Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Volume 86 • Number 8 4th of july ... · the volunteers that made that event such a huge success. ABYC volunteers came through and showed their stuff on Alpha,

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Club ABYC .............................................. August 9A Cat North Americans ..................... August 10-16Build Your Own Omelet ......................... August 18Elm Street Band in Park ........................ August 18Membership Meeting ............................. August 23Mercury 18 Class Champs ............... August 23-25Catalina Cruise ................................. August 24-25Labor Day Regatta + Party ......... August 1 - Sept 1

August 2013 Official Publication of

Alamitos Bay Yacht ClubVolume 86 • Number 8

Jeff Merrill photo

Commodore’s Compass .................................... 2Vice Verses ....................................................... 2Rear View ....................................................... 3-4Junior Sailing .................................................. 4-6Membership Report ......................................... 10Transpac ......................................................... 12Slate & Voting Dates ....................................... 13Fleet News ................................................. 13-15

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A regatta for the young and ageless“Mom, I won the regatta!”That was 13-year-old Maura Cannon shouting across the boat yard after being shown the final results of Alamitos

Bay Yacht Club’s annual Fourth of July Regatta Sunday. The slight youngster from Balboa YC led a BYC assault on theNaples Sabot classes with first place in Sabot C2s, the first victory ofher budding career.

David Wood and Brad Hilliard, also BYC, won Sabot B andSabot C1, respectively, racing on the inside bay, while outside onthe ocean course ABYC’s Mike Wood drove dad Ron’s Cal 20 to firstplace as Matt Struble of San Diego won the last six A-Class catamaranraces, discarding his worst finish: a second place in the weekend’sfirst race.

Also notable: Peter Sangmeister, 11, of the Long Beach YCwon 8 of 9 Sabot C3 class races. It was his first regatta.

Then there was Barney Flam, ageless at 89 and still drivinghis No. 9 Cal 20 called Rigormortis, perhaps recalling when he startedsailing at the age of Cannon or Sangmeister.

Conditions Sunday stepped up from Saturday. Oceancompetitors were greeted by whitecaps at noon as a southwestbreeze built from 10 to the mid-teens that got the A-Cats’ hulls flying.

“The boat’s really working well,” said Struble, who is pointingtoward next month’s A-Cat Nationals at ABYC.

There were only 38 boats, the event’s fewest in several years, but on the bright side that was 37 more than willopen the America’s Cup competition (one) at San Francisco Monday. Of course, the entry fees were a bit higher there.

Rich Roberts photosRuss Cole photo boat captain

Matt Struble won the last 6 of 7 races to run away with first place in the A-class catamaran class

Matthew Fairbanks sails past Brad Hilliard

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Ron Popeil Are you all ready for a very busy end to summer? I hope so, because we have a lot going on at the club. August and September are when we traditionally hold class

championship regattas. This year we are hosting the A-Cat North American’s, as well as theSantana 20 and Mercury 18 Class championships. If you would like a front row seat on thewater, we have plenty of space on Patience, or the whalers. You can sign up on our clubwebsite event pages, or see our Fleet Captain Latham Bell, and he can hook you up.

Our most popular summer races, the Lido/Sabot twilights, as well as LBYC and SLBYC’sWednesday and Thursday beer can races continue thru September. Come down to race or

spectate, and don’t miss the galley dinners. On Friday’s the bar is open with light dinner, the Nirvana II’s are sailing, andwe are providing world class sunsets on the bay.

But wait, there’s more! It’s also time for the Catalina cruise, the BBQ series, and the pine block regatta. Of courseit’s not time to end summer and send the kids back to school before the big Labor Day Regatta and party. We also have offthe water activities including bridge, ladies nights, and an Angels baseball outing. Events are being added all the time.Some events are created by the Social Advisory Committee, but others are from the members and fleets. Bring us yourideas for club activities, and we will work to make them happen.

Have a fantastic summer, and I look forward to seeing you at the club.Cheers,Mike

What a great month of sailing! From the end of June and throughout July we’ve been doing nothing but sailing and special events at the club. At the end of June, we had three days of Long Beach Race Week. THANK YOU to all

the volunteers that made that event such a huge success. ABYC volunteers came through andshowed their stuff on Alpha, Bravo and Charlie courses, plus threw a fantastic party on Fridaynight! Social Advisory outdid themselves with great decorations handing from the flag pole overthe patio and Naples Rib Joint provided a great spread! Kelly and his staff put their best effortsinto bar and food service. There were more than 90 members involved as volunteers. Manythanks go to Jon Robinson that served as co-chair for the event with Randy Beers of LBYC.Planning is already underway for next year’s event….lets see if we can produce another great

event.Fourth of July Regatta was a small but great event. Steve and I finally got to go racing! Lars Rosenblad and the

Laser fleet put together a stellar event. It was Lars first time as regatta chair and he ran a well organized event. To makethings even better, we had beautiful warm weather, strong breeze and a great BBQ on Saturday night. Competition in theCal 20 Fleet was strong. We had three women skippers giving the guys a run for their money! I’m looking forward to LaborDay Regatta!

BBQ Series on July 13, 2013 had a very light turn-out of only Lido 14s. But, what we lacked in participation wemade up for with BIG fun. It was a great afternoon with strong breeze. Race Committee ran two long bay races with thefinish between the ABYC flag pole and the restaurant across the channel. BBQ was a nice finish to a great day with manyshared salads and wine! Next BBQ race days are July 27(new member appreciation party) and August 10. If you decidenot to race, come down and enjoy the BBQ on the patio on August 10.

Multihull Regatta was by the Sr. Sabot and Finn fleets. (100% participation by the Finn fleet.) We had three fleetsracing outside. PRO Glenn Selvin put together a strong series of races in challenging conditions. He did such a good jobthat we adopted him as part of the Ellis Family! Who knew we could have light air and drizzle in the middle of July? Manythanks to Jane McNaboe, Sabot Fleet Captain and Jeff McDermaid, BOD Liaison, for all your hard work on the regatta.

What’s going on with the Yard and Building? We’ll try not to replay a broken record but now that we’re working ona repaving plan for the yard we’re stepping up our patrols. Sometime in the not too distant future, we will be movingeverything out of the yard to complete the repairs. PLEASE come down and clean up around your boats and make sureyou tires and trailers are in good working order.

Also, there is under-utilized space in the yard. Demand for Sabot racks is lower than the space available, so weare studying if it is possible to remove some of the racks to open space for larger boats. I’m open to suggestions – but planto be out there with my measuring tape to see what we can do.


2012/13OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

Commodore Mike [email protected]

Vice Commodore Jennifer [email protected]

Rear Commodore Chuck [email protected]

Jr. Staff Commodore Jon [email protected]

Fleet Captain Latham [email protected]

Secretary Jeff [email protected]

DirectorsJunior Program Dave Michaelis

[email protected] Chuck Tripp

[email protected] Paul Anctil

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Treasurer Nicole Peoples

Junior Commodores Kevin Baumann/Kevin Leddy

Fleet Surgeon Karen Rice

Judge Advocate Tom Ramsey

Fleet Chaplain Don Reiman

Port Captain Dave Myers

Sou’wester Editor/Layout Sharon Pearson

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Weekly Reader Glenn Selvin

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ABYC Phone (562) 434-9955

Homepage www.abyc.orgEmail [email protected]

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We’ve had a lot of questions about launching boats off the beach during the basin construction. The Board hasdiscussed several options, one of which seems to be to buy plastic lattice to lay down for traction on the sand. The plasticlattice is light weight and can be easily moved on to the beach and off back into the yard when not in use. Please let usknow if you have any designs for potential sand dollies that are cheap and easy to construct. This might help move Lidos,Finns and Lasers from the yard onto the beach without exposing trailers to ill effects of sand and salt water. We have a fewmonths to get organized, so please let your Board Members know of any ideas.

Jennifer Kuritz

If you blink you are going to miss out on everything that is going on at ABYC and July has beenno exception. It kicked off with the firemen’s fundraiser and fireworks show. If you attendedlast year and thought that was great, well this year was even better. The food was

outstanding, there were T-shirts being sold, and the firework show was almost 20 minutes long!It is always nice to come down to the club and support a great cause; we are all looking forwardto next year!

The Friday Night happy hours are a great way to close out your week and come down tokick off your weekend and enjoy the beautiful view. The 4th of July regatta had great wind andclose competition in the fleets. Following the races was a good BBQ chicken dinner out on thepatio, and you guessed it…great weather to go with it!

Junior twilights are in full swing…Wet Wednesdays with the Cal 20’s are always competitive with the Lidos rippingit up on Thursday’s, and the Nirvana’s rounding out the week of sailing. Then once again, it rolls right back into anotherFriday Happy Hour.

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BBQ series and the Etchells are sailing on Saturdays, and the Senior Sabots are roll tacking on Sunday. The firstbuild your own omelet was a solid turn out, and you cannot beat the view and weather, while enjoying some great homemade omelets. Try to make the next one you won’t regret it.

We also had the Multihull regatta, Junior Beach Clean up, another week of Wet Wednesday’s, Thursday’s, andNirvana’s on Friday to follow up with BBQ series #2. We also have the new members appreciation BBQ coming up, and toclose out the month of July, we have the ABYC Beach Event.

Did I mention that if you blink you will miss out on the events that are going on at ABYC? We have tons of sailingand social events planned for the upcoming months, so keep a close eye on the website, Facebook, and the weekly readeremail blast as the events get posted regularly.

Here is what is coming up for August, so hang on and enjoy:We are hosting the Santana 20 Class championship Thursday 8/1 thru Sunday 8/4, and on August 2nd we are having ourFirst ABYC Angel Baseball and tail gate party which should be fun! Don’t forget Wet Wednesdays and Thursday Twilight’s,and on August 10th is the International A Cat North American Championship (8/10 – 8/16) along with the Etchells Fleet raceand BBQ series #3.

We also have a General Membership meeting, followed with the Catalina Cruise-so fun! Then there is the Mercury18 Class Championship and Senior Sabots on Sunday 8/25. After that it is one of our biggest regattas of the year, LaborDay which is always a good regatta and fun BBQ (check out the flyer on the website).

By now you have officially received the Basin 5 letter from your Commodore and Vice Commodore explaining theBasin 5 marina upgrade. ABYC is very fortunate for the opportunity of the city of Long Beach to rebuild Basin 5 andupgrade it to world-class standards. This is also the proper time to seize the opportunity to upgrade our launch ramp, hoistwings, yard, and parking lot. We have assembled multiple committees to manage and execute these projects.

Your flag officers and Board of Directors will be working double time to keep every member informed on theprogress and what is going on with the new basin upgrade. This is a VERY exciting time for all members of ABYC, as wewill have a new facility when it is complete, just in time to show off for the Special Olympics in 2015.

So keep an eye out for emails (weekly reader) and other notifications that will be keeping every member informed!Remember ABYC is THE Place to BE…Chuck Clay

Summer is flying by! So far we have participated in over eight regattas andthere’s still more to come! Back in the end of June, ABYC sent our Sabotteams down to Summer Gold Cup in Newport and did very well. There were

40 C3s and our team took second, fourth and sixth place with Bobby Little, NathanSih, and Ryan Elsharhawy, respectively. The first day was on the light air side butthe second day was so breezy that they had to cancel the races early! Bobby Little has submitted his own article recountinghis experience.

This past week, we have had three regattas here alone! ABYC hosted the Dick Sweet Team Racing Regatta andour team placed 4th overall after the first day of racing! There will be two more events to complete the series; hopefully ourteam will bring home the gold! On Wednesday we hosted the Sabot II North regatta with almost 50 sabots participating. Itwas a very breezy day with lots of capsizes but we managed to get 5 races in and our team did very well against the hardcompetition from the Newport area yacht clubs. Axel Stordahl was our top placing junior in 4th place overall! SammyElsharhawy placed 5th and Brett Peoples and Sarah Warren rounded out the top 10 placing 9th and 10th respectively.

To cap off the week we ended with the C-Fleet Championships. ABYC dominated the bay like usual taking the top3 positions. Rising star, Axel Stordahl, won the regatta with Hailey Thompson placing second, and Max Rosenblad takingthird! Sammy Elsharhawy, Nathan Sih and Shelby Stordahl also placed in the top ten at fifth, seventh, and tenth respectively.All of our sailors performed extremely well given the conditions, they should all be very proud of themselves.

Coming up we have Beach to Bay followed by Sabot Nationals down in Mission Bay! Wish our team luck as theyhead out to bring home more silver!

See you on the water.Matt Beck


perspectivejunior

My gold cup experienceI was nervous and excited while driving to the regatta and when I got there I was thinking to myself I can win

this but it will not be easy. When I arrived at Newport harbor yacht club I got my boat off the trailer, rigged my boatate a couple of donuts and then I went to find some of my friends who were also rigging their boats and I decided to lend ahelping hand, after I helped them rig their boats I went to get more donuts and hot chocolate then found my way to mymeeting and then my mom started slabbering me with sunscreen and then I got my class ribbon and put it on my boom andbefore u could put my boat in the water my mom gave me a kiss and then I went gliding through the water. We did threeraces that day and in every race I was whippin some Newport booty. My goal that day was to try to get top five In every raceI feel that I had completed my goal finishing top five in every race but one. The conditions in Newport were as predicted beinvery very light wind. When I got back to the dock I was unhappy that I got a sixth place and I took it out on my mommy andthen I went home and wrote in my “log” aka diary then I went straight to bed and got my beauty sleep for day two. The nextmorning I got more donuts, rigged my boat, put it in the water and went to the skippers meeting and realized it was windierthan yesterday then I looked at my scores from the previous day I was in fifth place then I knew I had a chance to win it all.And my new goal was to finish in all top five finishes to be able to win the regatta. There were boats crashing right and leftand the first race I had an amazing start and I finished in third place. The second race at the starting line it had became verywindy people started to capsize there were five seconds left until the start inside of those five seconds a girl crashed into meand swamped me and I ended up getting a fairly good start upwind it was pretty hectic and I rounded the mark and saileddownwind everyone was capsizing and I was looking around while also bailing my boat I knew that if I gybed I wouldcapsize I rounded the mark and I had rounded in second place and then I saw the kid in first place starting to capsize andI had obtained first place and then I went all the way upwind and finished in first place before we went to the lido isle docksand my coach had to tow me in the rest of the way and after that I ended back up at nhyc. I was so excited to see the results,i went To the front desk to see When the c3 scores would be posted. A few minutes later the scores had been posted andI saw that I ended up in second place. Then I waited for the trophy presentation and I was so excited and proud of myaccomplishments. Then my dad took a picture of me with my trophy . Then my coach told me I was done with c3’s and I canbecome a c2 and that’s is my gold cup experience.

Bobby Little

This past weekend, I participated in the High Sierra Regatta for the first time. I was excited (and a little relieved) to beinvited (I wasn’t exactly looking forward to racing in Newport instead). I had wanted to sail my Uncle Jay’s and familyfriend Steve’s new Viper, although when I was called to be their third, I must admit I was hesitant. I knew absolutely

nothing about the boat, but signed up anyway. After our 7-hour car-ride, we arrived in Huntington Lake Thursday evening.The lake is somewhere between Sequoia and Yosemite National Park, and it’s absolutely beautiful. I was extremely thankfulthat we stayed in a condo and didn’t camp like most of the others. The weekend counted towards two different regattas, theViper PCC’s and the High Sierra Regatta.

The regatta proved to be very challenging, andthe sailing was completely different than anything I’veever done before. I got to control jib trim upwind, takethe spinnaker pole in/out at the windward/leewardmarks, and stand on the bow to adjust heal whileplanning downwind. But by far the most difficult task ofthe weekend was dealing with the aspects of “lakesailing”—drastic puffs, shifts, and completely differentamounts of winds in different areas of the lake. AlthoughI must admit that freshwater sailing was very refreshing.

We did three races Friday, two Saturday, andone last one on Sunday. We ended up with a 3-1-1-1-1-2. The new experience was the most rewarding partof the weekend, by far. I am so grateful to have learnedsomething completely new and different during thisregatta, and hope to sail the boat again sometime soon!

Emily Golison

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boardjunior

ABYC juniors are encouraged to participate in community service projects, including beach clean ups. Thank you tothose who participated in our July 20 clean up, including Alan and Brett Peoples, Ryan and Sean Ayale and NathanSih. We had hoped for more, but perhaps the summer is already too busy. If you haven’t helped with one of our

beach clean ups, then you should try one. It’s fun to visit with friends, while you do something to help the community. Itcounts for two community service hours for middle or high school students so please keep a look out for future dates.

ABYC juniors like to have fun too! This year ABYC juniors will host a Bonfire at Bolsa Chica on August 16. We willbe there all day until about 9:00pm, so please join us. Look for the signup sheet outside Matt’s office in August.

The Junior Board will be accepting applications for next year during August, for the ABYC year from October, 2013-September, 2014. The Junior Board works to help ABYC with certain events, while teaching our juniors leadership skills. Applications are available on ABYC website. You must be an active member of ABYC in good standing, at least 12 yearsold and entering 8th-12th grades. Applications are due by August 30. Please email [email protected] if you have anyquestions.

Jennifer Golison

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The regatta is one of ABYC’s four traditional holidaysailfests, along with the spring’s Memorial Day Regatta andthe Labor Day and Turkey Day (Thanksgiving) regattas yetto come.

Cannon and Sangmeister can’t wait.“I just sailed the best I could,” Cannon said.Was she nervous?“I was singing to myself a lot,” she said.Mike Wood said, “It was a really beautiful day in Long

Beach … started out light and got to 15 or 18. Everybodywas on their game.”

Jennifer Kuritz, four points back in second place, wonthe only two races the Woods didn’t and had no finish worsethan third. Two of the other boats also had female helmspeople: Patty Nash and Cathy Black-Smith.

Complete resultsRich Roberts

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Maura Cannon (l.) of Balboa YC won last 3 races to claim Sabot C2class — her first regatta victory

Barney Flam and crew Dave Meyer

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benefitjuly 3 firemen’s Kathy Robinson photos

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race week 2013long beach

Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week brought broken hearts to some but a happy daze to others in a wild windup to theWest Coast’s largest keelboat regatta Sunday, co-hosted by the adjacent Long Beach and Alamitos Bay Yacht ClubsDaniel Woolery felt the experience both ways, and four of the other 14 class winners came from behind to prevail on

the third and final day—Jay Golison of ABYC in Viper 640s, David Hood of LBYC in Catalina 37s, Bob Lane of LBYC on hisMedicine Man in Random Leg 1 and Tony Festa of California YC in Open 5.70s.

Woolery, owner-skipper of Soozal, a King 40 from the Dana Point YC, had overcome a 10-point disqualificationsuffered by his team and six other boats in PHRF-2 class for rounding the wrong windward mark on Day 1 but battled backinto first place by winning all three races Saturday. Then, as he lined up for the first of two final races Sunday his boat was T-

boned in the portside transom by Tango, a J/133 fromBalboa YC coming downwind from the start line. Thedamage was so severe that both boats retired, leavingRob Sjostedt’s Flyer, an RP37 from Coronado YC, towin the last two races and, temporarily, the class.

But wait. As the awards ceremony got underway,since Soozal wasn’t at fault, race officials awardedredress based on the average of its first five races (1-10-1-1-1) and subtracted 2.8 points from his two 8-pointscores for the final two races that he didn’t sail. The result:a final tally of 19.6 points, four-tenths ahead of Flyer.“When we were hit I just thought it was over,” Woolerysaid. “I was just happy that we had sailed well as a team.Most of the guys have been with me the last four years.”Other good news was that a crew member from eachboat sustained injuries that were not as serious as ininitially feared.

Among the rest of the 156 boats on three race courses, Golison and his crew on their Viper 640 It’s All Good werehonored as one-design boat of the week for seizing the 25-boat class victory by one point from a fellow ABYC member. KevinTaugher had led the first two days until going 7-3 on Sunday as Golison scored 1-4 to hold off Taugher and Viper veteranGlyn Locke from the UK’s Isle of Wight by a single point. Golison thus qualified to compete in the EFG Bank Pan AmericanViper Championships in Miami next year.

Hood’s comeback rivaled Woolery’s. He finished a last-place 10th in the first race Friday but won four of the last fiveraces to edge fellow LBYC co-skippers Scott Mehler and Greg Morse by two points. Chuck Clay’s Team ABYC, the defendingchampion, took a four-point lead into the last day but slipped to third overall with an 8-5 windup. Some sudden changes in theweather may have been a factor. As a warm, sunny day slipped away into a misty overcast and a momentary sprinkle, anuncommon southeast wind held at 16 knots but turned uncertainly shifty. Hood said, “Chuck’s a great competitor, [but] at thelast leeward mark we decided to go right into what seemed to be smoother water, and the wind looked better on the right.”Clay and the other key rivals went left to cover oneanother as Hood and his team won the race and the title.

Lane, tuning up for another Transpacific YachtRace to Hawaii in the next few days, also came frombehind to win the last two Random Leg 1 races 18.5nautical miles around the harbor Saturday and Sunday,edging Victor Wild’s Bud, a TP52 from San Diego YC, byone point.

Thomas Wheatley’s Gator from ABYC,competing in Random Leg 2 class, was honored as PHRFboat of the week for its two-point win in tight competition.

The LBYC Blue team of Lane’s Medicine Man,Steve Crooke’s J/109 Sugar and Scott Mehler/GregMorse C/37 won the Yacht Club Challenge for combinedefforts.

Bill Durant’s Farr 40 Viva la Vida collected theGolison & Kent Family Trophy with his wife Pam and sonDustin on board.

Tony Festa, after a struggling at 2-4-8, pulled offa similar comeback among a dozen Open 5.70s with a 1-1-2-1 string over the last two days.

Rich Roberts

Rich Roberts photosRon Wood photo boat captain


Charity RegattaSeptember 22rd

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Alamitos Bay Yacht Club ~ Labor Day Regatta Party

endless summer Saturday, August 31

5:30 9:30 pm

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Salty Air, Sun Kissed Hair,

That Endless Summer, Take Me There

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Beach Boys Tribute Band! Hoop Dancers!

BBQ Chicken, Burgers & Dogs, Corn on the Cob

Margaritas and $2 Draft Beers!

Toast S Mores Over the Fire

$19.00/Adults; $10.00/Under 10(by Aug. 24) *$25 after Aug. 24* Register on line, by email at [email protected] or call (562) 434-9955

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Your membership committee has been enjoying the dog days of summer, relaxing and enjoying our Club. Hopeeveryone’s summer is going well. I don’t have any major vacation plans this summer, but whenever I drive throughthe gates at ABYC, I feel like I am on vacation. Definitely this is worth the price of admission!!!

The following new members were approved for membership at the July board meeting:New Member SponsorGrant Farrow Robin TownsendGreg Bosdet David MichaelisMike Pentecost Chuck TrippCraig Walker Latham BellDebbie Vince Lea BrownellScott Gronewold Ed SpotskeyRobert Stropky Jr. Steve BlomekeJim Leyland Tim CarterLindsey Mais Terry BishopSteve and Martha Gibson Betty Baumann

Please extend a warm welcome to them.Thanks again for all your support.Chuck Tripp, Dan Milefchik, and Ed Spotskey

Steve and Martha Gibson

The Stropky family - Robert Stropky, Jr., wife Maria with children Tommyand Karina

Mitch Schroeder with wife Barbara

Lindsay Mais

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LB State Mops up in ChinaThis past month, your CSULB Sailing Team was given the opportunity to sail in Xiamen,China in the first ever Pan Pacific University Sailing Championships. Sailed in J80s, teams

ranging from Taiwan, Singapore,China & your very own lone rangers from the US duked it out for thetop prize. With team Captain Shane Young at the helm, we’re proud to say that your team won everyrace & brought home the gold for our school, community and country!

It was no small feat getting to China and we would like to thank all of our sponsors andsupporters in helping us get across the Pacific. With the support, we were able to raise over $12,000 for our trip overseas& our team is very, very thankful for all the support that we’ve received. Special thanks to the US China Yachting Association& the Long Beach Qingdao Sister City Association for giving us a tremendous amount of support and motivation in going

to China. We couldn’t have done it without our sponsors! Thank you! We sent five guysto China. On the helm, of course, Shane Young, on main was Mark Ryan, trimming jib/spin was John Hill, on the bow was Nick Santos & doing pit was Tyler Webb.

After a 13 hour flight, we landed in Shanghai & spent a day exploring the massivecity & taking in our first experiences of China. The next day, we flew into Xiamen wherethe racing took place. After a day of tuning & clearing the barnacles off the bottom ofour boat, it was time to race! Our first race was a long distance course around theisland city of Xiamen. Our team was able to get a good lead from the start & lengthenedthat lead until the finish. Go Beach! The next six races were buoyed races & your teamwas able to pull away every race with clearly better boat handling skills, experience,speed and pointing. We prepared hard for our trip to China, received good advice fromSteve Flam and others, and our hard work paid off with seven straight bullets! Go

Beach!Your team had a really good time & met a lot of great people in China! Xiamen University pulled off a fun and

challenging regatta full of great culture experiences for visiting teams. After the regatta, we flew back to Shanghai andspent several more days taking in the far east’s culture & bizarre food. To be honest, we don’t really know what we atemost of the time...maybe it’s better that way! China is a country on the move and you can easily see it. We learned that40% of the world’s cranes are in China & it can easily be seen in its city’s landscapes. The people treated us well andthe whole experience was one to remember.

Go Beach!Mark Ryan

Team members John Hill & Shane Young

This year’s Transpac fleet of 58 boats started over a six day period fromJuly 8 through July 13, with the larger, faster boats starting last. It wasa truly international event with 13 of the boats being of foreign registry

including 5 boats from Japan, 2 from Australia, 1 from Germany, and 1 fromThailand.

Several ABYC members sailed on the race and some others helpedwith the race committee work. Those racing and the boats on which theysailed are: Eric Mc Clure (White Knight ), Howard Hamlin ( Lending Club ),Mike Price (Stumpy J ), Bob Lane (Medicine Man ), Dan Milefchik ( Varuna46 ), John Latiolait and Gabe Ferramola (Rapid Transit ), and Sam andWillie Bell along with their kids on Westward.

Helping on the course marshall and photo boats were Dave Myers,Chas Merrill, Robin Townsend and Chuck Hardin. Jerry Montgomery helpedon the race committee start boat, and then he and Marilyn flew to Hawaiiwhere Jerry served on the protest committee.

The big story of this years race was that a wooden boat built in 1930,DORADE,which had won the race to Hawaii in 1936 did it again 77 years after her first Transpac win. She, like Westward,( built circa 1962) were in impeccable condition and it was great to see such classic boats dueling it out day after day andmore than holding their own with the modern racers of today.

Next race—— 2015. Be there.Mahalo.Jerry Montgomery

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Kelly and his crew put on an outstanding and patriotic burger bash and chicken BBQ after the racing on Saturday.This regatta was a really fun event, made possible, and almost easy, by ABYC’s fabulous volunteers and the club’srace management support. Thanks go out to judges Margaret Caddle, Lynn Lindquist and Ron Wood, to the shore

crew of Patt Anderson, Bill and Mary Lou Nicoli, Dave Myers, George Caddle, Eric Chadwick, John McNaughton, JimMorford and Skip Gill, and to the water crew of Bob and Georgene Anderson, Chuck Tripp, Linda Faust, Bonnie DeMoss,Stephanie Gwinn, Sharon Pearson, the McJones family, Betty Bauman, Chuck Tripp, Joy Fairbanks, Bruce Johnstone, WillVrooman, Dave Schack, Sanjai Kohli, Ellen Kirk, Michael and Shelly Kramer, Russ Cole, Leslie Bunting, and Bill Anderson.

Special thanks to Matt Beck and his crew for herding the juniors, to Steve and Beth Smith for helping everywhere,and to Mike Bauman for filling in at the last minute as bay PRO, despite (or maybe because of) a sprained ankle.

Thanks,Lars

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The 2013 Cal 20 Southern California Championships were held June 1st hosted by Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club. With a rumor that a tow would be available for ABYC boats to get up to the San Pedro area, four Cal 20’s showed up Saturday morning ready to travel and do battle. On the scene were Mike VanDyke

and Chuck Clay teaming up on Maniacal, Steve George and Ron Wood joining forces on DragonFly 42, JohnMerchant and his stalwart crew Rob Fuller on Breakfast Club, and Jeff Ives and Phil Soma sailing Bravura.

Our tow and support vessel was the 21’ whaler Sydney T. operated by Dave and Sue Crockett. The AB YC contingentarrived at the committee boat east of Cabrillo harbor inside the breakwater to make a total of 11 boats racing for the day.Immediately it was breeze on at about 11-12 knots with smooth seas. We were all stoked with the racing conditions andfeeling pretty good after an easygoing ride to our destination. Racing got underway and the competition was excellentmaking for really good, tight racing. The breeze continued to build throughout the day and a couple boats had to retire dueto breakdowns. We also had an interesting incident when a tanker came in and anchored right in the middle of ourracecourse! Luckily, Dave and Sue were still on hand and assisted the CBYC race committee in resetting the racecourse.In the end, 3 races were completed. CBYC’ers Kenny Dair and Mike Burch took first, Bill Schopp a close second, withSteve George and Ron Wood taking third(all separated by 1 point). Maniacal and Bravura tied but Maniacal took fourth onthe tiebreaker. After an extremely fun and challenging day, with the breeze finally topping out at around 18 knots, we saidour thankyou’s and goodbyes and turned downwind for home. Thank you to CBYC and especially Dave and Sue Crockettfor the tow and sticking around to offer support!

Long Beach Yacht Club’s Wet Wednesday Series Two has concluded it’s five races with Bravura’s Jeff Ives, PhilSoma, and Damon Kunkle taking first overall honors. Second was Rubber Dog with Keith Ives and Chuck Stevens. Thirdwent to Eric & Stacey Conn on Project 14, and fourth went to Bill & Billy Uniack on Kamohoalii. Congratulations to all!

Fourth of July Regatta, as part of our own Holiday Series, is now in the books. Seven races over two days werecompleted with Mike Wood, Ron Wood, and Tom Cooke taking first overall. Second went to Jennifer Kuritz and John Ellison Hot Pink. Third was the powerhouse team of Patty Nash, Vann Wilson, and Mark Barnard on Waka Waka, followed byCathy Black-Smith and Todd Smith sailing PCH. Next were Barney Flam, with crew Faye Flam and Dave Myers aboardRigomortis.

Finally, the Cal 20 North American Championships are set for mid-August to be held at Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club.Check their website for details and don’t miss out!

Dan Bates/Jeff Ives

Voting Dates:

August 31 0900 to 1100 hours September 6 1730 to 1930 hours September 14 0900 to 1100 hours September 20 1200 to 2000 hours

voting dates2013 slateSlate for Board of Directors:

Chuck Clay

Steve Smith

Kevin Brown

Cindy Heaverin

Steve George

Mike Whalen

The candidates for trustee are:

Jim Bateman

Chas Merrill

The Fleet to Be In!


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Lido B fleet twinkles twilights with close competition and a large fleet. D. Martyn

Bookwalter assisted by Schock ownerAlexander Vucelic on Thursday night sent the Bfleet up the bay. When they returned boats wereseparated by just a few feet from each other. Todd

and Kathy Black-Smith rounded the windward mark a half a boatlength in front of Don and Chris Taugher. A fun night of sailingfollowed by another great salmon dinner by Jesus and Kelly!

The Fleet 6 traveling team sailed in the High SierraRegatta July 6 and 7th. 2013 marked the 60th year of FresnoYacht Club racing on Huntington Lake. Located in the beautifulHigh Sierras at an elevation of 7200 feet, the lake is approximately7 miles long and 1 mile wide and wind gusts of 20 knots are notunusual. This year was no exception challenging Fleet 6 whichhad the most boats entered in the Lido Class. Stu Robertsonwith his crew of Adam and Sammy Elsharhaway took 1st placeand Kevin Thomas and crew Helen Burdett a strong second in the A fleet. B fleet saw Kim Adam and Dan McBrearty in 4th

place just one point behind the 3rd place finisher. Skippers Bruce Wasson, Nathan Dalleska , Dale Gronewold, and JoelStone followed and were all within a few points of each other. The tough conditions this year made the beer taste that muchbetter, and a pot luck hosted by Fleet 2 on Saturday brought out the Ukuleles. John Makielski debuted with the Ukuleleband, and Paul (Satchmo) Makielski sang his famous rendition of What a Wonderful World. Campfire songs were echoingthrough the trees, with the music lit by by flashlight. Lead ukulele players Kathy Reed and Cindy Heavrin finished theregatta at the bottom of the A fleet but are in contention for the Trailer Trash award with a flat tire on the way up the hill onThursday, followed by very nearly losing a wheel off their trailer on the trip home on Sunday.

July 13th warmed up the Lido fleet for the first race in the BBQ series. Once again the conditions were windy, andMelody Wong with her family crew of Luke and Morgan did a nice job of keeping their boat in the upright position. At everymark the first rounding boat is required to do a 360 turn, which makes each leg of the race a new challenge, and making thecompetition close. It was a tight field with Kathy and Cindy in Nemo prevailing, followed by Bill Moore and crew DavidMcDaniel and Nathan and Riley Dalleska. Remaining BBQ series races are scheduled for 7/27 and 8/10.

The 2013 transpac teams needed top sailors so they called on Fleet Six who loaned four great Lido sailors: SamBell, Keith Ives, Gabe Ferramola, and Dan Machevlik, all sailing on various boats. For those following Sam Bell andWestward, they finished 3rd in their class and 11th overall as of July 21,with 42 boats reported finished.

Alexander, Cindy and Martyn

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KEEL BOAT FLEET ON WATCH

July’s Sabot Sunday was well attended with 11 Senior Sabotsenjoying a beautiful warm day with fairly steady winds.Our winner was Fred Stevens with 7 points, followed by

Tom Newton with 9 points, and Mary Riddick with 11 points.Thank you to Jerry McNaboe for driving the whaler and to

John Hauck and Don Wilson for running the barge. Also thankyou to Jesus who prepared yummy enchiladas for our dinner.

Upcoming Senior Sabot events:Twilights will be held through August only, hurry last

chance! Thursday evenings. 6 pm start.Sabot Sunday will be on August 25th. Remember, it’s

just $5 to race; followed by happy hour on the upper deck with$1 glasses of wine and a great dinner prepared by Jesus.

Jane McNaboe

John Hauck and Don Wilson enjoying the sunshine

Just a quick reminder that our first meeting of the Keel Boat Fleet for the 2013/2014calendar year is Friday, September 13. This will be a barbecue on the quarter deck andyou should bring your entrée for the barbecue, your booze and a small hors d’oeuvre to

share. The Fleet will provide potato and green salads plus paper plates, cups etc. Cocktail hour will be 5:30to 6:30 with the barbecue hot at 6:30 and the meeting will start after dinner.

As this is the first meeting of our new calendar year we will be talking about the schedule such as theChristmas party. Dues will be due in the amount of $10.00 for the year. If you are writing a check, please make it out to KeelBoat Fleet and mail it to Margaret Caddle at 340 Pomona Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90803 or bring cash to the meeting.

Since this will be Friday the thirteenth, everyone should come with an explanation on how they avoid bad luck onthis day. PLEASE DO NOT BRING GARLIC.

See you there,George

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS!

August 12-15, National Class Championships hosted by Del Rey YC and South Coast Corinthian YC, to be held in thewaters off Marina del Rey, outside the detached breakwater.

August 16th, Women’s Class Championships hosted by South Coast Corinthian YC, in the waters off Marina del Rey,outside the detached breakwater. The regatta is open to all women sailing an eligible Lido-14 boat.

August 17th, 2013 Junior Class Championships put on by Santa Monica Windjammers YC and the Lido 14 ClassAssociation. Great racing venue outside the Marina Del Rey detached breakwater Open to all juniors that won’t turn 19prior to the end of the year. Sailing teams welcome, Loaner Boats Available. Contact the Lido 14 Association [email protected]

All Class Championships information and entries available on line at www.lido14.com

September 20-22. The 2nd annual Lido Fest on Catalina Island. Sail your big boat to Catalina, or beg/borrow or steal asailing vessel capable of making the crossing to Howland’s Landing and join your Lido friends for fun and games. Sam andDana Bell will host the fleet at LAYC shore facilities. More details to come. Contact Cindy or Dana for advance information.

October 26, Lido de Luna. Always a fun afternoon and evening of sailing, riddles and dining.

Fleet 6 Lido-14 Charter Boats. For any Lido sailing at ABYC, Fleet 6 has 3 Lido 14’s available for charter. These boats areavailable on first come basis for a fee of $25.00, (free for Juniors). If interested in a boat for a day, or sailing an ABYC race/regatta, make your request with Fleet 6 via e-mail at [email protected]

Cindy Heavrin and Kathy Reed


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Drink of the MonthAmanda Wayne & Lindsay Mais

“Downward Dog”

Vodka, Grapefruit JuiceSplash of Cranberry JuiceLime wedge for Garnish

Got Sails?The Juniors arecollecting oldsails to recycleinto duffle bags and other gear.Clean out your boat and garage!Simply drop off your old sails in thedesignated collection bin in thejunior room.

Glass beads now in the fire pit for our enjoyment. Thank you JonRobinson & Chuck Clay!!regattamultihull

The Ellis family (+ Glenn Selvin) worked the regatta

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Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Volume 86 • Number 8 4th of july ... · the volunteers that made that event such a huge success. ABYC volunteers came through and showed their stuff on Alpha,