June 2019

Commodore Phil Davies [email protected]

Our month started for 70 plus members and friends boarding 9 boats in Road Town on Tortola, the trip started with a great party hosted by the BVI Tourist Board before we all departed for our boats and for most a great week on the water. Even us power boaters enjoyed the time sailing, particularly the run to Anegada. Once again thanks go to Wayne & Carol Martin for all their hard work in creating a successful cruise out, we look forward to the next adventure, with Greece, Croatia and the South Pacific all mentioned!

Events such as the BVI cruise show the value that we all gain from being members at OYC. Our nominating committee is currently developing the nominees for next year’s Board and key positions within the club, as a part of this process the committee circulated a survey, hopefully you received this and had the chance to reflect on how you might support the club. If you did not receive a survey please contact Tom West.

At our May Board meeting we reluctantly accepted the resignation of Ron & Carmen Konkle, as they look to move to the next phase of their lives. I would like to recognize all of the time and effort that both Ron & Carmen have put into the club over the years, you will both be missed and we wish you fair winds and following seas wherever life takes you.

As a result of Ron departing we will be looking for a volunteer to coordinate the Lighted Yacht Parade, we have for many years run this event in conjunction with Encinal, if you have an interest in helping to support this event, please advise Ben.

Our Cruise, Race and Social events are now all in full swing, I hope you have the time, and energy, to participate in these activities, hopefully the rain is now past and we can look forward to a great summer on the water.

On an Official note the Board will not be meeting in August, as per the by-laws we will be taking a break!.

Wishing all a great summer and look forward to seeing you around the docks and club.

Vice Commodore Brad Budinger [email protected]

The Harbor Committee did not meet in May due to the BVI trip as almost all members were gone. We continue to move forward with the stabilization of Dock 1 plan. Bids are being received and will be discussing at the next meeting on June 13. One noticeable item is that the “No Wake” buoys have been replaced 100’ outside of docks 1, 4 & 7. Hopefully this will help deter some of the wake generators passing by. Thanks to Dan Jones for acquiring the hardware and making the anchors and Ted Keech for helping me deploy the buoys.

Some of these projects are just plain fun!

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Rear Commodore Keith Dines [email protected]

The House Committee did not meet in May so there is no news to report. Keep an eye out for positive changes and, as always… All suggestions and new ideas are always appreciated!

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Membership Chair – Mike Bennett [email protected]

There is no news to report this month. Please keep an eye out for those green dots on member name badges. We want to make all new members feel welcomed and appreciated! ______

Race Committee Chair -- Debby Ratto [email protected]

Photo taken by Andy Lindstrom

Sweet 16 Race Series .. At this writing we are 4 races into the 1st Half of the Sweet 16 Series. AND, we have 40 boats that have signed up to race: Full Series racers number 36; 1st Half only has 3 boats and there has been one Single Race sign up thus far. There was a second Skipper signing up for single races but he was having so much fun he converted to race the full series! We believe that 40 boats signed up for the Sweet 16 may be a record. We have Michelle Leonard is working as the Principal Race Officer (PRO) for this series, with Debby Ratto filling in as needed when Michelle is away. Our Race Committee has two new members, Tammy Mercado and Mike Ruff, both of whom have also been volunteering on the Race Deck, as has Andy Lindstrom and John Ratto and we cannot forget Michelle Opheim who joins us whenever she is available. Race #2, well we ran a little late and it was pretty much dark when the last boats finished. Picking the courses and watching the wind to determine if the Racers run long or short courses is a challenge. Mother Nature gives us wind and current and the Racers show us how best to use both.

Photo taken by Andy Lindstrom

Photo taken by Steve Green, Slackwater Race #3, we had light winds and we went with short courses and had a great turn out back at the Club after the race, as we normally do. Brandi has been fixing up some Pub type offerings such as quesidilla, chips and dips, potato skins and more and they are going over big time. So remember to come on down on Wednesday nights and join in the fun and have some great food.

Photo taken by Steve Green, Slackwater Due to high winds, even higher gusts and a good soaking we unfortunately had to cancel Race #4 but safety comes first and Race #5 is just a few days away.

Photos taken by Andy Lindstrom

Photos taken by Steve Green, Slackwater

Perpetual Cup: With the Sunday Brunch Series complete and the Rites of Spring run also, we can see the beginning of the vying for Perpetual Cup winner for 2019. Currently the top 5 places through Sunday Brunch, two InterClub races and the first four Sweet 16 races: 1st Sheldon Haney/Lioness 39 points 2nd Emily Zugnoni/Lelo Too 35 points 3rd Michael Maurier/Scrimshaw 27 points 3rd Scott Ollivier/Double Agent 27 points 4th Dick Johnson/Nice Turn 23 points 5th George Gurrola/Bandido 21 points

Photo taken by Steve Green, Slackwater

InterClub Races: OYC will once again run the September race, the last race of this series for 2019. This is a Race Series that is sponsored by Aeolian YC, Alameda YC, Catalina 34 Fleet 1, Encinal YC, Island YC, Oakland YC, South Beach YC, Treasure Island YC, Coyote Point YC, BAMA, Ballena Bay . Each year six of the clubs take turns, each running one race. These races are run on the South Bay with the exception of the Long Race that uses South and Central Bay and runs all the way down the Estuary to the Club running that particular race. This year IYC hosted the long race and it rotates between IYC, EYC and OYC. OYC Racing Results can be found on Jibeset, on the OYC Web site and posted on the bulletin board in the downstairs hall.

Other Racing News … Anyone have a story they want to tell while racing other races?

Photo taken by Steve Green, Slackwater

Want to join the Race Committee; we’d love to have you. Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7pm in the Regatta Room. For additional information about the OYC Racing Program, call Debby Ratto @ 510-390-1620 or e-mail: [email protected]

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Social Committee Chair – Kristiana Brown [email protected]

Looking forward to another month of activities and events, promising something for everyone. Keep an eye on the weekly Blast for updates and announcements! Hope to see you all at the Club!

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Cruise Chairs – Dave & Michelle Opheim [email protected]

Again, come and join us on cruise outs. We always have a great time. Michelle and Dave Opheim OYC Fleet Captains

What takes over a year to plan, 74 people and 10 boats? The BVI cruise out. Was it as amazing as we hoped? “Oh, yeah!”, says Michelle Leonard.

Starting with an amazing welcome party the BVI tourist board gave us, the journey took us to the great sites within the British Virgin Islands. We had a Rendezvous at Leverick Bay, went our separate ways but connected at the various beaches and parks including, the Soggy Dollar on White Bay, Anagoda, The Baths, Virgin Gordo, Jost Van Dyke, Guana Island, Tortola, Cooper, Norman, St Thomas, and Marina Cay. The fun included snorkeling, eating meals on the boats, dinners in the restaurants, swimming to shore, stargazing at night, white sand and clear aqua water, getting just the right tack, enjoying friends, swimming, sailing, mooring, docking, and dingy rides.

It was an amazing trip!

A million thanks to Wayne & Carol Martin for over a year of planning and so many hours of trying to make sure everyone had a wonderful time!

Marin Yacht Club Cruise Out – June 14 – 16, 2019

Save the date and look out for sign-ups to open. Asphalt cruisers always welcome.

Enjoy the tranquility of Marin Yacht Club’s resort setting while enjoying time and adventure with your OYC friends!

➢ Friday night dockside cocktails and dinner at MYC dining room ➢ Saturday brunch/lunch at the famous Terrapin Restaurant ➢ Saturday night grill party on the MYC patio (bring your main course to grill, potluck : salads, sides and dessert) ➢ Sunday morning breakfast on your own followed by a beautiful sail/cruise home

Brought to you by Cruise Captains: Keith and Marlene Dines

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PICYA Delegate Maggie Sabovich (510) 787-1258 – [email protected]

OYC PICYA and RBOC MAY 2019 REPORT By Maggie Sabovich, Board Director, PICYA Board Director, RBOC [email protected]

This year was PICYA’s 102nd annual Opening Day on the Bay Decorated Boat Parade. This local tradition goes back to the late 1890’s, when a drawbridge over the Belvedere Lagoon was opened at the end of April to allow boats from the Corinthian Yacht Club to go out into the Bay for the Spring Racing Season.

PICYA was formed in 1896 from five Bay yacht clubs and the abbreviation stands for “Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association”. PICYA’s Annual 2019 Opening Day on the Bay was held on Sunday, April 28th, and the PICYA Committee Boat this year was Commodore Cruise’s boat “Cabernet Sauvignon”, which is based in Alameda. 203 PICYA members and guests were on board this year.

2018 was the first year PICYA had used one of Commodore Cruise’s boats as it’s “Committee Boat”, and we were so pleased by the quality of the staff, the excellent food served and the coziness, cleanliness and pleasant ambiance of their boats, that we reserved their larger boat for this year’s event.

This year we had 70 boats from individual yacht clubs and the general public participating in our five decorated boat categories. This year’s Theme was “Holidays on the Bay”. These five categories are:

Category 100: Powerboats decorated to Theme. Category 200: Sailboats decorated to Theme. Category 300: Any oat decorated to theme by Juniors. Category 400/500: Fleets of oats deorat3ed with Flags and Streamers. Category 700/800: Any boat, not decorated to Theme.

Opening Day began with the “Blessing of the Fleet” in Raccoon Strait, followed by our beautiful boat parade along the San Francisco Waterfront, beginning at Mariner’s Circle and ending at Pier 39.

This year our Opening Parade Grand Marshall was Capt. Marie Boyd, new Commander of the US Coast Guard 11th District. Our Opening Day Committee was headed by PICYA’s Vice Commodore, Robert Willis. Opening Day would not be possible without our major sponsors, BoatUS, Parker Dive Service and Commodore Cruises and Events. Decorated boat parade judges this year were Bruce Whitten, Chuck Hawley and Jerry Desmond, RBOC’s Lobbyist, of the law firm of Desmond and Desmond, Sacramento. PICYA Commodore Bill Gargan of the Sausalito Yacht Club was our Opening Day commanding officer.

The Monday, May 13th PICYA Opening Day on the Bay Awards Dinner was held at the Oyster Point Yacht Club.

The “Best Overall” Ward Cleaveland Award went to Glen Krawiec of the Island Yacht Club in his boat “Firecracker”.

In “Powerboats Decorated to Theme”, first place went to Mark Christiansen of the Emeryville Yacht Club in “Fiat Lux”, second place to the Fowler family of Northwest Outboard Trailer Sailors in “Downtime”, and third place to George Zdasiuk & Julie Fouquet of the San Jose Sailing Club in “Point of Aries”.

In “Sailboats Decorated to Theme”, first place went to Rick & Jill Raduziner of the Tahoe Yacht Club in “Lickety Split”, second place to Joseph Perez of the San Jose Sailing Club in “Kabunza”, and third place to Alan Test of the International Fellowship of Rotarians, in “Scraft”.

In “Any Boat Decorated to Theme by Juniors of PICYA Member Clubs”, first place went to “Anabel” of the South Beach Yacht Club, second place to Graham Biehl of the St. Francis Yacht Club in “Hathor”, and third place to Jack O’Loughlin of the San Jose Sailing Club in “Slainte”.

In “PICYA Club Fleet Decorated with Flags and Streamers”, first place went to the St. Francis Yacht Club, second place to the Classic Yacht Association and third pace to the Aeolian Yacht Club.

In the “Any Undecorated” category, first place went to Rouben Potoukian of the South Beach Yacht Club in “Kachina”, second place went to John Graves of the Club at Westpoint in “Grunion”, and third place to James Pennington of the Presidio Yacht Club in “Venture”.

The next scheduled event of the summer season is the PICYA Lipton Cup series. This series is the result of a visit in 1913 by Sir Thomas Lipton, who intended to field a 12 meter boat to compete with a boat during the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915. However, the beginning of World War I made this impractical. Cup races in Lipton’s name were raced in 1916, 1918, 1919 and 1920.

The last three races were won by John Hanify. He presented his Lipton’s Cup Award to the Olympic Club in San Francisco for display, but tragically, Hanify lost his life in rough seas in 1922 and this ended interest in this racing class along with knowledge of where the Lipton Trophy was located. It was “lost” for 40 years, and “discovered” in the display case of the Olympic Club by Paul Marcucci of the San Francisco Yacht Club. It was returned to PICYA after a negotiation and a new Deed of Gift was written with the approval of the Lipton Estate effective September 1st, 1960. The original Lipton Cup was destroyed by heat in the St. Francis Yacht Club fire of 1976. It was irreplaceable, so a modern sailboat replica was substituted.

Last year PICYA, in conjunction with the St. Francis Yacht Club and the Richmond Yacht Club, developed an entirely different race format for the Lipton’s Cup races.

Ten PICYA member yacht clubs will compete in identical J-22 sailboats donated by the St. Francis Yacht Club, and hosted by the Richmond Yacht Club. These boats will compete in a three day event taking place the weekend of June 14-16, 2018. These ten clubs are the Richmond Yacht Club, St. Francis Yacht Club, Sequoia Yacht Club, Encinal Yacht Club, South Beach Yacht Club, Berkeley Yacht Club, Inverness Yacht Club, San Francisco Yacht Club, Corinthian Yacht Club and Tahoe Yacht Club. If any of these clubs drops out, the race committee will be accepting entrants from other yacht clubs to replace those dropping out.

Friday, Racing for the Admirals Cup starts off the StFYC race deck and finishes outside the breakwater near RYC. Skippers must be female. Events of the day: • Competitor ferry from RYC to StFYC – 0900 hrs • Competitors’ Briefing at StFYC – 1200 hrs • Warning signal — 1400 hrs • Friday’s trophies at RYC • RYC regular Friday dinner service available Saturday, Racing for the Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Trophy will be held in the Southampton Shoal area. Events of the day: • Competitors’ Briefing at RYC – 0900 hrs • First warning signal – 1100 hrs • After racing at RYC: • Stand up paddleboard racing in the RYC harbor • Saturday trophies • Regatta dinner at RYC • Liar’s dice tournament Sunday, Racing for the Larry Knight Trophy starts in the Southampton Shoal area and finishes off the StFYC race deck. Skippers must be age 60 or older. Events of the day: • Competitor ferry from StFYC to RYC – 0900 hrs • Competitors’ Briefing at RYC – 1100 hrs • Warning signal – 1300 hrs • After racing at StFYC: • Trophy presentation Dinner will be available in the Grill Room For questions you can contact the Regatta Chair Kim Desenberg of the Richmond Yacht Club [email protected]

OYC members are invited to join the activities as spectators and can make reservations with the respective yacht club sponsors for their end of day cocktail hours and dinners. Last year’s events were a blast, so all are invited to participate!

The submission deadline for the PICYA Foundation Scholarship Awards this year is Friday, June 15, 2018. PICYA will award four $2500 scholarships to graduating high school students or college students wishing to continue their education in approved institutions of higher learning. To be considered, applicants must be students whose parents, grandparents, guardians or mentors are members of a yacht club belonging to PICYA. Scholarship guidelines and application forms can be found on the PICYA website, www.PICYA.org under “Scholarship Program 2019 Overview”. Scholarship will be presentedto the winners at the PICYA Delegates Dinner in August.

RBOC:

RBOC was established by PICYA in partnership with SCYA (Southern Yachting Association) 51 years ago. RBOC has protected and enhanced boating interests on legislation and regulations that impact every aspect of boating. RBOC has a Board of Directors composed of appointed yacht club members from both northern and southern California yacht clubs who dedicate their time and energy to supporting laws which favor the boating public and also being in opposition to laws, organizations and movements which seek to curb the rights of boaters to enjoy the navigable waters of California. All Directors pay their own expenses and dedicate their time without remuneration to see that the rights of boaters continue to be protected. Most recently RBOC’s efforts include:

Supporting the timely completion and publication of the recent legislative audit investigating BCDC’s questionable enforcement activities, and adherence to its mission, funding and operational needs and structure.

Opposing the California “WaterFix”, that, as revised to now one tunnel, would still significantly impede navigation and harm Delta recreational boating activities.

Urging Governor Newsom to appoint a Deputy Director of the Dept. of Boating and Waterways, who has the vision, leadership, authority, oversight, accountability and transparency to ensure that boating programs and services are continued and enhanced.

Supporting legislation to provide that a sport fishing license is issued for 12 consecutive months, instead of for a calendar year, as it is currently.

Supporting the goal of legislation promoting sustainable outdoor recreation as well as economic development and job growth within the outdoor recreation economy, provided that the proposed new office does not tap into boater funds utilized for other programs.

Also RBOC southern California Directors attended public workshops on May 9th and 19th in Newport Beach and provided commentary to prevent new copper reduction programs that would mandate boat paint conversions, hull cleaning best management practices, hull cleaning certification programs and education programs. Key points they communicated were that no toxicity has ever been found to be associated with copper in the last 8 years in Lower Newport Bay. The City engaged in studies to measure the presence of toxicity associated with elevated copper concentrations.

Significant management actions taken by the State that will lower dissolved copper in the Bay. The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) adopted new regulations that began July 1, 2018 and will be in full effect by July 2020.

The new regulations put limits on copper concentrations in anti-fouling paints that are expected to reduce dissolved copper concentrations by 30% after about five years as boats convert to the new copper paints over time. Copper sources outside the bay are expected to be reduced through the brake pad initiative.

In 2010, SB 346 was adopted, and required the reformulation of brake pads to reduce their copper content, which is believed to contribute about 50% of the copper in urban runoff. That reduction in copper loading from the watershed is expected to be effective within the next five years.

The regional board needs to work with the state to develop paint formulations that provide the needed anti-fouling while meeting standards, in the event that the copper concentrations in the State approved paints create an environmental concern. Boat paints are regulated by the state. The City, County or other agencies do not control the decision of an individual boat owner in the selection of legal copper based paints. The State has invested significantly in the two copper reduction initiatives mentioned above.

Boaters urge the regional board to postpone the basin plan amendment and to have the State examine the effectiveness of the current reduction efforts over the next five years prior to requiring further actions that may not be necessary.

Further information may be found on the RBOC website at www.rboc.org.

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June Meetings These meetings are open to all members. Your attendance is encouraged and welcome.

6/18 Race Committee 6:00 pm Regatta Room 6/6 House Committee 6:00 pm Regatta Room none Membership Committee 6:30pm Regatta Room 6/13 Harbor Committee 6:00 pm Regatta Room 6/20 BOD Meeting 6:30 pm Regatta Room

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Amateur Radio – Rich Beckett Parliamentarian – Kim Lonie

Budget & Finance – Brad Budinger PICYA & RBOC – Maggie Sabovich

Cruise – Dave & Michelle Opheim Racing – Debby Ratto

Education & Safety – Angelo Perata Reciprocity – Julie Cheng

Harbor – Brad Budinger Reconfiguration – Jim Labbe

House – Keith Dines Risk Management – Vacant

Library – Len Cardoza Seascape – Marlene Dines

Membership – Mike Bennett Social – Kristiana Brown

Merchandise – Michelle Leonard Staff Commodore – Greg Lonie

Nominating – Tom West Webmaster – Vacant

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June Birthdays

Mary Holden 1-Jun Hetty Tulloss 1-Jun Art White 1-Jun Laura Cheever 3-Jun Bill Mohr 4-Jun Ted Crum 6-Jun Heidi Schmidt 6-Jun Michele Courneya 8-Jun Sharon Stock 9-Jun Scott Weems 11-Jun Cliff Kramer 12-Jun Tony Garvin 12-Jun Allison Shuttleworth 12-Jun Maggie Plageman 13-Jun Deborah Sneed 15-Jun Craig TeStruth 15-Jun Diane Hougland 15-Jun Frank Stevenson 16-Jun Edward Melaika-S/C 17-Jun Philippa Wheeler 23-Jun Mari Campbell 24-Jun Marti Vattuone 26-Jun Kim Armstrong 30-Jun Cornelia Gould 30-Jun

Seascape is written by the members of the Oakland Yacht Club, for the members of the Oakland Yacht Club. Articles, photos, and event flyers are due to the editor before the 4th week of each month. For additional information contact Commodore Phil Davies at [email protected].