(above) Gerald Pollack mans the helm SANTANA 22 (left) Lisa Mulvey holds her course SANTANA 21 (right) Jennifer DuNesme, Garrick Jackson between races HOBIE 18 KLAMATH YACHT CLUB AUGUST 2015 2700 Front Street Commodore Treasurer Board of Directors WWW.KYCSAIL.US P.O. Box 1648 Liz Campbell Janet Luttig Steve Crabb Vice Commodore Jim Carpenter Newsletter Editor Secretary KLAMATH FALLS OREGON Richard and Carolyn Sam Houston eliz campbell Elaine Zaiger 97601 Ford Doug Riese [email protected] Rear Commodore 2013/14 Commodore Spiros Karidis All photos unless otherwise noted are 541.883.3339 Tim Phillips Gail Corey property of emp campbell. Commodore‘s Report Vice Commodore’s View Was it just the beginning of July? Fireworks and regattas seem a distant memory, but happy one. Thank you to all who worked on this endeavor. It was good to see so many boats at this year’s Firecracker- a welcome up-swing in the number of boats! As we are in mid-summer, working or vacationing, many of us are focused on friends and family and enjoying the outdoors. Count us fortunate to have a lake, docks and deck to gather at on a weekly basis. And (below) this is my dear friend Liz Phillips doing exactly that! Hope you all are joined this month by those who make you smile. Calm hearts to all- eliz While Vice Commodore Richard tended to the club during Firecracker Regatta, visiting family Micah and daughter got San Juan 21 Dickey Bird out on the water for him. Rear Commodore’s Report Liz and eliz The club is looking pretty good. There's always room for And apparently this is improvement though. I'm going to look into some me, getting lost in suggested improvements for the club. Things that need thought while working repaired, replaced, or just removed. If you have ideas for on the computer. Boat photos, of course! improvements please let me know. The sailing season is winding down. Some of the fixed Thanks, husband. keel boats will need to be thinking about pulling out within the next few weeks. If you don't have experience operating Coming in next month’s newsletter: Wood River Float photos the crane let me know. I can help, or there's always someone at the club willing to lend a hand. Board Bits At July’s Board Meeting, an Honorary Membership was --Tim approved for John and Carmen Pratt, in recognition of their support of Half Klam (destination and evening location). Bob Dortch and Sam Houston presented the framed certificate to John and Carmen during a July lunch at their Harriman Springs Resort Restaurant. Niece Sara and crew Justin Harris join Rear Commodore Tim Phillips at Firecracker. MEMBERSHIP NEW MEMBERS so-far THIS YEAR Have you introduced yourself to them yet? Joining: Richard Hoffman & Sue Graves (Kayaks) 90 Dues Paying Valencia Jones & Jeff Burcher 9 Life Members Jasmine and Jeff Warburton (Hunter 24): Sponsored by Greg Collins Rod and Barb Allred (Ranger 20): Sponsored by Neal and Yolanda Buchanan 3 Honorary Members (non-voting) Michael Matthews (Motorized Cruiser): Sponsored by Brian and Carol Hansen -------------------------------------- Kucinsky and Slavka Rasto (Kite board): Sponsored by Steve and Sharon Crabb 102 Total as of July 8, 2015 Cathy Souther (Wants to crew!): Sponsored by Gella Luria, Ernie and Sandy Waters (before July meeting) Leaving: Ann Marie Darstein & Desiree Rinker (Moved out of town.) Firecracker Regatta July 4-5, 2015 Wow! What a wonderful Firecracker Regatta! 28 boats from four states and representing more than eight yacht clubs registered! Racing was off to a slow start on Saturday, despite a 9 a.m. Skippers Meeting and On Call racing following. Fortunately, the racers and spectators found ways to occupy themselves until the wind actually picked up around 2:30. Then three races were completed before some stormy looking clouds came in. Sunday three more races were completed, with good winds first thing in the morning! We received many compliments from the racers and their families—KYC put on a great regatta! It couldn’t have happened without all the club members who volunteered their time and talents! A big THANK YOU goes out to all of you! At the Awards Ceremony, we thanked a lot of you, but we neglected a few key people, so we’d like to recognize them here: our chase boat people—Ernie, Doug, Mick, and Steve, Elizabeth for her photography, and Bud and Pam for spreading the word among cat sailors—we had 12 multihull racers this year! It’s been our pleasure to co-chair the Firecracker Regatta! We appreciate all the help and support from our fellow club members. We hope you enjoy the rest of the summer and the water, while we have some! Janice Hicks and Lisa Mulvey, Firecracker Regatta Co-Chairs IT TAKES A CLUB TO HOST A REGATTA. Some of the helpful members that made the weekend happen. Thank you ALL! Tina Mahacek, Marie Wright, Mel Murakami, Richard Ford Bill Wright, Walt Larson Doug Driessen (Board Director), racers, Don Softley, Tina, Walt Cindy DeRosier Carol Herring Jim Herring Al Day Jim Lawson Race Captain Chuck Dunbar Racers from north, south, west, and north-east. Dock Dog support from Blinka. And a thank you to Sandy Waters at the upstairs “goodies” table. A shout-out to her amazing shoulder bags! I was so busy shopping, I forgot to photograph her. -eliz FIRECRACKER REGATTA 2015 RACE RESULTS Information provided by Jim Lawson, Race Committee There were a total of 6 races (R1-R6) by 4 classes/types of sailboats: SJ-21 (San Juan 21), PHRF (Performance Handicap Racing Fleet) OC (Open Centerboard Type), Multihull (i.e. catamarans). Places were determined by a compilation of performance outcomes (e.g. 1st place, 2nd place, 5th place, etc.) across all 6 races for each skipper in his/her individual class. The Club designation refers to where each skipper hails from: KYC Klamath Yacht Club EYC Eugene Yacht Club RYC Redding YC WSC Whiskey Town Sailing Club HYC Humboldt Yacht Club Ukiah Yacht Club MHRA Multi Hull Racing Association (various locations) 2015 FIRECRACKER REGATTA, KLAMATH YACHT CLUB DNS= Did Not Start DNF= Did Not Finish DSQ= Disqualified SAN JUAN 21 FLEET CLASS CLUB SKIPPER R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 TOTAL PLACE KYC Jake Zaiger 1 1 2 2 1 1 8 1 KYC Greg Collins 2 2 3 4 3 3 17 2 KYC Tim Phillips 3 3 4 3 2 4 19 3 KYC Karl Wenner DNS DNS 1 1 4 2 24 4 KYC Vic Ford 4 4 5 5 5 5 28 5 KYC Karl Knudsen 5 5 6 DNS DNS DNS 40 6 Karl Knudsen single-hands Saturday. PHRF FLEET Santana 20 EYC William Eimstad 2 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 Santana 20 KYC Lisa Mulvey 3 3 2 2 2 2 14 2 Sonar WYC Mike Strahle 1 2 3 4 3 3 16 3 Merit 25 KYC Guy Jakubowski 4 4 4 3 4 4 23 4 Santana 22 KYC Gerald Pollack 5 5 5 DNS DNS DNS 33 5 Mike Strahle OPEN CENTERBOARD FLEET Laser RYC Jim Christopher 3 4 1 2 2 1 13 1 Laser HYC Bruce Braly 2 1 3 3 3 2 14 2 Laser WSC Mike Eichwald DSQ 2 4 1 1 3 16 3 Snipe Ukiah Tom Hunt 1 3 2 DNS DNS DNS 21 4 Lasers start. MULTIHULL FLEET H(obie) P(rindle) Nacra F-20C MHRA Jason Smith 4 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 H-17 EYC Kelly Havig 1 2 4 3 4 2 16 2 P-16 EYC Dan Nicholson 3 4 3 8 3 3 24 3 26 4 Nacra 5.8 MHRA Mike Peavy 2 3 2 2 11 6 H- 14 Valerie Ploszak 9 5 5 4 2 9 34 5 H- 16 Jeremy Groesz 6 6 6 5 10 8 41 6 Out-of-towners. (Mike Peavey below) H- 16 KYC Bud Cook 5 8 8 6 8 7 42 7 H- 20 Norton Smith 7 7 DNF 9 5 4 45 8 P-16 EYC Larry Cox 8 9 7 10 6 5 45 9 H-14 Bill Groesz 10 10 9 7 7 10 53 10 H-18 KYC Jennifer Du Nesme 12 11 10 11 9 11 64 11 H-20 Kurt Schneider 11 12 11 DSQ 12 12 71 12 (left) Guy Jakubowski and Vince Wachter (middle) Anne and Karl Wenner get a tow after rudder trouble. (right) Jake Zaiger Regatta Report EAGLE LAKE (Northern California) MULTI-HULL REGATTA submitted by Pam Randall We arrived at the Sunkist Fruit Growers site along the south shore of Eagle Lake at about 1 pm. We are lucky to live so close, just a drive down highway 39, across the cutback to Adin, a lovely drive through the trees. The first view of the lake was not unexpected after our April trip south. No surprise. The entire northern leg of Eagle Lake no longer exists. Several lake front towns are now field front towns. Alas. The "hole in Eagle Lake" continues to drain out the contents with no "plug" in the works. Fortunately, there is still enough lake to sail on - clean, cold and clear. And this year, instead of the mid 90's, the air was a brisk mid-60's. Hallelujah! Bud and I parked our boat in the usual spot for set up, just below the porta-potti station and just above the bike path along the lake, and proceeded to try out our new F150 truck bed tent rig.