GLEN COVE, NEW YORK

VOL. XIII, NO. 1, JANUARY 1994 Organized 1891 EDITOR: RONA TRACHTENBERG

SUNDAY WINTER CALENDAR UPDATE

Date Program Host

Sun. 1/23 Sai1inq Quarterly Video Maqazine A. VasollSun. 1/30 Super Bowl Sunday/Football Pool A. VasollSun. 2/6 Open ?Sun. 2/13 Open ?Sun. 2/20 sailinq Quarterly video Maqazine A. VasollSun. 2/27 Open ?Sun. 3/6 sailinq Quarterly Video Maqazine A. VasollSun. 3/13 st. Patrick's Day Party TrachtenbergSun. 3/20 Racinq Rules Seminar B. BanksSun. 3/27 Swap IN Shop/Moorinq Prep ?

WINTER PROGRAM SHOWTIME PREVIEWS

There will be three additional Sailing Quarterly Video Magazinefilms scheduled for this winter's enjoyment. They are as follows:

1/23/94 - Cruising the Greek Islands, Hawaii's Kenwood Cup, viewthe Tall Ships (sailing aboard the Coast Guard's Eagle),detailed look at mainsail trim, cruising the Texas GulfCoast. (rescheduled from 1/9/94)

2/20/94 - Cruising the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, howto calculate distance offshore, IBM Etchells World'sChampionship out of Larchmont Yacht Club, headsail trimand how to change jibs while sailing, Island Packet 38review, the ICW and the barrier islands of NorthCaro\ina, good buys at the SQ Chandlery.

3/6/94 - Chartering in the Virgin Islands, a look at radar equip-ment, ice boating (also known as "hard water sailing"),knots and whippings, coordinating your crew for perfectspinnaker trim, marine head repair, good buys at the SQChandlery.

Join us!'Show Time is 3 pm.

THE BULLETIN BOARD

FOR SALE: 1976 Ranger 23 (tall rig) Rascal. New interior(1993), new motor (1993), recent sails, storage paid, commis-sioned. Asking $7200. Inventory on request. Call Arthur Ehrich(516) 676-6657.

FOR SALE: Enterprise. Tripp Designed Columbia 32. Asking$15,000. Call Bob Glubiak (516) 447-0936.

FOR SALE: 1974 Pearson 26 Sleipnir. Too many features to list.Asking $4800. Call Fred Deodato (516) 676-7450

FOR SALE: Classic Luders 16 Vesper. 25' LOA. Fully restored.Best Offer. Call John Packard (516) 671-1515

FOR SALE: Small boat trailer. Galvanized. Fitted for Laserbut will take Sunfish or Dinghy. Asking $200. Call Ward Bell(516) 671-2634

FOR SALE: Folding steel cradle (Jowi-1) suitable for 28-30footer. Call John Emmanuel (212) 666-2433.

FOR SALE: Sperry Top-Sider Sailing Boots. Size 9. Worn twice.$25. Call George Paterakis (516) 747-4093

FOR SALE: 1987 Mazda RX-7. Automatic, AIC, sunroof, stereocassette, new exhaust and tires. Excellent conditon. 51,000miles. Asking $5495. Call Kathy & Lloyd Paster (friends of Lee& Rona Trachtenberg) at (516) 674-0525

WANTED: If you want to sell your Sunfish or Laser? I havecustomers. Call Ward Bell (516) 671-2634

THE COM MOD 0 R E' S COR N E R

Dear Members,

As I write for this issue of Harbour Lights, I hope thateveryone had a joyful and safe holiday season.

While decommissioning took place in October, it took untilDecember 20 for the Club to finally settle down into its Winterroutine because Mike Neyer and Pete Rapelje had finishedreconstructing our "new" gangway, which will now be wide enough tobring our carts down to the floating dock. Thanks Peter and Mikefor all your hard work.

This year, Anne Kochendorfer and Frances Neyer have againagreed to be our Measurer and Cruise Captain, respectively. Tofurther update those members that couldn't make the Annual Meeting,Winter Sunday afternoons are now run by your Social Committee.Unfortunately, because no one has corne forth, as yet, to host theValentine's Day Sunday afternoon, it has been cancelled. TheClubhouse, however, will be open for those who wish to socialize byour woodburning stove, with their friends, or just visit theirfavorite Summer spot.

At our members request, Club Night at West Marine has beenscheduled earlier this year: Tuesday, March 1, at 8 pm. I lookforward to seeing all of you there.

Did you know that the letters "50S" were adopted as aninternational distress signal in 1912? The first ship to send thenew call sign was the Titanic, which struck an iceberg during hermaiden voy~ge in April of that year. The letters "50S" did notstand for anything in particular, but were chosen for simplicity,because three dots and three dashes were easy to remember. Phraseslike "Save Our Souls" were devised later.

Applying this idea to our Club, "50S" could stand for "SupportOur Selves," as we began 1994 with only eight out of ten boardmembers. Jack Akeson had to resign as House Chairman, due to atemporary residence change; however, he will still assist incompleting several projects over the Winter.

To keep the Club functioning, Mike Neyer will double as ViceCommodore and Fleet Captain; Patti Di stefano will be RearCommodore and Membership Chairperson. Doug Barnaby, who hasgraciously volunteered to be a non-board member "committee of one",will plan the structural repairs for underneath the main Clubhouse.

At the January board meeting, Ellen Runestad was elected tothe Board of Governors. Because the House Chairman position isstill vacant, the Board will be sharing these duties. I am askingthat everyone join in the HHC spirit and assist your Board byvolunteering for various assignments.

If you are a good organizer or leader, consider being asupervisor during one of the several Work Days. Those handy with asaw and hammer can help install the railing on the North Deck,replace the beam under the porch roof, replace the floor in thecontainer, or help assemble our new float. If you have electricalexpertise, you can help with some rewiring jobs. We also have needfor someone that can install vinyl siding.

It will be necessary to complete some of these jobs beforeWork Day, so please call Ellen Rune.tad at (516) 671-9395 (even.)as soon as possible.

Nirvana has already volunteered, but she had an alteriormotive ••• she wanted to get out of this year's racing season atBlock Island. No deal old girl! But, we can promise that if ourmembers come through as they have in the past, we will have asuccessful "94 Season."

Hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,Commodore Bruce Walter

SYNOPSIS OF THE 1993 ANNUAL MEETING

By Rona Trachtenberg

By 2 pm, st. Paul's Episcopal Church bustled with activity asapproximately 150 hearty HHC members braved the cold, wet, drearyweather to attend the three-hour 1993 Annual Meeting on Saturday,December 4.

After a warm welcome from Commodore Audrey Vasoll, HHCChaplain Peter Budraitis delivered his annual Blessing, followed bythe Necrology Report, which listed those members who crossed thebar this year: shirley Goetz, Bill Leuschner, Ann Watkins, BertramSill, Morris Weeks and Frank Lempinski. Also, Peter asked us topray for those members who are currently ill: Norah Burns, xallynEmmanuel and Ray Waltz.

Bill Bank's Audit Report revealed that the success of theClub's financial system was largely due to Erie Johnson's computerprogramming and the use of the Club's computer, which is housed inMark Water's abode. Bill Banks, Joe Behan and Bob Powers audited

the process and found that the databases used the proper rateschedules, reports were accurate, checking accounts were reconciledcorrectly, all bills were paid on schedule and correspondences werefollo·wed up in a timely manner.

Mark waters began his Treasurer's Report by telling all whobrought their three year summary/financial chart to crumple it upand throw it at Eric Johnson because of a 49 cent discrepancy madewhen Eric's rounded down (instead of up) one number after the lothdecimal point. Mark went on to explain that members donated $4600(over 35%) for storm damage repair, the Social Committee and Sodamachine made money, $4600 was saved by reducing steward hours inlight of the fact that more hours were logged due to storm damageclean-up. The 1994 proposed budget includes an increase in thepayroll budget for added steward hours to please members' requests.

Mike Neyer's Fleet Captain Report listed that we have 40 boatsin winter storage, 2 in yards for repairs. Last year's Winter WorkDay was so successful, it will be repeated this year. The charge of

.$20 for guest moorings netted $440. winter sticks are helping saveour mooring field and the members 'moorings. The mooring tender,rescued from Gladsky Marine and restored by Rich Willemsen, is awelcome addition, as is the newly built 4' gangway (by Pete Rapeljeand Mike Neyer). They will need wood hewers and nail bangers tohelp build the new dinghy float this Spring!

Arthur Ehrich's Regatta Report commended the committee of 12and explained how their successful Summer began with a meeting, amandate from the Club, a skipper/crew list, a 31 date racingschedule, ~how to" seminars, and a great response for volunteerRace Committees. Races, which began June 5 and ended Sept. 26,included 160 boats and 56 races, with only one protest. A TechnicalCommittee is being formed to assist with scoring, race notices/in-structions, trophy parameters and administrative duties. Specialthanks to: Ward Bell for starting Wed. Night Races, Ophelia"Champagne Lady" Paterakis for overseeing the Champagne Race NightSocials, and Ruth Skinner for compiling trophy histories.

Ed Polk' Ellen Runestad's Social Committee Report praised theindividual event chairs and their committees for the success of the15 social events in 1993: Bev Wilke (Spring Dance), Audrey' RayPierce (Commissioning Day), ~aren , Gordon Anderson (Weigh AnchorBrunch), Bev , Doug wilke (USO '43 Revisited), Lori' John Bergher(July 4), Bill , Betty Reilly (Lobster Dinner), Sue , JohnSchroeder (Mexican Night), Jill' Tom Rooney (Western Night), Jon'Maura Gammans (Mystery Night), Brenda' Jack Akeson (Commodore'sBall), Daphne Schuster' Todd Tilton (Halloween Dance). The CastAnchor Brunch, turned pot luck and may become an annual tradition.Although DeCommissioning Day is always sad, the upcoming Socialchairpeople Ann Weikert and Richard Lee, did a great job!

Eric Johnson's House Committee Report was both entertainingand informative. The audience learned that while Eric was antici-pating a quiet return to the Board just installing the Club's newComputer System, he was hit with the "One Hundred Year Storm,"supervised its somewhat uncooperative repairs, watched new re-frigerators installed, orchestrated three very active Work Days,rejoiced over the completion of the Dinghy Dock, cleaned up afterthe July 18 nor' easter, and noticed mid-Summer that the Club'swindow curtains were put on upside down. He thanked co-chair PattiDistefano, Dennis Fontana and his truck of tools, Past CommodoreRich willemsen and Commodore Audrey Vasoll for reminding him that"his mission was to drain the swamp despite being surrounded byalligators."

Patti Distefano's Membership Committee Report was short andsweet: 234 memberships to date: 191 RF, RS, Intermediate members(our limit is 225) + 43 others. In 1993, HHC had 22 resignationsand 12 new memberships who have already volunteered to help.

Bruoe Walter's Planning committee Report summarized the planthat the Club will undergo maintenance/beautification programs inthe next five years. Some more pressing items are: replacing ofupper windows in Club due to wood rot; repair of 30 under-Clubpiers, some of which are over 100 years old and disintegrating; andrepair of North Beach Retaining Wall (Doug Barnaby is alreadyresearching it). Due to current full use of our electricitycapacity, there will be no block ice machine added.

Peter Rapelje's Nominating Committee of Georqe Paterakia andGordon Noble explained that Mike Neyer was being substituted asVice Commodore because Arthur Ehrich removed his name from theballot. A tenth Governor will be chosen in January, by the Board ofGovernors. The new board consists of: Commodore: Bruoe walter; ViceCommodore and Fleet captain: Mike Neyer; Rear Commodore and Member-ship: Patti Distefano; Secretary: Florenoe Budraitis; Treasurer:Mark Waters; House: Jaok Akeson; Regatta: Bill Banks i Social:Richard Lee , Ann Weiokert. They were accepted!

All three items to be voted upon were passed: 1994 Budget andthe Dues & Fees Schedule to support it, By-Law amendments for aSenior Membership Class and a Procedure for Discipline. CommodoreAudrey Vasoll thanked her board, accepted their beautiful gift andinstalled the new Board before refreshments were served.

Last, but not least, Commodore Audrey Vasoll made a movingpresentation of the Memorial Fund Plaque and announced that theFund had received $850.00 in donations in the memory of 12 membersand friends who had "passed the bar." This living memorial has beendedicated to improving and maintening the H~C grounds.

POSTING FOR POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS

The following persons are hereby Posted for membership intothe Hempstead Harbour Club, in accordance with our by-laws. Anycommunications regarding the applicants may be made to thesecretary, Florence M. Budraitis, 9 Sherman Road, Glen Cove, NY11542.

Meredith & Dennis Brosnan (RF)28 Sylvia StreetGlen Head, NY 11545

Proposed by: Joan & John ErnstSeconded by: Margaret Garay

Laura & Mark Fay (RF)174 Littleworth LaneSea Cliff, NY 11579

Proposed by: Doug BarnabySeconded by: George Paterakis

Soonja & Reza Sabet (RF)14 Soundview RoadGlen Cove, NY 11542

Proposed by: Maude KirbySeconded by: Rolf Carlsen

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Patrice Bennewar4 - SeasonalPatrice is a member of the Society of Professional Journalist

and writes for the Johns Hopkins Medical Letter-Health After Fifty,in New York City. Patrice, who lives in Glenwood Landing, owns aCape Dory 25 named Grapefruit Moon.

Marianne , Richar4 Langone - RFMarianne is the Assistant Village Clerk of Roslyn, where the

Langones reside. Richard is a district manager for Carrier AirConditioning. The couple have three grown children. Marianne enjoyssewing, knitting, crocheting and does some catering. Richard enjoysplaying golf and remodeling/refurbishing homes and furniture.

Carol , Martin pohrill. - RPThe Pohri11es, who enjoy cru1s1ng their Bristol 35, Summer

Song were active members of the Glen Cove Yacht Club, where Martyserved as an officer. He enjoys flying, scuba and ham radio. Sheenjoys biking and snork1ing. The couple, who are both socialworkers and recently moved to Sea Cliff, look forward toparticipating in Club activities.

ATTENTION REGULAR FAMILY AND REGULAR SINGLE MEMBERS

with the establishment of a Senior Membership Class, effective12/5/93, current Regular Family and Regular Single Members, pleasebe advised that, if you wish to take advantage of this option, andyou:

a) have been a member of the Club for a minimum of 20 years,

and

b) are 65 years of age or older (or in the case of a Familymembership - one of whom is 65 years or older),

please forward your request to the Board of Governors prior toMarch 1, 1994. (Actually, it would be helpful to the Board, if theyreceived your request by February 15, 1994).

This classification grandfathers your membership dues at thelevel established for the Fiscal year in which the request isgranted; and, there will be no further increases. For this Fiscalyear only, the dues will be grandfathered at the 1993 level ($650.for Regular Family; $520 for Regular Single). All privileges ofRegular Membership are retained with this new classification.

FROM THE REGATTA DESK

By Arthur Ehrich

December 12, 1993, the anniversary of last year's infamousDecember storm, saw 41 people at the Club for our Sailing AwardsProgram. After the season's first snowfall, it was a cold andblustery day, but Steward John Salerno had our fireplace going tokeep the chill of the day outside.

Doug Barnaby and his Blue Thunder crew hosted. After a short"punch hour," a movie of one of the past America's Cup campaignswas shown followed by a home-style serving of salad and hot clamchowder. Then, the awards for the past sailing season werepresented.

I wish to thank Douq Barnaby and his crew for their efforts.Early in the Spring, Douq approached me with the idea of doingsomething different for the Awards Presentation and my responsewas, "If you want it - do it!" And they did.

This typifies the high level of participation that has beendemonstrated by the membership all season. The success of anyactivity, at the Club, requires the involvement of the partici-pants. If we achieved any success this past season, it has beenthrough the efforts of all who took part. T~ank you!

AROUND THE FLEET

By Michael Neyer, Fleet captain

ERECTOR SET EXTRAORDINAIRE - Perhaps you've wondered how itwas that the main gangway was too narrow to accommodate dock cartsor very wide people. Perhaps you haven't.

Like it or not, here's another entry for the HHC annals.Thirty years ago, when Floyd O. Kennedy, Jr. was Commodore and theThrogs Neck Bridge was nearing completion, Bethlehem Steel wantedto dispose of surplus equipment used in its construction. Part ofthe surplus was a forty foot long scaffold. it was immensely sturdy,but unfortunately, not very wide. However, as Floyd was a Bethlehememployee, the price was definitely right and the scaffold, soontransformed into a gangway by the addition of wooden planks, wasinstalled at the end of the RHC's main dock.

There it remained, more or less unchanged, until about a monthago when Pete Rapelje and I grabbed a couple of five-pound hammersand some cold chisels and began wailing away at the 3/8-inchaluminum rivets which had held the thing together. Our intent wasto end up with a wider, more suitable gangway, and the conversionof the old Throgs Neck scaffold seemed the most practical andaffordable means toward an end. It also turned out to be thenoisiest because there were hundreds of rivets which, over theyears, had developed a death grip which they would not relinquishwithout a fight.

After several days of sounding like a couple of crazed anddecidedly unmusical percussionists aUditioning for the second actof "11 Travatore" - our unique rendition of "The Anvil Chorus"interspersed with full-throated imprecations as hammer hit thumbinstead of chisel - we had reduced the gangway to scattered debriswhich covered the main dock. As I surveyed the mess I was secretlypleased that Commissioning Day was still six months off. That wouldgive me plenty of time to either replace the now defunct gangway orto come up with a good excuse when asked, "Is the Fleet ready forcommissioning?"

. Not to worry. Pete, engineer that he is, had all the detailsworked out. The two sides remained intact and needed only to berejoined using aluminum angle irons which we would bolt into place.The process sounded straight forward; take approximately 150-feetof aluminum stock, cut it into 4-foot pieces, tap holes into eachend, take to job site, drill more holes and begin attaching. Therewas a bit more to it than that, but you get the idea. It wasn'tdifficult but it presented certain orthopedic challenges to Pete'sback and my knees which we countered by raising the metal frameworkon a pair of saw horses. That was fine until the night the windcame up from the northwest, collapsed the inboard saw horse andturned the still incomplete gangway into something resembling an 8-G curve on a roller coaster. We got it straightened out, however,so no harm was done, unless you count angst.

While my ultimate deadline was several months in the futurePete's was more immediate. He wanted to have the frameworkcompleted before he went in for a hernia repair which, I hasten toadd, had nothing whatever to do with his efforts on the gangway.The weather cooperated, the last bolt was tightened on theframework, Pete went in for his operation and within days was readyto test his physical resources and his wife's forebearance.

About a week later we were back at it. wait Watkins, who hadbeen helping us from the beginning, was happy to see us on the dockagain. Eleanor Rapelje wasn't.

The time had come to put down the decking; 12 x 4-foot panelsof aluminum diamond plate. Then came the non-skid treads which wehad salvaged from the original scaffold and the job was finished.

About a day later Pete went to see his surgeon for a post-opexamination. When I called to ask how he'd made out, Eleanoranswered the phone. The doctor said Pete was healing more rapidlythan expected, Eleanor told me. When I suggested that Pete'srecovery was undoubtedly the result of all that therapeuticexercise on the gangway, Eleanor had nothing to say. I can onlyassume she agreed.

The rebuilt gangway is probably stronger than the originalstructure and at least equal to the best gangways that are avail-able commercially. It also is wide enough to accommodate dock cartsand very wide people, although not at the same time. It is evenwide enough for two normally proportioned people to pass abreastwithout actually touching. If this new gangway were to be given aname, "Lecher's Lament" might be appropriate. It should serve uswell for many years.

WHY FROSTBITING IS BETTER THAN SEX

1. If you break a rule, you only have to do a 720.2. The rules are written down so everyone plays by the same ones.3. If you're using the wrong approach, it's easy to switch to a

different tack.4. When a participant gets upset, it's someone else's job to

straighten things out.5. Second-best gets a trophy, too.6. There's always a winner.7. You can do it with both men and women, and no one will think it

strange.8. You can do it outdoors in the Winter.9. You can do it with dozens of people at one time.10. You can do it five times or more in one afternoon.

Sailing World 2/92

DOES COMPARISON 1930 - 1994

Several members expressed interest in the following "adjustedfor inflation" figures, which were provided by AnD Kochendorfer.

IACTUAL I CPt CPI

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CPI INDEXED DUES ACTUAL CPI INDEXED DUESI YEAR DUES INDEX· TO 1993 ADJ FOR INFLATION YEAR DUES INDEX· TO 1993 ADJ FOR INFLATIONI 1930 ~I 16.7 8.569 214 1962 100 30.2 4.738 474

1931 15.2 9.414 235 1963 100 30.6 4.676 4681932 ;gl 13.7 10.445 261 1964 100 31.0 4.616 4621933 13.0 11.008 330 1965 100 31.5 4.543 4541934 30

113.4 10.679 320 1966 120 32.4 4.417 530

1935 301

13.7 10.445 313 1967 120 33.4 4.284 514

I 1936 ~I 13.9 10.295 309 1968 120 34.8 4.112 4931937 14.4 9.938 298 1969 120 38.7 3.899 4681938 14.1 10.149 304 1970 120 38.8 3.688 4431939 :, 13.9 10.295 309 1971 150 40.5 3.533 530 g1940 14.0 10.221 3fJ7 1972 150 41.8 3.423 5131941 30 14.7 9.735 292 1973 150 44.4 3.223 483

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1942 32.75 16.3 8.n9 28S 1974 175 49.3 2.903 508 !1943 32.75 17.3 8.272 271 1975 210 53.8 2.660 5591944 35 17.6 . 8.131 285 1976 210 56.9 2.515 528 •..1945 47 18.0 7.950 374 19n 250 60.6 2.381 590 ]1946 47 19.5 7.338 345 1978 2SO 65.2 2.195 549 ~1947 47 22.3 6.417 302 1979 275 72.6 1.971 542 '01948 50 24.1 5.938 ZiJ7 1980 275 82.4 1.737 478

l11949 50 :!Z.O 6.013 301 1981 325 90.9 1.574 5121950 50 24.1 5.938 7137 1982 360 96.5 1.483 534 CI)~1951 50 26.0 5.504 275 1983 450 99.6 1.437 647 ;:),

1952 50 26.5 5.400 270 1984 450 103.9 1.3n 620 j~1953 50 26.7 5.360 268 1985 soo 107.6 1.330 6651954 50 26.9 5.320 26S 1986 550 109.6 1.306 718 II1955 60 26.8 5.340 320 1987 550 113.6 1.260 6931956 60 27.2 5.261 316 1988 575 118.3 1.210 8961957 80 28.1 5.093 407 1989 575 124.0 1.154 664 ~11958 80 28.9 4.952 396 1990 eoo 130.7 1.095 6571959 100 713.1 4.918 492 1991 625 125.1 1.144 715 h1960 100 29.6 4.834 483 1992 650 140.3 1.020 6631961 100 713.9 4.786 479 1993 650 - 143.1 1.000 650

1994 700 143.1 700 • I

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

* winter Program Showtime Previews

* The First Bulletin Board

* Commodore Bruce Walter's First Commodore's Corner

* A Review of the 1993 Annual Meeting

* New Member Postings/Welcomes/Information

* Regatta & Regatta Update

* Frostbiting Ditty

* Dues Comparison

From The Editor: I'm eager to get feedback on, as well as addition-al entries for, the new Bulletin Board idea. Please feel free tocall me at (516) 676-4752. Hope you enjoy this issue and have asafe, healthy and warm winter.

Organized 1891

HEMPSTEAD HARBOUR CLUBGLEN COVE, NEW YORK

Audrey P. & Charles E. Vasol]56 High StreetEast Williston, NY

11596-1924