PRSRT STD Alamitos Bay Yacht Club U. S. Postage 7201 East Ocean Boulevard PAID Long Beach, California 90803 Long Beach, CA Permit No. 685 June 2004 Official Publication of Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Alamitos Bay Beach Preservation Group presents 2004 opening day Volume 77 • Number 6 The Peninsula’s 2004 ur Opening Day on May 1 was a great event. The club looked wonderful and the basin full of decorated boats was spectacular. We had a host of volunteers who made the day special. Special thanks to Chris Ericksen who ran the Club Championship regatta, John Merchant who organized the open boat display, Concert Series O Vern Petersen who was the dock master, Chuck Hardin who handled registration, Dave Crockett who organized the greeters and parking helpers, Diane Bateman and Elaine Wood who hung the bunting, Theresa and the club staff, and a May 30 host of others. The Club Championships was sailed in FJ’s loaned by the Sailing Center and was won by Mike Sentovich. Put on your dancing shoes for I owe a huge apology for not introducing the spouses of the Board members – a real mistake Bad Boys Jim Morford June 13 opening day inv ocation “Hang Ten” with Rich Roberts photo The Elm Street Band ear heavenly Father, we thank you for this beautiful day near your awesome ocean. a day which opens our 78th sailing season. Today we ask you to help us remember some safety rules of sailing and living. July 11 D “One hand for yourself and one hand for the boat.” This is one of the basic safety rules especially in windy Rock n Roll Favorites conditions and at night. Dear God, help us to apply a similar rule to our lives. “One hand for ourselves and and one hand King Salmon for you.” When life’s storms may cause us to think you are distant, help us to hold on to You. If we let go we could easily be lost. July 25 Let us recognize that Your love for us is our life’s life jacket which keeps us warm as well as prevents us from Fusion “world” music sinking into the depths away from you. Dear God, help us to stay inside the lifelines of your commandments which enable us to live well with our fellow August 8 man. Swing with Grant us the Gift of Peaceful Serenity which is our G .P.S. that lets us know where we stand with You and The Windmills whether we are going in your direction and away from it. Yes, and help us to realize that your loving forgiveness is the bailing bucket we must keep in our lives which can August 22 Steve Flam drives Flambouyant, ABYC’s entry in the Lipton rid them of the heavy burden of guilt that may swamp our craft or make it extremely difficult to make it to the finish line. Classic Rock-n-Roll and Surf Tunes Cup at San Diego May 15-16, around the windward mark as With these safety rules in mind we ask you to bless our Club, its officers, staff, members, and friends with a happy and safe sailing season. And finally we pray for our departed members. Keep them next to You and close to our The Ho Dads crew hops into setting the spinnaker. Crew members (from left, some partially obscured) are Bruce Golison, Jeremy hearts. We ask these things in your name. September 12 Davidson, Flam, Hans Dose, Mike Sentovich and Doug Amen. A band for all reasons McLean. They placed fourth among 13 boats as Balboa YC Don Reiman Gregg Young & The 2nd Street Band won the cup back after losing it eight years ago. Southwestern YC was defending champion and the last of four San Diego clubs to hold the cup through the interim. 2004 c lub champs All concerts are on Sunday from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. ike Sentovich and Christopher Segerblom, representing the Cal 20 fleet, won the closely contested 2004 @ the 72nd Place Park next to ABYC ABYC Club Championship Regatta on Opening Day, May 1. M Sentovich and Segerblom sailed a steady series right down to the wire, finishing up with a close race against Fred Stevens IV and Fred Stevens III, representing the Lido 14 fleet; nothing less than the outcome of the regatta was in the balance. 2004 Racing in the CFJ’s loaned to ABYC by the US Sailing Center in Long Beach, Fred and Freddy won the first race OFFICERS & DIRECTORS over Sentovich and Segerblom. The Laser representatives, Bob Falk and Steven Smith, bounced back from a seventh- Commodore Kevin Ellis Fleet Surgeon Dr. Arthur Beland inside ...continued on page 3 Vice Commodore Ron Wood Judge Advocate Tom Ramsey Commodore’s Comments ............................ 2 Rear Commodore Nicole Peoples-Moffet Port Captain Paul Anctil Vice Commodore’s Notes ............................ 2 Jr. Staff Commodore John Merchant Sou’Wester Editor Sharon Pearson Manager’s Corner ........................................ 3 Junior Sailing ............................................... 3 sav e the date Fleet Captain Jim Bateman ABYC Phone (562) 434-9955 Hails From the Fleets ................................... 4 Memorial Day Regatta ....................... May 29 - 30 Secretary Glenn Selvin Fax (562) 434-2267 Board Droppings .......................................... 6 Membership Meeting ................................June 18 Directors Bard Heavens Homepage www.abyc.org Larry Kidd Membership ................................................. 6 Junior Program Begins .............................June 22 John Massey E-mail [email protected] Scuttlebutt .................................................... 6 Treasurer George Kornhoff 4th of July Regatta ....................................... July 3 Social (Sightings) ......................................... 7 Catalina Cruise ............................. July 30 - Aug 1 sou’wester • june • 2004 page On The Horizon ............................................ 7 sou’wester • june 2004 • page commodore’s comments social Get Ready, n May we celebrated the opening of the 78th sailing season on Alamitos Bay. Since Its here, before the bay was opened to the sea, members of ABYC have sailed One It’s Summer!!!! I Design yachts on these waters. Many of us have also been involved in itting in the cockpit of the Catalina 36, I’m enjoying and already recalling my first trip this year to Catalina. innumerable ocean racing events including offshore events like Transpac and Pacific Cup. Our I see people enjoying cocktails on shore, little ones braving the still cold water for a chance to go members have won major titles in many classes such as; Skimmer, Sabot, National Sswimming. A couple of kids on a mooring a few boats down are having an ice fight with mom and dad. My OneDesign, Dragon, Lido 14, Cal 20, Snipe, Finn, Laser, C-15, Hobie 14, Coronado 25, 470, favorite part is observing the “too cool” boys throwing ice cubes back at their parents while young lasses from the beach Olsen 30, Tornado, CFJ, Prindle 18, Frieball, Melges 24, 505, A Class Catamaran, Ausie 18 send alluring signals to the drenched boys in the dinghy (mostly its “hey you’re cute”). It’s the beginning of summer. And Skiff, Schock 35, PHRF and Santnana 20 and I’m sure there are classes I left out. it’s hot! It’s hard to believe summer is already here, so let’s see who else is outside and ready to go for the season. The membership has volunteered to organized and run 63 Major Championship Sightings regattas including; (2) World, (1) Hemisphereic, (13) National, (6) North American, and (4) Albertsons Market-Jerry Thompson. His basket is full of goodies, but he still isn’t sure how he’ll out-do Opening Pacific Coast Championships as well as 80 other regattas including the Holiday Series, Day festivities. Stacy can you help??? Multihull Invitational, Olympic Classes Regatta and the SYCA Manning and Midwinter Andrew McDade receiving an award for high school sailing from the U.S. Sailing Center in Long Beach. And this regattas - and that’s only covering the last 10 years. guy is graduating from Long Beach Poly and going to Oregon State too! What a kid, what a member!! Good luck Andrew We have an active social and cruising program, which is always looking for new and and Go Beavers!!! fun ways to spend time with our friends and families and we have a marvelous facility Avalon Bay-La Folie II- Its Lisa Ann Savage and friends having a good time. Cocktails and mooring provided by adjacent to the waters of Long Beach with the only dry storage yard in the area, a unique clubhouse, and terrific access Captain Rick. Lisa Ann and friends enjoyed a ladies weekend at the cove on a classic 60’ Stephens. Did you know the to the bay and to the open ocean. Savages have this beautiful power boat? You’ve got to see it. Any of these things individually carry some degree of significance. However, it is clear that the ABYC as a whole Descanso Bay Beach Club, Avalon-Club Manager Theresa Laird. Shopping with friends and enjoying the view. is vastly more valuable than the sum of its’ parts. Is that all? Actually, she is gaining ideas for future ABYC events. Maybe… We, as club members, need to ensure the legacy of ABYC for the future. Not only for like-minded seafarers, but Southwestern Y.C.-Steve and Barney Flam taking 4th at the Lipton Cup in their J105. Thank you guys for also for our future generations, yachting in general, the art of sailing and for our community. Without ABYC and the representing ABYC. Its looks like from the results that you were just edged out of third. other clubs in Long Beach, the city would be a lesser place. Basin 5-slip 1821-Congratulations to Ed Feo and his brand new Schock 40. Its slick, its fast and its on a The keys to our continued success include careful fiscal management, membership development, a vigorous hydrohoist.