AUSTIN· YACHT·C lUB Don't Miss It!! 'Tl IE Party of the Year Fl ESiT·fl DE 1.rn NO r1 IE ltl Ei IC~·A N·A SEPTEMBER 23 DETAILS INSIDE cfEPT 19&9 AUSTIN .YACHT CLUB 5906 BEACON DRIVE LAKE TRAVIS A Y C O F F I C E R S COMMODORE ••••••••••••••••• TERRY MEYERS VICE-COMMODORE ••••••••••••••• GAIL BERNSTEIN SECRETARY • • • • • • • • ••••• STEVE PERVIER TREASURER ••••••••••••••••• BOB TESCH RACE COMMANDER. • • • • • • • • • • • .JIM BAKER BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMANDER •••• TOMMY KOZLOWSKI FLEET COMMANDER • • • • • • • ••••• ERIC NELSON IMMEDIATE PAST COMMODORE. • • • • • • .CLAUDE WELLES A Y C F L E E T C A P T A I N S CATALINA 22 •••••••••••••••• NELSON MIKESKA CENTERBOARD HANDICAP •••••••••••• TERI NELMS CORON~DO 15 .••.••.••••.•• KEITH LACKEY ENSIGN. • • • • • ••••••• DAN O'DONNELL 420' s . • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • ER 1 c FAUST J-22. • • • • • • • • • • .GREG SCHERTZ J-24. • • • • • •. • • • • • • • • • • • ER I c NELSON KEEL HANDICAP ••••••••••••••• JIM DEETER A-FLEET • • • • • • • • • • • • •• RUSSELL PAINTON B-FLEET • • • • • • • ••••• BOB GOLDSMITH C-FLEET • • • • • • • • • ••• GARY COOPER D-FLEET • • • • •••••••••••• PERRY WELLER LASER • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .FRED SCHROTH SOUTH COAST 21. • • • • • • •••••• BOB JOHNSON SUNFISH • • • ••••••••••••• VIC MANNING BUSINESS OFFICE ••••• 266-1336 (LUBHOUSE ••••• 266-1897 SEPTEMBER 1989 1 The Austin Yacht Club has just completed the most successful summer camp season yet. I'd like ' to t€ll you about it and thank the manv folks involved. The adults camp~ continue to get better each year. The Women's Camp was chaired b y Cynthia Darwin and Mary Lynn Painton with the instructional program run by Barbara Hawn. This camp was busting at the seams with 64 women signed up and another 30 on the waiting list. This camp has become so popular it has lead to a new organization called the Women's Sailing Association. While unrelated to AYC, many of its members are crewing at our club and will eventually become members. Check Cynthia's article for the names of those who made this camp the best yet. The Men's Camp had 50 attendees and was once again a John Bartlett-Terry Nelms show. Doug Kern and Scott Young were in charge of instruction with assistance from many other members. The men had a ball and quite a few are now looking to crew. I'd like to thank John and Terry because I did not get any calls about the Saturday night entertainment this year. I am grateful. Our Junior Sailing program under Chairman John Mandell and his committee is setting new records. Linda McDavitt, our Director of Junior Sailing, and Matt Romberg, her assistant, repo~t 140 campers attended 6 weeks of camps. The level of instruction was superior and the campers had a great time. I'm happy to report that a traveling squad of seven of our junior sailors went to a Houston Yacht Club regatta and brought back five trophies. We are giving them a chance for revenge b y holding our own junior regatta September 10th. All this is a result of a very strong summer program. I'd like to congratulate John. Linda and Matt on a great job. The net result of our successful camp program is the increased number of people sailing and a building enthusiasm for our sp9rt of sailboat racing. Our future looks bright here at the Austin Yacht Club because we have members like these chairpeople and their many volunteers who are willing to work hard to share their knowledge of sailing. Thank you all. I ' m reall y looking forward to next summer. Terry Meyers 2 FROM THE EDITOR , .• TELLTALE STAFF COMMODORE •••• • • TERRY MEYERS MANAGING EDITOR •••• • • STEVE PERVIER ED I TOR • • • • • • • • • . • • KATHY PILLMORE SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS CHARLENE ALLAN, KATHY PILLMORE, TERI NELMS, STEVE VAUGHAN FLEET CONTRIBUTORS Boa GOLDSMITH, TIM VICKNAIR, PHIL SPLETTER, TERI NELMS, KATHY PILLMORE, MEL KUNZE, PAT FEAGIN, AND THE SILVER-TONGUED LIZARDETTE T H E I N S I D E T A L E S FROM THE COMMODORE ••••• • •••••••••••• PAGE 2 WELCOME DENISE. • • • • • •••••••••••• PAGE 3 SOCIAL COLUMN ••••••• • • • • • • • PAGE 5 MEN'S SAILING CAMP RECAP •••••• • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 6 JUNIOR SAILING PROGRAM ••••• • •••••••••• PAGE 7 ABOVE+ BEYOND ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • PAGE 9 BOAT BIRD WARS ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 10 EL v Is ISLAND. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 12 SUMMER EVENING SERIES RESULT S ••• • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 13 FIESTA DE LA NocHE ME XICANA •••• • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 14 TORC - SUMMER 89. • •. • • • • • • • PAGE 15 FLEET TALK ENSIGN • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 18 SUNFISH. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PAGE 19 CENTERBOARD HANDICAP •••••••••••• • •• PAGE 20 SOUTH COAST 21. • . ... .. .. • •• PAGE 20 J-24 . • PAGE 21 KEEL A • • . • . • • . ••• PAGE 22 KE EL B . • PA GE 23 KEEL c . , •• PAGE 24 KEEL D • • . • . • . • . .. • • • PAGE 25 KEEL FLEET CHAMPION SHIP STANDING S • •••• • • • • • PAGE 26 FALL REGATTA ••••• • ••••••••••• • ••• PAGE 27 RAVE REVIEWS FOR WOMEN' S SAILING CAMP •••••• • • PAGE 28 WINDCHIME S. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••••• • • IN SIDE BACKCOVER 3 tt!EteO#E OE!Ws'E,,,,, Denise Wholey (pronounced without the "H"} has officially "I have really appreciated the donned the AYC club manager's man­ time Wayne has spent with me. tel as of August 8th. He's made the transition period much easier. I wish him the best Denise is a transplanted Phi­ in whatever he does." she com­ ladelphian who came to Austin via mented. "I know I will have a lot Houston where she graduated from to live up to and I will do my Memorial High School in 1975. Her best." mom, dad and four sisters (whose names all begin with "D") still Denise also wants to thank the reside in Houston. Board of Directors and especially Terry and Gail for giving her this After graduation, Denise moved opportunity from among the many to the River 'City and has been in applicants they interviewed. the club management business ever since. She started her career at Denise has been given permis­ Westwood Country Club where she sion to reserve final judgement on spent 6 years before moving on to the merits of her job until she the Courtyard Tennis Club for the has experiences at least one next 8 years .... the last 6 of Turnback Canyon regatta. which she spent as that club's manager. Welcome Denise, you've joined a unique organization with as many Denise's hobbies include bik­ opinions as members, and as many ing and photography and she says big hearts as mouths!! that her favorite sport is tennis. She admits to having had some sailing experience as crew, and is looking forward to learning more about the sport. She is making a special effort to master the ter­ minology and special language of sailors. (I can't imagine what she means!) "I'm learning bits and pieces of the language out of despera­ tion," she allowed. "but I like the challenge of learning new things. I just hope everyone will be patient while I'm getting my feet wet. " she added. Denise is very thankful for the opportunity to work with the Yacht Club and is enjoying her new surroundings. 4 s c0 I A L. by Charlene Allan A big thanks go to Marti and Howard Shirey for a great job they did on the Summer Evening Series Buffet. There was a smaller turn out than normal but still came out a little ahead. You can always depend on them to say yes when you ask for help . The club is very fortunate to have people l ike t hem. Thank you very much! The family day is this coming weekend and Charlie and Annie Lancaster have planned lots of fun activities for everyone. Patti Meyers is working hard on organizing the games and I'm sure it will be great fun. I'll report on it in the next telltale. Bonnie Tobin and I are chairing the Fiesta De La Noche Mexicana party Sept. 23rd. Please believe me, you won 't want to miss the party of the year (excluding the annual banquet of course). You know how Bonnie can throw a party folks . They'll be Mexican Mariachis during happy hour and dinner, along with cervezas and margaritas. After dinner you'll be dancing to "Headfirst" with music from the 60's, country western and current hits as well. So it's a cross section of a lot of good music. Dinner will include catered beef and chicken fajitas with all the trimmings, rice, beans, chili con queso and pralines. So get your sombreros and Mexican dresses out. We have to notify our caterer by 5:00 Thurs. before the party with an extremely accurate count, so for gosh sakes, please call early and come! Don't risk finding out what you missed. The last reminder is for the fall series buffet, Oct. 1st, chaired by Jennifer Fadal. She's planning a great meal for us with an Italian feast . She's a great organizer and cook so don't miss it, and of course as usual reservations would be nice, please!! See you on the lake . .. 5 ?l{e,e·~ S~ ~,.,.,.RECAP It looks like Bartlett and company did it again; another successful Men's camp. At least WE consider it to be successful, and 47 sunburned and bruised campers have not argued with us. Camp Mommy Teri and Uncle John would like to express our special thanks to our AYC volunteer helpers who really made this success possible. John and I can only do so much and the~e guys made it easy and fun for everybody~ Our on-the-water and chalk-talk coaches were Paul Forrester, Doug Kern, Scott Young, John Moss, Harold Neel, Bill Levins (in-the-water coach), Gary Burdge, Mark Rylander and Keith Lackey. In a special group all to themselves, Vic Manning and Jim Deeter did an outstanding job as Sunfishers. These guys got all the beginners and undetermined-skill-level campers and ran them through a thorough flip chart lecture and then a flip boat class.