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The San Francisco Yacht Club
Oct/Nov 2014
November 2009
THE
BULLETIN
The Bulletin
Magazine of The San Francisco Yacht Club OCT/NOV 2014 Volume 20 • Issue 9 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
AUXILIARY OFFICERS & DIRECTORS President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Directors:
Marily Rimmer P/P Elizabeth Merrill Jolynn Hardiman Tinsley Hutson-Wiley Carol Anderson Cynthia Bernheim Stephanie Cannell Emily Heller Eugenia Jesberg Connie Lewis Robin Reynolds Julie Zanze P/P Melissa Tulp - Ex-Officio Frances Melbostad - Honorary
General Manager
Steve DePetro
Columns 3
Commodore
Departments 5-16
Race News
17
Youth Sailing
Photo by Leslie Richter
William W. Melbostad Susan E. Moore Edward E. Lynch Angela D. Lackey Olson Michael S. Brilliant Charles R. Wideman Laurence R. Bekins Daniel C. Buckstaff Jerry Eaton Jr. S/C Thomas C. Lacey Tina C. Lundh Paul S. Rosenlund
18-19 Auxiliary
Wosser Cup
Features 4
Burgees Aweigh!
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Cruising News
21
New Members
21
Eight Bells
November 2009
Photo by Leslie Richter
Commodore Vice Commodore Rear Commodore Secretary Treasurer Port Captain Directors:
The San Francisco Yacht Club
Staff Commodores’ Cup
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Social Events 22-23 On the Horizon/Ads 24
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Manon Baze Evelyne Swinscoe-Byer Leslie Richter Vince Mattera Joan Linn Bekins P/P Mimi Cornelius P/P Joan Harter Bob McDermott P/P Sally Secor P/P Jane Watts
Calendar
Contributors Michelle Farabaugh, Forrest Gay, David Joyner, Cissy Kirrane, Lisa Klairmont, Harold Kleiderman, Chris Kostanecki, Bob McDermott, Bill Melbostad, Suzie Moore, Bill Nolan, Justine O’Connor, Mel and Gig Owen, Marily Rimmer, Bill Wallace
Express 27 Nationals
Photo by Leslie Richter
Photographers Andy Casey, Roxanne Fairbairn, Ellen Hoke, Angie Lackey Olson, Ed Lynch, Leslie Richter, John Swain, Bill Wallace
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Cover: Schooner Martha graces the Bay
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Editor Ads/Calendar Editor Race Editor Production Manager Bulletin Committee
The Great San Francisco Schooner Race
From the Commodore Bill Melbostad, Commodore / commodore@sfyc.org
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ince my appointment as a Director in 2008, the Board has focused on The Club’s facility, with the goal of meeting the future needs of the Membership’s boating and social activities. The Board has not always agreed on the best direction of developing our facility. Still, The Club’s Membership should be proud of what has been accomplished over the last few years. Our most important asset, the harbor, has been rebuilt; it’s now a great source of Member pride, and serves our on the water needs. Our bar, dining room, galley, and staff office infrastructure have been recently updated, and will not be a concern for many years. That leaves us with development of the Cove House, and the adjacent grounds. The Facilities Planning Committee (FPC), receiving full support of the Board of Directors, has been considering our options to develop a methodical, practical approach to replace the aging and inadequate Cove House, and to create more efficient use of our invaluable land. Our latest planning process has utilized an integral approach, with the goal of improving the entryway, flow patterns, the dry dock facility, and maximizing the potential of our unique property. The development of this project also has included feedback from all the standing committees to determine future program needs of The Club to provide more value to current and prospective members.
with the senior Kilroy winning the event by 15 points. Supporting Cast I’m sure you have all seen some new faces around The Club, and I hope you will warmly welcome the new additions to our staff. First, Nico Zimmerman has been hired as our Food & Beverage Manager, with the goal of continuing to raise the bar of service and the quality of your dining experience at The SFYC. Nico will also be Nico Zimmerman welcome support for our General Manager, Steve DePetro, who unselfishly filled many long shifts during our busiest seasons at The Club. I have already received several positive comments, complementing Nico’s attention to detail, and the improved dining service. We also want to welcome Amanda Ackerman, our new Catering Manager. Amanda succeeds Natalie Watson, who relocated with her family to the central California Coast. We thank Natalie for her years of service and the fantastic events we all enjoyed. Amanda already is working diligently towards Amanda maintaining the quality of our events, and she Ackerman has done an admirable job interfacing into her position, during our most active social time of the year.
Members Matter November 11 is the next member meeting, when the architecture firm, Bull, Stockwell & Allen, who has been working closely with FPC, will present a current scope of the proposed Cove House replacement plan, and development of the adjacent grounds. As this project will affect all Members and their families, we will welcome spouses to participate in the meeting. We strongly encourage you to attend the Member’s Meeting, and be part of charting our course to maintain the excellence of The SFYC facility for future generations.
Our Sensational Schooner I doubt many of you could have missed the lovely schooner, Martha, who graced our harbor during September. The Martha is the oldest existing (and sailing) Flag Ship of The San Francisco Yacht Club. Her construction began in 1907 at Stone’s Boat yard, by order of 1909 SFYC Commodore, JR Hanify. The stately schooner’s exquisite restoration by her operating foundation is as remarkable as the way she sails. After finishing a close second to the smaller, but much newer schooner, Elizabeth Muir, in the Great Schooner Regatta, Martha dominated the competition in the Leukemia Cup’s classic Election season By the time you read this, the Nominating Committee’s (NC) division. My wife Frances and I were lucky enough to join the Martha’s crew for the Leukemia Cup. It was a spectacular sight work will be completed and the 2015 Board slate will be posted. The NC is one of our most important committees, whose mission canvasing the sky, flying the gollywobbler between the spars, is vital to maintaining the balance of The Club’s governance, and and setting a spinnaker off the forward mast. Now she is sailing south to warmer climes; we wish Martha and her crew a great assuring the continuity and effectiveness of the Board of winter in the Sea of Cortez, and look forward to her return to the Directors. My gratitude goes out to this year’s NC, S/C Bill Bay for the Master Mariners’ Regatta in May, 2015. Smith, S/C Kyle Elliott, S/C Tad Lacey, S/C Jim Robinson, In closing this month, I want to tell all SFYC Members how Madeline Morey, Matt Cromar, and John Kerslake. much I have appreciated your thoughtful and constructive New Talent suggestions that I have received over my year, and I hope they We have a young phenomenon in our midst: Liam Kilroy, age become the catalyst for positive change. 11, sailing in the Audi Melges 20’ North Americans, and having Smooth Sailing, an excellent final day, with scores of 2, 1, 5, moving him to 5th in the star studded regatta. You may have noticed the Samba Pa Ti teams training out of The SFYC. Liam and his father John sailing under The SFYC burgee, bookended the Melges 20 NA podium Commodore Bill Melbostad OCT/NOV 2014 THE BULLETIN • www.sfyc.org • 3
Burgees Aweigh!
Jim and Kim Coggan with their Kanak helmsman. Noumea, New Caledonia
Ginny Kavanaugh, Carol Lewis, S/C Carl Lewis, Bobbi Buich, Bob Buich, and Jack Kavanaugh enjoy Amsterdam coffee
The Smith Family at Burning Man: Ellie, Payse, Jessica, Caitlin and Skip Smith
Al Haussener’s Burger motor yacht at Newport, RI with Al, Nancy Gale, Pat Montag and S/C John Swain
Let us know where you and your burgee have been. Pack your burgee on your travels and take pictures of it with you and your group. Submit to Bulletin@sfyc.org to be in the next Bulletin. Happy Travels!
Slumming at Chateau Margaux: Holly Nyerges, Anna Schulhof, Diane Winters, Jay Hooker, Jerry Butler, Edita Roberts, Al McKee, Ron Roberts
Alex Millie and wife Jennifer Porter at the World Cup games, Maracana in Rio De Janeiro, where they saw Russia vs. Belgium
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Jay and Holly Hooker at the Cleveland Yacht Club with one of the CYC managers
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A picture perfect Express 27 start
Photos by Leslie Richter
Express 27 Nationals By Forrest Gay
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he Express 27 fleet spent Labor Day Weekend at The SFYC for their Nationals and enjoyed three days of great racing on the Berkeley Circle with 16 boats participating. Friday started out with very shifty conditions that the race committee was able to keep organized with two changes of course and some quick mark moving. From then on the Berkeley Circle delivered its regular 16-22 knots. The
distance race on Saturday allowed the boats a two-and-a-half hour tour of the central Bay with some exciting reaches. Congratulations to Zachary Anderson’s Motorcycle Irene out of Richmond YC, skippered by Will Paxton, for winning by 11 points with five bullets over seven races. Thanks to SFYC's Robbie Dean for doing an excellent job as PRO, and to all the volunteers who supported the event.
Some close downwind action with Motorcycle Irene leading the way
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race@sfyc.org Michelle Farabaugh / Forrest Gay
Wosser Cup By Bob McDermott
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ugust 23 was a busy day on the water for The Club racers. The last of the Club Series events, the Wosser Cup, was followed by the annual Staff Commodores’ Cup. The race for the Wosser Cup was held in the beautiful weather to which we have become accustomed this summer. This regatta honors Frank (“Jake”) Wosser, who was Commodore in 1953-1954 and again in 1969-1970. He was a popular and very talented racing sailor who dominated the IOD Fleet in the Bay for many years. He raced for the Club in many of the SF Cup and Challenge Cup races, as well as other regattas locally and outside of the area. The perpetual trophy was established in 1970, The San Francisco Yacht Club’s centennial year, and was first called the Centennial Cup, but later renamed as the “Frank (‘Jake’) Wosser Centennial Cup”. In her debut as a PRO, Shawn Davies Commodore Melbostad and his crew accept 1st Place from Ruth Wosser selected a four-mile, twice around, sausage course from Knox toward Yellow Bluff, down to Point Stuart and Finish. Given the short course, nice winds and weak current, the first boats got around the track in less than 50 min. In the spinnaker division, nipping Hank Easom’s Yucca by 53 seconds on corrected time, Commodore Bill Melbostad in JR, completed his clean sweep of the series. In third was the ever-present and always competitive Richard vonEhrenkrook on his trusty Cal 20, Can O’Whoopass. In the nonspin division, Jib Martens in Freedom beat out Glenn Isaacson’s Q by 0.01 of a second while Rich and Mark Pearce in Bolero were only 0.14 Two Carl Schumacher designed boats - Q and Spirit enjoy a great day of racing. seconds later in third. The overall 2014 Club Series winner for the Spinnaker Division was Commodore Melbostad with Tim Russell’s Painkiller in second, and Hank Easom’s Yucca in third. For the nonspinnaker boats, another very consistent winner was Glen Isaason’s Q with Mark and Rich Pearce taking second ahead of a tie for third between Jib Martens and David James sailing his Lapworth 36, Leda. Thanks to all the Club skippers and their faithful crew who made this another successful season. Forty-four boats were registered for the season and thirty-six competed in at least one race. We are alway open to new ideas and suggestions as to how we could make this Photos by Leslie Richter Wosser Cup winners important activity even more successful.
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Staff Commodores’ Cup By P/P Cissy Kirrane
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ow in its seventh year, the invitational Staff Commodores' Cup was established by Patrick J. (Pat) Kirrane, Commodore in 1966 & 1967. Pat, a life-long sailor, had two goals for this regatta: "Keep the boys (Staff Commodores) on the water and encourage a day of shared friendship by racing with Club members." All boats must have a Staff Commodore on board, and as our Club series sailors out number Staff Commodores by a wide margin, the real challenge begins long before race day. It's sometimes referred to as the "Staff Commodores' Scramble" as eager skippers go on the hunt. There are invitations going out via midnight emails, endless faxes and early morning telephone calls. Competition is keen. Without a Staff Commodore on board, one cannot join the winners’ circle. The consensus among those who have participated is: "It's just too much fun to miss." Out on the water, our enthusiastic PRO, Shawn Davies selected a five-mile course (Knox-Little Harding-Harding RockLeeward Mark-Little Harding-Finish). While some of the Staff Commodores also crewed during the Wosser Cup, many were picked up from the dock between the two races. With their Staff Commodores on board, the lucky skippers and their crews cruised around the starting area waiting for the gun at 1405 hrs. The racers were treated to a beautiful sail with winds in the 15 – 17 knots range with an JR leading the fleet. ebbing tide.
Spinnaker Division 1 Commodore Bill Melbostad on JR with S/C Kyle Elliott 2 Hank Easom on Yucca with S/C Carl Lewis Non Spinnaker Division 1. Jib Martens on Freedom with S/C Bob Griswold 2. Glenn Isaacson on Q with S/C John Scarborough 3. Rich Pearce on Bolero with S/C Ray Lynch 4. David James on Leda with S/C Ray Lent 5. Eben Marsh on Elusive with S/C Tom Decker 6. George Janson on QE3 with S/C Ken Jesmore, DNF (retired mid-race with a broken boom) There was one hugely disappointed skipper (who won third place in the Wosser Cup earlier in the day) who could not find a Staff Commodore. In hopes of improving his chances for 2015, this skipper, very imaginatively, strode among the winners at this year’s awards ceremony pouring champagne. Now he is cleverly devising new strategies. Therapy is not an option. Freshening up his boat...repainting the hull perhaps. (Could one imagine a polka dotted Cal 20?) We all know our wonderful SFYC Staff Commodores are at a premium. Try to book one early for next year! Photos by Leslie Richter
This year’s class of Staff Commodores
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Team SFYC Wins 2014 Corinthian Cup By V/C Suzie Moore 2014 Corinthian Cup Chair
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he Corinthian Cup is an annual matchracing event between the San Francisco Yacht Club and the Annapolis Yacht Club. For this year’s event, held on August 23 and 24, each team fielded an adult team and a youth team, all sailing in J/22s. The SFYC adult team, skippered by Shawn Bennett, had a particularly strong showing, winning each of their seven matches. The youth team, skippered by Jack Barton, had a great start on Saturday, winning their first match, but then lost their next four matches. On Sunday the SFYC youth made a spectacular comeback, winning their sixth match by a margin of just four seconds after completing a penalty turn. They then secured the Cup with a victory by a very wide margin in their seventh and final match. At the end of racing on Sunday,
The Youth Team helped cement The SFYC win.
The Adult Team swept the series.
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Photos by Leslie Richter
SFYC was the first club to win the required 10 matches to win the 2014 Corinthian Cup. Bennett’s adult team included Melissa Purdy Feagin, Tom Purdy, and Nick Gibbens on Saturday and Jon Perkins on Sunday. Barton’s youth team included Alex Moody, Sammy Shea and Chloe Holder. It was very exciting when Chloe was added to the team on the eve of the event when the crew ‘made weight.’ The SFYC members of the Joint Committee were Jeff Cusack and Bartz Schneider. Richmond Yacht Club member Vickie Gilmour was the ‘independent referee’ on the Joint Committee. Chief Umpire Grant Baldwin assembled the team of six umpires. SFYC Director of Sailing, Forrest Gay, did a great job preparing the boats for racing and organizing the race management assets. Members assisting Forrest on the support boat, maintaining the course area, were
The youth team plows through the chop on the Berkeley Circle.
the sincere Corinthian spirit and the hospitality of our Club and Jim Barton, Tod Moody, S/C Kyle Elliott and Conor Elliott. its members. Bryan Moore skippered the signal boat Rendezvous and Carol The ‘home team’ has won this event every meeting since its Holder joined us on Sunday to assist with timing and recording. The event was made even more memorable for our guests by inception five years ago. The goal next year will be to reverse that trend when we return to Annapolis! the warm welcome and hospitality they received from our host families. Special thanks go to the SFYC members who hosted the guests from AYC including R/C Ed and Shana Lynch, Bryan and Nancy Kemnitzer, Jon and Dawn Krabbenschmidt, Lucy and Tod Moody, and Bert and Roxanne Richards. All involved in the event are especially grateful to General Manager Steve Depetro and his team including Catering Manager Natalie Watson, Chef Reny and the staff for their dedication to excellence and for providing the best The SFYC has to offer. It was a great weekend for the SFYC. Everyone enjoyed great racing on San Francisco Bay and shared The SFYC and AYC Joint Committee. OCT/NOV 2014 THE BULLETIN • www.sfyc.org • 9
Schooner Race THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO
Even the crew on Yankee is impressed as Martha sails by.
Photo by Leslie Richter
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he conditions proved to be perfect for this year’s Great San Francisco Schooner Race. There were eleven boats in two divisions, Gaff and Marconi, competing in the Bay-tour pursuit race. Boats started their pursuit of first place between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 pm. The
course took the schooners from the starting line in the vicinity of Knox to Yellow Bluff, Blossom Rock, mark eight (East Bay), Angel Island (to starboard), Little Harding, and back to Knox to finish. The fastest elapsed time was Martha in 1 hour, 40 minutes, 43 seconds,
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allowing them to secure second place only three seconds behind Elizabeth Muir in the Marconi division. Jakatan finished first in the Gaff division with Yankee in second. Brigadoon and Freda B were in hot pursuit of Yankee as they headed to the finish line.
Thanks to Race Chair Angie Lackey Olson, PRO Jeff Zarwell, and race committee volunteers John Cianciarulo, Shawn Davies, Roxanne Fairbairn, Torben and Soren Hoy, Linda Kjaempe, Greg Owen, and Marshall Schneider.
Photo by S/C John Swain
- Michelle Farabaugh
Captain of the schooner Martha, Robert d’Arcy.
I had the pleasure of sailing aboard Martha. Before the race, Captain Robert d’Arcy, told me that Martha doesn’t short tack, so expect to bang the corners. What I didn’t realize was that she does short jibe, as we did trying to hang on to first place from Little Harding to the finish line at Knox, but in the last ten feet, Elizabeth Muir picked up speed and beat us by those precious three seconds. It was definitely a race I will not forget anytime soon. We look forward to having Martha back at SFYC to race the Great San Francisco Schooner Race again in 2015.
This year’s winners with the impressive perpetual trophy. Photo by Roxanne Fairbairn
While not actually a schooner, the beautiful Marjorie sailed the course, but wasn’t scored.
Photo by Leslie Richter
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race@sfyc.org Michelle Farabaugh / Forrest Gay
There were plenty of OCS calls in the aggressive Melges 20 starts.
Audi Melges 20 Double Header By Angie Lackey Olson
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Photos by Leslie Richter
uring the recent Indian summer, SFYC hosted a double header of Audi Melges 20 championships. September 2728 had 19 boats competing in the Pacific Coast Championship and October 3-5 had 20 boats on the line for the North American Championship. Our full complement of seven SFYC boats were there with Sid Gorham, Elliott James, Tom Kassberg, 11 year old Liam Kilroy, John Kilroy, Roland Vandermeer and Doug Wilhelm entered. The PCCs were orchestrated beautifully by PRO Jim Barton and his on-the-water team of Rex Cameron, Shannon Cantwell, Shawn Davies, Nancy DeMauro, Roxanne Fairbairn, Janine Fujioka, Forrest Gay, Jay Hooker, George Janson, Bob McDermott, V/C Suzie Moore, Angie Lackey Olson, Alex Liam Kilroy’s Wild Man at the windward mark. Rothenberg, Tristan Ruhland, and Alison Russell. Fleet newcomer Cesar Gomes’Neto, in his first time racing on the San PCC Podium finishers Francisco Bay, locked the winning position early on with four 1 Cesar Gomes Neto on Portobello bullets, one 5th place position and chose not to sail in race 8. 2 John Kilroy on Samba Pa Ti 3 Michael Kiss on Bacio 4 Sid Gorham on Funner 5 James Wilson on Oleander
Tom Kassberg’s Flygfisk navigating traffic at the leeward mark.
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The North Americans were a slightly different story as the Pacific High settled in, bringing temperatures in the 80’s and 90’s but not very much wind, forcing the start times to be delayed each day as the Race Committee awaited its arrival from a variety of directions. All eight races were completed in the three day event as planned with Sunday being more typical with winds from 225 degrees at 8-12 knots. Reigning Melges 20 Worlds champion John Kilroy’s Samba Pa Ti had the title all but locked up by the end of race 6 but all the remaining positions were changing daily in the very competitive fleet. A noteworthy event occurred in Race 7 as young Liam finished first (his first in a championship) crossing the line in front of dad John by literally seconds. PRO Bruce Golison led the team of Deputy PRO Jeff Zarwell, Angie Lackey Olson, Michelle Farabaugh, Roxanne Fairbairn,
Photos by Leslie Richter
Elliot James’ Problem Child at the windward mark.
Margo Golison and Steve Washburn on Victory, Vicki Sodaro and Katie Maxim on the pin boat, Forrest Gay, Tristan Ruhland and Taran Teague on the gate boat, and Bryan Moore, Alex Rothenberg and Bruce Bingham on the weather mark boat. Thanks also go to Greg Arkus and Fran Kassberg for media boat duty. Happily, our international jury team of Chief Judge Don Becker, Doug Sloan, Kevin Hawkins, Mike Gross and Danielle Lawson team didn’t get much business in the protest room. NA Podium finishers 1 John Kilroy on Samba Pa Ti 2 Michael Kiss on Bacio 3 Cesar Gomes Neto on Portobello 4 James Wilson on Oleander 5 Liam Kilroy on Wildman Corinthinan 1 Doug Wilhelm on Wilco
Lots of smiles from the extended Kilroy family!
This year’s Melges 20 events were a lead in to the 2015 World Championships at The SFYC when we expect to host 50+ boats. John Kilroy’s Smba Pa Ti leads the way around the windward mark.
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race@sfyc.org Michelle Farabaugh / Forrest Gay
2014 Leukemia Cup Regatta By David Joyner, Chris Kostanecki, Bill Nolan, 2014 Leukemia Cup Co-Chairs
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n behalf of the Leukemia Cup Committee, we are pleased to announce The San Francisco Yacht Club's ninth annual Leukemia Cup Regatta raised an incredible $500,000 for the cause and is once again ranked the top fundraising regatta in the country. Thanks to our many corporate and in-kind sponsors, individual donors, and volunteers for their generous donations to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's life-saving research and services.
VIP Dinner and Live Auction Many thanks to our Honorary Chairman Tom Perkins for inviting Wendy Schmidt to be our special guest speaker. Wendy, president of the Schmidt Family Foundation and co-founder of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, spoke passionately about the importance of ocean conservation. Master of Ceremonies Liam Mayclem, with help from Honorary Skipper Rhett Krawitt and his sister Annesley, raised $75,000.
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Honorary Skippers and “Be the Match” Bone Marrow Drive Sailors raised funds in tribute to a very inspiring sixyear-old leukemia Leukemia Cup – Honorary Chairman Tom survivor, Rhett Perkins, Wendy Schmidt, and Mark Buell Krawitt, and many of our honorary skippers who are blood cancer patients and survivors. Thanks to committee volunteer, Jen Cromar, we held a bone marrow drive with “Be the Match” and registered 25 new people at the regatta. Top Fundraisers The Leukemia Cup Top Fundraising Boat perpetual trophy was awarded to Skipper John McNeill and “Team Yankee” with total funds raised of $26,125.
Photo by Ellen Hoke
Top Overall Individual Fundraisers First Place was awarded to David Joyner and Second Place was awarded to Chris Kostanecki. These fundraisers along with Jeff Burch, Jeff Cusack, Matt Frymier, Ted Hannig, Rhett Krawitt, Tina Lundh, Mark McLaughlin, Bill Nolan, Tom Perkins, Bill Smith, and Ted Turner each raised/ contributed over $10,000 and qualified for the Leukemia Cup Fantasy Sail weekend to be held in Savannah, Georgia in November with National Chairman Gary Jobson. Regatta Results On Sunday, September 21 there were seventy-five boats competing in a variety of classes including the "by invitation only" Classic Yacht Class. Race Chair, V/C Suzie Moore and PRO Bartz Schneider along with The SFYC Race Committee did a terrific job organizing the regatta. On the water volunteers: Nancy Demauro, Mark Dowdy, Jerry Eaton, Angie Lackey Olson, Madeline Morey, Craig Page, Alex Rothenberg, Anne Scully, Lynn Spiller, Sono Zhang and Port Captain Rich Wideman. Shore duty volunteers: Shawn Davies, Cindy Hausch-Booth, Laurie Klahn and SFYC Race Office staff Lisa Turner. Congratulations to 1st place: Robert d'Arcy, Martha (Division 1 Classic Yachts), Tad Lacey, Peregine (Division 2 Spinnaker PHRF 72 and below); Steve and Paul Kent, Perseverence (Division 3 J/105); Glenn Isaacson, Q (Division 4 Non-Spin 123 below); Tom Kassberg, Flygfisk (Division 5 Spin PHRF 75 to 123); David James, Leda (Division 6 Non-Spinnaker PHRF 126 to 150); Charles Pick, Elusive (Division 7 Spinnaker PHRF 126 & Above); Ted Goldbeck, Just Em (Division 8 NonSpinnaker PHRF 153 and above); Brent Crawford, Fifty/Fifty (Division 9 Knarr One Design). Youth Regatta Forrest Gay did a great job organizing the Optimist’s Green Fleet Youth Regatta. Congratulations to Dylan Meade, who raised $775 and was the top fundraiser for the 7th year in a row. Power Boat Fleet Thank you to John McNeill and Jib Martens for organizing the cruising class power fleet boats that included Gig
Cruising for a Cause – Gig and Mel Owen’s Pat Pending and Mel Owen, Pat Pending; Chrissy and Paul Kaplan, Zapato Verde; David and Bunny Cobb, Seabreeze; Carol and Bill Cosgrove, Solmate; Roger and LaRae Quy, Seascape; Trip Ames, Amore; Mario Schuhmann, Daisy; Susan Takami, Makoto. Many owners hosted honorary skipper families and sponsor guests and participated in a parade during the regatta. Fantastic Support Team Finally, we want to acknowledge the significant contributions of our dedicated volunteers and team members as well as the many local yacht clubs for their great support and participation. The Leukemia Cup planning is a year round process with a hard working committee that includes our Honorary Chairman
Tom Perkins and the following committee volunteers: Jen Cromar, Kathleen Daly, Matt Frymier, Forrest Gay, Mollie Hagar, Stan Hales, Torin Knorr, Ann and S/C Tad Lacey, Tina Lundh, Jib Martens, John McNeill, V/C Suzie Moore, Pam Rorke Levy, Michelle Slade, S/C Bill Smith, Bartz Schneider and photographer Ellen Hoke. Sincere thanks to Robin Reynolds and the terrific LLS staff, and honorary committee member, Commodore Bill Melbostad, and incredible staff of The SFYC. On behalf of our “Honorary Skippers,” we are deeply grateful to The SFYC and the sailing community for their ongoing support and participation and hope to see you all next year on October 17-18, 2015!
Race Recognition Night Saturday November 8, 2014 6:00 p.m. R.S.V.P. to Front Office 435 9133 ext. 10 office@sfyc.org or for your convenience go to www.sfyc.org
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race@sfyc.org Michelle Farabaugh / Forrest Gay
Tight competition as Chris Kostaneck’s J/70 Jennifer (370) charges toward the leeward gate.
Blackhawk sailed to a convincing win in the J/105 division.
Summer Keel By Michelle Farabaugh
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ummer Keel, one of the largest regattas SFYC hosts each year, included 50 boats from five fleets; J/120s, J/105s, J/70s, Express 37s, and Melges 20s. Five races were run over the course of the August 16-17 weekend. Racers were able
to experience a variety of conditions with Saturday’s strong breeze of 18-22 knots out of the west and Sunday’s lighter breeze of 8 to 14 knots. The Race Committee, led by PRO Jeff Zarwell, did a great job of setting 15 marks and conducting 25 starts over the weekend. Thank you for all of the volunteers who made the Summer Keel regatta a success: John Cashman, Ron Cumming, Shawn Davies, Larry Drew, Jerry Eaton, Michelle Farabaugh, Steve Fentress, Forrest Gay, Jay Hooker, Glenn Isaacson, Bryan Kemnitzer, Madeline, Morey, Angie Olson, Tom Roberts, Alex Rothenberg, Anne Scully, John Super and Sono Zhang. Congratulations to all of the SFYC podium finishers! J/105 – 1st Scooter Simmons, Blackhawk J/70 – 2nd Chris Kostanecki, Jennifer J/70 – 3rd David Schumann, Bottle Rocket Express 37 – 3rd Bartz Schneider, Expeditions Melges 20 – 2nd Tom Kassberg, Flygfisk Melges 20 – 3rd Roland Vandermeer, Blast!
Photos by Leslie Richter
Walter Sanford’s Alchemy, and Paul & Steve Kent’s Perserverence in the thick of things during a J/105 start.
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E-ticket rides for all the small boats, including David Schumann’s J/70 Bottle Rocket (211).
Youth Sailing
youth@sfyc.org Justine O’Connor, Youth Sailing Director
SFYC YOUTH RACE TEAM RESULTS USODA MIDWEST CHAMPIONSHIP @ CHICAGO YACHT CLUB (SEPTEMBER 6-7) Optimist Championship Fleet (43 boats) 16th Chloe Holder C420 PACIFIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP & SCYYRA PERRY SERIES #1 @ CABRILLO BEACH YACHT CLUB (SEPTEMBER 13-14) (32 boats) 1st Romain Screve/Nobel Reynoso, 23rd Dylan Meade/Marie Bergsund, 27th Nick Marwell/Coco Dana PCISA KEELBOAT CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS @ INTERCOLLEGIATE SAILING AND ROWING BASE, NEWPORT HARBOR, CA (SEPTEMBER 20-21) J22s (8 boats) 4th Branson High School USODA SOUTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIP @ ATLANTA YACHT CLUB (SEPTEMBER 20-21) Optimist Championship Fleet (126 boats) 23rd Mats Keldsen YOUTH LEUKEMIA CUP @ SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB, CA (SEPTEMBER 21) Optimist Fleet (19 boats) 1st Nick Nazzal, 2nd Ben St. John, 3rd Jason Akram, 4th Sebastian Green, 5th Luke Froeb, 6th Tibi Quinn, 7th Jim Young, 8th Spencer Thompson, 9th Ethan Sargent, 10th Tara Moran, 11th Anthony Skerrett, 12th Ciara Moran, 13th Finn Dossey, 15th Aidan Thompson, 16th Hailey Thompson, 17th Connor Bennett, 18th Alex Coyle, 19th JP Murphy CRESSY ELIMINATIONS @ ST FRANCIS YACHT CLUB, CA (SEPTEMBER 27-28) Laser Full Rig (12 boats) 3rd The Branson School (Will Dana), 5th The Branson School (Alex Moody), 12th The Branson School (Will McMullen) Laser Radial Rig (43 boats) 1st Lawson Willard, 5th Jackson Wagner, 18th Coco Dana, 32nd Berky Sutton USODA PACIFIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP @ RICHMOND YACHT CLUB (SEPTEMBER 27-28) Optimist Green Fleet (10 boats) 1st Jason Akram, 2nd Ethan Sargent, 3rd Sebastian Green, 4th Johnny Duncan, 5th Finn Dossey, 6th Spencer Thompson, 7th Anthony Skerrett, 8th Jim Young Optimist Championship Fleet (69 boats) 8th Mats Keldsen, 16th Will Foox, 23rd Caleb Yoslov, 24th Ben Foox, 26th Jack Landon, 28th Justin Lim, 31st Chloe Holder, 34th Johnny Perkins, 36th Sarah Young, 39th Ben St. John, 41st AJ Torres, 44th Julian Skerrett, 45th Sydney Holder, 46th Garrett Blosen, 50th Connor Bennett, 52nd Nick Nazzal, 57th JP Murphy, 59th Ben Stevens, 60th Tibi Quinn, 62nd Charlie Keldsen, 63rd Sydney Young USODA TEAM TRIALS QUALIFIED SAILORS FOR THE 2015 TRIALS IN MIAMI, FL: Ben Foox, Will Foox, Chloe Holder, Mats Keldsen, Jack Landon, Justin Lim, Caleb Yoslov, Sarah Young
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Photo courtesy Andy Casey
CHUBB CHAMPIONSHIPS @ GRAND TRAVERSE YACHT CLUB, MI (AUGUST 4-8) Smythe Trophy (Singlehand-Byte CII/20 boats) 8th Will Dana. Bemis Trophy (Doublehanded-C420/20 boats) 4th Kristopher Swanson/Alex Ron, 11th Jackson Wagner/Mark Power. Sears Cup Trophy (Triple-handedInterlake/11 boats) 7th Sammy Shea/Alex Moody/Crew 2014 U.S. YOUTH SAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS @ GROSSE POINTE YACHT CLUB, MI (AUGUST 10-14) Laser Full Rig (18 boats) 4th Will Dana, 13th Alex Moody, Laser Radial (30 boats) 10th Lindsey Baab, 13th Cooper Weitz, 15th Lawson Willard, 19th Jack Barton, 26th Kyle Larsen C420 (36 boats) 8th Skipper/Kennedy Placek, 14th Lucy Wilmot/Crew, 20th Jackson Wagner/Crew I420 (9 boats) 3rd Kristopher Swanson/Alex Ron 29er (8 boats) 5th (Romain Screve/Crew) WEST COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS @ US SAILING LONG BEACH, CA (AUGUST 9-10) Optimist Championship Fleet (44 boats) 6th Will Foox*, 12th Jack Landon*, 15th Caleb Yoslov, 16th Chloe Holder, 18th Ben Foox, 20th Sarah Young, 25th Justin Lim, 33rd Sydney Holder, 35th Connor Bennett *Qualified for the 2015 Team Trials BAYS #4 @ SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB, CA (AUGUST 9-10) C420 (8 boats) 1st Will Martens/Ted Bascom, 7th Nick Marwell/Ben Hoffner. CFJ (7 boats) 5th Alex Pick/Lukas Schulze. Optimist Championship Fleet (14 boats) 3rd AJ Torres, 6th Kaelin Stock, 10th Brewer Stone, 11th Jullian Skerrett, 12th Sebastian Green. Optimist Green Fleet (10 boats) 5th Ethan Sargent, 6th Jim Young, 7th Evan Stock, 10th Anthony Skerrett CORINTHIAN CUP @ SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB, CA (AUGUST 23 -24) 4 Teams: SFYC Youth/Adult v. AYC Youth/Adult Winners Team SFYC; Youth: Skipper: Jack Barton, Crew: Sammy Shea, Alex Moody, and Chloe Holder ULLMAN/FROST #1 @ ALAMITOS BAY YACHT CLUB, CA (AUGUST 30-31) Laser Full (Ocean) Fleet (17 boats) 12th Will Dana Laser Radial (Ocean) Fleet (36 boats) 1st Cooper Weitz, 3rd Lawson Willard, 26th Berky Sutton, 29th Coco Dana BAYS #5 @ HALF MOON BAY YACHT CLUB, CA (SEPTEMBER 67) C420 (11 boats) 1st Will Martens/Ted Bascom, 2nd Nick Marwell/Crew, 6th Coco Dana/Crew, 7th Sally Wilmot/Nobel Reynoso, 10th Maddy Kuhn/Emily Ritter Laser Radial (6 boats) 1st Jackson Wagner, 3rd Will McMullen, 5th Leonardo Biral. Optimist Championship Fleet (22 boats) 1st Mats Keldsen, 3rd Ben Foox, 4th Will Foox, 5th Justin Lim, 6th Caleb Yoslov, 9th Ben St. John, 10th Sarah Young, 12th AJ Torres, 14th Connor Bennett, 19th Charlie Keldsen, 20th Sydney Holder. Optimist Green Fleet (21 boats) 2nd Julian Skerrett, 3rd JP Murphy, 5th Tibi Quinn, 8th Jason Akram, 9th Ethan Sargent, 10th Luke Froeb, 11th Johnny Duncan, 14th Jim Young, 18th Anthony Skerrett
Auxiliary News
Marily Rimmer, SFYC Auxiliary President, 2014 marily.rimmer@gmail.com
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Melissa Tulp and Saks Fifth Ave winner Jennett Nazzal
Jennett Nazzal and Elizabeth Merrill
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Gorgeous table
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Frances Melbostad
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Ellen Hoke Photography
he air is a little crisper, the days a little shorter, the pumpkins have been harvested and soon we will be enjoying Thanksgiving with friends and family. Autumn is a special time of year. The Auxiliary has had a very successful Fall filled with events. Our fundraiser was a smashing success, with the Ports of Call vendors offering their wares, and our own beautiful SFYC members modeling fashions from Helen Lyall at the Runway 2014 Fashion Show. This was our most successful fundraiser ever! Thank you to the cochairs, Eugenia Jesberg, Elizabeth Merrill and Stephanie Cannell, to the rest of the Fundraiser Committee, Julie Zanze, Robin Reynolds and Connie Lewis and the entire Auxiliary Board. Also, congratulations to Jennet Nazzal who was just thrilled when her winning ticket was drawn. Jennet, have fun shopping at Saks! The Dreamboat Series, as always, was a lot of fun. Thanks go to P/P Cissy Kirrane for organizing this event again this year and to Hank Easom and Glenn Isaacson for volunteering their Dreamboats, Yucca and Q, for a very special day on The Bay. Halloween was very spooky this year. Thank you to our chairs, Carol Anderson and Cynthia Bernheim, for all the fun. We hope you all enjoyed the haunted house! Now it’s time to make your reservations for the Santa Brunch on December 7. Don’t miss Chef Reny’s famous brunch or the visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. This is always a family favorite, so make your reservations soon. But before Santa comes, we have the Auxiliary Annual Meeting and luncheon on Thursday, November 13th and our holiday decoration get-togethers on December 1 and 2. Come help us hang the holly and the mistletoe. On December 11, we will “Get Lit” at the annual boat lighting and marvel at all the lights and holiday decorations. Come join the festivities and enjoy the spirit of the season at the annual Members Holiday Gala. It will be a Nutcracker Christmas filled with many surprises! My goodness! How will we ever have time for holiday shopping?
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Elizabeth Merrill and Laura Rousseau
The San Francisco Yacht Club Auxiliary
2014 Annual Meeting Luncheon Thursday, November 13 10:30 a.m. $38.00 per person All prices subject to Club Service Charge and Marin Sales Tax Co Chairs: Elizabeth Merrill Robin Reynolds Julie Zanze R.S.V.P. to Front Office 435 9133 ext. 10 office@sfyc.org or for your convenience go to www.sfyc.org Cancellation policy in effect.
THE SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB
GET LIT
Please join us for WITH SANTA
HOLIDAY BRUNCH
Sunday, December 7, 2014
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10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m
A Festive Day Full of Fun and Chef Reny’s Fabulous Brunch Buffet
Two seatings 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Santa Visit 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Hot Chocolate, Egg Nog and Holiday Activities for the Kids ng a oy e bri t Pleaswrapped ts o n T u r o new Toys f for Reservations Required – Front Office 435 9133 ext. 10 office@sfyc.org or for your convenience go to www.sfyc.org Adults $44.00 Children 3-12 years $22.00 2 years and younger: free All prices subject to Club Service Charge and Marin Sales Tax. Cancellation policy in effect
Co-Chairs: Emily Heller Tinsley Hutson-Wiley
Holiday Gala
A Nutcraker Christmas at The San Francisco Yacht Club
Friday, December 12, 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Hosted Champagne Reception 6:00-7:00 p.m. Dinner with Wine 7:00 p.m. DJ Celeste Lear 8:00 p.m. - Midnight R.S.V.P. to Front Office 435 9133 ext. 10 office@sfyc.org or for your convenience go to www.sfyc.org
Join us as we celebrate the Lighting of the harbor! Win prizes for the best boat holiday décor! Holiday Sweets and Appetizers (No-Host Bar)
Members only Festive Attire Co-chairs Jolynn Hardiman, Emily Heller & Elizabeth Merrill All prices subject to Club Service Charge and Marin Sales Tax Cancellation policy in effect
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Cruising News
Lisa Klairmont / lisa@klairmont.com Harold Kleiderman / hkleiderman@gmail.com
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Delta Cruise The annual Delta Summer Cruise was well attended again this year, with eight boats participating. Delta Yacht Club is a friendly and delightful destination. The weather was perfect. Ralph the Separator, a great one-man band, provided live entertainment; brought back again this year by popular demand. Special thanks to Jim and P/P Mimi Cornelius and Mike and Joan Mellon for organizing and leading the cruise. Mark your calendar for July 20-24, 2015 for next year’s Delta Summer Cruise. Five Club Tinsley Cruise The annual Five Club Cruise to Tinsley Island was on October 3-5. Over 160 members of SFYC, and the Corinthian, Tiburon, Sausalito, and Marin Yacht Clubs all converged on Tinsley Island, whose motto is “In all the world there is only one”. This once-a-year invitation to outside yacht clubs provided perfect weather and an island filled with great amenities. Our friend, Ralph the Separator, provided an encore to his great performance in August and got everyone up and dancing. Many thanks to R/C Ed Lynch for leading this cruise and organizing the Saturday cocktail party, hosted by SFYC and featuring Pain Killers (You will see them in the Caribbean).
SFYC beauties looking for Phil and his mai tais
Half Moon Bay Cruise Due to scheduling conflicts and other considerations, we have postponed the blue water cruise, originally scheduled for October 17-19, to next Spring. Watch future editions of the Bulletin for next year’s Cruising Calendar.
SFYC Pirates takeover of Tinsley
Photos by R/C Ed Lynch
Until then, enjoy your boats and keep cruising, Lisa Klairmont & Harold Kleiderman Cruise Committee Co-chairs
S/C Ed Lynch enjoying Tinsley
Ahhhh, just another day on the delta
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Welcome New Members
Bill Wallace, Membership Committee flcloud@comcast.net
The SFYC welcomes Hugh Warren Beecher as a Regular Member. Hugh is based in San Francisco as Director, Wealth & Investment Management, Barclays Bank. He and his wife, Leslie, have returned to Marin after a six year absence and now live in Tiburon with their two children, Nicholas, 13 and Ella, 10. Hugh and his family have been boating for many years, particularly enjoying sailing, racing and fishing on SFYC member boats. His children are active sailors also, looking forward to participating in the Youth Sailing Program. He is proposed by R/C Ed Lynch and seconded by Jolynn Hardiman.
The SFYC welcomes Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr. as a Regular member. Jim has taken the concept of “a demonstrated interest” in boats and water activity to the extreme. If he decides to bring his former “boat” into the harbor, it will require re-dredging and widening the channel, demolishing the breakwater and moving Corinthian Island about a mile north. His boat? The 1,092’, 97,000 ton Nimitz-Class Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, CVN 72. But not to worry, when he retired from the US Navy in 2004 as a 4-Star Admiral, one of the conditions was that he relinquish his personal possession of the Ship. He reluctantly agreed. Jim’s naval career resume reads like that of a primary character in a Tom Clancy novel. He graduated from Annapolis in 1969, qualified as a Naval Aviator flying carrier-based fighter jets. He became the first Commanding Officer of Strike/Fighter Squadon 131 in 1985, deploying F/A 18 Hornets aboard the USS Coral Sea. USS Abraham Lincoln His career includes flag officer positions on several major US Navy combat ships, including Executive Officer on the USS Carl Vinson and a three-year tour as Captain of the USS Abraham Lincoln, deployed during Operation Desert Storm. In 1996, Jim held the post of Commander-in-Chief US Naval Forces – Europe, based in London, in 1998, Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces, based in Naples, Italy and later, Commander, United States Strategic Command. Upon retirement from the Navy, Jim served as President/CEO of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and currently serves as Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford. He has sailed boats, large and small, all over the world, including a tour on the historic, three-masted frigate, USS Constitution, affectionately known as “Old Ironsides”, celebrating her 200th birthday re-fit. Jim and his wife, Elisabeth, live in Belvedere. Jim has spent his life on the water and looks forward to sailing on San Francisco Bay in the company of fellow sailors. And, if anyone is looking for a deckhand, please let him know! Jim is proposed by Michael Reynolds and seconded by Glenn Isaacson.
The SFYC welcomes Ryan Michael McInerney as a Regular member. Ryan is president of Visa, Inc. He and his wife, Angela, live in Tiburon with their three children, Egan, 8, Quinn, 6, and Sloan, 3. Ryan grew up in Michigan, sailing all types of dinghies including Butterflies, Lasers and M-Skows on Spring Lake, an inland lake connected to Lake Michigan. In 1999, they lived in Sydney, Australia and sailed Beneteau’s at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. They subsequently relocated to Annapolis where Jim sailed J/80’s and J/110’s. Their two sons are now sailing Opti’s, his older recently sailed in The SFYC Youth Sailing Light Green Sailing Program and he participates in the West Michigan Youth Sailing Association. Jim remains a member of the Spring Lake Yacht Club in Michigan. Ryan is proposed by John Partridge and seconded by Robb Wehmueller.
jIn Memoriam i William (Bill) Main Passed Away June 21, 2014 Regular Member Since 1957
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On The Horizon Evelyne Swinscoe-Byer / evelyne@sfyc.org
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:00 p.m.
1200 Club is Open for Members ONLY Voting from 1200 to 1730
Please plan to join the Commodore, Flag Officers and Committee Chairs for our Fall Members’ Meeting.
1200 Hosted Buffet Lunch and Drinks Special Guest Speaker: to be announced
The agenda will include: An update and member input on the proposed Cove House Replacement (Regatta Center) Project.
1700 ANNUAL MEETING
A report on the Club’s On-The-Water Activities.
1830 Hosted Cocktails
A Snapshot of Club’s Year-to-Date financials.
1900 Hosted Dinner
As always, these meetings are an excellent chance for members to provide valuable feedback to the Board.
2030 Entertainment – Featuring Outstanding Comedian Gary Mule Deer To Follow Dinner
The Bar will open after the meeting. MEMBERS AND SPOUSES MOST WELCOME. Hope to see you there!
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HARBOR TENANTS: WINTER IS COMING!!
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R.S.V.P. to Front Office 435-9133 ext. 10 office@sfyc.org or for your convenience go to www.sfyc.org
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Your lines for chaffing Your shackles for rust and wear Make sure your fenders are tied and placed properly Most of all check your Jib sheets and sails to make sure they are secure. This is the most dangerous oversight your SFYC harbor staff has to deal with in storms. When the Jib sheets get loose, they cause damage to boats, docks and are life threating to staff and members that try to secure them in already dangerous conditions.
Kevin Tentis, Facilities/Harbor Master 415 435 4202 (Office) 415 439 3534 (Cell) harbor@sfyc.org
Thanksgiving Dinner
Celebrate A Casual New Year’s Eve Dinner at the Club
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
3-7 p.m. BAR OPENS AT 1:00 p.m.
SERVED 6 - 10 p.m.
Oysters on the Half Shell (6) $13.00
Appetizer: Dungeness Crab Cakes $12.00
FIRST COURSE Crab Bisque Shrimp Cocktail $1300
Entrée: Soup or Salad Dinner includes Chef ’s Potatoes, Thanksgiving Here Seasonal Vegetables, and Choice of Dessert Roasted Organic Turkey with all the Trimmings – $34.00
SECOND COURSE Baby Lettuce Salad with Pears, Bing Cherries, Feta Cheese and a Champagne Vinaigrette MAIN COURSE Choice of: Poached Salmon with a Chive Citrus Butter Twice Baked Potato, Seasonal Vegetables $41.00 Tuscan Crusted Rack of Lamb – Twice Baked Potato, Seasonal Vegetables $47.00
Poached Filet of Salmon with Citrus Butter – $38.00
Prime Rib of Beef – Horseradish Sauce, Twice Baked Potato, Seasonal Vegetables $45.00
Creekstone Angus Prime Rib of Beef Au Jus & Horseradish – $40.00 Rack of Lamb – $42.00
Steamed New England Lobster – Drawn Butter, Twice Baked Potato and Seasonal Vegetables $51.00
Dessert:
DESSERT Cheese Cake with Fresh Berries
Pumpkin Pie Pecan Pie Apple Pie A La Mode on request
Main courses include soup, salad and dessert
Youth 6-12 years Half Price
All prices subject to Club Service Charge and Marin Sales Tax
Complimentary glass of Champagne at 9:00 p.m. when “The Ball Drops”
Children 5 years and under – Free All prices subject to Club Service Charge and Marin Sales Tax
Reservations Required Front Office 435 9133 ext. 10 office@sfyc.org or for your convenience go to www.sfyc.org
For reservations, contact the Front Office 435 9133 ext. 10 office@sfyc.org or for your convenience go to www.sfyc.org Watch the Ball Drop in Times Square on the Big Screen at 9:00 p.m.
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Ship’s Store Sale - 20% OFF
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Auxiliary Light the Night
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Auxiliary Holiday Brunch with Santa
November 2014
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Regular Lunch & Casual Dinner
Ship’s Store Sale
Club Closed Ship’s Store Sale - 20% OFF
Happy Holidays!
WED. - FRI. Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. • Bar Menu: 3:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. • Dinner: 5:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (Friday until 10 p.m.) SAT. - SUN. Breakfast/Lunch: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. • Bar Menu: 3:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. • Dinner: 5:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.