INSIDE: • Elections, pages 2-5 • Women, Wind & Wine • Thanksgiving Pot Luck • Toys for Kids

October 2018 KEOWEE CLUB

The 2018 KSC Championship was held on September 29 - 30. There was light air on Saturday and we were only able to sail one race. Sunday saw much improved wind and six additional races were conducted. The event was won by multi-champion Rick Harper with Hank Goodman right behind in second place.

Cole Owens, (who tied for first and placed second in our Youth Championship) beat out some seasoned adult sailors to finish in third place in the Dinghy Championship. Congratulations to all the sailors taking part in this fun event!!

Photo by Liz Keenen

Talk Turkey With Us at the Thanksgiving Day Potluck

Each Thanksgiving Day a few KSC Waifs and Strays gather to celebrate Thanksgiving with our “club family.” This year will be no exception. The gathering will start about 2:30 for setup and to enjoy some munchies. Then a traditional Thanksgiving meal will be served around 3:30.

A Thanksgiving meal is too important to leave to chance; therefore, it is requested that each group coordinate with Linda Fortson (864-885-9050) so that the organizers can ensure that all bases are covered and know how many tables to set. If you leave a voice mail, please include a phone number so Linda can return your call.

KSC will provide turkey and ham, plus drinks. Volunteers are needed to cook the turkeys. Each group attending will provide an appetizer, a side dish, or a dessert Also, if you want a special drink, feel free to bring your own. We look forward to seeing anyone who would like to join us there. Guests are always welcome. We have had as many as 50 at prior celebrations. Join us! Board of Steward Nominations:

The following officer candidates have been For Secretary - nominated. Sharon Hamilton Sharon is an avid sailor who For Commodore - has been actively crewing in Bill Hurni the fleet for over My name is Bill Hurni and I 10 years and joined KSC as am running for the position a member about 5 years ago. of Commodore. This She lives on the southern year, I have served as Vice end of Lake Keowee and Commodore and in the enjoys many other sports, past, have served five terms both water and snow, while as a Steward and three not sailing at KSC. She volunteers at a variety of years as the Dock Master. community organizations and currently serves in her Currently, the Keowee second term as KSC Secretary. Sailing Club membership is at capacity and with an occasional waiting list. We are For Treasurer - the envy of many other clubs, which are experiencing Terry Patterson declining memberships and financial problems. It is Terry, Colleen and Michael great to be a part of an organization with the level have been members of KSC of member participation and involvement we see in since Feb of 2012. Terry is KSC. By continuing our involvement, wise spending a of the US Naval practices and maintaining our facility, we will have Academy with a BS of our club to enjoy for a long time to come. Your vote Physics and has an MBA would be much appreciated. Thank you. with a focus in finance from the University of Nebraska. For Vice Commodore - He spent five years in the Halstead Naval Nuclear Submarine I am running for KSC Vice service and had 39 years of Commodore. I choose to do experience in the commercial nuclear industry prior this as I have had the great to retiring this June. During his 39 years of industry opportunity to serve on experience he served in a number of management the Board of Stewards and positions including plant manager at two different have seen first hand how an nuclear stations and Site Vice President at the Fort organization that is driven Calhoun Nuclear Station. He has managed multi- by its members is only as million dollar budgets for the majority his industry strong as the willingness career. He has been active in sailing since 1972 having of its members to be active skippered racing boats from Snipes to the USNA’s and supportive of one another. KSC has given me a premier 60 foot racing . Previously a Red Cross place to pursue my love of sailing and a “home” on certified sailing instructor. He was elected treasurer the water. It is my goal as Vice Commodore to build for 2017. community as we continue to grow the club. Join me in the next year in welcoming new sailors, families and strengthening the core membership. 2 We are also very fortunate to have swimming lessons during summer. Crew for hire, a group of individuals willing to she has crewed on over 25 different types of boats. govern the club as your Board of Racing is #1 but enjoys cruising, and together have Stewards. Short bios of each of cruised the southern East Coast, most of Florida these members are as follows: and into the Caribbean. Both enjoy giving RC training seminars at KSC. Kip served on BOS 4 Jean Marie Dolenc - terms. She has also served on numerous committees. Sailing - A lifetime of She would like to see KSC maintain a friendly, recreational sailing from helpful, sailing club atmosphere. , snipes, to Hobie Cats on Lake Bob Graves - Geneva, Wisconsin Bob has owned a Flathead Lake, Montana variety of and now Lake Keowee ranging in size from * Completed ASA sailing 14’ to 38’. He currently courses in BVI owns Flying Scot * Accepted as a #5545. He’s been a provisional member in KSC member since July 2015. Completed over 70 hours of volunteer 2014. He’s currently support in my first year. the KSC Flying Scot * Assistant instructor for both weeks of the Youth Fleet Captain. He’s Sailing Camp for the last three years. been involved in KSC * Committed crew member on the Ultimate(U) 20. Youth Sailing Camp; active in KSC and District Participated in the 2018 the US North American racing; RC duties and Club socials. KSC was one of Championships – U20. the main attractions in his decision to move to this * Continued volunteer support including community. Bob’s family has enjoyed the activities, Committee Boat participation and Change of Watch camaraderie and competition the Club provides. * Member of 2018 Board of Stewards If elected, he would welcome the opportunity to * Co-Chairman of 2018/2019 Strategic Planning serve. Committee for KSC Professional career – Over 33 years in the specialty Phil Cook - pharmaceutical industry with proven success in Keowee Sailing Club developing strategies and executing plans that drove is awesome. I am a high impact results in US and International markets. strong advocate of the volunteer spirit that is Kip Goodman - a cornerstone of KSC. Kip and husband Hank At my previous club joined KSC in 1989. in Ohio, Kiser Lake They own a Catalina Sailing Club, we had 25, , , a very similar strong and Tempest. Kip works volunteer spirit. There, for Upstate Gymnastics I served as Treasurer, as director Vice Commodore and Commodore as well as and instructor during being part of the Annual Sail Training Team. Since school year and teaches becoming a provisional member in April 2017, I

3 have worked hard to organize and improve the club environment at KSC is a perfect blend of Club Program and the Junior Sailing camaraderie and high quality activities. These have Program. Projects completed include: Sunfish been managed with a long standing good balance , launching, recovery and put-away Training of casual activity with just enough occasional Session for Club Members; Sail-shed organization, practical formality. I enjoy KSC because the focus numbering and storage; Fleet - total has been firmly locked on sailing and the club tends renovation and reintroduction into the Junior to avoid the types of diversions that distract other Sailing Program; Club Sailboat - acquisition of new clubs from their mission and affect both their focus JY, disposal of 4 end-of-life club sailboats; Junior and their popularity. KSC has remained true to its Sailing Week team member for 2017 and 2018 Sail original calling and I hope to help in continuing that Camps; Repair of damaged club sailboats; Race tradition. Committee and Safety Boat for Bare What you Dare and Grits and Haggis Regatta; 5 Year Plan Glenn Kats - for Club Sailboat program. I love sailing and I love I joined the Keowee racing. In 2018, I have raced in the Sunfish Master’s Sailing Club 7 years in Panama City, the J24 Easter Regatta at Columbia, ago when Patti and I the U20 North American’s at Lake Norman, and moved to Seneca. At the 2018 Hospice Regatta at Western Carolina as KSC we found relaxed part of the Lake Keowee On the Road contingent. and fun members, and I recently acquired an absolutely fabulously an excellent and well maintained Merit 22 and have added spectacular maintained facility. Black Sails with plans to race in the next season. I Having been an avid consider myself a person who loves to work hard sailor since my youth, with intense dedication and passion. This passion and having had the is fueled by the many good friends that I have opportunity to sail at clubs all over the USA and developed here at KSC. If elected, I will commit the world, I believe that KSC has been formed to applying this drive towards continuing the hard into one of the best sailing clubs in the world. As work that it took to get KSC to where it is today. a member, I have been active in supporting the Thank you for your consideration. racing and youth sailing programs. Patti and I have also participated in most all of the social event at Jake Kohl - the club. In 2017, I was elected to the board of Greenville, SC. stewards, and also served as the race committee Application chairperson, until an employment opportunity Engineer at Hartness came up in July of 2017 that took Patti and I up to International; Michigan until September of this year. Yes it was Graduate of cold, burrr, and we missed the warm weather. But the University mostly we missed our friends at the Keowee Sailing of Tennessee in Club. But now we are back and ready to get back Chattanooga. into having fun at KSC. And to ensure that we stay Has been sailing/ here, I am now a real estate agent at Keller Williams racing since 1999 and in Seneca. I would again like to support the club as a member at Keowee a board of stewards member. As a club steward I Sailing club since approximately 2004. Owns and would encourage and assist the club leadership to: races a J22, , and an A-cat 1. Maintain the relaxed environment at the club. Catamaran. I firmly believe KSC to be one of the 2. Maintain the existing facilities. 3. Evaluate and finest sailing clubs in the southeastern US. The implement updates to the club that would best serve

4 the general membership of the club, while preserving Daryl Wurster - the primary charter of the club as a sailing and racing Kris Johnson and I own club. Thank you for your consideration. a Paceship23. We like the long distance races Roger Sulhoff and just cruising around Serving the club youth the lake. We love going as the coordinator for to the clubhouse and one week of sail camp hanging out with the is Roger’s favorite members. A great cross volunteer activity. He section of people. I own has been distance racing a construction company his Catalina 250 WK and Kris is a registered with one first place nurse. Many eons ago, a college friend of mine and in a Turkey Shoot. I used to sail a on lakes and once took it He crews regularly to the Florida Gulf Coast. I have sailed in several with Bob Graves on long distance races, and I am not always last. I have Bob’s Flying Scot in club series races and regional worked on the race boat, helped during work days regattas. Roger’s son-in -law and daughter, Ryan and and can sometimes be found working in the kitchen Sarah Taylor are KSC members with a Hunter 27. during events. More recently, I helped to improve He holds US Sailing and ASA certifications Basic the parking and upgrades/repairs to the clubhouse. Keelboat through Costal Cruising/Navigation. Also, ASA 114 Catamaran and 201 Keelboat Instructor. He is married to Nancy and reside in Gainesville, Ga.. They are blessed with six married kids and 12 grandkids.

The Ballot is:

Commodore: Bill Hurni Stewards: Vice: Mark Halstead Phil Cook Secretary: Sharon Hamilton Jean Marie Dolenc (incumbent) Treasurer: Terry Patterson Kip Goodman Bob Graves (incumbent) Glenn Kats Jake Kohl Roger Sulhoff (incumbent) Daryl Wurster (incumbent)

5 Women, Wind

&Wine Photos by Colleen Patterson

The inaugural meeting note the time change. of Women Wind & Wine The meeting is being held in late September held earlier so to have was a smashing plenty of time to drive success! A total of the skiffs! 16 ladies were able to attendKe in- person, This will be the first and an equal number “on the water” day expressed an interest so those planning to in WWW, but were attend should dress unable to attend the first appropriately. Jean- meeting! Marie Dolenc and Liz Keenen will be taking In addition to discussing the levels of sailing the ladies out on the skiffs to practice driving, experience and goals for WWW, attendees docking, etc. It is important that all sailors at learned 3 knots. For those of you who were KSC know how to properly ‘woman’ the skiffs in unable to be at the first meeting, the knots will the case of an emergency. be reviewed at the next meeting. There are good tutorials online if you want to do any studying Please RSVP to Liz Keenen at ahead of time! The knots learned were the [email protected]. And let her know if figure-eight knot, square knot & bowline. you can bring a snack or a beverage -— again, not everyone needs to bring something each The next meeting of this new group is scheduled time — this task can be rotated. for Sunday, November 18th at 1:00. Please

6 Reciprocal Privileges by Ken Marsh

I came to Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) to speak at a World Food Congress, and visited the Gateway to India. It was engraved with “ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE LANDING IN INDIA OF THEIR IMPERIEL MAJESTIES KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY ON THE SECOND OF DECEMBER MCMXI”.

I then walked two blocks to see the building in the photo, right. The building was the — dare I say — clubhouse for the Royal Bombay Yacht Club (RBYC) that was founded in 1846.

It did not get the name “Royal” easily. It resulted from information from the Secretary of State for India in Council that he had the honor to submit to her Majesty Queen Victoria. This request was contained in a letter from Lord Phillip Wodehouse, Governor of Bombay and patron of the Bombay Yacht Club, that he be permitted to assume the term “Royal.” Her Majesty was graciously pleased to accede to such request and to command that the said club shall be styled the “Royal Bombay Yacht visited), a shop and — of course — access Club.” to the Arabian Sea.

I believe we incorporated as the “Keowee Sailing The accommodations are elegant, and Club” with far less pomp and circumstance. likely one-third the cost of the Taj Mahal Hotel across the street. The photos are But my real reason for this article is to mention of the gentleman, in sailor clothing, who that RBYC, as do many other yacht, boat and showed me around, with a view of the sailing clubs around the world, offer reciprocal Gateway of India from a guest room privileges to other yacht, boat and sailing clubs. window, and a shot he took of me.

RBYC offers such privileges with the So reciprocal privileges are a significant presentation of a membership card from our benefit for members of the Keowee Sailing club. This is no small gesture. RBYC has guest Club, which, by itself, is a substantial rooms (and a Billiard room, locker room, gym, in- benefit. But it doesn’t hurt to get out house masseur, bar, a dining hall (closed when I once in a while!

Photos supplied by Ken Marsh 7 WHAT’S COMING UP:

Oct 26-28 Turkey Shoot and TOYS Last Cat Regattas 30 11:30 KSC Ladies Lunch for Kids

Nov 3 1:00 Fright Series #6 The Toys For Kids Event will be held on 10-11 Keel Boat Saturday, December 1st from 3:00-6:00pm. Championships 17 10:00 BOS Meeting This is an annual KSC event. The goal is to 1:00 Frostbite Series #1 collect new unwrapped toys to be donated to the 18 1:00 Women, Wind & Wine

local Department of Social Services. Dec 1 1:00 Frostbite Series #2 3:00 - 6:00 Toys For Kids Refreshments, appetizers, and deserts will be 15 1:00 Frostbite Series #3 served!! Please join your fellow KSC members and enjoy some early holiday cheer while Waterline Team: Bonnie Eisenbies, writer/editor ([email protected]) contributing to this great cause. Susan Brier, design/production ([email protected])

At the Low Country Boil Photo by Susan Brier