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“TIYC” Newsletter July/August, 2013 Page 1
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.
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“TIYC” Newsletter July/August, 2013 Page 2
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
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“TIYC” Newsletter July/August, 2013 Page 3
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
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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
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!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
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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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PPPP
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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
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“TIYC” Newsletter July/August, 2013 Page 8
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
17 B&B Committee Reports Due
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
21 B&B Committee Reports Due
26 1900 Bridge & Board Meeting
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
28 1900 Bridge & Board Meeting
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
18 1900 Bridge & Board Meeting
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
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Treasure Island Yacht Club “Jibe”
C/O G. C. Knies
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Walnut Creek, CA 94596-6518
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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
28 1900 Bridge & Board Meeting