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Commodore's Column AndrAndrewew MasonMason andand ChrisChris SegerblomSegerblom inin thethe 20082008 ISAFISAF YYouthouth WorWorldld ChampionshipsChampionships COMMODORE’S COLUMN finishes. Our sailing history can easily be remembered by just a few of our cherished trophies on display at Newport Harbor Yacht Club. The Derrick “Rick” Marsellus for the Outstanding Contribution to the Non-Calm Program Sportsmanship Perpetual is In memory of Derrick Marcellus (1944-1961) who perished while onboard Albatross, a 1920’s Schooner. With four instructors, a cook, and 13 students onboard, en route to the Dry Tortuga on May 2, 1961, the Albatross was hit by a white squall and sank instantly taking six lives. The Ahmanson Trophy, donated by the Ahmanson family in 1957 for Ocean Racing Championship is a magnificent President Roosevelt’s letter silver trophy and extremely heavy! The treasures and traditions of the A sometimes overlooked but equally of the district. Albert Soiland is the Newport Harbor Yacht Club have been treasured and peaceful space at author of The Viking Goes to Sea on my mind while Commodore this Newport Harbor Yacht Club is our library copyright 1924, Admiral of the Pacific year. We are extremely fortunate to in the Board Yachting Association and skipper of the cherish a few archetypal items at of Directors Schooner Yacht Viking IV. The author Newport Harbor Yacht Club. Several Room. dedicates this little narrative to his loyal years ago we discovered our misplaced Upon close crew and to those Corinthian yachtsmen Pirate Painting Collection, and it has inspection of who respond to the call of the open sea. been on display on a rotating basis our recently All near and dear to my heart! ever since. For example, the painting categorized Transpacific Ocean races and the currently on display in the Pirates Den and Transpacific Yacht Club was also written which depicts a blindfolded pirate out inventoried by Albert Soiland, M.D. copyright 1937. on the plank could be this year’s library you’ll It contains facts, fancies, and some Commodore being held at bay by a find classics gossip about one of the most unique gang holding a blunderbuss, swords, and and interesting Yacht Clubs in the world and a raised fist! You can use your own treasures. and the races it sponsors. I welcome imagination, while enjoying your The first your visit to our library, and hope you Derrick “Rick” Marsellus favorite beverage with friends. Commodore discover of one of your favorites or a Our Trophy Room is a walk down of NHYC, book you wish you had read several memory lane for many of us and a S/C Dr. years ago. Please bring your children or microcosm of club history. We can Albert grandchildren by and reacquaint them revisit sailing races we crewed in and Soiland, with the value of reading, not a lost art the corresponding successes and close 1917, has a or discipline, but a skill we should not few lose to computers and multimedia. While published visiting our library, take the time to look books on at the historical books and valued display. The traditions at Newport Harbor Yacht Club Saga of and pass this valuable information along Newport Bay to the next generation. and Newport As the 2008 season winds down my Harbor Yacht year as your Commodore comes to a Club, by close and we prepare to transition to the Albert 2009 team. It has been my sincere Soiland, pleasure serving as the Commodore of dated 1936 Newport Harbor Yacht Club. I look Ahmanson Trophy has a letter forward to your correspondence at from the White House from Franklin D. [email protected] Roosevelt, congratulating Newport All the best and warm regards, Harbor for their achievement as a safe Bruce R. D’Eliscu and commodious harbor for the citizens Commodore Cover photo by Scott Mason 2 RACING R AAB D EFENDS 23rd at ABYC. Chris says, “The Mercury minute MINIMUM race rule.” After 75 is a great boat to sail because of the fact minutes, Chris and Kenny Dair worked ERCURY ATIONAL M N that it has so many fine tune adjustments. their way to 6th and with one beat to C HAMPIONSHIP T ITLE For example, you can adjust the lowers the finish, moved into 3rd, clinching while sailing upwind and change the slot the over-all win with finishes of 6-1-2-2- by Maria Raab up to 18 inches!” Wind conditions during 3. The Mercury class has held their the regatta ranged from 6-20 knots. With national championships annually since After having a long summer, finishing a fleet over 20, Chris had a 6 point lead 1943. The class is mostly from the San 2nd in the Cal 20 Nationals and 2nd in the going into the last race in which he Francisco and Monterey areas Catalina 37 Nationals, Chris put some extra rounded the weather mark in 12th and although the San Pedro and Long effort into defending his Mercury National Baird rounded with a convincing lead. Beach fleet continue to grow. “What a Championship title on August 22nd and “Thank gosh, the Mercury class has a 90 great, well organized class!” FACILITIES HYC’s Clubhouse underwent one of its first major remodels in N1947, just three years after this photo was taken. As this picture helps illustrate, our Clubhouse has changed dramatically over the years. It is now our generation’s turn to consider how best to update our Club’s facilities. This month the Long Range Facility Planning Committee will be sending out a survey to all NHYC members. This survey will be an important element of the planning process for the eventual replacement of NHYC’s Clubhouse. The results of this survey will be given to our architectural consultants for use in developing conceptual plans for a future clubhouse. We are urging all members to take a few minutes to complete and return this survey. - LRFPC, Sept 2008 NHYC Flag Officers, 1944 3 RACING M ORGAN C UP 2008 After a lengthy wait through an additional four flights, we came out a bit by Jeff Gordon flat in the afternoon session and only managed to win one out of another six Team Newport Harbor descended on races. We also assumed we won New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court another against NYYC #1 in that session facility in Newport, Rhode Island on on a foul, but they asked for redress and August 22-24 to compete in the Morgan we resailed the race at the end of the Cup Team Race Invitational. NHYC was event. We all got dressed up for the honored to have been one of only eight Regatta Dinner Saturday night and we teams selected to participate in this represented the Club well in our prestigious event along with Southern, coordinated attire and Crispin Ties. We Larchmont, Boston, Seawanhaka Island, about a mile from the Harbour received many compliments. Corinthian, and Puquot Yacht Clubs, Court docks. This was the most out-of- It has become a tradition at these together with two teams from the host the-way area clear of the tremendous team racing events for each team to tell NYYC. The event is sailed in identical harbor traffic in Newport in the a favorite joke during the dessert Sonars, a 23 foot keel boat using summertime, yet still in the breeze line. portion of the evening. While not one spinnakers. Very few of us on the Other than some relatively big wind shifts of the jokes told that evening can be Newport team had sailed these boats on Saturday afternoon, it turned out be a printed herein, it was a fun evening. before, yet were up against teams that use great spot to locate the racing venue. Matt McKinlay represented us in that them regularly, so we had our work cut After a short practice on Thursday department and I’m sure his joke took a out for us from the beginning. afternoon, we hit the race course Friday close second place to Southern’s. The three NHYC boats were sailed by morning ready to go. We were in the first Brian Bissell with crew Killarney Loufek, group to sail and managed a two win, four Mandy McDonnell and John Fuller; Adam loss session. We felt we should have had Deermount helmed another boat with another win or two, but took some Matt and Coury McKinlay and Bill satisfaction knowing that we beat NYYC #1 Menninger crewing; the third boat was and Southern, probably the top two rated driven by Andy Beeckman being helped teams at the event. A very nicely hosted out by Jeff Condon, Jeff Gordon, and cocktail party was held after the day of non-member but terrific crew Emily Flint. racing and I guarantee a good time was The weather was in the mid 70s all had by all. three days with moderate breeze and not Saturday morning we were again first too much humidity. Great sailing weather! out and managed to win four straight and The race course was set up west of Goat were feeling pretty good about ourselves! Sunday morning we were charged up to make a run, as double points were awarded for each win now and we felt we could vault ourselves into the top tier. It was not to be however, as we went three wins to two losses and managed to finish in fourth place. The racing was incredibly intense at all times with many races being decided with boats overlapped at the finish line. Most races saw multiple position changes on the last beat to the finish.
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