August 2010 Bulletin

August 2010

The San Francisco Yacht Club

November 2009

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OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

Commodore Raymond LynchVice Commodore Robert HellerRear Commodore Robert GriswoldSecretary Bill MelbostadTreasurer Suzie MoorePort Captain Jay HookerDirectors: Steve Fentress

Tad LaceyEd LynchJohn RittenhousePaul RosenlundS/C Kyle Elliott

AUXILIARY OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

President Alisa BekinsVice President Lisa RosenlundTreasurer Mimi BlakesleeSecretary Melissa TulpDirectors: Kari Cusack

Ginny DeMariaLori FrommLee JohnsonCindie O’DonnellGinna MilanLaura RousseauJane YoungHelen Reilly - Ex-OfficioKim Lynch - Honorary

General Manager Dennis ConneallyAsst. General Manager Evelyne Swinscoe-Byer

THE BULLETIN

Editors P/P Mimi Cornelius Ross Tibbits

Production Manager Vince Mattera

Bulletin Committee Joan Linn BekinsDennis ConneallyMickey McClureMike NorthBill ReillyMarily RimmerP/P Sally SecorEvelyne Swinscoe-ByerBarbara Raeuber Thomas

Contributors Phil Atchison, Barney Barnett,David Dibble, S/C Ken Frost, Forrest Gay, Gay & Wyman Harris, Robert Heller, Jay Hooker, Ed Lynch, Steve &Ginger Mason, Angie LackeyOlsen, Catherine Murphy, LeslieRuhland, Jon & Alice Shinn, Bill Stark, Jeffery Stein,Sergei Zavarin

Advisor S/C John Swain

THE SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB98 Beach Road • P.O. Box 379

Belvedere, CA 94920-0379(415) 435-9133 • FAX (415) 435-8547

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November 2009

Columns3 Commodore

22 General Manager

23 Food and Beverage

Departments4 Bowline

5 Around The Club

6 Race News

10 Youth Sailing

12 Harbor

16 Cruising

20 Eight Bells

Features13 A Point in Time

18 Crossing Wakes

Social Events21 Labor Day BBQ

Racing

Junior Summer Saiilng

Cruising Norwegian fjords

Cover photo: Etchells startKaiulani in thegaff division ofthe 2009Schooner Race.

photo by Sergei Zavarin

Around The Club

From the CommodoreFrom the CommodoreRaymond Lynch, Commodore / [email protected]

A BRIEF REPORT,AS PROMISED…

hen we wokeup at 4:30 amthe air

temperature was a warmseventy-five degrees andthe docks were alreadyfilling in with severalfishing teams. We quicklywent to work with finalpreparations in our pursuitof landing a winning

shark in the Star Island Yacht Club’s 24th Annual MontaukShark Derby that takes place off the east tip of Long Island,New York. For the next two days, Mak Kariotis and Ifished eight hours a day, approximately twenty-eight milesdue south of the tip of Long Island. Even though we weretotally surrounded by sharks for most of those sixteenhours, and were even able to hook over fifty of them, noneproved to be big enough to get us into the money. Thetournament rules do not allow contestants to bring in anyshark less than 250 pounds. The winning catch was a 360pound thresher that earned the first place team over$240,000 in prize money. In all, over $460,000 wasawarded! The unlucky shark was quickly prepared anddispatched to several low income entities, providing over2000 tasty meals and another example that there are severalways to enjoy a yacht club.

Meanwhile, it’s late July here at The SFYC. Andalthough we are in mid-summer and racing season is in alay month, it still feels like winter. “When will summer everarrive?” is all I have heard up and down the West Coast. Inspite of the cold, twenty-three hearty Finn sailors justcompleted the Finn North Americans at The SFYC and thehost club was well represented. SFYC Youth Director,Forrest Gay, had a strong finish and made podium with afifth overall. This was a terrific feat considering how littletime he has to practice and how deep the talent was. TheFinns are considered a post college, young sailor’s boat. Soit was remarkable to see Don Jesberg and Jeff Allen stillout there taking on 25 – 30 knots in the Berkeley Circle.

Outside The Bay, The Pacific Cup has just wounddown. Although I don’t have final finishes, Skip and JodyMcCormick aboard Trunk Monkey appears to have had afast ride to The Islands and should place very high in classand overall. Congratulations are truly in order. Inside TheBay, The SFYC Independence Cup was sailed in a 25,growing to 40 knot blow that woke everyone up. I’ll leavethe finish to the Race Council’s column. But I would

especially like to shine a spotlight on the two new trophies inThe SFYC trophy case for the Spinnaker and Non SpinnakerDivision winners in this race that were developed anddonated by SFYC member Chris Dawson. They are verybeautiful glass works of art that every member should beproud of; especially if your name should be etched on in thecoming years. They are a very generous donation. Hats off toChris.

As I have alluded to in previous columns, The SFYC ispreparing an entry for the New York Yacht Club’s InvitationalCup. And the team is shaping up nicely. After an arduousselection process, we have placed The Club’s honor and gloryin the hands of Shawn Bennett as Skipper. Shawn will bejoined by Melissa Purdy, Steve Marsh, and Nick Gibbons.There’s no pressure here Shawn. However, you may nothave noted, but we only provided one way airfare for you andthe team. Twenty-five premier yacht clubs’ entries fromaround the United States will participate in fleet racing atNYYC’s Newport, Rhode Island facility. The NYYC hasplanned a week long welcome party for all participating clubsand their supporters that will include cocktail parties, lunches,dinner barbecues, and use of support boats to watch some ofthe best fleet racing you’ll ever witness. Under the directionof SFYC Treasurer Suzie Moore, The SFYC has arrangedfor nine hotel rooms in close proximity to the events. Thereare still four available, should any member wish to join usSeptember 6 – 10, in Newport. Contact Suzie immediately,as I’m sure these accommodations will go fast.

If you’re not into traveling that far, mark your calendarsfor a few big parties coming to the The SFYC. The GreatSchooner Race, with a party going on all weekend, will takeplace August 27th, 28th and 29th. Beautiful schooners willbe on view at The Club and will provide opportunities formembers to jump on board for a sail. Contact The SFYCFront Desk for more information. On September 25th,Elizabeth Merrill is organizing a raging Country WesternHoedown that will have surprises not ever seen before at TheClub! Trade in those topsiders for a pair of boots and yourbest cowboy duds and be there. October 2nd brings on TheLeukemia Cup. This year’s guest speaker, Russell Coutts,will share many insights into not only this past America’sCup, but the next one as well. Lastly, don’t tell ViceCommodore Robert Heller, but I hear there’s more than justtalk about a large Octoberfest in mid October. Bob saysthat’s for amateurs, but I know a number of resident Proswho surely will attend!

That’s enough to keep us all going, remember theimmortal words of the great Jimmy Buffett, “There’s norewind, and there’s no replay”. So I’ll see you all at The Club!

Ray

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The BowlineThe BowlineKeeping The SFYC membership tied to what’s happening around The Club

Notes from the Editors

Have you noticed that the Bulletin has a new look? This new look comes with a need fornew ideas… And new ideas often come from new writers…So…The Bulletin islooking for additional writers to cover The SFYC scene on the water, around The Club,

and of course, what’s happening among the members of the SFYC community. If you wouldlike to become a Bulletin reporter please contact the editors at [email protected]

The Bulletin welcomes Letters to the Editor, article submissions, and ideas for futureBulletin articles from The SFYC membership. Please send all communications [email protected] Publication of any submission will be at the discretion of the Editors.Mimi Cornelius Ross Tibbits

SFYC Photo ContestThe fantastic SFYC Photo Contest entry

period has been changed to October 1st. Thiscontest challenges SFYC members to submitphotos that best convey “The Spirit of The SFYC”.

• The contest is open to amateur SFYCphotographers of all ages.

• A maximum of two entries will be accepted from eachphotographer.

• Submissions will be accepted for the following two divisions:Adults and Kids Aged 16 Years and Younger.

• All entries must be submitted as 8”X 10” photographs to TheSFYC Front Office or mailed to The Bulletin, P.O Box 379,Belvedere, CA 94920-0379.

• First prize for the Adult Division entry is a $100 SFYC GiftCertificate that can be used in The Club Dining Room or Ship’sStore.

• First prize for the Kids Aged 16 and Younger Division entry willbe a gift certificate to Waypoint Pizza.

• Entries will be displayed in The SFYC Clubhouse.

• A Peoples’ Choice Award will be determined by a vote ofmembers.

• Winners will be announced in the November Bulletin.

(Entry in the SFYC Photo Contest implies permission is given tothe editors to display and use the submitted photography in The SFYCBulletin.)

So get out your camera and start shooting those photos!We look forward to hearing from you.

Mimi Cornelius and Ross TibbitsSFYC Bulletin Editors

Craig and Lynn Lubbock were some of the many Clubmembers who celebrated the 4th of July in style.

Nice hat Josh!

Around The ClubAround The Club

It’s the middle of summer, the days are long, theanchor is set and holding, you’re semi-intoxicated, God is in his heaven and all is right

with the world.One might inquire of our own Ray Lynch – “Commodore

Extraordinaire” – how he enjoyed dinner a few weeks ago atthe annual Staff Commodore’s Dinner. This gathering of the“Wasmadores” is always an honorable and looked forward toaffair by most of the lads and lass. It’s a chance for the pastCEO’s to gather, see old friends, have a drink, and catch up onwhat’s driving the present SFYC Chief nuts (while alwayslooking for an opening to see if they can make the currentoffice holder’s life a little more difficult). The standingCommodore normally makes a presentation about how he (orshe) is working much harder then the previous commodoresever had to; how the position now requires staying on duty 24hours a day, seven days a week; and how there is never anytime for fun. The normal “State of the Club” presentationstates how the present commodore is basically fixing theproblems that all of the previous people holding his post havecaused, while simultaneously suggesting that they all had iteasy during their tenure of office, and were/are just a bunch ofdrunks anyway… As in all true gatherings of sailors, there’ssome good humor, some loud opinions voiced – occasionally ina coherent manner (but that’s not required) – food fights,offense taken, and an occasional knife or belaying pin isthrown…But it all ends in good camaraderie.

A little “butterfly” told me we can count on thefollowing in the near future:• The new extension to the Club House will wrap around the

palm tree in the grassy area (here-to-forward referred to asthe “Other Grassy Knoll”), creating a lovely little court yardfor the smokers. Manned gun turrets will keep the smokersfrom mingling with the kids at play.

• The South Hoist is going to have a flower box put atop it;suggesting it could grow flowers better than lift boatsanyway.

• Diners will no longer be allowed on the deck leading to the“0” Dock. That area is going to be reserved for dogs – onlyGolden Retrievers or Bichon’s are to be allowed. This isMarin County…you must remember…

• To keep future costs down for SFYC members, but yetcontinuing with the projects that we all demand, The Club isgoing to start counterfeiting. Applications have beenforwarded to the “Big Q”. The position will include aCorinthian membership to our club.

This is your dock reporter, Catherine Murphy, signing off –By the way, does it seem a little hot around here to anyonebesides me?

(Ed note: Catherine Murphy (died March 18, 1789) wasan English counterfeiter, the last woman to be officiallysentenced and executed by the method of burning in Englandand Great Britain. Catherine Murphy, along with several co-defendants, including her husband, was charged with coining inLondon, judged guilty and sentenced to death. She was executedat Newgate prison on March 18, 1789, for coining. Her co-defendants, including her husband, were executed at the sametime by hanging, but as a woman, the law provided that Murphyshould be burnt at the stake.)


Hard Aground


The Independence Cup(aka Great Wiener Regatta) Redux

By Jay Hooker

We did it again!!!! By that I mean that our Race Committeehad the audacity to serve lunch (fancy wieners) whilerunning our second

annual Independence Cup.The ringleader was againPRO David Carrel, whostarted the proceedings withan enticement for a wonderfulsailing day. Before the firstrace (off of Knox Buoy), allcompetitors were directed tosail on starboard tack off ofthe stern of Victory to sign-inand receive their wienerlunch.

Most of the wienerssuccessfully made it to theirdestinations to the ecological satisfaction of the souschefs….ah…Race Committee team (Greg Arkus, Ross Tibbits, JeffZarwell, Anne Scully, Melissa Mooney, Jay Hooker and JerryEaton). But I digress. After mesmerizing our racers with ourexquisite luncheon service, PRO Carrel proceeded to beguile the fleetinto believing that all was well by sending them on a simplewindward/leeward course for the first race. To make matters moredevious, frozen creampuffs were launched to them after they finishedthe easy first race.

But, the second race was no creampuff. Now that that our racerswere lulled into complacency, the true colors of Captain Queeg (readCarrel) became apparent when the course for the second race wasdecided. This course took Yellow Bluff to port and then proceeded toYRA mark eight on the south east side of Angel Island where thirty-plus knot winds awaited. Glenn Isaacson (eventual winner for theNon-Spinnaker Division) was ahead of the game, and after takingmark eight to port, he sailed back to Yellow Bluff by way of RaccoonStrait, avoiding the building flood. Several other racers followed suit.

The racing ended, as planned, about 4 p.m., in time forfestivities on the deck. All told, it was a wonderful day. Thus, the

RaceCommitteedecided thatit was notnecessary toweardisguiseswhenbellying upto the bar.

From the SFYC Race Deck

June was an action-packed month for SFYC’s RaceCommittee. We hosted regattas for the first threeweekends of the month, utilizing all the committee

boats and countless volunteers. Leading off the month was the Express 37 & J/120

regatta, ably executed by Jeff Zarwell. Eleven boatsturned out for typical summer sailing conditions andafterwards they all joined us for a Mexican themedBBQ on the deck. The winners of this five-race regattawere:

EXPRESS 371st Golden Moon Kame Richards2nd Eclipse Mark Dowdy3rd Elan Bill Riess

J/1201st Mr. Magoo Steve Maderia2nd Chance Barry Lewis3rd Grace Dances Dick Swanson

On the second weekend of the month, SteveFentress commandeered Victory and organized eighteenJ/105s on the Berkeley Circle for six races over twodays. Many aspects of this regatta were out of the norm.For instance, on Saturday, twenty knots of breeze filled-in by 9 a.m., out of the North and was shifting up toforty-degrees. Although breezy, warm weather allowedfor sailing in shorts and T-shirts. Lastly, there were noprotests! This event was complimented by an islandstyle BBQ complete with a pirate band, plenty of beerand raffle compliments of Sean Svendsen andSvendsen’s Marine of Alameda.

1st Risk Jason Woodley & Scott Whitney2nd Jam Session Adam Spiegel3rd Racer X Phillip Laby & Rich Pipkin

On June 19-20, Erich Ringewald (aka PRO)fearlessly led the Easom Founders Regatta for theEtchells and Melges 24 fleets. The ten Etchells and sixMelges 24s sailed a total of five races.

ETCHELLS

1st I Love my Wife Craig Healy2nd Mahalaga Peter Vessella3rd JR Bill Melbostad & Bryan Moore

MELGES 241st Pegasus 492 Phillippe Kahn2nd Practice Girl Chris Farkas3rd American Lady Kristian Notto

Race NewsRace News

First place spinnaker divisionwinner, Steve Stroub, with OliviaCarrel and Commodore Lynch

Victory’s stellar crew


Racing Under the SFYC BurgeeThe Delta Ditch Run was held June 12 and included a

strong contingent of SFYC superstars:

1ST PLACE OVERALL

Yucca Hank Easom

2ND PLACE OVERALL

Henry Hannah David Holscher

HEAVY 11st Place Yucca Hank Easom

HEAVY 21st Place Henry Hannah David Holscher

LIGHT 12nd Place Viva Don Jesberg

EXPRESS 273rd Place Shenangians Bill Moore

MOORE 241st Place EightBall Scott Easom

We have new trophiesthis year for theIndependence Cup. Manythanks to Chris Dawson forcontributing the wonderfulvases, and to Hank Easomfor creating their mahoganybases. The crystal vaseswere crafted by the talentedMarc Tranner of “OurGlass” in a village calledCockington, located nearthe South West coast of theEnglish Channel, in Devon.Marc works with his sisterPatricia and their good friend Lee. Assisted by two dogs, theycraft their art in the converted stables of Cockington Manoralong with an ironworker, another artist, a leather worker and asoap maker. This small seaside town has a strong affinity withthe sea. It is home to the Royal Torbay Yacht Club (aka RoyalCorinthian) where an SFYC burgee, once flown by our latefriend and Staff Commodore, Rolf Croker aboard Hanna Honow hangs. We also have their burgee hanging in our club.

Congratulations to the trophy winners.

SPINNAKER DIVISION:1st Good and Plenty Will Baylis, Charles Froeb &

Justis Fennel(another bullet from last year)

2nd Tiburon Steve Stroub3rd Fast Friends Kyle Elliott & Bill Smith

NON-SPINNAKER DIVISION:1st Q Glenn Isaacson2nd Elusive Charles Pick3rd QE 3 Tom Perot & Suzie Mitchell

Club Championship Results after five races completed

SPINNAKER

1st Tiburon Steve Stroub2nd Good and Plenty Will Baylis, Charles Froeb &

Justis Fennell3rd Fast Friends Kyle Elliott & Bill Smith

NON-SPINNAKER

1st Q Glenn Isaacson2nd QE 3 Tom Perot & Suzie Mitchell3rd Elusive Charles Pick

Angie Lackey Olson, 2010 Race Council Chair

H H H H H H

H H H H H H H H

The San Francisco Yacht Club’s

Flag Officer’sBuffetSunday,

September 12

Entertain Friends and Family

Chef Reny’s Spectacular BuffetServed 6 – 9 p.m.

Reservations RequestedContact the Front Office(415) 435-9133, ext. 10

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*For pictures of the Independence Cup Regatta, please visit:http://ultimate-yachtshots.smugmug.com/galleries

Bill Smith and Chris Seaton,collect their third place winnings


Race NewsRace News

After a six-year hiatus, the Sperry NOOD regatta returnedto San Francisco Bay on June 26 & 27. The StFYC hosted thetwo days of intense racing. We were well represented in manyfleets by the following sailors:

MELGES 242nd Full Throttle David Joyner

F184th Kaos vs. Control Will Baylis & Charles Froeb

KNARR

5th Wintersmoon Larry Drew

J1055th Blackhawk Scooter Simmons

EXPRESS 371st Eclipse Mark Dowdy4th Expeditious Bartz Schneider

FINN

1st Henry Should Retire Andrew Casey4th Kathmandu Forrest Gay

(Congratulations to our Youth coach & director)

Apologies go out to any of our sailors competing awayfrom The Club whom I inadvertently omitted. If you arecompeting elsewhere, please email me at [email protected] your results. We want to recognize you.

August EventsThey just keep coming. Every weekend. We hope to see youout on the water and back on the race deck.

Aug. 7 is the Club Series Mitchell & Ross Regattas, #7 &#8. There’s still time to get in the game for final competition.

Aug. 14 &15 Summer Keelboat Regatta for Express 37 &J/105 fleets

Aug. 20-22 is Melges Race Week for Melges 20, 24 and 32fleets. There will be lots of activities on the deck and boats inthe harbor for this three-day event.

Aug. 28 is the third annual Great San Francisco SchoonerRace. Plan to join the schoonermen and schoonerwomen afterthe race for a BBQ and music - Slippery Fingers will be ourband again this year.

The Staff Commodores Cup will be held on Labor Day,September 6. It’s never too early to start planning! The regattais open to members of The San Francisco Yacht Club. Boatsmust be keelboats 18 feet or over, and possess a NorthernCalifornia/San Francisco Bay PHRF rating. SFYC membersmust skipper all entries, and each entry must have a StaffCommodore aboard, as either skipper or crew. If you’replanning to race, get your dibs in on a staff commodore beforethey get snapped up. Don’t forget - boats must fly the SFYCburgee. The Race Committee will add a five-minute penalty tothe finish time for boats failing to comply.

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Skip & JodiMcCormack

Double-HandThe Pac Cup

By Ross Tibbits

Two years ago, then engagedSkip and Jodi, raced together inThe Pacific Cup on the crewed

yacht Flash. Soon after their arrival,they were married on the Sandbar inKaneohe Bay, HI. To celebrate theirsecond anniversary, they decided to do Family and friends give Skip and Jodi a warm sendoff.


The Third AnnualGreat San Francisco

Schooner Race

SaturdayAugust 28, 2010

The Third AnnualGreat San Francisco

Schooner Race

SaturdayAugust 28, 2010

See these beautifulvessels at the

SFYC Guest DocksAugust 27th, 28th & 29th

Parade of Sail alongTiburon Waterfront

at 11 a.m. onSaturday, August 28th

Celebration at The SFYC begins after

the race at 1500

For more informationcontact The SFYC FrontDesk at 415 435- 9133

The Pacific Cupdouble-handed ontheir own boat, andcelebrate once againon the Sandbar.

What remainedwas identifying andlocating just the rightboat. Skip recalls, “Wewanted a boat (in ourprice range) thatwould push theenvelope of ourabilities when short-handing in the openocean, while stillbeing fun to race in the bay and aroundthe buoys.” After searching nationwideearly last year, they found Trunk Monkey(Mumm/Farr 30) in Connecticut. Skipflew out to inspect it. After returninghome, the couple purchased a Ford duallyallowing Skip and a buddy to drive toConnecticut, pick-up the yacht and tow itback to The SFYC. By around October of

2009 they set out to refit Trunk Monkey intime for the 2010 Pacific Cup.

I recall Skip telling me that they’destimated, down to the hour, the timerequired to get the job done. They workedfeverishly to complete the project and stillhave time to sail Trunk Monkey andfamiliarize themselves with her sailingcharacteristics. You likely saw them

working away at all availablehours of the day, stripping theboat inside and out, preparingthe hull for new paint,installing new rigging andelectronics, and just weeksbefore the race, adding abowsprit. The preparationsliterally came down to the lastminute.

On July 6th, a group offamily and friends watchedaboard Victory as Skip andJody crossed the starting linein front of the StFYC.Although they were both a bit

stressed out at this point, Skip nailed thestart in moderate breeze and led the fleetout the gate, along the headlands towardsHawaii. They will have finished the raceby the time you read this, but restassured, they will have also celebrated onthe Sandbar.* Read about their adventure in theSeptember Bulletin.

Skip and Jodi lead the fleet out the Golden Gate

Youth SailingYouth SailingForrest Gay, Director / [email protected]



SSFFYYCC YYOOUUTTHH RRAACCEE TTEEAAMM RREESSUULLTTSSAREA G SEARS QUALIFIER @ TYC (JUNE 12-13) (5 teams, sailed in J22s)2nd SFYC (Robbie Horton, Scott Buckstaff, and Jack Barton)

SCOTIABANK OPTI REGATTA @ US VIRGIN ISLANDS (JUNE 15-20)(70 boats) 13th Will Cefali; 15th Kristopher Swanson; 16th Romain Screve

HEAVY WEATHER OPTI REGATTA @ STFYC (JUNE 18-20)Championship Fleet (44 boats) 1st Kyle Larsen; 3rd Jack Barton; 4th SeanHaechler; 5th Lawson Willard; 6th Lindsey Baab; 10th William McMullen;15th Michael Tan; 16th Lucy Wilmot; 22nd Logan Lee; 24th Lola Bushnell;30th Dylan Meade; 31st Grace Hull; 32nd Alex Moody; 35th Peyton Russell;38th Wyatt Russell. Green Fleet (11 boats) 1st Hannah Baylis; 2nd SallyWilmot; 3rd Teddy Russell; 4th Remi Lowe; 5th McKenzie Baylis; 6th

Tommy Young; 9th Ryland Scarth

LASER NORTH AMERICANS @ TEXAS CORINTHIAN YC (JUNE 23-27)4.7 (21 boats) 13th Lauren Cefali; 16th Lola BushnellRadial (94 boats) 16th Domenic Bove; 33rd Annie Rossi

OPTIMIST NORTH AMERICANS @ KINGSTON, ON (JUNE 26-JULY 4)(196 boats) 24th Kristopher Swanson; 56th Romain Screve; 74th JackBarton

BAYS #2 @ RYC (JUNE 26-27) Radial (9 boats) 2nd Kyle LarsenOpti Championship Fleet (13 boats) 1st Will Cefali; 2nd Kennedy Placek; 3rd

Lucy Wilmot; 4th Will Martens; 5th William McMullen; 6th Logan Lee; 7th

Christopher Casciani; 8th Maria Casciani; 9th Teddy Hayden; 10th AlexRon; 11th Wyatt Russell; 12th Grace Hull; 13th Peyton RussellOpti Green Fleet (12 boats) 2nd Sally Wilmot; 4th Ryland Scarth

FOR ONE DAY, THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPONS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BLOOD CANCER WILL BE A STRONG WIND, A BOAT AND OPEN WATER.

Raise a sail to find a cure. The fifth annual Leukemia Cup Regatta benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is October 2nd and 3rd at The San Francisco Yacht Club in Belvedere, CA. VIP dinner featuring America’s Cup champion, Russell Coutts.

Register at: leukemiacup.org/sf


Alisa Bekins, Auxiliary President

HarborHarborEd Lynch, Harbor Chair / [email protected]

Summer finally arrived. The sailing season is in full swingand it is great to see so many members enjoying The Club.As the Commodore mentioned in his article last month,

several members have taken their boats to distant places thisyear, which opened up several spots in the harbor for temporaryrenters. Roughly 10% of our harbor has a temporary renter forseveral months. If you want to be on a temporary renter list,please let our harbor master know to add you to the list.

The Harbor Committee has been working hard to clean upthe dry dock area, including rebuilding the south hoist andseveral timbers and decking around the dry dock area.

As this is being done, we are reorganizing the boat storageto maximize its use and also to provide the best access to thehoist for the different boats. During the course of the project weare conducting a complete audit of berth renters and boats toensure we have full accountability of both. There are severalsmall boats that have not been used in years and have no owneridentification. These are mostly Lasers that are stored on theracks at the Junior Sailing Center. Unless we can identify theowner, we will remove these boats and get rid of them bydonation or scrap. If you think one of these may be yours,please help us by putting your name on it so we don’t make amistake and get rid of a boat that is still loved.

In an effort to help clean up this area, the Board of Directorsrecently gave approval to the Harbor and Youth Committee to

levy a fine of $200 per week for any boat or trailer left at TheSFYC that is not approved by either the Harbor or YouthCommittee staff. This is not an enjoyable part of committeework. Sometimes it feels like we are trying to hold back the tide.

Another change, approved by the Board of Directors, willaffect the dry storage area. Previously, a member actively racingfor The SFYC could get a dry storage spot, meaning members onthe top of the wait list had to continue to wait. The rule allowingthat has been changed and members who are actively racing maybe given a spot on the dry dock, but it will be temporary andsubject to annual approval by the Harbor Committee. If the boat isnot actively raced it will be removed from the dry dock and thespace will be offered to a permanent renter. These changes arenecessary to make the playing field level for all members whowant the opportunity to enjoy all aspects of The SFYC.

As you walk around the harbor you will also notice severalnew “escape ladders” installed on the docks with yellow bandsaround the piling to indicate their location. If you ever happen tofind yourself in the water, you can swim to one of the markedpilings and use the ladder to safely get out of the water.

Lastly, I want to thank all the members of The SFYC whosupport the efforts of the Harbor Committee and staff. Yoursuggestions and comments often lead to action, helping to make ita better place for all of us.

Enjoy the summer; go boating!

Hey Y’all Wild Bill Hickoksand Annie Oakleys!

It ’s time to round-up all yourfavorite wranglers and buckaroosfor a good old western shindig!

Be there or be square!

Home on the RangeSaturday, September 25th

Cowboy cocktails, chuck wagon cookin’ & Plenty of line dancin' to Roy Marcom & the Wranglers

Round-up starts at 6pm

Save The Date!

Save The Date!

Who was Captain Edwin Moody? In biographicalsketches, he is described as an avid yachtsman and aprolific artist. He was the artist of “View of San

Francisco from Telegraph Hill” and “Wreck of the SteamshipUnion on the Coast of Lower California” published by Peirce &Polland Lithographers.

We, however, know him as the owner and captain of theschooner Peerless, one of four yachts that cruised up the NapaRiver in July of 1868 and one of our founding members. Theother yachts on that cruise were Emerald owned by John Eckley,Lotus owned Richard Ogden, and Zoe owned by Dr. J. C. Tucker.Out of the long warm evenings socializing on the fantail of oneor the other of these yachts was born the idea for The SanFrancisco Yacht Club and the idea that it sponsor races for ownerdriven yachts. This was a novel idea then. Most races wereraced by professional crews in the mid 1800’s.

Captain Moody was born in Massachusetts in 1814 and hadlearned his sailing on the East Coast. He came west to SanFrancisco with Joseph Brooks on the ship Balance. They leftfrom New York on April 1, 1849 and arrived on November 23.Both were part of the Gold Rush mining company that came toSan Francisco on that ship. Moody and Brooks built their homeson what was then known as Black Point but later became FortMason in 1855. In 1797, the Spanish built a battery on this bluffto command the anchorage of the port. However in the early1850’s, it was being developed as a San Francisco suburb. If you

tour Fort Mason today, the Brooks house (or a little part of it) isnow McDowell Hall, the Fort Mason Officers’ Club. CaptainMoody’s house became Quarters Three. He sold the house in1857 to Major Leonidas K. Haskell, a close friend of JohnFremont, a neighbor, and David C. Broderick.

The Moody house, after he sold it, figured in one of the mostdramatic political incidents of the Gold Rush period. It was thehouse to which dying Senator Broderick was brought after hisduel with California Supreme Court Justice David S. Terry on themorning of September 13, 1859.

In 1863, the Army occupied Fort Mason and developed it asa fortification to protect the point against Civil War invaders.Residents had thought that the fortification on Alcatraz wassufficient, but the Army thought otherwise.

Among Edwin Moody’s artistic projects was a sketch ofBelvedere Cove dating from the early 1860’s. He was the firstmember of The Club to recognize the Cove for its beauty.

As an artist, he focused on maritime themes and yachtportraits. The lithograph above, from the Bancroft Librarycollection is available on the web. It is titled, “View at SanQuentin Bay, Lower California, July 20th, 1851” and depicts ashipwreck and the efforts to bring the passengers to safety on thebeach in Baja California.


A Point In TimeA Point In Time S/C Ken Frost, SFYC Historian

Wine Tasting PartySaturday, August 7$65.00 per person

Taste of Napa & SonomaAn Evening to Explore Many New and Exceptional Wines at the ClubWinery Representatives will be on hand to answer questions about their wines…Good Food, Great Wines

6:00 to 9:00 p.m. • Reservations Requested - No Reserved Tables

Food Stations and Kiosk Tables in the Dining Room and on Main DeckAll prices are subject to service and tax.

Participating Wineries:B Cellars, Cobb Wines, Gamble Family Vineyards, Harts Desire Wines, Imbimbo Family Winery, JAX Vineyards, JC Cellars, Kenefick Ranch Winery, Lambert Bridge, Landmark Vineyards, Paul Hobbs Winery, Lieff Wines,Palmaz Vineyards, Quintessa Winery, Robert Foley Vineyards, Roy Estate, Saracina Vineyards, Swanson Vineyards


Auxiliary NewsAuxiliary NewsAlisa Bekins, SFYC Auxiliary President, 2010

As summer comes to an end(which is so hard to believe),the ladies of the Auxiliary

resume planning and organizing manyof The Club’s most cherished events.Natalie Watson, the new SFYCCatering Manager, has had anopportunity to get to know the AuxiliaryBoard well. I am happy to report plansfor the fall parties are in full swing andpromise a new, fresh look.

The fall calendar is filling upquickly. The events that will take placein October are listed below.

Youth Racing: The AuxiliaryBoard is very excited to be participatingin fundraising efforts to promote YouthRacing Programs at The SFYC. Raffletickets are currently on sale in the FrontOffice for some fantastic prizes;including an “All-Inclusive Fishing Trip

fabulous group of ladies, please don’thesitate to contact me via email at:[email protected] or by leaving amessage at The SFYC Front Office. Thelessons will take place every Thursdayin October from 10 am to 1 pm.Enrollment will closed August 31.

Dream Boat Series: We will onceagain welcome the always-anticipatedDream Boat Series. Cissy Kirrane, LoriFromm and the Sea Gals are excited tobring this wonderful event back again.Be sure to mark your calendars forOctober 13th, 20th, and 27th. A boxlunch will be served to Dream Boatparticipants as they enjoy a relaxing sailon the San Francisco Bay aboard someof the most beautiful and legendaryboats of The SFYC. Reservations can bemade by calling 435-9133. Hurry beforethis event sells out!

to British Columbia”, and “Baseballon the Bay”. The Auxiliary Board willbe selling raffle tickets on The Clubdeck during the Melges Race Week,August 20-22. Come see us and buy aticket! The winners’ names will bedrawn on October 9th. You need notbe present to win. Monies raisedsupport all levels of coaching andeducation for youth sailors, from theintroductory Green Fleet, to the topinternational racers.

Women’s Sailing: As Imentioned in my June column, theAuxiliary is reinstituting Women’sSailing Lessons for Auxiliary and Clubmembers. The response to the Junecolumn was amazing. One J/24 iscompletely filled, and there is apossibility of adding a second. If youhave an interest in sailing with our


SFYCAuxiliaryHalloweenParty

October 305:30 p.m.

Please join usfor some

ghoulish games, frightening fun,

a Freaky Food Buffet,AND…

The Haunted House!

Co-ChairsLori Fromm • Melissa Tulp •Jane Young

Save The Dat

e!

Save The Dat

e!

Mother-Son Event: The secondannual Mother-Son Dinner Dance isplanned for Saturday, October 23rd. Thisparty will be open to SFYC members andtheir guests. Ginna Milan and CindieO’Donnell have been putting theircreative energy to work planning afabulous venue that is sure to WOW evena fifteen year old. You won’t want to missthis special evening with your little man(or men).

Family Halloween Party: MelissaTulp, Lori Fromm, and Jane Young havealready started working on the scariesthaunted house yet! Be sure to sign up forthe Annual Family Halloween Partyscheduled for October 30th. Be preparedto be scared! Mua –ha-ha-ha!

And now that we have sufficientlybooked your entire month of October, Ihope you have some energy left forNovember and December.

All the best, Alisa


Vice CommodoreRescued At Sea

By Robert Heller

It was a rainy day in Bergen, Norway,when fellow Club Members Steve andEvon Rieden, my wife Emily and I

boarded the aptly named cruiser Pandora.I had always wanted to visit Bergen as Ihad all kinds of romantic ideas aboutseeing the old Hanseatic town wherecenturies ago medieval merchants pliedtheir trade and where intrepid Vikings setforth across the seas to explore, rape andpillage. Little did we know that Bergenwas also the rain hole of Europe, makingSeattle seem like a sunny vacation spot incomparison.

As the four of us met Pandora’scrusty Norwegian captain, we were joinedby four other passengers from Brooklyn,NY; three lady psychiatrists and a retiredcollege professor. We were all lookingforward to our cruise to Findebotten farm,located at the end of an otherwiseuninhabited side fjord of the majesticSognefjord, Norway’s longest andprobably most spectacular fjord.

We briskly cruised through thenarrow and rocky inlets north of Bergenat a good 20 knots, forging throughnarrow passages that were often no widerthan our 40 foot cruiser was long.

The captain had just pointed out tome the place where he grew up when theboat came to an abrupt stop, sending mealmost to the floor. We had hit asubmerged rock – and lost all power andsteerage. Both props and both rudderswere apparently gone and our twin 350hp Scandia diesels were quiet.

After the captain had broadcast adistress call over Channel 16 – it seemedto work in Norway just like in the U.S. –I followed him to the rear cabin of theboat to check on the engines. One lookinto that cabin showed that we were in alot more trouble than I had assumed:there were about two feet of water in therear cabin and our suitcases along withseveral pair of shoes were happily

floating on top. While the captain issuedorders to don life vests, Steve Rieden andI helped to pull our suitcases out of theflooded cabin.

Gee, two feet of water in 10 minutes– were we far behind the Titanic? Whileland was not all that far away, the sheerand smooth cliffs might be impossible toscale if we would try to swim ashore. Thefour of us were not particularly worried,but the eyes of the New York psychiatristsbecame larger and larger as they analyzedthe dire and calamitous situation theyperceived themselves to be in.

Outside, a small eight foot skiffarrived and tried to pull us with a 10 hpoutboard motor – clearly to no avail. Butvery soon, a 30 foot pleasure cruisershowed up and stood by – just in case animmediate evacuation was needed. Wealso got word that the Norsk Selskab tilSkibbrudnes Redning was on its way torescue us. We were all hoping that theywould get there in a bit less time than ittook to pronounce the name of theNorwegian Society for the Rescue ofSeafarer in Distress. But we were assuredthat Redningsselskapet would be therefaster than its name implied. And indeed,the rescue boat was there within minutesand took us aboard. We never even got

our feet wet – thanks to the efficientNorwegian rescue squad.

With us safely aboard the rescuecruiser, the hapless Pandora wastowed to the nearest fishing pier. Iwas happy to see a few dozen ofdried Norwegian Lutefisk hangingunder the fishing hut – we would nothave to starve, even if stranded here!

But within half an hour, a newcruising vessel that had been quicklychartered by our operator, arrived andpicked us up. We continued ourcruise to Findebotten farm andenjoyed a wonderful welcomecocktail made from Aquavit withlocally harvested berries.

CruisingCruising

The Heller’s and the Rieden’s get ready to abandon ship

CruisingCruisingBill Stark, Cruise Chair / [email protected]


Encinal Yacht Club CruiseJune 25-27

Jim Martens reports that the SFYC Cruisers enjoyed awarm, relaxing weekend at the Encinal Yacht Club. The groupgot together on their boats, lounged at the pool, rode dinghies,strolled the neighborhoods, and watched the Friday Night Racesin the Estuary from the newly renovated bar; all those simple butwonderful things sailors do. The cruisers regrouped on Saturdayevening for an engaging cocktail party on the docks that wasfollowed by a great dinner at the EYC.

Many thanks to Jib for leading this popular annual cruisefor us.

Cruise to Petaluma Art &Garden Festival July 9-12

The annual SFYC cruise to Petaluma was led by HerbPotter. The cruising fleet met on Friday at the mouth of thePetaluma River and arrived promptly at 2 pm for the opening ofthe D Street Bridge. After relaxing on the boats (nap time!) wegathered on Andiamo for cocktails that were followed by a greatdinner at Dempsey’s.

Saturday was spent exploring Petaluma’s antique, art andbook stores and just messing around our boats. That evening thegroup gathered at the Petaluma Yacht Club for cocktails and apotluck barbeque dinner. Jerry and Michelle Fisher joined usas guests of the cruising fleet. It was great to see them again!Cathy and Chris Baron entertained the party with an interestingknot tying/sea story demonstration after dinner.

On Sunday we visited the Petaluma Art & Garden Festivaland contributed to the local economy. We made another mid-afternoon D Street Bridge opening and meandered our way downthe Petaluma River with the ebb tide. After crossing San PabloBay through a heavy afternoon chop the group returned to TheClub. Special thanks to Herb Potter for leading this great cruise.

Angel Island CruiseSeptember 25-26

Save these dates... The fall Angel Island Cruise will be ledby Scott and Nancy Harris. Scott enthusiastically reports thatthe cruise will have the following four exciting components:

Saturday, late-morning: The Angel Island ExplorationAdventure. This activity can be enjoyed by one of fourdifferent modes of transportation:1. Walking2. Tram ($12.50/person) 3. Biking (Rentals are $10/hour or $35/day/person; or bring

your own bike on your boat or the Tiburon Ferry)4. SEGWAY…that’s right! Those two-wheeled self-balancing

devices you’ve always wanted to try but, to date, have not.The $25/hour/person rent includes training and a tour guide.

Saturday, late afternoon: Angel Island Companycatered barbeque that will include slow-cooked pork ribs, firegrilled chicken or pan roasted California rockfish, plus all thetrimmings, and dessert. Beer and wine will be available.

Overnight: Ayala Cove buoys provide a secure mooringas the gentle Raccoon Strait waves lap against your hull,bringing a peaceful slumber after an evening of rafted-up,exhilarating SFYC camaraderie.

Sunday morning brunch at The SFYC: Cruising Fleettables will be set up in the Dining Room to continue theweekend festivities on the Belvedere side of the Strait.

Please don’t miss this cruise. It was great last time andlooks to be even more fun this year. If you don’t have a boat,hitch a ride with one of our cruisers or cruise over on theAngel Island Ferry. Email Scott Harris, your “cruise leaderextraordinaire”, at [email protected], ASAP withyour preferences for the following activities: islandexploration transportation; food selections; and mooringintentions.

We hope you can join us….

“Because too much fun is never enough.”

International Cruise: Athens to Istanbul – September 2011RoyAnne Florence is leading this special cruise aboard the Windstar on Saturday, September 17, 2011; embarking in

Athens and disembarking in Istanbul. Stops along the way include Mykonos, Santorini and Rhodes in Greece, as well as Didimand Kusadasi in Turkey.

As of July 7th, fourteen members of The SFYC have signed up for this exciting trip. RoyAnne is arranging some specialsurprises for the group. The price of the 7-day cruise has been discounted for SFYC members to $3524 per person for Bcabins and $3724 for A cabins. Reservations are being handled by veteran agent Michael Pruden at Casto Travel in Tiburon([email protected], ph 435-9725, FAX 435-9940). A deposit of $750 per person is required. The two ports of Athensand Istanbul afford the chance for a splendid add-on tour. Michael can help you with all this, as well as airline reservations, butit’s important for him to hear from you soon.


Crossing WakesCrossing WakesSteve & Ginger Mason

Jon and Alice Shinn are reportingwondrous adventures in the coastaltowns and up the rivers of Spain,

Portugal and France on their Ariel. Thetrip across Biscay to La Rochelle was amiserable three-day trip. At La Rochelle,with its twin-tower entrance to the oldport with a monster marina, Huguenot andBritish history allowed them to stay in themarina only three days. The marina hadbeen very badly damaged by a storm inFebruary and had little useable space, sothey moved to St. Martin. In most ofthese coastal towns, the time entering portis determined by the tides and when thelocks are opened.

On their continuing journey north itwas in Joinville, on the Isle de Y’eu,where five days of twenty-five knot windskept them in port. So they got to knowthe local creperies, boat chandlers, castles,and generally enjoyed their stay. Whenthe winds appeared to be lessening, theyventured out, had a bouncy morning, adelightful afternoon sail, and came ashoreat Piriac-Sur-Mer, which they thoughtwas, without a doubt, the prettiest town inthe western world. Piriac is an OLD

fishing town that has been beautifullyrestored. After coffee, crepes, beer, and agood night’s sleep, they finally assembledtheir bikes and rode the 2 1/2 miles to LaTurballe to find a regulator for their newEuropean cooking gas bottle.

Plans change, particularly when youdon’t have any. Jon and Alice left Piriacbright and early, about noon, took a lookat Lorient and Hitler’s submarine pens(really big, dark, creepy, untouched sinceWWII), then decided since the allies hadcompletely flattened every bit of Lorientother than the pens (the roofs are 16 ft.

thick concrete, never cracked bybombs) there was nothing left tosee there. But there was a delightfullittle river to explore, ending at atiny little float at Hennebont, amedieval town complete withcastle, fort, and pictures of nicehouses for sale in the area for $200- $400k. They lamented for a timehaving just purchased their condoin Greenbrae.

Cameret-Sur-Mer, at theentrance to the bay at Brest, was adisappointment when their creditcards didn’t work at the fuel pumpsand the chandleries were closed.So they continued on. Up the RiverElhorn from Brest they anchored100 yards off the neatly clippedlawns of some nobleman’s estate,where they planned a serious

adventure: sailing out to the island ofIle d’Ouessant . Ouessant (Ushant tothe Brits) is infamous as the last andmost dangerous cape coming southfrom the Channel. It is well knownthese days for the extraordinary picturesof its lighthouses in storms. Tides,wind, and seas often conspire here inwinter storms to provide the mostdramatic coastal weather anywhere onearth – and many horrible shipwrecks.A local saying observes: “He who seesMolene drinks his own pain, he whosees Ouessant drinks his own blood.”

John and Alice Shinn and Arielin La Rochelle, France

Ariel ads to the beauty of Hennebont

Jon and Alice did make the journey but we are waiting tohear more about a house they bought, and the 25 foot tides.

In Oregon, the adventurous twosome of BobVanBlaricam and Zia Ahari had inched their way up thecoast to the mouth of the Columbia River when we left themlast month. Their goal was to reach the Bonneville Dam.Zia’s son, Abdi joined them in mid-June for this part of thetrip. The current in the river defeated them. They wentalmost as far as Bonneville, but they never were able to getthrough the Cascade Locks. They enjoyed a few pleasantanchorages but then left Abdi in Portland and headed south.

July 4th found Athesa weather-bound in Coos Bay. Thestorm cell off the coast would keep them captive the sameway it did during the journey north. This part of the coasthas not been good to sailors so far this summer.

However, further north Gay and Wyman Harris are havinga fantastic summer in Alaskan waters. In their log from lateMay and early June, they reported being in one of the mostremote waters on the planet, the west coast of Prince of WalesIsland. While in the area, they did stop to see the totem poles atHydaburg, a Haida village. They were invited by a family intotheir home to see the carved masks they were making to sell atKetchikan (for $4,000 each). The 100 year old grandfather whowas cutting fresh salmon into strips for brining and smoking isreportedly the last remaining resident whose original languagewas Haida. One of the grandsons, home from college, waslearning the language and hoped to teach it to a new generation.He took them to the carving shed to see four new totems thatwill be erected in the totem park during a major celebration atthe end of July. The mother took them to the beach to showhow they dry black seaweed, a prized health food.

After several weeks in the wilderness viewing whales, seaotters, bears, bald eagles and deer they were not interrupted bycell phones, news connections or the internet. But strangethings can happen. They were in a quiet anchorage on the westcoast of Kupreanof Island when all of a sudden Wyman’sIPhone buzzed with e-mail. A few minutes later they saw a giantcruise ship, about ten miles away heading up Chatham Straitfrom the Gulf of Alaska. During that short interval they wereable to make a couple of phone calls before the signal was lostas the ship went out of sight.

Once in Sitka they returned to the broadband wirelessconnected world. Sitka, once the largest and most prosperouscity on the west coast of North America, has a rich culturalhistory where Tlinglit structures stood for centuries before Sitkabecame the capital of Russian -America in 1804. The influenceof both cultures is very evident including a totem park and aRussian Orthodox Cathedral. The view is great from Castle Hillwhere the Russian flag came down and the Stars ‘n Stripes wentup in 1867, and where the U.S. flag with 48 stars came downand the 49 star flag went up for the first time on July 4, 1959.

“Bubble net feeding” is when whales cooperate to surrounda large school of fish and swim in a tighter and tighter circlewhile breathing out to create a net of bubbles that the fish won’tswim through. When the fish are in a vertical column thewhales lunge upward with their mouths open to devour tons of

fish. Gay and Wymantraveled with a pod ofabout 20 bubble netfeeding humpbacks forthree hours while in Icy Strait all the way into the Tlingitvillage of Hoonah. The viewing was great as the whales spreadout along side of Safari to round up the fish until the leaderslapped the water with his fluke to signal time to dive. Theexcitement peaked when they all disappeared for about fiveminutes and the Harris’s waited for them shoot out of the waterin a tight formation in the center of their bubble ring—hopingSafari wouldn’t be in the circle. Gay and Wyman explained intheir log, “This is why we came back to Alaska.”


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The San Francisco Yacht Club’s

Pasta NightAugust 1 • September 5

Enjoy fresh pasta dishescooked to order in the

Member’s Dining Room

BUILD YOUR OWN PASTA BAR INCLUDES CHOICES OF:Steak, Chicken, Shrimp, Scallops and Calamari

Bell Peppers, Mushrooms, Olives, Broccoli, Sundried Tomatoes, Winter Squash and Seasonal Vegetables

YOUR CHOICE OF PENNE PASTA OR FETTUCCINI WITH

Alfredo Sauce, Pesto Sauce or Marinara SauceDelicious Garlic Bread and Full Salad Bar

with Chef Reny’s famous Assorted Salads

ALL YOU CAN EAT:$18.95++ Adults $10.95++ Kids 10 and under


Eight BellsEight Bells

Gordon's career presented theopportunity for his family toexperience extensive travel overseas.However, Gordon and Barbaraalways called Marin County home,and for 42 years maintained theirprimary residence in Lucas Valley.

Gordon was an avid sailor hisentire life and introduced his familyto the joys of the San Francisco Bayexperience. After joining The SFYCin 1980, Gordon spent many years on the 200 dock working onhis Apache 37, Rainbow.

A celebration of Gordon's life will be hosted by his familyon Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 2:00 pm in the Cove House at theSFYC. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciatecontributions be made to Heartland Hospice of Santa Rosa oran organization of your choice.

~ Written by Leslie Ruhland

J. Gordon Poole passed away peacefully at homesurrounded by his family and a few dear friends on July 5,2010. He was born in San Francisco on May 10, 1929. Aftergraduating from Tamalpais High School, Gordon attendedCollege of Marin before completing his electrical engineeringdegree in 1950 at the University of California, Berkeley.

Gordon was married for 56 years to Barbara Ann Poole,with whom he had three children and six grandchildren. Hisfamily includes Lori Bergemann and Richard Govi, grandkidsScott and Kelsey of Sacramento; Leslie and James Ruhland,grandkids Tristan, Schyler and Weston of Marin County; andGordon and Amy Poole, and grandbaby Georgiana of San Jose.

Gordon's professional career spanned more than 45 yearsand took him across the globe. He was employed with some ofthe world's preeminent mining and minerals engineering andconstruction firms, including Bechtel, Western-Knapp, Davey-McKee and Raymond-Kaiser Engineers. During his career heearned international respect spearheading the engineering andconstruction of some the largest mining and minerals plants inthe US, Africa, South America and Australia.

Nancy Palmer Scholarship FundC/o The Belvedere Cove FoundationPO Box 786, Belvedere, CA 94920

~Written by Barney Barnett

Long time SFYC memberNancy Palmer passed awayon July 3rd after a valiant fightwith cancer. Nancy came froma sailing family and in heryouth was an avid El Tororacer. For many years sheraced her Cal 20 Minihahawith success and morerecently was a partner inMinna, an Alerion Express.But Nancy’s sailing activitieswent beyond racing. Sheregularly served on SFYC racecommittees and was an active

member of the Sea Gals. Nancy always looked forward to herWednesday outings with her fellow women sailors.

Nancy was a quiet, unassuming lady who did not broadcasther many talents and interests. Her professional career wasdesigning vacuum tubes for the Stanford Linear Accelerator; aninteresting vocation for woman who was a German Lit major incollege. Nancy was a respected archeologist who participated inunderwater projects in Turkey and other parts of theMediterranean. She was also a Master Gardener and a skilledbirder.

Nancy was a great lady who will be greatly missed by hermany friends, both in and out of the sailing community. Pleasekeep her in your thoughts and prayers.

The Sea Gals have established a Nancy Palmer ScholarshipFund designed to give economically needy children theopportunity to participate in SFYC Youth Sailing programs. If youwish to do so, please send your tax deductable contribution to:

ChateaubriandDinner for Two

served with soup or salad, crusted fingerlingpotatoes and summer vegetables

August7, 14, 21, 28

$48.95 for two

SaturdayNight

SaturdayNight


Labor Day BBQMonday, September 6

12:00 Noon – 7:00 p.m.$18.95 Adults H $9.95 Children 10 and under

Choice of:Grilled Chicken Breast

BBQ Tri-TipBarrel Smoked St. Louis Spare Ribs

Pacific Red SnapperHot Dogs

HamburgersFresh Corn On The Cobb

Texas ChiliH

Labor Day Salad BarH

Ice Cream Bar w/ Assorted ToppingsH

Live Music 2-6 p.m.H

Childrens Games

All prices subject to Club service charge and Marin sales tax

From the General ManagerFrom the General ManagerDennis Conneally CCM, CCE / [email protected]

On July 10, 2010, I had a terrificopportunity to support one of thelocal charity events for Easter

Seals of Northern California, a non-profitorganization that raises money andawareness for people with disabilities orspecial needs and their families. This wasthe 10th Annual “Day on the Bay” hostedby the Corinthian Yacht Club and

sponsored by many of the local businesses in Tiburon. There werea handful of SFYC members who participated in this event asvolunteers in support of this cause. Auxiliary P/P Cissy Kirrane,and P/P Jane Watts were there as greeters to help the organizersmanage the numerous volunteers and guests, as well as AuxiliarySecretary Mimi Blakeslee, Port Captain Jay Hooker, SFYCmembers Barney Barnett and Jerry Rumsey. For my part, Icrewed aboard long-time CYC member Jeanne Lacy’s Islander 36Shearwater for several hours as we took four of the disabledguests out for an exhilarating sail. Over 35 boats and 175 guestsand their caregivers experienced a beautiful “Day on the Bay.”

The event founder, Herb Meyer, is a long-time CYC memberwho became a quadriplegic in 1993 following an unfortunateboating accident. Herb, along with a group of fellow CYCmembers, teamed up with the Easter Seals of Northern Californiain 2000 to establish this very worthwhile event, which bringssmiles and tears of joy to these gifted individuals who wait allyear in great anticipation of this day. The Coast Guard’s searchand rescue helicopter team provided a complete “man overboarddrill” which was quite a show in itself. The day concluded with abarbecue and trophy presentation for all those who participated.

The mission of Easter Seals Northern California is to“provide exceptional services to ensure that all people withdisabilities or special needs and their families have equalopportunities to live, work and play in their communities.” It iscertainly a worthwhile cause and I was very proud to be a smallpart of the event on behalf of SFYC.

Looking ahead: In addition to the full race calendar forAugust and September, there are also a number of fun socialevents planned at The Club. Saturday evening, August 7th, is ourannual Wine Tasting Party headed by committee members StuReilly, Ilene Medovich, Andy Fromm, Dick and Karen Hyde,Shana Lynch, Cindie O’Donnell and SFYC Bar Manager PhilAtchison. In years past, we have showcased over twenty-fourwineries but this year the event is limited to eighteenextraordinary wineries with the intention of allowing you to reallyget to know the wines, winemakers and proprietors who will beshowing their wines. Food stations will feature flavors from someof Napa and Sonoma’s most famous restaurants, presented byChef Reny Madrid and the galley crew. This event is a sell-outevery year so please make your reservations ASAP! The WineCommittee is also working on securing several more wineries tobe featured at individual Winemaker dinners throughout the year.

On August 28th, the Great San Francisco Schooner Racereturns with a record number of entries. We anticipate classic

ships of all sizes to grace our docks including a 100’ schooner,all of which will be on display before and after the race formember viewing. Join us for a big barbecue on the lawn as wecelebrate this one-of-a-kind San Francisco regatta.

In September, look for our annual Labor Day Barbecue,Monday, September 6th. Live music on the deck, children’sgames and a delicious barbecue buffet will be available from12:00 noon until 7:00 P.M.

The Entertainment Committee continues its series of Clubevents with the “Hoedown Chuck Wagon and Chili Cook-offParty” on Saturday, September 18th. Elizabeth Merrill andKatherine Ferguson have pulled out all the stops for this endof summer celebration with a wildly fun, country western event.Intense competition is expected at the chili cook-off, pittingChef Reny against Harbor Committee Chairman Ed Lynch(sorry Ed) and several Iron Chef Chili Cook-off masters whowill be cooking up the hot stuff for your enjoyment. Voting willbe open to all those who come to the event and prizes will beawarded for the most creative techniques in the chili makingprocess, as well as the overall taste champion. The evening willinclude country western music, professional line dancinginstruction, and all the suds you can handle. So swing yourpartner down to The Club. Priced at $19.95, this will be anotheroutstanding Entertainment Committee event.

Finally, I want to personally thank all of you who havebeen participating in our comment card program in the DiningRoom. Your thoughtful suggestions help management provideyou with the things that YOU want rather than things weTHINK you would like. Your comments have beenoverwhelmingly positive and we look forward to continuing toprovide the service, atmosphere and quality experience youhave come to know so well here at the SFYC.

I look forward to seeing you around The Club!


CYC Commodore Sharon Marsh Barr, SFYC member CissyKirrane, Day on the Bay Founder Herb Meyer, SFYC GMDennis Conneally, Easter Seals Development Officer DawnMarie Carlson.

Food and BeverageFood and BeveragePhil Atchison, SFYC Wine Manager

Recently,going oversome old

notes, I found aUSA Today articlefrom 2001. Thearticle wasclarifying thehealth benefits ofred wine.

Researchers were honing in onhow a glass of red wine can offer notjust holiday cheer, but also protectionagainst heart disease. The articlereferred to a report that had come outin the journal Nature, which shineslight on a natural chemical in red winethat has shown signs of protectionagainst clogged arteries.

The report may help to explain ascientific mystery dubbed the FrenchParadox. Scientists had alwayswondered why the French have had arelatively low rate of heart disease,despite a diet that often includes richfoods laden with artery-clogging fat.Roger Corder, a Professor at theQueen Mary School of Medicine inLondon, focused on antioxidants in redwine called polyphenols, which hadpreviously been credited with redwine’s heart benefit.

In the study, the team doused cowcells growing in lab dishes withpolyphenols taken from popularmerlots, cabernet sauvignons and otherred wines. The team found thatpolyphenols taken from all of the redwines they tested actually slowed thetest-tube production of endothelin-1(ET-1), which has been described as ahighly potent vasoconstrictor peptide.The overproduction of ET-1 is seen asa key factor in the development ofvascular disease and atherosclerosis(commonly known as plaque build-upin the arteries). ET-1 may causeclogging of arteries by triggering thegrowth of smooth muscle cells in theartery wall, a process that leads tofatty deposits.

The findings suggest that peoplewho drink a glass or two of red wine a

day get less production of ET-1. Theresearchers found that all the redwines provided lower production ofET-1, but cabernet sauvignonappeared to have a slight edge. Thiswas not the case with any of thewhite and rose wines the team tested.

Other studies have shown thatdrinking red wine may boost theblood levels of HDL cholesterol, thegood cholesterol, an important factorin controlling blood pressure andfurthering the protection against heartdisease.

These antioxidant compounds inwine (polyphenols) are found in theskins and seeds of grapes. Whenwine is made from these grapes, thealcohol produced by the fermentationprocess dissolves the polyphenolscontained in the skin and seeds. Redwine contains more polyphenols thanwhite wine because the making ofwhite wine requires the removal ofthe skins after the grapes are crushed.

Resveratrol is a type ofpolyphenol called a phytoalexin, aclass of compounds produced as partof a plant’s defense system againstdisease. It is produced in the plant inresponse to an invading fungus,stress, injury, infection or ultravioletirradiation. Red wine has high levelsof resveratrol, which has been shownto inhibit growth of many types ofcancer cells in culture. Studies ofthe association between red wineconsumption and cancer in humansare in their initial stages. However,there is growing evidence that thehealth benefits of red wine are relatedto its nonalcoholic components.

So here’s hoping for a wonderfulsummer at The Club. Come on overand enjoy a nice glass of red (orwhite) wine!

“I think it is a great error toconsider a heavy tax on wines as atax on luxury. On the contrary, it isa tax on the health of our citizens.”

~ Thomas Jefferson

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