Junior sailors learn the ropes! July — 2012 Grownups are having summer fun, too. Calendar 5 Races 6 Happy Hour 7 LMYRA Single Handed Race 10 Women’s S’fish (See note this issue) 11 Board/Stewards (Moved from Jul. 4) 12 Dinghy Races 13 Happy Hour 14 LMYRA Race #2 17 Women’s S’fish 19 Dinghy Races 20 Happy Hour 21 LMYRA Couple’s Race 24 Women’s S’fish 26 Dinghy Races 27 Happy Hour 28 LMYRA Race #3 31 M’brship Cmte. 31 Women’s S’fish A Sunset in Black and White (CSCA not meeting in July and August) Kyle Buck , who joined CSC only last year, has an obvious eye for sunsets. He shot this in beautiful color at the recent LMYRA Overnight Race, but we Do not email us about that must print Telltale photos in black and white. “Juniors learn the ropes ” head- line. We know that almost all We were delighted that its haunting visual elements held up very well after we the ropes on a sailboat are LINES and are called sheets, removed the color. And notice the level horizon. We’re told that horizons must halyards, lanyards, downhauls, always be level in nautical photography. outhauls, and what not. But we could not write “Juniors Once, though, we saw that rule grossly violated. At one of CSCs big regattas learn their lines.” It would in the 1960s a shutterbug representing a now defunct weekly newspaper showed sound like they were putting up and clicked away at practically every in sight. A few days later he on a play . proudly showed us the result. If we recall correctly there is actually only one rope on a The paper had printed an entire page featuring a couple of dozen sailboat pho- sailboat that’s called “rope,” or tos. . .and every mast was absolutely vertical! But, you should have seen the nearly so. The bolt-rope sewn crazy angles the background horizons took. Not a horizontal one in the pack. into the luff of the mainsail.

Another of Kyle’s photos appears on page 3. And there are photos by Joe Editor: John Wrisley Reyes, Keegan Bowman, Debra Kelly and others. Thanks, shutterbugs! [email protected] Page 2 At the Helm by Commodore Charlie Calhoun

With the new dock construction just a week or so away it’s ironic that dock number two broke apart a couple of weekends ago. Talk about perfect long range planning! So if you happen to be at the club take a look at old number two. Although broken and misshapen it served us well for many years. As they say, “Out with the old and in with the new”.

By the time you receive this Summer Sail Camp, New Member’s Happy Hour, a Grill Your Own, and possibly the 4th of July celebration will have come and gone.

-The Summer Youth Sail Camp finished its two week schedule having been filled to capacity each week . Maria DeHart’s precise planning paid off again rewarding each participant with a terrific summer memory and a foundation on which to build future experiences. Maria’s plan called for the best staff possible and she got them. Dick and Zoe Dommel, and Sally Key , Ryan Hargrave , Mike Brothers , and Bob Beauregard were the well-oiled ma- chine that made Maria’s planning a total success

-Candace Leaphart and Alecia Milling deserve special thanks for making our newest members feel welcomed. The Club was packed with food, fellowship, and fun and the weather was postcard perfect. Way to go ladies.

-Also history will be our fourth Grill Your Own. With attendance in the 60s and 70s this has been one of the most popular events at CSC. This GYO was hosted by Stanley and Allison Hassinger with special assistance from son Matthew .

-And the 4th of July get together may have come and gone depending on when this TT hits the streets. Entertain- ment chairs were the Ballowes, Gary and Margery , the Garfields, Robby and Dolly , and the Brothers, Mike and Barbara. Several of these folks brought you the last 4th celebration and they really know how to nail the true spirit of this special day. Master Chefs David Phillips and Al Whitworth take top honors for their contribution in the cooking department. If you think local BBQ restaurants have secret recipes think again!

And last, thanks to the trained eye of Mace Coleman we have averted a possible dangerous situation . The tall pine to the left of the entrance to the Club is beyond help and has to be removed. We’ll be notifying boat owners in that area when to move their once we have a firm date.

Let me hear from you! ~Charlie

The CSC program for youth is intended to infect as many youngsters with the sailing bug as possible. Seems to be working! “Tote ‘dat barge!” We never promised NO HEAVY Our thanks to Debra Kelly for this pair of photos taken during the LIFTING. This is a clear illustration of the benefit of teamwork . 2012 program in June. Maria DeHart’s report on the program may be found on page 7. Page 3 Sailing Instruction (Practically at arm’s length!)

Joe Reyes provided us with some photo souvenirs of this year’s Junior Sailing Camps last month.

“The main idea is to sail these things as flat as possible. Heel Whole lot of sailin’ going on! This scene was contrib- much more than this and your uted by Debra Kelly. lessons will come into play!”

In Bob Blundy’s “Tiller Talk” on page 6 is a reference to the Small boats race Thursday night. June 1st LMYRA Overnight We sail in strong winds or light. race. With lots of short races “Thirteen boats completed the You’re put through your paces, 32.5 mile course which is a new Then head to the club for a bite. attendance record. The early starters were rewarded with a heavy shower that lasted for By Thursday you need to do something about 10 to 15 minutes, but after that takes your mind off the backlog at the that the sky cleared and south- office. Dr. Mathias prescribes the 6:30pm erly winds picked up to a steady Dinghy Races at the Columbia Sailing Club 8 to 10 mph for the rest of the evening for some perfect as the perfect tonic. She says when you get moonlit sailing.” a favorable wind shift at the weather that lifts you precisely where you need to Kyle Buck watched the storm be you won’t have work or worries on your clouds gather that night and sent mind. us this dramatic shot of Mother Nature getting set to douse the sailors. For good health and loads of fun - Thursday evening Dinghy Races! It was a very long night for much of the fleet, but the attraction to it seems to 6:30 start through Aug.9th! be growing. Don’t miss the details in Bob’s report. Info: [email protected] Page 4

CSC Auxiliary NEWS by Nan Nussler, President

Summer has arrived in good ol’ South Carolina fashion—HOT!! I hope everyone is enjoying Lake Murray and sailing. Thursday night Dinghy Races started with a huge crowd of sailors and “on lookers” this month. It is a fun night for all so come join us this summer on Thursdays for racing and dinner. That’s every Thursday evening through August 9th. Jr. Sail Camp is over but the youngsters looked like they had a super time in the Optis. LMYRA races have started for the summer.

Many folks participated in our first Summer Sailstice event on June 23rd to “blast in“ summer with the sounding of air horns at 1:27:18—the time of our solar noon. What a way to “sound” the beginning of summer and a good reason to meet at CSC for fel- lowship, food, and fun. Sailing is alive and well on Lake Murray!!

Welcome to all of the new CSC members!!

According to reports a great time was had by all at the New Members Happy Hour party on June 15th. I was sorry to miss this event but I heard that the food was delicious and yes, the “beer margaritas” served added to the enjoyment of all. Great party and many thanks to Candace Leaphart, Stephanie Seals and Alecia Milling for their planning of this event. Thanks to CJ Johnson for her gorgeous hydrangeas that decorated the tables.

We invite the spouses or significant others of all CSC new members to join the CSCA and we look forward to getting to know you all soon.

OK ladies here’s your opportunity to work with an all female race committee. Help is needed for the race committee for the Single Handed Race-Saturday July 7th. Please contact Jan Jernigan , [email protected], cell# 261-3391, if you can help.

I hope you enjoyed the June 22nd Grill Your Own. These Friday night GYO parties have been fun, relaxed and just a great way to meet with CSC friends and enjoy the front porch and our spectacular view of Lake Murray.

Our July 4th celebration is actually the last day of June. so more on those festivities in our next Telltale.

Thanks to all who attended our June meeting. We have no CSCA meetings in July and August but start again in September . So put September 11th on your calendar for our next meeting and have a wonderful summer. Nan

We’re not saying this Hypertufa Pot will turn up on the Antiques Road Show valued at several thousand dollars, nor will it be displayed at the Guggenheim Museum for visitors to admire.

But we will somewhat belatedly report that several such vessels were created at the Columbia Sailing Club on May 6th. At right we see Marybeth Mahrer bent to her task of forming a pot, which when sufficiently cured is detached from its mold.

Seems to us a fun hobby. A tad untidy, maybe, but the results are long lasting! CSC Membership Page 5 by Richard Leaphart, Vice Commodore

New Member Application: Kim McGill sponsored by Ben Rast . Kim is a marketing director and avid sailor. Her sailing career began in high school, sailing Hobie Cats and Lightnings. After college she began racing her in Mississippi, Alabama and the panhandle of Florida and was quite successful. Kim is married to Rick McGill and they have two children Kelsey and Logan. They are new to the Columbia area and look forward to making new friends and meeting fellow sailors.

Please welcome and introduce yourselves to Kim, Rick, Kelsey and Logan , when you get a chance.

In the News … again! We mentioned last month that CSCers Jan Jernigan and Deloris & Stewart Mungo ap- peared in a May issue of the Columbia Star, recognized for the efforts on behalf of Columbia Lifeline. All three popped up again in The State newspaper’s “Living Here” supplement on the Meet Your Neighbors” page. ( www. thestate.com/livinghere )

Congratulations also to Rose Wilkins, appearing in the June “Lexington Life” magazine. She was saluted for her long years of activity in “politics, literature, publishing, and church work” - not to mention her life as a wife and mother. The account didn’t happen to mention her contributions to the Columbia Sailing Club, including the production of the now legendary CSC Cookbook! !

Alecia Milling reports that 3rd quarter bills for dues and fees will be going out no later than July 10. If yours hasn’t shown up on a timely basis contact Alecia at [email protected], or 920-0943. Remember, a 5 percent late fee must be charged if they are not paid within 30 days of the invoice date.

A Unique Birthday Gift for a CSC sailor !

Karen Dial, CSC “Mommadore” in 1982, received a neat birthday gift in mid- June. No, not this wooden 12-meter America’s Cup con- tender from more than 40 years ago, but a RIDE on it.

Below is a view from the helmsman’s position aboard “Heritage”

Karen said a turn at the wheel of this beautiful yacht was a birthday treat she’ll never forget.

The sail took place off Newport, RI June 17th. It was arranged by Karen’s daughter, Keegan, who took this photo with her cell phone. Keegan’s hus- SAILING NEWS FROM THE REAR: band and four year old son were also on board. (by the Rear Commodore!) And that’s it for now. Keep us posted on member Thursday Night Dinghy Racing -- off to a great start! Over 30 Richard boats are registered, with 20-25 boats at the start line each thursday activity! night!! Race Committee has set up superb courses and the competi- tion has been excellent. Families are gathering on the porch to watch and lend opinions (?) about the sailing. It's just been great fun so far--and the meals have been delicious. Come on out and join the fun! To register contact [email protected]

Women's Tuesday Night Sailing -- A new practice series for women starting July 10th hosted by Ron and Redick Loring. Meet at the beach 6:30 pm on Tuesdays and bring your Sunfish as club Sun- fish are not available. The first session will review rigging , etc. Questions and registration: call Ron or Redick Loring at 351-3158 . Page 6

Sailing News ‘n Notes

LMYRA Tiller Talk by Bob Blundy

The 2012 summer series is here! Evening racing can provide some of the most relaxing sailing of the year and also provide perfect stress relief from the famously hot Midlands weather.

The first event was the Overnight race which was held over the Friday night /Saturday morning of June 1/2. Four- teen boats made the reverse start with the scratch boat, a SJ-21, starting at 7:00, and the fastest boat, a Hobbie 33 started just after 9:00pm. Thirteen boats completed the 32.5 mile course which is a new attendance record. The early starters were rewarded with a heavy shower that lasted for about 10 to 15 minutes, but after that the sky cleared and southerly winds picked up to a steady 8 to 10 mph for the rest of the evening for some perfect moonlit sailing.

The skipper who sailed the course in the shortest length of time was John Ward in his Hobie 33 - 6 hrs 9 mins and 56 secs. The longest time spent on the course was Gary Ballowe and family in his Catalina 30 - 8 hrs 26 mins and 32 secs. That’s a long time to sit on hard fiberglass. A total of 5 spinnaker boats and 9 non-spinnaker boats sailed. Hootie Bushardt finished ahead of Admiral Dick Dommel with his grandson who handled the genoa and spinnaker all night long, to finish 2nd in the spinnaker class, which was rounded out by Frank McKinnon, Tom Pool and John Ward.

Will Haltiwanger won the non spinnaker group followed by, Lee Trapp, Stone Crider, Chuck Henderson, Kyle Buck, Mac Smith, Steven Cook and Gary Ballowe.

The Race Committee did an outstanding job with Beth Mathias (PRO), Bill Mathias, Kathy DeFranco, Gary Hodo, Ron Loring, and Bob & Carol Bond. Alpha mark was provided by Bill Grant (WPYC), Bravo mark by Jim and Bev Holland (CSC) and Delta mark by Braxton Sorg & Mike Verdone (LMPS). In addition to organizing the event, Beth provided pizza before the race, encouragement and boxes of doughnuts for the weary finishers.

The first summer race was held on the beautiful evening of June 16, with promising steady 10 mph winds out of the NE. The RC geared up to take advantage of the conditions for the 20 starters, and set a long race twice around with 1 1/2 mile legs, and the weather mark near no-wind point near the dam. Things started out perfectly then the wind began to die on the second lap. Ah well, that’s why we love Lake Murray. Ten boats couldn’t resist the lure of the clubhouse and dropped out as the second lap ground down to a crawl. The finishing order for the more deter- mined was Roger Dougal, George Murray, Lee Trapp (non spin) , Tony Bolan, Dick Dommel, Beth Mathias (non spin), Chuck Henderson (non spin), Frank McKinnon (non spin), Dave Mahrer (non spin) and Sue Strickland (non spin).

Thanks to the RC for trying their best to get a good long race in. PRO was Bruce Seiffert accompanied by wife Lorraine, Herbert Easter, Mahayla Painter, Tom and Debra Kelly and Hootie Bushardt. ~Bob

If you’re not making regular stops at the Columbia Sail- ing Club website you’re missing out on lots of interesting stuff. Webmaster Tony Bolan puts a lot of time and effort into keeping it timely, and he has arranged for nearly limit- less digital real estate so the club can store tons of things in its archives. Complete issues of the Telltale, for instance. Not all the issues since 1959, of course, but plenty.

www.columbiasailingclub.org

Drop in and take a look! And we join Tony (and his bird) in wishing all y’all A HAPPY FOURTH! Page 7

CSC Youth Sailing Program

2012 Summer Camps Were a Success! 2012 Summer saw 3 SOLD OUT Columbia Sailing Club camps!! These Youth Sailing Camps had a total of 52 campers! Most exciting is we had 9 Sunfish Sailors and 6 Opti Sailors in the advanced morning camp of June 11th. We also had 4 youth who participated in both weeks of sailing camp. The average age of all participants combined was 10 years. The oldest sailing camper was 15 . . . in the advanced camp. Fun was had by all!

There are many people who need to be thanked for their support for the Youth Sailing Program. It takes a TEAM effort to pull these two weeks off! You see the young eager faces (maybe a little scared because it rained the first day of each week) on Monday and by Friday - by golly - those little campers are rigging their own boats, working together as a team and launch- ing their boats and ready to sail!

Thank you Instructors and Crew! Windy Key does a great job placing everyone in their role and instructing the kids;. Dick Dommel, AKA Mr. D, boat master, "Wind God" whis- perer and who can fix anything; Senior Instructor, Zoe Dom- mel has much empathy and understanding for kids, not to mention can sail anything! (I wish she had been my teacher at school!) Mike Brothers, Ryan Hargrave were the safety resource and muscles for the Team; and Sally Key was a HUGE help with the Optis. Sally, I have never seen some- one de-rig an Opti faster than you can. You are awesome! Hammond Edwards was a new instructor but came with great credentials. He races on the Citadel College Team and can handle a 420 with his eyes closed! The older sailors really enjoyed the instruction and racing on the 420s under Hammond's instruction.

Finally, this year we had a couple of WONDERFUL (and die-hard) volunteers - Ben Strevens and Bob Beauregard! Thank you for coming back to volunteer every day after the first miserable rainy day of camp!

Camp would NOT be complete without the campers Certificates of Achieverment which Alecia Milling has printed each year for us without complaint! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU . . . all of you!

I have not forgotten the Boat Master "Fixer Upper" crew which worked with Dick Dommel to get all the boats in order - Dave Mahrer, George Selkinghaus, George Scoff, Frank Webb, Hans Nussler, Steve Szymanski and John Young. You know those young students and their par- ents have NO CLUE what goes into getting all the parts and pieces ready, but I do, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart because I am clueless when it comes to what is a Phillips or flathead screwdriver!

Last but not least - Thank You Mike Lambert for making sure the gate was opened and closed everyday. and most important— the canteen was always stocked! Those young sailors LOVED the MMs and other goodies they enjoyed every day!

Thanks, too, to Charlie Calhoun and Richard Leaphart for being there to thank the parents and award the Certificates of Achievement! As one camper commented to Vice Commodore Leaphart "I like your uniform and I like your mustache!". Getting the hang of downwind tactics. One more thing! The next monthly scheduled Youth Meeting will be Sunday, Au- gust 26 from 2 to 5 pm. May the wind always be in your sail and the sun on your face! Maria DeHart The Telltale 1 Myrtle Court

Columbia, SC 29205

Award and repeated the win in 1974 and 1975, whereu 1975, and 1974 in win the repeated and Award pon Elaine took over the junior top spot. spot. top junior the over took Elaine pon

Championships in Minneapolis! The following year R year following The Minneapolis! in Championships obby won the CSC Junior Sailor of the Year Year the of Sailor Junior CSC the won obby

finished second overall in the Y-Flyer National National Y-Flyer the in overall second finished young that word got Robby Wilkins Wilkins Robby Helms Jessie

Speaking of CSC youth of forty years ago. . .just .just . ago. years forty of youth CSC of Speaking as the Telltale was about to go to press editor editor press to go to about was Telltale the as

Junior Sailor of the Year and held it 4 years! years! 4 it held and Year the of Sailor Junior

ready showing her sailing skills and in 1976 won won 1976 in and skills sailing her showing ready

, was al- was , sister old year 10 his 1972 In , Elaine ,

was to become CSC Sailor of the Year in 2007. 2007. in Year the of Sailor CSC become to was

Parshall’s youngest child, child, youngest Parshall’s , then age 7, 7, age then , David

Wrisley. Wrisley.

and Wilkins, Joe Gibbes, Rob’t Gibbes, Gibbes, Rob’t Gibbes, Joe Wilkins, John John

plicants for club membership, sponsored by by sponsored membership, club for plicants Bob Bob

was among new ap- new among was and , Corky Parshall Parshall Corky Jones

was booming under the direction of of direction the under booming was Martin Martin

ment of the swimming dock. The Sunfish fleet fleet Sunfish The dock. swimming the of ment

for the replace- the for congratulated and Tim Dowdey Dowdey Tim

members to enjoy the club’s sailing programs... sailing club’s the enjoy to members

CSC Commodore Commodore CSC was urging urging was Bob Armstrong Armstrong Bob Forty Years ago! ago! Years Forty