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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 Laser 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 multihulls. 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 Finn 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 Hobie Tiger Scott Miller of Mission Bay YC for top honors in the six-boat Portsmouth multihull fleet. And ABYC’s Mike Shea, sailing 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 Mark 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 Sabot 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.
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