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The Mainsheet
October 2014
Opti Fleet sailors line up on the beach preparing to race!
Volume 47, Number 10
Latitude: 30°32’29”N Longitude: 87°54’14”W
Threatening weather that didn’t show up . . .
The Wadewitz regatta has come
and gone and this years event was a
great success! We had beautiful
weather, a favorable breeze and one
hundred and thirty six sailboats.
These boats sailed on six different
courses and had the help of approximately forty volunteers. The classes
that participated were the Optimist
Green, Optimist Red, White and
Blue, Sunfish, Laser Radial, Fish and 420's. Also we had
our PHRF/ Portsmouth fleet, Finn Class and our GYA
Capdevielle Event. Our FYC Capdevielle Team scored “in
the silver” and did a great job representing our club. The
results will be on the FYC Web Page. It was nice to see such
a large turn out of sailors, families and friends and seeing
everyone having fun. I want to give a special thanks to our
FYC Employees who did a great job accommodating all of
our guests and members throughout this busy weekend
event.
John Hirsh
FYC Rear Commodore
The Capdevielle race results: PCYC took first place
followed by SYC in second and FYC in third. The
team for FYC was Joe Comer, Chris Morrison, Sarah
Boyd, Margaret Ollinger and David Bolyard (PontYC).
Randy Fitz-Wainwright
FYC Fleet Captain
Winners of the reestablished Wadewitz
perpetual trophy for
the overall winner of
the Capdevielle race,
Kevin Northrop
(FYC/PCYC), Millie
Ollinger (FYC),
Thomas Duffy (PCYC)
and GYA PC Danny
Killeen Jr (PCYC). Not pictured, John Dane,III (PCYC)
From the
GY Rear Commodore
At the 2012 GYA Winter Meeting, the GYA
John
Board of Directors voted to replace the
Pereira,
Flying Scot as the Capdevielle boat for interPhillip
club competition, with 2018 being the first
Dobbins,
year the new boat will be used. While the
and Mitch
Flying Scot has served the GYA well, as did
Powell, old
its predecessor the Fish boat, sleeker designs
Opti friends
and
technology
propelled the GYA in this direction.
back on the
Under
the
guidance
of GYA Commodore Corky Potts
water togeth(SYC)
a
subcommittee
was appointed to study possible
er again in
boats and make a recommendation to the Board of
Lasers!
Directors at the 2015 Winter Meeting to be held at Biloxi
Yacht Club Jan. 9-11. Members of the subcommittee
include the GYA Executive Committee, Chair of the
Capdevielle Committee, and 2 representatives each from
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. The ‘New
Boat Selection Committee’ is working to determine the best
criteria of a new boat (cost, length, # of crew, ease of rigging, ease of travel, etc.). The criteria is derived, in part,
from answers to the questionnaire sent to all GYA clubs in
2012. As you can imagine, there are many, many options
from which to choose. Once the list of possible boats is
narrowed, a demo will take place (most likely in November
and either on Lake Pontchartrain or on Mobile Bay) to give
all interested parties an opportunity to see the boats and
Chef Rob’s Fall Gourmet Tour was a delectable tour de
cast an informed vote at the 2015 Winter Meeting.
force enjoyed by everyone who tasted the offerings.
PC Cathy Cromartie
The success assures us that it will be repeated!
Rear Commodore, GYA
Fall Gourmet Tour
The GoDaddy.com Bowl Regatta will be
sailed on November 1! Plan for it now!
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BRIDGE
Commodore
Vice Commodore
Rear Commodore
Fleet Captain
Fleet Surgeon
Secretary
Dan Herzog
Gary Garner
John Hirsh
Randy Fitz-Wainwright
Dr. Bill Goetter
Marie Bidney
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Glen Cunninngham
Mark Elliot
Tommy Fuller
PC Cathy Cromartie,
PC Steve McClure
Chris Dabney
Ernie Berger
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Finance
Kay Robberson
Memorial
Pat Colvin 928-3276
Entertainment
Gary Garner 533-2599
Building/Grounds
Harvey Cunningham 928-1905
Food & Bev Chair John Nelson
Insurance/Marine Safety
David Barr 928-8809
Harbor
John Adams 402-9985
Associates
PC Barbara Brown 605-5197
Sarah Johnston-Cox 928-0986
Membership
Brian Snider 423-0495
Offshore
Randy Fitz-Wainwright 377-8419
Cruising
Tere Mills
Adult Sailing
John Helmstadter (956)495-5147
Race and Regatta
John Hirsh 928-9360
Junior Commodore
Jarrett Laird
Juniors Advisors
Mikeal & Joel Donald 454-4381
Historians
PC Barbara Brown 605-5917
Sarah Johnston-Cox 928-0986
Guardian
John Adams 402-9985
GYA Coordinator
Randy Fitz-Wainwright 377-8419
Rhodes 19 Fleet
Gary Garner 533-2599
Star Fleet
Carl Wainwright 377-8419
Mainsheet Editor
Nancy Fitzpatrick 928-3089
Mainsheet Photography Jacque McCants 604-3030
Long Range Planning
Sabe Fink
ICRC
Geoff Kennedy
Pool
Gary Garner 533-2599
FYC Auxiliary
Tracy Hirsh 928-9360
Office: Mon-Fri 8:00am-12:00, 1:30-4:30pm
Phone: 251-928-3276 Fax: 251-990-8602
Email: office@fairhopeyachtclub.com
Club Office: 101 Volanta, Fairhope AL 36532
Mailing Address: Box 1327, Fairhope AL 36533
Web address: www.fairhopeyachtclub.com
From the Commodore
What an excellent event the
Wadewitz Regatta turned out to
be--with dry weather and light to
medium winds -we had two days
of fine sailing. Thanks to all the
volunteers for organizing and providing first class racing for all the competitors.
Rear Commodore John Hirsh and his many volunteers are to be commended. This year's
Regatta had one of the largest turnouts in years.
It was especially nice to see our Green Fleet
Competitors (our youngest age sailors) with over
double the number of racers from last year. This
year's Regatta resulted in the the unveiling of a
new Wadewitz Cup Trophy. The original trophy
was lost in Hurricane Katrina. Now 10 years
after the last awarding of the original Wadewitz
Cup to the winning Capdevielle Regatta competing club, FYC is proud to have a new Wadewitz
trophy. Congratulations to this year's winner,
Pass Christian Yacht Club. They will get their
name added to the trophy base. Sarah Johnston
Cox had the idea to replace the Wadewitz
Trophy, and assisted by Past Commodore
Barbara Brown moved the idea forward. Past
Commodore Paul Ring donated the base which
he beautifully crafted from mahogany. Paul
carved the half model of the Flying Scot (the sailboat now utilized for this event) that was applied
to the base. Chris Banjanin helped locate this
cup and get it hand-engraved. In the past, the
original Wadewitz trophy always stayed at
Fairhope Yacht Club. Going forward the tradition will continue with the winning club's name
added each year.
A quick note on the dredging project. We are
still planning to dredge around the island sometime in October. Sufficient notice will be given to
move boats as needed. It will certainly be good
to finish this much needed project.
See you at the Club and on the water.
Dan Herzog
Commodore
At Half
Mast:
JIMMY
SCHLUMPF
From the Rear Commodore
Celebrating the best on the Bay . . . FISH!
We have two more races on the horizon that will
occur on October 25th and November 1st. They are
the Double Handed Regatta and the GoDaddy.com
Regatta. The Double Handed race is a race where
there can be only two sailors per boat and the challenge is sailing without a full compliment of crew. The
GoDaddy.com Regatta is sailed with PHRF,
Portsmouth, youth and one design classes and offers
good sailing, and nice football tickets to the
GoDaddy.com bowl. Both of these regattas are a lot of
fun and I look forward to seeing you out on the course.
And then, there’s Dauphin Island 2015. Fairhope
Yacht Club is hosting the Dauphin Island Race next
year and we are working on our Regatta Brochure.
This brochure is where the history of the race is
explained along with the Sailing Instructions for the
race and other important information is explained.
We also sell adds that are printed in the brochure and
use these funds to help offset some of the expenses for
the event. One interesting thing the the Hirsh Family
did last time FYC hosted the race is we bought an ad
and used a family picture with the caption "We wish
FYC and all Sailors Fair Winds". I thought that this
was pretty cool and invite others to do this as well.
After all, it is for a good cause.
John Hirsh
FYC Rear Commodore Youngest, Andrew Brennan in second place with Louise
From the GY Rear Commodore
At the 2012 GYA Winter Meeting, the
GYA Board of Directors voted to replace
the Flying Scot as the Capdevielle boat for
interclub competition, with 2018 being the
first year the new boat will be used. While
the Flying Scot has served the GYA well, as
did its predecessor the Fish boat, sleeker
designs and technology propelled the GYA
in this direction.
Under the guidance of GYA Commodore Corky Potts
(SYC) a subcommittee was appointed to study possible
boats and make a recommendation to the Board of
Directors at the 2015 Winter Meeting to be held at Biloxi
Yacht Club Jan. 9-11. Members of the subcommittee
include the GYA Executive Committee, Chair of the
Capdevielle Committee, and 2 representatives each from
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. The ‘New
Boat Selection Committee’ is working to determine the best
criteria of a new boat (cost, length, # of crew, ease of rigging, ease of travel, etc.). The criteria is derived, in part,
from answers to the questionnaire sent to all GYA clubs in
2012. As you can imagine, there are many, many options
from which to choose. Once the list of possible boats is
narrowed, a demo will take place (most likely in November
and either on Lake Pontchartrain or on Mobile Bay) to give
all interested parties an opportunity to see the boats and
cast an informed vote at the 2015 Winter Meeting.
PC Cathy Cromartie
Rear Commodore, GYA
Douglas, 3rd, and Denny Bloom (on his knees since he is
twice Louise’s height) 1st, show off the trophies for the Fish
Class race. They shared the wins as well, with Denny taking 2 races and Andrew and Louise winning one each.
Interesting East winds sent the racers toward the high
bluffs which always challenge the skill of the skipper!
Thanks to Joe McIntosh for the
One-Design photographs
Joe McIntosh
received the
Yacht Club of
Quebec (Canada)
burgee from their
CEO, Mr. André
Blais.
Junior Commodore Meet the newest members of
Catherine Donald
the FYC Junior Sailing team!!!
Even though summer is over,
there is still more sailing to
join in on. The Fall Dingy
Series started Sunday,
September 21st. It was a slow
kick off, but hopefully more
can come out to join on
October 4! This is for all classes of boats. A big
thanks to Jessica Yeager for doing a great clinic
for the Opti green fleet sailors. Over this past
weekend, September 26- 27, there was great participation from the FYC Juniors in Wadewitz.
Catherine Donald
Jr. Commodore
If you have seen more activity on the beach the
last several Sundays, it is because Jessica Yeager
has been working with this new group of sailors
to get ready for their first Opti Green RegattaWadewitz. The clinics were held over three
Sunday afternoons and the sailors worked on figure eight drills, follow the leader, tacking, jibing
and starting a race. We look forward to seeing
them grow up in the Jr. Sailing program.
Sunday, September 21st was the KickOff of the
Fall Dinghy Series. The series will run on Sunday
afternoons at 2pm through November 2. All participants are welcome, you can sail an Opti,
Sunfish, 420 or Laser and the finishes are adjusted with each boats PHRF rating.
Opti Green Clinic Participants From left to right- Gray Smith, Carter Smith, Winston Smith, Amelia Koser, Jake
Loftin, Isabel Havard, Nate Hartwell and Cruz Dabney
FYC Juniors participated on 4 Wadewitz Junior Courses
The Juniors had a great turnout for Wadewitz this
year! We had 4 Club 420s, 2 lasers, 2 sunfish, and 8
opts racing! The 80% chance of rain never material-
ized and thanks to three great race committees, each
course ran at least 5 races!
Great Job to all new skippers and thanks to everyone for supporting our home regatta!
At right, Skipper Caleb Milham and Crew Max Morgan in his
first race- they are in second place at the end of day 1
At left, Margaret Ollinger at the helm.
Junior photographs by Elizabeth McGriff
More pictures on the 2 next pages
Lasers, Sunfish, 420s and the best Juniors in the GYA!
The 80%chance of rain never
materialized!! The Wadewitz regatta was a huge success and we had
several juniors that braved the bad
forecast to represented our club.
FYC juniors took 1st, 2nd and 3rd
in the 420 class, 1st in Lasers, 3rd
in Sunfish and we had 8 sailors in
the Opti green fleet. Thanks to
everyone for supporting the regatta
and all the support boats and PRO
who made it happen.
Thanks to all the coaches,
parents and friends of FYC
Juniors who submitted pictures for this Mainsheet.
The Opti Green Fleet on the next page
The Green Fleet outnumbered everyone!
This fleet of small white butterflys filled the grey
day with activity. Their personal PRO Jessica Yeager
took them through the steps of racing and put them
on the water for a day for fun, bumping boats and
instruction under close guidance. Parents, after wading in to help rig the boats, watched from the fishing
pier and cheered their sailors as they passed.
Green Fleet photographs were submitted by first-time Green Fleet parent, Amanda Comer.
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Restaurant & Bar Hours Of Operation
(251-928-8888 for Dinner Reservations) Happy Hours 4-7pm EVERY NIGHT!
Sun
11am-8pm
Mon
4-9pm(Bar)
Tue
4-9pm(Bar)
Wed
4pm-9pm
Thu
4pm-9pm
Fri
11am-10pm
Sat
11am-10pm
October~2014
1 6:30 JrYC
2
7:30 M’ship
Meeting
5
Associates
Mixer
4-6pm
6
7
6pm PotLuck
Taco Tuesday!
12
WFORC 13
PYC
6pm PotLuck
FISH WORLD
BucYC
19
20
Porch Social 6pm PotLuck
6pm-8pm
26
Fish Class 27
Curran Cup 6pm PotLuck
BucYC
14
8
Membership 9
Comm.
15
21 Wine &
16
Auxiliary
Meeting
11am-1pm
Movie Night
6:30pm
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23
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24
29
30
31
Taco Tuesday!
Clean-Up!
11
10
WFORC
PYC
FISH WORLD
BucYC
FYC Aux YardSale
18
25
Fish Class
Curran Cup
BucYC
FYC Food &
Wine Show!
Food Paring
Benefit
Taco Tuesday!
28
4 Saturday
Seafood
Jubilee
Beer & Bingo
6:30 to 8:30
Taco Tuesday!
3
Halloween!
7-10PM
GoDaddy
Bowl
Regatta!
30
31
Weekly dinner
specials:
6pm
PotLuck Wed: Fried Catfish; Thurs: Country-fried Steak; Fri: Prime Ribs;
Sat: Baby-back Ribs. Let us keep your kitchen cool while we cook for you this Summer!
WHAT’s Happening!
First Saturday Grounds Clean-Up! Join in the fun,
meet more members and help keep your club clean.
Sunday Fun Races: Every Sunday, 2:00pm, sign in at
the bar and check your handicap start time.
Monday night Pot Luck: 6:00, Bring a dish and enjoy
the evening with FYC members.
Tacos on Tuesday: Sunset on the Bay and tacos.
2nd Fridays: Movie night and supper for our young
members while you enjoy the service in the Dining Room.
Beer and Bingo: 3rd Wednesday-in the Ballroom
Oct 3, Auxiliary Lunch: A special presentation of the
history of service at FYC and voting for officers. $10 annual
dues. Don’t miss this meeting!
Oct 5, Associates Mixer: A special program has been
prepared for our new associates. You are invited to meet
the Bridge and Committees, learn about the history and
traditions of our club and enjoy refreshments.
Oct 11, Nautical Yard Sale: Underneath the club, 8am
- 1pm, open to all. Come set up a table and make a little
money for your new sail fund!
Oct 17, Seafood Jubilee: The bounty of the Bay and
Gulf, prepared for you in style.
Oct 19, Porch Social: Our best on the porch! Enjoy finger foods and drinks with your friends at sunset.
Oct 21: Wine and Food Paring with Silent Auction and
Raffle, benefiting Alabama Free Clinic (501c3 organization
providing health care for the medically disadvantaged citi-
zens of Baldwin County, 6:30 PM, $40 per person; $75 per
couple. Tickets by mail from AFC, POB 1284, Bay Minette,
Al 36507 or contact Bill Goetter
Oct 25, Double-handed Regatta: The Challenge is
only 2 sailors on board!
October 25, 2nd Annual FYC Food & Wine Show!
$25 per person or $45 per couple, +tax and gratuity. Join
us for a fun-filled evening of food & wine presented by
our restaurant staff. You will be able to try new wines
paired with a unique menu to include live action cooking
stations, meet wine and food vendors, watch a cooking
demonstration by Chef Rob and perhaps win one of the
door prizes! Last year’s event was a huge success so make
your reservations early! There will be no regular dinner
service this evening, but Game Day items will be provided in the bar.
Oct 31, Halloween Costume Party: 7:00-10:00 PM
underneath the club. We will have prizes for the best costumes for men and women and special appetizer specials
all night.
Nov 1, GoDaddy.com Bowl Regatta: Want a ticket to
the bowl game? Sail the Regatta!
Nov 12, Auxiliary Bake Sale: at USA School of
Nursing. Drop off individually wrapped baked goods
Tuesday afternoon at FYC. Sign up to work a short shift at
November meeting.
Nov 27, Thanksgiving Feast: Let the club take the
effort out of your holiday with a fantastic buffet.
Restaurant & Bar Hours Of Operation
(251-928-8888 for Dinner Reservations) Happy Hours 4-7pm EVERY NIGHT!
Sun
11am-8pm
Mon
4-9pm(Bar)
Tue
4-9pm(Bar)
Wed
4pm-9pm
Thu
4pm-9pm
Fri
11am-10pm
Sat
11am-10pm
November~2014
Weekly dinner specials: Wed: Fried Catfish;
Thurs: Country-fried Steak; Fri: Prime Ribs; Sat: Baby-back Ribs.
Look for special Holiday closing hours Thanksgiving Week
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4
6pm PotLuck
Taco Tuesday!
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11
6pm PotLuck
Taco Tuesday!
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Porch Social 6pm PotLuck
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25
6pm PotLuck
Taco Tuesday!
6pm-8pm
30
Taco Tuesday!
5
6:30 JrYC
7:30 M’ship
Meeting
12
7 Auxiliary
Meeting
11am-1pm
8
13
14
15
Movie Night
6:30pm
20
Beer & Bingo
6:30 to 8:30
26
GoDaddy
Bowl Regatta
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Membership
Comm.
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Thank
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Seafood
Jubilee
sgiving 28
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Meet
our Staff! MEET CHEF ROB JUR
“October 18 will be my fourth anniversary here,” says
Chef Rob Jur. “It’s hard to believe it has been that long.”
Chef Rob and his family already knew the area when
they moved here from Indiana, since he had family in
the area and his wife’s parents had a vacation home on
Dauphin Island. “I knew I wasn’t going to need a snow
shovel here, and that was an important factor.”
Chef Rob and his wife Jenny are happy with the weather, the proximity to the beach and to their favorite city,
New Orleans. “We spent some time in Paris, and New
Orleans has the same old-world vibe,” he says. The couple also finds the Gulf Coast a great place to indulge in
their shared interest in motorcycles. “I’m not a motorcycle mechanic, but I’m getting there, and I’m working on
Jenny’s bike right now. We really enjoy being able to get
out and ride, and there are so many places we can go
around here.”
When the chef isn’t riding, or visiting the Big Easy, he
can be found in the club kitchen, working on new menu
items, special events, and ways to make things better for
the members. “The challenges of private club food service were bigger than I thought, and I am grateful that the
club has been patient and allowed me time to make it all
work,” he says. “I’m proud of my excellent staff, and I’m
excited that we continue to show increased sales and
member participation at the club. Basically, the members vote on what we do by continuing to show up.”
Last month, Chef Rob presented the first annual “Fall
Gourmet Tour,” a ten-course
gourmet tasting dinner. This
month, he is offering a winetasting. “These events aren’t for
everyone – there is no one
event that appeals to all the
members. But we will continue
to try new concepts and see
which ones have staying power.
And we want to hear from the
members about what they’d like
to see on the calendar.”
One innovation that is here to stay is the “Small Plates”
menu. Chef says it has been a huge success, and it will
continue to evolve, taking advantage of seasonal ingredients and member input. “The concept works,” he says,
“and now we want to make it better. We will change
menu items about quarterly, and at the end of the year
we will have a good idea of what to repeat and what to
change.”
“I really love the career I’ve chosen,” says the chef.
“Cooking–feeding people–satisfies the social, communal
instincts. People have to eat, but they like to eat as part
of a community, as a social outlet. This is very satisfying
to me.” He admits he doesn’t do much cooking at home,
though, as he is spoiled by the commercial kitchen and
the wide variety of equipment and ingredients. “We have
a great kitchen. It’s a beautiful club. I’m happy here.”
Just Crusin’
Thank goodness the
heat of summer is
gone. We are ready to
get out on the water
and go have some fun
cruising.
The next outing is to
Point Yacht Club for
the Lost Bay Regatta.
That event will be held October 4. We will leave the
club on Friday and return Sunday. You can call
Barber Marina to reserve a slip for Friday and
Saturday night for $25.00 per night. Tell them you
are with the Lost Bay Regatta when you make your
reservation. Some cruisers like to
stay at Ingrams Bayou or Pirates
Cove on Friday night and Barbers
Marina Saturday night for the cook
out and party. Barbers Marina
leaves their rest rooms and showers open all night for us.
In November we will sail to Pensacola to the Naval
Air Station Pensacola. We will be there to watch the
Blue Angels show. This year the NAS Pensacola is
celebrating its 100th Anniversary. NAS Pensacola
was established in 1914. The website is www.naspensacolairshow.com. We usually anchor at Ft McRee.
On Sunday December 7 we will
have the Harbor Open Boat. We
ask that everyone in the FYC harbor and parking lot decorate
their boat for this. You may also
open your boat to visitors on
Sunday afternoon and provide
cookies and punch. All members
are welcome to come and see the Christmas
Decorations and visit on the boats, in the parking lot,
bar and restaurant with our members.
Fair Winds and Seas and a Leak Free Boat
Tere Mills
FYC Cruising Captain
Club racing & sailing
9/7/14: We are off and running (I mean sailing). The
weather looked a little tentative with a light wind and
some boomers banging around. However, 5 boats took a
chance and were rewarded with a fairly nice day of sailing
and racing. The wind was fairly steady about 5 to 8 knots
and not a drop of rain fell on the course. Skedadle passed
all to finish1st (Off to a good start Rick) about 1 and 1/2
minutes ahead of Damn Yankee with a new boat (OGOPOGO) just 20 seconds later in 3rd place. I understand
Ogopogo has something to do with a Big Sea Monster so
watch out!
Hoping Fall weather will be here soon for some pleasant
sailing and racing and you call all be out there
9/14/14: Quite an interesting day. Usual chance of thunderstorms and half way decent winds. 6 (maybe 7...see
below) boats showed up for the start. Once we got started
Damn Yankee took off like a bat and never looked back.
The wind slowed way down and it took awhile to get to the
3rd mark where the wind kicked up really quick (maybe to
12 knots ???) and made the last leg the best sail of the day
and somewhat exciting. Once Damn Yankee crossed the
finish line 1st (would you believe 15 minutes ahead of anyone else? Whatever you are doing Rick, it's working great),
Then Ogopogo (2nd) Patriot (3rd), and Skedadle (4th) all
crossed within a minute of each other. NOW THAT HAS
GOT TO BE SOME EXCITING RACING. .
9/21/14: Not too bad a day and 7 boats were there for the
race. Winds were light < 10 knots and the Sport Boats
were back. Two of them anyway, and they do go fast as
they beat the pack by about 50 minutes. STOKED! was 1st
and Miss Scarlett not far behind. Great job Chappie.
Whatever you did to the boat worked. 3rd place went to
Ogopogo. Would you believe the wind freshened just as
the race ended (for me way in last place) so I had a great
sail for another hour.
FYC Auxiliary News
This month's October 3rd, meeting starts our new year
and 2014/2015 looks like it is going to be a great one! We
will be welcoming Auxiliary members Tallulah Bung and
Anna Myers as speakers in October and they will share
some history on FYC and the original Auxiliary. We are
looking forward to hearing about what the Auxiliary did
then and how they helped to make the FYC we know now!
With the start of our new year, we will be electing new
officers at the October meeting. Elections will be held for
President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.
Nominations will be made from the floor, according to our
by-laws, and voting will immediately follow. Do not miss
this meeting and your chance to vote or serve and help
determine the direction for the coming year.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 11th. The
Auxiliary will host a Nautical Yard Sale from 8am - 1pm
underneath the club. Bring your items for sale and set up
your own table and start selling or trading! The proceeds
from your sale are yours to keep. You may choose to bring
new or used boat items, nautical decor or
anything else! If you have items you
would like to get rid of but don't want to
bother with selling, donate them to the
Auxiliary and we will sell them instead! Call
or email Tracy Hirsh, to arrange for pick up of any items
you would like to donate. All proceeds raised through sales
from the Auxiliary table will go to our general fund. Any
unsold items will be donated. If you don't have anything to
sell, come on down
and check out the
items available! You
are sure to find a
treasure!
Tracy Hirsh
FYC Auxiliary
President
From the Fleet Surgeon:
Chain, China, Shackles and Swivels
To allow my windless of 2 years to do the
"heavy lifting" of my ground tackle, I recently
added 110 feet of chain to my system. The
shackle connecting to chain to the 35# CQR
was old (the CQR is 29 years old) and seemed
to me to be the "weak link" in my system. I
purchased the correct size of galvanized steel
shackle but froze when I saw "CHINA" stamped in the new
steel. I reconnected chain to anchor with the old shackle
and made a note to self to buy one the next trip to the
marine chandlery. Am I being too cautious? Perhaps, but I
will sleep better at anchor.
Swivels came into discussion very recently with the
report of loss of an anchor due to swivel failure and concerns over the use of swivels on joining multiple anchors
during a tropical storm. To provide clarity to the questions
regarding swivels I pulled out Don Bramford's book
Anchoring from my sailing reference library. On page 82 he
advises against placing a swivel between an anchor and
chain. The swivel of the same size of the the chain is significantly weaker than the chain and thus IS the "weak link".
However, on page 145 he quotes Larry Pardey on the use
of a swivel to connect multiple anchor chains for mooring a
boat with anchors. Bramford repeats this recommendation
on page 175 when discussing hurricane anchoring. These
swivels for this application are massively constructed and
are a totally different from the swivel which may be used to
connect an anchor to the chain of an anchor rode.
Marine anchor systems
Monohull System Shown for illustration
only, always use hot dipped galvanized
shackles and seize the pins with monel wire
per Colligo Marine guidelines. Shown with
anchors placed at 120 degrees from each
other and with the system hanging about 5
feet below the boat, in the water.
If you are placing your boat on an anchoring system in
preparation for a storm, then this product is for you. It
allows you to place 3 anchors and couple them together
with a swivel and then run two or three lines back to your
monohull or multihull boat, respectively. The boat can then
swivel on the anchors without getting the anchor chains
twisted around each other. We recommend running chain
from your anchors to the system and then nylon lines to
your boat.
Safe anchoring,
Dr Bill Goetter
Fleet Surgeon
What: Wine and Food Paring
with Silent Auction and Raffle
Why: Fund Raiser for Alabama
Free Clinic (501c3 organization
providing health care for the
medically disadvantaged citizens
of Baldwin County
When: Tuesday Oct 21 6:30PM
Where: Fairhope Yacht Club
Tickets: $40 per person; $75 per
couple
How: Tickets by mail from AFC,
POB 1284, Bay Minette, Al 36507
or contact Bill Goetter
September Membership
Report
Invited to Associate Membership:
Warren Adam
Vicki Armitage
Mark Breslin
Leo Francendese
Greg Fuquay
Mary Ludvigsen
Chris Moore
Brad Morgan
Mary Younce
Approved for Equity Membership:
Trisha Bohlen
Doug Carter
Luke Engeriser
Todd Landau
Douglas Redman
Welcome aboard,
Brian Snider, Chair
Transitional Membership at FYC
As your children reach their majority, their
privileges as a family member terminate.
While they are certainly welcome to enjoy the
club as your accompanied guests, they no
longer are considered for club purposes to be
part of your immediate family.
Transitional membership offers young adults
who wish to enjoy the use of the club as a member a more affordable option than the traditional equity membership.
Eligibility is limited to young adults aged 21 to
30. Annual dues are one half regular dues and
no debenture or security deposit is required.
Transitional members cannot vote nor hold
office nor have a permanent slip, but otherwise
have full privileges of the club.
Please consider sponsoring a young adult for
membership-it will help build your club.
Harbor report
New procedures for attaining harbor slips are
in the process of being codified. The Harbor
Committee is presenting them to the Board of
Governors for approval and will be publishing
them for the membership when they become
final.
Please remember that the Harbor Committee is
charged with providing the most equitable possible allocation of available slips.
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SAILING LESSONS
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