ALLIE BLECHER AND TEAM CYC LINDA ELIAS MEMORIAL WOMEN’S ONE-DESIGN CHALLENGE DECEMBER 2019 From the Commodore Together We Reached For the Stars – general manager, Michele Underwood, in Let’s Keep Reaching August, and my beloved mother earlier in the year. We all felt the harrowing sinking of John hat a year we shared! We Reached Sangmeister’s OEX in this year’s Transpacific for the Stars, honored CYC Stars, Yacht Race, and celebrated the rescue of her Wsailed Stars, star-gazed, and crew by CYC member Roy P. Disney and his recently danced Under the Stars. 2019 has Pyewacket team. As I write this, firefighters flown by, and it’s nearly time to welcome the are heroically fighting horrific fires close to new year and our incoming Bridge. I’ve home, in neighboring communities, and up enjoyed my year as Commodore, and am and down California. Beyond our local looking forward to continuing to serve our environs, there is chaos aplenty – you know Club even after I give up my prime parking what I mean no matter where or how you space. receive national or international news. Before reminiscing and pondering what’s The best way I know to deal with next, I will salute a trio of CYC Stars for their Commodore adversity or any challenge, large or small, is significant multi-year contributions to our Debbie Feinerman to do something. If the issue is too substantial Club. Breeze Editor-in-Chief Paula Cameron to tackle at once, I break it into bite-size tasks. knocks it out of the park each month with our fantastic CYC Doing something small is far better than doing nothing. magazine. She’s been at the helm of the Breeze for more than My philosophy applies to the world at large, as well as to five years, and I am thrilled that she will continue in that role. our fine yacht club. With so many activities to choose from Zephyr Editor Ray Campbell has been producing our weekly at California Yacht Club every day, imagine how newsletter since mid-2016 and brings news of upcoming events wonderful it would be if everyone extended a hand to a to our email inboxes every Tuesday. Thankfully, he will new member, or introduced themself to someone they’d continue cranking out Zephyr and providing you current seen at the Club but not formally met. For 2020, resolve to information about our many Club activities. Head scorer Peggy say hello to someone new in the dining room, try a new Powers is an essential ingredient in our year-round regatta activity, learn a new skill, and make the most of the program, and has trained a capable scoring team that we count community that is our Club. With one month left this year, on for our many racing days each year. Peggy keeps her cool, you can get a jump on your resolutions by enjoying our and pumps out timely race results even when the computer December Toys for Tots dinner or participating in the scoring program gets glitchy. We are so fortunate to have such Marina del Rey Boat Parade. bright lights in our CYC constellation! There will be a few To all the volunteers who lent a hand this year, thank more Stars to recognize for 2019 achievements, and I’ll do that you! Hats off to my Bridge and our Fleet Officers; I early in the coming year. appreciate your dedication and contributions all year long. Speaking of stars, our “Under the Stars”-themed Special gratitude to my Commodore’s Liaison, Kathy Commodores Ball was delightful; indeed, it was full of lights, Patterson, and to my wonderful partner/cheerleader S/C twinkling stars, a glittering moon, delicious food, loads of Bill Stump. dancing, and most importantly, graced with the camaraderie of Join me in congratulating our 2020 Bridge and many yacht club friends and close family. Stay tuned for a supporting them as we enter our 98th year: Commodore recap in the January Breeze. Stephanie Weston, Vice Commodore Tim Clarke, Rear Although I prefer to look at the bright side, it’s undeniable Commodore Monica Antola, Fleet Captain Christina that the ocean can be chaotic, life is messy, and our yacht club Tarantola, and Port Captain Anthony Agoglia. isn’t perfect. Examples of misfortune, loss, and tumult abound, As beautifully sung by Josh Groban and aptly titled and that’s part of being alive. This year has been filled with joy “Thankful,” and sadness, for me personally as well for our Club family. Together we’ve shared the excitement of Installation, a sunny “It’s up to us, to be the change Opening Day, another fantastic Sunset Series, our 21st Cal And even though we all can still do more Race Week, the Opti Team Trials, a sun-drenched summer There’s so much to be thankful for” solstice celebration, fun-filled cruises to Howland’s and other As we bid farewell to our Club’s 97th year, let’s raise Catalina anchorages, a magical Commodore’s Cruise up the a glass to each other and to California Yacht Club. Danube River, a festive Commodores Ball Under the Stars, and so much more. We also suffered the loss of our longtime See you at the Club, on and around the water. 2/BREEZE DECEMBER 2019 California Yacht Club 4469 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, CA 90292 310-823-4567 Fax: 310-822-3658 www.calyachtclub.com Volume 55 • Number 12 General Manager EVENTS Lindsay Pizarro From the Commodore 2 Editor-in-Chief Head of the Charles 11 Paula Cameron Sportsman’s Club 26 Managing Editor Trunk or Treat 28 Vince Mattera N Kids Get Artsea 29 H O J Editorial Assistants . T S Steve Edwards SAIL Y C Winners Circle 12 Jeanine Steward A R T P/C Christina Tarantola International Masters Regatta 13 © Commodore LEMWOD Challenge Lipton Cup 14 Debbie Feinerman LEMWOD Challenge 16 Vice Commodore Stephanie Weston JUNIORS Shadden #2 19 Rear Commodore Optimist Asian & Oceanian Tim Clarke Championship 21 r Fleet Captain e h c s Monica Antola l CYCWA o H Movie Mates 20 y l Port Captain l e K First Mates Cruise 22 Christina Tarantola y b On the Horizon 24 o t The Breeze is published to provide o h Book Mates 27 members with announcements of P and information about Club Head of the Charles activities. Deadline for articles is the MEMBERSHIP first day of the month preceding the CYC Burgee Travels 5 publication date. New Members 6 Contact Breeze Editor Paula Cameron CYC Flashback! 7 at [email protected] for Balloon Fishing Contest 7 information on submitting articles. On-the-Water Photo Contest 9 Interesting Boats 9 To place an ad, please contact Brittany Potter at From the Manager 30 310-823-4567 x2765 or [email protected] CALENDAR December/January Events 31 Breeze (USPS #016-319) is published monthly by California First Mates Cruise Yacht Club, Inc., d.b.a. California Yacht Club, 4469 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292. Subscription price of $12 annually is FRONT COVER Skipper Allie Blecher and her CYC team (bow 9) won the Linda included in member dues. Elias Memorial Women’s One-Design Challenge, hosted by Long Beach YC. Eleven teams participated in the regatta, held October 12-13. Periodicals postage paid at Venice, Photo © TRACY ST. JOHN CA, and at additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: BACK COVER Gigi Ivancich (third from left) and Callie Davis (second from right) Send address changes to: visited the desert, one of the hospitality events they participated in during the Optimist Breeze Asian & Oceanian Championship, hosted by Sail Oman at Mussanah Sports City in the California Yacht Club Sultanate of Oman. More than 140 racers participated in this invitation-only event, held 4469 Admiralty Way October 2-6. Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Photo courtesy of Rachel Davis Copyright © 2019 California Yacht Club, Inc. All Rights Reserved DECEMBER 2019 BREEZE/3 4/BREEZE DECEMBER 2019 CYC Burgee Travels et us know where you and your CYC burgee have been. LPack your burgee on your travels and take a picture of it with you and your fellow CYC members. Submit to the Breeze editor, [email protected]. Joe Moschella and daughter Reagan visited the Japan Coast Guard Museum in Yokohama, Japan, a l on October 9, just a day before the l e h c arrival of Typhoon Hagibis. The s o M museum houses a number of naval y l i L artifacts, including an entire North y b Korean spy ship that the Coast o t o h Guard captured in 2001. P S/C Anne Sacks (above right) exchanged burgees at CYC with Robert P. Bisanz, International 1st Vice President of the International Order of the Blue Gavel, The Association of Past Commodores. She also exchanged burgees with Joseph A. Tringali (below left), Palm Beach Sailing Club. S/C Ann Ach and Jim had dinner at Le Train Bleu, located in the Gare de Lyon in Paris. The restaurant was created in 1900 and has been designated a historic monument by the government of France. Each ornate dining room is themed to represent one French city and region. DECEMBER 2019 BREEZE/5 CYC Flashback! Elliott Olson dug deep into his files and found this article about his win at the Lake Havasu Regatta from a 1974 issue of the Breeze. Elliott describes how CYC began hosting more one design racing and the thrill of racing Pacific Catamarans: “I became One Design Invitational Chairman after complaining that CYC was mostly a big boat racing club (an excellent one), to the exclusion of small boat one-design racing.