August 2013.indd - The Santa Cruz Yacht Club

Volume 85, Number 8
August 2013
2013 U.S. National Laser Championship June 27 through June 30
Over 100 Lasers came to Santa Cruz
This was truly a national championship. There were 108 competitors from all over the
U.S.A. and a few from Canada. They came from the
following states and provinces with the number of
participants in parentheses: Alabama (1), Arkansas
(2), British Columbia (2), California (57), Florida
(14), Hawaii (1), Illinois (1), Maine (1), Michigan
(4), New Brunswick (1), New York (2), Ohio (1),
Ontario (2), Texas (11), Virginia (1), Washington (7).
Twelve of the sailors were from the Santa Cruz area.
The top finishers in the Laser Standard fleet of 35
boats were:
1. Luke Muller, Lauderdale Yacht Club: Luke
was also the first Junior!
2. Frederick Vranizan, US Sailing Team Sperry
Topsider.
3. Chris Barnard, Newport Harbor Yacht Club.
4. Greg Martin, Texas Corinthian Yacht Club.
5. Steve Bourdow, Santa Cruz Yacht Club.
Steve was also the first Master.
Peter Phelan, Santa Cruz Yacht Club, finished 12th.
Peter was the top Apprentice Master.
The top finishers in the Laser Radial Gold Fleet of
37 boats were:
1. Malcolm Lamphere, Lake Geneva Yacht Club.
2. Mateo Vargas, St. Petersburg Yacht Club.
3. Claire Dennis, St. Francis Yacht Club. Claire
was the top female in the fleet.
4. Cooper Weitz, California Yacht Club.
5. Andrew Puopolo, Marsh Creek Yacht Club. The top finishers in the Laser Radial Silver Fleet of
36 boats were:
1. Jack Barton, San Francisco Yacht Club.
2. Lawson Willard, St. Francis Yacht Club.
3. Ty Baird, St. Petersburg Yacht Club.
4. Parker Hughes, Texas Corinthian Yacht Club.
5. David Anthes, Scuttlebutt Sailing Club.
Emma Drejes, Santa Cruz Yacht Club, finished 7th and
was the top local Junior finisher. Michael Levy, Santa
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over 130 volunteers, way over 25% of the club. The lime
green shirts they wore easily identified the volunteers.
The “friendly and cooperative” spirit permeated every
thing they did!
We created of number of functional areas:
Cruz Yacht Club, came on strong at the end of the regatta
placing 3rd in the last race and finished 12th overall in the
fleet.
Awards: Lovely Weems & Plath clocks were
presented to the top finishers in all divisions with one
exception. First place in the Laser Radial Silver Fleet was
a beautiful Carl Ruhne Laser half model. Carl created the
model to encourage a young and upcoming sailor to keep
working to improve. It was very well received!
How did all this happen? The club that had
originally planned to host the event was so badly damaged
by Hurricane Sandy that they had to back out as hosts. In
January SCYC was asked to take over. Five months is
never enough time to plan and execute a national regatta.
SCYC Regatta Chairman, Beau Vrolyk, and I decided the
only way we could consider accepting the regatta was if the
leadership team from the 2012 Flying Dutchman Worlds
consisting of Terry Drew, John Fraser, Fred Molnar, Ed
Moravick, Steve Niemann, Kevin Rooney, Jim Skinner,
and Gene Sofen would sign on to the Laser effort. They
all said, “Okay!” And off we went. I got tagged as Regatta Event Chairman and Beau as PRO. Quickly joining the leadership team were Gail Bove, Matthew Coale,
Ron Dillehay, Julie Edwards, Luis Oleson, and Barry
Whittall.
The regatta could not have happened without the
support of the Santa Cruz Port District. This was a very
busy time for the harbor. The last thing they needed was
100 plus sailors and friends competing with slip renters
and customers of harbor businesses for parking, ramp use,
space at end ties, etc., but working together we all made it
happen.
Early on the Leadership Team committed to presenting an exceedingly cooperative and friendly face to
all visitors associated with the regatta. The team recruited
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Arrivals: Kevin Rooney’s team was the first
group that competitors met on arrival in the harbor.
They did a great job of establishing the “friendly and
cooperative” attitude for the entire volunteer team. They
assigned 108 Lasers to dry storage berths, and directed
competitors to take trailers to a storage lot on the east
side of the harbor. His team consisted of Bernard Bove,
Barry Keeler, and Ed Moravick. Ed also managed the
UCSC ramp.
Coach Boats +: Terry Drew greeted all the
coach boats and assigned them to end ties in the upper
harbor. Along with this big job he also handled all inharbor boat tasks including keeping order at the UCSC
ramp and participating in the care of SCYC and loaned
boats. If all that was not enough he kept in contact with
the Velocity skippers, so the way was clear when Velocity was leaving or entering her slip.
Aldo’s ramp: Luis Oleson worked with Fred
Molnar to remove the Jet Floats from the Aldo’s ramp
to facilitate launch and recovery of Lasers. A custom
made tool created by Chaz Ebel at Aquarius Boat Works
made it possible to remove the shackle pins holding the
Jet Floats to the dock. During the event Luis managed
launch and recovery of the boats berthed in Aldo’s parking lot and the south portion of SCYC dry storage. He
was also my right arm for all we were doing.
Boats queued for recovery at Aldo’s ramp.
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UCSC Launch Ramp: Ed Moravick managed getting boats in and out of the water at this ramp.
Vern Wallace worked with him each day of the regatta.
They handled the boats berthed in the north portion of
the SCYC dry storage. About 60% of the boats were
launched here. They had the additional challenge of
working about the coming and going of Velocity, Chardonnay, and Pacific Yachting’s charter boats.
Dolly Support: Julie Edwards. All I can
say about Julie and her team is wow! Her team got
the boats to and from the launch ramps efficiently and
without clogging up traffic on the harbor access roads. A
report on their activity follows.
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SCYC Junior Program Report
The SCYC Junior Program showed up in force
to assist with dolly traffic to and from the launch areas.
Julie Edwards fearlessly volunteered to head up this
effort. After Day 1, Julie realized that additional volunteers were needed, and with great thanks to Kelli Cook
for her outreach efforts, the Junior Program volunteer
team nearly doubled on the remaining three days.
The original plan was for 96 volunteer assignments over
4 days…what actually happened were 132 volunteer assignments!
The numbers!
• 59 individual volunteers, 4 days, 8 shifts, 340+
total hours!!
• Report from Aldo’s Ramp -- 42 boats launched
on average in 45-50 minutes, average wait in
line – 8-9 minutes!
• Report from UCSC Ramp – 64 boats launched
on average in 55-60 minutes!
Heartfelt thanks and a major shout out go to our
dolly volunteers who were both Junior Program families
and Yacht Club members:
Jon Badeaux, Trevor Baylis, Tina Baylis, Mara
Baylis, Colin Baylis, Brian Beers, Olivia Beers, Dan
Cook, Kelli Cook, Mackenzie Cook, Liz Chandler, Kate
Chandler, Dave Collignon, Ian Collignon, Anna Deraco,
Nicki Diaz, Jennifer Drejes, Terry Drew, Julie Edwards,
Dana Foley, Trevor Foley, Brenda Greer, Kyle Hunt, Sasha Hawley, Tom Halderman, Jackson Halderman, Oren
Herrera-Pease, Jim Jackson, Linnea Jackson, Emily
Johnson, Niels Kisling, Jack Kisling, Christian Kisling,
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Kristen Lenz, Andrew Lenz, Charlotte Lenz, Nicholas
Lenz, Hannah Levy, Martin Levy, Buster Long, Chloe
Long, JT Long, Nicole McCartney, Julia McCartney, Linda Moore, Ed Moravick, Steve Niemann, Casey O’Hara,
Luis Oleson, David Pease, Kelly Robertson, Duncan
Robertson, Malcolm Robertson, Talia Rosenbaum, Ron
Salado, Cecilia Salado, Amy Steward, Josselyn Verutti,
Tina Verutti, Vern Wallace and Barry Whittall.
A special shout out to Julie Edwards, Sasha
Hawley, Amy Steward and Josselyn Verutti who tirelessly
worked EVERY shift EVERY day! What an incredible
contribution!
Thank you to ONE and ALL for EVERY launch,
retrieval, kind word, organizational expertise, can-doattitude, chuckle, high 5, phone call, reporting-for-duty,
helpful demeanor, and taking-it-in-stride!
Whew. What a team, Program, endeavor, and success!
Mary McKinnon-Tara, Director, SCYC Junior Program
Check the following pictures to get a feeling of how well
Julie’s team organized dolly management.
Dollies organized and waiting for return of the
boats near Aldo’s ramp.
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Boats returning to dry storage
Working the UCSC ramp.
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foodie volunteers deserve a big THANK YOU for the
extra effort in serving the competitors and family with
all the great personality our Club has to offer. Listed
here are the those who made the early breakfast happen
on time and dinner service flow like clock work…
Marilyn Comstock, Monika Comstock, Bridget
Binko, Don Conant, Hilarie DeGroot, Michael de
Hayhu, Carolyn Flowers, Mimi, Kurt Hoffmann, Sue
Hoffmann, Patty Humecke, Jane Hummert, Lisa Keeler, Bob Mattson, Bill Murchison, Pat Murchison, Steve
Niemann (Co-Chair), Ann Niemann.
I would like to personally thank you all for
making a commitment to volunteer and give your time
to help make an event like this “happen”.
Jim Skinner, 2013 Laser Nationals, Food Service
Co-Chair.
Food: Jim Skinner and Steve Niemann.
The Food Team put in a spectacular effort. These volunteers included 19 members and friends helping with food
service that included two dinners and four breakfasts.
We had expert help from KISS Catering, Sandy and
Scott Dexel, with food preparation for about 525 total
meals and 280 volunteer lunches over the four days. Our
Marilyn Comstock orchestrating a few words on “how
to” for dinner service.
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Registration: Gail Bove, Mary Jane Roskosz, DJ Timpany, and De Schuyler:
• Put together and distributed 118 registration
packages
• Corrected lots of sail numbers
• Distributed coach boat flags
• Collected coach boat flag deposits
• Answered tons of questions about the regatta and
the local area
Check In/Check Out: Ron Dillehay’s team
assigned mast bands to boats before launch and collected
them after boats returned. This was a safety measure
to make very sure we did not lose anyone! Others who
took their turn at the table were Elisabeth Russell, Tom
Webster, Sheryl Guidera, Barry Keeler, Bengie Hodges,
Rod Trombly, and Ann Niemann. This level of staffing
eliminated waiting to sign in and out for the skippers,
accommodated the complex recombination of the radial
fleet into Gold and Silver, and accurately kept track of
each skipper who went out to race.
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Jury: Paul Zupan was recruited to serve as
chief judge. Paul selected a great team consisting of
Danielle Ames, Vicky Gilmore, Greg Meagher, and Don
Wieneke all from the Bay Area. He added Barry Ault
from San Diego and Mathias Rebholz from Germany.
They all were very complimentary of how the regatta
was conducted both on and off the water. We were very
fortunate to have boats provided for the judges by Dan
Cook, Bruce Edwards, and Philippe Kahn.
The judges in grand style: Shep and Ellen
Kett made the Black Pearl Cottage available for three of
the judges. Jere Patterson and Marcia White turned
their lovely apartment over to two judges, while one
stayed with Beau and Tracy and one with Mary Jane and
me.
Mark Preparation and towlines: Matthew
Coale, Rachel Hoffman, Gene Sofen. All three made
up and organized close to 20 mark setups. In addition,
Matthew made up towlines and picket lines at the launch
ramps.
Race Committee: PRO Beau Vrolyk recruited
a strong team including Peter Szasz from St.FYC to
serve as Vice PRO and manage the finish line. Signal boat people were Fred Molnar (sounds), Matthew
Coale (flags), Bob Comstock (line sight), Bruce Donald
(recorder), John Mizell (recorder), and Charlie Roskosz
(timer). The finish line boat was staffed by Bill Lard
(Main Event owner and skipper), Billie Simpson (recorder), Rich Nesladek (recorder), Kris North (recorder).
Beau’s report follows.
Check In/Check Out Station with Rod Trombly and
Bob Warfield on duty.
Thank you for giving so much of your time to
help support the 2013 Laser U.S. National Championship. It was a great event, and has received nothing but
a strong positive response from the competitors - even
those who disliked the variable winds we suffered
through. Here are a few pictures compliments of Mal
Boats approaching finish line.
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Northcott, and a short summary of the RC activities. The SCYC team put on some terrific racing for
108 entrants. Conditions were wildly variable, with
races in 28 knots of wind being followed by races in 8
knots. With seas changing from 15 feet high and breaking with whitecaps to nearly flat. Through it all the
Race Committee team kept their composure, even when
the fog dropped in for a visit, and provided tremendous
high-quality racing for the competitors. Despite the difficult conditions for racing,
numerous competitors made a point of searching out
your PRO and telling him how much they appreciated
the willingness of the RC team to up-anchor and move
to where the wind was. “Many RCs would have let us
sit. We got so we could count on you to get us racing
again quickly even if it meant moving a mile or two and
hauling up ten anchors.” That was your PRO’s favorite
quote. Not once, during four solid days of re-setting
and moving marks did any volunteer ever hesitate or
complain. Our record was re-setting four times to get
one race off, and we did that within less than 30 minutes
- that’s terrific! A gigantic “thank you” to all those who
hauled, moved, set and occasionally cursed at anchors
and marks!
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Here’s what we did:
• 11 races for the Laser Full rig
• 16 races for the Laser Radials (8 for the
Gold and 8 for the Silver Fleets)
• Uncounted general re-calls (actually
about 14)
• A lot of OCS and ZFP (Z-flag penalties)
for the over-eager
• Over 90 anchors set and hauled (3 lost)
• Over 991 boat finishes scored
The key to great racing is accurate mark setting, line setting and starting sequences. We nailed all
these. I am particularly proud of the team for adopting
the new technology of setting marks at precise latitude
and longitude positions from the information delivered
by text messages. I know that this involved the adoption of two new technologies simultaneously and some
of our older eyes aren’t as keen on the little letters of a
text message, but we did it. Well done! The result was
that each mark-set boat could independently get to work
setting their marks and we could get 10 anchors down in
precisely the right place in less than 20 minutes. That’s
about as good as it gets! With the marks and the line in
the right place, the rest is up to the horn-honking flagwaving gang on the signal boat, and they did not disappoint. Having a tremendously over-qualified team made
all the difference. We nailed the timing on 27 starts!
Regardless of how well set a starting line is,
competitors occasionally find a reason to “love” one end
or the other. The crew of the Black Pearl deserves special mention for hanging tough at the pin-end and calling
numbers. In one race, the Pearl called six sail numbers
for a Z-flag start, which matched what the Signal Boat
observed and provided an accurate, and fair, result to
the competitors. In the picture below you can see the
concentration it takes to hold position, site the line and
document the numbers as 37 boats try to over-run your
end of the line. Well done!
Black Pearl helping with line sighting
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As you all know, in addition to setting and hauling anchors; documenting mark roundings, starts and finishes; and keeping the PRO informed of sea-state, wind
speed and wind direction - the mark set boats are always
keeping an eye on the safety of the competitors. They
were all terrific. Even when the fog dropped in while the
wind speed accelerated to well over 27 knots, your PRO
knew that all the mark set and support boats could be
counted on to slog through the chop, take the spray in the
face and find those inverted competitors. We had some
pretty wet team members out there - and absolutely zero
complaining.
A Laser moving out!
It was tough out there. We had competitors with
four broken masts, a broken boom, a badly sprained
wrist, cut fingers and a half dozen cases of hypothermia. The support and mark set boat teams were always
there, always watching and always lending a hand to
keep the sailors safe. Thank you! It means a great deal
to the sailors to know that they can glance over their
shoulder and see a sharp-eyed team keeping watch over
them. You can see Whaler standing watch over this laser
at the windward mark, where the bumps are big and the
breeze is strong, as he heads back down to leeward.
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Laser monitored at weather mark by SCYC Whaler
Finally, I have to say how intensely proud I am
of the entire team. Our small club put on a first class
regatta in a constrained location with a fraction of the
resources that some larger clubs have, for the second
year in a row. You did it with less than half the notice
and planning time a regatta like this typically takes. You
should all be quite proud of what you accomplished. Regattas like this one build the reputation of a club - and
ours is looking pretty darn good right now.
Thank you all for everything you did and I owe
each and every one of you a drink!
Beau Vrolyk
2013 Laser U.S. National Championship, PRO
Registration: Gail Bove, Mary Jane Roskosz, DJ
Timpany, and De Schuyler:
• Put together and distributed 118 registration
packages
• Corrected a quite a few sail numbers
• Distributed coach boat flags
• Collected coach boat flag deposits
Support Boats: John Fraser with lots of help
from Gene Sofen lined up outstanding support boats and
the crews. As noted in Beau’s description of what happened on the water they:
• Did the mark setting and resetting,
• Assisted with line calls at starts and finishes
• Rescued lots of sailors
SCYC is fortunate to have the Big Whaler,
Guardian, and Black Pearl, but we could not have large
regattas without members and friends willing to loan or
use their boats.
1. Jim Wilson: Flying Fish
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Lowell Ellis: Big Red
John and Wendy Wurster: Foreign Affair
Kelly Nesheim: Swede
Barry Whitthall: Mighty Duck would have
been out there, but engine problems dictated
otherwise.
We are even luckier to have such competent
people to crew the boats. Participating this time were
Steve Aguilar, MJ Austin, Adam Borcherding, Lowell
Ellis, Richard Emigh, Royce Fletcher, Jim Foley, Jack
Halterman, Chuck Hawley, Ragina Judson, David
Kitchen, Linda Moore, Anika Morf, Wes Musitelli,
Paul Neibanks, Kelly Nesheim, Malcolm Northcott,
Carl Ruhne, Jim Savattone, Rob Schuyler, Garrett
Schwegler, Bruce Simpson, Barry Whittall, Wendy
Wurster, and John Wurster.
After the regatta John and his team worked
very hard for a couple of days to return the boats in top
condition.
One of many sailors that were happy to know our support boats were in the area!
Freelancers: Barry Whittall and Steve Niemann both had other jobs, but they were great reviewing
what we were planning or doing, and filling in wherever
there was a need. For example, Barry came up with the
idea of renting a box trailer for Coral Reef to store their
merchandise at night. Steve figured out how to make the
mast bands and taught us how to make them. He even
jump-started a competitor’s van. I saw both of them
helping launch boats. These two guys were helping all
over the place!
Sponsorship: The team decided not to pursue
sponsors, since the MISC regatta team was busy contacting nearly everyone in the area. It did not seem right to
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“hit them up twice” in one month. However,
• Skip Ely’s Elyxir beverage distribution company
provided:
o A beverage cooler trailer
o Pop-up tents for the “village” near the tram
o Outstand signage
• Coral Reef sold nautical clothing and sailing supplies. SCYC will get a percentage of their net
sales.
• Steve Elmore provided a tent for Coral Reef’s
clothing sales and another for the “village.”
• West Marine supplied great nautical bags to hold
registration materials and a discount coupon for
each registrant.
• While not a sponsor, Svendsens gave a major lift to
the regatta by providing Lasers for charter. They
got MANY more requests than they could handle
for new boats, but they helped out of town sailors
get in touch with local Laser sailors willing to charter their own boats.
The “tent village” near the tram provided a great
social gathering place. Many of us felt that the collection
of small tents was more charming and nearly as useful as
one very large tent.
Nothing significant gets done at SCYC without
the hard work and guidance of Greg Haws and Jennifer
Whall, many thanks to them!
Well done Santa Cruz Yacht Club! Long after
the details of the racing are forgotten the competitors will
remember the Santa Cruz Yacht club for the great welcome
our volunteers and members extended to them. The “Little
Club That Can” not only did it again but did it with great
spirit that showed through to all participants!
Charlie Roskosz
2013 U.S. National Laser Championship
Event Chairman
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Commodore’s Report
I give praise that Dave is home and cancer
free!
My article this month is brief in order to
help Charlie Roskosz focus on the spirit of our
volunteers.
Rob Schuyler
Commodore
Rear Commodore’s Report
A Little Behind in my Work
Good news! My report (aka “blatherpalooza”) will be a little shorter than usual this
month so as to allow extra space for a special
article on our Club’s amazing volunteers and the
very successful Laser Nationals. Luckily though,
things were a little reserved at the Club in the last
month, socially speaking, but the next will make
up for it!
Aloha!! The Luau – complete with delicious island buffet and live entertainment – will be
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on Saturday, August 3. For(e) pros and duffers
alike, the Golf Tournament will take place on
Thursday, August 8 at Boulder Creek Golf
Club. On Saturday, August 17, we’ll have our
“County Fair” complete with wine tasting and
potluck, and the next day is our annual “Western BBQ”.
As I think about this year as your RC,
now racing past, the one thing I would like
to leave for my successor is an even better
“bank” of volunteers willing to help out on
social events. We’ve been fortunate to have
had so many give of their time and toil this
year, and so I would ask if you’re interested in
helping on future events (the secret is that it’s
pretty darn fun), please let me, Greg or Jennifer know and we’ll enlist you for an upcoming
event. Many hands make light work!!
Again, thanks for the opportunity to
serve as your RC. Come on down and enjoy
our wonderful Club!
Don Conant
Rear Commodore
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Upcoming SCYC
Events Calendar
Luau
August 3
Veeder Cup
August 3, 4
Golf Tournament
August 8
Cruise to Stillwater
August 8 - 11
Laser Fridays
August 16
Fall One Design #1
August 17
Wine Tasting / Potluck
August 17
Wylie Wabbit Nationals
August 17-18
Sunday Dinner / Western Buffet
August 18
Fall SCORE #1
August 25
Windjammers
August 31
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SCYC Members Racing Updates
SWEDEN - Nancy Rinkardt and I were in Istanbul,
Turkey this month, ready to race with Morgan Larson
aboard the Extreme 40 Catamaran Alinghi in Act 4 of
the Extreme Series. Due to “civil unrest” in the city,
however, the regatta was cancelled. We had a lot of fun,
but were bummed to miss racing with Morgan! Instead
of Istanbul, Morgan (Match Racing helmsman/tactician)
went with his Artemis team to Marsten, Sweden to continue in the 3rd event of the RC44 Championship circuit.
Despite heavy 30 kt winds and driving rain, Artemis was
able to garner a 1st and two 3rd place finishes in the event
and ended in 5th and 6th in Match racing and fleet racing
respectively. They stand 4th overall in both categories in
the series.
MICHIGAN - Brent Ruhne was on Mackinac Island
after finishing the Port Huron to Mac race on the 86’
maxi Windquest. They finished second to the Volvo 70
in 19.5 hours for the 210-mile race. Attached is a photo
of them about to cross the finish line. At the finish, with
300 meters to go, their breeze shifted dramatically such
that they had to make a quick change from the code 2
spinnaker to a jib!
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Cruising Committee
MASSACHUSETTS - Junior sailor Emma Drejes,
just returned from Marion, where she competed in the
Junior Sailing Women’s Championship Regatta. She
sailed in the Laser Radial class, where she placed 16th
out of 42 Boats! Nice job Emma!
CALIFORNIA – In the 2013 TransPac, Ian Klitza and
his team on the R/P 45 Criminal Mischief, won 1st in
class!
Mackenzie Cook was sailing at Alamitos Bay
Yacht Club in Long Beach California on July 20-21
in their Multihull Regatta as a tune up for the upcoming A-cat North Americans. He placed 4th overall
and is looking forward to returning August 12th for the
NA’s.
If you have info on where club members are racing,
please feel free to pass along details to Bucciel@aol.
com.
Ellen Kett
The month of July was pretty good for the Cruisers. We had a set of 4th of July events. First was a small
group of boats that Sailed to Monterey during the week
of the 4th of July. The weather was great and the Monterey Harbor and Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club were
very accommodating. The second was a 4th of July raft
up in Santa Cruz near the wharf. Due to mixed swells we
did not get to raft up, however there were 4 boats that all
participated and anchored near each other. The weather
was great and somehow even with the police screening
and temporary fencing around the beaches there was still a
huge amount of great fireworks to watch.
Coming up is our great Wharf to Wharf raft up on
Saturday July 27th at 2:00 PM. The idea here is that we
have a raft up party in Capitola by the wharf. Then the
people who are doing the Wharf to Wharf race can leave
thier boat in Capitola on Saturday night, so on Sunday
after doing the run, they can sail back to Santa Cruz and
avoid the traffic and lines for the busses. If you are interested in participating in the raft up or doing the Wharf
to Wharf run and want to sail back to Santa Cruz please
contact Jason Lauer.
According to my unofficial study, less that 25% of
our club membes have ever anchored in Stillwater Cove. Stillwater Cove is one of the greatest gems in our area and
it is too bad that so few have taken the time to sail over
there. But don’t despair, our upcoming Sail to Stillwater
Cove is around the corner. The wonderful event is hosted
by Steve Smardan and is on August 9 - 11th. Once you’re
anchored it will be a mellow weekend, with a BBQ hosted
by the Stillwater Yacht Club, a trip into Carmel Village,
plus lots more!! If interested in more details please contact
Steve at reachabl@pacbell.net.
2013 Cruising Club Calendar of Activities
Date Sat 7/27 Aug 9-11 Sep 20-22 Sat 10/26 Wed 1/1 SCYC Member, Ian Klitza, celebrates with crew
Event Wharf to Wharf Raft Up
Sail to Stillwater Cove Monterey Jazz Festival
Pirate Party Raft Up
New Year’s Day Brunch
If you are interested in learning more about the
Cruisers of the Santa Cruz Yacht Club please contact me.
Jason Lauer
Jason@lauer.com
408-802-3661
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Sailing Skills and Seamanship Course
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary,
Santa Cruz Flotilla 67, is offering a Sailing Skills and
Seamanship course beginning on Thursday, September 12, 2013. The lead instructor, Bruce Simpson, is
a SCYC member and USCG Auxiliarist. This classroom instruction meets on Thursday nights from 7:30
pm to 9:30 pm for fifteen consecutive Thursdays. It
is a fun and educational course for beginning sailors
and for experienced sailors who wish to hone their
sailing skills. This is a nationally recognized course,
however it is taught by local instructors who concentrate on sailing in Santa Cruz. Students will build
the knowledge and confidence that will serve as the
foundation for a lifetime of sailing enjoyment. It uses
a well-illustrated text to introduce fledgling sailors to
the equipment, nomenclature and safe operation of
sailboats. Upon completion of this SS&S Course, students receive a USCG certificate as well as a National Association of State Boating Law Administrators
(NASBLA) boating safety certificate.
The cost is $55, which covers the textbook
and class materials. The USCG Auxiliary is an all
volunteer organization.
The class is open to the public and is limited
to the first 20 students who sign up. You may preregister by contacting the lead instructor at bsimpson@cruzio.com or register in person on September
5, 2013 at 7:00 pm. This class will fill up quickly. It
is held in the Harbor Public Meeting room at 365A
Lake Avenue. For more information go to http://
a1130607.uscgaux.info/sss.html, attend registration
night, and/or contact bsimpson@cruzio.com.
Bruce Simpson
SCYC Regular Member
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Industry challenge:
The aging of the boating population
Santa Cruz Yacht Club is not alone in dealing with
the graying of membership; 62% of all sailors are over
45, and the average age of a new sailboat buyer is over 55
. How is the boating industry and yacht clubs going to address the aging population, and attract generations Y and X?
As a new SCYC Corinthian member who attended
the board meeting last week, the Commodores comment that
very few of the Corinthian members own boats caught my
attention. My husband and I have been sailing with friends
on their boats for over a decade in Santa Cruz, and have
discussed how it would be great to have a boat but between
the cost to purchase and own a boat, and the lack of slips it
has never progressed past the idea stage. After the board
meeting last week I chatted with my fellow new Corinthian
members, and they said that was part of their challenge too.
There are multiple articles on this topic, I am currently reading Saving Sailing by Nicolas Hayes and in the
most recent Sounding Trade Only, they had multiple articles
on the aging of the boating population and how different
boat manufacturers are tackling the issues. Most of the
challenges for attracting new boaters are access to boats, the
cost of boat ownership, and having time for boating.
Living near Silicon Valley I have had the opportunity to experience growth in the sharing/peer-to-peer economy
(Airbnb , Relay Rides, and many others) where people list
their house, cars, power tools and more for “rent” to other
people. This spring I made the leap and joined an early
start up called Boatbound
, which is enabling boat
rentals by owner. The startup allows me to combine
my love of boating and
technology in a way that
will hopefully allow us
to introduce more people
to boating. For those not
familiar with these types
of websites, they provide
a platform to connect
interested boat renters with
boat owners; Boatbound
provides insurance and
towing as part of the rental
to make sure smooth and
safe boating. Here are
a few thoughts on how
August 2013
Santa Cruz Yacht Club Spinnaker Sheet
Boatbound could work with Yacht Clubs to attract new
boaters to the community:
•
The Yacht Club and few of its members could
list their boats for rent – great way to offset the cost of
boat ownership
•
Market locally the boats for rent to YC members who are between boats, or Corinthian members
who have yet to get their first boat
•
Offer the boats for rent to reciprocal YC members when they visit Santa Cruz so they are able to get
out on the water with their friends and family when
they are visiting
Sara Swenson
SCYC Corinthian Member
Luau Dinner/Entertainment
Saturday, August 3
5:30pm Cocktails
6:30pm Dinner
$25.00pp (children 10 and under $12.00)
RSVP 831-425-0690 or rsvp@scyc.org
19th Annual SCYC Golf Tournament
Thursday, August 8th
Come with one, two, three, four or more players
Boulder Creek Country Club
Format: Scramble Play
Includes: Green Fees, Cart, Food and Prizes
Limit 40 People
First Tee Time is at 10:00am
$60.00pp
RSVP at 831-425-0690 or rsvp@scyc.org
Wine Tasting / Potluck
Saturday, August 17 at 5:30pm
Monterey County Fair Amateur Wine
Makers will donate the wine. You bring a dish to
share. Everyone Welcome! No RSVP’s needed.
Western Theme Buffet Dinner
Sunday, August 18
New members Nancy & Mike Neidig, Sara Swenson,
Commodore Rob Schuyler, Tyler Karaszewski (with
daughter Katie) and Robert Curtis
5:30pm Cocktails
6:30pm Dinner
$17.50pp (plus tax and tip)
RSVP 831-425-0690 or rsvp@scyc.org
Membership Report
Regular
Junior
Life
431
86
9
Non-Resident
Corinthian
Honorary
72
50
26
Total 674
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