GREATER NASHVILLE’S OLDEST YACHTING MONTHLY

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April 2019 Volume 52 Number 3

Commodores Comments

Chris DiCroci Event pics

Cully Cobb 50k pics and results

OL Shulz Alive Hospice Regattas NORs

COMMODORE’S

COMMENTS

Harbor Island Yacht Club is such a special place. A group of individuals, families, and friends

with one common interest—having fun - especially when racing sailboats. Sailing around the

lake, heading up or down river under power, spending the night anchored in a cove, chartering

a boat in some distant waters or even joining a friend who has taken their boat offshore and

needs a hand on a passage. We pass on the lessons we have learned through our stories and

sometimes tall tales. We do these things because it is fun.

This is my fifth year as a board member of HIYC. One thing I have noticed is that every

week there is a member that steps up in some special way for the benefit of the rest of us. Of-

ten it is a member who has accepted the responsibility as chair of some committee or another,

but more often it is simply someone who happened to be around when someone else needed a

hand and they offered that helping hand without thought. I am not saying there are not a few

toads around who sit on their butt, oblivious to what is going on around them, while others are

obviously needing assistance. Unknowingly these people are pitching in as well by giving the

rest of us something to laugh about.

I try not to go overboard on shout-outs, but a couple of weeks ago the steering on our race

committee whaler failed as the volunteer who was helping with the race was docking her.

Dave Hardesty stepped up, ordered the part, and installed it before the next race event two

weeks later. That week wasn’t the best weather window for outdoor boat repairs. Dave was

absolutely one of my hero's that week but certainly not the only one of the month. Thank you

all who do your part.

Lastly I want to mention three unpopular items. Dues, Insurance, and Registration. All three

of these obligations are necessary for those of you who wish to remain members of this club.

Our current budget allows a surplus of around $8,000 per year. Those monies can be used for

upgrades to our facilities, anything else that we deem appropriate, or saved for larger expendi-

tures at some later date. So far this first quarter there are $13,000 worth of dues that have

gone unpaid. We cannot sustain that level of non-participation. It appears that only about

50% of our membership who have boats in the water have submitted their insurance and reg-

istration to their dock admirals. It is a simple requirement and it is a requirement if you want

a boat in the water here. Please step up and fulfill your obligation! No quarter will be given.

Bob, The Commodore

*** O L Shultz Alive Hospice Regattas***

REGISTER TO RACE, BUY DINNER, AND BURGEES

O L Shultz Open Regatta Weekend - April 13-14

www.regattanetwork.com/event/18305

O L Shultz Cruiser Regatta Weekend - April 27-28

www.regattanetwork.com/event/18306

Saturday April 13

8:00 am SPONSORED EVENT Breakfast included with Race Registration 9:30 am Memorial Burgee Service and Skippers Meeting 10:55 am Warning Signal 5:00 pm “Celebration of Sailing Life” Event TBA (Ray Marley and team) Sunday April 14 8:00 am SPONSORED EVENT Breakfast included with Race Registration 9:55 am Warning Signal 2:55 pm De-commission Memorial Burgees 3:00 pm Trophy Presentation and Closing Ceremony

Saturday April 27 8:00 am SPONSORED EVENT Breakfast included with Race Registration 9:30 am Memorial Burgee Service and Skippers Meeting 10:55 am Warning Signal 5:00 pm “Celebration of Sailing Life” Dinner with Silent Auction Pork Tenderloin Dinner (Vegetarian option available) Sunday April 28 8:00 am SPONSORED EVENT Breakfast included with Race Registration 9:55 am Warning Signal Post Race De-commission of Memorial Burgee Post Race Trophy Presentation and Closing Ceremony

T Shirts are offered from the National Regatta Alliance this year. They will

have the NHRA logo on front and the National Regatta Poster art on the

back with our event name below poster art on the back. (OL Shultz Hospice

Regatta 2019)

ORDER HERE:

http://www.team1newport.com/Hospice-Regattas/products/1030/

History of the OL Shultz Hospice Regatta benefiting Alive

In 2014, the HIYC Board created a new, two weekend regatta in the place of the 60 year old Tennessean Re-gatta, whose namesake had dropped financial support and provided dwindling coverage in recent years. The OL Shultz Hospice Regatta was instituted as a partner-ship with Alive Hospice in Nashville, one of the oldest

non-profit hospices in the country.

This event is one of 25 regional hospice regattas around the country in the National Hospice Regatta Al-liance (NHRA). The HIYC regatta is named in honor of former HIYC Commodore O. L. Shultz, who passed away in May 2013, and was served by Alive Hos-pice. The club’s history is rich with the stories of O.L. and his beloved Morgan 30, “Respite”, his trademark

bucket hat, and his special “laundry basket-style” spinnaker rigging. The motto of the Regatta is “We cannot di-rect the wind, but we can adjust the sails.”

Did you know? In 2013 Gene & Cindy Lovelace happened upon the National Hospice Regatta Championship races while vacationing in Florida, and the idea was sparked to pair sailing with hospice education and community support at HIYC. The passing of OL Shultz, served by Alive, led to naming the regatta in his honor and partnering with Alive.

An inaugural committee of HIYC member volunteers, and the CEO and volunteers from Alive, created the foun-dation of this new regatta. The idea of flying burgees from the racing boats in memory or honor of loved ones was a unique idea, and the Sea Scouts created a tradition of one of the most memorable and emotional ceremo-nies of the racing weekend. Trademark events were organized for each weekend and have evolved into “Celebration of Sailing Life” gatherings that fit the demographic of each race.

From 2015-2018, the primary responsibility for the regatta was assigned to the current Vice Com-modore. It was difficult to have continuity or his-tory with a new individual leading the effort each year. A task force appointed by 2018 Commodore Gene Lovelace and chaired by former Commo-dore Marc Fortune led to a change in how the an-nual event is operated. Marc, other HIYC mem-bers, and Alive leaders attended the annual plan-ning meeting of the National Hospice Regatta Alli-ance at HIYC in 2018 and proposed to the Board that the regatta have it’s own event committee with a chairperson similar to Sea Scouts.

Marc Fortune, 2019 Chair, and Gene & Cindy Lovelace (2014 Chairs) have put together an inaugural steering

committee of HIYC members who helped organize the event since it’s beginning, to lead the 2019 regatta. Their

hope is that this steering committee will provide the continuity needed to plan and enhance this annual event at

HIYC.

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In my opinion… thoughts from your gentle servant, Water G. Rat:

Top Ten Reasons to Support the O.L. Shultz Hospice Regatta Benefiting Alive

10 Hell, we’re going to sail anyway, let’s make it about MORE than our fun. 9 Another opportunity for Tim to beat Hof, Anne to beat Greg, and anybody to beat Steve. 8 Alive is a NON-PROFIT; Alive needs to get this money somewhere. 7 Scores of HIYC families have used the care by Alive

6 The pre-race Saturday morning ceremonies give us pause to remember

and appreciate those who have gone over the horizon before us. 5 Community service is at the core of our club’s culture and heritage. 4 The weather is going to be GREAT; it’s a GREAT cause. 3 Help Alive maintain it’s award winning status to continue to recruit

Nashville’s best talent—Hospice Honors, Healthcare Heroes, Nashville’s

Best Place to Work, and Level 4 “We Honor Veterans” Program. 2 It’s the right thing to do

1 The number one reason to support the regatta: Most of us will be

“customers” some day, so let’s pay it forward now while we are able.

—aka former Commodore Marc Fortune

2019 Steering Committee Chair

Paul & Dana Latour

2019 O.L. Shultz Hospice Regatta Sponsors

The Cully Cobb

50K Regatta The Regatta started out with no wind prestart but once the

boats started the wind came in nicely.

*** 2019 HIYC Frostbite Series ***

Ahoy!

2019 has been an epic year for Frostbite sailing at HIYC. We had 4 weekends of sailing (with 4 weeks being cancelled due

to poor weather conditions) with 13 races completed in total. 10 sailors competed at least 1 weekend during the series

with a healthy mix of young/old, novice/veteran, crazy/less crazy. Also, many HIYC club members volunteered their time to

run races and make sure that everyone was safe on the water.

Final results for HIYC's 2019 Frostbite Laser Series, and here they are:

(you must have competed in at lease 8 races to be eligible)

1st - Ted Chapin 12pts

2nd - Bruce Richards 13pts

3rd - Mandy Hofmeister 16pts

5th - James Wilson 33pts

4th - William Hofmeister 27pts

Sea Scout News

It’s been a crazy busy winter with our Scouts. I’ll start by stating that we currently have a group of youth and

parents that are simply on fire. Working real hard on advancements and skills development. Note that when

parents are involved it most often makes things better.

* The fund raising sale of the calendars went very well. Thanks to John Tayior for his contribution to this effort.

And to all the club members that helped by purchasing a calendar. Note that we still have a few left if you would

like another.

* The annual Klondike derby in East Tennessee was a big success. Although more than a bit on the wet side.

But our Scouts had a blast, added another youth to our group and won a trophy as well.

* Connor (Sea Scout youth) represented the Middle Tennessee Council at the Annual Boy Scouts of America

Report to the State Legislature. Yes he presented which is pretty cool. (Pictured below.)

* Scout Sunday saw several in Sea Scout uniforms.

* Meredith (Sea Scout mom/leader) got to attend the National Aquatics meeting in Dallas Texas.

* The Middle Tennessee Aquatics committee has changed its meeting night so Brian Laidlaw and I can start at-

tending. They were meeting on Thursdays which is when our Sea Scouts meet. As a result Brian and I will be

able to be involved in a lot of the aquatics BSA planning for Middle Tennessee Scouts.

* Several of our Scouts were involved with an Eagle Scout project.

* Planning for the annual Pfeffer Sea Scout regatta has started. Note that this year it will be a qualifier for the

William L. Koch International Sea Scout Cup regatta which is held every other year. And this is a really big

deal for us. The next Koch Cup regatta will be held in 2020.

* Sea Scouts Sam, Eli, Connor and Rachel took part in the annual BSA Patronage lunch which raises a lot of

money for Scouting in Middle Tennessee.

* Triad, the Scouts Pearson 30 got a new bottom which proved to be fast while attempting to start the Water-

field/Cotton regatta. Yes light winds and strong current forced the cancelation of the event. But our youth could

see a difference in how well the boat now moves through the water.

* We held our annual Safe boating class in association with the TWRA. 15 took the class and all passed. But

storms prevented our planned afternoon sail. Note that for us this afternoon sail is important as it has in the

past been a good way to introduce more youth to sailing and to pick up more members as well. But it looks like

we’ll be adding a couple more youth to our program anyway. When they turn 14.

* And now that Daylight Savings Time is here we’ll soon be sailing again on Thursday evenings.

Andy Griswold

Congratulations to William Hoffmeister

and crew for winning the 2019 Kent

Martin Winter Series! Thanks also to all

who participated this year.

An Old Friend Came back to Reconnect….

On Friday night, March 15, HIYC was honored to have Chris DiCroce back with us to tell us about his adventures Cruising over the last sev-

en years with his wife Melody. Many of his HIYC friends came out and also newer members who were interested in his story. Many of us

got to know Chris and Melody and their dog, Jet, while they were fixing up their Tartan 27 for cruising.

That adventure began in 2012 but not before Melody made Chris get a bigger boat; a Cal 35. Their first year, anything that could break on

the boat, did. Among other personal crisis, it was not a great start to cruising but they figured it could only get better from there.

They went on to cruise up and down the east coast several times and Chris wrote a couple of books that were Amazon best sellers. Eventu-

ally they took the leap to leave the US and head to Cuba and then Mexico and finally Guatemala.

Chris shared many personal stories of their trials and adventures. Many laughs and maybe some tears. It was inspiring as he told of cruis-

ing on a shoestring budget and how they trusted tomorrow to take care of tomorrow and when tomorrow came, opportunity seemed to

always come with it.

It was great to have Chris back for a visit and we hope he brings Melody with him next time! We wish them both the best.

TO:

Harbor Island Yacht Club

Located on Old Hickory Lake

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Schedule of Events

2019 Officers Commodore—Bob Carlton Vice Commdore —Don Kaufman Secretary— Greg Theriot Treasurer—John Robertson Rear Commodore—Gene Lovelace Senior Governor—Dan Haskell Governor— Jim McCann Junior Governor— Sam Anderson

Harbor Island Yacht Club PO Box 8117

Hermitage, TN

37076-9998

April 2019

09 Tue—Board Meeting

13 Sat—14 Sun—OL Shultz Alive Hos-

pice Open Regatta

15 Sun— Alive Hospice Open Regatta

21 Sun—Easter Sunday

27 Sat — 28 Sun—OL Shultz Alive Hos-

pice Cruiser Regatta

27 Sat—OL Shultz Regatta Dinner

May 2019

05 V15—Dinghy de Mayo 1515

11 Sat—Konesky Great River Race

12 Sun—Mothers Day

14 Tue—Board Meeting 1900

25 Sat—Double Handed Regatta

25 Sat—Cheeseburger in Paradise

27 Mon—Memorial Day

Sea Scouts meet every

Thursday at 6:00 PM