May/June 2019 ENCINAL YACHT CLUB SOUNDINGS

What’s Inside! -VP Report -Commodore’s Report -Junior -House Report -Pool Info -VC Report/J22 Charter -GM Report -SB Cruise Out -Summer Hours 2019 Master Mariners

Kentucky Derby Party

1 EYC Management

2018-2019 Board of Directors Encinal Yacht Club President Charlie Thome Established 1890 FromSr. Vice EYC President Vice PresidentFred Rutledge 1251 Pacific Marina Vice President Rodney Pimentel Alameda, CA 94501 Treasurer Mike Gorman Office (510) 522-3272 FredCommodore Rutledge Theo Rohr Vice Commodore Ted Floyd www.encinal.org Rear Commodore Jens Jensen

Director Michael Andrews Policies Director Cindy Wondolleck Soundings will be published bimonthly. Submissions Director Michelle Shaffer will be handled with reasonable care, but no liability is Director Anna Christensen assumed for them. All articles are subject to editing for Committee Chair Persons content and space consideration. Permissions: Material in this publication may not be Membership Sneddon reproduced in any form without permission directed to Marketing Meg Sneddon the Editor. Finance Rick Webb Deadline: Articles and photographs are due by the Boat Yard Theo Rohr 20th of the month prior to publication. Late submissions Building & Grounds Tim Eaker cannot be assured of publication. Articles may be House Stacy Paluch dropped off or faxed to the Club, or emailed to the Youth Grace Hess soundings Editor Cindy Wondolleck at soundings@ Junior Sailing Barb Grove encinal.org Long Range Planning Jim Vickers Nominating Mike Scheck Gardening David Weidner Staff General Manager/COO Curtis Lew Appointed Officers Member Service Coordinator Omta Toma Controller Lori Bateman Port Captain Kim Arrivee Executive Chefs Geo Rodriguez Cruise Captain Ed Lecco Manny Rodriguez Small Boat Fleet Captain John Hansen Junior Sailing Director Mike Scott Power Boat Fleet Captain Asst. Junior Sailing Director Ellie Glenn & Safety Officer Tony Shaffer Member Liason Vern Bendsen Office Hours Club Counsel John Baum Wednesday-Sunday...... 9:00am-5:00pm Soundings Editor Cindy Wondolleck Web Master Don Ahrens 1890 Summer Dining Hours Club Curator Leslie Anderson Thursday...... 11:30pm-8:30pm Fridays...... 11:30am-9:00pm PICYA Delegates Linda Bendsen Saturdays...... 11:30am-8:30pm Fred Rutledge Sundays...... 10:30am-8:30pm Tony Shaffer Summer Season Lounge Hours Staff Commodore Chris Anderson Thursday...... 11:30-10:00pm Secretary Jeri Hayes Friday...... 11:30am-11:00pm Showcase/Ship Store Anita Mahoney Saturday...... 11:30am-10:00pm Edie Herro Sunday...... 10:00am-9:00pm

2 From EYC Vice President Rodney Pimentel

Spring is here, the sun in our dining room. All the mothers were is out, and the rain has treated to a complementary rose and lots of stopped for the most champagne. part. The club has been We had a fantastic Luau on May 18th. The buzzing with activity as party was originally scheduled to be Pool we ramp up for summer. side at our new Tiki Bar, but the last of polar As the days get longer descended on Alameda just before and the weather gets the event. Not to worry, Stacy Paluch did a warmer, we are looking fabulous job shifting the event to the dining forward to lots of pool room where the Mia Tai’s still flowed. We activity. had a very special performance from the I hope all of you have seen and been able Halau Makana Polynesian dancers from to enjoy our new Tiki Bar. Thanks again to Alameda. Kevin Clark for spearheading the project, Your Presidency has been busy this year and Mary McGrath for her design skills, and updating the Employee Handbook and all the other member that helped with the Standing Rules and Policies. The latest construction. We are looking forward to version of the Standing Rules and Policies several poolside celebrations this summer. has been posted to our web site. Our Goal Mother’s Day was celebrated on May 12 is to also update the Bylaws and Club Roster with two full seatings. Chef Manny did a before the end of the year. truly outstanding job with the food and has Looking forward to seeing you at the Club! created a constant high-quality experience

Tiki Bar Opening!

3 From EYC Commodore Theo Rohr

Encinal Yacht Club added epic conditions and smashed previous elapsed another exciting chapter time records on an exciting ride down the to its long tradition of central coast of California. Read more about From EYC Viceoffshore President racing it here. (If you haven’t been to the CORW site with this year’s California already go check it out for results and some Fred RutledgeOffshore Race Week. really good stories about this event.) On and off the race Many thanks to our Spinnaker Cup Race course, EYC members Committee: PRO Charles Hodgkins (GGYC), participated in every leg Dave Blumhorst, Jean DuPreez (MPYC), Jens of this 200 mile race from Jensen, George Bean, Ken Popplewell and San Francisco to San Lisa Rohr for starting the regatta off smoothly, Diego and I couldn’t be more impressed and sending 40 boats out the Gate and down to proud of the commitment and spirit of Team Monterey. I also want to shout out to our EYC EYC. superfans, Kim and George Bean and Ken and The California Offshore Race Week (CORW) Marianne Popplewell who drove all the way is a multi-leg race down the California coast, down the coast to cheer and support our EYC requiring collaboration between four yacht competitors from the Monterey and Santa clubs: EYC, Monterey Peninsula YC, Santa Barbara Yacht Clubs. Cheers to all of you! Barbara YC and San Diego YC. Over the last Lastly, huge props to the true EYC , Vice 4 years, it’s evolved into a premier California Commodore Teddy “GoodTime” Floyd, who offshore event, providing some of the most not only worked tirelessly as our event chair challenging racing on the west coast. Back for CORW but also worked tirelessly preparing in 2015, Staff Commodore Jim Vickers and racing on Azure! reimagined the race (on the back a napkin) with Santa Barbara YC Commodore, Bill Guilfoyle. Their ideas reinvigorated the race and each year, CORW has grown and refined. After years of co-hosting the Coastal Cup (leg #2 from Monterey to SB), this year EYC also co-hosted the Spinnaker Cup (leg #1 from SF to Monterey) along with MPYC. Congratulations to our great hometown offshore skippers Rebecca Hinden (and Bombora crew: Ashley Hobson and Julia Paxton) and Rodney Pimentel (and Azure crew: Ted Floyd, Ellie Glenn, Tony Shaffer, I want to salute and congratulate and Thank Jim Vickers and Thad Wozniak) and also to everyone who was involved this year and just EYC’s John Hansen aboard Dave MacEwen’s say lets do it again next year! Lucky Duck. The Coastal Cup racers saw some

4 From EYC General Manager Curtis Lew

We had a great Easter Mother’s Day event could not have been event with 125 better with 120 attending. All moms received attending this great a red rose. A great thank you to Manny and event! A visit from his staff for putting on a great meal and great the Easter bunny was service. a favorite with our Luau – The Coastal Cup Race Transpac juniors. 2019 send off was a great event. Over 50 The Kentucky Derby participated in this send off. Hawaiian Fundraiser event dancers from Alameda called, “Halau Makana” was a success! A performed and blessed two boats in this race: great thank you goes to Cindy Wondolleck, Azure and . Jesse Cooke, & Stacy Paluch, who organized Good luck! the event. Forty one participated in the wild Master Mariners Kentucky Derby finish and we cannot forget 2019: Over 200 sailors the Bourbon tasting along with Manny’s food enjoyed a great dinner selections that were appropriate for the event. buffet after the race. A Proceeds go to our Lipton Cup team. Thanks great thank you our to Dayna and Ivan who made delicious mint own Chuck Wetteroth juleps who quenched everyone’s thirst! Lastly, (Staff Commodore, Port we cannot forget about the hat contest! Many Captain, etc) for helping women and even some men wore great looking with this event as well hats for the occasion! as Terry Klaus, former EYC member for 25 years, who organized this event for the past 20+ years…and still sailing for 42 years! By the way, Terry’s daughter, Lindsey, went through our Junior Sailing program and now skippers the Brigadoon boat. Congratulations to the Big Schooner Division – Gaslight boat for winning! Music by Alameda’s “And That’s Jazz” band performed in the Mike Scheck and his Group with Tony afternoon as boats were coming in. This band Oliver performed live and WOWED the has played here for the past 17 years for this crowd on a recent Saturday night. Members event! After dinner, sailors danced the night were singing alongside the band with tunes away to the live band, JD & Company, who has such as “Sweet Caroline” and “Margaritaville.” performed here the past 4 years. We look forward to having them back! Mike is always looking for musicians so if you play an instrument, please email Mike at: [email protected]

5 From EYC General Manager Curtis Lew

Save the Date: Friday, June 21st from 6 Member Contact Information Needed: p.m. to 8 p.m., Furthermore Winery will If you or your spouse is currently not be here for a wine tasting event! These high receiving our weekly email updates (Signal Fromend wines EYC paired Vicewith some President great cheeses Flag), membership statements, or any other and hors d’oeuvres (prepared by Manny) club communications, please contact our Fredshould Rutledge not be missed. This complimentary Member Relations Coordinator Omta Toma event will be sold out quickly. Please at 510-522-3272 or [email protected]. reserve your space by emailing Omta at: Omta will be happy to update your contact [email protected] with the subject line: information. Furthermore. Our weekly email updates (Signal Flag), membership statements, or any other club communications, please contact our Member Relations Coordinator Omta Toma at 510-522-3272 or admin@ encinal.org. Omta will be happy to update your contact information.

EYC SUMMER HOURS Effective June 1st

Food Service Hours: Thursdays 11:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Fridays 11:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. Saturdays 11:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Sundays 10 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Bar Lounge Hours: Thursdays 11:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. Fridays 11:30 a.m. – 11 p.m. Saturdays 11:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. Sundays 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Office: Wednesdays – Sundays 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

6 From EYC Vice Commodore Ted Floyd

Hello once again from ask, well you will need to come out with two the Flag Officers of the different flag officials who can check you out Encinal Yacht Club. in the boat. You should be a capable skipper Jens, Theo and I have prepared to share your sailing resume(for some exciting news our documentation) and go for two check out for anyone in the club sails where the official will provide you some who has wanted to try minor instruction and answer questions while their hand at sailing documenting your ability to handle the boat a club keelboat only in a variety of situations. We'll give you some to discover that the feedback and work with you toward getting club didn’t have a boat a certification. This is not a sailing school so available for member use. Well we’re happy to the officials will expect you to be competent in let you now know that the club has a J22 Blue general boat and sail handling. They will be Jay that the Flag is able to make available for able to help you with specific rigging questions charter to qualified skippers. and/or techniques which are particular to The goals for are to this specific boat but will be relying on your provide a training platform experience as a sailor to for Encinal Lipton Cup Team manage the boat. members and to make the boat The current cost to charter the available to club members for Blue Jay once your certified entry in Estuary and some Bay is $75 per race day and we races run by Encinal and other will offer a discounted price local clubs. Currently the boat of $300 to charter the boat has been chartered for the EYC for each half of our Twilight Summer Twilight Series by Series. You don't need to Don Ahrens and is currently charter the boat for the entire available for Gracie and George, series so single race days/ Commodores Cup and Jack evenings would also be fine Frost Series. In addition to however we will give priority these Encinal run races the boat to skippers who want the is entered in the OYC Sweet boat for a full series. We are Sixteen race series and the looking forward to getting Island Friday night series. If SV: Blue Jay more club members certified you would like to charter the and out sailing the Blue Jay so boat for any of these races you if you'd like more information or should send an email to vicecommodore@ have additional questions about the Blue Jay encinal.org and I'll work with you to become and becoming a certified skipper please reach one of our certified J22 skippers authorized to out me at the above email address or anyone charter and race the clubs boat. of your other Flag officers. How do I become a certified J22 skipper you

7 From EYC Junior Sailing Mike Scott

Howdy folks! It's been an incredible (although perhaps a bit wet) From EYCSpring Vice here President at Encinal YC and our youth sailors have Fred Rutledgebeen getting pumped getting ready for a summer full of sailing, racing, friends, and new adventure! Our summer sailing registration is live and fills up very quickly every year, so don't miss your chance - who made this evening a great success and a we have classes appropriate for all skill levels night to be remembered for all of our sailors. between the ages of 6 and 18 (click HERE for Though spring marked the end of a long more information and registration). Please scholastic season, many of our sailors were also join us for our Welcome Back to Summer already kicking their training into high gear - Barbecue on Friday, June 7 (6:00pm-8:30pm) eager to get going in C420s, Lasers, and Optis where you can find out more, hang by the pool, to see how they stack up against sailors from or go for a boat ride! If you can't make that, we other Bay Area clubs. Both "Development" and will be having Summer Sailing Barbeque’s each "Advanced" squads have been training hard Wednesday (5:00pm-8:00pm) from June 12- almost every weekend on and off the water in July 31. an effort to propel Encinal YC youth sailing Summer is nearly here, but during April and to the top of the Bay Area podium. Things got May we were still putting some of the finishing off to a great start at the Elvstrom Zellerbach touches on a great high school sailing season. regatta (hosted by StFYC) on May 11-12: EYC On April 13-14, Miramonte and Acalanes High sailors Simon Boeger and Jasper Reid came School Sailing Teams traveled to Mission Bay away with a convincing win in the C420 fleet, YC in beautiful San Diego to compete in the in extremely breezy and lumpy conditions - High School Sailing Gold Fleet Pacific Coast congratulations! You may also see a group Championship. Warm weather and fantastic of sailors training on the Open 5.70 "Boaty" racing made for a fun weekend with a ton of in preparation for the Sears Cup qualifier on great takeaways - a special shoutout goes to June 15-16. All of our sailors are excited with Acalanes who competed this initial result but hungry for more, please hard in Silver all season, give them some words of earning the invite to Gold encouragement if you see at this penultimate event. them at the club training! On May 4, we celebrated Sail fast! the sailors from all 13 of our high school teams at our annual High School Sailing Banquet. A huge thank you goes out to all parents, volunteers, and staff 8 EYC Pool Info

BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS: - No Smoking - No Running - No Diving - No Rough play - No Glass - No Pets - No Excessive Noise - No Outside Food

Other Pool Info: -Remember Your Wrist Band -New Gate Code! See the office.

Please Return All Reusables to Bus Tub!

9 EYC Kentucky Derby

From EYC Vice President Fred Rutledge

10 EYC Cruise Out To South Beach Edie Herro

Perseverance and rain, and we returned to our home berths. a certain degree of The experience which included a couple of luck paid off when arguments with Harbor Seals, boat break after being shut downs, great food and drinks, and a lot of out of South Beach laughs was well worth it. Hopefully we’ll Marina for the last be able to repeat the trip next year... with two years, our EYC sunshine. Cruisers were able to spend the weekend in one of San Francisco’s central locations. Edie Herro and Lee Manter, who is a member of both EYC and South Beach Yacht Club, put their heads together and with the help of the SBYC arranged a long sought Cruise In. The marina had been undergoing construction which precluded clubs from enjoying the amenities along the Embarcadero. Thanks to Edie, Lee, the South Beach Yacht Club and the Harbor’s municipal personnel 11 EYC cruising boats found berths in the marina. Friday’s weather was favorable and we all enjoyed appetizers on the docks Friday night and afterwards, everyone was free to choose where they wanted to go and what they wanted to do. Many of us wandered up the South Beach Yacht Club’s Club house for drinks and socializing. Others went out for dinner at a wide variety of great restaurants in the city. Saturday’s weather was challenging. Wind and rain made it seem as if it was March rather than May. Luckily the deluge held off until after we enjoyed breakfast on South Beach Yacht Club’s deck. Later, when the weather turned hostile, our members still enjoyed themselves thanks to San Francisco’s activities, shops, bars and restaurants. That evening South Beach Yacht Club hosted a great dinner for the 27 EYC members and guests. Their hospitality made everyone of us feel right at home. Sunday, there was a break in the wind and

11 EYC Ship’s Store Edie Herro/Anita Mahoney

Would you like to purchase merchandise from EYC's ship store? Our showcase is located in the lobby of our club. Our fabulous office staff is always happy to assist you for your con- venience. They are available during regular club hours.

From We will EYC give you Viceadditional President shopping opportunities at pop-up sales or Anita & Edie can meet you for a “shopping appointment”. All you need do is email or call us at denisma- [email protected], Rutledge (925) 324-2917 or [email protected], 307-690-5447.

The ship’s store has received new jackets, vests and shirts from Helly Hansen and more is on the way. We also have a selection of hats, belts, and accessories for your dog.

12 EYC House Chair Stacey Paluch

13 EYC Friday Twilight Races Photos Fred Fago

From EYC Vice President Fred Rutledge

14 EYC Friday Twilight Races Photos Fred Fago

15 EYC Where’s The Burgee

From EYC Vice President Fred Rutledge

Photo Submitted By: Anneke Dury

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