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August/September 2009August/September 2009

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August/September 2009 No. 452 2

RULES 1.1 The rules will be governed by the current Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 1.2 The Organizing Authority is the Concord Yacht Club

CLASSES 2.1 Dinghies 2.2 Keel Boats

ELIGIBILITY 3.1 Open to all CYC members that are in good standing

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 4.1 Registration 11:30 Skippers Meeting 12:00 First Race 1:00 4.2 As many races will be attempted as appropriate for the conditions. One race will make a regatta 4.3 Awards will be presented at the annual banquet

REGISTRATION 5.1 Sign in sheet must be filled out com- pletely

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS Sailing instructions will be available at regis-tration

COURSE The course will be described in the sailing instructions

SCORING 8.1 The low point scoring system will be used 8.2 Dinghies and keel boats will be scored separately

NOTICE OF RACE

Labor Day Regatta ~ September 7, 2009 Dinghies & Keel Boats

Tom Hogan 2nd Vice Commodore

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If man must be obsessed by something, I sup-pose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most. A small sailing craft is not only beautiful, it is seductive and full of strange promise and the hint of trouble.

--From the Sea and the Wind That Blows E.B. White (1899 - 1985) American Writer


Pos Order Sail Boat Skipper H'Cap Type Finish Elapsed Corrected Score Fleet 1 2 190 Labelle Wanda Isakson,Keith 90.9 Beneteau 235 00:53:00 00:53:00 00:58:18 1 Non-Spinnaker 2 3 192 Wind Dance Meyer,Chuck 91.1 Santana 20 00:53:41 00:53:41 00:58:56 2 Non-Spinnaker 3 4 899 NONE Mitchell,Ron 90.5 San Juan 24 00:54:23 00:54:23 01:00:06 3 Spinnaker 4 1 21 Mojo Johnson,Craig 87.4 Fun 23 00:52:59 00:52:59 01:00:39 4 Non-Spinnaker 5 7 397 Slingshot deLaurentis,Jerry 94.5 Cal 25 MKII 01:09:28 01:09:28 01:13:29 5 Non-Spinnaker 6 5 112 Kid Flash Spurlin,Phil 85.2 Impulse 21 01:03:39 01:03:39 01:14:42 6 Spinnaker 7 6 35 NONE Dawson,Dana 89.4 San Juan 28 01:09:20 01:09:20 01:17:34 7 Non-Spinnaker DNS 9 536 Karen Ann Bocko,John Helms 25 33 Non-Spinnaker DNS 8 5904 NONE Guinn,Dwight Catalina 25 33 Non-Spinnaker DNC 4 NONE Johnson,Craig Catalina 27 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC 33 Aisling LaVerne,Doug Seidlman ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC 48 Nauticlew McCormick,Mark Beneteau 235 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC 56 Minnie Parker,Lloyd Tartan 33 ---- Spinnaker DNC 70 Hot Flash Northcutt,Jamie Cal 28-2 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC 98 G'Days Nicholls,Eric O'Day 30 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC 157 NONE Cox,Mike Mega 30 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC 252 Traveller Quigley,Neil Beneteau 235 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC 480 Kontendr Fulton,Sid Helms 27 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC 601 Loon Larimer,Frank Santana 20 ---- Spinnaker DNC 656 Molto Bene Gloss,Frank Ericson 32 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC 0001 NONE Dawson,Max Hunter 26.5 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC 0002 Goldie Scouts,Sea Catalina 22 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC 0003 NONE Sears,Tom Hunter 33-33 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC 1605 Wind Walker Gamey,Jeff Pearson 26 ---- Spinnaker DNC 2123 Moxie Smithson,RG J 24 ---- Spinnaker DNC 5965 NONE Slocum,Jim Catalina 27 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC R22 Fina Lee Wickman,Bill Rhodes 22 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC S-129 Riptide Finnie,Kurt Soling ---- Spinnaker DNC S-202 Beth Schonagen,Randy Soling ---- Spinnaker DNC SJ57 Quite Woman Russell,Jack San Juan 28 ---- Non-Spinnaker DNC T-101 NONE Weir,Todd Santana 20 ---- Spinnaker DNC USA44 B - Happy Ballatin,Johnny B-25 ---- Spinnaker

Pos Order Sail Skipper H'Cap Finish Elapsed Corrected Score1 1 8888 Schonagen,R 92.2 00:45:49 00:45:49 00:49:42 1 2 3 174237 92.2 00:47:27 00:47:27 00:51:28 2 3 4 167154 Schonagen,E 92.2 00:49:23 00:49:23 00:53:34 3 4 2 809 Bradshaw,Bill 83.0 00:45:55 00:45:55 00:55:19 4 5 5 3829 Kopp,Andri 101.4 01:00:05 01:00:05 00:59:15 5 6 6 Dixon 100.4 01:16:54 01:16:54 01:16:36 6 DNF 7 63 Kopiwada,Patrick 8

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Big thanks to the following East Dock resi-dents for assisting with repairs to the ramp: Dan Anderson, Jeff Gamey, Ken Rudolphy, Charlie Sheets, Jack White and Kevin Johnson for welding the new brackets. Kevin will fabricate new metal handrails in the near future.

On Thursday, July 30th, the Club was with-out water while a new copper water line was installed to replace the old galvanized line that was leaking.

A sub-committee of the Long Range Plan-ning Committee is preparing plans for a mast hoist. The results of the survey from the keel boat fleet were overwhelming in favor of the mast hoist. The sub-committee is proceeding to develop plans

and pricing. Updates will be posted as they become available.

Another sub-committee of the Long Range Planning is meeting to determine the costs for replacing the West dock.

Several missing or broken pylons on the West and Dave’s Dock will be replaced with the next several weeks.

On July 13th, I reviewed the work cards to sign off on any outstanding work hours that were reported. I noticed several mem-bers had work hours preformed but had not as yet recorded them. Please fill out your work cards listing projects and hours worked. I will go through and sign the cards. There were 93 members with ZERO work hours reported. Remember

each member is responsi-ble for fulfilling their yearly 15 work hours. While this is a mini-mum, many more hours are needed to maintain our beautiful club house, buildings, grounds, slips and moorings. 56 mem-bers have performed 15 or more work hours to date. There are several opportunities to get your work hours: the library needs assistance on Sun-


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Next Board Meeting will be Wednesday, September 16th - 7pm

Donnie & Margaret Dean Children: Delaney & Hudson

Don & Rachel Carlson Children: Rebecca & Benjamin

Current Membership - 210 Active - 192 Honorary - 11 Student - 7 Inactive - 25

Board Meeting Minutes are kept in the Clubhouse Library.

Not pictured.

Apologies to the Carlson’s for forgetting my camera

Sandra Ford-Johnson

Rear Commodore

day’s; volunteers are always needed at the parties; and there will be at least 1 work party in October. The list of work projects is nearly complete and will be posted soon.

Please note the trash containers at several locations on the grounds will be removed except for the one at the Beach Pavilion. When you leave your boats or complete a project at the Work Area/Railway, either dispose of your trash in the green contain-ers at the entrance to the property or take

it with you. It’s all our responsibility to keep the grounds clean.

Please turn off all lights, appliances, fans, and lock the doors before you leave the buildings.

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August Schedule: 2nd Horton 9th Horton 16th Horton 23rd Valone 30th Horton

September Schedule: 6th Horton 13th Valone 20th Volunteer Needed 27th Volunteer Needed

October Schedule: 4th Volunteer Needed

The CYC Library, located in the lobby of the clubhouse, is open every Sunday from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Items may be checked out for two weeks. To return library items when the library is not open, place the items in the book return box on the table near the phone.

Copies of the current and past Practical Sailor magazines are available in a 3-ring binder to the left of the fireplace. They are on the open shelving and are available to read 24/7. Original issues are only available during li-brary hours. The July issue compares sun-glasses, hand-held VHF radios, diesel fuel additives and liquid waxes. The August is-sue discusses roller furlers, useful knots, and cabin fans.

The following 10 books have been added to the library shelves this since the last Luff Letter. CYC thanks those of you who have donated new and used books to the library.

In the Equipment & Maintenance section, Rigging -Fitting Out - Improving and Maintaining Yacht Rigging, Designer’s Notebook – Ideas for Yachtsmen, Diesel and High Compression Gas En-gines, Sailmaker’s Apprentice – a Guide for the Self-Reliant Sailor. In the History & Adventure section, The Young Sea Officer’s Sheet Anchor – Rigging of Historic Ships, Fatal Storm - The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney-Hobart Race. In the Racing section, Around the Buoys - A Manual of Sailboat Racing Tactics and Strategies. In the Seamanship section, Spacious Skies - The Ulti-mate Cloud Book, The Boating Emergency Manual, Sail and Power. In the Cruising section, The Circumnavigators’ Handbook.

Most high water library duty slots are open from September 20 through October. Sign up now while the selection is good. Earn one work hour for each library duty worked. Interested in volunteering for library duty? C o n t a c t S t e v e L i t h e r l a n d

At July 4th Party - Camera was in a Green Case. If found please contact: Tom Hogan at 607-7868 or [email protected]


Karen Richters has completed her Girl Scout Gold Award Project (the highest award given by the Girl Scout Council - the equiva-lent of the Boy Scout Eagle Award) titled "Safety at Sail Camp.” Before she could offi-cially begin her project (with a requirement of 65 hours of personal time), Karen had to fin-

ish two years of required steps, which in-cluded, 30 leadership and 40 career hours plus the completion of several interest patches. The first physical part of Karen's Gold Award was building two new swim lad-ders. So, with the help of volunteers, Karen built and installed two new swim ladders for the beach area. Karen's second part to her project was re-carpeting the Opti dock. Karen

and her volunteers removed the raggedy, old carpet and replaced it with clean new carpet. Other aspects of her project in-cluded an inspection of the grounds used during camp and two posters & a lesson on 'Safety in the Heat' to be used in the future at Sail Camp.

I would like to thank all the people who made this project possible: Jerry deLaurentis, project advisor; Jamie Northcutt, financial do-nor; Dwight Guinn & Glenn Richters, architec-tural consultants; Gary Grimac, carpenter; Kevin Johnson; CYC Board members, for ap-proving the project; Rebecca Bryant & Suzi Richters, carpet donors; and the additional seven volunteers (four non-club members) who helped with the physical labor. Thank you all very much!


The sixteenth annual Sail Camp coordinated by Concord Sailing Center at Concord Yacht Club was a success despite the current economic climate, both in attendance and in finances. The CSC board decided to reduce the four week camp to three weeks in anticipation of reduced attendance.

Success was due to the hard & conscientious work of numerous volunteers. Volunteer efforts were complemented by the effective work of staff (eleven TA’s and seven instructors) and manage-ment by Shore Director - Rachel Jones, Head In-structor - Griffin Spotz, and Camp Director - Suzi Richters. Every member of the staff “grew up” through CYC’s Sail Camp, they know it well and care about its con-tinuation.

Volunteers are listed following this article, but we want to highlight one who has continued his tradi-tion of donating one week to instruct a beginning Sunfish fleet - Mike Saltmarsh. His students learn under his direction and he is competitive in the af-ternoon games. He deserves many thanks & rec-ognition from CYC members for volunteering a tre-mendous amount of his time and never complain-ing. He gets down to work and does what’s needed in a professional manner. He is a valuable role model for our young adults.

We always in need of help with educational pro-gramming and activities in no-wind scenarios. You could help train the staff or present a unit to the campers on navigation, chart reading, orienteering, weather interpretation, or presenting a concise story on a cruise you completed. Afternoon activities could benefit from your input, new topics, and crea-tive ideas. Jerry de Laurentis has lead a TURKS HEAD bracelet workshop for years. Everyone loves

it! We have tried “off the wall” ideas like bread dough (pretzel recipe) KNOTS that become their afternoon snack. If you have an idea that takes 15 to 30 minutes it can be refreshing to the staff and campers to have a new face and idea.

Big Boat Rides are popular and at times have had as many as 7 large boats & their captains giving an afternoon of their time to host youths on board. This year, per campers request, we offered Big Boat Rides every week.

A few years ago, Doug LaVerne serenaded the campers & parents with his steel drums during our award dinner. It added ambience and was a gra-cious gesture of welcome to the many non-CYC members who attended. If you have any ideas, please contact Suzi Richters at [email protected].

Statistics 2009 Sail Camp had 90 campers over three weeks, and eight of these students returned for a second week. Boys still outnumber girls (64% boys to 36% girls), but it’s interesting to note that at the young ages (8-10) the numbers are even. As girls turn 11 we begin to see a drop in their participation. That said, this years 13 year old girls rallied and were close to equal number to the boys.

Our past marketing efforts to attract younger camp-ers paid off this year. We had full Opti fleets in


week two and three. The largest participation came from 10-13 year old boys and girls. The next largest age group was 14 year olds followed by 11-12 year olds.

More than half of our campers were in the 10-13 age group. In the past 60% of campers were non-CYC members. This year that number grew to 70%. This demonstrates that CYC and CSC are effectively reaching our community. Financially, Sail Camp covered its costs and had a small net, and covered unanticipated costs. Kudos to the STAFF for executing a well run program, and work-ing with our fantastic VOLUNTEERS to stay within budget in this uncertain economic time.

People criticize the youth of today, the teens and young-adults of our nation. I’ve found over the 11 years of involvement with Sail Camp there are many hard working, conscientious, caring, and fun loving “kids” involved with Sail Camp. Our Teaching Assis-tants are 15-17 year olds who work 40 plus hour weeks all day in the sun and heat while managing their younger charges and following orders from young adult/college-student instructors for pay ranging from nothing to $40-$60 a week! TA’s are required to have their Small Motor Certification (for safety boat use) and teach at least one lesson, a land drill, and an “on the water” lesson to the campers. Part of Sail Camp’s mission is to provide LEADERSHIP opportuni-ties to these youths, and they are responding posi-tively .

The Instructor Staff are 18 or older (some exceptional

Junior Instructors start at 17). They are US Sailing Level I Instructor Training Certified. They teach small groups of children with a variety of learning styles and issues. If one instructor has a “challenge” they all sit and discuss ef-fective ways to manage the challenge.

As Camp Director I am extremely proud of these youths. They effectively deal with challenges, bringing creativity

and fun while respecting one another and their camp-ers. They echo CYC-CSC’s commitment to sailing education in our community. They love to sail, grown up through Sail Camp, and feel strongly about this unique youth program.

CSC thanks the following volunteers (alphabetically) for a successful Sail Camp!

Elise Ball Jean Bonnyman

Helen Boone Nancy Bosson

Rebecca Bryant Claire Coker Wayne Cutler

Jerry deLaurentis Richard Gibson

Libby Griffin Gary Grimac Tom Grove

Dwight Guinn Jorg Holberg Tom Hudson Martha Iroff Rachel Iroff

Craig Johnson Kevin Johnson Debbie Knight

Dany Kopp Elsbeth McCully

Eric Nicholls Chuck Noon Keaton Noon

Missy Noon Lloyd Parker Annie Peretz Francis Perey Ray Peterson Neil Quigley Ana Richters

Karen Richters Suzi Richters Zoe Richters

Jack Rosenberg Ken Rudolphy

Mike Saltmarsh Thomas Sears RG Smithson Monika Stein Marty Swails Doug Toney Brian Trainor Liam Trainor Pam Trainor John Tyner UT Sailing Liz Wright

Ann Zimmerman

The few, the strong, the Sea Scouts of Ship Freedom 300 have enjoyed spring-like weather with a picnic Thursday, July 23, to highlight the first half of the

season. Some of the ten registered members were missing due to college orientation, family vacations, attendance at summer camps, and other commit-ments. The Ship announced a new Boatswain, Ap-prentice Sea Scout Luke Schwarzentraub, son of Eric and Jodi Schwarzentraub of CYC (sailing a Prin-dle 16), and Boatswain’s Mate, Apprentice Sea Scout Gray Carter, son of Robert and Jennifer Carter. Robert Carter, formerly a member of CYC, sailed a Santana 20. In addition to regular ship meetings, held alternating Saturdays, the Ship plans an overnight cruise on Sep-tember 19–20. If you would like to participate in the overnight with your boat, please contact G. Hub-bell. These events are always fun and relaxing for eve-ryone. The Ship looks forward to races the weekend of Octo-ber 3rd on Lake Lanier for qualification to represent the United States at the International Sea Scout Sailing Cup Regatta August 1-7, 2010, held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT. To qualify, a crew must win their regional qualification race series, making the cup a short ladder event in the U.S. The country is divided into four regions, with Ship 300 in the

Southern Region. The Cup is affordable: a participant in the 2010 International Cup must provide his/her own transportation to and from New London, CT and pay an

entry fee of $155 which cov-ers week-long room, board and use of a boat in a matched fleet of 420’s, provided by the spon-sors, Bill Koch, Chevrolet, and the U.S. Coast Guard Acad-emy. Partici-pants must be

an apprentice rank sea scout by January 1, 2010 or higher rank. Scholarships are available for the event on a need basis. Sea Scout means becoming a part of the Boy Scouts of America, an association that one can carry throughout their life and to any BSA camp and reservation. For those who excel in the program and academically, there are scholarship and vocational opportuni-ties. Email [email protected] to learn more about these scholarship and career opportunities. If fun on the water, fun outdoors, and just messing about in boats peaks your interest, contact [email protected] or phone 980-0879.


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CYC is grateful for the quick action by three of its members, Tom Sears, Mike Cox, and Matt Proctor, who took quick action upon witnessing the theft of a dinghy at CYC. On July 20th, three thieves made off with a member’s dinghy and attempted to load it into the back of a truck at Concord Park for a quick getaway. Upon seeing this criminal activity Tom, Mike, and Matt noti-fied authorities and detained the would-be thieves until law enforcement arrived on the scene. Due to the proactive action of these members, a dinghy was saved from the clutches of crooks; crooks who would no doubt have gone back to the well for more goodies at CYC had they not been caught. Again, many thanks to Tom, Mike, and Matt. During these times of increased criminal activity in and around our club, please be extra vigilant. If you see a crime in the making or suspect criminal activity, please support your fellow members by taking immediate action. If there is any hint of danger to the situation, do not approach the thieves but do call the police and gather as much information about the situation as possible such as physical characteristics of the thieves; make, model, and license of car, truck (or boat), what was stolen, and any other information that might be helpful in apprehending the thieves. Courtesy: Bill Wickman

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BOARD MEMBERS Commodore

Ralph “RG” Smithson [email protected]

1st Vice Commodore Eric Nicholls

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2nd Vice Commodore Tom Hogan

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Rear Commodore Jerry deLaurentis

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Secretary Bonnie McCormick

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Treasurer Ellen Oblow

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Assistant Treasurer Bill Wickman

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Education, Member at Large Neil Quigley

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Social, Member at Large Ann Zimmerman

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CONTACTS Luff Letter

Sandra Ford-Johnson 531-3707 or 599-0751

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Clubhouse Reservation Elaine Proctor

671-8408 [email protected]

Harbormaster Lift/Marine Railway Scheduling Sandra Ford-Johnson

531-3707 or 599-0751 [email protected]

Phone Committee Sandra Ford-Johnson 531-3707 or 599-0751

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