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OCTOBER, 1976 South Shore Yacht Club SOUTH SHORE PARK MILWAUKEE. WIS, PHONE W-2331

76 SEASON CLOSES! The Bicentennial Summer of 1976 is now past and boaters will be spending the month of October putting away their boats for the long winter months. Activi• ties at the club for the rest of the year will be minimal — those being the Elec• tion of Officers, October 28th, a Fall Dinner Party & Dancing, November 6th, and the Winners Dinner, December 4th. Lowell Marks, club entertainment chairman claims the November Party to be the biggest and best ever. He is also planning some activities at the club for New Year's Eve. The club will be closed on Mondays during the winter months. However, the bar room will be open Tues• day thru Sunday and a Fish Fry will be served every Friday. Be sure to join fellow yachtsmen at the club during the quiet months, there are always plenty of stories of summer cruises and past races to warm the winter nights. A iieview OF THE riser lu 'Tt*

NORMAN HUNDT POSES NEW CHALLENGE TO 210 FLEET

The Spirit of '76, Norman Hundt's re• arm. On the inside the sheds walls were cently completed 210, was launched on covered with old pictures and newspaper the last day of the 210 National Champ• articles depicting the early days of South ionships held at South Shore Yacht Club Shore Yacht Club's glorious Q Fleet in August. The Spirit of '76 was con• which Norman helped to establish, and structed by Norman with the help of many articles from South Shore's past John Karl from the salvaged parts of history. As construction progressed older 210's and newly crafted wood com• visitors to the shed were on occassion ponents. summoned to help with the turning and Norman and John began the project positioning of the increasingly growing last fall with the construction of a shed haul, these memorable events were on the hill, behind the skid lot, across usually celebrated with the emptying of ('^^from the Yacht Club. As the various a quarter barrel or a vintage bottle. parts were moved in and construction be• The building of the Spirit of '76 was gan, the shed began to take on the char• truely a Bicentennial event in it's own acter of a nautical museum. The spin• rite. She is a fine boat and will be a good nicker pole off the famous racing yacht competitor with Norm's experience to Gypsy was erected to serve as a mast and guide her. One can only wonder what a 210 spinnicker pole was used for a yard will take place inside that shed this winter. 2

From The ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE FLAG PLANS EXTRAVAGANT PARTY NOV. 6TH BRIDGE On Saturday evening, Nov. 6th, at 7:00 p.m.. South Shore Yacht Clubs dinning room will be converted into one of Milwaukee's finest night clubs. To kick off the evening. Cold Duck and By J- Thomas Poth hors d' oeuvres will be served followed Commodore, SSYC by what promises to be a fantastic dinner. Music will be provided in the dinning The summer of 1976, according to all room by the Ken Niessen Trio. Ken's weather statistics, was one of the nicest usual home is Cudworth Post on Prospect. on record for several years. Hardly a week• He has been recommended to me by end was marred by inclement weather. several of our members, and will bring As all good things must come to an back the kind of music to South Shore end, such is the case for another boating that has long been in absence. The kind season. October means getting boats of music where twice as many couples ready for winter storage. As everyone will be accommodated on the Lille E knows, October 31st is the deadline for dance floor because of the togetherness haul out. this music will generate. The candle• In the next few weeks I'll be shorten• light atmosphere and fabulous decor• ing the hours of tender operation con• ation should make for a truly romantic siderably, and during the middle of the atmosphere, when joined with dreamy month tender service will probably be music and our million dollar view. The discontinued entirely. The hours will be cost for this truly delightful evening will SAIL RACE SEASON ENDS posted as the changes are made. If any• be $6.00 per person. Reservations will Race Committee Report one needs gas, I will try to personally be limited to 130 members and guests. By Gerald Schlosser accommodate them for a last minute fill. Tables of eight will be reserved with ad• The locks on the gates have finally vance notice. Tickets will be available in been put into service. I hope by this the bar. The season ended and now the Race time every member has a key in his For the lighter of heart our club room Committee can breath a sigh of relief. possession. If by chance there is anyone will provide entertainment with a disco All that remains to be done is lay up thf^ who has neglected to get one, they are beat. Starting at 9:00 p.m., the very pop• boat, pull the buoys and buy the prizes. ^ obtainable from the office girl. There is ular group, Gregory James with his very It has been a successful season, I be• no charge for the key for a member, but beautiful, talented and energetic lead lieve. We hosted the National Champion• a deposit of $3.00 will be charged for any singer, will be seen and heard to make ship for the International 210 fleet that additional keys needed. Don't find your• this the most memorable evening South turned out a great success. The easterners self on the outside looking in, or as I Shore has ever experienced. Gregory came to Milwaukee with visions of a mill have seen some members who managed James is the same dynamic group that pond, and left Milwaukee with great re• to get their car on the grounds having appeared at the Oueen's Cup and returned spect for our lake and our racing. If we difficulty getting it out due to the gate to us as a special favor. had planned from a "How To Do It" being locked and their not having a key Everyone is welcome to enjoy this book it would not have been any better. . to open it. great evenings entertainment and there the winds were great, the weather excel• I do not have anything further that is will be no door charge for entertainment lent, and the management of races very particularly noteworthy. I do want to alone; although those attending the dinner professional. The many committees in• stress the importance of every member will have the option of reserving their volved in this great affair should take attending the general membership meet• tables and will naturally have first seat• pride in a job well done. ing and the annual election of officers, ing choice in the dinning room. All Another successful event was the directors and LMYA sail and power squad• "ADULT" members are welcome to en• LMYA Championship held in late August. ron delegates. Membership is the back• joy either band. Again, the out of towners came to Mil• bone of any organization, but it is also The evening is sure to be a sell-out waukee expecting long distance races, and essential to elect officers to provide stim• as all of our dinner dances have been. So left Milwaukee with new enthusiasm for ulus and inspired leadership. it is advised to purchase tickets early. the Olympic course. They had three ex• Don't be just a card carrying member. cellent course races in ideal weather. Exercise your right to voice your opin• Needless to say, the performance of any committee is not a one man job, and ions and vote for the persons you feel YACHT INSURANCE I want to thank my committee members who will best represent your interest and that SPECIALISTS who gave tireless hours to scheduling, of the club. Remember the date, October Connplete Insurance Service hearing protests, compiling results. With• 28th at 8:00 p.m. out their help I doubt that much of any• Real Estate thing would have been done properly. Next year seems like a long way off, MILWAUKEE YACHT PRODUCTS 645-6300 but we do have to begin thinking about ^\ what can be done to improve racing at CONVERTIBLE AND CAMPER TOPS PONS & CO. established 1887 South Shore. There should be a meeting DODGERS - SAILCOVERS of the Sail Division in October to review CUSHIONS - UPHOLSTERY 929 W. Mitchell Center the season just ended and lay plans for Philip Fons Active Member 1977. Time and place of the meetingwill 836 N. 67th Street 258-9400 be announced. 3

1976 POWER BOATING On the subject of winter storage, I PREDICTED LOG RESULTS would like to pass along a favorite habit ^ SEASON ENDS of mine. For years I have changed my oil SEPT. 18 - HARBOR NITE CLASSIC Bill Dickinson at the season's end, rather than in Spring. (HankWitz Cup) The reasoning here stemmed from some• 1- FREEDOM - Ed Horn Well, haul out season has begun thing I read once in an article in the Hot The last race has been won. Rod Magazine. Oil, as it is used not only 2- EVANGELINA II-Al Skack And the "Last Blast" has been fun. collects solid contaminents, it also de• 3- SNOOPY-J. Morrill What lies ahead for power boaters? velops a significant sulphuric acid quality. There are notes of gratitude and com• As I understood the article, sulphur from TOTAL STANDINGS - LMYA POINTS mendation; there is the preparation of gasoline blows by the piston rings in boats for winter storage, and then of minute quanties, builds up in the crank 1 - EVANGELINA II 1725 course there is the "Winners Dinner". case, and combines with hydrogen and 2 ^ FREEDOM 1600 First, an extra special note of thanks oxygen to form H2SO4 (sulphuric acid). 3 - BEAU GREGORY to all power boaters who participated During storage over winter, this acid acts Bill Dickinson 794 this season, and made it successful. Two on soft bearing material to break the awards for the most boats at LMYA open metal down. To me fresh oil in a stored 4 - RAN DEA houses has not been accomplished for a engine is good sense. Art Pederson 394 long time. The most active predicted log Also, before your boat is lifted, while 5-SNOOPY fleet in a long time (up to eight boats in you can still run the engine, formulate a Jim Morrill 352 one race) participated in a hotly con• list of repairs or replacement parts that tested season. A historic chapter in our can be attended to over the winter. 6 - CASUAL LADY Bob Chase 169 clubs history was written this year, with My boat motor, a Chris Craft (Model the largest fleet ever to challenge Chicago "M"), has a sticky valve tendency, so I 7 - JORIE Yacht Club's Rhumb Line Cup. have developed a "witches brew" which Mike Wisner 127 The predicted log program almost saw seems to keep things loose until Spring. 8 - LONDON our premire navigator Al Skack (Evan- For about 10 years I have used a quart Mike Nelson 95 gilena II) almost bow to an assult from of Shell X100, a quart of Rislome, and a Ed Horn (Freedom). When all the cards can of STP to lubricate, clean, and ten• 9- MACHERIE were played a total of 125 points separ• aciously coat the upper cylinder parts. CyrI Burtram* 95 ated the two. One or two more contests About 1/2 the batch is distributed be• and Ed could have claimed all the marbles. tween cylinders, the plugs are installed *Fond du Lac Yacht Club. Actually, Ed turned in some fantastically to about one turn and the engine is ^jjiall percentages of error, and the per- kicked over little by little with the secon• r 'mance of his wooden boat certainly dary wires disconnected. casts doubt on the "infalibility" of steel My last word concerns the Winners 1976SS-SSS WINNERS or plastic. Dinner in December. Power boaters The 1976 SS-SSS racing season Special gratitude is due Al Skack for could pay more attention to this fun officially ended with the "Last Blast" his work to make predicted logging a part event. This year the "heavy metal" will Party, Saturday Sept. 18th. Music by of your clubs program. Al has worked be spread around more than ever before. Impact, plus free beer & chips, equaled hard to promote the activity, and indeed Although some of you cruisers choose a great time for those who attended. has made it a group for great fellowship. not to compete, there is always a place He has taught and coached many com• for a rooting section. A record 72 boats entered the 1976 petitors, and his selflessness in prepara• SS-SSS program, and as many as 60 plus tion and evaluation is particularly note• boats showed up to race at times. worthy. The Wednesday weatherman did a On the matter of boat storage, let me great job in his forecasting, providing the pass along a tip given me by an "old fleet with great conditions this timer" regarding the care of wooden season. Only two races had to be can• boats. Place an old sock filled with rock celled, and only one race was shortened salt in your bilge water, and this will es• due to light air. A total of 14 races were tablish a saline solution. When that sock held, including the Lady Skipper Race. is dissolved out, substitute another. Salt The winners for the 1976 season are permeating wood will act as a preserva• as follows: tive, and also prevent residual water Div. I — Third Frolic II, Second, Prim- from freezing. evil, First, Lequipe. Div. II - Third, Rooten 210, Second, Cocoyoc, First, Piason. Div. Ill - Third, Psalm I, Second, H & H YACHTS, INC. CALL OR WRITE: Pele Barrett Taridah, First, Michelle. Chuck Miller 1971 S. 1st St. Gerry Gavin The overall winners are: Milwaukee, Wis. 53204 Third, Lequipe, Second, Taridah, and (414) 672-2223 First, Michelle.

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Nautical Glossary Freeboard Height of the main deck above the water when in normal trim, usually greatest at the bow and ^ Aft (After) Toward the stem. lowest a short distance forward of the stern. Backstay A wire support for the mast, leading aft and Gaff Spar extending at an angle from the mast to |p preventing it from bending forward. A permanent which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is attached. ' GENERAL ELECTION backstay is rigged clear of the sails and remains set up. Running backstays must be slacked and set up every Galley Seagoing kitchen. TO BE HELD time the boat changes direction (tacks or jibes). A large overlapping, flat-cut headsail of OCTOBER 28TH, 1976 Ballast Outside ballast/weight on the of a boat fairly heavy canvas, used mainly on racing yachts to provide stability. Inside ballast is contained within when the wind is ahead or nearly so. the hull. Ground Tackle Anchors, cables and gear that are used Balloon Jib A big, light sail used for reaching, when in anchoring. the wind is in the quadrant from slightly forward of The election of South Shore Yacht Gunwale The top edge or rail of a small boat. Club Officers for 1977 will be held at the the beam to slightly abaft the beam. Line by which a sail is hoisted. General Meeting on Thursday October Beam Width of boat at her widest point. Hatches The openings in the decks giving access to the 28, 1976. The nomination committee has Belay Make fast—or secure a line. interior of a boat. selected the following members to run for Bitts Fittings used for belaying hawsers, anchor rodes Head The topmost corner of a fore-and-aft sail. Also Club offices. and other large lines. a sea-going toilet. Boom Horizontal spar to which the foot of sail is at• Commodore tached. Also part of a derrick for handling cargo. Hull The body of a vessel.

J. Gerald Schlosser Bow The forward end of a vessel. A clipper bow has Jibe Changing direction down wind; i.e. with wind from astern. Vice Commodore a concave stem profile; a plumb bow is practically ver• tical, and a spoon bow (the most common) has an Jib Boom On old ships, the spar extending forward Brian Galligan overhang with convex lines. from the bowsprit. On yachts, the boom attached to Rear Commodore Bulkhead Generally a partition aboard ship anywhere, the foot of a jib. which also provides strength and/or watertight integ• Daniel Housefeld Keel The principal longitudinal structural member of rity. a hull. Recording Secretary Calking Cotton or oakum inserted in the seams be• Ketch A two-masted with the mizzen mast tween planks to insure watertightness. Wally Furman stepped ahead of the after end of the water line.

Treasurer Centerboard A slab-like hinged unit lowered through Leech The after edge of a fore-and-aft sail. the keel to provide lateral plane. Ron Cornelies Luff A. The forward edge of a sail. B. To cause the Chain Plates Metal straps fastened vertically to the hull sail to flutter. Financial Secretary abreast the mast, to which the shrouds are attached. Hawley Boyce Length Over All From tip of stem to tip of stern; water Cleat A fitting used for belaying lines. Directors . line length—length from forward to after points where Jamb Cleat A cleat so designed as to jamb a line with• hull touches the water when upright in smooth water 2 yr. — Joseph Masik in normal trim. 3 yr. — Don Dillion out taking extra turns. Jim Morrel Clew Lower after corner of a sail. Mast Vertical or raking spar on which the sails ar^Sj^ hoisted. Tom Poth Cuddy A small cabin-like shelter that is used mostly for storage. Foremast The forward mast on a schooner. LMYA Delegates Deck The horizontal plating or planking over the deck Mainmast The second mast from forward on a Sail: beams enclosing the hull. schooner; forward mast on a ketch or yawl; the only Frank Guiffre mast on a or catboat. Dinghy A small boat used as a tender to a larger boat. Phil Fons Also, certain types of small racing . Mizzen Mast The aftermost mast on a ketch or yawl. Bill D' Rourke Doghouse A permanent shelter over part of the deck Mast Tabernacle A framework, strongly braced, built Power: or cockpit. Sometimes used to describe a raised sec• over a deck in which a mast is stepped when it does not tion of the main cabin. extend to the keel. The mast can be lowered when Al Skack necessary. Robert Galeota Draft Depth from water line to lowest point of keel when vessel is upright in normal trim. Motorsailer A "fifty-fifty" auxiliary with motorboat Alt: power, but able to perform fairly well under sail. Jim Morrel Foot The bottom edge of a fore-and-aft sail. Outboard Rudder A rudder fastened on the outside Forepeak The triangular space in the extreme bow, of the transom or stern timber, distinguished from a below decks, usually used for stowage. rudder whose stock (shaft) passes through the keel or Forward Toward the bow. horn timber inside the boat.

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SUMMER OF 1976 =

Summerfest Awards — Prime Evil Summerfest Awards Mucho Grande — Rhumb Line '76

Summerfest Awards - Sandpiper Tall Ship Visits Milwaukee Milas Nelson - cockscombing the railing Norm Hundt's "Spirit of '76" Pettinger Series Party - Stacy Schuiz Corn Roast Party — Jerry Gapinski Aug. 1976 Jane Dillon, Tony Reger

Pettinger Series Party — Tony Reger

Corn Roast Party — Macaire Drelier Pettinger Series Party — Dr. Roger Strube

Charlie Pettinger's Party Pettinger Q Series Pettinger Series Party — Jim Olson, Bill O'Rourke f

BULK RATE U.S. Postage AUXILIARY PAID RAISES FUNDS Permit No. 1078 FOR FUTURE Milwaukee, Wis. J CLUB REMODELING

Boating enthusiasts will be interested in the following items which the Auxil• RICHARD L- SCHULZ iary is offering for sale: 2300 E. Nock St. 3404 SOUTH QUINCY AVENUE Milwaukee, Wis. 53207 Navy blue t-shirts - $3 to $3.50 MILWAUKEE WI 53207 Pocket patches — $3 Nylon Yacht Club burgee patch - $2 Port & Starboard socks - $1.35 I Small Yacht Club burgees - $10 Forwarding & Return SSYC pins - $5 Postage Guaranteed Ladies' charm or neck pendant — $5 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Pierced burgee earrings — $7 (Sweatshirts will be available in the FOR SALE - TANQUERAY near future) C&C 35 1974 Fully Your money will be well spent, as the Race & Cruise Equipped sale proceeds are earmarked for future Vlichael Dukes Frank Giuffre remodeling projects at SSYC. If you 483-6157 481-4497 would like to purchase any of the above items and are not at the club when they FOR SALE - LE 'QUIPE are being offered for sale, please con• tact Audrey Quinsey at 483-4928. Morgan 30 Keel Center Boarder Our November meeting will be de• Racing Cruiser Loaded voted to the election of officers for Winfred Stringer Harry Gundrum 1977, as well as voting upon suggested 354-3825 771-7930 amendments to the Auxiliary's by-laws. POWER-SAIL TROJAN Largest CARVER and Most Complete SCAMPI Marina in Wisconsin MORGAN

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