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FOGHORN June 2015
Point San Pablo Yacht Club, PO Box 70307,
700 West Cutting Blvd., Point Richmond, CA 94807
The Friendly Little Club at the end of Santa Fe Chanel!e of Norm’s Dark ‘n Stormy
June 2015
Friday Happy Hour
FOGHORN June 2015
Commodore
Kelly Mack [email protected]
June 6 Defibrilator Training
June 26-28 Loch Lomond YC cruise out
July No Meeting, no workparty
August 15-17 Bay View Boat Club Cruise-in
August 22 Brazil Barbeque
August 29-30 Balena Bay YC cruise out
October 3 Wharf Rats Regatta
October 9-10 Sacramento YC Cruise-in
November 26 Empty Nest Thanksgiving
Monthly 2nd
Fri-Sat
General Membership Dinner & work
party
Off on another Mexican ad-
venture, this time with Ted
Hawkins and David Grietzer.
Dr. Jim Koss shows us the propere use of the our
new defibrilator
FOGHORN June 2015
Rear Commodore
David Greitzer
Pay your bills at
Point San Pablo Yacht Club
700 West Cutting Blvd.
PT. Richmond, CA 94807
Fully into May and the sailing is great! Thanks to
Ingrid and Letty for a wonderful Kentucky
Derby Party and to Ted Hawkins and his entourage
for a superb lamb dinner. Kathy McMahon and
Eckke Droppmann will put on the Chef’s hat for June
so please rsvp your reservation to Glenda before
Thursday. If you’d like to lend a hand cooking there
are still couple of month’s available: sign up sheet is
on the bulletin board in the bar. Can’t let the month
go by without thanking Lauren Belton (again!) for his
hard work clearing the drain and sink-erator in the
galley during the meeting dinner. Oh the
drama! Thanks too to Norm and Karleen for refinish-
ing the table on the deck and crafting a plan for the
replacement of the table cloths: well done! Mention
must be made here on the outstanding participation
of our club members at the Master Mariner’s Regatta
this past Memorial Day weekend: Aida, Bluenose,
Farida, Tiger, Vectus, and Vixen did PSPYC proud as
did our clubmembers serving as crews on other
boats. Check out the pix on the Master Mariner’s
website. Well here it is June so it’s high time we start
thinking about oatmeal again! Here goes:
Scotch Teas
8x8 or 9x9 pan lightly greased
2 cups oatmeal
1/2 cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
Heat oven to 300.
Mix oatmeal, salt, and baking powder.
Melt butter and sugar together, stirring to keep from
burning.
Add oatmeal mix to butter and sugar: mix well.
Put into greased pan and press mixture to compact.
Cook at 300 for 20 minutes.
Cool completely before cutting.
Tonja. Tonja. Tonja. Thank you Tonja for hosting
the May Friday Happy Hours. PSPYC volunteerism
at its best is what Tonja Jackson so graciously ex-
emplified while the Rear Commodore along with the
Commodore and Ted Hawkins sailed/powered over
991 nautical miles from La Paz to Ensenada, Baja,
Mexico. Also, thank you to all who filled in with bar
duties while we were away.
We’re back now and with that Friday Night Happy
Hours will continue as before. We expect to have live
music as often as possible, pot luck snacks, and
general merriment.
I look forward to sharing our Mexican sea adven-
tures with you so be sure to corner me at the bar
and ask away. For those that were able to follow
along with my blog, I hope you enjoyed it. I have a
few more entries to post and should have them up-
loaded within a week or two. For those that want to
catch up on the blog posts please go to https://
pubspeopleplaces.wordpress.com/ and check it out.
Keep in mind the most recent posts are listed first so
you may want to go back to the first entry on May 4.
Thank you for your support and remember visit the
Friday Happy Hours, be a part of “your” club and
most importantly have fun at PSPYC.
Vice Commodore
Paul Maheu
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Port Captain
Jenny Knox
Greetings all,
We accomplished some rewarding projects at the last
work party. The flag pole is now raised back into it's
upright position. Thanks to Paul Jaqua for his skill in
reworking the staff & shrouds. The heavy winds this
whole month has put it through the test and no
longer will we be
wasting any money
on replacing ripped
flags.
With Lauren's exper-
tise, we then re-
placed the old bro-
ken down security
fence than ran be-
tween us and the
public boat ramp
with the gate that
was cut down dur-
ing the barbed wire
removal. It fit per-
fectly!
Thanks for showing up: Lauren, Blake, Chris, Mike,
Todd, Chuck, Norm, Andy, Karleen, Sue.
BLUE GREEN TRASH
RECYCLE COMPOST GARBAGE
Paper- Plates, Boxes, Napkins, Cups, Newspapers, Mags
Dirty Paper Plates Food scraps Coffee Grounds
Styrofoam, Dog Poop, Palm fronds
Plastic- Flatware, Straws, Wrappers, Film & Bags
Yard Clippings, Bar fruit, Pizza boxes
Treated wood, large glass, large metal
Cans-Aerosol, Soda Glass-Bottles, Jars
***NO PLASTIC*** Rubber, hoses, fabric, batteries, electronics,
***NO COFFEE GROUNDS*** OR FOOD
***NO DOG POOP*** NO PAPER - ALL CAN BE RECYCLED
June Cruise Out: Loch Lomond, June 26th, 27th and
28th. Friday’s Dinner: $10.00PP Menu Pending, Sat-
urday June 27th Dinner: 3LB Lobsters 50.00PP Sun-
day June 28th Breakfast: No Charge (Provided by
Loch Lomond Yacht Club) Additional information re-
garding Dinner Tickets will be provided at a later
date.
July: No Cruise Out
August 28th and 29th Balenna Bay Yacht Club-
Island Party!
See you there!
Fleet Captain
Elaine King
Work proceeds on the repair of the clubhouse railings
which were badly rotted and not up to current building
codes. Demolition assistance came from Robby Robin-
son and Casey Garvey.
FOGHORN June 2015
TREASURER
Darrell Struck
Res: (510) 233-0576
hotelmacrestaraunt.com
Treasurer's Report
Memorial Day is now over for another year, and the BBQ Season is fast approaching. Typically
the PSPYC will be set up for a Sunday BBQ program starting on Memorial Day and ending on La-
bor Day. Thus far, I have not noticed any charred meat odor emanating from the patio so the field
is wide open for a volunteer(s) to launch the program. It doesn't have to be fancy. Generally we use
the KISS approach. It usually starts a little slow but in July and August it is quite popular with
members and guests. The process is as follows: The club will bankroll the event for the first time
and after that the system should be self supporting. After the season is over, the club will be paid
back and the funds remaining will be designated by the volunteer(s) who have sole jurisdiction as
to what they wish to do with the money. If you have a pet project that needs to be funded this may
be your chance to raise the bucks necessary. Sometimes, if you need a little extra, the club will
subsidize the shortfall. The tricky part is a commitment to dedicate time on Sundays for the event
because once we start and promote the event we need to ensure that each and every Sunday the
fix'ns are available and the BBQ is hot. Any volunteers??
FOGHORN June 2015
Ariane Paul, MMBA Staff Commodore
Master Mariners Benevolent Association
https://www.facebook.com/
2015 Master Mariners Regatta – in the bag
This year’s Master Mariners Regatta did not start the
way it usually does. The winds were surprisingly light
and participants began the race in a strong flood. Diffi-
culties like this still make for an exciting race as skip-
pers and crew make the best of the circumstances and
fight harder towards the finish.
Point San Pablo
Yacht Club was
well represented in
this event. In the
Gaff 1 division were
the schooners: Ti-
ger with Luc Maheu
taking a 3rd place;
the Peitso brothers
on Bluenose; and
Skip Henderson on
Aida which had the
honor of first vessel to arrive at the awards party at En-
cinal Yacht Club. In Gaff 2 was Sequestor with Tom
List’s son Hans and his wife Sophie, while Tom and
Suzanne relaxed on Begone in Hilo, Hawaii with crew
Vicky Oswald, all sipping Mai-Tais while receiving long-
distance race reports from their friends and family back
in the Bay. Marconi 2 division had Mike and Sue
Proudfoot on Farida, and Marconi 3 had Louis Nickles
on Vectis and Vixen, with Steve Kibler taking 3rd place.
In charge of this year’s regatta was PSPYC Staff Com-
modore and current Master Mariners’ Vice Commodore
Steve Hutchinson who did a fine job running the race
and presenting the awards at the dinner party at Enci-
nal Yacht Club. Maggie said it was one of the best
times she has had at the regatta, and she and Steve
spent the remainder of the evening on the dance floor
after all the work was done. During the day, Patty
Henderson and Linda Kibler worked the T-shirt sales
table at Encinal sharing stories and waiting for the big
raft-up party to start.
Besides all the local participants, the MMBA was glad
to welcome the Schooner Martha in this year’s regatta.
Martha, down from Port Townsend, used to call San
Francisco Bay home and was built here at the W.F.
Stone Boat Yard in 1907. She had tried to come
down for her 100th birthday, but the trip was de-
layed until last year. She has been busy participat-
ing in classic yacht events up and down the coast
this past year. Martha will be in the Great San
Francisco Schooner Race on Sat. June 13th at the
San Francisco Yacht Club, and then participate in
this year’s TransPac. Martha’s Cap’n. Robert d’Arcy
and his crew had a fine battle with the M1 Pursuit.
Martha came in second place, with Pursuit taking
line honors as well as the coveted Dead Eye perpet-
ual trophy.
The scow schooner Alma won the Big Schooner di-
vision for only her second time and all of her crew
were beaming at the party. Being the only current
member vessel that participated in the early Master
Mariners regattas of the 1800s, you know this is
quite a big deal for Alma.
Besides the upcoming schooner race, the Wooden
Boat Show will be on Sunday, June 28th at the Co-
rinthian Yacht Club, and the eighth annual Sum-
mer
Sail-
stice
Boat
Build-
ing
Contest
will be
on Sat-
urday,
June 20th at Encinal Yacht Club. Norm Harris was
on the winning team last year with his fellow MMBA
member Ted Hoppe. It is a great contest at fun
sailing event.
Thanks to all the PSPYC members who participated
in this year’s Master Mariners Regatta! You can
find links to photo galleries of the regatta on the
MMBA website and Facebook page – the Facebook
page also has race re-cap links from various vessels
and video links: www.mastermariners.org,
FOGHORN June 2015
From David G’s Blog
Day 4 -9 At Sea– Hey Battleship Potemkin, You Ain’t Got Noth-
ing on Us.
Usually a listicle is the lazy journalist’s way of writing
to lazy readers. Instead of prose and description the writer sim-
ply lists what they think are newsworthy items. This is popular
on the web today as anyone who clicks on Facebook reposts of
usually mindless articles can attest. Miracle food cures cancer.
Beyonce slips nip at MTV Awards, Market Crash Certain by
Christmas, etc… My purpose in the following listicle is far more
practical. Being in WiFi hell along the Baja Peninsula getting
enough signal to post these blogs is getting increasingly more
difficult.
Just yesterday in San Juanico, the tony village of 42
people, my four-chapter masterpiece was erased during upload.
First world problem, I know. But, for you the reader, I feel
sorry. It was a combination of Moby Dick, the Iliad, and East of
Eden all rolled into one. For those not familiar with those clas-
sics, you’ll be right at home with the following listicle amd in
need of a a semester of English Lit at your local community
college.
1. First day at Seat, refridgeration broken. All meat had to be
thrown overboard.
2. Alarms going off at all hours. it usually means Ted’s girl-
friend is calling. For some reason Ted’s cell plan is better
than NASA’s communication system.
3. Bilge pump not working. Boat is lower in the water now.
4. Water gushing into front cabin soaking all bedding.
5. Day Two, water is dripping onto my sleeping bag. Smells
like its passing over a petrified rat full of cheese that’s
been stuck in the hull since 1979.
6. Stepped on two Chihuahuas. Really pissed them off and I
think I maimed one in the process.
7. Caught a mackerel. Left it on deck for two days. Smelled
like a two-day old mackerel.
8. 45-mph wind gusts with 25-foot waves every 3 seconds.
9. Launched out of bed in the middle of REM sleep. Bruised
ribs.
10. Day Three, bathing has become a distant fond memory
like Christmas morning as a kid.
11. Forced Ted to shower in San Juanico and was chastised
as being too sensitive.
12. Whales, dolphins, shark, pelicans. Yadda yadda
yadda.
13. Batteries low.the only thing that seems to be
charging is Ted’s cell phone.
14. Day Four, solar panel nearly slips off of boat. Se-
cured it with Zip ties.
15. Putting toothpaste on brush during rough seas is
like squirting glue on the wall.
16. Caught 30-pound yellow tail tuna. Fish juice all
over. Ate it raw because propane stove went kaput
17. Captain ran out of e-cigarette juice. Now smoking
real cigarettes in cabin.
18. Met two fishermen who gave us oysters and fish.
The fish had to be chucked. See #16.
To sum up the trip, I would punch the first
sailboat salesman who offered to sell me a sailboat. Sail
boating seems to me to be a series of fleeting glimpses
of awe with continuous moments of panic and terror.
But, sail boaters would say, “But the stars.”
Hey, sail boaters, go outside anywhere you are on the
planet (even off the planet) and look up…stars.
Sail boaters might even say, “But, the sunsets.”
Again, go outside and look up. You’re welcome. I just
saved you 100K and a high blood pressure problem.
“But, the wind is free.” True, the wind is free.
But when the wind is coming from the wrong direction,
you’re burning diesel like the Exxon Valdez. And, how
much was that little stainless steel fitting you had to
have?
“ But, how about having a hot cup of coffee in
the middle of the night while gazing at the sea?” In my
experience, it was like the scene in Young Frankenstein
when the blind man spilled scalding hot soup in the
monster’s lap.
All in all it was an experience I am grateful to
have had. Key word, had. I’m glad it’s over and can now
say I traveled over 991 nautical miles without serious
incident. Thanks Captain Ted. You’re attention to detail
in planning and preparedness, and careful attention to
all things seaworthy, we are alive to be glib and snarky.
FOGHORN June 2015
.General Meeting
May 8, 2015
Kelly Mack called the meeting to order at 8:14 pm.
Motion to approve, seconded and approved.
Vice Commodore: Paul Maheu
Please give Ted Hawkins and a big round of applause.
Thank you, Ted for the wonderful dinner. The club had a great Kentucky Derby party and everyone had a lot of
fun. We have three slots left for volunteer monthly din-
ners, please see the sign up sheet.
Rear Commodore: David Greitzer We have Happy hours every Friday except on General
meeting nights. We have live music and the guest at-
tendance out numbered the members. The band is very
good and the bar is doing well.
Port Captain: Jenny Knox The flag pole is down because we fixed it with the help
by Paul Jaqua. Tomorrow morning we will be putting
the flag back up for the Work Party which starts at 9
a.m. We will be working on putting up fencing between
the public ramp and our property. Low tide is at 9 a.m. sharp and so be there on time.
TREASURER: Darrell Struck
Board was busy this month’s meeting. Next week are
going add a new WiFi and we will have new railings be-
fore next meeting.
FLEET CAPTAIN:
Elaine is on vacation and told me to mention the cruise
out next week end to Petaluma
PICYA: Sybil Hallbauer
We had one boat in parade so we got some points
FIRST MATES: Sue Proudfoot.
The lawns look brown so the First Mates will pay for
new Boci Ball courts for the west lawn. In addition, Jim Koss has volunteered to give an AED class will be giving
a brief introduction after the work party at lunch time –
free on Saturday 9th. Deloris has arranged a six hour
CPR class and sign up and must have a minimum of 25
people – cost associated $55 per person – American Heart Association master training will provide CPR
which covers first responder training 2 year certification.
Hands on and videos
Every body should know CPR it is buying time.
OLD BUSINESS:
WIFI will be installed
NEW BUSINESS:
New member: Todd Bloch has been a small boat
sailing for 25 year and works at San Francisco Maritime and is a volunteers there too. His boat is
currently up in the delta and he want to move the
boat to here. Look forward to being here.
Good of the club:
Anyone know who the big red boat (first boat) in the dry storage? No response
Linda/Steve Kibler presented a Royal Malta Yacht
Club burgee to the commodore.
8:29 p.m.
Motion to adjourn. Approved.
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FIRST MATES MEETING MINUTES – MAY 8,
2015
The meeting was called to order in the PSPYC back
room by Sue Proudfoot at 1730 hours.
Present: Colleen Fielding, Sybal Hallbauer,
Earlene Lagier, Karleen Ohlhausen, Sue Proudfoot,
Dolores Robinson, Karen Stokes, Nancy Struck
Approved: April 10, 2015 First Mates meeting min-
utes.
Dolores distributed a course description for CPR,
AED and First Medic class scheduled for June 6th
@$55 per person. The instructor, Joyce Arsi, was
recommended by Kathy Pehargou. Dolores will dis-
tribute descriptions at the membership meeting and
post a signup sheet. She will request Glenda to
send notice(s) to the membership. Need at least 10
people. Dolores will report results to the instructor,
collect and deliver checks to the instructor.
Colleen will provide an accounting of profits and
expenses for raffle baskets sold during 2015.
Sybal deposited $253.17 laundry income for the
month; $200 is the average monthly laundry in-
come.
Sybal paid $200 to the bar for entertainment; re-
ceived receipts and will mail check for $97 to Kathy
McMahon for raffle basket expenses. No reim-
bursement for Karleen, who had used the club card
to purchase material for deck chairs.
Karleen will create a new Tee Shirt design.
Plan to install a gas fire place in dining room is un-
der consideration. Waiting for the Board to put in a
bigger gas line because the existing fireplace takes
away gas from the galley stove and laundry dryer.
Actively pursuing possibility of installing a bocce
ball court(s) to replace the lawn area and provide
entertainment for members and cruise-ins. (visions
of tournaments) Sybal will research the cost for
installation and materials and the resulting level of
water conservation.
Sue will ask Dr. Koss to schedule an introductory
presentation for the AED.
The meeting adjourned at 1825 hours.
Our traveling friends
Sue List, Vicky Oswald, and Tom List on the
way to Hawaii
Master Mariners Crew Pip Sailed on Bluenose
Visitor from outer space?
FOGHORN June 2015
Harbor Master
Glenda Linn
Officers
Commodore:
Kelly Mack 530-363-5802 [email protected]
Vice Commodore:
Paul Maheu
510-524-3587
Rear Commodore:
David Greitzer
916-687-3606
Port Captain:
Jenny Knox
530-308-4731
Fleet Captain:
Elaine King
Staff Commodore:
Letty Kraus
916-595-7287
Treasurer:
Darrell Struck
510-235-3719 510-235-
3719
Secretary:
Hal Peterson
Directors:
Richard Alexander
925-954-8700
Glen Bigelow
916-424-1907
Wayne Rundall
916-681-3969
Committees
Hospitality Chair:
TBD
Fleet Surgeon:
James Koss, M.D.
415-608-3092
Foghorn Editor:
Norm Harris
408-605-0462
Membership Chair:
Karleen Ohlhausen
408-605-6612
Webmaster:
Bob Skye
707-303-6330
Telephone Tree:
Karen Stokes
925-935-7096
First Mates President:
Susan Proudfoot
925-778-3249
Staff
Harbor Master/Club Steward:
Glenda Linn
510-375-0289 or 510-233-1046
PSPYC Office:
Glenda Linn
510-233-1046 (fax 510-233-0843)
PSPYC Club House:
510-620-9690
Affiliations and Public Survive
PICYA Representative:
Sybal Halibauer
510-233-1204
Is it really Spring?? Flowers
are blooming, but seriously,
for the whole month of May it
has felt like cold days of
March! I heard this has been the coldest May on re-
cord. Enough of these chilling sea breezes (winds!)
and dreary days! I think I want to go back to Flor-
ida..haha! Summertime is for BBQ's so come on
warm sunny days!!
Our slips are all occupied. Our waiting list for slips
as of today is: Cliff Smith (large slip), Dan O'Dell
(small slip), and Helmut Tutass (small slip).
Our lockers have been full for awhile now, so no
available currently.
We have 2 on the container storage list: Norm Harris
& Maarten Kalway
I just received our EMUD bill from March 19 – May
18. As the drought continues EBMUD has stated on
our bill that we cut back our water use by 15 per-
cent compared to 2013. Our usage has gone down
about 68%! Daily gallon water usage in 2013 was
1660 gallons per day. In this same period for 2015
daily gallon usage was 524! Govenor Brown has re-
quested to cut back 25% state wide on average. Even
at that we have cut back well over 50%. That is
really great and a big thanks to all of you in helping
with our water conservation!! June 1st is the offical
date for mandatory cutbacks, so keep up the good
work here at the club and at home!
As a reminder, please notify the Port Captain or
Harbormaster for the storage of vehicles or boats on
trailers ahead of time for space availability. Written
requests are required before hand and rental fees
are applied the same as slip fees or storage lockers
and containers.
I hope many of you have enjoyed our Friday Night
Happy Hours with all the music, food and drinks. A
big thanks goes to Tonja for her awesome work host-
ing in David's place over this last month!! Please
come to unwind and enjoy in the camaraderie and
good time here at the club!See you all on meeting
night, June 12th! July will be our summer break and
meet up again on August 14th.
Point San Pablo Yacht Club
PO Box 70307
PT. Richmond, CA 94807
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July 2015
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Save the Date:
August 22, 2015
Griff Brazil’s sponsored barbeque
Professional BBQ, Great drinks and music
Arts/Crafts Silent auction to benefit First
Mates
