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NHYC Cruisers Celebrate July 4th in San Diego Twilight, Mola Mola, and Me Me COMMODORE’S COLUMN for some and a record-setting pace for by Chris Welsh, Harry Patterson, Hubie others. This brings back fond memories Laugharn, Jamie Hardenbergh, and of sailing Transpac in 2001 on Alaska John Drayton. The Lynx crew included Eagle, the communications vessel, with Graham Brant-Zawadzki. Tom Corkett & SC Grant Baldwin. I had a great Tom Jr. were on Mirage. Doug Rastello opportunity to be “Baldy’s” and Piet van Os sailed on Pyewacket, communications computer operator and and our Vice Commodore Brad Avery his radio backup. This was a great trip and John Fuller were on Holua. and an opportunity to learn from the Meanwhile, our Non-Calm Program “Voice of Transpac”. has been going great guns, with 170 In the 1953 Transpac, my dad and kids sailing in the program. It is a others from NHYC sailed the Goodwill to pleasure to come down to the club in the late afternoon and see all these In days past, NHYC fired the Honolulu. The Goodwill was a classic old young sailors. I have heard parents and cannon for Evening Colors until too 160-foot schooner. In 1958, I sailed on grandparents talking with great pride many complained about the noise and the Goodwill to Catalina with the about helping junior members with their how it scared some people. After Douglas, Gardiner, and Crispin families. boats. Thanks to the Draytons, the Non- several requests, we have brought back Fellow member Ken Gardiner and I were Calm Committee, Zander, and his super Colors less the cannon, a great tradition just young kids at the time, but what an staff of instructors for making another followed by many yacht clubs such as adventure it was! There we were, sitting wonderful sailing summer. New York and our neighbors at Balboa. on the aft deck of a 160-foot schooner, Burger Bash this year has been over Please join us for Colors at sunset, or watching a film of the Goodwill racing the the top with good menus and fabulous when the boatman shift is complete. 1953 Transpac, projected on the mainsail. attendance. Thank you to the staff for When you are at the club, please stop I remember my dad going out on the so many good evenings of great food and stand at attention during the Goodwill’s 90-foot spinnaker pole to and excellent service. Thanks to the striking of the American flag for Evening change the afterguy. membership for supporting and Colors. We have had many This club is fortunate to have a great enjoying the many Burger Bash nights compliments on the return to the history of Transpac races, with many, and for using the club on a regular tradition! Thank you to the membership many years of boats and members sailing basis. NHYC provides great food, good supporting Colors. A special thank you for our club! This year, reading the friends, and a fun place to meet. to the boatmen for their professional Transpac 2009 brochure, I saw many presentation of Colors this summer. names of members from our club. On Good sailing this summer! By the time this newsletter is in your board Westerly, under our burgee, were hands, the 2009 Transpac will be S/C Tom Hogan, LJ, Grant, Scott Bill Crispin finished. Following this year’s Transpac Edgcomb, Jack Hamilton, Bob McClaire, has been interesting, with a slow start and Rick Robinson. Ragtime was sailed S EGERBLOM I NDUCTED – 2009 ICSA HALL OF FAME a portion of a press release by Jan Harley, Media Pro Int’l Newport, Rhode Island (June 26, 2009) – The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) recently acknowledged the contributions of Michael Segerblom to the sport of college sailing by inducting him into the ICSA Hall of Fame. He was recognized with the Graham Hall Award for Outstanding Service by a College Sailing Professional. The ICSA Hall of Fame was established in 1969 to acknowledge the competitive achievements of undergraduates as well as the service contributions of individuals whose efforts helped in the establishment, growth, and development of college sailing. In recognition of their significant service to the organization, the names of the inductees will be added to the permanent ICSA Hall of Fame display located in the Robert Crown Sailing Center at the U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.). GRAHAM HALL AWARD – Michael Segerblom has been honored by ICSA with the Graham Hall Award which recognizes organizers, administrators, advisors or coaches who have served the best interests of college sailing at the club/team, conference or national level. Segerblom, a 1986 graduate of the University of Southern California, was an ICSA All-American in 1985 and Captain of the school’s sailing team. As an undergrad he held several offices in the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association (now Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference) including serving as President, and for more than 15 years serving as its Graduate Secretary and Conference Commissioner. He has served on ICSA’s Board of Directors and All-America Committee, and was Chair of the Communications Committee. In 1992, Segerblom became the Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Sailing Foundation and the United States Sailing Center – Long Beach. In addition to being the home of the USC Varsity Sailing Team, the Center is also the host of many racing events and learn-to-sail programs, as well as programs for sailors with disabilities and youths-at-risk, while another mainstay is high school sailing. “Segerblom combines his love for sailing with his organizational and business skills to coordinate sailing programs on many age and Cover photo by Pam Bacich 2 RACING S AILING ON sail is the most exciting moment on A LFA R OMEO II the boat; the speed increases by by Adin Dobkin about four to five knots in a matter of seconds. We put up the 5A for Sailing on a world famous maxi testing because the wind speed had yacht is an experience normally increased to about 20 knots. Once reserved for the rich or world class we put up the sail we were cruising sailors who crew aboard these at about 18 to 19 knots. giants, so when asked if I would like The talent among the crew is to sail on Alfa Romeo II for one of truly exceptional; the crew features her training sessions for the the likes of amazing sailors such as upcoming Transpac Race all I could Stan Honey, Michael Coxon, and of say was “wow”. course Neville Crichton. This is truly Even going to Rainbow Harbor …one of the most well prepared one of the most well thought out is an amazing experience for any and capable maxi programs in the serious yacht racer. Alfa Romeo maxis on the planet to tear world. Although the program right next to Pegasus on one side of features top sailors, the boat’s the dock with Samba Pa Ti on the down any race record… incredible design doesn’t hurt either. other side is definitely an amazing The 98’ Reichel Pugh designed sight. Once setting off the dock, we yacht features hydraulic winches, a put up the offshore main and massive canting keel, and a immediately we were speeding steerable forward rudder. This along at about 12 or so knots with combination of technology creates a 15 knots of breeze, which truly stable yet fast platform that is easier shows how this boat is powered up on trimmers. in mostly every type of condition. Sailing on Alfa Romeo is an The purpose of the day’s training amazing experience and something session was to tune the rig for every only a handful of people get to do type of sail so we then put up the once in their lifetime. Alfa Romeo’s downwind code zero, a truly giant design and crew make it one of the sail that increased our boat speed most well prepared maxis on the by two or so knots. Bearing away planet to tear down any race record in this boat to put up a downwind they may face. ability levels,” read the nomination for the award. Racing internationally and nationally on big boats and dinghies, Segerblom won national titles in the Snipe and 470 classes, and placed fifth at the 1984 470 Olympic Team Trials. He has been a US Sailing Certified Judge since 1988 and has served as the Regatta Chairman and Principal Race Officer for numerous international, national, regional and local events. He also co-founded the US–Japan Intercollegiate Goodwill Regatta. “When I traveled to my first away event in 1978, I went to the U.S. Naval Academy for a regatta as John Shadden’s crew,” explained Segerblom about his personal connection to the award’s namesake. “The first guy John and I met was Graham Hall and he took us under his wing. We were just 15, and when we won the qualifying event, I looked over and Graham was there with a ‘big thumbs’ up from a coach who cared. That made receiving this award special.” The father of three sons (Sean, age 10, Daniel, 13 and Chris, 16) is, naturally, now very involved in high school sailing and travelling to events with his sons. Chris is spending seven weeks in Europe this summer, Daniel will be competing at the youth championship in Connecticut and Sean is currently learning team racing in Sabots. Segerblom’s reflections on his ICSA activities also included a nod to long-time mentor Ted Livingston (Bellingham, Wash.), who recently passed away.