Wavelength April 2014 South Beach Yacht Club

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vivete lente, navigate celeriter

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FLOTSAM VS JETSAM

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he difference between flotsam and jetsam whether something was found floating in the ocean or was dumped into the water - is moot if the F&J is you, or a close personal friend. I’m sure that we all have had moments of dread when we were absolutely, positively sure that we were about to participate in a “person-overboard, this is not a drill” drill. You know, the unplanned jibe, the sneaky wake-wave, the huge gust of wind, the dock that wasn’t as close as you thought it was, or the lifeline latch that pops open. Mama Mia episodes that you hope never to repeat!

So far we - the second largest and first best Yacht Club in San Francisco - have lucked out. Considering the sheer number of on-the-water events our Club has participated in over the last 26 years, we have been very fortunate. Yes, a couple of members have taken a baptismal dip in the Bay but they were quickly and gracefully brought back aboard with only a damp ego and a soggy wallet to show for it. Only two, Frank Navarro and Doug Gooding, are the only ones I know who did it on purpose – Frank swimming around his anchored boat during a windless Jazz Cup Race! And Doug put on his wetsuit and did his Titanic act for an early Club MOB demonstration.

Oddly enough neither Frank nor Doug was in favor of making these an annual event.

Only our Youth Sailing program members, thanks to Kevin & Lori Wilkinson, Rod Neathery et al, are thoroughly indoctrinated in capsizing, righting the boat, and gettingback-aboard procedures. Heck, they even capsized a TV reporter, on camera, for good measure. Talk about reality TV!!!

“moments of dread... person-overboard, this is not a drill, drill”

Yes, we yachties do have a serious way of having fun. Nobody knows the trouble we have. It’s the old risk – reward thing. Besides the normal risk of waterborne travel, given the multi-faceted moods of the Pacific ocean, and expecting other boats to KNOW THE STINKING NAUTICAL RULES OF THE STINKING ROAD, we run the risk of our neighbors at home telling us yet again another “A boat is a hole in the water etc… ” joke.

But the rewards; ah yes the rewards, my little chorizos, of sailing your own boat on the legendary waters of San Francisco Bay are many. Here a Sea Scout boat leaves the dock, there a Ferry hurries to make up time, over there a covey of EL TORO’s hone the skill of future sailors, and the COSCO BUSAN just keeps thumping and bumping along…

Well, I see by the old clock on the wall and your eyes glazing over that your attention span and my welcome has expired so I’ll say “ciao for now.”

And be safe out there.

Ray Hall – Dancing Bear

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COMMODORE’S REPORT

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he opening day of the yachting season is celebrated in April! Spring is here! Boats are being readied for a great summer on the water. With the festivities of April 27th marked by the blessing of the fleet on the Bay and the parade of yachts, San Francisco’s famous fireboats, the Phoenix and the Guardian, provide the glistening magical arch of spray to lead the fleet into the 2014 season. SBYC will send our flagship “Anabel” into the parade decorated to compete in the PICYA contest for best decorated yacht flying a giant American flag, saluted by the Marine Corp on her deck.

When we return to the Club, Bob Mason and his team will attempt to break the 1,000 shell mark with the 15th Annual Oyster Festo! So, let’s celebrate the season, get your yachts in Bristol condition and participate in this wonderful rite of spring.

Clipper-Ventures is bringing their fleet of 12 seventy-five foot racing yachts to South Beach beginning potentially April 8th if the weather holds and will have them on display in the Harbor for 10 days during their stopover. After more than 3,300 miles of Pacific sailing from China, they will be ready to enjoy our hospitality and tell their stories of a memorable Pacific Crossing that has been dramatic already with extreme conditions, winds of over 70KN across the decks and the recent rescue of a crew member washed overboard.

Join the volunteers greeting the boats on arrival by contacting Kit Beck.

Share the experiences of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston on Saturday evening the 12th over a wonderful traditional four course proper English dinner.

The evening is capacity limited to 84 seats, so register early to make certain you have a seat for this very interesting evening with this famous Knighted Sailor. Sunday the 13th, attend the Clipper recruiting seminar to learn how you too could be racing on these fabulous yachts on the next race around the world.

South Beach Yacht Club has become a more relevant, recognized and active Club in the worldwide yachting and yacht racing community. As evidence of this, I looked at the website activity comparing this year with the previous three years. Traffic in 2011 & 2012 showed similar activity with about 16,000 visits. During 2013, with our involvement in the AC34 activities and hosting many of the team events and reunion parties

of prior teams, visits increased by 50% to 24,000. This year, with our hosting of the Clipper yachts on their stopover, we have seen another increase of 64% over 2013 with almost 40,000 unique visits. You can be proud of your Club, and you can participate in maintaining its unique character as a volunteer-based club committed to the enjoyment of the Bay and Boating worldwide.

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Bill Adams Espirit de Liberte

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VICE COMMODORE’S REPORT

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xcitement is building for the arrival of the racers in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, due in around Thursday, April 10. Saturday evening we are featuring the race organizer, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston with a proper English style dinner of Beef Wellington & Yorkshire Pudding or Atlantic Salmon Pie with cauliflower cheese & curried rice. Dessert is a Peach Crumble. Yum! Dinner is at 6 p.m. with limited seats. RSVP now!

The 12 teams are coming from Qingdao, China. This is the tenth and longest leg of the race that started in August, 2013 in London. All the raceboats are stripped-down 70-foot racing yachts with professional skippers and amateur crews. It’s an interesting story you’ll all want to hear about.

The teams will be here for 9 days - be sure to get to know the teams and make them feel welcome. They number over 200 with as many stories!

The next leg heads to Panama on April 19th. Join us as we host a send off brunch and jump on a spontaneous cruise-out to see them start off!

There is a chance our monthly Members meeting could be graced by the first to finish as well, so do not miss the Friday night dinner event where the latest race news and special event details will be shared.

Going to miss the weekend events?

Register for the Clipper Race BBQ & Drinks on Monday April 14th.

We have a great line up of events after the Clipper racers leave.

On Thursday evening, April 24th, Lisa Gidley and Deb Phairas host wine-pairing & sharing with a focus on New Zealand Pinot Noirs served with Spring Lamb. Please join in for good wine and food and share your wine insights with fellow members!

Opening Day on the Bay will launch with our Annual Oyster Festo!

Co-hosts Bob Mason & Martin Fay will shuck 700+ oysters in a frenzy ~ can you say aw shucks, how can I help? Wear your red, white & blue and enjoy the day April 27th!

Another highlight is our Easter Brunch which is always a real family pleasure... Susie Fay is in charge, so be sure to sign up early. Register for

Sunday, April 20 with two seatings at 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.

In early May come celebrate the best of Cinco de Mayo with your host Toni Heyneker, our resident DJ and professional dance teacher.

Enjoy a few Beso de las Muerte (habnero-infused) margaritas and a festive taco bar plus live music from Sugar Rhythm Dance with merengue, salsa and cha-cha slide dance lessons before we break into full on freestyle.

Let’s support our Club by participating in these activities, put together by our terrific volunteers.

BARRIE WHEELER On another note, our club steward, Kevin Moss, has resigned due to other priorities.

We have hired Jeffrey Kroeberplease welcome Jeffrey as he starts Monday April 7th.

See you at the club.

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SPLICE THE MAINBRACE

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’ve been a proud member of SBYC for over 20 years, ever since I moved to San Francisco and Martin Fay introduced me to the Club. What appealed to me right away was the people I met here – warm, friendly, unpretentious, caring, giving and just such a pleasure to be around. And that’s still who we are today!

I was fortunate enough to be recruited into a cadre of members who truly personify all those special qualities, and who serve as the hosts who welcome our members and guests whenever we are open. They are our Officers of the Day. Each day they serve, they create the warm ambiance that defines our club.

There are 102 OOD’s in the club and, while they deserve our sincere appreciation every single day for what they do, once a year the Club makes a special effort to thank them on OOD Appreciation Day. This year’s event on Saturday March 22nd was a few hours of great company, great food

by Chefs John and Dan, and a lot of laughter.

The highlight is the infamous Cocktail Contest in which our OOD’s compete to make original cocktails using the most obscure liquors the HOOD can scrounge from our distributors (like PB&J Vodka, seriously!). This year’s judges were the esteemed ‘doyen of the OOD corps’, Ray Hall, Vice Commodore Barrie Wheeler and Board Chairman Tim Weir. No one is quite sure which team’s cocktail won but by then it didn’t really matter anyway! Thank you to all our OODs for the wonderful role each one of you performs. Splice the mainbrace, y’all!

DOWN THE HATCH

OOD TIPS OF THE MONTH

If you’re bartending on any holiday or special day when there is no planned party at the club, take a page out of Ken Ludlum and Cat Reining’s book! On the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day, they decked themselves in the green and the Club with shamrocks. Drop in to Fantastico (6th and Brannan) before your next shift – they have every decoration you could possibly imagine to theme up the club for a few dollars! Thanks, Ken & Cat!

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REAR COMMODORE REPORT

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one more thing to think about. I find m I winning? With our it adds a bit more fun and competmove to Time-on-Time itiveness for the crew as everyone (ToT) scoring I thought knows what time has to be made up I’d write an article on or maintained in order to win or beat how you know your relative position a particular boat in general. ToT gives vs. your competition on the racetighter scoring and less spreads in course. With ToT scoring the length corrected times. of the course is no longer a factor.

Instead, we use what’s called a Time RACING NEWS Correction Formula as follows: TCF = A/(B+PHRF) G E R A R D S H E R I D A N I’d like to thank member Janelle Van Rensselaer for being the Race Chair B+PHRF is the number of seconds it and PRO for our Mid-Winters race takes for you to sail 1 nautical mile in Rating Factor = series called Island Fever. On this the expected conditions. We’ll be My TCF/Competitors TCF. final day she was supported by using the most frequently used 15 mins race in seconds corrected = Linda Ratterman, Winnie Kelly, number for B of 550 for average Rating Factor x 15 x 60 Milt Smith, Morris Woods and conditions. We’ll use 650 for A. So if The difference in this number is what Terry Kensington. Thank you all for your PHRF rating is 120, then your you owe slower boats after 15 minutes TCF will be 650/(550+120) = 0.9701. of racing or what faster boats owe you. your Race Committee volunteering – much appreciated by the skippers and Your final corrected time is your Here’s a practical application of this their crews for sure.

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15 mins race in seconds corrected 911.98 907.99 900.00 900.00 876.04 828.11

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by Sirocco 11.98 7.99 0.00 0.00 -23.96 -71.89

1 HR race in seconds corrected 3647.93 3631.95 3600.00 3600.00 3504.14 3312.43

Seconds/60 mins owed

by Sirocco 47.93 31.95 0.00 0.00 -95.86 -287.57

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M E M B E R S O N T H E WAT E R

CONFIRMED CRUISERS

David Bogdanoff Kathleen Dunn Richard Forst Brad Ketchem Steve Lopes Alan Maybruck Bill Palmer Kerry Roller Tad Sheldon Pete Sorenson

Cruise-Out to Schoonmaker Point Marina, Sausalito April 25, 26 & 27

Celebrate Opening Day on the Bay as a long weekend in sunny Sausalito! Explore the historical waterfront with friends and the Catalina 34 Club. Friday nite cocktails, Saturday strolls and a visit to the Bay Model followed by dining out. On Sunday line up for the Blessing of the Fleets! Organized by Kerry Roller. Details on the SBYC website.

NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Kit Beck started sailing in 1977 but really stepped up in 2009 when she moved to the Bay Area. She crewed on Pegasus in the 2012 and 2013 Master Mariner’s Races; crewed aboard Pursuit in the 2013 Great Schooner Race; and in our FNS aboard Outrageous. Kit crews weekly aboard Bounty out of Sausalito; and also on Pegasus Voyages with at-risk students and vets. Kit has volunteered for race committee, many social events, and was an AC34 Volunteer. She wants to crew for the Pacific Cup! Her volunteer interests are in Community Relations, Membership, OOD, and Junior Sailing. Sponsored by Patti Mangan

Under the Sea Cruise-Out to Petaluma Yacht Club Memorial Day Weekend May 23~26

This will be a great summer adventure for 10 cruisers up the river to downtown darling Petaluma. Organized by Rick Riccardi.

Details on the SBYC website.

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O P E N I N G D AY O N T H E B AY Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association OPENING DAY on SAN FRANCISCO BAY Sunday, April 27, 2014

Celebrating the official beginning of the 2014 Boating Season on San Francisco Bay. The Blessing of the Fleet is 10:30 to noon in Raccoon Strait.

The Decorated Boat Parade starts at noon at Crissy Field and goes until 3:00 pm at Pier 39.

PICYA sponsors its 97th annual “Opening Day on the Bay.” This year’s Boat Parade theme is “VISIONS,” chosen

by PICYA Commodore Lenora Clark, to honor our past, nuture our present, and embrace our future.

The sponsor for the Decorated Boats Parade is BoatUS, for the 12th year in a row. BoatUS is the nation’s leading advocate for recreational boaters, offering a wide array of consumer services.

Every Opening Day, all types of boats from all over the Bay Area participate in the Decorated Boat Parade, off the San Francisco waterfront, from noon until 3:00.

Entry in the parade is free and spectators on land can view the parade anywhere from Pier 39 to Crissy Field.

This is a rare occasion to see so many special boats in one place, close to shore, and is a wonderful opportunity for families to learn about and compare different kinds of boats. Reservations can be made in advance to view the boat parade on the Hornblower Yacht “California” chartered by PICYA every year.

The parade features over 100 historic workboats, fireboats, towboats, classic and contemporary power boats, and classic and contemporary sailboats. All are decorated, many of them to the year’s theme. The boats compete for honors and for trophies.

In addition to the trophies, PICYA awards first through third place in various categories and prize bags stuffed with dining certificates, event tickets, wine, clothing, art work, boat gear, books, travel, and sailing excursions, all donated by local businesses and yacht clubs.

The Opening Day tradition was expanded to add The Blessing of the Fleet (aka Blessing of the Pleasure Yachts), sponsored by various yacht clubs in the Bay Area. The tradition of blessing the fleet began centuries ago in Mediterranean fishing communities; every spring at the beginning of fishing season, a blessing from the local priest was hoped to ensure a safe and bountiful season.

In 2014 the blessing vessel is the POTOMAC. Clergymen of several faiths will bless all boats that pass by the POTOMAC in Raccoon Strait between 10:30 and noon.

The boating community in the Bay Area has more notable events in our past than can be counted. Just one example is the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate International Exposition, for which Treasure Island was created. And only seven months ago we watched an extremely exciting and innovative America’s Cup that introduced sailing and racing to brand new audiences all over the Bay Area and the world.

We celebrate our present with this historic organization that unites and brings together boaters of all types from all over Northern California, young and old, novice and skilled, power and sail, and Bay & Delta.

Our future is in the strength of 107 yacht clubs from the Coast and the San Francisco Bay, through the Delta, up to Tahoe and down from Chico, and through the Central Valley to Stockton.

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THE SBYC BOTTOMLINE If you were not at March’s members’ meeting, you missed a chance to review the 2014 budget which was passed overwhelmingly by those in attendance. The Board Members, Finance Committee and I thank all who were there for taking the time to understand how and where the budget numbers come from. The budget is now posted in our Club website members’ area. RC Gerard and VC Barrie are already working to make things happen as approved.

There was a question that came up regarding the difference between our two budgets, Operations and Capital.

I will briefly explain them.

OPERATIONS BUDGET

The Operations Budget consists of all the revenue and costs associated with the day-to-day running of the club. In general, anything that is consumed within the year is considered part of this budget. This includes liquor, food, chips, ship’s stores items, and plastic utensils, obviously, but also fuel for our boats, rent, electricity, water, insurance, office supplies, racing activities, Jr. Sailing tuition and instructors, club steward, janitor, bookkeeper, and general maintenance and repairs, just to highlight a few. Your dues payments are also included in Operations. The primary monitoring document for this budget is the Profit and Loss (P&L) report. Each quarter, I will present a comparison of how we are doing compared to this budget.

CAPITAL BUDGET

The Capital Budget, on the other hand, is focused on bigger ticket and longer term items that add value to the Club. A general rule, but not steadfast, is that the item costs more than $1000 and lasts more than a year. This includes things like boats, refrigerators, freezers, TVs, computers, POS terminals, furniture, audio system, and galley-ware, for example. Funds for these come from the annual auction and any net profit we get at year-end for the operations activity. We use the Club Balance Sheet to monitor this budget.

Both are important. If we miss performing on the Operations Budget, we will not generate the income necessary to fund the items planned in the Capital Budget.

RESERVES

Reserves are funds set aside and mostly untouchable for normal club use. To paraphrase, it’s in our “locked box.” They are held like this for use in some unforeseen, extreme emergency. Out of the $200,000 plus cash we have in our accounts at any given time, slightly less than $180,000 is currently in this Reserve. They are in very safe CD’s, earning interest.

Our current club rules require a specific amount be kept here and that it be increased annually by the local CPI. Last year this was 2.3%.

The base amount was arrived at by considering how much it would cost to run the club for a year or more

after some catastrophic event. Only a request by the Board and approval by a majority of members would allow any of this reserve to be touched.

If you have any other questions about the Club’s financing, please email me and I will try to answer them.

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L ADW I G

Overheard on the docks: “I have enough money now to last me the rest of my life...

All I have to do is not spend any of it.”

Kevin Wilkinson reports that Junior Sailing Summer classes are 75% sold out in early Marchwhich will help pay for four new lasers ($13.5K) needed for the summer season.

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IN THE EAST BAY

Be there when the ships come in!

Welcome the Clipper racers as they pull in from China - anytime between April 8th-12th.

The dozen teams all deserve a warm welcome. Email Kit Beck to get e-alerts of Clipper team arrivals and then come on down to Pier 40 to cheer them in!

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MEMBERS & VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH

NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT Chris Nelson began

sailing on a Sunfish as a child in New Jersey. He and wife Susan have sailed the BVI’s extensively as well as Tahiti. Recently Chris has participated in the FNS and is now regular crew aboard Adventure. Their goal is to be part of our community that values volunteers, and who also have the camaraderie and spirit of boating.

A member for less than a year, Jessica Chase stepped up immediately to start volunteering. She quickly became a terrific Deck Captain meeting everyone that came through our doors with a gorgeous smile. This January, she took over managing the Deck Captains and has just qualified as an OOD. Jessica has brought more new members to the club in the past six months than any other member in a couple of years. And, she threw one fantastic New Years’ Eve Party for us. When you see Jessica at the Deck Captain station or behind the bar, please thank her for all she does for SBYC. VICE COMMODORES 2013 AWARD

NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Mike Snyder is a familiar face around the SBYC Clubhouse on race days. He’s been an active Friday night racer for several years. He has raced on three different SBYC member vessels and is a very knowledgeable sailor having grown up on the shores of Lake Erie.

Mike wants to be an active volunteer and eventually partner on a boat in South Beach.

At the Officers induction in January, Susie Fay was recognized with great thanks and appreciation, for Meritorious Service by then Vice Commodore Bill Adams: “Attaining outstanding performance as a volunteer event host during 2013, a year of high expectations and challenges.

Whenever called upon, with a gracious attitude, Susie has offered her support for events including Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and the Crabby Holiday Party. Many member and private events were made more successful as a direct result of her contributions of artistic flower arrangements, event coordination, catering and consulting with other member volunteers.”

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SOUTH BEACH YACHT CLUB EVENTS CALENDAR COMMODORE Bill Adams 415-425-5099 VICE COMMODORE Barrie Wheeler 707-938-9442 REAR COMMODORE Gerard Sheridan 415-810-2004 SECRETARY Kathleen Dunn TREASURER Roger Ladwig MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Lynda Maybruck 408-472-3667 HOOD Hugh Coppen PORT CAPTAIN Peter Otten JUNIOR SAILING Kevin Wilkinson 650-333-7873 CRUISE OUT DIRECTOR Alan Maybruck 408.489.2477 CHAIRMAN of the BOARD Tim Wier BOARD MEMBER Debra Phairas BAADS COMMODORE Cristina Rubke 415 533 0276 CLUB STEWARD Jeffrey Kroeber SB HARBORMASTER Jim Walter 415-495-4911 NEWSLETTER EDITOR Patti Mangan 415-272-2053

Wednesday, April 2

7:00 pm

Race Tactics Seminar with Kame Richards & John Super

Friday, April 4-6th

4:00 pm

Welcome the Corinthian Yacht Club Cruise-In

Monday, April 7

6:30 pm

Northern California Ocean Racing Council meeting

Thursday, 10 -14

All day

Strictly Sail Pacific - Jack London Square

Thursday, 10 -14

All day

Welcome the Clipper Round the World Racing Yachts

Thursday, April 10

7:00 pm

Racing Rules of Sailing Refresher with Michael Gross

Friday, April 11

6:00 pm

Member Meeting - Welcome Clipper Teams

Saturday, April 12

7:00 pm

Special Dinner Guest Sir Robin Knox-Johnson

Sunday, April 13

6:30 pm

Recruitment Presentation by Clipper Round The World

Monday April 14

6:00 pm

Clipper Round The World Yacht Race Prize Giving

Friday, April 17

3:30 pm

Friday Nite Race Series Practice Race

Saturday, April 19

2:00 pm

Book Club ~ Bligh-Master Mariner by Rob Mundle

Sunday, April 20

11:00 am Two Seatings for Easter Brunch at the Yacht Club

Wednesday, April 23 6:30 pm

Protests Demystified - the whole process from beginning to end

Thursday, April 24

Wine Pairing & Sharing of New Zealand Pinot Noirs

7:00 pm

Friday, April 25-27th 1:00 pm

Welcome the Oakland Yacht Club Cruise-In

Friday, April 25-27th 1:00 pm

Cruise-Out to Schoonmaker Point Marina, Sausalito

Friday, April 25

6:30 pm

Friday Nite Race Series Race

Sunday, April 27

11:00 pm Opening Day Oyster Festo & BBQ / Anabel enters the Parade

Saturday, May 3

7:00 pm

Cinco de Mayo Party - taco bar & beso de la muerte margaritas!

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