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Special Center Insert: 2012 Race Results and On The Water Schedule of Events

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www.chicagoyachtclub.org 3 ChicagoYacht Club Calendar of Events

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November December January 3 Mac Awards Dinner and 1-2 Children’s Holiday Party 24-27 Strictly Sail Show Trophy Hug (Hyatt) (Monroe) at Navy Pier 4 Frostbiting (Belmont) 9 Commodore’s Open House 26 Pink Pony Party (Belmont) 7 Prospective Member Event (Monroe) (Monroe) 14 9 Kids’ Movie Night - Cars (Monroe) Power Fleet Holiday Party (Monroe) 14 10-11 High School Great Lakes Kids’ Movie Night - The Incredibles (Monroe) Championship (Belmont) 24-25 Club Closed for the Holiday 14 Ladies’ Craft Night (Monroe) 31 New Years Eve Party (Monroe) 17 Michigan Avenue Fireworks River Cruise 17 One Design Awards Dinner (Belmont) 17-18 Timme Angsten Memorial Regatta (Monroe) 18 Frostbiting *final day (Belmont) 20 Annual Membership Meeting (Monroe) 22 Thanksgiving 24 Gingerbread Houseboats Pick-Up

4 Blinker  Fall 2012 2012 CHICAGO YACHT CLUB VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP Commodore’s Comment Flag Officers 2012 Joseph S. Haas, Commodore Gerald Bober, Vice Commodore Gregory Miarecki, Rear Commodore Anthony Close, Secretary Greetings fellow members, Janice Promer, Treasurer The sun is setting sooner and the boats are coming out of Past Commodores the harbors. Fall is here. Before we lament the passing of John E. Regan another boating season let’s reflect on what a great season David Daul it was. In addition to the members and their guests Board of Directors enjoying lovely afternoons and evenings on the patio Russ Burke overlooking the water and skyline of Chicago at Monroe Janet Crabb Station, we were a very active club. Jack Day Greg Freeman The junior sailors attended four events: The 420 North Nancy Glover American Championship, the Hyannis Annual Regatta, Pat Marek Don Maxwell the CJ Buckley Memorial Team Race National Steve Salk Championship, and the Buzzards Bay Regatta. Our Lou Sandoval sailors represented the Chicago Yacht Club well with Lloyd Sergent finishes in the top 20 at each event, with fleets exceeding 100 boats. Congratulations to Joe Leif Sigmond Taylor, Will Holz, and Rose Edwards for being awarded CYC’s 2012 Sollitt Trophy for Mike Sollitt Dave Truitt Sportsmanship, Top Male Sailor, and Top Female Sailor honors. A list of all school Lars Wilhelm awards is on page 31.

2012 Our annual regattas and beer can series made for good summer fun. A highlight for me was CHICAGO YACHT CLUB being the first commodore to be first to finish in the cruising division in the Race to EXECUTIVE STAFF Mackinac. Congratulations to all Race to Mackinac and Verve Cup winners. A complete General Manager listing of winners for these events can be found in the race results insert inside this issue. Jim Clark Food and Beverage Director Hosting the Rolex Farr 40 World Championships was fantastic – having fellow member Kate Newton Helmut Jahn win was spectacular. You will find detailed coverage of this international event Food and Beverage Operations Manager on pages 8 to 14. Julie Morrical Complimenting the sailing events, CYC and the Power Fleet hosted the North American Controller Kyle Babcock Cruising Associate (NACA) 2012 North American Invitational Predicted Log contest (NAI). Membership Director Our cruising sailing sail and power fleets were quite active on the water with multiple events Emily Giaimo that are covered in this issue of the Blinker. Communications Director Rachelle Treiber Slated for late this fall are Frostbiting, High School Great Lakes and Timme Angsten Web Content Manager Memorial Regattas. Krissy Guidici Assistant Controller This fall and through our winter months our work will be indoors. Our leadership, fleets, Patrick Daly and committees will come together to plan for next year’s events and activities. I encourage Executive Chef you to volunteer and be involved. Your efforts are what fuel our “tradition of yachting Kevin Smith excellence.” Sous Chef Silvestre Salgado I would like to extend my appreciation to all of the members who served on the Club’s Belmont Chef/Manager many committees. Your support and dedication has made my tenure as your Commodore John Cummings an honor and pleasure. On theWater Director Lynn Lynch I would also like to thank Gerry Bober, Greg Miarecki, Jan Promer and Tony Close for Sailing School Director contributions and dedication to the Club. They made my job easy. Martha Pitt I look forward to my new role as the immediate Past Commodore. I have been told it is the Race Coordinator Bridget Bell best job in the Club. Keelboat Director Have a great holiday season and thanks again for your support. Bart Zienda Dockmaster I hope to see you at the club often! Michael Davey Human Resources Daisy Aponte Parking Coordinator Bill Shaw JOSEPH S. HAAS , COMMODORE

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 5 From the Junior Commodore

Fall sailing season, perhaps one of the busiest times in a high school/college sailor’s year. While adjusting to getting back into the grind of schoolwork, practice, and regattas, it is easy to get caught up and let something slide. It is important to find a balance between sailing and school. Time management it key. Just like sailing, it is something that takes practice. While racing, one has to juggle a dozen tasks all while keeping the main task at hand in the front of their mind. Judging wind shifts, laylines, who is an important opponent to keep track of, who is not, and speed, all while keeping the boat moving smoothly and quickly around the racecourse. This is similar to the life of a student who sails. To be able to juggle homework, studying, class, practice, and traveling to regattas is an amazing feat.

This fall, the Chicago Yacht Club is hosting its two annual high school regattas, the Jimmy Talbot regatta and the MISSA Great Lakes Championships. Just weeks before the Jimmy Talbot takes place, CYC was host to the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship. It was an experience for CYC to host such an event, but it was an even bigger experience for 21 of our junior sailors, the youngest being an 11-year-old from our Opti race team. During the Farr40 pre-worlds event, our junior sailors from the surrounding area were given the opportunity to sail in some practice races aboard some of the boats. It is such a great experience to sail on a boat of that size, in this event, at such a young age. It gives our juniors a taste of what types of sailing are out there after high school and college. It is important for junior sailors to experience such things, for we are the future of the sport of sailing. To branch out into different classes and styles of racing is important. Juniors Will Holz and Alex Curtiss have branched out into the keelboat side of racing, including at the Chicago Match Race Center, as well as representing CYC at the Sears Trophy at the Chubb Junior Championships for the past two years. Not only were they representing the Chicago Yacht Club, but also showing what our junior sailors are capable of doing and broadening what and where juniors participate in.

While in college I always have to make the decision of what I need to do while trying to balance college sailing. Trying to decide on what needs to get done now, what can wait until after practice or be done while traveling, and what is extraneous. By putting all of my classes in the morning, I have freed up my afternoons, which is consumed by practice. I run from class to class to make it on time and squeeze in study time and homework during the hour and a half I have before practice. Time management, besides sailing knowledge, is the single most important skill I have learned from racing boats. In that way, sailing has helped to prepare me for life.

MIKE KANARE , CYC JUNIOR COMMODORE

6 Blinker  Fall 2012 Editor-in-Chief & Publisher Liz Ware Editorial Board Dave Finlay From the Editor Matt Nurre Steve Rotfeld Kent Webster ArchVan Meter Managing Editor Rachelle Treiber What a great summer it was for Communications Committee Chair boating and enjoying the Matthew Gallagher benefits of membership at the Commodore Chicago Yacht Club. Whether Joseph S. Haas it was on the water, at Contributors Commodore Joseph Haas Belmont, or on the patio at Vice Commodore Gerald Bober Monroe, we had fun, didn’t we? Greg Freeman Liz Ware Lynn M. Walls-Lynch You know the adage: “A picture Martha Pitt is worth a thousand words?” Lou Sandoval Susan Maffei Plowden, KPMS Well then, we have a novel for Phil Dowd you. This issue is chock-full of Helmut Jahn PHOTO BY DAVID ESTRADA the wonderful memories Evan Jahn Leif Sigmond captured during the summer season’s events we’ve shared both on and off the water. William Plovanic These photos tell the stories of friends, families, children, regattas, victories, and Chris Beccaria Aisling Sullivan traditions that make up our communities within the Chicago Yacht Club. Sarah Wright Maryclaire Kiernan Throughout the pages of this issue you will also find in-depth coverage of the season’s Jan Kramer Ann Rundle best here at CYC. The juniors, regattas, cruising sail, the many activities of the power Rachelle Treiber fleet, and the fantastic Farr 40 Worlds, here for the first time, are to name a few. Emily Reich Pat Marek Nick Berberian Fall is here now, the boats are tucked away for the season, we are wearing sweaters and Lloyd Sergent Rob Hannah jackets and before we know it we will be enjoying turkey for Thanksgiving and Walter G. "Gibby"Vartan preparing for the holiday season. Secretly, while I love all of the seasons, I am already Bob Bilhorn yearning for that first crisp April morning when the weather permits to captain the Photo/Image Contributions boat back into the harbor and start another wonderful summer on Lake Michigan and Marc Anderson Jim Clark maybe beyond. Aren’t you? Chris Simon Julian Zeng Rolex/Kurt Arrigo As this is the last issue of 2012, I, on behalf of the editorial advisory board, want to Sara Proctor thank all of the volunteers who have written and contributed to the Blinker in 2012. Sarah Wright So many members have given positive feedback on this magazine over the past year. Jan Kramer David Estrada From the reports to the feature stories, volunteers have generously given their time Michele Idstein and talent to bring these pages to life. Your work is greatly appreciated. Emily Reich Martha Pitt Rachelle Treiber Additionally, many thanks to our loyal Blinker advertisers, many of whom are Official Blinker Photographer members. Your support enables us to produce a top-notch communications piece. Chris Albanis We invite you back in 2013! Publication information. Blinker (USPS 104- 020), issue number 393, is published quarterly (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall) by the ChicagoYacht Have a healthy and warm holiday season. We’ll have another issue ready for you Club Communications Committee, 400 E. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60603-6493. The subscription rate in January. is $25 annually, available only to Club members. Copyrighted byThe ChicagoYacht Club. Periodicals postage paid at Chicago, IL and at additional mailing Sincerely, offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Blinker, Chicago Yacht Club, 400 E. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60603. Printer. Blinker is printed by Kjellberg Printing, Inc., 805 W. Liberty Dr., Wheaton, IL 60187. Phone 630-653-2244 or fax 630-653-6233. Publication policy. We publish articles about club activities and members and their participation in competitive and recreational sail and motor yachting. Our purpose is to recognize those who contribute to the organization and operation of the club and its activities, and to promote member LIZ WARE , EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & PUBLISHER BLINKER interest and participation in club functions as well as civic and military affairs. Members are invited to MEMBER: POWER FLEET contribute to the contents of the magazine. Postmaster: Address Change Service Requested, please send to Chicago Yacht Club, 400 E. Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603. www.chicagoyachtclub.org 7 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship Our Kind of Town: Chicago by SUSAN MAFFEI PLOWDEN , KPMS photos by ROLEX/KURT ARRIGO

ver the past 15 years, the Farr 40 class has hosted Robert Hughes’ Heartbreaker (USA), Stuart Townsend’s their World Championships at top sailing venues Virago (USA), and Alek Krstajic’s, Honour (CAN), as well Oaround the globe. Previously held in the U.S. two as first-time Worlds’ competitors: the Turkish boats, times in Miami, Newport and San Francisco, this year the Asterisk Uno and Provezza 8 , and the team of Flojito y fleet traveled for the first time to Chicago, with racing Cooperando (on a chartered boat in Chicago), one of six taking place on Lake Michigan, one of the five fresh water Farr 40s based in Acapulco, Mexico. As well, six boats Great Lakes that form part of the boundary of the U.S. from the local Chicago-area fleet represented the class well. and Canada. This fleet of 40-foot one-designs continues to enjoy ON THE WATER close, competitive racing. With 160 boats built since the For many competitors – some Americans included – it Farr 40’s inception in 1997, the Worlds always attracts was their first time in Chicago and the Midwestern city formidable competition and the 2012 Chicago edition was earned high praise for all that it offered both on the water no exception: 20 entries from eight countries including the and ashore, including the Chicago Yacht Club’s genuine U.S., Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Monaco, Turkey hospitality. and Mexico. The owner/driver rule and limit of Lake Michigan provided a changeable playing field professionals on board is a large part of the Farr 40’s with a range of conditions for the four race days. The lake, attraction, as are the boats themselves that continue to which measures 300 miles long by 118 miles wide, has a provide an exhilarating platform for one-design grand-prix maximum depth of 925 feet, that ‘shoals’ up to 35 feet at racing. the southern end, near Chicago. Hosted this year at the Chicago Yacht Club, the docks Monday, the first race day, started off with 8-10 knot were filled with several prior Farr 40 World Champions southwesterly winds. Principal Race Officer Peter Reggio including defending champion, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis and the CYC race committee exhibited extreme patience on Transfusion (AUS), and three-time winner Jim and persistence given the light and shifty conditions, Richardson, on Barking Mad (USA). Long-time class postponing for nearly two hours, and moving the start line stalwarts mixed with some returning to the class, such as several times before finding stable breeze to get off two races.

8 Blinker  Fall 2012 Showing impeccable timing befitting the defending world champion, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis’ Transfusion , with Australian Olympic gold medalist as tactician, took the first win in race one and with a fourth in race two, were on top of the leader board after the first day of racing. Alberto Rossi’s Enfant Terrible (ITA) showed consistency with two thirds to trail by a point. After the passing of a strong frontal system Monday night, on day two competitors woke to a brisk northerly wind at 22+ knots with gusts close to 30, big seas, and blue skies with distinct cumulus clouds scudding quickly southward…a significant change from the prior day’s conditions. The race committee ran three windward- leeward races, sending the boats twice around on a six nautical mile course. The conditions were a proper test for a world championship: the ‘big seas’ were in fact 6 – 12 footers created with the northerly breeze blowing along a lake with 300 miles of fetch. The emphasis would be on crew work that was nearly flawless, as the sea state and breeze would punish any ill-timed or botched maneuvers. Wolfgang Schaefer’s Struntje Light (GER) took a bullet in race three, followed it with a 21 (after an early start under a Z-flag gave them a 20% scoring penalty), and then came in second in race five. But, following the pattern of the first day, consistency paid off for Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon 6

(USA) which posted a 3-6-3 and moved to the top of the “More than a year ago the Farr 40 Class standings, with five race scores all in single digits, and none approached the ChicagoYacht Club with the higher than a sixth place. The third race day featured even more breeze: a idea of hosting this event to honor long-time northwesterly backing to the southwest at around 18-20 class member and avid supporter, Helmut knots, with gusts to 32. While the seas had flattened out Jahn. Immediately we knew this event was a somewhat from the prior day, the gusts were treacherous for some, with several spinnakers shredded and boats great fit for our club which is dedicated to broaching on the downwind legs. It was not the case, providing world-class sailing. Being able to host however, for Struntje Light, which seemed to revel in the and honor a fellow member, fellow sailor, and conditions, going 1-2 to finish the day in third place overall. With the breeze up to 25 – 35 knots by the end of now the 2012 Rolex Farr 40World Champion the second race, the Race Committee elected to call racing was very special to all of us. As co-chair of the for the penultimate day of the series. event, I was delighted with the level of Going into the last race day, Flash Gordon led Transfusion, followed by four teams – Struntje Light, Enfant volunteerism and hospitality provided by our Terrible, Groovederci (USA), Plenty (USA) – within three members to our guests and competitors. Our points of each other in third to sixth place, providing a club has garnered a lot of accolades and it is high chance for a leader board reshuffle. because everyone rose to this great occasion.” The final day of racing started off with 12-15 knot westerlies. While the race committee’s plan had been to run three races to reach the ten-race maximum, the breeze Leif Sigmond, 2012 Rolex Farr 40 World proved shifty enough to cause several postponements, Championship Co-Chair resulting in two races contested for the day. Flash Gordon 6 maintained a comfortable lead going continued on next page

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 9 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship continued from previous page into the last day, ten points ahead of Transfusion . Capitalizing on their steady performance, Flash Gordon 6 safely finished 6-7 for the day, while behind them a win by Enfant Terrible allowed the Italians to slide by Transfusion to capture second place by one point. The winner of the world championship, Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon 6 , finished on 41 points after nine races, ten points ahead of the second placed boat, Alberto Rossi’s Enfant Terrible. Flash Gordon 6’s win was notable for their single digit score line: 2-6-3-6-3-5-3-6-7.

“We have participated in many Farr 40World Championships in San Francisco, Newport, Porto Cervo, , Sydney and more.The Worlds in Chicago measured up to the same level thanks to ChicagoYacht Club and the perfect and challenging sailing conditions.That we won has certainly something to do, how comfortably we felt at home.The ChicagoYacht Club should host more of those high level events.” Helmut and Evan Jahn, Flash Gordon 6, winner of the 2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship

TIMING IS EVERYTHING FLASH GORDON HIMSELF This was Bill Hardesty’s eighth Rolex Farr 40 Worlds, All of Helmut Jahn’s boats have been named Flash his fifth consecutive as tactician on Flash Gordon . As for Gordon after the moniker was given to the architect timing, the first right call the team would make would be following his postmodern design of the State of training at the venue. Hardesty said, “We got here Center in the mid-1980s. (Chicago) ten days early. No one else was here. It was Jahn came to Chicago in 1966 for graduate studies at windy, it was difficult, but worth it.” the Illinois Institute of Technology. His plan was to stay for The game plan on Flash was to be consistent. Hardesty a year, and 46 years later, he’s still there. Chicago struck a said, “I told the team ‘the best worst race is what’s going to chord with him, “the city is very open, made out of natural win this thing. We’re going to make this as boring as elements, like the lake,” he explained, “It’s small, easy to possible, we’re going to chip away at it and not win get around and I felt very comfortable with the people.” At anything, and try to win the overall’. Amazingly it worked that point it was also the capital of architecture, Mies van for us, there usually always seems to be a bad race here or der Rohe was still alive, and Jahn said, “I met some of the there that can get you, but we were able to avoid it.” best architects and engineers that existed”. Hardesty had kudos for owner Helmut Jahn, It was also around that time that the up-and-coming “Helmut’s ultra-committed to the whole sport, serious as architect developed a love of sailing, joining a friend on his can be, he doesn’t put up with anyone not giving 100 on Lake Michigan, and then quickly moving up: percent. Everyone performs well because he’s a joy to work he had Bruce Farr design a 39 foot boat, followed by a 43- with.” footer. With a move to a Farr 49, Flash Gordon 3 , Jahn

10 Blinker  Fall 2012 About the class, Jahn said, “It’s a great group of people, "TheWorlds was like the circus coming to town we still like each other, we don’t destroy each other like we and you're in it!You may find out that your job did in the beginning! We are all competitors and we also is cleaning up after the elephants, but that's OK have a friendship. There’s not this vicious will for achieving something at someone else’s cost.” because you're still in the circus, and it's an THAT’S A WRAP absolute blast." On Thursday evening, the Rolex Farr 40 awards presentation was held at the River East Art Center, a Phil Dowd, Inferno , 2012 Rolex Farr 40 World restored warehouse built in 1905 on the north bank of the Championship Corinthian Team winner Chicago River. Two hundred competitors, race committee members, friends and family enjoyed the prize giving celebration, where the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship campaigned as part of the U.S. team in the 1997 Admiral’s trophy and a Rolex Yacht-Master timepiece were presented Cup and won. to hometown heroes, Helmut Jahn and his crew on Flash Soon after, tired of the modifications needed to stay Gordon 6 . competitive in that class, Jahn bought a Farr 40. It would The 2013 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship will be the first of three he would own, as he settled into a class take place in Newport in late August. with a camaraderie he enjoyed – as well as the opportunity to sail with his son, Evan, who is his co-helmsman.

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 11 Farr 40 Worlds from a Junior Perspective • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

n Saturday September 15, 2012, I woke up to go to the Farr 40 Pre-Worlds. Once I ate and got Oready my mom drove me down to Monroe Harbor in Chicago. As we were driving I was thinking about a ton of random stuff like space unicorns, the Alphabutt, narwhals and George the lucky sail tie. Unfortunately, the night before pre-worlds my friend and I got bored so I drew a Sharpie beard, mustache, and uni- brow on my face. I never regret anything, including my Sharpie facial hair. The funny thing was the crew didn’t ask about it until about half way through the day, probably because they were awesome Australians! I got the luck of the draw when we pulled boat names out of a bucket and I got Transfusion . It turned out that two of the guys were gold medalists in the Olympics. The only bad thing about the day was the races were postponed until 12:30. So that meant we had to eat lunch on shore. Fortunately, the lunch was probably the best regatta food I have ever had. Finally the wind picked up to 5-8 mph, and so we got to go out. On the way out of the harbor I got to steer all PHOTO BY SARA PROCTOR the way to the racecourse. We did some practice starts for determines which side of the course is favored. a while, but then they finally called in on the radio saying I met Vince Brun, Marco Constant, Rosco Halcrow, the start sequence is about to begin. All of the sudden it Alexander Roepers, and Greg Tawaststjerna. was 5-4-3-2-1 GO! The race started and we were in a bad Yes, I have sailed on big boats before. This experience position this first race. The start on the second race was a has made me want to sail big boats even more now. general recall, but on the last windward mark rounding on While we were waiting to go out sailing, I was able to the last race two boats collided behind us! On the way in, get some sailing gear from the boat and was able to spend the crew broke out the victory box full of candy and said, some time with the guys before going out. Also as we were “William, would you like some chocolates and lollies?” motoring out to the race course, just talking to everyone It was an awesome experience. I even got to keep the was a great experience and once in a lifetime chance. hat they gave me and the tactician signed it. I learned a lot, mostly about setting up at the starts. Farr 40’s are like giant • • • • • • Optis, except way nicer. Going home I was super grateful My name is Aisling Sullivan and I just turned 13 last for the opportunity. It was like winning the lottery! week on September 13th. Being able to participate in the -William Plovanic, Age 11, Farr 40 Pre-Worlds was like getting a fantastic birthday Chicago Yacht Club Opti Race Team present! When my mom picked me up on Saturday • • • • • • evening, I got in the car and told her, 'I DEFINITELY want a Farr 40!' I love sailing little boats, but being part of My name is Chris Beccaria, I am 16 and I sail at CYC. such a special event as the Farr 40 Worlds opened my I sailed on the Farr 40 Plenty . My favorite part of the day mind to how I could race on a much bigger scale and all was meeting everyone that included some guys who won over the world. the America's Cup and other championships; also the My day started out full of anticipation, since I really entire sailing experience was amazing. didn't know what to expect. Since there was no wind, we I learned a lot about tactics and a lot of things these sat around, which was really boring. However, we got guys do on the pre-start as well as how the tactician lucky, the winds picked up and I got to know what it is

12 Blinker  Fall 2012 like to sail on a big boat with an experienced team. wonderful experience on Farr 40's. I was on Heartbreaker , I sailed on Groovederci with an all-male crew. They racing for the USA. One of my favorite parts about racing were very friendly, super nice to me and funny. I love that that day was when they let me steer the boat before we the same rules of sailing apply to my little Opti regattas as started racing. It was a really awesome feeling to be in the Farr 40. I understood what was going on, it was all just control of a boat that big! I learned many skills that day, so much bigger. Like I was amazed at how far we all were but that will be the one that I remember most fondly. I from the start of the race. I didn't think we were going to also enjoyed learning about the technology on the boat. get there on time, but we did. It's fun to hike on an Opti, The crew was hilarious! I appreciate them for teaching me but it's even more exciting to hike on a Farr 40! The thing what to do. Oh, and for not yelling at me when I was in that made my heart beat really fast was when other boats their way. got so close to us it seemed like we were going to touch or I have never sailed a yacht before, so this was an crash. We never did and I was really impressed with how experience of a lifetime! the crew on Groovederci handled those situations. I learned By far, one of my favorite moments was when a lot from them. Heartbreaker won the last race. It was a fantastic way to Sailing in the Farr 40 Pre-Worlds was an experience I end an amazing day! will always remember and I am truly thankful to • • • • • • Groovederci for welcoming me aboard so graciously. Sunday, I went back to my Opti race team practice, My name is Maryclaire Kiernan. I am a Junior but I wore the Groovederci team shirt I was given with Member at Chicago Yacht Club, a high school sailor, and pride. 420 race team member. I sailed on Flash Gordon , you know the 2012 World • • • • • • Champions. My favorite part of the day was the start. It was My name is Sarah Wright, and I am a varsity sailor for cool to see all the competitors close in action. I learned a New Trier High School. I practice out of the Chicago lot about teamwork on big boats. Every person is responsible Yacht Club and that is how I found out about this for their specific job. It is an impressive group effort. continued on next page

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 13 Farr 40 Worlds, a Junior View continued from previous page I have sailed Tom28s at CMRC, but that is as big as I've sailed on. This experience has made me excited to get back into big boats. It was really fun to check up on Flash Gordon online throughout the week. I was cheering for them to win. I wasn't surprised when the finally won. Congrats to the home team! • • • • • • First of all my name is Madeline Wakenight, I'm 16, I'm on the New Trier sailing team, and we sail down at Belmont Harbor. I got the privilege of sailing with the boat Flojito from Mexico, and overall it was such an awesome experience. It gave me a new perspective on sailing, since I was so used to sailing 420's, it opened up a new chapter of sailing for me. Most of the members on my boat spoke Spanish, and I quickly learned that my few years of studying Spanish have not yet paid off. But regardless, it was fun to listen to them and attempt to understand, even though I just nodded and smiled. I haven't sailed big boats before and this experience really made me want to get more involved with them! The Farr 40's made our 420's look so easy, but it was very cool to just watch them race. In the future I hope I will have this opportunity again, it was so much fun! Thank you for this opportunity!

JUNIORS AT THE FARR 40 WORLDS William Plovanic, 11 Christopher Beccaria, 16 Chris Myefski, 16 Jackson Hamilton, 16 Elizabeth Foulston, 17 Samantha Foulston, 17 Karun Koppula, 17 Patrick Scherer, 15 Molly Davis, 16 Aisling Sullivan, 13 Charlie Koules, 17 Christian Koules, 15 Madeline Wakenight, 16 Sarah Wright, 15 Siri Anderson, 15 Michael Duncan, 16 Katherine Jones, 16 Maryclaire Kiernan, 17 Rose Edwards, 16 Brendan Kaplan, 15 Colin Richards, 16

PHOTO FROM SARAH WRIGHT

14 Blinker  Fall 2012 “G2 gets the G2” from Westrec’s Scott Stevenson by GREG FREEMAN

f you have a boat in the Chicago harbor system you these communities. He has some boaters who have know the name Scott Stevenson. I recently had the changed docks as many as four or five times, looking for Ichance to spend some time with Scott and got some the right fit, the right community. interesting insights into his work and his background. I I knew that Scott has a powerboat in the system, a 35- admit I thought I knew him from seeing him around for a foot SeaRay he keeps in 31st Street Harbor, but I was long time and hearing him give presentations on harbor really surprised when he told me, “I’m a sailor at heart.” planning and seeing him at boat shows, but I was quite He grew up on the East Coast in the Washington, DC surprised with what I learned. area, but in his youth he spent summers working as a Scott’s official title is Executive Vice President, Westrec deckhand on a 70-foot sailboat that was owned by a Marinas. Westrec Marinas is the Manager of the Chicago friend’s father and sailed in the islands. He loved it and Park District Harbors. Scott and Westrec have been here in thought about making that his life, but fate intervened. Chicago for 16 years. In that time Westrec has added over He’s raced J/24’s on the Chesapeake Bay and boats on 4,700 new slips to the harbor system, which now boasts Lake George. Now, he regularly vacations on bare boats in over 6,000 slips and moorings. This has increased revenues the BVIs, having done so seven times in the past 10 years. to the Chicago Park District which today total about $13 He also admits to having and loving to spend time with his million annually. As you would expect the current four grandchildren economy has hit the marina business as it has all sectors of Managing costs has been extremely challenging for the economy so keeping up is challenging. And speaking of Scott. As a “government agency” he’s continually pressed to challenges, let’s not forget the challenges that the NATO do more with less and the last three or four years have been Summit placed on the harbor system in general and on especially challenging. At the same time he needs to look at Burnham Harbor in particular, which had to delay its the longer-term picture and see what long-term gains are opening until after May 21 this year and forced Westrec to ahead, even if further out than he’d like. The new harbor at temporarily relocate hundreds of boats. 31st Street is an example of this. It has a lot of capacity and Scott said that he thinks people think his job is many great features. Scott sees this as a real improvement basically riding around the harbor system in a boat but for the surrounding area and one that will pay dividends to there is a lot more to it than that. Like any business man the city for decades to come. The challenge is to fill it and he’s really a manager and a problem solver. He manages Scott believes it will be full soon. In the meantime he’s people, facilities and of course, budgets. People promoting the harbor by having had an in-the-water boat management comes in several forms including managing show this spring, offering a free night’s dockage in the his staff, working with his customers – the boaters, harbor to all Chicago boaters so they could take a test working with the Park District and working with drive, so to speak, and he even brought back Venetian community groups. And he is always on the lookout for Night at 31st Street Harbor. No, there weren’t any improvements that can be made to the harbor system – fireworks but there were 15 decorated boats and there were both short-term and long-term. thousands of spectators watching; a good start for a brand Customer management is an interesting part of his new facility. job. Each harbor tends to have a distinct characteristic or We talked briefly about plans for more marinas in personality. For example, Montrose Harbor is more of a Chicago but nothing is in the works right now. Time was sailor’s harbor and tends to be quieter than most of the running short and we had to wrap things up. I asked Scott others. Diversey Harbor is all power boats and tends to be what else I should know. He said, “I just want to tell you more of a party harbor. Larger harbors like Burnham or that I really love my job. I love being able to create Belmont may have several distinct communities in them. opportunities for people to go boating.” I have to say that I Some docks are party docks, some docks are more family think he’s a very lucky man, to be doing something he oriented. One of Scott’s biggest challenges is managing loves. And I told him just that.

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 15 On The Water

LOOKING BACK ON FIVE ADVENTUROUS SEASONS It is hard to believe that I am finishing up my fifth season as the On the Water Director with the Chicago Yacht Club. There is no way to quantify how much I have learned and grown during this time or how appreciative I am of the opportunity to have done so. There are times when I catch myself telling a work story to some of my non-sailor friends and I realize how ridiculous I must sound to them. Most people don’t get to start sentences with the phrases, ‘When I was up on Mac Island’ or ‘So I was helping this guy on his 60’ yacht yesterday’ or ‘Traffic was too bad on so we had to go by boat down to Monroe.’ So in honor of all the times I have come off as a lucky duck and my friends have rolled their eyes, here are some of the best memories I have from my time here, in no particular order. • Bow Lingle teaching me how to drive Carrier by making me weave through the moorings at Monroe the day before the start of the 100th Mac Race while all the competitors were tied up along the wall watching. • Staying in the Masco Cottage at the Grand Hotel during the Veuve Clicquot sponsor trip to Mac Island. • Doing Race Committee on the /470 course at Miami OCR last winter. • Receiving the Hanson Rescue Award for a rescue CYC staff performed during the Talbot Regatta in 2010. • The 16-hour ride on Carrier to Manitowoc with 25 knot south winds and huge following seas when we delivered her to get repainted. • Being stranded on the side of the road for 6 hours when the RC bus broke down on the way to Mac Island. • Matt Clark assuming the role of human depth sounder and jumping in the water off the Coal Dock to see if it was deep enough for T10s to fit during the height of the insane rush of boats that arrived during this year’s Mac Race. • Using buckets of hot water to melt the ice and snow off of the RIBs down at Monroe after the Timme Angsten in 2009 so that we could bring them back to Belmont. • Watching the Farr 40s sail and occasionally wipe out in big breeze out of the north during the Worlds in September 2012. • All of the little animals we have rescued – current tally: 3 ducks, 4 seagulls, 1 pigeon that somehow got into the men’s room, 1 baby raccoon, 16 goldfish that were used as table decorations, 2 geese and 1 baby rabbit. Sprinkle in countless numbers of amazing sunrises over Belmont Harbor, peaceful moments delivering boats to and from Monroe, and many hilarious moments on RC boats and you get an idea why none of my friends want to listen to my stories anymore. Here’s to hoping for many more adventures to come! by CAPTAIN LYNN M. LYNCH , ON THE WATER DIRECTOR, CHICAGOYACHT CLUB

16 Blinker  Fall 2012 What a day on Lake Michigan text and photos by JAN KRAMER

SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2012 The weatherman said the storm blew through in 20 minutes with winds clocked over 30 MPH and gusts nearing 50 MPH! We were out with Victor Chigas on Deep Powder , a Pearson True North 38 cruiser. We knew there was a 'chance of storms' and watched for weather. Not unusual for Lake Michigan, the storm appeared quickly. We made a beeline at 18.8 knots for Monroe Harbor and just made it inside the outer harbor as the storm blew past. We rode it out there. Once the storm passed, all was calm and we had the easiest time returning to the slip. Shortly thereafter, the sun was out and you'd never have known what had just blown through unless you were on land and saw the wind damage to trees down, etc. or had taken photos as I did. It was the strangest thing to be in a storm and not get a bit wet... I suppose I've spent too much time on a sailboat.

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 17 The North American Challenge Cup at CYC

by ANN RUNDEL , CHAIR, NACC photos by MARC ANDERSON and CHRISTOPHER A. SIMON

he Chicago Yacht Club’s North American Paralympics class boat, had seven boats competing, a Challenge Cup (NACC), was held at Belmont record number since Sonars first began racing in 2007, and THarbor on August 3 – 6, 2012. The first NACC completed a total of 14 races over the three days. Rick regatta was in 1992, and while a lot has changed over the Doerr from Clifton, NJ and his team of Brad Kendall & past 20 years, the regatta still remains a wonderful Gerry Tiernan came in 1st place with a total point score of opportunity to compete on the race course and to enjoy 14 and were awarded the Judd Goldman Trophy. Chris the camaraderie of seeing old sailing friends and making Murphy from Charleston, NC and his crew of Paul Gross new friends as well. and Joe Moore came in 2nd, and Sarah Everhart Skeels The NACC regatta has grown over the past twenty from Teverton, RI with her crew of Brian Skeels and years, from its inaugural year in 1992 with racing in only Brenda Hopkins came in 3rd. one class, the Freedom 20s, to the addition of two The Freedom 20 class, a disabled class boat sailed by Paralympics class sailboats, the one-person 2.4mR and the 2-persons with one Able Body for assist, is the class of boat three-person . In past years Chicago Yacht Club’s that has been raced in the NACC regatta since the first NACC regatta has hosted competitors from around the event held in Chicago. This year’s event had five boats globe, including many Paralympics medal winners and US competing with two sailors having been part of the original Sailing Team AlphaGraphics members. This event is one of regatta, Mike Jaffe and Donna Demarest. A total of 10 the premier disabled sailing regattas, and is considered to races were completed over the three-day event. Bob Jones be one of the “must do” regattas in the disabled racing from Issaquah, WA and Ken Kelly captured 1st place with circuit. Chicago Yacht Club is to be proud of initiating this a total point score of 19 and were awarded the American event back in 1992, as it counts as one of the longest Eagle Trophy. Bob and Ken had previously won the running events in the North American disabled sailing Freedom class in 2010. Mike Jaffe & Dan Danaher from circuit. Chicago won 2nd place, and Mike Strahle from Redding, This year’s event had three days blessed with good CA & Donna Demarest came in 3rd. sailing weather, and the race committee was able to get in a The 2.4mR class, a 1-person, Paralympics class boat, fair number of races each day. The Sonar class, a 3-person had a total of seven entries, and completed 12 races over

18 Blinker  Fall 2012 the three days of racing. The 2.4mR class is the newest Friday evening the sailors were guests of the Judd class to have been added to the NACC regatta, with 2008 Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation (JGASF) annual marking the first year in which 2.4mR boats competed. fund raising benefit which was held at Chicago’s Field Dave Trude from Oxnard, CA won 1st place with a total Museum of Natural History. Sunday evening the Chicago point score of 16 and was awarded the Chicago Yacht Yacht Club hosted a casual outdoor grill party with the Club North American Challenge Cup Trophy. Dave also final party of the event on Monday evening at Chicago won in the 2.4mR class at the 2009 and 2011 NACC Yacht Club’s Monroe Street Station, the NACC Winner’s regatta. Giving Dave a run for his money and winning Dinner. Mary Francis Fagan, from American Airlines 2nd place was Joseph “Jody” Hill from Seabrook, TX, with attended this year’s Winner’s Dinner and reminisced about Aaron Wong-Sing from Ottawa, Canada coming in 3rd. the planning stages and ideas that helped to launch the Rob Klein from St Petersburg, FL was awarded the NACC regatta over twenty years ago. We were fortunate Marcy Gorov Memorial Rookie of the Year Trophy, and to have a number of CYC flag and board members in Sarah Everhart Skeels was awarded the Pete Paganis attendance at the Winner’s Dinner, and many of the Sportsmanship Trophy. competitors were pleased to see such a nice turnout of In addition to three solid days of racing, the event was CYC officers. kicked-off by a pre-racing clinic led by Joey Harris and in As with every major regatta here at CYC, it takes a lot the water practice sessions and boat tuning. On the water of behind the scenes activity from wonderful volunteers coaching was conducted by Joey Harris and Hunter working and planning throughout the year to make a Ratliff, with post racing debrief sessions held each day. successful regatta. The NACC steering committee is Don Glasell was the PRO for the event, with Bob Johnson comprised of Jim Armstrong, Cliff Black, Peter Goldman, serving as DPRO, and Jerry Thomas served as Chief Joey Harris, Aaron Levine, Dick Schweers, and Jennifer Judge. CYC’s On the Water Director, Lynn Lynch, took Wohlberg, with Ann Rundle serving as chair. In addition Carrier out on each day of racing to allow spectators the to the planning and work done by the regatta committee opportunity to watch their friends and family members members, the NACC requires a number of volunteers to compete on the racecourse. continued on next page

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20 Blinker  Fall 2012 North American Challenge Cup continued from previous page help the sailors rig their boats and put them away at the end of each day’s racing, plus for the Freedom 20 class, each boat sails with an Able-Body (AB) to serve as an additional back-up crew member. The Chicago Yacht Club Sea Scouts rallied to the call for volunteers, thanks in part to CYC member Bettylynn Koules’s recruiting efforts! The NACC event has had a long history of very generous sponsors who continue to support this event over the past twenty years. American Airlines has been a supporter since day one, providing air travel for a number of the sailors. Cook-Illinois Corp. has provided the sailors with bus transportation throughout the four-day event, plus transit both to and from the airport for a total of six days of bus service, which is a tremendous level of support. A big shout-out to CYC member John Benish of Cook- Illinois for his continued support of this event! Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation provides the sailboats for the competitors, as well as the on the water support staff and equipment. Many thanks to CYC member Peter Goldman and all the many CYC members who serve on the JGASF board as well as the many CYC members who support JGASF. Chicago Yacht Club Foundation is another key sponsor for the event, many thanks to Gibby Vartan and the board of the CYC Foundation. Additional sponsors for the 2012 NACC regatta are: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Lands’ End Business Outfitters, Chicago Match Race Center, Chicago Park District & Westrec Marinas, Carol’s Cookies, Helix Camera and Video, Eldnur Consulting, LLC, and Crowley’s Yacht Yard. Chicago Yacht Club members can be proud of being part of an organization that holds such a wonderful and unique regatta for disabled sailing. In addition to the regatta Web site, accessible via www.chicagoyachtclub.org, there is also a Facebook page “NORTH AMERICAN CHALLENGE CUP,” filled with photo albums from the past few years and plenty of fun and informative posts. Take a look at both sites to learn more about one of the best regattas we have here at CYC.

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 21 Huckins – A Living Legacy by LIZ WARE photos by DAVID ESTRADA

n August, Cindy Purcell, third generation owner and their boat in the book. I got so many takers that I had to CEO of Huckins Yacht Corporation - along with her cut it short. That’s what got me started going around to Ihusband Buddy - came to Chicago from Jacksonville, meet the owners. I had a wonderful time doing it. Since so Florida to meet up with Chicago Yacht Club members and many of our boats have changed hands since then, I Huckins’ owners. There are six Huckins in the Chicago thought it was time to meet our new owners, and now like area, four at Belmont Harbor, one at Crowley’s Yacht Yard, before, Buddy and I are having a great time doing it. We and one in New Buffalo, Michigan, each owned by a CYC are also seeing owners that we already know and catching member. Ray Teborek loves them so much, he has not one, up on their cruising experiences and answering any but two of these lovingly-crafted boats, Northern Light and questions that they have about their boats. Night Light , a Corinthian 53 and a Sportsman 34 (of How many have Huckins you seen recently? which only four were built). Its sister ship, Huck , is at So far we have united and reunited with 15 owners Crowleys Yacht Yard and we are hopeful she will be fully- from Florida, Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, restored and on the water. Fremont , a Corinthian 57, is Rhode Island, The Bahamas, and now Chicago, Illinois. owned Jeff Sharfstein. Rounding out the Huckins at How many boats has Huckins built? How many are Belmont is my Offshore 65, 402 . Lee Stahl has the honor still around? of owning the longest Huckins in the area, Susan Lee , a Huckins has built 457 boats and we think that about Linwood 58 which is in New Buffalo. half are still around. As we track our boats down and visit I had a few minutes to sit with Cindy and ask her their owners we will have a better count. about Huckins and her family’s history in the yacht- What prompted your grandfather to start Huckins and building business during her visit. build boats? Where did you get the idea to go visit as many Huckins My grandfather built his first powerboat in 1907 at as you could? the age of 22 in his father’s barn in Duxbury, In the middle 90’s I decided to write a book on the Massachusetts. He built his second boat in 1914 and then history of Huckins, The Living Legacy. To help cover the a 60-footer in 1919, which he cruised to Florida and expenses, I made the offer to Huckins’ owners that for a decided to stay and start a millwork business there. For small fee I would write an interview and put a picture of several years he dreamed of designing a sea-going yacht

22 Blinker  Fall 2012 with a planing hull. At that time there was no such thing. When the Florida building boom died and my grandfather’s millwork business dried up, he decided to go into the boat-building business and formed the Huckins Yacht Corporation in 1928. What makes a Huckins special? My grandfather invented one of the first true planing hulls. He used his quadraconic hull design on the first boats that he built in 1929. Along with their innovative lightweight construction he built boats that were fast and planed on top of the water, not plowing thru it. When WWII came along his boat with the quadraconic hull won the most points in the Navel Trails (the Plywood Derby) and he secured the design contract from which PT boats were built. Today Huckins still uses the quadraconic hull design. Huckins yachts come up on plane at speeds approximately 12 knots sooner than other boats and with less horsepower, and run at speeds faster than other boats. They are also extremely fuel-efficient. What in your opinion what differentiates a Huckins from others? The hull form and the way she rides through the water. People who are knowledgeable about Huckins say the same thing. What is the history on the PT boats? PT 69 was Huckins’ first PT boat, and after her participation in the Plywood Derby of July 1941, Huckins was accepted into the fold of PT boat manufacturers, which included Elco, Higgins, and the Philadelphia Naval an office for many years (what better way to learn the Yard. In turning over PT 69 to the Navy, Huckins had business). Buddy became the understudy of George given permission for others to use his laminated keel, and Pillsbury. George was the carpentry foreman and in charge on the quadraconic hull, Frank said, “We affected a of new boat construction. contract with the Secretary of the Navy, dated July 10, Buddy and I have two daughters. One has her own 1941, licensing the use of the quadraconic form of hull in business and the other is a full-time mother. They both consideration for payment…” have been involved with the business previously but we are Huckins subsequently produced 18 boats – only a working on other plans for the continuing of the company. fraction of hundreds made by Elco and Higgins. The Is it true that being a part of Huckins is like being a Huckins PT captains and crews swore by them and they part of a cult? were known in the navy as “the yachts.” All Huckins owners love their boats and love talking You took over the company from your father, who took about their boats. Because a Huckins yacht is over from his father. When? Why? Are other members distinctive, when a Huckins owner is cruising on his or her of your family involved in the company? boat, invariably people will come up to the dock and After the war in 1946 my grandfather, Frank Huckins, comment on their boat. This alone creates the cult. invited both his sons to come back to work for Huckins What is your most proud moment running the company? Yacht corporation. His son Pembroke declined. He later I have no one proud moment. Every time I ride on a became a very renowned yacht surveyor and Huckins used Huckins or run a Huckins I am proud. him exclusively. My father Kenneth Archibald, Frank’s If you had an unlimited budget, how and what would stepson, moved back from California to join the company. you build? In 1952 my grandfather died. My father along with my The yacht market since the economic downturn is very grandfather’s partner ran the company. Buddy and I joined difficult to read, but to be certain what we do next will be the company in 1970 and 1973 respectively. I was the very innovative. Huckins for 84 years has been all about breadwinner for two years while Buddy made a modest innovation. As we stated in one of our ads, “If you’re salary learning the business. Also at that time Henry looking for a pedestrian yacht, keep on walking.” Baldwin, my grandfather’s partner, was in poor health and What will be your legacy with Huckins? we were able to purchase his stock. My father and I shared I don’t know. I’m not finished yet.

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 23 2012 Race to Mackinac! photos by CHRIS ALBANIS, JIM CLARK and MICHELE IDSTEIN Making the always-thrilling trek across Lake Michigan to the quaint Mackinac Island for the 104th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, presented by Veuve Clicquot, were 326 boats and 2,683 sailors! The 333-mile race is known for bringing diverse wind conditions and this year it did not disappoint. It was a fast race that allowed the fleet of boats to compress several times, with the bigger boats going into hull while the smaller boats caught up. The winds allowed the sailors to arrive about 12 hours earlier than usual, with Chicago Yacht Club Commodore Joseph Haas’s brand new Hanse 630e Infinite Diversion being first to finish in the cruising division, crossing the line Sunday evening with an elapsed time of 55:27:17! Winning the Mackinac Trophy was Providence , an Ericson 35 MK II owned by former Mac Chairman and CYC Rear Commodore Gregory Miarecki and Jerry Miarecki. Providence won its 146-boat division with a corrected time of 37:28:47. This year’s Mac also brought in Peter Thornton’s Il Mostro , a Volvo 70 that caught a lot of attention and won the Royono Trophy – awarded for first to finish in the racing division. Il Mostro finished the race in an elapsed time of 35:38:19. Thornton’s win brings this trophy back to the CYC after four years. Another boat representing the Chicago Yacht Club, Cheekee Monkee , won the multi-hull division, taking home the Martin D. Rieck Trophy. Cheekee Monkee , a trimaran owned by Ron White, also won the prestigious Clark DeRoy Trophy. The Trophy is awarded to the yacht with the lowest combined corrected time for the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac and the Bayview Yacht Club Race to Mackinac. The boat sailed the same courses for the two races with a corrected time of 89:52:17. Monohull racers should look out, as that’s 31 minutes faster than the winning monohull! This year 20 Chicago Yacht Club members received brag flags in their divisions! Others taking home awards this year include Realt Na Mara , winning the Mackinac Cup. The J109, owned by Tom Londrigan Sr. and Joe Londrigan, finished with a corrected time of 38:28:45. The Londrigans represent Island Bay Yacht Club and are based in Springfield, Ill. Winning overall in the Doublehanded division was George Petritz and Scott Petritz’s TFWB Relentless , with a corrected time of 39:14:38. Relentless is a J29 and represents the Grand Traverse Yacht Club. Triceratops , owned by Jonathan and Lori Alvord of Mount Pleasant, Mich., won in the Multihull division with a corrected time of 40:41:51. Triceratops is a Corsair 31 and represents the New England Multihull Association. Plan to join us for the 2012 Mac Awards ceremony presented by the Chicago Yacht Club Foundation on November 3, 2012. We look forward to seeing you on the water next year for the 105th Race to Mackinac, which begins on Saturday, July 13th, 2013.

24 Blinker  Fall 2012 CONGRATULATIONSTO FELLOW CYC MEMBERS ONTHEIR MAC WINS:

Chicago-Mackinac Trophy 1. Providence - Greg Miarecki CYC

Mackinac Cup 2. Northstar - David Gustman CYC 3. Kashmir - Mike Mayer CYC

Beneteau 36.7/Chicago-Mackinac Trophy Division 1. As You Wish - John Heaton CYC 2. Tried & True - Robert Foley CYC 4. Karma - Lou & Martin Sandoval CYC

Beneteau 40.7/Mackinac Cup Division 2. Das Boot - Jay Muller

Cruising 1/Cruising Division 4. Serenity - Jack Marks CYC

Cruising 2/Cruising Division 5. Intangible - Tom Falck CYC

Doublehanded Division 3. Jump - Hank Graziano CYC

Farr 40/ Mackinac Cup Division 1. Flash Gordon 6 - Helmut Jahn CYC 2. Hot Lips - Christopher Whitford CYC

J/105/Chicago-Mackinac Trophy Division 3. Sealark - Clark Pellett CYC

J/109/Mackinac Cup Division 2. Northstar - David Gustman CYC

J/111/ Mackinac Cup Division 1. Kashmir - Mike Mayer CYC

Multihull Division 2. Caliente - Michael Steck CYC

Section 01/Mackinac Cup Division 1. Pororoca - Gene McCarthy CYC

Section 04/Mackinac Cup Division 4. Eagle - Shawn O'Neill CYC

Section 05/Chicago-Mackinac Trophy Division 1. Vanda III - Jack Toliver CYC

Section 06/Chicago-Mackinac Trophy Division 2. Challenge - Ray Teborek CYC

Section 08/Chicago-MackinacTrophy Division 1. Providence - Greg Miarecki CYC

Tartan 10/Chicago-Mackinac Trophy Division 1. Retention - Mark Croll CYC

Turbo/Mackinac Cup Division 1. Imedi - Mark Hauf CYC 4. Defiance - Dale Smirl CYC Race to Mackinac continues on page 27 Save-the-Date!

Product Development RACING RULES OF Prototypes & Manufacturing SAILING SEMINAR Presented by rules authority Dick Rose

Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Belmont Station Continental Breakfast, lunch and Rule Book Contact included Limited to 100 members and member’s Arch Van Meter guests only 847-985-1900 Ext 11 Cost: $60

[email protected] The new quadrennium of the Racing Rules of Sailing starts www.megacorporation.com January 1st. Dick Rose, a US representative to the ISAF and one of the drafters of the racing rules will be here to describe the changes to CYC members and member guests. Dick will kick off the day by explaining the changes in the rules that take effect in 2013. Following this review there will be breakout sessions and a mock protest. Limited Q and A to follow.

About Dick Rose:

Bigger is Good. Smarter is Better. sm Dick began racing sailboats at the age of nine. For most of his life he sailed dinghies –in college, frostbiting on Long Island Sound, and then International 14s and Lasers in Seattle. More recently he has enjoyed PHRF racing and cruising on Puget Business Litigation Sound in his Laser 28. After many years on the faculty of the University of Washington, Dick turned his attention to the racing rules for sailing. Since 1984 he has written a monthly Ian Fisher – CYC member, solves column on the rules in Sailing World . He served as chairman business disputes, including: of the US Sailing Racing Rules Committee for 12 years and as a member of that committee for over 20 years. For the last 15 years he has represented US Sailing on the ISAF Racing Class Action Defense Rules Committee and now, as chairman of the International Non-compete & Trade Secrets Sailing Federation’s Racing Rules Working Party, is responsible for publishing the 2013 edition of the racing rules. Policyholder Insurance Coverage He is a US Sailing Senior Judge who regularly judges high school sailing championships in the Pacific Northwest. Dick was our Chief Judge of the Mac Race this past summer. Ian Fisher ƒ [email protected] ƒ 312.701.9316 To sign up, make a reservation by e-mailing [email protected] or calling the front desk at 312.861.7777. Presented by the Protest Committee.

26 Blinker  Fall 2012 2012 Race to Mackinac continued from page 25 Juniors Activities Report

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO THE EAST COAST! by EMILY REICH , ASSISTANT HEAD COACH

420 race team visiting and training at NantucketYacht Club.

The East Coast trip this year was a huge success! With some sleep, and do it all over again the next day. There are a total of 21 sailors representing Chicago Yacht Club, we also a lot of back-to-back events that require diligent had a large presence in the 420 and laser circuits at each energy and time management from the sailors so even after event we attended. During the three-week excursion, we a long day of sailing, they must work together in breaking attended four events: the 420 North American down the boats to get on the road for the next regatta. The Championship, the Hyannis Annual Regatta, the CJ chaperones and coaches were very impressed at how well Buckley Memorial Team Race National Championship, the kids kept their heads up and continued to put the and the Buzzards Bay Regatta. These events are some of the work in on and o ff the water. biggest in the junior summer sailing circuit and attract the Participation in a trip such as this is not something best sailors from all over the country. Mike Duncan, a laser most young sailors can say they’ve done. Traveling halfway sailor, said of the trip, “The level of competition on the across the country to enjoy some of the best sailing on the east coast compared to the Midwest is much higher and as east coast is something they’ll never forget and it certainly a full rig laser sailor the challenge was very exciting.” With puts them ahead of the rest. These kids meet other junior finishes in the top 20’s at each event in fleets exceeding 100 sailors from all over the U.S. and continue to race against boats, our sailors showed the junior sailing circuit that them in high school, college, and so on. With the sailing Chicago Yacht Club is one to watch out for. community being so tightly knit, these relationships always The trip is a whirlwind of van time, setting up boats, prove to be valuable in the future. Rose Edwards, winner long days on the water, and fitting in a good meal at the of this summer’s Top Junior Female Sailor award, said, “It end of the day. While there are certainly opportunities for was really fun getting to sail with someone from another the team to have some fun, the majority of the trip is yacht club and we got to hang out with all the other sailors dictated by regatta schedules and the work that goes into on the circuit that we never really get to see.” sailboat racing. The kids leave the hotel by 8 am each day, This trip is always a great opportunity for our kids to generally do not return until 9 pm after dinner, try to get become familiar with a di fferent part of the country, and

28 Blinker  Fall 2012 420 Race Team, human pyramid.

Kyle Considine, most improved Opti award winner.

The van, with our 420 up top and coach boat on trailer.

Patrick Herbig (winner of the Beginner Bug Coaches’ Award) and EthanVan Ha representing Ireland in the CYC Olympic Games. A 420 race team workout. enjoy new places. We explored the downtown areas in both the movies in the evening. This year even marked the first Hyannis and Falmouth on Cape Cod and the kids ate all ocean experience for one of our sailors, which was certainly the fresh seafood they could get their hands on. We also a unique opportunity for her. spent some time on Nantucket Island training with the Between the sailing competition and the sightseeing, Nantucket Yacht Club Race Team for a few days, and also the east coast trip is always beneficial to our sailors, managed to fit in some shopping in the local stores in coaches, and chaperones alike. Many thanks to those who town. In between regattas, we try to get in some put forth their time, money, and support to make this trip lighthearted fun so they don’t get too worn down. The happen every year. We are looking forward to another team found fun with laser tag, bumper cars, and going to successful tour next summer! Junior Activities Report continued on page 31

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 29 Stations Committee Report by GERALD BOBER, VICE COMMODORE Stations' Hospitality Committee is planning a special Visit the CYC reading room at Monroe Station. A incentive for members who make dining reservations. number of excellent books are on the shelves for your Because making reservations is essential to planning and reading pleasure. providing excellent dining service, staff will be keeping a Stations has a number of continuing maintenance record of those who make a reservation for dining at the activities underway, one of which aims to improve the club. At the end of each month, those who make a efficiency of our lighting throughout both of the reservation will have their name entered in a monthly clubhouses. drawing for a very nice prize. Stay tuned for details. Members are encouraged to post their personal signal Please make a reservation when you plan to dine at the flag at both stations. Our front desk agents can guide club. you as to how to get your flag constructed and posted. Remember to use the food and beverage parking Please feel free to contact Stations with any credit when visiting our Belmont Station! concerns/comments at [email protected].

MarkYour Calendars 2013 STRICTLY SAIL SHOW January 24 to 27, 2013 at Navy Pier

Real Estate Taxes Too High? The Chicago Yacht Club Over 30 years of experience concentrating in real estate taxation appeals Flag Officers and Board of Directors cordially invite you to the 2012 Annual Meeting.

Join us to hear the state of your club, mingle with your fellow members, and meet your 2013 Slate for Officers and Directors. Attendees are invited to enjoy a complimentary cocktail reception immediately following the meeting. CCRRAAIIGG AA.. BBUURRMMAANN ATTORNEY AT LAW Tuesday, November 20th For owners of Commercial, Industrial or Income Real Estate 6 pm. at Monroe Station Phone: 312.228.0000 Fax: 312.228.0027 155 N. Harbor Dr., Suite 6 Concourse • Chicago, IL 60601 Former Deputy Commissioner RSVP to the front desk at 312.861.7777. Cook County Board of Tax Appeals Local and National References Available Upon Request

30 Blinker  Fall 2012 SAILING SCHOOL AWARDS

Beginner Bugs: Most Improved – Steven Foote Coaches’ Award – Patrick Herbig

Intermediate Prams: Most Improved – Reed Rasmussen Coaches’ Award – Nick Taylor

Opti Green Team Most Improved – Harry Bearrows Claire and Kyle Considine preparing to launch their boats at 2012 Coaches’ Award – Jemima Korbel Opti in Sandusky, OH.

Advanced Opti Race Team Most Improved – Kyle Considine Coaches’ Award – Aisling Sullivan

Beginner/Intermediate 420 Most Improved – Alexis Mendelsohn Coaches’ Award – Jason Pratt

420 B Race Team Most Improved – Charlie Koules Coaches’ Award – Margaret Johnston Harry Bearrows, winner of the Green Team Most Improved Award.

420 A Race Team Most Improved – Elizabeth Foulston Coaches’ Award – Alex Vasiliou

Sollitt Trophy for Sportsmanship – Joe Taylor Top Male Sailor – Will Holz Top Female Sailor – Rose Edwards

Will Holz and crew Wheeler Morris, Alex Wloshyn, and Jemima Korbel at the 2012 Opti Nationals, Sandusky, OH. Madeleine Cooney.

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 31 POWER FLEET POWERYACHT POWER FLEET ANNUAL CRUISE IN-WATER TO SOUTH HAVEN, MICHIGAN TECH SHOWCASE by Nick Berberian The inaugural PowerYacht In- Water Technology Showcase was held on June 16th at Monroe Station. This event, sponsored by the Power Fleet and combined with a Prospective Member Reception, highlighted the latest in design, style, and technology available on new power yachts that typically ply the waters of the Great Lakes. Represented were both American and European manufacturers including a 54-foot Cruiser and a 42- The Power Fleet’s Annual Cruise this year was to South Haven, Michigan foot Princess from Spring Brook from July 13 to July 15, 2012. Sixty-seven members and guests together with 20 Marina, a 34-foot Beneteau (yes, they boats participated in a fun-filled weekend. make power yachts) from Karma The event kicked off Friday night with welcome cocktails at the South Yachts, a 58-foot Azimut, a 58-foot HavenYacht Club, followed by a buffet dinner and dancing to the Kathy Ford Sea Ray, a 42-foot Marquis and a 38- Band. It was a wonderful time to renew old acquaintances and make many new foot Tiara from Skipper Bud's and a ones. It was an energy-filled evening and at the end of the night the entire group 48-foot Sunseeker from Jefferson was still dancing and singing along with the band! BeachYacht Sales. These yachts Saturday morning started off with the traditional potluck breakfast at the displayed a range of styles included a marina pavilion with the extra added touch of fresh South Haven blueberries, trawler, three flybridge bridge Lloyd Sergent’s waffle grill, and mimosas to accompany the wide assortment of models, and four express models. scrumptious dishes everyone brought. That was followed by a private guided Represented on these yachts was tour of the Michigan Maritime Museum, including its special exhibit on how the the latest technology such as pod War of 1812 was fought on the Great Lakes. It was then back to the marina for drives byVolvo (IPS) and Mercury wood-fired pizzas for lunch and more time to socialize. During the rest of the Marine (Zeus), joystick control for afternoon some took the opportunity to go on a dinghy ride on the Black River, conventional dual shaft drive/bow shop in town, take in a wine-tasting at the WarnerVineyard Tasting Room, or thruster equipped yachts (Xenta just relax. Systems), Automatic Identification Dinner Saturday night was at the South HavenYacht Club with dancing to Systems (AIS), RADAR, GPS, the band of J.P. and the Cats. Their Commodore was presented with Frango electronic engine monitoring and Mints and our Club’s Burgee in appreciation for turning over the use of their more. A wide variety of design facilities to us. It was another high energy evening with a packed dance floor! features were displayed including On Sunday morning, a number of members and guests participated in both European and American burgers and bloody marys on the deck of the South HavenYacht Club before interiors, electric sunroofs, windows, heading for their next port. It was the perfect way to end a fabulous weekend. vents, and shades, built in The event included many long-time members and new ones, both young washers/dryers, various galley and old. The weather was beautiful, the lake was calm, and a good time appeared arrangements and appliances, to have been had by all! sliding/rotating cockpit seating, and a The event was co-chaired by Chuck and Rita Anderson, and Nick and variety of stateroom and helm Nancy Berberian. I layouts and furnishings. Attendees were treated to a live "Buffet" cover band, beautiful sunny weather, and complimentary drinks and members and several very interested participated with their personnel and appetizers. Approximately 100 prospective members in the queue. yachts, the Power Fleet members people attended throughout the Special thanks go to Pat and Nancy and Monroe staff who supported it, afternoon. The event was a Marek for creating, planning and and every CYC member who resounding success, resulting in new hosting this event, the dealers who participated. I

32 Blinker  Fall 2012 THE 2012 NAI CONTEST, HELD AT CHICAGOYACHT CLUB by Lloyd Sergent ChicagoYacht Club was thrilled to play host to the 2012 North American Invitational (NAI), which took place August 1 -4th at Monroe Station and welcomed contestants from across the country. The field consisted of nine participants, four skippers from California, three from Seattle, one from St. Petersburg, Florida, and one representing CYC. We had some wonderful weather for our event! Everyone arrived Tuesday in time for a cocktail hour PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER A. SIMON PHOTOGRAPHY at the Hyatt hotel. This was a great time for this very tight group to rekindle old acquaintances and met new contestants. Each boat used in the contest was donated by a CYC member and the assigning of boats is done by a double-blind draw. Wednesday evening was the boat drawing, which usually incorporates a little bit of fun. This year our MC was Dale Irvin, a professional comedian who kept the group entertained. Once the drawing was concluded the contestants met PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER A. SIMON PHOTOGRAPHY the owners and the planning started. Thursday morning is called “Boat Familiarization,” where the contestant gets to spend up to four hours on the water with the owner, learning how the boat handles, developing a speed curve by running the measured mile and half-mile, and determine timing for turns. Friday is a down day where the contestants can either enjoy Chicago or work on their contest. Saturday morning at 0800 the contestants and crew get ready for pursuit-style start, where the slower PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER A. SIMON PHOTOGRAPHY boats start first and if everybody Everyone had a great time; Port OrchardYacht Club with a does what they say all finish at the especially Scott Strandjord from the 1.4891% of error. same time! The course was 45.2 SeattleYacht Club, who was the We look forward for the 2013 miles long and took the competitors 2012 winner! He was captaining NAI hosted by the SeattleYacht down past 31st Street Harbor and John and PegVignocchi’s boat Club. We will all be watching to see back up around the various cribs and RipRap . Scott and crew posted a if Scott and crew will be able to then back in to shore along North 1.4649% of error, followed closely defend the championship on home Ave Beach. by 2011 champion Fred Cole from waters! I Power Fleet news continued next page

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 33 POWER FLEET NAI PREDICTED NAI PREDICTED LOG SERIES: LOG SERIES: AN ORGANIZER’S VIEWPOINT A SPONSOR’S by Lloyd Sergent VIEWPOINT In September 2011 the North American Cruising Associate (NACA) was by Rob Hannah, ChicagoYachtYard searching for a site for the 2012 North American Invitational Predicted Log Contest (NAI). ChicagoYacht Club Member and NACAVice Commodore This season, the ChicagoYacht JohnVignocchi contacted me to see if Buff and I would be interested in Club resurrected the Predicted Log resurrecting the predicted logging at the club and chair the NAI 2012 Chicago. Series and I felt this was a valuable I recalled the experience we had in 2002-2004 participating in the yacht clubs and important opportunity to predicted logs. It was a great way to get involved in the Power Fleet and also a support the club and the Power Fleet. The Predicted Log Series is a perfect venue to gain a better understanding of your boat and utilizing the great way to get new and existing many tools of charting/plotting a course. members involved in Power Fleet Buff and I thought this would be a great way to get our newer members activities. It also provides a competitive involved so we took on the task of chairing the NAI and the CYC Predicted venue for power boaters to Log Season. We started planning for both in October 2011. The NAI event compliment the club’s sailing regattas. requires the host club to provide support by having boats for the contestants As one of the primary sponsors, I to use for the contest. I reached out to the Power Fleet members and had had the opportunity to ride along overwhelming support, with 12 members offering their boats for the four-day during the various Predicted Log event during prime boating season. events and found them to be exciting, During the winter months we planned four CYC predicted log events and challenging and great fun. These determined the results of those four contests would be the club champion and events combine intellectual and go on to represent CYC at the NAI. The first event was on a Thursday evening mental challenges with boat where we had five participants where one was a first-time logger. The next knowledge and captaining skills. The contest was held on the Saturday of Fleet Review for the coveted Giovan champion is not determined by sheer Memorial Trophy. We had five contests and another first-timer predicted speed but instead by the skill logger. The third contest was run out of Belmont with four contestants, and necessary to predict ones time to complete the assigned course more the fourth contest was canceled multiple times due to weather. The club accurately than his or her competitors. championship was tightly contested. There is a detailed scoring system based Predicted Log events create the on the amount of boats in each contest. Bob Hough in Top Hatt took a first, same sense of community, with JohnVignocchi in Rip Rap taking second in the first two contests. The camaraderie and passion that I third contest saw a flip-flop with the first two swapping first and second. The experienced years ago as a racing fourth race was going to be the deciding contest. With the fourth contest sailor. I believe that these events canceled we decided to send the team of Hough/Vignocchi to represent CYC strengthen the Power Fleet and the at the NAI. club as a whole. I look forward to As we were deciding the club champion, there was a team working and am excited about the expansion diligently on getting everything organized to host a national competition. The of this program, which will include week of NAI consists of events Tuesday evening and culminates Saturday introductory sessions designed to evening with an awards dinner. The committee was asked to plan three evening open participation to boaters who cocktail/dinner events, an awards program, goodie bags for our out of town I are new to this fantastic sport. guests and thank you gifts for the boat donors. The committee was outstanding, planning some great events and goodie bags filled with wonderful items that allowed our guests to enjoy true Chicago hospitality. I want to Save the Date thank everyone who participated and those who donated items for the bags. I POWER FLEET especially want to thank Rob Hannah and the ChicagoYachtYard for their sponsorship and goodie bag donations. HOLIDAY PARTY The week was blessed with perfect weather and all the contestants and at Monroe Station guests had nothing but complements for the organizing committee. I personally want to thank the staffs at both Belmont and Monroe stations for December 14, 2012 their support. Both stations represented the ChicagoYacht Club in outstanding More details to come! fashion. I also want to thank the organizing committee for their hard work in planning and day-of-event support, and a special thanks to all the boats. I

34 Blinker  Fall 2012 Let’s Dress Up! by GIBBY VARTAN

Before there was a Blinker the Lake Michigan Yachting News was the voice of the Chicago Yacht Club. The reprint here is an assembly from 1924, some 88 years ago. You can see as a premier club we were concerned about our sartorial splendor, and of course the prices back then were a little different. We have some back copies of the LMYN and from time to time we will reprint some fun and/or informative history about our club and various activities.

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 27 2012Verve Cup Offshore and Inshore photos by JIM CLARK and MICHELE IDSTEIN PHOTOGRAPHY This year 142 boats were part of the 20th annual Verve Cup Offshore Regatta, which took place August 10-12. Participating yachts range in size from 25-feet up to 80-feet in length and carry crew from four to 20 persons. Evolution , a SC 70 owned by Pete Reichelsdorfer and Terry Kohler of Sheboygan, WI, won 1st place in the ORR 1 Division and the overall Verve Cup Trophy, which is determined by calculating the most competitive section in the race. The other trophy awarded - the 8-Mile Buoy Trophy for the winner of the Distance Race – went to SiroccoVI , owned by Chicago Yacht Club members William & Viviana Fanizzo. As the largest course-racing regatta in North America, Verve Cup has developed as a world-class event, attracting national and international sailing competitors to Chicago’s beautiful lakefront. Competitors participate in multiple races, and boats sail either with a rating handicap or a one design so that boats of different size and character can compete against one another in one of the 15 racing sections. Overall prizes are awarded to the top finishers in each section, with one offshore boat winning the perpetual Verve Cup Trophy. The Verve Cup trophy dates from 1893 and is Chicago Yacht Club’s oldest trophy. Overall awards are given for each class of boat. Verve Cup Chairman Martin Sandoval said race organizers put an emphasis on making this regatta one that sailors find challenging, yet a good time. “We would like to thank the racers for participating in this year’s Verve Cup. We strive to make it a sailor-friendly regatta, where we try to provide a venue for fun, competitive racing and camaraderie.” 2012 Verve Cup Regatta was presented by Audi and SLAM. Other sponsors to date include Chicago Yacht Yard, Equinox, Heineken, Karma Yacht Sales, Mount Gay Rum, Karma Yacht Sales, UK Halsey, and West Marine. In addition to the offshore race, 80 boats raced in the 2012 Verve Cup Inshore Regatta, hosted by the Chicago Yacht Club at Belmont Station on August 25- 26. In this regatta, identical One Design classes compete for two days to determine which boat has the best skipper and crew. For a full list of the Offshore and Inshore winners, see the Race Results insert sheet in this issue of the Blinker.

We look forward to seeing you on the water next year for Verve Cup Offshore (August 9 – 11, 2013) and Inshore (August 24 -25, 2013).

36 Blinker  Fall 2012 CONGRATULATIONS TO FELLOW CYC MEMBERS ONTHEIRVERVE WINS:

VERVE OFFSHORE AUGUST 10-12

Circle A

Farr 40 2. Heartbreaker J/109 2. Northstar 3. Vanda III J/111 1. Lucky Dubie 2. Mental ORR 1 3. Sin Duda! ORR 2 1. Eagle

Circle B

Beneteau 36.7 1. Tried & True 3. As You Wish J/105 1. Striking 2. The Asylum T-10 1. Cheap Thrill 3. Tango ORR 3 2. Bozos Circus

Distance Race Cruising 3. Albatross Offshore Racing 1 1. Sirocco VI 2. Regardless Offshore Racing 2 1. On Edge 2. Och!

VERVE INSHORE AUGUST 25-26 Shields 1. Kristian Martincic 2. Gary Ropski 3. Sam Veilleux Luders 16 1. William Simpson 3. Lawrence Weeks 2. Cate Muller J24 1. Eric Charsky Laser continued on next page 3. Robert Christie www.chicagoyachtclub.org 37 2012 Verve Cup Regattas continued from previous page

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38 Blinker  Fall 2012 We Had The Best Time Cruising Sail Fleet - Summer 2012 by STEVEN B. SALK, CSF CHAIR photos by CHRIS ALBANIS Shake Down” Cruise to Hammond The Cruising Sail Fleet had the best time this summer! We started out with our “Shake Down” cruise to Hammond on Saturday, Father’s day weekend. The weather was perfect for a hearty sail to check out our boats after the long winter lay up. The wind was blowing 20 plus knots and, for once, out of the right direction (southwest) for a quick sail. That evening we enjoyed dinner at the Hammond Yacht Club. While the club is a small, it boasts a lively bar surrounded by tables for sandwiches and pizza. After dinner we laid out plans for the season with discussion of an extended cruise before our Holland trip. Before we knew, it was time to say good night. The next morning the sun was bright, the wind and waves light and we had a leisurely sail back to Chicago in time to enjoy Father’s day with our families. (Thanks to co-chairs Alan and Lisa Haag and Matt Gallagher.) Bilge Auction/Dock Party Before we could turn around it was time for the annual Bilge Auction/Dock Party. The auction is usually held at the Monroe Street station, but was held at Belmont due to a scheduling conflict. It turned out to be an outstanding venue for the auction. As you walked into the Belmont dining room all of the old treasures were spread out on a table for the crowd to review. Not to our surprise, John Cummings had a splendid dinner planned for the group followed by the auction. If you haven’t attended a CSF Bilge Auction, be sure to put it on your schedule for next year. While there are many items of worth to a boater auctioned off, the real treasure is the show provided by the auctioneer. Our auctioneer extraordinaire, Greg Freeman, was in fine form and as usual highly entertaining. The night provided camaraderie and cheer -- as well as so much good for the benefit the Sea Scouts. (Thanks to co-chairs Todd Woelfl, Lisa Haag, and auctioneer, Greg Freeman.) Fleet Review There is no way to explain the pageantry and tradition of the CYC Annual Fleet Review. You just have to participate either on your own boat, or together with others on theirs, to see all the work that goes into making have to cross the lake. We’ve been to Racine several times the day memorable and experience why the tradition is over the past few seasons and as a result made many good important to CYC. Members of CSF honor the tradition friends with the boaters who harbor at Reef Point Marina. by taking part each year. We extend thanks to CSF We are always warmly welcomed on Dwain and Lydia members Alan and Lisa Haag for their tireless efforts to Lutzow’s dock at Reef Point and enjoy visiting with their make improvements to this very special event. many dock mates. The next morning we sailed to Racine and Milwaukee Milwaukee and Summerfest. Milwaukee is always fun. Our next adventure was the Fourth of July weekend. Theirs is a beautiful lakefront, as ours, with much to do. A On Thursday we sailed to Racine, a favorite port of the short walk down the lake from the marina Summerfest fleet. Much to do, many restaurants --and you don’t even explodes with all the bands, food and people watching you continued on page 44

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 39 CY-Scene

THE DOCK PARTY - PROM NIGHT photos by CHRISTY BONCZYK

40 Blinker  Fall 2012 CY-Scene

THE DOG SHOW - photos by RACHELLE TREIBER

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 41 CY-Scene

SPECIAL NEEDS CRUISE - June 19th photos by JULIAN ZENG

42 Blinker  Fall 2012 CY-Scene

SIGHT IMPAIRED CRUISE - August 21st photos by JULIAN ZENG

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 43 Cruising Sail Fleet - Summer 2012 were all set to head home Sunday morning when the weather handed us an extra day to hang out. Saturday continued from page 39 night the wind picked up, and didn’t stop, It must have could ever want. After Summerfest, art museums, and been blowing 25-30 knots plus in the harbor. By morning restaurants over the hill from the harbor on Brady Street it the lake was raging. So Sunday we relaxed, more beach, was time to head home. Of course the wind was coming and fun in Holland. Sunday night was beautiful. The mostly out of the south, and it was a motorboat ride back wind slowed, and the weekend regulars went home. We home to Chicago. (Thanks to chairs Dwain and Lydia had the place to ourselves. The Macatawa Yacht Club next Lutzow.) door has a fine dining room over looking the lake, and Main Summer Cruise to Holland many went to dinner there Sunday night. It was a short Next on the agenda was our main summer cruise to night. Monday morning the lake had calmed down to Holland, Michigan the first weekend in August. Trish and waves two to four feet, and the wind was blowing 12-15 I, and Alan and Lisa Haag decided to make an extended out of the west providing a quick sail all the way home. cruise out of it as we had started planning in Hammond. The only thing we would recommend is to make next The weekend before we were to be in Holland, we headed year’s cruise two weeks instead of one! north to Racine where we harbored for the night (yes, back (Thanks to co-chairs Fred Gorr and Don and Carol to Dwain and Lydia’s dock). After a brief visit with the Wolniak.) Lutzow’s and our many Racine friends we headed northeast Cruise to Belmont across the lake to White Lake. It was a good 11-12 hour By the time we arrived home we had logged a lot of crossing under favorable conditions except the day brought cruising miles and were getting tired. Yet, within a couple more motoring than sailing. We left at first light and of weeks we were missing each other and the opportunity arrived at the White Lake Yacht Club by 6:30 PM. The to hang together on our boats. Yes, it was time for our last WLYC has limited accommodations. For those who enjoy cruise of the year to Belmont Station over Labor Day anchoring, there are many quiet well protected spots close weekend. We left DuSable Saturday around 10:30 AM, by. The next morning after pancakes on the Haag’s boat and arrived at Belmont by 11:30 AM. The lake was we continued (approximately 3 miles) up White Lake to rocking and rolling that day. We were so glad it took less Cross Roads Marina close to town (what there was of it). than an hour to cruise this destination. We arrived with All in all we loved it. White Lake is pristine, clean, quiet, friends to help us dock and within minutes we were and beautiful. The lake and shore line is, by and large, sharing "Dark and Stormies" on the dock. That night we untouched with little commercial activity, but enough. had cocktails and appetizers on the Barry and Juraine Plenty of ice cream, a grocery store, and a couple of good Golin's boat and then traveled nearby on Broadway restaurants. To be sure, there is nothing much to do there, Avenue for a group dinner at, Melanthios Greek Char but that was exactly what we loved about it. It was a time House. Sunday morning Barry and Juraine Golin put out to relax, put our feet in the water, explore the lake with our a brunch spread on the dock that will long be remembered. dingys, and watch a gorgeous sunset over White Lake as we We had our fill of smoked salmon, bagels (lightly toasted) enjoyed a bottle of wine together. That night we had an fruit, Ann Sather's cinnamon rolls accompanied by intimate dinner at a small restaurant next to the marina expertly prepared Bloody Mary cocktails. What a way to over looking the lake. The next night it was a feast enjoyed start (and end) the day. That afternoon we flew kites in aboard “Blue Moon” and prepared by chefs Trish and Lisa. the park (thanks to Alan Haag) and enjoyed a beautiful day The week was way too short and it was already time to around the Belmont Station. We were all looking forward move on to the larger metropolis of Holland Michigan. to Sunday evening dinner at Belmont station. As always, After a pleasant sail south along the east shore we soon saw John Cummings was ready for us with an excellent, varied the Holland Harbor Lighthouse that guards the entrance to menu and a well-prepared meal. It felt so comfortable to Lake Macatawa. The lighthouse, popularly referred to as have a relaxing Sunday dinner together at our own “Big Red” is a welcome site. Before long we entered the Belmont station. We ate, drank, laughed and talked for lake, and pulled into our slip at the Eldean Marina. Lake hours until it was time to close the club. The next Macatawa is a very picturesque setting with quaint homes morning after more laughs and breakfast together at the along the beach and river with upscale homes along the club, we departed by noon to return to our home ports shoreline leading into Holland. The Eldean Marina is well with fond memories of a season well spent together. equipped with a swimming pool, hot tubs, barbeques, and (Thanks to chairs Barry and Juraine Golin.) the ever-entertaining Fred Gorr. What else could you CSF Chair Gratitude possibly want? The first night we had dinner at Piper's I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of Restaurant adjacent to the marina. It is right on the lake you for your support and friendship during my term as the with an excellent view and bar not to mention top notch CSF Chair. It has been and honor and pleasure for Trish food. The next day was all ours. Dingy rides to the beach, and I to work on your behalf. To be sure, we had the best swimming, farmer’s market and shopping in town. We had time together this summer! The only way it could have a blast. After a full day we finished it off with cocktails, been better, would be if you were with us. We anxiously shared appetizers in the party room, and a barbeque. We await the continuing adventures of the CSF next year.

44 Blinker  Fall 2012 Engagements: July 19th Race to Mackinac Warning Gun Party – Member Membership Anna Kimball accepts proposal from David Arquilla. New Members: Associate (continued) Regular Amy Robertson- Ms. Robertson is an Attorney at Robertson Barnes, PC and resides in Kevin Bell- Mr. Bell is the President/CEO of Memphis, Tennessee. Ms. Robertson has a strong the Lincoln Park Zoo and resides in Chicago. interest in sailing and is honored to be joining Mr. Bell has two children; Joseph, 11 and Charles, the Club. 9. Mr. Bell is looking forward to enjoying the Club and meeting our members. Junior Dan DeVos- Mr. DeVos is the President and CEO of DP Bailey Cornog- Bailey is in sophomore at Fox Ventures. He and his wife, New Trier High School. Bailey is sailing/racing Pamela, reside in Ada, Michigan 420s as part of the New Trier team now and is August 15th with their three children; hoping with the experience she gains as a Associate member Christopher McNicholas proposed to Angela Rogna on fellow member Brendon Cassandra, 23, Sydney, 22 and member of the Club to continue sailing competitively through college and beyond. Docherty’s boat, OCH!. The McNicholas Family Cole, 16. They own an 86’ celebrates the good news. powerboat, “Delta Victor” and a 36’ powerboat, “Sterling.” Lisa Scully- Ms. Scully resides in Chicago with her two children; Gordon, 13 and Alastair, 12. Ms. Scully owns 23’ powerboat and a sailboat. Member Donald Walther- Mr. Walther is the EVP & General Counsel at The Heico Companies, LLC. Mr. Milestones: Walther and his wife, Dr. Melissa Walther have three Veteran I - 30 Years children; Mason, 15, Grace, 14 and Katherine, 10 and reside in Hinsdale. The Walther’s are looking James Anderson forward to the family friendly community at the John Beam Club and to develop and sharpen their sailing skills. Allan Cameron Jr. William Dwyer Associate Maury Kravitz Melissa Junge- Mrs. Junge is an Associate at William Vitner Drinker, Biddle and Reath, LLC. Mrs. Junge and her Veteran III - 40 Years husband, Eric reside in Chicago. Mrs. Junge has James Considine developed a passion for sailing over the last Barry Sears several years. James Walgreen Cody Kittle- Mr. Kittle is an Analyst at JP Morgan and September 30th resides in Chicago. Mr. Kittle Crew member Matt Reid proposed to Kelly Brown has been interested in sailing aboard CYC member Jack Toliver’s VANDA III. since his early childhood. Mr. Kittle’s great grandfather, and current member, Mr. Henry In Memoriam: Angsten, served as Commodore Eleanor Steinle of the Club in 1954. Blair Vedder Jr William Moster- Mr. Moster is the Sales Manager Edward Buker of the Food Division for Mrs. Otto Grossman (Arline) Newport Tank Containers, Inc Mrs. Myron Hopkin and resides in Chicago, IL. Mr. Moster has fond memories Mr. Richard Brennan of sailing since he was a child Mr. Richard W. Peck and is looking forward to many Mr. Marvin B. Levine years to come at the Club. Membership continues on next page

www.chicagoyachtclub.org 45 Member Birthdays: Wrong way Happy Birthday to the following members and spouses! OCTOBER James Meisser M.D. Mark Davis Paul Snow Stanley Gratt Corrigan? Todd Abram Michelle Melyn, Corrin Drowica Jeffrey Swinson Joseph Haas photo by RACHELLE TREIBER Bob Agra MD Ann Mendelsohn Mrs Edward Gavney Jr Donald Thinschmidt Richard Haggerty Glenn Aldinger James Mescall Mrs Ernest Bederman Al Thomas William Hannay III Ruth Ann Moorman Eli Michaels Paul Fisher Peter Thornton Richard Hayes Robert Arzbaecher Jennifer Miller Meyers Rich Frain Stuart Townsend Leland Hutchinson Jr Douglas Baker Mrs Milton Meyers Lea Francissen Beverlee Trindl Christine Hutchison Tom Barnard James Mitchell Thomas Freeman David Truitt Mrs Irene Antoniou Anthony Beirne Arthur Murphy Gregory Freeman Robert VanMell Margaret Johnston John Bell Jeff Newman David Froberg Charles Walgreen Edwin Jones Steven Best Kelly Newton Fred Gorr George Walker Allan Katz David Brown Lennine Occhino Angela Graham Dennert Ware James Kelly Victor Cacciatore Joseph OLeary Stephen Hamming Elizabeth Ware Anthony Kesman Steven Carlson Donald Pearson Mark Hardy Robert Washlow Larry Klairmont Kevin Carroll DDS Joseph Perillo Walter Heinichen Jr James Wells Clifford Knowles Joseph Caruso Hess Michael Platzke Malcolm Herzog MD William Wetmore John L Rogers Mrs Charles William Plovanic Craig Hess David Wilkinson John Leach Richard Church Elizabeth Pollock Elzie Higginbottom Mrs William Dannhausen Mark Lewicky Jeremiah Connolly Robert Rainone Stanley Hill Raymond Winters Elijiah Lindahl Andrew Crawford William Reed III Arnold Hirsch Richard Witzel Paul Magruder Richard Danly John Regan Thomas Holmberg Samuel Wm Sax Mark Markarian Gary DiCenzo James Risher David Holt Gerard Wolf Nancy Martin W Dooley W. Rockwell Wirtz William Holz David Zachar Robert McLallen Martin Dorow J Ronald Jutkins Stephanie Hudson Laura Zeman-Martin Michael Meyer Mike Duncan Gregory Schulson Evan Jahn J Michael Welch Lee Edwards Michael Schwartz Stanley Jarrow Michelle Mills-Niles Michael Elliott David Selig Martin Jensen Madeleine Mitchell Scott Shellady Alexis Joannknecht DECEMBER George Miz A frequent topic of conversation at Peter Ellis Brian Anderson Richard Stephenson David Johnston Jane Morgan Josef Erlemann Nicholas Andrus the Round Table of late has been the Mox Tan Melissa Junge William Moster Martin Fiascone Cyd Archer Navigation lamps on either side of the Dylan Taylor Raymond Kedzior Holly Myers James Fitzgerald George Bennett Robert Taylor Dennis Kenny Eric Oesterle ship’s wheel in the Captain’s Cabin. William Fox Jr Nicholas Berberian John Trudeau Katherine Kern Andrew Osvalds Albert Friedman B Blair Vedder Circumnavigator and longtime CYC Baron V C Whateley Whitney Key James P McHugh Marc Garrison Thomas Boland Richard VanMell John Korpics Julie Papanek member Bob Bilhorn points out that Charles Gerstner Terrence Brady Nancy Vincent Robert Lane Anthony Pasquinelli the lights have been backwards for Raymond Green III Dev Brar E W Bredemeier Lynda Lane MD Charles Phelan Raymond Groble John Canning MD many years. Bilhorn, founder of the Edward Walsh Bruce Larson Martin Plonus Walter Hansen Adam Chonich Neil Weiner Nick Leblebijian Grant Pollock CYC Cruising Sail Fleet and Past Shirley Harris-Martin Robert Collins Kenn Wolf Richard Lewis Charles Pratt Commodore of the Lake Michigan Donald Henderson Colleen Coyle Jeff Wootton Martin Luken MD Mr Raghu Nayak, D. Ph John Hirn Jeffery Cross Yachting Association, says the reason Robert Zahorik Mrs. Marvin Levine J Regan Thomas Dana Hokin David Cumming Michael McGuinnis Paul Reilly the error was not fixed earlier is that John Jacobs Lisa Curcio Gaston Craig Mense Mrs Robert Grundin Mrs John Campbell John Cutler the Round Table has mostly racing Robert Merens Christopher Rocke James Johnson David Daleiden sailors and while navigation lights are NOVEMBER Rosemary Metzger Larry Rogers Fred Joosten Raoul Allesee Michael Daley Edward Morris Mark Rosanova MD essential to all sailors, they are perhaps Anne Kangles Keith Alm Ulrich Danckers MD William Mowry, Jr Jack S Buoscio Mrs Karen Donaldson Hooman Bahmandeji C Davis Nelsen II a bit more important to cruising than John Nikoleit MD Michael Shamie Lloyd Karzen Charles Barkley Daniel Dillon Leonard Nowak Dr. Sharon Sikora racing sailors. Robert Kelman John Beckstedt Jr Mrs Donald Danly Ken Paulan Josh Sniegowski Alexis Kertsikoff Jatinder Bedi Steven Dorfman Richard Prendergast Michael Steck James Kirchschlager John Benish Phillip Dowd Raymond Green Ralph Steinbarth Robert Knight Sandra Bennett William Doyle Madeline Reyer Donna Stevenson Sanfred Koltun Michael Berman Peter Dreher Raymond Reynertson Barry Sylvester William Krucks Hal Beyer III Fritz Duda Jerome Rich Raymond Teborek Conrad L Reickhoff Mrs. Marsh Blackburn Catherine Duncan G Robie Briggs E Thomas Collins Dale L Smirl David Brown Kevin Dwyer Albert Rose Jr Joseph V Cacciatore Richard Leftwich Marion Cameron Thomas Filippini Merwin Rosen DDS John Vignocchi Mark Levin Mrs Margaret Carr Christopher Finlay Joe Salas Daniel Walsh Warren Levins Carl Chaleff William Fox Nicholas Schmidbauer Harold Warp Mark Luscombe Anthony Close Kerry Frey Roger Schroud Jon Weglarz Jack Marks DDS Kenneth Colbert Alice G. Delaney Michael Schulson Ronald White John Marquardt Charles Collopy Mark Gannon Curtis Sechler Kat White Kim Marsh Robin Copping Jeff Garibotti Sapan Shahani Mrs William Robinson Steven Mash MD Robert Corrigan Mrs. Gary Comer Richard Simon Richard Young Lael Mathis Mrs Dante Aletto James Goettsch Charles Sindelar III David Zampa Stuart McSweeney James Dashiell John Gottwald Sumner Mead Michael Smith

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