Mainsheet Volume 51, Number 8, August 2018 Latitude: 30°32’29”N Longitude: 87°54’14”W From the Commodore JUNIOR LIPTON CHALLENGE We have had a very busy The FYC Junior Lipton Summer for our Capdevielle team: Front Row-Nate Team. We are currently in 4th Hartwell, Warren place in the Capdevielle stand - Wegener, Gavin Valentine, ings, the best we’ve had in sev - Sara Boyd, Mitchell Koser, eral years. With the change in and Back Row- Coach the boat from the Eddie Adams, Pete McGriff, Adler Rux, to the 640 and three Connor Cobb, Liam regattas to go before it’s over, Bishop, Parker French, we are looking good to finish Nathan Valentine, Coach well. We’ve had some great fin - Rob Adams invaded ishes at regattas and our in New Pete, Sara, and Parker skip - Juniors did well at Junior Orleans, July 20, 21, and 22, well pered two races each with a 5th Lipton’s for their first year in prepared to spar against nine jun - place finish overall in the GYA the . Our Ladies will ior teams from the GYA. Junior Lipton Regatta. be representing us at the Knost this month. All in all The Ladies of the Club take on the Knost! FYC has embraced the boat change and shows we are You’ve probably seen the club’s Representing FYC this year are ready for the challenge and I’d Viper 640 out on the water over Cathy Cromartie, Jennifer Vereen, like to thank all who have rep - the last several weeks, skippered Nancy Marshall, Holly Murray, resented our club. and crewed by Juniors in prepara - Sally Weeks, Mignon Bishop and We have gotten a quote to tion for the Jr. Lipton Regatta Terri Loftin. Send some well wish - redeck the pier on the south which was sailed out of Southern es, good thoughts and mojo their property and will be using YC on July 21-22. Now, over the way. Currently FYC is in 4th Place ThruFlow decking which next two weeks you’ll again see it in the GYA Capdevielle standings. should last longer and still out on the water skippered and offer the storm protection that crewed by some of FYC’s ladies. the Bay Boards have for the The Knost Regatta, which will be last decade. We hope that after sailed Aug. 11-12 out of Pass this application we will begin Christian YC, is the GYA’s only to replace the piers in the all-female Capdevielle event. Just Harbor with the same materi - as this was the first year for the al, to do away with rotting and Jr. Lipton Regatta to be sailed in broken boards in the future. the Viper 640, it’s the first year for We will be having a Finance the Knost Regatta to be sailed in Committee meeting with the the Viper 640. For some of the Membership this month to go competitors it will be their first over what plan will be present - time competing in the Viper, ed for the future. including some of FYC’s team. But Thank you, they’re up to the task, thanks to Randy Fitz-Wainwright, some stellar coaching from Robert Commodore Adams and Kevin Northrop. Hurricane Preparedness is everyone’s job. Your boat, your home, your club are all part of the list you have to check when there is a storm in the Gulf. The Harbor committee has procedures you need to download on the website to know your role as a member of FYC. See Page 6. The Mainsheet is published The Layline ~ Director Holly Murray monthly by the Fairhope Yacht Club, a member of It has been a busy Chandler Taloney. Our Opti team sends the Gulf Association and month for FYC Junior luck to Nate Hartwell, he has sized out of United States Sailing Association. Sailing; we have partic - the Optis and will be moving to the 420 Circulation includes all Fairhope Yacht ipated in several events and classes. Club members and GYA affiliated in different classes. Our As the 2018 summer camps comes to clubs. The Mainsheet, Fairhope Yacht first trip to Pensacola Club, P.O. Box 1327, Fairhope, AL YC was for Junior 36533, or e-mail to Olympic. we had sever - [email protected] by al sailors and the 20th of the month prior to publica - a couple of 420 sailors. This opportunity tion. was a nice event for the Optis to sail that weekend because we would return in just BRIDGE Commodore - Randy Fitz-Wainwright two weeks for the Optimist National Vice Commodore - Chris Dabney Championship. Rear Commodore- Scott Hartwell Saturday was a beautiful day an end, I would like to thank all the Fleet Captain - Philip Durant that started off rather difficult but ended instructors, parents, and supporters, for Fleet Surgeon - Dr. Rick Childs on a high note with Liam Bishop and allowing this summer to run smoothly and Secretary - Parker French finishing 3rd 420 overall. efficiently so that the kids are able to have Treasurer - Brian Snider They were able to complete 3 races over fun and learn as much as possible. We the weekend with a 4,3,3. The Optimists were able to host approximately 150 chil - BOARD OF GOVERnORS had some nice competition as well; our dren in camp with another 40 children in Michael Amos sailors Taylor Hundley, Emily Allen, Cruz the Bay Buddy Camp. Summer camps Ray French Dabney, Chandler Taloney, Nate Hartwell Ellis Ollinger and Joe Comer did a great job in their Joe McIntosh respected events. Congratulations go out Tony Lowery to Joe and Cruz for finishing 2nd and 3rd Johnnie Roberts in Opti white fleet. Also sailing from FYC Dan Herzog was Emmy Kuhn, who did a fantastic job COMMITTEE CHAIRS with the tight competition of green fleet. Memorial Pat Colvin They were able to sail 5 races over the Entertainment Christine Banjanin weekend with an great race committee just don’t happen to run smoothly by Stephanie Beedy f r o m t h e Atlanta area providing an awe - themselves, but it takes hard work and Building/Grounds some learning experience for the fleet. dedication. Our instructors have done an Food & Bev Chris Dabney While the older juniors geared up for exceptional job supervising the children all Insurance/Marine Safety David Barr Jr. Lipton’s Championship, sailing in sev - while battling weather, equipment and Harbor Sandy McCall e r a l events along the coast, the Optimist even a creepy crawler or two. Our instruc - Associates Christine Banjanin team did a week of training in Pensacola tors and counselors in training bring Membership MIgnon Bishop excitement and energy to make this camp Offshore Byron Yoder a fantastic learning experience for all the Cruising Stan Brown children. I would just like to thank you for Water Front Director Holly Murray allowing me to coach your children this Adult Sailing John Helmstadter past summer and can’t wait to see what is Race & Regatta Scott Harwell in store of the upcoming months for FYC. Junior Commodore Pete McGriff Instructors: Rob Adams, Sam Koser, Juniors Advisors Elizabeth & Kelly Pete McGriff, Nathan Valentine, Sara McGriff training for Opti Natls. We greatly appre - Boyd, Camille McGriff, Mitchell Koser, Historians PC Barbara Brown ciate Pensacola Yacht Club for doing a Liam Bishop, Connor Cobb, Max Morgan Sarah Johnston-Cox fantastic job of hosting nationals. They CITs: Parker French, Robert Guardian John Adams GYA Coordinator Philip Durant were well equipped and prepared for host - Montgomery, Nate Hartwell, Gavin Mainsheet Editor nancy Fitzpatrick ing 300 sailors from across the US and Valentine, Millie Ollinger, Emily Allen, Mainsheet Reporter Martha Payne twelve different countries. FYC sailors Adler Rux, Brocton Norris, Luke Long Range Planning Chandler Taloney, Nate Hartwell, Cruz Edmiston, Chandler Taloney, Angus ICRC Dabney, Joe Comer and Emily Allen did a Ladd, Elijah Healy FYC Auxiliary Darlene Sirmon fantastic job sailing and ended the compe - Job well done by all!! tition with some impressive finishes: 16th, Camp may be coming to a close but there 22nd and 29th plus several in the 30s. is still plenty of sailing to be done. I have Office: Mon-Fri 8:00am-12:00, 1:30-4:30pm We sailed seven races over 4 days, but opened a Rookie 420 camp and an Phone: 251-928-3276 Fax: 251-990-8602 that wasn’t enough for Emily as she sailed Optimist Green Team camp. This will run Email: [email protected] an additional 3 races while competing in Aug 7th-10th for a fee of $75. The times Club Office: 101 Volanta, Fairhope AL 36532 Girls Opti Nationals on day 5. will be 10am-3pm. In the next few week Mailing Address: Box 1327, Fairhope AL Congratulations to first time Team Trail we will be preparing for the Galloway 36533 Qualified, Joe Comer and 2nd time TTQ Regatta in Gulfport, August 18th-19th. Web address: www.fairhopeyachtclub.com Junior Commodore’s Report Hello members! July has been peting at Meigs Regatta the a very hot and busy month for entire weekend. our junior program! Our Optis Our Junior Lipton team competed in both the Opti sailed in two regattas this Nationals and Opti Girl’s month as well, competing in Nationals at Pensacola Yacht Mobile for the Summer Club. The program had a very Regatta and traveling to New respectable showing with Orleans for the Junior Lipton sailors Joe Comer and Challenge. I also competed at Chandler Taloney both qualify - the Laser Nationals in ing for the US Team Trials. Houston to cap off the summer Our Capdeveille team also had Laser season. Hope to see you an eventful month with a 2nd all on the water next month! place finish with Eddy Adams, Pete McGriff Rob Adams, and myself com - Junior Commodore FYC Juniors take on the challenges and FYC Junior Commodore, Pete McGriff. There were 12 GYA clubs registered in the Capdevielle Viper 640 series including John Dane III, a 2008 Olympic sailor. Imagine Dane’s surprise watching FYC’s stern as they scored an ace in the first race. The 2nd race resulted in a win by Dane closely chased by the FYC team. Eddie, Robert, and Pete went on to finish in 2nd Coaches Robert and Eddie Adams place overall. shadow the FYC boat at Jr.Lipton Emily Allen, Cruz Dabney, Nate at the Junior Lipton Challenge on Hartwell, Chandler Taloney and Joe Lake Ponchartrain. Thanks to Comer participated in Junior Team Captain Eddie Adams, our Olympics at Pensacola Yacht Club sailors are becoming more famil - June 30-July 1. It was a great warm iar with the Vipers and we can up for Opti Nationals! Joe Comer expect great things for the future. finished second in white fleet and Cruz Dabney finished third. On July 7 and 8, FYC Transitional Members Eddie Adams and Robert Adams trav - eled to Fort Walton Yacht Club along with fellow crew member On July 14 & 15, the Capdevielle team participated in the Summer Regatta at Mobile Yacht Club. In preparation for the Junior Liptons, Capdevielle Captain Eddie Adams, chose the Junior Lipton team to sail this event. There were ten boats in the Capdevielle Viper 640 class most - ly captained and crewed by adults from other clubs. FYC captured 7th place. Robert and Eddie Adams and Jr Com. As noted on the front page, the Pete MGriff show off the Meigs Capdevielle team put the lessons Team FYC waits for a start sequence Regatta Trophies. learned this Summer to the test at JrLipton More Junior Action at Summer-MYC, Jr Lipton practice!

Contributing to the pictures on these pages, the parents and friends of the FYC Junior Yacht Club who support the Junior teams with transportation, equipment, nourishment and help with unloding when they return.

Please LIKE us on Facebook at Fairhope Jr. Yacht Club! Restaurant & Bar Hours Of Operation (251-928-8888 for Dinner Reservations) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 11am-8pm 4-9pm(Bar) 4-9pm(Bar) 4pm-9pm 4pm-9pm 11am-10pm 11am-10pm August~2018 1 Pasta Buffet! 2 3 4 Pool service: 6:30 JrYC You asked for it and we’re trying it out now! 7:30 M’ship Wed-Thurs: 11a-2p ~ Fri, Sat, Sun: call the Bar Meeting 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6pm PotLuck Taco Tuesday! Membership Movie Night Committee 6:30pm Knost Championship 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 6pm PotLuck Beer & Bingo Seafood Knost TacoTuesday 6:30-8:30 Jubilee Championship 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 PJoorcuhrn Seyo ctioal 6pm PotLuck TacoTuesday Mars Race & Regatta Comm. 6:30 26 27 28 29 30 31 6pm PotLuck TacoTuesday WHAT’s Happening at the Club! MEMBERSHIP MEETING 2nd Fridays: MOVIE NIGHT GYC by Sir Thomas NIGHT Pasta Buffet! Choose the Young members specials and Lipton and replaced after pasta, sauce and ingredients you movies while you enjoy the dining Katrina by his tea com - like for $10. room pleasures pany. Won last year by SUNDAY FUN RACES : Join 3rd Fridays: SEAFOOD Bay-WavelandYC, the us! Sign in at the bar to know JUBILEE: With our Bay and Gulf races will be sailed on your handicap. Join the after-sail - full of wonderful tasty things to Bay St. Louis. ing fun at the bar to talk about eat, our Chef Jacob plans his best SEPTEMBER 6: your race. dishes for your dining pleasure Roman Street will be back to fill Monday night POT LUCK : 3rd Sundays: PORCH SOCIAL: your evening dining experience Bring a dish and meet members. Entertainment has some great with their appealing music. Come 6:00pm things planned for the Summer! join us, for dinner or after dinner, TACOS on Tuesday : Sunset and AUGUST 19: Journey2 Mars and dance, visit and enjoy an tacos starting at 6pm with your returns to entertain us at the evening with your friends and friends August Porch Social. You don’t great music. 3rd Wednesdays: BEER & want to miss this! Sunset on the FYI : The Juniors would like to BINGO join the fun with your club balcony, nibbles, beverages thank everyone who came out to friends for games of chance from and great music! support Grill Your Own through 6:30 to 8:30. AUGUST 11/12: KNOST CHAM - June and July. Tom Lott was our 3rd Tuesdays: REGATTA PIONSHIP: the Ladies GYA biggest supporter; feel free to ask COMMITTEE : This is your Championship, sailed at Pass him about our chicken-grilling chance to join the people who ChristianYC. expertise! We will take the plan all that is required for regat - SEPTEMBER 1-3 SIR THOMAS months of August and September ta and race participation, 6:30pm. LIPTON’S CHALLENGE : the off due to heat and the busy 1st Fridays: AUXILIARY “Big One” where the best of the Back-to-School season. LUNCH Auxiliary meetings will club’s sailors compete to bring Grill Your Own will resume in restart September 7. 11am. home the trophy first given to the October!! Restaurant & Bar Hours Of Operation (251-928-8888 for Dinner Reservations) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 11am-8pm 4-9pm(Bar) 4-9pm(Bar) 4pm-9pm 4pm-9pm 11am-10pm 11am-10pm September~2018 1 If you are not getting the e-blasts from Chef Jacob, go to the bottom of the FYC webpage, add your email address and click “sign up” Lipton Regatta

2 3 4 5Pasta Buffet! 6 7 8 Taco Tuesday! 6:30 JrYC Roman Auxiliary Lipton 6pm PotLuck 7:30 M’ship Luncheon Regatta Meeting Street 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Membership 6pm PotLuck TacoTuesday ! Movie Night Comm. 6:30pm

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Porch Socia l 6pm PotLuck Taco Tuesday! Beer & Bingo Seafood 6-8pm Race & Regatta 6:30-8:30 Jubil ee Comm. 6:30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6pm PotLuck Taco Tuesday! Wadewitz Wadewitz Regatta 30 Regatta Juniors at Opti Nationals at PYC Pool Update! FYC Juniors Emily Allen, Cruz Dabney, Nate As the summer temperatures have soared, the pool has Hartwell, Chandler Taloney and Joe Comer participat - been filled with families splishing and splashing. If you ed in the 2018 USODA Opti Nationals at Pensacola have not been by in a while, come see the improvements. Yacht Club July 13th-18th. The opening ceremonies HNew baby pool fencing is in place providing a stylish were held in downtown Pensacola where the racers upgrade and safety for our little ones. paraded down the streets to the Saenger Theatre HBrightly colored plants add a tropical flair to the deck. where they had the pleasure of meeting two America's HNew filtering and pump equipment (thanks to lighten - Cup sailors and previewed the design of new American ing) is providing crystal clear water. Magic. HFood and beverage service is now available as well. The first day provided ideal conditions for sailing Poolside servers are available to take and deliver orders, allowing them to finish 4 races. The winds didn't coop - Wednesday and Thursday from 11am-2pm. Friday, erate the other days, but they were able to sail a well Saturday and Sunday orders may be placed by calling the rounded regatta with a total of 6 races. The event con - bar and requesting poolside delivery. Stop by, take a dip sisted of approximately 300 sailors competing from all and order something cool to sip. over the United States and several other countries. When you visit, don’t forget your pool pass or mem - Continued on Page 6 bership card. Since our pool has become popular with non-members, proof of FYC membership is now required by a pool pass or FYC/GYA membership card. If you need a pool pass, please email Tiffany Durant, [email protected], to request one. Lastly, I want everyone to enjoy their time at the pool. Please encourage children (especially teens) and guests to follow the pool rules. Safety is a top priority! Pushing, chicken fights and jumping off the bridge may lead to injury. Anyone participating in unsafe behavior will be told to leave. If you see unsafe behavior, please let me know. Enjoy the last little bit of summer, Tiffany Continued: More Adventures at the USODA Nationals at Pensacola Yacht Club Opti Nationals is a qualifier for Spring Team Trials and we are proud to announce that both Joe Comer and Chandler Taloney qualified. They are eligible to compete in the Spring Team Trials which will be held in California next spring. How many of us would feel comfortable facing 300 com - petitors on the starting line? We are fast developing a cadre of fearless sailors and I can’t wait to see them take us all on!

Top: the fleet heads out to the race start line; Bottom: Nate Hartwell meets Olympians; Emily Allen tacks; Joe Comer V starboard tacks ahead of his competition HHH Harbor Hurricane Preparedness Plan HHH This plan is on our web site, nine pages long and very hurricane response for all other aspects of the harbor – concise in the responsibility of each of us in the face of before, during, and after the storm. immenent disaster. Those of us who have followed these Successful preparation for a hurricane depends on how procedures over the years with every class of disaster early and how orderly preparations are made, even from high water and sand in the parking lot to the dis - though the chances may be great that the harbor will truction of Katrina suggest that you download the plan not suffer a direct hit. Boat owners are encouraged to be and keep it on hand to advise you both in your responsi - aware of tropical weather conditions. Preparation proce - bilities to your club as well as your family and posses - dures should be well underway during the U.S. sions at home. Weather Service Hurricane WATCH Phase. All boats PREPARATION STARTS HERE: should be secured or evacuated by the time a hurricane The order of priority when preparing Fairhope Yacht WARNING is issued. A last minute call for area evacua - Club Harbor for a hurricane is (1) Protect human life, tion by the Emergency Management Agency could pre - (2) Seek to prevent or minimize personal injury, (3) vent the necessary time secure or evacuate a boat and Reduce the exposure of property to damage, (4) properly secure the harbor. Minimize damage to property that cannot be relocated Boat owners with a boat in a wet slip, dry or loft stor - and (5) Seek to restore normal operations as quickly as age are required to be familiar with this plan. possible. Timetables for implementing the various stages of the The most critical task is securing boats, which may plan will depend on the storm’s forward speed and move about and damage the harbor and other boats. direction, probability of a storm hit, and the expected The harbor is not a viable sanctuary for boats of any intensity of the storm. Remember - to attempt to secure type during a direct hurricane hit. The wet slips, dry boats while under storm influences is at the risk of lives. and loft storage are not designed to accommodate boats The inconveniences of early action are a small price to pay during heavy winds and/or storm surge. These elements for safety. tend to push and pound boats against pilings, docks, Be aware that this Plan assumes a direct hit (the eye and other vessels. Loft storage boats are in danger of passing directly over or within 25 miles of the harbor) being moved by wind or being lifted into racks above and may work only for lower category hurricanes. A with tide surge. Increased weight of water-filled boats direct hit by a Category II or stronger storm could could collapse the rack system. The Harbor Committee result in major damage to the boats and harbor facili - encourages early evacuation of all boats in dry and loft ties. This Plan is designed to limit the damage to the storage, and trailerable boats in wet slips. harbor and boats. For a major storm this Plan may or Circumstances may prevent evacuation of some boats. may not be adequate. This Harbor Hurricane Preparedness Plan (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”), in addition to The complete plan for Hurricane Preparedness on line describing evacuation procedures, outlines recommended will help you know what to do if you are new to the sea - practices for securing boats in the harbor. This Plan also sonal weather events we annually experience as the price describes procedures for communicating and carrying out we pay to live in this beautiful part of the world. Club Sunday Sailing-T he Helmstadter Report Safety Committee 6/24 It's nice to be getting good sailing same time. David Barr days for the Sunday Races. Winds were 7/15 Oh what a beautiful day.....12 pretty steady from the South about 15 knots of breeze and 7 boats out to race. knots. 5 boats came out to race (maybe The course was set at X-SW-NW-NE-X. 6 ?). A couple boats missed a couple of And what an exciting finish as White marks, but I guess that happens and Hawk won (What else is new? Good when it was all said and done Friday Job). Alouette did finish in 3rd Place. Night Gigilos didn’t miss any and She was only 35 Seconds behind the crossed 1st (Good job gang) with Gypsy winner White Hawk and 5 Seconds Wind 2nd and Alouette 3rd. Mojo was - behind Gypsy Wind with MOJO one n't too far behind in 4th. minute after that. This had to be more End of June standings are: exciting than I imagined. Correcting Gypsy Wind 12 points the results points out again that what - MOJO 10 points ever you do in the race affects others so Alouette 7 points some scores changed and Wanderer Skedaddle 5 points gets an improved Start Time for the Friday Night Gigilos 5 points rest of the Series. Wanderer 4 points Liberty 1 point Remember - When it is HOT, it is 5 to 10 degrees cooler on the water, so come on out and enjoy it. 7/1 Must have been a pretty good day July 3rd when the decision was for sailing as 6 boats hit the line for a made to close the pier for safety good race. White Hawk was back at it concerns, we felt like we were in the and won the race (Way to go Ben) but “Jaws” movie. No way the dock just barely as Friday Night Gigilos was could be closed on July 4th, but it 2nd only 11 seconds behind. I’ll bet had to be; we hated it. Now going there was some hooting and hollering forward there is a plan to replace going on. Wanderer was 3rd. Skipper Jack Ardrey focuses on sail trim the deck. And we are going to pres - Hope everyone has a FANTASTIC 4th and speed to stay ahead of the following ent a plan for inspection of our of July. Keep cool and come out to race boats Photos from Tracy Hirsh 10,000 sq. ft. of piers so that we can next Sunday. keep up with necessary repairs and 7/8 It was a nice enough day that 6 White Hawk tells me they are so fast boats showed up to do battle for a good that they want to make sure they get this won’t happen again. rt race. Friday Night Gigilos lead the their proper penalty for winning 2 pack (Nicely Done) while Whitehawk races. July 2018 and Wanderer had a close race for 2nd. 7/22 And the wind did blow, 15 knots Membership Report sustained with gusts to 20 knots. This didn't keep 7 boats from coming out for Invited to Associate a good race. Course was set at Membership: X-SW-NW-NE-X.,And a good race it Jeff Bledsoe was with Gypsy Wind {Nice job Jack) Randy Crocker just nosing out White Hawk by 15 sec - Richard Ellison onds. MOJO was in 3rd place. It has Frederick Hicks been a pretty amazing Summer, David Hooper weather-wise with stronger winds and less rain than usual. This has allowed Robert Kayser us to have a race every Sunday that Steven Kearney was scheduled. And the heat--well, it is Patrick O'Neil As intended with a Bermuda start, racers always cooler on the water. David Roberts come together on the final leg of the race Hard to believe the Summer Series is Kevin Ruland I understand the sign-up sheets were more than half over having completed 6 Steven Schmitz a little creative due to printing prob - of 11 scheduled races. Standings at Brittain “Bo” Simms lems. (It is nice to be missed a little.) this point are as follows: Sure appreciated Terri’s efforts in get - Gypsy Wind 21 points Jason Small ting information to me and the forms White Hawk 18 points Sherman Smith out. Starting next Sunday Tracy Hirsh MOJO 18 points Steven Wierszalowskik will be getting the Start Up Sheets in Alouette 15 points Accepted to Equity Membership: the book as she has Excel printing Friday Night Gigilos 14 points Ernest “Bucky” Bishop capabilities. Jack will get the results to Wanderer 11 points Angela Overton me and it would be good to get your Skedaddle 6 points Catherine “Lauren” Sutley Finish Times in the book by 5:00 PM to Liberty 1 point Welcome Aboard assure “smooth sailing” of the results. With 5 more races there is plenty of I do miss racing with y’all but haven't time to show your mettle (whatever Mignon Bishop figured out how to be in 2 places at the that is) and have some FUN. 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