1 October 2010

Officers and Board Commodore Jim Henry 773-9646 Vice Commodore/House Pat Lambert 727-9820 Rear Commodore/Entertainment Andy Forman 506-3402 Secretary Jerrie Hixon 952-7896 Treasurer Del Wiese 773-4884

Directors Bar & Kitchen Page Proffitt 806-0303 Docks Grant Ball 724-4475 Fleet Jack Clark 751-2549 Membership Karen Williams 303-956-6942 Sailing Education Lynde Edwards 704-1413

BAR .................................................... 7 BULLETIN BOARD ...............................11 CALENDAR........................................... 6 COMMODORE’S LOG............................. 3 FALL REGATTA DETAILS ....................... 2 FLEET . ............................................... 4 ENTERTAINMENT.................................. 5

HOUSE ................................................ 4 MEMBERSHIP ....................................... 7 ON THE DOCKS.................................... 8 SAILING INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE........ 8 SPECTATOR BOAT SUMMARY................ 5 PHOTOS ................................. 9, 10, 12

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TELL-TALE October 2010

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Newsletter Editors

Text Pete Anderson 541-6461

Layout/Historian Ross Herbert 757-9231 Layout Rochelle Yates 544-3764

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Small Boat Fall Regatta October 16 and 17, 2010

Big Boat Fall Regatta October 21 - Pram racing October 21 - Yankee Rebel Rally October 23 and 24, 2010

Details on page 2.

2 October 2010

OCTOBER 16 & 17

Small Monohulls and ALL Multihulls

OCTOBER 21

Adult Pram Race and Potluck Supper

OCTOBER 22

Yankee-Rebel Rally Fun Race

OCTOBER 23 & 24

Racing and Cruising Large Monohulls

See www.sail-race.com for NORs

and more details

Jack Clark, Fleet Captain/Race Chairman

321-751-2549 jclark42@cfl.rr.com

MYC (day of race only) 321-768-9921

Schedule of Events

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16

Small Monohulls ≤ 24 ft. and All Multihulls

9:00 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast

at Ballard Park

11:00 a.m. Competitors’ meeting at Ballard Park

12:25 p.m. 1st warning — other races to follow

3:30 p.m.* Opti Class Awards

4:00 p.m.* Keg at Ballard Park

6:30 p.m.* Shrimp or Chicken Pasta dinner served at MYC, Results posted there.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17

Small Monohulls ≤ 24 ft. and All Multihulls

9:30 a.m. Continental breakfast at Ballard Park

10:55 a.m. 1st warning — other races to follow

3:00 p.m.* Keg/trophy presentations/hot dogs

at Ballard Park.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21

Pram Race Fun & Potluck Supper

5:30 p.m. Adult Pram Races followed by Potluck Supper

(bring a dish to share) Bar Open *Approximate times

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22

Yankee-Rebel Rally Reverse Handicap Race “In memory of Stu and Brenda Shadbolt”

6:00 p.m. PHRF Reverse Handicap Fun Race. Modified PHRF

ratings used. Check at MYC or R/C boat for start times

and course direction. Race course is the MYC Rum Race

course south of the Melbourne Causeway. No entry fee.

Pizza available after the race. Bar Open.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23

Racing PHRF Classes/Cruising PHRF/

Wine & Cheese Fleet**

9:00 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast at MYC

10:00 a.m. Competitors’ meeting

11:00 a.m. Wine & Cheese Fleet Start One distance race

12:30 p.m. 1st Warning (all other classes) other races to follow

6:30 p.m.* Steak dinner served, keg/sodas,

Wine and Cheese Fleet awards

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24

Racing PHRF Classes/Cruising PHRF

9:00 a.m. Registration (if sailing Sunday only) and continental breakfast

11:00 a.m. 1st warning

3:00 p.m.* Keg, sodas, trophy presentations, hot dogs or

sandwiches available

Entry Fees: $50/PHRF boat/includes 1 dinner

$30/Wine & Cheese boat/includes 1 dinner

Extra dinners $15

3 October 2010

Commodore’s Log

One knows that hurricane season and horrible heat is sliding behind us when rum racing finishes in the dark!! That certainly was the case Fri. Oct.8th. The fall season is here. Our club calendar is packed with a lot of activities. And it is our NEW club calendar

format which is more informative and more user friendly. Find it on the MYC site.

Besides regattas, clean up work parties, TGIF the fall season opens our next year planning phase. The mem-bership elected Scott Bell, Nancy Fox, Amy Lacy, Jacki Leahy and Matt Salatino as nominating committee for presenting a slate of officers for next year. Their job is an important one. Please consider being part of the club management team, it is a rewarding (don’t read $$) experience and a lot of fun. Let your interest be known to this committee if you are willing and interested in serving. Also, if you have ideas about others serv-ing, provide your input to the committee.

The Long Range Planning Committee has been very active recently and is working closely with the Board. Topics include developing a long range financial planning tool, small boat fleet purchase, and the parking di-lemma. The committee would welcome your inputs on these topics and suggestions for others.

You will read this amidst the Fall Regatta. Hopefully, you are involved. If you missed out this year be sure to jump in next year. There is always room for you in the Wine-n-Cheese Fleet. Thanks to all who work these re-gatta weekends.

Club operations are in good shape. Our Treasurer is satisfied that we are staying within budget and has cre-ated separate reserve accounts as our By Laws require. Fortunately we have not had any big ticket surprise maintenance needs. There is a need to re-do the air conditioning for the outside heads as well as improve the air conditioning for the inside heads. House is working this issue and perhaps will have modifications done in October. If my outboard motor ran as smoothly as the club is running, I would be happy.

See you at the club,

Jim Henry/Commodore

5th Annual MYC

Blood Drive Melbourne Yacht Club will

be sponsoring a blood drive on Saturday,

December 11, 2010.

The Big Red Bus will be in the upper parking lot from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM. Please come and give the gift of life.

4 October 2010

House The last several weeks have been rather busy around our Club, all in a positive way. As I have

mentioned earlier, I have been addressing the quandary we have as it relates to the lack of air conditioning in the Clubhouse outside restrooms. I have had several commercial air conditioning contractors in to access the situation and offer their opinions. From there we have settled upon a solution and obtained three good proposals to right this wrong. This was presented to the full House Committee and Commodore Henry for discussion and a recommendation to the Board.

A broader scope of work to include addressing the inside restrooms as well was discussed and agreed upon and I am in the middle of value engineering this with the two best contractors we were work-ing with. The initial proposals are just coming in and though I had hoped to have something more definitive to report at this writing, this is not yet the case. I will convene another House meeting soon to discuss these pro-posals and have a solution to take to the Board for action.

We recently completed our annual Fall work day. Over 25 members showed up to help and a tremendous amount of work was accomplished. Amy Lacy and her incredible Landscaping team set about the Club and did a great job. I will let her get more into that but I can say I was proud of the volunteers and their unselfishness to help make our Club look even better.

The next day we had a tree trimming company come out and really do a lot of trimming on the east side of the Club and all around the outside deck area which really expands our view and cleans things up. As such, I am happy to report that the overall condition of the MYC grounds and Clubhouse is a very bright GREEN.

October is here and it's a very active time around MYC in several capacities. The Clubhouse has several member reservations booked as well as the Fall Regatta Week. As always should you have any suggestions or comments relating to our Club from a House standpoint, let me know.

Fair Winds!

Patrick Lambert/Vice Commodore

Fleet Fall racing season is roaring along. The Mermaid Regatta found 90 ladies on the water, with two days of spirited close racing under clear skies, and just a tiny hint of Florida fall in the air. In the spinnaker fleet, the overall winner was Rochelle Yates and the crew of Mouse, fol-lowed by Linda Tillman, making her return to the J-24 with the crew of The Other Half, and then Amy Lacy with the crew of Purr-fect Ladies sailing Magic. In the non-spinnaker fleet, Rachele Ross was first in Sleighride, followed by Rhonda Delmater in Rendezvous. The large Margarita fleet had a rollicking good time, complete with costumes, flags and burgees, and lots of support from Commodore Jim Henry.

The Opti fleet was active again on September 26th, traveling to Ft. Pierce for the Treasure Coast Youth Sailing Foundation Regatta where JJ Johnson and Christofer Williams both had solid performances. We wish them well in the upcoming MYC Small Boat Regatta, as well as Ryan Williams and George Dyer, who will all be sailing for the home club. It’s looking like we are going to have a very large Opti-Green fleet at the Small Boat, so if you’re not sailing, come up to Ballard Park and watch the fun.

The Big Boat Regatta will be sailed north of the Eau Gallie Causeway this year to offer us a larger sailing area and to allow more fleet starts. Because of this, check the NORs, because some of our traditional starting times have been changed to allow for transit time.

I would like to thank everyone for all the assistance in preparing for the fall racing season, especially Rachele Ross, who pulled together another fantastic Mermaid Regatta.

See you on the water,

Jack Clark / Fleet Captain

5 October 2010

The Spectator Boat continues to be a hit on the Rum Races. Since the beginning of September, we have had gracious members who have volunteered their boats to take out members, prospective members and friends to enjoy an evening cruise on the Indian River while watching the Rum Racers round the marks.

Having enjoyed food wine and friendship, participants have informed me that they would do it again! The volunteer Spectator Boat is listed on the whiteboard in the bar on the day of the Rum Race, and the boat leaves the dock at 6:00pm. If you have not tried it out, you are in for a treat!

Thanks to Larry Etheridge on Purr-fect, and Gabe and Pat Denes on Sirveyor, for volunteering as Spectator Boats this past month.

The remaining Rum Races of the year are on:

Friday October 22, Friday November 5.

Sunday, November 14, Sunday November 28.

Sunday December 12, Sunday December 26.

(Sundays the boat leaves at 2pm.)

If you would like to volunteer for any of these dates, please email

mycmembership@melbourneyachtclub.com or call Karen Williams to sign up.

Entertainment October is an important month for MYC, with the end to the heat of summer, the return of our wandering members, and, of course, the Fall Regatta racing season. It’s great to see the party atmosphere of September’s Mermaid Regatta spill over into large turnouts for rum races and bar events.

Soon, however, November will be here, and members will be thinking of family and friends with Thanksgiving, and the upcoming Holiday season. It’s a time of giving and reaching out and partying and connecting with those we love. So, be sure to plan ahead, plan to participate, and plan to help!

October 29th (Friday) – Halloween drinks at the bar.

November 1st (Monday) – Overnight Cruise to Titusville to see one of the last shuttle launches. Contact Karen Williams, Page Proffitt, or Ross Herbert.

November 18th (Thursday) – Soggy Paws Travelogue Night

November 20th (Saturday) – Holiday Decorations

November 25th (Thursday) – Orphan’s Thanksgiving—Hosted by Jacki Leahy. $5/Person, See bar flyer.

December 4th (Saturday) – Family Holiday Party (A list of local charities will be selected and posted for this event. So, plan to bring a gift card suitable to the charity of your choice. Many thanks to Becky Henry for this wonderful gift giving idea.)

December 18th (Saturday) – Grand Canal Boat Parade

December 31st (Friday) – New Year’s Eve Party

January 1st (Saturday) – New Year’s Day Morning After Breakfast

January 15th (Saturday) – Arts & Craft/Wine Tasting Party

Andy Forman/Rear Commodore

6 October 2010

Mid October — November 2010

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 MYC Fall Regatta

Small Boats Ballard Park

17 MYC Fall Regatta

Small Boats Ballard Park

18 19 20 21

MYC Fall Regatta Adult Pram Race

MYC

22 Yankee Rebel Rally—MYC

23 MYC Fall Regatta

Big Boats Eau Gallie

24 MYC Fall Regatta

Big Boats Eau Gallie

25 26 27 28 29

MYC Halloween

Party

30 Small Boat Workday

31 1

2 3 MYC

General Membership

Meeting

4

5 Last Friday Night

Rum Race for the season

Birthday Drink at Bar

6

7

Small Boat Sunday 8 9 10

11 12 13 Ladies ECSA River Race #5

14 15 16 17 18 Sherry and Dave

McCampbell Travelogue

Presentation 6:30 p.m.

19 20 MYC

No Frills Regatta

21 MYC

No Frills Regatta

22 23 24 25 Orphan’s

Thanksgiving Dinner

26 27

Overnight Cruise

to Titusville to watch STS-133 Blast Off!

7 October 2010

Bar The bar and kitchen have been doing well this past month and we plan to put them

to more use as the month rolls on. With the Fall Regattas coming up please show your support and volunteer when you see the need in the kitchen and around the club. Big Boat Regatta will need about 10 to 15 people helping with dinner. While you are at the club please look on the bar and sign up to help out.

We have a few boats interested in sailing the 31 miles up to Titusville on Monday, November 1st for the 4:40 PM launch of one of the last shuttle launches. If you would be interested cruising up email me at rpp@pageproffitt.com so I can keep everyone updated.

Page Proffitt/Bar Director

Membership The year is moving along swiftly. It is October Homecoming season and MYC has it's own

Homecoming to celebrate.

I would like to Welcome Home our newest MYC members.

Susan Jackson, Rick Smith, Rob Bernard, all Resident. And Neal Weintraub, Corinthian.

We look forward to spending more time with you all.

Speaking of spending time with friends, I would like to send out a special cheer to a couple of members who really made a difference for all the ladies at the Mermaid Regatta.

Rachelle Ross, your Mermaid Regattas are always a must attend event here at the club. After 32 of them, this one was again, phenomenal! Can't wait until next year's!

Diane Gabik did some specialty recruiting this year. Her mission: to get all MYC women on the water for the Mermaid Regatta. Now I have not counted the total number of female MYC members, but I think she may have come very close to her goal. We had over 90 women on the water!! Wow! The Margarita division increased in numbers and word around the club is that some ladies may have switched over permanently to the dark, er, fun side!! Way to go Diane!

Current Membership:

Resident: 157 Non Resident: 16 Corinthian: 14 Honorary: 11 Karen Williams/Membership Director

8 October 2010

Two MYC members are significantly involved with boats nomi-nated for the Sailing World Boat of the Year Awards.

The Raider II, designed by John Drawe, and the J-111, engineered by John Fox have both received nominations. The winners will be announced in the January/February issue of Sailing World.

Congratulations to you John Drawe and John Fox. We are proud of you both.

Dockmaster Fall has arrived! We now have a chance of completing a few dock projects and en-

joying the cooler weather as we do so. Projects contemplated include the fabrication of three new aluminum dock carts; replacement or repair of the floating work platform; yet another check of the dock electrical receptacles; and, some leveling of the dock struc-ture.

Hopefully, we will be able to organize a work party in early November to accomplish some of the above projects. As always, if you see something on the docks or your finger pier that needs repair, please call or send me an email.

A few reminders regarding proof of insurance were recently sent out; dock renters, please remem-ber to put a copy of your insurance Declarations Page in the Dockmaster’s box or submit it by eMail when you renew your boat insurance

May all the hurricanes continue to be “fish storms.” See you on the docks.

Grant Ball /Dockmaster

Sailing Education Thanks to everyone that has used the club’s small boats recently and filled out the “sign-out”

sheet in the annex. This is good information and I can see people are getting use out of the Sunfish. To have more room on the lower parking lot for the upcoming regatta we have moved all but two of the Sunfish and one Laser into the racks. Based on the sign-out sheet it looks like it’s rare to use more than 2 Sunfish at a time (outside of the classes), so this should make it easier for everyone.

We are still planning a small boat work Day on October 30th (9AM start); there are boat repairs needed, sanding and painting to be done and we need to build some new dollies as well. We’ll bring the materials, but skilled volunteers will be much appreciated.

Good luck to everyone in the upcoming regatta Lynde Edwards/Sailing Education Director

9 October 2010

See photos of events on our website: www.melbourneyachtclub.com. Click on the Event Photos link.

10 October 2010

11 October 2010

Bulletin Board

KAYAKING If any one would like some

help organizing a trip please contact me on my cell at 321-432-5213 Happy paddling. John Martin

Notice: The west side of the west dock is NOT MYC prop-erty. Please do not dock your boat there, as you will put the club in FDOT and FDEP vio-lation, as well as placing us in jeopardy of loosing our Bot-tom Lands Lease and as a result the Club slips.

Gentle reminder to all members: The handicap parking spots must

be left available to those who need it.

NOTICE The club yardarm was

not designed to be a sail drying device. Please do not hang sails on it.

Calling All Artists Mark you calendars for January 15th, 2011 for the MYC Arts and

Crafts Show.

Bring your crafts, paintings, sculptures, and photographs to show.

In addition to the Art Show, we will be holding a wine tasting in the Bar. More details in the coming months.

If you are interested, please see Ross Herbert or Page Proffitt.

12 October 2010

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Fall Regatta Oct. 16/17 Oct. 23/24

Halloween Party Oct. 29th

STS-133 Launch Cruise — Nov. 1st