather was great and the Mon- terey Harbor and Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club were very accommodating. The second was a 4th of July raft up in Santa Cruz near the wharf. Due to mixed swells we did not get to raft up, however there were 4 boats that all participated and anchored near each other. The weather was great and somehow even with the police screening MASSACHUSETTS - Junior sailor Emma Drejes, and temporary fencing around the beaches there was still a just returned from Marion, where she competed in the huge amount of great fireworks to watch. Junior Sailing Women’s Championship Regatta. She Coming up is our great Wharf to Wharf raft up on sailed in the Laser Radial class, where she placed 16th Saturday July 27th at 2:00 PM. The idea here is that we out of 42 Boats! Nice job Emma! have a raft up party in Capitola by the wharf. Then the people who are doing the Wharf to Wharf race can leave CALIFORNIA – In the 2013 TransPac, Ian Klitza and thier boat in Capitola on Saturday night, so on Sunday his team on the R/P 45 Criminal Mischief, won 1st in after doing the run, they can sail back to Santa Cruz and class! avoid the traffic and lines for the busses. If you are in- Mackenzie Cook was sailing at Alamitos Bay terested in participating in the raft up or doing the Wharf Yacht Club in Long Beach California on July 20-21 to Wharf run and want to sail back to Santa Cruz please in their Regatta as a tune up for the upcom- contact Jason Lauer. ing A-cat North Americans. He placed 4th overall According to my unofficial study, less that 25% of and is looking forward to returning August 12th for the our club membes have ever anchored in Stillwater Cove. NA’s. Stillwater Cove is one of the greatest gems in our area and it is too bad that so few have taken the time to sail over If you have info on where club members are racing, there. But don’t despair, our upcoming Sail to Stillwater please feel free to pass along details to Bucciel@aol. Cove is around the corner. The wonderful event is hosted com. by Steve Smardan and is on August 9 - 11th. Once you’re anchored it will be a mellow weekend, with a BBQ hosted Ellen Kett by the Stillwater Yacht Club, a trip into Carmel Village, plus lots more!! If interested in more details please contact Steve at [email protected].

2013 Cruising Club Calendar of Activities

Date Event Sat 7/27 Wharf to Wharf Raft Up Aug 9-11 Sail to Stillwater Cove Sep 20-22 Monterey Jazz Festival Sat 10/26 Party Raft Up Wed 1/1 New Year’s Day Brunch

If you are interested in learning more about the SCYC Member, Ian Klitza, celebrates with crew Cruisers of the Santa Cruz Yacht Club please contact me.

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Sailing Skills and Seamanship Course Industry challenge: The aging of the boating population The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Santa Cruz Flotilla 67, is offering a Sailing Skills and Santa Cruz Yacht Club is not alone in dealing with Seamanship course beginning on Thursday, Septem- the graying of membership; 62% of all sailors are over ber 12, 2013. The lead instructor, Bruce Simpson, is 45, and the average age of a new sailboat buyer is over 55 a SCYC member and USCG Auxiliarist. This class- . How is the boating industry and yacht clubs going to ad- room instruction meets on Thursday nights from 7:30 dress the aging population, and attract generations Y and X? pm to 9:30 pm for fifteen consecutive Thursdays. It As a new SCYC Corinthian member who attended is a fun and educational course for beginning sailors the board meeting last week, the Commodores comment that and for experienced sailors who wish to hone their very few of the Corinthian members own boats caught my sailing skills. This is a nationally recognized course, attention. My husband and I have been sailing with friends however it is taught by local instructors who concen- on their boats for over a decade in Santa Cruz, and have trate on sailing in Santa Cruz. Students will build discussed how it would be great to have a boat but between the knowledge and confidence that will serve as the the cost to purchase and own a boat, and the lack of slips it foundation for a lifetime of sailing enjoyment. It uses has never progressed past the idea stage. After the board a well-illustrated text to introduce fledgling sailors to meeting last week I chatted with my fellow new Corinthian the equipment, nomenclature and safe operation of members, and they said that was part of their challenge too. sailboats. There are multiple articles on this topic, I am cur- Upon completion of this SS&S Course, stu- rently reading Saving Sailing by Nicolas Hayes and in the dents receive a USCG certificate as well as a Nation- most recent Sounding Trade Only, they had multiple articles al Association of State Boating Law Administrators on the aging of the boating population and how different (NASBLA) boating safety certificate. boat manufacturers are tackling the issues. Most of the The cost is $55, which covers the textbook challenges for attracting new boaters are access to boats, the and class materials. The USCG Auxiliary is an all cost of boat ownership, and having time for boating. volunteer organization. Living near Silicon Valley I have had the opportuni- The class is open to the public and is limited ty to experience growth in the sharing/peer-to-peer economy to the first 20 students who sign up. You may pre- (Airbnb , Relay Rides, and many others) where people list register by contacting the lead instructor at bsimp- their house, cars, power tools and more for “rent” to other [email protected] or register in person on September people. This spring I made the leap and joined an early 5, 2013 at 7:00 pm. This class will fill up quickly. It start up called Boatbound is held in the Harbor Public Meeting room at 365A , which is enabling boat Lake Avenue. For more information go to http:// rentals by owner. The start- a1130607.uscgaux.info/sss.html, attend registration up allows me to combine night, and/or contact [email protected]. my love of boating and technology in a way that Bruce Simpson will hopefully allow us SCYC Regular Member to introduce more people to boating. For those not familiar with these types of websites, they provide a platform to connect interested boat renters with boat owners; Boatbound provides insurance and towing as part of the rental to make sure smooth and safe boating. Here are a few thoughts on how

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Boatbound could work with Yacht Clubs to attract new boaters to the community: Luau Dinner/Entertainment Saturday, August 3 • The Yacht Club and few of its members could list their boats for rent – great way to offset the cost of 5:30pm Cocktails boat ownership 6:30pm Dinner • Market locally the boats for rent to YC mem- $25.00pp (children 10 and under $12.00) bers who are between boats, or Corinthian members RSVP 831-425-0690 or [email protected] who have yet to get their first boat • Offer the boats for rent to reciprocal YC mem- 19th Annual SCYC Golf Tournament bers when they visit Santa Cruz so they are able to get Thursday, August 8th out on the water with their friends and family when they are visiting Come with one, two, three, four or more players Boulder Creek Country Club Sara Swenson Format: Scramble Play SCYC Corinthian Member Includes: Green Fees, Cart, Food and Prizes Limit 40 People First Tee Time is at 10:00am $60.00pp RSVP at 831-425-0690 or [email protected]

Wine Tasting / Potluck Saturday, August 17 at 5:30pm

Monterey County Fair Amateur Wine Makers will donate the wine. You bring a dish to share. Everyone Welcome! No RSVP’s needed.

Western Theme Buffet Dinner Sunday, August 18

New members Nancy & Mike Neidig, Sara Swenson, 5:30pm Cocktails Commodore Rob Schuyler, Tyler Karaszewski (with 6:30pm Dinner $17.50pp (plus tax and tip) daughter Katie) and Robert Curtis RSVP 831-425-0690 or [email protected]

Membership Report

Regular 431 Non-Resident 72 Junior 86 Corinthian 50 Life 9 Honorary 26

Total 674

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