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there were quite a few protests. negligable and so that no place is South Shore Host But due to the Penguin fleet's last as a result, the penalty is as unique method of penalizing, the above, but the percent loss is 40. fouls had no effect on the results. Class III - If position is lost, the To Penguin Regional Their system makes fouls some• penalty is 4 points or 80% of the thing to be avoided, but not ruin- first place points whichever is the eous. It has merit from other fleets greater. Boats that foul lose their Championship Races and warrants some explaination. bonus points which are .7 of a point for first, .3 for second, and .1 for From the preparations that were For Penguins, there are three de• third. Points are scored: one for •made for it, it would seme that it grees of fouls. Class I - If the of• finishing and one for each boat fending boat does not interfere was a complete surprise to the beaten. with, or put to disadvantage any South Shore Yacht Club that the other contestant, the penalty is the After the races the 6th district 6th Regional 1951 Penguin Cham• loss of not less than two points or held a meeting at which Robert pionships were held there Sunday, 20% of the points the winning boat Pegel of the Columbia Yacht Club, receives, whichever is the greater. was elected Region Vice President October 21st. Class 11 - If the offending boat does for 1952, succeeding William F'raser Now ordinarily fanatical sailors hinder another, but the effect is of the Racine Yacht Club. stop racing their boats about the middle of September and put them The final standings: away in mid-October. They consid• Skipper Points Yacht Club er the water a little cold when it Tony Herrmann 59.8 Racine .gets down to a few degrees above M. Neilson 54.3 Chicago Corinthian freezing. Fall is for watching foot• J. Downing 54 Columbia ball games, especially via television G. Comer 48 Jackson Park where it is warm. But not these W. Fraser • 43.2 Racine Penguin sailors. Most of them R. Smith 37.1 Columbia lead psudo-normal lives in the sum• L. Corsiski 35.1 Racine mer sailing less rugged boats like Al. Meske 32 South Shore Stars or Thistles, but when the V. Houdek 30 Racine frost comes on the pumpkin the Mr. F. Blatt 24 Columbia Hyde comes upon them and they R. Pegel 16 Columbia ^ ' take to sailing these small center- R. Thomas 12 South Shore boarders. R. Wilt - 9 Jackson Park B. Caraher Jackson Park Evidently their definition of "cold water" is a little different than the average man's. In fact, if the stuff didn't get hard as it be• comes tepid, they would be sailing all winter. East Side e^ocet In contrast to the usual 30-35 mile an hour breeze for these races, the series at South Shore this year was sailed in comparative light air "Serving the Lake Shore" —about 10 to 12 miles an hour. The 1816 No. Farwell Ave. weather was threatening both from rain and an advertised small gale CHARLIE KOTOVIC, Skipper of the "PEGGY" that was supposed to get up to six• ty miles an hour—too much for even these fellows. Accordingly, the races were all run in the morn• ing in an effort to get them over bofore the bad weather struck. In- rHently, it didn't, the afternoon was sunny. J OYS Headquarters for A fourteen boat fleet raced in• SAILS and BOAT side the breakwater off the yacht club. The courses were windward leeward with the wind cooperating SUPPLIES to the extent of giving the fleet a Buy with confidence from our complete line of beat up the length of the long, nar• Marine hardware, rigging, rope, paint, glues, row harbor. One of the youngest, covers, and boating accessories of all kinds. if not the youngest, skippers won— Tony Herrmann with Jim Rooney as crew from the Racine Yacht club; N. Neilson from Chicago Cor• inthian, was second, and J. Down• JOYS BROS. CO. ing from Columbia, third. Sailmakers Since 1844 .As might be expected from such 129 N. Water SIreol • MilwaukM 2, Wltcontln a large fleet sailing in close waters. October, 1951 SSYC Compass Page 3

ABOVE IS what is known in the photographic world as an abortive at• tempt at pictorial composition. In any event, it is supposed to be a shot of the crew that has done most of the work on our new addition. From lefi to right. Farmer Nowack, Bill Dreher, Bones Meyers, Bud Schweitzer, and down at the bottom doing his best to please the photographer, is Lyle Thompson. Any one want to hire a good photographer?

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South Shore's 1851 season ended and finished in front of the club with two races on Sept. 9. We had house and the finish of the first Main Brace a good turnout, about 12 boats, and four boats was very close. Walker's We have two important cele• due to the lack of activity in the Quest won again, this time sailing brations coming up which will Star and National fleets, we were the entire race with a reef. Harold v/arrent considerable planning. Al honored by the presence of Phil Lemke's Valkyrie was second, with Nickel will be entering his thirtieth Nickerson, who sailed Milt Arm• Sparky, Hall and Jelnick, third. It year as financial secretary this strong's Impromptu and John looked like Phil Nickerson would year. Incidently, he states, and he Christianson, who saild Bad Penny. bring Impromptu in second, but un- means it, that this will be his last The weather was ideal for racing, fortunatly, he was on a port tack year. We will probably want to with a heavy southeast wind that when two boats approached on star• give him a party bigger than the blew around 20 all day. board — well, that's life. coming open house. Harold Walker, of MYC, finished The hard luck man in the series In 1953 the Queens Cup will be the season with a bang by winning was Art Hoernke, who had the mis• one hundred years old. It is now both races. McCormick's Trade fortune to pull off one of his jump• tbo oldest yachting trophy in the Wind was second in the morning er struts with his spinnacker in the V/ORLD. It'is not too early to start race and Milt Armstrong's Im• morning race. Nothing daunted. Art n^annmg our Queen's Cup celebra- promptu, third. Milt was disquali• sailed in with his jib, took out his tirn. fied, however, because they carried spar and went to South Milwaukee Your Editor should like to make a crew of four. Phil Nickerson, not to have it welded and then put his one comment on the recent election. being able to find a sitter for his spar back in in time for the after• If the fellows in the small boat little boy, took him along for the noon race. So what happend? His fleet think they are not getting a ride. crew put up his spinnacker upside b'-eakwhen it comes to representa• The afternoon race was started down! tion among our officers and direc• The season's s tanding follow: tors, it's too darn bad. The way they Valkyrie H. Lemke SSYC 48 stay away in droves when it comes to election time, they would never Trade Wind M. McCormick SSYC 38 be able to elect a dog catcher. That's enough about our new of• Sparky Hall-Jelnick SSYC 361/4 ficers, small boat owners or not, Quest H. Walker MYC 351/2 they look like good ones.

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Tashtego Dave Telander MYC 20 The Cover... IN ORDER to give the Penguins a Chewink R. Becker MYC 19 n, 111 e post-cbitum publicity, the Debra A. Hoernke SSYC 18 Etafi of the South Shore Yacht Club Compass have decided to put a pic• Barb G. Skrivner MYC 17 ture of one on the cover. We also want our readers to know that you Alert W. Krogstad SSYC 8 do net have to own a "Q" boat to Impromptu M. Armstrong SSYC 7 gst cn the cover of this great pub- Doodlebug M. Ruess SSYC 4 Hcation. If you want to know all about the Penguins, read the ar• Lea Fred Becker MYC 3 ticles about them in this issue. You Tosa J. Carl _ MYC , 2. ' can't of ford to miss it. AL HUNDT MOTOR CO.

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ABOVE ARE the winners of the Penguin Regatta, from Racine. South Shore sailors didn't look too good hcl:" ai our club on Sunday, Oct. 21st. From left to in this regatta. The best we got was Al Meske's 8th. lighi^ J. Downing of Columbia, who won third place; Our pce in the hole, Pete Tanger, was not allowed Tony Hsimsnn ci Racine, the winner; M. Neilson, to sail because his rudder was an inch too big. Talk Chiccgo Corinthian, second; and handing Tony the about Star boatsl Ircphy, Williem Fraser, the regional vice-president

that Jack would walk off with the Star fleet decided to try the practically everything. He was up Bavier System of point scoring this Star Stuff front there so many times that it year. The percentage figures in the seemed a habit. All we can say is, last column are the results under The South Shore division of the it won't happen again, it better not. it. It is the score of those boats who Milwaukee Star fleet did not do so With the Manana getting a new entered the required number of well this year. We were in there sail for next year, at least your races to qualify or 16 out of a pos• pitching, but we could not bring Editor wil have no more excuses. sible 26. home very much bacon. The top Ho will probably need them just When, and if, the spirit or energy honors go across the bay to Jack as much for the coming year as for moves the Compass Editor, he will Van Dykes Sea Skate. Our Hank this one past. show how this new scoring system Schroeder did the best for the boats Hilary Smart, by winning the affects the results as compared to hereby coming in second for the eliminations, is this year's Fleet our older one. We are endebted to Milwaukee Fleet Championship and Champion—about the only thing Eldred Stephenson and the Univer• Eldred Stephenson was third. Van Dyke didn't win, but he got sity of Cornell for these Bavier re• No one really had to have the second. sults. season's results tablulated to know As our readers may remember. The season's standing:

Milwaukee Y. C. South Shore Fleet Season Series Series Champion Championship (place) (place) (place) (per cent)

Sea Skate 1 1 • 2 • .915 Havoc 2 5 3 .812 Tom Boy 3 7 .778

Resolute 4 4 • .817 ,

Manana 6 6 .782 Diana 8 5 Hilarius 2 1 Nohaba 3

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THE ELECTION is over and here are the people's right. That grim face must be a product of the wordly choice; the new club officers and the board of direc• cares of big business in connection with the operation tors. Most of these clowns are familiar to the mem- oi the Gas company. The coach, you know, has left the beri, or should be, they have been around long enough. cloistered life of the teaching profession. Behind the The" gentleman seated second from the right, may need grin and the bow tie is the commodore. Well, that ah introduction—he is Bernard Olsen, now a delegate should be enough about this bunch. They gave the to the L.M.Y.A. Power Squadron. Some of our readers photographer too much trouble taking this picture may not recognize the fellow standing second from the anyway.

photo montague, one of the largest. According to the committee, the S^^>^Thc Gas Tank grand opening promises to be one of the biggest affairs the club has OO^^si^ij^-^-^ by Lyle Thompson ever seen. I don't think I'm alone in not being able to wait, m be Greetings—After a couple of is• Between Billy Dreher and "Farm• seeing you staggering around!! And sues of leisure, here I am again with er" Nowack, the job is coming along when you get tired of standing— some line of that bilge wash. nicely. The grand opening will be you can rest your aft on one of the The hottest item on the list is the coming along sliortly. Henry Roes- sectional davenports. new enormous, magnificent booze ler has come up with the ideal hall being added to the clubhouse. name for the new place—the The election of officers has come Since I last wrote a column, it has "Hel'm Room!!" Sort of nautical, and gone and the incumbent of• come a long way, at this time the huh? The bar will be the only one ficers were all re-elected with the finishing touches are being put on. of its kind in the city and the addition of three new directors, who were Bill Schoendorf, Bill Dreher and Hank Roesler. If the past year has been any indication of things to come, we can expect great things this coming year. Best of ARTHUR J. SKELDING luck to the officers and the new di• rectors! At present, most of the boats are out of the water with stil some to come out. It's going to be interest• Yacht Insuracne ing to see where they cram them. I understand the boys from across the bay have last choice. "Skipper" Jack Bahy hit the jackpot last week. He became the Specialist proud papa of a bouncing baby boy. Best of wishes to you, Jack and Ginny. • * • • From what I can gather so far, this club's winner's dinner is going to be held December 15th at the 633 N. Water St. BR 2-7680 Circus Room of the Hotel Wiscon• sin. They've even twisted the (Continued on page 7) October, 1951 SSYC Compass Page 7 Gas Tank . . . on Monday nights and Lee's on that he's never had such a soft Thursday nights—both at 9:00. If touch—heh heh! (Continued from page 6) you get a chance, come out and I think that this would be a good Glee Club's arm into rendering a root! opportunity to suggest a couple few numbers. We are still looking for a good new names for boats. They are— One more "Q" boat has been add• used piano for the downstairs dance George Weigert's boat, the "Snor• ed to the three already adorning hall . . . the ad in the last issue kel" ... I think somebody will ap• the premises. Walter Heineken has didn't do much good, so let's get preciate that . . . and Dan Trunk's, his "Hornet" up at South Shore this with it!! We really could use one. the "Desire"—a street car you winter. I understand that he plans The price . . . hauling it away! know!! on doing most of his racing here Next spring it's going to be in• As a closing note, I'd like to sug• next summer. That's what we like teresting to see who is working on gest that we all drop Ed Tully's to hear . . . what boat with Louie's yacht brok• son a card as he still is in a bad The South Shore dartball season erage doing a bang up business. way with his bad back. is almost with us again and Al and That means that a lot of members Well, that's about it, so be good, Erv. Nichels are busy organizing will be showing up with larger and I'll be seeing you at the grand team.s and a new board and darts, boats. opening!! etc. Looks like a great season as Gil Betts returned from a couple we are looking for a big turnout, months cruise a couple of weeks so let's see you down on Friday ago and he looked like he had a nights if you are interested in rough time. I hear tell that he is throwing a few darts around. laboring in the tugs now . . . That Right here I'd like to recognize sounds rougher to me—. two of our generous club members Roy Taubenheim has left the who have backed a couple of bowl• ranks of teaching and is working ing teams. They are Len Brill and for a railroad engineering company. Lee Hargraves. Both teams bowl He says that he's waiting for Gru- at the Lake View lanes . . . Len's bie to follow along, but Norm says

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"Q"s Get Weighed For Cruiser Ratings ^ John Chritianson Ted Larson, who is hotter than Considering the variations in SEASON SERIES— a two dollar pistol when he is up, their performance, it is hard to be• 1. Ken Drewry 1644 had his downs this year. Ted, who lieve that there is only 600 pounds 2. John Christianson 1630 can always find a silver lining difference between the heaviest of 3. Ted Larson 1558 around the darkest cloud, would our "Q's" Questa, and the lightest. 4. Sadie Blackwood 1547 always manage to get himself con• Lively Lady. Hope, the tenderest of 5. George Smukowski 1525 vinced that at some point of a bad the three, is only four hundred 6. Jerry Koenig 1469 race HE WAS REALLY GOING, pounds lighter than the power 7. John Niland 1424 O-BOY! This fact was always made bourse, Questa. To perhaps over 8. Mclntyre 1166 known, upon reaching the dock. simplify the case, it would appear Drewry has been racing the Gov- Things got so bad, though, that one that Lively depends on her beam nor here for about ten years. He day our boy came in off his boat for stability; Hope, her weight, and won the season's championship once and sat on the dock and just stared Questa, a little of both. before the war, then started to slip. out to sea. I had waited for years Before the season started I for this moment, but now that it Their weights are: t,.,.,.^ .r^,.^^ „ „^—^^^^ had come, I felt almost sad. Came Lively Lady 21,900 lbs. vvwLii^iii- iidVvT ^-ivc:ii ,^ jyim^t^^i^ nic• the last two races, and Larson won Hope 22,100 lbs. kel for his chances, but here we are, them, going away. So Ted came in, and there he is—on top. Ken's Questa 22,500 lbs. assembled his competitiors about crew is his wife Sarah, who smiles, him and announced with an air of In any event, it is going to be a sails and bails with a great utter superiority, "Well, I guess I'm Htlle rough on our boys when they patience, for surely all the water just faster than you guys, that's all race under the crusing rule. They in the bay passes through the Gov- there is to it." We all felt better, will all rate around 46, which nor annually. It gets in there things were back to normal. means they will have to race and through THE LEAK. scratch the big boats at the top of the "A" Class like Manatoo, Es• capade, or the 72 foot Bolero, or the 70 fot Baruna. Not exactly a lead pipe cinch.

As we understand it, there will be no Universal Class in the Mac- kinack this coming year. From the above, the reader can judge for himself how much chance the "Q's" Piano Wonfed will have. Sabre, being longer than the allowed length for a crusing boat, will not be able to race at all. The members of our South Shore Yacht Club Singing It seems to be the general opinion Group would like to locate a piano that someone will that the large Universal's racing as cruisers, will have no chance in give them for the price of hauling it away. Anyone anything except course racing. who is interested, please call Louie at SH 4-9S69. Whether this move is a good one for yaciiting uii llie Great Lakes, is a matter of opinion. But it certain• ly shows that, in the minds of some, this class is no longer active enough to get recognition in one of the most important races of the year.

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