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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Nov 4th First Friday 6pm Nov 11th, 18th, 25th Sunset Fridays 6pm Nov 12th Change of Watch Party and Social Nov 18th & 19th Club Work Days 9am Dec 9th, 16th, 30th Sunset Friday Dec 3rd Leukemia Cup High School Regatta Dec 9th & 10th Club Work Days 9am Dec 11th BYSC Christmas Party 4pm-7:30pm Dec 20th Kids Kareoke Party 4pm-6pm 1st New Years Day Junior Sailing of Beaufort Oyster Roast Fundraiser Jan 19 Auxillary Meeting

December

November

November 2011 From the Commodore Since not everyone was able to make it to the annual

meeting last week, I want to share some of this year’s highlights with you. Overall, the club is in excellent shape – our facilities and grounds are being maintained well, our membership is growing, we are in solid finan-cial position, and our members are using the club more now than at any time I can remember. Here’s a snippet from the reports presented at the meeting:

· Finances – We are on track to beat the budget and show a modest profit, and year-end results will be available in early 2012.

· Dues & Assessments- The $200 assessment has ended, but dues have in-creased by $200. The Volunteer Program will continue, meaning your net burden will be the same.

· Membership - We have had 33 new members join so far this year and in-creased our overall membership to almost 300.

· Sailing – Our regattas continue to be well-attended and get rave reviews from visiting sailors (see the attached summary from the MC Masters Regatta), largely as the result of the tremendous effort of the River Rats and volun-teers. The scenery doesn’t hurt either.

· Building and Grounds – The club received a permit to build a new “North Dock,” but has no plans to build it at this time.

· Social – A number of new events were added to the calendar, including the much-lauded Back to School Family Olympics, and this trend will continue in 2012.

· Junior Sailing – We once again won the SAYRA Youth Challenge, beating out 5 other clubs for the 3rd year in a row.

· Summer Camp – We revamped the camp program based on feedback from par-ents, and the response was outstanding.

· Tennis – The tennis program continues to grow and the lights are being up-graded so that play can continue this fall and winter.

Thanks to all the members and our staff for making 2011 another terrific year. I

hope to see all of you at the Change of Watch Oyster Roast on the 12th to celebrate! Tripp Presnell 2011 BYSC Commodore

Please welcome new BYSC members Keith Wandry Andy & Catherine Lyons Paul & Patricia Collins

January

BYSC “Work Days” are scheduled for 9am on Nov. 18 & 19 and December 9 & 10. Projects include, spreading mulch,

cutting brush, and other outside chores.

Tennis Lessons and Clinics with Greg Crosby The current series of youth clinics have been well attended.

Private one-on-one lessons are $40/hour One-hour semi-private (2 people) $25/person

One-hour group lessons (3+ people) $15/person You can email or call Greg at

gwcrosby@yahoo.com or 263-6582

John Potter Wins 2011 MC Masters Nationals By Eric Hood 

    Going into the last day of racing we had two days of ties going on between local Laser Ace and new class member John Potter going up against Charleston hot shot Tommy Harken.   Another great regional sailor who loved the home cookin’ on and off the water this weekend was Bill Rembold from Charleston who seemingly had his own regatta going on for third place with New York sailor and MC class officer Bob Cole.  Then there were the rest of us who had some serious math lessons given to us on hydro‐dynamics and currents.          

        The sailing was great though and no complaints about what Mother Nature had for us all weekend.  On occasion you sail at venues 

that simply put are very challenging and this was one of those.  Serious physical workout on day two with the big winds but it was fun with the big speeds and short‐tacking up to the beach edges on that day.  The final day we had a great light‐medium wind out of the WNW and we sailed  in front of the club  instead of down river three miles.   Everyone was pumped up this one.   Sun, nice breeze and a long 4&1/2 course. 

       The  start happens  and quickly  John Potter weaved his way out of  the  confusing  start of  current  to wind direction  and Tommy 

Harken got trapped.   Did I already tell about the rest of us J, well we were all still doing our math  lessons from the days before.  John went on to win this race.  Tommy fought back from being down and trapped at the start behind some other boats over the line to finish 7th.  I tell you who had a great race was Richard Blake who finished second in this race.  Jeff Grinnan had a rock solid 3rd this race which moved him up in the standings and Bill Rembold and Bob Cole went at it hard though with Bill coming out on top for 4th place in this race and Bob finishing 6th.       

      So final results are as follows and they are posted in full at www.mcscow.org     John Potter – Beaufort YSC – 8pts (3 race wins)     Tommy Harken –Carolina Y.C., Charleston –14 pts. (2 race wins and Top Grand Master)      Bill Rembold – Charleston Yacht Club – 25 pts.     Bob Cole – Keuka YC , NY – 27 pts.     Jeff Grinnan – Rush Creek Yacht Club, TX – 38 pts     Byron Beasley – Clear Lake YC, Iowa – 40 pts     Tim Fredman – Pine Lake, WI – 41 pts     Eric Hood – Lake Eustis, FL – 43 pts     Jeff Annis – Augusta SC – 49     Bob Miller – Diamond Lake, MI – 61 pts (Top Mega Master)     Guy McSweeney – TOP OLD SALT 

 THE REGATTA TEAM     The volunteer network far surpasses anything I have seen in years.  Frank Pontious had led an incredible network of volunteers all 

season long getting ready for this event.   All the volunteers wore color‐coded shirts for every level of volunteering they had from launching, to meals, to medical and more.  If you need help organizing a great MC regatta lean into Frank for what they did to make this year's Masters Nationals so much fun for the competitors. 

When I checked into registration I was handed something like what you would see at a World Championship.  It was a complete “log book” for each competitor with everything totally detailed for all the racing, currents, tides, restaurants, parties, sites to see and more.  Very well done for sure.   The network of volunteers include water boats, medic boats, huge spectator boats, tons of rescue and mark boats.  All well identified with a cool flag system.   

The second really cool highlight from this event was a party held at Guy McSweeny’s house on Spanish Point.  Guy along with his wife hosted a great party that included a full Harvest moon rise over the ICW looking to the east.  Some folks think Guy arranged for the fly‐over as we had some very low jets going into Parris Island and Guy flew F80s in Korea.  Lots of pilots at this regatta.  Navy tail‐hooker Mike Keenan and Phil Ecklund who flew AT33s in Korea and also still holds the fastest Pacific crossing record as pilot of a 747.  There are several other pilots here.  Seeing all those guys get together was cool. Friday nights Oyster Roast and Pig Pickin’ was a special feature for us also.   

 REGATTA PHOTOS – follow the link below for all the photos you want of the event from the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club http://photogallery.byscnet.com/v/2011_pics/2011mcmasters  In closing I just want to say again it was one of the most organized events I have been to in a long, long time.  Worthy of nomination 

to U.S. Sailing for the “St. Petersburg Trophy” to clubs who run outstanding events.  Feel free to nominate folks! Also just a closing note.  This event was dedicated to Rich Williams who recently passed away at the end of a day of MC sailing.  Rich 

was a key part of this MC team from Beaufort YSC who hosted the regatta.  He was a dear friend to many.  It seems fitting that our new Champ John Potter sailed Rich William’s MC Scow to win this championship.

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BYSC office at 522-8216 or bysc@islc.net

BYSC holding Leukemia Cup High School Sailing Regatta on Saturday, December 3rd

• Regatta starts at 10am • Must be an ISSA sanctioned team to participate

• Concessions will be sold If you would like to volunteer for this event, please contact Lisa Mazzeo at

paul_mazzeo@msn.com or 812-9736

Drummond Koppernaes qualified and accepted an invitation to represent the USA at the Magic Marine Easter Regatta in Holland this coming spring. He was one of 20 Optimist sailors from across the country to make the team. Their team will be one of many from all over the world to compete.

The BYSC Board of Directors is pleased to announce the election of the following new or returning board members:

Rob Bowden, Alan Dechovitz, Jim Travis, & Walt Gnann

Kids Kareoke Party at BYSC Join us for a rockin’ party and be ready to sing and dance and get down with your BYSC buddies!

Tuesday, Dec 20th 4pm-6pm Refreshments will be served!

Ages 5 and up Cost for BYSC members is $5/kid or $10/family

Non-members are welcome at $5/kid Babysitters will be provided, so parents do not have to attend!!!

For more info or to volunteer, contact Ty Reichel at 271-4102 or tyreichel@gmail.com

BYSC Premium Sponsors

BYSC would like to thank the following sponsors for their

financial support of the MC Masters event. Palmetto State Bank (Charlie Lafitte)

Sea Island Inn/Best Western (Buddy Johnson) Oyster Cay Collection (Mary Flynn)

Point South KOA (Bill Olendorf) “Where’d You Get That?” consignment, Beth Han-

cock BYSC River Rats, Carol Madeja

Schurr Sails, Hunter Riddle Melges Performance Sailboats, Andy Burdick The Sailors Tailor, Inc, Bob & Sandy Rowland

Plums/Saltus River Grill, Chip Dinkins Beaufort Marine Supply, Scott Lettich

Hendrix Machinery, Dale Hendrix Triangle Ice, John Potter

Modern Jewelers, Kevin Cuppia

Fall Series Update Here are the four first place standings leading

up to the final race day: MC Scow, Paul Keyserling

JY15, Walt Gnann Laser, Butch Mumma

Laser Radial, Patrick Mazzeo Sunfish, Susan McCann

Sunfish Jr, Bryan Dadson Optimist, Alex Mazzeo

BYSC Sailboat & Kayak Policy Reminder

Please remember that BYSC has “common sense” rules posted in the annual directory, the website, and in the sail shed that dictate the use of BSYC sailboats and kayaks. Although we strive to maintain the Club’s fleet of boats so that all are in good working order, the “tragedy of the commons” does rear its head from time to time regarding the use of BYSC boats and kayaks. Although sometimes boats are damaged by sheer coincidence and true accidents, often times damage occurs because members treat and handle BYSC boats and kayaks much differently than if the member personally owned it. Here are just a few thoughts, reminders and highlights: • If all the Club sailboats and kayaks had to be replaced with new ones, the cost would exceed $125,000. This should

be enough incentive in itself to take care of our boats and equipment! • If you aren’t sure what you are doing, or it’s been some time since you’ve been out in a sailboat, ask for assistance. If

you cannot get assistance, don’t take the boat out. • You must wear a lifejacket and closed toed shoes while using Club sailboats and kayaks. • Please sign-out sailboats and kayaks when you use them. The sign-out book is located in the sail shed. • Members are responsible for any damage inflicted upon boats while in their possession. If something appears dam-

aged, please notify a staff person and note it in the sign-out book. • Damage resulting in member negligence is not considered normal wear and tear. This includes not properly rigging the

boat, collisions with docks or other boats, or sailing/kayaking in extreme weather conditions. Thanks for your cooperation!

BYSC’s Guy McSweeney, winner of the MC Scow Masters “Old Salt” Division

BYSC’s John Potter, overall winner of the MC Scow Masters

NEW!!! NEW!!! NEW!!! 2012 will mark the beginnings of a new, fun and important committee at BYSC.

Please read on and plan on joining us, January 19th, at the first meeting of this exciting “start-up” of the BYSC Auxiliary Committee.

PURPOSE of the Auxiliary Committee “To promote social enjoyment, fellowship, and the general welfare and beautification

of the Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club.”

The goal of the new committee is to provide a dynamic, fun and interactive role for club members to work together in a vehicle that supports and grows the club’s onshore activities. We already have the volunteers, talent and enthusiasm. What we lack is the organization and documentation of all that goes on from year to year, and a dynamic avenue for the club to be used to it’s full potential. Just so you know, Auxiliary Committees are a huge part of how most yacht clubs are run.

This new Auxiliary will have a Board of it’s own (President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer, etc), sub-

committees as needed, a set of By-laws, a budget, and regularly scheduled meetings that empower indi-vidual members and develops a team that works together for the good of the club. The Auxiliary Board will support and report to the BYSC Board of Directors.

Meetings for the new committee will be the third Thursday of each month, held at the club and in

combination with a fun and affordable dinner . . . all organized by the Auxiliary. Here’s your chance to get really involved, make new friends, share your ideas, and make your own mark on our wonderful club.

It will naturally take time for this committee to grow to it’s full potential, but some areas that I see

it encompassing and needing sub-committees to embrace and take charge of right away are as follows:

Major Social Events, First Fridays, Children’s Events Educational/Entertainment evenings Afternoon group activities – Bridge, Poker, book clubs, etc. On-land Regatta Support Grounds Beautification Kitchen Bar Communications BYSC Clothing/Merchandise History of Club

I’ve already had a very positive response from many club members, men and women, who are eager to be part of this new Auxiliary. Please e-mail me directly if you would like to join in on the fun, all while making your club, the Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club, better than ever!

Look forward to hearing from you! Sue Hamilton at svsafari@aol.com.