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“TIYC” Newsletter July/August, 2013

Commodore:

Russell Breed

Vice Commodore:

Atta Pilram

Rear Commodore:

Steve Lane

Corporate Secretary:

George C. Knies

Treasurer:

Fred W. Gibson

Appointed Officers

Membership: To be appointed

Office Manager:

Russ Breed

Port Captains:

Rich Ahlf and Malcolm Johnston

Publications & Race Director:

George C. Knies

Webmaster:

Cior Wills

Recording Secretary:

Sharron Harper

Safety Officer:

Russ Breed

Directors:

Dave Chenette, Peter Van Putten, Jim Aberer and Connie Van Put-ten

Delegates:

Reg. & Debrenia Smith PICYA

Sep/Oct, 2013

Telephone numbers and addresses of members are prot ected by the Privacy Act of 1974. As a matter of po licy, rosters of names, addresses and telephone num bers shall not be made available to the general public o r any outside organization. Privacy of all rosters shall be safeguarded and the page clearly labeled. The publication of these rosters addresses and telephone numbers on a computer on-line service including the Internet is prohibited by the 1974 Privacy Act.

Volume 48 Number 4, Organized 1966

Club located at the Marina, Treasure Island in the center of San Francisco Bay

Commodore’s Report

Russ Breed

The Bay Bridge will be closed from August 28 thru September 3 (our Castaway Weekend). The Rib Feed for September 1st has been post-poned. However, if you plan to come to the club, we have requested passes for our members. TIDA is waiting to receive them from CalTrans. We will be reaching out with specific information about how to pick up your pass when we get the details from TIDA. Let me know if you will need

passes and how many you would like to receive.

Dredging operations are getting underway. The turbidity curtain has been installed. Roger has had to relocate some of his tenants and this may impact potential cruise-ins.

Small Burgees have been received from Prestige Flag and are available in the Ship’s Store. Small Burgees are $35 and Large Burgees are $40. Any requests for TIYC Logo wear (Shirts, Jackets, Caps, etc.) should be passed along to Connie.

The Board is looking for member input for the 2014 Calendar (both on the water and shore side activities). Our goal is to be able to publish a calendar for the Annual Meeting in November. Input should be provided to one of the officers by the end of September.

The Nominating Committee has been established. The members are; Desmond Thorsson, Sandy Aberer, Alice Pilram, Don Mibach and Fred W. Gibson. We are tentatively looking for two directors and someone to serve as Rear Commodore. If you are interested in serving or have any suggestions about who would be good, please contact any of the Nominating Com-mittee members or me.

TIDA has resolved an apparent accounting discrepancy and acknowledged crediting the 2011 Chase check for $123.75 that was cashed in 2011 to the wrong account. We are now current in our payments. Review of the lease renewals will be started earlier this year.

George is still pursuing information concerning non-member income and how Pittsburg YC has addressed this issue. He will submit a proposal in the future based on what he learns on how we can protect our not for profit status.

Two membership applications have been received. One (that was received with a check) has been officially posted. The other is pending receipt of the application fee.

Dave Chenette will be relocating to Washington, D.C, working for NASA. We wish him and Sara well.

There are still two former members who have not returned their key cards. The Board will be discussing possibly replacing the key cards at the end of the year.


Vice Commodore’s Message

Atta Pilram

W hat great months we have had! If you have not been at the club recently I strongly recommend joining us for our next event. We have been on track with our planned ideas and we are thinking to experiment with new venues. The highlight of the first part of Augu st has been “ Cuba

Then and Now”. This was a great and fun event and it could not hav e happened without Joanna Nevesny’s fabulous Cuban dishes and Alice Pilram’s desserts. In addition to great food we also heard an informative presentation by N eil and Joanna Nevesny from their previous vis-its to Cuba highlighting some of the unique archite ctural sites. Another highlight of the evening was George Knies’ talk. He was able to join us remotely and gave us a glimpse of his personal memories and stories from when he was stationed in Cuba with his family. Before his talk, we had a comple-mentary short movie that I put together from severa l hours of George’s DVDs.

We have also been very busy hosting other yacht clu bs such as the South Beach YC cruise-in. This has been one of the largest hosted events at TIYC. Many thanks to all who helped with this event in particular, Desmond for preparing the breakfast on Sunday and the Van Putten’s for helping all three days.

We are also working on some new events tentatively for September and October including “Nautical Knots”. This will be organized by Russell Breed. Ke ep watching for more information for this unique lunch presentation event.

Another plan that is in the works is a Blacktop to the Legion of Honor to visit “Impressionists On the Water”. Nancy Brewer has managed to get us group di scount information. It requires at least ten in a group to be qualified for the group discount of $16 for each adult, including senior citizens.

Thanks to those who have been sharing ideas and wil ling to volunteer to participate in organizing venues to promote more social activities among our members. Even though this is still in the idea-stage, I am following up on some of the proposed id eas. These include a Sea Chantey sing along; Photo Shop training sessions by Rich Ahlf and paint ing workshops by Sharron Harper and Atta. I am still looking for others to join or organize a craf t group and photography workshops. If you are inter -ested to join any of these activities please call o r email me.

Westpoint Marina Regatta

Clipper Cove to the

South Bay...Thanks to

TIYC for hosting the

brief and the start


Rear Commodore’s Report

Steve Lane

July Races: No club boats raced this month Cruise Outs: No Cruise outs Other Events:

July 20 – Westpoint Marina Regatta (Race Committee)

Scheduled Future Activities:

September 14 – Interclub Series #6

September 25- 29 – Delta Cruise

Let’s get a group to head up to the Delta on the 25 th and stop at the Benicia Yacht club that evening then on to Devils Island be hosted by our Member Rich & Mary Holden on September 26 to 28. Start heading back the evening of the 28th and get to maybe Pittsburg and then head back to our harbors on the 29th. Those not interested in sailing up to the Delta can drive to Tower Park and we will come over and pick you up. More to come on details, but we will need a head count soon and a count of boats interested in sailing up. Check your calendars this is a great time to see the Delta if you haven’t been. Bring your sleep-ing bags and tents and we can accommodate you on the camping dock. You can come up for the day or spend some nights on the Island. Please call me as soon as possible at 925-984-0341.

September 28- Women’s sailing seminar hosted by Island YC see our website for information.

October – Blue Water Cruise - I am planning to sail south for the BAHA rally. Might have room for folks to go down to Half Moon Bay, Monterey, or San Luis Obispo and be dropped off. Let me know.

Suggestions for Future Activities:

TI wine tasting event, Anchor Steam Brewery Tour, Potomac sail


TIYC History Archive Edition No. 4 George C. Knies, Historian

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Pacific Unity"

Groundbreaking ceremony, August 1936. As evi-

denced by the Japanese and Nazi flags, the United

States is not yet formally involved with the wars in

Europe and Asia.

A formal ground-breaking was held on the new is-

land with the surface still damp. With the newly

completed Bay Bridge serving as a dramatic back-

drop the ceremony was attended by mayors, busi-

nessmen and consular diplomats from each of the

countries preparing to participate in the Fair, whose

theme had by this time been officially designated as

"Pacific Unity". I must confess that I had something

of a shock when I saw a photo of this event. The

Governor of California is there, Mayor Rossi, a brass

band, a troop of boy scouts... but what really grabs

your attention are two of the dozen flags flying in

the background; the rising sun of Imperial Japan

and the menacing black and red swastika of Nazi

Germany.

It's difficult to imagine a more inauspicious time to

open an international exposition: evidence that the

world was dissolving into violence was all around.

As a flamboyantly gold-plated shovel broke the

fresh ground of our idealized island, Hitler was ne-

gotiating with Stalin over how to carve up Eastern

Europe, Italy and Spain were plunging into fascism,

and the Japanese occupation of China and the rape

of Nanking made the concept of "Pacific Unity"

sound almost chilling.

The idea of celebrating brotherhood and peace on

an island full of grand buildings, commercial huck-

sterism and gay frivolity seems naive today, almost

sweetly optimistic. The country's capacity to be

swept away by spectacle, pageantry and grand

themes was petering out in the face of a ruthlessly

unsentimental Modern Era -- this sliver of time be-

tween the Depression and World War II was per-

haps its last gasp. The day of the grand World's Fair

was over, but somehow, nobody knew it yet. Nam-

ing the Island

The 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition in

all its glory, with the "Tower of the Sun" standing

towards the near corner.

As the island was taking shape, another group put

the finishing touches on its own plans, feverishly at

work planning the Fair to end all fairs. Architects,

sculptors, horticulturalists, but most visibly, publi-

cists put their shoulders to the wheel. Clyde Vande-

burg was the head of the publicity machine, and it

turns out that he was the man responsible for

something I've always wondered about; how the

island got its name. There's a letter on file in the

San Francisco Library History Room in which

Vandeburg points out that the official name of his

organization -- "The San Francisco-Oakland Bay

Bridges Corporation and Golden Gate International

Exposition" -- was just too long to fit on a letter-

head!

But seriously, folks. Something a little punchier was

needed for publicity reasons. I've speculated that

Treasure Island was named for Robert Louis Ste-

venson's famous children's book about adventure

and pirate gold. There is already a real (if murky)

history of treasure buried on Yerba Buena, treasure

of the very best kind: undiscovered! And since the


!whole affair was to be called "The Pageant of the Pacific",

Vandeburg was searching for a name redolent of palm

trees, sandy beaches, and warm tropical breezes -- as well

as something with a little spark and excitement. Did it mat-

ter that pirates never really operated in the Pacific Ocean?

Robert Louis Stevenson's brief stay in San Francisco pro-

vided a tenuous link to a name that fit the criteria like a

glove: "Treasure Island"

A more practical reason was suggested after the fact by

none other than ex-president Herbert Hoover. As a Califor-

nia native and friend to the Bay Area -- as president he'd

made the Bay Bridge possible -- Hoover was invited to at-

tend the ground-breaking of the Mines and Minerals exhibi-

tion building. Hoover had once worked out West as a min-

ing engineer, and showed up in full gold miner's drag. It

occurred to him that the "Treasure Island" moniker was

literally accurate; the sand and earth used as fill for the

island had been washed down from the same gold-veined

hills that spawned the 1849 gold rush. He examined the

soil and remarked "if a man worked hard 10 hours a day he

could probably pan about a dollar's worth of gold on Treas-

ure Island!" Since he just happened to have the right tool

handy, he squatted down and panned a couple of specks of

genuine yellow on the spot. The official name of the Fair

remained the "Golden Gate International Exposition", but

not a soul ever called it that. To one and all its name would

forever be synonymous with the island.

Let the Hype Begin

Treasure Island's official "Theme Girl" Zoe Dell Lantis

flashes some leg and her trademark sparkling smile.

The ballyhoo and hype surrounding the event flooded every

conceivable media outlet, and the whole city was infected.

Theme songs were written, celebrities showed up, and

shop-owners changed the names of their operations to

"Expo" this and "World's Fair" that. Official visits were

made separately by both Roosevelts, Franklin and Eleanor.

As a publicity man, Vandeburg knew what would really sell,

so he hired a perky young ballet dancer named Zoe Dell

Lantis to become "Treasure Island's Theme Girl". Wearing

a pirate hat, cuffed boots and short shorts, Zoe became the

hardest working buccaneer in show business, criss-crossing

first the state and then the country. She was the most-

photographed person of 1939, happily hammering

"Treasure Island" into the consciousness of an entire popu-

lation with long legs and a big bright smile.

Planning and construction continued at a pace even more

frenetic than the publicity blitz. At the south end of the is-

land, adjacent to the harbor , the WPA had already begun

the three buildings intended to outlive the Fair -- and in-

deed they're still there. Timothy Pflueger's tall and ele-

gantly semi-circular Administration building would serve as

the terminal for the post-Fair airport, and you can still see

the glass-windowed air traffic control tower at its top. Be-

hind this classic of "streamline modern" stood two massive

rectangular buildings. These were intended to devolve into

aircraft hangars, but first served the Fair as the "Palace of

Fine and Decorative Arts" and, appropriately, the "Hall of

Air Transportation". Since the north end of the island was

actually still sinking as construction began, that end was relegated to use as a parking lot and carnival zone. In the acres between, a temporary wonderland of lath and stucco


America’s Cup 34, San Francisco, California

The AmCup on display at

the America’s Cup Park-

Russ proudly wearing his

AmCup 34 Uniform for the

Opening Day Ceremonies.


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1st place Connie, 2nd Helen from

SSA, 3rd Alice in the Chili Cook-Off.

On behalf of Single Sailors Association, I want to express our gratitude for your hospitality over the 4th. Our club greatly en-joyed the 4th of July and the Chili Contest at Treasure Island Yacht Club. I hope that it worked out for you as well. Regards, Dave Whaley, Commodore Single Sailors Association, http://www.singlesailors.org

13th Annual Meeting Treas-

ure Island Museum Associa-

tion, at the Treasure Island


2013 Calendar of Events

JUNE

01 Insurance policy renewal

03 PICYA Delegates Meeting Vallejo YC

08 Interclub Series #3 Encinal YC

15 3rd Quarter Dues Due

15 Jibe Deadline (July-Aug)

19 B&B Committee Reports Due

22 San Rafael YC Cruise-in

22 Sailstice Cruise-in for TIYC Crawfish Boil (Atta)

24 1900 Bridge & Board Meeting 7:00 pm

JULY

04 Chili Cook-off (Alice)

04 SSA Cruise in LOUIS VUITTON SERIS COMMENCES

08 1900 PICYA Delegates Meeting

13 Interclub Series #4

13 TIMA BBQ


22 1900 Bridge & Board Meeting

26 Friday Pirate Burger Dinner (Seq YC Races)

27 Westpoint Marina Regatta

26-28 SBYC Cruise in

26 Appoint Nominating Committee

31 CA BOE Taxes Due

AUGUST

03 International dinner Cuba Then and now… Neil and George

Sea Worthy Seminar (Rich Holden)

05 1900 PICYA Delegates Meeting

10 Interclub Series#5 BAMA

15 Jibe Deadline (Sep-Oct)

17 Pirate Burger Dinner



SEPTEMBER

02 Bay Bridge Opening Day (tentative)

01-03 Red Bull Youth Americas AC

07 America’s Cup (Finals)

09 PICYA Delegates Meeting/Regatta Awards

14 Interclub Series #6, CPYC

13-16 Fall Boat Show, Oakland

14-15 SF Dragon Boat Festival (Pirate Burgers)

15 4th quarter Dues Billing

21 OYC/EYC cruise-in Rib Feed

22 Wheelchair Regatta, Encinal YC

22-23 Woman’s Sailing Seminar IYC

26-28 Delta Trip Devils’ Isle

23 1900 Bridge & Board Meeting Nominations due (Calendar Planning)

30 END OF FISCAL YEAR

OCTOBER

05 PICYA Delegates Meeting Tahoe YC

11-14 Fleet Week

12 Burger Dinner

15 Jibe Deadline (Nov-Dec)

1900 Bridge & Board Meeting 7:00pm

26-27 Great Pumpkin Regatta Richmond YC


NOVEMBER

02 PICYA Fall Management Conference, Berkeley YC

02 TIYC Fall Work Party 0900-1500 Pasta Night

04 PICYA Delegates Meeting/Awards

16 TIYC Annual Meeting COW 5:00 PM—6:00 PM Dinner


23 Dinner Event, Wine & Food Pairing or Tea Party

30 Lease Renewal Due

DECEMBER

07 Holiday Club Decoration & Pot Luck

15 Jibe Deadline (Jan-Feb)

15 Annual Dues Billing

16 1900 Bridge & Board Meeting 7:00pm

31 New Years Eve Party

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WATCH LIST 2013

Duty Hours: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Rev 0 3/03/2013

Date Watch Captain Officer Of The Day Activity

02-Mar-13 Russ Breed - Vacant -

09-Mar-13 650-400-6192 Harte, Christy Work Party

16-Mar-13 " Huff, Jerry St Pat's Dinner

23-Mar-13 " Holden, Rich & Mary

30-Mar-13 " Himes, Barb & Randy Easter EYC Cruise-In

06-Apr-13 Steve Lane Johnston, Mal & Jan

13-Apr-13 925-984-0341 Knies, George & Ann Past Comm Dinner

20-Apr-13 " Lane, Steve & Carol

27-Apr-13 " Harrison, John

04-May-13 Connie VanPutten McBride, John & Erica Floato de Mayo

11-May-13 510-932-3275 Mibach, Don & Cathy

18-May-13 " Mindus, Paul Roger's Visit to Turkey

25-May-13 " Navarro, Mia Glen Cove YC Cruise-In

01-Jun-13 Atta Pilram Nevesny, Neil & Joanna

08-Jun-13 415-748-0374 Pilram, Atta & Alice Taste of Louisiana

15-Jun-13 " Roberts, Pete & Faye

22-Jun-13 " Breed, Allen Sailstice Cruise-In Pig Roast

29-Jun-13 " VACANT

06-Jul-13 Connie Van Putten Seftel, Frank

13-Jul-13 510-932-3275 Smith, Reg & Debrenia

20-Jul-13 " Smith, Bill & Cynthia

27-Jul-13 " Strom, Gordon & Diane Westpoint Marina Regatta

03-Aug-13 Pete VanPutten Thorsson, Desmond & Laura International Dinner

10-Aug-13 510-932-3274 VanPutten, Pete & Connie

17-Aug-13 " VACANT

24-Aug-13 " Wills, Ciaran & Cior

31-Aug-13 " VACANT

07-Sep-13 Jim Aberer Aberer, Jim & Sandy

14-Sep-13 925-997-1630 Ahlf Rich Dragon Boat Festival

21-Sep-13 " Alden, Don & Mary

28-Sep-13 " Boice, MeeSun

05-Oct-13 Sharron Harper Saville, Mark

12-Oct-13 415-710-5353 Brewer, Kent & Nancy Fleet Week

19-Oct-13 " Breed, Russell & Lynette Harvest Day Dinner

26-Oct-13 " VACANT Taste of Mediterranian

02-Nov-13 Dave Chenette Busby, Dave Work Party

09-Nov-13 650-224-4642 Chenette, Dave & Carol BVBC Cruise-In

16-Nov-13 " Cirillo, Anthony & Helene General Meeting

23-Nov-13 " D'Aura, Joe & Connie Wine & Food Pairing

30-Nov-13 " Esser, Dave & Elena

07-Dec-13 Fred W Gibson Euritt, Mike

14-Dec-13 408-836-6519 Farnsworth, Matt

21-Dec-13 " Gartin, Kat

28-Dec-13 " Gibson, Fred W

People available to stand watch

Goswick, Bill & Karen

Graham, Mary

Hamilton, Alex & Patty Smith New Member

Harper, Sharron

Lugert, Jerry


Treasure Island Yacht Club “Jibe”

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Walnut Creek, CA 94596-6518

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George C. Knies, “Jibe” Editor

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September

02 Bay Bridge Opening Day (tentative)

01-03 Red Bull Youth Americas AC

07 America’s Cup (Finals)

09 PICYA Delegates Meeting/Regatta Awards

14 Interclub Series #6, CPYC

13-16 Fall Boat Show, Oakland

14-15 SF Dragon Boat Festival (Pig Roast tenta-tive)

15 4th quarter Dues Billing

22 Wheelchair Regatta, Encinal YC

22-23 Woman’s Sailing Seminar IYC

23 1900 Bridge & Board Meeting Nominations due (Calendar Planning)

30 END OF FISCAL YEAR

Upcoming Events

October

05 PICYA Delegates Meeting Tahoe YC

11-14 Fleet Week

12 Burger Dinner

15 Jibe Deadline (Nov-Dec)

1900 Bridge & Board Meeting 7:00pm

26-28 Devils Isle

27 OYC Cruise-in, Pirate Burger, 25 guests

26-27 Great Pumpkin Regatta Richmond YC


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