The Magazine of the LIPQueen City Yacht Club PERMay 2014 C Photo by Brenda Blake Board Updates • 125 Anniversary • Save Our Lighthouses • Peter Jones • Steve Gigiel • Laura Vanek • Safety Corner 49ers Contest Winners • Island Tour • Yard Safety • Peckerheads• Sailpast • Marine Museum • Special Events Editor’s Note/QCYC Info QCYC Board 2014 Communications Editor’s Note Commodore Grounds The Clipper is published four times Richard Slee, [email protected] Steve Hills Michael Kelly a year: May 1, June 15, August 15 [email protected] [email protected] and October 15. Contributions may This is the first issue R 416-203-1032 R 905-271-5794 be submitted to the publisher via e- of the Clipper for mail at [email protected] 2014. I would like to Vice Commodore Membership thank Christopher Ron Mazza Nick Abrahams While an effort will be made to Sumpton who cre- [email protected] [email protected] publish submissions, the pub- ated the art design R 416-203-0996 R 416-457-2163 lisher reserves the right to edit and layout for this Rear Commoore Planning material for length and suitability. issue for a great job. Graham Dougall Trevor Spurr Our first issue of the [email protected] [email protected] Clipper Editor and Publisher year contains updates R 416-233-2277 R 416-236-2851 Richard Slee [email protected] from your Board of Fleet Captain Entertainment R 647-558-0478 Directors on what they have done so far and Lawrence Reiber Phillip Chatterton C 647-294-6190 what plans they have for the rest of the year. [email protected] [email protected] We have profiles (more like a story) from our R 416-635-1864 R 416-358-7441 Clipper Art Design & Layout Moorings Chair, Steve Gigiel and member Peter Treasurer Communications Christopher Sumpton Jones. We have a really interesting article by Rich- John Heath Richard Slee [email protected] ard Pope, an Associate Member, on Lighthouses, [email protected] [email protected] R 416-656-5152 one of which his family tended for generations. R 905-294-8342 R 647-558-0478 Quick Clipper -Moderators We have articles on two of our sailors, Junior Secretary C 647-294-6190 Jim Neundorf Club alumna Timma Flanagan and Race Coach Genia Vanderkruk Learn to Sail and Victor Granic Isabelle Ziarko and on the QCYC Peckerheads [email protected] Eric Whan Website by Roz Ross. Our Rear Commodore continues R 416-535-2581 [email protected] Mark MacCrae to write really interesting safety pieces and has R 416-531-6594 [email protected] included information on Sail Past in this issue. House Chair R 416-274-7741 We also have information on our cruises for this Thomas King Yard Chair year from Pat Whetung. I have included the His- [email protected] Will Harney tory Bites I have written since the beginning of the R 416-923-5377 [email protected] year as I know a number of our members don’t Moorings R 416-488-6048 get the Quick Clipper. If you are interested in Steve Gigiel Manager ship wrecks, especially of a boat from our club, [email protected] Laura Vanek read Don Roe’s article. We have reports from R 416-243-8465 [email protected] the 125th Anniversary Committee, news on the R 416-203-0929 Island Tour, which we are participating in, from Mary Partridge, a Profile of our new Manager, Past Commodore [email protected] Laura Vanek and Yoga from Valerie Wint. Philly Ken Owen R 905-567-7224 Chatterton, our new Entertainment Chair, has a pile of fantastic events coming up that are listed Advertising Member Rates Non-Members on the second last page and detailed in Philly’s The Clipper offers members and non- single issue / 4 issues single issue / 4 issues report. There is also information from the Marine members of QCYC a cost-effective way Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston on their to reach an audience of avid sailors. 1/8 page $30/$80 1/8 page $60/$160 new Age of Sail Exhibit. On page 34 we provide Ads should be submitted as digital files: 1/4 page $55/$150 1/4 page $110/$270 detailed information on bar and restaurant hours, eps, tiff, jpg (for tiff/jpg ensure 300 dpi.) 1/2 page $100/$270 1/2 page $200/$516 tender schedules and calendars. Enjoy and please For information on placing ads in The Clipper, please contact Richard Slee: full page $180 full page $360/$1000 Continued on page 4 [email protected] Algonquin Island Tel: 416-203-0929 E-mail: [email protected] Queen City Yacht Club Box 401, Terminal A Fax: 416-203-0931 Restaurant: 416-203-9007 Toronto, ON M5W 1C2 Website: www.qcyc.ca [email protected] 2 Board Updates not run into that often. More importantly, it is a the week before the Board meeting. The Man- Commodore great way to give back to the Club for all of the agement Committee is responsible for the day to Steven Hills, [email protected] enjoyment all of us take from her and finally the day operation of the Club and is chaired by the contribution of work by the members is one of Vice Commodore (me). Its official voting mem- the key ways we can try and keep the fees down. bers are the House Chair (Tom King), the Fleet Welcome back every- Captain (Lawrence Reiber), the Treasurer (John one, to QCYC’s 125th Working behind the scenes our 125th Anniversa- Heath), and the Secretary (Genia Vanderkruk). year! After such a ry Committee has done a great job of organizing The Commodore (Steve Hills) also sits in on the long and cold winter many ways of recognizing the achievement of this meetings as does the Club Manager (Don Fer- it is good to be able milestone. These range from the dedication of a guson up to now, Laura Vanek moving forward). to look forward to historical plaque near the Ferry dock on Ward’s, the promise of sunny a time capsule to be placed in the new LTS In addition to the normal operational issues re- weather and warm building, the goal of our Open Regatta Commit- lated to the running of the Club, we had a kind of breezes. As I write tee to try and get 125 boats on the starting line perfect storm of issues this winter created by the this it still snowing for our Regatta in September and of course this need to replace both our long standing restaurant/ in the middle of April year the Commodore’s Ball will be held in the caterers, All Set (Silka and Rob), who had been but hopefully spring will soon arrive. summer in our own Great Hall. Our actual date in place eleven years, and our club manager, Don of incorporation of the Club was August 15th, Ferguson, who held that position for seven years. With the winter that seems to never want to end 1889. So mark your calendars, we are planning still hanging on, I know that everyone has been a heritage evening on Friday the 15th of August, New Restaurant Manager – Ed Munson busy trying to prepare their boats for the upcom- 2014 with the Commodore’s Ball being held on I want to thank Garry Baker as Chair of the restau- ing season. It will be a busy time through Sail the following evening, Saturday August 16th. So rant committee and Tom King as House Chair for Past, due to the postponement of Launch caused come out and celebrate Queen City being the 8th shepherding us through the process of finding the by to too much ice and not enough warm weather. oldest yacht Club in Canada! replacement for All Set and successfully engaging Edrick (Ed) Munson in that role. Ed is well known It has been a busy winter and there are some So with another season soon to be with us, I look to Queen City and knows Queen City very well changes at the Club with our new Club Man- forward to seeing everyone in the Yard, at the based on his years of past experience working with ager Laura Vanek joining us as well as Ed Club or on the water. All Set. Our restaurant now officially has a name, Munson taking over the Restaurant and Bight @ QCYC! Welcome aboard Ed! We look for- Bar operations. I would encourage you to ward to a long and mutually satisfying relationship. stop by the Club and welcome both of them. New Club Manager – Laura Vanek Not everything is changing though. We still Vice Commodore The hiring of the new manager proved to be a longer have Felipe and Russell back to look after the Ron Mazza, [email protected] more intensive process that stretched out several grounds and the Club House. Jim is back as the months over the winter. The special committee set new Head Captain on the Tender and of course Welcome to the 2014 up to undertake this task was make up as follows: Daniel and Eon will be back in the restaurant. sailing season, our Chair: Ron Mazza, Vice Commodore Now that the warm weather is nearly here, plan- 125th anniversary. Members: Steve Hills, Commodore ning for all of the tasks we have to implement By the time you read Garry Baker, Past Commodore around the Club is well under way. The contrac- this I hope summer Jim Thorndycraft, Past Commodore tors’ work of the new Learn to Sail and Locker has finally arrived, David Hall, Past Commodore buildings is practically complete and now it is because it sure took a Violet Couch, Senior HR Professional our turn to finish them off.