THE STILLWATER COVE’ER

June-July 2020

Commodore’s Log

Ahoy! I hope that this message finds you staying healthy and safe during these times. We find ourselves in a routine now…adjusting to our new normal. We have come a long way, but we aren’t done yet. Please maintain your protocols of staying at home, sanitizing, hand washing, wearing masks, and 6-foot social distancing. It will pay off and we will have a safer environment as a reward. Stay the course and give the Coronavirus a wide berth! SYC Goes Zoom! Since our last newsletter, I can report that SYC has Like the rest of the world, our SYC Board meetings are now cancelled our Youth Watersports Program. On the conducted on Zoom during this pandemic. Rear plus side, the instructors and interns will be put to Commodore Peter Hanlon and Webmaster Lebon work doing some light Pier/ maintenance. We Abercrombie get the prize for best virtual background. want to be ready when the recreational boat ban is lifted by our Governor and the Beach Club is open! As you can see, not all of us have learned where the preference button is to “touch up" our appearance. Stay Also, those instructors/interns will be helpful if we tuned as we continue to technologically evolve! True are able start our Adult Program this confessions: we miss our in-person lunch meetings and our summer. All June social events are cancelled, with friendly Beach Club wait staff! July through October on hold. We find that we are no different than other Yacht Clubs…everybody is on hold. The Coronavirus has taken the wind out of Potluck Pier BBQs our sails. (All BBQs are 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Stillwater Pier) Our SYC Board of Directors has been hard at work with new internal policies relating to our • Sunday, June 14 - CANCELLED “New Hires” (instructors and interns mentioned • Sunday, July 19 above) and Coronavirus-related procedures. We Sunday, August 23 directors have entered the 21st Century with our • meetings conducted by Zoom. It is a whole new • Saturday, September 12 world! • Sunday, October 18 Please check our website sycpb.org to stay informed. It is a great website with tons of Commodore's Log (continued from p. 1) Message from the Vice Commodore by Denise Foderaro information and lots of pictures from past years’ parties, pier bbqs, and many more special times! Do not hesitate to contact me with questions or comments. Wishing you Fair Winds and Following Seas…Be Well--

Commodore Judy Furman

On the Drawing Board Introducing SYC’s first signature ladies scarf! Our most artistic members have submitted two choice designs for our review. WHAT-A-BURGER! Even though our Bingo Burger Event was cancelled in early April due to the Covid shut down, SYC members Graham and Elliot Cash put their chef hats on to create THE winning burger entry: Beef and salmon burgers with pickles, tomatoes, onions, avocado, onion rings, and arugula on a brioche bun!!! We hope to open soon so we can feature their creations at an upcoming event. The boys win lunch at the club featuring their culinary creation - after which we “toss them in the pool” - a long standing SYC tradition.

LONGING FOR DERBY DAYS: Chairpersons Becky Kendall and Renae Fjugstad put away their Derby Scarf #1: A rectangular design by member Charles props and decor after our May event was cancelled. But Carter features our fleet, the pier, and the Bixby Bridge it didn’t stop them from posing in their Kentucky Downs in painterly hues of sky blue and green, with red trim. hats and enjoying a “Talk Derby to Me" Mint Julep with a Scarf #2: An ample promise and toast to reschedule this event for 36” square designed by September 5, 2020. Discussions are underway with the member Fila Evanson Beach Club to make this a reality! w i t h a r t i s t i c collaboration from C o m m o d o r e s J u d y Furman, Kay Sullivan, and First Lady Terry Baldwin. Its nautical motif sports a golden braid with red and white stripes framed in navy blue and SYC green trim. Contact [email protected] for a straw poll of your preference/feedback so we can progress to next steps.

2 Message From the Rear Commodore By Peter Hanlon Greetings from the Rear Commodore. Although we are feeling disappointed right now, it's important to remember that we are all in this together. Stillwater Yacht Club’s ability to engage in activities is directly related to state and local regulatory guidance. Unfortunately, we are currently in limbo regarding any specific start dates for our season. Our Board of Directors is actively engaging in ways to hit the ground running when we get the green light and it is safe to do so. We are keeping a close eye on the evolving state and county requirements and guidance. On a positive note, we are maintaining our sailing instructors' employment status as we felt that would be the right thing to do, and there is plenty of work to be done. Before we can put any of the in the water, maintenance will be necessary -- rigging repairs, painting, waxing, and work on and around the pier. We are also hoping that we will be able to offer adult sailing at some point this summer, as well as other water sports like kayaking. Keeping the instructors employed allows us to engage their assistance as soon as those activities are allowed. As we abide by the state and county requirements, there will be some changes beyond our control. It’s going to take understanding, a lot of patience, and help from each and every one of you to keep us safe, healthy, and strong. Stay tuned for the latest updates on our reopening status, procedures, and restrictions. Also, I’ll be reaching out to any and all volunteers to assist us as we get closer… We are all in this together. Meet Our SYC Summer Instructors and Interns Bradley Schoch - Head Instructor Caila Devlin - Lead Instructor Bradley Schoch became head instructor From a young age all the way of the Stillwater Yacht Club Youth Water through high school, Caila sailed Sports program in the summer of 2018. out of Encinal Yacht Club in He started sailing at Huntington Alameda, Ca. In 2016, Caila was Harbour Yacht Club in Southern lucky enough to get the chance to California. He brings nearly 20 years' compete in in the Zoom 8 experience as a coach and instructor at World Championships. She has the high school, college, and yacht club been coaching beginner sailing all levels. As a collegiate sailor, he competed the way up to race teams for the on the varsity level at CSUMB while also running varsity past five years, and she is now captain of the CSUMB cross country and playing club water polo. He attended sailing team. school at both CSUMB and Harvard University. He holds a US Sailing Level 3 Coach Certification and was Elliot Cash - Intern Instructor Vice President of Board College Sailing in California. Brad Elliot Cash has been very engaged continues to stay active with the sport of sailing by with the Stillwater Yacht Club. participating in local regattas and coaching Stevenson's High Through the years, Elliot has School Sailing Team. He currently works at US Sailing in the worked his way through the SYC Education Department as the Senior Instructional Designer, Youth Sailing Program by initially working on a variety of projects such as developing online participating as a camper, then learning opportunities and digital publications. ser ving as a volunteer and becoming a sailing instructor. Talia Cohen-Fette - Intern Instructor Elliot has extensive sailing experience through the Talia Cohen-Fette grew up sailing SYC Youth Sailing Program, SYC Thursday Night Optimists and 420s at Mantoloking Yacht Sailing, crewing for various racing events, and Club in New Jersey. She holds a US skippering for the Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club Sailing Level 1 instructor certificate and Sailing Team. has competed in regattas on the East Coast. She is excited to join Stillwater Elliot’s love of watersports includes sailing, scuba Yacht Club this summer and help in any diving, surfing, and water polo. Elliot plays water polo way that she can. for Carmel High School. 3 Monterey Bay Aquarium Activities All of these are featured on MBA's newly redesigned By Marlene Martin website home page, so they’re easy to access: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/ While you are enjoying the Aquarium, remember that since it is closed, it can’t offset its ongoing expenses with admissions money. It still pays many staff to care for the plants, animals, website, and webcams. See their website for information on how to donate, or if you are not a member, this is a wonderful time to join. We can help the Aquarium educate and entertain us.

Regatta Schedule We are all spending more time hard ashore than we MPYC Commodore’s Regatta June 20 & 21 would like, as we try to entertain ourselves without This event has been CANCELLED. The Stillwater Pier is our usual scintillating SYC activities. However, we are closed and will not be reopened until the Beach Club fortunate to have the help of stellar neighbors like the opens, by order of the Monterey County Health Monterey Bay Aquarium. MBA was founded by a family Department phased Covid 19 Reopening Procedures. who believes people will value and care for our oceans if they better understand the wonders on, Santanarama & Shields Regatta August 8 & 9 under, and around the waves. The Aquarium has Labor Day Regatta (for Mercury Class Boats) adapted beautifully to our social isolation with its September 5 & 6 dynamic array of entertaining and educational videos and its amazing live cams. Even when we are all back in action, we can enjoy our stellar Aquarium at home. Here is the menu of hard ashore learning and At Home entertainment opportunities currently being offered Sailing Snack by the Aquarium: While we can’t be on • Check in with the animals at https:// the pier just yet, we can www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams keep as cool as this • There is a wealth of content on MBA's social media sailboat cucumber - channels, from live Q&A chats about specific animals perfect for lunch at and exhibits, to game sessions with the popular home. Fill the with Animal Crossing interactive video game. Folks can either egg or potato follow MBA and connect on one or many different salad, or your fave crab channels: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/ or louie with a about-us/follow-us-on-social-media bit of spice or sea salt, and enjoy! • For families trying to continue their children’s education in meaningful ways while everyone is at home, MBA has a host of educational resources, Thursday Night including content for various age groups: https:// Sailing Schedule www.montereybayaquarium.org/for-educators/ learning-at-home June 18, 25 - CANCELLED • To help people relax and de-stress, MBA created July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 "MeditOcean" guided meditation videos. (We all August 6, 13, 20, 27 need less stress in our lives these days!): https:// www.montereybayaquarium.org/stories/relax-with- September 3, 10, 17 these-calming-ocean-videos 4 Harbor Seal Pup Rescued from Nautical Knots Monterey County We may be stuck at home, but we can still use this time Submitted by The Marine Mammal Center to expand and refine our sailing knowledge. The Photo by Bill Hunnewell © The Marine Mammal Center American Sailing Association's website (www.asa.com) offers a wealth of information for new and experienced Unfortunately, sailors, including instructional videos, courses, apps, and there’s no “stay many other resources. home” option One of the featured pages in the Video section of ASA's for orphaned website is "Knots Made Easy." This page contains video pups like pint- tutorials for making the most commonly used sailing size Pintlo, who knots, such as the Bowline, Figure Eight, and Square was rescued in Knot. M a r c h f r o m M o n t e r e y Even from home, you can practice your knot-tying skills County. Thanks with pieces of rope, shoelaces, or licorice! to generous supporters of The Marine Mammal Center, pups like Pintlo are continuing to get the care they need, which starts with a full admit exam by the veterinarians at TMMC.

During the exam, pups like Pintlo are gently restrained while one of the veterinarians at TMMC checks the animal’s heart, lungs, and other vital signs. The pup is also weighed and measured to assess its body condition —as you might guess, orphaned pup Pintlo is underweight and malnourished because he was unable to get the nutrition he needed from his mother’s milk. But thanks to TMMC and its supporters, he’s been receiving a nourishing milk formula four times a day. Don’t Be a Sick Pup Worried about losing Pintlo was so young when he was rescued that his your sea legs during umbilical cord had not fully healed up into a “belly this Covid hiatus? button” yet. The razor you see on the exam table was While the Monterey used to shave some of the fur around this area to help Bay surely can rock, keep it clean. TMMC animal care teams apply betadine roll, and intestinally gel, an antiseptic, at every feeding until this area heals upset the best of us, up. Pups like Pintlo are also prescribed a course of “relief" is on the antibiotics to prevent dangerous infections in these way! This device young animals that haven’t been able to get the c o m e s w i t h t h e antibodies they need from their mother’s milk. h i g h e s t re c o m m e n d a t i o n TMMC and its supporters make all of this intensive, from SYC member specialized care possible for rescued newborn harbor Mary George. Prior seal patients, giving them the best possible chance of to this year, sea sickness prevented her from fully returning to the wild. enjoying the ocean. But with this nifty device, which dials in an inhibitory electrical , she’s cured! Check For more information about TMMC , visit out www.reliefband.com for more information. Read all www.themarinemammalcenter.org. about Mary's sea adventure to Antarctica on Page 6.

5 Oh, The Places We've Gone! Another notable moment was when we sailed through by Dick and Mary George a narrow entrance into the Caldera of Deception Island and were treated to views of sea lions, penguins, and Our adventure sailing research camps. Along with an abandoned research on the Coral Princess camp from the days of the last volcanic eruption, there offered a unique was Argentina’s Esperanza Camp, home of the first child opportunity to blend born in Antarctica! a South America & C a p e H o r n Five days after our arrival, we departed Antarctic experience with an waters, knowing we had just experienced something Antarctic experience. quite unique. We entered the Drake Passage just after We were not able to a passing storm, and experienced the “Drake Shake.” land on the Antarctic After time spent exploring Cape Horn and the continent, thus it was Magellan passage, we arrived in Ushuaia, greeted by a “cruise experience." calm waters and an “end of the world” experience. It was a long trip for us, but the days from the Falkland Our trip North, along the Pacific side of South America, Islands to Ushuaia, Argentina via the Antarctic Peninsula to a port northwest of Santiago, was riddled with were truly remarkable. Crossing the Drake Passage stormy weather and unpredictable seas. We rerouted going into Antarctic waters introduced us to the IAATO to inside passages and breathtaking scenery that could (International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators), be described as deeply forested untouched lands proponents of the stringent rules and regulations that interspersed with natural waterfalls and hanging govern this valued land and water space, along with glaciers. many geographic, geological, and marine bird, fish, and After 17 nights and 18 days, we departed the ship for a mammal delights. We met and listened to ice experts, long return trip to San Francisco and home that took historians, current scientists (for a range of pertinent 29 hours of forward travel...buses, planes, limousines, topics), crew members with Antarctic specialities, and a cars, and ye old mighty “walking”…… sea captain who thought of himself as an explorer/ adventurer. It should be noted that for the duration of this sailing, weather conditions would rapidly deteriorate and then improve. A Portuguese research team was supposed to join us, but was unable to board our ship due to weather and sea conditions. The seas had become too rough for their Zodiac to launch, and it had become a safety issue. This was a missed opportunity that brought home the extreme weather and sea conditions that occur in the Antarctic. As we crossed the Antarctic Convergence (where the oceans and seas meet), the air and temperature changed, and our adventure South began. We were Photos from National Geographic presented with views of penguins, icebergs, ice shelves, whales, sea lions, birds (Albatrosses), sunrises and sunsets (sort of, it was daylight most of the time), vast Message from the Editor expanses of ice-covered volcanic land formations, ice We rely on our members for Cove'er content! Please caves, glaciers, and more. submit photos and article ideas, particularly those We circumnavigated Elephant Island, where, in 1915, Sir related to sailing, SYC history, or sailing trips, to Ernest Shackleton and his crew had escaped following [email protected]. the sinking of their ship, the Endurance. We then sailed Thank you! south along the Antarctic Peninsula to a point of 64 Sharla Klingel degree 58 minutes south, which was just above the Editor-in-Chief Antarctic Circle.

6 The Perfect Cookie That’s the right ratio. Test as you go. Too much flour will by Joanie Wood make your cookies dry. Over the years at many SYC The Chips: Costco chocolate chips are just as good Regattas, Board Member Joanie as the pricier ones. Some people claim if you add Wood has probably made a each chip individually to the dough, pointy end first, it million chocolate chip cookies improves the texture. I have not found this to be the for us. Here are Joanie’s secrets: case, but throw in an extra handful of chips for a robust chocolate experience. Lesson 1: If you show up on the The Nuts: Walnuts seem to work best. Throw in an dock with homemade cookies, extra handful for added crunch and press a nut onto the even the most competitive top of each cookie before baking. People always seem sailors don’t much care if to choose the cookie with a nut on top! you know a sheet from a Parchment and Shopping Bags: Cover baking shackle. You are welcomed sheets with Norpro Unbleached Baking Paper available a b o a r d a n d o n t h e online or at kitchen stores. The cookies slide right off! t e a m ! F r i e n d s h i p s m a d e o n a n d o f f t h e Instead of using a cooling rack, I cut down the side of a water are lasting and it has been a pleasure to toss a clean paper grocery bag, remove the bottom, and lay it few cookies into the mix! On drizzly Stillwater logo side down on the counter. The bag absorbs any mornings, foggy yachtsmen perk up with a cookie in extra shortening, transforming the cookies into diet each hand! food. Stand the cookies on their sides in rows on the Lesson 2: It’s the Toll House Recipe right on the bag, bag to cool completely before freezing. with a few tweaks. The success or failure is about eggs Oven Temperature: Mr. Toll House bakes his and oven temperature. These simple tweaks will give cookies way too fast and hot! While it is a good idea on you a substantial yachtsman-sized cookie, moist, chewy, the racecourse, “fast and hot” can flatten cookies and and full of chocolate instead of the flat, dry version with burn the edges. Bake at 300 degrees for 20+ minutes, burnt edges that often comes out of the oven. It’s all in checking the bottoms 'til golden brown. the science! So, there you have it! A truly SWEET reason to hope we First, double the recipe and freeze the surplus in Ziploc will all be back to SYC activities soon! bags. They last for weeks! Caution: a double batch isn’t going to fit into most Cuisinarts, so have a hand Toll House Chocolate Chip mixer, a big bowl, and a serious wooden spoon at the Cookies (Single Batch) ready. You will need to add more than the 2 1/4 cups of flour Mr. Toll House suggests in order to adjust for the Combine in a small bowl and set aside: eggs, so it will be a good upper body workout. I have 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour personally gone through about 12 hand mixers over the 1 teaspoon baking soda years. Switch to the wooden spoon when your hand 1 teaspoon salt mixer cries out for mercy. Beat together in a big bowl until creamy: The Eggs: Growing up, my grandmother had a turkey 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened ranch in San Diego. Her breakfasts were legendary ¾ cup granulated sugar because of her torpedo size turkey eggs. One fried ¾ packed brown sugar egg could fill a pizza pan! Unlike Mr. Toll House, my 1 teaspoon vanilla extract grandmother always adjusted her recipes for the size of Add 2 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. the eggs. Eggs today can range from small to jumbo, and Gradually beat in the flour mixture. you must adjust accordingly. Size matters! Add: The Flour: Add enough extra flour to offset the size 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips of the eggs. Start with about half a cup for a double 1 cup chopped nuts batch and keep adding a bit of flour until the dough is just to the point when it no longer sticks to your finger. Spoon onto baking sheets and bake at 300 for 20+ min.

7 Gearing Up! We have updated our Ship’s Store logo merchandise selections on our website. Our store features a wide selection of polos, jackets, vests, caps/visors, and accessory items, all featuring our SYC logo. New items (pictured, right) include two sizes of cotton canvas boat totes in a selection of four color schemes. Also new to our store are Torrent waterproof jackets, and polyester puffy vests. Each is available in men’s and women’s styles, with a selection of colors and sizes. You can check out the store online at https:// sycpb.org/Ships-Store. SYC Logo Ties (pictured, left) will be available soon at the Ship's Store! Made of woven silk from Global Neckwear in Boston. Other designs with anchors and signal flags also available. Great gifts for Father’s Day!

Cover Up In SYC Style It’s June 1, 2020, and our burgee is not yet atop a mast, at the pier, or visiting a reciprocal yacht club. The pier 2020 Officers and Directors will open in concert with the Beach Club, but no date has yet been set. The Bench, Tap Room, and Gallery are Judy Furman Commodore open, golf is in play, but the hotel, Beach and Tennis Denise Foderaro Vice Commodore Club, and Spa remain closed. Rear Commodore Peter Hanlon Staff Commodore Denise Foderaro In the meantime, it looks like social distancing, facial Secretary Joan Wood masks, and staggered attendance at some of our initial Treasurer John Pfeiffer events may be required. We await the County's green Port Captain Charlie Kurtmen light before we can proceed. Please contact Denise Fleet Captain Dick Clark Foderaro ([email protected]) with ideas, Webmaster LeBon Abercrombie questions, and concerns regarding our path forward. To Directors David Day pass the time, SYC member and artist Renae Fjugstad Tom Duffy has been crafting rhinestone t-shirts and facial masks Bruce Fairbanks and is happy to craft some for our members. Please see Paul Hoffman https://www.tributerockrevival.com/shop/clubs/42 for Bruce Graham i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t Becky Jackson purchasing these items. Sharla Klingel While our burgee is not Carl Meyer traveling the globe, like Sherif Michael Renae, we can wear it in Terry Russey and over our hearts and Robert Superko across our faces while we Ralph Thompson weather through this pandemic. Please share and send the Cove’er Emeritus Advisory Jim Fuqua YOUR ideas for masks so Board Members Dave Gellatly we can “gear up” for our Kay Sullivan eventual opening. Don Watson 8