commodore`s corner member of the month

November 2010
commodore’s corner
Thanks to Sharon Berry, Vanessa Leffler, and Bonnie Stanford for our Halloween party fun! Guy and
Sallie were a big part of the festivities, the Big Bad Wolf
and Little Red Riding Hood served us well! If you
missed the party, you can enjoy it vicariously through all
the great pics that Sara took. Thanks to Coach Karen
Tone for running the Hank Gartner Costumed Regatta
for our youth sailors – they had a lot of fun, sailing
around in costume and playing after the races!
The Halloween bash was just one of several parties
that will be held between now and next May. Most are
associated with regattas but we have our traditional holiday celebrations as well. Every event we have here at
the Sailing Club requires a group of dedicated volunteers, whether they’re serving on race committee, as
cooks, decorators or clean up crew! Our club is famous
for its volunteer spirit, but I still see the same faces
working hard at every event. If you haven’t stepped up,
please consider doing so. Pick a date or an event that
appeals to you, and get in contact with the Board member who is responsible for that event. You can see that
list posted right here in Signals.
By the time this newsletter reaches you, we will already have packed a lot into one weekend, between the
spaghetti dinner to raise funds for the Mark Sorensen
Youth Sailing Program, the Open House, keelboat sailing lessons, and the Ladies’ Upper Keys Invitational!
But wait, there’s more! Our Dockmasters’ Regatta, the
Black Betsy, and a Thanksgiving feast are all scheduled
to happen in November. Early December is also jampacked, between our Flail and Sail and the Key Largo
Regatta. If you can’t volunteer, please do come out and
join the fun!
Ginette Hughes
member of the month
Speaking of seeing
the same faces at
every event,
there’s one face
we are sure to see
every time:
BONNIE
STANFORD, our
Decorating Queen
and November
Member of the
Month! Sara
Kahler nominated
Bonnie, who is always on hand to
make sure the UKSC is the best-decorated sailing
club in the state. Bonnie spends a lot of her time
keeping our huge stock of decorations organized,
and she spends of lot of her money on those decorations, too! Members like Bonnie make the sailing
club a fun, welcome place for all of us. Be sure and
say THANK YOU to Bonnie!
Signals is a monthly publication of the
Upper Keys Sailing Club, Key Largo, FL.
Co-editors: Sara Kahler (sarakahler@aol.com) and
Chris Sandifer (crissandifer@bellsouth.net).
November 2010, Page 1
from the rear commodore
Eco Week was November 1 through November 7.
It isn’t just for pipe-smoking, sandal-wearing, Volvodriving tree huggers anymore. Eco Week is supposed
to remind us to keep our environment healthy. Our little
sailing club always does its best to recycle bottles, cans
and cardboard and keep things clean and green.
Please turn the water off after washing your boats and
sails. That way we don’t waste water and we’ll have a
lower water bill.
We have a handicap parking space by the front
door now. Legally we don’t need one but it’s a nice
thing for our members who may have a little difficulty
walking on the gravel.
The club bar now offers Jello shots. That’s right.
Jello for adults in Pina Colada rum, Orange vodka, and
other flavors. Sally Lange the dockmaster dreamed
these up. It’s a fun, interesting dessert for $1.
Larry Koenig
from the vice commodore
I'm happy to announce that we have a new Associate
Membership, Bruce McCord and Margie Phipps. Bruce
is an avid Force Five sailor and has raced in several of
our regattas including the Force Five Mid-winters. If you
happen to see Bruce and Maggie at the club please introduce yourself and give them a big welcome.
As of November 1, 2010 the UKSC membership statistics are as follows:
Memberships
Regular
Associate
Founding Regular
Founding Associate
Life Regular
Total
Members
Regular
Associate
Total
Until next month.
Materials: Any recyclable food or beverage containers, cardboard,
duct tape. Exclusions – Components must fit into a regular recycling
bin i.e. no 55 gallon drums or appliance boxes allowed. Make sure you
NAME your boat!
Classes: Class A – length limit of 3 feet, cargo is two 6-packs of
soda
Class B – length limit of 6 feet, cargo is teammates
Rules: All boats must remain afloat for one minute while carrying 2
units of cargo. Ties will be broken by adding six-packs or teammates
(by class) at one minute intervals.
Prizes: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Most Seaworthy. Most Creative/Artistic.
Booby Prize for the Least Seaworthy.
We have a lot of boat builders in the club – let’s see
what you can do!
PHRF Racing, Saturday, November 13, skippers’
mtg. noon, first flag 1 p.m.
Dockmasters’ Regatta Dinner, Saturday, November 13, 7 p.m.
Tommy and MaryLou Chambers are fixing a special
dinner for this event – a roast pig (YUM!) and also turkey as entrees. $12 per person for a real feast.
Portsmouth Racing (Fall #4), Sunday, skippers’
mtg. noon, first flag 1 p.m.
Awards to follow the racing on Sunday
We are also going to reinstate the famous “Fastest
Boat on the Dock” race! Stay tuned for details.
If you want to help, talk to Guy or Sallie, or for kitchen
crew, contact MaryLou or Tommy Chambers.
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Joe Worley
Thanksgiving at the
club
dockmasters regatta
Dockmasters’ Regatta,
Saturday, November 13 – Sunday, November 14
Team Recycled Boat Building Contest, Saturday,
November 13, time TBA
You can check our web site any time for details
(www.upperkeyssailing.club.com), but here is the essence of it.
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We're celebrating Thanksgiving Day at the
UKSC! We will be serving turkey, roasted and deep
fried, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, yams,
cranberries , bread, and all the trimmings! We already
have volunteers for many things so if you have a specialty let us know and we'll get you included in the
fun!! Special desserts are always welcome and I hear
the Pie Fairy (aka Commodore) may pay us a visit!! Dinner will be served at approximately 3 to 4 p.m. Another
e-mail will follow with the exact time.
Lindi had a great idea to have a food donation box
for the Burton food bank so please bring along something non perishable to give on Thanksgiving!
Along with that, Leah thinks it would be a great idea
for you to reserve a table and decorate it in the traditional way your family did. So get your creative
side going and we'll have the UKSC looking great!
We have about 40 signed up for the event so far so if
you're interested contact Pat (p200ytl@terranova.net) or
Sara (sarakahler@aol.com) via email to sign
up. Please sign up no later than November 13 so we
know how much food to get and no one has to go hungry on Thanksgiving. We have to cover our costs and
will be charging members $12.00 per adult and $6.00
for small children. Those who have already signed up
only need to confirm the number in your group if you
were unsure before.
We're looking forward to a great day and hope this
will become another great UKSC tradition!!
Pat McLaughlin
November 2010, Page 2
from the fleet captain
Fall is here and the winds are up! This month gives
us a little bit of a break in our schedule. The big regattas this month are the LUKI and the two-day Dockmasters. In addition to the “first off the dock” race, our
Dockmasters have some special plans for us including
the first annual cardboard boat race. I am sure it will
result in more than one Facebook moment.
I am looking for helpers on a few projects, If any of
you can lend a hand please let me know.
Clubhouse VHF antenna lead is broken.
Pontoon boat needs a bottom job.
Weather station replacement.
Install electric air horn on Signal boat.
Sunfish repairs.
The club is also searching for some offsite parking
for our rarely used powerboat trailers.
Hope to see you at the club for Thanksgiving Dinner.
Fair Sailing
Chip Short
flail and sail 2010
Can’t seem to buff up your brassie or
put a shine on your spoon? You say you can no longer
bedazzle us with your baffy or that you might confuse us
with your cleek. If you are fastidious about your midmashie shot, then maybe your niblick’s not a threat. Or
does all this golf speak make you want to chuck your
jigger or pitch your wedge?
What if your highfield lever isn’t up to the task, or
your barber isn’t hauling quite right? If your headledge is
hurting or your gudgeon is grounded? What if a Bombay
runner has taken your bonded jacky? What if your
canze iron is currently caught in a cringle?
What’s a USKC bunny to do?
Join us on December 4th and 5th for the annual Flail
and Sail, a day of collegial golfing in the Redlands
(Saturday) followed by a day of friendly sailing on Buttonwood Sound (Sunday), punctuated by a delicious yet
reasonable Saturday dinner at the Club. We’ll be playing
best shot in the golf matches, and all sailors can add
their golf scores to their boat’s corrected elapsed times
to arrive at a winning low score. We especially hope to
get all of our novice golfers out on the links to experience, first hand, one of life’s most… most… uh, bracing
sports.
To get the 2010 Flail and Sail up and running, we
need sign-ups for the Saturday golf games and the delicious dinner planned for that evening. Once we have
an idea of numbers, we’ll get a set of Rules and Regulations out to all of you, so you can start practicing keeping your portion of the house behind the tee line in time
for the bonspiel. Ooops! That’s from curling. Sorry.
Heady stuff, this mix of turf and surf.
Reply to Bill Stanard (wstanard@palmertrinity.org)
with the names of those whom you wish to enlist in the
best ever Flail and Sail of 2010.
race committee
Welcome back to all of our seasonal members! It’s
not only nice having you around again, but a relief to
have you rejoin race committee. During the months you
are away we have a somewhat limited pool of volunteers. Thanks to your return some will get a much
needed break. But they won’t rest for long, the calendar
is jam-packed with regattas at this time of year. We still
need race committee volunteers for Dockmasters and
Flail and Sail. Email one of us if you can help out with
either of those regattas.
Barb barb@the-helm.com
Debby sundance@terranova.net
Kim
hamilton3512@bellsouth.net
Barb Short, Debby Lloyd, Kim Hamilton
Race Committee Committee
race results
Columbus Day Regatta, October 9 – 10
Portsmouth Races, October 9
1st
Leah White
Wave
2nd
Dave White
Wave
3rd
Garrett Munshower
Laser
PHRF Races, October 10
1st
Bob Sandifer
Mischief
2nd
Dick Saylor
Saylorman II
3rd
Pat McLaughlin
JibSea
Halloween All-Comers Race, October 31
PHRF
1st
Mark Leffler
Bohica
2nd
Bob Sandifer
Mischief
3rd
Dick Saylor
Saylorman II
Portsmouth Multihull
1st
Dave White
Wave
2nd
Leah White
Wave
3r4
Rick White
Wave
Portsmouth Monohull
1st
Dominic Marsden
Laser
2nd
Garrett Munshower
Laser
3rd
Ginette Hughes
Wing
board of directors
Commodore
Vice Commodore
Rear Commodore
Fleet Captain
Treasurer
Secretary
2-year Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Youth Sailing
November 2010, Page 3
Ginette Hughes
Joe Worley
Larry Koenig
Chip Short
Barbara Bauman
Sara Kahler
John Sorensen
David Adamusko
Bill Andersen
Bill Stanard
Bonnie Stanford
Lynda Munshower
mark sorensen youth sailing
program
Congratulations to the Mark Sorensen Youth Race
Team! This was a very busy month for our racers, starting with a fundraiser bagging groceries at Winn Dixie
over Columbus Day weekend. The following weekend
was their first regatta of the season at River Romp in
Ft. Meyers. With combined fleets of over 200 boats, our
team did a fantastic job. Ben Althouse placed 1st in
Green Fleet consisting of 88 boats! Our first time Green
Fleet regatta sailors Ella Marsden, Emma Marsden,
Caroline Althouse and Ethan Osborne all had great finishes. Red, White and Blue Fleet had 112 boats and
our own Ryan Guth placed 29th in Blue! What a great
way to begin the season. The Hank Gartner Costume
Regatta followed on Saturday October 30th. This was a
true regatta followed by fun races, capsizing and costume contest. Congratulations to Alex Orhmundt for his
first place finish in the costume contest. Thanks to race
committee Karen Tone and judge, Ginette (Lord Nelson) Hughes. Our sailors will travel to Naples on November 13 for their next regatta.
Lynda Munshower
hank gartner costumed
regatta (10/30)
Photos: Lori Guth
Hank Gartner Costumed Regatta,
October 30
Green Fleet
Team Racing
1st
Bryce
1st
Tyler and Olivia
nd
2
Olivia
2nd (tie) Ben and Ella
3rd
Tyler
2nd (tie) Sam and Alex
Blue/White Fleet
4th
Bryce and Emma
st
1
Sam
5th
Ryan and Caroline
2nd
Ben
3rd
Ryan
Best Costume
Alex Ormundt
Photo: Dominic Marsden
winn-dixie grocery bagging
Alex
Photos: Lori Guth
November 2010, Page 4
swap shop
FOR SALE: Freestyle - a beautiful Nonsuch 30 Ultra. Asking
$72,500. Contact Karl Langefeld
at 954 755-9108, klfreestyle@aol.com or for complete
details and pictures go to nonsuch30forsale.com
FOR SALE. Aries Wind Vane, fully operational, complete, came off Westsail 32.
Steve Morisky 305-245-2622
FOR SALE. JY 15 sail boat. 2 sets of sails, unregistered trailer. Can be seen at Upper Keys Sailing Club
dry storage $1200. Jimmy Norrie 305-878-2603 Kim
Hamilton 305-394-0643
FOR SALE. Moving sale. Too many items to
list. Please call 305-923-9995 for inquiry or apt. Nancy
Joe.
FOR SALE. A King Size Sealy Posturepedic Pillow
Top bed. It comes with the mattress, box springs, and
rails. We would like $800. Retailed for $1400 and has
about 2 years use out of it. We have had it for about 4
years. Stain free and still in great condition. Contact
Blair Ellis, 305-393-5475 or blair4569@bellsouth.net.
FOR SALE. Bimini - 16’ wide 8’ long. Heavy Gauge
Stainless Steel with blue Sunbrella cover. Off of 18’
beam catamaran. Mile marker 101.5 $980. Price is
firm.
2005 Harley Davidson 1200
Custom 3409 Miles. Price is
firm.
Motorcycle Helmets - KBC TKX. One large, one medium. $35
each.
Mosquito Magnet Defender
Mosquito Trap 650 BTU. $190. Used only once.
Pressure Washer – Ex-Cell XR2600 with Honda
GC160 5HP motor. Includes extra 50’ hose and sand
blasting nozzle in addition to standard hose and nozzle.
Used very little. Cost $515 in 2005. Sell for $290. Price
is firm. Dan Hazel 305-434-0195
FOR RENT. Manatee Bay Club boat slip. In Manatee Bay, off of Barnes Sound, Ocean Side. Up to 36
feet. Water, elect, cheekee hut, parking, pool, ice machine. Call Marc Buller 305-444-3517 or
mbuller@bellsouth.net
WANTED. Long Time Key Largo resident (professional
who works at the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant) seeks
rental (2/2) with deep water dock privileges. Care
taker position possible. Steve Morisky 305-245-2622
business ads
Members and non-members may now place commercial advertisements in Signals. Signals is distributed to over 200 UKSC members
and to a much larger audience through our web site www.
upperkeyssailingclub.com. Rates are a bargain: $50 per year for a
standard business card ad; $10 for a simple classified ad in 2 issues.
Use Signals to advertise your special events and sales. For more
information, contact Sara Kahler (sarakahler@aol.com).
Kim Hamilton
www.mytupperware.com/kimhamilton2
305-394-0643 kim33037@gmail.com
Key Lime Sailing Club
and Cottages
Open to the public/sailing lessons available
Vacation Cottages + FREE
22’ sailboat, kayaks, paddle boats, water toys/floats, fishing/
snorkel gear, and Sunset Sails on our 40’ catamaran with water
slide.
Just $140/night.
UKSC members get discount on boat rentals and cottages.
Reservations and info: 305 451 3438
www.keylimesailingclub.com
November 2010, Page 5
GLEE Expo (11/01)
upcoming events
November 2010
UKSC Open House
LUKI
volunteer opportunities
Saturday, 11/06, 9:30—11 am
LUKI Dinner
LUKI Awards
Saturday, 11/06, mtg 11 am, 1st flag
noon
Saturday, 11/06, 7 p.m.
Sunday, 11/07
Dockmasters’ Regatta
PHRF
Dinner
Portsmouth
Saturday, 11/13—Sunday 11/14
Saturday, 11/13, mtg noon, 1st flag 1 pm
Saturday, 11/13, 7 p.m.
Sunday, 11/14, mtg noon, 1st flag 1 pm
Membership Comm. Mtg.
Tuesday, 11/16, 7:30 p.m.
Board of Directors Mtg.
Thursday, 11/18, 7:30 p.m.
General Membership Mtg.
Friday, 11/19, 7 p.m. covered dish,
8 p.m. meeting
Black Betsy Race & Raftup
Saturday, 11/20—Sunday 11/21
Thanksgiving Dinner
December 2010
Christmas Tree Decorating
Thursday, 11/25
Friday, 12/03, 6 p.m.
Flail & Sail
Saturday, 12/04—Sunday 12/05
Key Largo Regatta
Friday, 12/10—Sunday 12/12
Membership Comm. Mtg.
Tuesday, 12/14, 7:30 p.m.
Board of Directors Mtg.
Thursday, 12/16, 7:30 p.m.
Christmas Party
Saturday, 12/18, 7 p.m.
St. Nick’s All-Comers
Sunday, 12/26
New Year’s Eve Party
Friday, 12/31
Each Director on the Board is responsible for events
during the year, and our members also host regattas.
Here is a list of the events and the assigned
person. Step up and help out as a volunteer.
11/06 - 11/07 LUKI
11/13 - 11/14 Dockmasters Regatta
11/20
Black Betsy Race & Raftup
12/04 - 12/05 Flail & Sail
12/10 - 12/12 Key Largo Regatta
12/18
Christmas Party
12/26
St Nick's All Comers
12/31
New Year's Eve
01/01
New Year's Brunch
01/01
Hangover Regatta
01/08 - 01/09 Fleet Captain's Regatta
01/14 - 01/16 Dead Dogs & Tin Whistles
01/28 - 01/30 Mark Sorensen Championship
02/12 - 02/13 Commodore's Regatta
02/18 - 02/20 JY15 Midwinters
02/24 - 02/26 Force Five Midwinters
03/12
Marlin Cup
03/19
Glander Cup & Dinner
04/02
President's Cup
04/09 - 04/10 TIB Regatta & Dinner
04/24
Easter Brunch
05/07
Change of Watch
05/08
Mother's Day Brunch
November 2010, Page 6
Joe Worley &
Ginette Hughes
Dockmasters
n/a
Bill Stanard
Jerry Creasman &
Andy Sikora
Bonnie Stanford
n/a
Ginette Hughes
Barb Bauman
Barb Bauman
Chip Short
Ginette Hughes
Lynda Munshower
Ginette Hughes
Barb Short
Steve Perry
Sara Kahler
John Sorensen
Andy Sikora
Larry Koenig
Bill Stanard
Ginette Hughes
Bill Stanard
race committee
columbus day regatta (10/08-10/10)
Veteran UKSC PRO
"Chico"....supported by first
time "expert" flagman
(flagpig?) "Priscilla"....
position the Committee
Boat for the beginning of
the "Columbus Day PHRF"
Race.........See, even the
Animals can volunteer for
Race Committee......When
is your turn??
Our Friday night
gala—Happy
Birthday to Cris!
Photos: Sara Kahler
phrf winners
portsmouth winners
1st-Bob Sandifer
2nd-Dick Saylor
3rd-Pat McLaughlin
1st—Leah White
2nd—Dave White
3rd—Garrett Munshower
November 2010, Page 7
river romp (10/16-10/17)
halloween party (10/31)
November 2010, Page 8
Photos: Lori Guth