VOLUME III / ISSUE 4 JULY/AUGUST 2005 the One If by Land
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VOLUME III / ISSUE 4 JULY/AUGUST 2005 The One if by Land... We take pride in the uniqueness and innovations of our new state-of the-art facility which enables us to do so much Bianchi Honda more for our customers. This is just part of our commitment to excellence 8430 Peach St. that has made us the #1 customer 868-9678 service satisfaction dealer in our 5 state 114 dealership zone since 1997. www.BianchiHonda.com ...the One if by Sea. We are also proud of our 35 year association with the EYC and it’s membership. On the Cover... Yachting Hawaiian Style .................... 4 One of Chad Allenbaugh’s fleet, the Yacht Elara, sailing off Diamond Head Adventures with Andrew ............................ 6 in beautiful blue Hawaii. Ever Had a “Dreamboat”.........................10 Canoe House New Sailing School Home ....16 Officers Commodore Richard Vicary ............... 456-6813 [email protected] Henry the Hero ........................................ 22 Vice Commodore James Means ..... 833-4358 [email protected] What Will You Catch Next? .................................. 8 Rear Commodore John Murosky .. 456-7797 [email protected] Basin/Dock Study Report ................................... 12 Fleet Captain David Arthurs ......... 455-3935 [email protected] Erie’s Biggest Bay Bash ...................................... 14 Directors EYCRF Marine Auction ...................................... 18 P/C Andrew Hanks ............................ 476-7328 [email protected] Predict the New LOG’s Future ........................... 23 James Edgett ............................. 835-1120 [email protected] Float Plans ............................................................ 30 David Penman ............................ 474-1648 [email protected] CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS Edward Schuler ........................... 434-4724 [email protected] Richard Nagle .............................. 474-2934 [email protected] Bob McGee .................................. 838-6551 From the Bridge [email protected] Gerry Urbaniak ............................ 454-4456 Fleet Captain Dave Arthurs [email protected] Log Staff P/C John Ashby............................. 455-2757 At the time of this writing it is 49 degrees and propane heaters which can be used to take [email protected] raining. By the time you are reading this, the the chill off the evenings. There’s no better Irene Boyles ................................. 899-6606 boating season will be well under way and place for dinner or a drink. [email protected] hopefully we are enjoying sunny skies, fair The Basin Committee, which has been Jan Stachelek................................ 459-6991 winds and warm temperatures! meeting for many months, is nearing comple- [email protected] Junior Sailing is in full swing with a newly tion on a renovation plan for the docks. Sandy Will ................................... 833-0303 renovated program, classrooms and upgrad- Information will be forthcoming on the EYC [email protected] ed docks. Many thanks go out to Pete Gorny, bulletin boards as well as the Log. Also, the Matt Niemic, Holly O’Hare and their team of Commodore will be having more town hall Sue Parry.................................... 838-7740 [email protected] volunteers for the many hours of work invested. type meetings to make sure the membership The Grill Room renovation is a success is well informed and has the opportunity to Judy Emling ................................ 833-3293 based on members’ comments and increased make comments. The hundreds of man [email protected] usage but don’t forget about the deck. The hours invested in this task are a reflection of Toni Sample .......................... 864/998-9935 serving window from the bar onto the deck is the dedication of our members. This is truly [email protected] open and we have a newly added feature of what makes our Club Great. Alex Webster ............................... 323-3954 [email protected] Directory P/C Pat Geary ............................. 459-7777 Club House ......................... 453-4931 Club House Fax .................. 453-6182 [email protected] Fuel Dock/Guard House..... 456-9914 Canoe House ...................... 453-6368 Jill Robertson ............................... 833-0836 EYC Web: www.erieyachtclub.org E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] EYC Catering: Mary Tarbrake 453-4931 or [email protected] Kitty Ferrari ................................ 838-3933 [email protected] Created, Designed & Published by J.G. Ashby Advertising, Inc. 3 “Another Dock Party... again!” Captain’s Log of the Sailing Club ing, and we met other families with similar Hawai’i Yacht: ELARA interests and passion for our sport. There’s 22 February 2004 something to be said for a place where every- Passage from San Diego, CA to Honolulu, HI one comes to share in something they love. Port Arrival Hour: 23:45 Approach: Hawaii Yacht Club, Island of Oahu LAKE ERIE SAILING PREPARATION FOR Latitude: 21 Degrees, North NAVIGATING THE WORLD Longitude: 157 Degrees West My best memories come from all the Time Lapsed: 18 Days 1 Hour 22 minutes people life at the Club exposed you to, in both Passage Traveled: 2,427 nautical miles observation, learning, racing, festivities, traveled southwest off the coast of California employment, social and sailing away from it all on reaches down the bay on my 1969 20’ DOWN “THE HILL” highlander, The Graduate. When I left the It doesn’t take much traveling in the world, EYC, for college, and to direct the Boothbay to recognize how unique and special the Erie Harbor Maine Yacht Club, Sailing program, in Yacht Club is, or how fortunate one was to the early 90’s, I set sail on a voyage well have grown up learning about life and our prepared for the world of yachting, by likely sport at the EYC. As a former member of the one of the best Clubs in the world; having Club, and having taught for and lead the visited many in my travels of work in Asia, Reyburn Sailing School for 8 years as a kid, it’s Europe and the major cities of the US. The hard to shake the memories. Thousands of voyage literally was one weaving our sport days of walking down “the hill” for summers Capt. Chad. M. Allenbaugh is President, Diamond into my life. In that time I sailed around the on end, and setting sail with kids and adults Head Pacific Group, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii and a Past Member and Sailing Director, Erie Yacht Club, world; taught sailing in Japan, where I directed literally from sunrise to sunset, and more Nathaniel Reyburn Sailing School. marketing at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; often into the late twilight. All of which bring re-established the Sailing Team at Syracuse a lot of laughs and entertaining stories of our ground is in comparison to other clubs in the University; and taught sailing at Northwestern Club. The venue we have of first class slips, world you begin to appreciate how unique University at grad school. Along the way, you can actually drive to, and on a protected our Club is in the world, not to mention its memories of our Club would seep in, and bay with steady offshore breezes nightly, members and staff. The Yacht Club for me even members would pop up in areas as should not be taken for granted. When you was equally impacting as a place of family, remote as a rural Thailand sailing club, or at travel the world and see how lucky our play- where all my brothers and sisters taught sail- an airport flying to the next port of call. 4 MAGNUM, ELVIS, HAWAII 5-0, SUNSETS, SURF, HULA... NEED I SAY MORE After graduate school I set out to live where my parents honeymooned, I moved to Hawaii, to figure out why mom had always played Hawaiian music in the house and made leis out of Delaware Avenue Pennsylvania rhododendrons. But in all hon- esty after graduate school, I set out to find an entrepreneurial business environment where I could still enjoy the sport of my youth and take it to a new level of fun. I moved twice to “The Sailing Club Twin 47 Beneteau’s off Ko Olina Resort, HI.” Chicago, Annapolis, and California (and yachts, a fleet of J80’s due in early 2006, and working on a yacht for Greece). The mission are currently working on plans for establish- of these companies is to “Provide singles, ing a clubhouse, a new yacht club for Hawaii, couples, families, and company leaders with simply called The Yacht Club. Currently our the means to sail toward their dreams, Yacht Club is floating on a 37’ Navigator Tug. , visions, goals and destinations.” In short I try My company in summary answers three to make people’s dreams a reality. My clients questions for travelers and locals in Hawaii, “My trawler Renegade off the Wajnale range from entrepreneurs, to the Fortune 500, What to do? - Sail Hawaii With Us, Where to Mountain Range, HI.” to Princes; it’s a group no more eclectic than a sampling of the EYC bar. Hawaii, once after graduate school and twice after my Hawaii based company moved me LESSON FROM THE EYC; ESTABLISHING A to Manhattan and I determined as much as I NEW YACHTING CLUB IN HAWAII love New York and keep a joint venture office My father Roger Allenbaugh, a current EYC in Soho - it was the wrong island. I spent a member, and former Board Member, attend- summer on my return to Maui, obtaining a ed Strictly Sail Pacific with me in Oakland and Captain’s license, as an exclamation point to we acquired one more boat just last week for having logged the miles. I also set out to do the club, you might find us at any of the major what I always dreamed of doing when I sat in boat shows shopping or promoting The my Honolulu office, dreaming on being on the Sailing Club. If you find yourself in Hawaii, other side of the glassed walls, on the look us up at the Hawaii Yacht Club, or The turquoise ocean that taunted me from my Sailing Club at Ko Olina Resort or Kewalo “H” is for Hula! window daily.