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980 Fernside Boulevard Alameda, CA 94501 Office: 510.523.2586 Back Deck: 510.748.0483

July 2016

Monthly Newsletter of the Aeolian Yacht Club

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Aeolian Harbor the night of the Jones Gang ConcertPhoto submitted by Judie Nelson

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By the increased activities on the docks and in the harbor, I see more of you are enjoying the beginnings of summer. In June, the club house was rocking with The Jones Gang din-ner concert, Warriors final games, dinners and breakfasts, bingo, crafts and book clubs, committee meetings, club rac-es, cruise-ins and BBQ’s, work parties and private parties. Many thanks go to the Aeolian volunteers who make all this possible! I encourage everyone to get involved.

There is much more on the summer “not to miss” list, which all includes live music. Your participation and RSVPs are critical for providing these special venues. Watch for details on the 4th of July celebration, the July dinner con-cert on 7/16 and the Tropical Party on 8/20. There are also rumors brewing of another Jones Gang concert.

Bikes and outboard motors are getting properly tagged; thank you for respond-ing to our urgent notice. The old bikes will be donated to a local non-profit that restores and donates them to those in need. The outboard motors must be tagged by July 15th. In August, they will go up for silent auction bids to Aeoli-ans. Please refer to the next August JIB for instructions.

We have a change to announce on our Board of Directors. Jack Sherwood, has decided to come off the Board of Directors. He has been an Aeolian Member for 29 years and served in many capacities on the Board and behind the bar. He served most recently as your Commodore for the past two years and Port Captain for the first half of this year. If anyone deserves a break, it is Jack! He assures us he will remain just as active at the club, but wishes to hand off his Port Captain responsibilities.

The Board of Directors has elected Nathan Johnson as Port Captain to fill the remainder of this term. He currently chairs the Harbor Committee, is an ac-tive volunteer, and has been assisting Jack with Port Captain responsibilities. Nathan will have general supervision of the Corporation anchorage, berth as-signments, and all of its property (excluding the clubhouse). He is no stranger to the maritime industry. He is a sailor and lives aboard at Aeolian YC with his wife Eva on their 37’ boat Ndoto Yangu. Together they own MarineLube in Alameda. Please help me welcome Nathan in his expanded role!

Commodore - Linda KiblerAt the Board meeting on June 17, 2016, Robert Todd was accepted as a member in good stand-ing. His sailboat is in the harbor. Bob was proposed by Judie Nelson and Linda Kibler. He has family here in Alameda, and he is currently living in Lakeport. He says he will attend work parties and social events He has repaired houses, and does electrical and plumbing work. Please welcome our newest member with a big hello and the world-famous Aeolian smile.

Richard Berman is rejoining Aeolian and would like to bring in his boat, a 19’ trophy. He is sponsored by Jack Sherwood. He was a member from 1999 to 2006, and then rejoined in 2013 until 2015. After recovering from a back injury, he would like to rejoin the club.

Membership Update - Adair Jorgensen

July Events

Craft Night is every Thursday at 7pm!

July 1 5:30pm Bar opens; potluck

July 2 9:30am Events committee meeting; 10am work party (deco-rating the club for 4th of July)

July 4 Independence day; doors open at 11 with food from 12-3 ($5), music by the Fundudes, raffle baskets, horeshoes, and more!

July 8 5:30pm Bar opens; 6:30pm BINGO

July 9 12-5:30pm Ballena Bay Poker Run (12-5:30), followed by poker and $30 steak dinner

July 15 5pm Board Meeting; 5:30pm bar opens; 6:30pm lasagna dinner ($10); 7:30pm jam night

July 16 5:30pm dinner and Silvia Cincardini Band concert

July 17 9:30am-11am Sunday breakfast: $8 for adults and $4 for kids 12 years and under. Bloody Marys, Irish coffees, and mimo-sas!

July 22 5:30pm Bar opens

July 23 1-6pm Race Day; BYOB, BYO Grillables, and bring some-thing to share for the post-race BBQ at ~4:30pm.

July 29 5:30pm Bar opens

Jack, thanks for taking over the bar the other evening when I had to leave early. This leads us to bartending. I will be sailing the Salish Sea (Puget Sound, the San Juan and Canadian Gulf Islands, and the Straights of Georgia) for the next two months. Obviously, I will not be at the bar. Trained bartenders, this is your cue. Showtime! Those who wish to receive training, contact Paul Cahalen.

Welcome back, Shawn, and congratulations on your engagement. Hope to see Camilla soon.

We would love to have those of you who can cook a specialty dinner, say Mexican, Cuban, Cajun, barbecue, what have you, contact Evelyn to schedule a meal for a club evening. These are very popular! My wife, Barbara Ohler, has been enjoying play-ing ukulele with others who are also learning songs. They meet at the club at 6pm on Wednesday evenings. All are welcome. I will be sorry to miss some of the great events at the club this summer. Have fun at the Fourth of July and Tropical Party extravaganzas, and see you in September!

Vice Commodore - Gary Costigan

Bob Todd is a new Aeolian member and boat owner

Nathan Johnson is welcomed as Port Captain

LAST CALL: UNCLAIMED BICYCLES TO BE DONATED AUGUST 15TH

• 2 Nivre Cruisers (flower seats)• Men’s black Schwinn• Black Trek 3700• 2 men’s red Specialized Hard Rock • Blue women’s Trek Millennia• Blue Schwinn Legacy• Black men’s Cane Creek

Please notify Nathan (Port Captain) or Mike Baldwin by August 15th if you own any of these bikes. They will be re-moved from our property and donated.

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Rear Commodore- Richard Lee SmithHappy Summer Aeolians! Our June 4th Work Party was a great success, as we were able to complete the majority of a very important project: the installation of five safety ladders to enable a person in the water to climb back onto the docks. Thanks to Brian, Russel, and Douglass for your work on this. Thanks also to Gary and Don for work in the garden and Kris and Jackie for helping Tonya get ready for the Jones Gang Concert. My apologies if I forgot anyone, but Saturday was a busy day and I was out on the Bay with the Aeolian fleet helping with the sailboat race.

Our next Work Party will be July 2nd, and the focus will be getting ready for the July 4th party at the Club. Check out the Aeolian weekly email blast preceding the Work Party for the list of projects for the coming Saturday. We have a strong core of regular participants at the Work Parties and welcome fresh faces, as there is much to be done. And there’s lunch, too!

For the last several years, the Aeolian Yacht Club has been a polling location for voting. The Primary on June 7th allowed us once again to contribute our great house and ample parking lot for the community to use on this very important day. I want to thank Bryan Aylen for his help in the delivery of the voting equipment and Shawn Jonutz for locking up the building late Tuesday night.

Our recycling program is going splendidly! Mike Baldwin has been doing a great job keeping the bins clean and sanitized. You all probably know where the smaller tall bins go by now so if you see them on the back deck all clean and dry go ahead and put them back in their places! I’ve put a notice on the big blue rolling bin to not put plastic bags in the recycling-they evidently play havoc with the conveyor belts and scanning equipment in the sorting facility.

That’s all for now…have a great summer and hope to see everyone on the 4th of July! Remember to tell your friends and neighbors, as it is our most important public event of the year!

Officers and Contact InformationCommodore Linda Kibler: 510-919-3947 / kiblerlinda@gmail.comVice Commodore Gary Costigan: 510-523-9824 / bosun.gary@gmail.comRear Commodore Richard Lee Smith: 510-543-0255 / pplusa@earthlink.net Port Captain Jack Sherwood: 510-501-3828 / bigrigxpress@yahoo.com Treasurer Judie Nelson: 510-865-3452 / nelsonjudie@gmail.com Financial Sec. Adair Jorgensen: 510-865-0347 / ajnordicstar@outlook.comRecording Secretary Julie Cooper: 916-849-5715 / coopju@yahoo.comDirector Hank Lindemann: 510-774-6548 / hankli@comcast.net Director Evelyn Poates: 415-595-5997 / epoates@att.netDirector Scott Saylor: 510-772-0892 / scottsay1@gmail.comOffice Manager Sherri Armijo: 510-523 -2586 / aeolianyc@aol.com

2015-2016 Standing Committees

Audit and Finance Committee Diana Surber: 510-543-0255Budget and Finance Commitee Judie Nelson: 510-865-3452 Jib Editors Camilla Hawthorne: 707-372-3467 / camilla.hawthorne@gmail.com Shawn Jonutz: 510-396-5396 / wander28@gmail.comCruise In Chair Evelyn Poates (see above)Cruise Out Chair Scott Saylor: 510-772-0892 / scottsay@att.netEvents Committee Evelyn Poates (see above)Fishing Derby Chair Hank Lindemann (see above)Harbor Committee Nathan JohnsonMembership Committee Barbara Ohler: 510-846-2518 Adair Jorgensen (see above)Regatta Committee Hank Lindemann (see above)Website Looking for a volunteer! PICYA Delegates Paul Cahalen: 925-735-5065 / stainlesseng@comcast.net George Fitzgerald: revcgf@gmail.com

The summer sun is shining brightly on back deck and harbor, and it’s great to see folks enjoying their club with friends. We are eager to increase our membership, so remember to invite friends to join you for fun events. They may want a key! Please use the online signup option on the weekly blasts and calendar. We have had to cancel recent events when too few folks had committed. I want to thank our wonderful, hard-working team of events volunteers for their faithful efforts, and we would like to share the fun with others. Please honor your volunteer commitment and lend a hand so we don’t burn out our helpers. Please check the Weekly Blast for updates.

This year’s July 4th party is going to be really special with a live band, the Fundudes, rocking the afternoon. Our raffle baskets will again be outstanding. Thanks so much to Shirley Ross for her tireless work on this, and everyone who generously donated and contributed. This event is a community party and member recruitment effort, so please come out and enjoy it with friends. If everyone helps a little, we can all enjoy it. There is a volunteer signup sheet posted, so please take a glance and pitch in for the team effort. The Aeolian will participate in the Ballena Bay Poker Run around the island on Sat. July 9. We are excited to continue our sum-mer concerts with another wonderful performance by Silvia and her sax and friends on Sat. July 16. Thank you Hank for spearheading and organizing this great party. This year’s Tropical Party on August 20 will celebrate Cuba and our warmer relationship. Thanks to Liz, we will have Cuban food and a live salsa and mambo band. We will be hosting Pt. San Pablo, and we welcome other cruising clubs.

Upcoming in the call, our own Liz Allison will host a benefit dinner Sept. 16 to support disabled sailors and the Wheelchair Regatta at the end of September. The Aeolian will participate in International Coastal Clean-up on Sept. 17 and the Ming Perata Regatta, also 9/17. Ebony Boat Club will continue their tradition of cruising in Sunday 9/25 following the Wheelchair Regatta. The Spinnaker YC will cruise in Oct. 15 for an Oktoberfest theme weekend. We are hoping to have another great concert by Travis and the Jones Gang soon. Thanks so much to Travis and Tonya for their fabulous concert and dinner June 4. This is your club and we welcome you to offer your ideas and energy for meals, events, and activities that you would like to create. The next Events Committee meeting will be 7/2 at 9:30.

2016 Aeolian EventsRace Days factored with BBQ/Potluck/BYOBJuly 23 Race Day

August 6 Race Day

August 20 Tropical Party Summer Event (possi-ble Cuban theme!); Pt. San Pablo YC cruises in

September 16 Benefit to support disabled sailors

September 17 Race Day; International Coastal Clean-up

September 25 Ebony Boat Club cruises in

October 15-16 Spinnaker YC Cruises inOktoberfest party (contact: Jude Miller / 510 551-5518 / Judemiller@comcast.net)

October 28 Bar open; Halloween Party

November 5 Change of Watch

Events Committee - Evelyn Poates

Bring your family, friends, and neighbors and show off your club during this open house cel-ebration. It’s the Fourth of July at Aeolian Yacht Club! Doors open 11:00am. Music this year is provided by the Fundudes from noon-4pm! BBQ’d hamburgers, hot dogs, and all the fixings for $5. Food service from noon-3pm. The patio bar opens at 11:00am.

Be sure to add your name to the volunteer list (aeolianyc@gmail.com or the back porch cube). Sign up for an hour on the grill, selling tickets, refilling food trays, or general clean-up. Bar-tenders are needed as well. You can also help with set-up on Saturday 7/2 at the work party, at 10:00 am. This celebration is all made possible by your volunteer efforts.

Gear up for the horseshoe contest, raffle baskets, and more. Shirley Ross and the team have tre-mendous raffle baskets and prizes, thanks to our generous community and Aeolian members. Thank you! -The Board of Directors and Events Committee

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Fishing Report - J.T. Gardner

The hot salmon fishing action of May slowed down considerably in June, with most boats reporting low fish counts. The weather has been pretty tough, with many high-wind days making for difficult conditions. Most of the action has been in the central bay for stripe bass and halibut. On a recent trip, Shawn Jonutz landed his first ever halibut, and what a nice fish at 30 inches! I heard the cooking and dining went very well.

The fishing opportunities will continue as the summer progresses. Hope to see you out on our beautiful bay!

Shawn Jonutz and his halibut

AYC 2016 Nominating Committee Report

Our 2016 Committee has been appointed and is inviting all Members to consider your personal interest in participating in the next term (beginning Nov. 2016). Please consider your talents and interests, and let us have a conversation to find your appro-priate fit on the Board, a Committee, or a project.

There are many skill sets needed and time commitments vary dramatically. Even if you only have time for one meeting a month, there could be a fit for you. Many opportunities to give back to YOUR Club are on a limited project basis.

We are currently gathering names of those interested in Board participation. We can provide you with job descriptions. The recommended slate of Officers will be presented at the July 15, 2016 Board Meeting. We will publish the finalized slate to the Membership by August 15th, meeting our By-law requirement.

In accordance to the AYC Bylaws, Article X, Section 1: the Nominating Committee nominates the following slate of members to run for the 2016/17 Officers and Board of Directors: Commodore: Vice Commodore: Rear Commodore: Port Captain: Secretary: Financial Secretary: Treasurer: (Director: 2-year remaining is filled).Director: remaining 1-year term Director: 3-year term Regatta Committee:

We are also aware that additional members may be interested in running for office. Any member may nominate another member for a position on the board; however, the Nominating Committee must receive their written nomination no later than September 15th in order to meet the By-law requirement.

We are also gathering names of interest in Committee and project participation to pass on to the potential Board Mem-bers who oversee the various committees. This gives them a jump start in November and provides confidence that they will have Member involvement to assist them.

Committees:Audit - assist current Chair, Diana SuberBar Manager - assist Vice Comm.: trainer, scheduler, and bartendersBudget and Finance - assist TreasurerEvents chair & committee - assist Vice CommodoreGalley - assist Rear Commodore Harbor - assist Port Capt: docks, pilings, facilities projects House - assist Rear Commodore: club house, deck, projectsLandscape - assist Port Captain: garden, parking lot, treesMembership - assist Financial Secretary: interviews and member retention PICYA - assist Board of DirectorsRegatta - conduct racesSafety Officer - assist Board of DirectorsSecurity - assist Board of DirectorsAs far as specific projects, those get developed early in the term.

Please contact the Nominating Committee Chair, Kim Arrivee (510-289-7818 / arrivee@comcast.net), or other committee members before July 15th. Committee Members: Kim Arrivee, Tom Cherron, Don Keleher, Susan Jeffries.Thank you for your consideration. -Submitted by Linda Kibler, Commodore

Raced CompetedDNF DidnotfinishDNC DidnotCompete

Cancelled NoparticipantsBoat Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Pts. TotalMorningstar 2 2Anemone 1 1 1Freespirit 1 2Impetous 4 4Vixen 4

2016 Aeolian Ming-Perata Series Standings

2016 Ming-Perata Race Series: Current Standings

Bringing down the House with the Silvia Cincardini Band on July 16thTell a friend and reserve your spot for a leisurely afternoon/evening and a table for the band at this special event, because we are sure to sell out. Bring your dancing shoes and be prepared to have an afternoon and evening of fun!

The bar and back deck will be kicking from 4-5pm with good company and snacks. Dinner will follow from 5:30-6pm with a menu of lasagna, caesar salad, garlic bread, and good coffee. After dinner the party will move upstairs, where dessert and tables will be set around the dance floor in cabaret fashion. Featured talent is the Silvia Cincardini Band, a favorite at night clubs and blues venues.

To assure yourself a ticket: • RSVP in advance: $20; includes dinner and band (if received by July 13th). • At the Door: $25; includes dinner and band.

Send check payable to: Hank Lindemann (60 Lost Valley Drive, Orinda, CA 94563). Call or email Hank Lindemann if you have any questions: (510) 774-6548 / Hankli@comcast.net.

~ CORRECTION ~

“Just to make it clear: Peter Evans never in his life owned the peapod now owned by Shawn Jonutz. Please don’t assume that the boys are the owners and the girls get to come along if they are good, and have done the dishes first. Thank you.” -Submitted by Cricket Evans

From the Editors: Cricket, thank you for correcting our embarassing and unintentially sexist assumption. We are truly grateful for sailors like you, who have been busy busting up the “boys’ club” in the boating world!