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SCYA Manning Regatta......................... March 5-6Ukelele Lessons ......................................March 15Membership Meeting ...............................March 18Laser Midwinters West ...................... March 18-20Easter Brunch .........................................March 27Ukelele Lessons .................................. April 5 & 19Full ABYC Calendar
March 2016 Official Publication of
Alamitos Bay Yacht ClubVolume 89 • Number 3
Manager’s Corner ............................................. 2Commodore’s Comments.................................. 2Vice Verses .................................................... 3-4Fleet Captain’s Log ........................................... 4Junior Sailing..................................................... 5Hails From the Fleets ..................................... 6-7
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Wine and canvas seem like a pretty unlikelycombination—wine and cheese sound muchmore compatible—but add in paint, brushes,
sumptuous snacks and good friends and you have themakings of an outstanding evening!
And with the addition of art instructorRosemary Bandes of Destination Art, the creative juiceswere flowing, not to mention the wine. Rosemary guidedand encouraged us in creating individual paintings. Sincemost participants brought their own subject matter topaint the final products ranged from Terri Bishop’sabstract sail boats to Kathy Robinson’s version of “StarryNight!” Although not all of us were planning on hangingthe recently completed works in our living rooms we all agreed that it was a fun and relaxing way to spend a Thursdaynight.
Kathy Robinson photos
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manager’scorner
compasscommodore’s
Got Sails?
The Juniors are collecting old sailsto recycle into duffle bags andother gear. Clean out your boat andgarage! Simply drop off your oldsails in the designated collectionbin in the junior room.
Hello there! It’s hard to believe it’s March already. We’ve got quite a few events on the calendar to look forward to this month, including two regattas, starting with the SCYA Manning Regatta on March 5th & 6th, and then the Laser Midwinters West to follow two
weeks later on March 17th, 18th & 19th. Race Management is always looking for volunteers forthese regattas, so if you’re not sailing in these or future regattas and still want to participate, getin touch with Fleet Captain David Schack, and he can point you in the right direction. There’s avariety of ways one can help and it’s a great way to meet new friends.
We’ve also got the General Membership Meeting on March 18th, hosted by the Lido Fleet.The menu will be Fish and Chips with coleslaw, and the program will feature speaker Sam Bell
regaling us with his tales of crossing the Pacific Ocean while participating in last year’s Transpac. Please be sure to getyour dinner reservation in early by either calling the office, using the website, or e-mailing Sheila at [email protected] really helps us out when members make their reservations in advance, so please be sure to make your reservation today.
Finally, looking at the end of the month, we’ve got the Easter Brunch falling on March 27th. This champagne brunchis an ABYC tradition that’s fun for the whole family, complete with an egg hunt and an appearance by the Easter Bunnyhimself. Check out the flyer to see this year’s brunch fare and schedule of activities. Remember to get your reservation inby March 17th to get the special early-bird price. You don’t want to miss it!
Tori
Wow! The members of Alamitos Bay Yacht Club sure are doing things right! And it isshowing in the number of new members which have joined in the past two months!Could it be the great social events like the “Super Bowl Party” which was organized
by Jore Suarez, or The “Wine and Canvas” event (I think the wine came from a bottle and thecanvas did not have to be stitched.) Maybe the regattas like Mid-Winters or our own local “OceanFleet Races.”
If I had to place a bet though, I would say it is the way we members make our guests feelwelcomed when they come to the club for whatever reason it may be! We have a tradition ofbeing a welcoming club who likes to share our little piece of paradise with those that may come
from just down the peninsula or from another country thousands of miles away. That is why “ABYC is the Place to Be” hasbecome synonymous with friendly attitudes and great sailing the world over!
Please feel free to join other volunteers in their endeavors to host great social and sailing events at the club! Justtake a look at the calendar on the WEB Site (www.ABYC.ORG) and sign up to help out! Your assistance is the backbone ofour club! I know that the Manning Regatta is coming up as well as the Laser Midwinters West. On the social side, EasterBrunch is on the horizon and volunteers are always welcome the day before for set up (last year I learned how to fold anapkin into a bunny rabbit!)
April 16th and 17th is our annual Spring Spruce Up!The Vice Commodore, Steve Smith is in charge of this. This isthat one weekend a year that we really count on you comingdown and getting the plethora of small and great projects doneso that our club look spick and span for opening day! Comeon down and join me as I scrape and paint, polish and buff,dig and plant, and then have a great late lunch and a beverage.Then stand back and admire our work!
Recently, I asked all of you that have yachts in theyard to please come by and check them out. There are stillmany boats which have swimming pools in their covers. TheMigratory birds are starting to look in those pools for small fishto feed their young!
Come on down, enjoy your piece of paradise!Latham Bell
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2014/15OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
Commodore Latham [email protected]
Vice Commodore Steve [email protected]
Rear Commodore Kevin [email protected]
Fleet Captain Dave [email protected]
Secretary Jeff [email protected]
Jr. Staff Commodore Chuck [email protected]
DirectorsJunior Program Steve Bloemeke
[email protected] Dan Milefchik
[email protected] Tim Carter
Sou’WSou’WSou’WSou’WSou’Wesesesesestttttererererer DEADLINEDEADLINEDEADLINEDEADLINEDEADLINEMarch 20, 2016 is the deadline
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Help us tHelp us tHelp us tHelp us tHelp us to Help yo Help yo Help yo Help yo Help you!ou!ou!ou!ou!Please keep your e-mail address currentwith [email protected] to receive allof the weekly news and events. Thank you.
Treasurer Nicole Peoples
Junior Commodore Alan Peoples
Fleet Surgeon Dr. Richard Bell
Judge Advocate Tom Ramsey, Esq.
Fleet Chaplain Don Reiman
Port Captain Dave Myers/Joel Stone
Sou’wester Editor/Layout Sharon Pearson
Weekly Reader Glenn Selvin
ABYC Phone (562) 434-9955
Homepage www.abyc.orgEmail [email protected]
versesvice
The February General Membership Meeting featured an appetizing dinner of fried chicken,mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, biscuits, cole slaw and cookies. Attendance was onthe light side so there was plenty of left overs if anyone wanted seconds. Latham lead the
brief meeting which consisted of Fleet reports by Stephen Bloemeke for the Juniors, KathyReed for the Lidos and your author for the Lasers. Membership Committee Chairman, RobStropky introduced Robin Townsend who introduced new members Barbara Hounsell andAlex Crossfor presentation of their ABYC Burgee.
Tim Carter presented the club with a burgee from the Saint Andrews Bay Yacht Club inPanama City FL. Tim had been at St. ABYC in connection with the selection of the Viper as
replacement for the venerable Flying Scot as the Gulf Yachting Association boat for interclub competition. We also receiveda new burgee from when Latham Bell exchanged burgees with Chris Reno from North East River Yacht Club in North EastMD.
Tim Carter
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Barbara Hounsell, Alex Cross& Robin Townsend Chris Reno & Latham Bell
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logfleet captain’s
After the meeting, your author made a brief, albeit technology challenged preview of the soon to be activated ABYCwebsite. The new website has been in development by Jeff McDermaid in conjunction with a professional web designerover the past several months. The site has a fresh new look with readily accessed tabs and menus for members andguests to find out what is happening at ABYC. Watch for announcement of the new website release soon.
Mark your calendars for the March General Membership Meeting as Kathy Reed and the hosting Lido Fleet havea fun line-up of entertainment for members and guests. Don’t miss this one, Friday evening March 18th.
Boatyard Yard Rules& Waiting ListThe ABYC Board of Directors and fellow members are grateful to those of you who recently made an effort to
bring your boats, trailers, dollies and dry mooring spaces in line with the Yard Rules. The Board will continue its effortsto monitor the yard with an eye to enforce the Yard Rules and keep our yard neat and tidy. If you see a condition in theyard that requires a remedy, please do not hesitate to bring it to the attention of the club office or a Board Member.
The boat yard is certainly a valuable asset of our club and an attraction for existing and prospective memberswho desire a dry mooring space for a sailboat with an easy access to our wonderful sailing waters. This asset is in suchdemand, we have more than thirty (30) member names on our Waiting List for a dry mooring space in the yard. If forany reason you find you are no longer using your boat, please consider other options for storing your boat so anothermember may enjoy this special privilege of membership at ABYC.
Steve Smith
...from page 3vice commodorem o r e
Patience has a new bottom (well almost). Patience was hauled out and received two new coats of bottom paint as well as receiving some additional TLC from our friends at Marina Shipyard. Patience’s topsides will receive some attention soon as well. Eric has been working hard on
keeping the Whalers operational. Thanks to Kevin Brown, we have new tow lines available for mostof the larger Whalers so if the need arises competitors can be towed to and from the courses.
Regatta season is upon us and I am looking forward to working with many of you in putting on somegreat regattas this years. There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer for race management whether
it is helping with shoreside activities or on the water. If you were unable to make it to the whaler training on 2/28 don’tworry, there will be more opportunities to learn what race management is all about. I’d like to go over a few thingsregarding on-the-water volunteering and race management. If you are scheduled to help out at a regatta please rememberthe following:
• Plan on arriving early, especially on the first day of the regatta, and meet with your fellow race managementvolunteers-you will receive further instructions and your assignments from the PRO if you don’t already have them.
• Bring plenty of liquids-bring refillable water bottles instead of plastic bottles.• Equipment will be ready for you to take to your assigned boats. Please do not take equipment out of other carts or
the container.• If you find that you are missing equipment, please let one of the Port Captains know and they will make every
attempt to get you exactly what you need. • If something breaks, gets lost or doesn’t work properly please let one of the Port Captains and the PRO know-
otherwise we have no way of knowing if something needs to be fixed or replaced. • Inspect the boat before you leave the dock to make sure you have all the required equipment on board and make
sure there’s fuel in the tanks.• Bring proper clothing-even though our weather is pretty mild it can get a chilly on the water at times.• Remove trash from the boat each day and place it in one of the trash cans on the dock.• Place radios and hand-bearing compasses in the designated box which is usually placed on top of one of the dock
boxes adjacent to Patience.Thanks for your help and support, see you on the water.Dave Schack
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perspectivejunior
Last weekend I competed in my first Laser regatta, the Ullman/Frost up in Venturabut we actually raced in Oxnard due to storm damage at the Ventura marina. Thetow out was fast because we were running late and thus my Laser got a lot of water
in it and it took a while to splash out with my foot. On the first day, there was about 5-8knots and a lot of current pushing you over the start line. The waves were sizable butrolling and very smooth. It was easy to get swept of the course with the strong current onport tack and then have to reach back to the top mark, which happened to me in the firstrace. The left side had a couple decent lifts coming from the islands and if you didn’t sail in the pressure, you got sucked tothe back of the fleet. On the downwind legs, leeward heel was necessary, otherwise the sail wouldn’t fill and the waveswould bring the boom over. Not ideal and at the downwind leg of the 3rd race, the wind died and thankfully the PRO endedthe day there. He wasn’t so nice later. The second day saw about 0-5 knots and the wind was coming in from a differentdirection than the waves, and it was shifty. The few races that were started were abandoned and there was a lot ofpostponement between starts. Several sailors had to be towed up to the line. Finally, the Pro called it quits for the day andwe went in, having only sailed 3 races for the entire regatta. My first Laser regatta went okay, and I came home satisfied thatI went out of my comfort zone. It was fun!
Tom Morel
board repjunior program
Believe it or not, SUMMER is here. Well, not technically, but in terms of planning the year, it sure is. The JuniorAdvisory Committee (“JAC”) with the direction of Allie Blecher is deep into securing the Summer Program CoachingStaff. Meaning that it is time to start spreading the word for all of us to let our friends and family know of this fantastic
sailing program that has something to offer every level of sailor.All of our Jr. Sailing Programs are open to Non-Members and in most cases our club owned sailboats are available
for charter. For more information, please contact Allie at [email protected], or at ABYC (562) 434-9955 x22.Alan Peoples, the Jr. Commodore addressed the Flag Officers and Board of Directors at the February meeting and
updated them of the Jr. Board of Director’s activities. With upcoming exciting Social Activities, innovative Fund Raising,and various Regattas and Clinics, Parents need to be aware and let their kids know of those activities to increase participation.Please support their efforts.
Our monthly “check the box” participants contributed a nice amount, but the list is not growing high enough! Pleaseconsider a simple ongoing donation of $5 (or more) by checking the box at the bottom of your monthly yacht club bill. Thisreally does help the Jr. Monetary Fund and eases the burden of asking the Club to release money from the Capital Fundthat is needed to maintain boats and ensure that the coaches have the equipment that they need to do their jobs.
Many thanks!Steve Bloemeke
Thank you to all who continue to donatesails to the Junior Sail RecyclingProgram. We just sent in nine boxesweighing over 350 pounds! This springlook for our return shipment of greatbags by Sea Bags of Maine.
Jenn Golison
Please join the Junior Fleet atthe General Meeting on April15 with a presentation byABYC member HowardHamlin about the excitingworld of skiff sailing.
Sailing practice in the dark until the wind turned offFebruary, 2016Jenn Golison photo
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I had the honor of racing in the Barney Flam Perpetual Regatta this weekend as part of the California Dreamin’ Match Race Series. Thanks to our skipper Shane Young and our team of Mark Ryan, John Hill, Ian Paice and Tyler Webb for a great weekend. We
finished in a 3 way tie for 1st and ended up a very respectable 2nd.Steve Flam
match racecalifornia dreamin’
START CLINIC :We had 21 attendees learning starting
tips and upwind leg strategy and tacticsfrom Fleet Six’s own Two time NationalChampion Mark Ryan. Coach Ryan put
the fleet through intense starting drills and taught thefleet boat handling skills and positioning. Everyone’sstarting improved immensely. “A great class is one thatcan effect change…we have changed our entireapproach to the start, “said Pixie and Rob Hartman ofLido Sunny Side Up.
After the morning session of drills we had a briefdiscussion during lunch and then went back out and didmore starts and more short practice races. Bill Mooreand crew Daniel Lasker were dominating the afternoonracing until an equipment failure knocked them out of the action.March 12th will be the next clinic on mark roundings, downwind leg and finishing.
MIDWINTERS:Light and shifty conditions made the course a challenging chess game that would have made even chess champ
Garry Kasparov sigh. Sailing surgeons like Mike Ryan, Bruce Golison and Mike Shea dissected the light and shifty conditionswith surgical precision. B Fleet had the Taugher touch and the calculated Conn maneuvers with young William Muellerpushing the envelope and Cindy Heavrin’s driving debut. All B fleet boats scored a bullet in the first day of action with TeamTaugher ending the day on top.
“A” Fleet results; After two days racing in super light air Kevin Thomas turned up the heat and finished in 3rd, withBruce Golison 2nd, Mark Ryan finishing 1st.
“B “ fleet had the Family Mueller winning top honors and Tracy Conn in second. Rumor is that Pam was seencrewing for Tracy on Sunday. Go Pam!
Cindy Heavrin photos
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Nirvana sailing Racin’ in the Basin is set to start soon after Daylight savings time changes our clockson March 13th. Also, SCYA Midwinters for Nirvana RC boats is set for May 14th at Lake GregoryYacht Club. Last year’s racing was fun and in fresh water! It is just a quick 90 minute road trip to
mountains and a pretty lake. Also, anyone who wants to turn over their boat can let me know. We havepeople interested in sailing Friday night twilight’s with us. Happy 2016!
Don Shirley
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS!March 12=Lido Clinic: Mark roundings, downwind leg, and finishing.March 18=Duty Fleet General Membership: Barbershop quartet will sing as we serve our club members. After dinnerpresentation will be the adventures of Sam Bell and Westward returning from Hawaii with the Mega Expedition.March 20=Fleet 1, Harry Wood Regatta NewportMarch 26=Fleet 2, Invitational Marina Del ReyMarch 26=CBYC March Madness
Race your Lido in Twilights and support our junior program: Need crew? Need valet? It’s a win, win deal for Lidofleet and juniors. Contact junior sailing director Allie Blecher at [email protected] to arrange for crew/valet in thisfund raising program. Suggested for valet and or crew or both $20.
Fleet 6 Lido-14 Charter Boats.
For any Lido sailing at ABYC, Fleet 6 has 1 Lido 14 available for charter. These boats are available on first comebasis for a fee of $25.00 for ABYC members. If interested in a boat for a day, or sailing an ABYC race/regatta, make yourrequest with Fleet 6 via e-mail at [email protected]
Kathy Reed
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We have a new line of ABYC is the Place to Be shirts and sweatshirts by Cathy Black. Also, we are fully stocked inall sizes of jackets, vests and polos, so check out the ABYC gear the next time you are down at the club.
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On Sunday February 7th as the rest of the nation and world was preparing to watch the Super Bowl at homes andbars we, at ABYC, were preparing to watch the Bowl at our club. No matter which team, the Broncos or thePanthers, you were going to be cheering for there was a feeling of increasing tension on the second deck! Maybe
it was not for the game its self but rather the squares which you had numbers on. The wait was palatable! Speaking ofpalatable the smells generated by the wide variety of snacks being place on the tables were amazing. The snacks rangedfrom Kettle corn to a fresh Salmon Ceviche.
Jorge Suarez had organized the event. It was not just watching the game! He had Patty Williams organizing thesquares that were for sale as well as creating a wonderful historical display of the Bowl game. Many members enjoyed theday. Jorge announced the square winners at each of the quarters. He also announced the winner of the hors d’oeuvrescontest. It was won by the fresh Salmon Ceviche.
Once again with the help of wonderful volunteers, ABYC was the place to be on Super Bowl Sunday!
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ABYC Events Calendar - March 2016
Mon Tu Wed Th Fri Sat Sun1Club Closed
Ukelele Lessons...
2HS Practice
JAC Meeting
3 4Happy Hour
Bridge Qtr Deck
HS Practice
5SCYA EE ManningSeries
6SCYA EE ManningSeries
7Club Closed
8Club Closed
9HS Practice
RMC / SAC Meeting
10PBPG Meeting QtrDeck 2:00PM
11Happy Hour
Keelboat FleetMeeting
HS Practice
12Lido Clinic Qtr Deck
13Senior Sabot/BayClasses
14Club Closed
15Club Closed
Ukelele Lessons...
16HS Practice
BoD Meeting
17St. Patrick's Day
18Laser MidwintersWest...
General Membership
19Laser MidwintersWest...
20Laser MidwintersWest...
21Club Closed
22Club Closed
23HS Practice
24 25HS Practice
26Easter BrunchSet-Up
Ocean Fleet Race...
27Easter Brunch...
28Club Closed
29Club Closed
30HS Practice
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ABYC Events Calendar - April 2016
Mon Tu Wed Th Fri Sat Sun1Happy Hour
Bridge Qtr Deck
HS Practice
2CISA
3CISA
4CISA
Club Closed
5CISA
Club Closed
Ukelele Lessons...
6RMC / SAC Meeting
HS Practice
JAC Meeting
7Lido Twilights
8HS Practice
Happy Hour
9Julissa's Wedding4PM
10Senior Sabot/BayClasses
11Club Closed
12Club Closed
13HS Practice
BoD Meeting
14Lido Twilights
PBPG Meeting 2ndDeck 6:30PM
15HS Practice
General Membership
16Spring Spruce-Up
17Spring Spruce-Up
18Club Closed
19Club Closed
Ukelele Lessons...
Poole Event...
20HS Practice
Poole Event...
21Lido Twilights
Poole Event...
22HS Practice
Happy Hour
23Lido Clinic Qtr Deck
24Morin Wedding-Patio/QtrDk 1-8pm
25Club Closed
26Club Closed
27HS Practice
28Lido Twilights
29HS Practice
Raft up Party
30Opening Day
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