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Event Calendar:
Date Time Event Location Coordinator
Mar 2 10:30 am Richmond Y.C Midwinter’s Richmond Yacht Club www.richmondyc.org
Mar 8 10:00 am Winter Series #2 Folsom Lake Vice Commodore
Mar 6-9 Sacramento Boat Show Cal Expo Commodore
Mar 11 5:30 p.m. Membership Meeting Round Table Pizza Commodore
1151 Riley Street
Folsom, CA
Mar 11 7-9 pm Public Hearing Folsom Folsom Middle School
Lake Master Plan 500 Blue Ravine Rd.
Mar 29 10:00 am Winter Series #3 Folsom Lake Vice Commodore
Apr 5&6 Big Dinghy Regatta Richmond Yacht Club www.richmondyc.org
Apr 8 6:30 pm Membership Meeting Amore Café, Gold River Commodore
Apr 12&13 11:00 am Camellia Cup Regatta Folsom Lake Staff Commodore
Apr 15 7:00 pm FLYC Board Meeting Galeria Residence Commodore
Apr 19 Sailboat Show Jack London Square Fleet 4
MARCH 2008 The FLYC Telltale
Folsom Lake Yacht Club PO BOX 156 Folsom, CA 95763
Representing Folsom Lake Sailors for Over 52 Years
Website: www.flyc.org
Inside this Issue:
Commodore‟s Column 2
Secretary‟s Notes 3
Treasurer‟s Report 3
Duffy Gets His Feet Wet 4
Folsom Lake Levels 5
Sacramento Boat Show 6
FLYC Contact Information / Officers 8
Please note membership Meeting Location and Time Change:
Round Table Pizza 1151 Riley Street Folsom, CA 95630 restaurant's website
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starting line buoy, but he really knows the rules and quickly
did his penalty turn and went back around the buoy to start
the race a new. By this time the winds had picked up to 6-8
knots and the Raven was starting to show its pedigree. At
24 feet with 300 square feet of sail, this boat can fly. After
one and a half legs Pakhtun and crew, including his 6 ½ year
old nephew, caught the fleet. Although the Raven got line
honors in race #2, Mark Erdrich corrected out in first place.
Race #3 was held on the Olympic course in winds of 12
-15 knots with the top three boats finishing; 1)Pakhtun
Shaw, 2) Mark Erdrich, and 3) Dave Strain, and that‟s how
they finished for the day.
The next race is scheduled for March 8th.
If you have not heard or read the articles in the Sacra-
mento Bee the State Department of Parks and Recreation
has a new „draft‟ master plan for the Folsom Lake Recrea-
tion Area. As John Poimiroo reported, “… our efforts to
get a multi-use facility located at Brown‟s Ravine were suc-
cessful. The California State Parks and Bureau of Reclama-
tion Preliminary General Plan/Resource Management Plan
just released (visit http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=22322)
include mention of a “Multi-Use Facility” whose primary
purpose would be water safety training (that wording allows
Department of Boating and Waterways financing!!!!! – to
quote Bob Backer, YAHOO!) And the facility would include:
flexible classroom and events facilities (aka, meeting space),
a kitchen, change facilities (showers and changing rooms),
restrooms, aquatic equipment storage, administrative space
(an office) and an observation area. We are miles closer to
a yacht club like facility at Brown‟s Ravine. Because this
would be primarily for water safety training, DBW could
finance most of the structure.
Also, the number of slips at Brown‟s Ravine is slated to
increase, meaning that there will be more boaters from
which to involve in our club. As such, we should seriously
look at the opportunities of welcoming power boaters back
into the club, as we once did, in order to benefit from this
increasing segment of boaters at Folsom Lake.”
The state is also having public hearings on the
„preliminary plan‟ March 5th in Granite Bay and March 11th
in Folsom. As a show of support, the attendees at the Feb-
ruary members meeting voted to move the March 11th
members meeting to attend public hearing on the „Folsom
Lake SRA Preliminary Plan‟ at the Folsom Middle School
(500 Blue Ravine Rd.) in the auditorium from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m.
Our next Members Meeting is scheduled for March
11th, 5:30 pm, at Round Table Pizza, 1151 Riley Street, Fol-
som, so that members can easily attend the Folsom Lake
SRA Preliminary Plan public hearing at the Folsom Middle
School. I hope everyone can join us.
Steve Galeria, Commodore
COMMODORE’S COLUMN STEVE GALERIA
Dear FLYC Members,
Planning for the 42nd
Camellia Cup Regatta is
well under way with the ef-
forts of many energetic club
members; Mary Niederber-
ger, John Poimiroo, Stepha-
nie and Mark Erdrich,
George Koch, Mike and
Madeline Rayfuse, Lanette
and Dave Strain, Gary and
Karen Preston, Charles
Witcher, Mel Morrison, and
Phil Hodgson. This group is meeting weekly to ensure the
CAM Cup Regatta is well organized and fun for everyone.
Speaking of which, I trust everyone in the club received,
thanks to Mary Niederberger, an e-mail invitation to the
CAM Cup. If not, the „Notice of Race‟ (invitation and regis-
tration form) is on the club‟s web site. Mary also mailed out
invitations to 250 prior participants just to make sure they
know they are also invited to the regatta, but that doesn‟t
mean you can‟t invite other sailors yourself. In fact I en-
courage all club members to invite their sailing friends to
attend the regatta. We can also use some help in the area
of donations to the ever popular „regatta raffle‟. If you have
an item to donate please contact our „raffle coordinator‟,
Mel Morrison. If you would like to help work planning or
during the regatta, or if I‟ve overlooked your offer to help,
please contact me.
Speaking of sailboat racing (my quick transition from the
CAM Cup info.), we had the first race of the year on
Saturday, March 1st. The weather was near perfect, al-
though the wind didn‟t kick in until about 12:30.
The first race, which started at 10:00 am, was pretty
slow as you would expect in only 2-3 knots of wind, but
even so the first two boats were only separated by one boat
length at the weather mark and the finishes were reasonably
close.
For the second race, rather than waiting for the wind to
fill in, the race committee (George and Rob Koch, and yours
truly) moved the course over to mark #8 and set a very
interesting course that ran along the peninsula to mark #8,
mark #1, and then back to the finish. The start line was
pretty short, which made for some very interesting if not
exciting starting tactics, some of the best I‟ve seen in awhile.
Mark Erdrich in his „S20‟ was in a favorable position at the
start and forced Pakhtun Shaw in his „Raven‟ to bailout
rather than go over the line early. Unfortunately, when
Pakhtun came back to the line Dave Strain in his „C22‟ was
there in a „favorable position‟ and Pakhtun had to bailout
again. Then to make matters worse, when Pakhtun came to
start line for the third time he ever so lightly brushed the
Commodore Steve Galeria
See Commodore’s Column (continued on page 2)
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General Membership Meeting Report
February 12, 2008
Steve Galeria convened FLYC meeting, with Tom and Sandy
Clark, Joe Webb, Sue and Randy Hollingsworth, Kerry Johnson,
Dave and Lanette Strain, Mel Morrison, Mike and Madeline Ray-
fuse, George and Marie Koch, Stephanie and Mark Erdrich, Mad-
die McMaster and her parents, Mark and Carolyn, Jason Jenkins,
Mack Bishop and Kris, John Poimiroo, and Gary and Karen Pre-
ston.
If your name is not in this list, be sure to come to the April
meeting, on April 8, at Amore Restaurant in Gold River. The
March 11 meeting will be at the State of California Parks & Rec-
reation Public Hearing which is being held to get input about the
future uses of Folsom Lake. This meeting will be “held” at the
Folsom Middle School Gym, 500 Blue Ravine, Folsom CA. Show
up about 6:30 ish. (Editor’s note: A pre-hearing FLYC meeting / din-
ner will be held at the Round Table Pizza restaurant in Folsom. See
the Commodore’s report and announcement earlier in this Telltale).
The gym is on the east side of the school, NOT the area close
to the church. This is open to the general public, and the last
time we were there, so were many interested citizens, all vying
for priority of THEIR favorite uses. We are interested in a multi
-use facility that might include food service, office space, show-
ers, storage, changing rooms. Who knows??
FLYC is supporting Water Safety and Education. Naturally,
SECRETARY’S NOTES Lanette Strain
Secretary, Lanette Strain
there will be a governmental downside, like increases in
slip fees. ALSO FLYC wants to keep the concession at
Brown‟s Ravine, not Folsom Pointe, or any other loca-
tion.
Don‟t forget the Cal Expo boat show. Both
FLY”C and Catalina Fleet 4 will be manning the booth
for Morrison Marine and Inland Sailing. This is March 6-
9.
FLYC still needs to fill the job of Vice Commo-
dore, the person of standing who will be the Go-to for
the series races.
Regarding the Camellia Cup, committees are at
work, preparing for the Cam Cup. Please volunteer to
help. Steve Galeria is our main man, but Stephanie Er-
drich is second in command. Call either one of these
amazing people. Last year, the Cam Cup was the mon-
eymaker for the club. Each year, memberships support
payment of the insurance policy and slip fees. Other
frills and extras have to paid for out of other funds, so
you can see how important the events are as money-
raisers. Plan to be there. Plan to help. Friday will be
registration, and also tent raising. This is similar to a
barn warming, but not.
Fleet reports: Hobie Fleet 17, under the com-
mand of Mike Rayfuse, wants to encourage participants
in the Cam Cup, and encourage family events. George
Koch, Open Keel, would like to see a revival of the Lido
14s. Catalina Fleet 4, guided by Karen Preston, an-
nounced plans for the annual Notes on Boats, June 14,
and the June 21 Big Brothers and Big Sisters. They rely
on FLYC‟s help and insurance coverage to run both of
these events. They are FUN. Be willing to help, and
you will doubly enjoy. The Santana 20s are the fun
bunch again, as they travel this summer from Folsom
Lake, to Oregon, and then to Newport Beach.
Submitted by Secretary, Lanette Strain
Let me know if you are interested in a 2008
Annual Pass to all California State Parks, or to
Brown's Ravine Marina only, good for car and
boat. We should be getting these passes by the
end of March, but I am collecting the names of
those interested now. I’m not sure yet what this
TREASURER’S REPORT
Gary Preston year's prices will be, but last year the State Park pass
was discounted at $160 (full face value was $200), and
Brown's Ravine was $80.
Please email or call, and let me know which kind of
pass you are interested in.
Home: (916) 979-9819
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DUFFY GETS HIS FEET WET John Poimiroo , Spyder Byte It had been years since Banshee Fleet One’s radio watch
crackled with news of Duffy Langford’s circumnavigation of
the world. Sporadic reports reminded the fleet that their sail-
ing emissary was still in the South of France. He’d last re-
ported docking in Biarritz for repairs and despite a flurry of
reports from him during the last America’s Cup held in Valen-
cia, Spain, little was known of his whereabouts since.
So, it was with some surprise that George Koch’s ham radio
crackled to life this past month with a call from Duffy asking
for assistance again in providing radio coverage for his re-
vived voyage. It seems Duffy had grown weary of his days
along the French coast and longed to return to Folsom Lake,
but truth be known, there is some suspicion that his inadver-
tent involvement in the legal challenge against Alinghi by the
Golden Gate Yacht Club may have hastened his planned de-
parture from European shores.
As a Californian, and one well known to all the sailors in the
Estrella Damm Lounge, Duffy Langford drank with each of
the syndicates, but when GGYC’s challenge was submitted,
Duffy was soon suspected to be a California interloper. It
didn’t help that Duffy defended GGYC’s claim that if his
Banshee could compete as it did in a previous America’s Cup
(an obscure exception permitted within the deed of gift) then
why shouldn’t a multihull be allowed to, as well. At the time,
his judgment was clouded by having consumed one too many
Agua de Valencias (the local beverage made of Valencia or-
ange juice and champagne). “Santo achique de agua!” the
Valencians shouted in response, while spitting mouthfuls of
Grand Duque d’Alba Oro back into their snifters. And so,
Duffy’s fate was sealed. With no one to buy his drinks, he
returned to Biarritz.
On returning, he found that his longtime paramour, espresso
vendor Marine D’Kaffe, had taken up residence in his Ban-
shee, even installing a bidet, and forcing Duffy to search for a
bigger boat. Fortunately, he found a good deal on a much
larger Megabyte which a local sailor had bought, but couldn’t
figure out how to rig (something about “la baisse couriers”
needing to be adjusted prior to connecting the “à la distance”).
“Ah, bien,” Duffy said to George, it was time to move on any-
way. So Duffy bid his adieus to Marine and set sail in his
much larger Megabyte, but not before getting promises from
the coquette, caffeinated mademoiselle that she’d take care of
his Banshee and ship it to him should he ever need it
again. Days later, the brightly trimmed and more commodi-
ous Megabyte sailed from Biarritz north toward Bordeaux,
which Duffy had heard produces some pretty good vin.
That day, a hundred kilometers off the French coast, the
French Navy corvettes Canard a L’orange and Quiche
Lorraine maneuvered in preparation for a test launch of the
new long-range surface to surface (LRSS) missile the United
States had sold to France – resulting from the newly reborn
spirit of rapprochement generated by pro-American President
Nicolas Sarkozy who had just vacationed in Maine with his
mistress. U.S. Navy advisor, Master Chief Fire Control Tech-
nician Don T. Missalot stood before the Naval Tactical Data
System (NTDS) in the Canard a L’orange’s combat informa-
tion center (CIC) known in French by the initials UBEPSC
(from: un bon endroit pour se cacher
), illuminated by its reddish glow as he marked various shapes
as round friendlies while searching for the target he would
mark with a triangle.
There, emerging from the harbor at Biarritz, just as predicted
on the Op Order (Afin de faire quelque chose), the NTDS
identified the distinctive signature of the towing vessel while
bobbing behind it, a smaller vessel, over which Master Chief
Missalot placed a triangle. “Target identified, Il est temps
Miller,” the bilingual Master Chief reported, as his third
cousin (by coincidence, a chief petty officer in the French
Navy) Maitre Didier Missalot then pushed the button (Poussé
le bouton) while saying, “Il vole!” and “Ce qui est pour le
dîner?”
A fresh breeze filled the dazzling orange-yellow trimmed sail
of Duffy’s Mega and set his much larger dinghy slicing
through dark blue swells of the Atlantic, as he turned and cut
behind the ancient grey and rusting French merchant ship,
neatly tacking below the barge it was towing. As his Mega
powered through the grey ship’s trailing froth, he reached for
a bottle of Dom Perignon, causing his bow to turn suddenly
west.
In the distance, the white contrail of the LRSS could be seen
rising into the blue Atlantic sky, before arcing and descending
toward the “triangle.”
Below, Duffy struggled with his celebratory bottle of Dom
Perignon, a leftover from Team New Zealand’s aborted vic-
tory party, then lifted the bottle above his head to see if he’d
gotten the seal completely off. At that moment, the LRSS
flew down the Mega’s centerline, cleanly shearing off the
neck of the bottle before diving into the blue water. Cham-
pagne exploded from the bottle like a geyser, as Duffy smiled,
accepting the good fortune of his suddenly opened bottle and
toasting his journey home with a gulp of the bubbly.
“Elle n'a pas touché,” the towing vessel reported to the Canard
a L’orange, as Master Chief and Maitre Missalot both said
together… “Merde!”
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Folsom Marina on February 5th.
Things are looking up! Folsom Lake stage for the last year.
Folsom Marina on March 5th
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NEWSLETTER TITLE MARCH 2008 THE FLYC TELLTALE
March 6 - 9, 2008 @ Cal Expo
Sacramento, California
Thu-Fri: Noon-9pm
Sat: 10am-9pm • Sun: 10am-6pm
http://www.sacramentoboatshow.com/svmasacinfo.html
See our sponsors:
Morrison Marine & Inland Sailing Com-
pany at Booth C06. They have gener-
ously made room for us in Booth C11.
www.inland-sailing.com
http://www.morrison-marine.com/
Morrison
Marine
Morrison
Marine and
Inland Sailing
Company
Folsom
Lake Yacht
Club
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Attractions: The Sacramento Boat Show, the largest ‘all boat’ show in the Central Valley.
Featuring over 400 boats from 8 feet to 45 feet and house-boats to 70 feet, this event is the place to find wakeboard and ski accessories as well as the largest selection of tour-nament style and family ski boats in the Sacramento Valley.
Thousands of square feet of fishing boats including alumi-num, bass, sport, Rogue River and saltwater styles are on display.
Sailboats, including monohulls and catamarans have their own specialty area, as well as sailing charter clubs featur-ing lake and ocean lessons and foreign charters.
Admission: Adult $10.00 • Kids under 12 are Free!
Discount Tickets: Will be available at Sacramento area marine retailers or online, see link above.
FLYC & Morrison Marine,
and Inland Sailing
Company
Folsom Lake Yacht Club was organized in 1956 to foster and perpetuate the sport of sailing and to conduct sailing activities; to conduct and encourage growth and development of sailboat racing;
to conduct social activities among members of the Club and mutually interested organizations and to uphold the principles of good sportsmanship and the highest standards of the sport of sailing.
FLYC is a member of PICYA, USSail and YRA.
Captain Capsize Crazy Carl
Bob Carl
PO BOX 74033
DAVIS, CA 95617-5033
MARCH 2008 THE FLYC TELLTALE
Commodore Steve Galeria 635-3911 Adult Sail Roy Bonk 965-4325
[email protected] [email protected]
Vice Commodore You Annual Banquet
Rear Commodore Phil Hodgson 672-8775 Camellia Cup John Poimiroo 933-3414
[email protected] [email protected]
Secretary Lanette Strain 933-2346 Facilities
Treasurer Gary Preston 979-9819 Merchandise Sherron Hart 456-6388
[email protected] [email protected]
Directors-at-Large Charles Witcher 456-6388 Monthly Programs BOD
Michael Rayfuse 359-0565 Telltale Editor Captain Capsize Crazy Carl (Bob Carl) 849-5353
[email protected] [email protected]
Staff Commodore John Poimiroo 933-3414 Travel Karen Preston 979-9819
[email protected] [email protected]
Centerboard Fleets Dean Eppley 985-4236 Youth Sail Bill Blackburn 677-7715
[email protected] [email protected]
Santana 20 Fleet 12 Mark Erdrich 685-4869 Webmaster Mark Erdrich 685-4869
[email protected] [email protected]
Open Keel George Koch 967-0820
Banshee Fleet 1 Geoff Baxter 817-3923
Catalina 22 Mike Rayfuse 359-0565
2008 Committee Chars
2008 Fleet Captains
2008 Board of Directors
