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July 2015Volume 87, Number 07

The Amazing Spaghetti Feed - Annual Junior Sailing Program Fundraiser

Dinner for 100 anyone? This was the third year I stepped forward as chairperson of the Spaghetti Feed, and lining up volunteers has always seemed like the most daunting task. Not to worry! I had more than enough wonder-ful parent and young sailor volunteers! The most im-portant role, that of saucier, was expertly filled by Mark Kuemple (El Toro). Irene Halderman (Laser) delight-fully filled the other most important role, Salad Queen! Mark, Irene and a number of volunteers met at SCYC at 1000 hrs on June 20th. In no time at all, ingredients were chopped to size and tossed in a salad bowl or a sauce pan. The Willis, Usher and Meyer families (all El Toro) assisted in the kitchen throughout the day and bundled silverware too.

Meanwhile, the dining room was truly be-ing decorated as never before! Susan Whiting, Linda Moore and Dana Foley (all Scholastic) created a cozy Italian restaurant out of the SCYC dining room, no detail was overlooked. Italian flair was evident ev-erywhere! The centerpieces had real fruit decorating them and the candles in the Chianti bottles were even lit to enhance the effect. Did you notice Italian music playing? Italian flags and colors were everywhere. It was wonderfully festive. Our crack kitchen staff was done with their morning prep before 1pm! We took a break and planned to meet at about 3pm. For many years now Bob Barker (SCYC) toasted all of the garlic bread, generously donated by Gayles Rosticceria. Bob has

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July 2015 Santa Cruz yaCht Club Spinnaker Sheet

that perfect crisp touch with toast and we are so thank-ful to have his help. By 1600 hrs the kitchen staff was revved up to serve, and could hand over their fare to our 12 young servers. Junior sailors had arrived wearing white col-lared shirts. To enhance their Italian flair we gave them vests to wear and moustaches if they dared! They tried the pasta and asked for seconds. Mark’s sauce was outstanding! Quickly the bar began filling with rowdy sail-ors from an SC27 regatta. Some of our shrewd young sailors grabbed extra raffle tickets (thanks Kristen Lenz!) and began selling to the crowd with a ven-geance. Slowly our tables began filling and overflow seating was found outside. Tina Verutti (Scholastic and Laser) and Linda Moore (Scholastic) sold tickets all evening to our annual supporters and to lots of new supporters. We know we sold more than 120 meals because that’s how many forks were wrapped and ... we ran out! By 7:30 our salad and sauce had run out and the clean up crew, with David Colignon (Scholastic & Laser) and Linda Moore started their job. The Spa-ghetti Feed was again a success! The Junior SCYC Sailing Program and I would like to thank all of the SCYC members and their friends and families for their generous support this year and every year.

Andrea MillerSpaghetti Feed Chairperson

Commodore’s Report

As we all know by now, our Club lost a dear friend in June with the passing of Ernie Rideout. It is a rare individual who is loved by all, but Ernie was that person and we will miss his warmth, knowledge and wonderful style. By the time you read this, our Club will have hosted a celebration of Ernie’s life, and I hope many of you were able to attend. We are all very fortunate to have known such a wonderful man. As I mentioned a few months back, a dedicated group of Club leaders met on a Saturday morning in April at a leadership “retreat” to talk about our Club – what’s work-ing well, and what we would like to get done in the next few years. I am happy to report that while we have a list of future projects to consider (more on that later) we began the day on a positive note by reflecting on the many things we are doing pretty well already, such as . . .

• We have a great blend of social, racing and cruising activities

• We continue to recruit and retain great members across a wide spectrum of ages and interests, and the volunteer spirit of our Club never ceases to amaze

• Our Juniors and Corinthians . . . ‘nuff said!• We host a number of engaging and informative

seminars (kudos to John Mizell for the WISS series and to Jack and Carol Gordon for our highly edu-cational wine tastings)

• Sailors love to race in Santa Cruz, and we have a Regatta Committee that continues to host world class regattas

• We have a top-notch social media presence (again, thanks to John Mizell, Liz Kroft and all who con-tribute)

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• We are living within our financial means and provide a great value to our members

• We get along well with the harbor and our neighbors

• Thanks to some pretty bold leadership, our clubhouse remodel has put us in great shape for many years to come

• And last but not least, we are fortunate to have great staff (thank you, Greg and Jennifer) and leadership from the many who give their time and effort to keep us going

Now about those future projects. With a room full of energetic folks with a shared love for our Club, there was, of course, no shortage of ideas for how things could be made even better in the years to come. But as we continue to consider which might eventually become reality, we are guided by a few principles: (1) nothing major happens without the informed support of the membership; (2) we will continue to live within our means; (3) we will focus on doing a few things well, rather than trying to do too much. Some of the more popular ideas included the following:

• Hold more “family friendly” events• Encourage greater participation of women in

Club leadership• Post photos of new members so we can be

sure to extend our welcome• Keep striving to better integrate new members

in Club activities• Use technology where appropriate for such

things as online billing, event registration and racing

• Work with the harbor to provide boatyard space for those actively using their boats

• Reach out to other yacht clubs for good ideas• Continue to provide food service consistent

with our members’ wants• Acquire and maintain “Jack and Jill” keelboats

for use by members• Work with newer members to develop new

social events to go along with the “tried and true”

• Establish a weather station at the lighthouse with online data

• Bring back our safety-at-sea seminars and power boat training

I am sure I left many ideas off this brief list, but our retreat allowed a room full of people who care about our Club, to have time to think about how to keep us moving and improving, and I hope this will become an annual tradition.. We will continue to process these and other ideas through our committees and board, and of course welcome your ideas and partici-pation at any time. It would appear summer is finally trying to make an appearance, and not a moment too soon. While it is supposed to be the time of the year when we take vacations and enjoy nautical pursuits, some-times it seems as though we need to work twice as hard just to be able to leave “all that” behind for a week or two. We’re off again on another adventure, this time to cruise the coast of Maine, and so will look forward to seeing you all in a few weeks when we get back. But for now, it’s summertime and the livin’ is easy (mostly) so come on down and enjoy our won-derful Club!

Don ConantCommodore

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From the Vice Commodore

Needed: A place to store the SCYC Santana 22 trailer. Our commodore Don Conant was able to work out with the Harbor that the “new” SCYC keelboat/Jack and Jill boat can be kept in the water. (This is after the bottom is sealed, and bottom paint applied-Rob Schuyler is arranging this.). The boat will be much more useable when in the water. But it comes with an excellent Santana 22 trailer. We hope someone in the yacht club may have a place it could be kept. Please call Greg Haws if you have room to store it. It may take a month before the boat is in the water. John Mizell is also working on the Santana 22 to make it as easy as possible to sail for someone who does not regularly sail Santana 22’s. As many of you know the club’s Captains chairs need work. We have found a person who can do this. It is more expensive than we expected (Or put money in the budget to do). So I have taken the worst 4 to be repaired-almost rebuilt. They will make the finish presentable after they do the necessary repair and sanding. We are not having them stripped and refinished at this time. (They would look like new if we did-I’ve had work done by them before.) Batteries deteriorate with time. So we have ordered a new one for our Automatic External Defi-brillator (AED). Many of us are old enough that it is great the club has an AED. But if it is never needed-great! It is on the wall in the storage room for the kitchen. Greg and Jennifer, and several of us can help if we are there. But it is very self-contained, with verbal instructions of what to do. The first external defibrillators were devel-oped in Minneapolis when I was a medical student. (Before that you had to take a knife and open the chest). As a resident we were the first to be called when there was a cardiac arrest. The current AED’s are so much easier to use. (And you don’t have to know how to read electrocardiograms!). If someone collapses get it and use it! It’s exciting to see so many activities in the next 6 weeks.

Chuck MurrayVice Commodore

Rear Commodore Report (social)

The Crab feed that wasn’t. June 6 was sched-uled to be a crab feed and fund raiser for the yacht club. Since crab prices had skyrocketed, we decided to turn it into a potluck instead. The club provided the main entrée (flank steak) and it turned out to be a great event after all. The food from the pot luck was fantastic and plentiful. The whole evening was topped off with a nautical quiz devised by Joe Altmann, complete with prizes for the winning answers. This was a tremendous success. What better than a nautical quiz for a bunch of sailors? Congratulation to Vern Wallace for getting first place in the Nautical Quiz. The next event on the calendar was Father’s day on June 21. A buffet was delivered by KISS catering and between 35-40 people joined in for the fun. Thanks to Rick and Dorie Green and their artistic ability and hard work, we had great center pieces with sailboats sailing on a stormy sea. You had to be there to appreci-ate it. Each place setting had a special “pillow” filled with M&Ms with SCYC emblazoned on some and the SCYC Burgee imprinted on others. What a special treat to have these souvenirs to take home.

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Upcoming SCYC Events Calendar

Cruise to MontereyJuly 3 - 5

Wharf Raft-UpJuly 4

July 4th BBQ/Potluck

July 4

Rib Cook-OffJuly 11

Laser Friday - CANCELLEDJuly 17

5.70 RegattaJuly 18-19

505 RegattaJuly 18-19

El Toro North AmericansJuly 21 - 24

Private PartyJuly 25

Catalina Regatta / BBQJuly 28

Full Moon SailJuly 31

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The next big event will be the July 4 SCYC extravaganza. July 4 falls on a Saturday this year which makes it easy for all of us. What are YOUR plans for July 4? Maybe attend one of the many parades in morning and a home barbecue in the af-ternoon. Why not include SCYC in your big plans? Forget your home barbecue. Come to SCYC for an afternoon potluck. The club will provide Burgers, Hot Dogs, corn on the cob, finishing with apple pie. Plan on getting to the club early in order to avoid the traffic controls around the harbor. We will be serving the burgers and dogs around 5 o’clock, but it is advised to meet at the club for cocktails be-tween 4 and 5.

(Rick & Dorie Green, along Rear Commodore Barry Keeler, ready for Father’s day)

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Jack and Jull Keelboat Program

A long time ago when the clubhouse was located at the end of the wharf, there were two small keelboats club members could use named Jack and Jill. Today, thanks to Chuck Murray’s donation, club members have another keelboat, Tara. To learn more about this program, go to our website SCYC.org > SCYC > Jack and Jill Sailing Program.

Rob SchuylerStaff Commodore

The potluck is only a small part of this whole event. Think extravaganza! We will have games for the young ones and the adults. The crowning jewel in the whole event will be an apple pie baking contest. What can be more American than Burgers, Hot Dogs, Corn and Apply Pie? The pie contestants will bring one apple pie which will be judged impartially and blindly by 3 judges picked from the crowd. There will be prizes for first, second and third place. Are you a top chef? Prove it in this contest.

(Father’s Day stormy place settings)

After the fourth of July celebrations, there will be a Rib cookoff on July 11. This is another cooking competition. Plan on attending this event! If you are a good cook, why not enter the contest to see how you rate? Barry KeelerRear Commodore

(Special SCYC M & M’s for Father’s Day treets)

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Monterey Bay Leukemia Cup

Twenty-one boats competed in the inaugural Monterey Bay Leukemia Cup on May 3rd. Perfect weath-er made for fantastic sailing. The teams ranged from laid back to extremely serious, making it impossible not to have a good time. The regatta marked the Santa Cruz debut of Beau and Stacy Vrolyk’s new Alden schooner, Mayan. A DJ, silent auction and a barbecue followed the racing, along with rum drinks courtesy of Mount Gay. First place in the A fleet went to Mark Langer’s Aborigi-nal. B fleet honors went to Philippe Kahn’s Pegasus team sailing their Moore 24. First place in the Jib and Main division went to Sailing Pair A Dice, skippered by Rear Commodore Barry Keeler. The event was an overwhelming success, raising over $27,000 to help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Soci-ety fund research to find blood cancer cures. A perpetual trophy was presented to SCYC by LLS to annually com-memorate the team that raised the most money. The 2015 contest wasn’t even close. Beau Vrolyk’s team raised over $12,000—nearly half the total. Beau’s name will be the first to be engraved on the shiny new Monterey Bay Leukemia Cup, which will reside in SCYC’s trophy case. The event was an unqualified success and we will certainly have another one next year. This was truly a team effort. Thanks to thank Briana Walsh of LLS, John Buchanan, Rob Schuyler, Lou Pambianco and espe-cially Greg Haws for serving on the Leukemia Cup com-mittee. Rear Commodore Barry Keeler and his social committee provided volunteers. Homer Lighthall served as principal race officer. Thanks to the Port Commission-ers and Harbor staff for donating the use of an end tie. We hope one day to fill that up with out-of-town boats.

Dave EmbersonRear Commodore

El Toro North Americans“Classic Division” Often as several of us regular El Toro sailors rig our boats on the hard, people stop and say: “I first sailed in one of those and it’s still hanging in the ga-rage”. At this year’s North American Championship Regatta July 21st, a fleet division has been created for classic boats. This division was created with the hope that Santa Cruz Yacht Club members who have experi-ence in the boat and any access to an El Toro without any carbon fiber components will participate in the NAs as a celebration of the boat that so many first sailed. A contingent of the Hawaiian El Toro fleet is coming over, and this regatta could, with the participation of enough pre-carbon fiber boats, be the largest assemblage of El Toros in a long time. We have competitive sailors of all ages and weights, so if you are experienced enough to sail an El Toro here in Santa Cruz outside the harbor, get that boat down from the rafters, back from the brother-in-law or borrow one, and come race for the joy of it. Local sail-ors are available to assist getting any boat sailable.

Jim Savattone, #[email protected]

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Delta Ditch Run

Another fabulous Delta Ditch Run (DDR) oc-curred on June 6, 2015. It was the 25th Anniversary of this 67.5 mile downwind gybing and speed exhibition. Winds were from 14 knots to 32 knots while the skies were clear. Temperatures in the 80s kept everyone warm as the 153 racers headed inland. SC27 boats that joined the fray this year were Dynaflow (Brian Piazza), Don Quixote (Craig Smith), RIO (Tom Faraola), Worry Knot (Joe Wagster), Mistress Quickly (Evan Diola), Your X (Jon Kim) and Giant Slayer (Dave Garman), who drove down from Seattle! The ECHO Division (SC27s and a few other similarly rated boats) started just north of the San Rafael Bridge at 10:50 a.m., immediately following the Express 27 fleet and just ahead of the Moore 24 fleet. Mistress Quickly got off the line first at the commit-tee boat end in the downwind start and pulled ahead of the fleet by 50 meters as their spinnaker was im-mediately raised in the 18 knot SW breeze. Dynaflow, Giant Slayer and RIO were not far behind. As the fleet approached the Brothers’ Islands, Mistress Quickly

was stretching out their lead while RIO, Don Quixote, Worry Knot and Dynaflow were grouped together for the chase. Not far behind that group was Giant Slayer and Your X. As the boats caught wind waves, they surfed along nicely at speeds of 7 to 10 knots. Gybes were tenuous at times, in fact it was about this time that Don Quixote experienced an unfortunate knockdown and dropped significantly behind the fleet. All RIO thought they could hear was, “Oh, no, ?@!&%$!” Mistress Quickly worked her way up to wind-ward of the fleet and was closest to the shore. Down the course towards the Carquinez Bridge was a large tanker sitting at the fuel dock near Rodeo, CA. and it looked like the fleet that didn’t head inland now had a distinct advantage. However, Mistress Quickly, with some experience onboard, caught a header along the shore, did not have to gybe and sailed around the ship! As this was going on Worry Knot and Dynaflow worked their way up to RIO as the group approached the ship

(Joe & Teresa Wagster’s SC27 “Worry Knot” flying a kite during the 2015 Delta Ditch Run)

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and the Carquinez Bridge. This is where the waves were the biggest and the winds were in the mid 20s. Very exhilarating sailing began to take place as boats were surfing the steep, short waves and approaching speeds of 12 to 14 knots. During this time some of the SC27s were passing some slower Express 27s and Moore 24s. Flying boats and water were everywhere! Once the boats passed under the bridge the waves diminished somewhat but the winds were still strong. They came howling over the starboard side hills to the south, so it was critical to watch boats ahead to see when the gusts were coming. Mistress Quickly was maintaining their lead along the river while the battle for second place heated up. Worry Knot and RIO traded places numerous times as they chased down the lead boat. As this was happening, Don Quixote, who was flying a #3 headsail along with the spinnaker and main, was closing in on the two jousting boats after coming back from a 1000 meter deficit after their earlier knockdown! Craig Smith, Don Quixote’s owner, attributed his speed to lots of spinnaker and main trim practice. Additionally, he used the #3 for stabiliza-tion downwind and lowered it on the reaches. He said he had it up and down constantly “like a drape!”

It wasn’t long before Don Quixote, Worry Knot and RIO all were racing bow to bow while they ground down the lead Mistress Quickly had to about two hundred meters. Giant Slayer, Your X and Dyna-flow were not too far behind. The winds were now very strong as the crew of RIO observed an Ultimate 20 snap its mast in half to port. On starboard, an-other boat lost its mast near a Moore 24 that rounded up – carnage! At this point the Moore 24 Pegasus (re-ceived 1st place) passed the group fighting for second place. After a few minutes later, RIO took itself out of the running near mile 48 by death rolling into an unplanned gybe. Two crew members were hit in the head and the tiller cracked during the mishap. After sorting the boat out and determining the crew was okay they limped along with a #3 up, no spinnaker, until the tiller could be repaired. Taking advantage of RIO’s plight, Worry Knot and Don Quixote continued to chase down Mis-tress Quickly. Joe Wagster, of Worry Knot, said his crew did a fine job calling waves and catching wakes to enhance their surfing speeds to help them try to catch the leader. It was after the Antioch Bridge and before mark #19 that Don Quixote did indeed catch the leader! Soon after that is when things got a little screwy. When Worry Knot rounded the mark they lost control of their spinnaker and it was flying from the top of the mast like “Old Glory”. Obviously they lost some distance they had gained on Mistress Quickly. Even more untimely was Don Quixote fail-ing to round the mark on the appropriate side! Craig admitted that he wasn’t paying attention, nor could he see the number on the buoy. Since the river became much narrower as the fleet approached the Stockton Sailing Club, the winds subsided somewhat and the water was much flatter. Chutes went up periodically and then down

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as the river meandered along in different directions. It was during these conditions that Mistress Quickly regained the lead from Don Quixote, who kept on rac-ing even though he missed the mark. Mistress Quickly was able to stay ahead of Don Quixote until the finish while Don Quixote stayed ahead of Worry Knot. Upon finishing, Craig Smith, of Don Quixote, reviewed the sailing instructions and discussed mark #19 with race officials. Since he passed mark #19 on the wrong side he then retired from the race. As the official results were sorted out and the Race Com-mittee posted them, it was found that Don Quixote was given 7th place in the SC27 fleet and Worry Knot finished second. A discussion with Evan Diola, Mistress Quickly, about his success in the race resulted in the following “teaching moments”. First, he nailed the start and immediately pulled ahead of the fleet. Sec-ond, he sailed with a well-trimmed boat and kept his sails trimmed well at all times. Lastly, he sailed from corner to corner, which means he sailed less distance than most other SC27 racers. The fact that he did not broach was a credit to him and his crew; Trimmer/Tac-tician Jotham Fisher Smith, Foredeck Chris Jackson, and Pit Rachel Cherry. Overall it was a memorable Delta Ditch Run that lasted just over 8 hours for the SC27s. Here are the final SC27 results: Mistress Quickly – 1st, Worry Knot – 2nd, RIO – 3rd, Your X - 4, Giant Slayer - 5, Dynaflow - 6, and Don Quixote - 7. The after-race party at the Stockton Sailing Club was extremely fun and well-managed, and they should receive kudos for helping to put on one of the premier races in Cali-fornia. Also participating in a huge manner was the Richmond Yacht Club in Pt. Richmond, CA. Congrat-ulations to both clubs! The SC27 sailors that partici-pated this year are hoping that many more boats join the fray next year and we have our own SC27 fleet of ten or more boats – think about it!

John RossGotcha, SC 27

SCYC Members Racing Updates

Last month computer gremlins inserted June 2013 for June 2015, so this month, we include the last 2 months of racing updates...

AUSTRIA – The Austria Cup was held in the town of Gmuden, on the northern shore of Lake Traunsee, a lake nestled in the heart of Austria’s Salzkammergut mountains to the east of Salzburg in April. This was the first regatta of the GC32 Melges 2015 Racing Tour. After 15 races, Morgan Larson and his new Alinghi team, finished in 2nd place. In conditions of 3-20 kts, and a cancelled final day that blew 25+.

SPAIN –Morgan emailed me from his airport hotel in Zurich the following, “ just catching my breath from an unbelievable week in Valencia with the team on the TP52 RAN. I had the pleasure of racing with Cath-erine and Niklas Zennerstom (founder of SKYPE) on his new boat. It was the first event of the highly competitive TP52 Super Series and we came away with a well-earned win. We found ourselves in a last race battle with Alegre (led by John Kostecki). Lead changes, protest flags and a very intense battle fell our way in the end.” They had 12 boats (9 of which are new) and 10 races over 5 days.

HAWAII – Mackenzie Cook has been continuing his racing at the University of Hawaii this spring. In March he raced in the “Day around Oahu” Race, do-ing bow aboard the 1D35, Kahuna. It was a 3-leg race with one leg per day. They won their class overall which included getting 1st in the first two legs. In April, he was once again on board the Kahuna in the Rabbit Island Race. Once again, they finished 1st in class. In June, Mackenzie raced in the Collegiate Nationals, they didn’t do as well as they hoped, but just having made it to the Nationals was exciting! He also traveled to Rhode Island where he participated in a Sailing Olympic High Performance Clinic in the Nacra 17 as a skipper.

CALIFORNIA – Dennis Bassano was down in Ad-elanto, (a city in San Bernardino County, California about 9 miles northwest of Victorville in the High Desert) at the Lake Mirage Dry Lake Bed, hoping to set some land sailing speed records this past month in some crazy mean machine. Sounds like his team beat that record of 172.000 with a 173.444!

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In this year’s Spinnaker Cup, several SCYC members raced to Monterey. Paul Allen was racing on the RP 63 Invisible Hand which took 1st in class/1st overall. SCYC boats included Howard Turner with his boat Symmetry and SCYC crew Joe Crum, who took 1st in their class; and Simon Phillips, with his Farr 40 Astra who finished 4th in class. Other SCYC sailors racing included Chris Watts on the RP44 Tai Kuai (3rd in class/3rd overall), and Chris Deaver on the J90 Rag-time (5th in class). Chris said that the race took them almost 4 hours longer to finish than the last time he did the race on the same boat. Chris was his usual busy sailing self, racing in the Vallejo race on Tai Kuai where they were first to finish in both directions and also won “overall” on the return trip. He also raced: the crewed Farallon Islands race on the Swan 53 Blue (4th in class); four days of racing in Cabrillo Beach on the Farr 40 Twisted (4th in Corinthian division and 11th overall); and the SFYC Invitational on the J111 Aeolus and won that regat-ta. 2015 marked the 25th Anniversary of the Delta Ditch Regatta. As usual, it brought out a large contin-gent of SCYC sailors. I’ve listed skipper’s and their SCYC member crews where I could find them. At the top of the Podium in the Moore 24 Fleet, was Phillipe Kahn. Together with crew Mark Golsh on Pegasus Motion X, they took 1st in the Moore’s and 5th overall. Following closely were other Moore’s from SCYC: Scott Sorenson and crew on Catch and release (2nd in class and 6th overall); Scott Nelson, with Sean McBur-ney and Matt Vecchione on Lowly worm, (15th/22nd); Nancy Rinkardt/Mike Evans (who almost lost their rudder) with crew Craig McBeth and Dave Hopkins on Tonopah low, (17th/24th); Sydnie Moore and crew on Nobody’s Girl, (18th/27th); and Bruce Donald and crew on Cadenza, (25th/70th ). In the SC27 Fleet, it was Evan Diola and crew on Mistress Quickly who finished 1st in that fleet and 35th overall. Other SC27’s from SCYC were: Joe Wagster with Luc de Faymoreau and Mark Merrit on Worry Knot (2nd/40th); Tom Faraola and crew on RIO (3rd/44th); Jon Kim with Gary Schwehr on YourX (4th/51st); Brian Piazza with Liz Kroft on Dynaflow (6th/59th); and Craig Smith and crew on Don Quixote (7th/85th). While they didn’t have SCYC boats to race against in the Ditch, these folks were there racing down the competition in their classes; Mikey Howser on his Multi F18, Mikey and Fei, took 2nd of 7 boats; Zhenya

Kirueshkin-Stepanoff on his Melges 24, Insolent Minx, took 3rd/45th; and Tyler Karaszewski raced on his J170, Spitfire but was unable to finish. If you have info on where club members are racing, please feel free to pass along details to [email protected]

Ellen Kett

Corinthian News Hilary Waleka sailed on the SC 52 Prevail and got 2nd in division in the SoCal 300 and 1st in division in the Coastal Cup. Evan Diola, on the Mis-tress Quickly, with crew Chris Jackson and Rachel Cherry, won their class on the Delta Ditch and took first in the Spring One Design series.

Rachel Cherry

Cruising News We had a wonderful super great romantic nearly full moon sail on May 31st. There were 4 boats out there all waiting to see the moon pop up out of the clouds which it finally did!! Thanks Katie Wohlstat-tar for leading this fun event!! Our next event is the extremely popular 4th of July Events. July 4th Events Saturday July 4th Raft Up in Santa Cruz. On-ward is the Anchor Boat and is planning on Anchoring around 7:00 PM. We anchor on the boardwalk side of the wharf fairly close to the swim buoys (but not too close). Then folks can raft up and join us to watch the unofficial fireworks. Bring something to share! If you don’t have a boat no problem!! Be at the hoist area around 6:00 and we will find you a ride!!

Monterey Cocktail Party Friday July 3rd at 5:00. For the folks who sail to Monterey for the 4th. Hopefully they can all get together and have a cocktail party.

If you are interested in any of events please contact me so I can help get you in touch with the event leaders!!

Jason LauerCruising Director

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(Commodore Don Conant with new member Jack Digby and Victoria Shaw introduced at

the last Board of Directors meeting)

(New member, Stephen Trevitt, posing with his new SCYC burgee)

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