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The Log
Official Publication of the
Pacific Mariners Yacht Club July 2011
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JIM CONTI
Life Celebration
June 12, 2011
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Dave Wall Race-Big Hit!
The Dave Wall Memorial Race was a great success for PMYC. We had 25 entries and people just had a great time. The entire Marina is talking about the success of this event and PMYC’s new expanded racing program. I am so proud of the team that ran this
event. You all did a great job.
The Dave Wall Memorial Race perpetual trophy was donated to the club by Roy Disney about 30 years ago and it has been in our trophy case ever since. This was the first run-ning of that race and few know that this was really Tony Milazzo’s dream. He has been trying to get this race off for the last two years and his work made mine much easier. It’s rare for any new event to get much notice but we got 25 entries for the inaugural Dave Wall Memorial Race. That is about the size of many well established races and one of
our best attended races in recent memory.
It was an important event for me as this was my first racing event for the club. I set the bar high and achieved success. This is a great follow up to the successful gold fish races we did with the club in January. We are hoping more of you will be impressed with what your Sail Committee is doing and
want to be part of our team.
The picture to the left is Kahn Griffith, PMYC’s sailor of the year for 2010. He was the first PMYC member to finish the race, he was also the only PMYC
boat to enter. It’s a good beginning for the club.
Our racing program is unique in the Marina. We are the only club that caters to the cruising sailor. We want the members of our club that own cruising boats to learn to race their boat instead of just paying slip fees. What do you do with a sailboat if you don’t race it? Go to the island four or five times a year? Sail to Santa Monica and back? That is boring and a waste of good slip fees. Our board of directors and flag officers are the driving force behind this new racing program. This is just one of the things they are doing to offer more value to
your membership.
The Dave Wall Memorial Race perpetual trophy can only be won by racers with cruising boats. It’s designed for you
and the big hot racing boats can’t even qualify for it.
If you would like to be considered for a Sail Committee chair please contact me. You can also find our new racing
website link on pacificmarinersyachtclub.org or directly by going to www.mikegucci.com/pmyc. Check it out.
Mike Guccione
Co-Race Committee Chair
Kerri & Chad Downey
Overall Winner
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A very grateful thank you to all who attended the Church Mouse Fundraiser on June 10. Over 50 people dined on a scrumptious Italian dinner hosted by Candy Blumenthal, Helene & Bob Smith & Tina Michel. Many thanks to Alex & Megan who pitched in and sold Church Mouse T-shirts. Over $1000 was raised and will be donated to various youth groups on Catalina Island.
Warmest Regards,
Carol & Bob Butte
Saturday July 9th – Day One of WOW/WAH. BBQ and Party to follow at PMYC. Sunday July 10th Day Two of WOW/WAH. Trophies and Party to follow at MVYC.
WOW/WAH online entries: http://www.sbyrc.org/club/WOW-WAH-2011
Thank you,
Mary Stuyvesant
ASMBYC Women’s Sailing Coordinator
The PMYC Desert Dwellers held their monthly party at the home of Bob & Joanie McFarland in Las Vegas last week. Fun was had by one and all except in the casino's. Even then it wasn't too bad. Bill, Buffy, Fran & Joanie went "zip-lining" down town, all lived.
In the photo: S/C Joe & Barbara Borque, S/C Bill & Buffy Cavaness, S/C Keefe & Julie Dawson, Jack & Pam Monroe, Francine Korda, S/C Phil & Fran Murray & S/C Bob & Joanie McFarland.
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It was the dark of night in Bocas del Toro, Panama. The parakeets were terrified. The humans were befuddled. Why
were their little birds suddenly fluttering madly about in their cage in the middle of the night?
It happened again and again. Mary would hear the commotion and ask Willy to investigate. He’d turn on a light in their
cabin and climb up to the wheelhouse, but could find nothing out of place. Certainly the parakeets were staring at him
with considerable intensity. But, he didn’t know how to interpret this. Unlike Timmy, who could translate Lassie’s barks
into concise emergency broadcasts, Willy didn’t realize that the birds were trying to convey this message. ―There is a
horrible three-foot snake hiding above the SSB radio, and it has been trying to slip through the bars of our cage and
convert us into dinner.‖ Or, stated another way—―HELP!‖
After a few nights of this, Mary was walking from the saloon into the wheelhouse when she noticed something unusu-
al—not your usual unusual, but REALLY unusual. There was a tubular, shimmering, gossamer object dangling from
the SSB. She froze and whispered to herself, ―Please, oh please, let that not be a snakeskin.‖ But when she called for
Willy to come have a look he confirmed her worst fears. ―I’m afraid so, love,‖ he said, shining a flashlight above the
radio, ―and its former occupant is still on the premises.‖ They agreed to wait until daylight to dispatch their stowaway.
The next morning Mary and Willy sought help on the local cruisers’ net. Being from Brooklyn, they were more than a
little herpetologically challenged; the only snakes where they came from are the ones on Wall Street. Identifying it
was the first concern. Panama, for all of its delights, does host some very dangerous vipers.
There was one snake expert in the fleet, but he was anchored several miles away. Someone suggested taking a digi-
tal photo of the intruder and emailing it to him—the coconut telegraph has now morphed into the Cyber Telegraph.
The tactic worked, and Mary and Willy were reassured that it was a relatively harmless common boa constrictor.
Next the couple initiated Operation wsense to fetch a local Indian who did odd jobs, like gardening around the Red
Frog Marina. He came prepared with the latest high-tech equipment—a bucket and a stick. Unfortunately, he found
his efforts somewhat hampered by the dozen sailors crammed into the wheelhouse with their cameras. The Red Frog
Marina is a new one, and nobody wanted to miss its very first reptile removal.
When the snake finally started to emerge under the ―influence‖ of the stick, it took one look at the camera-brandishing
crowd and retreated. It was probably thinking, ―Ah, for the good old days when it was just me, the birds and the guy
who kept turning the lights on.‖
It then fooled everyone by slithering off in an unexpected direction. This alarmed the spectators, who scampered to
the far side of the cabin, prompting visions of capsizing refugee boats as the mass of moveable ballast slid off to star-
board.
Eventually the stick man and a bucket man were able to coordinate their efforts, and the snake was paraded out into
the dock so everyone could get a photo. Unfortunately, squeezed into the bottom of the bucket it looked more like an
elephant turd than anything else—a large, brown, lumpy mass. It was then transferred into a sizable cooler where the
crowd of photographers could do it justice.
Later that afternoon the snake was released into the wild. It is probably safe to assume that this particular boa con-
strictor has removed ―dining on parakeet aboard a large trawler‖ from its personal bucket list.
Tropical Stowaway
By Ray Jason, June, Sail Magazine
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FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER
Now is the time to show off your
cooking skills!
Volunteer to prepare a Friday Night Dinner
for your very appreciative Club members
This fun tradition is part of what makes PMYC so much
fun!
Sign-up sheet is on the galley door.
TO ALL PMYC MEMBERS:
If you have old VHS tapes, or DVDs that you no longer watch and wish to donate to the Club,
please feel free to bring them in and place them in the lending library. We have a good
selection, but would like to improve on it. DVDs would really be great if you are finished with
them and would like to share with your fellow members.
Goal: To publish The Log on or as soon after the 1st of each month
Deadline: 5 days before end of the month
Guidelines:
1. (See deadline)
2. Pictures must be accompanied by description or written article.
3. CDs left in glass box will be ignored, unless you make prior
arrangements with the editor.
4. Pictures left on disc in Internet Work Station will be ignored.
5. Submit articles inside e-mail or in WORD format. Submit to:
logeditor@pmyc.org
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OFFICER OF THE DAY
July 2011 Friday 6-9 Saturday/Sunday 12-5pm
Friday 1 John Cogan
Saturday 2 Michael Donovan
Sunday 3 Jack Rackliff
Friday 8 Dave Ringwald
Saturday 9 Michael Elia
Sunday 10 Curt Berche
Friday 15 Ted Woolery
Saturday 16 George Falardeau
Sunday 17 Don Coffelt
Friday 22 Jeff Jeffries
Saturday 23 Fred Whitman
Sunday 24 Gary Panas
Friday 29 Irv Osser
Saturday 30 Pamela Johnson
Sunday 31 Khan Griffith
It is the obligation of every member of PMYC to serve as Officer of the Day at least two
sometimes three times a year.
Your associate is welcome to serve with you or take your place.
Remember it is up to you to schedule an alternate if you are
unable to serve
Failure to serve your OD will result in a $50 assessment, as outlined in the standing rules.
Snacks are always welcome, but do not feel obligated to bring anything.
We will be honored by your presence!
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 All
American
FND
2 PMYC
48th Birthday
Party
3 4 Dinghy
Rama 12:00
& BBQ 3:00
5 6 7 Single
Mariners
7:00
8 FND 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 FND 16
17 28 19 20 21 Single
Mariners
7:00
22 FND 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 FND 30
July 2011
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CLUB NEWS
Please wear your name tag when you are in the
Club House.
PMYC MEMBERS GUEST POLICY:
As a member you are entitled to invite guests to
your club, but, you must be
present and issue a guest name tag.
Sign them into the guest register under your
name as sponsor.
Don’t forget the parking pass.
PMYC RACE
CALENDAR 2011
Heather Perkoff October 15-16
JULY BIRTHDAYS
1 – John Beabes, Linda Black
2 – Stephen Rodgers
7 – Victor Demagness, Robert McFarland
8 – Evan Sandler
9 – Kimberly Donovan, Bob Smith
10 – Ronald Broadwell
11 – John Black
15 - Jim Barden
18 – Louis Sepe
19 – Gary Simpson
20 – Patrick Duffy
21 – Carl Berry, Pat McCartney,
Mary Wichser
25 – Hasty Arnold, Audree Griffith
26 – Tammye Evans
27 – Bill Cavaness, Julie Dawson
29 – Susan Sahli
30 – Michael Elia, Cynthia Howe
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
1 – Tom Hall
3 – Jamie Ringwald
4 – Linda Ponzi
6 – Megan Streholski
8 – Gregg Bilson, Bob Ponce
9 – Tristan Griffith & Andy Peitso
11 – Roxann Bersche, Gary Panas
14 – Michael Cailor & Rebecca Cailor
15 – Rex Michel
17 – Mary Duffy
18 – Bob Gonzales
21 – Paula Roseland
25 – Irv Osser
26 – Matt Wielicki
29 – Reilly Sunshine Giglio &
Sparky Mundo
GOOD NEWS! Members and associates of PMYC are eligible for a discount on the Catalina-Marina del Rey Flyer!
When making a reservation online at
www.catalinaferries.com, PMYC members can enter
PMYC in the coupon box to save 20% off travel to
Catalina. Your current PMYC membership card must
be presented at check-in to claim the discounted
boarding passes.
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August 5-7 Luau @Two Harbors
September 23-25 Hors d’oeuvres @Emerald Bay
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