September 2020 Volume XCVI Number 9
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September 2020 Volume XCVI Number 9 September • October 2020 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY September 2 3 4 5 1 Deckhands Remote Meeting 6p CG #17 Remote Meeting 6:30p 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 LABOR DAY PATRIOT DAY Mooring CG #14 Remote Meeting Remote Meeting 6p 6:30p 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Fleet Ops F & P Remote Meeting Remote Meeting 6p 6:30p 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Membership Remote Meeting 6p 27 28 29 30 BOD Remote Meeting 7p SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY October 2 3 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Deckhands Remote Meeting 6p CG #17 Remote Meeting 6:30p 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 COLUMBUS DAY BOSS’S DAY SWEETEST DAY Mooring CG #14 Remote Meeting Remote Meeting 6p 6:30p 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Membership Fleet Ops F & P Remote Meeting Remote Meeting 6p Remote Meeting 6p 6:30p 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 HaHapppypy BOD 7p HaHalloowweeenen RED = KYC Meeting BLUE = KYC Event / Racing GREEN = Deckhands Locker PURPLE= Holidays Black=Yoga /Revised Hours On the cover: Don Aakhus and crew on 007, Thursday Night Race August 6, 2020. Photo: Jim Johnson 2 COMMODORE VICE REAR Mike Van Woerkom COMMODORE COMMODORE Aloha Members, Pete Stokka Susie Jannuzzi I once read a quote This year continues to be Aloha KYC family that has stuck with me a challenge. As I write this over the years. It has the Governor is announcing Hope that you are definitely popped into my another shutdown for two finding ways to enjoy mind these last six weeks. This is necessary to these dog days of summer, months during this attempt to get this pandemic a summer like none you COVID-19 pandemic. It under control but is also very will remember. While a read as follows: “The two things in life you are in hard on the local economy and small businesses on the few of you were adventurous enough to travel total control over are your attitude and your effort.” island. We will get through this and hopefully it somewhere this summer, most of us could not Oahu is going through a tough time right now with doesn’t last too long. We are using some of this chance the uncertainties. We have focused on the this COVID-19 pandemic, but I know we will get downtime to focus on some projects around the club. joys and opportunities around us. through this. I am currently working on efforts to upgrade the WiFi While our community events and group Instead of restating the restrictions, stay at at KYC to a better solution for seamless handoffs from activities are on hold as health threats escalate, we home orders, or KYC cancelations, I wanted to take zone to zone, migrating the website, accounting and are challenged to look at activities in a new light. this Telltale’s update as a chance to share with you backoffice Northstar system to a cloud solution, as We can spend more time out of doors, in your the good things that are going on around the club. well as changing out the point of sale systems to backyard or maybe on your lanai, doing a family So many people have helped keep KYC moving current operating systems (will now be iPads) as well picnic until we can once again savor food and drink forward in these times by displaying their amazing as be able to take chip-cards. We hope to have all of from our Yacht (at sunset). We get to spend more positive attitudes and putting forth tons of effort. those in place by the end of September. quality time at home, maybe gardening? Or Great efforts and attitudes of our staff at KYC Not much has happened this past month as far barbecuing? Or reading? How about doing all those has been a constant reminder that KYC is a special as sailing. We did have some bulkhead races for a chores you keep putting aside! Maybe you should place. It’s not easy adapting to all the restrictions while, but now are back in a status where we are not take your boat for a drive around the bay to work on that have been put on our staff, but they have risen organizing any races to discourage any congregation. your seamanship skills, personal relationships, or to the challenge. Whether it be the office, Bar, I did manage to get out for some unorganized racing just your temperament. Think about volunteering galley, accounting, maintenance, or Jr. sailing, the on a beautiful Sunday in the bay. I was able to take maybe mid-September to assist with one of the staff has stepped up and thought outside the box to Papio out on August 16 with a crew and met my club’s committees or lending your skills to support keep things going. We have been able to offer some friends and KYC members, the McCrillis family on one of our community’s needs. I guarantee you will services, maintained a beautiful setting, and keep Haka for some one-on-one match racing in the bay. soon have an opportunity right in our club with the sailing classes going because of these individuals. We were also joined by Andrea Cheung on Waterkeepers’ oyster seeding project. A big Mahalo to the staff of KYC. Boondoggle for some of the action. It was a fun small For those of you who attended the Other great examples of making lemonade series of unorganized races followed by some family Waterkeepers’ presentation in February, you will from lemons is the continued efforts by members to time hanging out anchored in the bay. know that this group seeks to team with keep moving projects forward to completion. The As we go into this next phase of lockdown in the communities worldwide, seeding local waters with south tennis court is looking very nice and close to completion, we are getting closer to having a state I want to remind you to stay healthy and safe oysters to filter out impurities. Your KYC leadership selected contractor to retile our swimming pool, while maintaining your sanity. Getting out for some has selected to move forward, joining with several POS systems and Wi-Fi is being upgraded to much exercise and talking to friends is important. If you other Oahu yacht clubs and marinas to help improve more reliable technology, finance and planning has have to come to the club to get to the boat make sure our environment. But, we will need your help. While kept a close eye on our expenses, and the mooring to wear a mask while around the property and respect the final details are still in planning, we are looking committee has continued to hand out slips and personal space around other members. for families to adopt each cage of oysters being shaved time off the wait list. housed in our KYC waters. This might be an I also want to mention and thank the Thanks, opportunity for you to take an active role for both nominating committee who is hard at work finding our club and our community. More info will follow the best candidates for the 2021 BOD. This is a Pete soon on how you can be part. Please let me know if thankless job, but I know they have spent hours you are interested, as an individual or as a family. interviewing members to be able to present the We will have a blast! strongest slate possible. In the meantime, take care of yourselves. Stay The shutdowns and pandemic are temporary active, mindful and safe. I look forward to seeing and will pass, but the amazing attitudes and efforts you at the best yacht club in Hawaii—KYC! that the staff and members bring to KYC are permanent. Let’s continue to control the things we Mahalo and Aloha! can, and we will be a better and stronger club for it. Susie Aloha KYC Rear Commodore Mike Van Woerkom KYC Commodore 3 JUNIOR SAILING DIRECTOR Jesse Andrews Hello KYC Junior Sailing supporters. Please consider this easy fundraiser we have set up on AmazonSmile. Our charity is The Kaneohe Yachting Foundation. Please bookmark it and help us continue helping our junior sailors reap the benefits of this ongoing simple fundraising tool! AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is available at smile.amazon.com. When you shop at AmazonSmile, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added benefit that AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% Waszp club champs start Photos: Jesse Andrews of your eligible purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. Our summer classes wrapped up earlier this month. We had no fevers or signs of Covid even though we kept a log book of everyone temps all summer long! Instead the kids and instructors did a great job adapting to the "bubble" classes of no more than 10 kids. We were even able to run one Waszp event on August 2nd with 9 boats. This was our first WASZP event and we hope to host many more in the future when it is again safe to do so. Congrats to Marcos Baez who edged out JP Lattanzi by one point for the 2020 KYC Club Championships! The top three were separated by 3 points with Zach Severson in third.