Small Yacht Sail ing Club of Oregon u P. O. Box 5502 u Portland, OR 97228

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Commodore:Alan Schamp(503) 292-0511

Vice Commodore:Larry Johnson(503) 661-7199

Treasurer:Alan Boguslawski(360) 737-2689

Secretary:Robyn Thomas(503) 655-4915

Rear Commodore:Bob Waldron(503) 359-5514Membership:Robyn Thomas(503) 655-4915

Program:Bob Waldron(503) 359-5514

Newsletter:Mike and SandyO’Bryant(503) 281-9102

Protests:Bill Barton(503) 227-3451Trophies:Jim Shaw(503) 636-3816

Cruising:Vicki Sanborn(503) 286-9257

PIYA Rep:Open

PHRF Rater:Bill Brennan(503) 286-9374

PHRF Rep:Marv Dunn(503) 235-1457

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Small Yacht Sail ing Club of Oregon u P. O. Box 5502 u Portland, OR 97228

PLACE

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HERE

SYSCOP.O. Box 5502Portland, OR 97228

February’sMembership Meeting

Grant McOmie of

TV’s Channel 2

The AfterguardBOB WALDRON, REAR COMMODORE

Yikes! Another month ispassed, which means anothermonth closer to sailing season.Although from the comfort of athirty-nine foot Bayliner the Riverin winter is still a great place to be, that was last month andtraditionally anything the “Boys”do is left unpublished. That tripwas followed on the heals by a trip to the Seattle Boat Show. We stayed in a great B&B ownedby Pat Brown’s brother and sister-in-law and the trip wasanother great adventure. Sanbornsaid adventures all start when you slip the dock. They alsofrequently start when you turn the key in your car.

We had a good turnout forCommodore Alan Schamp’s firstmeeting last month and an interest-ing program. Grant McOmie willgive us another great program thismonth. He said he would bringvideo of the various stories he hasdone about the Columbia River. InMarch Vice- Commodore LarryJohnson will make an abbreviatedpresentation on the new startsequence. By then two trainingsessions will have been conductedwith the Fleet Captains, so mostquestions should be resolved. Aprilwill be another race-oriented pro-gram and we will see what hap-pens in May and June. Man, I loveto think about those months withlonger and warmer days.

A couple of sidebars: Did any-one catch the History Channelsprogram Modern Marvels featuring

boats? It was the week beforeSuper Bowl. Frank Butler fromCatalina Yachts was featured aswell as Ocean Planet. Most of thestory was on those Italian MegaYacht builders, though, whichmade me wonder why the HistoryChannel helps perpetuate thenotion that boating is for the rich. I don’t know any rich sailors. Doyou? Today seemed to be a favoredday for sailing (at least before therain settled in.) I had visitedCourtship to measure the boom forEzJacks, with the help of Bill, andquite a few boats were out workingwith the light SE wind. My crewwas ensconced in her office catch-ing up on paper work, so I guessthat is the lame excuse I can givefor not being out there with them.

SEE YOU ON THE RIVER!

Grant McOmie of TV channel 2 willbring some of the video stories he has doneabout the Columbia River, including footageof SYSCO races and the annual SYSCODelta Cruise at the next general member-ship meeting. He is the author of “GrantsGetaways,” which was published last Fallabout facilities in Oregon for overnightstays, activities and who to contact.

Grant will speak to SYSCO’s membersFebruary 18, 7:30 p.m. at Mars Meadow

restaurant at Hayden Meadows. Meetingsare always on the third Monday of eachmonth. Come early for dinner andsocializing.

This should be an entertaining programand an opportunity to view old races andget psyched for the July Delta Cruise.

P.S. The SYSCO Board meets the firstMonday of each month. Time: 6:30 p.m.Location: Barley Mill Pub, 1629 S.E.Hawthorne. All members are welcome.

Columbia River videos feature of February meeting

Race CaptainLARRY JOHNSON

All fleets now have captains. I want to thank each of them for helpingme this year. Their efforts will affect thesuccess of the racing season as much asanyone will.

The fleet captains for 2002 are:

John Apelt --------------Fleet AMike Finch --------------Fleet BRod Dawson--------------Fleet B1Bill Barton----------------Fleet CPhil Campagna ----------Fleet DStan Heil ------------------Fleet EBob Rouse --------------Fleet FJoe Kaliszewski----------Fleet GDennis George ----------Fleet H1Mike McGrath ----------Fleet H2

For all you racers, when the fleetcaptains contact you, help them out.Without race committees, racing does not happen!

Fleet assignments for this year will bepublished in next month’s newsletter.

SYSCO will put on two seminars —for fleet captains only — to review theentire race committee function. For therest of the club, our Annual SYSCO RaceClinic in April will cover the new startingprocedures.

Times and locations for the fleetcaptain seminars are:

Thurs., February 21st, 6:30 p.m.Papa’s Pizza Parlor16321 SE Stark, Gresham, OR

Sat., February 23rd, 8:30 a.m. Elmer’s Pancake House3455 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton, OR

SYSCO NEWS PAGE 5 FEBRUARY 2002FEBRUARY 2002 PAGE 2 SYSCO NEWS

Board Mtg. MinutesFEBRUARY 4, 2002 Commodore Alan Schamp calledthe meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

COMMODORE: Alan S. confirmed that prepa-

rations for the (closed) FleetCaptain clinic are securely under-way. This is a clinic open only tothe 2002 Fleet Captains. Gary isassembling a special clinic packetfor the fleet captains. Alan alsotalked about the possibility ofoffering online registration forSYSCO races. After some discus-sion, we decided that a printablePDF form from an online sitewould be acceptable, but thatSYSCO is not prepared to processonline registrations at this time.

VICE COMMODORE/RACECAPTAIN:

Larry Johnson confirmed the2002 Fleet Captains. Bill Husebywill moderate an informal discus-sion series that is open to anyone.The group will meet on four con-secutive Wednesdays at 6 p.m.,beginning February 13, in Bill’soffice in Vancouver. See www.sig-madzn.com for more information.Larry downloaded some racecommittee software from the USSailing site. He will customize theformat and hopes to put it to use in

place of the race sheets used byrace committees. The Board againtalked about the “no on-the-waterregistration” rule this year. Thisrule appears in the OCSA RaceBooklet, and will be enforced byour Race Captain and by theSYSCO race committees.

A reminder to skippers: this rulewill be strictly enforced.

REAR COMMODORE: Gary Whitney opened discus-

sion about using a small cannonand whistle, in addition to the“traditional” air horn and flags,that some committees use duringstart sequences. Most of the Boardfelt that this would be unreason-ably burdensome on the racecommittee. It would require yetanother committee person tomanage those starting sounds and,of course, the wind, rigging andsail noise, not to mention yelling,would drown out the sound of asmall starting cannon and/orwhistle. We will continue with thecurrent flag and horn signals.

TREASURER:Alan Boguslawski reported a

$5,770 bank balance. We talked alittle bit about the $300+ increasein Poncho’s annual insurancepremium for 2002. We will revisitthis at a later meeting.

SECRETARY/MEMBERSHIP: The minutes of the last

meeting were approved. Second(final) membership notices weremailed to members on January 30.Membership renewal forms andchecks not received at the P.O. Boxby March 1 are at risk for termina-tion of membership, and the mem-ber would have to reapply for mem-bership. I presented two new mem-bers for approval: Rich Freeman,of Vancouver, owns Raven’s Dream,a Catalina 36; and, Eric Rimkus, of Portland, owns Slightly Naughty,a Santana 22. Upon motion andsecond, both applications wereapproved. I have obtained a smallsupply of Past Commodoreburgees and will contact formerCommodores to find out if anyoneis in need of a replacement.

CRUISING: There is no planned cruise for

February. Vicki confirmed that thisyear’s Ladies’ Cruise will be heldMay 18 and 19. She also announcedthat there is a Ladies’ Cruise prepmeeting on February 16 at 9:00a.m. at the Elmer’s at Delta Park.

MEMBERS PRESENT: Alan Schamp, Larry Johnson,

Gary Whitney, Alan Boguslawski,Bill Sanborn, Vicki Sanborn andTraffic.

The meeting was adjourned at7:30 p.m., without objection.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTEDREBT, SECRETARY

As I reflect back to when wewere racing our Catalina 22 anddid some traveling to other venues,it sometimes would take a couplestarts to figure out what was goingon. Every location had a differentformat that they followed forannouncing the course, what fleetstarted next, how the flags weredisplayed, and all the local rules.We would pull into town, splashthe boat, make the skippers meet-ing, “look” at the handout and goracing. As you make final adjust-ments while sailing the boat is notthe time to try to figure out “Whatare they trying to tell us? What doesthat mean? How much time is left?”

I can tell you from experiencethat it is very frustrating when youwant to sail well in a 5-race regattaand after the second race you areway down the list because youhaven’t figured out the coursemarks or the Committee’s signalsand are late at the line. Or worse,your are in the wrong start and areprotested for being a nonstarter inthe starting area.

As we implement the newstarting system, most racers aregoing to have a lot of questionsuntil we get used to the new look.Lots of folks have put a good num-ber of hours into getting this readyand will be doing training forCommittees, skippers and crew toshow everyone how it works. Youneed to attend one of the trainingsessions so when your Committeeassignment arrives you will beready, or just so you know what’sgoing on. The new fleet assign-ments will cause confusion forsome so ask those questions now.Just prior to the start is not thetime to try to figure out what is

going on. That is when you need tobe getting the boat and crew readyand making final adjustments forthe sailing conditions.

And while we are talking aboutwhat happens just prior to theStart, don’t plan on showing upwith a last minute race registrationand expect the committee to take itand to score you for that race

(unless your know that it is a BeerCan Race). I don’t know all of thelimits, but the Race Captain musthave your signed form and fee andhave added your name to the com-mittee’s score sheet before thecommittee can score you. Thatdeadline is printed in the RaceNotice. Put it in the mail early.(Period, end of discussion).

Commodore’s CommentsALAN SCHAMP

Thanks to everyone that helpedout with the SYSCO booth at thePortland Boat Show. Gary Whitneydid a great job in laying out thebooth and organizing the volun-teers. The booth was quite fetchingand well organized. I think that thisevent is important to the club inthe long run since it provides somevisibility to people that are new tothe Portland sailing scene. It wasalso fun to man the booth andmingle with those who passed by.

Larry Johnson is really movingahead on organizing the fleets forthis year’s racing season. He’srecruited all of the Fleet Captainsand organized race committee clin-ics to be held this month to intro-duce the new starting system andcover the bases on how he wants

the committees to operate. GaryWhitney and Sue Burns havehelped in putting together theprogram to be covered at the clinic.This clinic will be a big help to our Fleet Captains in implementingthe new system and it will helpbring consistency in the waySYSCO Race Committees performthroughout the season.

The off-season is rolling byreally fast. I’ve started a list ofboat preparations for the comingseason and, as usual, it looks prettydaunting. At least the preparationsfor the Offshore won’t be as bad as it was two years ago when wedid it for the first time. Anyway,the work will be worth it once thesailing season gets under way.

Thoughts from the RearBILL SANBORN

Upcoming eventsFeb. 18 SYSCO General Membership MeetingFeb. 21 & 23 Race Management Clinic for Race CaptainsMarch 18 SYSCO General Membership MeetingApril 4 & 5 SYSCO Annual Race ClinicApril 16 SYSCO Spring Series beginsApril 27 & 28 SYSCO Spring RegattaMay 9 - 12 CYC Oregon OffshoreMay 18-19 2002 Ladies CruiseJuly 27 Delta Cruise

Ladies Cruise: 2002The SYSCO ladies are planning for

this always-fun event May 18 & 19.Arrangements have been made to use thenew McCuddy’s Landing docks next toBrown’s Landing in the MultnomahChannel. Questions, additional informa-tion, or volunteers call Vicki Sanborn orPat Brown. Mark your calendar.

DELTA CRUISE – WEEK OF JULY 27.

SYSCO NEWS PAGE 3 FEBRUARY 2002FEBRUARY 2002 PAGE 2 SYSCO NEWS

Board Mtg. MinutesFEBRUARY 4, 2002 Commodore Alan Schamp calledthe meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

COMMODORE: Alan S. confirmed that prepa-

rations for the (closed) FleetCaptain clinic are securely under-way. This is a clinic open only tothe 2002 Fleet Captains. Gary isassembling a special clinic packetfor the fleet captains. Alan alsotalked about the possibility ofoffering online registration forSYSCO races. After some discus-sion, we decided that a printablePDF form from an online sitewould be acceptable, but thatSYSCO is not prepared to processonline registrations at this time.

VICE COMMODORE/RACECAPTAIN:

Larry Johnson confirmed the2002 Fleet Captains. Bill Husebywill moderate an informal discus-sion series that is open to anyone.The group will meet on four con-secutive Wednesdays at 6 p.m.,beginning February 13, in Bill’soffice in Vancouver. See www.sig-madzn.com for more information.Larry downloaded some racecommittee software from the USSailing site. He will customize theformat and hopes to put it to use in

place of the race sheets used byrace committees. The Board againtalked about the “no on-the-waterregistration” rule this year. Thisrule appears in the OCSA RaceBooklet, and will be enforced byour Race Captain and by theSYSCO race committees.

A reminder to skippers: this rulewill be strictly enforced.

REAR COMMODORE: Gary Whitney opened discus-

sion about using a small cannonand whistle, in addition to the“traditional” air horn and flags,that some committees use duringstart sequences. Most of the Boardfelt that this would be unreason-ably burdensome on the racecommittee. It would require yetanother committee person tomanage those starting sounds and,of course, the wind, rigging andsail noise, not to mention yelling,would drown out the sound of asmall starting cannon and/orwhistle. We will continue with thecurrent flag and horn signals.

TREASURER:Alan Boguslawski reported a

$5,770 bank balance. We talked alittle bit about the $300+ increasein Poncho’s annual insurancepremium for 2002. We will revisitthis at a later meeting.

SECRETARY/MEMBERSHIP: The minutes of the last

meeting were approved. Second(final) membership notices weremailed to members on January 30.Membership renewal forms andchecks not received at the P.O. Boxby March 1 are at risk for termina-tion of membership, and the mem-ber would have to reapply for mem-bership. I presented two new mem-bers for approval: Rich Freeman,of Vancouver, owns Raven’s Dream,a Catalina 36; and, Eric Rimkus, of Portland, owns Slightly Naughty,a Santana 22. Upon motion andsecond, both applications wereapproved. I have obtained a smallsupply of Past Commodoreburgees and will contact formerCommodores to find out if anyoneis in need of a replacement.

CRUISING: There is no planned cruise for

February. Vicki confirmed that thisyear’s Ladies’ Cruise will be heldMay 18 and 19. She also announcedthat there is a Ladies’ Cruise prepmeeting on February 16 at 9:00a.m. at the Elmer’s at Delta Park.

MEMBERS PRESENT: Alan Schamp, Larry Johnson,

Gary Whitney, Alan Boguslawski,Bill Sanborn, Vicki Sanborn andTraffic.

The meeting was adjourned at7:30 p.m., without objection.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTEDREBT, SECRETARY

As I reflect back to when wewere racing our Catalina 22 anddid some traveling to other venues,it sometimes would take a couplestarts to figure out what was goingon. Every location had a differentformat that they followed forannouncing the course, what fleetstarted next, how the flags weredisplayed, and all the local rules.We would pull into town, splashthe boat, make the skippers meet-ing, “look” at the handout and goracing. As you make final adjust-ments while sailing the boat is notthe time to try to figure out “Whatare they trying to tell us? What doesthat mean? How much time is left?”

I can tell you from experiencethat it is very frustrating when youwant to sail well in a 5-race regattaand after the second race you areway down the list because youhaven’t figured out the coursemarks or the Committee’s signalsand are late at the line. Or worse,your are in the wrong start and areprotested for being a nonstarter inthe starting area.

As we implement the newstarting system, most racers aregoing to have a lot of questionsuntil we get used to the new look.Lots of folks have put a good num-ber of hours into getting this readyand will be doing training forCommittees, skippers and crew toshow everyone how it works. Youneed to attend one of the trainingsessions so when your Committeeassignment arrives you will beready, or just so you know what’sgoing on. The new fleet assign-ments will cause confusion forsome so ask those questions now.Just prior to the start is not thetime to try to figure out what is

going on. That is when you need tobe getting the boat and crew readyand making final adjustments forthe sailing conditions.

And while we are talking aboutwhat happens just prior to theStart, don’t plan on showing upwith a last minute race registrationand expect the committee to take itand to score you for that race

(unless your know that it is a BeerCan Race). I don’t know all of thelimits, but the Race Captain musthave your signed form and fee andhave added your name to the com-mittee’s score sheet before thecommittee can score you. Thatdeadline is printed in the RaceNotice. Put it in the mail early.(Period, end of discussion).

Commodore’s CommentsALAN SCHAMP

Thanks to everyone that helpedout with the SYSCO booth at thePortland Boat Show. Gary Whitneydid a great job in laying out thebooth and organizing the volun-teers. The booth was quite fetchingand well organized. I think that thisevent is important to the club inthe long run since it provides somevisibility to people that are new tothe Portland sailing scene. It wasalso fun to man the booth andmingle with those who passed by.

Larry Johnson is really movingahead on organizing the fleets forthis year’s racing season. He’srecruited all of the Fleet Captainsand organized race committee clin-ics to be held this month to intro-duce the new starting system andcover the bases on how he wants

the committees to operate. GaryWhitney and Sue Burns havehelped in putting together theprogram to be covered at the clinic.This clinic will be a big help to our Fleet Captains in implementingthe new system and it will helpbring consistency in the waySYSCO Race Committees performthroughout the season.

The off-season is rolling byreally fast. I’ve started a list ofboat preparations for the comingseason and, as usual, it looks prettydaunting. At least the preparationsfor the Offshore won’t be as bad as it was two years ago when wedid it for the first time. Anyway,the work will be worth it once thesailing season gets under way.

Thoughts from the RearBILL SANBORN

Upcoming eventsFeb. 18 SYSCO General Membership MeetingFeb. 21 & 23 Race Management Clinic for Race CaptainsMarch 18 SYSCO General Membership MeetingApril 4 & 5 SYSCO Annual Race ClinicApril 16 SYSCO Spring Series beginsApril 27 & 28 SYSCO Spring RegattaMay 9 - 12 CYC Oregon OffshoreMay 18-19 2002 Ladies CruiseJuly 27 Delta Cruise

Ladies Cruise: 2002The SYSCO ladies are planning for

this always-fun event May 18 & 19.Arrangements have been made to use thenew McCuddy’s Landing docks next toBrown’s Landing in the MultnomahChannel. Questions, additional informa-tion, or volunteers call Vicki Sanborn orPat Brown. Mark your calendar.

DELTA CRUISE – WEEK OF JULY 27.

Small Yacht Sail ing Club of Oregon u P. O. Box 5502 u Portland, OR 97228

NewsNews

Commodore:Alan Schamp(503) 292-0511

Vice Commodore:Larry Johnson(503) 661-7199

Treasurer:Alan Boguslawski(360) 737-2689

Secretary:Robyn Thomas(503) 655-4915

Rear Commodore:Bob Waldron(503) 359-5514Membership:Robyn Thomas(503) 655-4915

Program:Bob Waldron(503) 359-5514

Newsletter:Mike and SandyO’Bryant(503) 281-9102

Protests:Bill Barton(503) 227-3451Trophies:Jim Shaw(503) 636-3816

Cruising:Vicki Sanborn(503) 286-9257

PIYA Rep:Open

PHRF Rater:Bill Brennan(503) 286-9374

PHRF Rep:Marv Dunn(503) 235-1457

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Small Yacht Sail ing Club of Oregon u P. O. Box 5502 u Portland, OR 97228

PLACE

STAMP

HERE

SYSCOP.O. Box 5502Portland, OR 97228

February’sMembership Meeting

Grant McOmie of

TV’s Channel 2

The AfterguardBOB WALDRON, REAR COMMODORE

Yikes! Another month ispassed, which means anothermonth closer to sailing season.Although from the comfort of athirty-nine foot Bayliner the Riverin winter is still a great place to be, that was last month andtraditionally anything the “Boys”do is left unpublished. That tripwas followed on the heals by a trip to the Seattle Boat Show. We stayed in a great B&B ownedby Pat Brown’s brother and sister-in-law and the trip wasanother great adventure. Sanbornsaid adventures all start when you slip the dock. They alsofrequently start when you turn the key in your car.

We had a good turnout forCommodore Alan Schamp’s firstmeeting last month and an interest-ing program. Grant McOmie willgive us another great program thismonth. He said he would bringvideo of the various stories he hasdone about the Columbia River. InMarch Vice- Commodore LarryJohnson will make an abbreviatedpresentation on the new startsequence. By then two trainingsessions will have been conductedwith the Fleet Captains, so mostquestions should be resolved. Aprilwill be another race-oriented pro-gram and we will see what hap-pens in May and June. Man, I loveto think about those months withlonger and warmer days.

A couple of sidebars: Did any-one catch the History Channelsprogram Modern Marvels featuring

boats? It was the week beforeSuper Bowl. Frank Butler fromCatalina Yachts was featured aswell as Ocean Planet. Most of thestory was on those Italian MegaYacht builders, though, whichmade me wonder why the HistoryChannel helps perpetuate thenotion that boating is for the rich. I don’t know any rich sailors. Doyou? Today seemed to be a favoredday for sailing (at least before therain settled in.) I had visitedCourtship to measure the boom forEzJacks, with the help of Bill, andquite a few boats were out workingwith the light SE wind. My crewwas ensconced in her office catch-ing up on paper work, so I guessthat is the lame excuse I can givefor not being out there with them.

SEE YOU ON THE RIVER!

Grant McOmie of TV channel 2 willbring some of the video stories he has doneabout the Columbia River, including footageof SYSCO races and the annual SYSCODelta Cruise at the next general member-ship meeting. He is the author of “GrantsGetaways,” which was published last Fallabout facilities in Oregon for overnightstays, activities and who to contact.

Grant will speak to SYSCO’s membersFebruary 18, 7:30 p.m. at Mars Meadow

restaurant at Hayden Meadows. Meetingsare always on the third Monday of eachmonth. Come early for dinner andsocializing.

This should be an entertaining programand an opportunity to view old races andget psyched for the July Delta Cruise.

P.S. The SYSCO Board meets the firstMonday of each month. Time: 6:30 p.m.Location: Barley Mill Pub, 1629 S.E.Hawthorne. All members are welcome.

Columbia River videos feature of February meeting

Race CaptainLARRY JOHNSON

All fleets now have captains. I want to thank each of them for helpingme this year. Their efforts will affect thesuccess of the racing season as much asanyone will.

The fleet captains for 2002 are:

John Apelt --------------Fleet AMike Finch --------------Fleet BRod Dawson--------------Fleet B1Bill Barton----------------Fleet CPhil Campagna ----------Fleet DStan Heil ------------------Fleet EBob Rouse --------------Fleet FJoe Kaliszewski----------Fleet GDennis George ----------Fleet H1Mike McGrath ----------Fleet H2

For all you racers, when the fleetcaptains contact you, help them out.Without race committees, racing does not happen!

Fleet assignments for this year will bepublished in next month’s newsletter.

SYSCO will put on two seminars —for fleet captains only — to review theentire race committee function. For therest of the club, our Annual SYSCO RaceClinic in April will cover the new startingprocedures.

Times and locations for the fleetcaptain seminars are:

Thurs., February 21st, 6:30 p.m.Papa’s Pizza Parlor16321 SE Stark, Gresham, OR

Sat., February 23rd, 8:30 a.m. Elmer’s Pancake House3455 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton, OR