60th anniversary THE ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THE CHICAGO YACHTING ASSOCIATION MESSAGE FROM THE COMMODORE official publication of the chicago yachting association CHICAGO YACHTING ASSOCIATION Member of the National Boating Federation By Commodore Sandra Smith 2019 OFFICERS DIVERSEY YACHT CLUB AWARDS COMMODORE Sandra Smith Com. Sharon Rice-Minoso PC Jerry Metzger, PC BPYC PC Mark Klym COMMODORES CRUISE VICE COMMODORE FOREST VIEW MARINA & STORAGE RC La Rue Watson, PC SSYC Douglas A. James 60th anniversary Michael Giuffre COMMUNITY OUTREACH REAR COMMODORE I begin this article saying thank you to the La Rue Watson FREEDOM BOAT CLUB VC Douglas James, PC CS&PC Mike Ginter MEMBERSHIP & MEMBERSHIP EXPANSION members of the Chicago Yachting Association for SECRETARY Randall Schmidt HAMMOND YACHT CLUB Sec. Randall Schmidt, PC DYC nd Com. John Botich, Jr. electing me as Commodore for a 2 year. Sandra Smith, Commodore YACHTING GALA TREASURER JACKSON PARK YACHT CLUB VC Douglas James, PC CS&PC James Caldwell I want to thank the current CYA Bridge for their hard work and interested in boating. The CYA partnered with Com. Janet Hansen Captain Toby Lindo PC Karen Harris YACHTING IN CHICAGO MAGAZINE dedication to helping keep the CYA striving to be bigger and better. (of the Chicago Maritime Arts Center) and together we sponsored an BOARD OF DIRECTORS PC Betty Lerner, PC BYC To Vice Commodore Doug James, thanks for your hard work on the event hosted at Columbia Yacht Club, where 70 children participated IMMEDIATE PAST COMMODORE JOSEPH CONRAD YACHT CLUB annual Yachting Celebration in 2018. I was not in attendance but I in seminars on boating and a class about boat building. The children Kazimierz (Casey) Chlebek PC Marek Witkowski YACHTSPERSON OF THE YEAR heard great things. To Rear Commodore LaRue Watson, the 2019 ranged in ages from 12 to 17 and were all from three different High PC Jerry Metzger, PC BPYC PAST COMMODORE Commodore’s Cruise was wonderful. The weather didn’t cooperate, School in the Chicago-land area. They seemed very interested in the Capt. Walter (Sonny) Lisowski JUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILING JUDGE ADVOCATE but that didn’t stop you. We cruised in luxury in a Mercedes Benz sailing classes offered by the various yacht clubs, which is a start in FOUNDATION Bernard Wiczer, CYC Sprinter. Who but you would have thought of that? To Secretary bringing children to the lake front. BAY MARINE Peter Goldman Randall Schmidt, you kept me on track from meetings to policies to Gentre Vartan AFFLIATED MEMBERS taxes. All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you. To Treasurer When I began my second year as Commodore, I wanted to continue MARINE SERVICES CORPORATION BELMONT YACHT CLUB Chicago Police Marine & Helicopter Unit Chicago James Caldwell, thanks for the monthly reports and keeping us what I started in 2018. MY VISION AS COMMODORE WAS, AND Michael Walsh Fire Department Marine & Dive Operations Com. Mark Linenberg aware of our finances. To Betty Lerner, Past Commodore of the CYA STILL IS, FOR THE CHICAGO YACHTING ASSOCIATION TO GIVE PC Catherine Van Dorpe Illinois Department of Natural Resources BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. MIDWEST OPEN RACING FLEET U.S. Coast Guard: and Belmont Yacht Club, thank you for your tireless efforts on the Com. Diane Bouckaert Sector Lake Michigan Chicago Yachting Magazine. I know the struggle you go through each BURNHAM PARK YACHT CLUB On August 25th the CYA sponsored its’ 2nd Kids Day on the Water, Com. Steve Theis Calumet Harbor Coast Guard Station year trying to get articles and ads from the various organizations. It is MUSEUM SHORES YACHT CLUB Back to School, Book Bag, School Supply Give Away. There were PC Scott Gordon Marine Safety Unit – Chicago greatly appreciated. To Chuck Goes, our IT Officer, thanks for making Com. Thurlow Haskell United States Coast Guard Auxiliary (9WR) over 60 children from various organizations and churches from PC Darryl D. Davis sure we are all made aware of the upcoming events and meetings of around the city that participated. Even though the weather didn’t CALUMET YACHT CLUB the CYA. And finally to my two advisors, Scott Baumgartner, Past Com. Fran Finn fully cooperate that day, the children were able to enjoy a short boat NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS Commodore of CYA and Belmont Yacht Club, and General Walter PC Jeff Sadula ride from Jackson Park Inner Harbor to Jackson Park Outer Harbor. I ASSOCIATION “Gibby” Vartan, Past Commodore of CYA and Chicago Yacht Club, Thom Dammrich thanks for being there when I needed advice and thanks for your want to thank my husband, Dwayne Smith, for making time to take CATALINA FLEET 21/ CHICAGO REGION Keith Ogulnick Com. Branson Stone words of wisdom. the children on the boat ride. For some of the children, this was their first time on a boat and they all left with the anticipation of coming PC Lorelei Lauraitis PATHWAY TO ADVENTURE COUNCIL SEA SCOUTS The Chicago Yachting Association continues to be a strong voice in back again next year. My goal for next year is to increase this number CHICAGO CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB Com. Timothy Harrington the boating community. CYA represents 12 yacht clubs along Lake by at least 50%. I want to give a special thanks to Scott Baumgartner, Com. Susan Nilsson Past Commodore of the CYA and Past Commodore of Belmont Yacht PC Lysa Hynes Michigan as well as 14 several member organizations. PINNACLE YACHTS Club, for coming down early to help get the book bags ready for the Gary Feracota As boaters we are extremely blessed to be part of a family that can children and Doug James, Vice Commodore of the CYA, for preparing CHICAGO SAIL & POWER SQUADRON ROBERT ALAN CLUB CDR Bob Van Ewyk Toby Lindo enjoy one of the wonders of the world at our leisure. We are able to 95 dental hygiene bags to hand out to the children. All in all, the sail and feel the wind blowing in our faces, share in the camaraderie children ended the day prepared for a successful school year. CHICAGO YACHT CLUB SOUTHERN SHORE YACHT CLUB with our fellow boaters in our various harbors on a Saturday night, or Com. Lou Sandoval Com. Dwayne Digby just sit and relax on our boats on a Sunday afternoon. Whatever the I am looking forward to continuing what we have started. PC Leif Sigmond, Jr PC LaRue Watson case, we are blessed and should be thankful for having the ability to COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB Com. Scott B. Johnson say we are boat owners. See you next boating season! PC Craig L. Horton 2019 STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS Recognizing this blessing, we should be willing to give back to the AUDIT CROWLEY’S YACHT YARD LAKESIDE community and to those less fortunate than we are. One way of doing Grant Crowley PC Rich Lauric, PC BPYC Sandra D. Smith so is to reach out to children. During my first year as Commodore I Commodore, Chicago Yachting Association Yachting in Chicago, the annual publication of the Chicago Yachting Association, is published by the Chicago Yachting Association. It is distributed to members of the Yacht Clubs and affiliate vowed to work with programs to get children and younger people private clubs, used in corporate sponsorship meetings, and further distributed to the surrounding Yacht Clubs on Lake Michigan, outstanding civic leaders and select marine retailers. An electronic version plus the latest yachting news with frequent and useful web links is also available at www.yachtinginchicago.com. Comments and submissions accepted at info@ yachtinginchicago.com. All submissions are subject to editing. Unsolicited submissions will not be returned. Authors and other information resources are responsible for accuracy of 2019 yachting in chicago 3 their content. No reproductions allowed without permission. All rights reserved. Copyright 2019 PUBLISHER’S NOTE Randy Schmidt, Chuck Goes, Staff Photographer Editor & CYA Secretary & CYA Director of Communications Randall Schmidt started boating on Charles “Chuck” Goes’ earliest Lake Michigan in 1981. Since then, memories are of spending he has been a very active member Saturdays on the water, growing up of the boating community. He is a in a sailing family. Chuck joined the member, past commodore (2000- Belmont Yacht Club in 1995 and 2001), and current Judge Advocate has served in most every position Betty Lerner of the Diversey Yacht Club; a including Commodore (2006- Publisher / Editor-In-Chief member of the Chicago Yacht Club 2007). He has also been active with and Vice Chair of its Power Fleet Chicago Yachting Association for Committee; the President of the many years and worked on Yachting This year the Chicago Yachting Association is celebrating its Chicago Sportfishing Association; in Chicago since 2007. He has 60th Anniversary as we also celebrate Our Kids – Our City. and a member of America’s Great also served on the board of Lake Loop Cruising Association. He Michigan Sail Racing Association Please enjoy Toby Lindo’s article about how our children and his wife, Kristin Berg, have for the last 10 years where he is are being introduced to boat building, sailing instruction extensively cruised Lake Michigan IT Director and Race Management and seamanship along with experiencing the wonders and and completed the Great Loop in Chair. He is also a certified Race 2013-14. When not boating, Randy Officer for US Sailing and works on challenges of sailing and cruising our majestic coastline. is a Clinical Professor of Law at the many races and regattas. He is also University of Chicago Law School active with boating activities in the Two very important pieces that make up this publication are where one of the classes he teaches St Petersburg, FL area during the the continued support of our advertisers and contributors of is Admiralty Law.