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BETWEEN the POINTS News from the Lake Geneva Yacht Club September, 2011 BETWEEN THE POINTS News from the Lake Geneva Yacht Club September, 2011 SPECIAL EVENTS - MARK YOUR CALENDAR Wooden Boat Festival - September 18th Lunch on the upper deck at noon with a Bloody Mary bar. Judging of boats, followed by a parade. Enter your own wooden boat or just come and enjoy the day. Melges 24 National Championship - September 30, October 1, 2 Adult Fleet Trophy Dinner - October 15 Big Foot Country Club Invitations will be in the mail. Race Committee Appreciation Dinner - November 5th Invitations will be in the mail. Holiday Cheer Party - December 10 Invitations will be in the mail. Hall of Fame Buddy Melges, LGYC senior member #3, has been included on the list of 15 sailors who are the first-ever inductees into the National Sailing Hall of Fame. The inductees will be honored on October 23rd, during a ceremony scheduled to take place at San Diego Yacht Club. When last seen, Bud was at the helm of the Class A Scow Eagle, the winner of the 2011 LGYC race for the Sheridan Prize, His crew that day included John Anderson, Ryan Fitzgerald, Scott and Matt Ripkey. page 1 From the Archives - Commodore N. K. Fairbank On April 29, 1876, at the White House Hotel on Broad Street in Lake Geneva (later the site of Frank Lloyd Wright's Hotel Geneva), a group of sailors and enthusiasts gathered to establish the Geneva Lake Yacht Club (as it was first called), which existed in spirit after the first Sheridan Prize race in 1874, but lacked formal structure. Elected on that April day was the organization's first commodore, Nathanial Kellogg Fairbank, who held that position for three years and was re-elected in 1894. (His son, Kellogg, was commodore in 1890.) N. K. Fairbank won the Sheridan Prize in 1877, 1878, 1880, and 1884 in the 25 foot class sandbagger Whisper, and owned the 45 ft. steam yacht Cisco. In the summer the Fairbank family lived on the lake at the estate called Butternuts, razed in 1955. N. K. Fairbank (1829-1903), who began his working life in New York as an apprentice to a bricklayer, was a prominent Chicago industrialist whose companies produced lard, cottonseed oil, soap, and cleansers. Particularly well known are Fair Soap (the name created from his first four initials, and a brand still popular in Europe) and Gold Dust Washing Powder (featuring the Gold Dust Twins on the package). His interest and talents were extensive. He was president of the Chicago Board of Trade, a founder and long-time president of the Chicago Club, the president of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees, a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society after the Great Chicago Fire, the first president of the Board of Trustees of the Orchestral Association (now the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), the original owner of the part of Chicago now called Streeterville, and a serious student of both the sport and science of fishing. Thanks to first-hand ghost-town research by Bink and Ron Nelson (LGYC Commodore in 1986-1987), we also know that Fairbank, Arizona, an early railroad supply point, was named for N.K. in 1883. Mr. Fairbank helped finance the railroad and the Grand Central Mining Company in nearby Tombstone. From History and Archives Chair, Ellen Bentsen Manager's Corner - After Labor Day Club office hours - Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Clubhouse will be open early on race days and regatta days. The restaurant will be open with a limited menu Tuesday Night A Scow Pizza - 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday night Fish Fry - 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Lunches, Saturdays and Sundays, 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Fall Classics - Soup du Jour, Chili, Burgers, Daily Sandwich Specials Minnow Menu (under 12, please) Winter Boat Storage Please make your boat storage reservations by completing the enclosed Winter Storage Form and mailing, faxing or dropping it off in the Club Office. If you would like your boat moved into storage, call the office at 262-275-2727. page 2 Welcome Aboard Robert Keenan is a new trial member. Old Guard Celebration Huge Success The hotly contested Old Guard Race was sailed around a triangular course in Sonars w/o spinnakers. Sharing the helm on the winning boat were Jerry Millsap, Ron Schloemer, and George Kummer. Member #1, Dr. Edward Petersen and his wife, Zoe, were among over 40 Old Guard members and their spouses who, following the race, enjoyed dinner on the upper deck. Dr. Petersen has been a member of the Club since 1931. Regatta Reports We now have the complete results of the ILYA Optimist Championship regatta held at White Bear Lake. Mark Davies placed 11th overall and 7th in the Blue Fleet; Parker Michel was 14th overall and 3rd in the White Fleet; Charlie Reynolds, 23rd overall and 12th in Blue Fleet; Bo Freytag, 27th overall and 11th in White Fleet; Will Davies, 48th overall and 25th in Blue Fleet.; Jack Reynolds 21st in the Green Fleet. After a slow start, Griffin Rolander/Nate Freytag posted a 1-1-4 in the final three races of the ILYA Youth Championship held in 420s at Lake Calhoun, MN. They placed 13th overall. Vincent/ R.J. Porter dominated the Melges 17 Nationals at White Lake, MI and did not have to sail the last race. Clifford Porter placed 15th in the 33 boat fleet. Malcolm Lamphere took 4th out of 65 entries in the Laser Radial Nationals sailed out off Marina Del Rey, CA. A few days later he competed in the US Sailing Junior Championship on Barnegat Bay, NJ, placing 11th in the single handed Laser Radial division. And the following week placed 10th in the 420 division at the U.S. Youth Championship in Newport, RI. In the annual CORK Regatta at Kingston, ON, Kevin Jewett/Mike Rivlin placed 3rd in the 49er Class and Gordy Lamphere placed 3rd in the Finn Class. Sailors at the Big Inland regatta at Lake Minnetonka dealt with a variety of conditions. In Class A our Geneva contingent ruled the waves. Terry Blanchard's Silverhawk with Andy Burdick at the helm won three of the five races to take the title. Tom Freytag sailed consistently to place 2nd overall. Vincent Porter driving John Anderson's Eagle won the opening race and placed 4th overall. Tom Whowell finished 5th; Mike Keefe, 9th. One of the outstanding maneuvers on the Class A course was Whowell port tacking the fleet at the start of one of the races. 58 boats competed in Class E. Peter Strothman with crew Erick Youngquist /Clifford Porter, won the 4th race and finished 3rd overall. Harry Melges finished 7th in a new boat; Brian Porter, 9th; Vincent Porter, 29th; Charles Colman, 43rd; and Frank Davenport, 46th. The Class C Inland had 54 entries. Frank T. Davenport (sailing for Lake Beulah), won the opening race and finished 8th overall. Coye Harrett finished 21st; Erick Youngquist, 26th; Mike Lynch, 38th. In the MC Inland, Andy Burdick finished 2nd and Clifford Porter was 3rd. Top ranked Class X skippers are invited to the Blue Chip regatta held annually at Cedar Lake. Geneva was represented by Mac Six/Parker Michel, 16th overall, and Mitchell Lee/Nick Rusher, 28th overall. Optimist sailors extended their season with Stuart Henry finishing 5th overall and 3rd in the Blue Fleet at the West Coast Optimist Championship. Competing at the annual North Lake Pram Power in the Senior Fleet, Brad O'Connor placed 12th; Will O'Connor, 13th; and Hannah Gage, 21st. In the Junior Fleet, Chapman Peterson placed 2nd and Jack Reynolds, 13th. page 3.
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