Volume 83, Number 8 August 2011

Jack or Jill Silent Auction-Raffle & Art Show in the 1930’s. These boats were for the SCYC members August 20th from 6 to 8 p.m. to sail. They were built by Bear and were called Cubs. Many of our senior members can tell you about Artists of the Santa Cruz Club are having Jack and Jill’s colorful history. an art show in conjunction with a Corinthian Silent Art will be on Exhibit from August 17 - 21 dur- Auction/Raffle that will include complimentary appe- ing open Club hours. Art, Silent Auction, Live Auction, tizers and County Fair wines. The proceeds are going Raffle, Corinthian Reception with appetizers and Wine into a special trust account to eventually acquire and on August 20th from 6:00pm. maintain two small keelboats for members of SCYC Public Art Sale on August 21 from 10:00am to to be named Jack and Jill after the original two small 4:00pm. Artists and Corinthians will be available to keelboats that belonged to the Santa Cruz Yacht Club sell the art. August 2011 Santa Cruz Yacht Club Spinnaker Sheet

Greetings from the Helm

As mid season approaches, our club and members have been very active. We have members who were rac- ing in Washington, crossing the Pacific and in the Gorge. For more up to date information you can go online. Facebook is a terrific way to keep up on our active yachts- men and yachtswomen. Our new online environment is now active, thanks to Kevin Smith, Jot Fisher-Smith and their team. We appreciate all their time and energy. I encourage you to check out the new site and register in the members only section. The roster is now available on line as well. If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Smith. The silent auction will include some art from We have a very special member who celebrated the show and various donated items and/or time from his 66th anniversary of being shot down as a Flying Tiger. the Corinthians. Some of the artists are Beth Allison He was captured by the Chinese, and spent months in Gripenstraw, Alli Gripenstraw, Evelyn Drew, Robert prison, to then be rescued by rebel forces. After months Schuyler, Ed Larson, Rainy Bassano, Dennis Bassano in the jungle he was finally lead back to base. He has an Jr, Chris Borror, Warren Peltz, Carl Ruhne, Carol absolutely amazing story. God Bless you Ransom. Gordon, Susie Snyder, Matt Lezin and Marie Gabriel. At our last board meeting we introduced Lalaine If you would like to participate in this event, please con- Dowdell as our Promotions Committee head. We are very tact Beth Gripenstraw ([email protected]) or Rob excited about Lalaine and her new committee, as she will Schuyler ([email protected]). help with the communication, coordination and execution Donated items for the silent auction include: a of the many events our club holds and promotes. Lalaine weekend in a beautiful Lake Tahoe vacation home; pri- brings years of experience in event planning and fund- vate gourmet dinner for 6 cooked by a gifted Corinthian raising, and we are looking forward to her contribution. chef (food costs not included); a handmade pieced quilt I’m sure Lalaine will be looking for volunteers to help with a nautical theme; volunteer time by the Corinthi- so please introduce yourself to Lalaine and get involved. ans to build a website, IT support, clean boats, brighten Sounds like much fun to be had. woodwork; and other items like binoculars, VHF radios, I thank our interns Leonard and Louis for all jewelry, and much more. their hard work around the club house and grounds with Chuck Hawley will be the auctioneer for this the direction from Greg and Barry Whittall. The club is truly epic event. So please put August 20th on your looking great. I also thank our members who have opened calendar and come to the club to support the Corinthians their homes to these interns, it is greatly appreciated. This and see our talented artists. is an awesome program and I know the young interns take home with them many life long experiences and stories. Rob Schuyler August is going to be busy, keep your eye on the

calendar. Best of luck to all our racers and cruisers around the globe. One personal note, Elyxir is back in action with the mast being re-installed. So we will see those of you on the water Wednesday Nights. Thank you for your continued support, be safe and I look forward to seeing you around the club or on the water

Michael Wood Commodore

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I hope you had as good a time at the Rib Coo- as I did! This is becoming one of the most popu- lar events at SCYC and it was spectacular this year! Nine contestants displayed their cooking prowess with Rick Linkemyer emerging the winner. Congratula- tions, Rick! I had the privilege of serving as the principal race officer for the 5o5 PCCs and am happy to report that a good time was had by all. Howard Hamlin bested our own Mike Holt by an eyelash, but it was Bruce Edwards who dominated when the wind was towards the end, so I won’t put a number on it yet. howling. I especially want to thank Regatta Chairman For you numbers junkies, detailed financial statements John Buchanan for a superb job of setting up this should be posted to scyc.org in the members only area event. The entire race committee team was prepared as part of the July board minutes. I’d like to thank all and ready to go. All I had to do was step aboard of the committee chairs, the Finance Committee, Trea- Onward and the radio mike. What a team! The surer Tom Webster, Club Manager Greg Haws and competitors, several of whom had just returned from especially Membership Chair Barbara Booth—whose the 5o5 Worlds in Australia, had nothing but praise for tireless promotion of SCYC has forestalled what we the SCYC regatta team—and we had 80 of them up thought might be a drop in membership due to the for dinner on Saturday night. We’ll do this one again! economy. Congratulations, everyone, and keep up the On Tuesday, July 26th, the Santa Cruz Port good work! Commission unanimously voted to approve the amendment to SCYC’s dry storage lease. This is a big Dave Emberson milestone for us, as negotiations have been ongoing Vice Commodore for more than a year—interrupted by the tsunami, of course. SCYC’s lease has been extended until 2022. Rear Commodore Report As part of the deal SCYC, has received a guarantee of future access to the harbor from the east side of our July 3 was a warm wonderful day at the Yacht property (necessary to build the tram) and has leased Club. We had a rib cook off and it felt like we were fi- two additional parking spaces to satisfy the City’s re- nally in the middle of summer. We listened to soft live quirements. This deal marks the last milestone before jazz played by a of my sister Laura, her husband we receive our Environmental Review. Jeff Denny and their friend Laura Staats. The ribs Finally, I am delighted to report that at mid- were delicious as always and the club was packed full year the Club’s financial results are significantly ahead of people having a good time. Rick Linkemyer won of budget and the Club’s cash position is exception- first place whileDominic Marietti took second with ally strong. We typically realize most of our income third place being awarded to Lauren Linkemyer and at the beginning of the year and much of our spending

17the Annual SCYC Golf Tournament

Boulder Creek Country Club Thursday, August 11 - Tee Time 10:00am Scramble Play with Four Players Green Fees * Cart * Food * Prizes $60.00 per person (Limit 40 People) Register @ 831-425-0690 or [email protected]

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Mack Ellis. They Sailing on Akela took home beautiful platters donated by Beth Gripenstraw On July 17th Bill Turpin and crew invited the for the second year in Corinthians out for a second adventure on Akela. The a row. Corinthian group was made up of Ashley Zaninovich, There were Lila Walsh, Lauren Linkemyer, Andy Gersh, Seth only two social Cohen, Evan Diola, Matt Vecchione, Tim Gilmore, events scheduled in and Regina Judson. Because of Bill and his great July. The Rib Cook- crew we were able to participate in the ins and outs of Off and the Luau on crewing Akela. With 20+ knot winds it was a great day July 30. The Luau to see what the boat could do. Thank you to Bill Turpin promises to be an- and the rest of the crew for giving us another opportu- other great event with nity to get out on such an amazing boat! food by Kiss and live music by the Island Regina Judson Breeze Band. It Corinthian Rear Commodore hasn’t happened as of this publication but I’m sure we all had a great time. Don’t miss the Boulder Creek Golf Tourna- ment on August 11. We play best four person scramble making this tournament a lot of fun. Come by yourself or bring some friends. The trophies are going to be special this year so start working on your game. There is a Corinthian sponsored Art Show this month with the art of our members on exhibit from Wednesday, August 17 to Sunday, August 21. There will be a Corinthian Silent Auction and Raffle on Saturday, August 20 beginning at 6 pm with delicious complimentary appetizers and wine available from 6 pm to 8 pm. Art and many Corinthian services will be available for bid. Please come and support your Corin- thians. This should be a lot of fun. The Sunday Dinner on August 21 is a Mediter- ranean Theme. I hope to see you there.

Rob Schuyler Rear Commodore

(A view from the top. Photo courtesy of Matthew Coale aboard Stretch)

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Upcoming SCYC Events Calendar MB PHRF Regatta - EYC August 6, 7

SCYC Golf Tournament August 11 (Wednesday Night Tailgating at it’s best) Senior El Toro Nationals From the August 12-14 Come on in and try our Theme Night Dinners served once a month put on by Kiss Catering. The next Stillwater Cove Raft-Up theme night dinner is scheduled for Sunday, August 21st August 13, 14 at 6:30 PM. This will be great! Please make reservations early.

West Marine Fun Regatta Mediterranean Buffet Menu: August 13, 14 Dolma’s and Olive Tapenade with house baked Crousti- nis, Caprese Salad, Tabbouleh Salad, and Horiatiki Salata Fall One Design #1 (Greek Cumber Salad with a Yogurt Dressing), Focaccia August 20 flat Bread, Baked Lamb Mousaka, Chicken Spaghetti with Artichoke Caponata, Grilled Tuna Skewers with Cher- moula sauce, Polenta squares with Mushroom Ragu and Auction /Wine Tasting Lemon Granita with Mint and Baklava for dessert. August 20 $17.50 ea. Plus tax and tip

Scott & Sandy Dexel Mediteranean Themed Buffet KISS Catering August 21

Fall Big Boat Regatta August 27, 28

Fall SCORE #1 August 28

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Monterey & Back Yacht Race

The Monterey and Back race was held on the weekend of July 23 – 24, and 11 yachts competed in two divisions. Saturday saw the yachts headed for Monterey under sunny skies with flat seas and light winds from the southwest. It was a jib reach all the way, with the yachts finishing well before dark. At Monterey, the skippers and crews were welcomed by the Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club, and the Club put on a fabulous buffet dinner with a house band to liven up the eve- ning. On Sunday, the MPYC provided a start for the racers in advance of their regatta scheduled for that day. It was a beat all the way back to Santa Cruz, with a downwind finish from a rounding at Wharf mark. Winds were stronger than the day before, and the yachts finished within an hour of each other, much to the delight of Race Committee!

(Heading Home)

Congratulations to Todd Bredehoft and crew on Stretch for winning first place in Division A, and to Jon Kim and crew on Veja Du for a second place finish in Division A.

(Monterey Bay Peninsula Yacht Club Committee Boat. Photo Courtesy Barry Barrett)

(Stretch’s Todd Bredehoft and Mark Schipper)

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(Jersey Girl’s Geoff Borastan shown with PRO Bob DeWitt) (Magic’s Magdalena & Beat Naef, with crew, after the Monterey & Back Regatta. Division B was won by Geoff Borastan and Notice they are shooting tequilla literally) crew on Jersey Girl, followed by Beat Naef and crew on Magic. Full race results are posted on the SCYC web site. www.scyc.org My thanks to my able assistants for pulling off SCYC Wet Slip Policies a fun race for all involved. Jan DeWitt handled the paperwork for check in and float plans filed by each of • Wet slip space is available to members and the skippers. Jan and Kris North provided race commit- visiting guests of reciprocal Yacht Clubs. tee duties on the water for the start in Santa Cruz. Gene Sofen piloted the Whaler for Race Committee. • Guests may stay in the Yacht Club wet In Monterey, Jerry Stratton and his race commit- slips up to three nights at no charge (limited tee from the MPYC provided the start for the race back depth/length). to Santa Cruz. This was a successful event and it was my plea- • Members and dry slip holders, who are sure to serve as the Principal Race Officer, especially registered to race, can leave their boats in the with all the assistance from my race committee and the water the night before and the night of a posted smiles from the competitors. SCYC race at no charge (Wednesday Night Races are included). Bob DeWitt P.R.O. & Staff Commodore • Members and dry slip holders, who are not registered to race, will be charged the follow- ing rates (per day).

Rates: Summer Winter 4/1 - 10/31 11/1 - 3/31

Monday – Thursday $10.00 $8.00 Friday – Sunday $16.00 $12.00

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SCYC Members Racing Updates

Here are our latest racing updates from June and July 2011…..

ITALY - Morgan Larson raced aboard the RC 44 Artemis Racing in the Cagliari Cup in Sardinia, Italy. Morgan was Tactician and they finished 2nd of 14 in fleet racing and continue to be undefeated in the Match Racing.

Cruising Committee RHODE ISLAND – In June, Brent Ruhne was in Newport, racing on the R/P 72 Shockwave. They did Saturday August 13th we will be holding our an- the ‘Candy Store Cup’ which is a 40 mile pursuit race nual Stillwater Cove raft-up! For this I normally like to against the Rambler 100, Puma (Volvo 70) and the R/P head over to Monterey the day before to relax in the har- Vanquish. The winning crew gets a silver card entitel- bor and enjoy dinner out down town. Leaving for Still- ing them to drink for free at the Candy Store bar. The water early afternoon on Saturday. Alternatively you can Candy Store is the famous Americas Cup bar that back leave from Santa Cruz Saturday late morning or so and in the day gave gold cards to the winning Americas sail straight for Point Pinos. Either way the sail around Cup crews entitling them to drink for free for life! the point at the other end of the bay is very beautiful and Unfortunately, Brent’s team didn’t win, so they were often in the company of Blues and Humpbacks. I think it thirsty when they got home! is one of the nicest stretches of coastline anywhere. Once in Stillwater Cove there is a shore boat op- NEW YORK - Following that race, Brent’s team con- erated by the Stillwater Cove YC till 7 PM. The operator tinued on racing in the NYYC’s 157th Annual Regatta is courteous and helpful and the facilitys ashore include on the Shockwave placing 3rd in the maxi class. the “Lodge at Pebble Beach”. Not bad. Our ability to raft-up is going to be dependent on NEVADA - Smith Creek Dry Lake in Nevada was the kelp and other boats. If you haven’t been there before, site of the 2011 Holy Gale. This year they had great you should talk to someone who has, or call me as there weather and wind for racing. There were 60 boats in are some particulars of which you should be aware. attendance in 4 different classes, each class got in ei- If you are coming, let’s be in touch by phone/ ther 4 or 5 races in the three days of racing. There email to plan and I can make final arrangements. I hope were approximately 20 SCYC members in attendance to be hearing from you. This is always a great trip! either racing or helping with the organization of the event. The largest fleet was the Manta Twins with 35 Forest Roberts boats and 6 of them were piloted by SCYC members, [email protected] Brett Gripenstraw, Jack Gordon, Tom Garside, Robert Schulyer, Walt Oliveri and John Buchanan who was the top SCYC finisher at 6th. The Manta Single class consisted of 10 boats with Rainy Bassano and Dennis Bassano Jr. participating. Dennis finished in a tie for second and won the tie breaker. The Upper Class is for the big boats, and there were 6 participat- ing. Dennis also raced in this class and got a 3rd. The only Corinthian out there this year was long time dirt boater Warren Sampson. I hear the “Mayor’s Mix” party afterwards organized by Beth Gripenstraw was not to be missed! You can find more information about this regatta and others at www.nalsa.org.

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HAWAII – Paul Allan, Phillipe Kahn and Mark Golsh all raced the Transpac this year. Phillipe and Mario on Pegasus Motion-X, which finished nd2 in class, 2nd overall. and Paul on Holu,a which finished th4 in class, 4th overall.

CALIFORNIA - Morgan and Andy Estcourt raced on Jeff Janov’s Farr 40 Dark Star in Long Beach at the Farr 40 North American’s in June. It was unseasonably windy and they pulled off a big victory for Dark Star!

Etchells Racing - In late May, Phillipe Kahn, Peter took Stretch out again, this time, with Matthew Coale Phelan and Jeff Madrogali won first place in the Elite crewing. Even tho there were only 3 boats racing, the Keel Regatta in San Fransisco, racing aboard Phil- guys had a fun race with wind in the 20-30 range for lip’s Etchell Pegasus-MotionX. Phillip and Peter also the whole 8 hours, almost all the way to Moss landing. raced Etchells in the Etchells Worlds in San Diego last month, where they finished in mid-fleet. One way to HMB - Mike Evans was racing aboard War Pony in the a cold downwind race in June, where Delta Ditch - So much for a warm and fun downwind they took 2nd in Class. race! John Siegal and crew on Moorigami, Sean McBurney and crew on Paddy Wagon and Mark Sperry Top Siders NOOD – On SF Bay at the end of Shipper, Todd Bredehoft and crew on Stretch, raced June, SCYC Junior Domenic Bove raced on a Laser in the grueling 2011 Delta Ditch race this year. The Radial and took 2nd in class. Ditch Run was, to quote John “a horrendous 15 hour 18 minute race that saw driving rain, 30 knots on the PCC #4 Skiff Regatta - SCYC had quite a showing at nose, and a very light, slow finish at 2:13 am. Mark the 29er class with 7 of the 22 sailors. The event was reported “We did 29 tacks in the last mile and it took held July 8-10th at Cascade Locks, Oregon, on the Co- over an hour to sail. Our finish was a few seconds lumbia Gorge and was not for the light hearted. Stron- after midnight and it’s safe to say that we were sore ger than normal winds were gusting into the 30’s for and absolutely exhausted when it was over. All told all but the last day which throttled back to the mid we did over 140 tacks in 13 hours and 30 minutes.” 20’s. SCYC had crew on 4 boats. Max Fraser and Less than half the boats that started the race finished David Liebenberg finished first running away with it. Mark and Todd ended up correcting out 3rd in divi- the regatta. Joe Crum crewed to the third place fin- sion and 4th overall, John ended up correcting to 3rd in ish, Henry Nieuwstad and Pat Diola finished th8 , and division and 8th overall, with Sean right behind at 9th first time to theGorge, Mackenzie Cook and John overall. Finishing at 1:00- 2:00 am, they all missed the Marlett finished 9th. The local sail maker (Sailworks- party……guys, maybe next year you can have an extra sails) in Hood River accommodated 8 dif- drink! ferent overnight repairs due to the extreme conditions.

Spinnaker Cup - In June in the Spinnaker Cup Trevor In June Zhenya Kirueshkin-Stepanoff and Baylis as navigator on Double Trouble, John Siegal Crew completed their final race in the Monday Night with Scorpio and Jack Gordon with RollerCoaster Madness at Bay View Boat Club. Their Hobie 33 Akyla both took on the seas this year. SCYC members crew- raced in SF bay throughout the spring. SCYC Corin- ing for John included Sean McBurney and Matt Vec- thian members Glenn Gray, Henry Nieuwstad, Evan chione. Double Trouble took the honors, and Scorpio Diola, and sometimes his brother Pat Diola crewed. ended up correcting to 4th overall. John reported a They were contending in the Spring Series at BVYC “delightful 10 hours and 21 minutes.” and Akyla was first overall in the series. They also raced in the South Beach YC Friday Night Series, Boreas - In July in the Boreas Race, Todd and Mark

9 August 2011 Santa Cruz Yacht Club Spinnaker Sheet as well as Oakland YC’s Wednesday Night Sweet 16 For more information on becoming a sponsor, series. Akyla was just purchased 11 months ago and they please contact Jessica Maldonado at 464-8691. are keeping her busy, racing Monday, Wednesday, and A reverse-start race makes this regatta a unique Friday nights as well as twice per month on weekends. SCYC sponsored event. All yachts will have a pre- Zhenya says “We invite any SCYC member that happens assigned starting time that corresponds with the yacht’s to be able to race (or in the vicinity that day) in SF bay to PHRF handicap rating. The first yacht over the finish join us. The boat is located in South Beach Harbor.” line determines the winner. This style of racing makes If you have info on where club members are rac- for a competitive and thrilling finish. ing, please feel free to pass along details to Bucciel@aol. Barbecue, live music, and prizes set the stage com. for a day to remember. Enjoy a delicious dinner along with live music by Red Diamond band. You might go Ellen Kett home with… Contributing Editor  new boating gear;  restaurant certificates; Calling All Members!  unique jewelry;  wine; This year is the 20th Anniversary of the Santa  kayak excursions; Cruz Yacht Club’s commitment to supporting Big Broth-  local art; or ers Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County with the Annual  many other fun prizes from our $10 raffle Day on Monterey Bay Regatta! drawing or our silent auction. Mark your calendars for the 20th Annual Day on the Bay Regatta, the largest SCYC sponsored regatta of Silent Auction - We will also be selling $100 the year. The Benefit regatta will be held onSunday raffle tickets, (5 night stay at the beautiful Blue Banyan September 4th, immediately following the Windjam- Inn in Quepos, Costa Rica, including airfare), of which mer’s race. As usual, the event will include: only 100 are available. The Blue Banyon Inn is a glori- • a reverse-start race with six divisions; ous rainforest oasis in harmony with nature. 100% of • dinner; raffle proceeds to benefit BBBS, a 501(c)3 charitable • live music featuring Red Diamond Band; organization • $10 raffle; and All proceeds benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters • $100 raffle featuring a 6 day 5 night stay at Blue of Santa Cruz County. For over 100 years, BBBS has Banyan Inn in Quepos, Costa Rica, including helped children and youth navigate the challenges of airfare; and growing up by matching them with supportive adult • a silent auction. role models. The SCYC has created a tradition of good Each registered skipper /sailor will also receive an en- will by supporting the work Big Brothers Big Sisters trance gift! does for the community. It is also a great time for sail- Consider becoming a Sponsor by making a tax- ors & families. deductible donation. There are several different levels of sponsorship. Here are some 2011 sponsors: Look for the sign-up table Wednesday nights at the SCYC beginning August 3rd, 2011.  Bill Turpin  West Marine Registration: $65 per entry through  The Chardonnay II- has again donated their August 31st ($70 thereafter). yacht for our non-sailors to enjoy the beauty Participant Category: $25 through of the Day on the Bay. These tickets will be August 31st ($30 thereafter). $50, which will include the two-hour cruise and Barbecue Only: $12 per ticket BBQ.  Comcast Spotlight All adult skippers, sailors and crew members  KWAV must be registered (18 years and over).  System Studies Awards will be subject to verification of registration.  Lee Kahn Foundation

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CFJ Clinic

June’s CFJ clinic was a big success with 25 ju- (Santa Cruz Yacht Club Juniors at Sailcamp) nior sailors participating - 15 from SCYC and 10 from Stockton SC. Chalk talks and drills were held Tuesday demand. Also, with the marine layer cascading down through Friday, with a 7 - race regatta on Saturday. into the central valley south of Mt. Diablo, the normal, From a coaching standpoint, this was a tremen- steady, “up-river” NW breeze made sporadic appearanc- dously successful clinic; Friday was even deemed the es during the mornings, but by midday the wind began “best coaching day ever” for both coaches. to back to the SW, and build into a gusty cross-channel A standard whistle protocol was used and 60 flow which continued well into the evenings. This chal- tacks, 30 jibes, stop and start drills, and a trip around lenged sailors and instructors alike, both on the river and the Mile Buoy were all accomplished with the use of especially in the area of “tent stabilization.” minimal verbal instruction. Sailors at Camp are divided into Novices, Be- The clinic was truly a team effort, with coaching ginners, Intermediates, and Advanced. With the excep- by Paul and Patrick Tara, with support from SCYC’s tion of Novices, each class holds its own series of races. Kristen Lenz and Chuck Murray and SSC’s Jim The grand finale for the week is the El Toro Junior North and Julie Bertalachi. Shoreside support was by Mary American Championship on Friday. In the “Camp Tara. Ruby and Black Pearl were the chase boats, Series” SCYC juniors sailed at all levels. Sam Caldwell with additional support from Chuck Hawley and Tony and Michael Yang-Murray started their sailing careers Gasparich aboard Coyote on Saturday. All participants in Novice. In Beginners, Nicole McCartney was 4th, improved and many valuable lessons were learned. Lee Faraola 6th, and Chloe Long 7th., and Lucas Caudill Plus, a big congratulations to the top three boats . . . all 14th. In Intermediate B’s, Trevor Foley was 1st, Mary from SCYC! Marlett 4th, Dana Foley 8th. In Intermediate A’s, Char- lotte Lenz was 4th, Julian Martinez-Prado 5th, Cullen Maggie Caldwell Junior Board Secretary

Stockton Sailcamp 2011

Eighty-two junior sailors descended on Stockton Sailing Club for this year’s 21st annual Sailcamp, held July 10-16. Once again, SCYC sent a sizable contingent, with 20 campers, 4 junior in- structors, and untold adult volunteers. The big story this year was the weather, which was much cooler than years past. Daytime highs reached into the 80’s, but nightime lows dipped into the high 50’s. Brrrrr – spare blankets and sleeping bags were in high (Nicholas Lenz winning the last race of the NA’s)

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Eckert 13th, and Talia Rozenbaum 14th. In Advanced, Be Part of Something Special Emma Drejes was 3rd, Nicholas Lenz 6th, Michael Levy 7th, Michael Marlett 8th, and Josselyn Verutti The Santa Cruz Yacht Club is in pursuit of 14th. pledges for a Tram that would link the upstairs deck to The Junior North American Championship is the Harbor with a stop in the middle. a three race, no throwout series. Eighteen Boats raced The SCYC has been approved to add an addi- in the Gold Fleet, twenty-six in the Silver. The unusal tion underneath the existing upper deck. The original wind direction made for one-leg beats and reaches, plan called for an elevator. After much discussion it with many lead changes. Neil Marcellini from Rich- was decided that a Tram would be more practical as it mond Yacht Club won the Gold Fleet, closely followed would link the Harbor, the addition and the clubhouse. by SCYC’s Nicholas Lenz. SCYC’s Emma Drejes The membership approved the expansion costs but was the top finishing girl in fourth. In the Silver Fleet, the additional cost for the Tram was not included in SCYC swept the top three places. Julian Martinez- the original agreement. Therefore we are looking for Prado finshed first, one point ahead of Olivia Beers, pledges to make up the difference. who was closely followed by Charlotte Lenz in third. To date the membership has donated upwards SCYC’s unsung heroes of this year’s Camp of $55,000. This is a great start, but the club needs were Chuck Hawley, Marecello Martinez, and Lee Far- your help to make the Tram a reality. aola, who worked for hours to get the engine on one of the SCYC chase boats operatiing properly. Also, a Copper Based Bottom Paints special thanks goes to Jim Moore, of Moore and Sons Outboards, for squeezing another of our chase boats in RBOC has for many months worked with for a last minute tune-up before Camp. This year the Senator Kehoe, her staff, and all other stake holders Toby Kunkle award for outstanding volunteer service to protect California boaters from onerous legislation at Camp went to RYC’s John Liebenberg, who began concerning the use of copper based antifouling bot- instructing at Camp 11 years ago. tom paints. As all boaters know, copper based paints have been used for many years to offset the negative As many of you know, Sailcamp is a coopera- impacts of marine organisms and, more recently, the tive all-volunteer effort sponsored by Stockton Sail- spread of invasive species. ing Club, Richmond Yacht Club, and SCYC. Each RBOC is continuing its lobbying efforts to Club contributes chase boats, gear, volunteers, and insure any legislation passed by the California legis- kids. Camp is self-funding, and run as a non-profit, lature does not place either undue financial burdens or with any proceeds left over split three ways. Camp unreasonable deadlines on California’s boaters. RBOC administration is by a Sailcamp Board of Directors, is pleased to report that progress is being made and ex- which consists of a representative from each of the presses its appreciation to Senator Kehoe and her staff sponsoring Clubs. For 5 of the 8 years my family and for their efforts to reach solutions which meet these I have attended Camp, I have been priveleged to rep- objectives. Initially, SB 623 proposed an outright ban resent SCYC on this Board, but I will not be returning on the usage of copper based bottom paints. As now to Camp in this capacity next year. It’s time for some amended, the proposed legislation would not enact an fresh hands on the tiller. I would like to take this op- outright ban on the application of copper based anti- portunity to offer my heartfelt thanks to all the officers, fouling paints. The current version of the bill would members, and parents who have supported Sailcamp permit the application of paints using low-leaching, during my tenure. I’m confident this will continue. low-level copper. Representatives of the various paint Sailcamp is an unique jewel in the West Coast sail- manufacturers are stating that there will be a variety of ing scene, and we all owe it to our children to keep it paints available to meet the proposed deadlines. strong and on course well into the future. Key dates in the current draft of SB 623 are: January 1, 2014 – the Department of Pesticide Paul Tara Regulation shall determine the maximum allowable leach rate for low-leach copper antifouling paints. SCYC Director January 1, 2015 – on or after this date a manufac- Stockton Sailcamp turer, wholesaler, retailer, or distributor cannot sell or offer for sale in California, any new recreational vessel with a copper based bottom paint that does 12 August 2011 Santa Cruz Yacht Club Spinnaker Sheet

not meet the definition of low-leach rate copper O’Neill Sea Odyssey (OSO) engages 4th - 6th antifouling paint. grade youth with a hands-on science education pro- January 1, 2015 – on or after this date it shall be gram on a 65-foot on Monterey Bay and in unlawful to apply to a recreational vessel a copper a shore-side education center. It is free and each class based paint that does not meet the definition of low- completes a community service project. leach rate copper antifouling paints. The program consists of an ocean-based sci- By January 1, 2019 and biennially thereafter the State Water Resources Control Board shall deter- ence field trip and curriculum used in the classroom. mine if the use of low-leach copper-containing The program achieves educational standards using antifouling paints can result in attaining California’s ocean concepts while teaching youth about watersheds water quality objectives. that flow to the sea and their responsibility to protect RBOC has steadfastly maintained that any them. The program was founded in 1996, in 2004 it paint other than what is now being used must be received the California Governor’s Environmental readily available, affordable, and effective. Towards and Economic Leadership Award in Children’s En- that objective, RBOC has followed up with the paint manufacturers and other interested parties on these is- vironmental Education and in 2005 Senator Barbara sues. Boxer’s Environmental Champion award. In 2009 the Paint manufacturers are informing us that a Adam Webster Memorial Fund received the Commu- variety of paints will be readily available in all areas of nity Spinners award for its work with special needs the state, will be as easy to apply as current paints, will youth. 60,000 youth have been served. not require stripping of our hulls, and will be effective in protecting the hulls of our boats. Senator Kehoe is planning to make further Dan Haifley revisions and refinements to SB 623 soon and we are O’Neill Sea Odyssey monitoring this closely. RBOC is encouraged by the change in the bill to permit the use of low-leaching, low-copper anti-fouling paints and by the discussions we are having with the author. As developments occur, they will be posted on at www.rboc.org.

Lorenzo Rota RBOC Delegate

O’Neill Sea Odyssey Benefit

The 4th Annual Taste of the Harbor will take place on Thursday, September 8, 2011, from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Hosted by Intero Real Estate Services at the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor, the event will involve live music and dance by local artists, food and wine provided by harbor area restaurants and local winer- New members introduced: (top) Tim & Anne Susman, ies, and a live auction and raffle. All proceeds will go John Airey, MJ Austin, Joshua Byrne, Commodore Mi- to the Intero Foundation to benefit O’Neill Sea Odys- chael Wood, Nancy Beekman, John Stedman, (bottom) sey. Carolyn & Howard Susman and Hilary Walecka Advance reservations are $45.00 per person and $49.00 at the door. Reservations can be made As of 7/21/11 the membership totals are as follows: at www.tasteoftheharbor.com or by mailing a check payable to Intero Foundation to Intero Real Estate Regular 425 Non-Resident 70 Services, 2222 East Cliff Drive, Suite 150, Santa Junior 91 Corinthian 44 Cruz, CA 95062. Event parking at the Santa Cruz Life 11 Honorary 24 Yacht Harbor will cost $2.00, and complimentary shuttle service available from the upper harbor and Total 664 water taxi from the west harbor.

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Back in the Old Days….. cuss their different points of view, but they don’t argue and they don’t fight. They even agree to disagree on how they formed Joseph Rodgers is our own ‘resident Lloyds Marine their partnership in the beautifully restored 30-foot Trintella Surveyor’ appointed in 1978. Rodgers is an active sailor , Tessa, now moored on the inside tie at Q-dock. and has restored some interesting boats over the years at his According to Hugh, at breakfast one day Joseph was shop located in Jerry Ritchey’s boat yard on 7th Avenue. His agonizing about the time and money that would be needed to little sister is Sally-Christine Rodgers-Repass of West Ma- complete the boat project he had recently taken on. To prove his rine Products. People ask Joseph all the time if he is Sally- point Joseph told Hugh and his brother Ernie Rideout to go look Christine’s brother. His reply is usually the same, “No, she is at the boat to fully understand the scope of the project that lay my favorite little sister.” Joseph has files from all the marine ahead. The Rideout brothers went V-dock in the upper harbor surveys he’s done dating back to 1978 and his office is a and immediately envisioned what could someday become a very historical archive of Santa Cruz sailing and a mini-maritime lovely sailboat again. Hugh immediately offered to become a museum. partner with his friend Joseph and one dream became two that Hugh Rideout is the youngest of four siblings who go fateful morning. back in California history many generations. During the gold Joseph’s story is similar but different. He says that at rush in the mid-1800s, his great grandfather, J.R. Rideout, their usual Monday morning ‘breakfast meeting’ at Harbor Café, hauled passengers and freight up and down the Sacramento Hugh came in and started talking about this sailboat that he’d and San Joaquin rivers—as far as Marysville on the Sac- seen in the upper harbor. It had a broken mast and appeared to be ramento, and Crow’s Landing on the San Joaquin. Hugh’s a wreck, but Hugh said it had lovely lines. Joseph asked Hugh to grandfather owned three tugboats and Hugh tells stories describe it further and then Joseph told him that it was the boat of spending summers on the San Francisco Bay aboard his he recently bought at auction—he was the owner. Hugh said, grandfather’s boats. He retired from teaching in 1975 and “Oh, I’d love to have a boat like that,” to which Joseph replied, bought Riverside Campground in Big Sur which he operated “Done!” And the partnership was formed that very morning. until 15 years ago when he turned over the daily operations Sea Wings ended up half submerged on V-dock, aban- to his youngest daughter, Amanda McKay and her husband doned by a previous owner. Going back in time a decade or Dan. more, the boat had some bad luck. The operator once ran into Hugh Rideout and Joseph Rodgers share a friend- the bridge with the mast, and in another incident, lost his steering ship that goes back to the 1970s. They openly banter and dis- and rammed several boats near his berth. Since the mid-to-late 1990s, Sea Wings sat alone, abandoned in her slip on V-dock. The slip rent went unpaid for several years. The Port District finally got control of her title, and if no one bought her at auction they were going to have Sea Wings cut-up for scrap and carted away to a landfill. Enter Joseph Rodgers. When Joseph got her at auction, Sea Wings was filled with trash including several dead birds, a decade’s worth of beer cans and trash, a dead opossum and a double mattress doubling as a sponge soaking up rain and seawater on the cabin sole. In Tessa’s builder’s plate has been restored. It shows she was built addition to her leaky hatches, her teak decks were black and her by Jachtwerf Anne Wever N.V. and she is Hull #475. Below Hugh cockpit was filled with eucalyptus leaves three feet deep. The and Joseph share the tiller. Hugh owns Tessa’s starboard side and once-proud sailing vessel Sea Wings had become the trash dump Joseph the port side—except, according to Joseph, when they are of X-dock. sailing he always owns the high side The Trintella was designed by Ericus Gerhardas (E.G.) van de Stadt. E.G. went on to design the world’s first maxi—Stormvogel, probably the most famous race boat of the 1960s. E.G. is also famous for leading edge designs that in- cluded and inspired underbodies featuring wing-shaped foils, stand-alone keel sections and separately hung spade rudders. The design group continues to operate, today run by his sons after E.G. retired in 1978. The very first Trintella were completely built in Holland using steel hulls with wooden decks and superstructure. Sea Wings is a TRINTELLA II and is known for being the 1st production boat built in G.R.P. in Europe. Built in Hol- land in 1969, she is hull #475 out of a total production run of 600 boats. Her fiberglass hull was laid up at Tyler Boats, the first manufacturer in England to mold fiberglass hulls. The bare 14 August 2011 Santa Cruz Yacht Club Spinnaker Sheet hull was then shipped to the Anne Wever Boat Yard in Hol- During the restoration, word about Tessa got around land where an all wood interior, deck and cabin was fitted and the harbor and bits and pieces starting ‘bubbling to the the rig assembled. The boat was exported to California along surface.’ Many parts came from Turk’s (Mustafa Sengazer) with four other sister ships in an attempt to bring the popular vast collection of nautical treasures and from boat pieces European class to theWest Coast. destined to become scrap that were rescued by the harbor The boat Joseph Rodgers bought at auction in 2008 is staff. a far cry from the boat Tessa is today. The restoration process Joseph felt Sea Wings’ name needed to be changed began by hauling a dumpster worth of debris from below and to clear her of any ‘bad ju-ju’ she might have left behind on it was followed by carefully removing and labeling the interior X-dock. Tessa is the name of his adopted 6 year old French piece by piece. Ironically, under all that debris, Joseph found a grand child. Jokingly, Joseph will tell you that the name was low-hour diesel engine. chosen just because it fit on the narrow transom. He goes on Tessa’s barren interior was bleached and scrubbed to say that he was thinking about naming the boat after his ‘head-to-toe’ and air dried for weeks on end by an industrial favorite little sister, Sally-Christine Rodgers, but the longer fan running inside. The interior was lovingly repainted before name wouldn’t fit. the wooden pieces were bleached and sanded to reveal the “Probably the neatest thing we found below is the beautiful wood grain that lay below. Then, each piece was fin- original builder’s plate,” says Joseph. It was covered in lay- ished with five coats of varnish and carefully re-installed with ers of old varnish and tarnish, and completely unreadable. It the same dedication and care taken 40 years earlier. too was lovingly restored and the original chrome builder’s Robin “Rocky” Rockwell is an important player in plaque is mounted to the cockpit combing just under the til- Tessa’s interior restoration. From his shop in Jerry Ritchey’s ler. It shines proudly today showing off Tessa’s heritage. yard, Rocky re-crafted and repaired many of the interior Tessa is a tribute to the many people who all seemed pieces. Rocky also built a new navigation station as the old to show up at the right time, including Hugh and Joseph who one was beyond repair. Hugh and Joseph added a waterproof cannot remember how their partnership happened, but at inspection hatch in the cockpit so you can gain access to the least they showed up. Together, Hugh and Joseph brought diesel engine from above for service. Rocky restored and Tessa back from ‘dumpster-status’ to the beautiful sloop she modified the existing cockpit grate to allow for easy access to was in 1969. In many ways she is better-than-new. She is a the new Bowmar hatch. tribute to all who shared the dream that she would someday Our harbormaster Chuck Izenstark, along with sail the waters of the Monterey Bay again. Larry White and the harbor maintenance crew including Sandy Tucker, all have a hand in Tessa’s restoration. Sandy Niels Kisling called Joseph one day to tell him that they were scrapping an SCYC Historian old catamaran mast and would he and Hugh like to have it. Referencing the Trintella plan, the mast turned out to be ‘close enough’ in length and had a proper cross section. So, of course, they accepted this ‘gift’ from the Port District. When it came time to rig the mast, Steve Leddy could not reuse the old standing rigging which was missing parts, it was all metric and 40 years old. With careful planning and measuring, Steve ‘hit the ball out of the park’ by building standing rigging that fit perfectly to within inches of tolerance when they stepped the new mast for the first time. I’m sure Steve knows the old saying, ‘measure twice and cut once.’ With a new mast Tessa was a sailboat again, but she still lacked a rudder which had simply rotted out over time. Agonizing about the expense and the time needed to build a new rudder, Joseph was scratching his head at Aquarius Boat Works when along came Jim Moser, a fisherman friend from T-dock and a metal fabricator. Moser asked what was wrong and Joseph replied, “We need a new rudder and I’m afraid of the cost and the time that it will take to get one made.” Moser said, “I just made that one,” pointing to a brand new stainless steel rudder on the fishing boatTazu . “Give me a few days and you’ll have a new rudder too!” Moser left on a hand shake and a promise of future payment. He showed up a few days later with the most beauti- Georges. We miss you! ful stainless steel rudder Hugh and Joseph have ever seen. 15