Volume 39 Issue 9 September 2006 Commodore’s Corner And so my fellow members, way to Honduras. If you participate in a regatta at what do the names Vladimir pass inspector Hortensia no. Buccaneer Yacht Club on Kudryavtsev, Sergey No- 1 in Tegucigalpa, you Oct 21-22. Indeed, if we voletsky and Alexandr Kikot- will return to New Orleans in can assemble a crew of Khordokovsky have in com- a few weeks time, only to be Fish aficionados, there is mon? Well, you could start by sold off by Fr**t of the L**m the expectation PYC will asking our Sail Campers Mar- as ladies underwear". The be assigned one of these shall & Nicholas David, cries of "Oh, gross!" said it graceful, time-less old la- Brady and Thomas Barclay, all. dies. All interested, please Avery contact Sollber- Billy ger, Ross for Kevin an audi- Harcher tion. and Which James reminds Ernst who me and can read- most of ily explain, you these gen- probably ial gents know of Russian al- origin are the Cap- tain, Chief Officer and Chief Engineer of the ready, Billy has kindly good ship "Seaboard Ex- agreed to fill the void plorer II" and escorted our A suggestion to some of you [more like jump into the lads on a guided tour of the "more mature" sailors. Come abyss!] and replace Orhan cargo control room, engine on out on a Sunday after- on the Board in the capac- room and of course the navi- noon and join in the new ity of "One-design chair". gation bridge. Instrumentation "Small Boat Racing" informal Everybody knows of panels reminiscent of "Starship regattas. You could be as- Billy's sailing accomplish- September 2006 Enterprise" and the wondrous signed a Laser, a Sunfish, ments so....... talk about a sounds of diesel engine driven or if you are lucky like me, a natural fit! generators, combined output 420. You may sense some exceeding 1,000 stiffness and walk with an KVA, supporting great gantry unusual gait for a few days By the time you read this, cranes "tossing" 30 ton loads but the rewards coming from Spartan Building Corp in and out of the bowels of this "Yea, I can still do it!" should have thrust 200+ floating behemoth. are well worth the effort. If pilings into the outer skin PONTCHARTRAIN YACHT CLUB you can beat some of "the of our poor old, long suffer- Highlights of the kids" then, so much the bet- ing Mother Earth and the tour? [1] Joining the crew for a ter. Appreciative thanks to dream of a new clubhouse, lunch of borsch and "some sort Bob Hodges and Suzana will become a reality. Roll of spaghetti like thing" [2] sit- Williams for spearheading on April 21 2007! ting in the Captain's raised this fabulous addition to our chair [3] radar targeting river sailing programs. traffic. A distant 10th was my Yours aye analogy, "Just imagine guys, you are 500 lb bales of cotton, On the subject of maturity, Kelvin this van is a 40 ft. shipping we have been invited by the The Chart container and you are on your Fish Class Association to From The Vice Commodore - Janie Eshleman September 2nd through the 4th marks the weekend of the 87th Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Regatta, which will be held at Bay- Waveland Yacht Club. However, since Hurricane Katrina devastated some 17 clubs in the GYA and was therefore not held in 2005, I suppose this will be the 86th event! I was asked to give a brief history of the Liptons for the benefit of our newer members, and therefore offer same, with information gleaned from the race results from 1920-1999, compiled by Commo- dore Joseph Alfonso of Gulfport YC, and from The History of Southern Yacht Club, by Mrs. J. Gilbert “Flo” Scheib, who was also Secretary-Treasurer of the GYA for GYA. Our club purchased its first Scot in hun- many years. 1968 and fielded our first Lipton team in dreds of 1969-Don, Jim, and Joan King; Phil and sailors Jayne Lambke; Don Hayes, Jack Chestnut, and The Lipton trophy was given to Southern Dirk Van Duyn,and Tom Wagner. The specta- Yacht Club by Sir Thomas Lipton in 1919 regatta was held less than two weeks after tors to recognize the competition between Hurricane Camille destroyed the Gulf gather- Southern and Pensacola Yacht Club, which Coast. PYC finished dead last, overall, ing for a was sailed in Fish Class sloops. In 1920, and did not compete again until 3 day these two clubs, along with Biloxi, Bay- 1973. From 1973-1988, PYC moved up week- Waveland, Mobile, and Houston yacht through the Lipton fleet and consistently end of clubs, reorganized the Southern Gulf Coast finished as one of the top five clubs. In racing Yachting Association, (originated in 1901) 1989, we finished in FIRST PLACE out of and as the Gulf Yachting Association, to pro- a fleet of 24 – with team members Hank parties, mote inter-club racing in club-owned Saurage, Tom Baker, Karen Lorenz, Herb catching boats. As additional clubs joined the Sumrall, David Bolyard, Sr., Rusty up with GYA, more events were added to the rac- Weaver, Billy Ross, Steven Choate, and old ing calendar- Sugar Bowl (1934); Sugar Janet Miller-Schmidt (current GYA Com- friends Bowl Race of Champions (1936); Knost modore). Our team today still holds its and (1938); and Junior Liptons (1941) to name place in the top tier, and for the fifth con- making a few. In 1941, the GYA purchased the secutive year since 2002 has attended new Auguste Capdevielle Memorial trophy, to every single Capdevielle event on the ones. Some consider it to be the highlight of be presented to the club with the (then) schedule (a minimum of only 8 races is the sailing season, bringing together top skip- highest number of points in GYA spon- required), making PYC the only club in pers and crews from the GYA clubs. Take a sored events (a low point scoring system is GYA history to do so. The sailors dedi- ride to the coast to cheer on PYC’s team-I currently used). Today, there are 33 GYA cated to this pursuit forfeit their weekends believe we’re just a fraction away from first member clubs from Houston to St. Peters- and family time to be the “road warriors” place in the series – and a Lipton win could burg, whose racers compete in 16 inter- for our club, and are to be commended for move us closer to that goal. Our teams have club competitions held at different venues their expertise, abilities, and willingness to worked hard over the last 37 years and de- within the system. The official club boat represent PYC, not to mention good serve your support. Hope to see you all at of the GYA is currently the Flying Scot, sportsmanship, for which we received an BWYC! which replaced the Fish Class boats in award during the 2004 Liptons. 1969. Janie Eshleman The Lipton Cup Challenge, being the old- GYA Coordinator Owning a Scot is one of the pre-requisites est competition within the Capdevielle for any club interested in joining the Series, is also the most well-attended, with 9/1/06 VOLUME 39 ISSUE 9 Page 2 [email protected] - Bill Ross I would like to thank the board for gatta. Crewing for the skippers were The Lipton regatta will be held on La- the opportunity to fill the remaining Ryan Ross, Ashley Ross, Eva Con- bor Day weekend at BWYC so come term left by Orhan. There has been nor, and Wesley Howden. Great job over and support your team. guys. Our new team is already prac- a lot of activity this past month. We will need a lot of help at the back- ticing for next year. Great job guys. The Sunday afternoon racing has to-school regatta on Sept 9-10 so please been a lot of fun. There has been a The ladies Knost Championship contact myself or Leigh Wanless . lot of participation from both adults on Aug 12-13 was held in and juniors. If you haven’t been out Pass Christian. feel free to drop by and sail or help out with running the races. Representing were Susan Danielson, Phyllis Danielson, The Jr. Lipton regatta was held and Celeste Thorson skipper- July 29-30 at SYC. Pontchartrain ing with Julie Bolyard, Terri had won this event for the past two Hamilton, Eva Connor, and years. Skippering were David Bol- Ashley Ross crewing. They yard Jr. , Ryan Hamilton, and had tough conditions from Collin Ross. There was great com- light to heavy winds and petition this year with a great battle sailed to an eighth place over- with SYC but came up just shy at all. the end to finish second in the re- [email protected] - Suzana Williams Sunday races have been a success. Every- one is having fun and learning. Thanks to all of you who are helping and racing! There are two scheduled races for Septem- ber, Monday September 4th and Sunday September 24th. Come out and join us. September 9 & 10 is Back to School Re- gatta, come out and sail, help or just watch, about 50 boats participate and it promises to be a fun event. Attention JUNIOR SAILORS: Please take a few minutes fill out our questionnaire and mail back in the envelope provided. Thanks! Page 3 THE CHART SEPTEMBER 2006 September 2006 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Pot luck/ 5 6 Buffalo 7 8 9 Back To pic-nic and Wings & Potato School Regatta Small boat Salad races 10 Back To 11 12 13 14 15 Cheap 16 School Regatta Food Friday 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 RIB COOK OFF 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Mark your calendars - PYC FISHING RODEO - OCTOBER 14 & 15 2006 Page 4 THE CHART SEPTEMBER 2006 Lets Be Social - Bridget Jarvis First let me give a big thank you to those who More details available later.