2007 Junior Committee Ideal Conditions for 2007 PEQUOT JUNIOR YACHT CLUB Executive Committee Chair Pam Toner Jennings Cup Competition Registration & Boat Charter Courtenay Hardy The annual Jennings Cup Parent/Child Regatta was Alison Lew organized by Maura Grinalds and held on Saturday, Au- Junior Program Issue Medical Forms & Collections Bonnie Zygmant gust 5, 2006. A great turnout had all eight of the Ideal Opti Rumble Holly Hewitt 18s competing. Race Committee included three genera- tions of the Jennings family: Ted Jennings, his son Ward, Judy Wolstenholme PEQUOT YACHT CLUB Vol. 27 October 2006 SOUTHPORT CT Pixel/Blue Jay Regatta OPEN and Ward’s son Austin. Ted explained that his father Instructor Hiring OPEN started the Parent/Child Regatta as a way of finding out Treasurer Alison Lew how much his children had learned in the Junior Program. This year’s teams were John, Tom & David Watkins, Record Heat for Annual Opti Sailors Wait Out Wind Junior Committee Nancy and Christopher Foote, Mark and Bridgette Foster, The Pequot Yacht Club Annual Opti Rumble, JSA Liaison Maren Hood Keith and Andrew Kirkpatrick, Andrew and Conor Pixel/Blue Jay Invitational held July 15, completed one race in shifting, light 420/Pixel/Opti Inventory Claflin, Maura and Andrew Grinalds with Matthew Pequot Yacht Club played host to over one winds that completely died many times during the & Equipment Management Jay Lipp Clarida, Somers and Mackenzie Cooper; and Nina and hundred sailors competing in their annual Pixel & regatta. Junior Flag Officers Advisor Tim Clark Emily Cahill. A bright sunny day with light wind allowed Blue Jay Invitational, from Sunday, July 30 Ninety-two sailors took to the water at 9:30 Registration Brochure Susan Dellenbaugh the completion of five races. Teams switched skipper and through Tuesday, August 1. Young sailors ages 12 Sunday morning hoping to race 4 to 6 times during New Family Orientation Ann Watkins crew positions, and in some cases, the child skipper pro- through 17 competed in twenty-nine Pixels and Race Team Orientation Head Instructor & the day. The race committee, headed by Pequot duced better results than the parent skipper. At the end of seventeen Blue Jays. Yacht Club’s Charlie Reynolds, tried to start a race Racing Coaches the day, racers joined members at an all-Club Barbecue. Opti Rigging Day Tim Clarke The racing was challenging for the young com- at 12:30 after a windless morning but that race had Jennings Cup Maura Grinalds petitors. Sailing in breezes of under 10 knots in to be abandoned due to lack of wind. Big Boat Program Jack Forehand ninety degree plus temperatures, race committee The kids swam, ate, drank lots of water and Clinics OPEN chair David Rosow and his crew did an excellent floated on their Opti’s waiting for wind. “It’s Long Rainy Day Activities Box OPEN job in completing six races for all three divisions Island Sound; sometimes we never get wind and Awards Dinner Kristina Dumke on Monday, allowing the sailors the relief of hav- sometimes we have too much. It’s just sailing,” Junior Flag Officers ing to sail only one race on Tuesday to complete said Pequot’s Bridgette Foster. Keeper Trophy Ordering Bonnie Zygmant the seven-race series. Pequot sailors placing in the 11 of the 13 Area C yacht clubs participated in Perpetual Trophies Engraving Kristina Dumke first Pixel Division were Greg Fisher and Henry this first Area C race of the summer, and Pequot Junior Pilot Pam Toner & PJYC Simonds who came in fourth. Volunteer Thank-You Event Pam Toner had some top finishers. In the Red Fleet Matt For many young sailors, the Pequot regatta is a High School Sailing Missy Feuerhake Clarida finished 4th of 12 racers. In the Blue Fleet Sailing with Horizons OPEN “rite of passage,” as it represents their first “away” the top Pequot finisher was Mike Frasco in 6th Jr. Program Advisors/Ex-Officio Judy Proctor, Maren regatta. Local families provided housing for Long place, closely followed by Bridgette Foster and Hood, Mary von Conta Island and Westchester sailors. After dinner on Monday night a DJ got the sailors going on the (Continued on page 4)

(Continued on page 5) Above, Nancy and Christo- pher Foote. Left, Jennings Cup competi- tors and race officials.

Pixel/Blue Jay Regatta Chair Tim Clark with Head Instruc- tor Amanda Lyall. View from Pequot Yacht Club as the Opti Rumble gets underway. Page 8 Class Awards Perpetual Trophies The 2008 Olympic Cam- huge waves and, oh man, it was wild. We had about six near-flipping saves during the race, 19 OPTIMIST RACING CLUB CHAMPIONS Arthur O. Jennings, Jr. Memorial Cup to Mark and paign of Brown & Young teams flipped at some point during it, and I would Bridget Foster for placing first in the parent/child 1st Bryce Kopp Pequot’s Laser & 420 Coaches, Evan Brown say there were solid twenty-second runs where we 2nd Mackenzie Cooper races. 2nd place went to John, Tommy and David Wat- couldn’t see ANYTHING from straight spray in kins, and 3rd, to Nancy and Christopher Foote. and Caroline Young, students and varsity sailors at 3rd Mike Frasco Stanford University, teamed up in the summer of our eyes. 4th Bridget Foster David S. Sprouse Award to Henry Dumke for spirit It was AWESOME! Oh yeah, and it was rain- and enthusiasm. 2005 to make a bid for the Gold Medal in the 5th Henry Dumke ing so the marks were kind of invisible, which John Walter Perry Award to Karl Forst for most women’s 470 (double-handed dinghy) sailing class improvement as a beginner. at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. added a little something extra. PIXEL INAUGURAL YEAR ON LIS …..On to The Worlds on September 7th!” Nathan Arndt Theo Aris John H. Sherwood Award to Bryce Kopp for all- They call themselves The Bay Team, which Greg Fisher Henry Simonds around excellence as an Optimist sailor. represents their hometown of Tampa Bay, Florida, -Caroline and Evan Lucy Grinalds John Doelp Mike Hafer Achievement Award to Charlotte Boyle and their current sailing venue of San Francisco Ed. Note: Follow the team’s progress on their for an intermediate member who has demonstrated all- Bay, California, as well as their names Brown And website: www.thebayteam.org. LASER CLUB CHAMPIONS around excellence in sailing ability, seamanship and Young. sportsmanship. 1st Andrew Foster In only five months, they reached their first 2nd Nick Tierney Pandora’s Box to Jill Fattibene for best spinnaker sets. goal: a berth on the 2006 U.S. Sailing Team, 3rd Will Marx where they are currently ranked fourth. Rennell Improvement Award to Laura Cuccio for At the end of August, the team competed in a LASER RADIAL CLUB CHAMPIONS greatest improvement in seamanship. 1st Brendan Kopp Instructor’s Tiller Award to Bridget Clarke for most Pre-Olympic Test Event in Qingdao, China, end- 2nd Tom Watkins improved helmsman. ing the competition on a high note. They describe 3rd Tim Clark Instructor’s Shipshape Award to Henry Simonds for some of the action: the best at keeping his boat shipshape. 420 CLUB CHAMPIONS Henry A. Jennings Cup to Brendan Kopp for 1st Morgan Feuerhake/ Gavin Tisdale compiling the best racing record in junior events held 2nd Laura Cuccio/Jill Fattibene outside the Club. 3rd Warren Hofrichter/Ashlinn Brennan Pequot Yacht Club Pequot Cup to Laurel Hofrich- ter for the most outstanding qualities of leadership and sportsmanship. Instructors’ Awards Reginald W. Ray, Jr. Award to Warren Hofrichter Pixel Sailors Carolyn Toner, Allison Toner, Brooke Mackno, for most outstanding junior mentor. Kate Pitt and Lucy Grinalds. Amanda: Tim Clark Cameron Clark, Jr. Navigation Award to Will Marx Liam: Emily Cahill for outstanding junior navigator. Lindsay: Jack Cusick Carolyn: Mackenzie Cooper Trophy Notes Evan: Nick Tierney Brett: Karl Forst David Sprouse was a popular junior sailor at Mark: Andrew Foster Pequot and served as Junior Commodore about 20 Jono: Gavin Tisdale years ago. A year or two later he died in a tragic car Evan Brown and Caroline Young at Pequot this summer. Caroline: Warren Hofrichter accident. John Walter Perry was a former PYC Commodore. “We had 9 races of 5-9 knot breeze and many For LTS & 2nd Year John Sherwood was a long-time Pequot sailor and races had a LOT of current that played largely into volunteer. He was a very enthusiastic supporter of the strategy on the racecourse. The conditions Opti Sailors Optis at Pequot and ran the first JSA Opti Champs at were challenging for everyone out there, and we Opti Sportsmanship Award: Sam Perkins Pequot. had huge improvements in both boat speed and Opti Ship-shape Award: Rolando Pantoja Mike Hafer sailed at Pequot in the late 50s and tuning in these light and choppy conditions. The Will Marx, Laser sailor and winner of the Cameron Clark Opti Seamanship Award: Giles Thompson early 60s. He was a great kid and excellent crew who last day blew 25 knots and was a wild ride! 8-foot Navigation Award. (Most adept with knots and seamanship) unfortunately died in an accident when he was 19. swells stacked up very close to each other which Opti Boat handling Award: Greer Sallick Pandora’s Box. Setting a spinnaker is easy! Just made it very exciting (and only a little bit scary) Pequot Junior Yacht Club (Most impressive all-around sailing capabilities) clip on the halyard and sheets, pull the chute out of the sailing! We flipped a few times, beat ourselves up Pequot Pilot Junior Program Issue bucket and hoist away! But some sixty years ago, it wasn’t that easy. Sailors used to roll the spinnaker up fairly significantly, but were impressed that we Editors: Pam Toner, Wendy Macbeth. Tim Clark, Dave Junior Mentor Awards into the shape of a sausage, tie thread around it every made it around the racecourse better than some of Frasco, Maura Grinalds, Brendan Kopp, contributors. Tim Clarke, Warren Hofrichter, Morgan Feuerhake, the best teams out there. Photo Credits: Pequot Staff members and parents. couple of feet, hoist it, pull on the sheets and hope that email: [email protected] Ashlinn Brennan, Gavin Tisdale & Sam Fitzgerald Page 2 all the threads (known as “stops”) would break. But a By the way, the last race was RIPPING with Page 7 must commit to participating in the practice races young girl from Pequot, Patricia Skinner (later Big Boat Program: Dorade throughout the summer. JSA administers a naviga- married to Rad Daly), changed all that. She found an tion and seamanship test which all Big Boat par- old Pepperidge Farm box, cut notches in two corners & Beach Point Regattas for the clews and the opposite side for the head, lined —Brendan Kopp, Skipper ticipants are required to take. All training and prac- ticing is scheduled outside the normal Junior Pro- up the leeches and carefully stuffed the spinnaker into This year’s big boat program was a great suc- that box. When she invented this new technique, old gram schedule. cess! We were lucky enough to be able to use timers warned that this was like opening up Pandora’s Cayo Loco, a modified Quest 30 with ever-so- Box, in that it would change things forever. It sure did, tempting water ballast (unfortunately using this and definitely for the better! capability is against PHRF rules), a tiller (just like a big laser!), and a great stereo system! Our rating Officers for 2007 of 93 made us one of the fastest boats in B Divi- Commodore: Brendan Kopp sion. We had a lot of great sailors participating: Vice Commodore: Tim Clark from the bow back, Tim Clark, Nick Tierney, Fleet Captain/Secretary: Nick Tierney Charlie Proctor, Will Marx, Tom Watkins, Cory Treasurer: Warren Hofrichter Levinson, and me, the driver. Although we had designated positions, every- Right, Optis on the one helped out with different jobs. Tim was our Sound waiting for bowman, but by the end of the overnight race I wind. Top, 420 sailors think he had performed every possible job. Nick Warren Hofrichter and Tierney was doing pit, and did a great job process- Alex Black. Below, Junior Commissioning, ing the mindless screaming from the bow that was June 25. From left to somehow telling him which line to blow and right, Rear Commodore when. Charlie Proctor was our navigator, and he Bruce Kueffner, Vice also helped to prepare the spinnaker before our Commodore John Wat- many sail changes. Will Marx and Tom Watkins kins, Junior Commo- dore Laurel Hofrichter, did jib trim and each one also helped fly the chute. Commodore Chuck Finally, Cory Levinson did main trim and provided Sprowl, Junior Vice comic relief by getting his hair stuck in the main- Commodore Morgan sheet block during the Dorade (we taped a knife to Feuerhake and Junior the tiller for the overnight race). Our instructor Rear Commodore Tom Watkins. was Mark Dinneen who did a great job Cayo Loco “supervising,” which often included wrestling with spinnakers that didn’t seem to want to go up right. A Rainy Day Activity Our thanks also go to the Pequot Yacht Club members who made the Big Boat Program possi- ble. Jack Forehand managed the logistics and vol- unteered at all practices and both regattas; Chris- topher Rosow generously donated his “new” boat, Cayo Loco; David Curtis and John Levinson do- nated their time and expertise sailing as the Adult Advisors on the Regattas. Race Results: Dorade —Pequot Yacht Club finished 4th in the Division and 8th Overall. Beachpoint Overnight —Pequot Yacht Club fin- ished 3rd in the Division and 5th Overall. Jack Forehand has volunteered to coordinate the Big Boat program for next summer. The pro- gram is optional and is open to all sailors who are 14 years or older in the 2007 calendar year. They must commit to attending four two-hour naviga- tion and seamanship training sessions. They also Page 6 Page 3 Report Card on Pixel’s Debut Opti Sailors Wait Out Wind Record Heat for Annual Pixel/ 2007 Registration Seventy-five boats were sold to JSA clubs this (Continued from page 10 Blue Jay Invitational Registration brochures will be sent out mid- year, and Pequot Yacht Club was proud to be (Continued from page 1) January, and applications will be accepted Febru- among the first owners of the Pixel. We had 6 in- Bridget Clarke in 7th and 8th. Charlie Wolsten- ary 1 through March 1, 2007 on a first-come, first- trepid racers in the afternoon and 18 social sailors holme and Henry Dumke finished 12th and 13th. parking lot dance floor, a welcome respite from the serve basis. Please remember our program is lim- between both sessions in the mornings. The boats In the White Fleet, Jack Cusick finished 4th out of heat of the afternoon sailing. ited to 50 sailors per session in the morning and 50 are responsive, fast, and easy to sail. Not unex- 31 sailors. All these Red, Blue and White Fleeters Awards were given to the top five finishers in sailors per session in the afternoon. pectedly, we did experience some paralyzing prob- qualified for Opti Champs. each division. At the awards ceremony, regatta We encourage all sailors in the afternoon racing lems with the Pixels—falling masts, holes in the Bryce Kopp (17 in Blue Fleet), Rosie Grinalds chair Tim Clark made special note of the high program who sail in double-handed boats (Pixels hull, lost parts. The good news is that we were not (21), Julia Lennon (27), John Eagan (36), Anabel level of sportsmanship shown by all competitors and 420s) to sign up with a teammate and to coor- alone; the problems were common among all Pixel Brighton (38), John Cuccio (13 in white fleet) also and singled out the work by the instructors in orga- dinate vacation schedules. If you decide to sign up boat owners. raced for Pequot Yacht Club. nizing and looking after their sailors. as an individual, the registration chairs will assign JSA responded to our concerns and collected you a partner for the season. information from the other clubs, and JSA invited If you own an Opti or any other boat and would Wes Oliver of Nearwater Boats to address our is- like to charter it to a program member, please ad- sues. Wes confirmed many of the common prob- vise Courtenay Hardy and Alison Lew of your lems experienced by boat owners this season and contact information and the sessions you want to described the temporary and permanent fixes insti- charter your boat. They may be reached by calling tuted by Nearwater Boats. The most serious prob- 203-255-5740 ext. 21 or sending an email to jrsail- lem encountered this summer had to do with the [email protected]. structural integrity of the hulls. Wes stated that the If you have a boat for sale , please send an manufacturer had modified the method and materi- email to the Junior Committee at the address als used in building, Hulls # 24-96 without the ap- above. We will send out a broadcast email. You proval or knowledge of the designer or importer. may also post notices on the Junior Program Bulle- This change apparently resulted in hulls that did tin Board on the Junior Clubhouse deck. not meet the designer’s specifications. As a result, Bridget Clark from PYC leads Christien Laible from WEEB, as The success was due Nearwater Boats will be replacing all of the they start the downwind leg on a hazy hot race day. not only to PRO David hulls that fall within this category at no cost to Rosow, Betty Gosselin, the owners. For details, please see the Pixel web- Jim Harmon and the rest site at www.SailPixel.com. of the race committee, but the tireless efforts of Club Manager Jeff Eng- borg and his team, Dede and Michael Moore in arranging housing, Bon- nie Zygmant in organiz- ing registration and Nancy White in coordi- nating food and bever- age needs for all. The Invitational is an important event for Pe- Instructor Brett Lyall with Opti sailor Karl Forst who won the quot, and its members John Walter Perry Award for most improvement as a beginner. work hard to ensure its success. We would wel- 2007 Summer Junior Program Dates come any comments or suggestions on the re- Full Session: gatta, and you are en- Monday, June 25th to Friday, August 17th couraged to direct them Session I: June 25th to July 20th to [email protected]. rd th Page 4 Session II: July 23 to August 17 Some of Pequot’s instructors and older Juniors strike a pose. Page 5