DECEMBER | JANUARY 2018 The monthly publication of the Jackson Park Yacht Club

Must download to be interactive. Pam Rice, Editor

Ted Graves, “Boat of The Year”

Kim Webb, Karen Harris, 2018 Yachtsperson of the Year and Immediate past Commodore, and Commodore Janet Hansen

Seasons Greetings to JPYC Winners of the Silent Auction Members, Family & Friends ALL photos: Jodi Bova •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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ALL photos: Jodi Bova Gold Star Regatta Webb Regatta Boats participating 2018 Witchcraft Nate Webb T-10 Golden Dream Mise En Place Paul Thompson 1st PHRF 2 7th Heaven Luke Wolbrink 1st Jam Andale Angry Sloth Kristopher Reichert J105 Angry Sloth DeDa’s Toy Ted Graves 2nd Jam Avatar Cobra Maggie Marie Bi-State DeDa’s Toy Marlon Harvey 3rd Jam Golden Dream Luke Wolbrink Spin 5 Dippy K II Mischief David Travis T-10 Golden Dream Andele Witchcraft Nate Webb T-10 Richard Bauman 2nd Spin3 [email protected] UnknownLady 2 David Ward Spin 4 Icarus Mischief Joie de Vivre David Travis 3rd Spin3 Lanakila Tri-State Maggie Marie 7th Heaven Maggie Marie Marlon Harvey 1st Jam Mischief Charles Szymanski Night Watch Jim Lett Jam Mouaquiula Angry Sloth Mise En Place Paul Thompson 1st PHRF 2 Night Watch Kristopher Reichert San Sousi Raske Gratt Memorial Simple Justice Avatar Star of the Sea Julie Kerouac Dippy K II John & Cherie Parker 1st Golden Dream Luke & Laura Wolbrink 2nd Unknow Lady 2 [email protected] Icarus Stan Gratt 3rd Withcraft Pam Rice Sans Sousi Russ & Deb Fouts Xenodochium Joie de Vivre Chiaka Patterson ••••••••••••••••••• Thank You Volunteers! Mise En Place Thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers! Our Club is a much better place because Paul Thompson you’ve donated your generous time to scrub, organize and so much more. We appreciate you: Simple Justice Adrian Walton McFadden Stan Hill Jim Valek R. Delacy Peters Kathy King Reava King Star of the Sea Ken Harris Issac Stanley For those of you that continue to keep our Club beautiful, thank you!

Support the Jimmy Webb Scholarship Fund and the Youth Sailing Program www.jacksonparkyachtclub.org Got pictures?...a story? ...something to say? email them to [email protected] by the third week of the month. Beer Can Races Xenodochium Jam 6 Jim des Jardins Avatar Jam 13 Hot Dog 3 5th 12945 Julie Kerouac Hot Dog 4 5th Twilight 1 7th 11605 Lunar 1 8th Lunar 2 7th Mouaquiula Jam 12 Lunar 3 6th Twilight 3 5th Lunar 4 9th Twilight 1 4th 7th Heaven Jam 11 Charles Szymanski Twilight 2 8th Lunar 4 7th 11668 Simple Justice Jam 5 Lanakila Jam 10 Stan Hill Twilight 2 5th 11869 Hot Dog 3 4th 13570 Hot Dog 4 6th Cobra Jam 9 Lunar 1 5th Will Kenny Lunar 2 6th Lunar 2 5th 12143 Lunar 3 5th Lunar 4 5th Lunar 4 8th Twilight 1 6th Unknown lady 2 Spinnaker 6 David Ward Twilight 2 3rd Lunar 2 4th 14635 Twilight 1 3rd Maggie Marie Jam 4 Marlon Harvey Witchcraft Spinnaker 5 Hot Dog 1 2nd 15679 Nate Webb Hot Dog 2 4th Hot Dog 2 1st 14931 Hot Dog 3 6th Hot Dog 3 4th Hot Dog 4 4th Lunar 1 3rd Mischief Spinnaker 4 Lunar 2 1st David Travis Lunar 3 4th Hot Dog 3 3rd 15069 Lunar 4 2nd Lunar 1 3rd Twilight 1 5th Lunar 2 3rd Twilight 2 2nd Twilight 3 3rd [email protected] Jam 8 Pam Rice Angry Sloth Spinnaker 3 Hot Dog 1 4th 12346 Kristopher Reichert Hot Dog 2 5th Hot Dog 2 4th 15375 Hot Dog 3 7th Hot Dog 3 1st Hot Dog 4 8th Lunar 1 2nd Lunar 1 8th Lunar 4 3rd Lunar 2 8th Twilight 2 9th Night Watch Jam 3 Twilight 3 6th Jim Lett Hot Dog 1 1st 15766 Joy de Vivre Jam 7 Hot Dog 2 2nd Chiaka Patterson Hot Dog 3 2nd Hot Dog 1 5th 12482 Hot Dog 4 3rd Hot Dog 4 8th Lunar 1 4th Lunar 1 6th Lunar 2 3rd Lunar 4 4th Lunar 3 2nd Twilight 2 6th Lunar 4 6th Twilight 1 3rd Twilight 2 7th Twilight 3 2nd Golden Dream Jam 2 Race Committee Awards Luke Wolbrink JPYC duffels with their name on it Hot Dog 1 3rd 15890 Janet Hansen Hot Dog 2 3rd Frank Wittosch Hot Dog 3 3rd Justin Heiser Hot Dog 4 2nd Talayah Stovall Lunar 1 2nd Cris Sanders Lunar 2 4th Dennis Hansen Lunar 3 3rd Luke Wolbrink Lunar 4 3rd Lori Langvis Twilight 1 2nd Stephanie Levine Twilight 2 4th Twilight 3 4th Distinguished Service Awards Mise en place Spinnaker 2 Leticia Ransom Paul Thompson Chad King Hot Dog 1 1st 16670 TBA! Hot Dog 2 2nd Hot Dog 3 5th Hot Dog 4 1st On the Board Service Awards Lunar 1 4th Jim Des Jardins Director Lunar 2 2nd Lunar 3 2nd Chris Sanders Recording Secretary Lunar 4 1st Twilight 1 2nd Dennis Hansen Treasurer 3 times Twilight 2 2nd Membership Sec. Twilight 3 1st Rear Commodore Vice Commodore Andale Spinnaker 1 Commodore Richard Baumann Hot Dog 1 2nd 16972 immediate Past Commodore Hot Dog 2 3rd Spin Boat of the Year Hot Dog 3 2nd Grate Sailor Award Hot Dog 4 2nd Dennis Hansen Lunar 1 1st (Boat on Car Incident) Lunar 2 1st Lunar 3 1st Lunar 4 2nd Yachts Person of the Year Twilight 1 1st Karen Harris Twilight 2 1st

DeDa’s Toy Jam 1 Ted Graves Hot Dog 2 1st 17077 Special Thanks to : Hot Dog 3 1st Jam Boat of the Year Ann Dillenback Hot Dog 4 1st Overall Boat of the Year Lunar 1 1st Daryl Jones Lunar 2 2nd Lunar 3 1st Lunar 4 1st Twilight 1 1st Twilight 2 1st ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• MSYC invites JPYC to their Events: and bring a snack Football Poker Monday Monday, Thursday and Sunday Every Monday BYOB MSYC Annual Christmas Party Champagne Sunday Saturday, December 15th beginning at 4:00 pm Every Sunday during the winter months beginning around $10 Donation 2:00 pm. Bring champagne or your favorite drink, bring a snack Wear your ugly Christmas sweater 50/50 Raffle and prizes Bid Whist Wednesdays Food, fun, music and more... Every Wednesday after work from 6 to 10 through winter. BYOB ••••••••••••••••••• Reports by Ann Dillenback:

Wall of Fame now half off! Our great Landscaper, Support our Junior Sailing Do you have a favorite picture you’d like to share? Consider Loretta will be coming putting it up on our Wall of Fame. It’s now only $25 for the back! rest of the year and 100% of the proceeds benefit our Junior Sailing Program. ••••••••• Support our Junior Sailing Do you have a favorite picture you’d like to share? Consider putting it up on our Wall of Fame. It’s now only $25 for the rest of the year and 100% of the proceeds benefit our Junior Sailing Program.

Foghorn Who loves to inspire others, take pictures, share stories and/or write about adventures and activities in Jackson Park? Make a contribution to the Foghorn today! Just send Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, of Have Kayaks Will Travel will be word document or photo (no larger than 800 to 1000K) offering CPR and First-Aid instruction. to Pam Rice at [email protected]. The deadline is the third week of every month. •••••••••

Lost & Found Support our Junior Sailing Program! Did you leave something at the Club? Over the past cou- Share the gift of teaching a child to sail by making a dona- ple months, we’ve collected lots of shoes, clothing, towels, tion to our Junior Sailing Program today. It’s simple. sunglasses and more that were left in or around the Club. If you think you’re missing something, please stop by our Lost 1) Make a donation to the Jimmy Webb scholarship fund & Found area under the coat rack downstairs. We will be online at donating any remaining items soon, so don’t wait too long! http://www.jacksonparkyachtclub.org/jimmywebbjuniors. html 2) Purchase a spot on our Wall of Fame near the office. Learn more about kayaks today. Bring in $25 and your picture (i.e., your boat, crew, etc.) Did you know that the Jackson Park Yacht Club has kay- to be placed in a picture frame for the rest of the year. ak and canoe coaching? JPYC members, Alec and Sharon 3) Purchase note cards through our Ship’s Store. $2 per Bloyd-Peshkin, of Have Kayaks Will Travel can provide les- card or $15 for 10 cards. Check out the entire catalog at: sons for all levels in basic safety, rescued, efficient paddling, and more. For more information, go to: havekayakswilltrav- el.com or email them at: [email protected]

Please visit the JPYC website for full Calendar of Events www.jacksonparkyachtclub.org Make your purchases THROUGH Amazon Smile and the club with get a percentage donated to our Foundation.

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Improvements Chicago Boat, RV & Sail A new ice machine has been installed by Carlton behind Show at McCormick Place the beverage center. This ice is strictly for yacht club only. Other improvements: additional electrical outlets, fans/ Thursday, January 9-13, 2018 lights in the women’s locker room; VHF radio in dining Are you interested in attending the Chica- room and more. go Boat, RV & Sail Show in January? Don’t Online Purchases miss out on attending some of the best When making purchses from Amazon or West Marine, seminars: safety at sea, trouble shooting use our website directly. Proceeds come back to JPYC for boat electrical systems, and more. For our Foundation. more info, go to: Sail Tortola! https://www.chicagoboatshow.com/about March 1 - March 10 Are you interested in sailing the BVI with members If you’d like to volunteer some of your of JPYC? Find out more information at the Members’ Meeting, see flyers in the Club, or send an email to Ann time at the JPYC booth, send an email to Dillenback: [email protected] with your [email protected] RSVP: January 15 name, phone number and availability to be considered. Thank you for your interest.

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Sail Show - January 9 - 10th JPYC January 26th Super Bowl Party - February 3rd Open House - New Member’s Meeting - March 17th Sailing 101 Classes Begin - April 3rd ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Visit our ONLINE Ship’s Store SAILBOAT FOR SALE for great buys!! NEW...HOT/COLD 30OZ. TUMBLER Choose an anchor or sailboat with or with- out boat name for the front. The JPYC burgee is on the back. Top view. Hand wash only. Inquire with Cherie Parker at cherpark93@ aol.com about color options. $25 Check out the buys in the ONLINE STORE.

••••••••••••••• Bristol 32 - 1975 - “Golden Dream” Friends and family what a Asking Price: $17,000 year! Two weddings, two trips to the actual pyramids and Lots of upgrades, ready now a new knee later today. to sail away Who could ask for anything more. How about my book in audio More info: https://www. format! sailboatlistings.com/ I thought I’d share before I view/76207 focus on my surgery because I Owners: Luke and Laura will most likely not have much Wolbrink CLICK to say for the next two weeks. Call: 708.466.1904 or May the blessings of the season email: luke.wolbrink@ gmail.com be upon you. ••••••••••••••• Weather Mark Tavern Would you like to enjoy one of our favorite nautical spots Serve on a committee! (1503 S. Michigan) that offers discounted rates for food and beverage for JPYC members? Just bring your mem- bership card, sit down and enjoy delicious soups, salads, sandwiches, pizzas and other enticing entrees that feature a distinct Southwestern flare. No The Foghorn is a monthly publication of JPYC. Please matter what you choose, you’re bound to leave full send any information, articles of concerns , photos, no- and satisfied. For more tices to [email protected] before the third Friday info, go to: http:// of every month. A members, The FOGHORN is your weathermarktavern.com/ tool...USE IT. Sea Scouts Learn to Scuba! Our Sea Scout Ship 5212’s First Mate, and JPYC club-member Candace Cooper was responsible for getting 100% of our qualified swimmers an introductory scuba diving class. 8 youths from our Ship learned the basics of scuba diving from University of Chicago instructors. Bravo Zulu Candace! Sailing Coaches Wanted Note Cards for Sale from the Sunshine Committee Are you or do you know anyone that might be Whether you’d like to purchase stationary or make a tax-deductible donation interested in coaching our Junior Sailing pro- toward the JPYC Foundation, provide cash or make checks out to the JPYC gram? We are looking for a few amazing people. Foundation. Order forms are available on the stairwell bulletin board. Thanks for contributing to the future fun at our Club. Requirements: * U.S. Sailing Coach Level 1 (or higher) certi- Cards come with envelopes. fied Contact Kim Webb at [email protected] * First Aid/CPR trained See the entire catalog... * Willingness to work with children and CLICK HERE. particularly disadvantaged youth Please contact Johnny Mercer, Director of Youth Sailing at [email protected] or 773-684-5522 Official JPYC Shirt Would you like to represent JPYC? Are you planning to volunteer this season? Order your official JPYC shirt today, so your order is ready by Opening Day on May 27th. Simply Office Hours contact Cherie Parker at: [email protected] to make an order. Cost: $28-32 (depending upon shirt size) NON-BOATING SEASON Official JPYC Blazer Patch November 1 - April 30 $35 — Cherie Parker at: [email protected] to make an order. Cost: $28-32 (depending upon shirt size) Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

NON-BOATING SEASON BOATING SEASON 2019 JPYC Calendar November 1 - April 30 May 1 - October 31 Monday - Friday Wednesday - Sunday $15 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. •••••••••••••••••••

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Jackson Park Yacht Club 6400 South Promontory Drive Chicago, Illinois 60649 773.684.5522

Janet Hansen, Commodore Russ Fouts, Vice-Commodore R Delacy Peters, Rear Commodore Karen Harris, Immediate Past Commodore

Latitude: 41.46.50 | Longitude: 87.34.42 www.jacksonparkyachtclub.org