july 2018 - khyc · console hull. the boat requires a new outboard – evinrude e-tec 130/150 hp,...

I have been on the water most of my life, both as a competitive sailor and a power boater. The sport of sailing has played an important role in my life and that of my family. As part of my love for the yacht club and sailing, my goal as Commo-dore has been to focus on ways we can im-prove our racing/sailing program.

Looking at our racing program, the item we are lacking is a club chase boat. For those members who are not sailors, a chase boat supports the race committee by setting inflatable marks, moving the inflatable marks with changing wind conditions, and relaying information on the race course. More im-portantly, a chase boat provides a level of safety and is an impor-tant backup in an emergency situation. I have known sailors to fall overboard while racing. I have been injured while competing in a race and have seen accidents happen. A club chase boat is a smart investment in our racing program.

A club member has generously donated a 20’ Sea Craft Center Console hull. The boat requires a new outboard – Evinrude E-Tec

130/150 hp, new electronics, trailer and miscellaneous small items. The board has approved and fronted $15,000 towards a chase boat, and I

am estimating that the final cost will be about $20,000. Now I am coming to the membership and asking for monetary

donations and volunteers. If you would like to make a monetary donation, make your check payable to Kelly McMartin; the mon-ies collected need to be kept in a separate account from the club

finances. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to work on it, please contact me. [See contact and boat info on page 10.] Let’s work together to improve our racing program.

Speaking of racing, please join us for the 27th Annual Tom Collier Regatta on Saturday, July 14th. It’s a fun day on the water and at the club raising money for cancer research. At the end of July we will be co-hosting the 46th Annual SBYC to KHYC Race. It’s one of our signature races, and we are looking forward to a great turnout of sailors and boats. Get your reservations in early for our famous Shrimp Feed.

While I am your Commodore, I am also a very busy, excited and proud Father of the Bride. On July 7th my beautiful daughter Cailin is getting married at the club to her wonderful fiancé, Dylan Colbert. We are looking forward to a blessed ceremony and a joy-ful celebration. There must be a lot of dust or pollen in the air these days—my eyes keep watering….

See you around the club.

JULY 2018JULY 2018

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COMMODORE’S CORNER Kelly McMartin, Commodore

KING HARBOR YACHT CLUB • REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA Latitude 33o 51’ 5” N Longitude 118o 24’ 54” W.

2019 OFFICER/DIRECTOR NOMINEES

Commodore: Greg Ronkainen Vice Commodore: Lee Coller Rear Commodore: Tom Polizzi

Directors: S/C Lisa Falk Dorian Harris John Lobue Ana Schmidt

Nominations will remain open until the August General Meeting.

The election will be held at the September General Meeting.

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GOOD ADVICE Greg Ronkainen, Vice Commodore

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Junior……….…...28 Honorary…….…..15 Non-Resident…...105

Regular/Dual…...494* (*Includes Senior...47) Flag…………….....10 Junior Flag…...…..15

New: Kevin Cammiso (JF) Lawrence Braslow (Jr) Dylan Dean (Jr) Lucas Kennedy (Jr) Clark McNulty (R) Palmer Mays (Jr) Keith & Jenny Tholan (D) Christopher & Jennifer Snyder (D)

Status Change: Trevor Mackay - reinstated

Resignation: Jasmine Christensen (Jr) Front page masthead photo

by S/C Dick Reinhardt

EIGHT BELLS With profound sadness we announce the passing of:

Jeanne Gregory Zach Zent

(Son of Steve & Luz)

Sylvia Vizzini

Photo by Diana MacDougall

Catching up from my missed article last month, we had the Ken Hoover Memorial regatta for our Opti sailors in May; there were over 50 entries and the weather cooperated for two full days of racing.

Thanks to Social Chair Kathy Davidson, we had a fun Kentucky Derby party and we have enjoyed first Friday music nights—attendance has been great. The Mothers Day brunch and Fathers Day BBQ were also well attended. The Fourth of July fireworks from the pier are on Sunday, July 1st this year (very strange!) with the associated BBQ at KHYC, and we’re having another celebration on Wednesday, July 4th. [See page 3 for details.]

The Twilight races are well underway, and we are experiencing excellent turnouts. As men-

tioned in previous articles about safety, we still proceed with caution and Race Chair Dorian Harris monitors the weather to ensure a safe race. Handicap racing continues and now the Dinghy Twilights have started, too, so come on down and join in the fun. If you don’t like to race, you can relax and watch the action from the club.

Finally, Membership Chair Kathy Frank continues to keep busy handling our new mem-ber interviews, and we are adding new members almost every month.

So, let’s keep tight lines and sail/power forward.

MUSIC NIGHT!MUSIC NIGHT!MUSIC NIGHT!

Friday Friday Friday ••• July 6July 6July 6ththth 7 7 7 --- 9 pm9 pm9 pm

Enjoy some Chicago & West Coast-style blues, with just a pinch of Rockabilly and a dash of Texas Shuffle!

SUMMER BASH/KHYC PATIOSUMMER BASH/KHYC PATIOSUMMER BASH/KHYC PATIO

Saturday, August 4Saturday, August 4Saturday, August 4ththth

3:00 3:00 3:00 --- 7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm

Come join the party for Come join the party for Come join the party for fun, food & fun, food & fun, food & fabulousfabulousfabulous music by music by music by CCCROWROWROW HHHILLILLILL! ! ! Details coming soon!Details coming soon!Details coming soon!

MARK YOUR CALENDARMARK YOUR CALENDARMARK YOUR CALENDAR

VIEW FROM THE REAR Lee Coller, Rear Commodore

2018 LEADERSHIP FLAG OFFICERS COMMODORE: Kelly McMartin [email protected] VICE COMMODORE: Greg Ronkainen [email protected] REAR COMMODORE: Lee Coller [email protected] JR. STAFF COMMODORE: Kari Keidser [email protected] JUDGE ADVOCATE: Ana Schmidt [email protected]

FLEET CAPTAIN: April Pitcairn [email protected] PORT CAPTAIN: Ron Schmid [email protected] TREASURER: Lynnette Vavrek [email protected] SECRETARY: Janine Thompson [email protected]

Wow – I’m halfway through my year as Rear Commodore already. The Opening Day season (a.k.a. the ‘deviled egg and cheap champagne tour’) is over, and it’s time for boating. Our last two Opening Days were at Dana Point and Dana West Yacht Clubs; both clubs fed us a healthy lunch, so we were stuffed by the time we left. Actually, it is fun meeting lots of people from other clubs. As Rear Com-modore, this is a great opportunity to meet offi-cers from other clubs with whom I can network.

If you have been out on the patio recently you’ll notice that we have replaced the six old tiny tables that you were lucky to squeeze four people around (as long as they didn’t have any-thing larger than a can of beer) with 48” glass-top tables that can easily accommodate six. We have doubled our seating capacity—we now have seating for 60 on the lower patio. The new

director’s chairs also look great. Thanks to House Chair Rosie Vullo for taking care of both of those projects.

This last month has been interesting. Our (Rainey’s and my) plans are always to take a trip to Catalina on Memorial Day Weekend. Rainey ended up having knee surgery the week before Memorial Day, so those plans quickly went by the wayside. We are definitely headed over for the 4th of July but are also looking forward to watching fireworks from the club on the 1st.

Please remember as you come in and out of the club to keep gates secured. In the summer months there is a lot more non-member traffic in our area, and having non-members wandering around the club is an issue. We also welcomed lots of new members over the last year; so if you see someone you don’t recognize, introduce yourself. Please remember to wear your nametag as well.

By the time you read this, the front door should be properly replaced (I sure hope I never have to write that again...).

MEETINGS GENERAL MEETINGS: third Friday at 7:30 PM. BOARD MEETINGS: Monday after the General meeting at 7:00 PM. Open to all club members.

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THE GALLEY

LUNCH: Wednesday from 11:30 to 2:00 P.M.* Friday from 11:30 to 2:00 P.M.

BREAKFAST & LUNCH: Saturday from 8:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. Sunday from 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

DINNER: Every Thursday evening from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M.** Three entrées are offered. Weekly entrée choices are posted at the club and included in the weekly e-mails.

BAR MENU SERVICE: Wednesdays & Fridays 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. *Weds. lunch service thru 8/29 only. **Galley hours extended to 9 PM during Twilight Racing Season.

DIRECTORS Ian Bardin [email protected] Denny Browne [email protected] Vicki Callahan Porter [email protected] S/C Jerry Martin [email protected] D’Nan Dean [email protected] Tom Polizzi [email protected] Steve Rasak [email protected]

DOCKMASTER Ron Schmid………...310-376-7533 [email protected] GARDEN CHAIR D’Nan Dean………...310-714-6701 [email protected] HOUSE CHAIR Rosemary Vullo…….310-210-9615 [email protected] MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Kathy Frank………...214-675-9014 [email protected] MERCHANDISE CHAIR Tracey McMartin……310-962-0227 [email protected] SOCIAL CHAIR Kathy Davidson…….903-926-4633 [email protected]

BBQ BUFFET Tri-Tip, Hamburgers, Chicken

Breast and all the Fixings! Huge Variety of Desserts!

$25/adult • $15/child under 12 Reservations thru the KHYC office

Dock space is first come/first served & for members only!

EARLYEARLYEARLY

INDEPENDENCE DAY INDEPENDENCE DAY INDEPENDENCE DAY

CELEBRATION & BBQ!CELEBRATION & BBQ!CELEBRATION & BBQ!

****** SUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAY, , , JULY 1JULY 1JULY 1st st st ******

DDDINNERINNERINNER SERVEDSERVEDSERVED FROMFROMFROM 666---9 9 9 PMPMPM

R.B. FR.B. FR.B. FIREWORKSIREWORKSIREWORKS ATATAT 9:00!9:00!9:00!

WEDNESDAY JULY 4WEDNESDAY JULY 4WEDNESDAY JULY 4ththth 444---7 pm 7 pm 7 pm ••• KHYC PatioKHYC PatioKHYC Patio

Music by: Music by: Music by:

the the the dddrunken monkeys!runken monkeys!runken monkeys!

Chicken, Burgers, Tater Tots, Chicken, Burgers, Tater Tots, Chicken, Burgers, Tater Tots, Potato Salad, and Potato Salad, and Potato Salad, and APPLE PIE!APPLE PIE!APPLE PIE! $15/Adult • $10/child under 12$15/Adult • $10/child under 12$15/Adult • $10/child under 12

Reserve thru the KHYC OfficeReserve thru the KHYC OfficeReserve thru the KHYC Office

POWERBOAT FLEET Dyan Beven Photos by Jim Sherk

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FLEET CONTACTS

KING HARBOR YOUTH FOUNDATION

DIRECTOR: Madeleine Poiesz.....424-287-7245 [email protected] PRESIDENT: Jim Murrell…..............310-717-0775 [email protected]

June 9th was a beautiful eve-ning on the Palos Verdes Penin-sula. A light breeze was blowing, and the sounds of Frank Sinatra and Mama Mía wafted through the air. Cries of Mangia! Mangia! could be heard from the backyard of Rosie and Joe Vullo’s home as the partygoers waited eagerly for the pizza, straight out of the oven...and the Chi-anti, straight out of the bottle. Right from the start everyone knew it was going to be a night to remember, and they were right!

Sixty Powerboat Fleet members enjoyed one of the best parties of the year in the Vullos’ backyard. Guest Chef Eric Wood (photo), along with Joe Vullo and Marty Falk, made the best and most interesting pizzas for appetizers to go with the Champagne. Rosie and Joe made Rosie’s grand-mother’s lasagna which, along with Teri’s beautiful salad, accompanied the wine. And the Tiramisu, with just a sip of Tuaca, was the perfect ending to a lovely evening. Many thanks to all of those who helped make the evening so wonderful: the Davidsons, Falks, Sherks, Vullos and, of course, Chef Wood.

On the 22nd of this month, the Fleet will be cruising up the coast to Del Rey Yacht Club for brunch. In September, we will be cruising down the coast to Long Beach Yacht Club for a relax-ing weekend away from home.

For more information or to join the Fleet, please contact one of the PBF co-captains: Dyan Beven [email protected] or Teri Sherk [email protected].

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KHYC FLEET CAPTAIN April Pitcairn………..310-721-1758 [email protected] CAL 20 FLEET Burr Hope………...…..310-386-2252 [email protected] CATALINA CRUISING FLEET Allen Curtis…………310-375-8076 [email protected] DINGHY FLEET Keith Hemstreet…......424-634-1288 [email protected] EMERITUS FLEET Jack Kovats…….….….310-544-2401 [email protected] FAMILY FLEET Matt Bartley…………...310-428-2748 [email protected] Chris [email protected] FIRST MATES Christina Jesperson..310-871-8029 [email protected] FISHING FLEET Patrick Maloney....….213-804-4190 [email protected]

HANDICAP RACING Dorian Harris………....310-259-1040 [email protected]

CHRF: Fred Cottrell……....310-938-3322

MULTIHULL FLEET Steve Fechner…….....310-872-4053 [email protected] Mark Hansen…[email protected]

NIGHT WATCH FLEET Denise Thorn……..….310-218-8588

[email protected] PADDLE FLEET Chris Schmidt………...310-918-2731 [email protected] POWERBOAT FLEET Teri [email protected] Dyan Beven…[email protected] RADIO FLEET Bob MacKenzie…….310-379-3365 [email protected] SPINNAKER ONE-DESIGN Len Abbeduto…..…....310-750-7102 [email protected] WOMEN’S RACE FLEET Julie Coll………….…....818-268-4740 [email protected]

BOOK CLUB The Book Club meets the third Wednesday of every month at 7:30 pm. All are welcome!

JULY: “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline. Moderated by Jill Wheeler. “The bestselling classic, now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spiel-berg. At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, this book is a spectacularly ambitious and charming debut.”

AUGUST: “Virginia’s Diary” by Suzanne Peyton. Moderated by Carole Stonich. “What would you do if you went to bed tonight and had a dream that would eventually take you on a seventeen-year journey that would change your life and family’s history forever?”

GAME NIGHTGAME NIGHTGAME NIGHT Saturday, July 21Saturday, July 21Saturday, July 21ststst

7:00 P.M.7:00 P.M.7:00 P.M.

Bring an Bring an Bring an

appetizer or appetizer or appetizer or

dessert to sharedessert to sharedessert to share...

MONTHLYMONTHLYMONTHLY

WINE SAMPLINGWINE SAMPLINGWINE SAMPLING Wednesday, July 18Wednesday, July 18Wednesday, July 18ththth

6:306:306:30---7:30 PM7:30 PM7:30 PM $7/person$7/person$7/person***

*Includes wine, cheese & crackers*Includes wine, cheese & crackers*Includes wine, cheese & crackers

mailto:[email protected]


NIGHT WATCH FLEET Kathy Smith

O.D. ASSIGNMENTS

JULY Sun. Jul 1…………….Eric Agrusa INDEPENDENCE DAY • Weds. July 4 AM…………..Dan Aitken PM…………...Tom Allen Sat. Jul 7…………...Michael Allen Sun. Jul 8…………...April Pitcairn Sat. Jul 14………………Phil Alley Sun. Jul 15…….James Anderson Sat. Jul 21……….John Anderson Sun. Jul 22…………...Keith Angel Sat. Jul 28…………... .Don Smith Sun. Jul 29…...Martha Armstrong

AUGUST Sat. Aug 04…………Marco Asaro Sun. Aug 05……..Daniel Ashcraft Sat. Aug 11….Christopher Ashley Sun. Aug 12…Darrell Ausherman Sat, Aug 18...………….,Jon Axtell Sun. Aug 10…….Franc Balistrieri Sat. Aug 25………….Mike Banffy Sun. Aug 26………David Barrette

The Night Watch/Cal 20 combo group gathered in June for the pre-meeting(s) pot luck dinner. The food line snaked a looong way back (photo), but our good-natured group kept everything upbeat—not a single “hangry” outburst among ‘em! Go team!

Skipper Denise Thorn thought that “Puns” would be a good opener for our meeting, so many of us came armed with some really bad ones. Well, if you’ve ever seriously groaned on a full stomach, you will know what kind of pain this caused...but we managed to move beyond the pain and have an enjoyable meeting.

Some space might be available in already-reserved rooms for the Isthmus Banning House October 19-21. Let Denise know if you would like to find a spot for this ladies’ weekend.

A week after our meet-ing, we all met up at the Comedy & Magic Club to raise money for the Tom Collier Memorial/Cedar Sinai Cancer Research Lab. Julie Moore took on this project again, and she did a fantastic job! The pho-tographer, however, ne-glected to get a pic of Julie, so we are reusing her photo from last time (she hasn’t aged a bit, anyway!) Thank you, Julie—it was a very fun event! All photos below were taken at this year’s event, although they are only a sampling of the many KHYC members who attended—$1800 worth! Nice!

The NWF women will be out in force in July helping with the Collier Regatta, SB to KH Race, etc. Note that there is NO NWF meeting in July—we meet again August 7th. Please feel free join us then!

O.D. CHAIR Jerry Vellutini…..310-542-1068 [email protected]

NOTE: the updated O.D. list* is also available at www.khyc.org under MEMBER INFORMATION. *‘Refresh’ your browser page to ensure you see the latest list, as it is frequently updated.

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DOLPHINS GALORE! These photos, taken in April by David Doeh, serve to remind us why we pay a premium to live here!

SELF-FULFILLMENT OPPORTUNITY!

Are you feeling out-of-sorts, lost and/or depressed? Need a greater purpose in life? Craving more structure every month? Would a “creative outlet” serve as your ongoing psychotherapy? Well, have we got a deal for you!

V/C Greg Ronkainen is seeking a 2019 TELLTALE Editor and is accepting applications at this time. The successful candidate would be a KHYC member; have knowledge of a desktop publishing program such as Adobe InDesign, Quark or MS Publisher; and be ready to start in December (for the January TELLTALE issue).

Please contact the current TELLTALE Editor to apply and/or for more info: [email protected]

2018 VOLVO OCEAN RACE David and Robyn Bew displayed the KHYC col-ors in Newport, Rhode Island in May during the race’s only North American stopover. The 2018 race sent the teams 45,000 nm. around the world, across four oceans, to six continents and twelve host cities.

SANTA BARBARA TO KING HARBOR RACE

RACE CALENDAR

RACE CHAIR Dorian Harris…...310-259-1040 [email protected] NOTE: Race Calendar info is also available at www.khyc.org

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CHRF #5 Sunday, May 20th

1st Don Souther/NO WAY!! 2nd Barry Knudson/TIGGER 3rd Matt Bartley/NITRO 1st Woman-at-the-Helm:

Francie Hope/DÉJÀ VU Congratulations to Skippers & Crews!

JULY

Sun.07/08………………...CHRF Race #7 Sat.07/14…Tom Collier Regatta for Hope Sat.07/21…Queen Mary Regatta (RBYC) Sat.07/21-22………….Bud Gardiner Bowl Fri.07/27-28…..…....Santa Barbara to KH

AUGUST Sat.08/04……….....Matt Walsh/Spin #5* Sat.08/18…...Home Port Regatta (PRYC) Sun.08/19………………...CHRF Race #8 Weds.08/29……..….Dinghy Twilights end

SEPTEMBER Fri.09/07…….….King Harbor Race Week Sat.09/08….…...King Harbor Race Week Sun.09/09……...King Harbor Race Week Sun.09/16……..Jarvis Hamilton Memorial Sat.09/22….Windward/Leeward/Spin #6* Sun.09/23…………………CHRF Race #9

OCTOBER Sat.10/06…...Castillon Classic (RBYC)* Sun.10/07…………………..His ‘n Hers #1 Sun.10/14……………….CHRF Race #10 Sat.10/20…..Frank Guernsey SH (RBYC) Sun.10/21…………………..His ‘n Hers #2 Sun.10/28…………………..His ‘n Hers #3

NOVEMBER Sat.11/10……….....Turkey Shoot (RBYC) Sun.11/18……………….……...CHRF #11

DECEMBER Sat.12/01……………...Christmas Regatta Sun.12/02………………………CHRF #12

*Denotes ASMBYC High Point

Saturday, July 28Saturday, July 28Saturday, July 28

Two seatings: Two seatings: Two seatings:

5:30 & 7:00pm5:30 & 7:00pm5:30 & 7:00pm

$20/person$20/person$20/person

Please make

reservations

through the office

& reserve early!

It’s It’s It’s alwaysalwaysalways a a a

sellsellsell---out!out!out!

The race begins in SB at noon on Friday, July 27th.

Boats could begin arriving in KH as soon as Friday evening, depending on wind conditions.

Party at 3PM Saturday afternoon! Trophies presented at 4PM, followed by our famous Shrimp Feed at 5:30 (first seating)!

CAL RACE WEEK Cal YC • June 2-3rd

Five KHYC boats participated in this huge regatta! KHYC trophy winners were: Farr 40 1st Mick Shlens/BLADE II J/70 3rd Jim Murrell/HUCKLEBERRY J/70 4th Craig Tallman/JAYA

Congratulations to Skippers & Crews!

TO

NEXT CHRF RACENEXT CHRF RACENEXT CHRF RACE: : : Sunday, July 8Sunday, July 8Sunday, July 8ththth

ASMBYC HIGHPOINT RACEASMBYC HIGHPOINT RACEASMBYC HIGHPOINT RACE PPPACIFICACIFICACIFIC CCCUPUPUP---2 / CYC2 / CYC2 / CYC

Sunday, July 8Sunday, July 8Sunday, July 8th th th

CAL RACE WEEK Mick Shlens/BLADE II won FIRST place in the Farr 40 class! BLADE II is second from right in the Spinnaker photo.

Photo by Bronny Daniels

Photo by Bronny Daniels

Photo by Tom Walker

NO WAY!! TIGGER DÉJÀ VU Photos by Suzanne Cottrell

WINNERS’ CIRCLE

King Harbor Sunset

PERSPECTIVE

Int’l Space Station Sunset

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This year’s Tom Collier Memorial Regatta for Hope Cure Cancer Cup is Saturday, July 14th, and I would like to invite you to join us. It’s hard to believe we have been running this regatta for 27 years! It started as an idea by a club member at the bar during Tom’s Memorial at KHYC to honor Tom’s memory with a sailboat race. Here we are now 27 years later—we have do-nated over $650,000 to cancer research. This is an impressive amount for a club our size, but it’s not time to give up this fight! All of us have been touched by cancer in one way or another. We have watched family and friends battle this disease and, sadly, we have lost too many to cancer. All the proceeds from this re-gatta go to fund specialized researchers at the KHYC Tom Col-lier Memorial Cancer Research Lab at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

This year’s committee has been working hard to put together a fun regatta. We are going back to the “old” Tom Collier race course with the sailboat racing viewable from the upper deck of the clubhouse. Again this year we will have both a racing and a cruising course. For those who are not on the water, join us at the club for an enjoyable afternoon.

Back by popular demand is the Rum Tasting and the Off-shore Band. The tacos and bräts will be served upstairs in the conference room. The opportunity drawing is for a two-night stay at the Miramonte Indian Wells Resort and Spa, plus a gift certifi-cate for the Vue Grill and Bar. Some of the live auction items include two watches donated by Maurice Lacroix and valued at $800-$1000; a USC Football game package; a Rams Football game package; and an Embassy Suites Gift Certificate valued at $600. We also have a wonderful assortment of items in our silent auction. Come down, join the fun and help us continue the fight!

I would like to thank the Night Watch Fleet for hosting the Comedy & Magic Club Fundraiser and all of the club mem-bers who joined us. We had a wonderful evening listening to some very funny comedians and raised $1800, which goes di-rectly to the Tom Collier Memorial Regatta for Hope Cure Can-cer Cup. Thank you!! Tracey McMartin

Tom Collier Co-Chair

TOM COLLIER MEMORIAL REGATTA FOR HOPE

CURE CANCER CUP

WINNERS’ CIRCLE

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KING HARBOR TO CABRILLO BEACH / Spin #4

Saturday, June 16th

Eighteen boats entered the race, nine from KHYC. The wind was coming from the SE making it difficult to sail towards Cabrillo Beach; some boats had to drop out, and only thirteen actually finished the race. The KHYC winners were:

PHRF-A: 1st Jeffery Coyle/DISTRAXION 2nd Glen Griley/TKO

PHRF-B: 1st J.Sarner & M.Poiesz/KATIN

PHRF-V: 1st Bob MacKenzie/OLIVER

Congratulations to Skippers & Crews!

RADIO CONTROLLED SAILING

RC Sailing Anyone? Do we have enough interest in restarting the Friday evening radio controlled rac-ing off of the guest dock? Apparently it used to be done on Fridays, so let’s see if the last Friday of each month (5:30pm?) works for most during the regular summer sailing season.

The most common sailboat class seems to be the 1 meter class, but there are others. There may be plenty of used ones available from club members. Example link for a new boat: https://www.amazon.com/Kyosho-Seawind-1-Meter-Racing-Vehicle/dp/B013JTLCVY

Please send me an email if you are interested or if you have a used RC sail boat that you want to donate for a club ‘training boat’, and I'll help coordi-nate getting something started. Thanks.

Ron Grassl [email protected]

https://www.amazon.com/Kyosho-Seawind-1-Meter-Racing-Vehicle/dp/B013JTLCVY




RADIO FLEET Brian Johnson

Radio Fleet members Norm Thorn and Brian Johnson volunteered to work with stu-dents from Compton Junior College to launch and recover a High Altitude Balloon (HAB). The students put together a scientific payload with sensors for measuring temperature, pres-sure, acceleration, humidity, light intensity and cosmic rays. There were also three video cameras pointing up, down, & sideways, and we got some great pictures from the “edge of space.”

At 12:30PM on June 6th the balloon was launched from Compton College. The computer simulations pre-dicted a burst altitude of 120,000 feet, a flight time of 3 hours and 20 minutes, and landing somewhere near Victorville.

The tracking payload (developed by members of the KHYC Radio Fleet) con-tained an Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS) transceiver. The APRS unit receives GPS signals and transmits the exact position

and altitude of the balloon using amateur radio. Using that signal, we were able to determine that landing oc-curred at about 4PM 13 km north of Victorville, about 15 km down-range (northeast) from the predicted location. Norm and Brian, with the help of San Bernardino Search & Rescue, finally

recovered the payload later that evening. The scientific data that was collected is still being reviewed by the stu-dents. The full story will be presented at the next Radio fleet meeting. The Radio Fleet meets the first Monday of every month at 6:30 on the lower deck. Guests are always welcome.

CAL 20 FLEET

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The Cal 20 fleet has started the summer BBQ season off with a great get-together. Sixteen fleet members showed up for our first summer BBQ—lots of great food and conversation. If you want to join the fun, we can find a Cal 20 in your size.

Just a short follow-up to last month’s article. As you may remember, the fleet went out and brewed the secret brew for the Thursday Twilight Race trophies; the plan was to award the beer for the Cal 20s that placed well for each race. Well, we had a slight mishap in that one of the bottles exploded. Nobody was hurt, but there was quite a mess. We have returned the beer to the brewery, and they determined that the beer was not done ferment-ing when we did the bottling, which over-pressured the bottles. We’ll try again sometime….

S/C Burr Hope Cal 20 Fleet Captain

NOTE: The curvature of the earth is visible in the photo at left.

FIRST MATES

The First Mates met up in June for a delicious luncheon and a fun meeting. A number of First Mates attended the Comedy & Magic Club fundraiser for the Tom Collier Memorial Lab in June. You will also see us helping out with the Collier Regatta this month—such a fun and worthwhile event...party, really!

Silvia Taylor is now accepting donations of nice (new and gently used) items for resale at the “Treasure Trove” fundraiser in September. We are looking for antiques & collectibles; elec-tronics; kitchenware; lighting; linens; jewelry; fashion accesso-ries; nautical books & maps; KHYC logo items; and anything else that is a worthy purchase by someone else. Your donations can be dropped off at our August 1st or September meeting. There will be NO regular monthly meeting in July.

We are heading to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library by bus on Wednesday, July 11th. Contact Barb DeCuir if you want to come with us, although time is of the essence on this one!

SAVE THE DATE!SAVE THE DATE!SAVE THE DATE!

Friday, September 28Friday, September 28Friday, September 28ththth

••• 4pm4pm4pm

The FIRST MATES invite you to shop for those special items you didn’t

know you needed! Do your Christmas

shopping early!

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KING HARBOR YOUTH FOUNDATION Gail Keswater Coach Info by Abby Featherstone

Our largest fundraiser of the year, the Fritz Dawson Sail-A-Thon 2018 was a huge success! With your help, support, and net-working outreach, we were able to exceed our goal of $25,000! This year’s total was the largest one yet. Thank you for stepping up to help us with this fundraiser. And THANK YOU to our “golden donor” who generously provided matching funds for many of our donations to help put us over our goal.

Reese Lieser took first place in the Opti Green Fleet at the Memorial Day Regatta at ABYC. Way to go Reese!

July is a big month of racing for our sailors. We’ll have com-petitors in Laser North Americans at ABYC, Junior Olympics at MBYC, and FJ Nationals at CYC. We’ll even be sending up sail-ors to the High Sierra Regatta at Huntington Lake.

Summer sailing is in full swing. Come down to the club for lunch and watch the young sailors learn, sail, and have fun. Re-view the bios/résumés on this page to learn more about our great coaches!

Save the date for our fall fundraiser, Oktoberfest, on Satur-day October 6th!

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Emi Stephanoff California Maritime Academy Sophomore – Marine Transportation This is Emi’s second summer working with KHYF. She started sailing in the summer program when she was 7 years old and then graduated to FJs and 420s, competing for the Redondo Union High School Sailing Team. Emi now goes to school at the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo, CA where she is working toward her Coast Guard Third Mate Unlimited License in the Marine Trans-portation program. Currently, Emi is compet-ing all around the country on the CMA off-shore and dinghy sailing teams. At school she mainly sails Farr 40s, FJs, and J22s. Emi said, “I am looking forward to another awe-some summer with KHYF!”

Chris Andrews Santa Monica City College Sophomore Chris is joining our coaching staff for his fourth summer. He began sailing here at King Harbor as a freshman in high school and graduated last year from our junior sailing team as an avid FJ sailor who has competed in the local Shadden and PCISA circuits for most of his high school career. He is currently working on transferring to USC as a film production and computer science major. Fun fact: Chris can sometimes be seen with his camera since he is an experienced pho-tographer and videographer, and he has produced many great photos and videos for our program.

Alex Krouse University of Arizona Sophomore Alex has been sailing for six years. He has years of racing dinghies like Lasers, FJs, and Optis, as well as many bigger boats such as Cal 20s, J33s, and Martin 242s. Alex has been coaching at the King Harbor Youth Foundation for three years with kids of all ages. He is an active volunteer with the Yacht Club and Youth Foundation. Alex recently completed his freshman year of college at the University of Arizona and is excited to con-tinue his education along with teaching sail-ing. Alex explains, “I am very happy to be spending another year teaching new sailors this summer and giving back to the program that gave so much to me.”

Peter Neal Roger Williams University Junior - Mechanical Engineering Just finishing his second year of college, Peter has sailed as one of the top skippers on his team and he even received the Rookie of the Year Award at Roger Williams University. His sailing began here at King Harbor when he was old enough to join the Sabot team and compete against kids all over SoCal. Peter moved up into the Laser class where he worked his way to joining the top competi-tors. He qualified two years in a row for the US Youth Championships, a résumé-based qualifier that consists of the top junior sailors in the country.

Sean “Shark” Tallman Eckerd College – Marine Science Freshman Shark’s sailing started when he was just 3 months old when his parents brought him to Catalina on the family’s Catalina 32. When he was old enough, he joined the Opti team and began racing competitively at regattas around the country. For the last four years, Shark has been racing on the FJ Team where he repre-sents not only KHYC, but South High School/Torrance. Shark helped his team qualify for PCC’s the past two years, and this year the team was ranked 9th out of all the teams in California and Hawaii.

Jasmine Christensen Harbor Community College Freshman Jasmine began her sailing at age 8 when her parents signed her up for summer camp at CBYC. When she was old enough, she joined our King Harbor FJ Team where she repre-sented her school, Redondo Union, as a competitive crew member who helped her team qualify for Pacific Coast Championships two years in a row. Jasmine will be joining our coaching staff this summer for her first year and will be spending time with our youngest group of sailors in Opti 1.

Cailin McMartin Cal State University, Long Beach Senior Cailin has been sailing since she was 6 years old but has been on boats since she was born. Cailin grew up racing sabots as a member of the KHYF sailing team competing in multiple nationals and regattas. This summer will be Cailin’s sixth summer coaching with us. Fun Fact: Cailin followed close in her father’s footsteps as a competitive racer and is the third person to become a KHYC third-generation member.

Drea Keswater Rolling Hills Preparatory - Senior His second year on the KHYF coaching staff, Drea has an extensive sailing résumé, pri-marily developed in King Harbor. Drea loved sailing from the start and wanted to move into racing. He joined the team as an Opti sailor and then moved up into FJs and Lasers, which he still competes in regularly. Drea led his high school team to a Pacific Coast Championship win up in San Francisco this year. He has spent countless hours bettering himself and doesn’t miss an opportunity to get out on the water. Drea’s hard work paid off when he was awarded Most Valuable Player Award from the Rolling Hills Prep Sailing Team this past season. He will com-pete in the Laser North American Champion-ships at ABYC in Long Beach in July.

Luke Pond South High School/Torrance Junior Luke is a true waterman and has grown up sailing and surfing here in the Southbay for most of his life. This year, Luke was accepted into the Junior Lifeguard Cadet Program and will be spending his summer teaching sailing and working with the junior lifeguards. Currently, Luke is a member of our FJ Team and represents his school, South High. He helped his team qualify for PCC’s the past two years, and this year the team was ranked 9th out of all the teams in California and Hawaii. Fun Fact: When Luke was younger he and his family spent a year sailing their boat Qualchan up and down the West Coast of California and into Mexico.

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HONEY POT DAY PROGRAM June 1 - August 31, 2018

This annual event encourages responsible dis-posal of sewage by providing a one-time 30% discount* on a mobile sewage pump-out.

Sign up at: https://www.honeypotday.org/

*Note: it used to be a FREE pump-out, but this year it is a discounted pump-out.

Hurry!! When the funds run out, the program will end!

THE FAMILY FLEET INVITES YOU THE FAMILY FLEET INVITES YOU THE FAMILY FLEET INVITES YOU TO A FUNDRAISER AT TO A FUNDRAISER AT TO A FUNDRAISER AT

THE COMEDY & MAGIC CLUB! THE COMEDY & MAGIC CLUB! THE COMEDY & MAGIC CLUB!

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE “““HOOD ROOM RENOVATIONHOOD ROOM RENOVATIONHOOD ROOM RENOVATION” PROJECT!” PROJECT!” PROJECT!

Where:Where:Where: Comedy & Magic ClubComedy & Magic ClubComedy & Magic Club Hermosa BeachHermosa BeachHermosa Beach When:When:When: Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday ••• July 24, 2018July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 Doors open at 6:30 pmDoors open at 6:30 pmDoors open at 6:30 pm Show starts at 8:00 pmShow starts at 8:00 pmShow starts at 8:00 pm Tickets:Tickets:Tickets: $20*/person $20*/person $20*/person ••• Must be 18 or olderMust be 18 or olderMust be 18 or older The $20 goes directly to the fund.The $20 goes directly to the fund.The $20 goes directly to the fund. ***Must attend the show & purchase Must attend the show & purchase Must attend the show & purchase two menu items during the show. two menu items during the show. two menu items during the show.

Please contact Pamela Wing (call or text) at 424-634-1018 or by email at [email protected] for tickets.

The KHYF is offering ADULT SAILING LESSONS on Martin 242s. Class schedules are flexible; proceed at your own pace. Info available at www.khyf.org under ADULT SAILING. Open to everyone!

Contact Madeleine Poiesz, Sailing Administrator, at [email protected] / (424) 287-7245 or Jeff Chambers at [email protected].

MARTIN 242 FOR RENT

The King Harbor Youth Foundation has had all three of its MARTIN 242S refurbished and shining like new. KHYC members can rent these boats for a half day, full day, or weekend. This is a great way to get out on the water and enjoy sail-ing without all the costs of boat ownership. All that is required is membership and a check-out

with one of our coaches. Please go to www.khyf.org and look under SAILBOAT RENTAL for complete info.

WATERFRONT EDUCATION In May the Waterfront Edu-cation team participated in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Solar Cup race. The teams competed against each other in both sprint and endurance races at Lake Skinner in Temecula.

The race is the culmination of an eight-month program in which high school teams learn about water conservation and re-newable energy Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) by building and racing solar-powered boats that they assembled from the ground up.

The team consisted of students from Dorsey, Redondo, Haw-thorne, and Middle College High Schools, as well as several adult mentors. Among those were KHYC’s own Julie Coll and Brian Johnson.

During the solar boat chal-lenge, we stumbled Friday during the prequalification race and we barely qualified. We fell on Satur-day when our motor burned up. But on Sunday, with the help of a borrowed electric motor from Del Lago Academy’s team, we got back up and finished 1st in the sprint race for rookie teams!

We were sponsored by the West Basin Water District, the King Harbor Youth Foundation, and the Louis Berger Charitable Foundation.

Brian Johnson

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY JULYJULYJULY Galley 9:00am-2pm Breakfast/Lunch PREPREPRE---INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE

DAY BBQ 6DAY BBQ 6DAY BBQ 6---9pm 9pm 9pm R.B. FIREWORKS!R.B. FIREWORKS!R.B. FIREWORKS!

Hot Dog & Martini Monday

FISHING FLEET 6:30pm

RADIO FLEET 6:30pm

Private Meeting Conf. Room 6-8pm

CAL 20 FLEET 7pm

Lunch 11:30-2pm

NO BAR MENU

PARTY 4-7pm

MUSIC BY “THE

DRUNKEN MONKEYS”

Dinner 6-9pm EMERITUS FLEET-11:30

TWILIGHT RACES

Lunch 11:30-2pm

Bar Menu 6-8pm

MUSIC NIGHT!

“BLINDED BY THE BLUES”

7-9pm

Galley 8:30am-2pm Breakfast/Lunch Private party 12-6pm/Patio & Upper Deck

Galley 9:00am-2pm Breakfast/Lunch

CHRF Race #7


Wine Group 6:30pm KHYF BOARD 6:30pm


CATALINA CRUISING FLEET 7pm

Lunch 11:30-2pm

Bar Menu 6-8pm

FIRST MATES to REAGAN LIBRARY 8am

Mexican Train 1-5pm DINGHY TWILIGHTS Flag Officers 6pm


TWILIGHT RACES

Lunch 11:30-2pm

Bar Menu 6-8pm

Galley 8:30am-2pm Breakfast/Lunch TOM COLLIER MEMORIAL REGATTA FOR HOPE


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USCGA Meeting 7pm

Lunch 11:30-2pm

Bar Menu 6-8pm Wine Sampling 6:30 Mexican Train 1-5pm DINGHY TWILIGHTS Cal 20 Social 6pm Sea Scouts BoD 7pm BOOK CLUB 7:30pm


TWILIGHT RACES

Lunch 11:30-2pm

Bar Menu 6-8pm

NO GENERAL NO GENERAL NO GENERAL MEETINGMEETINGMEETING


Bud Gardner Bowl/Cal 20-Day 1 SEA SCOUTS 11am GAME NIGHT 7pm


Bud Gardner Bowl/Cal 20-Day 2 PBF Cruise to DRYC Private party 1-5pm/ Patio

Hot Dog & Martini Monday KHYC BoD Mtg. 7pm


POWER BOAT FLEET 7pm Comedy & Magic Club Fundraiser/Family Fleet

Lunch 11:30-2pm

Bar Menu 6-8pm

Mexican Train 1-5pm DINGHY TWILIGHTS Fleet Captains 6:00pm


NO TWILIGHT NO TWILIGHT NO TWILIGHT RACERACERACE

Lunch 11:30-2pm

Bar Menu 6-8pm

SANTA BARBARA TO KING HARBOR RACE

Galley 8:30am-2pm Breakfast/Lunch SANTA BARBARA TO KING HARBOR RACE Party 3pm•Trophies 4pm

SHRIMP FEED!SHRIMP FEED!SHRIMP FEED! Galley 9:00am-2pm Breakfast/Lunch


FAMILY FLEET 6:30pm

PADDLE FLEET 7pm


AUGUSTAUGUSTAUGUST Lunch 11:30-2pm

Bar Menu 6-8pm

FIRST MATES 11:30am Mexican Train 1-5pm DINGHY TWILIGHTS


TWILIGHT RACES

Lunch 11:30-2pm

Bar Menu 6-8pm Galley 8:30am-2pm Breakfast/Lunch

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SUMMER BASH! 3-7pm w/CROW HILL



FISHING FLEET 6:30pm

RADIO FLEET 6:30pm


NIGHT WATCH FLEET 7pm CAL 20 FLEET 7pm

Lunch 11:30-2pm

Bar Menu 6-8pm

Mexican Train 1-5pm DINGHY TWILIGHTS Flag Officers 6pm


TWILIGHT RACES

Lunch 11:30-2pm

Bar Menu 6-8pm



Hot Dog & Martini Monday KHYF BOARD 6:30pm

Private Meeting Conf. Room 6-8pm CATALINA CRUISING FLEET 7pm

Lunch 11:30-2pm

Bar Menu 6-8pm Wine Sampling 6:30 Mexican Train 1-5pm DINGHY TWILIGHTS Cal 20 Social 6pm Sea Scouts BoD 7pm BOOK CLUB 7:30pm


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