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MBYC hosted a boat parade and small boat races View From the Bridge to cap it off and we thank them for their hospitality. The Hobie Fleet 259 annual races were on our clubs horizon both days. Thanks to those who helped. by Barry Stewart, Much is happening, with more yards of the Avila Commodore pier being open, and a path to fundraising some of the repair funds now in place. All the while this was happening both Club boat committees were active. The Small boat committee strived for renewal of SLYC. the small boat “Wave” program. AThank you all who made our 82nd SLYC Opening Day “hap- Meanwhile, our Flagship “SLO ” committee pen” by attendance, staffing and preparation. finally located, surveyed, sea trialed and committed Things seem to have gone reasonably well, and we are ready to sail to purchase a 30 foot Catalina “Mark 3” for the into the 2019 boating season. clubs recreational flagship program. Stay The proper invocations, dedications, tuned for more details as the boat will invitations, certification and signals have be prepped for club use and brought to been given. home waters as circumstances permit. Our new flag members were Also please be generous in your introduced to the club and many awards support of future programs and events and recognitions were given. that bring more secure, convenient and Bill and Jean Dyer were made comfortable sailing to our homeport. “honorary life members”, and “SLO Sloop” will eventually be retired proclamations were made. Thanks and our club activities will get a to Vice Commodore Jim Gilletly for “second wind”. Watch Scuttlebutt email attending to the vital details of the event. notices and future Foghorn articles Thanks to my Brother, Flag member for details. Jeff Stewart (center photo) for being Special thanks to the “Flagship” good sport and enacting the “King of Committee member Marty Fuller and the Sea” welcoming skit. Staff Commodore Darrel Rundstrom And again special thanks to my Mom, for performing the sea trial and Flag member Nancy Stewart, for keeping attending to the survey, haul out, sea our family active at slyc for over six trial and update reports to board and decades. committee. The Boat Master might be Morro Bay Club opened the calling on some of you to sand, paint, next day, with a representative group of varnish, wax, or stitch, shuttle, train, Flag and Board members in attendance. crew or loan something in preparation. Details are still being sorted out at press time. May 2019 Volume 72 Number 5 Salmon season is open, rockfish are abundant, and if you get out, chances of success are good. View From the Bridge...... 1 Hobie Days Regatta...... 5 See you on the water and at the Club. Vice Views...... 2 From the Directors...... 6 Nautically yours, Sr. Staff Commodore Report. . . . 2 Event Calendars...... 7-8 – Barry h Rear Commodore Report...... 3 Bar Hosts/OD Schedule. . . . . 9 Fleet News...... 4 For Sale/Business Advertising . .11

The San Luis Yacht Club · 443 Front Street, Avila Beach · “At the foot of the Avila Pier” P.O. Box 247, Avila Beach, CA 93424 · 805.595.2017 · www.slyc.org Vice Views

by Jim Gilletly, Vice Commodore

hoy Fellow SLYC Members! A On Saturday, April 13th, the SLYC celebrated it’s 82nd Opening Day Ceremony! We had a full house with standing room only.

Our Lovely Welcoming Committee: (L to R) Director Colleen Lipanovich, Cruising Captain Lettie Fuller, and Secretary Kristin Rasmussen.

Club to his oceanic domain. Plenty of awards were presented and I’d like to thank the recipients, Jesper and Sandra Nielsen, Kathleen O’Neill, Marty Fuller, Bill and Jean Dyer, Steve Dahl, Sylvia Dodd, Bill Thoma, and John Roffoni for their exceptional service to the Club. And…of course, a shout out to Rick Bertram for leading the way with the most nautical miles sailed this past year. A full house for the SLYC’s 2019 Opening Day! Led by Commodore Barry Stewart, our 2019 Opening Day Ceremony and Celebration was a wonderful event and The weather was sunny and warm. It was a perfect day! enjoyed by all! We had an incredible array of hors d’oeuvres provided In conclusion, I’d like to thank all of you who have signed by Debbie Collins-Johnson and the wonderful live music of up to volunteer. We’ve had a great response, so far, but there the Driftwood Brothers. We had several dignitaries present are still future volunteer positions to fill. So, please help including SLO County Sheriff, Ian Parkinson, members of the Club by getting involved. If you need assistance with several Avila Beach and Port San Luis Organizations, and signing up or have questions on what spots needing to be visiting Commodores representing 5 Yacht Clubs, from Morro filled, please contact me at [email protected] or call Bay to Long Beach. We were also graced with the appearance me at 805-235-2279. our special guest, Neptune (Jeff Stewart), who welcomed our See you at the Club or on the water. —Jim h

Sr. Staff Commodore Sandy and Val Gillespie showing-up both times to help. Iris Report and Richard Strachen came with their pals too. Since it was

by Mary Matakovich, Sr. Staff Commodore

hoy! A What an exciting April we had starting with our partnership with the Avila Beach Civic Association hosting the annual Easter Egg Hunt. We were responsible to fill 1,000 eggs with “good” candy for the kids to find in the field adjacent to the community center. Thanks to our very cooperative membership at two Friday Socials we were able to stuff 500 per night in a very short amount of time. Our members are great Iris and Richard Strachan (far right) brought their buddies to finish-off the club’s sports when it comes to community activities. Thanks goes to Easter Egg stuffing of 1000 eggs for the Avila Beach Civic Association egg hunt. 2 Opening Day at the same time as the egg hunt, we were not able to attend. Looking forward to next year’s. Our Friday Social was a very pleasurable evening, eggs and all. Chef/Member Tina Radovich and her Crew provided a very delightful table of appetizers. Along with Quartermaster Jana Barter (2nd from the right) and Crew: husband Graham, all of this fun, Kate and Mark Corella (far left) and Jill and Mike Nunno (center) prepare our Quartermaster new clothing line for sale. Looking sharp in 2019! Jana Barter and Crew prepared the clubhouse with our Filippo have been elected as members to the non-profit Chef Tina Radovich (third from the left) and Crew: new line of clothing. Friends of Avila Pier. Tom is the president and Ron is husband Scott, Kelly Boland and Craig Bernard We are very lucky the treasurer. The Board is now meeting to confirm their (far left) made our Friday Social special, cake on a to have such a mission and set their approach to helping the Harbor platform with all the trimmings. professional group District rehabilitate the pier. As of this Foghorn printing, to continually the pier is now open to Bent 58 which gives the public twice provide us with the top-of- as much walking space. The Harbor District’s goal now is the-line attire. to fix the remainder of the pier and have it all accessible to Then, of course our the public. This will take time and funds to make it all work. Opening Day was a terrific Finally, it is my responsibility as the Senior Staff success which you will Commodore to develop a Nominating Committee made-up have read about in our of past Commodores with the charge to put together a slate Commodores’ articles. A of officers for 2020. I will be presenting our committee to huge feature of the day was the Board for approval in August with the goal to present the appetizer table Chef/ the slate at the September Board meeting. Please if you Member Debbie Collins- are interested in serving on the Board, talk to the current Johnson presented for the officers, and read our Constitution, which is printed in our over 100 members attending directory as it delineates what the Board positions entail. the event. It was quite a treat I am certainly available to assist you in anyway I can to on top of a beautiful day realize a Board position. It is a most rewarding experience. Chef Debbie Collins-Johnson pres- and ceremony. Always at your service! ents our club members a table to I’m pleased to announce – Mary remember at Opening Day. that members: Tom Swem, h Ron Pigeon and Ken San

and shiny. A Big Thanks goes out to all them came out and Rear Commodore lent a hand! Report In the process of cleanup day and some special assignments, we repaired the deck railing under the plexiglass, painted the deck railings, installed new custom stainless steel angle bar by Mike Davis, as plexiglass stops (Thanks Steve Dahl and Marty Fuller!), Colleen Lipanovich, Director, Rear Commodore installed a new front door deadbolt (Thanks Barry!) and SLYC liquor room door knob (Thanks Bill!), painted the fire place with heat resistance paint (Thanks Tim and Susan Waag!), ello SLYC Family! painted liquor room shelves (Thanks Bill Dyer!), installed H It was heartwarming to see such a large group of painted wall boards for the office and installed new board 30 plus people come out for Cleanup Day this year for member metal hanging folders/Fire Sprinkler Heads Box, the purpose of making the yacht club a better place. The installed a new mooring brochure holder/backing plate team really went to work; getting everything from floors to (Thanks Marty Fuller!), waxed the floors, power washed ceilings, bathrooms to kitchen, and wood to brass cleaned up BBQ, plexiglass and back steps (Thanks Jeff Stewart),

3 cleaned every surface, cleaned all the glasses/dishes, polished restroom. If you find something, please tag it with the date everything brass, re-organized cabinets/attic/ship store and and person’s name (if you know it) and leave it in this much more. cabinet. I will try to make contact with the owner if I have The Board approved 2 new that information. clubhouse reservations in April. I have sorted out some access card We now have 7 upcoming issues. Those who had lost/bad cards reservations and 6 completed and all the new members, now have reservations for 2019. The club working access cards to access the can be rented by club members clubhouse. If you do lose your card or for party sizes of 13 to 75 people. it stops functioning, please contact me Complete information is available for a replacement. on the Club’s website under the Please contact me if you have any Member’s area. Please contact me SLYC Clubhouse issues or suggestions. if you have any questions about I am available by email, phone call or reserving the clubhouse for your text message. birthday, dinner party or event. Now that we have things cleaned up Please remember to check Lost and sorted —Let’s go sailing! and Found Cabinet in the left Photo-Michael Dobrzensky Thank you, —Mike h "The Wind and Sea may tip a ship, but only YOU can tip Fleet News the crew!" Thank you to Race Committee volunteers over the by Kyle Soucy, lake season: Rick Bertram, Steve Dahl, Keith Pellemier, Sail Fleet Captain Alan Dudley, Brittany Tomasko, Steve English, Hank Johnston, and Jeanne Bozzano! It has also been wonderful to have Michael Dobrzensky as a steady resource, hoy! volunteer, race calculator and as A Successful finish to the Lake Lopez our own personal photographer Cup—we were able to get in 3 solid race days (still negotiating with him this season and a few beers and cheers at the on making me look thinner in last race. photos). Have a look at the race photos on SLYC.org under the April 7th Race Results: Racers and race Committee pose after the Racing tab! h Mono 100+: 1st place: Charlie Nichols, Skippers meeting on Saturday morning. Also to Chase Boat volunteers 2nd place: Pigeon and Stocksdale, 3rd place: for taking my walkie-talkie orders: Dave Williams/Roger Briggs. Pat Mullen, Marc Gillespie, Dave and Colleen Lipanovich, h Mono <100: Will Bellis Rick Bertram, and Rod Valine. h : Ken Burnett Also, I had the honor of hosting a Wet Wednesday and used that opportunity to teach club members what the Race Cumulative results for the 2019 Lake Season: Committee does. We showed off the new automatic horn h Mono 100+: 1st place: Charlie Nichols, 2nd place: and went through the step by step process of raising and Pigeon and Stocksdale (might have some competition from lowering the flags and what each flag represents. Shout out me next season!) to Michael Dobrzensky for the h Mono <100: 1st place: Will Bellis power point slide show! (anyone got a laser or know someone Come join Race Committee with a laser to make this guy sweat a and get a tan on the Cal Poly little next year?), and he needs some Pier for Ocean Races starting sort of prize for unique patch to tiller on May 5th! (as well as June 2nd, extension break (see photo on right). July 14th, Aug 4th and 25th, Sept. h Multihull: 1st place: Tom 8th, and Oct. 6th) Sinnickson, 2nd place: Scott Erwin/ Ken Burnett, 3rd place: Ken Burnett, Happy Sailing, 4th place: Steve Murray – Kyle h 4 Hobie Days Regatta

Over the weekend of April 13th and 14th, the San Luis Yacht Club in partnership with Hobie Fleet 259 hosted our annual Hobie Days Regatta. The regatta welcomed multi- boats and their crew from across California. The regatta kicked off with sailors arriving for the Friday night social and enjoying Avila’s first Farmers Market of the season. The event was lead by club members Scott and Kathy Erwin along with Thomas Sinnickson, Brittany Tomasko, Chris Barrett, and Reid Hester. Saturday morning, excitement was in the air as sailors hoisted their brightly colored sails on the Old Port Beach and headed out for a day of races off the Cal Poly Pier. The race committee was Photo-Studio 101 West lead both days by PRO Leanne Drummond and assisted by Terry San Filippo. The San Luis Yacht Club power boat was used as a chase boat on Saturday and was skippered by Pat Mullen and crewed by new SLYC member, Tim Harmon. SLYC Power Fleet Captain Dave Lipanovich and his wife, SLYC Director Colleen Lipanovich skippered their own power boat for Sunday’s Races to set race marks and provide support out on the race course. Thank you also to Shannon Donahue for providing lunches on both days of racing and to new members Cindy and Jon McKeller for helping on race committee on Sunday. Three classes were sailed including Hobie 16, Hobie 18 and Weta’s. The winner of the Hobie 16 races was Ben Brown a young sailor Photo-Studio 101 West from the Bay Area who recently dominated in his college racing circuit. The winner of the Hobie 18 races are club member Thomas Sinnickson and his crew Will Bellis. Winning the Weta fleet was Christoph Allie another bay area sailor.

SLYC Member - Brittany Tomasko

Photo-John Stocksdale

5 From the Directors

“Try Tri Again” Reid Hester, Director SLYC

Since a more detailed report is published elsewhere in this Foghorn, I thought I’d contribute my perspective as a racer on our Weta , “Try Tri Again” (https://www.wetamarine.com). First, hats off to Leanne Drummond and her Race Committee. They performed admirably and professionally both on and off the water. Some of you may have noticed me ducking out of the Opening Day ceremonies after being introduced as a new Director this year. But, hey, Photo-Studio 101 West there’s racing to be done. As is often the case the first race was delayed while the wind filled in but I still wasn’t able to make the start of it as the wind was even lighter when I needed to get off of Hobie Beach. That was just as well though as I was really tired from having flown in from DC the night before and getting home after midnight. And I attribute my DFL finish on the second race to that and not having been on the boat for 18 months. I know, excuses, excuses. Sunday though was a different story. I was rested and got my groove back. With good starts and decent up and downwind speed, I managed to pull off a 2nd place in the first race and a 3rd place in the second race (beaten out for 2nd by 5”). I was pleased with that. I have to say, the Weta is a joy to sail and far more stable than Hobie Cats IMHO (and we’ve owned 4 Hobies over the years). Surfing swells downwind and heading up to gain speed then carrying it downwind as speed picks up is a blast. Be forewarned though, boat speed is addictive (11.7kts max on Sun). And Wetas can be raced or cruised single handed or double handed.

“Where's the Burgee?” Colleen Lipanovich, Director SLYC Dave and I saw an interesting idea at the South Lake Tahoe yacht club! It was a section of their newsletter called “Where’s the Burgee” where members of their club were featured holding up their burgee in different locations around the world. We would like to implement something like that in our club. I am sure there are some world travelers out there! To start us off, Dave and I have an example of Where’s the Burgee from Lake Tahoe last year (photo on left). Please submit your photos to me, Colleen Lipanovich, at [email protected] with a short description of where you are. I will put together an article for future Foghorn Newsletters so those of us with jobs can live vicariously through you! If you have any questions please email me at the above address.

6 Events Calendar MAY 2019

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Sun M o n Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 2 8 2 9 3 0 1 2 3 4 No Reservations 6pm - Board (Lettie) No Reservations No Reservations Allowed After 3PM After 8 PM

6pm - Social Hour Reserved 8am-8pm - Plante/Wedding (Pending)

5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 Cinco de Mayo 6pm - Wet No Reservations Reserved Wednesday After 3PM 2pm - Cindy No Reservations Vormbaum / Allowed 6pm - Social Hour Birthday 10am - Brunch Party 12pm - Ocean Race

1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 Mother's Day No Reservations Reserved After 3PM 3pm - Karl Blum / CP No Reservations Fundraiser Allowed 6pm - Social Hour

1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 No Reservations 4pm - Mary No Reservations No Reservations Allowed Matakovich / After 3PM Allowed Dinner (Pending) 6pm - Social Hour

2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 3 0 3 1 1 No Reservations Memorial Day Reserved No Reservations No Reservations Allowed 3pm - Judith Bellis / After 3PM Allowed Pre-wedding party 6pm - Social Hour 7pm - Asian Potluck

7 Events Calendar JUNE 2019

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Sun M o n Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 3 0 3 1 1 No Reservations Memorial Day Reserved No Reservations No Reservations Allowed 3pm - Judith Bellis After 3PM Allowed Pre-wedding party 6pm - Social Hour 7pm - Asian Potluck

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 No Reservations Reserved 6pm - Board No Reservations No Reservations Allowed 6pm - Friends of After 3PM Allowed Avila Pier 10am - Brunch Meeting 6pm - Social Hour 12pm - Ocean Race

9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 No Reservations 6pm - Wet No Reservations No Reservations Allowed Wednesday After 3PM Allowed 6pm - Social Hour

1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 Father's Day No Reservations No Reservations No Reservations After 3PM Allowed Allowed 6pm - Social Hour 7pm - Dinner

2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 No Reservations No Reservations No Reservations Allowed After 3PM Allowed 6pm - Social Hour 10am - On the Water in 7pm - Salad Potluck Port San Luis

3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 No Reservations Cheeseburgers in No Reservations No Reservations Allowed Paradise After 3PM Allowed Independence Day 6pm - Social Hour

8 Bar Host/OD Schedule Jim Gilletly, Vice Commodore

May 2019

3 Friday Social 10 Friday Social —Mike Davis, OD —Jim Gilletly, OD Bar Hosts: Hal and Kelly Hannula Bar Hosts: Shad and Shelly Springer Tom and Ruth Donnelly Bill and Linda Thoma

5 Sunday Brunch 17 Friday Social —Mary Matakovich, OD —Colleen Lipanovich, OD Chief Cook: Blanche Fugate Bar Hosts: Karl Blum Assist. Cooks: Karen and Scott Negri Matthew Farmer Judy Hearn Crew Members: Tom and Dorie Zwinger 24 Friday Social Bar Hosts: Mark Plassard —Lettie Fuller, OD Steve DeRose Bar Hosts: Gary and Alex Joralemon OPEN 8 Wet Wednesday —Dave Williams, OD 31 Friday Social/Potluck Chief Cook: James Smith —Barry Stewart, OD Assist. Cook: David Murray Bar Hosts: Dave Tennant Bar Host: Ray Mattison Bill and Jean Dyer

June 2019

2 Sunday Brunch 14 Friday Social —Chris Barrett, OD —Colleen Lipanovich, OD Chief Cook: Lena and Bryan Friedman Bar Hosts: OPEN (2) Assist. Cook: Erika Friedman Crew Members: Ali Stephenson 21 Friday Social OPEN —Mary Matakovich, OD Bar Hosts: Bonnie Gardner Bar Hosts: OPEN (2) Shad and Shelly Springer 22 Saturday Dinner 7 Friday Social —Kristin Rasmussen, OD —Mike Davis, OD Chief Cook: Marcia Scott Bar Hosts: Gary and Stacy Cox Assistant Cooks: Pat and Laura Mullen Dave and Andi Tennant Crew: Pat and Laura Mullen OPEN (2) 12 Wet Wednesday Bar Hosts: OPEN (2) —David Williams OD Chief Cook: Cynthia Anthony 28 Friday Social /Potluck Assist. Cook: Andrew Anthony —Lettie Fuller, OD OPEN Bar Hosts: John and Mary Janowicz Bar Hosts: David Hicks OPEN

9 ★ San Luis Yacht Club Officers, Staff, and Committees 2019

Officers Staff

Commodore 805-720-6468 Artist-in-Residence 594-1786 Barry Stewart [email protected] Georgina Pease [email protected] 773-2383 Vice Commodore 805-235-2279 Joan DeGasparis [email protected] Jim Gilletly [email protected] (Volunteer: TimeToSignUp) Boatmaster 805-594-1786 Bill Dyer [email protected] Rear Commodore 805-878-6817 Mike Davis [email protected] Barkeeper 805-481-4716 (Reservations, Facility) Jeff Bucher [email protected]

Secretary 805-471-7127 Burgees 805-712-7729 Kristin Rasmussen [email protected] Bob Rollins [email protected]

Treasurer 805-704-2608 Editor, the Foghorn 805-440-9369 Bret Clark Donna Ellison [email protected] (Membership) [email protected] Historian 805-595-2526 Port Captain 805-704-8625 Pete Kelly [email protected] Ken San Filippo (Liaison to the Port) [email protected] Purser 805-459-9081 Angela Brokaw [email protected] Sail Fleet Captain 978-621-2716 Kyle Soucy (Racing) [email protected] Quartermaster 805-550-5013 Jana Barter (Ship’s Store) [email protected] Power Fleet Captain 805-550-0557 Kate Corella 704-0546 Dave Lipanovich (Chase Boat) [email protected]

Sunshine Committee 805-550-5010 Cruising Captain 805-305-1965 Kathleen O’Neill [email protected] Lettie Fuller [email protected]

Webmaster (Scuttlebutt) 805-801-4988 Directors Michael Dobrzensky [email protected]

Colleen Lipanovich 805-459-0059 [email protected] Committees

David Williams 805-704-0882 House—Mike Davis See “Rear Commodore” [email protected] Finance—Jim Gilletly See “Vice Commodore” Reid Hester 805-295-0347 [email protected] Steering—Chris Barrett See “Staff Commodores”

Staff Commodores Social—Terry Whitney 545-8619 [email protected]

Mary Matakovich 805-595-2526 Social—Margie Hurd 481-5827 [email protected] [email protected] Membership—Chris Barrett See “Staff Commodores” Chris Barrett 805-878-9508 [email protected] Nominating—Mary Matakovich See “Staff Commodores"

10 For Sale New Listing

Luger sailboat for sale. 32 foot, excellent shape. Comes with transferable slip in the back bay marina. Current wait times are 3-5 years for slips like this. Boat is turn key, in outstanding condition. Main sail and are in excellent con- dition, is in fair condition. Powered by a four stroke outboard that runs great and barely sips fuel. Tiller steering, all lines lead back to the cockpit for single handling. Call or text me (Dave Lipanovich) if interested (805)550-0557. 15,500 obo.

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