August 2005 Official Publication of Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Volume 78 • Number 8 f ourth of july re g a tta f ourth of july re g a tta by Chris Ericksen Photos by Rich Roberts Photo boat skipper - Churk Hardin

unior sailors in both Naples Sabots and Radials made for a healthy turnout at the one-day 2005 ABYC Fourth of July Regatta. J There were a total of 135 boats in 15 fleets representing about 20 classes on hand for the event, sailed on a picture- perfect summer’s day, Saturday, July 2. Out on the Ocean Course, run inside the breakwater, PRO Bob Anderson handled six one-design fleets and two Portsmouth divisions, one for monohulls and one for . The big fleets were the Lasers, with 20 full-rigs and seven Radials on the course. ABYC’s own Bob Falk scored a strong win with one first-place finish and nothing else lower than third. Chris Winnard of CalYC was second, just ahead of Peter Drasnin of Westlake YC. ABYC Lasers Chuck Tripp and Vann Wilson rounded out the trophy winners in that order, and one point apart. Matthew Wenner of Cal YC was the best among the Radial fleet, with a score identical to Bob Falk’s in the full rigs. Bradley Schock of Huntington Harbour Yacht Club was second. Cal 20’s also had a good turnout. Doug and Stacie McLean duked it out with Don Zinn and son Andy (the latter of CBYC) all day, with the Zinn’s managing two wins to Doug and Stacie’s one. But the McLean’s finished second in every other race and came away the winners. The family theme continued as Ryan and Ron Mudry of ABYC came in third and Mike and Ron Wood of ABYC finished fifth. ABYC’s Keith Ives was fourth. Nine Finns came to ABYC for the day and had a clinic from an old master: Henry Sprague, who has been winning regattas in five decades. His four bullets was not challenged by anyone, although Doug Severance and Jeff Case tied on points but fin- ished second and third, respectively, on the tiebreaker. Two Portsmouth divisions were organized from the odds and ends of other one-design entries. ABYC’s own Dan DeLave with Eileen Haubl outsailed fellow Scott Miller of Mission Bay YC for top honors in the six-boat Portsmouth fleet. And ABYC’s Mike Shea, his C-15 with Chris Hill, led three other C-15’s and two Tempest’s in the six-boat monohull Portsmouth fleet with two wins and two second-place finishes. Vince Paternoster and Wayne Lewis of CalYC were second in their C-15. Also sailing C-15’s were two sailors with a long history of racing at ABYC, back after a long time away: Ole Eichhorn and Elliott teamed up and finished third. Olson 30’s came to town—well, four of them, anyway—on the heels of sailing in Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week the weekend before. Bill and Mark Bernard from California YC was tops on a tiebreaker over CBYC’s Aaron Feves. ...continued page 5 inside sav e the date Commodore’s Comments ...... 2 Junior Nationals ...... August 6 - 11 Manager’s Corner ...... 2 O’Day ...... August 16 - 21 Membership ...... 3 Welcome New Members/Meeting ...... August 19 Junior Sailing ...... 5 Sou’wester Deadline ...... August 19 From the Pages of History ...... 4 Multihull Regatta ...... August 27 - 28 Long Beach Race Week Photos...... 6 - 7 Labor Day Regatta ...... September 3 - 4 Driftwood ...... 8 I-14 North American Champs . September 10 - 11 Hails From the Fleets ...... 9 - 11 Adopt a Beach ...... September 17 Scuttlebutt ...... 11 Charity Regatta ...... September 25 sou’wester • july 2005 • page 1 commodore’s comments ince the July issue of the Sou’Wester there has been much to report on. Long Beach Race Week in late June debuted with great success. The partnership with Long Beach S Yacht Club worked out very well; 127 boats in 13 classes were on the line for a fantastic 3 day regatta. This will become, I project, a tradition. In the future it will grow in prominence to become a signature event for both clubs. The Centennial Transpac went off as planned with starts on July 11, 15 & 17; ABYC was well represented. Staff Commodore Jerry Montgomery is Commodore of Transpacific YC this year and was busy organizing every aspect. You see, in 1997, Jerry was the overall winner of Transpac, so it’s his time ‘to give back’ by staying shoreside this year. Members that I saw on the line were Eric Conn (Chasch Mer), Dave Robertson (Incredible), Mike Pentecost (Mag- nitude), Bob Lane, Keith Ives, Jared Morford, Chuck Stevens (Medicine Man), Dave Johnson, Scott Atwood, Rob Rice (Plan B), Ed Feo, Jim McLeod, Dave Thompson (Tabasco/Alamitos Bay Syndicate) and Wendy Siegal (Willow Wind). I’m sure I missed some of our members. If I missed you, buy me a drink at the bar. You can see from the names above that our members don’t just sail small boats. Dave Thompson promised to write an article about the race from his point of view from an ultralight 35’ (ID35) for next month’s Sou’Wester. By the time you read this we will have hosted the Junior Sabot Nationals and the US men’s single-handed Cham- pionships. These are back–to-back events in mid-August and are important events being held at our club. ABYC is the place to be. Our regatta participation has been up dramatically for most all events this year. It is showing in the amount of new members who want to be in a club where they can be a part of world-class regattas and sail with the champions. Did I mention that Pete Melvin won the world championship for A Cats in Sangunet, France ? Way to go, Pete! Nicole (Vice Commodore) and the Design Committee have been doing a great job in implementing the changes to the clubhouse and, more importantly, making the tough decisions. I mentioned last month all the committee members by name so give them a big THANK YOU. If you don’t agree with some of the changes, remember that they have done their best to represent the members, and that no matter what color, etc they chose, they could not please everyone. I (for one) think they have done an outstanding job. Last but not least, please think about someone you know who would make an active member of the club and give them an application. We have a very good promotion for new members and their sponsor, so get moving! We are doing very well on membership; we could do better if everyone keeps membership in mind. How sweet it would be if there was a ‘waiting list’ to join ABYC! See you on the water and at the club Ron Wood manag er’s corner

WO YEARS! I can’t believe it is already my second anniversary here! In many ways it seems like I have been here forever, but in others I can’t believe the time T has passed so quickly. We certainly have seen a lot of change in the last two years. Our most wonderful change will have August as its debut month as well. The club has been scrapped and sanded, filled and painted. It is like a woman in a beautiful new dress! The design committee worked hard to bring about this dramatic face lift to our already grand club house. It was exciting to see each new transformation as it took place last month. Please be sure to tell each of the committee members how much you appreciate the time and energy that they put forth to accomplish this in such record time! Never tell us again that a group of woman cannot agree and make up their minds! With August upon us again, we are also heading into our final full month of Twilight Dinners. Please remember to come and enjoy the hard work that Jesus and his team put together for you. His Mexican food has increased the Wednesday night income dramatically over last year! He is never happier than when he is cooking for all of you! As I head into my third year I hope that the staff and I can continue to serve each of you in a way that makes this a club you enjoy and can relax at each time you visit. Theresa Laird, Club Manager adopt a beach athy Black-Smith and I would like to remind you of the September 17th Adopt-A-Beach which is the National Beach Clean Up Day. We really could have used more help in July, but six bags of Styrofoam is six less to pollute the Cocean. We’ll remind you again. The Adopt-A-Beach Committee: Bard Heavens, Cathy and Todd Black-Smith, Carol Reynolds, Alaine and John Weiss, and Barbara Gabriel

sou’wester •july 2005 • page 2 membership he Board of Directors at its July 14th meeting approved the following matters: Richard and Vicki Vaught were approved for a Regular Membership and James “J.P.” Saunders was approved for T a Junior Membership. The following were approved for Posting for Regular Memberships: Joel Arenson, Scott and Lilli Babcock, Jeremy Davidson, and Jessica Costa, Frank and Cynthia Gasztonyi, Brian and Karen O’Callaghan. Iam Sammis, and Richard and Betsy Whiteley. Joseph Kazane and Dugan Farrell were approved Posting for Junior Memberships. If any present Member has any reason why one or two of the above pasted persons should not become members of our Club please let this be known to a Member of the Board of Directors before the next Board Meeting, August, 18th, 2005 or forever hold your peace. The Membership Committee the bay clog g er (aka junior sailing) ello ABYC members! It has been a fun and really exciting summer so far with so Sunny Scarborouth - 4th of July many events to report on. As we charge through the busiest portion of our sum Boat Parade Hmer, we are finding that adding an extra day and an additional week to our program has made a lot of difference. Our sailors competed in several regattas and have faired tremendously well. Here are some of the updates from those regattas and a little more about our program! 4th of July Regatta @ ABYC This regatta was off the hook! I was extremely proud as ABYC sailors placed in all five of the sabot fleets and won three of them. Not only that, but we had 19 sailors sail in the regatta, 6 of which were doing their first real regatta! Congrats go out to our Laser sailors Max Clemmer and Chandler Kasper for representing us in the ocean classes as well as Riley Gibbs, Palmer Luckey, Jake Scarborough, Dusty Starr, Alex Westland & Ashley Westland - our morning class racers who raced for the first time. Congratulations to the racing team for an outstanding performance! Summer Gold Cup @ NHYC We took a record 20 students down to Gold Cup this year and had students place in four out of five fleets as well as win two of them. This two-day regatta is the one of 4th of July Boat Parade the biggest (over 100 sabots this year) and is the standard gear up for Junior Nationals that will take place here at ABYC August 8th – 11th. It seemed as though the students had a blast at the regatta cheering wildly for their teammates as they went up to receive their trophies. One of the most interesting stories is 9-year old Rob Rice who has stunned people from around the bay with his extraordinary finishes. Just over a week before this regatta, Rob got three bullets in the 4th of July regatta in the C2 division and decided to move up to the C1 division for the Summer Gold Cup where he proceeded to win with good measure once again. He is now an official B-Fleeter who just recently got a 2nd place trophy in the Dutch Shoe Marathon in San Diego! This is one 9-year old you don’t want to mess with on the racecourse! Congratulations to Rob and the rest of the racing team and thank you to the parents who towed the trailers down to Gold Cup and Dutch Shoe for us! Gold Cup Finishes: B Fleet had 28 boats, C1 Fleet had 21, C2 Fleet had 14 & C3 Fleet had 18 Jack Jorgensen – 2nd place B Fleet Rob Rice – 1st place C1 Fleet Samantha Gebb – 3rd place B Fleet Kevin Baumann – 4th place C2 Fleet AJ Robinson – 4th place B Fleet Savannah Robinson – 1st place C3 Fleet Lauren Bussey – 5th place B Fleet Thank you Thank you so much to those parents who have sacrificed their time to help us get so many boats down to these regattas. We have had uncharacteristically high attendance at many travel events thanks to them. Those who have towed this summer so far: Latham Bell, Brad & Sharon Bolger, Keith and Claudia Dodson, Doug Jorgensen, Julie & Brett Luckey, Jane McNaboe, Kathy Melvin, Tom Newton, Jon Robinson, and Denise Spagg. That is quite a list and we wouldn’t be able to do it all without them, so thank you! Thank you also to the many members who continue to donate their time and boats to our program to keep it growing and moving in the right direction. If you would like to donate your boat to the program, please contact Brad Schaupeter at (562) 434-9955 or [email protected] Brad Schaupeter, ABYC JR. Sailing Director

sou’wester • july 2005 • page 3 from the pag es of history ugust SOU’WESTER’s usually report on three things: championship regattas being held that summer, the Luau held in conjunction with the Labor Day Regatta and who’s running for the ABYC Board of Directors. A THIRTY YEARS AGO: Dale and Maxine Berkihiser chaired the 1975 Luau, according to the August 1975 SOU’WESTER. Stan Ray, evidently a regular performer at ABYC in those days, would have a dance band upstairs while a rock band would play “downstairs for the younger set.” Hawaiian shirts were the uniform of the day, and dinner would be taken upstairs on tatami mats rather than tables. Cost of the Luau was $6.75 per adult and $4.75 for children 12 and under. Five ABYC Juniors went to the St. Francis Yacht Club station at Tinsley Island to compete for the Nagy Trophy. “They were excellent at the dinner table, first in volleyball and track and second in swimming,” it was reported, but “finished fourth in team racing. The team was made up of Ross Butcher, Keith Dodson, Bruce Golison, Jeff Jones and Jeff Merrill. As somewhat of a consolation, however, Bruce Golison advanced to the area finals of the Prince of Wales sailoff. “The ‘NEW ROOM’ finally has a name,” reported club Secretary Mel Hebert. You may recall the then-new “annex building” or “new building”—the one between the parking lot and the lawn—had not been named, and a contest was held to choose a name for the building. It is to be called the Quarterdeck, a name suggested by more than one member but first mentioned by Staff Commodore Neal Dundas. Secretary Hebert also reported that mooring fees in the yard would increase 25 per cent: it would now cost $15 annually to store a , and a Coronado 25 would be $18.75 per month. ABYC would be hosting the Nationals in August. It would be sailed both in the bay and in the harbor: each boat and each division would sail both outside and inside during the Elimination and Championship series. The trophy presentation would be held at a dinner on the Queen Mary. On top of that, the Junior Sabot Nationals—then, as now, a huge undertaking—was set to be in Alamitos Bay in August, co-hosted by several yacht clubs but run out of ABYC. Finally, ABYC would be hosting the 470 Nationals in September, the first time the regatta had been held west of the Rocky Mountains; fifty to seventy boats were expected to be there, including defending champion and Olympic hopeful Dave Ullman. Former ABYC Juniors who became new members of ABYC included Jeff McDermaid, a student at UCI; Pat McCormick, a student at Cal State Long Beach, and Brad Ellerman, reported as “still in college” somewhere…also joining was James Davidson of Rossmoor with his sons, Gary (age 15) and Scott (age 12)…Dick Deaver of North Sails was to present the film, “The Shape of Speed,” at the August general membership meeting; Commodore Ron Fox “recommends the film highly.” TWENTY YEARS AGO: Photos of regattas and trophy winners graced both the cover and the center spread of the August, 1985 SOU’WESTER. Two ’s were on the cover, shown sailing the I-14 Nationals, race committee members Rod Ogilby, Winnie Wills and Tick Weber were shown on the bridge of PATIENCE in one photo. Dave Dorrans was shown in a photo with ABYC juniors Dana Riddick and Stacy Dumain while ABYC junior Mike Goyan was shown with Nicky Adamson of Chandler’s Landing YC getting the U.S. Doublehanded Youth Championship trophy from Dave Perry. And a boatload of pictures were from the Senior Sabot Nationals; included in the photos were Lee Berlinger, Clif Mathias and Judy Mathias, Mac Mills, Mike Sentovich and Patty Reno. In addition to that, Chris Redman, sailing with Jim MacLeod and Ron Olson, won the Governor’s Cup Regatta in Newport Harbor. While Mike Goyan crewed for winner Nicky Adamson in the doublehanded division of the U.S. Youth Championships in Minnesota, other ABYC sailors included Darren Rosenberg and Scott Ramsey and Kevin Goyan and Russell Fox in Laser II’s, Stephan Svilich in Laser and Ron Rosenberg on sailboard. And Allison Jolly won the U.S. Women’s Singlehanded Championship for the Allegra Knapp Mertz Trophy on Lake Erie. There were a whole slew of second-generation members joining ABYC the summer of 1985. They included Ed and Maryann Feo, son and daughter-in-law of Ed and Virginia Feo; Bill and Debra Leisy, daughter and son-in-law of Ernie and Pat Marr; Chris and Pat Marr, son and daughter-in-law of Ernie and Pat; and Mark Wardle, son of Chuck Wardle. Club Historian Ann Exley ran an article about the founding of Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. The twelve men that met in S.W. Holmers’ boat shop at 62nd Place (then Pier Avenue) and Bayshore Walk included Mr. Holmers, Clarence Pasel, Sid Exley and Ernest “Ducky” Woodman…nominees for the Board of Directors included Peter Baine, Don Brown, George Caddle, Jack Cook, Frances Grover, Mike McMahon, Vahan Skenderian and Jerry Tankersley along with incumbents Mike McDade and Tom Ramsey…Paul Merrill, Senior, the father of Adra Kober, Paul Merrill, Jr. and Chas Merrill and grandfather to a whole slew of Merrill and Kober kids, passed away. TEN YEARS AGO: The August 1995, SOU’WESTER had a picture of a on Huntington Lake on the cover. It was helmed by ABYC junior Jesse Oliver and his crew Kevin Tominaga sailing the Fireball Nationals. SOU’WESTER editor Allison Jolly and husband Mark Elliot won the Fireball Nationals the same week. Howard Hamlin and Mike Martin were reported to have won the 5-0-5 division of the High Sierra Regatta at the same lake, just ahead of Jolly and Elliot. This was on-the-spot reporting by the SOU’WESTER staff, no doubt! The PHRF Fleet was sponsoring a very interesting event, a Man Overboard Race. As part of the event, a weighted dummy would be dropped in front of each boat during the race; the boat has to stop and recover the “man overboard” before continuing the race. The event was open to any PHRF-rated boat from any SCYA yacht club would feature a raffle for the ...continued next page sou’wester •july 2005 • page 4 f ourth of july re g a tta (cont) And four Etchells—each with at least one Staff Commodore aboard—raced, and the racing was even: while two scored first-place finishes, each of them managed to finish last in at least one race. Jerry Thompson and Jeff Littell of ABYC took three bullets into the winner’s circle. While the action seemed to be on the Ocean Course, the numbers in the Bay were no less impressive: 64 boats in seven fleets, including six Naples Sabot divi- sions, under the direction of PRO Mike Baumann. Ten Lido 14’s gathered to contest their fleet championship, and the title went—yet again—to Freddy and Fred Stevens. Second place went to Lido Class President Tom Jenkins and crew Christina Campolmi— she the third generation of her family to sail on Alamitos Bay, as her mother and grandfather were sailors—while ABYC’s Jon Bell with Lauren Hobson was third. The Senior Naples Sabot regatta, like the Cal 20 fleet, was a family affair—ex- cept it was a battle of the generations, not a partnership. Sarah McNaboe finished in top spot ahead of her grandfather, John Ellis. Mack Mills was an untrophied third in the six- boat fleet. The Junior Naples Sabot sailors, tuning up for the coming Naples Sabot Junior Championship to be held on Alamitos Bay this August, were out in five divisions. Chris Barnard, the current Junior Sabot phenom, took three bullets in his winning of the 16-boat Junior A division. ABYC’s Shane Young was second, ahead of Jack Reynolds in third and Mallory Schulter in fourth, both of San Diego YC. Coronado YC sailor Shane Bowman was fifth. There was swimming after the trophy presentation of the Junior B division as Jack Jorgensen of ABYC moved into the A fleet on the strength of his win among 10 boats. He won not a race but took second in all three. Laura Newton and Lauren Bussey continued the ABYC sweep of trophies in the Junior B’s, finishing second and third, respectively and just one point apart. In the Junior C’s, Brett Potter of Bahia Corinthian YC was tops in the five- boat fleet. Robert Rice of ABYC was a winner—and a swimmer—in the seven- boat Junior C-2 division with three bullets; Clayton Schulter of SDYC was second. And in the Junior C-3 division, Kevin Baumann eked out a one-point win ahead of Jake Scarborough in second while Riley Gibbs rounded out the all-ABYC trophy winners with a third-place finish—just one point back—in what was the most closely contested fleet of the weekend. The sailors made it back to ABYC nice and early, making for a leisurely afternoon on the patio: the combination of wonderful weather and a clubhouse in the throes of remodeling moved all activities downstairs and outdoors for the regatta. The Saturday-evening burger bash was oversold, but everybody who wanted to eat had something to eat; and those who needed to get on the road early so as to enjoy the rest of the three-day weekend did so. Chuck Hardin served as regatta chair with Jim Bateman and Glen Selvin sharing the duties of Board liaisons. The duty fleets were combined, too, as the Senior Sabots and Keelboat Fleets staffed gates, hoists and race-committee boats. Margaret Caddle managed the staffing and the protest committee. Evie Belisle and her team took entries and did scoring on the Bay, for the second regatta in a row from the Bay Barge anchored to windward (Whaler Five was used as the starting boat). Jim Morford handled the scoring duties. Equipment was organized under the direction of ABYC Port Captain Dave Myers. George Caddle and Vern Petersen prepared PATIENCE while ABYC Director John Massey gave up his weekend at Catalina Island to ready the whalers. And the ABYC staff under the direction of General Manager Theresa Laird, did their usual great job. Chris Ericksen

from the pag es of history (cont) more than $2,000 worth of sailing-related gear donated by sponsors of the event. The Labor Day dinner would not be a luau but “a Caribbean evening” featuring a steel drum band, “good friends and great food, all for the price of $10.00!” Nominees for election to the Board of Directors were Scott Atwood, Peter Baine, Pat Bixby (an incumbent), Steve Flam, Chuck Hardin, Al Landeck, Jim Morford and Al Smith (another incumbent)...new members included Otis and Rhonda Tavlin, Larry and Clara Holmes, Rob and Mary Fuller, Rob and Maggie Waterman and Steve Brown. Chris Ericksen, Club Historian

sou’wester • july 2005 • page 5 long beach race week photos Thank you, Rich Roberts, for the wonderful photos!

sou’wester •july 2005 • page 6 sou’wester • july 2005 • page 7 driftwood

WHO ARE YOU? WHO’S THAT? Let’s find out on August 19th!

he General Membership Meeting Program is for new and old members to meet each other, make connections and learn about how to better enjoy your club. There will be no speeches and no blue blazers. There will be name good Tfood, name tags, fun activities and representatives from fleets, committees and organizations there just to explain to you who they are, what they do and what you can do. membership pr omotion!

ey ABYC Members! The Club is healthy and we are doing great! Let’s keep the momentum going. The more members we get… the more fun we will have. It is important to have plenty of friends, volunteers, and funds to Hhelp support all of our various programs and infrastructure. Here is something that might make it entertaining for you and the new member you sponsor: The #1 sponsor and new member each get 250 ABYC dollars. 50 of which is to be used only for Club mer- chandise. The remaining 200 can be used for food, beverage, or Club merchandise. You will need to use these ABYC dollars within 6 months and they can’t be applied towards dues or mooring. Think and look around you. Look to your crew. Look to your neighbors. Look to your competitors. Look around the junior program. Do you know anyone that could or should be a member, but is not? Remember: We need new members! If you have any ideas or questions, please contact me. ABYC is very strong and it is a team effort. You have been very successful! Let’s keep it up, now is not the time to rest. Merle Asper, [email protected]

to reach us by e-mail annual general meeting Theresa Laird [email protected] General Mailbox (Lori) [email protected] Sheila Mattox [email protected]

Please note that ONLY Lori VOTE!!!! sees the general e-mail account. This is not automati- cally forwarded to Theresa. If you have something that you want to make sure is sent to Friday, September 16th the General Manager please copy Theresa at the email above.

Hula Dancers, Great Food, Mai Tai’s Labor Day Luau Saturday evening, September 3rd

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ummer has been busy for our Day Regatta. Tim Carter and Jim Bateman were regatta Etchells. We ran one-day fleet re chair and board co-liaison, respectively, and presided over Sgattas in both May and June that what turned out to be the largest Memorial Day Regatta counted as part of the 2005 Etchells Fleet since 1981. Kevin Ellis served on PATIENCE as Ocean Championship Series. May saw the re- PRO; they had nine classes to run and did it with four whaler turn of Tom Corkett, who spent a lot of time in San Diego teams. On the Bay, Chris Ericksen was PRO, and two whal- this winter and qualified there for the Etchells Worlds out of ers rounded out the on-the-water teams. Thanks to all the Newport Beach Fleet Six and was racing double-handed Etchells fleet members who volunteered to run the regatta with Wayne Rodgers. Another returnee was “The Etchells and thanks to all the non-Etchells folks who helped out, too. Formerly Known as MY DOG SPOT,” owned by Jim Bateman In the truest tradition of the Alamitos Bay Etchells and Kevin Ellis Fleet, four ABYC Staff Commodores turned out to helm the Corkett leaped to an early lead, winning the first four Etchells that raced in the ABYC Fourth of July Re- two races handily, but it was the team of Jerry Thompson gatta. And while the regatta lacked in attendance, the fun and Jeff Littell, however, sailing with Randy MacLaren, that we had more than made up for it. Racing was pretty tight, won the day: their second-place finishes in the first two with boats usually close at mark roundings; in one round- races were consolidated upon with wins in Races 3 and 4. ing, all four came around one of the breakwater marks within The Bateman/Ellis/Brown team started slowly, finishing in about six boat lengths. At the finish of Race One, where the fifth in the first race, but the cobwebs got worked out quickly Olson 30’s that started four minutes after the Etchells over- and they took second in the last two races to take third place lapped the fleet, there was an exciting finish as two Olson’s overall. Sadly, the Dudley/Powell team (which also included and two Etchells all shot for the pin end of the line at the Dave Morse) went the other way: they had a very strong same time. Gladly, nobody died. first race but slipped through the day and ended up in fourth Jerry Thompson and Jeff Littell, sailing with Bob place. John Chapman, sailing with Dave Myers and Becky Mais, grabbed three bullets to win the regatta; only a quick Thompson, and Chris Wells, sailing doublehanded with Rex turnaround for Race Four for which they were late kept them Jacobs, rounded out the fleet. Tim Carter and Chris Ericksen off the line at the start. Steve Moffett, sailing doublehanded ran races for the Etchells and for four Cal 20’s and four with Greg Montz, won the last match and took second place. Finn’s. The regatta marked the return of Paul Anctil to Etchells The regatta on June 18 was pretty exciting. Gor- racing as he joined Jim Bateman and Kevin Ellis for the don Dudley and Jeff Powell, sailing with Greg Sims, looked day. Tim Carter and Chris Ericksen sailed with Tim’s daugh- pretty hot, winning the first race but falling to second place ter, Courtney. These two managed to record exactly iden- in the standings going into the third race. However, disaster tical scores; however, as Bateman/Ellis beat Carter/Ericksen struck when they managed to get their rig tangled up with in the last race, they won the tiebreaker. Jerry Thompson and Jeff Littell. Miraculously, USA1229’s Five Etchells have entered the Seal Beach Yacht rig stayed in the boat, but the same could not be said about Club Pop Tops Regatta this summer, and at least two have USA531: the mast buckled at the spreaders. Fortunately been out every week so far. Jim Bateman, sailing with Mark nobody was hurt, although Jerry and Jeff went in after that Townsend and Chuck Hardin, came in as the winner in May race to inspect their rig: the only evidence of the altercation and Jerry Thompson, sailing with Robin Townsend and was marking on the Randy MacLaren, won in June. Windex shaft made by And finally: in case you haven’t heard, there is a Gordon and Jeff’s new ABYC Etchells, but it doesn’t live here: Bruce Golison backstay. and Steve Flam purchased USA1285 and have joined a With all the all fleet on Long Island Sound. Back in May, Steve and Pat the excitement, the re- McCormick picked up the boat, towed it from Michigan to gatta went to Tom New York across the Canadian province of Ontario (ask Corkett. Tim Carter, them about their trip through U.S. Customs, by the way) sailing without his part- and went on to win the 2005 Etchells Long Island Sound ner, scored third ahead Championship Regatta among 22 boats without ever hav- of John Chapman. ing sailed together or in this boat before! What a feat!! With all this, the Fleet Championship Series standing are Congratulations to them all. firming up. The Thompson/Littell team hold the top spot Chris Ericksen while Ed Feo hangs on to second place on the strength of his domination of the Fleet Qualifier Regatta. The Carter/ Ericksen and Dudley/Powell teams moved up and Corkett made his appearance on the list The Etchells fleet—well, most of it, anyway—took Peninsula Concert - Flight Memorial Day weekend off to help run the ABYC Memorial August 21st 5:30 to 7:30

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KEEL BOAT FLEET ON WATCH The July 4th Regatta held July 2nd had all kinds of interesting fleet news, but not all of our sailors were in ummertime means great cruising Sabots. Sarah McNaboe took first place in the Senior for all of our members. Some will Sabot Race and her granddad, John Ellis came in sec- head South to San Diego, others S ond. I don’t think there is another family at ABYC that can North to Santa Barbara and of course, most all to top the Ellises for champion racers. Fred and Freddie Catalina for the “Don’t Lift a Finger Cruise” organized Stevens took a first in the Lidos and won the Perpetual by Stephanie Munn and Merle Asper. also. Jerry Thompson was first in the Etchells Fleet. Those However, the cruise we will miss going on the Twilight practices really seem to give the Sabotiers the most is Bard Heavens’ cruise in the waterways of edge. Friesland, a canton of the Netherlands. The Caddles The winners for the June Twililghts were 1) Bob went on this cruise (different towns) two years ago and Ware 2) John Ellis 3) Mary Riddick and 4) Mark it was great fun. However, family plans precluded our Vredenburg. There were five twilights in June with one going this year. The countryside of Friesland is beauti- throw out, but if you missed two races that threw you out. ful. Farms filled with green fields, cows and flowers. The Perpetuals for the A and B Fleet Twilights are awarded Towns large and small filled with cobblestones, friendly in September after the completion of the summer series. people and flowers. The waterways go through the July 10th, the regular Senior Race Day, saw Jane middle of the towns, after all, these provided the main McNaboe winning first place in a borrowed boat; Dianne source of transportation not too long ago. Normally you Gonzales was a close second, Don Hodges was third; tie up in the center of town with all the shops just steps Sarah McNaboe was fourth and Jennifer Kuritz, the other away. Ellis took a daily first. Out on the waterways you will encounter many How great it is in the Twilights to have Andrew locks that control the height of the waterways. Lock McDade, Sheila Eberly and Erik Bakker joining us for the keepers will collect their money by hanging a wooden first time and the return of Jo Ann Pike, Bill Nicholson, shoe from a line and a pole. The you en- and Brad and Sharon Bolger. We have a B Fleet forming counter are primarily leeboards because of the shallow and after Sidney Bolger’s success in giving some useful water. The leeboards are huge especially on the 40 ft. tips in June, Sarah McNaboe said she would give some and larger boats with one leeboard on each side. guidance from the whaler also. So this is the time to re- Bard does a wonderful job of arranging the start that Sabot. Come out Thursdays and find out why whole affair. You catch a bus at Amsterdam Airport this a such a great training ground for champions. Jesus (arranged by John Ellis) and you are on your way to a also cooks us some delicious dinners to enjoy with those beautiful inn/hotel right by a main waterway in the town Alalmitos Bay Sunsets that can compete with any scene of Jirnsum. Next morning it’s easy steps to the charter anywhere in the world. boats. On ‘Helios’ are Jane and Larry Kidd plus Carol Call Fleet Captain, Adra Kober if you have any Reynolds. On ‘Aiger’ are Jeanne and Dennis Kasper questions. plus Jinx and John Ellis. On ‘Irene’ are Marilyn and See you on the Bay! Mike McMahon plus Lynn and Jim Drury plus Jeanne Barbara Gabriel and Al Nelson. On ‘Adventure’ are Elaine and Ron Wood plus Barbatra Chapla plus Barbara Marks and Bard Heavens. On ‘Indra’ are Pinky and Rowell Greene plus Pat and Ed Heath. On ‘Iris’ are Judy and Jim Dyer plus Claudia and Steve Corzonkoff. 4th of July Holiday Regatta Please mark Friday, September 9 on your ast year seven Lasers launched to contest the 4th calendar for our next Keel Boat meeting. Hopefully the of July Regatta. This year we launched 20 Lasers new board of Chairmen/officers will be presented. Land seven Laser Radials. The ABYC Laser Fleet Bon voyage to all. John and George is on the move! The deserving winner of our 2005 4th of July Re- gatta, Bob Falk was kind to send-in this race report. Note: he last race for the Fleet Cham all you current and aspiring Laser racers, there’s a nice pionship was run June 19th. The go-fast tip at the end of Bob’s report Tseries comprises the races tak- The 4th of July Regatta featured a gradually build- ing place in March, April, May and June. There is one ing breeze and a persistent right shift with plenty of short throw-out. If you miss more than one race, your chances backs along the way. are very slim. After the June race, Bob Ware was de- Congratulations to Vann Wilson in winning the clared our new Fleet Champion of 2006 who replaces our first race in a very light breeze. Vann is better known for old Fleet Champion of 2005 who happened to be Bob his outstanding speed in conditions, so it was nice Ware. Congratulations Bob! to see Vann winning outside his normal condition. Vann

...continued next page ...continued next page sou’wester •july 2005 • page 10 hails from the fleets ...continued from page 9 was able to pass me downwind to reach the leeward gate 1st, rounding the right-hand mark and sailing in clear air all the way up the left side to the finish. Congratulations to Chris Wenner of Cal YC for taking the third race as the wind built to 10+ knots and for an excellent and consistent regatta with all finishes in the top four. Congratulations to Chuck Tripp for hanging in there during the light races and for dominating the last race in 12+ knots. Chuck also gave me a very simple tip on my downwind technique. A little less windward heal and sitting a little further back helped me “go with the flow” so I wasn’t fighting the sail. This helped me pass boats downwind in the last two races, plus a little luck on puffs and waves always helps! All in all, a fun one-day regatta, well run by the ABYC crew with conditions at times suitable for all sailors. In the fleet, we want to congratulate and recognize one of ABYC’s newest Laser Radial racers, Cameron Summers, who finished a mere one point behind the second place finisher to secure third place in the seven boat fleet. 2005 ABYC Laser Fleet Championship Series There are no changes to the ABYC Laser Fleet Championship Series standings as the next “scored” regatta in our series will be Labor Day with Turkey Day the last race in the series. The next big activity for the Laser fleet is support duty for the U.S. Sailing O’Day Championship Regatta hosted by ABYC in August. We’ll all be cheering on ABYC’s own Kevin Taugher and Chuck Tripp who both qualified to race in this prestigious National regatta. Please contact me anytime via E-Mail, [email protected], phone at (626) 403-9533 or find me in the boatyard if you have any questions or are interested in getting your Laser back in the water. We can help you with rigging, pointers and lots of source material to help you get the most from your Laser. Steven Smith, ABYC Laser Fleet Captain c harity re g a tta

he first of the events leading up to the Charity Regatta on Sunday, September 25th was a success .The Swap Meet at SlBYC along with the Pancake Breakfast and Hot Dog Lunch was great! Busy buyers and sellers made for Ta very great day, it stayed comfortable in the morning and by 2PM when it was time to close down it was just beginning to get warm. NYCLB and LSF cooked the pancake breakfast and SlBYC the hot dog lunch. LBSSA and LBBOA both had booths as well as many others participating. That night the SlBYC Seabelles had their monthly dinner party and decided all proceeds would be donated to The Children’s Clinic as part of the Charity Regatta support. Thank you! The next event will probably be over by the time you read this but each year in August, Cerritos Bahia YC sponsors a Golf Tournament at Recreation Park South and it’s a little earlier this year - the 6th of August. It is always fun and they have long drive and closest to the pin contests for both men and women. The golf is followed by a Burger Bash at their Club. I know it will be fun, it always is, CBYC are great hosts. On August 20th the Long Beach Singles Sailing Association will be presenting a gourmet dinner at SlBYC for the first 50 people who reserve their place for the $50.00 dinner. The appropriate wine is served with each course and nearly all the food is donated. The menu is posted on the Bulletin Board in the foyer. It’s really quite impressive. They serve it dressed to the T’s, Tuxedo shirt, black bow tie, cummerbund, Bermuda shorts and boat shoes. Sounds like a great evening, great food and the gourmet dinner is another Charity Regatta event benefiting The Children’s Clinic. The Charity Regatta is set for Sunday, September 25th with all racing venues set, ABYC, Bay classes; LBYC, One Design ocean classes as well as Catalina 37’s available for charter; SlBYC, PHRF Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker; SYC ORCA, Cruising Class and Beach Cats. The committee hopes we have a record turnout for this 19th Charity Regatta. The Burger Bash, Trophys, Silent Auction and Drawing will again be held at ABYC. This community event supports a very special service provided by The Children’s Clinic to the under insured and uninsured children and their families in the greater Long Beach area. Norma Clapp scuttleb utt Sou’Wester DEADLINE ay Shirley successfully completed U.S. Coast Guard Boot Camp in Cape May, New Jersey, June 29, 2005. Friday, August 19, 2005 is the deadline JHis first duty station will be on 47-foot lifeboats on the for the September Sou’Wester. Chetco and Rogue Rivers in Oregon starting July 11. Congratulations!

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What: Stag Cruise 2005 When:Stanley Friday September 30- Sunday October 2, 2005! You will be happiestPark - if you get there on Thursday. Where:Vancouver Yacht Club, Emerald Bay, Catalina Island. What to bring: Snorkeling Equipment, Fishing Equipment, 2 pairs of swim trunks (everybody needs a back-up), a towel that functions as a bed roll and serape, a bag of olives (for snacking and nutri- tion), and flip flops of sturdy construction. Your Assignment: 2 months to go, your plans should be in final completion. Remember: This is a great way to celebrate a magnificent life. Don’t sell yourself short by not making it. Merle Willis Asper III, Stag Cruise Official

2005 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

Commodore Ron Wood Treasurer George Kornhoff Vice Commodore Nicole Peoples Moffet Junion Rear Commodore Graham Bell Rear Commodore Jim Bateman Fleet Surgeon Dr. Mick Shlens Jr. Staff Commodore Kevin Ellis Judge Advocate Tom Ramsey Fleet Captain Glenn Selvin Port Captain Paul Anctil/Dave Myers Secretary Grant Hill Sou’Wester Editor Sharon Pearson Directors ABYC Phone (562) 434-9955 Volunteer Development Merle Asper Fax (562) 434-2267 Special Projects Bard Heavens Homepage www.abyc.org Junior Program John Massey Email [email protected] sou’wester •july 2005 • page 12