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Dolphin_FALL2019.v3.indd 1 12/2/19 10:39 AM Once ’Round the Cove Dolphin Log Keith Howell, Editor Joe Illick, Editor Sunny McKee, Graphic Designer Dear Dolphins, Andrew Cassidy, Swim Stats Story Rafter, Proofreader hat a year! Thanksfor all... and as we look ahead to Club Archivist nextW year, so much more to do! Let’s Morgan Kulla row and swim and play handball, Published By let’s eat drink and be Dolphins, The Dolphin Swimming let’s read together and hear more & Boating Club from one another at Forum, let’s 502 Jefferson Street understand sea level rise, let’s be San Francisco, CA 94109 part of rebuilding Muni Pier, let’s tie www.dolphinclub.org more knots, let’s honor all Dolphins and build the next generation, let’s Cover: From Mimi George’s “We, State of Muni Pier The Voyagers”, featured twice in D.C. Forum Printer: Prepress, Inc. heed the need for a foundation Editorial Policy under the weight room and galley Submission of any and all material to the Log and other building improvements. editors from any and all authors constitutes Let’s share the joy. an agreement between the authors and the Oh, and the Tri... Dolphin editors. This agreement gives to the editors Club hosted, Simon and I toasted, the right to alter the submitted material in nobody coasted, couple folks any way that the editors feel will improve the material for Log readers. Decisions to alter boasted. Results were posted, DC or publish submitted material will be the roasted. SERC turned out more decision solely of the editors. people, got more points 607-232. Officers Big gratitude to Anna Olsen who President: Diane Walton Vice President: Davis Ja Membership Director: Janice Wood Treasurer: Chris Wagner Recording Secretary: Andrea Morgan Bob McKenzie, Polly Rose, Diane Walton House Captain: John Hornor Boat Captain: Jon Bielinski Board of Governors led the Dolphin runners, our Commissioners Jay Adams, Natazha Bernie, Ken Coren, who did Rowing and Swimming, and Robin Jay Dean, Lee Hammack, Joe Marenda, and her team who fed us all, happily. Nanda Palmieri, Dave Zovickian Footprints suggest raccoons were Club Manager: John Ingle checking the tides. -Diane Walton

Swimming Other Athletics Communications Swim Commissioners: Ryan Utsumi, Tim DC/SERC TRI Captain: Open Comm Committee: Andrea Morgan Kreutzen, Kathleen Sheridan EFAT: Gina Rus Facebook: James Dilworth Check-in: Eric Shupert Handball Captain: Paul Brady Group.io: James Dilworth Clean-up: Neal Powers Running Commissioner: OPEN Instagram: Graham Tibbets Clothes Wrangling: Rebecca Wolski Weight Room Captain: Robert Selsted Twitter: Nancy Friedman Galley Captain: Nanda Palmieri Website Manager: Alana Harrington Intro to Bay Swimming: Lolly Lewis, Rose Lockers Levien Women’s Captain: Jane Mermelstein Lost & Found Swim Trinkets: Margaret Keenan Men’s Captain: David Zovickian Club & Women’s Locker Room: Piper Timing: Polly Rose Murakami Club House Men’s Locker Room: Hal Offen Rowing Gardens: Susanne Fredrick, Andy Stone Rowing Commissioner: Eric Lam Deck Landscape: Steve Krolik Other Lake Merced Captain: Jim Storm Green Team: OPEN Dolphin Foundation: Chris Wagner Power Boat Commissioner: Larry Heine Pier & Deck Hands: Stephen Crawford DC Youth Swim Fund: Diane Walton Fundraising Committee: OPEN Kayak Training: Terry Horn, Brian Kiernan Social Pilot Training: Jon Bielinski Government: Ken Coren, Meg Reilly Entertainment Commish: Robin Rome Renovation Committee: Jay Adams, Peter van Shell Training: OPEN Book Club: Kate Matthay, Anne Sasaki Wooden Training: Eric Lam, John Robiola der Sterre Club Mixer: Todd Bloch, Nanda Palmieri Save Aquatic Park Pier: Diane Walton Grizzly Challenge: Fiona Smythe DC Forum: Joe Illick Motorized Skills and Safety Training: Larry Swag: Andrea Morgan Event Requests: Janice Wood Volunteer Coordinator: Natazha Bernie Heine, Holland Ja, Mark Gustin Ukulele Club: Carolyn Hui 2 DOLPHIN LOG

Dolphin_FALL2019.v3.indd 2 12/2/19 10:39 AM Once ’Round the Cove WATER WOMEN fter two long flights and a 4-hour bus ride across Peru to get to the Lima Village site of the Pan AmericanA Games, competitors from North and South America gathered for three weeks to compete in sports from cycling to taekwondo. As a member of the USA Sports Medicine Network (and a lifetime member of the Dolphin Club), I was asked to travel with the national USA Synchro synchronized swimming team as physical therapist/trainer. As of 2018, the sport has been renamed to Artistic Swimming. That is the name that everyone will hear in next year’s Olympics in Tokyo. Five thirty wake up calls for breakfast, followed by a 45-minute ride from the village to the pool and two hours of pool time practice with music, and another two hours or more practice without music. I am at the pool with the athletes throughout the day for necessary massages, localized injuries and in case of any emergency. For four days prior to the competition, I treated everything from musculoskeletal injuries, using manual therapy and taping, and led therapeutic exercises. I also addressed the non-musculoskeletal injuries: asthma attacks, foot fungus, blisters, and upset stomachs. The day usually ended at about seven for dinner, followed by team meetings, which often

Martha was the trainer of the Artistic Swimming team which included the duo Daniella Ramirez and Anita Alvarez

included video analysis of the day’s practice. Day over at about 9pm. The Opening Ceremony took place on July 26, when I walked with all the athletes into the National Stadium in Lima. Truly an honor! Throughout two days of competition, the National Team competed in Team Technical, and Free events and the Duet also in Technical, and Free events. The 8-member team would be one of twelve hoping to obtain podium places. The Gold Medal team would automatically earn a spot at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Show time! For four minutes, athletes were judged on coordination with the music, costume, make-up, and photo Susanne Friedrich athleticism. As in gymnastics and ice-skating, the team technical event consists of required movements done to the coach’s choice of music. The Free event is done to music chosen and choreographed by the coach. The USA Team performed beautifully, and elegantly. Both the duet and team scored enough points to win the bronze medal, behind Canada and Mexico in each time. After a long restful summer, practice sessions in Moraga are already in full swing. The trials for Tokyo will be in March 2020. All for the American Dream.

- Martha Maddox Physical therapist and Dolphin Martha Maddox at the Pan American games in Lima Peru

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Dolphin_FALL2019.v3.indd 3 12/2/19 10:39 AM Barcelona-Ibiza Rowing Race to end HPV John Marsh

photo Marcus McRitchie The third day, “maybe the worst day of our lives.” he NOMAN is an Island race elapsed time records compared to the alone. He gave us a six-month physical started Monday, July 22th at past three bi-annual races. That’s the training program, which included photoabout Marcus 10:00 McRitchie am, from Port Vell, summary. But for the full picture, find many hours indoors on the Concept TBarcelona. In broiling heat, our hearty a comfortable chair and read on. 2 Erg rowing machine and specialized crew of four “mature gents” patiently made it the 200 nautical miles to the Pre-Race Training finish line in Santa Eulàlia, on the This challenge started east coast of Ibiza on Thursday, July two and a half years ago. 25th, at about 3:00pm. Our team’s While wintering in San corporate sponsor was Courchevel Francisco, I joined the Prestige Chalets. Together, including Dolphin Club where I with your generous support, the six learned how to properly boats and their crews in this year’s row heavier boats on race raised about a half a million the choppy waters of dollars toward ending HPV, which the Bay. Back home in causes 5% of all cancers. NOMAN NYC, I joined the Village aims to raise awareness about the Community Boathouse at HPV-related cancer epidemic in men Pier 40 for rowing on the and women, campaign for universal Hudson River and also the HPV vaccination, while challenging East River Crew on E 96th participants to extreme endurance Street (for rowing on the races across the world. East and Harlem Rivers). Our boat, aptly named Patience, I also finally learned to came in last, but it also was the only swim. one with four rowers (all the others The NOMAN race had five). Our boat’s rowers’ average has been operated since Photo: Emily Roth Photoage, at by 51, Susanne was also Friedrich the highest by 2013 by Chris Martin, a 15Photo years Jocelyn or more. Chambers I was the (Mum) oldest world-class British rower rower. Nonetheless, all boats broke who rowed the Atlantic After 4 days of rowing 4 DOLPHIN LOG

Dolphin_FALL2019.v3.indd 4 12/2/19 10:39 AM John Sulski, author, John Marsh, Russ Dyke and Mark Giancola with world-class ocean rower, Vicki Otmani, training on Lake Wynonah, PA. gym exercises. We also had to be The second, and the longest leg, to a sea. We even shared it with some certified in navigation and seamanship, point between the Isla Tagomago and dolphins. offshore safety at sea, and marine VHF Isla Ibiza, about ten miles northwest of radio use. I can now competently read the finish line. The third leg was to an Day Two – Acceptance nautical charts, manually plot courses, isolated cardinal buoy by a big scary The morning of day two was pretty and chart pilotage plans. We were also rock near Santa Eulàlia. Two support uneventful, but as the day wore on, taught how to use digital navigation boats would follow us throughout the seas and wind picked up. Still, we tools, such as GPS and navigational the race. Already somewhat fatigued were making decent progress, though waypoints, which is what we ended up by jet lag and the hot weekend of still taking our time. Early on we using for most of the race. preparations, we all set off at about had devised the overall--we thought The weekend in Barcelona before 10am. winning--strategy of keeping the the race consumed two full days of Through sunset and most of the boat moving at all times during shift preparation and practice. This included night, the water was unexpectedly flat changes of each pair of rowers. One loading our boats with 200 liters of and calm. In hindsight, we made our pair stayed aft, the other in the bow, water, and practice rowing sessions, first of two errors. We chose to row each, “sleeping” at the respective ends while being filmed for the charity’s easily at about three to four knots in of the boat. We had harnesses on our promotional materials. this fabulously calm water thinking life jackets and were required to be to conserve our energy. In retrospect, always tethered to our jack lines while Day One – Adrenalin we should have taken advantage of on deck. This way, we didn’t have to On Monday, race day, we reported at these perfect conditions and rowed cross over each other and tangle our 7am and it was already feeling hot. The much harder and faster as most of tethers. next days were all forecast to be nearly our competitors did. Instead, we 90° F. The first leg would take us safely got to enjoy the sunset, which was A hot sun was a relentless out of the high traffic shipping lanes. spectacular, reflecting on the glassy challenge. Our cabins, narrower than

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Dolphin_FALL2019.v3.indd 5 12/2/19 10:39 AM times we had to work with the support boat to avoid large container ships and their strong wakes. Day Three – Delirium This was the worst day of the race (and maybe our lives). Sea conditions deteriorated, with much larger and more frequent waves. I began to hallucinate: the squeaky oars sounded like voices talking, and I saw a skyline of buildings in the haze. I was in charge of navigation, and had trouble plotting the final waypoint. Trying to read charts in the spinning cabin was tough, and the scale of the chart wasn’t large enough to make out the small island referenced in our instructions. It turns out that the race officials gave an incorrect set of coordinates. Then, when the other bow oarsman became seasick, we realized our second mistake; we weren’t eating enough solid food. We were relyingPhoto far too Matt much Donoghue on our sports bars instead of eating a proper meal. We all started to feel much better once we ate some of the rehydrated food. Rowing was getting harder, the boat pitching from left to right with each wave. Imagine, for the next eight hours, feet strapped in, sitting in the drum of a front-loading washing machine, being turned one way, then snapped back really fast. All the time trying to get your oars in the water. Still, it was better than being bounced around inside the cabin banging your head on the walls. We were down to making just one or two knots. And we were miserable. The agreed upon row-plan went overboard. My partner and I who were the stronger rowers fell into rowing 2 to 2-1/2 hours at a time, while the other two settled for rowing one hour on and one hour off. At last, we saw land. But it was on our port side! It was Alternating strokes John Sulski, resting, and John Marsh. the larger island of Mallorca. Still, this was progress. Our spirits raised, a bit. But then the wind returned. For much of the night, we had to row three strokes to port for every a kid’s bunk bed, were little refuge as they absorbed the stroke to starboard. sun’s energy and were often hotter than the open deck. We could hardly hydrate enough, quickly consuming 1.5 liter Day Four – Redemption bottles of water hot enough to make tea. We tried rowing Finally, during the wee hours of morning, we got a helpful for an hour and resting an hour during the day, and two swell that pushed us south for a few hours. The pitching hours on/off at night. We were all wearing scopolamine decreased to every fifth stroke, and by morning light, we (anti-seasick) patches, but my bunkmate lost his patch, and saw Ibiza. then with all the pitching, his lunch. The final ten miles was also pretty tough, rowing Finally, a second sunset with no land in any direction, between Isla Tagomago and Isla Ibiza, through choppy more moderate seas, and harder night rowing. waters and wakes of large fast-moving pleasure boats, Nighttime presented more danger, as we couldn’t see oblivious of our trials. other vessels. Yes, we had AIS and a radar beacon emitting As we disembarked the boat, we each had that 1,000- electronically to other vessels. But we were a six meter yard stare and wobbly legs that lasted a week. Waiting for speck in comparison to some of the 120-170 meter vessels us were my family, the support staff, the other enthusiastic making way out there. This is where the support boats crews, and a very hot bottle of bad champagne. played an essential role, often providing us early warning of an approaching ship, or sometimes instructing us to Race to End HPV and 5% of All Cancers alter course drastically. But the support boat couldn’t be HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation everywhere. This second night we encountered a large PO Box 232 towering commercial fishing vessel that looked like a New York, NY 10272-0232 moving oil platform. It was trawling with huge nets and bright spotlights, and would change course suddenly, first In Memo please write: Marsh/Row moving away from us, then suddenly coming right back. It Your donation is fully tax-deductible. was impossible to calculate its Closest Point of Approach, and we could never be sure they saw us. At one point it seemed to point its spotlights on us and move closer to take a look. Quite unnerving!! There were three more

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Dolphin_FALL2019.v3.indd 6 12/2/19 10:39 AM D C Forum Six Years of Unanticipated Insights Joe Illick had no forum in mind when I What I offer here is a quick and not political in any conventional called my friend Kevin Starr, painless way of learning the content sense of the word; in his earlier former state librarian and USC of what we considered by categorizing session, explaining why he created Ihistory professor, having just re-read the talks but not exploring them in his financial website in troubled his Golden Dreams: in an any detail. Needless to say, I haven’t times, he made evident his belief that Age of Abundance, 1950-1963 (2009), attempted grading them (for all the economic analysis can stand clear of part of a five volume series. obvious reasons), but it’s fair to say partisanship. I wanted to share my enthusiasm for that there was never a session without International politics were covered the book with my fellow Dolphins; interested listeners. in their Middle Eastern setting, twice, he had once swum with us and now Despite the strong partisan tone by Berkeley professor Peter Bartu. agreed to address us. everywhere I’ve been, very little of His intimate acquaintanceship with The promise of this session it was evident in our sessions. Kate’s the Arab Spring and the friction attracted an audience of fifty. observations were political, given the between Saudi Arabia and Qatar Everyone was there but Kevin, a busy nature of her subject (and Kate). And held large gatherings spellbound man, distracted by family affairs he I invited to speak Seth Rosenfeld, for two evenings. Other parts of later confessed. Nevertheless, we were a local freelance journalist whose the world went neglected from a able to have a lively discussion of his book, Subversives: The FBI’s War on civic perspective, but Thad Carhart book without him, and several people Student Radicals, and Reagan’s Rise provided a charming self-portrait suggested we might get together yet to Power, is based on thirty years in his Finding Fontainebleau: An again. I agreed. worth of documents released from the American Boy in France. Thad Vogler At this point I thought that a Department of Justice (he encouraged included France along with Scotland, conversation about shared reading me to get my own report, which I Mexico and Cuba where (in By the was preferable to listening to a lecture, did). Danny Altman spoke twice Smoke and the Smell) he searched but my idea proved to be wrong. I about his funding of progressive for hand-made spirits to sell in San tried that way several nights, each community efforts around the nation Francisco and give to forum attendees. time the audience diminishing until and, after elections, about the results In his travelogue, Cesar Manzano one evening it was only Polly Rose of his approach. The closest we came showed slides and talked about his and me. I guessed that I was prisoner to conventional politics was a talk by two-and-a-half years (living out of his of my professorial past, believing Jeremy Larner, who wrote speeches backpack!) visiting places in the world assignments had to be carried out for Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 westerners rarely see. but forgetting I had no grade book. I Democratic primary and received Exotic adventures abroad were also abandoned that approach and stuck to an Oscar for writing the screenplay the subject of “We, The Voyagers,” speakers thereafter. for “The Candidate,” now pondering anthropologist and ancient sailing I was sure there were numerous whether there was a place for comedy cultures student Mimi George’s Dolphins pursuing audience-worthy in the Age of Trump. film, part of a project in Polynesia projects, some of them writing about Wolf Richter’s analysis of Trump’s to perpetuate ancient seafaring their work. I had recently talked with effect on the Wall St. economy was knowledge and practice. More down Kate Coleman, a journalist, about some articles she had penned on prominent Black Panthers and the response she received. She agreed to share her observations with us. That worked well, and Dolphins have had the opportunity to hear the spoken word from their fellow swimmers and boaters (most speakers have been club members) for close to six years. I had no method in mind about speakers: I contacted some, others volunteered, others were offered or called for by their friends or admirers. Maybe it was a stroke of good fortune that I got little advice about the forum, and perhaps that was only a sign of indifference. Probably the often-small audiences were indicative of the latter, or perhaps a Thursday evening is not a convenient time. Those are issues I can’t resolve. Thad Carhart at his piano on the Left Bank.

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Dolphin_FALL2019.v3.indd 7 12/2/19 10:39 AM comprehensive survey Frank twice used telescopes to of the background to demonstrate the total solar eclipse. climate change, as well Moving from the universal to as David Ufferfilge’s the local, Piper Murakami brought take on low-carbon us two speakers: Dennis McNally living as a response to expounded on the Summer of that change. While Love in San Francisco and, on a honoring the work of related topic, Jonathan Kaufman our conservationists, opened our appetites to Hippie I expected more food. Photographer Anne Hamersky Dolphins would discussed “behind-the scenes” stories want to talk, and talk of her recently installed billboard passionately, about this food photos at the Ferry Building. most dire of all issues Wired editor Mark Robinson facing us today. The and writer Josh Davis talked about literature is rich, though making journalism work, i.e., creating also discouraging. a compelling narrative for a national There are reasons glossy magazine. Marie Sales rendered Cesar Manzano and Alexa Bruce were dog sitting at a why we have so much a tightly organized and illuminating friend’s house in the capital of Myanmar, Yangon, during trouble Thingyam, the Burmese New year Festival during their discussing 2-1/2 year world trek. it, but we to earth, so to speak, are efforts at should, island conservation around the world, and I hope future forums as explained through an example will address it. in Sri Lanka by Seacology’s Aaron We can, however, Rashba. In a similar vein, restoration celebrate nature as we ecologist Gretchen Coffman talked now have, or have had, about her work in conservation and it. Ariel Rubissow- restoration in Laos, an undertaking Okamoto, author of that drew us into the world of science, Natural History of San as Gretchen’s wide-ranging work in Francisco Bay, is clear California and Southeast Asia makes on how human history clear. has affected natural Michael Webster, director of the history. Marine biologist David McGuire, founder Coral Reef Alliance, put forward his Kim Chambers, Lynne Cox and Suzanne Heim, three of optimistic view of how coral reefs of Shark Stewards, discussed sanctuaries. the world’s great swimmers,Photo appeared David at McGuireseparate sessions can survive in the next century, given of the D C Forum. the adverse effects of climate change. Bill Keener and Izzy These consequences were evident Szczepaniak, crustacian in Sky Stanfield’s and Jeff Russell’s research biologists, focused on presentation on community porpoises, dolphins and fundraising. whales in the Bay. Mischa Even more attuned to our local Hedges, director of the awareness, of course, are the subjects documentary “Of the Sea” of swimming and boating. Larry on California fishermen, Scroggins wondered whether it was accompanied by Maria was time for the DC to change Finn, who served food from the boundaries of cove swimming. Real Good Fish. Robin Rome drew on her studies The Sacred Mountain: in anthropology and her longtime The Conquest of Everest club experience to explain the inner author Stan Huncilman, dynamics of our organization. from the group Desert Wendy Schuss talked about the Survivors, pointed to inspiration for and making of her film its efforts at land and “Whitehall.” desert conservation, not Sara Newens, shooting from our to mention camping dock, alluded to polar bear prowess adventures, while the in her short film, “The Comforts ever-popular Sid Hollister of Cold.” Suzanne Heim, who has appeared several times to dominated our record board for years, discuss local birds. Soaring commented on her exploits on the higher in the universe, Diablo Valley swim team, depicted Meredith May with her younger brother and their amateur astronomer Ken in the film “Freshman at Fifty.” grandfather, who taught the art of bee-keeping. 8 DOLPHIN LOG

Dolphin_FALL2019.v3.indd 8 12/2/19 10:39 AM emergent friendship. Meredith, a local beekeeper, gave us a second personal story, her own, in Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees, in which her grandfather played a heroic role. Taking care of yourself can seldom be accomplished alone, though biographer Jonathan Eig wrote on a figure who took a good swing at it, and not only in the ring; see Ali: A Life. Health economist Jamie Robinson, in Purchasing Medical Innovation, traces the nature and the cost of innovation in U. S. health care. For less complex approaches to well being, Mikkel Aaland would recommend his Sweat. . . , describing the sauna, Photo David McGuire while Natazha Raine O’Connor favors a bronchial entry in Rescued Anne Hamersky with Joe Schirmer, Dirty Girl Produce farmer-owner. by My Breath. Back in early 2014, I And in an emotion-laden movie we discuss her latest book, Swimming recommended we read and discuss watched Kim Chambers prepare for in the Sink, describing her loss James Salter’s A Sport and a Pastime, and carry out her incredible journey of parents and her dog plus the my idea of a fast, racey but top from the Farallons in “Kim Swims,” discovery of a life-threatening heart rate novel. No takers. So I left directed by our own Kate Webber. condition that left her unable to literary efforts to fellow Dolphins We also heard from the first all- swim but, fortunately, capable of and friends. Daniel Handler’s We women’s English Channel team: Joni falling in love. Marriage and family Are Pirates, ostensibly a children’s Beemsterboer, Carol McGrath, Karen therapist Van Metaxas elaborated book, had plenty of adult admirers, Tucker, Susan Allen, Susan Cobb and on Conspiring to Heal: A Love Story, no doubt an index of its author’s Susan Smith. his moving account of emotional humorous delivery and his provision Another Channel swimmer, growth and the death by cancer of of non-childish refreshments. Local Lynne Cox, emerged from the Bering his wife Maria, also a Dolphin. Jeff historian Peter Neil Carroll’s Fracking Sea and the coast of Antarctica to Gunderson, exploring Dakota: Poems for a Wounded Land the turbulent evoked the nineteenth-century relationship between massacre of the Lakota Sioux. Writer married artists Camille Cusumano’s Wilderness Gordon Cook (DC) Begins at Home is a collection of and Joan Brown stories about travels with her “big (SERC), made it Sicilian family.” clear that oil paint Radio host Michael Krasney’s and water don’t mix. Let There Be Laughter, a gathering Michelle Cobble, of Jewish humor, was a constant who is working with laugh-provoking assault with dialect. refugees on Lesvos, And John Perino did his club Greece, explained mates the favor of bringing in three that teaching North Beach writers – Ernie Beyl, girls to swim has Herb Gold and Terry Tarnoff -- to empowered them. reminisce about their work. Meredith May, Finally, and gratefully, we listened whose I, Who Did to music. Ben Goldberg, Adam’s Not Die portrays brother, played his storied clarinet an Iraqi fighter and to lead a jazz trio. And Ken Miller, the Iranian child bassist with the SF Symphony but soldier who rescued also a jazz musician, entertained us. him, wounded on We need more music. the battlefield, and their unexpected, emotional reunion, spoke of Larry Scroggins swimming out of cove in Ireland compassion and

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Fort Point Swim Dolphin / South End Triathlon AUGUST 31, 2019 SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 The weather was perfect for the longest swim of the year. The current was slower 2019 DC/SE TRI TOTALS: at the start than expected but picked up DOLPHINS 232 and was racing along the Muni Pier. Two groups started 20 minutes apart: first, a SOUTH END 607 slower group; next, a faster group. Place Name Time Row: Dolphin Club 27 1 John Renko 48:58 South End 233 2 Jari Salomaa 54:33 3 Ben Clark 55:00 Swim: Dolphin Club 89 4 Anna Schatz 56:45 South End 231 5 Cesar Manzano 57:08 6 Chris Wagner 58:24 Run: Dolphin Club 113 7 Wendy Schuss 58:59 South End 158 8 Hubert Chaperon 59:15 9 Wendy Kordesch 59:36 10 Steve Carlson 59:50 11 Marie Sayles 1:02:59 12 Richard Haymes 1:03:18 2019 DC/SE TRI RUN RESULTS 13 Laura Grubb 1:03:20 (only Dolphins) 14 Donald Thornburg 1:03:22 Dolphin Club 89 15 Mauricio Prieto 1:03:30 South End 231 16 Matthias Fore 1:03:42 17 Nancy Booth 1:04:07 Peter Badertscher M 51-64 12 18 Kathleen Duffy 1:06:02 Tim Smith M 35 and under 12 19 Quinn Duffy 1:06:03 Tim Dumm M 36-50 3 20 Tom Neill 1:06:12 Evelyn Fisher F 35 and under 12 21 John Gibbon 1:07:12 Joby Bernstein M 35 an d under 7 22 Marlin Gilbert 1:07:48 Cyril Rocoffort M 35 and under 1 23 Crissa Williams 1:09:00 Andrew Van Wormer 1 M 35 and U 24 George Chamales 1:14:13 Daniel Wheeler 1 M36-50 25 Danny De Leon 1:14:58 Evan Lamarrer M 35 and under 1 26 Donna Schumacher 1:42:08 Tim Klein M 35 and under 1 Pilots: Natazha Bernie, John Blackman, Tom Dugan M 51-64 3 Barry Christian, Jim Frew, Larry Heine, Jonathan DePriest M 36-50 1 Evan Hirsch, Brian Kiernan, Tim Erick Davidson M 35 and under 1 Kline, Timothy Kreutzen, Eric Lam, Alex Siga M 36-50 l Charmaine Leonard, Tor Lundgren, Kate Mapstone F 35 and under 3 Grant Mays, Thomas McCall, Mikhail John Wylde M 36-50 1 Melnikov, Donald Osborne, Jesse Anna Olsen F 35 and under 1 Pence, John Robiola, Gina Rus, Sibylle Rebecca Wolski F 35 and under 1 Scholz, Scott Stark, Monica Towers, Denise Sauerteig F 36-50 3 Ryan Utsumi, Diane Walton Helpers: Amanda Ernzer 1 Joni Beemsterboer, Josh Bernstein, James Dilworth M 36-50 1 Peter Bianucci, Andrew Cassidy, George Nemanja Spasojevic M 36-50 1 Chamales, Ben Clark, Carol Clark, Signe Nicholas Wilson M 36-50 1 Curtis, Eileen David, Susan Garfield, John Gibbon M 51-64 1 John Gibbon, Brian Gilbert, Laura Grubb, Sean Lavelle M 35 and under 1 Carolyn Hu, Tom Hunt, Bastiaan Koch, Greg Anders M 65+ 12 Tracy Lorenz, Bri McCarthy, Ken Miller, Ian Schmidt M 36-50 1 Peter Neubauer, Emily Nogue, Timothy Chris Tschinkel M 36-50 1 O’Shea, Joseph Omran, Era Osibe, Nanda Allison Arnold F 35 and under 1 Palmieri, Paco Rosas, Marie Sayles, Susan David Rich M 51-64 1 Saylor, Anna Schatz, Suzanne Scott, Eric Eloise Warren F 36-50 1 Shupert, Sona Sondhi, John Thorpe, Daniel Wolf M 35 and under 1 Nico Van Dongen, Chris Wagner, Cheryl Jennifer Thomas F 36-50 1 Wallace, Rebecca Wolski, Janice Wood, Roger Hansen M 65+ 3 Madhuri Yechuri Test swim: Barry Sunny McKee F 65+ 12 Baskin, Andrew Cassidy, Keira Koss- Lisa Domiproeich F 51-64 3 Baker, Bri McCarthy, Hal Offen, Joseph Hal Offen M 65+ 1 Omran, Matt Stromberg, John Blackman, Peter Neubauer M 65+ 1 Charlie Cross, Duke Dahlin, Joe Gannon, Gretchen Coffman F 36-50 1 Brian Kiernan, Timothy Kreutzen, Maggie Margaret Keenan F 51-64 1 Lonergan, Thomas McCall, Sibylle Scholz, Scott Stark, Ryan Utsumi

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Dolphin Club Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Fastest Woman

Women and men’s winners of EFAT, Evelyn Fisher and Andrew Wynn

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Joe Bruno Goldeen Gate 38 Marcy Michael 35:51 Joby Bernstein, Peter Bianucci, Bill Burke, Steve Carlson, Swim 39 Nancy Booth 36:02 Andrew Cassidy, John Davis, Anthony DuComb, Susan OCTOBER 6, 2019 40 Marlin Gilbert 36:10 Garfield, Lewis Haidt, Mark Harrold, Trevor Haynes, Keith The weather cooperated and 41 Derrick Rebello 36:15 Howell, Tom Hunt, Mara Iaconi, Jean Lamming, Andrea gave us a beautiful day for a 42 Nancy Hornor 36:25 McHenry, Stuart Moulder, Jaron Ness, Emily Nogue, Hal swim. The jump was done in two 43 Dean Badessa 36:37 Offen, Nanda Palmieri, Holly Reed, Paco Rosas, Polly Rose, waves, the first group was the 44 Mara Iaconi 36:39 Marie Sayles, Eric Shupert, Gregory Slatoff, Andy Stone, John slower swimmers and the second 45 Hal Offen 36:43 Thorpe, Monica Towers, Michael Tschantz-Hahn, Janice Wood, group the faster swimmers. The 46 Maggie Lonergan 37:26 Madhuri Yechuri Test swim: Lauren Au, Peter Bartu, Lindzy ebb did kick in a little sooner 47 Mark Lenz 37:51 Bivings, Andrew Cassidy, Duke Dahlin, Randall Edwards, than expected; even so, the last 48 Gretchen Coffman 38:19 Tom Neill, Jon Bielinski, Bob Cable, Gina Edwards, Erin Figel, swimmers to finish were under 49 Erin Figel 38:30 Chris Germain, John Grunstad, Mark Harrold, Terry Horn, an hour. Thanks to everyone who 50 Janine Corcoran 38:38 Brian Kiernan, Timothy Kreutzen, Maggie Lonergan, Thomas made the day special. 51 John Hornor 39:22 McCall, Jaron Ness, John Robiola, Wendy Schuss, Kathleen Place Name Time 52 Lewis Haidt 39:35 Sheridan, Ryan Utsumi, Rebecca Wolski, Peter Cullinan 1 Joby Bernstein 18:54 53 Bill Burke 40:13 Alcatraz Swim 2 Allison Arnold 19:10 54 Bianca Liederer 40:26 3 Patrick Grady 24:04 55 Ken Coren 41:15 OCTOBER 19, 2019 4 Michael T-Hahn 24:13 56 Paco Rosas 42:47 We had another beautiful day 25 Zachary Walton 52:42 5 Steve Schatz 24:24 57 Bobby Lu 42:49 for a swim: the last organized 26 Mara Iaconi 54:23 6 Anna Schatz 24:30 58 Rose Levien 43:00 swim of the year. The jump 27 Mark Harrold 54:52 7 Tor Lundgren 24:45 59 Jim Frew 43:07 was done in two waves, the first 28 Marlin Gilbert 56:06 8 Cesar Manzano 25:55 60 Wafaa Sabil 44:04 group was the slower swimmers 29 Ken Miller 57:14 9 Timothy McElligott 26:18 61 Tim Kline 44:19 and the second group the 30 Derrick Rebello 57:50 10 Steve Carlson 26:29 62 Jamie Robinson 44:31 faster swimmers. Smiles were 31 Lewis Haidt 58:30 11 Jaron Ness 27:50 63 Robin Rome 50:20 ubiquitous among those who 32 Hal Offen 58:44 12 Stuart Moulder 28:07 64 Kent Myers 50:25 finished. 33 Bill Burke 1:00:36 13 Bob Cable 28:09 65 Barry Baskin 50:27 Place Name Time 34 Crissa William 1:02:34 14 Chris Germain 28:27 66 Cheryl Wallace 51:07 1 Joby Bernstein 31:37 35 Kent Myers 1:03:22 15 Tim Haines 28:30 67 Stuart Gannes 52:16 2 Chris Wagner 38:07 36 Bianca Liederer 1:03:58 16 Margo Snyder 28:45 68 Cynthia Barnard 54:21 3 Steve Schatz 38:40 37 Kathleen Duffy 1:04:22 17 Tom Neill 28:57 ns Ben Clark, Zachary Walton 4 Anna Schatz 38:48 38 Joe Gannon 1:08:13 18 John Gibbon 29:13 dnf Kathleen Duffy, Susan 5 Michael T-Hahn 39:16 39 Cynthia Barnard 1:15:22 19 Wendy Schuss 29:26 Lauritzen Carolyn Hui, Peter 6 Laura Burtch 39:52 dnf Matthew Leffers 20 Mick Lavelle 2 9:30 Neubauer Pilots:Eliana Agudelo, 7 Jaron Ness 42:02 Pilots: Jean Allan, Marcus 21 John Haymaker 30:26 Christopher Bessette, Jon Bielinski, 8 Hubert Chaperon 42:40 Auerbuch, Peter Bartu, 22 Charlie Cross 30:39 Lindzy Bivings, John Blackman, 9 Tom Neill 43:18 Natazha Bernie, John 23 Sean Lavelle 30:49 George Chamales, Barry Christian, 10 Chris Germain 43:24 Blackman, Bob Cable, Tim 24 Jean Allan 30:54 Thomas Davis, Anthony DuComb, 11 Wendy Kordesch 43:28 Dumm, Jim Frew, Larry 25 Bri McCarthy 30:57 Tim Dumm, Justin Fisch, John 12 Jason Prodoehl 43:48 Heine, Evan Hirsch, Peter 26 Paul Wolf 31:20 Grunstad, Roger Hansen, Larry 13 Donald Thornburg 43:58 Hollingsworth, Diane Jackson, Heine, Lindsey Hoshaw, Gavin 27 Peter Cullinan 32:40 photo14 Colin Wendy Gift Schuss 44:05 Brian Kiernan, Timothy 28 Aniko Kurczinak 33:41 Jefferies, Brian Kiernan, Timothy 15 Margaret Keenan 46:52 Kreutzen, Kristy Leffers, 29 Morgan Kulla 33:47 Kreutzen, Grant Mays, Thomas 16 John Haymaker 47:15 Maggie Lonergan, David 30 Wendy Kordesch 34:02 McCall, Mikhail Melnikov, George 17 Matthias Fore 47:22 Maloney, Thomas McCall, 31 Kristina Kordesch 34:08 Morris, Jon Nakamura, David 18 Mick Lavelle 47:52 Mikhail Melnikov, Jon 32 Marie Sayles 34:25 Nettell, Joseph Omran, Nanda 19 Charlie Cross 48:06 Nakamura, David Nettell, 33 Terry Huwe 34:28 Palmieri, John Robiola, Gina Rus, 20 Sean Lavelle 48:36 Joseph Omran, Jesse Pence, 34 Trevor Haynes 34:42 Anne Sasaki, Kathleen Sheridan, 21 Aniko Kurczinak 49:38 John Robiola, Anne Sasaki, 35 Mark Harrold 35:05 Maile Smith, Scott Stark, Matt 22 Nancy Booth 51:48 John Selmer, Eric Shackelford, 36 Denise Sauerteig 35:20 Stromberg, John Thorpe, Ryan 23 Marie Sayles 52:12 Kathleen Sheridan, Scott 37 Holly Reed 35:36 Utsumi, Diane Walton Helpers: 24 Keith Nelson 52:32 Stark, Ryan Utsumi, David

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Joby Bernstein, Peter Bianucci, Bill Burke, Steve Carlson, Wagner, Diane Walton, 100 Mile Swim Andrew Cassidy, John Davis, Anthony DuComb, Susan David Zovickian Helpers: JUN 1-OCT 31, 2019 Place Name Miles Place Name Miles Garfield, Lewis Haidt, Mark Harrold, Trevor Haynes, Keith Andrea Allen, Lauren Au, 26 Marc Cruciger 100 26 Marcy Michael 100 Howell, Tom Hunt, Mara Iaconi, Jean Lamming, Andrea Peter Bianucci, Andrew Place Name Miles 26 Kris Estrada Pozzi 100 26 Donna Schumacher100 McHenry, Stuart Moulder, Jaron Ness, Emily Nogue, Hal Cassidy, Karin Christenson, 1 Tom Neill 322 26 Patrick Grady 100 26 Ryan Utsumi 100 Offen, Nanda Palmieri, Holly Reed, Paco Rosas, Polly Rose, Signe Curtis, Duke Dahlin, 2 Randall Edwards 216 26 Brian Johnson 100 26 Elaine Van Vleck 100 Marie Sayles, Eric Shupert, Gregory Slatoff, Andy Stone, John Tim Dumm, Chris Germain, 3 Mauricio Prieto 185 26 Tor Lundgren 100 Thorpe, Monica Towers, Michael Tschantz-Hahn, Janice Wood, Brian Gilbert, Carolyn Hui, 4 Catherine Breed 177 Madhuri Yechuri Test swim: Lauren Au, Peter Bartu, Lindzy Tom Hunt, Mara Iaconi, Alex 5 Luca Pozzi 163.5 Bivings, Andrew Cassidy, Duke Dahlin, Randall Edwards, Migoushov, Julia Murphy, 6 Duke Dahlin 155 Tom Neill, Jon Bielinski, Bob Cable, Gina Edwards, Erin Figel, Jaron Ness, Emily Nogue, 7 Peter Cullinan 151 Chris Germain, John Grunstad, Mark Harrold, Terry Horn, Hal Offen, Nanda Palmier, 8 Chris Wagner 150 Brian Kiernan, Timothy Kreutzen, Maggie Lonergan, Thomas Nikola Pavicic, Derrick 9 David Holscher 130 McCall, Jaron Ness, John Robiola, Wendy Schuss, Kathleen Rebello, Robin Rome, Susan 9 David Rich 130 Sheridan, Ryan Utsumi, Rebecca Wolski, Peter Cullinan Saylor, Suzanne Scott, John 10 Lauren Au 126.5 Thorpe, David Ufferflige, 11 Andrew Cassidy 123.75 Jill Utsumi, Chris Wagner, 12 Suzanne Heim 120.5 Kathryn Werhane, Janice 13 Hubert Chaperon 117.5 Wood, Madhuri Yechuri 14 Crissa Williams 112.5 Test swim: Jean Allan, 15 Cesar Manzano 110 Lauren Au, Andrew Cassidy, 16 Tom Nuckton 109 Janine Corcoran, Matthias 17 Madhuri Yechuri 107.25 Fore, Carolyn Hui, Kristina 18 Ross Browne 106 Kordesch, Hal Offen, 18 Jaron Ness 106 Kathleen Sheridan, Chris 18 Holly Reed 106 Wagner, John Blackman, 19 Janine Corcoran 105 Duke Dahlin, Jim Frew, Chris 19 Charles Cross 105 Germain, Terry Horn, Brian 20 Terry Huwe 104 Kiernan, Wendy Kordesch, 21 Steve Carlson 103 Timothy Kreutzen, Thomas 21 Keira Koss-Baker 103 McCall, Tom Neill, Nanda 22 Mara Iaconi 102.5 Palmieri, John Thorpe, Jill 22 Nancy Lange 102.5 Utsumi, Ryan Utsumi Special 23 Steve Schatz 102 Thanks: Denise Leffers, a 24 Wolfgang Richter 101 Some of the Dolphin Women Triathletes on the Alma at sunrise non-member who helped in 24 Sona Sondhi 101 from left to right: Sunny McKee, Anna Olsen, Gretchen the galley. 25 Jerad Slagle 100.5 Coffman, Evelyn Fisher, Wafaa Sabil, Amanda Ernzer

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e celebrate the completion of 2.75 miles, featured fog and wind, but side of the island approximately 45 another successful Dolphin had sufficient visibility to allow us to minutes prior to slack tide turning to Club swim season! A huge ride a moderate flood back to Aquatic a flood. The nature of the currents led thankW you goes out to all our volunteer Park. The water was 61 degrees in to our faster swimmers taking a direct coordinators, our regular volunteers spots, making it more inviting versus line to the opening while our core doing the dirty work, and the pilots standing on the blustery dock. group aimed more westward with the who are all so essential in making the The Walt Schneebeli Over-60 Cove flood tide kicking in. Forty swimmers swim program work. It takes a village, swim allows our more senior members participated including several first- so thank you!! a chance to shine. This year our oldest timers who arrived at the beach with We want to extend a big thank you swimmer was 89, while the youngest huge smiles on their faces. Notably, to Ryan Utsumi for two dedicated had just turned 60. Swimmers had Anna Schatz still let her dad win by a years as Swim Commissioner and three different courses to choose from: body length. mentor to many. Ryan was the Chief five swam to the Eppleton Hall and Our most difficult challenge is the Pilot for most of the club swims this back, 13 swam to the flag and back, annual 100-Mile Swim between June year and, among “just a few” other while 36 swam the full cove. 1st and October 31st. Forty swimmers items, was charged with coordinating The Fort Point Swim is the Club’s successfully completed at least 100 vessel traffic and ferry schedules, longest regularly scheduled swim at miles. Top honors went to Tom Neill making the call on the final safety 3.2 miles and can be an honest one if with 322 miles, which equates to an decisions, and executing the swim the flood is weak. At the jump, we all average of 2.1 miles per day. We have plan. Now back to the water with you! witnessed debris in the water floating sent Tom’s watch to Garmin to fully The annual Pride Swim was hosted in place as if it were slack tide. The certify his results. by SERC this year and a great time flood finally kicked in late in the Relax; there are only 50 days in was had by all. The swim was from swim and we found ourselves, all of a which one is not obliged to fill in Coghlan Beach back to the club where sudden, screaming by muni pier as we squares, unless of course you are swimmers were treated to a warm Irish approached the opening. doing the Grizzly Bear Challenge. The Coffee beachside. This year’s Pride Conditions were almost perfect Winter Solstice has different meaning Month celebrated the 50th anniversary for the Joe Bruno Golden Gate swim to different people. Some view it of the Stonewall riots in New York this year. There was little wind, the as several cold, difficult and dark City. Dolphin Hal Offen provided water was calm, and the sun shining. months ahead, while others relish the the crowd with a firsthand perspective Swimmers boarded the AdventureCat excitement of the longer days to come. of his experiences being gay in NYC for a ride out under the Golden Gate Dolphin swimmers, however, celebrate during this time. Afterwards, Hal led Bridge where, west of the bridge and with the beginning of the Polar Bear the crowd in a rousing rendition of abeam of Fort Point, they jumped Challenge. Past participants will attest “Amazing Gays.” and then lined-up for the water start. that their experiences swimming in the Taking advantage of the longer days The course took most swimmers from unpredictable currents and cold water of summer, the Over-45 Gas House the west side of the bridge, under the of winter, and then coming back to life Cove swim was held in the evening midspan, to finish up east of the bridge amongst friends in the sauna, are some and followed by a BBQ and libations. near Lime Rock. The ebb kicked in of their fondest memories of the year. Although the jump was into a pretty towards the end pushing a handful of The camaraderie experienced by our strong flood tide, we thankfully did swimmers back to the west side of the participants during the stark winter not have a repeat of the February swim bridge including a couple of swimmers months forms everlasting memories in which a couple of pier pilings “got who made an unplanned visit to Kirby and lifelong bonds. in the way.” Times were fast across Cove. The 2020 swim season will be here the board for the forty-five Over-45 The Alcatraz swim was one of the before you know it. We hope to see all swimmers. smoothest swims of the year from both the old faces and many new ones out , one of our two longest a swimmer’s and pilot’s standpoint. in the Bay. Let the season begin!! regularly scheduled swims, at about Our swimmers jumped from the east Swim Commissioners

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Dolphin_FALL2019.v3.indd 14 12/2/19 10:39 AM In Memoriam Tom Kernan, an active and most friendly Dolphin Club Member from 1997 to 2014 (when he could no longer swim due to advancing bone cancer), passed away February 14, 2019 at St Anne’s Home on Lake Street. Born in New York City on January 10, 1933, he moved shortly thereafter with father, Brigadier General Redmond Francis USA (US Military Academy West Point), and mother Marguerite Ghelfi (French born and educated), to Carmel by the Sea, where he attended Notre Dame Academy. He then moved to Menlo Park where he attended St. Joseph’s, Bellarmine Prep and Santa Clara University, before finishing college at Notre Dame University, receiving a commission in the US Army. David Broadbear, Tom Kernan, Don Reid and Chuck Vogt Tom returned to San Francisco and earned a living in the insurance business. A long time resident on Potrero Hill, he started swimming back and forth between The Bay View Boat Club and The Mariposa Hunter’s Point Yacht Club in the 1980s before joining The Dolphin Club where he befriended many and served as Assistant Weight Room Commissioner. Pictured here (circa 2005, left to right) are fellow Dolphin Club members David Broadbear (deceased), Tom, Don Reid and Chuck Vogt after lunch at The Tadich Grill, having fun, enjoying life - what Tom was all about. Serving as Tom’s legacy is the most iconic stool in the Men’s locker room. -Chuck Vogt Vincent LaRocca died peacefully at home in his sleep on August 19, 2019 at the age of 87. Vince was born and raised in San Francisco and was the owner of the legendary LaRocca’s Corner in North Beach. Three generations of the LaRocca family participated in running the bar, from grandfather Vincenzo, father Leo, and brother Jack. Entertaining customers for years, Vince played the piano, his father played banjo and guitar and his brother played the accordion. In the early 1900’s LaRocca’s Corner was the favorite for Sicilian fishermen, where they loved playing a Sicilian card game called Briscola. The bar became a favorite of the children of the fishermen and their families with the music and dancing on the weekends. The Corner was the place to see and be seen by many San Franciscans. LaRocca’s was fondly remembered by many visitors to our city, who would make it a regular stop. During the week, the daily card games were just as popular with anyone - from the cast of Guys and Dolls, bookies and politicians, to high society. There was no place quite like it and no one quite like Vince. His life was a life well lived, and he will be greatly missed by all who loved him.

Vincent LaRocca James Francis Grant, 91, of San Rafael and Little River passed away peacefully on July 18, 2019, at his home. He was born in San Francisco on August 7, 1927, and grew up in Vallejo with his three sisters. At 18, he enlisted in the Army and served in Korea. Upon returning home, he enrolled at San Jose State College and ran on the Spartan track team under the legendary track and field coach Bud Winter. Jim married Jan Angela Price on September 8, 1956, lived in San Rafael and had the first of six children in July 1957. He worked for New York Life Insurance Company for twenty-four years as a life insurance agent. And at the age of 59, Jim became a correctional officer and worked for the remainder of his career at San Quentin State Prison. He retired from the California Department of Corrections after 20 years, just short of his 80th birthday. Jim loved to go swimming, often times doing laps in the Bay and racing in the Dolphin Club Alcatraz and Golden Gate swims. Jim also loved long distance running, frequently competing in the Dipsea Race, including one time with all five sons (his youngest, Bruce came in first in the family). Even into his late 70s, Jim was an active athlete, participating in the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon and the New Year’s Day Alcatraz swims. Only Jim Grant was allowed to swim at San Quentin. They’d announce on the radio “Old man Grant is getting in.”

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Dolphin_FALL2019.v3.indd 15 12/2/19 10:39 AM The Dolphin Swimming PRST STD & Boating Club U.S. POSTAGE PAID 502 Jefferson Street SAN FRANCISCO, CA San Francisco, CA 94109 PERMIT NO. 1020

2020 DOLPHIN CLUB SWIM & EVENT SCHEDULE Jan 1 Wed TBD *New Year’s Day Alcatraz SWIM PROGRAM RULES Jan 1 Wed TBD New Year’s Day Cove Swim ROWING TRAINING 1. Club scheduled swims are Jan 18 Sat 8:30 am *Pier 41 These Saturdays as 9:00 am restricted to club members, who are Feb 1-2 Sat/Sun 24 hour cove relay current on their dues and fees and in January 19 good standing. Feb 9 Sun 8:30 am *Gas House Cove February 23 2. Swimmers must have current USMS Feb 16 Sun TBD Old Timer’s Lunch March 23 membership, or USA Swimming Mar 1 Sun 8:00 am *Pier 39 April 20 membership, as appropriate and Mar 14 Sun 7:15 am *John Nogue Swim for Science Pier 15 May 18 abide by each organization’s rules and Mar 15 Sun TBD McCovey Cove Regatta requirements. June 22 3. Swimmers are required to wear Mar 21 Sat 8:00 am *Yacht Harbor July 20 orange caps on all scheduled swims. Mar 21 Sat 11:00 pm End of Polar Bear August 24 4. Swimmers cannot use swim aids Apr 4 Sat TBD Rowers Festival September 21 including fins and wet suits, on any timed Apr 11 Sat 11:00 am Dick Beeler Crazy Cove October 19 scheduled swims. Apr 25 Sat 11:00 am *Coghlan Beach (fun swim) 5. New members are not eligible to November 23 swim in scheduled out-of-cove swims May 30 Sat 8:00 am *Bay Bridge December 21 for either 6-months from the start of Jun 1 Mon 5:00 am 100-Mile Swim Begins their membership, or before successfully Jun 20 Sat 9:30 am *Pride Swim Intro to bay swimming usually completing the 100-mile swim, the Polar Jun 21 Sun 9:15 Baykeeper Relay offered on the Saturday or Bear swim, or the Accelerated Out-of- Jun 27 Sat 5:00 pm *Under 30 & 30-45 Cove process. Sunday following the monthly 6. All out-of-cove swims require a Jun 27 Sat 5:00 pm *Doc Howard Over 45 Board Meetings, check website pilot:swimmer ratio of 1:3. Jul 18 Sat TBD Trans Tahoe www.dolphinclub.org. 7. Time limits may be imposed at the Jul 19 Sun 9:00 am *Crissy Field All times are approximate & subject discretion of the Swim Commissioner(s). Aug 1/2 Sat/Sun *Santa Cruz Pier Swim to change. TBD means “to be 8. All Club boats are reserved for Aug 15 Sat 11:00 am Walt Schneebeli Over 60 Cove scheduled swims. Co-pilots are determined”. encouraged. Riders are prohibited. Aug 30 Sun 8:00 am *Fort Point 9. Swimmers must register during check- Sep 12 Sat 9:30 am *Alcatraz * Qualifying Swim in and attend the swim briefing in order Sep 27 Sun TBD Swim Across America to swim. Oct 3 Sat 10:00 am Dolphin/South End Triathlon 10. To swim Golden Gate or Alcatraz, members must successfully complete at TBD *Joe Bruno Golden Gate 1.4 miles least three qualifying swims and help on Oct 17 Sat Angel Island Regatta at least three swims. Oct 24 Sat 7:45 am Escape from Alcatraz Triathlo 11. Out-of-town members must have Oct 31 Sat 11:00 pm 100-Mile Swim Ends successfully completed two of the last Nov 14 Sat TBD Pilot Appreciation Dinner three club scheduled Alcatraz and/or Nov 22 Sun 5:00 am Grizzly Bear Challenge Golden Gate swims or meet Rule 10 above. Nov 26 Thur 9:00 am Thanksgiving Day Cove (Nothing in the above rules shall Dec 20 Sun 8:00 am New Year’s Day Qualifier & HolidayBrunch contravene any applicable Federal laws Dec 21 Mon 5:00 am Polar Bear Swim Begins and statutes.) Dec 31 Tue 11:00 pm Grizzly Bear Challenge Ends Pier 411/2 1.2 miles

Fort Point Pier 43 3.5 miles Yacht Habor 1 mile 1.5 miles Gashouse Cove Aquatic Park Cove 1 mile Crissy Field 2.5 miles

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