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by Chris EricksenPhotos by Rich Roberts

Official Publication ofAlamitos Bay Yacht Club

Volume 78 • Number 7

July 2005

Commodore’s Comments ............................ 2Manager’s Corner ........................................ 2Membership ................................................. 3From the Pages of History ........................... 4Clubhouse Remodeling Update .................. 5Junior Sailing ............................................... 7Regatta Photos ....................................... 8 - 9Hails From the Fleets ................................. 10

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One hundred fifty one boats in seventeen divisions competed in the 2005 ABYC Memorial Day Regatta the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, May 28-29. The turnout was the largest for this regatta since 1981 and featured

not only a total of 51 Naples Sabots but also 35 catamarans, the largest turnoutfor multihulls in recent memory.

ABYC’s Memorial Day Regatta has replaced what was the HurricaneGulch Regatta for the local Hobie Cat sailors, and so there were not only HobieTigers sailing in a combined Formula 18 catamaran fleet but also some vener-able Hobie 16’s, which are experiencing quite a renaissance. While ABYCmembers Jeff Newsome and Tom DeLong made the jump into Sixteen’s for theweekend, the winner was a team with a familiar last name: Alter. Jeff and CodyAlter won in the eleven-boat class invented by the legendary Hobie Alter whileNewsome took third.

The eleven Formula 18’s also saw some familiar names as Dan DeLaveand Eileen Haubl took second to Keith and Kurt Christiansen among the 11cats in the division. Even the top three A-Cats had familiar ABYC names: PeteMelvin topped the fleet ahead of Pease Glaser in second and Jay Glaser in third.

On Alamitos Bay, there were five divisions of Naples Sabots. Current ABYC Club Champions Freddie and FredStevens were one-two in the Senior Sabots, but Fred IV carded five firsts in six races while Fred III won on a tiebreaker with

Jane MacNaboe. Shane Young of ABYC sailed a hard-fought series inthe 15-boat Junior Sabot A division to win ahead of three San DiegoYacht Club juniors. Sydney Bolger of ABYC was fifth.

In the 11-boat Junior Sabot B division, ABYC’s Jack Jorgensenscored two wins but ended up a close third, only three points out offirst and one point out of second. Robert Rice of ABYC won a tiebreakeragainst Patrick Snow of SDYC to take second place in the Junior SabotC-1 division while brand new ABYC member Marissa Golison (daugh-ter of Jay and Jackie) won in the five-boat Junior Sabot C-3 division,just ahead of ABYC junior Savannah Robinson in second.

One junior sailor deserves special mention. ABYC’s LaurenBussey, sailing as a Junior Sabot B, swamped her boat on the final runbefore the beat to the finish on the last race of the regatta on Sunday.When a rescue whaler came over to offer assistance, she declined;

and, while the whaler crew and most of the other spectators on the Bay watched, she unhooked her clew, brought the boatupright, bailed it dry enough to get back into, reattached the clew and finished the race—bailing all the while—to the

Sou’wester Deadline .................................. July 15Adopt A Beach ........................................... July 16Catalina Cruise ................................... July 30 - 31Junior Sabot Nationals .................... August 6 - 11O’Day ............................................. August 16 - 21Welcome New Members/Meeting ......... August 19Multihull Regatta ............................ August 27 - 28Labor Day Regatta ...................... September 3 - 4

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Youth sailing, summer vacation, Fourth of July! July has hit us full force and we are celebrating the wonderful new sights and sounds of summer all around us. Brad and his youth program bring a much-needed shot of energy to our winter existence.

He has outdone himself this year with at last count over 70 kids in the program. All of themare bundles of energy and the next generation of the club’s racing history!

I also hope that you have noticed our new menu in the galley. We took a goodlong time to talk to members and test out items that seemed to be fresh and not do awaywith all of the tried and true items like Tri-tip that everyone kept asking for this winter. Wehave had plenty of failures in the process, but we have added new wraps, salads andsandwiches to the list and hope that you give us the needed feedback so that we candelete or add as we hear your requests. Our goal this summer and all year is to give yougood consistent quality for the money. It has been a challenge with summer help and high

school kids to get this done, but we have pulled together as a team and added new blood to assure that we can give youwhat you need to feel this is home.

Have a safe and fun filled summer!Theresa Laird, Club Manager

As I write my report the Senior Sabot Nationals have just been completed and what a great turnout. We could not have asked for a better regatta. George and Margaret Caddle did a fantastic job of organizing this event, and our club members took their

share of trophies. The main outcome George wanted from this regatta was FUN and fromwhat I saw, everyone had their share.

July will be a very productive month with the start and finish of the much-neededwork to the clubhouse’s second deck. Those of you that attended the June general meetinggot to see and hear the plans for this work. There will be no activities on the second deckduring July, but that does not mean we will not have lots of action on the patio and the ¼deck; check out the calendar and come on down and enjoy the summer with your friends.

Plans are being made for a great Summer Cruise on July 29-31 at the Isthmus. Thiswill be the first time that Elaine and I will take part since we now have a boat that we can‘party on’. The C20 just did not look too exciting to my better half. This is going to be a BIG

one soooo don’t miss out! Merle Asper and Stephanie Munn can help you with a ride if you need one or jump on theCatalina Express and stay at the Banning House or Catalina Cabins. Give them a call if you need help.

There is no July general meeting but we will be having Happy Hour every Friday night. Don’t forget to come toyour club on Wednesday or Thursday night for a great dinner. Each week more and more members are finding out aboutthe new menu and how great it is to be on our wonderful patio for a twilight dinner.

Starting August 8 we are pleased to be hosting the Junior Sabot Nationals. We anticipate that there will up to200 Juniors competing in this event. The regatta chairs are Bob Kirstine, Jane McNaboe and Director John Massey.Head to the club and check out the action.

I want to send out a ‘special thank you’ to every one of those members who served as Officer of the Day at theclub. This is a big help; it has been such a pleasure for me to see so many members who I have not seen for awhiledown at the club making sure everything is running smoothly. When you get that call from Bill McDannel just say ‘yes’.Bill took on this job and he has seen to it that we have had someone ‘on duty’ every weekend. Great job Bill!

See you at the clubRon Wood, Commodore

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WE SUPPLY THE COFFEE, DOUGHNUTS, WATER, BAGS, GLOVES AND PICK-UP STICKS. YOU SUPPLYTHE ENERGY AND CLUB SPIRIT! COME JOIN US!

THE ADOPT-A-BEACH COMMITTEE:Bard Heavens, Chairman, Cathy and Todd Smith, Carol Reynolds, Alaine and John Weiss, and Barbara Gabriel.DON’T FORGET: JULY 16TH!


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The Board of Directors at its June 16th meeting approved the following matters: Bill Uniack Sr., Bob Lane, Jeff and Mary Jane Wood, Teri and Don McKenna and Edward Spotsky were approved for Regular Memberships. Mark Ryan was approvedfor a Junior Membership. Richard and Vicki Vaught and Becky Thompson were approved forposting for Regular Memberships. James “J.P.” Saunders was approved for posting for ajunior Membership.

At the June 17th General Meeting burgees were presented to nine new members. Inour next August Membership Meeting it looks as though nine or ten more membershipburgees will be presented.

We are growing!The Membership Committee

We have a large number of new members at ABYC and The Friday, August 19th General Membership Meeting willalso be our NEW MEMBER WELCOMING MEETING. All new members and their families, and we do mean allnew members including Junior Members and their parents, brothers and sisters are warmly invited to come to

the club Friday evening with the specific purposes of:• meeting many “experienced” members of the club,• understanding who does what at the club,• finding out what activities you can get involved in,• knowing what resources are available to you as a member,• making connections for racing, cruising and social activities.We’re asking committee and fleet representatives to come and be prepared to explain and promote their activities.Come for cocktails, dinner, a brief General Membership and then a program focused on you the new members. We’ll

have nametags for everyone. We’ll make it as easy as possible for you to ask questions, meet who you want to meet andfeel at home at ABYC. If you’re new or even if you’ve been around for years, come and find out more about how to betterenjoy your club.

Cheers,Jim Bateman, Rear Commodore

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Bob and Cameron Summers

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Carole and Bary Simmons

Susan and Karl Anderson

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Summer sailing and the Summer Junior Program are features of the July SOU’WESTER’s that were reviewed for thismonth’s report.

THIRTY YEARS AGO :The 1975 Fourth of July Regatta was held on July 5 and 6, according to the July, 1975, SOU’WESTER. Twenty

classes were invited. Outside classes invited included Cal 20 A and B, Coronado 15, Coronado 25, 470, International 14,Laser, National One Design, Tempest and two divisions of PHRF. Sailing outside was one division of Lido 14’s, no doubttoughening up for the Lido Nationals that would be sailed later in the summer. Also invited was a Small Boat Arbitrarydivision, the equivalent of today’s Portsmouth. Sailing in the bay was one class of Lido’s, one class of Lasers and severaldivisions of Naples Sabots. The entry fee was $3.00 for ocean classes, $2.00 for bay classes and $1.00 for Naples Sabots.

As was the case in 2005, the Senior Sabot Nationals were held at ABYC in June of 1975. There were 71 entries.Alex Kimball of ABYC was second in the regatta. Bob Ware was in line to win the Over 40 division but disqualified himselfin the last race, giving the title to George Sinks. Sid Exley ran the races, Henry Weiss was in charge of finishes, Jack Cookwas Protest Chairman, Adra Kober did Registration and Betsy Ogilby was in charge of the steak dinner Saturday night.ABYC Juniors helped with dollies, including “Ann and Steve Bloemeke, the Fox children, Latham Bell and many others.”

Evidently the Coronado 25 fleet was an active one-design racing fleet in 1975. Frankie Grover won the Coronado25 Ladies Nationals at Santa Monica YC with Mike McDade and Rorvik Johnson as crew. Steve Moffett in MARAUDERwon the Memorial Day Regatta ahead of Rod Ogilby in SEADLER and John Shelly in LOIS; Rod came back to win the JuneRegatta ahead of Dick Russell in STARLIGHT and Joe Wing in a no-named boat.

Keith Dodson reports there is a new, smaller sailplan for Lasers: it is ideal for sailors from 90 to 140 pounds and isalmost as fast upwind as the regular sail…Stan Sorensen won the Stan Miller Perpetual in C-15’s at the Memorial DayRegatta while Peter Gales beat nine other I-14’s to win in the same event…Commodore Ron Fox congratulated the Ladies’Auxiliary for their great work “hanging baskets and flowers around the club”…John Weiss has completed his studies at USCand Roger Bloemeke passed the bar.TWENTY YEARS AGO:

Awards were the big news in the July, 1985, SOU’WESTER: all the winners of ABYC perpetuals for the club yearwere listed. Mike Sentovich won the Sid Exley Junior Travel Trophy, Chris Redman won the Don L. Adams Trophy foroutstanding sailing ability and sportsmanship and Todd Skenderian won the Frances Dixon Nason Perpetual as outstandingABYC junior. Winners of various Snipe perpetuals included Mike Segerblom, Tom Lihan and Chris Raab of HHYC; CharlieCummings won two Lido 14 perpetuals and Chuck Babcock and Stan Church each won others. Rod Ogilby won the JohnHand Perpetual for winning the Keel Boat Fleet Picnic Race and the Holiday Series Perpetual for the best over PHRFperformance in the Holiday Series Regattas while Jack Wills, Sr., won the Daily First Perpetual. Bernice Weiss won twotrophies at Ladies’ Day.

In the Lido Fleet, Fleet Captain Chris Ericksen presided over the “Funny Trophy” dinner. Kevin Ivey of HHYC wonthe hard-luck “Shark’s Teeth” trophy and the “Hot as a Pistol” trophy, the latter for winning the B fleet championship. JanJones was named “Martini Marilyn,” Bill and Nancy Moore received the “Loving Cup,” Jim LaFontaine got the Lamplightertrophy (last in most Twilight races, thereby requiring a lamp to find his way home) and Sid Exley got the “Hole in the Head”trophy for an unreported reason. Don Barrus was named “S.O.B.” for the year: Scourge of the Bay.

The center spread was photos from Men’s Day 1985. In those days, ladies of the yacht club put on a skit related tothe theme (which was “Star Wars”); the skit was usually risqué at best and often quite salacious. Among the ladies dancingwere Sandy McDade and Laura Caley, and they are pictured. Another tradition was that the Vice Commodore would dressin drag and congratulate the winners: Tony Fallon, moustache and all, was “Princess Leia Orgasma” and is shown dancingas well. Ah, some traditions are best left to the past…

Darren Rosenberg and Scott Ramsey advanced to the area semi-finals of the Bemis Trophy series in Laser II’s…newmembers included John and Susan Brennan with a Cal 20 and Allison Jolly and Mark Elliot with a C-15…the OlympicClasses Regatta was the first time our new barbecue was used; construction of it was supervised by VahanSkenderian…upcoming regattas included the Coronado 25 Nationals and the Yachting Magazine One-of-a-Kind Regatta.TEN YEARS AGO:

The 1995 Memorial Day Regatta was the big news in the July, 1995, SOU’WESTER, with a centerspread articleand photos. Sadly, the cover shot was of PATIENCE being towed home by an Outrage after some kind of unreported failure.Results were also not reported, but many of the volunteers are named and lauded in an article written by Regatta ChairmanJennifer Ellis.

The results and a “blow-by-blow” report of the Club Championship Regatta, held at Opening Day back in May, wassubmitted by Keith Dodson, chairman. Kevin Taugher and Tom Paulling, representing the Olympic Classes Fleet, won theevent. Others sailing included Stan and Stacy Gibbs for the Etchells 22 fleet, Peter Gales and Jackie Golison for the SeniorSabots, Bob Anderson and Joe O’Reilly for the C-15’s and Scott Atwood and Otis Tavlin for the PHRF fleet. The regattawas sailed in Snipes in the Bay; Mark Townsend was PRO.

The passing of long time member Vic Boetel was reported; he was a fixture at Sabot dinners, Opening Day and atthe Happy Hour…two upcoming regattas included the Laser Masters the weekend after Labor Day and the Cal 20 NorthAmericans in August…Craig Dorrans, son of Staff Commodore Dave Dorrans and Bonnie and a Navy lieutenant, wasengaged to be married in Florida in August…a photo ran showing Commodore John Weiss sailing his Etchells in theMemorial Day Regatta with his partner, Staff Commodore Chuck Kober, at the helm and Staff Commodore Chris Ericksenas bow hand.

Chris Ericksen, Club Historian

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But, first a little trip down memory lane to remind everyone of how we ended up where we are today:About 3 years ago, under the leadership of John Merchant, the Board recognized that the Clubhouse and Quarterdeck were in great need of repairs, repainting and remodeling. I like to refer to them as the “3 R’s”. A lot of Board

time was spent on discussing the extent of the “3 R’s” but, no one really knew what it would cost, how long it would take, whowould do it and just to what extent we were obligated to make certain types of changes. The one factor we did know for surewas that we needed money to do it. This obviously was our first obstacle.

In the mean time of thinking about how to get the money, many ideas were tossed around about the scope of thework, and you may remember previous membership meeting presentations that included some what-ifs regarding theinterior layout. In return from those presentations, the Board received a lot of helpful feedback that generated membershipmomentum and curiosity about just what changes should be made to the beloved ABYC Clubhouse.

But, we were still up against a few unknowns, mainly if our Club was obligated to conform to some very large andexpensive kitchen and bathroom renovations to meet current city codes. (And, that money thing was still an obstacle.) Bynow though Commodore Ron Wood decided it was time to deal with the City codes and find the money to get started on the“3 R’s”. Fortunately, the City gave us the answers we needed (and wanted) to hear and through some very prudent fiscalmanagement by your Board, Treasure George Kornoff and General Manager Theresa Laird the Capital Fund money wasincreasing which at least gave us a basis to move forward with the most needed repairs on the exterior of the main building.

However, the interior designs were still up in the air. So at this point, I’ll return to that membership feedback I spokeof a moment ago. You know, I like the saying “Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it”. And it is at this point in myarticle that I’d like to introduce Todd and Cathy Black-Smith because they weren’t very careful! After one of the GMM wheredesigns for interior changes were presented, the Board received a very detailed letter from Todd and Cathy regarding someof the proposed changes. And, well to make a long story short-Todd and Cathy are the leaders of the ABYC DesignCommittee! And so, at the request of the Board, Todd and Cathy were challenged to take on the task of defining the scopeof the interior work. Of course they asked for a budget and we kept asking how much it would cost. (An age-old dilemma.)So, Todd put together some figures, we got some bids and Ron put together some ways to get the money.

Well, I’m happy to say we put together a plan, we decided on a budget, Ron got us some money and we got someoutside help to execute the plan-FAST. Along with Todd and Cathy, fellow committee members Barbara Conn, Stacy Conn,Stacy Gibbs, Marilyn McMahon, Nancy Merrill, Lynda Peoples, and me, decisions on colors, materials, furniture andlayouts are happening quickly and efficiently so that we can have this entire project finished by the end of July! We are beingguided by Dennis Apodaca and Lon Copelin of Design Team America. Dennis and Lon are helping us to make yourClubhouse reflect the heritage, the membership and the great foundation that we as members of Alamitos Bay Yacht Clubare so incredibly proud to show off.

Now, quickly I’d like to turn to a few of the other “3R’s” that have taken place, are taking place, and will be takingplace that are not part of the Interior Remodel.

Kitchen Upgrades: I know most of you have not seen the new equipment in the kitchen or galley, but we spent somegood money to make sure that we upgraded the old, broken and obsolete equipment. Led by Larry Kidd and DaveDorrans , demolition and replacement of the upstairs kitchen ovens and stove took place in April. It took replacing anexterior door with a wider one, removing old heavy stoves and ovens with a forklift provided by Greg Montz , replacing a lotof stainless steel on the walls around the stove, repairing/replacing fire extinguishing equipment, new plumbing and thenfinally the new stove and oven arrived to great fanfare and relief for the cooks. There is also new cold storage equipment inthe galley that easily slid into spots with out too much prep, but has made a big difference in the working area for the staff.All paid for out of the capital fund!

Clubhouse Exterior: If you’ve been around the Club lately, you probably have noticed a carpenter named Edwardrunning around our facility doing all kinds of repair work. Edward has replaced the cap on the Quarterdeck so the leakingwill stop, he’s fixed the windows in the Widows Walk so the leaking will stop, he’s fixed the facia board on the sides of theWidows Walk so the leaking will stop and he will replace the cap on the Widows Walk so the leaking will stop. I think you getthe theme I’m going for here. Edward has also replaced all of the dry-rotted boards around the 2nd deck and various otherareas of the Main and Quarterdeck buildings. And, you ask why all of this repair? Not just to stop the leaking, but to repaintthe exterior surfaces of the Clubhouse and Quarterdeck. By the end of July the old Clubhouse will be gorgeous!

So you ask what isn’t getting done at the ol’ ABYC and why? Well with limited funds and time, not everything wewant can happen. So we have put together a wish list that maybe some of our members can help with. How about a newbar in the wardroom, new chairs around the fireplace, new window coverings, new bar tables and stools, new dining tables,and so much more! If you compelled to head-up some fundraising, donate directly to some of the furniture or can just helpout, please give me a call.

We look forward to unveiling a fresh and updated facilty at the end of July. Come on down, see what’s happeningand take pride in our grand old Clubhouse. It needs our attention today and always!

Nicole Peoples-Moffett, Vice Commodore


applause and acclaim of the onlookers. Her last-place finish ended up as her discard and she ended up exactly inmid-fleet, but her determination earned the respect of the race committee and all who watched.

Juniors were also seen on the Ocean course as five Newport HarborYacht Club kids in Byte dinghies came to town; Mac Mace was first by one pointover Josh Kew. There were alsofive Coronado 15’s, which fleetwatched past class championsBarrett and Randy Sprout dominate.And a total of six boats raced un-der the Portsmouth Yardstick handi-cap system for one-design sail-boats: Tyler Noesen and NickBrulos won a tiebreaker with MattHoulahan and Dominic Meo, all inTempest’s, while Chris Jernigan andKaren Richter was top multihull.

Fourteen Cal 20’s were on hand, and all applauded as Barney andSteve Flam of ABYC won the regatta on a tiebreaker over Doug and StacieMcLean. Rounding out the all-ABYC, all-family trophy winners were Michael Wood sailing with father (and Commodore)Ron Wood and Cindy King in third and Staff Commodore Mark and Robin Townsend in fourth. Mike Martin, sailing withJesse Falsone, was top skipper in the nine-boat 5-0-5 class; Kevin Taugher and Chuck Tripp were third.

Every few regattas, Jim Otis, a long-time ABYC member and former junior phenom in Naples Sabot and Laser,comes out to race—and usually do well. Apparently his touch did not fail him Memorial Day weekend as he won a close fight

in the 17-boat Laser fleet, finishing just one point ahead of second-place AdamDeermount of NHYC and Bob Falk of ABYC; the latter two tied on points. Five LaserRadials also raced, andABYC’s Cameron Sum-mers was first.

Rounding out theregatta was a seven-boatLido 14 fleet. StuRobertson from MissionBay Yacht Club and hisdaughter, Erin Fredricks,won, but they duked it outall weekend with second-

place Greg and Mark Rodgers of Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club andformer Lido Class President Bob Yates and Patrick Kincaid of NHYC in third.

The regatta was staffed by the ABYCEtchells Fleet and a number of non-Etchellsvolunteers. Etchells Fleet Captain Tim Carterserved as both Regatta Chairman and duty-fleet captain, with ABYC Rear CommodoreJim Bateman and Director Merle Asper serv-ing as Board co-liaison’s. Kevin Ellis led theOcean race committee while Chris Ericksenwas PRO on the Bay. Margaret Caddle wasChief Judge. ABYC Port Captain Dave Myersand Director John Massey worked up equip-ment and the whalers; George Caddle pre-pared PATIENCE.

One interesting wrinkle on the Bay this year was the use of Bay Barge as a finishing platform in stead of thefinishing tower; Whaler Five was specially modified by Dave and John to serve as the Race Committee Signal Boat on theBay, including insertion of a removable raised deck for better visibility and installation of a bimini (donated by Bob Kirstine)to shade the timer and race committee from the sun. All involved declared the experiment an unalloyed success.

ABYC General Manager Theresa Laird and her staff did a great job, ranging from complimentary morning coffee inthe Patio, to a Saturday-night cook-it-yourself barbecue with bars open both upstairs and on the lawn, to the Sunday-afternoon trophy presentations on the lawn with hors d’oeuvres served out of the Quarterdeck.

Chris Ericksen

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From left to right ...Derek Smith, Sydney Bolger, Chris McNaboe,Andrew McDade, Ryan McNaboe, Lauren Bussey and Laura Newton.

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We are requesting housing for about 20 sailors andofficials who will be at ABYC for the O’Day Regattain August. The dates are August 17 through August

21. No meals are involved unless you want to provide juiceand cereal for breakfast. The O’Day Regatta is the U.S.Singlehanded Sailing Championship for dinghy sailors, a lad-der event, Rolex regatta, sponsored by U.S. Sailing. It will be sailed this year in Lasers. It is a prestigious regatta, which willbe hosted by ABYC for the third time: 1964, 1982 and 2005. Housing sailors from other parts of the United States is aninteresting and enjoyable experience. If you can help please call Adra Kober 562-434-4529 or send e-mail [email protected].

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Welcome once again to the junior section of the Sou’wester – our very own “Bay Clogger”. With the summerprogram starting June 20th and the Memorial Day Regatta having passed, there is so much to report. We hadan amazing Spring program that brought nearly 40 students to the club on many Sundays this season. Parent

volunteers, encouraged by the success of the program began running the Friday night “Candy Bar Races” which werereally fun with Candy as the trophies. We also had a Carbohydrate party the night before the Memorial Day Regatta toplay games and do some team bonding. Here are some of the reports…Memorial Day RegattaFor the Memorial Day Regatta, we had a great turn out of 14 sailors and some awesome survival stories on the breezierof the two days. One of those stories involved 13 year-old Lauren Bussey’s amazing Sabot capsize recovery. Yes, she isvery deserving of some major recognition for this stunt as she single-handedly righted her boat after a capsize, bailed itout from outside the boat until it was buoyant enough for her to climb in, continued bailing and finished the race! In all myyears as a coach, I have never seen this and you have to give her credit. Congrats Lauren for outstanding perseverance!I would also like to congratulate all of those who sailed this past weekend and recognize how great the participation wasby all including first time racers Kevin Leddy and Laser Radial sailor Max Clemmer. Here are some of the top ABYC finishers...Shane Young - 1st in Sabot ASydney Bolger - 5th in Sabot AJack Jorgenson - 3rd in Sabot BRob Rice - 2nd in Sabot C1Derek Smith - 5th in Sabot C1Savannah Robinson - 2nd in Sabot C3Cameron Summers - 1st in Laser RadialsAlex Vaught - 3rd in Laser RadialsSummer Sailing 2005 Has Started!

We are officially beginning our summer sailingseason with a great group of students and instructors.Many of our instructors are returning from previous yearsincluding; Sean Belisle (UC San Diego), Graham Bell(Santa Clara University), Matt Levin (UCLA), AndrewMcDade (Oregon State University), and Chris McNaboe.We will also be bringing back Rebecca Padilla and MarcSchryer Jr. for the first week of the program. Our newinstructors include the local talent of Serena Zahler and 2003 All-American sailor, Lauren Padilla (Dartmouth University).We are so excited to have them all as they all add something unique to our program. I expect this staff to be one of the bestI have ever worked with.Thank you

A special thank you to Jim Drury and Tim Carter for donating their Naples Sabots to our junior charter boatprogram. We have had very high demand for charter boats this year and it is because of their help that we are able to meetthat demand. Thank you also to Tom Newton, Doug Jorgensen, and John Massey for fixing up all of our current charterSabots. If you would like to donate your boat to the program, please contact Brad Schaupeter at (562) 434-9955 [email protected]

Brad Schaupeter, ABYC JR. Sailing Director

Sou�Wester DEADLINE

Friday, July 15, 2005 is the deadline forthe August Sou�Wester.


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h a i l s f rh a i l s f rh a i l s f rh a i l s f rh a i l s f r o m t h e fo m t h e fo m t h e fo m t h e fo m t h e f l e e t sl e e t sl e e t sl e e t sl e e t sKEEL BOAT FLEET ON WATCH

No word yet on our new date forthe Pinewood Regatta whichhad to be cancelled twice during

June. We know that Jeanne Reid and BobChubb will choose another date in the near future.

Don’t forget the ABYC 2005 Summer Cruise July29-31. Don’t lift a finger is the name of this year’s cruiseand sounds like our king of weekend. Make reservationsat ABYC with questions to Merle Asper. Stephanie Munnwill try to arrange rides over or however she can help you.

Our next meeting will be September 9 with nomeeting in July because so many people are off cruising.Hopefully the August ‘KEEL BOAT ON WATCH’ will havea slate of officers/chairpeople.

John and George

After scoring four competitive regattas, these arethe standings to date in the 2005 ABYC Laser

Fleet Championship Series. The next “scored”regatta in our series will be Labor Day with Turkey Daythe last race in the series.

Name Points

Vann Wilson 97.5Bob Falk 95.5Chris Raab 92.5Kevin Taugher 91.5Carlos Roberts 79.5Mike Pentecost 76.5Jim Kirk 75.5Chuck Tripp 70.5Steve Smith 59.5Jorge Suarez 58.5Jim Otis 43Willem Emmer 36Andrew McDade 22.5

Memorial Day RegattaLong Beach Harbor afforded each Laser racer

the conditions he or she wanted at least once in the seven-race Memorial Day Regatta.

In the first race, one of our newest ABYC mem-bers, Willem Emmer started strong with a win followed bya frequent visitor to ABYC, Peter Drasnin. Following closebehind, never out of contention; however, was ABYC’sJim Otis-back racing after a long hiatus from Laser rac-ing- Adam Deermont from Newport Harbor YC (Adamfinished one of his races with a broken traveler, quite im-pressive!) and perennial contender from ABYC, Bob Falk.

This was a closely contested regatta with a meresingle point separating first through third. Congratula-tions to Jim Otis for a well deserved win and welcomeback to the Laser fleet! Adam Deermont and Bob Falkboth finished with 17 points, but Adam took second placewith a tie-breaker. Daily First awards went to WillemEmmer and Vann Wilson.

Laser Radials fielded a fleet of five boats featur-ing three racers from ABYC’s new Junior Program in La-ser Radials. It seems this new program is bearing fruit asABYC’s Cameron Summers dominated this fleet with astring of four first place finishes on day one, falling onlybehind Newport Harbor’s J.P. Hogan & Jane Sasser onday two but still winning his class. J.P. Hogan nudgedABYC’s Alex Vaught to capture second place in the re-gatta by two points. Jane Sasser and ABYC’s MaxClemmer finished fourth and fifth respectively.I think I can safely assert every racer enjoyed theconditions, race management and camaraderie of a nicegroup of competitors!U.S. Sailing Area J O’Day Qualifier

ABYC Laser sailors (if we count ABYC memberhopeful, Adam Deermont) dominated the top four placesof the recent Area J qualifier for the U.S. Sailing SingleHanded Championships hosted by ABYC.

Walking the boat yard while the boats were beingwashed-down and put away, the universal consensus washigh praise for the race committee work of our PRO ChrisEricksen and his team. Everyone was also thrilled to sailreaching legs in the last two races. The wind was up,along with surfable waves making for fast, spray-filled con-ditions. Even from their vantage point, the race commit-tee could see the Lasers were “shredding” the reachlegs…Great Sailing!

Kevin was gracious in victory giving thanks forthe ABYC organization, especially Jerry Montgomerywho, as our U.S. Sailing Representative, has organizedthe Area J O’Day qualifier for as long as this author canremember. The praise and thanks to Jerry is well de-served as his efforts bring the O’Day U.S. Sailing SingleHanded Championships to ABYC this August.Laser US Nationals

ABYC Laser racer Carlos Roberts made the longtrip back to North Carolina finishing 32nd in a tough fleet.

Steven Smith, ABYC Laser Fleet Captain

SABOT SENIOR NATIONALS - WOWWHAT A SHOW!

The best sailors came in groups from all the clubs around and some not so near (Mark Rastello from

StFYC and Robie Dean from Ventura YC) Nick Scandone,Mike Bartell, Paul Blank, Pinky and Rowell Greene,Graham Gibbons, Ed Heath, Bob Reilly, Dale Wooley,Nancy Mellon, and Doug Fletcher from Balboa came andbrought their fans with them. San Diego sent Chuck Sinks,Betty Becker, Lois Harrington, Karen Butler, Danny NorthRowena Carlson, and Robb Walker, and of course BahiaCorinthian sent Mark Gaudio. ABYC fielded some greatstoo: Jerry Thompson, Tom Newton, Fred and FreddieStevens, Jane McNaboe, Robin Townsend, Lee Berlinger,Nancy Grubbs Dianne Gonzales, Brian Brown, John Ellis,Wendy Siegal, Jennifer Kuritz, Mary Riddick, Don Hodges,Mack Mills and Kevin Dumain were all hot contenders.

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h a i l s f rh a i l s f rh a i l s f rh a i l s f rh a i l s f r o m t h e fo m t h e fo m t h e fo m t h e fo m t h e f l e e t sl e e t sl e e t sl e e t sl e e t sMark Townsend ran a perfect Race Committee consisting of Jon and Isabelle Lounsberry, Sandy Toscan, and

Jinx Ellis. He took pains setting up long starting lines facing into the wind and doing individual recalls the first day so thatthe second day he merely had to call out, “Ready with the individual recall flag,” and all the boats formed behind animaginary line one foot back of the actual start line. After the first day, there were no more recalls, which was a goodthing since some had wasted their throw-out race the day before. The special courses for the Olmypics were new toeveryone so it cut down on local knowledge and gave the sailors lots of good sailing. As they usually are, the start lineswere very exciting with everyone vying for a front position, and that glorious sound of flapping sails that birds would diefor.

Some memorable sights: Chuck Sinks standing in his boat at the start, reversing the sail and zooming backacross the start line. Later he proved to be even more versatile, righting his boat from a capsized position. MikeScandone rounding the marks with the agility of a gymnast with his rapid body shifts. Robin Townsend with a leg leadhitting a mark (was that the Bernoulli Principle at work?) and doing her 720’s as required by the racing rules. TomNewton playing his boom like a musical instrument from his boom vang and main sheet. Mark Gaudio just being MarkGaudio, and of course the birth of a new sailing star as Freddie Stevens was able to lead the Seniors with three firsts, asecond and a third. Others in the Senior class getting a daily first were Mark Gaudio, Kevin Dumain and Robbie Dean.

The Masters saw Jerry Thompson taking three firsts, Tom Newton two, and Chuck Sinks one. And that’s theorder they finished in. Paul Blank of BYC was fourth and Fred Stevens fifth.The Grand Masters had nine entries, six from Balboa Yacht Club and three from ABYC. Graham Gibbons took the first,Mary Riddick was second and Don Hodges was third and he also got a daily first.

In watching the boats, it seemed to me that the transom-rigged boats had an advantage. Most of the earlyfinishers had their main sheets running down the boom to the back. The real advantage though seems to be the ability tocatch up to the front- runners. Hats off to the trophy winners! And to George Caddle for putting on this wonderful show!

Barbara Gabriel

The summer Lido racing season got underway with the Memorial Day Regatta. A small but eager group of seven boats battled each other with Stu Robertson and Erin Fredericks taking first place.

The top ABYC member was Jeff McDermaid, sailing with son Matt, in fourth place. Fellow memberGrant Hill, with crew Conner Hill, came in fifth.The Wednesday night Lido Twilights continue to offer some low key, but competitive racing. The twilights are

a great way to practice your racing skills, as well as, blow off a little of that work week stress. In keeping with the “just forfun” theme of the twilights, the race committee doesn’t record race results. I can tell you that Chuck Babcock and grand-son have taken line honors a few times. The racing on Wednesdays is fun and close with seasoned veterans and newfaces on the starting line; so come on out and have some fun. Racing starts at 6:00 or when all the boats are ready.The upcoming events are the High Sierra Regatta at Huntington Lake on July 9 & 10, and the 2005 Class Championshipbeing held at Howard Prairie Lake in Oregon on August 1, 2,& 3. Hopefully some ABYC members can make it up to theseevents.

Ron Clanton

Celebration of Senior Sabot National Championship

Take the best of racing, add a luau complete with hula dancers, then sprinkle with great volunteers and it’s got to bea really unique and terrific shindig! Mark Townsend, PRO and his “A” team race committee conducted the racesin absolute professional style. You know it was great competition when second place is one point ahead of third, and

two points ahead of fourth in one division. Another division had a tie between first and second place plus a tie between thirdand fourth place.

Mary Riddick and crew decorated the dining room to perfection, then, like a magician, conjured up hula dancers fora super luau show. The highlights included “dancers” from the audience including our Commodore ‘swivel hips’ Ron Wood.Marilyn McMahon arranged for the food and booze. The volunteer list numbered over forty and could and should go on andon. The ABYC staff was always there to call on and never failed us.

Even the wind gods favored us. We cannot ever remember a regatta where the competitors, volunteers, food,entertainment and everything all seemed to just fall in place.

Many thanks to all,George and Maggie Caddle

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Commodore Ron Wood

Vice Commodore Nicole Peoples Moffet

Rear Commodore Jim Bateman

Jr. Staff Commodore Kevin Ellis

Fleet Captain Glenn Selvin

Secretary Grant Hill

Directors

Volunteer Development Merle Asper

Special Projects Bard Heavens

Junior Program John Massey

2005OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

Treasurer George Kornhoff

Junion Rear Commodore Graham Bell

Fleet Surgeon Dr. Mick Shlens

Judge Advocate Tom Ramsey

Port Captain Paul Anctil/Dave Myers

Sou’Wester Editor Sharon Pearson

ABYC Phone (562) 434-9955

Fax (562) 434-2267

Homepage www.abyc.org

Email [email protected]

Alamitos Bay Yacht Club7201 East Ocean BoulevardLong Beach, California 90803

Good News / Bad News!!Bad news (first):

The old membership promotion is gone. Wewill miss it, but it was around too long! The cost ofjoining the club is again $1000.Good News:

New Promotion starts July 1, 2005 and endsDecember 31,2005! The #1 sponsor and new mem-ber each get 250 ABYC dollars. 50 of which is to beused only for club merchandise. 200 can be used forfood, beverage, or club merchandise. You will need touse these ABYC dollars within 6 months and they can’tbe applied towards dues or mooring.

This will help integrate the new member andreward the #1 sponsor.

Remember: We need new members!Do you have questions (or answers)?E-mail me, baby.

Merle Asper, [email protected]

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