Volume 54, Number 7, July 2021 Latitude: 30°32’29”N Longitude: 87°54’14”W
From the Commodore Our Juniors doing what they do best! Happy Independence Day, everyone, and FYC hosted the US Sailing Area D Junior we’ve burned through half a year already! I TChamphionshipe Qua lifieMr for junior saailorsi, agensheet hope you’re enjoying the club to the best of 13-18. Area D consists of Alabama, Arkansas, your ability. The options continue to grow, thanks to many volunteers in the member - Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, ship. Thanks to Entertainment Chair Jason North & South Carolina. This qualifier deter - Harrelson monthly Porch Socials have mines the champions from our area who will returned, along with Dive-In Movies at the attend the Chubb U. S. Junior Championship pool for the family. At the time of this writing, at Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA in we are gearing up for a big luau and beach August. party for the 4th! Member Sue Cummings will be hosting Ballroom Dancing lessons from 7-8 The Championship is comprised of three on Tuesdays, beginning July 13. Waterfront fleets: singlehanded, doublehanded, and triple Director Holly Murray is leading Adult Sailing handed. The singlehanded fleet (Smythe Trophy) was raced on the Laser Classes on selected weeknights, and our Radial. The doublehanded fleet (Bemis Trophy) was raced on the c420. The Sunday Sailors are out every Sunday after - triplehanded fleet was raced on the Viper 640. The top two winners in the single noon like clockwork. and doublehanded fleets go up the ladder to the Chubb US Junior Speaking of sailing, I want to thank Rear Commodore Mark McCullins, Regatta Chair Championship. The first place triple handed boat climbs the ladder. Ann Hartwell and all of our volunteers for We had several juniors from FYC compete in this event. Chandler Taloney hosting our sixth successful regatta of the competed on the laser. Emily Allen, Ava Cocke, Cruz Dabney, Aidyn James, Joe year, the US Sailing Junior Championship Comer, Nate Hartwell and Alec Ward Qualifier. Late June is not an ordinary time competed on the c420. we host races, and we kept it together well. That particular regatta has quirky require - This year, FYC and the GYA will be ments, and it forced us to have nearly as represented at the Championship by Ava many committee and support boats on the Cocke and Nate Hartwell. If you see water as we had competitors. Overall, it was a these sailors, be sure to wish them luck job very well done, plus we had a team of our in Marblehead. own qualify for the final in Marblehead! AreaD photos - Ann Hartwell and Heidi Ward Even with the heat, we have no shortage of projects on the schedule. Harbor dredging should commence later this month. Zeta filled in key areas in and around our harbor and the Tempus Fugit dredging project will help to resolve these In the early days when we issues. Please take note, while dredge opera - were the youngest club on tions continue, the boat ramp will be the bay, our Juniors found CLOSED ON WEEKDAYS . I apologize for the inconvenience and we will strive to com - they were able compete plete the project as quickly as possible. In with the best of the GYA. addition to dredging, the harbor dock rebuild Captained by the late Bob is nearly complete, just in time for Hurricane Bung, FYC Juniors won a Season. Since we are now in it, boat owners please take time to review our harbor;’s hurri - pair of Junior Lipton cane plan and your responsibilities within it. Challenges in the early Our plan’s success depends upon all of us. Fifties. On Fish Class 11, Beyond that, keep cool, stay safe and be Bob skippered a company excellent to each other. Scott Hartwell of eager young Fairhopers Commodore to well-earned victories!
Are you ready for Hurricane season? The Mainsheet is published The Layline ~ Sailing Director Holly Murry monthly by the Fairhope Yacht Club, a member of try or even just refresh some the Gulf Yachting Association and skills just contact United States Sailing Association. Circulation includes all Fairhope Yacht Club members and GYA affiliated clubs. The Mainsheet, Fairhope Yacht Club, P.O. Box 1327, Fairhope, AL 36533, or e-mail to [email protected] by the 20th of the month prior to publica - tion. This has been and exciting summer packed full of new BRIDGE sailors in our camps. Our Commodore - Scott Hartwell counselors are doing a fantas - [email protected]. Vice Commodore - Philip Durant Rear Commodore - Mark McCullins We’ll be happy to get you started! Fleet Captain - John Buziak I still Fleet Surgeon - Dr. Robbie Rux have Secretary - Tracy Hirsh just a Treasurer - Kay Robberson few BOARD OF GOVERnORS spots John Adams open in Elizabeth McGriff session Jeff Valentine tic job of keeping the sailors 4 of our Carl Wegener engaged and learning during sum - Don Faircloth the two week session. mer camp. If you know of any - Dan Beasley Steve Sararese one that may be interested please direct them to me. COMMITTEE CHAIRS Memorial Pat Colvin Entertainment Jason Harrelson Building & Grounds Bob Kayser Insurance/Marine Safety David Barr Harbor Tracy Hirsh Associates PC Gary Garner Membership David Roberts We are excited about the Offshore Don Faircloth interest in our adult classes. Cruising Bob Knapp We are sailing Tuesday and Sailing Director Holly Murray Adult Sailing Holly Murray Thursday evenings till July 15. Race & Regatta Mark McCullina Our Jr Lipton team will be Junior Commodore Robert Montgomery preparing for some action Juniors Advisor Ann Hartwell packed weekends before the Historians PC Barbara Brown championship at the end of Sarah Johnston-Cox Guardian John Adams July. They will be attending GYA Coordinator John Buziak Meigs and Summer regattas to Mainsheet Editor nancy Fitzpatrick help them prepare. We wish Long Range Planning them the best of luck! ICRC TBD FYC Auxiliary Linda Fontenot We still have a few spots left if you would like to give sailing a
Office : Mon-Fri 8:00am-12:00, 1:30-4:30pm Phone: 251-928-3276 Fax: 251-990-8602 Email : [email protected] Club Office: 101 Volanta, Fairhope AL 36532 Mailing Address: Box 1327, Fairhope AL 36533 Web address: www.fairhopeyachtclub.com From the Junior Commodore Summer is finally here! Junior Sailing Championship. the beginning of summer and Summer Sail Camp got off to a In July, we will finish out our they can’t wait to race come great start and it’s hard to Summer Sail Camp. July 24! believe it’s already more than Our Junior Lipton Team will We are excitd for the next halfway over. Every session so travel to Southern Yacht Club session of camp and hope to far has had an incredible for the Junior Lipton have a great month. turnout. On June 25-26, FYC Challenge regatta. The Team Happy Independence day! hosted the 2021 Area D has been practicing every Robert Montgomery Singlehanded & Doublehanded Tursday and Thursday since FYC Junior Commodore Juniors sail Capdevielle Regattas In June our Juniors and Capdevielle Team traveled to Panama City for the Candler Regatta. It was a very long windy weekend. FYC has the white spinnaker with the pink stripe and the solid blue spinnaker.
FYC Pool Rules 1. Swim at your own risk. No life - wear a swim diaper. weather. guard on duty. 8. No diving. 16. Pool lounge chairs and furniture 2. Only FYC members and guests 9. No running, pushing, dunking, must remain in the pool area and accompanied by FYC members are rough play or unsafe activities in may not be used elsewhere on the permitted to use the pool. Guest the pool or pool area at ANY time. FYC premises. fees apply. Limit of four guests per 10. All food and trash must be 17. The pool attendant is in charge visit. picked up and placed in trash cans of safe pool operation. The instruc - 3. All members and guests must provided for this purpose. tions and directives of the atten - register with pool attendant. 11. No food or drinks in the pool. dant shall be followed immediately 4. Swimmers must shower before 12. No glass of any kind in pool and without question. entering pool. area. 18. The pool attendant has authori - 5. Children under the age of 15 13. No pets in the pool area. ty to require any person who fails must be accompanied by an adult. 14. No bicycles, skateboards, to follow pool rules or fails to com - Adults are fully responsible for chil - rollerblades, scooters, motorized ply with the attendant’s instruc - dren under their supervision at all cycles or other wheeled vehicles, tions to leave the pool area. times. except wheelchairs, in the pool 19. Club management has the 6. Proper swimwear required. area. authority to restrict or deny admis - 7. Children still in diapers must 15. Pool is closed during inclement sion to the pool area to any person. Restaurant & Bar Hours Of Operation (251-928-8888 for Dinner Reservations) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 11am-8pm Closed Closed 4pm-9pm 4pm-9pm 11am-10pm 11am-10pm July~2021 1 2 3
4 Independence 5 6 7 Membership 8 9 10 Day Meetings Luau 6:00 JrYC 2pm-dark 7:00 Equity 11 12 13 Dancing Committee Movie:The Starting Every Goonies Tuesday 14 15 16 17 7-8pm Membership 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Porch Bingo Jr Lipton Social Dancing 6:30-8:30 Challenge 5-8pm Jubilee Room SYC 25 26 27 28 Harbor 29 30 31 Jr Lipton Committee Movie: Jaws Challenge Dancing Trivia SYC Jubilee room Water Safety and you! Emergency Engine Cut-off Switches (ECOS) SAvE LivES ! On April 1, 2021 a new federal law unmanned powerboats underway went into effect that requires the will continue to turn in a circle until operator of a boat with an installed they run out of gas. If the operator Engine Cut-Off Switch (ECOS) to falls, or is ejected, out of the boat The first use the ECOS link. The link, or lan - and is not wearing an Engine Cutoff Belmont yard, is usually a coiled bungee cord Switch lanyard, they have placed Derby Party lanyard clipped onto the operator’s themselves and any passengers that person, Personal Flotation Device may have fallen or been ejected in was a great (PFD) or clothing and the other end grave danger of being hit by the boat success! attached to the cut-off switch, but or the propeller if they fall within there are plenty of variations on the the path of the circling boat. market, including electronic wireless Operators can be ejected when the devices. The law applies on all boat hits a wave, wake, takes a “Navigable Waters of the US” and sharp turn, runs into a submerged “Covered Recreational vessels” object, etc. which means any motorized boat In an accident, a moving propeller Look for more with 3 or more horsepower that is can maim, or kill, in the blink of an Derby parties less than 26 feet in length. eye and the Emergency Engine in the future! When an operator is wearing a Cutoff Switch , is a time proven Thanks to lanyard while underway (while oper - safety device used to shut down the the ating on plane or above displace - boat’s engine and stop the propellers Harrelsons ment speed), the engine will cut-off when it is activated. So wear your and the if the operator is separated from the ECOS, wear a U.S. Coast Guard operating area, an occurrence that approved life jacket, and don’t drink Valentines can happen if the operator is ejected and boat! for helping from the vessel or falls within the Bill Fallin, FSO-Marine Safety, to get it vessel. The shutdown of the engine U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary organ ized!! is essential for safety reasons. Many Restaurant & Bar Hours Of Operation (251-928-8888 for Dinner Reservations) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 11am-8pm Closed Closed 4pm-9pm 4pm-9pm 11am-10pm 11am-10pm August~2021 1 2 3 4 Membership 5 6 7 Meetings Dancing 6:00 JrYC 7:00 Equity
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Membership Knost Regatta Dancing Committee Movie: TBA PCYC
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Knost Regatta Bingo PCYC Dancing 6pm Jubilee Room 22 23 24 25 Harbor 26 27 28 Porch Committee Social Dancing Trivia-6:30 5pm Jubilee room 29 30 31 Dancing
What’s Happening at OUR Club! MONTHLY SCHEDULE grill your favorite food; club and FRiDAY, JULY 30 , 8-10pm - 1ST WEDNESDAY: JUNIOR bar will be closed. Watch the Dive In Movie: Jaws MEMBERSHIP MEETING , fireworks from the safety of our FRiDAY AUGUST 13 , 8-10pm - 6:00pm waterfront! Dive In Movie: TBA 1ST WEDNESDAY: GENERAL JULY 14/15: KNOST REGATTA MEMBERSHIP MEETING , the GYA Ladies Championship, Events Manager Linzi 7:00pm sailed at Pass Christian YC. Smith requests if you want to 2ND WEDNESDAY: JULY 18: PORCH SOCIAL w/ book a private party, please do MEMBERSHIP Committee Tim Roberts Bearded Music . so at least two weeks ahead of Meeting, 6:30pm Everything from country music to time. Contact Linzi at 928- 3RD WEDNESDAY: BINGO in pop, absolutely amazing vocal tal - 3276 or events@fairhope the Jubilee Room ent. A great way to start the yachtclub.com to make sure 4TH WEDNESDAY: HARBOR evening finishing with supper it will fit on the schedule! This Committee Meeting, 6:30pm; watching the stars appear! includes selecting food items, TRIVIA in the Jubilee Room JULY 24/25: JUNiOR LiPTON beverages, and linen if needed. EVERY TUESDAY: BALLROOM CHALLENGE - At Southern Two weeks gives us the needed DANCING lessons 7-8, $5 Single, Yacht Club our Junior sailors will time to ensure every thing is $15 Couple, through August sail against the best of the GYA ordered and organized. Parties Juniors in 2 days of very competi - can be booked over the phone EVENTS SCHEDULE tive racing on Lake or in person. JULY 4: iNDEPENDENCE Pontchartrain. If you have ideas for club- DAY LUAU - Them Again - AUGUST 22: PORCH SOCIAL wide events, please check with 2pm-9pm. Them Again playing on Talent to be announced . the staff or the Bridge to make the beach, 3 sets of music, fire MOviES iN THE POOL! sure your event does not con - dancer, shrimp boil (while it FRiDAY, JULY 16 , 8-10pm - flict with regattas or other lasts), providing grills for you to Dive In Movie: The Goonies events. HOW TO SURvivE A RiP CURRENT Relax. Rip currents don’t pull you under. A rip current is a natural treadmill that travels an average speed of 1-2 feet per sec - ond, but has been measured as fast as 8 feet per second — faster than an Olympic swimmer. Trying to swim against a rip current will only use up your energy; energy you need to sur - vive and escape the rip current. Do NOT try to swim directly into shore. Swim along the shoreline until you escape the current’s pull. When free from the pull of the current, swim at an angle away from the current toward shore. If you feel you can’t reach shore, relax, face the shore, and call or wave for help. Remember: if in doubt, don’t go out! If at all possible, only swim at beaches with lifeguards. If you choose to swim on beaches without a lifeguard, never swim alone. Finally, google Rip Current Survival Guide. It’s a short 3 minute video that could save your life. You’ll find the link to this video on the FYC Facebook page as well. ~ Your FYC Safety Committee
Building and Grounds Report ~ Bob Kayser Volunteer Work Day a Huge Success! More than 20 Members and chain fence adjacent to the new complete, and this group worked Associate Members turned out golf cart parking area. The new tirelessly to get the job done. bright and early on a steamy fence was needed to discourage Chef Kevin provided the group Saturday, June 12, to lend time parking on the lawn and damag - with a great lunch of burgers and and talent to taking care of our ing the waterlines and new data beer courtesy of the Commodore. Club. In just one morning, the cables that run through that Heartfelt thanks to everyone who group planted a number of sego area. Thank you to Chad Smith pitched in! palms at the entrance to the for donating the chain!! Member parking lot, hand weed - We were also able to complete June Membership ed many of the flower beds and the replacement of fencing and Committee Report foundation plantings around the gates at both the garbage dump - Club, cleaned up the remnants of ster and the kitchen delivery Invited fromTransitional concrete left by the sidewalk entrance. Special thanks goes to to Associate Membership replacement contractor and care - Chuck Codding, Bill Cleveland, Elizabeth Pond fully pruned the dead wood from Ken Suda and John Buddagriff for Invited to Associate the camellias on the north side of their hard work on this project! Membership: the club. Meanwhile, John Because of the extensive damage Kendall Wahlert Buddagriff headed up a crew that to the gates, this project took a Heath Bailey installed the new posts for the number of days in the hot sun to Winthrop Turner John Wilson Safety and First Aid~ David Barr Eric Buckner Terry Defee FYC now has an industrial First Aid Michael Acker Cabinet; this is exactly what is needed Frank Stickney with the number of members that we Jordan Levey have. First Aid components are pack - Dennis Gum aged & color coded to speed the First Frank Wendling Aiders selection & response. The color Hannah King coded guide assists treatment too. Also William Goodrich the color coding facilitates inventory Invited to Out-Of-Area replenishment when packets are used. Non-Equity Membership: The white metal cabinet is mounted Carol Megathlin on the N. wall in the N.W. corner of the Michael Rooney room that the bar is located in. So go Baldwin Brown find it so that you will know where it is should you need it. It looks like the white metal medicine cab - Welcome Aboard inet at grandma’s house only there is no mirror on the front & David Roberts no slot to deposit used razor blades. Membership Chair Sunday racing 6/6: A blustery day for sure! going to materialize but there SIX boats braved the 20+ mph was plenty of wind for a race! gusts and made their way out Winds out of the SW and some to the starting line at the E darkness in the skies to the mark. Winds were steady enough in the higher range to see some reefing in some of the boats as they all prepared for a fast race. Course was set at E- SE-SW-NE-E, and a fast race it was! The predicted 90% chance of rain was avoided. Almost every one finished under 1 hour from their start race. What started out as a time! morning with absolutely no wind, built as race time south, and a lot of red and yel - approached to an afternoon of low on the radar down there, winds steady at 15-18 with dictated a course of X-SW-NW- gusts to 25 out of the SW. Rain NE-X. Four boats checked in to was predicted but never mate - race and three came out and rialized out on the water. The made their way around the course was set at X-SW-NW- course in steady 15-18 kts NE-X. Five of the ten boats fin - winds with the occasional gust ished the race! to 25 kts. Extra crew on the 6/20: The small craft warning rail was definitely appreciated had expired and the predicted by those that had it! rain didn't look like it was 6/13: Quite a few hardy sailors made their way down and debated the lack of wind and the predictions of winds in the 5mph range but by race time, it was clear that the winds were going to be much higher! Would they last? Indeed they did! Ten boats checked in to
Congratulations to all the winners from 2021 Series 1! This series ran from Feb 2021 until the end of April. The series included lots of HARBOR good wind, great weather and cool temps! Winners REPORT were determined using the high point scoring system Just a gentle and the order was clear ... up until the last race! reminder that When the points were added up, the winners were Hurricane Season Rick Skinner, on SKeDADDLE, was 3rd with 16pts. is with us again! Please A THREE-WAY tie for make sure all your lines 2nd at 20pts apiece, saw prizes going are secure and prepara - to Jack Ardrey on Gypsy Wind, Dave tions are made. Do not Strickland on Tigress and Ed Manes wait until the last minute. on Alouette. The FYC Hurricane Terri Loftin Procedure can be found and her on the web site. crew showed them how it's done with her If you can’t access the 25 point, 1st place win on MOJO! website, please ask the Great job to everyone and THANK YOU to Office to provide you FYC Fleet Captain John Buziak for being with the Procedure. there to distribute the trophies! Please support the Members whose Ads support the Mainsheet
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