Next: Y-Flyer Midwinters March — 2012 Sailors love CSC in March! Calendar

2 social. 3-4 Y Midwinters 6 M’brship Cmte. 7 CSC Board 9 Happy Hour & “Grill Ur Own” 10 LMYRA Race 2 13 CSCA Meeting 15 Telltale prep. 16 Happy Hour 24 LMYRA 3-4 30 Happy Hour & “Grill Ur Own!” 31 LMYRA 5 & WORK DAY

Alvin Youngquist surely would be pleased to be at the Columbia Club on This issue of the TELLTALE March 3rd and 4th to observe what’s happened to the 18 foot he designed in is heavy on text and light on 1938. The “Y” from his name is still on the and the design is somewhat as photos, but with the Y Flyers he first drew it, although it was refined by the Rev. John Quinton before it was pub- taking to the water on March lished in “Rudder” magazine in the 1940s. 3rd and 4th, and the LMYRA series hitting high gear, we Youngquist was a sailor, and it is said his idea for the Y was to create a small HOPE to have plenty of pix in easy-to-build boat youngsters could sail to learn the fine art of scow racing. It caught April. on among older sailors, too. There’s quite a lot of info The first major Y Flyer event of the year is the “Midwinters,” which has been sailed packed away in this issue. If in early March on Lake Murray for the last several years. Skippers from the north— we’re this busy in March—– as far away as Canada—enjoy coming to the sunny south. Y Flyer sailors from sev- just wait til APRIL! :- ) eral states are expected to be on hand.

CSC’s Y–Flyer Fleet #16 is one of the oldest fleets in the Association, having been organized in the 1960s. Jessie Helms was secretary of the national associa- tion for several years and edited its popular newsletter.

Come on out for the Midwinters and make the visitors welcome!

Reminder: The Midwinters and other We heard that a prominent CSC regattas at CSC are great events for member sailed into the silver in a nude members to enjoy. Watch the races—– sailing event in southern Florida in February. applaud the trophy winners—dine on those great $5.00 burgers on Sunday. It was all true, except the participants did Editor: John Wrisley They’re the best on the planet! not sail in their birthday suits . (See pg. 3) [email protected] Page 2 At the Helm by Commodore Charlie Calhoun

Dick Dommel did it again! He conducted his annual “I want to be a Race Committee Volunteer” seminar. It’s a great semi- nar because after you take it you feel more eager and comfortable helping out with one of our many traditional regattas this year. Volunteer…you’ll be glad you did. Way to go Dick!

We have two of our premiere regattas coming soon and with them comes some awesome eating. You don’t have to be sailing to enjoy. The Y-Flyers will have Italian on Friday night, $5, and on Saturday they’ll serve Hudson’s BBQ for $13. RSVP rdot- [email protected] by March 1st . AND the Easter Regatta will have Low Country Boil on Friday at 7 and on Saturday they’ll serve BBQ at 7pm. RSVP [email protected] by March 30. PLUS, don’t forget that the CSCA Famous Burgers and trimmings are presented on the Sundays following each regatta.

Speaking of eating your calendar for the Return of the Grill Your Own get together, Friday March 30th at 6:30. Sev- eral years ago we had this event which everyone loved. It was, and soon will be again, on Friday evenings, and we’ll furnish dessert, bread, salad, tea, and a potato/pasta. All you bring is the rest of your meal plus five bucks. And yes, you’re the chef. RSVP [email protected] by23 March.

Work Day! We have two work days each year with the first on March 31, 9am. Bring whatever tools you know how to use. It’s a great time to come out and help our club get ready for its spring début. Lots of folks refer to our club as “My Lake front property”. Show your pride for CSC and mark this date on your calendar. Mike and Herman have already started by clearing the area behind the boat house. Also, missing one of the two scheduled work days costs $50.

Join us this year and become a participant in our many fun events, whether it be with the CSCA, being on race committee, showing up on work day, helping in the kitchen, taking photos, helping out at the Ship’s Store, helping with the plants, decorat- ing for events, or just sharing a meal during regattas or Grill Your Owns. Maybe

Don’t forget! Let me hear from you! The famous Easter Egg Hunt ~Charlie Sunday, April 8th at 4PM.

Tell the young ‘uns to come with their Exciting news for CSC! Easter Baskets and meet MR. BUNNY! Our bid to host the US SAILING 2013 Championship of Champions

was accepted enthusiastically! Sailors Member’ children will be a National, North American, or 10 and under will World Championship Helmsperson. receive inv’itations. Terry Tyner and I will be contacting If you contact Mr. members for help to put together a Bunny’s helper your first-class regatta for these world-class grandchildren will be sailors. This is a very prestigious event sent an invitation to and we will roll out the red carpet with our incomparable Southern Hospitality! the event! Stay tuned…there’s more to come Mr. Bunny’s helper is named Miss Juli, and she about the C of C to be held Fall of may be reached at: [email protected] 2013! ~ Jan Jernigan Page 3

Dick Dommel sailed NOOD and took 3rd place in his class! To the ear NOOD sailing sounds like something it isn’t. It’s the National Offshore One Design organi- zation, which stages a series of championships each year, the first of which for 2012 took place in St., Petersburg, Florida February 17-19. CSC’s Dick Dommel was right in the thick of it in the San Juan 21 15-boat fleet. One day was scrubbed because of uncooperative weather, but they got two races in and here’s the result. Dick aced the first race and pulled out a very re- spectable 6th in the 2nd to lock up a 3rd place finish overall.

There was a lot of sitting around waiting for a breeze on the 2nd day and it didn’t material- ize. But the sit- ting around was done in the fairly comfortable sur- roundings of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club.

It’s comforting to know that the salt water folks have to wait on a breeze now and then, too.

(This report was caught in some kind of cyberspace limbo in January and did not make its way to the editor’s attention until after the February newsletter was printed. We should re-title it >Better Late Than Never!)

New Years Day Roundup by Rear Commodore Beth Mathias

The Polar Bear Swim was as invigorating as prom- ised! The weather and water temps were moderate and the polar bears were decked out in their finest attire. A lot of bonding goes on at this event—so don’t miss next year! Thanks to Hans for serving up some forti- tude, Mace for stoking the fires, and to Commodore Charlie and Mommodore Juli for leading the plunge.

The Frostbite Regatta was great fun. Beautiful weather and winds prevailed—an absolutely gorgeous day for sailing. Eleven dinghy sailors competed in five races organized by PRO Mark Alexander and his RC of Bill Freeman, Dan Clayton, Tom Kelley. Ron Lor- ing calculated the scores. sailor David Par- shall was the “Big Fish” for the day taking 4 out of 5 firsts!! Crawford Milling and Richard Leaphart battled it out for 2nd and 3rd places. What an awesome group of sailors—it was a pleasure to watch all of the sailors compete in the dinghy races. We have a lot of talent at CSC. I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about these din- ghy sailors as they compete regionally and nationally throughout this next year!! (Con’t, pg. 4 - Roundup) Page 4

CSC Auxiliary NEWS by Nan Nussler, President

I don’t know about you but February flew by for me. Our thanks to Marybeth Mahrer and Beth Pearson for the delicious taco soup, cornbread and chocolate chip cookies meal at our February meeting. It hit the spot on that chilly evening. We had a busy meeting with many events to discuss.

We want to thank Susan Powell and Sarah Edwards (Hank and Jim, too) for the beautiful new pots and plants on the porch. Now our porch is definitely a beautiful place to relax and enjoy Lake Murray. And just in time for regatta season to start. It will be easier to maintain these pots since the shrubs are year round plants. Great job to all who helped with this endeavor.

Celebrating Mardi Gras is a CSCA tradition. Thanks to Redick Loring and Stephanie Seals for organizing this year’s celebration and dinner at Alodia’s on February 21. What a terrific evening of fun and fellowship.( When I lived in Germany 40 years ago I was told that anything goes on “Fat Tuesday”or “Fasching” and that you couldn’t get a divorce for anything that happened that night!) So our get together with beads and tiaras is pretty calm but much enjoyed by all who attended.

This year we combined our Mardi Gras get together with a PJ collection to take to Sistercare. You gave armloads of new PJ’s. There will be lots of pleasantly surprised ladies at Sistercare who receive these “jammies” and I know they would give each of you a big hug for being so thoughtful. Donna Rone and Beverly Whitworth brought up this idea to the director of Sistercare and she agreed that this is a wonderful project. These ladies have to leave without much time to gather things they need. How nice to receive a new pair of PJ’s, warm and snuggly to call their own. Great job ladies!! Y’all are just terrific!

Camilla Thompson and Kris Kenline will have the Ship’s Store open for the seminar on February 26 th. We’ll get the results from that event and the Y-Flyer Regatta weekend in March. I know they could use help so let these ladies know if you can lend a hand on Feb. 26th or March 2nd -4th . Just a reminder that items from the Ship’s Store make great gifts, any time!

Put March 2,3,4, on your calendar and sign up to help on this Y-Flyer Regatta weekend. The Dotterers are asking for help on any part of the weekend and the CSCA will be cooking our “famous” burgers on Sunday. Please call Rita Mayfield or Barbara Brothers if you can help on Sunday with the prep, serving or clean-up for the burger lunch. Many hands make all this much eas- ier so please come help us if you can. A great excuse not to have to cook dinner!

Other events to place on your calendar would be the CSCA meeting March 13, Spring Work Day-March 31, Easter Regatta- April 5,6,7,8,, CSCA mtg.- April 10 and Past Pres./Past Comm. Party -April 28.

CSCA would like to express our sincere sympathy to Jan Jernigan on the passing of her sister Sally. We know this is a difficult time and our thoughts and prayers are with Jan and her family.

Our next meeting will be on March 13 th-meal for a nominal fee at 6:30 and business meeting at 7:00 We will be making plan for the Easter Regatta and other upcoming events so do put us on your calendar. We’d love to see you! ~Nan

(Roundup—con’t from pg. 3)

New Years Day Meal was the grand finale for the day. Wow!---the collards and black-eyed peas were superb! Thanks to Elliott and Jim Altman for the great meal and for ensuring that we will all have good luck and money in 2012. About 65 CSC members and friends enjoyed collards, hoppin’ john, ham, corn muffins, clam chowder, cake, Bloody Mary’s and Mimosas. Many, many thanks to all who helped: Pat Freeman, Dupre Young, Juli Calhoun, Karen Counts, Nan Nussler, Barbara Brothers, Redick Loring, Marybeth Mahrer, Jan Jernigan, Debra Kelly. Thanks also to Mike and Bill for making sure the entire day stayed on course!!    CSC Membership Page 5 by Richard Leaphart, Vice Commodore

We’ve had a very good membership month at CSC extending provisional memberships to four great sailors.

Invited to Provisional Membership: Mays Dickey ,attorney at the Law Offices of D. Mays Dickey. Mays is an avid J24 sailor with 7+ years racing one de- sign’s. He has competed in several distance races to include Chicago/Mackinack. He is married to Nicole and brings another J24 to the CSC Fleet.

Tod Augsburger, Executive - Lexington Medical Center. Tod is married to Diane and has two daughters Ashley and Alison. Tod has 30 years experience recreational sailing and holds a number of ASA certifications. He currently enjoys sailing his Catalina 30.

Stanley Hassinger, Emergency Medicine -Resident Physician. Stanley has spent most of his life sailing dinghies. He has competed on district and collegiate level. He is a very active D12 sailor and a pretty darn good one at that. He is married to Allison and has a young son Matthew Peyton.

Peyton Hassinger , Resident Physician- Emergency Medicine. Peyton has also spent most of his life sailing dinghies. He has also competed on district and collegiate levels. He is also a very active D12 Laser sailor and a pretty darn good one too. (Sounds like Déjà vu all over again??? Brothers? Yes! Twins? Nope! One has a little more experi- ence than the other.)

Please take the time to introduce yourselves when you see these folks and give them a CSC welcome!

PASSAGES: Our deep condolences to Jan Jernigan and her entire family on the passing of her sister, Sally . Sally Jernigan, 63, unexpectedly passed away February 9th after a brief illness.

Thomas Epting Hayden , 79, died February 14th. Mr. Hayden was stepfather to CSC Members Craig and Crawford Milling. Our sympathy to the Milling and Hayden families.

Martha Daetwyler , President of CSCA in 1975, passed away on February 1st. Upon hearing the news several mem- bers said, almost in unison, “Oh, she was a lovely lady!” She and Daet loved CSC very much. He served as club Commodore the same year Martha led CSCA - 1975.

Aaron A. Rice, Sr., died February 15th at the age of 86. He was one of CSC’s early members and he was involved in an architectural partnership with another CSC pioneer, the late Reid Hearn, who designed our first clubhouse in 1959. It was a pre-fab brought from Savannah to Lake Murray on a flatbed trailer. Our sympathy to the Rice family, and our thanks to Aaron for his contribution to Lake Murray sailing in the days the boats were few but the enthusiasm was unlimited.

Iva B. Bost was 91 when she passed away on February 22nd. She was the mother of CSC member Dennis Bost , and the grandmother of member Stanton Bost . Our sincere condolences to the Bost family.

Illnesses : Bud Hamer is having a very tough time of it, according to an early February report from Norma. He had been hospitalized but was released to receive hospice care at home. His breathing problems are causing great diffi- culties and we urge your thoughts and prayers for Bud, Norma, and all our friends dealing with illness and grief.

‘Til next time. . . . Richard

Flashback 40 years! CSC was about to have its first on-site custodian in the person of Fred Fetner who moved a trailer to the property. . .plans were being drawn for the construction of a mechanical gate and installation was expected soon. . . The Easter Regatta was a huge success from the standpoint of numbers of participating yachts, although the weather left a lot to be desired. . .the CSC Juniors announced plans for their annual party for adults, with the theme hippies/poverty/depression. 83 adults turned out in a fantastic array of costumes. There were strobe lights, scented candles, mu- sic and lots of food and libation. (There are photos in the CSC archives!) It was the spring of 1972. Page 6

Sailing News ‘n Notes

LMYRA Tiller Talk by Bob Blundy

Without a doubt, starting is the most challenging part of sailboat racing, but, it is also the most rewarding. A good start means clear air and boatspeed, freedom to tack on the shifts and to call your own tactics, rather than having them dictated by the boats in front. So what are the obstacles to getting out in front as the gun fires? Confidence in being able to handle the boat when packed in with others, intimidation from that boat the size of an aircraft carrier bearing down from astern, fear of being over early, uncertainty about right of way etc, etc. Many folks hang back only to find themselves on the second or third row, flopping up and down, unable to point or go in the bad air and wake from the melee at the front. Meanwhile the few that get away cleanly seem to be halfway up the leg before the boat can get going.

Sounds familiar? Well Frank McKinnon and Ed Colie of Lake Murray Sailing Club held a starting clinic for LMYRA sailors out at 166 mark on Saturday afternoon of February 18 to give folks a chance to over- come their phobias and improve their starting skills for the upcoming season. The idea was to just have starting sequences one after the other, with no recalls and no weather leg. The concept worked superbly with about 12 to 15 boats showing up from most of the LMYRA divisions with starts for the regular spinna- ker and non spinnaker boats. The weather reminded us of why we live in South Carolina with temperatures in the 60's - in February. There was very little wind in the big water for the first two starts so Frank elected to move closer to the north shore where an ideal steady 5 mph SE breeze held for the rest of the afternoon.

I crewed for Beth Mathias in the Capri 22 and we won the first half a dozen or so starts by getting right up on the line early. After that, the others decided that they weren’t going to let us get away with this any longer and we had to fight a lot harder for our spot, which was what the event was all about.

The starting tactics that you use depend somewhat on the boat. A small, light boat like the Capri 22 is manoverable and accelerates well, which are good characteristics to have on the start line. The technique that worked for us was to pass across the stern of the RC boat with about a minute to go, luff the sails and creep down the line heading straight at the pin. This solves a number of problems. It put us about 1/2 boat length below the line on the front rank, got us away from the RC boat and being trapped in the RC boat cor- ner, opened up the all important gap to leeward and prevented being sucked down into the mid line sag. With about 30 seconds to go, we hauled in the sheets, got the boat up to speed and at 5 to 10 seconds headed up onto close hauled and hit the line - bang. Sounds easy, except when other boats are trying to ease into your hole to leeward or roll you to windward. Which is where defending your starting spot and fighting off interlopers makes starting exciting.

It was a very pleasant and confidence boosting afternoon, and anybody who missed this one should not go around complaining about starting difficulties again. Again, thanks to LMSC for putting this on. ~Bob

LAND PARKING NEWS! “Where’s my boat?” If you have kept it in reasonable shape and paid the park- ing fee for the parking space you won’t have to ask that question. But some small boat owners may have forgotten that a quarterly fee is due on the space and their names are to be displayed on the trailer tongue..

So—–on WORK DAY, March 31st, all unidentified boats in disrepair will be moved to the club’s rear prop- erty. (Some think that back lot resembles a graveyard.) Questions ? [email protected] Page 7 Wall St. Journal devotes 1/2 page to an antique. “Dorade” is 82 years old and still going strong!

“Dorade” is a 52 foot yawl shown at left on a day-sail with its designer, Olin Stephens, at the helm. She is still in commission and is the subject of a 221 page book by David Adkins. (Notice Stephens and other males in white shirts and neckties!)

This was Mr. Stephens first major yacht design commission. He went on to be- come one of the most acclaimed boat designers of the 20th century . Not only did he create large yachts, including several America’s Cup winners, but also the fa- mous 19 foot , which first sailed on Lake Skaneateles in New York State in 1938.

Stephens lived to just over 100. In his 90s he looked at a recently built Light- ning and was asked if there was anything about it he would change. “No,” he said, “although I wonder if that skeg is necessary.” Aboard “Dorade” in 1931 The Journal review of Adkins book is well done and makes the tome appealing. It covers the story of the yacht from birth to her current life on the U.S. west coat. She has been re-built twice.

“Dorade” was published at $65.00, but Amazon offers it for $40.13. The detail and illustrations are said to be terrific.

Work Day! (Charlie’s not kidding!) The oldtimers knew what they were doing when they named it The Columbia SAILING club. “Yacht Club” was just too high toned. Besides, the founders never expected the club to be rich enough to hire staff to tend to every lit- tle thing. There would be a lot of do-it-yourself activity by members.

The first WORK DAY of 2012 for members is March 31st. There’ll be email notices about details. And yes, there WILL be a lunch break!

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She: “Dear, did you see the article in the Telltale about the Grill Your Own on March 30 at 6:30 ?” He: “No I didn’t. “Why?” She: “Why?? Because it sounds like a special place to go on Fridays.” He: “What’s so special?” She: ”Because you can take me out for a salad, bread, potato/pasta, and dessert for only $5. All we bring is the chicken (my favorite), meat (your favorite), or fish if you want a change. Regardless, we cook our choice”. He: “So what do we do to make reservations?” She: ”Let Juli know at [email protected] by 23 March”. He: ”So, is it a date?” She: ”You bet, dear.”

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