2014 Race Program - Bayview Yacht Club

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BURGEE
Summer 2014
a public ation of bay v ie w yacht club
2014 Race Program
BURGEE
The official publication
of Bayview Yacht Club
Summer 2014
Contents
2 Commodore’s Message
4 Letter from the U.S. Congress
5 2014 Race Committee Welcome
COVER: Fast Tango,
Velero VII and Legned hit
the boat end at the start
of the Bell’s Beer
Bayview Mackinac Race.
6 2014 Straits of Mackinac Society Old Forts
7 2014 Person of the Year
82014 Society of Mackinac Island Old Goats
10 2014 Society of Mackinac Island Double Goats,
Society of Grand Rams Honorees
11 Attention Old Goats
12 Looking Back on the Mack
15 Champion of Champions
17 Adventure—My Favorite Noun
Publisher:
Bayview
Yacht Club
100 Clairpointe
Detroit, MI 48215
(313) 822-1853
Fax: (313) 822-8020
Email: office@byc.com
www.byc.com
18 2013 Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race Winners
20 2013 Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Flag Presentations
28 2014 Blue Water Festival Activities
31 90th Bayview Mackinac Yacht Showcase
43 2014 Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Course Map
Publications Chair
60 Grand Hotel’s New Musser Suite
General Manager
63 Mackinac Race Kids’ Party
Assistant Manager
64 Pro-Team Challenge
Com. Gregory I. Thomas
Mark D. Steffke
Kerrie Barno
kerrie@byc.com
66 Set Sail for Autism
68 2013 Detroit Cup
Marketing
& Design:
Frontier 3
Advertising
72 Charleston Race Week
74 Let’s Get It Together
76 One of Michigan’s Greatest Comeback Stories
15127 Kercheval
Grosse Pointe Park, MI
48230
(313) 347-0333
www.frontier3.com
78 Bayview’s Memorial Patio
Advertising Director
80 The 2014 Mackinac Mystery
Eric Turin
(313) 347-0333 x 28
eturin@frontier3.com
Art Direction/Design
Lynne Wayne
lwayne@frontier3.com
77 Bayview Yacht Club’s Centennial Book Update
84 Race Crossword
85 Word Scramble
89 Race Puzzle Solutions
2014 Summer Burgee /// 1
Commodore
Tim Prophit
COMMODORE’S
Message
O
n behalf of Bayview
Yacht Club, welcome to
the 2014 Bell’s Beer BayviewMackinac Race. In our 99 th
year of Bayview Yacht Club’s
existence, this will be the 90th
consecutive running of this
Michigan freshwater classic.
Our Race starts July 12, 2014,
and typically is a 40-60 hour
race, but is really a week-long
affair for most participants, with
festivities in Port Huron before
the race, and on Mackinac
Island after the race.
Once again, our race features
two courses, the Acura Shore
Course, and the Quantum Sails
Cove Island Course.
Also, please welcome our
sponsors, without whom we
wouldn’t be able to run such a
wonderful event. A big thanks
to our title sponsor, Bell’s Beer;
Detroit Acura Dealer Association, sponsor of the Acura Oasis
in Port Huron, and the Shore
Course; Quantum Sails Design
Group, the Official Sail-maker
of the 2014 Bell’s Beer Bayview-Mackinac Race,
and sponsor of the Cove Island Course; Soaring
Eagle Casino and Resort; Grand Hotel, the
official hotel and host of the Island Awards
Party; Tito’s Vodka; Shellback Rum; Shepler’s
Ferry; Frankenmuth Aiken Ormond Insurance,
who sponsor the ‘kids’ area’; and Barefoot
Wines. Thank you for your support!
Our other major partner in running this race
is the City of Port Huron. Without the support
and participation of the City of Port Huron, led
by Mayor Pauline Repp, we could not run this
race. Thank you, Port Huron!
Many of you reading this will be seasoned
veterans of this race. Some of you will be newbies. And for some of you, this may be your
first experience with our race; please, absorb as
much of the experience as you can, and enjoy
as much of the Bayview Experience as possible.
Even though every single one of the 31
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previous Port Huron to Mackinac races I’ve sailed in has been special, this
one, my 32nd, is extra special, because, as Commodore of Bayview Yacht
Club, I get to hand each and every winner their flag at the awards party on
the island. That’s better then getting to be Santa Claus. Plus, I get to do it
twice, the second time at our awards dinner on September 20, 2014.
Doing some quick math, I realize that I’ve done a little over one third of all
the Mac races run. Not bad, I think, until I consider sailors like the DeClerq
brothers, and Wally Cross, who have well over 40 races in, or Grand Rams
such as Fred Kreger, Past Com. Dean Balcirak, and John Tipp, all of whom
are still active sailors, or Lee Smith and George Hendrie, who have done
60 Mac Races! I’m still a rookie. But, at 31 Mac races completed, I qualify
to be an ‘Old Goat,’ which signifies completion of at least 25 Port Huron
to Mackinac races. There are approximately 565 Old Goats; approximately
465 of them still amongst us; they represent over 11,625 years of racing
to Mackinac Island. Now that’s commitment. Bayview Yacht Club’s commitment, as we approach our centennial, is to keep this Michigan tradition
going strong for at least the next 100 years.
Whether this is your first ever Mac Race or your 61st, YOU are what
this race is all about. 2014 Bell’s Beer Bayview-Mackinac Race Chair Art
LeVasseur, his committee of volunteers, and our Club Management and
Staff have all been working tirelessly since last year to bring you
this year’s race. From the press preview and Pro Team Challenge
selection, to the Sailor’s Party hosted by Bayview on June 28th,
to the Acura Oasis in Port Huron, to the Awards Party on the
island, to the Awards Dinner and Champion of Champions
regatta on September 20th, each of these events has been
carefully thought out and planned for your maximum enjoyment. In particular, the Acura Oasis, on the Black River in Port
Huron, will be open both Thursday and Friday, July 10-11, as
part of the Blue Water Festival. The Acura Oasis is open to the
public, and I invite each and every one of you to pop in and experience some Bayview hospitality, enjoy one of our sponsor’s
beverages, dance to some great music, and really get into the
spirit of the Race. And just to make it a little more interesting,
this year’s Pro-Team Challenge selections are:
TEAM
BOAT OWNER
Christina with a Sea II
Ari Buchanan
Tigers
Lions
Against the Wind
Rob Farr
Pistons
Mostly Harmless
Wick Smith
Red Wings T1 Ollie
Tim Walli/Dave Sturm
I’m truly excited that we will continue our efforts for positive
community outreach in 2014, as the Bell’s Bayview Mackinac
Race, along with our partners Acura and Bell’s Beer, will again
help sponsor, promote and support two outstanding initiatives.
The first program is Set Sail For Autism, which will demonstrate
the capabilities of young adults with autism to learns the skills
necessary to perform effectively in the workplace; and the
second is The Less Cancer Ride, which features numerous cyclists riding more than 300 miles from Port Huron to Mackinac
to raise awareness and key funding for cancer research.
I want to thank the Autism Alliance of Michigan, The Autism
Society of Macomb, St. Clair, LessCancer.org, and the Bayview
staff for their hard work and collaboration to create some really
important additions to our race.
I am also really excited about a fun new contest that’s
coordinated by Acura and features really cool prizes from
many of our top partners. The first ever ‘Bayview Tour of
Michigan’ contest will give race fans, sailing participants,
and the general public a chance to win an incredible prize
package including one week’s use of an Acura of choice
along with a stay at Grand Hotel as well as at Soaring Eagle
Casino Properties, a tour, dinner and VIP concert package
of Bell’s Beer facilities in Kalamazoo, and possibly the
ultimate prize (which I say with a smile), a four-hour sail on the
waters of Lake St. Clair and VIP lunch at Bayview with myself
and the crew of Fast Tango. From Kalamazoo to Mt. Pleasant
to Mackinac Island to the waters of Lake St. Clair, one lucky
winner will certainly get their own unique ‘Tour of Michigan.’
About the cover photo in this issue of the Burgee: This
photo was taken at the start of the 2011 Mac race. Although
you probably can’t see them, on my boat (Fast Tango), is a
longtime Mac racer and friend, Brad ‘Ira’ Swegles, who passed
away in early 2012, and on Velero, longtime friend and fierce
competitor, the late Past Com. John Barbour. Both these men
were dedicated racing sailors, and I miss them dearly. Please
remember all our sailing friends who have left us, and cherish
their memory, as you make new ones during this year’s race.
To all our competitors: welcome, again, to the 2014 Bell’s
Beer Bayview-Mackinac Race. May your race be safe, memorable, and full of your favorite wind condition. I look forward
to seeing all of you on Mackinac Island.
See you on the starting line. I plan on nailing my start!
Commodore Tim Prophit
Whether this is your first ever
Mac Race or your 61st, YOU
are what this race is all about.
2014
Letter From the U.S. Congress
Race
Committee
2014
Welcome
Ninety Years
and Counting
By Art LeVasseur,
2014 Race Chairman
T
he 2014 Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race will be the 90th
consecutive year sailboats will race up Lake Huron starting north of Port
Huron. Over that period, the boats have taken a number of different paths
to arrive at Mackinac Island and each presents its own unique challenges. I
don’t think any of this year’s participants can say they raced on the original
shore course that went south of Bois Blanc and Round Island, but plenty have
rounded the former Canadian government buoy off of Cove Island, our own
private buoy off of Southhampton, or the national weather service buoy 30
miles off of Alpena.
This year’s race features the 204 nautical mile Acura Shore Course along the
Michigan shoreline, leaving Bois Blanc and Round Island to port, and the 259
nautical mile Quantum Sails Cove Island Course. The latter course will require
the boats to visually round the private buoy we will be setting a few days before
the race with a satellite tracker attached to make sure it is the right spot.
Like the courses, the weather conditions faced by the fleet vary from year to
year. Some years we have had intermittent storms, some years constant breeze,
some years sunshine and drifting conditions. But what has been constant for
all 90 years is the competition and the camaraderie. Those are the things that
those of you who are doing your first race will always cherish. So have fun, be
safe, and remember that these are the good old days. u
Straits of Mackinac
Society 2014
Old Forts
T
he Straits of Mackinac Society was founded by Bayview Yacht Club to honor
all Mackinac Race Committee personnel who have served the committee for 15 years. Members
of the Straits of Mackinac Society are known as ‘Old Forts’: our heroes who have worked in the
background with such dedication for so many years deserve proper recognition. Without their untiring
efforts there would not be a starting cannon, or any race at all.
We wish to thank the many men and women who have served Bayview Yacht Club and the sailing
fraternity over the years by honoring them with membership in the Straits of Mackinac Society. u
Com. Stuart W. Argo*
Erika Baer
Barbette Y. Balcirak
Richard H. Bridge*
Mary Brieden
Com. Ralph M. Burton
Virginia Burton
Alee J. Chapman*
Michael Ciaramitaro
John R. Colquhoun
Patricia Corollo*
Mary Cunningham
Joseph Dallaire
Com C. Jay Deeds
Marcia Everingham
Com. Ted Everingham
Bob Filiatrault
George E. Gerow*
Dave Gilbert
Sylvia Graham
Com. Peter R. Griffin
Bud Harrison*
Ray Hickner
Calvin Hughes*
Todd Hughes
C. Ronald Johnston*
Luiz Kahl
Frank J. Kerwin*
Eric Kommel*
Patti Kommel
Mary Lynn Konechne
Dean M. Koppin
Paul Krietsch
Anne Lawson
Art LeVassuer
Frank McBride*
Com. Fredrick B. McGregor*
Carl T. Mowers
JoAnn Niederoest
Com. Rob Niederoest
Dee Otenbaker
Gerald K. Otenbaker*
Com. John Pappas
Michael Peash
Toni Pilzner
Charles J. Reader Jr.
Kathy Rodgers
Karen Rumptz
Com. Tim Rumptz
Gloria Schappe
Com. James Schudel*
Lois Sheridan*
Robert C. Sheridan*
Quentin B. Sickles
Gerald Smigelski
Betty Smith
Dave Smith
Gordon W. Smith
Lee Smith
Patricia A. Smith
Grant Stark
Marjorie Stark
Mark Stark
Com. Lynn G. Stedman Jr.*
Bill Stetson
Com Joseph E. Tapert*
Ed Theisen Jr.
Com. Greg Thomas
John Thompson*
Com. Michael A. Thompson
Brad Tooman*
Lois Trost
Ed Weiler
Com. John R. Werthmann
Com. William Wiard*
Bob White
Don Wood
Claude Worden*
*Deceased
Race
Committee 2014
Person
of theYear
By Art LeVasseur,
2014 Race Chairman
Al Minsterman
O
ne of the race chairman’s most difficult
tasks is to select who should be recognized as the
Race Committee Person of the Year at our annual RC
Appreciation Party. Normally it is a tough decision because
so many people on the committee work very hard to make
the race a success and deserve to be honored. However,
this year’s honoree merits special recognition. Com. Al
Minsterman only recently joined Bayview, but he has worked
tirelessly as part of our committee for many years heading up
the starting line mark-set team. Al’s dedication to our race is
only one of the many things he does for sailing. In addition
to his work for us each July, Al is often seen throughout the
season setting marks for the DRYA races, towing boats out
to the ‘C’ course and setting marks for the off-the-dock
races at his ‘other’ club, the Detroit Yacht Club. He even
towed my boat into deep water when I ran her hard aground
off the St. Jean ramp in the Detroit River several years ago
during a race. (I was trying to sneak up the shoreline to stay
out of the current but got a little too close.)
Al’s work on the committee includes collecting up all of
the anchors, lines, marks, and other equipment needed for
the starting line area, loading it into his truck, and moving
it up to Port Huron a few days before the race. On race
day, while the racing crews are sipping coffee, loading
last minute supplies and chatting at the dock Al and his
crew are already long gone. They were up at the crack of
dawn to move the gear from the harbormaster’s shed to
the mark-set boat. Typically, Al leaves the dock by 6 a.m.
to set up the starting line and spectator zone marks before
anyone else arrives. The crew then patrols the starting area
to take care of any problems that may develop while the
sailboats are starting. Once all of the racers are off and
running, Al’s team picks everything up and Al drives it all
back down to Bayview before he finally calls it quits for the
day. Normally a very thankless job but one, like so many
others, that makes the race possible. So this year we are
saying a loud “thank you” to Al Minsterman, our 2014 Race
Committee Person of the Year. u
Society of
Mackinac Island Old
Abbott, Kenneth 1976
Adams, Raymond S. 1976
Adams, Winifred A. 1981
Aitken, Com. Daniel J. 1976
Alcott, Bill 1972
Amsler, Com. Robert H. 1979
Anderson, Jerry 1980
Anderson, Thomas 1966
Argo Jr., Stuart 1977
Argo, Com. Stuart W.* 1955
Arnesen, Fred 1965
Backoff, Richard 1969
Baetz, Kenneth A. 1982
Baidas, Robert 1986
Bailey, Robert 1972
Baker, Douglas* 1959
Balcirak, Com. Dean R. 1964
Balcirak, David 1977
Barber, Lynn Howard 1980
Barbier, Roy* 1958
Barbour, Com. John S.* 1965
Barbour, Sloane 1965
Barker, John 1975
Bayer Sr., Com. Charles* 1947
Bayer, Ed* 1955
Bayer, Edwin 1967
Bayer, John 1975
Bayer, Jr., Com. Charles 1967
Becker, Peter 1976
Beebe, Ed* 1955
Benedict, Christopher 1987
Benkert, Com. Lloyd B.* 1936
Bennett, Jim 1985
Bernard, Jack L. 1960
Bertelson, Gene 1963
Best Jr., Jim 1974
Bianco, John J. 1967
Bihlmeyer, Carl 1980
Birdsall, Richard 1972
Blanchard, John 1969
Blunt, John* 1942
Bolla, David 1977
Boyd, Mark H. 1975
Boyle, John D.* 1943
Bradley, Steven 1985
Brand, George* 1960
Breadon, Don* 1925
Breck, Douglas* 1962
Bremer, Com. Bill* 1954
Bremer, Joel* 1961
Bremer, Steven 1967
Bresser, Jerry 1982
Bresser, Patrick 1983
Bresser, William 1982
Bridge, Rick* 1965
Brink, Lawrence R.* 1971
Brown, Kenneth D. 1979
Brune, Al 1981
Bryant, Bob* 1927
Bulin, Jim* 1980
Bunn, Ned 1964
Bunn, Robert 1966
Burkard, Com. John E. 1946
Burkard, Henry* 1943
Burke, Com. John C. 1976
Burke, Marvin* 1970
Burleson, Tom 1974
Burt, Bud* 1934
Burt, R. William 1969
Busch, William 1972
Buse, Philip 1964
Butler, James E.* 1970
Butler, Michael 1976
Goats
Cady, Donald 1977
Fleck, Jack* 1945
Jacobs, Jeffrey A. 1983
Carlson, Doug 1982
Fletcher, Allan 1967
Jacoby Sr., Edmond G. 1957
Carlson, Richard 1982
Fornal, Dennis 1979
Jacoby, Edmund G. 1970
Carnaghi, J.P. 1972
Fortune, Peter* 1981
Jamieson, John 1981
Carollo, Joseph* 1965
Francis, William 1978
Jay, Stephen R. 1968
Carr, Michael 1977
Fuchs, Com. Arnold* 1945
Jeffery, Lynn F. 1987
Carrico, David J. 1982
Fuller, Dr. Hugh* 1950
Jeffrey, Lynn F. 1987
Carrier, Eric 1987
Fullerton, Alexander 1975
Jennings, DDS, William "Bill" 1967
Carruthers, Clark E. 1976
Gates II, James R. 1976
Jennings, Dick* 1973
Carter, Clem* 1937
Gatz, Jan A. 1985
Jerome, Leonard* 1925
Cazabon, Michael 1973
Gay, William* 1965
Johns, James 1951
Chapman, Alee* 1955
Gennaro Jr., Anthony 1985
Johnson, Dr. Arthur* 1964
Clark, Chris 1978
Geraghty, Com Brian J. 1979
Johnston Jr., Donald A.* 1946
Clemons, Com. Tom 1973
Gerometta, James 1985
Jones, H. Burton* 1965
Clemons, Scott 1977
Gerow, Fred* 1962
Jones, Warren* 1950
Cliff, Frank 1956
Gerow, George* 1962
Juby III, Charles W. 1986
Clixby, Gerald 1969
Gesell, Henry* 1951
Jurcak, Mark 1983
Clogg, Dick* 1954
Gillespie, Allen 1965
Kalitte, Douglas* 1966
Coates, Richard K. 1982
Gillespie, Jay 1980
Kazerski, Ken 1976
Coggin, Ted* 1929
Girardin, Com. Howard N.* 1939
Keefer, Richard 1967
Conger, Dale 1971
Gleason, Jr., Donald 1971
Keller, James 1973
Conger, Phillip 1971
Gmeiner, Com. Skip 1954
Kelly, Dennis 1974
Connolly, Andrew 1977
Gmeiner, Com. Toot* 1940
Kemp, Jim* 1939
Cooley, James L. 1986
Gmeiner, Doug* 1958
Kern II, Frank 1971
Coolman, Jr., Thomas 1965
Goran, Michael 1978
Kern III, Frank 1971
Cooper III, Winfield L. 1986
Graham, Gary 1980
Kerns, Jim 1965
Cooper, Steve 1966
Grant, Ed* 1969
Kerwin, Frank J.* 1964
Cope, Darrell A. 1979
Gray, Cliff 1953
Keydel, Conrad 1962
Corbett, Rich 1979
Greening III, R.E. Lee 1980
Keydel, Eric 1968
Corneliussen, Paul A. 1980
Greening, Bruce C. 1976
Keydel, Kurt Com.* 1952
Cost, Nick 1975
Gregory, Robert 1975
Keys, Howard 1963
Cotter, Dennis B. 1977
Grow, Com. Richard D. 1957
Kimmel, Com. H. Andrew* 1964
Craig, Mark E. 1987
Hall, D.D.S., Gary E. 1975
Kirkman, Michael E. 1988
Culliton, Dennis 1973
Hands, David 1987
Kirkman, Robert E.* 1983
Cyrul, Gregory A. 1972
Hanson, Com. Thomas J.* 1947
Kirkman, Robert R. 1984
Daoust, James R. 1961
Haras, Lawernece G. 1982
Kleinhardt, Thomas A. 1981
Darbee, William H. 1972
Harrison, Hugh "Bud"* 1973
Koller, Richard P. 1958
Davenport, Bruce 1947
Harthorn, Don 1968
Kolter, Harald 1995
Davey, Doug 1978
Harthorn, Steven V. 1985
Kommel, Eric 1967
Dawson, Peter W.* 1983
Hartingh II, Jo Dan* 1972
Konczalski, Ronald L. 1966
Dawson, Thomas L. 1976
Hartwell, Kenneth Walker 1966
Kostoff, James 1972
Decker, Dale 1976
Harvey, John T. 1986
Kountz, John 1938
Declercq, Alex 1968
Hastings, Wayne 1984
Kraft, Dr. James E. 1981
Declercq, Com. Maurice C. "Maury"* 1949
Hawkinson, Dr. Roy 1969
Kraft, Dr. Paul C. 1981
Deeds, Jay*
Hayward, Commodore Chip 1971
Kraft, James F. 1978
Detwiler, Fred 1970
Heglin, Richard T. (Dick) 1959
Kreger, Fred 1952
DeWitt, David A. 1988
Hellenbart, Andrew 1975
Krembel, Frank* 1955
Dewyse, John P. 1972
Henderson, Sr., Com. Jeffrey A. 1977
Krembel, W. B. 1955
Dittus, Ian 1981
Henderson, William H. 1971
Kuhn, Dean J. 1982
Dittus, Richard H.* 1981
Hendrie, George 1947
Kunick, Frank A. 1955
Donaldson, Lawrence 1974
Hendrie, Jack* 1948
Kuschnerus, Hans 1963
Dooley, Michael J. 1986
Henk, Michael J 1986
La Riviere, Com. Timothy P. 1987
Dorian, Gretchen 1967
Henry, Joseph* 1958
LaBute, Timothy W. 1984
Drake, Joe* 1953
Henry, William 1963
Lady, Paul 1978
Duarte, David D. 1979
Hinsby, Floyd* 1952
Lang, Brian R. 1978
DuBay, Phillip D. 1987
Hohn, Kurt 1981
Lang, Donald 1978
Dudek, Ralph* 1963
Hollerbach, Marc 1964
Larivee, Terry 1982
Duker, Robert 1976
Hollerbach, N. H. "Holly"* 1945
Lattie Jr., Lyndon J. 1980
DuMouchelle, Elizabeth 1974
Holley, Dan E. 1988
Lattie, David L. 1976
DuMouchelle, Ernest 1963
Holmes, Gary 1984
Lawrence, Mike 1957
Dundas, James 1981
Holstein, Donald 1977
Lazarz, Sherman F. 1979
Dunn, Gregory R. 1972
Hopp Jr., John* 1954
Leinweber, Roy* 1951
Ecclestone, Llwyd 1953
Hubbell, Peter 1975
Leone, Gerry* 1942
Elledge, Michael 1981
Hudnut, James 1965
LeVasseur, Arthur 1982
Elmer, Charlie 1981
Hudnut, Jr., James H. 1967
Lewand, Kevin M. 1985
Ely, Ed 1971
Huebner, Ted 1974
Lewis, Perry 1972
Eno, Charles* 1968
Hughes, Shawn 1982
Libcke, J. Robert 1976
Farnsworth, Com. Ted* 1927
Hulsey, Paul 1982
Liebert, Patrick 1976
Feldman, Michael J. 1969
Huneke, Richard 1981
Light, Sheldon N 1986
Ferry, Frank X 1981
Hunter, Dave* 1951
Lightbody, James 1958
Fick, Jr., Alvin D. 1981
Hura, Douglas "Doug" 1960
Lindeman, Lou (Bud) 1979
Fitzsimons, Com. Chas* 1954
Irland, Peter L. 1970
Lootens, Richard 1964
Flaska, Kenneth 1974
Jacobs, Clare* 1937
Lowry, T.K.* 1966
Founded to honor those distinguished sailors who
have completed 25 Bayview Mackinac races. Lundy, Curtis 1972
O'Niel III, Com. Phillip 1977
Schostak, Jerome* 1964
Lyden, Earl 1972
O'Niel Jr., Com. Philip 1977
Schram, Ken 1980
Lynch, Com. William J. 1971
O'Rourke, William "Bill" 1985
Schroeder, Jr., Gerald* 1971
Lyon, George* 1964
Orr, Jr., Robert B. 1972
Schuch, John 1962
Lyons, Edward 1966
Oswald, Com. Lawrence J. 1972
Schudel, Com. James* 1956
Lyons, Frank 1972
Otenbaker, David 1982
Schultes, John 1974
Macklem, Avery* 1939
Otrompke, Jack 1962
Schultes, Michael 1969
MacLaren, David P. 1971
Padilla, Com. Daniel W. 1976
Schultz, Al* 1947
Maier, Jeff 1974
Palm, Edward B. 1957
Schwall, Lynn A. 1980
Maier, Robert* 1956
Pappas, Com. John 1958
Schwandt, Kent T. 1974
Mainwaring, Herb* 1960
Pappas, James 1984
Scott, Michael G. 1975
Thompson, Stu C. 1986
Maiorano, Jerry 1975
Patterson, Thomas 1981
Seckett, James W. 1954
Thoreson, Robert E.* 1963
Marsh, Marv* 1952
Pearce, Kevin 1979
Sellers, Bob 1956
Thorpe, Com. William P.* 1971
Marsh, Richard A. 1964
Pearson, Brian 1964
Shalagowski, Randy A. 1982
Tipp, John 1963
Marshall, Dale 1972
Peseski, Michael J. 1979
Shaw, James F. 1973
Tompkins, Charles 1964
Martin, Bill 1965
Peseski, Vin 1972
Shelagowski, Randy A. 1982
Tompkins, John 1969
Martin, Sally 1976
Peseski, William M. 1980
Sheppard, John 1974
Toti, Edward* 1953
Mattingly, David 1975
Peters, Richard R. 1967
Sheppard, Steven 1977
Trost IV, John 1972
Mayer, John 1954
Petersen V, P. Eric 1976
Sheridon, Richard 1946
Trost, John* 1944
McCarthy, Gene T. 1959
Petersen, Larry 1984
Sheridon, Sherry 1946
Trull, Dick 1949
McCormack, Andy 1958
Pettitt, Stuart 1970
Sherry, Ron 1979
Tulupman, Ted 1981
McCoy, Bill 1963
Petzold, Thomas* 1930
Shinske, F. James 1968
Turek, Tom J. 1969
McCrindle, Mark E. 1980
Pfeff, Pete O. 1977
Shorey, Fred* 1964
Turner, Keith R.* 1963
McCroskey, Jr., George B. 1964
Piku, Frank 1966
Shumaker, Tom 1965
Uznis, George M. 1964
McDonald, Michael 1976
Pinney, Sr., Mark W. 1968
Sickels, Quent 1950
Vallad, John 1951
McGraw, Com. William* 1963
Ploghoft, Milton E. 1946
Sidenstecker, Bill 1970
Van Tol, Paul R. 1976
McMath, Com. Trent* 1928
Pokorny, Dr. Paul* 1973
Siudara, Leonard 1976
Van, George* 1929
McVeety, John A. 1978
Popowich, Stanley 1975
Sloss, Com. David* 1932
VandeVusse, Bruce 1986
Meach, Jerry 1981
Porte, Philip J. 1986
Smith, Don* 1962
Vermet, Edward 1980
Meagher, Dennis 1989
Pouliot, Reid Royce 1981
Smith, Dr. Ian 1962
Vigrass, H. Thomas 1972
Meier, Com. Thomas R. 1970
Pouliot, Russ* 1925
Smith, Lee 1952
Vigrass, Terry 1974
Mihalich, Dr. Steve 1946
Priebe, Com. Ray* 1933
Smith, Patrick* 1962
Vogel, Roger 1972
Miller, Candice 1970
Prophit, Com. Malcolm "Tim" 1983
Smith, Robert H. 1979
Vogler, James M. 1987
Miller, Com. John* 1933
Puddiford, Com. Stan* 1926
Smith, Wick 1971
Wagner, William R.* 1973
Miller, Mark 1984
Purcell, Miles 1983
Smyth, Ed* 1976
Wake, Douglas* 1960
Miller, Sr., Com. Bill 1933
Quincy, Kenneth T. 1983
Snider, Don* 1954
Wake, Maggie* 1960
Mistele, Henry 1965
Ranks, Richard 1979
Snow, Paul G. 1975
Waldrup, Dean 1985
Moak, Jr., Robert 1987
Rasmussen, Kenneth 1948
Snyder, George* 1926
Wall, Robert 1968
Moak, Sr., Robert E. 1977
Redmann, Judy 1981
Somes, Com. Jon M. 1969
Walsh, Jr., Clune 1950
Moll, Doug 1977
Reese, E. James 1983
Somes, Fred* 1952
Ware, John 1962
Mondry, Gene* 1957
Reichelsdorfer, Peter W. 1951
Soutar, Larry 1972
Warner, Gary 1967
Morison, Ayers* 1966
Reid, Jim* 1946
Sparagowski, Gary* 1977
Warnke, Hans G.* 1952
Morison, Ayers, Jr.* 1966
Reidsma, Jay 1983
Srigley, Tom R. 1968
Warrick, Com. W.* 1952
Morlan, Andrew 1987
Reinheimer, Herbert 1965
Stapleton, Barbara 1972
Wehby, Daniel W. 1988
Morlan, Christopher 1982
Replogle, David S. 1965
Stapleton, Jim 1985
Weiss, James 1966
Morlan, Gordon E. 1981
Reynolds, Syd* 1947
Stephens, Greg 1985
Weitzmann, Jim* 1957
Morphew, James P. 1986
Richards, Paul 1978
Stetson, Bill 1959
Welch, James 1978
Morrison, Kenneth W. 1973
Richards, Ralph 1970
Stieber, Jr., Donald A. "Chip" 1976
Welch, Michael J. 1972
Mosher, George 1953
Riley, Todd 1972
Stocker, Terry 1969
Wenzler, Peter J. 1979
Mosher, William A. 1978
Ritchie, Mark Albert 1983
Stodgell, Chic* 1927
White, Tom 1978
Motschall, Jim 1983
Ritter, Thomas C. 1985
Stofflett, John 1975
White, William A. 1984
Muench, Jr., Nils* 1968
Roadstrum, Robert* 1925
Stormes, Ben 1971
Whitehead, George* 1947
Nadeau Sr., John 1972
Robbins, Daniel M. 1969
Stormes, Chuck 1979
Wiesen, Robert J. 1975
Nadeau, Sam 1980
Robbins, John D. 1978
Streit, Gerald 1963
Wiley, Earl* 1960
Nadeau, Steve 1987
Robinson, Robbie 1947
Stridiron, William 1983
Wilhelm, Fred P. 1970
Nagel, Com. William* 1928
Roehrs, Timothy 1987
Stromberg, John S. 1985
Wilhelm, Fred R. 1975
Nagel, Mark 1980
Rose, A. Duane 1979
Stuart, Bob 1968
Williams, David H. 1975
Nedeau, Sam 1980
Rossio, Richard C. 1985
Swart, Clark* 1934
Williams, Thomas G. 1980
Nedeau, Sr, John 1950
Rossio, Ronald J. 1984
Synowiec, Dan R. 1975
Williamson, Com. Perc* 1925
Neesley, Bob* 1937
Ruhland, Patrick. J. 1980
Synowiec, Richard 1978
Wilson, Carlisle* 1945
Neesley, Jr., Robert 1955
Rummel, John 1945
Szalkowski, Ted 1973
Wing, Harry 1982
Nevins, Les* 1926
Rumon, Richard A. 1978
Tapert, Com. Mike* 1947
Wittliff, John* 1979
Niederer, Bruce 1983
Rupp, Maynard 1977
Taylor, Norbert* 1941
Witton, Frank 1958
Niederoest, Com. Robert J. 1968
Russie, Laurie 1983
Tenkel, Frank 1969
Worden, Claude 1974
Noah, Bill* 1937
Sackett, Jim 1974
Tenkel, Scott E. 1986
Wunsch, Com. Ed* 1935
Noakes, W.C. 1977
Saph, Val 1973
Thoma, Richard 1977
Yackness, Irvin* 1954
Nutt, Michael J. 1979
Savage, Matt 1976
Thomas, Al* 1939
Yackness, June* 1966
Nutter, Robert 1985
Sbach, Elmer "Sonny" 1972
Thomas, Com. Gregory I 1971
Young, Steve* 1974
O'Connor, Donald 1987
Schappe, R. Scott 1977
Thomas, L. Murray* 1971
Youngblood, Thomas 1979
Odendahl, Richard 1984
Schappe, Robert H. 1977
Thompson, Com. Michael A. 1958
Zanella, Michael R. 1983
OGawa, Andrew S. 1972
Schappe, Stephen P. 1981
Thompson, Kevin 1973
Zyskowski, Phil 1985
O'Laughlin, Dugan* 1971
Schmidt, Russell A. 1976
Thompson, Mark A. 1969
Ongena, Christopher C. 1987
Scholfield, Charles E. (Win) 1983
Thompson, Sandra K. 1961
*Deceased
Society of
Mackinac Island
Double Goats
Distinguished sailors who have completed
a minimum of 25 Bayview Mackinac
and 25 Chicago Mackinac Races
DOUBLE GOAT HONOR ROLL
Sailor Members of Both
The Society of Mackinac Island Old Goats, Detroit and
The Island Goats Sailing Society, Chicago
Society of
Grand Rams
T
he Society of Grand Rams was founded to honor
those distinguished sailors who have completed 50 Bayview
Mackinac Races.
Having sailed 50 or more Mackinac Races requires more than
one hundred twenty days on the water and some fourteen
thousand miles of sailing. They have likely endured more than
one hundred thunder storms and suffered through five hundred
or more watch changes.
William D. Alcott
Thomas E. Anderson
John D. Boyle
Lawrence R. Brink
Richard J. Corbett
Al Declercq
Michael J. Feldman
Alvin D. Fick Jr.
George S. Hendrie Jr.
Marc Hollerbach
Richard Jennings
Mark G. Jurcak
Fred W. Kreger
Perry Lewis
Louis H. Lindeman
E. Earl Lyden
William C. Martin
Gene T. McCarthy
George B. McCroskey Jr.
Michael A. McDonald
Andy McCormack
Thomas R. Meier
Nils L. Muench
John L. Nedeau Sr.
Samuel P. Nedeau
Robert K. Nutter
Andrew S. OGawa
J. Stuart Pettitt
Mark W. Pinney Sr.
Thomas C. Ritter
Peter W. Reichelsdorfer
Ronald J. Sherry
Paul G. Snow
Ted Szalkowski
George M. Uznis
George E. Van
William R. Wagner
Robert J. Wiesen
Honorees
Roadstrum, Bobby,* 1925
Van, George E. Sr.,* 1929
Leone, Gerry,*1942
Bayer, Com. Charles M.,* 1947
Hendrie, George, 1947
Rasmussen, Ken, 1948
Nedeau, John Sr., 1950
Kreger, Fred, 1952
Smith, Lee, 1952
Grow, Com. Rick, 1957
Pappas, Com. John, 1958
Tipp, John W., 1963
Balcirak, Com. Dean R., 1964
Attention
OLD GOATS
By Ray Adams, BYC Old Goats Committee Chairman
T
he Old Goats are having a GROUP PHOTO taken on Mackinac Island on the grounds
of Grand Hotel before the flags are presented. Look for the Large Old Goats Banner located
somewhere near the bandstand. We will gather near the Banner. Listen for the announcement from
the stage.
•Remember, the deadline for new Old Goat applications is September 1. They can be
obtained from the BYC office or online. Look for the Old Goats pull-down tab under the sailing heading
at byc.com.
•There are now 10 different
items available for sale on the New
Old Goats Merchandise Order Form.
The form is also available online at
byc.com.
Bayview Old Goat and Grand Ram
Merchandise
•There is a Cocktail Party for
new BYC Mackinac Old Goats on the
day of the Mackinac Awards Party
held at Bayview in September at
5 p.m. upstairs in the Regatta Room.
•We are planning a Fall Old
Goats Luncheon before the snowbirds
fly South. It will be held at noon on
Thursday, October 16 at Bayview.
Three Grand Rams will share their
stories and experiences with all in
attendance.
•The Old Goats Roast, held in
the spring, is not just for Old Goats,
it’s for family, friends, and crew mates
as well as Old Goats.
Did You Know?
•We had 36 new Old Goat members
inducted in 2013.
Polo Shirt - $40
available in white or navy
Hat - $20
Steve Nadeau
First Mack Race
Inducted May 9, 2012
Lapel Pin - $5
Old Goat or Grand Ram Blazer Patch - $35
8x10 Old Goat or
Grand Ram Plaque on
black piano board - $50
Flag - $25
Coffee Mug - $15
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•There are over 465 living Old Goats.
Old Goat Blazer Patch
$
•There are nine living BYC Mackinac
Grand Rams.
Grand Ram Blazer Patch
$
Old Goat Plaque - List First Race ________
$
•There are 38 Double Old Goats.
Grand Ram Plaque - List First Race ________
$
•There are 10 Nanny Goats.
Flag
$
•You do not have to be a member
of Bayview Yacht Club to be an Old
Goat.
Coffee Mug
$
35
50
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•The Old Goats continually update
their Master Mailing List to include all
changes in address, email, and phone
numbers.
r Check
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Goats Committee.
•The Old Goats have a mascot. u
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•There are a large number of Old
Goats and even Grand Rams that
continue to race Mackinac Races
every year.
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for pick up/pricing.
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313-822-1853
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11
Looking
Back
on the
Mack
My mother probably wrote this memoir in 1988
when she was 70. I made a few grammatical and
spelling corrections and, in one spot, invented half a
sentence that was illegible. I contributed all the photographs. I don’t recall seeing this essay before January,
2014, but perhaps someone else besides Mom had
seen it previously. She continued her interest in sailboat
racing after she wrote this but not as an active racer
competing in the Macks.
She died in 2012 at age 93. A remarkable woman!
~ Scott Wake
By Maggie Wake, a Female Crew
T
his year for the first
time in three-tenths of a
century Doug and I will
not be making the Bayview
Mackinac Race. This is a big
change for us because for
twenty-nine years our entire
summer has been planned
around it: from May to mid-July
Doug would buy new sails,
make boat repairs, adjust the
rigging and sharpen up the crew while I would plan,
prepare and freeze meals; then would come the few
short exciting days of actual racing; the last months
would be spent either basking in glory or wallowing in
dismal despair, depending on the race results.
We eventually became Mackinac Race participants
because Doug became interested in sailing at the age
of fifteen. He and a friend bought an old life boat off
a freighter his friend’s grandfather had skippered. They
repaired it, ‘borrowed’ a nearby flagpole for a mast and
fashioned some makeshift sails. They sailed on Lake Erie
out of Trenton because they didn’t know you could sail
big boats on Lake St. Clair. Doug has loved sailing ever
since then and he is good at it. I suppose there was a
time when he was ‘only’ crew, but he has been captain
and skipper ever since I have known him. He is probably
the best light-air helmsman on the Great Lakes.
I came to the sport of sailing about half a century
ago as an “if you can’t beat
‘em join ‘em” move. Doug
refused to play tennis but
convinced me to plunk
down a few dollars of my
hard-earned money (I was a
psychologist at Ypsilanti and
he was a medical student
at U. of M.) to purchase
a canoe which he then
converted into a sailboat
by building a mast and
a leeboard (he never got
around to building the starboard one), having me sew
up a cotton lateen sail and
using a paddle as rudder.
Although we invariably
tipped over if anyone else
went with us, the two of
us could sail it just fine. We
even spent our honeymoon
on it, transporting food, supplies, tent and all with no mishap.
During this early period I received my basic sailing instruction. There were
startling things to learn as, for example, that a ‘sheet’ is not necessarily a
piece of bedding, a ‘tack’ is not always a small nail used to fasten carpets and
a ‘line’ is not something your boyfriend gives you as a shortcut to achieving
his amorous objectives. Also firmly imbedded in my mind at that time was
the fact that there can only be one captain to a boat. Personally, I opted
for (or really was forced into through
inferior qualifications) the role of Doug’s
crew, but much later our children, all
four of them, eventually solved the
dilemma by captaining vessels of their own, whether large (Brian’s Morgan 41) or
small (Mary Ann’s sunfish and windsurfer).
The plot thickened and my training quickened when Doug became interested in
racing. Fortunately for me, Doug is one of the few men (Connie Cost is another)
who want their wives to be part of the crew. Our first few years in big boats
(in Thistles we did better) could conservatively be called disastrous. We bought
an ‘old clunker’ full of dry rot and with a fragile mast that self-destructed if it
blew over fifteen. We competed against beautiful custom boats such as Orient
and Redhead. Needless to say, it was a time of great excitement on the few
occasions on which we took next-to-last instead of last.
In spite of our discouragement, we soon became firmly committed to racing.
At first we sailed out of Crescent Sail Yacht Club. Doug belonged to Bayview
but those were the days when the fellows spent a lot of time at Bayview but
wives and children were thoughtfully protected from the nefarious conditions
that then existed. We raced twelve Mackinacs under the Crescent burgee,
moved to Bayview with Velero III, a C & C 39, and really felt it was home base
when we bought Velero IV, an Erickson 46, from the redoubtable Doc Murphy.
By then things were better for the female sex at Bayview; no longer were they
excluded from the awards banquet as had been the case the first two times
Velero I won her class when women, crew or not, were excluded. Of course,
those were the days when only a few women such as Doris Sarns on Revelry
and Susan Fisher and her girl crew made the Mackinac trek. I hear now that as
of 1989 it is possible for women to be elected to Bayview membership! How
times have changed.
Well, anyway, to get back to sailing, when we got into long-distance racing
in big boats I found that there were more amazing things to learn. Take, for instance, use of the sink. Non-racing girls, I’ll bet you thought a sink was for getting a drink and for washing dishes. Wrong! A sink is to store assorted pieces
of equipment which might have to be used later and must stand upright or be
coddled in other ways in the meantime, for storing scraps of sandpaper and
used paint brushes waiting to be thrown out and for receiving the thousands
(it seems like that many) of pop and beer cans that come hurtling down from
the cockpit from time to time. As for getting a drink, the tanks either are empty
after the first day of the Mack because water makes your boat heavy or yields
such terrible tasting water that it is non-potable, while they say (those who are
not doing it) dishes can readily be done in a pail of water drawn up from Lake
Huron by rope.
And girls, I’ll bet you may have thought also that the head (boat bathroom) was a comfy spot to which to retire now and then for a pleasant >
2014 Summer Burgee /// 1 3
Looking
Back
on the Mack
sojour n, perhaps with
a magazine and/or a
cigarette. Wrong! If you
are male you never use
the head at all except
during the infrequent
more-than-one-day race
like the Mackinac when
it absolutely cannot be
avoided. If you are female, likewise the head is used only when
absolutely necessary.
Getting to the head and back can be the most hazardous part
of sailing. I find, for example, that on our NA-40 a trip to the
head takes on the average about twenty minutes exclusive of the
time needed to perform the function(s) for which it is intended
and involves a number of difficult and dangerous steps. First, one
must clutch the grab rail and perambulate carefully over the two
to six headsails laid out on the cabin sole (best place for boat
trim) and struggle to move them far enough
from the head door to get it open. Next,
one must remove all the pails, scrub brushes
and extra spinnakers conveniently stored
in the head by non-users. Third, the two
head valves must be opened, which entails
kneeling on the floor, inserting one’s head
and shoulders into the under-the-sink cupboard and groping about under the anchor
rode to find them while the boat performs
gyrations that would make a carnival ride
owner proud; hopefully, one finds that the
last occasional user has not fastened them
so tightly that a hammer is required for
opening, in which case one must pick up
more sails from the starboard bunk to get
at where tools are stored. Then comes the
gymnastic problem of positioning oneself in
the right place at the right time: one either
leans way back and hopes that the contents
remain at a reasonable level if on the starboard tack or leans forward, braces ones
feet against the wall and holds the door shut
(the lock is always broken) if on port. Lastly,
one must pump twenty-six times, close the
valves, restore pails, sails et al to their assigned spots and mountain-climb back exhausted to where one
began. I liked Gaboon best of all our boats because the life rails
were so positioned that my head trips could be as infrequent
as the males’. As can be deduced by those readers who may
still be with me, long-distance racing such as the Mack can be
daunting. I really admire sailors like ‘Old Goats’ Bobby Roadstrom
and Doc Carlyle Wilson who have capably sailed so many Macks
under so many conditions. In racing, sticking tenaciously to one’s
assigned tasks for a long period of time is a basic requirement.
The Bayview Mackinac, for instance, can take from one and a
half to five days depending on conditions and the size of your
boat. We won our class and took sixth overall one year when we
finished Wednesday afternoon—and that was on the old course.
But tenacity is only the beginning of the test of racing stamina.
In light air frustration tolerance is important: your boat can sit
for hours in the same spot while your dander escalates as you
watch other boats a short distance away but still in view making
two or three knots and your position slipping from ‘in the hunt’
to maybe last. It is inconvenience tolerance that is important in
heavy air: on a heavy air race one never takes care of any necessary human function such as eating, sleeping, eliminating or even
getting warm or talking when it is convenient for you but only
when it is convenient for the trim and advancement of your boat.
I remember on a Mackinac a few years back how great it was
after we all had been sitting on the rail in the rain for the entire
race and had gone without food for seven or eight hours when
John Barbour finally ducked below for an instant and, coming up
with a can of tuna fish in one hand and a
can of corned beef hash and some spoons
in the other, inquired, “Well, which do you
want, cat food or dog food?” We wolfed
them both!
Fortunately, however, the gratifications
of Mackinac racing greatly outweigh its
difficulties. Once you have sailed a few
Mackinacs you will have a store of nostalgic
memories that will stay with you forever. I’ll
close now by giving some samples of the
kind of flashbacks that come to me from
time to time.
A ‘nightmare’ flashback is that we are in
the Straights getting our first whiff of the
Island, positive that we are first in our class
although still an hour from arrival and we
hear the ship’s radio announce: “Bayview
Race Committee, Bayview Race Committee,
this is the yacht Disruption.” (Another year it
was Crisis and another, Blind Mellon.) “We
are approximately five minutes from the
finish.” There goes another first place flag
again!
A flashback that illustrates how engrossed
you can be in a race and how shocked you
can be to find that there is still a real world out there is the time
we were jolted out of our Mackinac “tunnel vision” by learning
through WJR that there was a race riot in Detroit and our friend
Gene Mondry’s Highland Park store was being looted. How
unsettling and how unlike the togetherness we crew were experiencing! Another particularly graphic memory of the same kind
is of the time part way through our Mackinac trip when we were
sitting on deck on a beautiful starry night gazing at a gorgeous
almost full moon and learned, again through WJR, that there
Champion of
Champions
I
was an astronaut walking on that very moon at that very time! Unbelievable!
The best of all memories for Doug and me are not the wins, although they
were most welcome (we have been in the Winner’s Circle for fifteen out of our
twenty-nine races on our own boats with six thirds, two seconds and seven
firsts) but those of the warm and lasting friendships that have evolved during
the camaraderie that is an integral part of being a Mackinac crew. On a racing
sailboat, nothing about you is hidden after a few days of twenty-four hour confinement together: everyone knows everything about you so there is no reason
to pretend. Yet closely-knit crews such as ours have been over the years are
willing to accept you as you are: they appreciate your strong points (although
rarely if ever mentioning this to you) and make up for your weak ones. Being
on a racing sailboat crew is like being on a football team or in a symphony
orchestra because what you do together is better and more satisfying than
anything you could do yourself. What you are and what you produce together
makes up a whole that is greater than its parts.
Doug and I will always remember with gratitude partners Howard Boston and
Hank Burkard and “crew boss” John Barbour, without whom our racing would
never have got off the ground. We cherish, too, the memories of talented contemporaries who have sailed with us over the years such as ‘Big’ Stu Argo, Fred
Arcari, Don Criner, Hank Gesell, Frank Hill, Fred Kreger, Herb Mainwaring, Frank
Piku, Chick Stodgell, Dick Trull and George E. Van. We think often and fondly of
the ‘younger generation’ who have crewed with us, some for only a few races
but many for years, some relatively unknown but others who comprise the current ‘rock star’ roster. We feel like ‘mom’ and ‘pop’ not only to our own sailing
children Lewie, Brian, Mary Ann and Patti but also to all of the following: ‘Little’
Stu Argo, Catherine Arnold, Rick Arcari, Skip Boston, Phil and Dave Bertelson,
John Burkard, Nici Cost, Mike Feldman, Dennis Fornal, Marc Hollerbach, Jim
Keller, Andy Kimmel, Dave and Kris Klein, John Kucharczyk, Cliff Lanzinger,
David Lattie, Tom Lowry, Jack Mormon, Spike Neesly, Rus Nutter, Bob Royer,
John Schuch, Greg Short, Mike and Sandy Thompson, Bill Thorpe, George
Uznis, John Uznis, John Wake, Todd Wake, Timmy Woodhouse and my Etchells
helmsman Billy Z. Our happy and eventful hours with these sailing friends will
be long and warmly remembered no matter how many miles and years we may
be apart. Long live the Mackinac! u
n winter 2009, Com. Burton
created a new event; a Mac race
Champion of Champions. The idea
was to get the winners of each of the
Mac race classes together in one-design
boats, and see who was the ‘best of the
best.’ As you may know, Com. Burton
has had a long, successful sailing career
in one-design racing, so this was an idea
that had great appeal to him. And what
better way to determine the best of the
best than a one-design competition in
our Club boats?
Each winner of their class in the 2014
Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race will
receive an invitation to compete in the
Champion of Champions regatta, held
in Bayview’s fleer of Ultimate 20s, on the
Detroit River, right in front of the Club.
This will take place the same day as the
awards dinner, September 20, 2014.
The winner will have their named
engraved on the Carter Sales Trophy, and
receive a ‘keeper’ plaque as well.
Everyone who has participated in
past versions has loved the concept of
a Champion of Champions event for
our Mackinac Race. I expect that this
will grow into another great Bayview
tradition. u
Congratulations
to Bill Alcott and
the crew of Equation
for winning the
2013 Champion
of Champions.
Previous winners:
2012 Paul Lee Genesis
2011 Paul Lee Genesis
2010 Tim Prophit Fast Tango
ad·ven·ture
My Favorite Noun
By Nicole Neely
ad·ven·ture
1. an exciting or very unusual experience.
2. participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises:
the spirit of adventure.
3. a bold, usually risky undertaking; hazardous action
of uncertain outcome.
I remember as if it was yesterday. A week in July
during the summer of 1996. We loaded up the kayaks
to explore the ‘Jewels of Lake Superior.’ Twenty-one
islands consisting of beaches, magnificent cliffs, and
sea caves of the Apostle Islands.
Halfway through the week my Mom called to report
her year-long battle with cancer had taken a major
turn for the worse. It was a tough sight to behold
that evening as the all-consuming image of the sun
began to set, knowing what it portrayed in my life.
The following morning as the first glimpse of the sun’s
rays began to breach the horizon, my eyes locked onto
the silhouette of a sailboat far in the distance. As my
gaze stayed with that boat, my thoughts drifted to the
reality of “once again ... life will be embarking on an
extreme shift in course.”
Maybe it was just a distraction, but the
thought crossed my mind ...”What would
it be like ... to sail ... to explore? What sort
of adventure could such a vessel allow to
unfold in my life?’
Little did I know that someday those
questions would be answered.
In the weeks that followed a memorable
moment was shared. While looking in my
Mom’s tearful eyes she flashed her amazing
smile and in a struggling voice, said, “I read
something that made me think of you —
‘life is either a daring adventure or nothing’ (Helen
Keller) — that is how I see you live Nikki. Don’t ever
let anyone break your spirit. You need to live it and
share it.”
The ensuing years after Mom’s death opened up a
new take on life.
A sense of freedom developed ... no matter how
bad the circumstances.
Choices were made ...
Determination to live life fully ...
Exploring the depths at the core of all of us,
albeit different in many ways, was that passion for
adventure.
Adventure in the unknown.
After multiple medical issues tried to sideline me
year after year ...
I found myself spending weeks
carving the enormous stretches of
whitewater through some of the
most impressive mountain landscapes in the Canadian Rockies.
Treasured time gunk-holing the
barrier islands off Florida’s Gulf
Coast.
And eventually cycling numerous shorelines, exploring stunning terrain, and engaging wits with some
of the most fascinating characters along the way.
Over the course of time I was finally introduced to
sailboat racing, Bayview Yacht Club, and the famed
Mackinac Race.
This race fit the definition. My favorite noun. And
these people knew how to live it.
Facing the unknown is guaranteed. The inherent
danger of sailing long distances is recognized.
Part of the adventure is learning and applying
the specialized skills required for success. For some,
success is enhancing one’s own skills, and for others,
it’s the battle against the competition.
For most, it’s the commitment to execute your best
as a team and overcome the challenges the unpredictable environment of Lake Huron presents. A mental
endurance race. Pure sailing.
Sailors exude a spirit of adventure and the deep
camaraderie that develops while racing offshore is
lasting. A forever impact. It’s a chance to leave issues
ashore and experience the freedom that comes with
facing the unknown head on.
It’s only then, after the race, that we can step back
and consider why we put limits on the ‘Mackinac
Race’ of our lives. u
The Bayview Mackinac Race, always a remarkable experience.
Apostle Islands
BC rafting
2013
Winners
Bell’s Beer
Bayview
Mackinac
Race
Cove Island Course
GL 70 Class
USA 50045 Details
USA 25168 Stripes
USA 70
Evolution
Harrison Twp., MI Ann Arbor, MI
Sheboygan, WI
J120 Class
USA 52318 Sledge Hammer
USA 25363 Flyin’ Irish
USA 25900 Perversion
Buffalo, NY
PHRF A Class
USA 482
Talisma
USA 84002 Denali^2
USA 52575 Defiance
West Bloomfield, MI Harbor Springs, MI
Oak Park, IL
PHRF B Class
USA 52774 Courtesan
USA 77
Dolphin
USA 4215 Tsunami
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Bay City, MI
Bloomfield Hills, MI
PHRF C Class
USA 12
Kashmir
USA 25
Unplugged
USA 32718 Screaming O
Traverse City, MI
Farmington Hills, MI
South Range, WI
Multihull Class
USA 24
Cheeky
T 1
Ollie
USA 82946 Lucky Strike
Marine City, MI
Bay City, MI
Harbor Springs, MI
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Beneteau First 36.7 Class
Legend
USA 90
USA 25524 Grizzly
USA 61367 Gail Force
Sterling Heights, MI
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Grosse Pointe, MI
CC 35 Class
CAN 4151 Mystery
USA 5290 Tir Na Nog
USA 5232 Walloon
Point Edward, Ont
Grand Blanc, MI
Harbor Springs, MI
J105 Class
USA 617
Pterodactyl
USA 123
Good Lookin’
USA 406
Snake Oil
Lake Angelus, MI
Crosswell, MI
Kingston, MI
Level 126 Class
USA 23756 Shape
USA 21827 Tar Baby
USA 15056 Avatar
Flint, MI Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Level 35 Class
USA 42968 Mr. Bill’s Wild Ride Harrison Twp., MI USA 42763 Major Detail
Port Huron, MI
USA 40937 Time Machine
Ann Arbor, MI NA40 Class
USA 15004 Fast Tango
USA 15044 Velero VII
USA 15011 Sundance
Grosse Pointe, MI
Grosse Pointe, MI
Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
PHRF D Class
NZL 9159
Karma Police
USA 7145 Vortices
USA 1007 Power Trip
Grosse Pointe Park, MI Plymouth, MI
Troy, MI
PHRF E Class
USA 20119 Aristeia
USA 25580 Sagitta
USA 35427 Epic
West Bloomfield, MI
PHRF F Class
USA 25208 Shenanigan
USA 40301 Rum
USA 15240 Genesis
Grosse Ile, MI
Fort Gratiot, MI
Farmington Hills, MI
PHRF G Class
USA 15370 Eliminator
USA 52858 Opus Dei
Ariel
USA 137
Grosse Pointe Park, MI Hixson, TN
Sandusky, OH
PHRF H Class
USA 15634 Sleeping Tiger
USA 15482 Wind Stalker
USA 5362 Alliance Novi, MI
Grosse Pointe Park, MI Rochester Hills, MI
Turbo Class
USA 323
Equation
USA 1948 Il Mostro
USA 28686 Windquest
St. Clair Shores, MI
Chicago, IL
Macatawa, MI Cruising A Class
SA 25668 Mostly Harmless Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
USA 5119 Wind Toy IV
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
USA 49
Dos Mas
Madison Heights, MI
Cruising B Class
USA 25141 Knot Yours too Ira, MI USA 25664 Pirate
Clarkston, MI
Plymouth, MI
USA 15152 Limerick
Overall Finishes - All Divisions
Division I - Cove Island
USA 52318 Sledge Hammer
USA 25363 Flyin’ Irish
USA 50045 Details
Tom Lewin
William Bresser
Lance Smotherman
Division II - Shore Course
USA 323
Equation
USA 1948 Il Mostro
NZL 9159
Karma Police
Bill Alcott, Ed Palm,Tom Anderson Turbo
Peter Thornton
Turbo
Kenneth Flaska
PHRF D
J120
J120
GL 70
Division III - Shore Course Cruising
USA 25668 Mostly Harmless Wick Smith
Robert Bunn
USA 5119 Wind Toy IV
Dos Mas
Gary H Gonzalez
USA 49
Cruising A
Cruising A
Cruising A
Cruising C Class
USA 397
Yare
USA 77
Bazinga!
Whirlwind
USA 193
Troy, MI Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Tawas City, MI Double Handed Class
USA 69138 Patriot
USA 51170 Flyswatter
USA 60611 nosurprise
Division IV - Shore Course Double Handed
Lyndon Lattie
USA 69138 Patriot
USA 51170 Flyswatter
Mark Pirie
USA 60611 nosurprise
David Irish
Double Handed
Double Handed
Double Handed
Grand Blanc, MI
Charlevoix, MI
Harbor Springs, MI
Division V - Cove Island Multihull
USA 24
Cheeky
Rick Warner
T 1
Ollie
Tim Walli
USA 82946 Lucky Strike
Fred Ball
Multihull
Multihull
Multihull
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Cove Island—Great Lakes 70s
Cove Island — J 120
Cove Island—Multihull
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Cove Island—PHRF A
Cove Island—PHRF B
Cove Island—PHRF C
Overall Division II—Shore Course
Second
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Shore Course—Beneteau First 36.7
Shore Course—C&C 35
Shore Course—Double Handed
Shore Course—J105
Second
Third
First
Shore Course—Level 35
Shore Course—Level 126
Shore Course—NA40
Shore Course—Turbo
Second
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Shore Course—PHRF D
Shore Course —PHRF E
Shore Course—PHRF F
Shore Course—PHRF G
Second
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First
Shore Course—PHRF H
Division III—Shore Course-PHRF Cruising
Shore Course PHRF Cruising—Cruising A
Shore Course PHRF Cruising—Cruising B
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Second
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Shore Course PHRF Cruising—Cruising C
Grand Ram—John Tipp
Shore Course PHRF Cruising—Cruising C
Shore Course Racing—Turbo
Cove Island—1st Monohull to Finish
Cove Island—J 120
Grand Ram—Lee Smith
Shore Course PHRF Cruising—Cruising A
Shore Course Cruising—Cruising A
Yacht Club Challenge
Grand Ram—Com. Dean Balcirak
Shore Course—PHRF E
Pickle Boat
Grand Ram—George Hendrie Jr.
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Absolute
Accipiter
Advantage
Sail #: USA 16826
Type: 1982 Peterson 37 (37’)
Owner: Donald Hinckfoot,
Art Mason
Home Port: Macomb Twp., MI
Yacht Club: North Star Sail Club
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 40
Type: 1996 F-25c Trimaran (27’)
Owner: Mark Cadotte
Home Port: Midland, MI
Yacht Club: Bay City Yacht Club
Division: Division V - Cove Island
Multihull
Class: Multihull
Sail #: USA 35007
Type: 1987 First Class 12
Beneteau (39’1)
Owner: John Vermeulen
Home Port: West Bloomfield, MI
Yacht Club: Detroit Yacht Club
Division: Division III - Shore Course
Cruising
Class: Cruising A
Affirmed
Against
The Wind
Albacore
Sail #: USA 43940
Type: 1992 Tripp 36 (36’)
Owner: Jason Geisz
Home Port: Birmingham, MI
Yacht Club: Crescent Sail
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF C
Alida
Sail #: USA 263
Type: 1968 Cal 36 (35’6)
Owner: William Harmon
Home Port: Detroit, MI
Yacht Club: Detroit
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF G
Sail #: USA 12352
Type: 1973 C&C 35 MK1 (35’)
Owner: Robert Farr
Home Port: Beverly Hills, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Class: CC 35
Alliance
Sail #: USA 5362
Type: 1973 Islander (36’)
Owner: Tom Day
Home Port: Rochester
Hills, MI
Yacht Club: Albatross
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF G
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Sail #: USA 422
Type: 1946 S&S Pilot 33 (33’)
Owner: Richard Marsh
Home Port: Beverly Hills, MI
Yacht Club: Crescent Sail Yacht Club
Division: Division II - Shore Course
Class: PHRF G
Anemone
Anxioly tic
Sail #: USA 127
Type: 1981 Ontario 32 (32’)
Owner: Douglas Lowe
Home Port: Leonard, MI
Yacht Club: Port Huron
Yacht Club
Division: Division III - Shore
Course Cruising
Class: Cruising C
Sail #: CAN 416
Type: 2008 Hanse 370 (37’)
Owner: Michael Poulter
Home Port: London, ONT
Yacht Club: Sarnia Yacht
Club
Division: Division III - Shore
Course Cruising
Class: Cruising A
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Ariel
Ariel
Sail #: USA 40301
Type: 1983 Soverel 33-2 (33’)
Owner: Jody Smith, James Cole
Home Port: Port Huron, MI
Yacht Club: Port Huron Yacht Club
Division: Division III Shore Course Cruising
Class: Cruising A
Sail #: USA 137
Type: 1990 Swan (36’)
Owner: George Steinemann
Home Port: Sandusky, OH
Yacht Club: Catawba Island Club
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 148
Type: 1981 Tartan (33’)
Owner: Mark W. Aitken
Yacht Club: Edison Boat Club
Class: Cruising C
Audacious
Avatar
Avatar
Sail #: USA 140
Type: 1978 Tartan Ten (33’)
Owner: Lease Schock
Yacht Club: Sandusky Sailing Club
Division: Division IV Shore Course Double Handed
Class: Double Handed
Sail #: USA 15056
Type: 1980 Santana 35 (35’)
Owner: Gordon and Andrew Morlan
Home Port: Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Yacht Club: Grosse Pointe Sail Club
Class: Level 126
Sail #: USA 25379
Type: 1997 Tartan 4100 CB TM (41’)
Owner: Joseph Moceri
Home Port: Oakland Township, MI
Class: Cruising A
Bad Habits
Bad Medicine
Bananas
Bazinga!
Sail #: USA 51405
Type: 2000 Beneteau
First 40.7 (39’4)
Owner: Mark Hanke
Home Port: Franklin, MI
Yacht Club: CLYC
Division: Division I Cove Island
Class: PHRF B
Sail #: USA 5551
Type: 1984 S2 10.3 (34’)
Owner: Tony Kus
Home Port: East Tawas, MI
Yacht Club: Tawas Bay
Yacht Club
Division: Division II Shore Course
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 21813
Type: 1978 NA 40 (40)
Owner: Ted Tulupman
Home Port: Bloomfield
Hills, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF E
Sail #: T 77
Type: 1987 Tartan
34-2 (34’)
Owner: Michael Fozo
Home Port: Grosse Pointe
Farms, MI
Yacht Club: Grosse
Pointe Farms Boat Club
Class: Cruising C
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Big Storm
Blitz
Sail #: USA 43076
Owner: James A. Rapelje
Yacht Club: Great Lakes Yacht Club
Class: Level 126
Sail #: USA 70
Type: 1999 Corsair F-28 (28’5)
Owner: James Frederick
Home Port: Port Clinton, OH
Yacht Club: Put-in-Bay Yacht Club
Division: Division V - Cove Island
Multihull
Class: Multihull
Sail #: USA 31377
Type: 1982 Peterson 43 (42’3)
Owner: Larry Soutar
Home Port: Oxford, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview Yacht Club
Class: PHRF E
Boomerang
Brandilee
Bushwacker
Sail #: USA 40864
Type: 1985 S2 9.1 (29’10)
Owner: Matthew Schriner
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 40740
Type: 1985 X-402 (40’)
Owner: Steve Nadeau
Home Port: Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Yacht Club: Grosse Pointe
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF E
Sail #: USA 25467
Type: 2000 Beneteau First 40.7 (39’4)
Owner: Gerald and Frances Anderson
Home Port: Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview Yacht Club/Port
Huron Yacht Club
Class: PHRF C
Camelot
Capers
Sail #: USA 25459
Type: 1979 Tartan 33 (33’9)
Owner: Ronald L. Konczalski
Home Port: Grosse Ile, MI
Yacht Club: Grosse Ile
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF G
Sail #: USA 92
Type: 2013 J 111 (36’5)
Owner: Don Hudak
Home Port: Mentor, OH
Yacht Club: Mentor Harbor
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF B
Cara
Jeannette
Sail #: USA 25499
Type: 2003 Beneteau 42
(41’8)
Owner: James Godsey
Home Port: Dayton, OH
Yacht Club:
Class: Cruising B
Carinthia
Sail #: USA 25497
Type: 1998 J 120 (40’)
Owner: Frank Kern
Park, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Class: J120
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Challwa
Cheek y
Sail #: USA 52772
Type: 2006 Beneteau First
36.7 (36’)
Owner: Rod Spearin
Home Port: Troy, MI
Yacht Club: Crescent Sail Yacht
Club/Bayview Yacht Club
Class: Beneteau First 36.7
Sail #: USA 90
Type: 2012 J 111 (36’)
Owner: German Fuchs Silva
Home Port: St. Clair Shores, MI
Yacht Club: Yacht Club Peruano
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 24
Type: 1996 F-31 Modified (33’)
Owner: Rick Warner
Home Port: Marine City, MI
Yacht Club/Emeryville Yacht lub
Division: Division V - Cove
Island Multihull
Class: Multihull
Chico 2
Chippewa
Sail #: USA 35009
Type: 1998 1D35 (35’)
Owner: Jim Weyand
Home Port: Livonia, MI
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 345
Owner: Bob and Pam Wall
Home Port: Algonac, MI
Class: PHRF H
Christina with
a Sea II
Clannach
Sail #: USA 361
Type: 2002 Beneteau Oceanis
361 (36’)
Owner: Doug Phares
Yacht Club: Sandusky
Sailing Club
Class: Cruising C
Color Me
Gone
Sail #: USA 34852
Type: 1986 30 Mirage SX (30’)
Owner: Michael Hearsch
Home Port: Novi, MI
Yacht Club: Huron Yacht Club
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 25683
Type: 2010 Beneteau 49.5 (49’5)
Owner: Ari Buchanan
Class: Cruising B
Consigliere
Contender
Sail #: USA 15066
Owner: Brad D’Arcangelo
Home Port: Toledo, OH
Yacht Club: North Cape
Yacht Club
Class: Level 126
Sail #: USA 15560
Type: 1973 C&C 35 MK1 (35’)
Owner: Gary Graham
Home Port: Grosse Pointe, MI
Class: CC 35
Conundrum
Courage
Courtesan
Sail #: USA 32866
Type: 1984 J 30 (29’10)
Owner: Donald King
Home Port: Oxford, MI
Yacht Club: Lake Shore Sail Club
Class: PHRF G
Sail #: USA 5224
Type: 1970 Morgan 35 (35’)
Owner: Spencer Channell
Class: PHRF G
Sail #: USA 52774
Type: 1997 Farr 49 (49’)
Owner: Dane Christy, Brad Kimmel
Home Port: Bloomfield Hills, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview Yacht
Club/Deadmans Flat Yatch Club
Division: Division I - Cove Island
Class: PHRF A
Covert
Crazy Train
Cygnus
Sail #: USA 33599
Type: 1984 C&C 41 (40’2)
Owner: William Ryzyi
Home Port: Washington, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview Yacht lub
Class: PHRF C
Sail #: USA 25981
Type: 1988 Olson 911 SE (29’11)
Owner: Kevin Flood
Home Port: Clinton Twp., MI
Class: Level 126
Sail #: USA 5231
Type: 1970 C&C 35 Mk1 (35’)
Owner: Chris Greensmith
Home Port: Sarnia, Ont
Yacht Club: Sarnia Yacht Club
Class: CC 35
Days End
Deborah Cay
Defiance
Defiant
Sail #: USA 25589
Type: 1996 Catalina
320 (32’)
Owner: Charles Blaty,
Russell Martinak
Home Port: Farmington
Hills, MI
Club/Lake Shore Sail Club
Class: PHRF G
Sail #: USA 8976
Type: 1976 Nautor
Swan 44 SS (44’)
Owner: Windham,
Joel Bremer
Home Port: Laporte, IN
Yacht Club: Michigan City
Yacht Club
Class: Cruising A
Sail #: USA 52575
Type: 2002 JV 66 (66’)
Owner: Dale Smirl
Home Port: Oak Park, IL
Yacht Club: Chicago
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF A
Sail #: USA 15790
Type: 1971 Morgan 27 (27’)
Owner: Frank (Pete) Fitzpatrick
Home Port: St. Clair
Shores, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF G
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Denali
Denali^2
Sail #: USA 35064
Type: 1999 Sabre 402 (40’)
Owner: Stephen Polk
Class: Cruising A
Sail #: USA 97363
Type: 1988 Nelson/Marek 68 (66’8)
Owner: Rick Hennig
Home Port: Franksville, WI
Yacht Club: Racine Yacht Club
Class: PHRF A
Sail #: USA 84002
Type: 2012 Carkeek HPR 40 (40’)
Owner: William McKinley
Home Port: Harbor Springs, MI
Club/Little Traverse Yacht Club
Class: PHRF A
Desire
Details
Doc Escape
Sail #: USA 25175
Type: 1980 C&C 32 (31’5)
Owner: Michael Clow, Kathy Pitus
Yacht Club: NSSC/AYC
Class: PHRF G
Sail #: USA 50045
Type: 1985 SC70 (68’)
Owner: Lance Smotherman
Home Port: Harrison Twp., MI
Class: GL 70
Sail #: USA 8255
Type: 1990 Canadian
Sailcraft (CS) (33’6)
Owner: Phillip Dean
Home Port: Saginaw, MI
Class: Cruising B
Dolphin
Dos Mas
Sail #: USA 77
Type: 1973 Mull (54’)
Owner: Larry Ruhland
Home Port: Bay City, MI
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF B
Sail #: USA 49
Type: 2001 J 42 (42’)
Owner: Gary Gonzalez
Home Port: Pontiac, MI
Yacht Club
Class: Cruising A
Double
Jeopardy
Eagle One
Sail #: USA 31
Type: 1978 Tartan 10 (33’)
Owner: Sean Murphy
Home Port: Detroit, MI
Yacht Club: Detroit
Yacht Club
Class: Level 126
Sail #: USA 22077
Type: 1980 S&S 46 (46’)
Owner: Timothy P. LaRiviere
Park, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF E
Eliminator
En Pointe
Engager
Sail #: USA 15370
Type: 1975 C&C 35 Mk-II (35’)
Owner: P. Van Tol, B. Vandevusse
Park, MI
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 93096
Type: 2000 Dehler 39 (39’)
Owner: Frank and Jennifer Kups
Home Port: Shaker, OH
Yacht Club: Lakeside Yacht Club
Class: PHRF E
Sail #: USA 25412
Owner: Paul Latham
Home Port: Marysville, MI
Class: PHRF C
Epic
Equation
Equinox
Sail #: USA 35427
Type: 1996 Beneteau 42s7 (41’6)
Owner: Ray and Winnie Adams
Class: PHRF C
Sail #: USA 323
Type: 2007 STP Farr 65 (65’)
Owner: Alcott, Anderson
Class: PHRF A
Sail #: USA 25586
Type: 1987 Hunter 31 (31’)
Owner: John Demers
Class: Cruising C
Escape Plan
Euphoria
Evolution
Falcon
Sail #: CAN 54356
Type: 1992 Goman Express
35 (35’)
Owner: Kevin McKee
Home Port: Sudbury, ONT
Yacht Club: Little Current
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 30352
Type: 1981 Catalina
C-38 SD (38’)
Owner: Joey Baker
Home Port: Macomb, MI
Yacht Club: North Star
Sail Club
Class: Cruising B
Sail #: USA 70
Type: 1988 SC70 (68’)
Owner: Kohle, Reichelsdorfer
Home Port: Sheboygan, WI
Yacht Club: Sheboygan
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF A
Sail #: USA 43828
Type: 1985 J 35 (35’)
Owner: Bayer, Bayer, Barnes
Park, MI
Yacht Club: Detroit
Yacht Club
Class: Level 35
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Firewater
Flyer
Sail #: USA 15004
Type: 1978 NA 40 (39’8)
Owner: Tim Prophit
Class: PHRF E
Sail #: CAN 4207
Type: 1972 C&C 35 MK1 (35’)
Owner: Andrew Hellenbart
Home Port: Tecumseh, ONT
Yacht Club: South Port Sailing Club
Class: CC 35
Sail #: USA 32871
Type: 1984 C&C 41 (41’)
Owner: Jeff Clark
Class: PHRF C
Flyin’ Irish
Freedom
FreeWay
Sail #: USA 25363
Type: 1996 J 120 (40’)
Owner: William Bresser
Yacht Club: Detroit Yacht
Club/Port Huron Yacht Club
Class: J120
Sail #: USA 659
Type: 1988 Hunter Legend 37 (37’)
Owner: James Cooper
Class: Cruising A
Sail #: USA 10211
Type: 1972 Morgan (42’)
Owner: Doug Carlson
Yacht Club: Lake Shore Sail
Club/Grosse Pointe Sail Club
Class: Cruising A
FUNTECH
Racing
Sail #: USA 5455
Type: 1997 J 120 (40’)
Owner: Charlie Hess
Hills, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Class: J120
Gail Force
Gale Runner
Gauntlet
Sail #: USA 61367
Type: 2003 Beneteau
First 36.7 (36’)
Owner: Robert Duker
Home Port: Grosse
Pointe, MI
Club/Edison Boat Club
Sail #: USA 34412
Type: 1985 C&C 29-2 (28’6)
Owner: Larry Fair
Home Port: Fort Gratiot, MI
Yacht Club: GLSS
Sail #: USA 18188
Type: 1978 Kaufman 44 (44’)
Owner: Guy Hiestand
Home Port: Grand Rapids, MI
Yacht Club: Macatawa
Bay Yacht Club
Class: PHRF E
Genesis
Sail #: USA 15240
Type: 1980 Peterson/Islander
40 (39’7)
Owner: Paul Lee
Home Port: Farmington Hills, MI
Class: PHRF E
Good Lookin’
Sail #: USA 123
Type: 1996 J 105 (34’6)
Owner: Mark Denuyl, Dean Walsh
Home Port: Crosswell, MI
Class: PHRF D
Hibernia
Sail #: USA 25627
Type: 2008 Beneteau
40 (40’)
Owner: Greg DeGrazia
Home Port: Birmingham, MI
Yacht Club: Detroit
Yacht Club
Class: Cruising B
Sail #: USA 40167
Type: 1984 Cayenne 41 (41’)
Owner: Bill and Susanne Thomas
Home Port: Milford, MI
Class: PHRF E
Sail #: USA 410
Type: 1987 Nonsuch 30 (30’)
Owner: Robert Wood
Class: Cruising C
Griffin
Grizzly
Sail #: USA 69311
Type: 1986 J 35 (35’)
Owner: Huneke, Levin
Home Port: Okemos, MI
Class: Level 35
Sail #: USA 25524
Type: 2004 Beneteau First 36.7 (36’)
Owner: Charles M. Bayer Jr.
Farms, MI
Home
Brewed
Sail #: USA 2299
Type: 1981 Catalina (30’)
Owner: Ronald and
Robert Henderson
Home Port: Chesterfield
Twp./Armada, MI
Yacht Club: Clinton River
Catalina Association
Class: Cruising C
Glory
George
Hot Ticket
Il Mostro
Sail #: USA 25328
Type: 1995 J 120 (40’)
Owner: Mike and
Bob Kirkman
Home Port: Novi, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Class: J120
Sail #: USA 1948
Type: 2008 Volvo 70 (70’)
Owner: Peter Thornton
Home Port: Chicago, IL
Yacht Club: Chicago Yacht Club
Class: PHRF A
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Irish Mist
Irresistible too
Sail #: USA 40456
Type: 1985 Farr 34 (33’10)
Owner: Sebastian Emery Scheibert
Home Port: Sanford, MI
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 6846
Type: 1969 Morgan 41 CB (41’)
Owner: David Spiers
Home Port: Rochester Hills, MI
Yacht Club: Edison Boat
Club/Deadman’s Flat Yacht Club
Class: Cruising B
Sail #: CAN 152
Type: 2001 J 120 (40’)
Owner: Gerald and Joanne Hines
Home Port: Sarnia, ONT
Class: J120
Iteru
Its a Zoo
Jalapeno
Sail #: CAN 54391
Type: 1989 C&C 37+ (39’6)
Owner: Martin Benson
Home Port: Watford, ONT
Class: Cruising A
Sail #: USA 15057
Owner: James F. Shaw
Class: Level 126
Sail #: USA 25503
Owner: Dave Parkes
Home Port: Rochester Hills, MI
Yacht Club: Great Lakes Yacht
Club/Doublehanded Sailing Association
Jayhawker
Jeans
Just Chill
Kazuri
Sail #: USA 50666
Type: 1998 J 120 (40)
Owner: Dave Sandlin
Home Port: Sterling
Heights, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club/Lake Shore
Sail Club
Class: J120
Sail #: CAN 33
Type: 1989 Andrews 30 (30’)
Owner: Tim Bechard
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 5249
Type: 1972 C&C 39 (39’6)
Owner: David Greene
Hills, MI
Yacht Club: Great Lakes
Yacht Club
Class: Cruising A
Sail #: CAN 602
36.7 (36’)
Owner: Stuart Bletcher
Home Port: Bracebridge, ONT
Yacht Club: Midland Bay
Sailing Club
Kismet
Knee Deep
Knot Last
Sail #: USA 25455
Owner: Art Poppert
Class: Cruising C
Sail #: USA 25006
Type: 1985 J 34 (34’)
Owner: Brett Langolf
Home Port: Bexley, OH
Yacht Club: Sandusky Sailing
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 15535
Type: 1978 Ranger 30 (30’)
Owner: Steve Bayless
Class: Cruising C
Knot Yours Too
Kohatsu
La Buena Vida
Sail #: USA 25141
Type: 1988 Catalina 38 (38’)
Owner: Glen Drabant
Home Port: Ira, MI
Class: Cruising B
Sail #: USA 78
Type: 1995 J 92 (30’)
Owner: John Stromberg
Home Port: Troy, MI
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 79
Owner: William Gilbride
Yacht Club: Grosse Pointe Club
Last Run
Sail #: USA 25677
Type: 1985 C&C 37 (37’7)
Owner: Richard Van Houdt
Home Port: Cheboygan, MI
Yacht Club: Lake Shore
Sail Club
Class: Cruising A
Le Faucon
Sail #: USA 41523
Type: 1986 Beneteau
First 345 (34’6)
Owner: Joseph Jaeger
Home Port: Ann Arbor, MI
Yacht Club: Lake Shore Sail
Club
Class: PHRF F
Leading
Edge
Sail #: USA 15019
Type: 1978 NA 40 (40’)
Owner: Mark and Sue Bevins
Home Port: Washington, MI
Yacht Club: Cresent Sailing
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF E
Legend
Sail #: USA 90
36.7 (36’)
Owner: Dan Shriner
Home Port: Sterling Heights, MI
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Sail #: USA 25656
Type: 1985 Beneteau First 42 (42’)
Owner: Robert Bert
Home Port: North Street, MI
Yacht Club: Port Huron Yacht
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 15152
Type: 1983 S2 10.3 (34’)
Owner: Darrell Cope, Kevin Pearce
Home Port: Plymouth, MI
Yacht Club
Class: Cruising B
Madrugada
Majic Star
Major Detail
Sail #: USA 60409
Type: 2006 Pacer 42 (42’4)
Owner: Richard Corbett
Home Port: Michiana Shores, IN
Yacht Club: Michigan City Yacht Club
Class: PHRF C
Sail #: USA 15025
Type: 1979 NA 40 (40’)
Owner: John Rummel
Home Port: Sterling Heights, MI
Class: NA40
Sail #: USA 42763
Type: 1988 J 35 (35’)
Owner: William Vogan
Class: Level 35
Manitou
Sail #: USA 143
Type: 2004 Beneteau
First 36.7 (36’)
Owner: John Burke
Farms, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Margaret
Rintoul IV
Sail #: KA 3928
Type: 1984 Frers 50 (49’7)
Owner: Amien Carter
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF B
Luck y
Strike
Sail #: USA 82946
Type: 1985 Multihull (49’11)
Owner: Fred Ball
Yacht Club: Little Traverse Yacht Club
Division: Division V Cove Island Multihull
Class: Multihull
Mattali
McRags
Sail #: USA 104
Type: 1984 C&C 37 (37’7)
Owner: Scott Jones
Yacht Club
Class: Cruising A
Sail #: USA 44529
Type: 2010 Catalina (44’5)
Owner: Larry Peters
Yacht Club: Bay City
Yacht Club
Class: Cruising B
Michella
Mind Trick
Miriah
Sail #: USA 42492
Type: 1988 C&C 37+ (40’)
Owner: Miguel Gambetta
Home Port: Chesterton, IN
Yacht Club: Michigan City
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF E
Sail #: CAN 23834
Owner: Derek Jackson
Home Port: Point Edward, Ontario
Class: Level 126
Sail #: USA 25341
Type: 1984 Jeanneau (33’)
Owner: Michael Mahar
Class: Cruising B
Momentum
Mostly
Harmless
Mr. Bill’s
Wild Ride
Sail #: USA 25668
Type: Beneteau (42’)
Owner: Warwick Smith
Class: PHRF E
Sail #: USA 42968
Type: 1990 J 35 (35’)
Owner: Bill Wildner Jr.
Class: Level 35
Sail #: USA 15342
Owner: R. A. Romer
Class: Cruising B
Mystery
Mystic 3
Natalie J
Nauti Boys
Sail #: CAN 4151
Type: 1971 C&C 35 MK1 (35’)
Owner: S. Jay, C. Carruthers
Home Port: Point Edward, ONT
Class: CC 35
Sail #: USA 43881
Type: 1993 Dobroth (41’)
Owner: Fred Wilhelm
Yacht Club: Crescent Sail Yacht
Club/Bayview Yacht Club
Class: PHRF B
Sail #: USA 5252
Type: 2006 TransPac 52 (52’)
Owner: Phil and Sharon O’Niel
Hills, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club/STC
Class: PHRF A
Sail #: USA 25329
Type: 1996 J 120 (40’)
Owner: Ed Vermet,
John Hughes
Farms, MI
Club/Detroit Yacht Club
Class: J120
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Northern Spy
Sail #: USA 25999
Type: 1998 J 120 (40’)
Owner: Henry Mistele
Class: J120
Sail #: USA 22391
Type: 1978 Tartan 10 (33’)
Owner: Linda and Ralph Richards
Home Port: Troy, MI
Class: Level 126
Sail #: USA 25475
Owner: John Steigenga
Home Port: Huntington Woods, MI
Class: PHRF C
Notso
EZ Money
Ollie
Opus Dei
Sail #: T 1
Type: 1984 Gougeon (35’)
Owner: Tim Walli, Dave Sturm
Yacht Club: Saginaw Bay Yacht
Racing Association
Class: Multihull
Sail #: USA 52858
Type: 1980 Olson (30’)
Owner: Chris Cyrul
Home Port: Hixson, TN
Yacht Club: Privateer Yacht Club
Sail #: USA 25669
Type: 2007 Dehler 44 SQ (44’11)
Owner: Michael Medwid
Home Port: Commerce Twp., MI
Class: PHRF B
Oriana
Sail #: USA 3792
Type: 1978 Islander (36’1)
Owner: Peter Wollschlaeger
Home Port: Okemos, MI
Yacht Club:
Outlet
Xpress
Sail #: USA 41046
Type: 1986 Express 37 (37’)
Owner: Ken Block
Home Port: Richmond
Hts., OH
Yacht Club: Edgewater
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF C
Paki Numu
Panache
Sail #: USA 418
Type: 1987 Hinterholler
Nonsuch (30’)
Owner: Matthew Wenzler
Farms, MI
Yacht Club
Class: Cruising C
Sail #: CAN 41
Type: 1983 Mirage (33’)
Owner: Dean McEachen
Home Port: Point
Edward, ONT
Yacht Club: Sarnia
Yacht Club
Class: Cruising B
Pandemonium
Pandora
Papa Gaucho II
Sail #: US 40741
Type: 1986 Santana 30/30 (29’11)
Owner: Matt, Laura and Jason Troy
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 25531
Type: 2001 Bauermeister 31 (31’)
Owner: Todd Riley
Class: PHRF E
Sail #: USA 40205
Type: 1985 J 35 (35’)
Owner: Keith Stauber
Home Port: Duluth, MN
Yacht Club: Duluth Yacht Club
Class: Level 35
Passinthru
Passion
Patriot
Sail #: USA 150551
Owner: Matt Sealy, Eric Slack
Class: Level 126
Sail #: USA 0000
Type:
Owner: Peter Murray
Home Port: Stuart, FL
Yacht Club:
Class: Multihull
Sail #: USA 51678
Owner: Ken Sharpe
Home Port: Clinton Twp., MI
Yacht Club: Bayview Yacht Club/North
Star Sail Club
Patriot
Pendragon
Pendragon
Perception
Sail #: USA 69138
Type: 1982 J 29 (29’)
Owner: Lyndon Lattie Jr.
Home Port: Grand
Blanc, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Sail #: USA 26226
Type: 1978 Contessa (43’)
Owner: Gregory Thomas,
John Trost
Park, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF C
Sail #: USA 60360
Type: 1988 Elite 364 (36’)
Owner: Chris Gerkin
Sail Club
Class: Cruising B
Sail #: USA 76
Type: 1976 Pearson
365 (36’5)
Owner: John Sack
Home Port: Southfield, MI
Yacht Club: Keen’s
Yacht Club
Class: Cruising C
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Phoenix
Phoenix
Sail #: USA 25900
Type: 1999 J 120 (40’)
Owner: Dennis Dettmer
Class: J120
Sail #: 251
Type: 2005 J 109 (35’)
Owner: William Hamilton
Home Port: Troy, MI
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 15351
Type: 1974 Ranger 37 (37’)
Owner: John S. Gabriel
Division: Division III - Shore Course Cruising
Class: Cruising A
Pirate
Power Trip
Praeceptor
Sail #: USA 25664
Type: 1992 Moorings 405 (39’9)
Owner: Jeff Henderson
Home Port: Clarkston, MI
Club/North Star Sail Club
Class: Cruising B
Sail #: USA 1007
Type: 2003 Synergy 1000 (32’9)
Owner: Paul and James Kraft
Home Port: Troy, MI
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 13106
Type: 1973 C&C 35 MK1 (35’)
Owner: Theodore Mayer
Class: CC 35
Promotion
Pterodact yl
Ragtime
Rascal
Sail #: USA 50996
Type: 1991 Frers 50 (50’)
Owner: Tim Schley
Home Port: Fraser, MI
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF B
Sail #: USA 617
Type: 2003 J 105 (34’6)
Owner: Mark Symonds
Home Port: Lake Angelus, MI
Yacht Club
Class: J105
Sail #: CAN 32756
Type: 1984 J 35 (35’)
Owner: Allan Schmidt
Yacht Club: Sarnia
Yacht Club
Class: Level 35
Sail #: CAN 34850
Type: 1985 Abbott 36 (36’)
Owner: Jamie Guggisberg
Class: PHRF F
Regardless
Relentless
Resolute
Sail #: USA 5133
Type: 1970 C&C 35 MK1 (35’)
Owner: Daniel Padilla
Class: CC 35
Sail #: USA 56565
Type: 2000 Schock 40 (40’)
Owner: Mark Hagan
Home Port: Traverse City, MI
Yacht Club: Grand Traverse Yacht Club
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 15219
Owner: R. Perry Smith
Class: Cruising B
Resolute
Revelry
Rowdy
Sail #: USA 93335
Type: 2004 C&C 110 (36’4)
Owner: Gregg Remer
Home Port: South Lyon, MI
Yacht Club: Huron Yacht Club
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 25670
Type: 2007 Beneteau 343 (35’5)
Owner: Bill Snyder
Class: Cruising C
Sail #: USA 42418
Type: 1989 Thomas 35 (35’)
Owner: Val A. Saph
Home Port: Marine City, MI
Class: Level 35
Rum Kist
Rush
Sagamore
Sagitta
Sail #: USA 17
Type: 2007 Beneteau
10r (32’5)
Owner: Harry Bloom
Hills, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 32272
Type: 1984 Evelyn (32’)
Owner: Rush Racing
Syndicate
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF G
Sail #: USA 77984
Type: 1983 NM 68 (68’)
Owner: Bob Zeman, Laura
and Tone Martin
Home Port: Chicago, IL
Yacht Club: Chicago Yacht
Club/St. Petersburg Yacht Club
Class: PHRF A
Sail #: USA 25580
Type: 1990 J 44 (44’)
Owner: Jon Somes,
Larry Oswald
Park, MI
Class: PHRF C
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Sea Wise
Sail #: USA 117
Type: 1997 Henderson 30 (30’)
Owner: Kevin Lemonds
Yacht Club: Grosse Ile Yacht Club
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 52976
Type: 1985 Beneteau First 38 (38’)
Owner: Brian Renn
Home Port: Cincinnati, OH
Yacht Club: Vermilion Yacht Club
Class: Cruising B
Sail #: USA 952
Type: 1967 Bristol (27’)
Owner: Charles Weiss
Class: PHRF G
Seagoing
Send in
the Clowns
Seraphim
Sail #: USA 26601
Type: 1979 NA 40 (39’10)
Owner: John Seago
Home Port: Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
Yacht Club: Grosse Pointe Yacht Club
Class: PHRF E
Sail #: USA 61024
Type: 1982 Pretorien 35 (35’)
Owner: Karim Botros
Home Port: Independence, OH
Yacht Club: Edgewater Yacht Club
Class: PHRF G
Sail #: USA 25458
Type: 2000 J 105 (34’)
Owner: Terry Timm
Home Port: Ann Arbor,MI
Yacht Club: North Cape Yacht Club
Class: PHRF D
Serenit y
Shape
Shenanigan
Shillelagh
Sail #: USA 15473
Type: 1976 Tartan
30 C (30’)
Owner: Carl Sommers
Home Port: Presque
Isle, MI
Yacht Club: Port Clinton
Yatcht Club
Sail #: USA 23756
Type: 1979 Santana
35 (35’)
Owner: Win Cooper III,
Chris Benedict
Home Port: Flint, MI
Yacht Club/Mackinac
Island Yacht Club
Class: Level 126
Sail #: USA 25208
Type: 1988 J 33 (33’)
Owner: Dick and
Dan Synowiec
Yacht Club: Ford Yacht
Club/North Cape Yacht Club
Class: PHRF E
Sail #: USA 5451
Type: 1971 Tartan 30C (30’)
Owner: George L. Mulqueen III
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF G
Siochail
Slainte
Sleeping Tiger
Sail #: USA 10380
Type: 1971 C&C 35 MK1 (35’)
Owner: Brian Geraghty
Home Port: Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
Class: CC 35
Sail #: USA 332
Type: 1987 Catalina (34’6)
Owner: Joseph Kar
Class: Cruising C
Sail #: USA 15634
Type: 1986 Sabre 34 Mk 2 (34’2)
Owner: John Harvey
Home Port: Novi, MI
Class: PHRF G
Snake Oil
Snipe
SØhest
Sail #: USA 406
Type: 2001 J 105 (34’5)
Owner: Don Harthorn
Home Port: Kingston, MI
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 25326
Type: 1991 Thomas 35 (35’)
Owner: Dennis Meagher
Home Port: Roseville, MI
Class: Level 35
Sail #: USA 52754
Owner: Jerry Somalski, Grant Hilger
Home Port: Freeland, MI
Yacht Club: Saginaw Bay Yacht Club
Solution
Sorceress
Special-K
Spirit
Sail #: USA 40025
Type: 1998 Farr 40 OD (40’8)
Owner: William Francis
Park, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club/Grosse Pointe
Sail Club
Class: PHRF B
Sail #: 34433
Type: 1986 X-102 (32’9)
Owner: Vigrass, Beeler
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 25232
Type: 1989 J 35 (35’)
Owner: Melia Carter
Yacht Racing Association
Class: Level 35
Sail #: CAN 16541
Type: 1973 C&C 35 MK1 (35’)
Owner: Jim Bennett
Class: CC 35
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Steelin’ Gold
Stella Maris
Sail #: USA 3839
Type: 1993 Beneteau 38s5 (38’3)
Owner: Dr. Marc Rosenthal
Yacht Club: Albatross Yacht Club
Class: PHRF F
Sail #: USA 25161
Type: 1988 J 35 (35’)
Owner: W. White, W. Mosher
Class: Level 35
Sail #: USA 15266
Type: 1972 Morgan (38’)
Owner: Jim Hudnut
Home Port: Troy, MI
Club/Lake Shore Sail Club
Class: PHRF G
Stripes
Surface
Tension
Talisman
Sail #: USA 25168
Type: 1986 SC70 (68’)
Owner: Bill Martin
Class: PHRF A
Sail #: USA 64986
Type: 1995 Nelson/Marek (36’)
Owner: Jeffrey Schaefer
Home Port: Elm Grove, WI
Yacht Club: Racine Yacht Club
Class: PHRF B
Sail #: USA 482
Type: 2004 Botin/Carkeek 58 (58’)
Owner: Bruce Aikens
Class: PHRF A
Tar Baby
Tara
TAZ
Sail #: USA 21827
Type: 1978 Tartan 10 (33’)
Owner: Don Lang
Woods, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Class: Level 126
Sail #: USA 25680
Type: 1988 Tartan 40 (40’15)
Owner: Walt Payerl
Home Port: Chardon, OH
Yacht Club: Mentor Harbor
Yachting Club
Class: Cruising A
Sail #: USA 31126
Type: 1981 Tartan 10 (33’)
Owner: Hanson Bratton
Woods, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Time
Machine
Sail #: USA 40937
Type: 1986 J 35 (35’)
Owner: Robert Gordenker
Yacht Club: North Cape
Yacht Club/Albatross Yacht Club
Class: Level 35
Tir Na Nog
Titan
To Life
Sail #: USA 5290
Type: 1971 C&C 35 MK1 (35’)
Owner: Steven Sheppard
Home Port: Grand Blanc, MI
Class: CC 35
Sail #: USA 25633
Type: 1985 C&C 41 (41’)
Owner: Aitken, Schultes,
Dumouchelle
Class: PHRF C
Sail #: CAN 54392
Type: 2009 Killing-Daniells 50 (50’)
Owner: John Daniells
Home Port: Midland, ONT
Yacht Club: Midland Bay Sailing Club
Class: PHRF B
Traitor
Trick Shot
Turn The Page
Sail #: CAN 5166
Type: 1972 C&C 35 MK1 (35’)
Owner: David R. Keys
Class: CC 35
Sail #: USA 25079
Type: 1987 Mirage 338 (33’4)
Owner: Joseph Shotwell
Class: PHRF E
Sail #: USA 791
Type: 1979 O’Day 28 (28’)
Owner: Larry Walters
Home Port: Cadillac, MI
Yacht Club: Albatross Yacht Club
Division: Division III - Shore Course Cruising
Class: Cruising C
Twisted
Underdog
Unplugged
Vanguard
Sail #: USA 32998
Type: 1984 J/N 40 (40’)
Owner: Rentaboat Ltd.
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF C
Sail #: CAN 4605
Type: 1970 C&C 35
MK1 (35’)
Owner: Cameron Paine
Home Port: Windsor, ONT
Yacht Club: South Port
Sailing Club
Class: CC 35
Sail #: USA 25
Type: 2011 J 111 (36’6)
Owner: Tim Clayson
Yacht Club: PHYC/Bark
Shanty Sail Club
Class: PHRF B
Sail #: USA 35999
Type: 1994 Mumm 36 (36’)
Owner: Michael Goran
Yacht Club: Great Lakes
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF C
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Victrix
Sail #: USA 79
Type: 2006 J 100 (33’)
Owner: Don Fick
Yacht Club:
Sail #: USA 15044
Type: 1978 NA 40 (40’)
Owner: Katie Leigh Barbour,
J. Sammy Barbour
Class: PHRF E
Sail #: USA 25439
Type: 1999 J 120 (40)
Owner: Curtis Kime
Class: J120
Viper
Walloon
War Chant
Sail #: USA 25622
Type: 2007 Flying Tiger 10M (33)
Owner: Roger Pollack
Home Port: Canton, MI
Yacht Club: Grosse Ile Yacht Club
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 5232
Type: 1970 C&C 35 MK1 (35)
Owner: R. Grow, T. Hughes,
C.Grow, B.Grow
Class: CC 35
Sail #: USA 51793
Owner: Reid Stromberg
Wasabi
Wavelength
Sail #: USA 909
Type: 2002 Catalilna 320 (32)
Owner: Chas. Gabor
Home Port: Troy, MI
Yacht Club:
Class: Cruising C
Sail #: USA 25129
Type: 1981 Pearson
Flyer (29’11)
Owner: Chris Delling
Home Port: Sterling
Heights, MI
Yacht Club: Albatross
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF G
Weather
Edge III
Whiplash
Sail #: USA 25628
Type: 2008 Beneteau
First 36.7 (36’)
Owner: Colton Weatherston
Home Port: Grosse
Pointe Farms, MI
Yacht Club: Crescent
Sail Yacht Club
Sail #: USA 97481
Type: 1988 J 35 (35’)
Owner: Gregg Whipple
Home Port: Grand
Blanc, MI
Yacht Club
Class: Level 35
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Wicked-R
Wind of Change
Sail #: USA 193
Type: 1990 Mirage (34’6)
Owner: Leo Chartier
Home Port: Tawas City, MI
Yacht Club: Tawas Bay Yacht Club
Class: Cruising C
Sail #: CAN 18
Type: 2007 Beneteau 10R (34’)
Owner: Ron Bildfell
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 461
Type: 1998 Open 40 (40’)
Owner: George Lewis
Home Port: Valley City, OH
Yacht Club: St. Martin Yacht Club
Class: PHRF B
Wind Toy IV
Windancer
Windquest
Windseeker
Sail #: USA 5119
Type: 1970 Morgan 42 (42’)
Owner: Rob Bunn
Home Port: Grosse
Pointe Woods, MI
Class: Cruising A
Sail #: USA 52701
Type: 1988 SC70 (68’)
Owner: Brien Baker
Home Port: Saint Clair
Shores, MI
Yacht Club: Detroit
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF A
Sail #: USA 28686
Type: 2002 Max Z86 (86’)
Owner: Doug and Dick DeVos
Home Port: Macatawa, MI
Yacht Club: Macatawa
Bay Yacht Club
Class: PHRF A
Sail #: USA 10102
Type: 2013 C&C 101 (33’)
Owner: Eric Vermandere
Home Port: Shelby Twp., MI
Sail Club
Class: PHRF D
Windshadow
Xcessive
Yare
Zubenelgenubi
Sail #: USA 416
Type: 2001 J 105 (34’6)
Owner: Jim Murphy
Home Port: West
Bloomfield, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF D
Sail #: USA 51
Type: 2001 C&C 110 (36’)
Owner: Warren Roosen
Home Port: Chesterfield
Twp., MI
Sail Club
Class: Cruising A
Sail #: USA 397
Type: 1963 S&S (35’)
Owner: John Tipp
Home Port: Troy, MI
Yacht Club: Bayview
Yacht Club
Class: Cruising C
Sail #: USA 5333
Type: 1967 Cal 30 (30’)
Owner: Eric and
Conrad Keydel
Home Port: Brighton, MI
Yacht Club
Class: PHRF G
Grand Hotel’s
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or years, Dan Musser III, President of Grand
Hotel, and his late father, Grand Hotel Chairman, R.D.
Musser Jr. discussed adding suites to the lake side of the
fourth floor. “My father and I had talked about making this
addition for about 20 years and it is finally happening,” said
Grand Hotel President Musser. “I am pleased to be able
to start the project this year and to name it in his honor.”
Appropriately it will be called the Musser Suite, named after
R.D. Musser Jr.
It is Grand Hotel’s only one-bedroom suite and the first
step in a plan to add six additional two-bedroom suites to the
historic hotel over the next three years as part of the Cupola
Suites project. When the project is completed, Grand Hotel’s
roofline will look very similar to when it opened in 1887,
incorporating dormers along the roof. It is the latest example
of working to maintain a sense of continuity and timelessness at Grand
Hotel, while at the same time adjusting to changes in the world around it by
making improvements and adding amenities for guests to enjoy.
Grand Hotel decorator Carleton Varney, president of the New York-based
Dorothy Draper Co. Inc., who has been working with the family since 1979,
said the suite “is styled to be one of the finest decorated projects of my
career.” Varney said memorabilia Mr. Musser accumulated through the
years has been used for wall art and appointments.
It is one of the most unique spaces in the hotel. Upon entering the room,
you face an entryway with a wet bar. Up steps and to the right is a large
parlor with a beautiful view of the Straits of Mackinac and Mackinac Bridge.
To the left of the entryway is a bedroom which features a dormer and
seating area with walls covered in malachite and green wall covering and a
white, tassel-design, wooden carved bed trimmed with soft lilac. The Lilac
Festival has always been a highlight of the summer season on Mackinac and
for the Musser Suite, all the lilac colors have been incorporated, from deep
purple to lavender and white. The carpeting was custom-woven in Connemara, Ireland, and is a rich cream, scarlet red, aubergine and chartreuse
open plaid. Furnishings in the suite are a medley of French designs and
combine the luxury that the Grand has always offered its guests – damask
walls, custom-designed carpets, crystal fixtures – with the simplicity and
comfort of today, along with the beauty of color that Mr. Musser has always
said represents the Mackinac Island style.
Prior to the hotel’s 128th season opening this year, Ellen Creager, travel
The Musser Suite — A Grand Addition
editor from the Detroit Free Press, and WJR
morning show host Paul W. Smith were the first
guests to stay and experience the suite. The Musser
Suite can be booked by calling 1-800-33GRAND.
Prices start at $1,185 per night, based on double
occupancy. You can also get a firsthand view of
what it is like to stay in their newest suite by visiting
grandhotel.com. u
First One-Bedroom Suite
Mackinac Race
Kids’ Party
By Dan Aitken
I
n 2012, Kerrie Barno approached me with an idea for
a kid-friendly event at the Mackinac Race Awards. She wanted
to know if Aitken-Ormond Insurance would be interested
in being a sponsor. We thought that was a wonderful idea!
I approached one of our long-standing insurance carriers we work
with to see if they would be onboard to assist us with sponsoring the
event. Frankenmuth Insurance was delighted to be a partner with us!
The first year of the kids’ party included face painting along with
arts and crafts. Last year we had a very popular kite flying contest and
the kids had a ball! Thank you to Grand Hotel and their staff for their
assistance in coordinating the events with us.
The Bayview Mackinac Race Awards are now a fun-filled family
event for kids of all ages! While parents are having a great time
celebrating their victories on the water, their sons, daughters, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews are enjoying their time on the island
as well. Hopefully, when these children grow up they will understand
the legacy of the Bayview Mackinac Race that we have all experienced and will be encouraged to participate on the water as well. u
Photo by: Martin Chumiecki, Photoelement.com
Epic Crew on Field at Comerica Park, September 8, 2010.
(photo courtesy of Bill Eisner)
Pro-Team
Challenge
A New Dimension Adds
Excitement to the Bell’s
Beer Bayview Mackinac Race
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Winning skippers from last four years. L-r: Ray Adams,
Brian Smith, Larry Smith, Michael Medwid, Dick
Synowiec, Dan Synowiec. (photo courtesy of Bill Eisner)
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Kids with Bill Harrington, DSBA President, Vicki Foley,
2012 Red Wing winning Notso Ez Money skipper, Mike
Medwid, and radio voice of the Detroit Red Wings,
Ken Kal. (photo courtesy of Bill Eisner)
By Bill Harrington
our years ago, around March-April of 2010, Detroit Sports
Broadcasters Association Vice President, Jim Rein and I were invited to Bayview Yacht
Club to talk about creating some media exposure for the Mackinac Race. Having
raced in 20 Mackinacs previously with Bob Thoreson’s Valkyrie, I was quite familiar with the
race and the media exposure it already received. So I was pretty well stumped as to what
else could be done to generate more interest and exposure.
Following the meeting, I went home and mentally just sat on meeting the challenge for
four to five days. I just had no new creative thoughts.
It’s been said that racing sailboats is like standing under a cold shower and tearing up
$100 bills (probably $1,000 bills today). So one morning I was taking a warm shower,
tearing up nothing, and it just hit me. What if each of the pro-teams – Detroit Pistons,
Lions, Tigers and Red Wings, could ‘sponsor’ a crew/boat. All of the boats have a rating to
create equality. So, if the teams were to participate, there could be a ‘race within a race.’
There would be no money involved. The pro teams would provide the crews of the selected
boats with team shirts, hats and a flag. The specific team boat crew that won the Pro-Team
Challenge Race would then be hosted and recognized by the professional team at one of
their games.
It could work!
The next step was to solicit the teams. It was at this time that Karen Davidson had the
Detroit Pistons on the block. I thought that if any team was not going to participate, it
might be the Pistons. So I called Kevin Grigg, their VP of Communications. Kevin said
“absolutely the Pistons were in.” The Tigers, Lions and Red Wings enthusiastically jumped
right in also.
Now we had to present the concept to Bayview. Since they had plenty to do with running
the Mackinac Race, they wouldn’t have to take on the task of organizing and managing the
Pro-Team Challenge. The Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association would take care of all
the details. So, they were in. All that was necessary was to put the names of the boats in
a bowl and a Pistons, Lions, Tigers and Red Wings team representative would draw their
team boat.
Shenanigan crew at Ford Field
with DSBA’s Bill Harrington and
Jim Rein, Lions play-by-play voice,
Dan Miller, Bayview Commodore, Kent
Colpaert, and Race Chairman, Carl Bihlmeyer.
Kids with Dave Rozema.
(photo courtesy of Bob Benko))
Notso Ez Money crew at Red Wing game with Greg Thomas, Jeff Henderson,
DSBA’s Bill Harrington, and Red Wing great, Darren McCarty.
In June of 2010, at
the Bayview Mackinac
Press Event, the teams
drew their boats. Rebel
3 by James Hunter for
the Lions; George by
Eli Zaret for the Pistons;
Surprise by Ken Daniels
for the Red Wings and
Epic by Reno Bertoia for
the Tigers.
Next we had to tell the boat skippers.
I put in a call to each of them, “Hi Mr. Adams (Epic). This is Bill Harrington
of the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association. Your yacht, Epic and your
crew have been selected to represent the Detroit Tigers in the Mackinac
Race.” Ray Adams, “Who are you? What’s this all about. What about the
Tigers?” This happened with each of the skippers. There was a moderate
degree of, yeh, right. The reality of the event didn’t sink in until the boxes of
hats, shirts and flag were delivered to each of their homes.
The night before/morning of the race in Port Huron, Tigers’ mascot, Paws,
visited the Epic crew; The Pistons Dance Team visited their yacht George;
radio voice of the Red Wings, Ken Kal shared some beers with Surprise;
Lions Hall of Famer, Lem Barney visited Rebel 3. Year one got off on a
positive note.
At the end of the race, Epic, the Tiger boat won the Pro-Team
Challenge.
On September 8, the Tigers hosted the Epic crew and guests at
a game and in an on-field award ceremony (pic).
Year two, the Red Wings boat Sorcery won. Year three, Red Wings
boat Notso Ez Money won. And year four, Shenanigan, the Lions boat
won. The Pistons are looking for their first win.
On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the race press event, the Pro-Team
Challenge recognized the winning skippers from the first four years.
The mascots Paws, Roary and Hooper were on hand. And Jim Brandstatter (Lions), Dave Rozema (Tigers), Ken Kal (Red Wings), and Rick
Mahorn (Pistons) selected their 2014 boats. Pistons PA announcer
John Mason introduced them to musical fanfare.
As one of the previous participating skippers said, “This is good for
the whole sporting community. It adds pleasure and interest in the
race. We’re very happy to be representing one of Detroit’s Pro Teams.”
Rick Mahorn was hoping for a good draw! Word is he got it with
the yacht, Mostly Harmless.
Note: The 68 year old Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association is made
up of those personalities and voices that bring the action and excitement
of the State of Michigan’s professional and collegiate sports into fans’
homes and automobiles. Bill Harrington is an Officer and Marketing
Director for the DSBA. u
2014 Pistons, Lions, Red Wings and Tigers Pro-Team Challenge team
representatives. L-r: Rick Mahorn, Roary, Jim Brandstatter, Hooper, Heather Garey,
Ken Kal, Paws, Dave Rozema. (photo courtesy of Bill Eisner)
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Set
Sailfor
Autism
A Mothers Experience
Set Sail for Autism
is fast approaching,
and we encourage
the entire sailing
community to
support this effort.
Set Sail for Autism presents
a unique opportunity for families
affected by autism to experience the
Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Yacht
Race, demonstrate the capabilities
of young adults with autism to learn
the skills to necessary to perform
effectively in the workplace, raise
awareness of autism within the sailing
community, and raise money
to support the important work of
both the Autism Alliance of Michigan,
and Autism Society Macomb/St Clair.
Jenny, the mother of one of the
ASD crew members for the 2013
Set Sail for Autism event, wrote
the following article.
M
y name is Jenny, and last year my son
Brogan and I were asked to be a part of an amazing
opportunity. Brogan was one of two young men with
autism selected to sail back from Mackinac Island to Port
Huron as part of the crew on one of the boats that had
raced in the 2013 Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race. We
were the first families to have this incredible experience as
part of Set Sail for Autism.
When I first heard about the opportunity, I admit I was
apprehensive and anxious for what may lie ahead. That
said, I knew this chance was too great to pass up. It was
an opportunity for not just my son to learn all the skills
associated with sailing, but also to raise awareness of and
counteract the common misconception that individuals
with autism do not have the skills to perform certain challenging tasks.
A few weeks prior to the sail, we met Nick, the other
young man chosen to participate, and his father Andy. The
four of us then met our Captain Paul Latham and his First
Mate Dan Collins, and we began our training to become
part of the crew of Engager. Paul and Dan were incredibly
patient and knowledgeable and allowed us all to voice
any concerns and ask questions, and gave us the tools to
understand what to expect on our three-day voyage.
We reconnected in Mackinac after the Big Race and set
sail. Brogan and Nick were asked to untie the ropes, and
just like that, we were off. Brogan and Dan often checked
our navigation and Paul asked the young men to perform
a variety of tasks during our first leg, which was from
Mackinac to Presque Isle. We all had the chance to take
turns manning the wheel and making sure we were on
target for our port. Additionally, Nick and Brogan assisted
in putting up the sails and had to wrap them properly once
we were in port.
How you
can help:
That night at dinner, we shared stories about our
amazing first day on the water and prepared for day two.
The weather was beautiful, but the captain informed us
that storms were approaching in two days. He made the
decision that we should change our plan and travel nonstop to Port Huron to avoid any bad conditions. This meant
we would sail through the night on day two. Those next 24
hours were incredible and when we truly felt we became
a crew. When you are on Saginaw Bay when land drifts
further and further away from the horizon, you really rely
on each other. At times it was just our boat and maybe one
other in the distance. We shared stories and got to know
each other. Nick and Brogan asked poignant questions of
all of us and interacted with everyone. Nick even asked
each of us what our future life looks like. As a parent of
a child with autism, seeing this type of engagement and
interaction is incredibly moving and touching. It was a
beautiful experience I will cherish forever.
I was so proud of both Brogan and Nick for their hard
work and was inspired by Paul, his wife Dorothy, and Dan
for having the courage and faith to allow us to take this
trip with them. I would encourage parents, teachers and
business owners to follow their lead and set expectations
high for these incredible individuals with autism. In doing
so, together we can set sail for a brighter future. u
• Attend the Pat Dailey Concert on July 10 from 7-10 p.m. at the Acheson Seaway Terminal.
Fun loving music in a spectacular setting on the St. Clair River with prime viewing of fireworks.
Tickets are $35.00. For tickets, contact Vinomondo Winery 810-385-4062.
• Encourage families affected by autism to join us on July 12 from 9:00 a.m.-noon, and
experience the start of the 2014 Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Yacht Race in a secure viewing
area on the Black River. Private parking, Water Taxi rides, food, and refreshments. Contact
Jerry Keller 810-434-0777.
• Encourage Captains sailing in the race to consider bringing one or two young adults with
autism to join them on the return trip from Mackinac. It will be a wonderful experience for all
involved, and help demonstrate the untapped potential of many adults with autism.
• Encourage families you know affected by autism to consider crewing one of the sail boats,
returning from Mackinac. The trip back would begin on Wednesday, July 16. For additional
information, contact Tom Riopelle 248-758-8770.
2013
Detroit
Cup
August 21-25
www.detroitcup.com
T
By The Detroit Cup Committee
he 2013 Detroit Cup was an exciting stop for
international sailors competing in the second stop of the US
Grand Slam Match Race Series. www.usamatchracing.com
The effort and coordination of the Club employees and
volunteers was spectacular. Match racing events are not easy to
conduct and require as many volunteers and umpires as there are
competitors participating in the event. The effort that it takes to
pull these events off at a high level is not easy … and Bayview
certainly delivered in 2013.
PVS Chemicals was once again a very generous sponsor to
both the Detroit Cup and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Detroit
fleet race. www.bbbsdetroit.org. John Nicholson, Vice President
of PVS Chemicals, presented a generous donation on behalf of
Bayview Yacht Club to the Big Brothers Big Sisters foundation
during the opening ceremony.
Below is final press release and results of the event:
Gilmour Wins the 2013 Detroit Cup
Sunday, August 25, 2013 – Detroit, MI – In an exciting SemiFinal and Final series of racing on the final day of competition,
David Gilmour and his Team Gilmour crew of Luke Payne and
Peter Nicholas have won the 2013 Detroit Cup, the second stop
on the ISAF Grade 2 US Grand Slam series. The West Australiabased team made a blitzkrieg run through the field of 12 teams
from three countries, losing only two matches throughout the
four days of competition at the host venue of Bayview Yacht
Club. “We’re hoping this will start some momentum for us
going into the remaining Grand Slam events,” said Gilmour,
whose ninth place in the first event in Chicago did not get him
August 21-25
2013
Detroit
Cup
The Detroit Cup Committee
extends a large thank you
to PVS Chemicals and
Legal Copy Services for
supporting the 2014 Detroit Cup.
off to a fast start to the series of four events. Two more events remain in this series in the next two weeks: the Knickerbocker Cup
in Manhasset Bay, NY later this week, followed by the Oakcliff
International the following week in Oyster Bay, NY.
The Detroit area today delivered perfect sunny skies and a
building southwesterly breeze that topped 15 knots in the Finals,
allowing race managers to complete their entire format of a
first-to-three point Semi-Final and Final rounds.
Semi-Final action started with local Bayview-based Chris Van
Tol up against Auckland-based Chris Steele, where Steele’s match
race prowess overcame Van Tol’s knowledge of the Ultimate 20s
and the currents of the venue to win 3-0.
The other Semi-Final featured new Bayview member and
Detroit Cup qualifier winner Matt Graham facing Gilmour.
Despite some strong attempts, the Aussie team dominated the
young local team in every match to go to through on a 3-0 score
to face the Kiwis in a Down Under Final.
By finding a favorable shift on the left side, Gilmour took the
lead and never looked back in Match 1 to take the first point in
the series. In Match 2, it looked like Steele would be in trouble
when Gilmour drew a penalty on the Kiwis in the pre-start, but
Steele fought back hard and pinned Gilmour against the pin end
of the start, with the Aussies hooking the mark in the strong
current and earning themselves an offsetting penalty as well as
having to re-round the mark to start several lengths behind
All tied up, Match 3 started badly for Gilmour who got a
penalty in the pre-start, but was saved when a timing error by
the race committee prompted a re-start to the match. Gilmour
and team then fought hard in the building breeze to get another
strong start off Steele, connecting the shifts to gain in the building
breeze to win – score 2-1.
In Match 4, Gilmour again got the start they wanted at the
pin, with Steele forced to a late tack at the signal boat to give the
Aussies just enough lead to make the first cross and once again
play the shifts beautifully to extend throughout the match.
Winner of the Grand Slam series receives an invitation to the
Grade 1 2014 Congressional Cup in Long Beach, as well as an
invitation to the only US event on the Alpari World Match Racing
Tour, the Chicago Match Cup. u
The effort and coordination of the Club employees and volunteers was spectacular.
August 21-25
2013
Detroit
Cup
results
www.detroitcup.com
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Above: All three boats had BYC ties.
Charleston
Race
Week
Todd and
Brynn Jones
‘Post Party.’
Todd and Brynn Jones ‘Pre Party.’
A
large group of BYC Members made their way down to Charleston, South Carolina
to complete in Charleston Race Week. It’s easy to see why this Regatta was US Sailing 2013’s OneDesign Regatta of the Year. Charleston pulls out all the stops. Warm weather, competitive racing and
wonderful Southern Hospitality. For those of you who have considered attending, I recommend you go. Of
course, no event would be complete without adding some BYC flavor, and this we did. Friday after racing, BYC
hosted a Dock Party and we did it up ‘Jerome’ Style.
Here is a list of the members that attended (sorry if I missed anyone):
Com. Chuck Bayer Jr., Gov. Todd Jones, Com. Peter Griffin and Paul Hulsey on Chuck Bayer’s J70 Grizzly.
Lance Smotherman and Alex Hume on Lance Smotherman’s Melges 20 Details
Com. Hanson Bratton, Com. Karl Kuspa, Gov. Hans Brieden and Nancy Kuspa on Hanson Bratton’s Tartan 10 Taz
Bill McKinley, George “Bear” Peet and David La Mere on Bill McKinley’s Carkeek 40 Denali
Marc Steyn, Greg Semack and his daughters on Marc Steyn’s Melges 24 Vapor Trail
Bora Gulari on the Carkeek 40 Spookie
Tyler Black on the Carkeek 40 Decision
Greg McCliment on the Melges 24 Gnarly Rucca
Trish Smotherman, Com. and Karen Rumptz on Race Committee
Brynn Jones, Sue Griffin and Joan Bayer enjoying the warm weather. u
Dave La Mere driving
Denali out to race
Bora is a much better tactician
Taz being passed on the ride home.
Denali’s secret weapon.
Bora Gulari doing his thing as Tactician
of Spookey.
Sunfish
swimming
around the
ocean course.
Com. Bratton
and Com. Kuspa
on the way
to racing
Let’s
get it
together
By Frank Kern, J/120 fleet captain and owner of Carinthia since 1998
A
s many have noticed at Bayview, there has been a
major renovation of the North Harbor Dock. The history of this
area of the Club was originally where younger members and
non-member sailboat owners kept their yachts on non-Bayview property.
This was because it was a little cheaper than along ‘spar shed row.’ Later
on, because of the remoteness to the rest of the Club, they would have
regular races among themselves, with the winner getting a free barrel of
beer. In 1940 the Lagoonatic Association was formed with a trophy for this
annual race. As time went on the association became inactive and the
North Harbor Lagoon was purchased by Bayview.
Flash forward to 1998. A building fire at Aggressive Marine destroyed a
number of sailboats. During that winter, to fulfill their desire to race and
cruise, a search for a one-design boat was commenced. It was narrowed
down to the J Boats J/120 as an ideal candidate. Five owners purchased
new J/120s and the Detroit One-Design class was born. From the beginning, the owners were unfamiliar with the boat,
and with each other. Sprit boats were not as common as today and there was a big learning curve on how to sail them.
The J/120 owners requested that Bayview let them dock their boats together. As time went on they found that with the
commonality of racing, socializing soon followed. There were winter parties, help for owners short on crew, an annual Great
Lakes trophy, and an agreement to sail certain regattas as a one-design class. Regattas have been raced in Harbor Springs,
Chicago to Mackinac Race, and PHYC Lake Huron International. Certainly the 2010 NOOD tragedy brought the owners and
crew closer together.
In the winter of 2013, the board approved the renovation of the North Harbor dock. To keep costs down, the J/120 class
agreed to supply most of the labor to tear out the old docks and install the new docks. Past Com. Hanson Bratton did the
design work and installed the steel work to widen the dock from four to twelve feet.
The J/120 Bayview fleet has continued to grow, with seven sailboats
docked next to each other, and an eighth one coming down from Lake
Superior. With the enjoyment and competitiveness of the fleet, we have
continued to have many more J/120s in the Great Lakes that come together for major events. It is very common to have seven or eight boats
on the line for the weekly Windsor Yacht Club night series and a good
one-design turnout on the weekends. Being a very social group, we
welcome all sailors to come visit us before or after a race. Even better,
just come up to us before a race and we can find a spot for you to sail.
Once you try it, we think you will be back. After all, we have to keep that
Lagoonatic tradition alive. u
Discover One
of Michigan’s Greatest
Comeback Stories
Bernida: A Michigan Sailing Legend
L
uke’s grandfather told him all about the racing
sailboat, Bernida, that won the very first sailing race that
stretched from Port Huron to Mackinac Island in 1925. But as race
rules and sailing trends changed, Bernida was forgotten — until
Bernida turned up in Luke’s hometown of Mackinac Island!
Shipbuilders on Mackinac Island worked to return the boat
to its former racing glory. Luke wanted to help too, and
donated half of his allowance to the cause every week.
Finally, Bernida was ready to sail the Mackinac Race again
— 85 years later! Will she have what it takes to win once
more? Luke will be there to find out!
About the authors.
A sailmaker and competitive sailor, Al Declercq
purchased Bernida with the dream of racing her again in
the Bayview Mackinac Race. Tom Ervin is the author of
seven books, including two others about the Bayview
and Chicago Mackinac races. Gloria Whelan is an
award-winning author of children’s books. Her picture
books with Sleeping Bear Press include Mackinac
Bridge: The Story of the Five-Mile Poem (a 2007
Michigan Notable Book) and Friend on Freedom
River (a Jefferson Cup honor book). All three
authors live in Michigan.
Illustrator David Miles spends his days tackling
children’s books and other illustration projects
while enjoying the quiet life with his wife,
Carrie, and his plucky dachshund, Clover, in
Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Bernida: A Michigan Sailing Legend is available at the following locations: Bayview
Yacht Club, Doyle Sails Detroit, Horizon
Books Traverse City, Island Bookstore
Mackinac Island/City, Barnes and Noble
Grosse Pointe/Port Huron. Ages 6-8. u
Centennial
Book
Update
July 2014
B
ayview Yacht Club will complete its first 100 years in 2015.
The celebration of the centennial will highlight the rich history of the
sport of sailing by Bayview members, crews, and boats. A committee,
chaired by Commodore Jon Somes, has been working with the Board to
provide an interesting and informative celebration.
The history of the Club will be documented in the publication of a 128page coffee table book.
The centennial book will be one of many ways the Club will be enjoying
the centennial and its contents are targeted to stimulate discussion about
what Bayview has been, what it is today, and how it can be made more
enjoyable for members in the future.
While the sport of sailing is the main focus of the Club today, the Club
was founded in 1915 by four men, all interested in boating, but none of
whom might be called a sailor in that inaugural year. The history of the
Club starts in Detroit, then spreads, not only in the Michigan area, but to
the Atlantic Ocean, then around the world. The team that is collecting the
content for this book has a wide variety of resources to draw from. Their
task has been to go through a great deal of material to give a concise and
interesting story of our history. The material available has been given or
loaned to the Club by many members and friends. This material consists of
articles, rosters, race results and more, and much of it resides in the Club
archives located in the Dockhouse. Much credit also goes to the members
in the past who chronicled events and also memorialized the history of the
Club in reports, articles and historical retrospectives. Much material was
used by the team for this book from earlier authors, especially to accurately
convey early history.
This book will tell the story of Bayview Yacht Club with chapters devoted
to topics that can be explored individually as your interest dictates. You can
explore how the Club and its strong reputation of sailing developed over
the decades or, in a different chapter, see how the Clubhouse
was built over the years and the history that is still on the walls.
The first draft of the book has been submitted to the
publisher for review, but there is still room for another
interesting story or unique document chronicling Club history.
There are many members who have contributed to this book as
chapter editors or researchers. If you have a story or interesting
document that you believe should be included in the book,
please contact any of the committee members listed below,
and you will be directed to the appropriate chapter editor. It
should be mentioned that Com. John Barbour was an original
committee member and strong contributor to the book. u
Centennial Committee:
Com. Jon Somes, Chairman
Com. Ted Everingham
Com. Brian Geraghty
Brad Kimmel
Makes a
great gift!
Honor a Special Event—
races won, anniversaries,
births, graduations,
and much more.
The 2014
By Taggart McHugh
Mackinac
Mystery
I
t was November last when they first put it together. The plan. Sure, it
wasn’t winning the old fashioned way—through hard work—but then maybe
the ends justified the means. Friends? With friends like that, who needs enemies?
There was really no one moment, no instant, it just came together over time.
And November was when it launched. Take him down, spit him out, and assume his
command.
They were a ménage a trois, and when the lights went out and they were by
themselves, they schemed. Ostensibly beholden to a larger group, they were far from
that. The group was weak. It needed to be controlled. It was there to be controlled.
He had no way of knowing it was coming. He had mistakenly assumed a brotherhood. He was so wrong.
They needed a name and they chose one: The Cabal.
The Commodore loved being Commodore. They called him
Tim, although that was not his real name. He came to sailboat
racing as an adult, found his way to Bayview Yacht Club after
learning of its single-minded focus, soon excelled at the sport
and then looked for other ways to devote his energy and time.
He volunteered. He was elected. He became exactly what a
Board Member should be—his every thought was for the good
of the Club and the sport, he listened to and cherished other
points of view, and he sought out the recollections and advice
of those who had gone before him. He had learned, with some
disappointment, that there were others whose motivations were
power and glory for themselves. He wasn’t shy of letting them
know what he thought, and perhaps that had left him exposed.
The Commodore’s Dinner was certainly the classiest yearly
event sponsored by Bayview Yacht Club and quite possibly the
only one that had any class at all. A tradition of many, many
years, it celebrated the Club, the office of Commodore, and
the productive and symbiotic relationship we had with the
other clubs of the Detroit Regional Yacht-Racing Association.
It was a tradition to be revered, not removed. And so it was
when Commodore Tim opened his email and saw the note: The
Commodore’s Dinner will be your last! It was signed The Cabal.
He didn’t think much of it. As legendary as some of the men
of Bayview were, it had its share of cowards. Those that hulked
in the shadows and displayed their cowardice in various ways.
Anonymous letters, secret cliques, hidden agendas and selfish
motives. Bayview had survived them before and it would survive
them again. It was just a matter of putting them in the past.
Tim recalled the last Board Meeting and the vehemence with
which three members had spoken out against the dinner. A
vote had been taken and they had lost. “It’s too expensive,”
they cajoled. Of course, they had lost sight. It seemed, to them,
that the purpose of Bayview was to make money, perhaps like
some hedge fund but more like a lemonade stand. Lost was the
notion that Bayview actually sold a product, and that product
was member satisfaction. Of course, that was a concept that had
seemed easily lost on recent Boards, caught up as they were with
personal aggrandizement. The Club had for whatever reason
started to elect members who had spent precious little time
at the Club, had never volunteered in any significant way, and
surely did not understand what Bayview was all about. They cast
aside the thoughts and lessons from those who had gone before,
perhaps determined to make the same mistakes that had already
been made and surely were there to be learned from. But learn
they did not.
Tim was so looking forward to the Commodore’s Dinner. By
the time the night arrived he had long since forgotten about the
threatening email. While Tim certainly recognized the issues that
surrounded the Board and its apparent unwillingness to take the
interests of the members to heart, he perhaps naively deduced
that talk was their long suit and that productive action was in
precious rare supply. He figure the email to be a prank. He had
never figured so poorly before.
The evening began swimmingly. The guests arrived on
time, the Emcee introduced Tim in glowing terms and he was
welcomed. It seemed that the only people who were not glowing
as Tim spoke of his vision for the Club were Vince Corn and his
brother, Rory. They were referred to by the members with their
initials: VC and RC. As Tim spoke, they cast furtive glances at each
other and their best friend, Manute Dreamy. A tall man, he had
gigantic hands, which also gave him his nickname:
Hands.
The Chef, although new, did what he had soon
became both famous and beloved for. He prepared
an exquisite meal, with the staff presenting it
quietly, professionally and to perfection. Tim had
requested Cherries Jubilee for desert, owing to an
overwhelming fondness for cherries, and he could
not wait. Chef had promised that the presentation
would be beyond compare.
The crowd oohed and aahed as the gigantic
service platform was wheeled into the Mackinac
Room. A six-Sterno heat pack kept the sauce
warm, cherries everywhere, waiting for the moment that the nearby pitcher of brandy would be
poured over the mound of delight, a spark struck,
and the creation jumped to life. A world record
Jubilee!
As Chef poured the brandy, Hands stood and
started to make his way out of the room. As
Chef lifted the Bic to start the show, Hands paced
deliberately down the center of the room. As Chef
struck the lighter, Hands was right next to him. It
was at the moment that VC abruptly moved his
chair back. The chair interrupted the path of the
strutting Hands, causing him to move quickly to
his right, where he collided with the cart. As the
flames reached their maximum height, the cart
lifted, teetered, and began a painful collapse onto
the Commodore’s table!
Tim was quick. He saw what was happening
and immediately appreciated the possible consequences. At a minimum, horrible burns to himself
and the guests at this table. At worst, harm to the
other guests and the Club lost. A historic structure
filled with historic artifacts, it would burn like
tinder. Calamity was coming!
Action preceded thought. Tim leapt from his
chair and dove towards the cart. If he could only
stop it from reaching the point where its righting
moment was overcome and capsize inevitable, he
could stop it from going over. He quickly recalled
the lessons in naval architecture he had learned
from in those adult sailing classes at the DYC so
long ago: Where RM is the righting moment, GZ is
the righting arm and is the displacement. Because
the vessel displacement is constant, common practice is to simply graph the righting arm vs the angle
of heel. The righting arm: the horizontal distance
between the lines of buoyancy and gravity. This
formula only works at small angles of heel ….
He dove across the table, sending wine glasses,
silverware and china flying, spinning his hat backwards through the process. A clear field of vision
was going to be important here. The guests at his
table reeled back in horror, knocking their chairs
backwards. As he slid on his chest, he swung his
legs out, around and in front. His break dancing
days on that old piece of cardboard were paying
off. By the time he was at the other side of the
table and adjacent to the cart, he was up on
the back of his thighs with his legs up in front,
his hands thrusting him forward. His tattoos
groaned as his arm muscles bulged. He threw his
right leg up on to the side of the cart, halting its
progress, but unfortunately not the progress of
the giant tureen of flaming cherries on top. His
left leg dropped to the floor, he bent it, and then
he launched his entire body upward, grasping
the tureen with both arms. The quick movement
caused the ankle to bend sideways and pop. He
stopped the massive tureen from falling but now
had to worry about it cascading the other way. He
hooked his feet under the bottom shelf of the cart
and held on for dear life. His left ankle screamed in
pain. The tureen teetered now the opposite way,
endangering those at the adjacent table. Sauce
was flying but as soon as it dispersed the alcohol in
it was consumed and it fell harmlessly about. Tim
tugged and stopped the turneen’s advance. Finally,
after what had seemed like hours but was only a
few seconds, it stabilized. Calamity was averted.
The guests applauded. Hands and VC left early.
Tim perceived the event as totally accidental. He
never connected it with the email. He never perceived how, had the flaming liquid cascaded down
on the table and the people sitting at it, it surely
would have been the last Commodore’s Dinner. It
just never crossed his mind.
~
It was a few days later, still early spring, as Com.
Tim limped through his first tour of the Bayview
yard to suck up the sights, think spring, and perform a visual assessment of what his boat would
need before she went into the water. Hobbled,
he noted that the boat was an old girl but was
holding up pretty well. A North American 40 designed by Dick Carter and built by Morgan Yachts
in the late 70s, she of course needed constant care
and maintenance. And that is exactly what he gave
her. Over the years he had installed new stringers,
completely re-built the mast, bolstered the winch
pads and lovingly removed the green spot where
he had hit the buoy. He attended to the boat’s
every need.
Tim was slowly walking around his boat’s hull,
leaning forward and inspecting the bottom with
great care, making a mental note of the work
that was required and the materials and tools
that would be necessary to do it. They yard was
quiet but even if it wasn’t it made no
difference—he was full focus on that
hull as he tapped it with a sounding
hammer to detect any soft or wet
spots. As such, he was later not sure if
no sound was made or if he just hadn’t
paid attention. One thing was for sure,
however, and that was that he was
almost killed.
It was a sense, really, just a thought
that occurred in his mind: Look up!
He did and before he could appreciate
what he was seeing he saw the sky go dark. He
hurled himself where he knew he would be safe
from something falling from above, under the
protection of his bilious IOR hull. There was a
chain holding the boat-stands together and he
nearly choked himself on that, tossing his body
underneath while he spun his head to get away
from the chain. His right ankle landed on a broken
two by four, causing it to crumble and twist, and
he fell heavily against the keel. As he did he looked
out and saw no less than ten two by twelve planks,
each at least ten feet in length, as they crashed
horizontally to the ground. Had they landed on
him, he surely would have been killed.
As soon as he was sure that nothing else was
coming from above, he limped forward, one
ankle swollen and the other in process, still under
the protective cover of the hull, and darted over
underneath the hull of a nearby boat. He dragged
himself forward under that boat, and although
never articulated in his mind, an innate sense told
him to stay under cover, whispering that this was
no accident.
He looked back and saw that it had to be no less
The Commodore’s
Dinner will be
your last!
It was signed
The Cabal.
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than 500 pound of lumber that had fallen from
the sky. There was no way he would have survived
had it struck him. He looked around to see if there
was any other information to be gleaned, and he
noted that while the wood could surely not have
fallen from the sky, it most assuredly could have
fallen from the Tartan Ten that stood next to his
boat. In fact, that was the only place it could have
come from.
~
A plan like this took time. A series of events had
to be staged to attain the goal. Sure, some would
succeed and some would fail, but it was the final
result that was important. They knew that some
would fail. Indeed, that was part of the plan. For
it was the fear that was being generated, fostered
and grown that would get them what they
wanted. It was fear that was their tool.
~
Mark didn’t know what to say. He had been
the General Manager of Bayview Yacht Club for
many years, and he had seen and heard things
that no one would believe, but perhaps this was
the strangest.
“Someone’s trying to kill me,” Tim exclaimed,
his face flushed and the veins on his neck sticking
out. “Maybe we could attribute the Cherries Jubilee thing to coincidence or accident,
but 500 pounds of lumber tumbling
off a Tartan Ten only a few days later
takes us beyond coincidence. It had to
be deliberate!”
“Well,” said Mark. He dragged out
the word while his thoughts caught
up, chuckling to himself about the
way that Tim had limped stiff-legged
into his office. “I suppose you could be
right, but it seems to me that it is just
as possible that it was coincidence. I mean, it sure
looked like it was just a quirk when VC slid his chair
in front of Hands, and it sure looked like Hands did
his best to get out of the way. How could someone
choreograph that? And the lumber, if you are
right, had to be pushed and you admitted that
you didn’t see anyone else around. I think you are
making something out of nothing.”
“Who stores 500 pounds of lumber on a boat?”
Tim exclaimed. “You’ll never convince me that was
an accident.”
~
Stepping the mast was always a cross between
work and pleasure. An arduous and time consuming task, what with lifting the heavy metal
pole, dropping it in place, securing the stays and
tuning the rig, it also meant that sailing was right
around the corner. Winters were long around
here and this one seemed longer than usual. Tim
couldn’t wait to get out on the lake.
As was the norm, he took the opportunity to
inspect the rig and rigging with meticulous detail.
Every square inch was eye-balled, looking for
the smallest hint of wear and tear, anything that
might need some TLC before the long run for >
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the season championship began. One couldn’t win
if they were sitting at the dock.
At first, it looked like a small battle-inflicted
wound on the forestay, perhaps a nick, perhaps
a ding. Upon closer inspection, it revealed its true
origin: there were definite saw marks, the fine
teeth of a hacksaw leaving its signature. What
was even more unusual is that the cut, two thirds
of the way through the stainless steel rod, was
underneath where the head foil usually covered, at
the very top of the mast, where it would surely not
be seen once that rig was stepped. Only someone
with Tim’s dedication would have even bothered
to remove the head foil to inspect underneath it.
Simply put, it was impossible for that mast to stay
up for an entire season. It would come down, and
if the conditions were bad, calamity and mayhem
would ensue.
He felt the need to tell and show someone the
cut. He yanked his head sideways, hoping to find
someone in the area to share his outrage with, only
managing to knock his right eye against the freshly
installed spreader. The impact caused him to see
stars and he immediately felt the swelling begin.
~
“Mark,” Tim yelled, his eyes bugging out and
the tattoo of Iggy Pop on his neck assuming gross
proportions. “This is horse manure! Someone
is trying to get me, and as General Manager of
this Club, you have to do something! Someone
is trying to kill me! What is it going to take to
convince you? Do you have to actually have my
bleeding head on your desk?”
Mark had seen some strange things, the least of
which was the Commodore limping on grapefruit
sized ankles with a hideously swollen and closed
right eye. He thought back in his mind to when
one member had accused Tim of bringing dynamite into the Club, and then there the time Com.
LaRiviere was convinced someone was shooting at
him while he idled in an Adirondack at the finish
line. Once a discredited PR hack tried to frame
the sitting Commodore for the murder of famed
mystery writer Taggart McHugh. Yes, Mark had
seen it all, and it appeared that he was seeing it
again. His experience told him that there was only
one thing to do in these instances: Get Prosecutor
John involved.
Tim and Mark sat in Mark’s office as Prosecutor
John arrived. John had worked in the Wayne
County Prosecutor’s office for nearly 30 years.
An accomplished trial lawyer and
formidable advocate from the start, he
was soon assigned the most difficult
and troubling cases, those where the
evidence assembled by police investigators was perhaps not sufficient to
convict but where the crimes were
so heinous and the guilt so obvious
that something had to be done. This
dearth of evidence caused John to
begin conducting his own investigations to supplement the evidence.
The result was an impressive conviction rate. This
process, cultivated over years, had resulted in John
becoming one of the most gifted investigators of
his time.
Tim ran down the facts for John. “I don’t
know,” said John. “This sounds like a tempest in a
teapot. So we had a weird incident at the Commodore’s Dinner, easily explained away as an accident,
and then some lumber fell off a boat. Those boats
“If we are going to get these guys, we have
to set a trap. And I think I have just the
right one in mind …”
sit out there all winter, the sun beats down, water
freezes and thaws, and lanyards rot. I don’t see
anything to be suspicious of.”
Tim then suddenly recalled the email and its
signatory, The Cabal. He hadn’t thought of it since
it had been received, but the idea of Prosecutor
John blowing him off caused him to search his
mind for something else to support his cause. He
told John about it.
“Does that seem like a coincidence? I’m told
that the Commodore’s Dinner is going to be my
last, and then it almost is as a result of two ‘coincidences.’ I’m not buying that and you shouldn’t
either.”
John reluctantly agreed that the email did
indeed add a strange twist to the story, and more
to calm Tim down than for any other reason,
he suggested they go take a look at the crime
scenes. There was nothing to be seen relating to
the Cherries Jubilee incident, so off to the triangle
they went.
“Whose Tartan Ten is that?” he inquired. Mark
told him that is was VC’s. “Where did all that
lumber come from?” Neither Tim nor Mark knew,
so John began inspecting it with this battle trained
eyes. “There are holes in it, as if it were lashed
to something. And these distinctive black marks,
there are everywhere.”
He took his penknife and scraped at one of the
marks. Whatever it was, it easily separated from
the wood. He drew the knife close to his eyes and
studied the sample. He touched it with his finger.
Finally, he grabbed a nearby pack of matches,
struck one, and held the flame to the back mass.
It immediately melted and belched a dark black
smoke.
“Its rubber,” he concluded. “Whatever left
these marks was made of rubber. And whatever it
was, it struck the wood over and over.
A light went on in Mark’s eyes. He knew where
the lumber came from.
“Some members made a hockey rink in the
West Harbor over the winter. After a few of their
pucks slid under docks or out into the river, they
decided they needed some boards. They found a
bunch of two by tens, drilled holes in them and
lashed them to the pilings. They then banged their
rubber pucks on them all winter long.”
“Who made this rink?” John asked. Mark
recalled all too vividly. It was VC, RC and Hands.
~
“Maybe they are The Cabal, exclaimed Tim.
“After all, they were there when we had all the
talk about canceling the Commodore’s Dinner.
Two of them actually knocked over the Jubilee
tureen, they made the rink, and the timbers fell off
of one of their boats. This has to be more than a
coincidence.”
“I don’t know,” retorted John. It makes sense,
but there is no way we have enough evidence
to convict. This is all just circumstantial. We need
something better.”
“Mark,” he asked. “Do you have the tapes from
the yard cameras? Maybe we can see something
there.”
The three of them stared at the screen, examining the tape frame by frame. Tim’s head was
cocked to the left, his useless right eye being
moved in favor of the working right one. There
was Hands, pushing each board up to VC and
RC, who were up on the Tartan Ten, grabbing
and stacking them as they came. When they were
all neatly stacked, they appeared to lash them
together into one neat bundle.
“There just isn’t enough evidence,” sighed
John. “If we are going to get these guys, we have
to set a trap. And I think I have just the right one
in mind …”
~
They had to be pulled in. Whoever was doing
this clearly had a plan, but John knew from keen
experience that planners were also opportunists.
When presented with something that was not part
of the plan in the first place but fit with its goal,
they invariably grabbed it.
“Here is what we will do,” announced John.
“Pain and mayhem is part of their game. Everything they have done has that goal in mind.
~
The Bayview One-Design Regatta, or BOD,
was the next time that it was known that VC,
RC and Hands would all be on the premises at
the same time. Tim, as Commodore and as was
customary, would be handing out the awards
Sunday precisely at 1500 hours. It was announced
early that, instead of the usual presentation under
the tent, they would be made at the hoist against
the backdrop of the yard crew hauling the competitor’s boats. Having teamed up with a press
manager that specialized in publicizing regattas,
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it was explained that this new and different photo
opportunity would give the event some panache
held by no other.
Of course, this meant that rigs and hulls would
be swinging over the head of the Commodore.
This would be a tasty morsel for those who wanted
to hurt him. John knew for a certainty that they
would act.
~
The crowd gathered near Conner Creek, sprits
high. The sun was hot and the yard was active. The
event had been an overwhelming success. People
were everywhere and the music had just been silenced. A Tartan Ten was in the slings, slowly being
pulled out of the water, as Tim stood at the edge
of the water on top of some stacked ten by ten
boat blocks and prepared to present the awards.
He began with the Warhorse Class, the one he
had raced in. It had been highly competitive. Three
races Saturday and two Sunday, all in moderate
breeze, had been a test of skill. He was more
than a little surprised that third place and been
won by an NA 40 new to the area and sailing out
of Grande Pointe Yacht Club. It had an unusual
name, Dark Illuminati.
The Tartan Ten was now high out of the water
as the crane began its slow turn to set it on its
waiting trailer. Cameras snapped as their owners
took advantage of the rare sight, a Commodore
with grotesquely swollen ankles adorned with
white knee socks, a lemon colored and sized
eye outlined by a popsicle salesman’s hat, and a
Tartan Ten swinging in the background. This was
precious.
Inside, Mark and John stood in front of an
array of monitors, watching the crowd from every
angle. Easy to spot were the powerful RC and the
tall Hands as they stood next to the crane. VC,
short in stature, was harder to locate save for the
fact that RC and Hands kept looking his way as
he stood just far enough away from the elevated
Commodore.
Tim announced the third place boat in the
Warhorse Class. Dark Illuminati. As was customary
after identifying the boat, he read their home club
and prepared to announce the owner’s name. Just
then, a curious sense of foreboding overwhelmed
him, as if he knew something bad was about to
happen.
He panicked and immediately started looking
desperately around the yard, trying to find someholding the lumber in place had
been cut clean through in two
thing to calm him. He saw VC, RC and Hands
places and almost through in the
looking at him expectantly. Just then, he heard a
other. All that was needed was a
shout. “Look out!” He turned his head to see the
little vibration to cause it to yield
Tartan Ten swinging toward him, slowly increasing
and the wood to fall. Tim tapits speed as it arced along its path. The knot
ping his hull with that sounding
holding the hull steady had slipped. This was bad.
hammer no doubt did that.”
It was going to hit him. In a move driven more by
“What about the headstay,”
reaction than deliberation, he hurled himself off
asked Mark.
the stacked blocks and away from the pendulous
“I looked at that too,” John said. “That wasn’t
path of the boat. Owing to his mangled ankles,
Tim’s headstay. The yard guys accidentally put the
he had nothing that approached acceleration and
wrong mast on Tim’s boat. It turns out that mast
it looked clearly like the dark hull would strike
had been stored in the yard since that fire of years
him. He stumbled. The keel reached him. As he
ago burned its original hull. All the real culprits had
buckled towards the asphalt drive below, it missed
to do was change the markings on the mast so
him by a fraction of an inch. He tumbled down on
when the yard guys came they grabbed the wrong
his knees, the pain seared. His hands landed hard
one. Because that mast had been used for salvage,
as his arms collapsed, his head swinging violently
someone years ago had tried to cut the stay to
toward a nearby boat stand. It struck him squarely
take the foil but gave up when they couldn’t get
on his left eye as he rolled slowly over, finally his
through the stainless steel.”
frenzied journey over. He lay on his back as the
“What about the swinging Tartan Ten hull that
yard crew brought the hull under control. The
almost got him,” asked Mark. “I saw RC tie the
crowd stared in stunned silence over what they
knot that came loose. You can’t blame that on
had just witnessed.
~
anyone else!”
Tim walked stiff legged into Mark’s office. Blood
“Oh yes I can,” retorted John. “I can and will.
trickled from the corner of his left eye as it slowly
I interviewed RC and it turns out he doesn’t know
swelled. His knees now as damaged as his ankles,
how to tie a bowline. He asked the guy standing
it was all he could do to teeter back and forth on
next to him, who told him that the rabbit goes
the stiff appendages. He picked small stones out of
down the hole, around the roots and back up
his mangled hands. He hurt and it showed.
through the hole. That is the recipe for a knot that
“Mark,” Tim pleaded. “Save me! This is nuts!
slips.”
I can’t go on like this.” John had walked out to
“Who told him that?” inquired Tim. He was
the yard to inspect whatever there was to be
having a hard time dismissing VC, RC and Hands
inspected, leaving Mark to respond to the Comas the prime suspects.
modore alone.
“The guy who owned the boat next to the
“I hate to say this,” he told Tim. “But this just
Tartan Ten,” said John. “After the Jubilee incident,
has to be the handiwork of VC, RC and Hands.”
I figure that they heard that Tim was exasperated.
“Why?” exclaimed Tim. “What makes you
They probably just thought that if they just kept
think that? John said that the evidence
up the pressure, they could take
against them was all circumstantial.”
“I don’t
his mind off of preparing for the
“First of all,” Mark responded, “they
summer racing season. They just
know,”
said
were provably present in some way or
wanted to beat him. I don’t think
the other at almost every incident. It Mark. “It
they had a plan to hurt him with
was the movement of VC’s chair and
that falling lumber. They were just
Hands’ dance that caused the Jubilee to seems to me
hoping to damage his boat. Anyoverturn. They put together the ice rink, that this is a
thing to keep him slow. And that
disassembled it and stored the lumber
mast, again just to make him slow.
on VC’s boat. While we have no way whole lot of
The poorly tied knot? Again, just
of knowing who sawed your headstay,
an opportunity seized to rattle the
speculation.”
it was certainly accessible to them all
Commodore after RC indicated that
winter. And they were certainly there when that
he didn’t know how to tie a bowline. That’s what
knot slipped. In fact, when we were studying the
these guys were—opportunists.”
videotape of the yard just before the hull went
“I don’t know,” said Mark. “It seems to me that
wild, I actually saw RC tying the knot. I think he
this is a whole lot of speculation.”
used a slipknot.”
“They made a mistake,” responded John.
“You’re wrong,” said John. He had just walked
“Naming their boat Dark Illuminati was the givethrough the door after his trip to the yard. “It
away. Anyone who read comic books knows that
wasn’t them at all.”
the Dark Illuminati was a group of villains and
“Then who was it,” demanded Tim.
former villains featured in Marvel comic books
“I just confronted the real culprits and under the
years ago. True fans know that they were often
harsh light of my cross-examination. The Cherries
referred to by another name: The Cabal. As soon
Jubilee thing, I believe, was just an accident. When
as I heard the name of that boat announced as the
these guys heard about it, however, I think they
third place winner in the Warhorse class, I recalled
launched a plan.”
the email that had been put together. Since the
“They owned the boat that was stored next
email had been sent to Tim’s BYC email address,
to the Tartan Ten all winter. When I studied the
I asked Mark if he could trace it, which of course
videotapes of the lumber falling, there was no one
he could, but only partially. It turns out that the
in sight, but I clearly saw the only ladder in the yard
sending email address came from someone who
leaned against that boat and muddy foot prints
registered a boat for the Mackinac Race. These
leading from its deck to the deck of the Tartan
guys are registered. And wouldn’t you know it,
that was the boat stored next to VC’s Tartan Ten. >
Ten. If you looked close, you could see that the line
Continues on page 85
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Word
Scramble
Mackinac 2014
Continued from page 83
Mackinac
Mystery
When I confronted the owners with the evidence, they
denied everything but admitted that they wanted to win
a Mackinac Race and knew Tim was the guy to beat.
I think they only wanted to scare him, not hurt him.
Despite their denials, they have agreed to withdraw
from the race and the Club.”
“Tim,” he said, trying to hide a smile that seemed
to overcome him every time he tried he looked at the
swollen, bruised and mangled
~ man. “It’s over.”
Tim felt as if the weight of the world had been lifted
off his shoulders. All the drama, pain and anxiety behind
him, he could once again focus on getting his boat
ready for the Mackinac.
He had to sit on his backside, straight legged, to wash
the deck. His puffy eyes almost touched the inside of his
sunglasses. He held the sponge in his bandaged hands,
moving it back and forth from his shoulders, his elbows
too stiff to bend. He was at peace.
His phone chimed the receipt of a new email. He
gingerly pulled it out of his pocket and looked at the
screen. He gasped when he saw it.
“They got the wrong guys. We are alive and well, and
soon you will not be. There is no place to hide.”
It was signed. The Cabal.
~
The people, places and events in this story are purely
fictional, and any similarity to real people, places or
events is entirely coincidental. u
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