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official publication of the chicago yachting association CHICAGO YACHTING ASSOCIATION Member of the National Boating Federation By Commodore Sandra Smith

2019 OFFICERS DIVERSEY YACHT CLUB AWARDS COMMODORE Sandra Smith Com. Sharon Rice-Minoso PC Jerry Metzger, PC BPYC PC Mark Klym COMMODORES CRUISE VICE COMMODORE FOREST VIEW MARINA & STORAGE RC La Rue Watson, PC SSYC Douglas A. James 60th anniversary Michael Giuffre COMMUNITY OUTREACH REAR COMMODORE I begin this article saying thank you to the La Rue Watson FREEDOM BOAT CLUB VC Douglas James, PC CS&PC Mike Ginter MEMBERSHIP & MEMBERSHIP EXPANSION members of the Chicago Yachting Association for SECRETARY Randall Schmidt HAMMOND YACHT CLUB Sec. Randall Schmidt, PC DYC nd Com. John Botich, Jr. electing me as Commodore for a 2 year. Sandra Smith, Commodore YACHTING GALA TREASURER JACKSON PARK YACHT CLUB VC Douglas James, PC CS&PC James Caldwell I want to thank the current CYA Bridge for their hard work and interested in boating. The CYA partnered with Com. Janet Hansen Captain Toby Lindo PC Karen Harris YACHTING IN CHICAGO MAGAZINE dedication to helping keep the CYA striving to be bigger and better. (of the Chicago Maritime Arts Center) and together we sponsored an BOARD OF DIRECTORS PC Betty Lerner, PC BYC To Vice Commodore Doug James, thanks for your hard work on the event hosted at Columbia Yacht Club, where 70 children participated IMMEDIATE PAST COMMODORE JOSEPH CONRAD YACHT CLUB annual Yachting Celebration in 2018. I was not in attendance but I in seminars on boating and a class about boat building. The children Kazimierz (Casey) Chlebek PC Marek Witkowski YACHTSPERSON OF THE YEAR heard great things. To Rear Commodore LaRue Watson, the 2019 ranged in ages from 12 to 17 and were all from three different High PC Jerry Metzger, PC BPYC PAST COMMODORE Commodore’s Cruise was wonderful. The weather didn’t cooperate, School in the Chicago-land area. They seemed very interested in the Capt. Walter (Sonny) Lisowski JUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILING JUDGE ADVOCATE but that didn’t stop you. We cruised in luxury in a Mercedes Benz sailing classes offered by the various yacht clubs, which is a start in FOUNDATION Bernard Wiczer, CYC Sprinter. Who but you would have thought of that? To Secretary bringing children to the lake front. BAY MARINE Peter Goldman Randall Schmidt, you kept me on track from meetings to policies to Gentre Vartan AFFLIATED MEMBERS taxes. All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you. To Treasurer When I began my second year as Commodore, I wanted to continue MARINE SERVICES CORPORATION BELMONT YACHT CLUB Chicago Police Marine & Helicopter Unit Chicago James Caldwell, thanks for the monthly reports and keeping us what I started in 2018. MY VISION AS COMMODORE WAS, AND Michael Walsh Fire Department Marine & Dive Operations Com. Mark Linenberg aware of our finances. To Betty Lerner, Past Commodore of the CYA STILL IS, FOR THE CHICAGO YACHTING ASSOCIATION TO GIVE PC Catherine Van Dorpe Illinois Department of Natural Resources BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. MIDWEST OPEN RACING FLEET U.S. Coast Guard: and Belmont Yacht Club, thank you for your tireless efforts on the Com. Diane Bouckaert Sector Lake Michigan Chicago Yachting Magazine. I know the struggle you go through each BURNHAM PARK YACHT CLUB On August 25th the CYA sponsored its’ 2nd Kids Day on the Water, Com. Steve Theis Calumet Harbor Coast Guard Station year trying to get articles and ads from the various organizations. It is MUSEUM SHORES YACHT CLUB Back to School, Book Bag, School Supply Give Away. There were PC Scott Gordon Marine Safety Unit – Chicago greatly appreciated. To Chuck Goes, our IT Officer, thanks for making Com. Thurlow Haskell United States Coast Guard Auxiliary (9WR) over 60 children from various organizations and churches from PC Darryl D. Davis sure we are all made aware of the upcoming events and meetings of around the city that participated. Even though the weather didn’t CALUMET YACHT CLUB the CYA. And finally to my two advisors, Scott Baumgartner, Past Com. Fran Finn fully cooperate that day, the children were able to enjoy a short boat NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS Commodore of CYA and Belmont Yacht Club, and General Walter PC Jeff Sadula ride from Jackson Park Inner Harbor to Jackson Park Outer Harbor. I ASSOCIATION “Gibby” Vartan, Past Commodore of CYA and Chicago Yacht Club, Thom Dammrich thanks for being there when I needed advice and thanks for your want to thank my husband, Dwayne Smith, for making time to take CATALINA FLEET 21/ CHICAGO REGION Keith Ogulnick Com. Branson Stone words of wisdom. the children on the boat ride. For some of the children, this was their first time on a boat and they all left with the anticipation of coming PC Lorelei Lauraitis PATHWAY TO ADVENTURE COUNCIL SEA SCOUTS The Chicago Yachting Association continues to be a strong voice in back again next year. My goal for next year is to increase this number CHICAGO CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB Com. Timothy Harrington the boating community. CYA represents 12 yacht clubs along Lake by at least 50%. I want to give a special thanks to Scott Baumgartner, Com. Susan Nilsson Past Commodore of the CYA and Past Commodore of Belmont Yacht PC Lysa Hynes Michigan as well as 14 several member organizations. PINNACLE YACHTS Club, for coming down early to help get the book bags ready for the Gary Feracota As boaters we are extremely blessed to be part of a family that can children and Doug James, Vice Commodore of the CYA, for preparing CHICAGO SAIL & POWER SQUADRON ROBERT ALAN CLUB CDR Bob Van Ewyk Toby Lindo enjoy one of the wonders of the world at our leisure. We are able to 95 dental hygiene bags to hand out to the children. All in all, the sail and feel the wind blowing in our faces, share in the camaraderie children ended the day prepared for a successful school year. CHICAGO YACHT CLUB SOUTHERN SHORE YACHT CLUB with our fellow boaters in our various harbors on a Saturday night, or Com. Lou Sandoval Com. Dwayne Digby just sit and relax on our boats on a Sunday afternoon. Whatever the I am looking forward to continuing what we have started. PC Leif Sigmond, Jr PC LaRue Watson case, we are blessed and should be thankful for having the ability to COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB Com. Scott B. Johnson say we are boat owners. See you next boating season! PC Craig L. Horton 2019 STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS Recognizing this blessing, we should be willing to give back to the AUDIT CROWLEY’S YACHT YARD LAKESIDE community and to those less fortunate than we are. One way of doing Grant Crowley PC Rich Lauric, PC BPYC Sandra D. Smith so is to reach out to children. During my first year as Commodore I Commodore, Chicago Yachting Association Yachting in Chicago, the annual publication of the Chicago Yachting Association, is published by the Chicago Yachting Association. It is distributed to members of the Yacht Clubs and affiliate vowed to work with programs to get children and younger people private clubs, used in corporate sponsorship meetings, and further distributed to the surrounding Yacht Clubs on Lake Michigan, outstanding civic leaders and select marine retailers. An electronic version plus the latest yachting news with frequent and useful web links is also available at www.yachtinginchicago.com. Comments and submissions accepted at info@ yachtinginchicago.com. All submissions are subject to editing. Unsolicited submissions will not be returned. Authors and other information resources are responsible for accuracy of 2019 yachting in chicago 3 their content. No reproductions allowed without permission. All rights reserved. Copyright 2019 PUBLISHER’S NOTE

Randy Schmidt, Chuck Goes, Staff Photographer Editor & CYA Secretary & CYA Director of Communications Randall Schmidt started boating on Charles “Chuck” Goes’ earliest Lake Michigan in 1981. Since then, memories are of spending he has been a very active member Saturdays on the water, growing up of the boating community. He is a in a sailing family. Chuck joined the member, past commodore (2000- Belmont Yacht Club in 1995 and 2001), and current Judge Advocate has served in most every position Betty Lerner of the Diversey Yacht Club; a including Commodore (2006- Publisher / Editor-In-Chief member of the Chicago Yacht Club 2007). He has also been active with and Vice Chair of its Power Fleet Chicago Yachting Association for Committee; the President of the many years and worked on Yachting This year the Chicago Yachting Association is celebrating its Chicago Sportfishing Association; in Chicago since 2007. He has 60th Anniversary as we also celebrate Our Kids – Our City. and a member of America’s Great also served on the board of Lake Loop Cruising Association. He Michigan Sail Racing Association Please enjoy Toby Lindo’s article about how our children and his wife, Kristin Berg, have for the last 10 years where he is are being introduced to boat building, sailing instruction extensively cruised Lake Michigan IT Director and Race Management and seamanship along with experiencing the wonders and and completed the Great Loop in Chair. He is also a certified Race 2013-14. When not boating, Randy Officer for US Sailing and works on challenges of sailing and cruising our majestic coastline. is a Clinical Professor of Law at the many races and regattas. He is also University of Chicago Law School active with boating activities in the Two very important pieces that make up this publication are where one of the classes he teaches St Petersburg, FL area during the the continued support of our advertisers and contributors of is Admiralty Law. winter months. When not involved in boating activities, Chuck still content. A heart-felt thank you from everyone at Yachting in runs his own Web Hosting/Design 2019 Chicago! A special thank you to Grant Crowley this season for business, Digital Interplay. contributing excellent boat maintenance articles that I’m sure we will all benefit from. IN THIS ISSUE COVER IMAGES PHOTO CREDIT: Another very important ingredient in making this publication 01 Commodore Sandra Smith 25 Belmont Yacht Club Columbia Sailing School, Publisher’s Note Burnham Park Yacht Club possible is the talented and dedicated staff who give their Columbia Yacht Club & 02 27 all to make this beautiful little magazine come to life. Our Sara Proctor, Chicago Yacht Club 04 Chicago Police Marine & Helicopter Unit 28 Catalina Fleet 21 newest member, Randall Schmidt has joined our team as Chicago Fire Marine & Dive Operations Calumet Yacht Club Editor – Welcome aboard Randy! Jane McMillan continues 05 29 as our valued Racing Editor, Chuck Goes, Director of 06 U.S. Coast Guard 31 Chicago Yacht Club Communications, keeps us up to date and Liz Benedetto, our Liz Benedetto, Jane Mcmillan, 08 Our City - Our Kids 33 The Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club graphic artist, magically puts it all together. Thank you for Art Director + Graphic Designer Racing Editor 12 CYA Boat of the Year 35 Columbia Yacht Club your excellent teamwork. Founder + Creative Director of 13 Yachtsperson of the Year 37 Diversey Yacht Club As we look forward to 2020 and our new boating season, I Ashby (A Creative Laboratory), boat on Lake Michigan thirty years Liz specializes in brand identity, agoJane and McMillan became bought active her in boating first 14 Commodore's Cruise 39 Hammond Yacht Club wish you all a very healthy, safe and beautiful Holiday Season! graphic design and photography. competitions. In her career, she 15 Chicago Harbor Safety 40 Freedom Boat Club began in education and the arts At Ashby, the creative process starts but got embroiled in the newly with meeting passionate people; 16 Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing 40 Crowley's Yacht Yard expanding personal computing learning about what inspires them industry while getting her PhD at Sea Scout of the Year Jackson Park Yacht Club and then collaborating to create 17 41 Dance with the waves Northwestern. She spent the last 20 CYA Yachtsperson of the Year: Captain visually engaging experiences. move with the Sea years of her career in networking Toby Lindo - Pg 13 18 CYA Celebration 43 Museum Shores The goal is to help each client and internet protocol, acquiring The Cleaning & Care of Marine Canvas Chicago Maritime Arts Center let the rythm of envision their potential, articulate 19 44 the water set your their purpose + create visually 20 National Boating Federation 45 Robert Allan soul free. engaging experiences. Itseveral was a top-level natural progression certifications to and Betty Lerner workingpublishing on extensively the Yachting in inthe Chicago field. 21 North American Invitational 46 Joseph Conrad Publisher/Editor in Chief [email protected] magazine where she now focuses www.Elizabeth-Ashby.com 22 NMMA 47 Southern Shore YACHTING IN CHICAGO - Christy Ann Martine 773.428.6474 season’s race results. Mechanical Trip Planner MORF her talents specifically on the 23 48

To Advertise In Yachting In Chicago Printed By Steve Maher, Chicago Stream Media Hosted By Burnham Park Yacht Club - Pg 27 24 Chicago Christmas Ship 49 Race Results 847-997-8522 | [email protected] [email protected] Digital Interplay www.yachtinginchicago.com www.chicagostreammedia.com Chicago Fire Marine & dive operations Jason Lach, Deputy District Chief, Marine & Dive Operations 6-8-6, Chicago Fire Department

The 2019 boating season saw a number of changes at the Chicago Police Marine Unit.

NEW OFFICERS RETIRED OFFICERS The season began with the addition of 9 newly trained The Unit also experienced the retirement of 3 of its The mission of the Chicago Fire Marine & Dive Operations is to Marine Officers. These officers brought with them members after long distinguished careers at Marine diverse experiences from a number of units inside the Officer. The officers and supervisors wish to extend our handle any and all fires, search & rescue, EMS emergency Chicago Police Department. sincerest thanks and wish fair winds and following seas These officers successfully completed a mentally to Marine Officers David Johnsen, Angelo Tagler, and operations in our great city. and physically challenging 56 week training Police Communications Officer James Sink. program, which included detailed instruction in the science of: Congratulations on a job well done and best wishes for • Diving a long and fruitful retirement. Many positive changes We are in service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our • Open water scuba / full face mask scuba have occurred during the boating season with more on responsibilities cover all of the great City of Chicago’s • Dry suit diving the horizon. waterways, including 27 miles of shoreline, 38 miles of • Ice diving river systems, and all ponds, lagoons and bodies of water • Ice surface rescue PARTNERSHIPS in between. • Zero visibility diving The leadership of the Police Marine Unit worked hard • Marlinspike seamanship this season on increasing working partnerships with Our unit’s respond to all marine emergencies, day or night, • Operation of jet drive, out drive the Chicago Fire Department’s Air Sea Rescue Unit, by air, land, and sea. Year round you can witness our units • Operation of inboard/outboard propulsion US Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan, and the conducting training operations with the Chicago Park system watercraft Illinois Conservation Police. This was accomplished District Lifeguard, the Police Marine Units, The United

HELICOPTER UNIT through conducting numerous joint training exercising, States Coast Guard, and other safety groups. These officers also received emergency medical and streamlining inter-agency communication procedures, Our units train daily on lifeguard skills, dive response training in partnership with Northwestern and providing mutual support during real world deployments, and helicopter deployment University Medical Center. The support they provide emergencies and special events. for our awesome city. and will provide in the future, greatly enhance the One extraordinary example occurred during a June operational capabilities of the Marine Unit and 2019 Illicit Charter Enforcement operation in Burnham We are involved with water safety public safety on the navigable waterways of the City Harbor. Federal authorities charged an individual with demonstrations and safety briefings for of Chicago. a habitual maritime law violation and subjected his youth groups, local businesses and other vessel to seizure under US Law. The Marine Unit also organizations. We cover topics such as FUNDING increased patrols and enforcement on the Chicago Personal Flotation Devices (PFD), swimmer The Unit was recently awarded $700,000 in federal grant River to address the increase in pedestrian and vessel safety, and current and beach conditions, CHICAGO POLICE MARINE & CHICAGO POLICE MARINE & funding to enhance port security, anti-terrorism, and traffic on the Main Branch resulting from the Riverwalk just to name a few. We have a proud mass casualty response capabilities along the Lakefront revitalization efforts by the City of Chicago. tradition of supporting the citizens of and Chicago River System. This increased training will Chicago. Remember “We are there when have a significant positive impact on the quality of you need us”. services provided to the local boating community.

6 2019 yachting in chicago 2019 yachting in chicago 7 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

Sector Lake Michigan

WATERWAYS INFORMATION BULLETIN General Information

The Illinois Waterway Lock and Dam system is beginning a series of consolidated closures to upgrade and improve key aspects of the infrastructure. A number of the locks have been in service since the early 1900s and are due for extensive maintenance by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Scheduled for calendar years 2019, 2020, and 2023, the locks will be under restrictions or fully closed for specified times and dates. These schedules are subject to change due to factors including delivery of materials, repairs required but not anticipated, emergency The crew of MSU Chicago celebrating MSTC Lashbrook’s repairs as a result of accidents, and funding. promotion to Chief Warrant Officer. serving as the Honor Guard during a Cubs game. MST3 Heiple, LCDR Puffer, LT Ramos, & MST3 Krukar These closures will affect the recreational traffic that utilizes Incoming MSU Chicago Commander, CDR Randy Preston the waterway on a daily basis to enjoy downtime on the Illinois (L), stands with Sector Lake Michigan Commander and Des Plaines rivers. It is imperative that anyone planning CAPT Thomas Stuhlreyer (C), and outgoing MSU to transit the river system research the closure dates and plan Chicago Commander, CDR Zeita Merchant (R) at the accordingly.

Union League Club of Chicago. Change of Command ceremony on June 28, 2019 at the Additional information can be found by clicking on the following link for the US Army Corps of Engineers Notices to Navigation Interests: https://ntninotices.usace.army.mil/lpwb/ f?p=150:1:0::NO::: Contact Information

If you have any questions about the lock closures, you can contact: during an oil on the water training. Lawton Wilkerson becomes the fifth member of the MSU Chicago Waterways Division MST3 Seth Tedford participating in ice rescue training prestigiousMST3 Kayla groupMoreno to watchessign her asposter. Tuskegee Airman O. call: (630) 986-2155 email: [email protected]

8 2019 yachting in chicago 2019 yachting in chicago 9 OUR CITY OUR KIDS

“When I was 7 we lived near 72nd Street on the South Side. Bordering A Voice from the Past the North side of the beach was a long seawall. I had a burning Boating for Chicago North Side, South Side, West desire to know what was on the other side of that barricade. Surely it was something glorious – (it was downtown Chicago). If I only had a little boat, I could paddle out to the end of the wall and see what was Kids Today Side... East Side! beyond it. The thought never left me. A few years later as a teenager, Some of our yacht clubs offer sail training programs for member’s Sometimes it seems you can’t get people from north or south of I joined a Chicago Park District boat shop program and began to kids. A few are open to kids not connected to the Clubs. On May 15 Madison Street or west of State Street to agree on much of anything. build a kayak. Then I met sailors from the local yacht club who this past year, Columbia Yacht Club hosted 70 middle-school kids But for those who’ve had the privilege of boating on the Lake, maybe took me under their wing and taught me to sail in exchange for my from three city schools to tour ABEGWEIT and learn about boating, we can agree the East side of Chicago is best. The Lake is vast, ever services as a bottom sander and scrubber. It eventually led to having boat-building and the sail-training programs at Columbia and Jackson present, moody, challenging, even overwhelming at times. But much my own boat followed by having my own business. I never lost the Park. In August, CYA Commodore Sandra Smith organized a day at of the time it is by far the most peaceful part of Chicago. curiosity to know what was beyond the wall, any wall I encountered.” Southern Shore Yacht Club for 70 kids to get out on the water and learn about boating and the Jackson Park harbors. On weekday mornings you may have it almost entirely to yourself. A boat could be your vacation home and you need not drive a couple of Can we not hope that other young kids may one day, like Gary, Joe Harris supervises several on-water programs for kids for the hours to get to it. Although there are costs to be borne, there still is find themselves and a pathway to success by learning about boats, Chicago Park District on both Lake Michigan and the Chicago River. no tax to pay. And when you are out on the Lake you are in command boating, and by exploring our shores and what lies beyond? The Sea Scouts and Sea Cadets also run sail training programs for without having to answer to anyone. kids 14 and older. Rowing clubs are bringing kids out on the Chicago River and the Lincoln Park lagoon, and more people are getting to the water by kayak, canoe or paddle board every year. Chicago Waters The Chicago Maritime Arts Center (CMAC) taught boat-building Taking the Chicago River and Lakefront together, we have over 200 classes for kids at the Eleanor Street Boathouse, the Carpenters miles of water frontage within the city limits not counting many Union Training Center and the Urban Prairie Waldorf School this man-made lakes and lagoons. Thanks to efforts over many decades year. CMAC also taught a boating skills/marine ecology class in and to the Friends of the Chicago River, our River is again becoming Jackson Park. The Chicago Maritime Museum brought kids to the available to those who live here. There is much remaining to be done, museum in the Bridgeport Arts Center to learn about Chicago’s but we can be proud of the improvements. maritime history. Gary Comer Members of the New York Yacht Club do their boating remotely in Despite these programs, more than 95% of Chicago kids never get Newport, RI. What does that say about their view of their own water Gary Comer was the founder out on the Chicago River or Lake Michigan. Some do not even know frontage? of Land’s End and the Comer where the Lake is. Foundation which established the Comer Academy to teach kids in As recently as 2009 you had to go on a waiting list to get a mooring the Grand Crossing neighborhood in any Chicago Harbor. Today there are over 1,500 empty moorings not far from where Gary grew up. waiting for a boat to fill them.

10 2019 yachting in chicago 2019 yachting in chicago 11 What’s happening around the Country?

in New York, an organization called In Erie, alongside the largest dry dock on In Milwaukee, a largely volunteer effort Rocking the Boat has been teaching kids the Great Lakes stand the Bayfront Maritime built the 137’ gaff-rigged schooner DENNIS from the South Bronx about boat-building, Center hosting a start-up maritime school, SULLIVAN twenty years ago. She now serves boating and marine ecology for over the brig NIAGARA and the Erie Maritime as the flagship of Wisconsin and of the 20 years. They serve over 4,000 people Museum. Together these organizations bring United Nations Environment Program. She annually through community boating and a magnificent focus to Presque Isle Bay one is moored at the Discovery Center at the boat-building activities. Seven of their alums of the finest natural harbors on the Great center of Milwaukee harbor. Together they now work full time on the staff. Lakes. bring eloquent testimony to the maritime heritage of a wonderful Great Lakes city. In Buffalo, they’ve committed over In Cleveland, the Davis Aerospace seven million dollars to build a shed at the In St. Paul, Urban Boat-builders serves and began to enroll confluence of the Erie Canal and Lake Erie Maritime High School over 1,000 kids each year in partnership students in 2017. It’s now full-up with a (the epicenter of Buffalo). The shed will with schools and other organizations waiting list. The students are all considered be used to build a replica of the SENECA showing them a meaningful way forward “at risk” and over 90% are minority kids CHIEF, the first packet boat to traverse the in their lives by teaching them to build from the inner city. Among other things the completed canal in 1823. And this 73’ vessel kayaks, canoes, paddle boards and skate students started a volunteer safety patrol on will be built largely by volunteers from the boards. And at their home base, they work the water. community. This past summer they saved intensively with selected students about to eight people from drowning. enter the working world to help them make an effective transition. A question for all of us: what can we Looking forward do to help make this development work In Chicago, as yet we have done nothing remotely comparable to any of these efforts. 2033 is the 200th anniversary of Chicago’s founding (as a town), for all the people of Chicago, especially there are three major projects having the potential to fundamentally for Chicago kids? alter our water-frontage for better or worse: If these developments only work for the people who live and work The Sterling Bay redevelopment of the there, it will forfeit a great opportunity to change young lives for the Lincoln yards area on the North Branch better. of the Chicago River What can we do together as a Our harbors and shorelines give Chicago The Related Midwest development of the One or two People at a Time What Can We Do? boating community to create a a resource few other cities can match. As we look forward to our 200th Anniversary vacant land along the South Branch between vision worthy of our maritime Over the past few years we’ve gotten to know two young people we see great changes looming along the Roosevelt Road and Ping Tom Park (Project 78) – a vision which can encompass who grew up in the city. Let’s call them Pigpen and Polly. Like most In the spirit of that old TV show Mission heritage banks. As a boating community, we know the story of our founding by the voyageurs, The Obama Presidential Library project Chicago kids, they didn’t know bow from stern when we first met Impossible, (this is your mission if you better than others what the water means. the building and rebuilding of our city, the them. But we invited them to share in our boating ventures over the choose to accept it), we ask three questions: Why not work together to contribute our in Jackson Park creation of our river as a pathway for the years. They learned a lot and helped many of us with repairs and own vision to planners and developers as nation, the exploitation of that river to In addition to these vast projects, there are many other sites maintenance. Last year a friend gave them an older runabout for What can I (you) do personally Chicago’s bi-centennial approaches? enable the economic exploitation of Chicago, scheduled for demolition and development along the River. free. Pigpen is a gear-head and isn’t scared of anything mechanical. to help bring kids to the water? Polly and Pigpen fixed it up together and this year they went up and It could be a donation of time or money to and the long and increasingly successful Chicago kids in middle school and above We have seen what a difference the River Walk has made to down the river with friends and family. Many of their friends had one or more of the organizations already effort to reclaim the river and the Lake for will be adults when Chicago turns 200. If downtown Chicago. But the likely impact of these three huge never been on the water before. And some are now beginning to committed to that effort. Our observation of the benefit of residents? we can reach them and reach out to them, projects and others will dwarf the impact of the River Walk. take an interest in boating. the success other cities are achieving shows they will preserve the future of our boating Last August we watched a dozen boys and that volunteers can make all the difference if community. An informed and vibrant boating girls from South Shore launch two boats on Watching this happen has been a great pleasure to those who know well organized. But it could also be an effort community will also help support the the River. The kids were between 8 and 12. Polly and Pigpen. And as with Gary Comer, this wasn’t a charitable to enlist a young person like Polly or Pigpen continued restoration of our waters. And it As they were getting their first experience on undertaking. Gary offered his services by sanding and scrubbing. as part of your extended boating family. will help to integrate the River and Lake as Polly and Pigpen did quite a bit of both for others. the water, one girl was standing to the side they once were into the heart of city life. crying. She was upset because she had not What can your organization or Some people buy a boat to show they’ve arrived. That’s okay. But yet been able to row in the boat she helped it’s what you do with a boat that makes the difference. For club do to increase outreach to build. Fortunately that got sorted out in good us sharing a boat with others, especially young people, is the city kids and to improve access to time. In the two weeks she spent building the supreme reward. our harbors or clubs for kids and skiff she had developed a connection to “her” families who are not yet part of boat, to the River and also pride in what she the maritime community? accomplished. 12 2019 yachting in chicago 2019 yachting in chicago 13 THE CHICAGO YACHTING ASSOCIATION BOAT OF THE YEAR THE CHICAGO YACHTING ASSOCIATION YACHTSPERSON OF THE YEAR T-10 ERICA Captain Toby Lindo ERICA’S CREW

In a fleet as competitive as the T-10s, a consistent crew is crucial to success and Erica is fortunate to

have a dedicated group of Back row left to right: Nancy Garrity, Mike Kaczor, Scott Melanson, Carrie Camarda, Katie Greer, Brian Kaczor, Chuck O’Donnell Katie Greer, Carrie Camarda, Brian Kaczor, and CYC Commodore (front), with officers of Mentor Harbor Yachting Club sailors: Lou Sandoval; in front Paul Kaczor and Chuck O’Donnell he CYA bestows this honor on Captain The next morning Toby picked up the Tribune Capt. Toby has had many great years on the Toby Lindo because of his never ending and did something he had never done before – water, with many dear friends, and many stories. Carrie Camarda Tdedication to exposing children to the he went to the classifieds and checked out “boats Capt. Toby wants to share two of his stories with HEADSAIL TRIMMER Congratulations to the crew and owner, joys of boat building and boating. Through his for sale.” There it was – “Montrose Harbor, 25’ the CYA. efforts, hundreds of children have attended his 1936 double-end Atkin Sloop ESMERALDA – for boat building classes and built boats. This year sale. He had no intention of buying a boat, but A few years ago, Capt. Toby was cruising down Chuck O’Donnell Brian Kaczor, of the T-10 Erica, named as alone, his outreach efforts included an event at he had to at least call. When the man answered, the river with friends, including Lenox L, age PIT Columbia Yacht Club at which 60-70 high school Toby said “I saw you sailing into the harbor last four. Mozart’s Magic Flute was playing on the CYA Boat of the Year! students from several different high schools night. I’m not interested in buying a boat, but sound system, and after a bit of it, he came up to learned about boat building. Capt. Toby’s work at out of curiosity what are you asking?” “Twelve Toby at the helm and patted his leg. When Toby Alex Baldwin inspiring young people in Chicago to become the thousand” the owner said, “but I’ll come down.” turned around, Lenox said (little sister right rica’s successful season started the Following the Mac race, Erica continued to MAINSAIL TRIMMER next generation of boaters should encourage all “I’m not interested in buying a boat” Toby replied. behind him) “we don’t really like opera.” So Toby previous winter, with many (many!) place in weekend buoy races as well as regional of us to do more work to get children interested “I’ll go partners with you” he answered. “I’m not asked what he did like. “Yellow Submarine” he Seth Morrell Eweekends of sanding and buffing the regattas such as the Verve, constantly pushed in boating. interested in buying a boat” Toby repeated, (and said. And so Toby made him happy by playing TACTICIAN bottom to make sure she would be in top shape to her limits by the incredibly talented T-10 here he stepped on the banana peel of life) “but “Yellow Submarine.” come May. The Spring Opener brought the fleet. “You learn so much by being part of this Capt. Toby places himself behind a great many I’d love to go for a sail.” On May 31, 1995, Toby re-launched ROBERT first opportunity to see if all of the hard work fleet,” said Katie Greer, headsail trimmer. “The Chicagoans in terms of boating skills. But Capt. Katie Greer Toby seems to spend more time than most on Sure enough Toby bought ESMERALDA from ALLAN II after she had spent ten years in the paid off; a first place finish got their season off competition is so strong; we all push each other boats and he tries to take advantage of all four Dan Avers (Porky) and through him ultimately shed. She was the last boat launched from Action HEADSAIL TRIMMER to an auspicious start. The Colors and NOOD to become better racers.” seasons on the water. The year Graham Saucer met hundreds of other Chicago boaters. Toby Marine before it closed. Capt. Toby and about regattas came quickly after, with second and brought his 1935 Grebe motor boat NAIDA to says that has been the best part of his life ever ten of his friends celebrated that night in the aft Scott Melanson first place finishes, respectively. Each weekend The highlight of the season was trailering Chicago, Capt. Toby and Graham took her down since. Dan died in 2012, and Toby had the duty cockpit as she soaked up in the slings. At one to Wolf Point and back to Canal Street in the of spreading his ashes near Belmont Harbor point Dietmar Solm rose to offer a toast from the FOREDECK buoy race and the short distance race from the boat to Mentor, Ohio, for the T-10 North middle of February. Even with a little dusting of where he had spent the greatest part of his life heart: “To boats – they’re better than women!” Chicago to Waukegan and back were hours American Championships. The 26 boat fleet snow, they had a grand time. on the water. The group looked around and nodded silently. Erica’s regular part-time logged in anticipation of the Race to Mackinac. comprised a mix of professional and amateur But it appeared Dietmar had lost sight of the crew members are: crews. The impact of Erica’s crew consistency Capt. Toby’s interest in boating started near Capt. Toby served as Commodore of the Heritage person sitting to his immediate left – their dear This year’s Mac race brought warm weather and hard work became clear during this event. where he was born in Upstate New York. He lived Boat Club in 1994-5. Back then, you could tie up friend Adele Arlette. After a pregnant pause, Nancy Garrity and fair seas. After a Sunday with very little At last year’s regatta, Erica struggled to find her near both Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence on the wall in Montrose Harbor and the Heritage Adele rose and said: “And they’re better than wind, Erica started Monday in 7th place. The pace. This year, Erica came in fifth overall and and so was fortunate to learn sailing and power Boat Club would have over 60 classic boats, men too!" NAVIGATOR/TACTICIAN boating as a kid. His sail boat was a Rhodes including the AFRICAN QUEEN, at its annual wind came and went throughout the day, but won the Corinthian award, the trophy for the Bantam – BEANBLOSSOM – a 14’ wooden sloop. Wooden Boat Festival. Capt. Toby looks forward to meeting new people Kevin Clark by focusing on keeping the boat moving, the highest placing boat without paid professionals His dad had Shepards, each one a little bigger on the water. Toby believes there are many great rest of the section came within reach. When on board. than the last. When he was fifteen, Toby and In 1995 Capt. Toby put together a group to people in the boating community – and lots of FOREDECK/PIT the wind died, the boats vying for 3rd through a friend took a small Lyman runabout up the buy ROBERT ALLAN II – a 40’ 1936 Grebe great people who don’t yet realize the water 7th places were left staring at each other at Brian lives in Chicago and is the owner of K-Zor Rideau Canal from Kingston to Ottawa. Having sedan cruiser. In 2005, with another friend, Toby is the best part of Chicago – and the reason it no adult supervision, Toby says, was the best bought a 47’ Schooner – WILD GOOSE, built in exists. Paul Kaczor (brother) the beginning of Gray’s Reef. They managed Electric, a commercial electrical contracting thing that can happen to a kid. Gloucester in 1929. So Toby can honestly say HEADSAIL TRIMMER to keep the boat creeping forward and upon company. He has a twelve-year-old daughter he goes both ways. In 2005, WTTW Channel 11 Capt. Toby noted that as you get older, people entering the Straits, Erica had moved into 3rd. who enjoyed junior sailing and has expressed When Capt. Toby grew up (He is not sure when chose ROBERT ALLAN II as the boat from which will do their best to help you. Toby’s dentist Mike Kaczor (father) With good course positioning and strong boat interest in completing Mac races of her own. that happened) and left college for the working their documentary – “Chicago by Boat” – was says when she is done with him, he is going handling, they found themselves overtaking the world, he got away from boating for thirty years filmed. Geoffrey Baer did not give Capt. Toby a to look better than ever. His doctor says when HELMSMAN he is done with Toby, he might be ready to run lead boat just a mile from the finish. This year, until he came to Chicago in the 1980s. On August speaking part, but it was a fun gig anyway. 20, 1988, on an impulse, he headed over to another Marathon. And Capt. Toby’s undertaker, Brian became an Old Goat, marking his 25th Corey Fast Montrose Harbor and took a walk along the golf In 2017, Capt. Toby and several other individuals Tim Harrington, says he is ready to help Toby time completing the race, joining his father in course down to Belmont. It was that perfect late started the Chicago Maritime Arts Center, a not- any way he can. HEADSAIL TRIMMER that club. His father also came in first place on summer day with a hint of fall in the air. As he for-profit corporation. CMAC was created to Erica the year that he completed his 25th Mac. walked back to Montrose, he saw a double-end teach kids about the water and how to build and sloop sailing into the harbor. It stopped him. use boats safely. This past year. CMAC worked Toby watched the crew drop sails and then drove with over 100 city kids, mostly middle-schoolers, home as the sun set. and made some great young friends – and maybe future boaters. 14 2019 yachting in chicago 2019 yachting in chicago 15 2019 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CHICAGO HARBOR SAFETY COMMITTEE BROADENS ITS MEMBERSHIP COMMODORE CRUISE © 2019 David C Brezina The CYA traditional Commodores’ Cruise The Commodores of these clubs had all hands Commodores, we salute you and your proceeded to the delight of all. As always, on deck to greet us as we arrived. Various members! We extend out sincerest thanks This year, 2019, brought recognition and a Coast Guard license. What was missing and long established commercial passenger a wonderful group of friends and endless refreshments/spirits, pastas, appetizers, and to Chicago Yacht Club, Columbia Yacht Club, new vision to the Chicago Harbor Safety was a connection between individuals who vessels – CHSC’s “sector” structure includes energy accompanied us. Although the Lake an endless array of food waited for us at each Diversey Yacht Club, Belmont Yacht Club, Committee (CHSC). CHSC was formed in 2013 observe unsafe boating and the enforcers of three different commercial sectors, merchant did not permit us to travel by water, we were club. We admit that we were all pretty stuffed and Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club for your to address marine traffic concerns. While the safety regulations . CHSC was instrumental in mariners, shoreline facilities, boat rental and provided with excellent ground transportation at the end of the cruise. It is always such a gracious hospitality, warm welcome and Harbor Safety Committee model had a history, providing that missing link. bareboat charter companies, human powered as we traveled to our yacht clubs of the North: treat to be welcomed into yacht clubs with making this day a remarkable success. particularly in ports with large ocean going craft, recreational boating and community Chicago Yacht Club, Columbia Yacht Club, their warm atmosphere, rich history, and traffic, Chicago presented a unique challenge Chicago boaters are intimately familiar with groups. In a sense, like national harbor safety Diversey Yacht Club, Belmont Yacht Club, and gorgeous architecture. with its weather compressed season, high the complications due to high water in 2019. committees, participation was “displacement Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club. volume downtown traffic and wide disparity CHSC was among the leaders in disseminating heavy.” With a new Recreational Boating in the types of vessels in narrow channels information about the problem – especially representative (the author could not serve – everything from commercial cargo to the nearly hidden obstructions. CHSC as both CHSC Secretary and a voting board kayaks. Years of diligent work resulted in published a letter warning about the dangers member) and a membership push, six yacht several landmark contributions, as reported and was pleased to have provided a forum to clubs and a half dozen associate and regular in previous editions of Yachting in Chicago, aid communications which led to marking of members have joined. From the beginning, including signage in the river, safe boating Dime Pier with safety buoys. Chicago Yachting Association was represented guidelines and the Safe Boating Chicago video by Scott Baumgartner and the National [https://vimeo.com/223559500]. Those CHSC leadership has included Susan Urbas, Boating Federation by Fred Poppe. efforts have continued. For example, at the end a competitive rower, Mike Borgstrom, of 2018 and beginning of 2019, CHSC provided of Wendella, a third generation tour boat It is an honor to have the opportunity to a forum to realign the fireworks safety zone so operator, and James Morro, who operates be of service with the founders and active that the Chicago Lock would have shorter Urban Kayaks, a kayak rental service. For 2019, board members of the Chicago Harbor closures, greatly facilitating passage of vessels, CHSC’s President is Gary Feracota, who owns Safety Committee. The yacht club members including tour and recreational boats. Over Pinnacle Yachts, a timeshare membership of Chicago Yachting Association,by and the years, CHSC has also provided input to the yacht company. Gary’s vision has involved large, provide tremendous safety education Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit about illegal increased inclusiveness in membership. While resources to their members, other clubs’ charters – if passengers pay to go out on a the leadership indicates involvement of some members, and the boating public. Safe boating boat, including party boats, the Captain needs unique marine sectors – human powered is better for all of us.

One of CHSC’s greatest achievements in 2019 was earning the 2017-2019 Harbor Safety Committee of the Year citation on June 27, 2019 from Admiral Schultz: CITATION TO ACCOMPANY THE AWARD OF THE HARBOR SAFETY COMMITTEE OF THE YEAR FOR 2017-2019 TO CHICAGO HARBOR SAFETY COMMITTEE The Chicago Harbor Safety Committee (CHSC) is hereby recognized as the and comments prompted the Coast Guard to change the coordinates of Harbor Safety Committee of the Year for the period 2017 through 2019. event spectator zones, which simultaneously enhanced public safety and reduced waterway congestion by allowing the Nation's busiest lock system During this period, the CHSC displayed excellence in promoting maritime to continue to operate during the events. When the boating community safety through fostering active partnerships between maritime and brought forth grave concerns regarding the safety and security of the government stakeholders, and made significant accomplishments through Chicago Harbor due to illegal passenger vessel operations, the CHSC was implementing innovative solutions to address critical safety and security instrumental in helping the Coast Guard craft its strategy to address the issues affecting the Chicago Area Waterway System. issue. Marine Safety Unit Chicago used the CHSC's recommendations to develop an intelligence-driven operation adeptly targeting vessel operators Established on July 15, 2013, the CHSC continues to strengthen its who were illegally providing their boats for chartered excursions on membership and effectiveness due to its topical subcommittees, which Chicago waterways. This all-encompassing strategy led to 36 vessel promote a diversity of stakeholders to contribute to specific subjects. terminations via Captain of the Port Orders, six criminal cases, and over These subcommittees have enabled the CHSC to become an insightful, self- $258,000 in fines. As Chicago ship and boat operators continue to interact regulating forum that recommends, and more importantly, implements more closely on an increasingly active, shared waterway system, initiatives initiatives designed collaboratively to benefit the entire Chicago Area such as these ensure safety on the water through awareness, training, Waterway System. In June 2017, the CHSC produced the free and publicly and innovative solutions. Using its diverse pool of talented and proactive available educational video "Safe Boating in Chicago," which detailed best members, the CHSC has set a tone for positive change and continues to practices for local boaters. This professional film, funded by committee serve as the epitome of maritime collaboration and excellence. members, educates boaters about the "rules of the road" and how to interpret traffic signals used by commercial vessels. Furthermore, the The exceptional actions and dedication to public service of the Chicago CHSC demonstrated a strong commitment to collaboration when crafting Harbor Safety Committee reflect the strong support and teamwork of its recommendation to the Coast Guard to modify an existing safety zone government, industry, and all waterways users and stakeholders: The for the weekly Navy Pier Fireworks in 2018. The CHSC's insightful guidance Committee's efforts are most heartily commended. 16 2019 yachting in chicago 2019 yachting in chicago 17 2019

SEA SCOUT OF THE YEAR

2019 Independence Cup/US Para Sailing Championship triplehanded winners Judd Goldman Junior Sailing Program PERRI COOPER Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Program By Robert Lang This year marks the 29th anniversary of the The 29TH ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE GALA was Through Sea Scouts, Peri discovered her interest in Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Program held on July 26th at the Galleria Marchetti and (JGASP), an award-winning, learn-to-sail was partially underwritten by the Jerome Mirza environmental science and conservation. Foundation. Attended by 400 supporters, program for the physically disabled. Over She noticed that when people participated new directions. She helped organize a 1,000 people each season experience the there was a fantastic raffle and silent auction in recreational activities on the water, kayaking class, a major fundraising event (a joy and thrill of sailing on Lake Michigan at that featured trips throughout the U.S., the Judd Goldman Sailing Center located in including Aspen, New Orleans, Captiva Island, they were generally surprised to see the Fish Fry netting over $800.00), and helped Burnham Park Harbor. and Napa Valley. Alex Maragos of NBC 5 amount of pollution in the lake and river. plan our first Introduction to Leadership Chicago was the Master of Ceremonies. Betsy She decided that if she could “hook” people Skills for Ships course. Judd was a Chicago businessman and sailor Alison, former US Para Olympic coach and on sports like boating, rowing and sailing, Sea Scouts has been instrumental in who himself suffered with a disability. After Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, was a guest they would understand the importance of teaching Peri how to effectively transfer his death in 1989, his family founded the speaker. Also, Patrick LoDuca, JGASP sailor/ keeping our waterways clean. Much of the information. This summer she worked Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation instructor and John T. Jackson traveling team volunteer work she has done over the years for the Chicago Maritime Arts Center (JGASF) in his memory. Beginning with just 2019 Goldman Cup member, was the other guest speaker. is linked to ecology and boating in some as an intern for their Boating Skills and three sailboats, the adaptive program fleet Front row: Winners Zak Kordik and Gary Pierce form or fashion. Marine Ecology Camp. She received now numbers twenty boats in three classes The INDEPENDENCE CUP (IC) for sailors with neighborhood rather than the neighborhood in addition to several support/safety boats. disabilities is traditionally held on the same For her Quartermaster Service Project, she multiple comments/compliments from all to the program. Like the adaptive program, The specially designed sailboats allow weekend as the Independence Gala, with plans to conduct a Learn to Row workshop of the adult leaders on her effectiveness the goal is to help develop self-esteem and participants, no matter what their disability, the IC sailors invited by the Foundation to for underserved youth in the South Shore as an instructor. She was described as independence. the opportunity to “take the helm” rather be guests at the Gala. This year, JGASF was community. The workshop will include an knowledgeable, patient, and articulate. And than just being a passenger. Both individual honored to be chosen by US Sailing to host the informational session on the ecology of the kids in the program absolutely loved The 2019 kick-off event for the adaptive and group lessons are taught by certified US Para Sailing Championship, the national program was the 30th Annual Open House the Chicago River. When asked “Why this her! She taught them how to tie knots, how US Sailing instructors. Some of the groups U.S. disabled championship, in conjunction on June 1st. People were able to meet the project?”, she explained that her activities to kayak, how to row, and introduced them that participate in the adaptive program with the IC. Single-handed, double-handed instructors, familiarize themselves with the with Sea Scouts had introduced her to to small boat sailing – all things she learned are Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Caring for Kids and triple-handed JGASP owned boats special adaptive equipment, and take a short a wealth of water-based activities, and in Sea Scouts! Program, United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of were borrowed by the competitors at no sail followed by a complimentary lunch. This that she wanted to do the same for a new Peri is low-key, but has a dynamic spirit. Greater Chicago and World Sports Chicago. cost, attracting sailors from the U.S. and year over 325 people attended the event. audience of young people. She has tenacity and holds herself to a high Canada. JGASF Travel Grants were provided JGASF is a public/private partnership with Through her work with Sea Scouts, standard. She is particularly proud of being Numerous activities for the JGASP participants and generous sponsors like Hilton provided the Chicago Park District. The Foundation including spear-heading an annual beach a Congressional Gold Medal Award recipient. include learn-to-sail instruction, racing clinics discounted ADA accessible rooms at the raises funds for instructor salaries, boats and clean-up with the Greater Lakes Alliance To qualify for the honor, she performed 400 and regattas. Cruises are very popular, as Palmer House Hilton while Cook-Illinois Corp. maintenance costs while the Park District is well as Movie Nights at the Sailing Center offered accessible transportation throughout at Jackson Park Beach, Peri was noticed hour of public service, 200 hours of personal responsible for the infrastructure. A similar with viewing under the stars. Racing the weekend. Columbia Yacht Club again by the Commodore of Jackson Park Yacht development activities, 200 hours of team arrangement was established in 2013 in program participants compete in the Season graciously hosted an evening barbecue for Club, Karen Harris. Karen asked if Peri sports, and planned a trip to upstate New partnership with the City of Lake Forest, IL, Championship Series, with races like the the racers and the Lake Michigan Sail Racing would like to work with the Open Horizons York, where she worked on a local farm and named the Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Jackson Park Yacht Club’s Freedom Cup. Federation awarded a coaching grant. Sailing Program, a program that teaches vineyard. She will be formally presented Program, Lake Forest. The Goldman Cup traditionally concludes the economically disadvantaged kids to sail. with the award by her congressman in June We thank the Chicago boating community for season. In addition to local racing, the JGASP Besides the adaptive sailing program, the joining us in helping to support this unique Peri agreed and joined the staff as a junior 2020 in Washington, D.C. has their own traveling team, sponsored by Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation foundation that teaches the physically disabled sailing instructor. She volunteered with the Peri’s involvement in Sea Scouts has had the John T. Jackson Foundation. The team also supports the JUDD GOLDMAN JUNIOR as well as inner-city youth the joy of sailing. program most of the summer and received a positive impact on her character, work competed this year in Newport, RI, Galveston, SAILING PROGRAM (JGJSP). This program so much in return. She learned how to lead ethic, and social conscience. She is proud to TX, and St. Petersburg, FL. The costs of airfare, teaches sailing to at-risk, inner-city youth and how to be an effective team member. be a part of the Sea Scout family. lodging, food, boat chartering, coaching and from 8-12 years of age. Located in Humboldt, To learn more about us, visit: team uniforms were included in this generous Peri brought the skills she acquired as an Garfield and Columbus Park Lagoons, over www.juddgoldmansailing.org donation. The Jackson family donation has instructor back to her Ship and made the 200 eager children sail each year in JGJSP had an immeasurable impact on the racing decision to run for Boatswain. Under her pram sailboats. The concept is unique team members. Like Us on leadership, the Ship has grown and taken because it brings the program to the www.facebook/Jgasf

18 2019 yachting in chicago 2019 yachting in chicago 19 The Cleaning and Care of Marine Canvas By Phil Pollard s any boater can tell you having you use a brush be careful not to use the extend their life significantly and help a set of good canvas onboard can brush on the vinyl windows as they will prevent damage to them. Use a clear Aextend your season and allow scratch. Rinse the canvas thoroughly to silicone spray, but be careful to keep the boating on even the hottest summer remove the soap and allow the canvas to silicone off of the canvas. You can spray days by protecting those onboard from dry completely without artificial heat. the silicone on a rag and then apply it to 2019 CHICAGO YACHTING ASSOCIATION the elements. Of course since it goes Be mindful to not use any soap that the zipper and snaps if necessary. Also, on boats, marine canvas is expensive. has detergents. Detergent additives to do not use a petroleum based product as Given this situation, the proper care and soap often have abrasive components both silicone and petroleum products are maintenance of canvas will give your or solvent additives both of which will not compatible with most marine canvas canvas the longest life possible. damage your canvas. coatings and materials.

There are various manufacturers and processes used to make the vinyl for marine canvas windows. Start the cleaning process by rinsing any loose debris and dirt from the windows. You should use a mild soap solution to clean the windows with a soft sponge or cloth. Be wary of using an old sponge or cloth as they can accumulate dirt and debris over time which will scratch the vinyl. If the vinyl does get scratched, it is possible in some cases to buff the scratches out. Check with your manufacturer for their particular recommendation.

Since the windows are There are many sources of this Many marine canvas applications for made of vinyl the sun’s UV rays will information online and the best source tops, enclosures and even cushions below damage the windows over time. When is is the manufacturer of the material use Sunbrella fabrics. The Sunbrealla comes time to order a new set of canvas, that was used to construct your canvas. website has detailed instructions on how have the canvas shop include covers for Most of the manufacturers have web to care for Sunbrella products. the windows. If you have canvas that is sites with care and cleaning sections. relatively new and in good shape consider The basic premise to canvas care is that Once your canvas is clean and dry, you will having the local canvas shop make zip or you should keep the canvas clean, store it want to treat it to restore its water and snap on covers for the windows. Covers properly and keep the zippers, Velcro, and stain repellency. Many manufacturers will extend the life of the canvas and also windows out of the sun. recommend using 303 High Tech Fabric make the enclosure cooler by keeping out Guard. the sun. Your sailmaker can repair and arrange to have your canvas cleaned. Alternatively, Now that the material portion of your In the off season, be sure to remove Sailbrite Midwest is located in Chicago marine canvas is cleaned and protected, your canvas from the boat and store and they specialize in cleaning sails and it is time to address the other important it carefully. The best case is to lay the canvas. You can reach them at (312) 437- components of your canvas. Typically canvas flat or fold it carefully. If you 1304. the zippers and Velcro are made from do need to fold it, fold it on the canvas nylon which is easily damaged in the portion and let the windows lie flat. The To clean your canvas use a mild soap sun’s UV rays, so make sure the protective better option is to roll the canvas in a such as liquid dish detergent. Make a canvas flaps are properly covering the loose roll. Be sure to separate the window soap solution using warm but not hot zippers and Velcro. It is important to from itself or other pieces by placing a water (less than 100F). Apply the soap clean and lubricate your zippers and soft towel or sheet between the windows. solution with a soft brush or sponge. If snaps. Keeping them lubricated will

2019 yachting in chicago 21 2019 North American Invitational Recap & Results NATIONAL BOATING FEDERATION, By David Ainley HISTORY & PURPOSE RACE Founded in 1966, the National Boating Federation (NBF) is the largest RESULTS nationwide alliance of recreational boating organizations, a non-profit Here is the full 510 (c)(3) organization. The Federation is composed of boating and yacht listing of the final clubs and their associations representing over 2,000,000 of America’s results: recreational boaters. 1. Bob Lindal

NBF promotes safe boating through education, acts as a legislative agencies as the Coast Guard, Environmental Protection Agency, “Rhonda C” watchdog and advocates for favorable boating legislation, Department of Fish and Wildlife, and of course, the Halls of Error 0.8428% regulations and best management practices. Congress. 2. John Burwell The membership represents no commercial interests and sells Many of recreational boating’s biggest battles must be fought “Rip Rap” no products. The Officers and Directors are all volunteers with in our nation’s capital, where boating organizations should Error 0.9557% strong backgrounds in all aspects of recreational boating. speak with one voice. In over 35 years of continuous service, our volunteers still advocate recreational boater’s interests before 3. Tom Collins Over the years, it has become evident to many other nationwide Congress and federal agencies. Conversely, our officers, and “Once Again” organizations that support of the National Boating Federation In August, the Chicago Yacht time to run the course that directors, vast and varied experience is available to lend counsel Error 1.4970% is in the best interests of all recreational boaters. Our Associate Club’s Power Fleet hosted deviated from his predicted and assistance with local issues, when requested. the 2019 North American time by only 108 seconds, membership continues to grow with the realization that, despite 4. John Vignocchi Invitational navigation rally for a 0.84 percent error. slightly different perspectives, we share a mutual deep concern Since its inception, the National Boating Federation has “Noanne” championship. The North Although John Vignocchi for the well being of our waterways and their best use. advocated and supported the education of all boaters, and Error 1.6940% American Invitational is an came in fourth place overall, applauds the dedicated volunteers who teach so many, so annual event where Cruiser he did win two of the ten The Executive Committee effectively. Behavioral research and accident statistics bear 5. Chuck Goes Navigation Rally Champions individual legs and was the recently reaffirmed our ample proof that the vast majority of boating accidents are from regional associations only captain in the event to position as a volunteer “Lakehouse” directly attributable to inattention and lack of common sense; throughout North America, as well as the previous achieve a perfect zero error prediction on one leg. watchdog and educational neither of these causes can be cured by legislation. Error 1.7935% year’s National Champion, gather to determine Quite an impressive finish! organization. We welcome your 6. Ken Griffing the “Best of the Best” in Cruiser Navigation Rallies. support and donations with You can count on your National Boating Federation’s continuing Congratulations to Bob Lindal on his first- the clear understanding that commitment to the wise and direct use of YOUR tax dollars “Mirage” This year, seven contestants from around the place finish and to all of the competitors who we value our independence for YOUR benefit... be it adequate access to our lakes, rivers, Error 1.7935% country, including CYC’s own member, John demonstrated navigational excellence throughout above all other considerations. and coastal waters, the right of passage and or anchoring, Vignocchi, competed on a 37 mile course that the course of the competition. The Chicago Yacht 7. Ed Dinaci spanned an area from North Avenue Beach on the Club was thrilled to have been the host of this concomitant with our prudent exercise of those rights. Our efforts continue to bear fruit. In the recent past, we have “Ararat” north to Rainbow Beach on the south and included event for 2019 and looks forward to hosting it 19 course changes over 10 individually timed legs. again in the future. rewritten the definition of “consideration” which now permits The LOOKOUT, official publication of the National Boating Error 2.5165% you to share some of your racing and cruising costs with willing Federation, the NBF eBulletin and the e-Lert systemkeeps our The contestants and their crew each captained yachts graciously donated This event would not have been possible without friends. We led the outcry over fuel storage regulations and members, as well as Congress, Coast Guard Districts, state boating by CYC members and the scoring was the kindness and generosity of the event sponsors: participated in the final rule writing which, unadulterated, officials, and other boating publications abreast of pending rules managed by the CYC Race Committee Elite Yacht Services, Garrett Popcorn Shops, Spring would have closed most recreational marine fuel docks, and and legislation of interest or concern to recreational boaters. led by Helle Getz. Brook Marina, Denison Yachting, Seakeeper, Bay their pump-out amenities. We continue to insist that pump- Marine, and Prestige Yachts. out facilities be policed by that agency which permits their Membership in the National Boating Federation has enjoyed In the end, Bob Lindal from Seattle, construction. Recently, we have strenuously argued for steady growth spanning the continent form Canada to Mexico, Washington, representing the The official results of each leg of the competition can be found at www.chicagoyachtclub.org/files/ continuation and upgrading of Loran C. Our stringent support from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. We invite and encourage International Powerboat Association– NAI 2019 Predicted Log Championship.pdf. The for full funding of the Wallop-Breaux trust fund (our fuel input and direction for all our members. We welcome YOUR North, and captaining the “Rhonda Chicago Yacht Club Photo Gallery for the event can taxes) and inflatable life preservers has been successful. Our participation. C” owned by CYC member Regan Thomas, was christened the be found at https://chicagoyachtclub.smugmug. comments are heard and carefully considered by such diverse champion. He had an actual elapsed com/2019-North-American-Invitational/.

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Brand Identity - Grand Traditions (Grandtraditionhomes.com) 24 2019 yachting in chicago 2019 yachting in chicago 25 BELMONT YACHT CLUB CHICAGO’S CHRISTMAS SHIP: CELEBRATING OUR TWENTIETH YEAR SHARING THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND CHICAGO’S MARINE HERITAGE by George V. Kisiel, 2019 Chairman: Chicago’s Christmas Ship By Commodore Mark Linenberg Chicago’s Christmas Ship is Chicago’s largest all volunteer charitable the Alder, have filled the role of the Rouse Simmons, transporting support program for inner-city youth and their families at Christmas 1,200 Christmas trees from northern Michigan to Chicago’s Navy Pier. his has been a very big year for our time. The Chicago’s Christmas Ship is a consortium of organizations From there the trees are loaded onto trucks bound for community little club! We started our season off that includes the Chicago Council the of Navy League of service organizations throughout the City of Chicago for Tin April with a lecture on Medical the United States, Chicago Marine Heritage Society, Chicago distribution to deserving families. Issues at Sea, given by Shelly Galligan. She is Yachting Association, International Shipmasters Association, a very informative and engaging speaker. She United States Coast Guard, and United States Coast Guard This year’s event is planned to take place at the west end provided us with a comprehensive overview Auxiliary. Over the last decade and a half, it has distributed of Navy Pier and will begin on Friday, December 6, 2019, of some of the dangers and injuries that are over 23,000 trees to deserving families living in underserved with the arrival of the USCG Cutter Mackinaw and her common and uncommon at sea and ways to communities throughout Chicago. Chicago’s Christmas Ship cargo of 1,200 trees, and will culminate with our Tree mitigate some and handle others. It was an Committee raises funds and organizes the event that takes Ceremony on Saturday, December 7, 2019. Chicago’s eye opening way to get our season going. place the first weekend in December at Navy Pier. Christmas Ship Committee also organizes an annual The event is a modern-day re-enactment of the annual arrival of the Fireworks Cruise aboard Chicago’s First Lady in support of the event. In May we hosted the Lambda Car Club for our Christmas Tree Ship – the Rouse Simmons – that took place in the For more details on the Fireworks Cruise and this year’s Christmas annual Classic Car Show. This is our season waning days of the age of sail on Lake Michigan. Since the turn of Tree Ship events please visit: www.christmasship.org. kick off and is always well attended. The this century, U.S. Coast Guard Cutters, including the Mackinaw and weather was, as usual, chilly and overcast working on a Youth Sailing Program as well with a bit of off and on drizzle. The cars were as some other fun things to bring kids to the gorgeous and the attendees enjoyed looking at harbor and expose them to boating. In that the cars and talking to the owners (something vein, we hosted our First Annual Kids Fishing car buffs never get tired of talking about!). Tournament in September. BYC in conjunction with the Chicago Park District provided an This year we added to our outdoor plantings enjoyable morning of fishing for over thirty- with the addition of a Butterfly Garden, five kids as well as their parents. The Park installed by our friends at City Grange. Our District provided bait, poles, and lessons for member Joan Murray (with City Grange) led Lorem ipsum all the kids and made sure everyone had a the installation team, a group of great kids good time. It was all catch and release, so from their youth training program. For some there was no fish fry after the event. of them this was the first time they had been This year we hosted two regattas: There & Back and the first annual Rainbow Regatta (in to the lake or been at a harbor and they were We completed some major projects this conjunction with Jackson Park Yacht Club). very excited to be able to help out at the BYC. summer, one of which was the painting of the The There & Back wasn’t as well attended this We provided lunch on the upper deck and exterior of the John B. Mack. It took almost year as some others due to a late change of enjoyed the view and the cool breeze! The all summer, with weather interruptions, but date, but was enjoyed by all who participated. garden was a tremendous success; we had we got it done! We’ve also been dealing with 2018-2019 The Rainbow Regatta, however, was quite a butterflies from almost the minute the garden seiches this summer, as have many of you. It success! We had over fifteen boats register went in and still are seeing them now. We can’t has caused some issues with our dock and Celebrating our 46th year and nine actually race. Boats from three states wait to see what happens next summer! ramp, but we have been able to sort those out. BELMONT YACHT CLUB BRIDGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS — Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin — and sailors from across the country came to race Mark Linenberg Michael Moyer Your One Stop Source for: As the Belmont Yacht Club approaches its Commodore with us. We were able to get several non- Fiftieth Year, we are grateful for the time, Charles Jimenez Web Hosting & Design boaters out for their first sailing experience energy, and support that we receive from our Charlotte Mullen James Johnson that evening as well. The After Party was members and our community. We are looking Vice Commodore Databases DJ Reali well attended, providing us with a tidy sum forward to continuing to grow and interact Domain Name Registration to donate to our charities of choice: Chicago Fred Sosa Eric Schuermann with our local community and the boating House and The Rainbow Railroad. We’re Rear Commodore Susan Brown Consulting community at large. We hope to see our clubs hoping to double our donations next year. flourish and the interest in boating grow. Samantha Malina Plastic Membership Cards Printed Secretary In the spirit of engaging youth in boating, Our thanks to the CYA and its supporting Belmont Yacht Club is located at the we’ve been working to include more kids’ members for working so diligently for the Jose Salas north end of Belmont Harbor, next to 773.743.9843 activities in our calendar this year. We’re betterment of our boating community. Treasurer B dock. New members are always welcome at our club. Catherine Van Dorpe www. digiplay.com 27 Immediate Past Commodore www.belmontyc.org 2019 yachting in chicago BURNHAM PARK YACHT CLUB By Commodore Steve Theis

stablished in 1938, Burnham Park Yacht Club is abundant with amazing Ehistory, world famous institutions, and spectacular views! Originally built on the site of the 1933 World’s Fair, also known as the Century of Progress Exposition. Burnham Park Yacht Club has evolved with the city and has been a source of nautical recreation for generations. BPYC is located on Northerly lighter fare items, and vegan options are of the highest quality. The Island on the east side of Burnham Harbor, adjacent to Museum food, alone, is worth a visit to BPYC! Campus and across from Soldier Field. Burnham Harbor is one of the great legacies of its namesake of Chicago’s famous architect and urban Our team of culinary professionals and experienced staff offer planner, Daniel Hudson Burnham. Because of its unique location, the excellence in event planning and the work is exemplary in all areas. club is known for its panoramic view of Chicago’s remarkable skyline! Burnham Park Yacht Club may not be the largest club in the city but its staff and board of directors are passionate about the members and BPYC offers a variety of membership options to those seeking their experience at the club which is highly esteemed in the yachting networking opportunities, fun-filled calendar of events, and many circle of Chicago. amenities. We offer memberships including, Lifetime, Corporate, Regular, Senior, Crew, and Timeshare memberships. Non-boaters We are proudly active in many racing events throughout the season. are also able to enjoy the club through our Social Membership! In These events include those sponsored by the Chicagoland Area addition, we extend a warm welcome and reciprocity to our boating Sail Racing Association (CASRA), the Chicago Yachting Association families nationwide, which includes over 500 yacht clubs throughout (CYA), the Lake Michigan Sail Racing Foundation (LMSRF), and the the country. Midwest Offshore Racing Fleet (MORF). Many of our members also BURNHAM PARK YACHT CLUB participated in casual Wednesday Night Beer Can Races. Local and One of the highlights of this season was the club’s robust event national regattas also call to the captains, including the Verve Cup, the calendar. We started the season with our honorary Fleet Review Chicago NOOD, and the famous Race to Mackinac Island. Enjoy the best in boating, sailboat racing, dining and fun! by welcoming a parade of boats from the Chicago Fire Department, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Chicago Police Marine Unit. It was a We would like to congratulate our members that participated in the moment full of pride for our members to witness such a display of 111th World Class Race to Mackinac. These members include Bob Make new lifelong friends º Participate in time honored maritime traditions º Enjoy activities every weekend honor. The Raising of the Flag and the Blessing of the Fleet were Barnowski, Mark and Diane Bouckaert, Jairo and Maria Cruz, Mathieu completed by Rickover Naval Academy. Flechet, Bob Garrett, Tony Halawith, Bill and John Hood, Stacie Morey Norrman, Dick O’Connell, Peter O’Malley and Donald Waller. For those who engage in social events, BPYC offers a full range of functions throughout each year. Whether it’s our black-tie Our amenities include our tender which provides transportation Commodore’s Ball that grabs you or our collection of themed parties, within our harbor, and is even utilized when a stranded vessel is in Chef Vinnie is certain to not disappoint! This past year’s Ball was need of assistance! In addition, items from our kitchen’s full catering attended by over 100 members and guests and featured classical menu and ice can be delivered directly to your slip by the tender. music from harpist Autumn Selover. Music from Jimmy O and Rhonda It’s been another great year at Burnham Park Yacht Club. It’s Lee, who never disappoint, finished our celebration! truly a collaborative effort made by our Flag Officers and Board of Our member’s mark their calendars for our Super Bowl Party, St. Directors. Commodore Steve Theis extends a sincere thank you to Patrick’s Day Party, and our elaborate Mother’s Day and Father’s our General Manager Jori Cistaro, Vice Commodore Bonnie Riordan, Day brunches. If it’s bands you like, we filled our calendar with Rear Commodore Bob Garrett, Secretary Eric Person, Treasurer Tony amazing performances from renown Blues Hall Of Fame inductee Halawith, the Board of Directors, and the Auxiliary Committee. Sheryl Youngblood, who kicked off our grand opening of spring, to an Our success could not be accomplished without the devotion and amazing performance from the Wild Daisy Band, which helped us say efforts of our family at Burnham Park Yacht Club. It’s the dedication farewell to an amazing 2019 season. throughout the year from our board and staff that results in our We also enjoyed a collection of talented acts who performed at the continuous growth and success. nearby Huntington Pavilion! No tickets needed to enjoy the sounds As we look back and reminisce this amazing year, we couldn’t be while dining on our amazing patio overlooking the harbor! more thankful to our members for their continued support as well. Our patio has been a source of memories created for brides and “Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir a man’s blood.” grooms, newly engaged couples, anniversaries, birthdays, corporate workshops, and bridal showers. It’s also been a place where one’s life -Daniel Hudson Burnham A SPECTACULAR VIEW, BOTH INSIDE AND OUT. has been celebrated and honored through a memorial service. John Allan & Angie – Flipper, Nemo and the Little Mermaid Lat. 41:51.51N Long. 87:36.33W Our exquisite menu ranging from steaks and chops to seafood, salads, 2019 yachting in chicago 29 1500 S. LINN WHITE DR, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60605 312.427.4664 www.bpyc.com @BPYC75 Burnham Park Yacht Club CATALINA FLEET 21 CALUMET YACHT CLUB Don Koster, Vice Commodore, and Jim Solczak, Secretary/Treasurer OUR SAILING DOGS What do Marston Matting, East Side families, Submitted by Brian Ruxton Falstaff Brewing Co. and the State Line Generating Thanks to Winthrop, Burnham, Monroe (the labs) and Bear. Plant have in common? ixty-nine years ago, five years after Calumet Yacht Club facilities are open to CalYC has a club within a club – the Calumet Catalina Fleet 21 has been around for 46 years. Over World War II, many of our East Side members year-round. For 69 years, family has Harbor Sport Fishermen Club. This club this period, the Fleet has found that to the extent Spatriots were ready to start bringing been the focus of our leadership. During the off- is open to men and women members and that children are involved in the Fleet’s boating their families and neighborhood buddies season, the bar is open on weekends only and non-members alike. The membership activities, they are most likely grandchildren. together and use their love for family, it’s not uncommon for members to gather for promotes ecology, fishing and conservation Grandchildren may be occasional boaters but recreation and our great natural resource, a special televised sporting event. February is activities throughout the year. It hosts four usually not frequent visitors. There is, however, a Lake Michigan, to build a place to enjoy Winter Fest, which include an ice rink, a bonfire, tournaments during the spring, summer and group of younger “relatives” who continue to be on boating. Lake-front property was leased from indoor and outdoor games, prizes for kids, and fall. The Fishing Club sponsors a limited our boats regularly. They can’t wait to go sailing, Falstaff Brewing and a rough unprotected lots of food. Talented members quickly adjust seating turkey dinner in November, which they never get bored and, for the most part, they are beach was turned into a launch ramp using to the cold, assuming the Polar Vortex doesn’t is always a sold-out event. Since 9/11, the appreciative and easy to get along with. Nor are they World War II Marston Matting. According happen, and the Fest is never a disappointment USCG Calumet Harbor group has always been picky eaters. They are our sailing dogs. to stories overheard on the club grounds, for the children. Other celebrated occasions invited to this event and all other events as the charter members had learned how to include Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine’s Day, special guests in recognition of their service The biggest concern for anyone who has children or use Marston Matting while building landing St. Pat’s Day, and Chicago Bear/Green Bay to our Country and the boating community. dogs on the boat is safety. strips in the South Pacific. Young families, Packers games. Many The simplest rules for keeping children boats, beach, fishing, water skiing and a impromptu events are or dogs safe are: common love of Lake Michigan were added scheduled as the season 1) Make sure they are wearing a and the Calumet Yacht Club was born. warms, supported by properly fitted PFD our ability to broadcast What about the State Line Generating Plant? text messages to notify 2) Keep a constant eye on them It is no longer there. But, prior to Loran and members of the events. GPS, when compasses were used for navigation, If they plan to attend, 3) Keep the dogs on a short leash the stacks were always a welcome sight when they can reply to our viewed from a distance. That’s when a captain automated service. These 4) If there is any question about the conditions, knew his or her home port was within 10 miles. events are held to create err on the side of safety and don’t go out. camaraderie between our Wow! How did CalYC get this old this fast? members, normally at a Rather than being verbose, the best way to show in It is fortunate to have a few of its charter minimal charge. the fewest words what it means to be a sailing dog members and families into the 3rd generation. in Catalina Fleet 21 is through pictures. Their strong work ethic and “can do” spirit is Family Day kicks off the still promoted through our current leadership. start of our boating season with the raising CalYC actively supports community of the Flag. This event is sponsored by the events and City of Chicago initiatives. Club The club prides itself on being a working Bridge and Board, who supply games and volunteers work with Susan Sadlowski- persons’ club, comprised of men and women food. One dinner event is scheduled each Garza, Alderwoman for the 10th Ward, in with valuable skills and talents. Their skills month June through September. They are Chicago’s Clean and Green program and and talents are used to maintain our harbor, well attended by membership and guests. other worthwhile neighborhood and City grounds, clubhouse, and to support club Venetian Night is held during the August sponsored programs. functions. Members are asked to commit up dinner event. About 25 boats are decorated to 40 hours per year of personal time in club by members in their slips. This past year’s The 2019 Bridge is staffed by Commodore supported ventures. Venetian Night included one boat decorated Fran Finn, Vice-Commodore Don Koster, Rear- Commodore Jim Williams, Past Commodore In 1950, most members’ interests were social on a trailer. Jeff Sadula, and Treasurer and Secretary Jim connections, fishing and water sports. Today, As the year ends, Halloween is enjoyed by Solczak. The Board of Governors are Tom social connections are still our members’ little and big kids. Many volunteers help with Brown, Mark Ethel, Frank Glanowski, Jim primary interest. Club families have now added hayrides, haunted house, lots of good food, Gornick, Ken Graczyk, Doug Jorgensen, Greg the beach, jet skiing, fishing, cruising, beach games and bonfire, and ensure that everyone Moore, Rich Noonan, and Rich Schwartz. volleyball, and sailing as ways to enjoy the great has a safe and good time. Christmas is about “unsalted” Lake Michigan. children. Santa and Mrs. Claus are brought to the club by friends from the Calumet Harbor Coast Guard.

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Host of four major regattas including the annual Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac Two harbors on the Chicago shoreline with breathtaking views for dining and special events Reciprocity with 900 yacht clubs nationwide and memberships for young professionals Sonar sailboats, paddle boards and kayaks for members to rent and enjoy on the water Nationally recognized education programs for juniors, high schoolers and adults

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or more than 90 years, Chicago Yacht US Sailing Level 1&2 instructors and many The Sailing School program creates a Club sailing School has been a leader in sailors sign up for multiple sessions or even progression that allows young people to Fteaching and growing the next generation the whole summer. enjoy sailing either in a pleasure or racing of sailors. The school runs year-round with an environment. The Sailing School’s race teams extensive array of classes and race teams, but The sailors have opportunities to gain include Opt green and RWB fleet, a Laser and it really comes to life in the summer. experience at every level, in Sail Cubes, Optis, 420 Travel, and 420 Great Lakes teams. Many Lasers, 420 Sailboats and Sonars. From the of these sailors compete at national events, The Chicago Yacht Club Sailing School hosts first day of the program, every student is traveling as a team to regattas throughout the hundreds of children each summer, ages 5–17, on the water sailing and by the end of each summer. offering a variety of experiences on the water. session, each sailor leaves confident with Monday through Friday, from mid-June to In addition to the sailing focused programs, their ability to go sailing. In addition to time mid-August, the Sailing School is a bustle of Chicago Yacht Club Sailing School offers on the water, the sailors play competitive activity with kids enjoying time on the water, an Adventure Boating session, designed to relay games to teach safety and skills, like while developing the skills and the confidence reinforce boating skills while exploring the knot tying, naming the parts of the boat, to enjoy the sport of sailing. natural world around Lake Michigan. This rigging and de-rigging. Every second Friday of program is offered in one-week sessions to the summer, the Sailing School hosts a “Mini The CYC Summer Sailing School has programs sailors ages 10–12. In addition to sailing, for all levels of sailors. The classes are offered Mac” race with team members from different it takes advantage of water activities such in one to two-week sessions, full or half days, classes sailing with an Instructor in Sonars to as swimming and paddle boarding. Lessons depending on the focus of the class and the the old water filtration crib and back. incorporate science, technology, engineering age of the child. The curriculum is taught by and math to bolster the experience.

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2019 Youth Sailing at CCYC Overview

CCYC's youth sailing program is a parent-involved group that aims to encourage and develop sailing and water-related skills of our children (ages 7 to 18) through instructional and peer-to-peer interaction in a structured yet fun and social educa- tional environment. Junior Fleet was re-established in 1996 to develop knowledge- able youth sailors and instill in them a love of the sport of boating that will serve as a foundation for their future and that of CCYC. 2019 was a big growth year for youth sailing at CCYC. We had over 120 kids participate in one of our offerings such as our race team, evening learn-to-sail and our summer camp sessions. Our fleet of boats includes 420s, Optis and Lasers. No previous sailing experience is necessary to join. Events

In June CCYC’s youth program hosted a Jr. Safety at Sea Seminar. Participants were provided instruction on using VHF radios, inflatable PFDs, inflatable life rafts, signal flares and firefighting. Additionally there was an on-the-water sailing demonstration where a crew overboard drill was executed and the kids performed all the positions on the sailboats.

In August CCYC hosted the Optimist fleet of CASRA’s Chicago Jr. Race week. Over 30 sailors raced for 2 days in the waters off of Montrose Harbor as part of an event that spanned 5 days. Looking Forward to Next Year

Next year CCYC plans to continue their summer camp programs as well as our evening learn-to-sail and race team. Parents seeking more information can visit ​www.corinthian.org​. Our 2020 offerings will be published by April 1st.

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Since 1892, Columbia Yacht Club has been known as more than just a ship on the lake, a

sailing organization, or a dining room.

It has been known and continues to be celebrated as the club that fosters a deep sense of pride and camaraderie among its members, officers, and staff. Leading the fleet in community service and outreach More than this, the Columbia Yacht Club is proud to serve as the home for Chicago’s premier sailing school, The Columbia Columbia Yacht Club proudly supports the following charities and Sailing School. In 2018, Columbia Sailing many more as a community leader in Chicago School was named US SAILING’S “2018 EMERGING CENTER OF EXCELLENCE” for the Reach Program (a STEM - Science, Technology, Math, Engineering - program), and in 2019 it was named the “MIDWEST CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.” In 2019 it was given the distinction of a US Sailing Accredited Community Sailing Center, meaning that it meets or exceeds of providing increased access to sailing include under-represented youth in sailing. all of US Sailing’s expectations in sailing for youth, and will receive a fleet of sail We look forward to this opportunity to raise programming. boats, other necessary equipment, and the awareness of sailing to newcomers and Based on these successes, and the Sailing expert coaching. create more stewards for our waters.” School’s outreach to inner-city schools Program Networks will include three Siebel Sailors will have access to a range of and organizations, US Sailing has selected to four community sailing centers: one sailing experiences and boat types, with the Columbia Sailing School as the Midwest’s Primary Siebel Center and additional RS Feva XL as the primary boat. A US Sailing Primary Siebel Center, organized through Supporting Centers. The regional network provided Siebel Coach will lead each region, the innovative Siebel Sailors Program. of Supporting Siebel Centers for the providing instruction and mentoring to Only one of three Primary Siebel Centers Chicago Region will include the Jackson participating sailors. The goal is to retain in the country, the Center will carry Park Yacht Club Foundation and Sheridan new sailors in the sport by starting with out the mission of increasing diversity Shores Sailing School. a solid foundation of seamanship and and opportunity in the sport of sailing “Columbia Sailing School is very excited safe boating, and providing ongoing by providing resources and support to to have been selected as the Mid-West opportunities to develop racing, youth sailors, regardless of socioeconomic Siebel Sailors Center,” said Mike Korbel, leadership, and career skills. background. Commodore of the Columbia Sailing In April of 2019, US Sailing announced the School. “This is a great testament to new ground-breaking SIEBEL SAILORS the team who has been working on PROGRAM made possible by a major “Life’s most persistant and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” growing the program and furthering donation from the Thomas and Stacey our community outreach. As we strive Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Siebel Foundation. The designated centers to keep program costs low, the Siebel at locations throughout the country will grant provides more opportunity for us to support an important US Sailing objective

2019 yachting in chicago 37 “ Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as messing about in boats.” DIVERSEY YACHT CLUB The wind and the willows – rat speaking to mole Diversey Yacht Club (“DYC”) By Patrick Burke, Vice Commodore DYC has been serving Chicago boaters and their families since 1935. It is a family-oriented Club that prides itself on We encourage having Members from all walks of life. Centrally located in all boaters to beautiful Lincoln Park, DYC is a social club that truly stop by for a

brings excitement to Lake Michigan. DYC hosts live or many of the members of drink and find entertainment and year-round events that will fill the Diversey Yacht Club (DYC), out more about Fthe boating season cannot calendar of any boating or social enthusiast. come fast enough. Beginning Diversey Yacht in February, they gear up by Stop by and see why Diversey is the place for you! washing and waxing their boats Club. for the upcoming season. They and the children had a great Sharon Minoso – Commodore talk with other boaters about time, especially with the boating and expectations for Patrick Burke – Vice Commodore dunk tank! The club offers the coming season. This year, a special thank you to Kevin Bodine – Rear Commodore however, one subject was at the help cmac bring our city kids to (Alex) and Mike, who help DYC maintain the everyone who volunteered forefront of boaters’ minds: the high water boat-building, to boating, and to the garden. Please stop by next summer and see to make it so successful. In December, after levels on Lake Michigan. The concerns about river and lake that made chicago DYC’s beautiful Urban Garden. the boats are put away, the club hosts an the water level became a reality and many In August DYC held its Annual Harbor Clean outing to Zoo Lights at the Lincoln Park Zoo. members and other boaters were forced Up. A group of volunteer divers picked up In addition to visiting Zoo Light, members to leave Diversey and scatter to nearby To volunTeer or donaTe, visiT www.chicagomariTime.org items that were lost, blown in, or fell in the and their children decorate Christmas harbors. This consequence presented many Chicago Maritime Arts Center is a registered 501(c)3 charitable organization. water from the docks. The divers were assisted cookies and ornaments at the club. This challenges to DYC. by volunteers on the docks and shore who event is fun for both young and old. DYC Commodore, Sharon Minoso, and the help pull items out of the water and keep an In addition to these events, DYC hosts a Board did a fantastic job this year addressing eye on the divers. This year, the divers focused monthly Grill Night, the second Friday of the issues caused by the high water and our on “I” Dock, in the middle of the harbor. They each month -- rain or shine, sleet or snow! It Ad_ChicagoYachting_v2_20191008.indd 1 10/8/19 5:33 PM displaced members. They came up with a Contact Us to Pre-Plan Today! is fun to get together, even during the winter found and removed some interesting items, solution so that displaced boaters had a way to including dock boxes and a large number months, and talk boating. Live entertainment remain members and have the ability to partake of chairs. Kevin Rasofsky is instrumental in for our events and parties was organized by in Diversey Yacht Club festivities. Arrangements organizing this event every year. Eileen Minkoff. were made so that displaced members had Finally, DYC created a new membership class Many people have been influential in access to parking at Diversey Harbor. for junior members. This class is intended making this year’s boating season a success. Commodore Sharon undertook a couple to offer the younger boaters in Diversey These people include Commodore Sharon of new initiatives this year. First, the club Harbor the opportunity to join DYC for Minoso, Vice Commodore Pat Burke, Rear hosted two boating safety classes for years reduced dues. Commodore Kevin Bodine, Treasurer Jim members and non-members. The course DYC continued to offer members a number Hickey, Judge Advocate Randy Schmidt and was offered by the US Power Squadron and of year-round social events. These events Secretary Kathy Lesser. Board members also both sessions were well attended. start in February, with DYC’s annual Super have tirelessly helped whenever needed. A second addition to Diversey Harbor was Bowl Party followed by the St. Patrick’s DYC’s Board Members for 2019 are Bob Betty Lerner a Community Garden. Sharon was on the Day party in March. To kick off the season Albert, Diane Christopher, Dale Johnson, Steering Committee and found the ideal and the opening of the harbors in April Adam Karras, Art Koegel, Rob Martucci, location at the harbor for the garden. With Pre-Need Counselor DYC hosted its Welcome Back party, which Eileen Minkoff, Kevin Rasofsky and Ari support from Michele Smith, Alderwoman was a huge success despite having a record Strauss. Thank you for all of your hard work. for the 43rd Ward, the Chicago Park District, snowstorm that day. The Kentucky Derby [email protected] and Westrec, Commodore Minoso and Day party in May has attendees wearing DYC’s galley operator, Linda Bacin, created creative hats to spark festivities. In July, the a Community Garden for club members, club did a fleet cruise to Hammond for its 847-577-6505 boaters and community members. DYC Venetian Night. Members came by boat and receives the continued support and car to attend. The August Children’s Party cooperation from the Diversey Harbor is always a highlight of the season. This Master, Kevin Kane, and his staff, “Tiny” 10 Northern Illinois Locations year was no exception. It was well attended www.Cremation-Society.com 2019 yachting in chicago 39 HAMMOND YACHT CLUB By John Botich, Commodore The Hammond Yacht Club and Marina had an exciting year for our membership, one of our members, and one of our employees.

It seems as though the road to becoming a I feel it necessary to mention the great job celebrity runs directly through the Hammond our bar manager Joan Klodnicki did finding Yacht Club in 2019. Our own HYC member three sisters to work at the yacht club. Joan Abby Kasch was a finalist on “The Voice” and has always found wonderful employees for is now recording and making appearances the yacht club, but she went overboard finding all over the country. And our own Zac the Blackwell family. Amanda, Brianna, and Mirabelli, who started as a busboy and then Courtney started working one at a time. Now a bartender at the Hammond Yacht Club, all three are working at the club serving the was the winner of “Love Island, a reality members of the Hammond Yacht Club. Our show on CBS. Congratulations Abby and Zac membership is appreciative of their parents, on what appears to be an amazing career for Dave and Laura Blackwell, for raising these them both. The entertainment industry has three amazing girls. Thank you for taking take really gained a couple of fantastic, motivated time away from your teaching jobs and school Abby Kasch was a finalist on “The Voice.” people. Their pay at the club will remain the work to make the Hammond Yacht Club a more same. enjoyable place to visit.

Venetian Nights “Wild about Sports” theme See you in the club! was a huge success. Boats and docks were decorated with everything imaginable featuring the boaters’ favorite teams. It’s amazing the ideas people came up with for CHICAGO SAIL & POWER SQUADRON decorations to represent about every sport you By Commander, George Prescott, SN can think of. Headlining the festivities was the “Chicago Six,” which has Steve McMichael, Chicago Sail and Power Squadron, now also known as America’s Otis Wilson, and Dan Hampton as the most notable musicians/athletes in the group along Boating Club of Chicago, is continuing to help and educate boaters with with three other very good musicians. The group did a phenomenal job of entertaining our Boating Classes and Vessel Safety Checks. about 2,500 people with great music and stories about the 85’ Chicago Bears. Along Zac Mirabelli -- the winner of “Love Island" with the Venetian Night festivities was a silent The mission of the Chicago Sail and Power to marine electronics and weather. This auction of sports memorabilia showcased in Squadron, as well as Squadrons through- proficiency can only help the boating com- the Hammond Yacht Club. Proceeds from the out the United States, continues to be munity whether they are members or non- Silent Auction went to the Lake County 1st -T Boating Education, Safety, Community members. Organization that gives young kids interested Service, and enjoying the friendship and in golf a firsthand opportunity to learn what camaraderie of fellow members and boat- We encourage Chicago yacht and boating the sport of golf is all about. Thank you to The ers. This year, our members also assisted clubs to fulfill their educational require- The Hammond Yacht Hammond Port Authority, Rizza Ford, Rizza with the “Tall Ships Festival” in Kenosha, ments by enlisting the talents of our mem- GMC, Niles Engineering, and Digital Crossroads Club is definitely a Wisconsin. bership. Our American Boating Class is Lake Michigan Data Center for sponsoring the especially valuable and satisfies the Illinois family organization. event. The Lake County 1st - T Organization is We invite all boaters to be members. licensing mandate for youth. We will come very appreciative of everyone involved with Whether you’re a first-time boater, an to you and develop a schedule that suits making Venetian Night a successful event experienced one, or do not even own a boat, or considering a pur- your membership’s convenience, as we did for Diversey Yacht Club raising money for the kids. chase of one, you are welcome to be a member. Yes, paddle boat- this year. For membership or class information, email Commander ers, are also welcomed! Our organization allows boaters to build George Prescott at [email protected] or visit our National web- boating knowledge by taking classes or viewing “on line” presenta- page at usps.org. We’re not the post office. We’re America’s Boating tions, including topics ranging from coastal and offshore navigation Club of Chicago. “Chicago Six,” -- Steve McMichael, Otis Wilson, & Dan Hampton

2019 yachting in chicago 41 Enjoying a day on the water basking in the sun with friends and family is almost everyone’s idea of a picture-perfect day. JACKSON PARK YACHT CLUB Except when you have to get gas, clean the boat and think about upkeep and exorbitant storage fees. Suddenly the The 123rd Season of Jackson Park Yacht simplicity fades away. Enter Freedom Boat Club. The Club found our picturesque sleepy harbor nation’s oldest and largest boat sharing club makes boating a breeze, with a to be (on most days) an explosive hot bed convenient alternative to boat ownership that allows members to spend their time enjoying unlimited access to a fleet of boats, with of activity! access to two locations in Chicago and over 195 partner Clubs, including international destinations in Canada and France. Our e are truly a club for all ages. On any given day, we have family friendly atmosphere invites boaters of all skill levels to come activities for adults and youth who are interested in discover the joy of boating with an affordable membership structure learning how to be on and around the water, safely and and easy, convenient access to the water. W wisely. We had adult and youth in-the-water Safety at Sea Workshops; In Chicago, our members have access to a fleet of over 20 boats, “As members of Freedom Boat Club, we Adult 420 sailing lessons; a vibrant Junior Sailing Program; fundraising including Pontoons, Bowriders, Pilot Houses, Center Consoles and have all the fun of boating without any Regatta’s for our first responders (Gold Star Regatta) and for the more, with locations at both Montrose Harbor and The Ogden Slip in LGBTQ Community (Rainbow Regatta); Dragon Boat demonstration Streeterville. Our app-based reservation system allows members to of the work of owning a boat. We don’t and rowing; the 40th Annual Raske-Gratt Memorial Weekend/Race; select the boat of their choice with a click of the button, and arrive at even have to pump our own fuel! The staff Boat Building and Environmental classes with the Maritime Academy; the dock to a fully cleaned vessel ready to hit the water. No boating is friendly and unbelievably helpful. The and the list goes on. experience is required as our membership includes unlimited basic training by our Coast Guard Certified Captain to get you the skills boats are beautiful. And, our summer has Jackson Park Yacht Club acquired the Edward B. Stein, a 39’ C&C you need to enjoy the open waters. Our friendly staff takes care of been sublime with hours of boating on the sailboat, to be utilized by our very active Sea Scout Ship #5212 and our club members. The Sea Scouts, led by fearless leader Johann everything our members need to maximize fun and enjoy their time lake and river.” on the boat – including all boat maintenance and fueling. Hudson, have ventured out on many sails of learning. The Scouts also Freedom Boat Club is the easiest alternative to boat ownership, with participated in the Smith Regatta, taking 1st and 3rd place, qualifying all the joy and benefits of boating and none of the hassle. - Jill W. (current member) the young sailors for Nationals!!! Jackson Park Yacht Club entered the Stein in the Tri-State Regatta and placed 2nd on the second leg, only to be beaten by Jackson Park’s WELCOME TO CROWLEY’S Nightwatch, which took first! WHERE OUR BUSINESS IS YOUR PLEASURE. The Junior Sailing Program follows the STEM (Science, Technology, Siebel Sailing Program at JPYC. Everyone knows Crowley’s as the place where you can find factory-trained mechanics and Engineering and Mathematics) curriculum. Johnny Mercer, our We hosted the Green Fleet for Junior electronics installers, a fully equipped carpenter shop, a world-class rigging department director of Junior Sailing (the pied piper of the junior community), Race Week, and ran the Webb Memorial reached out and recruited participants from the Lost Boyz, Operation and an incomparable paint and fiberglass shop. Race, the Lutz Casual Race, the Bi-State Push and Cook County Sheriff programs for students in the Junior and the last leg of the Tri-State. This year CROWLEY’S FEATURES HERE ARE A FEW SPECIALTY Sailing Program. Added this year was a Conflict Resolution component our Beer Can Series was hotly contested A FULLY EQUIPPED SERVICES OFFERED BY CROWLEY’S Crowley’s Yacht Yard, and the incorporation of art into sailing by having participants and camaraderie was enjoyed by all! Our SHIP’S STORE. YACHT YARD: where our business is create personal flags and write poems. The Junior Sailing Program, Racing program has competition for all your pleasure. partnering with the Sea Scouts and Chicago Park District Junior ages and levels of skill! For those of the Powerboat Persuasion, Crowley’s offers a special Regatta Package Sailors, also went on a destination camping excursion to the South Crowley’s features an In/Out Service to for you racers, including off-loading and Our members and guests enjoyed the Food, Wine and Waves event, Shore Cultural Center. keep the bottom of your boat algae-free loading, stepping, launch and haul out, featuring volunteer chefs with wine pairings. Proceeds from the event during the season. Your vessel sits dry until yard storage for one week before and after It was with great sadness were donated to the Junior Sailing Program. Other well attended you need it. When you arrive, it will be tied the race and free storage for tow vehicle or that our club lost the events included our Island Party, Blues Fest and Jazz Fest. Our galley up neatly to the dock, ready for you and equipment trailer if needed. 2011 Chicago Yachting service provides brunch on Saturday and Sunday and dinners on the family to load up your coolers and go. Doing the Great Loop? Check out our Association’s Yachtsperson Saturday night during the season. When you return, just tie up, unload the Looper Package deal to un-step, pack of the Year in January 2019. kids and the dog and go home. We will take and load your mast to the transport truck, Jack Lyle (1920-2019) was At nights end, we are a sleepy harbor care of the rest, putting your craft safely to and handle the shipping logistics so that it an inspiration, mentor and bed until next time. will be waiting for you when you arrive in an accomplished Tuskegee with beautiful sunsets! We invite Mobile. Additionally, we can derig your sails Airman. We will miss you you to join our community and find Low monthly rates! or build custom on-deck mast supports as Jack! necessary. While your boat is here, we can YOUR on-the-water passion. We have also change the oil, replace the sea pump Jack Lyle and other Tuskegee Airmen received the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony in the something for everyone! impeller, or perform any other service you U.S. Capitol Rotunda. might need to prepare for your trip.

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MUSEUM SHORES YACHT CLUB THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT! Charting Our Course Aligning with the Obama Presidential Center (OPC) and the Community

useum Shores Yacht Club (MSYC) is focused on have withstood the test of time, we would not be the the youth in the Southern Shore community Club we are today. We are still growing but growth Mfor a couple of years now. We are in our and change are good! 2019 second year of PROJECT H.E.L.M (Harbor Education Life-Safety Mindset) where we teach kids (ages 10 One of the challenges we face today is the rising tide of through 16) about boating, safety and life management Lake Michigan. It is affecting our members, the Club BRIDGE skills. This 5-week program has grown to also include and our harbor. Many of our members were unable to an ala carte, 1-day program designed to integrate with get their boats into the harbor under the bridge due Thurlow Haskell existing summer programs offered by the Chicago to the high water, having to relocate to other harbors. COMMODORE Urban League and Governor State University. We remain strong as a family and will continue to Bob Larde’ PROJECT welcome those who are temporarily displaced. VICE COMMODORE We were honored this year by the Chicago Tribune with Terry James H.E.L.M. a special article written by Darcel Rockett highlighting SOME PAST EVENTS AND REMAINING REAR COMMODORE the experiences of Project H.E.L.M. participants and IN THE YEAR ARE: Participants their parents. Here is an excerpt below from the Ike Turner 2019 FOOD WINE AND WAVES – Chef David article. It can be found in its entirety in the August 6th TREASURER Learn that Blackmon and Friends presented their fares as a electronic version of the Tribune. fundraiser for our Project H.E.L.M program. Some Gilbert Carson they’re in SECRETARY “We discuss things like: ‘It’s not the stimulus, it’s of the participating vendors were Vintrendi Wines,

Charge of the response to a situation,” Gilbert Carson said. Guy’s Girl Beer Company and Oasis Cigar Company, Donna Carson “Sometimes a bully in school will say something, and ALDERMAN HAIRSTON’S SENIOR DAY, our COMMUNICATIONS/ Steering you need to know ahead of time how you’re going to STEPPER’S SET every Tuesday and CHAMPAGNE EVENTS their Lives respond, so you don’t get caught off guard and respond SUNDAY. We’ve combined our Fish Fry with Family the wrong way. Just like in the water, you need to know Day on September 15th and the US Coast Guard Steak & Futures. how to respond in case something happens.” Fry, September 28th.

Kayin Bradford, 12, of Woodlawn was already involved MSYC will honor the Chicago Police Department by in a sailing program at Jackson Harbor through the hosting an event. Some of the districts in our area Park District, but he wanted to learn more about power have suffered several officer deaths. We hope to BOARD OF boats, so his mother signed him up for Project H.E.L.M. provide a safe haven for them to enjoy themselves. DIRECTORS We appreciate their service to our community and “I’m always looking for things in the neighborhood want to give back to them in some small way. Elliott El-Amin that are going to be things that are constructive for my Rudolph Bennett son,” Rose Bradford said. “It’s an opportunity for him Finally, as the OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER Clarence Junkins, Jr. to meet other kids his age and meet some people from (OPC) progresses, we will continue to align our club’s our community that are master boaters and just get out vision and mission becoming the entryway from Laray Reddin and do something besides playing video games all day. Lake Michigan to OPC! We look forward to a bright Rudy Jones And when they make it free for you, it’s just a resource future, continuing to service the community and our Charles Cross that I think is incredible, so I just try to take advantage. newly planned harbor building, under the backdrop These are Black men that have boats, and they’re role of the new OPC complex. Some major Jackson Park models for our little kids.” improvements have already been completed including CONTACT US: the new Japanese Garden – a short walk, right in our WEBSITE: As we approach our 50th year, we want to honor those back yard! www.themsyc.com EMAIL: whose shoulders we stand on. Maynard Welch, Isiah [email protected] “Ike” Turner, Dale Akins, Jim Hatchett and Rudolph Come visit us sometime (by boat or by land) or check “Butch” Bennet. Without these brave mariners who our website for fun-filled events.

2019 yachting in chicago 45 it was accomplished in less than 24 hours at no charge. Not bad for sixty year-old engines – and if you can find a mechanic who can do better than that, please let me know. Twelve years ago it became necessary to replace the stem (the nose) – an 8’ piece of oak 14” thick. To do that you have to completely peel back the planking from around the stem. When done you could drive a small ROBERT ALLAN car into the bow of the boat. With the CHICAGO MARITIME ARTS CENTER (CMAC) help of great friends we were able to accomplish this task and also scarfed new mahogany onto the hood ends of Our Mission: Teach Chicago kids about CLUB HISTORY mostly in home waters. For the past ten years most of the planks where they land she has been moored year round at the Canal on the stem. Since a report on the Robert Allan Club is boat-building, boating and the marine ecology of Street Yard on the South branch. There aren’t new to these pages, perhaps a brief history is In 2019 we were fortunate to secure the our Lake and River. many yards left in Chicago but Canal Street is in order. The Club was formed in 1995 when services of one of the finest boat-wrights in one of the very best of any I have come across. the Midwest, David Correia. He is a master at The Chicago Maritime Arts Center (CMAC) was formed in May five friends bought ROBERT ALLEN II from crafting “Dutchmen” (graving a repair piece 2017. In August 2017, more than a dozen kids from around Chicago Action Marine where she had been laid up HIGHLIGHTS OVER THE YEARS into existing wood). Dave built a new crowned worked hard to build and launch two Bevin's skiffs. Thanks to our for ten years. Of the five, two remain, Kevin For some years now, weather permitting, forward hatch and a beautifully concealed donors we could offer the program at no charge. That program has Bowen and Toby Lindo. Bob Hoelterhoff and ROBERT ALLAN II has taken CYA members on closet for our most valuable beverages with continued and has expanded over the past two years. Jack Kraft joined in 1997. More recently Ted Cartner, Liz Garabay and Paddy Homan joined their annual tour of the Yacht Clubs. A few years a drop-down mahogany table on which to This year, with the CYA, we brought 70 kids to Columbia Yacht Club the Club. Our members are the best part of ago, we hosted German night on the River and serve them. on May 15 for a day on the water in Monroe Harbor. At the Urban among our guests was Dirk Lohan. We spent this Club and I can’t help but mention that Last spring we had to strip down the entire Prairie Waldorf School, we built four boats with the entire 6th and four hours on a warm night in early November Paddy Homan is not only the finest Irish tenor exterior bright-work (varnished mahogany), 7th grade classes. We built another boat after school at the Eleanor cruising the River. On debarking, Dirk (a pretty in Chicago but according to the results of a re-stain and re-varnish it. In the sense that Street boathouse with kids from Bridgeport. And with a group of good architect and a great sailor) said “I’ve recent competition in his homeland, the finest what does not kill you makes you stronger, kids from the Lostboyz (lostgirlz too) we built two more boats at never seen Chicago like I have tonight.” A few Irish tenor in Ireland. this was of great benefit to me as I managed to the Carpenter’s Union Training Center in Pilsen. We also organized a weeks ago we hosted Irish night on the boat get below the Mendoza line (200) for the first group to participate in the Friends of the River annual river clean-up ROBERT ALLAN II was designed and built and got to watch Irish Consul General Brian time in quite a few years while performing in early May. by Henry Grebe at his yard north of Belmont O’Brian dance a jig on the aft deck. Avenue in 1936. She is a 40’ Sedan Cruiser and this task. In addition, for the first time we conducted a week-long boating For several years, the boat has served as Race is powered by twin Chrysler Crown 6 cylinder I believe that with older boats the later it gets, skills/marine ecology class in Jackson Park. The class included Committee Boat for the annual Dragon Boat engines (circa 1960). The boat was owned by the better they look. And some members, instruction in water testing, basic boating safety, knot tying and Races in Chinatown. the Katz family for 38 years, and was named who’ve been around for 20 years, also say that rowing skills. Kids also had a chance to try kayaks, canoes, small by Solomon Katz for his two young boys, We generally have winter parties under cover she has never looked better. sailboats, and a ride on the Lake on a big Beneteau sloop. Lending Robert and Allan, when he purchased her in at our mooring at Canal Street. If we are lucky a helping hand were David Rearick, who has single-handed around MEMBERSHIP IN CYA 1945. In 2016 we had the pleasure of taking we get Charley McCarthy (chip off the old the world, and Johnny Mercer, lead sailing instructor at the Jackson Robert and Allan out on ROBERT ALLAN II block) and his banjo to entertain us. The boat Belonging to CYA means getting to know a Park Yacht Club. seventy years later. has served as host for bridal parties and burial group of people with hundreds of years of boating experience. We share a passion for In 2019, we received important support from the 11th Hour Racing The Club By-Laws state the purpose is services and almost everything in between. the water and for boats. The Robert Allan Club Foundation Friends of the Chicago River, the Chicago Park District, “To acquire and preserve ROBERT ALLAN is dedicated to helping CYA bring people to the Carpenters Union and the aforementioned Yacht Clubs. Over the II for posterity and for the enjoyment of STEWARDSHIP Lake Michigan and the Chicago River, both of past few years, we received contributions from over 100 people and Club members and to promote safe boating Part of owning an 83 year old vessel is which made Chicago a great city. numerous volunteers gave time to help lead the boat-building class. skills and foster good fellowship among Club maintaining her in sound operating condition. We are very grateful for all of this support. members.” We have done that for 24 years. Over the years we’ve pulled one or the other What a privilege for all of us to be on the engine for service or a rebuild several times. water. This year we only lost one cell phone Quite a few kids had never been on the water and a few did not even Over the years, the boat was commissioned We are fortunate to have two of the finest over the side. What a day it will be when know where Lake Michigan is. We take satisfaction from helping by the Corps of Engineers to test the new Fish marine mechanics in the world available to people realize that’s the best thing you can do these kids learn they can do things they never even considered. The Barrier down by Joliet (we survived) and was us when the need arises, and I am not going on the water! chance to work with them has been both a pleasure and a privilege. also selected as the boat from which WTTW to mention their names! Twice in the past If you would like to lend a hand in 2020, visit us at – Channel 11 filmed Chicago by Boat in 2005. two years, we’ve had to replace a broken www.chicagomaritime.org. We’ve taken her as far North as Racine and as valve spring on the port engine. Each time far East as St. Joe, but otherwise we keep her

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By Marek Witkowski Commodore From the Desk of the Commodore Dwayne Digby, Southern Shore Yacht Club n November 9th, Joseph Also, in order to build sailing Conrad Yacht Club enthusiasm and awareness, many Thank you Oproudly hosted its 50th club members have promoted Anniversary celebration. It is the accomplishments of Polish for your hard to believe that fifty years sailors on TV and radio. support and have passed since a group As I end my tour as This letter of Polish students from the There are quite a few memorable we hope to Commodore for Southern University of Illinois at Chicago moments in our history that Shore Yacht Club, I would and the with a passion for sailing decided stand out. One is when a Polish 2019 like to say Thank You for to establish the Joseph Conrad sailor from Chicago sailed alone see you at an awesome opportunity smiles on Yacht Club. around the world. We were our future to serve. I appreciate the the kids’ also very proud when a Polish Some of the inroads that our Board and Since then, the Joseph Conrad team took one of the first places Members have made over faces let Yacht Club has been committed at Venetian Night. First and events. highlights of the last three years and to ensuring that all sailors, foremost, however, the most the past 3 years look forward to those to us know experts and novices alike, have a memorable events were when come. that we are community which supports their Polish teams include: O passion. The Club has promoted took top spots N G U This year, our youth boat moving in sailing in the Chicagoland area in several Race I R camp embraced 14 young The Annual CYA through efforts such as organizing to Mackinac T A people. The camp went the right the Commodore’s Button Regatta Regattas. A Youth Back to School to the next level by looking at the effects of water N direction. and the Polonia Cup Regatta. R Cruise & School activities on water safety and the environment. N Supply Event Below is a letter submitted by one of the participants We can’t B

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Using what we learned, they would let us have fun One Summer Youth on the water by operating row boats and canoes Intern Partnership provided by the program and even some mentors. Every day they would provide delicious food as we all sat and ate as a group. Sometimes the man who The Boating Season sailed around the world, Dave Rearick, would tell us Collaborations - about his adventures on the Pacific Ocean. He told Jackson Park & us, to never sail alone and always sail with others. Museum Shores The moments I had at this program were very memorable events and I can’t wait to make more Yacht Clubs next time around.

Respectful Yours, We also said good bye to Past Commodore Kerry Van Isom that Jalen Redden ended his tour in 2019.

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BELMONT YACHT CLUB PHRF SPIN 4 1st RADIANCE Benjamin White Olympic Cup Buoy Race 2nd Ohana Robert Smetters MAY 26 MORF There and Back Shorthanded Regatta PHRF SPIN 5 T-10 1st Winnebago Tim Rathbun JULY 27 1st Zella Luke Wolbrink MIDWEST OPEN RACING FLEET DOUBLE-HANDED SHORT COURSE 2nd Erica Brian Kaczor 1st Vivace Charlie Mueller 3rd Meat Brian Kennalley/Edward SINGLE-HANDED SHORT COURSE Tri-State: St. Joseph to Michigan City Mui/Craig Roehl 1st Valkyrie Emanuele Bianchi SEPTEMBER 1 BEN 36.7 SPIN 1 1st Split Decision Mark & Nick Norris 1st Defiance team defiance smirl th Rainbow Regatta (with Jackson Park YC) PHRF 2 Midwest Open Racing Fleet (MORF), in its 61 season, is an 1st Eagle Shawn/Jerry O’Neill AUGUST 9 SPIN 2 1st IMAGINE Gintaras, Aras, & PHRF 4 FIRST TO FINISH all-volunteer organization that organizes fun-competitive Vytenis Karaitis 1st Ohana Robert Smetters Mary Poppers Graham Sauser SPIN 3 PHRF NON-SPIN 1st Ob La Di! Rick Reed racing and social programs. 1st Mise en Place Paul Thompson 2nd Flying Spaghetti Chicago to Waukegan Distance Race 2nd Mary Poppers Graham Sauser Monster Mitchell Weisman JUNE 22 or one seasonal fee, a member can race in a fought it out for the series trophy with the Past For over a half- 3rd Lighten up Charles Goodbar 3rd Geronimo Herb Philbrick BEN 36.7 PHRF fleet that has boats with ratings from 41 Commodore prevailing. SPIN 4 1st Erizo de Mar Antoni Czupryna to 200+. The average PHRF rating is 100 and century, MORF BURNHAM PARK YACHT CLUB 1st Rush Dean Doman Waldemar Emmerich F 2nd Fuzzy Logic Dan Emery 2nd Free Radical Anthony Bowker dropping by several points each year as the MORF September brings a racing frenzy for MORF. The MORF Commodore’s Cup, held on September has maintained SPIN 5 BEN 40.7 fleet gets faster. There are divisions for jib and main, Marty Finerty CASRA Casual Race 1st Wired Brian Angioletti 14th, is a three race regatta that has its qualifiers 1st Cynthia Andrew Grootendorst spinnaker and multihulls. a vibrant JULY 7 Chuck Norton determined in races in early September. The PHRF NON-SPIN 2nd Turning Point David Hardy PHRF SPIN 1st Night Watch Jim Lett Unlike racing nationwide, MORF membership and MORF Open, MORF’s final race weekend for and winning 1st Exeter John Notch 3rd Rhumb Runner Katie Goldman participation has been stable with a fleet of 35-40 all MORF and Chicago area racers, was held 2nd Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson J/109 3rd Rogue Steve Valentor Beer Can Racing 1st Northstar David Gustman boats and 400 participants in the 36 MORF races each September 21nd and 22nd. The races were combination PHRF NON-SPIN MAY 29–SEPTEMBER 11 2nd Callisto Jim Murray season. All open races are dual scored for CASRA/ followed by a party at Columbia Yacht Club with of member 1st Narwhal Fergus Clare JAM T-10 Area III and MORF. The result is a larger fleet and an awards presentation for the winners. The 1st Tempest Hank Kalmus 1st Erica Brian Kaczor more competition for everyone. MORF has continued weather was good, albeit somewhat challenging involvement, 2nd Za Zen Bill Van Emburg 2nd Water Works Rick & Mary Ann Lillie 100 Boats on a Beercan 3rd Yukon Ralph Krauss 3rd Skidmarks Jamie Sunderland their relationship with Columbia Yacht Club as well as in the latter part of the weekend, and the competition, (with Chicago Corinthian & Jackson Park YCs) other CASRA and Area III clubs. MORF is committed to competition fierce. It’s was a great way to round SPIN 1/2 J/105 AUGUST 6 1st Peregrine Mark Stoll 1st Sealark Clark Pellett partnering with other groups to help the sport grow out the racing season! networking, PHRF <81 2nd Gaucho Mark & Diane Bouckaert 2nd Y-Not Gerhard Zinserling 1st SkullCracker Paul Jaros whenever possible. 3rd MASKWA Don Waller 3rd Peregrine Mark Stoll st and social 2nd Ob La Di! Rick Reed We are already planning MORF’s 62 season! 3rd Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson SPIN 3 MULTIHULL 1st Caliente Michael Steck MORF also participates in the Wednesday night beer More can be found at www.morfracing.org. interactions. PHRF >81 1st Tenacity Bob Barnowski/Peter races with about one third of all racers scored in 1st Tejas Nate Chamberlin Cooper/Peter O’Malley PHRF SPIN 1 2nd Kahuna Loren Thompson 1st Defiance team defiance smirl MORF in addition to their yacht clubs. Vytenis Karaitis Aras Karaitis 3rd Planxty Dennis Bartley 2nd Skye Jeff & Jane Hoswell There are eight races in the MORF Long James Herman PHRF SPIN 2 Distance Series. Several of the races are 2nd Handsome Pete David Baker CHICAGO CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB 1st Pura Vida John Kalanik in conjunction with the CASRA calendar 3rd Terminal Velocity Simon Beemsterboer 2nd Warlock Tom Dickson such as the Waukegan and Chicago to St. 4th Minister Blane & Cindy Boynton 3rd Mrs. Jones Michael Jones PHRF JAM Spring Opener Buoy Race Joe leg of the Tri-State and joint races to 4th Misty Tom McIntosh 1st Success Kasey Iwasyk MAY 25 PHRF SPIN 3 and from Michigan City with MCYC. In T-10 1st Hokey Smoke Richard & Lori Stearns 2017 MORF created a Race to Mackinac Bi-State: St. Joseph to Chicago 1st Erica Brian Kaczor 2nd Celestial Emanuele Bianchi trophy for its members, because MORF 2nd Mutiny John Schellenbach 3rd Runaway Tom Gorey SEPTEMBER 1 4th Madcap John & Marian Hoskins has a large contingent of Mac racers in its T-10 BEN 40.7 1st Mojo Gar y Powell PHRF SPIN 4 fleet. 1st Erica Brian Kaczor 1st Exile Andy & Sarah Graff 2nd Amateur II Michael & Felicia Platzke Scot Ruhlander 2nd Banter Ben Marden The six race Lady Skipper Series finished 3rd Water Works Rick & Mary Ann Lillie PHRF 4 3rd Radiance Benjamin White 4th Retention Mark Croll 4th Ravn Jamie Downing in the end of July. These races require 1st Banter Ben Marden J/105 a woman at the helm from warning to 1st Esprit d’Ecosse Judith & Ross McLean PHRF 2 PHRF SPIN 5 finish. Several boats have raced in this 2nd Sealark Clark Pellett 1st Pura Vida John Kalanik 1st Cynthia Andrew Grootendorst series, and more are welcome. This PHRF SPIN 1 2nd Eleven Gene McCarthy 1st Vincitore Gary Feracota Spring Opener Distance Race 3rd White Hawk Charles Olsen series has become extremely competitive Jim Banovitz MAY 25 PHRF NON-SPIN and is included as a qualifier for the 2nd Reject Matthew Rubsam PHRF 1 1st JASZ Andrew Kepinski season championship Commodore’s PHRF SPIN 2 1st Defiance team defiance smirl Cup in late September. This season the 1st Dire Wolf Jeffrey (Dewey) Janicek Waukegan to Chicago Distance Race 2nd Heartbreaker Eric Oesterle past Commodore and the Commodore 3rd Wired Brian Angioletti PHRF 2 JUNE 23 Chuck Norton 1st Pommes Frites Michael Evans T-10 2nd Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson PHRF SPIN 3 1st Skidmarks Jamie Sunderland 1st Scarlet Begonias Kevin Foote 2nd Rainbow’s End Steven Fink 2nd Celestial Emanuele Bianchi 3rd Perspicacity Robert Cohen & 50 2019 yachting in chicago 3rd Runaway Tom Gorey Adam Collins J/105 T-10 CHICAGO MATCH RACE CENTER AT 1st The Asylum Jon Weglarz Hobelman Regatta Buoy Race 1st Erica Kaczor MISSA Central Baker Pre-Qualifier - Tier 2 NOOD Distance North Sails Rally PHRF SPIN 1 AUGUST 25 2nd Tango Kessler CHICAGO YACHT CLUB APRIL 13 - 14 JUNE 8 1st Husaria Kris Kaminski 3rd Ratty Brezina 1st New Trier HS Trevian T-10 4th Odyssey Beitel ORR 2 2nd Reject Matthew Rubsam 1st Winnebago Tim Rathbun US Championship Qualifier Grade 3 2nd Latin School of Chicago Romans 1st Skye Jeff & Jane Hoswell 2nd Erica Brian Kaczor TURBO 3rd Walter Payton College Prep Grizzlies 2nd Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson PHRF SPIN 2 JUNE 15 - 16 1st Heartbreaker Eric Oesterle 3rd Meat Brian Kennalley 1st Warlock Dickson 3rd Badge Daniel Koules Edward Mui 2nd Inferno Housten 1st Cameron Feves MISSA Baker Qualifier Regatta - Tier 1 2nd Scout Se a Scouts 2nd David Wood ORR 1 Martin Bernstein Craig Roehl MAY 4 - 5 1st Providence Jerry & Greg Miarecki 3rd Vayu Ron Buzil Wednesday Evening C Series 3rd Steven Lowery 1st Grosse Pointe South HS Blue Devils 2nd Night Train Brian Morgan PHRF SPIN 3 Hobelman Regatta Distance Race JULY 31-AUGUST 28 Chicago Grand Slam, Grade 2 2nd Minnetonka HS Skippers 3rd Aegir Jason Shilson 1st Pommes Frites Michael Evans 3rd Orono HS Spartans AUGUST 25 SPIN 7 AUGUST 16 - 18 ORR CRUISING 2nd Painkiller 5 Alice Martin 1st No Problem Deutsch 1st Broderi Robert Kolar 3rd Erizo de Mar Antoni Czupryna PHRF 1st Christopher Poole (USA) 1st Ohana Robert Smetters 2nd Saucy Lewis 2nd Pearson Potts Jr (USA) Rickover Regatta Waldemar Emmerich MAY 11 2nd Defiance team defiance smirl SPIN 6 3rd Finn Tapper (AUS) PHRF PHRF SPIN 4 1st Banter Marden 1st New Trier HS Trevian 1 1st Defiance team defiance smirl 2nd New Trier HS Trevian 2 1st Ravn Jamie Downing Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta 2nd Phantom Schwarzbach 2nd Jahazi Frank Giampoli 2nd Ohana Robert Smetters 3rd Radiance White CHICAGO YACHT CLUB 3rd New Trier HS Trevian 3 3rd Ob La Di! Rick Reed 3rd Tenacity Peter Cooper SEPTEMBER 21-22 4th Ravn Downing NOOD Regatta T-10 T-10 MISSA Keelboat Qualifier Stripes Inshore Regatta Waukegan to Milwaukee Distance Race 1st Hot Sauce University of Wisconsin 1st Tango Kessler JUNE 7-9 JULY 6 JUNE 23 Madison 2nd Kamikaze Beck/Fernandez District Championship 2nd Mutiny Miami University J/70 ETCHELLS PHRF SPIN 1 3rd Rainbow’s End Steven Fink SEPTEMBER 29-30, 2018 1st Victory Buddy Cribb 3rd M*A*S*H* Northwestern University 1st Orono HS Spartans 1st Firebolt Aaron Housten 1st Zella Luke Wolbrink 4th Odyssey Beitel 2nd Surge Ryan McKillen J/105 2nd Minnetonka HS Skippers 3rd USA 167 James Prendergast 2nd Dixie Fred Joosten 1st The Asylum United States Naval TURBO 4th Rosebud Pamela Rose Gim Hobelman One Design Regatta Academy 1st Koko Loko 2 Kokocinski 3rd Black River Public School Varsity SHIELDS 2nd Vayu Buzil J/88 1st Peanut Kristian Martincic JUNE 23 2nd Sealark University of Notre Dame 3rd Vytis University of Michigan 3rd Salsa Gignac MISSA Autumn Classic Tier 2 1st Dutch John & Jordan Leahey KEELBOAT 2nd Exile Andy & Sarah Graff Chubb U.S. Junior Sailing Championships OCTOBER 13 - 14, 2018 FARR 40 1st No Problem Deutsch 58th Annual Red Flannels Regatta Pursuit Series 1st New Trier HS Trevian Area K Sears Qualifier 1st Hot Lips J C Whitford SMALL KEELBOAT SEPTEMBER 21-22 SEPTEMBER 4-25 2nd Lane Tech College Prep Varsity JULY 7 3rd St. Ignatius College Prep Wolfpack 1st White Bernstein LASERS 1st Inferno Housten RS 21 1st Emmett Nevel (CYC) 2nd Zephyr Culler 2nd Vayu Buzil 4th Latin School of Chicago Romans 1st Jody Lutz/Alex Southon 2nd Emerson Write/Jack Bergman/Maria Drobny 3rd Windigo Crosby 1st Waterboard Rick Strilky 3rd Warlock Dickson 2nd David Poquette 2nd Atsushi Nishizaka (Columbia Sailing School) 4th Ravn Downing MISSA Great Lakes Championship Tier 1 J/111 3rd Noah Robitshek/Elizabeth Gildea/John LIGHTNING Hultquist (Traverse Area Community Sailing) Herb Kaczmarek Buoy Race 1st Sparkle!! Ross Bailey NOVEMBER 3 - 4, 2018 1st Shamrock Jeffrey Davis JULY 27 2nd TAIL GATE PARTY Brian Cox Rhodes 19 Championship A Series 1st Minnetonka HS Skippers 2nd Warlock Tom Dickson 3rd Of f Like A JUNE 2 - JULY 21 2nd Spring Lake HS Red 3rd Kashmir Michael Mayer 110th Race to Mackinac T-10 Steve Henderson Prom Dress Brad Wagnon 1st White Bob Bernstein 3rd Grosse IIe HS Scarlet JULY 12-16 1st Erica Brian Kaczor 4th Orono HS Spartans 2nd Meat Brian Kennalley, 2nd Zephyr Marc Culler BEN 40.7 3rd No Worries Stan Knapczyk 5th St. Ignatius HS (Cleveland, OH) Wildcats 1st Mojo Gar y Powell CHICAGO-MACKINAC TROPHY Edward Mui, Craig Roehl 1st Chico 2 Jim Weyand 3rd Mutiny John Schellenbach Vanguard 15 Nationals 4th Sweet John Walter Scot Ruhlander Fall Frostbite 2nd Das Boot Jay Muller 2nd Sufficient Reason Mitchell Padnos SEPTEMBER 27-29 3rd Turning Point David Hardy 3rd Hiwassee Ian Fisher Herb Kaczmarek Distance Race 1st Val Smith & Tressa Trejo Rhodes 19 Championship B Series SEPTEMBER 30 - NOVEMBER 9, 2018 PHRF 1 MACKINAC CUP JULY 27 2nd Andy Graff & Luke LuCoche JULY 28-AUGUST 18 420 3rd Mike Schroff & Meghan O’Rourke 1st Redline Peter Kovats 1st  He nry Merrilees 1st Eagle Shawn/Jerry O’Neill 1st Goat Rodeo Robert Evans PHRF 1 2nd White Bob Bernstein Quin Doughty 2nd Heartbreaker Eric Oesterle 2nd Soulshine Jarrett Altmin 1st Heartbreaker Eric Oesterle 3rd No Worries Stan Knapczyk PHRF 2 3rd Synchronicity Chris Mallett Wednesday Evening A Series J/70 VANENA CUP CRUISING DIVISION PHRF 4 1st Bombora Kevin Foote/Bryan Hayes 1st NoMaTa Daniel Leslie MAY 29 - JUNE 12 4th Zephyr Marc Culler 2nd Archimedes III Joe Hummel 1st Perico Ryan Johnson 1st RADIANCE Benjamin White 2nd Lost Boys Gary Scott SPIN 7 3rd Painkiller 5 Alice Martin 2nd Roxy Don Condit 1st No Problem Deutsch Rhodes 19 Evening Series LASER 3rd Infinite Diversion Joseph S Haas 1st Huge Boat Paul Wurtzebach PHRF 52 Ginny Waskel CASRA Casual Race 2nd Maiden Michigan Polgar 1st Windquest Doug DeVos ILE AUX GALETS CUP MAY 29 - JULY 10 2nd Anonymous Russell Schulz Whitehawk Peter Thornton JULY 28 SPIN 6 1st White Bob Bernstein 3rd InstaGator Andrew Aronson J/105 ROYONO TROPHY PHRF SPIN 1st Phantom Schwarzbach 2nd Sweet John Walter 1st Vytis Gyt Petkus 3rd Windigo Pat Crosby SONAR Windquest Doug DeVos 1st Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson 1st Robert Hann 2nd Sealark Clark Pellett 2nd Phantom Peter Schwarzbach 2nd Archimedes III Hummel/Lore RIECK TROPHY 3rd Liquid Lounge II Caesar Rhodes 19 Sunset Series 2nd Andrew Page J/109 Earth Voyager Ray Howe 3rd Inferno Philip Dowd 4th Y-Not Zinserling 3rd Paul Gross 1st Time Out Doug Evans MANITOU PASSAGE TROPHY PHRF NON-SPIN JULY 31 - AUGUST 28 2nd Callisto Jim Murray T-10 1st White Bob Bernstein VANGUARD 15 Caliente Michael Steck 1st Jade Mike Hoover 1st Gin Court Jesters David Stix 3rd Slapshot II Scott Sims 2nd Quicksilver Vilia Sutkus-Kiela 1st Erica Kaczor 2nd Sweet John Walter POINT BETSIE TROPHY TEAM CHALLENGE 2nd Proving Run Roccasalva 3rd Redline Peter Kovats 2nd Windburn Dan Floberg T-10 Team Red, White, and Blue 3rd Kamikaze Beck/Fernandez 4th No Worries Stan Knapczyk 3rd Otto Hansen 1st Erica Brian Kaczor (Intangible, Eagle, Providence) 100 Boats on a Beercan 4th Tango Kessler 2nd Diamond Girl Amy & Rick Cermak CLARK DEROY TROPHY John Vonnegut Memorial Overall Spring Frostbite 3rd Retention Mark Croll (with Burnham Park & Jackson Park YCs) TURBO 4th Winnebago Tim Rathbun Goat Rodeo Robert Evans 1st Koko Loko 2 Kokocinski APRIL 7 - MAY 5 AUGUST 6 Season Winners 5th Anonymous Chris Manick BEN 36.7 2nd Pura Vida Kalanik 1st White Bob Bernstein LASER T-10 3rd Warlock Dickson 2nd Zephyr Marc Culler 1st Anonymous Russell Schulz BEN 36.7 1st Soulshine Jarrett Altmin 1st Convergence Don Wilson 3rd No Worries Stan Knapczyk 2nd InstaGator Andrew Aronson 1st Maggie Mae Peter Wright 2nd Veni Vidi Veatchi Jason Veatch 3rd Program Atwater, Allen, Metcalf 2nd Rainbow’s End Steven Fink Wednesday Evening B Series 3rd Chief Keef Vic Sullivan 2nd Soulshine Jarrett Altmin 3rd Meat Brian Kennalley, 3rd Erizo de Mar Antoni Czupryna BEN 40.7 Edward Mui, Craig Roehl JULY 3 - JULY 10 VANGUARD 15 Waldemar Emmerich 1st Runaway Bunny John Schellenbach 1st Wired Brian Angioletti & Chuck PHRF SPIN 7 2nd Gin Court Jesters David Stix CORINTHIAN TEAMS J/70 FLEET Norton 1st Valkyrie Brian Bullock 1st No Problem Deutsch 3rd Windburn Dan Floberg 1st Aquaholiks Martin Johnsson 2nd Vayu Ron Buzil 2nd Eagle Shawn/Jerry O’Neill 2nd Vivace Mueller 2nd Berteau Group Mark & Sarah Renz 3rd Sociable Robert Arzbaecher SONAR 3rd Piranha Dave Dennison 3rd Blondie 2 Tod Patton SPIN 6 1st Nicole Campbell CRUISING 1 PHRF JAM 1st Liquid Lounge II Caesar 2nd Robert Hann 1st Roxy Don Condit 2nd Phantom Schwarzbach 3rd Bob Rick Kaiser 2nd Infinite Diversion Joseph S Haas 1st Incommunicado Jeffrey Mills 3rd Whitehawk Peter Thornton 3rd Y-Not Zinserling CRUISING 2 J/88 1st Perico Ryan Johnson Chicago Junior Race Week Buoy Racing (with 1st Windsong Tim Wade Commodore’s Cup Youth Night Race Sheldon Clark Distance Race Monroe Skyline Series 2nd Jasmin David Ormesher Burnham Park YC, Chicago Corinthian YC, Jackson 2nd Dutch John & Jordan Leahey AUGUST 16 SEPTEMBER 7 MAY 29-SEPTEMBER 25 Jon Sawyer Park YC) 3rd Blondie 2 Tod Patton Ted Anderson PHRF SPIN PHRF 1 PHRF N0N-SPIN AUGUST 3 - 4 ORR 3 1st Amateur II J acques Dugas & 1st Eagle Shawn/Jerry O’Neill 1st Sirocco VI Bill & Viviana Fanizzo 3rd Endless Summer Sco tt Lutzow & 1st Whisper Thomas Barnes Beth Lutzow 420 JAM Duke Diep 2nd Lucy Jeremy Alexis 2nd denovo Mark Phelps 1st Eli Erling/Kai Isoke Ali-Landing (JPYC) 2nd Alpha Puppy Rick Stage 2nd Split Decision John Baxter & 3rd Xuberance Jeff Barton CRUISING 3 3rd Ohana Robert Smetters T-10 2nd Paul Murphy/Sophia Sandoval (CYC) Keefer Baxter PHRF 2 1st Terminal Velocity Simon Beemsterboer 1st Joysea Tom & Joyce Pfeifer 3rd Joshua Stallworth/Maximillian (CYC) J/111 3rd Painkiller 5 R em Johannknecht & 2nd Baba Jaga Renata Kuszyk & 1st Providence Jerry & Greg Miarecki 2nd Minister Blane & Cindy Boynton 1st Spaceman Spiff Rob Ruhlman Hugo Johannknecht 2nd Exeter John Notch 3rd Water Works Rick & Mary Ann Lillie Adam Ferenz BEGINNER 4th Banter Cecily Marden/Frances 1st Robert Danciu (CYC) 2nd Skeleton Key Peter Wagner 3rd Escorpión Borracho Anthony Halawith 3rd Shamrock Jeffrey Davis Depke/Cal Dutton/Ted J/88 SPIN 3 2nd Jordan Abell (CYC) Dutton 1st Banter Ben Marden 1st Eleven Gene McCarthy J/105 3rd Anthony (CYC) 4th Kashmir Michael Mayer 1st Pterodactyl Mark Symonds Steve Henderson 5th Zella Akosua Haynes/Kai 2nd Exile Andy & Sarah Graff 2nd Bravo Zulu Lee Edwards 2nd Gangbusters Mark Gannon C420 Isoke Ali-Landing/Gracie SPIN 2 FARR 40 O’Neal/Mateo Camino 3rd Phantom Peter Schwarzbach 1st Wyatt Harley/Frances Depke (Columbia YC) Chicago Regatta Buoy Race 1st Gwhiz Geoffrey Davis 2nd Samuel Childers/Julia Scott 1st Hot Lips Christopher Whitford J/109 BEN 40.7 SEPTEMBER 14 2nd Serenity Arnold Hirsch (Columbia Sailing School) J/111 Worlds 3rd Veni Vidi Veatchi Jason Veatch 1st Goat Rodeo Robert Evans 3rd Calvin Lamosse/Marit Lebakken (MSC) 1st Mojo Gar y Powell T-10 2nd Synchronicity Chris Mallett Scot Ruhlander AUGUST 20-23 1st Erica Brian Kaczor SPIN 1 3rd Callisto James Murray GREEN FLEET 1st Spaceman Spiff Rob Ruhlman 2nd Meat Brian Kennalley/Edward 1st Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson 1st Sea Ya Later Avery Keane 2nd Vayu Ron Buzil J/111 3rd La Tempete Thomas Weber 2nd Velocity Martin Roesch Mui/Craig Roehl 2nd Ob La Di! Rick Reed (Lake Forest Sailing) 3rd Skeleton Key Peter Wagner 1st Rowdy Richard C Witzel Jr TP 52 3rd Winnebago Tim Rathbun 3rd Smee Again G Miz/Dreher/Hatfield/ 2nd Minuteman Alexander Faber 4th Kashmir Michael Mayer Neenan 2nd Warlock Tom Dickson (Columbia YC) 1st Heartbreaker Robert & Laura Hughes SHIELDS 3rd Nosurprise Scott Sellers Steve Henderson 3rd Loch Monster Lachlan McGuire (CYC) ORR 1 5th Rowdy Richard Witzel 1st Bit~O~Honey Luiza Smith GREEN JAM LEVEL 35 2nd Dauntless Mark Passis 1st Cigare Volant Bill Easom LASER 1st Sin Duda! Lindsey Duda CORINTHIAN TEAMS 1st NoMaTa Daniel & Jill Leslie 1st David Grace (Severn Sailing J/70 2nd Night Train Brian Morgan J/105 1st Pura Vida John Kalanik Association/CYC) 1st Sealark Clark Pellett 2nd Shmokin Joe Jeff Schaefer 1st Rip Rullah Bob Willis Belmont Skyline Series 3rd Free Agent Miles P Depaepe 2nd Elizabeth Gildea (Columbia YC) 2nd Hotspur Sam Sansome MULTIHULL 3rd Skull Cracker Daniel Kitchens MAY 22-SEPTEMBER 25 3rd Tristan McDonald (Lake Forest Sailing) 2nd Vytis Gyt Petkus ETCHELLS 1st Caliente Michael Steck T-10 ONE-DESIGN 2nd Nelda Ray Pete Pattullo OPTI RWB J/70 Great Lakes Championship 1st Dixie Fred Joosten 1st Dauntless Mark Passis 1st  Christian Prendergast 1st Convergence Don Wilson 3rd High Priority 2 David Shneider 2nd Diamond Girl Amy & Rick Cermak AUGUST 23-25 Steven Lowery (CYC) Chicago Regatta Distance Race 2nd Peanut Kristian Martincic SECTION 01 2nd Nissana Berman (CYC) 3rd Erica Brian Kaczor 1st NINE Oivind Lorentzen 1st Sagamore Bob Zeman/Laura Z/ 4th Meat Brian Kennalley/Edward 2nd Berteau Group Sarah Renz SEPTEMBER 14 3rd Hellcat Samuel Veilleux 3rd Dragonfly Grace Renz (CYC) Sonja Elmquist Tone Martin Mui/Craig Roehl 3rd Aquaholiks Martin Johnsson PHRF SUB 0 2nd Talisman Bruce Aikens 4th Empeiria John Heaton JIB & MAIN Chicago Junior Race Week Distance Race 5th Retention Mark Croll 1st Defiance team defiance smirl 3rd Dynamis Mike Shields & CORINTHIAN TEAMS 1st Barracuda David Hughes (with Burnham Park YC, Chicago Corinthian YC, ORR 2 2nd Vincitore Gary Feracota/ Brien Baker 1st Eagle Shawn/Jerry O’Neill 1st Berteau Group Sarah Renz Jim Banovitz 2nd Incommunicado Jeff Mills Jackson Park YC) 3rd No Rush Eric Morrisroe SECTION 02 2nd Heartbreaker Eric Oesterle 2nd Aquaholiks Martin Johnsson PHRF 1 1st Sin Duda! Fritz Duda Sr & The Mini-Mac 3rd Rip Rullah Bob Willis 1st Lucy Jeremy Alexis T-10 Lindsey Duda Verve Cup Distance Race 2nd Eagle Shawn/Jerry O’Neill 1st Amateur II Michael & Felicia Platzke 2nd Main Street Bill & Jean Schanen AUGUST 5 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta 3rd Heartbreaker Eric Oesterle 2nd Skidmarks Jamie & Megan 3rd Skye Jane & Jeff Hoswell AUGUST 10 Sunderland CLUB 420 AUGUST 23-25 PHRF 2 SECTION 03 1st Wyatt Harley/Frances Depke (Columbia YC) 8 MILE BUOY TROPHY 3rd Retention Mark & John Croll J/24 1stVN RA Jamie Downing 3rd Mutiny John Schellenbach 1st Sufficient Reason Mitchell Padnos 2nd Eli Erling/Vivian Spieles (JPYC) Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson 2nd Ohana Robert Smetters 2nd Triumvirate Eric S Jones/Scott J 3rd Spe ncer Glickson/Kyle McDonald ORR 1 1st 2XS Mark Soya OFFSHORE SPINNAKER Hornick/Andrew Hopkins (Lake Forest Sailing) 3rd Eleven Gene McCarthy 1st Eagle Shawn & Jerry O’Neill 1st Renegade Thomas Papoutsis ETCHELLS 3rd Hot Lips Christopher Whitford GREEN FLEET DOUBLEHANDED 2nd Inferno Philip Dowd ORR 2 1st Julia Rick Kaiser 1st Exile Andy Graff 3rd Dutch John & Jordan Leahey SECTION 04 1st Sweetness JP Crabb (CYC) 2nd Brass Monkey Michael Frerker 2nd Julius Schatz (CYC) 1st Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson 2nd Flying Pig Mike Sheppard 1st Chico 2 Jim Weyand 2nd Free Agent Miles DePaepe JIB & MAIN 2nd Hiwassee Ian Fisher 3rd Loch Monster Lachlan McGuire (CYC) SONAR 3rd Caught in Traffic David Pierce 1st Kinship Josh & Laura Lutton 1st Beef Jerky Amy Baxter 3rd Loki Robert Christoph LASER RADIAL ORR 3 J/109 1st Providence Greg Miarecki 2nd Team Falcon 1st Smee Again G Miz/Dreher/Hatfield/ SECTION 05 1st Emmett Nevel (Jones Sailing) Punch Justin Falconer Racing Yacht Fleets Series PHRF 1 Neenan 1st Eagle Jerry & Shawn O’Neill 2nd Elizabeth Gildea (Columbia YC) MAY 25-SEPTEMBER 28 2nd Manitou Terry & Patti McMahon 3rd Abbe Shanley-Roberts (Lake Forest Sailing) 1st Jahazi Frank Giampoli SHIELDS 2nd Slapshot II Scott Sims 3rd Evvai Matthew Songer 2nd Lucy Jeremy Alexis 1st Hellcat Sam Veilleux ETCHELLS OPTI RWB 1st Julia Rick Kaiser SECTION 06 1st Nissana Berman (CYC) PHRF 2 COLGATE 26 Chicago Regatta CASRA Casual Race 1st Runaway Tom Gorey 2nd DIXIE Fred Joosten 1st Mrs Jones Michael R Jones 2nd Dragonfly Grace Renz (CYC) 1st Cretin Hop Michael Leslie SEPTEMBER 14 3rd Brass Monkey Michael Frerker 2nd Bravo Tom & Shirley Dekker 3rd Nathan Finkelstein (CYC) 2nd Paco Columbia Sailing School PHRF SPIN 3rd Nighthawk Jan Van Den Kieboom 3rd Riverfolk Aldo Caronia SHIELDS Verve Cup CASRA Casual Race 1st Exeter John Notch 1st Insidious Gary Ropski/Askold SECTION 07 Chicago Junior Race Week Overall Winner AUGUST 10 2nd Success Kasey Iwasyk Kozbur/Robbie Stone/ 1st Madcap John & Marian Hoskins 3rd Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson Wyatt Harley & Frances Depke (Columbia YC) PHRF SPIN Jeremi Jermakowicz 2nd Pommes Frites Mike Evans Sheldon Clark Buoy Race PHRF NON-SPIN 2nd Hellcat Sam Veilleux/Sonja 3rd Hokey Smoke Richard & Lori Stearns 1st Exeter John Notch 2nd Zella Luke Wolbrink SEPTEMBER 7 1st AGITATOR Manuel Cordero Elmquist SECTION 08 Verve Cup Offshore Regatta 3rd Success Kasey Iwasyk T-10 2nd Venteux Jon Van Norman 3rd Peanut Kristian Martincic 1st Surprise Bill Strzelewicz AUGUST 9-11 1st Meat Brian Kennalley/Edward 3rd Marianthe Eric Moore J/70 2nd Fast Tango Tim Prophit PHRF NON-SPIN VERVE CUP TROPHY Mui/Craig Roehl 1st Empeiria John Heaotn 3rd Exile Andy & Sarah Graff 1st Solstice Greg Bohmann 2nd Quicksilver Vilia Sutkus-Kiela 2nd Erica Brian Kaczor Shields National Championship 2nd Rip Rullah Bob Willis SECTION 09 Spaceman Spiff Rob Ruhlman 3rd Mutiny John Schellenbach 3rd Bombora Bryan & Molly Hayes 3rd Jade Mike Hoover SEPTEMBER 19-22 1st Odyssey David Bohl J/109 J/105 1st Aeolus P Thomas Hirsch BEN 36.7 2nd Eleven Gene McCarthy 1st Northstar David Gustman MULTIHULL 1st The Asylum Jon Weglarz 2nd Bit~O~Honey Ken Deyett 1st Split Decision Nick Norris 3rd Providence Jerry & Greg Miarecki 2nd Callisto Jim Murray 1st Phenix Kevin Smith 2nd Flying Pig Mike Sheppard 3rd Syrinx William Berry 3rd Time Out Doug Evans T-10 T-10 J/109 4th The Grinch Daniel Goodwin 1st Erica Brian Kaczor 1st Erica Brian & Michael Kaczor BEN 36.7 1st Smee Again G Miz/Dreher/Hatfield/ 2nd Meat Brian Kennalley/Edward 2nd Liberty Ray Douglas & 1st Maggie Mae Peter Wright Neenan Mui/Craig Roehl Kris Maybach 2nd Soulshine Jarrett Altmin 2nd Callisto Jim Murray 3rd Retention Mark & John Croll 3rd Retention Mark & Joni Croll 3rd Split Decision Mark & Nick Norris 3rd Slapshot II Scott Sims PHRF 1st Dire Wolf Jeffrey (Dewey) Janicek 2nd Heartbreaker Eric Oesterle 3rd Vayu Ron Buzil COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB PHRF 2 GREEN DIVISION - JAM Rail Deck Regatta- CASRA Casual Race Chicago Junior Race Week Skyline Regatta Leukemia Cup Regatta 1st Jahazi Frank Giampoli 1st Jemkid Mark Levin JUNE 23 AUGUST 6-7 AUGUST 24 2nd Eagle Shawn/Jerry O’Neill 2nd Cigare Volant Bill Easom Boats n’ Bingo Regatta 3rd IMAGINE Gintaras, Aras, & Vytenis PHRF SPIN 420 CLASSIC YACHTS 3rd Truly Madley Gareth Reeves OCTOBER 21, 2018 Karaitis 1st Inferno Philip Dowd 1st Spencer Glickson/Kyle McDonald 1st Allegro Matt Howard 4th Heartbreaker Eric Oesterle MULTIHULL 1st Oshkosh North HS Mixed 2nd Exeter John Notch (Lake Forest Sailing) CATALINA OWNERS JAM 2nd Loyola Academy Ramblers 3rd Success Kasey Iwasyk 2nd Erik a Wilcox/Aydan Peterson PHRF 1 1st Caliente Mike Steck 3rd Beacon Academy Wolves 1st Iset Robert Moretti (South Shore YC) 2nd Karizmaddie Patrick Reynolds 1st Defiance team defiance smirl PHRF NON-SPIN 2nd Skye Jeff & Jane Hoswell 1st Solstice Greg Bohmann 3rd Samu el Childers/Julia Scott 3rd Intention Bob Garrett (Columbia Sailing School) 3rd Husaria Kris Kaminski JACKSON PARK YACHT CLUB MISSA Shepard Championship – Tier 2 2nd Ti Tae Craig Horton JIB & MAIN NOVEMBER 10–11, 2018 3rd CliffHanger Todd Nash 420 JAM 1st Cookie Monster Peter Goldman Beneteau 36.7 North American 1st Cranbrook Kingswood Cranbrook Green 1st Elizabeth Mei/Ann Frost/Lydia Aizhen Frost 2nd Tempest Hank Kalmus Gold Star Regatta Distance Race (Columbia Sailing School) 2nd Bay HS Rockets Varsity Chicago-Michigan City-Chicago 3rd KUTTY’S ARK George Morrissey Championships JUNE 15 3rd West Bloomfield HS Lakers Varsity 2nd Paul Murphy/Sophia Sandoval (CYC) JUNE 28 SINGLE-HANDED SPIN SEPTEMBER 5 - 8 3rd Lau ren Mellinger/Gwendolyn Parker 1st Patriot Ken Sharpe PHRF SPIN 1 T-10 (Columbia YC) 1st Vivace’ Charlie Mueller 1st Defiance team defiance smirl MISSA Central Mallory Pre-Qualifier - Tier 2 2nd Global Nomads Michael Hettel 2nd Tequila 1st Erica Brian Kaczor LASER Mockingbird Chris Duhon 2nd Lucy Jeremy Alexis APRIL 6 - 7 2nd Retention Mark Croll DOUBLE-HANDED SPIN 3rd Soulshine Jarrett Altmin PHRF SPIN 2 1st Lane Tech College Prep Varsity 3rd Minister Blane & Cindy Boynton 1st Abbe Shanley-Roberts (Lake Forest Sailing) 1st Black Magic Rick Simek 2nd Elizabeth Gildea (Columbia YC) 4th PROGRAM Earle Atwater 1st Ohana Robert Smetters 2nd Walter Payton College Prep Grizzlies 2nd Esprit d’Ecosse Judith & Ross McLean 5th Split Decision Mark & Nick Norris 2nd Night Train Brian Morgan 3rd New Trier HS Trevian BEN 36.7 3rd Tristan McDonald (Lake Forest Sailing) 1st Erizo de Mar Antoni Czupryna/ 3rd Ohana Robert Smetters 3rd Andale Richard Baumann OPTI GREEN FLEET Waldemar Emmerich SPIN 1 3 Crib Fiasco PHRF JAM COLORS Distance Race 2nd Gaucho Mark & Diane Bouckaert 1st Toby Berman (CYC) 1st Dire Wolf Jeffrey (Dewey) Janicek 2nd Gavin Hoang (Columbia YC) SEPTEMBER 22 1st Spanker Boyd Rice/Rollin Pierce JUNE 1 3rd Veni Vidi Veatchi Jason Veatch 2nd Heartbreaker Eric Oesterle 3rd Jordan Abell (CYC) 3rd Salsa Jim Gignac SPIN ORR–SPIN LMPHRF 1 Webb Memorial Regatta 1st Eagles Wings John Gottwald OPTI RWB SPIN 2 1st Pura Vida John Kalanik 1st Skye Jeff & Jane Hoswell 1st Nissana Berman (CYC) 2nd Momentus Kevin Saedi JULY 6 LMPHRF 2 1st Archimedes III Joe Hummel PHRF 1 2nd Charlie Gish (Lake Forest Sailing) 2nd Full Tilt Peter Priede Raman Yousefi T-10 1st Xuberance Jeff Barton 1st Eagle Shawn/Jerry O’Neill 3rd Madeleine Torrey (CYC) 2nd Hiwassee Ian Fisher 3rd Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson 3rd Celestial Emanuele Bianchi 1st Meat Brian Kennalley/ 2nd Defiance team defiance smirl Edward Mui/Craig Roehl 3rd Hiwassee Ian Fisher 3rd Heartbreaker Eric Oesterle SPIN 3 JAM 100 Boats on a Beercan 1st Y-Not Gerhard Zinserling 1st Rat Race Bradley Horn 2nd Erica Brian Kaczor PHRF 2 LMPHRF 3 1st Runaway Tom Gorey AUGUST 7 2nd Handsome Pete David Baker 2nd Narwhal Fergus & Guliz Clare PHRF 1st Exeter John Notch 3rd Whisper Thomas Barnes 1st Skye Jeff & Jane Hoswell 2nd Runaway Tom Gorey 2nd MASKWA Donald Waller J/105 GREEN FLEET SPIN 3rd Perico Ryan Johnson 3rd Ohana Robert Smetters 1st Valhalla Mike & Kathie Newman T-10 1st Sunk the 2nd Phantom Peter Schwarzbach 1st Andale Richard Baumann Last One Silviu Petrea Raske/Gratt Memorial PHRF-SINGLEHANDED 4th Phantom Peter Schwarzbach 3rd Peregrine Mark Stoll 2nd Ratty David Brezina GREEN FLEET JAM JULY 28 1st Sea-U Brian Crabb LMPHRF 4 1st Providence Greg Miarecki BEN 36.7 BEN 36.7 1st Wine Knot John Rudnick 1st Zella Luke & Laura Wolbrink PHRF-CRUISING 1st Tequila Mockingbird Chris Duhon 1st Soulshine Jarrett Altmin 2nd Bloody Mary Dan Cooley 2nd Sans Souci Russ & Deb Fouts 3rd Icarus Stanley Grokiewicz 1st No Reverse Bob Horenkamp Columbia Cup Distance Race 2nd Split Decision Mark & Nick Norris 2nd FOG Lori Henderson 3rd FOG Greg Rasmussen 3rd Sail Monkey Gary Kochanek Chicago Beer Can Series 30 AND UNDER AUGUST 3 1stVN RA Jamie Downing T-10 MAY 29 – SEPTEMBER 11 100 Boats on a Beercan PHRF 1 1st Skidmarks Jamie Sunderland Leukemia Cup Distance Race (with Burnham Park & Chicago Corinthian YCs) 1st Skye Jeff & Jane Hoswell SPIN 1 2nd Meat Brian Kennalley AUGUST 24 1st Renegade Thomas Papoutsis AUGUST 6 COLORS Buoy Regatta Edward Mui/Craig Roehl PHRF 2 1st Jahazi Frank Giampoli 2nd Momentus K evin Saedi PHRF <81 JUNE 1 - 2 1st Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson 3rd Terminal Velocity Simon Beemsterboer 2nd Off Duty Stu Friedman Raman Yousefi FARR 40 2nd Archimedes III Joe Hummel 4th Convergence Don Wilson 3rd Why Knot Tim Benolken 3rd Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson 1st Mise en Place Paul Thompson 1st Hot Lips J C Whitford PHRF 3 PHRF 1 4th Alpha Puppy Rick Stage BEN 36.7 1st Ohana Robert Smetters 1st Caliente Michael Steck Tri-State: Chicago to St. Joseph SPIN 2 Lutz Trophy CASRA Casual Race 2nd Eagle Shawn/Jerry O’Neill 1st Maggie Mae Peter Wright PHRF 4 AUGUST 30 1st Tequila Mockingbird Chris Duhon AUGUST 25 2nd Soulshine Jarrett Altmin 3rd Inferno Philip Dowd 2nd Gaucho Mark & Diane Bouckaert 1st Tejas Nate Chamberlin/Vytenis 4th Valkyrie Brian Bullock PHRF SPIN 3rd Tequila Mockingbird Chris Duhon Karaitis/Aras Karaitis/ PHRF NON-SPIN 3rd Handsome Pete David Baker 1st Escape Thomas Mikos 1st Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson J/111 James Herman PHRF 2 SPIN 3 2nd Inferno Philip Dowd 1st Rowdy Richard Witzel 2nd Promenade Neal Mehlman 1st Goat Rodeo Robert Evans 2nd Night Watch Jim Lett 1st Tejas Nate Chamberlin/Vytenis 3rd Exeter John Notch 2nd Smee Again G Miz/Dreher/Hatfield 2nd Kashmir Michael Mayer T-10 Karaitis/Aras Karaitis/ Steve Henderson Neenan PHRF NON-SPIN Columbia Cup Buoy Race 1st Erica Brian Kaczor James Herman 1st Solstice Greg Bohmann 3rd Pura Vida John Kalanik 3rd Paradigm Shift Dave Dickerson 2nd Whisper Thomas Barnes AUGUST 3-4 2nd Winnebago Tim Rathbun 2nd CliffHanger Todd Nash BEN 40.7 PHRF 3 3rd Meat Brian Kennalley/ 3rd Shoe String Jay Grizzell 3rd Quicksilver Vilia Sutkus-Kiela 1st Vayu Ron Buzil BEN 40.7 1st Tejas Nate Chamberlin/Vytenis Edward Mui/Craig Roehl 4th Truant Walter & Holly Kawula 2nd Mojo Gar y Powell 1st Mojo Gar y Powell Karaitis/Aras Karaitis/ 4th Retention Mark Croll T-10 Scot Ruhlander Scot Ruhlander James Herman 5th WILDebeest Christopher Manick 1st Terminal Velocity Simon Beemsterboer Tri-State: Michigan City to Chicago 3rd Das Boot Jay Muller 2nd Das Boot Jay Muller 2nd Exile Andy & Sarah Graff 2nd Thunderbolt Steve Karstrand SEPTEMBER 2 3rd La Tempete Thomas Weber 3rd Whisper Thomas Barnes J/105 PHRF SPIN 1st Sealark Clark Pellett 3rd Winnebago Tim Rathbun PHRF SPIN 1 1st Lucy Jeremy Alexis T-10 PHRF 4 2nd Esprit d’Ecosse Judith & Ross McLean 1st Ob La Di! Rick Reed 1st Erica Brian Kaczor 1st Awesome William Smith 3rd Vytis Gyt Petkus J/105 2nd Flying Spaghetti 2nd Eagle Shawn/Jerry O’Neill 1st Peregrine Mark Stoll 3rd Heartbreaker Eric Oesterle 2nd Meat Brian Kennalley/Edward 2nd Off Duty Stu Friedman Monster Mitchell Weisman Mui/Craig Roehl 3rd Vivace’ Charlie Mueller BEN 36.7 2nd Esprit d’Ecosse Judith & Ross McLean PHRF SPIN 2 T-10 3rd Retention Mark Croll 1st Free Radical Anthony Bowker 3rd Valhalla Mike & Kathie Newman 1st Diamond Girl Amy & Rick Cermak JAM 1 1st Fastnet Tracy Stevenson 4th Mutiny John Schellenbach 1st Cookie Monster Peter Goldman PHRF 5 2nd Erica Brian Kaczor TURBO PHRF NON-SPIN 3rd Mutiny John Schellenbach BEN 36.7 2nd Sirocco VI Bill & Viviana Fanizzo 1st Zella Luke Wolbrink 1st Tequila 3rd Scout Se a Scouts/Martin 2nd Elixir Ron Groth 1st Skye Jeff & Jane Hoswell 1st Night Watch Jim Lett J/88 Mockingbird Chris Duhon Bernstein 3rd KUTTY’S ARK George Morrissey JAM 1st Exile Andy & Sarah Graff 2nd Gaucho Mar k & Diane Bouckaert 1st Cookie Monster Peter Goldman Wednesday Beer Can Series 2nd Dutch John & Jordan Leahey JAM 2 PHRF 4 PHRF 2 1st ZaZen Bill Van Emburg 1st Exile Andy & Sarah Graff 2nd Tempest Hank Kalmus JUNE 5-SEPTEMBER 4 J/105 3rd Primo Veliero Gary Daggett 1st Ravn Jamie Downing 2nd Night Watch Jim Lett 2nd Ohana Robert Smetters SPINNAKER 1st The Asylum Jon Weglarz 3rd Tempest Hank Kalmus 3rd Assassin Robert Sansome 4th Scout Se a Scouts/Martin 2nd Vytis Gyt Petkus PHRF 1 Bernstein 1st Mise En Place Paul Thompson 4th Handsome Pete David Baker 2nd Andale Richard Baumann J/109 1st Lucy Jeremy Alexis 2nd Eagle Shawn/Jerry O’Neill PHRF 3 3rd Zella Luke Wolbrink 1st Smee Again George Miz 1st Runaway Tom Gorey 2nd Callisto Jim Murray 2nd MASKWA Donald Waller 3rd Blackfin Keith Eickenberg 3rd Scarlet Begonias Kevin Foote 4th Archimedes III Joe Hummel JAM 1st Night Watch Jim Lett Long Distance Series Dominick Marano/Skyway Yacht Works Regatta 2nd De Da’s Toy Ted Graves JUNE 1-SEPTEMBER 7 AUGUST 18 3rd Xenodochium Jim Des Jardins JAM SPIN 5 1st Kahuna Loren Thompson 1st Esprit d’ Écosse Judith & Ross McLean JPYC Overall Boat of the Year 2nd Yukon Ralph Krauss 2nd Mazal Tov Arne Fliflet Mise En Place Paul Thompson 3rd Intention Bob Garrett 3rd Whisper Tom Barnes & SPIN Janet Holden chicago yachting association 1st Tenacity Peter Cooper SPIN 6 JUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILING 2nd Flying Spaghetti Mitch Weisman 1st Cahoots Mike Ciechanowski 3rd Fastnet Tim Herboth past commodores yachtsperson of the year FOUNDATION 4th Truant Walter & Holly Kawula Double-handed Challenge 1959-60 Marshall Kissell, ColYC 1960 Bill Whalen, PYC AUGUST 24 Independence Cup Gene and Jane Zimmer Memorial Long 1961 Howard Black, JPYC 1961 George Harvey, COLYC JULY 25 - 28 SPIN 1962 Ted Dunlap, COLYC Distance Race 1st Esprit d’ Écosse Judith & Ross McLean 1962 Roy E. Eldridge, DYC 2.4MR JUNE 1 2nd Tide the Knot Bob & Connie Metzen 1693-64 Lionel J Berc, BPYC 1965 Martin H. Roefer 1st USA 21 Matt Koblenzer 2nd Emma Jim Hahn SPIN 3rd Touring Machine Todd Gayley 1965 Harold Jennings, JPYC 1966 Weldon P. Cody, CYC 3rd Chellenger Joseph Gerlinsky 1st Serenity Arnold Hirsch Marty Friedman, CCYC 2nd Tenacity Peter Cooper 1966 George K. Dohlin, BPYC SONAR Crowley’s Regatta Abe Jacobs, BPYC 3rd Touring Machine Todd Gayley 1967 Raoul M. Allessee, BPYC 1st Maggie Rick Doerr SEPTEMBER 8 Barry Oller, COLYC 2nd Lily Gregg Plunkett JAM 1968 John C. Cutler, CCYC 3rd Nitemare Dawn Hart Weather Mark Tavern Regatta Adrien Walker, JPYC FREEDOM INDEPENDENCE 20 MAY 25 1st Starship Keith Mohill 1969 Frank Eskuchen, DYC 1969 Raoul M. Allesee, BPYC 1st Fiske Allen Fiske JAM SPIN CLASS 5 1970-71 Edward B. Stein, ColYC Joseph D. Day, Illinois Boating Council 2nd Murphy Christopher Murphy 1st Whisper Tom Barnes & 1972 Richard J. Cummins, SSYC 3rd Walker Cindy Walker 1st Yukon Ralph Krauss Janet Holden Marshall Kissel, COLYC SPIN CLASS 5 2nd Mazal Tov Arne Fliflet 1973 Thomas Jordan, BPYC 1981 Harry “Bus” Yourell 3rd Fastnet Tim Herboth 1st Esprit d’ Écosse Judith & Ross McLean 1974 Sidney Waller, DYC 1984 John C. Cutler, CCYC MIDWEST OPEN RACING FLEET 2nd Gaucho Diane & Mark Bouckaert SPIN CLASS 6 2nd Mazal Tov Arne Fliflet 1st Andale Richard Baumann 1975 Lewis Davidson, BPYC 1985 Eugene M. Kinney, CYC Performance Series 2nd Za Zen Bill Van Emburg 1976 Don Denizman, BYC 1986 Chester Kuttner, COLYC UK-Halsey Regatta 3rd Cahoots Mike Ciechanowski MAY 18-JUNE 30 1977 Howard L. Beers, ColYC 1987 Dick Jennings, CYC JUNE 15 1988 ossberger, CCYC JAM Commodore’s Cup 1978 John O. Duncan, JPYC William R. R 1st Yukon Ralph Krauss SPIN CLASS 3 1989 Edward B. Stein, ColYC 1st Split Decision Mark Norris SEPTEMBER 14 1979 William R. Rossburger, CCYC 2nd Nirvana Kim & Dave Hoff 1991 Raoul M. Allesee, BPYC 3rd Tempest Hank Kalmus 2nd Gaucho Diane & Mark Bouckaert JAM 1980 Phillip C. Meltzer, BYC 3rd Painkiller 5 Alice Martin 1st Tempest Hank Kalmus 1992 Bill Pinkney, BYC SPIN CLASS 3 1981 Raymond Grana, SSYC 1st Split Decision Mark Norris SPIN CLASS 5 2nd Starship Keith Mohill 1993 Sumner N. Sollitt, CYC 2nd Painkiller 5 Alice Martin 1st Whisper Tom Barnes & Janet 3rd Yukon Ralph Krauss 1982 Gerald W. Miarecki, JPYC Holden 1994 William W. Parks, CYC SPIN CLASS 5 SPIN 5/6 1983 George M. Morrissey,ColYC 2nd Esprit d’ Écosse Judith & Ross McLean 1st Whisper Tom Barnes & 1995 Robert E. Murphy, CPS 1st Esprit d’ Écosse Judith & Ross McLean 1984 Selwyn Mather,CCYC 2nd Whisper Tom Barnes & SPIN CLASS 6 Janet Holden 1996 RADM Randy K. Preschel, USCG RET Janet Holden 1st Touring Machine Todd Gayley 2nd Handsome Pete David Baker 1985 Robert W. Johnson,BPYC 1998 Shawn Mullane 2nd Za Zen Bill Van Emburg 3rd Esprit d’ Écosse Judith & Ross McLean 3rd Tenacity Peter Cooper 1986 Joseph C. Penar,DYC 1999 Jerry E. Metzger, BPYC SPIN CLASS 6 2000 Robert P. Edidin, BYC 1st Touring Machine Todd Gayley Competition Series Skyway Yacht Works MORF Open 1987-88 Raymond H. Andressen,JPYC 2nd Za Zen Bill Van Emburg JULY 7 - SEPTEMBER 8 SEPTEMBER 21-22 1989 John B. Mack,BYC 2001 Grant Crowley, CYC JAM JAM 1990 John C. Palmer, Jr.,CCYC 2002 Fred W. Poppe, BPYC Beer Can Series 1st Tempest Hank Kalmus 1st Kahuna Loren Thompson 2003 Peter Goldman, JGASF 2nd Starship Keith Mohill 1991 Ray J. Wagner,SSYC MAY 22-SEPTEMBER 11 SPIN 4/5 2004 Don Glasell, CYC 3rd Yukon Ralph Krauss 1992 Theodore E. Dawson, Jr., BYC JAM 1st Esprit d’ Écosse Judith & Ross McLean 2005 Deane Tank, Sr., CYC 1st Tempest Hank Kalmus SPIN CLASS 5 2nd Whisper Tom Barnes & 1993 William W. Parks, CYC 2006 George Morrissey, COLYC 2nd Za Zen Bill Van Emburg 1st Esprit d’ Écosse Judith & Ross McLean Janet Holden 1994 Ray Cohen, DYC 1st Whisper Tom Barnes & Janet 3rd Flying Spaghetti Mitch Weisman 2007 Tom W. Neill, COL YC SPIN CLASS 3/4/5 1995 y Metzger, BPYC Holden SPIN 6/7 Jerr 2008 Don A. Koster, CAL YC 1st Whisper Tom Barnes & 3rd Gaucho Diane & Mark Bouckaert Janet Holden 1stVN RA Jamie Downing 1996 Gerald H. Thomas, ColYC 2009 Gene McCarthy, CYC, JPYC SPIN CLASS 6 2nd Touring Machine Todd Gayley 2nd Alpha Puppy Rick Stage 1997 Robert Zimny, SSYC 3rd Gaucho Diane & Mark Bouckaert 1st Andale Richard Baumann Bill Templeman, CYC 2nd Cahoots Mike Ciechanowski MORF Boat of the Year 1998 George T. Lisner, CCYC 2010 Don Draper, COLYC SPIN CLASS 6 3rd Za Zen Bill Van Emburg 1st Truant Walter & Holly Kawula JAM 1999-00 Robert P. Edidin, BYC Dave Truitt, JPYC 2nd Awesome B & V Smith Tempest Hank Kalmus 2001 Fred W. Poppe, BPYC 2011 Randall Schmidt, DYC 3rd Shoe String Jay Grizzell PHRFection Race to Michigan City AUGUST 10 SPIN 2002-03 Don Hermanson, CCYC Jack Lyle, JPYC Treasure Island Marine Services Lady JAM Esprit d’ Écosse Judith & Ross McLean 2004-05 Betty Lerner, BYC 2012 P eter E. Pallis, USCG AUX Skipper Series 1st Kahuna Loren Thompson Gerald Miarecki, CYC 2nd Yukon Ralph Krauss 2006-07 Don A. Koster, CalYC MAY 26-JULY 27 2013 Jane McMillan, BYC 3rd Intention Bob Garrett 2008 Anthony J. Cimino, BPYC SPIN Lloyd Karzen, CYC SPIN 2009 James H. Wright, ColYC 1st Esprit d’ Écosse Judith & Ross McLean 1st Flying Spaghetti Mitch Weisman 2014 Gregory Miarecki, CYC 2nd Gaucho Diane & Mark Bouchaert 2nd Fastnet Tim Herboth 2010-11 Richard F. Lauric, BPYC 3rd Tenacity Peter Cooper 2015 Gary Feracota, CYC 3rd Tenacity Peter Cooper 2012-13 tt S. Baumgartner, BYC Sco 2016 Don Wilson, CYC 2014 Walter (Gibby) Vartan, CYC 2017 Walter “Gibby” Vartan, CYC 2015 Capt. Walter (Sonny) Vartan, CYC 2018 Scott S. Baumgartner, BYC 2016-17 Kazimierz “Casey” Chlebek chicago yachting association 3700 greenleaf skokie, illinois 60076 usa

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