OXFORD, MARYLAND

Founded 1931 October 2015

At the Next Mark

TRED AVON YACHT CLUB

Volume 69, No. 9

TIDE DEADLINE: October 15 for the November Issue

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OCTOBER Wow, October already! The air is crisp and our season is winding down. The NASS and Hammond races were huge successes with 130 entries in the NASS race and 70 entrants in our Hammond Race. Everyone was delighted with the turn out! The sailors had a good sail down the Bay with good air on Saturday to be greeted by some heavy rain upon their arrival. Fortunately, the rain cleared out in time for a great party with a hot band. A good time was had by all! On Sunday, our “A” team race committee headed up by Chris Koch showed the Navy and the other competitors a flawless event, again with a great breeze that held. Many thanks to Chris and his race committee aboard Sean Callahan’s boat Classy Lady, Curry Wilford and Paul Cox for setting the “X” mark, Gugy Irving on station as our check-in boat, and Joe Robillard's boat First Light serving as the ideal platform for our ever reliable finishing team lead by Susie Firth. Our Club should be proud of this gang as they ran a flawless race with no protests! As I looked back over last month’s Commodore’s Message I failed to recognize the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club and their role in orchestrating the Harleigh awards presentation. Commodore Doug Firth and his social chair Ron Flohr with the Club’s manager Richard Ehrlich did an exceptional job as always to make this a very special occasion for all. Lots of planning goes into this event so be sure to express your thanks to the CBYC members when you see them. We had three Shields teams travel to Newport for the Shields Nationals, including skippers Rajacich/Alpi, Dayton/Slaughter and John Shannahan. This is a big effort to make this trip and I am proud they made the effort and represented TAYC at the Nationals. Hopefully you got down to the Club this fall to watch some of our junior sailors on the water Friday nights among the OARS sailors. This was well received and thank you to the parents who helped out. What a great way to extend the season!

Club Manager – Vicky Van Loo

Office: 410-226-5269

www.tayc.com Email: manager@tayc.com

Commodore’s Message

NOVEMBER

Fri. 2 Ales and Tales - 1730 3 & 4 Star Fall Wind Up Sun. 4 PHRF Fall Series Races #1 & #2 FOS End of Season Championship and Picnic Wed. 7 Wednesday Night Dinner - 1800 Beef Stroganoff w/Hand-Cut Egg Noodles $16 Fri. 9 Ales and Tales - 1730 Sun. 11 PHRF Fall Series Races #3 & #4 Wed. 14 Wednesday Night Dinner and Presentation - 1800 Oyster Pot Pie w/Fall Vegetables & Sherry $19 Fri. 16 New Member/Volunteer Cocktail Party – 1800 (By Invitation Only) Sun. 18 PHRF Round the Buoys Races #5 & #6 19-25 Fall Cruise (See Page 5 for more info) Wed. 21 Wednesday Night Dinner - 1800 Sausage-Pecorino Ravioli w/ Tomato Cream $17 Sat. 24 PHRF Pumpkin Patch Race 24 & 25 RC Laser Regatta Wed. 28 Wednesday Night Dinner - 1800 Auntie’s Meat Loaf w/Bourbon-Tomato Relish $15 Fri.. 30 Halloween Ales and Tales - 1800 (Details on pg. 7)

Wed. 4 Wednesday Night Dinner - 1800 Sat. 7 Penguin Frostbite Comet Pumpkin Bowl Regatta Sun. 8 Annual Meeting - 1630 Wed. 11 Wednesday Night Dinner - 1800 Wed. 18 Wednesday Night Dinner - 1800 Fri. 20 Bay Harvest Dinner - 1800

DECEMBER

Sat. 5 Commodore’s Ball - 1830 (3 Penny Opera)

Sun. 20 Christmas with Santa - 1300

Membership News

TAYC is pleased to host a high school sailing team this fall for the first time. A high school sailing team is required to be sponsored by a high school and not a yacht club. For this reason, Saints Peter and Paul has made arrangements to lease our three 420s and a coach boat. In addition, some students have their own boats and generous members have loaned boats bringing the total to 6 to allow for team racing. Last year, they had to commute to AYC. Ugh! We thank Stacey Radcliff for organizing this and are excited that member Robin Cooper is the coach. Hopefully you’ve had a chance to stop by the club to watch them practice. How cool to make this available at TAYC and we hope this will be a tradition! Many of you may have heard that Dr. Tom DeMarco had an unfortunate bicycle accident on the Oxford Road. He was hit by some French tourists. Tom has some serious injuries but will have a good recovery with lots of rehab so keep him in your thoughts. Finally, a real success story for one of our members- Suzan Brice underwent a successful Whipple surgery at Johns Hopkins by Dr. Wolfgang to treat her pancreatic cancer. Many of us have had Suzan in our thoughts and prayers and this is such welcomed news. Commodore, Brud LaMotte

The following have been approved by the Board of Governors for Resident Membership:

The following have been approved by the Board of Governors for Non Resident Membership:

Frank and Karen McKee Proposer: Nancy Cook

Second Proposer: Marshall Blume John and Dodi Sutton Proposer: Jan Greer

Second Proposer: Tony Passarella

Charlie and Pam Andrews Proposer: Drew Kellogg

Second Proposer: Braden Loveless

Richard and Laura Ward Proposer: Jane McCarthy

Second Proposer: Tot O’Mara

Sara and Dickie Finney Proposer: David Cox

Second Proposer: William Lane

Jack Yaissle’s Amadeus in the NASS start

NASS/Hammond Regatta

Phil Parish, Gary Robson and Grey Ghost in the NASS Start

Junior Sailing News Hello TAYC! It’s been wonderful to see juniors still sailing and joining the adult fleets. With cooler temperatures approaching, some of the best sailing weather is here! I’ve learned that Saints Peter and Paul High School now has a sailing team who will be practicing at TAYC this fall. This is very exciting news and I’d like to thank the Coopers, Leffingwells, Walkers, and all other families supporting this initiative. The current standings on the CBYRA High Point Series have circulated. Although there are a few regattas remaining in the series, congratulations to the following TAYC Sailors on their success this summer! Optimist (143 boats)

Adison Parish: Top Girl (27 boats) and 5th Blue Fleet (23rd overall ranking) Walter Ralph: 6th in Blue Fleet (31st overall ranking) Tucker Andrews: 17th in Blue Fleet (82nd overall ranking)

Laser Radial (100 boats) Noah Kullman: 8th CORUM ranking and 13th overall ranking Luke DuFour: 24th CORUM ranking and 14th overall ranking Coleman Walker: 27th CORUM ranking and 18th overall ranking Review the complete details online at tayc.com/junior-sailing. Keep sailing and I hope to see you soon! Scott Williamson Director TAYC Jr. Sailing Program juniorsail@tayc.com

To view results from the NASS and

Hammond Regatta, go to

www.tayc.com/racing.

Philip Ralph: 1st in White Fleet (20th overall ranking) Willem DeSimone: 3rd in White Fleet (34th overall ranking) Will Donald: 6th in White Fleet (60th overall ranking)

Mark Bourdin: 2nd in Red Fleet (2nd overall ranking) Andrew Witter: 6th in Red Fleet (14th overall ranking) Ryan Stephens: 7th in Red Fleet (26th overall ranking)

Shields News

With much excitement, our Fleet #21 boats, Black Pearl #73, Seagull #180 and Old Paint #71 headed to Newport, RI for the Shields National Championship, from 9/10 through 9/12. Towing a Shields 8 hours on I-95 & the NJ Turnpike is not for sissies! Typically someone has some level of trailer / driving problems and the Alpi team (#180) had some fairly exciting trailer issues, but made it in one piece. We all got to Newport by Tuesday, launched & rigged our boats in preparation for practice day on Wednesday. The weather prediction was for fairly heavy winds and a fair amount of rain for most of the regatta. With 24 boats registered from around the country, we were all looking forward to some great racing. Wednesday came with moderate breezes in the 10 to 12 range. We did 2 practice starts and a practice race with a fair amount of current and commercial ship traffic above the Jamestown to Newport Bridge. This was just a warm up for the weather to come... Thursday was race day #1 and we started with rain, thunder, fog, no breeze and a 2 hour onshore AP. As we eventually headed out, we got sideways rain on the hour long sail to the race course despite the light winds. The forecast was for the breeze to remain light so we only got in one race before it died and we needed to be towed in. Friday was very challenging as the northerly front came through and it was honkin'! NE 20 to 25 and gusting over 30! We anticipated a shore side AP, which never came. Just getting off the mooring and heading to the race course was challenging! Racing above the bridge again, the swell and chop were big and the breeze was much more than we typically have in the Chesapeake! In fact, we usually don't race Shields at TAYC with breeze and gusts above 20 to 25 so this was a wakeup call for our fleet boats. We did the best that we could on Pearl, had good starts and were typically in the top 10 boats at the 1st windward mark but then seemed to slip back in the fleet as the races continued. Courses were 6 miles, 4 - 1.5 mile legs and there was much time spent bailing on those upwind beats! The Long Island and Buzzards Bay boats race in these conditions all the time so are much more adept at driving and trimming their boats in the heavy conditions. Needless to say, we were typically in the back of the fleet with our best finish a 10th. On Saturday the conditions were much lighter and the breeze had gone south. The TAYC boats towed out to the ocean in front of Brenton's Point by our able bodied tender Drifter, which Schuyler Benson was kind enough to bring north for the week! She was perfect for this task and others were clearly jealous of our setup! As the breeze built, we were able to get in 2 races in conditions more like what we are used to, but the ocean swell and chop still made for challenging driving. All in all, some ocean sailing was a great way to wrap up our Shields 2015 Nationals! Saturday evening was our awards dinner and provided a nice venue for the great camaraderie for which our Class is known. Sunday was travel day for everyone in getting our boats and crews back to Oxford. Once again, trailer issues were part of the landscape but we all were successful in our transits back home. It was another great experience at the Shields Nationals and many thanks to Ida Lewis Yacht Club and Fleet #9 for hosting this year. Submitted by Jay Dayton

Shields Nationals 2015

FOS News

FOS Sailors were invited to sail with Doug

Abbott aboard his Cal-40.

Our season is winding down and summer is coming to a close. Much has been learned since taking the “helm” for my team and me. Sunday afternoon races seem popular especially since it gets dark earlier on Mondays. We hope to do more next season. Sunday, September 13th, Jan Greer and his courageous crew got all 6 Ideals back in place after the Hammond start. This feat was done in squall conditions with torrid rain to boot. Hail to Jan and his crew (2 Past Commodores and his present wife). The sun came out along with a brisk breeze and 5 Ideals left the dock to race. Philip Logan and guest crew took 1st with 1-1-1-2. Always close behind was Jan Greer (skipper) with Richard Lippincott as crew. These Masters fought to get to the high side with every tack and placed 2-2-2-3. Always in the mix were Chef Colin sailing SOLO (after having arrived at the Club at 0430 to serve breakfast to a couple hundred sailors) and Meredith Watters with houseguests from Arizona. Joining us later were Junior Sailors, Emily and Maddie, age 15 with a Mom onboard. The 3 girls pulled off a bullet in the last race with cheers from all. We called it a fab day for racing and headed in just as TOW US was bringing back a cat with a broken mast from the Hammond Race. The young married couple (we hope they stay that way) had pitch poled and lost their rig out in the Bay and were returned to TAYC like drowned rats. FOS members quickly rallied around them and pitched in to help them gather and prepare for their trailer ride back to Annapolis. Hammond Punch was prescribed by Past Commodore Jay (Dr.) Weaver as a sure-fire cure. Members, stay tuned to your emails from ideal18tayc@gmail.com, as more excitement is sure to follow. Lastly, many thanks to Bob Lippincott for all the wonderful instruction, chalk talks and laughs this season. (He did tell me that teaching adults could be difficult.... I said, yup sometimes like trying to herd cats...)We all will miss Bob and wish him much success at Fishing Bay. My best to all, Pat Shehan

FOS Chalk talk!

Penguin Start on Saturday

Bob Lippincott and his outstanding crew, Lizzie Dennison are the 2015 Penguin International Champions

Bob smiling as he is in hot pursuit of Past 2015 Champion, Jonathan Bartlett

2015 Penguin Internationals – Bob Lippincott Wins! The 2015 Penguin Internationals were sailed Aug 22 & 23 during the William H. Myers, Jr. Heritage Regatta. Fourteen boats were registered with many past Champions racing. Tot O’Mara aboard Scarlett was the PRO. Six races were raced with one throwout. As of Saturday night, Bill Larson/SSA was winning with 10 points, followed by Bob Lippincott/TAYC with 11 points, and Jonathan Bartlett/North Sails/AYC with 12 points. Saturday’s conditions were very shifty with a puffy 8-12 knots of breeze out of the Northeast. Famed local, Sandy McCallister along with his crew, Liam Edgell, experienced a surprise capsize with Bill Lane narrowly missing their sunken boat. Family members David and Jeff Cox with Hayden Gibbons-Neff battled each other out in a competitive series of their own. Junior sailor Paget Kellogg bravely faced the elements on Saturday with his father, Drew Kellogg, as crew and, managed to race his penguin both days and all 6 races. He was even beating his Sailing Instructor in one very important part of the race. Adison Parish came out Sunday to race 2 races with her father, Andrew, and was awarded the Best and only Female Skipper Award. David Cox with his crew, Cathy Kramer, took the Grand Master Award (aka oldest dude out there) and proudly limped up to accept his award. On Sunday, PRO Tot O’Mara miraculously got in 2 races in 0-5 knots before the Northerly died completely. Bob Lippincott and crew Lizzie Dennison (TAYC Green Fleet Instructor) had the series won before the throwout, but with the throwout, Bob miraculously hung onto his lead by 1 point to win the coveted title of Penguin International Champion. Congrats to all our sailors, young and young-at-heart, who raced their Penguins at this regatta!

Guess Who!?!?

TAYC Nominating Committee Announces 2015-2016 Slate

In accordance with Article VII and Article Z of the TAYC Constitution, the 2015 Nominating Committee proposes the following candidates for Officers and Governors to be elected at the Annual

Meeting on November 8, 2015:

Commodore: H.D. Slaughter, III Vice Commodore: R.J. Cooper

Rear Commodore: Thomas T. Alspach Secretary: Patricia Shehan

Treasurer: P/C Joseph M. Weaver, Jr. Immediate P/C: Byron H. LaMotte, Jr.

Board of Governors

James V. Alpi Ed Cassidy

Allison W. Downes Gerald G. Friedel Bruce Wellington Braden Loveless

Term Expires 2016 2016 2017 2017 2018 2018

Respectfully submitted, The 2015 Nominating Committee

Schuyler Benson: Chairman P/C Leonard Dayton

P/C Tot O’Mara P/C John Devlin P/C Peter Bailey

Harold making the 2015

Hammond Punch!

Halloween Ales and Tales Friday, October 30th

1800hrs Buffet $20

Costumes are encouraged Join us for a night of

Frightening Fun! Spooktacular Eats and Treats:

Flat Bread Pizzas, Satays & Skewers, Sliders, Wraps & Rolls,

and Desserts

Music for Dancing Reservations are required!

410-226-5269 manager@tayc.com

District 2 Championships in Annapolis, Sept 12/13, the TAYC Eastern Shore fleet was 4

strong. Aaron Serinis-3rd, Bobby Lippincott-6th, Alan Campbell-7th and Andrew

Parish-10th.

Aaron Serinis with crew Adam Dolezal

Bob Lippincott and Mike Zuschnitt

Andrew Parish and Patrick Brooks

More pictures from Heritage Regatta/Penguin Internationals

Drew Kellogg, and son Paget Fox in Socks and Thunder Chicken

TAYC Happenings

TAYC Fall Cruise

Monday, October 19 – Anchor in Dividing Creek off the Wye River

Tuesday, October 20 – Anchor in Lankford Creek off the Chester River

Wednesday, October 21 – Chestertown – Anchor or tie up at the Chestertown Marina

Thursday, October 22 – Anchor in Reed Creek off the Chester River

Friday, October 23 – St. Michaels – Anchor or tie up at the Maritime Museum or one of the Marinas

Saturday, October 24 – Leadenham Creek off Broad Creek

Sunday, October 25 – Home

Please contact Sandy King at 410-822-9141 home, 410-714-4189 cell, or thrumcapped@gmail.com.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Sandy King

Fleet Captain

A Special Presentation at Wednesday Night Dinner October 14 1800 hrs.

Maybe you saw the recent Tidewater Times article about Ebby duPont’s meticulous restoration of antique and classic mahogany runabouts.

If you did, and especially if you didn’t, you won’t want to miss Ebby’s presentation at our October 14 WND. With a power point slide show, Ebby will take us through the painstaking process of restoring

nautical masterpieces from decades ago. Ebby’s most recent restoration will also be at the club for close examination before dinner. So don’t

miss this, or the Oyster Pot Pie with fall vegetables! Make your reservations soon!

410-226-5269

manager@tayc.com

Answer: Guess Who!?!? – Rollin Browne

1982

Friday Night Opti Sailing This year, at the suggestion of Hayden Gibbons-Neff, we held Friday Night Optimist racing on three nights during the late summer. Congratulations to Will Donald for winning the inaugural series. We will aim to do this again next year. The overall results are as follows:

A special thank you to Adison Parish for taking a few of the younger sailors with her on many of the races. Fun was had by all.

RJ Cooper

1st – Will Donald (35 points) 2nd– Hayden Gibbons-Neff (25 points)

3rd – Spencer Parish (16 points) 4th – Hartley Cooper (12 points) 5th – Adison Parish (11 points)

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

1 2 Ales and Tales

1730

3 Star Fall Wind-

Up

4 Star Fall Wind-Up

PHRF Fall Series #1 & #2 FOS Champ. &

Picnic

5

6 7 Wednesday Night Dinner

1800 Beef Stroganoff

$16

8 9 Ales and Tales

1730

10

11 PHRF Fall

Series #3 & #4

12 13 14 Wednesday Night Dinner

1800 Oyster Pot Pie

$19 and Presentation

15 16 New Member/ Volunteer

Cocktail Party 1800

17

18 Round the

Buoys Race #5 & #6

19 Fall Cruise

Begins

20 21 Wednesday Night Dinner 1800 Sausage-

Pecorino Ravioli $17

22 23 24 PHRF

Pumpkin Patch Race

25 Fall Cruise

Ends

26 27 28 Wednesday Night Dinner

1800 Auntie’s Meat

Loaf $15

29 30 Halloween Ales and Tales

1800 (Reservations

required)

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OFFICERS

Commodore: Byron LaMotte, Jr.

Vice Commodore: H.D. Slaughter, III

Rear Commodore: R.J. Cooper

Fleet Captain: Sandy Wellford-King

Secretary: Andrew Parish

Treasurer: P/C Joseph Weaver

Fleet Chaplain: The Rev. Mark S. Nestlehutt

Fleet Surgeon: John P. Knud-Hansen, MD

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Thomas Alspach · Joseph Callahan · James Alpi

Ed Cassidy · Allison Downes · Gerald Friedel

Schuyler Benson - Past Commodore

BUSINESS OFFICE

Club Manager - Vicky Van Loo

Office: 410-226-5269 Fax: 410-226-5057

www.tayc.com E-mail: manager@tayc.com