Mainsheet Volume 51, Number 4, April 2018 Latitude: 30°32’29”N Longitude: 87°54’14”W From the Commodore 2 in the record books~ 3 to go! March was very busy with the On the weekend of March 10-11, the club mobilized to host the 2018 Opti Gulf Coast Championship Optimist Gulf Coast Championship. 75 young sailors aged 8-15 came and Dogwood regatta and we from as far away as San Francisco, Chicago, and New England to com - still have a lot to go! pete on the bay out in front of our club. A large GYA contingent also This month we are hosting participated in the regatta, including eight FYC Juniors. The weather Wet & Cool, Finn Nationals held out, and the team was and the 60th Dauphin Island able to hold five great Regatta. I know Rear races over the weekend, Commodore Scott Hartwell can and Fairhope's own use some help so please get in Coleman Kennedy placed touch with him. 16th Overall, qualifying to We’ve been working on the participate in the Optimist pool. We are getting the chairs Team Trials in Key Biscayne, FL in April! around the pool repaired, as well as the bridge and the lad - ders. We still have the fence around the baby pool to be installed; hopefully this will All weekend, the visitors not interfere with anyones use were very impressed with our of the pool but remember the facility and hospitality, and pool is not officially open yet. the regatta team heard many Associates, please join us for compliments to that effect. the Meet and Greet we have They loved that they could sit planned for you on April 11, it on the porch and still watch will be a good time to meet the the regatta from a distance. Committee Chairmen who are This was a huge undertaking, and was the first of many this year. It looking for volunteers during would not have been possible the year. if not for the efforts of many, Our new Point of Sale sys - many different members tem, for the resturant and shouldering different respon - billing, will go online this sibilities. Thank you to Holly month. There may be a bit of a Murray who helped put in learning curve but any prob - the bid to USODA, Gennifer lems should shake out pretty Taloney and Elizabeth quickly. McGriff, regatta chairwomen, There is a lot going on and and all who led and volun - every year there seems to be teered to help with this more so watch for the eblasts event. This success will set and check the calendar to keep the tone for a great 2018 up with everything! regatta season! Thank you, Dogwood Regatta continued on Page 6 HH ATTENTION DRY SLIP OWNERS AND BOAT RAMP USERS HH On April 5, 6, 7 and 8, with Finn North American Championship, the boat ramp will be very busy with regatta traffic. Please be patient with the regatta participants. The Mainsheet is published monthly by the Fairhope The Layline ~ Sailing Director Holly Murray Yacht Club, a member of the Gulf Yachting Association and United States Sailing Association. Circulation includes all Fairhope Yacht Club members and GYA affiliated clubs. The Mainsheet, Fairhope Yacht Club, P.O. Box 1327, Fairhope, AL 36533, or e-mail to [email protected] by the 20th of the month prior to publica - tion. March was an Buddy camp are now open for reg - BRIDGE exciting month for our Optimist istration. If you have any ques - Commodore - Randy Fitz-Wainwright sailors as we hosted the USODA tion please feel free to contact me. Vice Commodore - Chris Dabney Gulf Coast Championship. We [email protected] or Rear Commodore- Scott Hartwell hosted almost 80 sailors from 228-363-0073. We did make one Fleet Captain - Philip Durant across the United States, complet - change from last year; we will not Fleet Surgeon - Dr. Rick Childs ing five races over Saturday and being using Paypal. You have 3 Secretary - Charles Allen Sunday. The weather offered us a ways to pay for Summer Camp. Treasurer - Brian Snider variety of wind and wave condi - 1. Mail in a check to 101 tions winds ranging from 10 to 15 Volanta Ave. ATT Sail Camp. BOARD OF GOVERnORS and gusty. Our volunteers did a 2. Come to meet me and pay by Michael Amos Ray French fantastic job running the event credit card. Ellis Ollinger which ran smoothly; it takes time 3. Call in a credit card to me Joe McIntosh and effort to host an event this (228-363-0073). There will be a Tony Lowery size. Thank you all for your time! $5 convenience fee for call ins. Johnnie Roberts Get a jump on your summer sail - Dan Herzog ing with 2018 Spring Clinics, we will have learn to sail and green COMMITTEE CHAIRS fleet starting April 19 th . Most Memorial Pat Colvin practices are held on Thursday Entertainment Christine Banjanin from 4-6:30 and Saturdays 9am – Stephanie Beedy 3pm. You can find registration Building/Grounds Chad Allen Food & Bev Chris Dabney Insurance/Marine Safety David Barr Harbor Sandy McCall Associates Christine Banjanin Membership MIgnon Bishop Offshore Byron Yoder Cruising Stan Brown Water Front Director Holly Murray We had 7 sailors competing in Adult Sailing John Helmstadter Gulf Coast Champs from our club, Race & Regatta Scott Harwell three which this was their first Junior Commodore Pete McGriff USODA event to attend. It is not online along with the schedule. Juniors Advisors Elizabeth & Kelly easy coming from green fleet with - Fairhope High School Sailing will McGriff in the GYA to a regional USODA be heading to Seabrook Tx for the Historians PC Barbara Brown event; just the increase in the SESIA Qualifier for National Sarah Johnston-Cox number of sailors alone can be Mallory High School Fleet racing. Guardian John Adams overwhelming. But Taylor Making the team for this event GYA Coordinator Philip Durant Hundley, Emily Allen and will be Camille McGriff, Liam Mainsheet Editor nancy Fitzpatrick Coleman Kennedy did a fantastic Bishop, Nathan Valentine and Mainsheet Photos Jacque McCants; job hanging with the fleet. In fact, Parker French. Please wish them Dawson Morgan Coleman finished very well and is the best of luck! Long Range Planning now qualified USODA Team ICRC Trials to be held in April at Key FYC Auxiliary Darlene Sirmon Biscayne. Also sailing for FYC Office: Mon-Fri 8:00am-12:00, 1:30-4:30pm team was Nate Hartwell, Joe Phone: 251-928-3276 Fax: 251-990-8602 Comer and the youngest in the Email: [email protected] event Cruz Dabney. I am Club Office: 101 Volanta, Fairhope AL 36532 extremely proud of this group and Mailing Address: Box 1327, Fairhope AL the efforts they have put forth 36533 bettering their sailing skills. Web address: www.fairhopeyachtclub.com 2018 Summer camp and Bay Junior Commodore’s From the Rear Commodore Report Scott Hartwell Happy Ahoy, Folks! We begin take them down to Middle Bay April! This Month Two of our Spring Light and back. past month Regatta Tour with a two-fer To round out the month, we marks the over the weekend after Easter. will host the 60th Annual beginning of That's right, we will have two Dauphin Island Race. The a very busy events. First, we will have the Race & Regatta Committee is spring sea - 2018 U.S. Finn National putting in long hours, from son for the Championship from Thursday, planning the race, to securing junior pro - April 5 to Sunday, April 8. We the island, and working with will have 30 competitors from area officials to ensure we gram and all over the nation as well as have a successful event. the yacht some local favorites competing Please join us again on the club as a in three days of highly com - night of Friday, April 27 as we whole. petitive racing! Also on that have the Dauphin Island Race First, our Optis had their Gulf Saturday and Sunday, we will Skippers' Meeting and Coast Championship here host the Wet & Cool Youth Crawfish Boil. The big event early in the month. We had Regatta. It is open to any par - will be on Saturday the 28th respectable performances ticipants under 19 who want with dinner and trophy pres - from all of our sailors, espe - to compete in Lasers, 420's, or entation at the Rodeo Site on cially Coleman Kennedy who Optimist Dinghies. It should the island. If you haven't qualified for the US Team prove to be a busy and already, please look for more Trials on Key Biscayne later rewarding weekend. information and registration this season. Congratulations Next, we will host the forms online at www.regat - Coleman! The Fairhope High Dauphin Island Warm-up tanetwork.com, or under the School Team has also been Race on Saturday, April 21. Regattas tab at hard at work practicing for Please join us as we gear up to www.fairhopeyachtclub.com. the Baker and Mallory quali - host the big one the following That rounds out April, but fiers at Lakewood Yacht Club week. We will have an appro - we are far from finished. We priate long course for competi - will have three more regattas this month. We wish them the tors to sail that will likely to go in May! best of luck at this regatta as it is the premier event of their season. I hope to see you all Juniors at Dogwood on the water this next month Girls cornered the Laser as there are many opportuni - fleet for the Dogwood with ties for all members to be FYC Junior Sara Boyd in a involved this month, whether Laser 4.5 coming in ahead it is racing, cruising, or volun - of her MYC competition, teering. Happy sailing! Min Min Kelly in Laser Pete McGriff Junior Commodore Radial! Way to go, Sara! Opti Championship Views More Opti Action at GC Championship!
Please LIKE us on Facebook at Fairhope Jr. Yacht Club! Restaurant & Bar Hours Of Operation (251-928-8888 for Dinner Reservations) Happy Hours 4-7pm EVERY NIGHT! Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 11am-8pm 4-9pm(Bar) 4-9pm(Bar) 4pm-9pm 4pm-9pm 11am-10pm 11am-10pm April~2018 1 Easter 2 3Taco Tuesday! 4 Pasta Buffet! 5 6 Auxiliary 7 GYA Buffet 6pm PotLuck Race & Regatta 6:30 JrYC Lunch Finn National & Comm. 7:30 M’ship 11:30 Wet Egg ‘N Cool Hun t 6:30 Meeting Finns 8 GYA 9 10 11 Associate 12 13 14 Finn National 6pm PotLuck Taco Tuesday! Meet & Greet Movie Night Membership 6:30pm Wet‘N Cool Committee 15 16 17 TacoTuesday 18 19 20 21 Porch Social 6pm PotLuck Race & Regatta BINGO Seafood Dauphin 6-8pm Comm. THIS MONTH! Jubilee Island 6:30 Warm-up 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 6pm PotLuck TacoTuesday Dauphin Island Dauphin Skippers Meeting Island Race 7:30pm 29 30 6pm PotLuck If you are not getting the e-2b7la sts from Ch2e8f Jacob, go to the bottom of the FYC webpage, add yToaucro Teumesadila yaddress and click “sign up” WHAT’s Happening at the Club! MEMBERSHIP MEETING NIGHT 3rd Sundays: PORCH SOCIAL: the Ballroom from 7-10 pm Pasta Buffet! Choose the pasta, sauce Now that Spring is warming us up, Music is Journey-Bruno Mars! and ingredients you like for $10. the hours return to 6-8. Come join APRIL 15: PORCH SOCIAL 6-8pm SUNDAY FUN RACES : Join us! your friends as we welcome the sun’s Blue Bicycle Band! Sign in at the bar to know your hand - return. H DAUPHIN ISLAND RACING It’s icap. Join the after-sailing fun at the APRIL 1: EASTER BUFFET AND our turn again to host the Dauphin bar to talk about your race. EGG HUNT: Chef Jacob is Island races, the Warm-Up on the Monday night POT LUCK : 6:00, preparing a feast for Easter 21st and the next weekend, the big Bring a dish and meet FYC members. with all the usual great food. event. The Warm-Up gives sailors a TACOS on Tuesday : Sunset on the The Children’s Egg Hunt will c h a n c e to test the boats on a one-day Bay and tacos. What could be better! start about 2/2:30 with the adult race around the bay. Friday, April 27, 3rd Wednesdays: BEER & BINGO hunt to follow. Be sure to make reser - registration and skippers meeting; starts again in January. 6:30 to 8:30 vations for one of the seating from Saturday, starting early, the boats for fun with friends! 11AM to 2PM. head for Dauphin Island and a day 3rd Thursdays: REGATTA COM - APRIL 6-8: FINN NATIONAL on the water with trophies handed MITTEE meets to plan and support CHAMPIONSHIP Expecting a out after the race on the Island. club and GYA racing events. major fleet of sailors from across the H MAY RACES: Everyone is invited to join the fun. Gulf area as well as the nation. Meet H MAY 5/6 GYA Opening at 1st Fridays: AUXILIARY LUNCH the top sailors in the Finn Class, MobileYC; 11:30 each First Friday, with lunch APRIL 7/8: WET ‘N COOL H MAY 13,CHILDREN’S CUP; and programs that are designed to REGATTA Our Junior regatta that H MAY 19/20 GYA MELGES 24 expand participation in the club. will bring GYA Juniors from across CHAMPIONSHIP and the 2nd Fridays: MOVIE NIGHT and the coast yacht clubs to sail off our H 1ST GYA FINN CIRCUIT race. supper for our young members while beaches. H MAY 26: RING AROUND THE you enjoy the service in the Dining APRIL 11: ASSOCIATE MEET & BAY : a marathon of sailing up, down Room. GREET Happy Hour with our and around the Bay bringing you 3rd Fridays: SEAFOOD JUBILEE Commodore, Bridge & Membership back in time for drinks, right out of the Bay and Gulf, the committee, 5-7pm in the Ballroom. yarns and supper tastiest dishes our Chef can offer APRIL 14: JOURNEY2MARS in at the club! Restaurant & Bar Hours Of Operation (251-928-8888 for Dinner Reservations) Happy Hours 4-7pm EVERY NIGHT! Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 11am-8pm 4-9pm(Bar) 4-9pm(Bar) 4pm-9pm 4pm-9pm 11am-10pm 11am-10pm May~2018 1Taco Tuesday! 2 Pasta Bar 3 4 5 6:30 JrYC GYA Race & Regatta Auxillary Opening Comm. 7:30 M’ship Lunch Regtta 6:30 Meeting 11:30 MYC 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GYA 6pm PotLuck Taco Tuesday! Membership Opening Comm. Movie Night Regtta 6:30pm MYC 13 14 15 TacoTuesday ! 16 17 18 19 Finn Children’s Cup Race & Regatta Beer & Bingo Seafood Circuit-1 6pm PotLuck Jubil ee Comm. 6:30-8:30 Jubil ee Melges 24 6:30 GC Champ 20 FinnCircuit 21 22 23 24 25 26 Ring Melges 24 GC Champ 6pm PotLuck Taco Tuesday! Around the Porch Socia l Bay 6-8pm
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And now the Dogwood Regatta! Marine Safety & Insurance The 2018 Dogwood Regatta saw fantastic weather, great wind, ~ David Barr and great competition on the week - We have enjoyed several record end of March 24-25. The club had warm weather days in February. a great PHRF Fleet, Lasers, You have probably gotten your boat out. Now that you have checked the Optimists, and a return of the battery, lights, and other marine vaunted FYC Rhodes 19 fleet dur - items, please check your life jackets, ing the your Personal Flotation Devices. event. The one we found is an old Saturday “Horse Collar” had winds type designed to of up to 20 roll you over face up in the water knots and after you cross greater gusts during the day. The your arms when PHRF Fleet sailed down to Point Clear, you jump in the water. An old out to the ship channel and then back PDF like this is to the line on a 13.5 mile course. Rick in questionable condition. The interi - Skinner won the Dogwood Trophy for or is crunchy when you squeeze it, collapses and looses form. It was being first overall in the PHRF Non- manufactured in China years ago Spinnaker Class. Don Faircloth won and no one knows what is inside it. PHRF Spinnaker overall. In One Design, the fleet saw a much Don’t bet your life an out-dated calmer day on Sunday, and PFD. Try some that look more like these two. they were able to get several more races in during the over - cast day. Stewart Adams won first in the Rhodes 19 Class, Sara Boyd took first in Lasers, and Chandler Taloney secured This information was borrowed by first in the Optimist Class. Carl Wegener & David Barr from the Results are available online at Alabama State Port Authority www.fairhopeyachtclub.com. newsletter. Sunday Sailing Report 3/4/18: on Sunday. Then the Dogwood X-SW-SE-NE-X. Oh yes, the sky Now we're talking. Nice temp- on Saturday 3/24, Easter on 4/1, opened up before everyone got in 75 degrees, Nice Wind-10 to 12 back to Sunday racing 4/8 & so it was a "wet" race. knots, and 9 boats out to enjoy 4/15, then the Dauphin Island Also of note, the South Mark it. The course was set at X-SW- races. Isn't Sailboat Racing Fun was seen standing straight in it's NW-NE-X with marks to and aren't we lucky to live where proper place. Starboard and we were off on we can do a lot of it?. The next Sunday Fun Race time. White Hawk made good 3/18/18: Spring Series will be 4/8/18 after use of her spinnaker to take 1st Well I'll be darned. There were the Dogwood Regatta this week - place (Very Nice Ben). 2nd, 3rd, 3 boats out to make it an official end and Easter the 1st weekend and 4th place were very close race on Sunday and quite a race in April. The Standings at this finishing within 2 minutes of it was with all 3 boats going point are: each other in the following order: around the course together and White Hawk 15 points Damn Yankee, Tigress, finishing 3 minutes apart. Damn Yankee 9 points Wanderer . It was great to see MOJO won her 1st race ever. Wanderer 9 points Terri in her new boat MOJO , Way to go Terri (I understand Gypsy Wind 8 points and who was that at the Helm? Rick Byrne may have had some - Tigress 7 points Tommy Yeager, I believe. thing to do with it.) Second was Mojo 5 points 3/10-11/18: Gypsy Wind , one minute ahead New Wake 2 points What fun--lots of kids in sail - of Wanderer . The sky was dark, Dagnabit 1 point boats. Now we can get back to the winds were around 7 to 8 Faster Pussycat 1 point our Sunday Fun Race Fall Series knots and the course was set at An exciting race, fast down and back, as big March 2018 boats head South at the Dogwood Regatta! Membership Report
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