VOL. XVI MILWAUKEE. WIS.. ShiPTEMBER. 1S51 NO. 21 Page 2 SSYC Compass September, 1951 ABOUT THESE SNIPES Italy, France, Switzerland, Argen• the four active fleets around Chi• tina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cu• cago for an inter-fleet Regatta. Al• by ba, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Por• so within easy trailing distance are Brad Phillips tugal, Sweden, Scotland and Uru• 14 other hot racing fleets in Indiana South Shore members will be in• guay. and Michigan. terested to hear that a "new baby" The Snipe was originally design• Another attractive Snipe feature has been born—t h e Milwaukee ed in 1931, and since that time it is its low building cost and the fact Snipe Fleet. With the steady has grown into world-wide promi• that almost anyone can build one mounting of racing activity and in• nence as an exceptionally seawor• by following the simple plans, crease in membership, recognition thy, fast boat. It performs extreme• which are available in booklet form was given it by the Snipe Class In• ly well in the lightest breezes such costing $2.00, or in scale blueprint ternational R,acing Association a as we often have here in July and form costing $5.00. The plans can few weeks ago, which issued it an early August, but at the same time be obtained from: official charter a s "Milwaukee will stand up and take the 30 mph Snipe Fleet, Charter No. 353." Snipe Building Plans gales we get in October—and those 533 Stellar Avenue Our charter number will indicate Lake Michigan white-caps don't Pelham 65, New York the great number of Snipe racing bother our sturdy %" planks a bit! No other class can offer the op• centers around the world. As of Because of their uncomplicated rig portunities for racing which the September there were more than and light weight (only 370 lbs. Snipe does, for the simple reason 9,000 registered Snipes and 356 when you remove the center board) that no other class has so many chartered fleets. In addition to the it's a simple matter for four per• boats and fleets throughout the tremendous concentration of these sons to pick up a Snipe, put it on a world. boats in the United States, there are trailer, and trail it up to Green active fleets in England, Spain, Lake or Oshkosh, or to any one of Because there is so much Snipe interest, a well cared for boat will maintain its value over many years, and any owner wishing to sell, finds a ready market, and is able to re• Headquarters for cover almost all of his investment. t\S The average Snipe sells from about $200 to $900, depending upon con• V \S and BOAT dition, racing record, and so forth. Because of its exciting perfor• SUPPLIES mance (it can plane beautifully in these October winds), simple rig, Buy with confidence from our complete line of light weight, low cost, and seawor• Marine hardware, rigging, rope, paint, glues, thiness, the Snipe has become the covers, and boating accessories of all kinds. World's most popular sailboat! Next year the National Cham• pionships are scheduled to be held here in the midwest, and they will JOYS BROS. CO. probably be sailed on Green Lake Sailmaken Since 1844 or Lake Winnebago at Oshkosh. Our • 29 N. Water Slraol • Milwauke. 2, Witcontin Milwaukee Snipe Fleet will be in• vited to send at least one represen• tative to the Nationals where there will be the stiffest competition Moorings Made Up imaginable — 65 starters are antici• pated! Over the winter months two Placed -- Hauled Out -- Inspected brand new boats are expected to join our fleet, and we cordially in• Recovered vite other members to join our fast growing class. In 1952, our Milwau• kee Fleet will also be a co-sponsor of the Wisconsin State Champion• ship, to be held in August. Underwater Work Why not get a Snipe and see for yourself why more sailors choose this class than any other? You can Valuable Equipment Recovered get all the information you need by calling Brad Phillips, Fleet Cap• tain, at Edgewood 2-5408. Why not Outboards -- Anchors -- Tools -- Binoculars, Etc. caU today? "f RICHTER'S The Cover.... HERE WE HAVE the intrepid ex- sailor Harold Lempke. It DIVING & SALVAGE SERVICE seems he did a pretty good job this year in the class. He won 3329 S. ILLINOIS AVENUE -:- -:- HU 3-5120 the season championship at South Shore, and by a substantional mar• gin too. Nice going, Harold. September, 1951 SSYC Compass Page 3

Lively Lady Wins The Chicago Lutz

From the results of the recent Lutz Series, it would seem that Bill Dreher can get pretty near as much out of Lively Lady as Norm Hundt can. Norm reports, in a special dispatch to your Compass Editor, that Bill did a good job under his careful tutoring. He even goes so far as to say that he does not think he could have done better himself. As a matter of fact, all the Mil• waukee boats showed the boys from the big city how it is done in the Q boats. They made a clean sweep of the series finishing: one. Lively; two, Hope; and three, Questa. How does it feel to beat Harry Nye, commodore? Your Editor would like to try it in Star boats, once. About the only time the Chicago boats had a chance was in the first SINCE THE OUTSIDE of our new addition is now completed, this race. Here Gale had her kind of photo will show how the club is going to look. As we understand it, going and walked away from the there is to be a sun porch on the roof which will require a railing. fleet. Lively was second and Hope, Otherwise the outside will, when the job is completed, look just as it third. Lively won the second in a does now. fresh southwester with Questa sec• ond and Hope third. In the last one, A Short Report From Barthell Series Hope was first. Lively second and Questa third. This one was light Olsen On The Windho Goes to Toronto at the start from the southwest, Red Olsen just sent your Editor In a way, it might be said that but ended in a strong breeze from a short report from the North. the Barthell Series was lost before the west. He has just won first place in it started. Of course such a state• The results of this series brings Class D in the 100 mile race on ment would not really be fair, for to mind the oddity of racing a Green Bay. He also took the crus- in any close series it is not possible boat like Gale. You can tell just by ing time prize in that event. For to point to any one incident and the weather whether or not she the benefit of those who have not say that it was the cause of the will win. There is no medium. If sailed in the 100 mile race, it is end result. In any event, the ele• conditions are right, she will win; quite a thing. It winds all the hell ment of truth in the above, is the otherwise she is way back. These and gone around Green Bay and fact that the Schoendorfsgot over conditions are so well defined that takes the best part of all day and the line too soon in the first race- it seems as though it should hard• night to do it. In addition to be• Coming back, they were, of course, ly be necessary to race her. Why ing a race, it is also an ex• last. They passed the Detroit crew, not, ifi-h«^^©ing,-race for second cellent exercise in dead reckoning. but were not able to catch Toron• place? No sense in their going to You have to be a good sailor AND to. It might be said that this head all the trouble of getting the sails a good navigator to win. start enabled the Canadians to win out, etc. And when it is not "her Red also reports a second in the the series. going" it is hardly worth the Dailey News and a third in the So long as we are in the mood trouble of getting the sails out L.M.Y.A. Now these Milwoukee for sweeping statement, it might either, but for a different reason. boats do get around! (Continued on page 5) Wm. C. Stehling Co. FEATURING COMPLETE MANUFACTURING, SALES AND REPAIR SERVICE ON • Boot Covers Made to Order and Repaired • Boot Cushions Made to Order and Repaired • Ring Bouys Recovered and Repaired • Complete Auto Upholstery Service • Automobile Seat Covers Let us help you on any problem you may have in this line! Broadway 2-6184, Milwaukee 4, Wis. 210 So. 2nd St. Page 4 SSYC Compass September, 1951 Lightning flashes The P & T Lightning Series was from many standpoints, the year's finest event. We were blessed with fine winds for all three races; we had no difficulty finding the bouys (the Star class was 5 minutes ahead); there were no protests, and the competition was very keen. Bill Leptehien, on leave from Annapolis, proved to be the dark horse of the series. He won the first race with 4 year old Billy Jelnich crewing for him, together with Mary Jelnich and until the last race, in which the winds were in the 20's, he held a point margin. The heavy winds were his undoing, however, as the light Sparky witn her drafty main, could not match the flat sails that the other boys sported. The series ended with Har• old Lemke's "Valkyrie" first; Lep- thien, sailing "Sparky," second, and Harold Walker sailing "Quest," third. Our team race with MYC was pretty one sided this year, due to a great extent to the illness of Harold Walker, their top skipper, who was unable to sail and also to the un• fortunate accident Dave Telander had with his boat on the way back from Canada. Had Dave been able to sail his belover Tashtego and had Walker been able to get in there with Quest, the results would have been much different. As things were, we had an easy time of it. Max Kuess sailed his best race of the season in this series, bringmg Doodle Bug home a close second. The Brill Series also provided top racing. The big surprise of the first race was the sensational per• formance of John Carl in Tosa. Now John has had a kind of rough year and the boat has not always fared so well, but in this race he really found the right combination. ABOVE IS Hank Schroeder in his hot yacht. Resolute. The season's At the end of the race, he was so results are not yet tabulated, but it is quite certain that Hank will end far ahead that he had the rest of up with the best showing this year in our fleet. He's got a third in the the fleet talking to themselves. Journal Regatta and he won the Leslie Karnstadt Series. When this It was a great win for John, but picture was taken, Glann Voight was the crew. unfortunately he lost the touch and sailed it straight downwind. The Brill jackets were H. Lemke, first bogged down in the last two races. angled course paid off and Debra with Valkyrie; Gardinier-Christian- One of the standouts of the last crossed the line in front. son, second, with Bad Penny, and race was the performance of Art The boys who won those famous Hall-Jelnick, third, with Sparky. Hoernke's Debra. Debra and Bad Penny, sailed in this race by the renowned John Christiansen, had a batle the whole race, nip and tuck all the way. As they rounded the windward bouy of the windward- East Side e^ec^^'^ee leeward course, the boats were very close and on a spinnacker run, the leading boat certainly has very little advantage with competition "Serving the Lake Shore" right on her tail. So Art sailed the downwind leg in two tacks, break• 1816 No. Farwell Ave. ing away from Bad Penny, who CHARLIE KOTOVIC, Skipper of the "PEGGY' Septembsi', ISSl SSYC Compass Page 5 Barthell Series ...

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also be added that crews win races, r-^t assemblies of winning skippers. Al' this comes from the poor show• ing of the Detroit crew, which was a selection of good skippers from the area, while the men in the other boats had sailed together as units when competing to the hon- o" of representing their associa• tions in the Barthell.

It might be mentioned here that the method in choosing a crew to .'•cpr3sent the Lake Michigan As- ^•.-ciation used to be by the selec• tion method. A committee would ba appointed to chose the best skippers from our district, who would then comprise the local crew for the Barthell. It was through the efforts of members of the South Shore Yacht Club that the present system of eliminations is used. Now, a winning crew is chosen who have had at least a sea• son of experience in working to• gether. As indicated above, the ad• vantage of this system was clear• ly demonstrated this year.

To get back to the current series, Toronto won the next one and our boys the third. On the last leg of the fourth, the Schoendorfs made what proved to be their second error. At the time they lead Toron• to, but seeing a new breeze com• ing in from the weather quarter, northeast, they decided to take a hitch to windward to be sure they Who is this? Don't you know, it is the one and only, never say die, Lennie Gardinier. We don't know as yet how he made out in the sea• got this new fresher breeze first, son's standing—see next month's Compass—but we do know he was or at least as soon as the boats be• cut there all the time. hind. These, by the fact that they were behind, would be almost that much to weather in relation to the new wind direction. Everything worked out as per plan only the local crew found themselves just a little too far to windward. If the boats each crew were sailing had been reversed i.e.; if the Scho• endorfs had had Questa and Toron• Piano Wonted to, Hope, everything would have been all right as they still were out ahead. But in the fresh going, Questa simply footed faster than Hope and reached out from under The members of our South Shore Yacht Club Singing to cross first. Group would like to locate a piano that someone will This win gave the Canadians give them for the price of hauling it away. Anyone three firsts to our one, which lead who is interested, please call Louie at SH 4-9969. proved impossible to overtake. In the end, Toronto had four firsts to our two, Detroit won one.

Our coach, who was the observer on one of the boats, reports that those Toronto Howards are pretty sharp sailors. Page 6 SSYC Compass September, 1951

sick. Even some really old salts, by 17 seconds. Peggy was the first Local Boats Do Well whose names we do not need to "C" in, but dropped to third on In The Tri-State mention, succumbed. It was in the corrected time, losing to High Light race that our coach covered him• Too by 35 seconds and to Maiden This year the Tri State weelcend self with glory. Norm brought the by 40 seconds. If the reader is real• started the weelt before with a race Lively Lady in third with only ly sharp, he will see that, High down to Chicago. It was a grim, Onkaiha and Vixen ahead of him. Light Too and Maiden, being both rough affair, as our commodore He wound up first in the class and Owens Cutters, Maiden lost to High won the Universal Time prize. She Light Too by 5 seconds. Lively got will testify, but most of the fellows was the only boat to make it all second—Gale won. Imagine our got there. Our all South Shore crew the way across without tacking. coach letting Harry Nye beat him. on Balona did not go so very fast, Caroline Too got second in the made history in the last but they got there just the same. "B" class and Peggy got third in leg by setting a course record of It seems to be the current opinion "C." 3 hours and 19 minutes from Michi• that Owens Cutters go best as cut• gan City to Jackson Park. Lively It was a reach and a run in light, Lady did not, of course, beat her ters. Anyway, Tahuna won the race, shifty airs from St. Joe, Michigan in, but was the first "Q" in. A real with Peggy, second. City. It seemed as though the boats feat to beat Gale in a reach in a The first leg of the Tri-State close in shore and far out in the not too strong breeze. Tahuna was started as a close reach, but shifted lake got the breaks. At least, that second to finish in class "B", and into a beat about midnight. The is what the boys who ran up the also second on corrected time; wind she blew and hlevj, but like middle course thought. There were Bangalor Too won. High Light Too the devil. Eighteen boats withdrew some very close finishes in this was first to finish in class "C", for one breakdown or another, and one. Caroline Too was second in the beating out Kid Sister just at the at least half the crews were sea "B" class, losing to Bangalore Too finish, by about 30 seconds. Peggy finished fourth, but came up to third on corrected tim.e, On the whole, our boats made a creditable showing in the series. High Light Too got two firsts and a second; Carline Too, a first, a sec• ond and about a sixth; Tahuna, two seconds and a fifth; Peggy, three thirds, and the coach, two firsts and a second, not bad.

New Boats New Members We are always happy to get new prospective members. Ray Hall, Jr., who has just bought Doc Rowan's Jed, is an excellent prospect. In fact he is a sure thing. Ray got interested in power boats through the purchase of one of those flat bottomed landing boats, outboard powered, which he got as war surplus. He fitted it with a cabin, built a trailer for it and took it lake hopping up north. This summer, Clem Voight took him for a ride on Clelma. Ray was "Now all I want you to do is get me out of here by Oct. 24th. so impressed with the joys of Lake I just got a new Ford from Buckey Germanson out in Hales Cor• Michigan sailing that he determin• ners and I want to take it to the Grand Opening of the South ed to get a larger boat. According• Shore Yacht Club addition. ly he bought the Jed. (Too bad he didn't buy a Star—Ed.). For the benefit of those interest• ed in vital statistics, Ray has two children and works for the John BAY VIEW Schroeder Lumber Co. Oh yes, he is also married. These power boat fellows must be making lots of money. They are SHEET METAL CO. all selling their boats to get bigger ones. Dick Fried has his for sale to get a twin screw job. Doc Rowan SHERIDAN 4-5102 is now looking for a bigger boat 2499 So. Delaware Ave. (Continued on page 8) September, 1951 SSYC Compass Page 7

T'"• •••••••• t • I \ I

ABOUT THIS time of the year, each year, we have club facilities, the race committee launch (note the to say something about our one man race committee. tone in that phrase—launch—please, not motor boat). So here he is, this time in the finest addition to our That Bones Meyer—the other fellow.

September are a little chilly, but held at the club that won it the the water is still a damn sight previous year. Star Stuff warmer than it was in early June. We understand that Bob Beck Fetch me my soap box Jackson, Will someone please come up is getting inland fever. Well, this boy is about to become a cru• we don't mind your sailing on the with the answer to this one? sader. Why is it that the Star Fleet surf boards for a little while Bob, Here may be an idea. Instead of but don't lose your sense of values (?) folds up each year as soon as the South Shore Yacht Club giv• completely and sell your Star. Af• the McNulty series is over? Three ing the Leslie Karnstead Trophy ter all, they are still the best boats for a Labor Day series, why not boats go on to the Great Lakes, but going. Watch out for those "sum• give that trophy for a series run the rest of us sit on the beach. Now mer romances." in August and up to the middle of for my money, that is a terrible In this fleet of short season rac• September? There being then, no time to quit racing. August and ers, Stan Stone gets the grand trophy for a Labor Day series in prize for the shortest season raced September are two of the finest Milwaukee, we will all go down to . . . one series, the Journal Regatta. racing months we have in these Sheridan Shore for the Shipping Better luck next year, Stan. Board series. Your Editor can as• parts. Why do we beat our brains The Star fleet being in such a ice sure you that you will have a won• out to race on an ice cold lake in cold state, your Editor tried his derful time in Wilmette. Maybe late May and early June, only to hand at sailing Lightnings. All he someone from our fleet will be hot has to say about that fleet is, when sit on the dock and look at it in enough to win that series, so it can a gray haired old man with two the warm months of August and be held up here the next year. The frail ladies as crew, can beat the deed of gifts says that it must be September? True, some days in late daylights out of him, it's time to quit. Lots of fun though. But again I ask you, where were the Stars on those wonderful sailing days of ARTHUR J. 5KELDING September 8th and 9th. Motor Boat News We join the entire club in ex• pressing sympathy to Lee Krause Yacht Insuracne on the loss of the "Le Rue." The Labor Day cruise to Sheboy• gan included the boats of Payne, G o o d, Luetzau, Halverson and Taylor. Our usual luck of the year Specialist was rather poor weather. Jim Rowan got a complete Dale Carne• * • • gie course at the bar—ask him. Jim has recently sold "Jed" to Ray Hall, who will join our club. Fred Good his kept "Marion" off the hook a 633 N. Water St. BR 2-7680 lot this year. Len Brill now has 110 volt and has a new toaster, Nesco and percolator. _ , . Page 8 SSYC Compass September, 1951

present. Next year's show does not New Addition promise to be as good as last years, Splicing The in spite of the more comfortable seating arangement. We understand Progresses Rapidly that the commodore is putting an Main Brace engine in his boat. There are, how• From the way things are going, ever, bound to be some spectacles Rather tardily we should like to it seems probable that the club's worth seeing. There is always the call the members attention to the new addition will be easily finished fellow who, while sailing through life rings that are now placed at for the scheduled grand opening the fleet in a fresh breeze, forgets several points about our dock. They on October 24th. At the present he has a mast ticking off to lee• were the gift of Dr. Hankwitz way writing, the roof is on, and the ward ready to snare the unsuspect• back when Norm Hunt was com• electrical work is finished. After ing spar of an anchored boat. The modore. It seems it took almost as the electrical inspector looks things result is always worth the price of long to get them up as it has for over, the insulation, inside walls, a couple beers. (Adv. Louis). Some your Compass Editor to note the etc., can progress rapidly. of our skippers will have to take fact and to thank the donor for the There has been so much favor• some special antistage fright train• gift. ing. able comment on the new work A yacht club fitted out by the that there is little need to say owned is the rule rather than the much more here. The assorted New Boats . . . exception. It seems strange that grandfathers took a trial run in it (Continued from page 6) when it comes time to do a little the other day and report that it and Leonard Brill has finally seen pamtmg on the club itself, we can works very well. the light and is looking for a sail get so few volunteers. As far as It is going to be a little tough boat. He got the bug again from your Editor has been able to see or on the sailing fleets, for the dock sailing Balona, which he claims hear, the vast majority of painting side commodores will be getting too should better be a cutter again. done so far was done by Bones good a chance to watch our mis• There are a legion who would Meyer, Lyle Thompson and Bill takes out on the race course. It agree. Dreher. The commodore also did a used to be that they would get The rumor about the addition to little and the skipper of the GREAT some relief when bad weather our "Q" fleet seems to have had yacht, the Manana, did a very drove the experts to the shelter of some basis at one time. The latest little. BiU Dreher also furnished the the bar, but now nothing can keep report we have, indicates that the paint and brushes. them from rendering their caustic deal is pretty cold, if not off com• The assorted grandfathers have judgments. pletely. Too bad. All is not lost, been trying out our new addition Making a landing is going to be however, your Editor is still work• and report that it works well. At tough too. Imagine the constant ing on the potenial "Q" buyer to the present incomplete stage, it is eagle eyed galery that will be ever get smart and buy a Star. easy to see how enjoyable it is all going to be. We wonder, now, why we did not make this addition long ago. Well, hindsight and forsight, For Sole you know. Snipe No. 4065 We even hear comments from our friends across the bay on how nice "Genie" our new addition will be. Let's hope they will enjoy it enough to come Thompson Built, Mohogany Top Sides, Edge Grain Cedar over and see us more regularly. It Bottom, Joys Bros. English Wamsutta Sails, Brass Fittings seems as though we go over there and Fastenings. Completely Equipped for Racing. a lot more often than they come Call Brad Phillips ED 2-5408 over here. It would be better if they evened the score.

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