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November 2014 Volume 47 Number 8

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Member Survey Results

From our 225 members, we received 85 responses (38% - respectable); however, we be-

lieve most came from Full Active Members (146) making the response rate a very good 58%.

Respondents were middle aged, averaging 57 years old. The oldest was 82, the youngest

27. They’ve been in the club an average of 13 years. The median is 10 years. Four Mem-bers joined in the 70’s (35 to 42 years of tenure); 7 from the 80’s (25 to 32 years); 22

from the 90’s (15 to 30 years); 28 from the ‘00’s (5 to 10 years); and, 22 since 2010 (less than 5 years).

Most Members - 60%, had more than 10 years’ experience when they joined, and about half - 56%, had prior yacht club experience. Reasons for joining were mostly a general in-

terest in sailing - one in three, and one in five joined to race.

Our Members are engaged – over 75% of respondents regularly attend Quarterly Meetings;

three fourths participate in social events and 70% race, over a third more than 4 times this past year.

As for volunteerism, over half the respondents do so. The favorite is Clean-up Day (over two thirds) with more than 40% serving on Race Committee. Those who completed the

survey were about equally split on whether the Club should have volunteer requirements, although 20% weren’t sure

Regarding Club size, two thirds say we’re about the right size and about one in four think

we’re getting too big.

About 20% believe a slip should not be occupied if a Member very seldom uses his boat

and over 50% feel it’s OK. Members are dog lovers – over half do not want dogs banned from the grounds, although nearly a third want no dogs. Our dues structure is about right -

87% said so, and only 1% think it’s too expensive.

Most of those who took the survey – 65 of the 85, had something to say. The comments

were thoughtful and covered a wide range of topics – the hot ones being derelict boats, volunteerism and education. Dogs were mentioned several times – all by obvious dog lov-

ers and all asking that the leash policy be honored. There were also several requests for more education; topical seminars, learn to sail programs and racing clinics.

Your Board has reviewed the findings and taken them to heart. This is YOUR club and the Board is listening. We will be considering Member suggestions, gripes, and insights and

they will be the topic of serious consideration as we move forward.

But – we saved the best for last; you obviously love and care for our Club; to wit:

“Friendliness.” “….culture brings us together.” “Don’t complain about stupid things.” “Our

Club is unique and special.” “…perfect balance…” “…core club ethos of volunteerism.” “…great community” “…brings people together…” “…a family oriented club…”

Fall is in the air! The nights are cool and the days are warm, the trees are changing

color, my favorite time of the year. Need to be cruising down the river, taking it all in.

What’s holding us back? Oh, it’ was clean-up day at HIYC, and not all of you showed

up to make the club look better. Oh well, maybe next year!

Well, you did show up and you did make the club look better than ever. We had a fun

day, got lots done and had a great lunch, thanks to Gerry and Jeanette Levine. It’s

that time of the year, the middle of our fall racing season. The Bluenose Regatta (the

49th Bluenose Regatta) is November 1&2 and we all know what that means. It’s going

be cold! It’s November, and the year will quickly come to an end.

The week after the Bluenose is the Arnold Nye Regatta and Arnold’s son, Brad, will be

joining us for that race. Brad continues to provide the cannons, as trophies, for the

winning team in this one of a kind regatta and we appreciate his generosity in doing

that. He will also be joining us for the Paella Feast that Chef Marcelo Perez will be pre-

paring, in place of the Lobster Boil this year. We are striving to have an event that all

members can enjoy during this special season. Then we will finish out November with

the Beesley 50K and Fred and Ann promise good weather and fair winds for that com-

petition.

At the Board Meeting on the 14th, we welcomed the new 2015 Board members, Randall

Butler (Secretary) and Sean Theriot (Jr. Governor). We also had an in-depth look at

the new website which Webmaster, Drew Griswold, is working very hard to get on line

by the end of the year. If you haven’t seen the work in progress, you can by going to

http://www.hiyc.org.sitemason.com. Remember, it is still under construction and not the

final product. However, we are trying to keep the calendar current by listing the events

on it and Drew has just finished the History Section and did an excellent job. You

should read through it and give Drew a pat on the back for his efforts.

Finally, please join me in welcoming new members Barbara and Mike Eller and Cathy

and Kevin McKellar to the club. Mike and Barbara are bonding with their new boat,

Proud Mary, and the McKellar’s son, Kevin Jr., skippered the Sea Scout’s boat to a 1st

place finish in the McDougall Regatta JAM Fleet. Mom said, “the bottle of Scotch would

be well aged by the time he’s old enough to drink it”.

Good Sailing

Dave Brandon

Commodore’s Comments

Competitor Sail

number

Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total Place

Horton 1795 2 4 1 1 2 1 7 1

Gorska 263 1 1 3 3 1 4 9 2

Osborne 1497 3 3 5 2 4 2 14 3

Leitch 8 4 2 2 5 3 3 14 3

Hofmeister Hull 12 5 5 4 4 8 8 26 5

M. Foley 1629 6 6 6 6 6 5 29 6

B. Foley 915 7 7 7 7 5 6 32 7

The McDougal Cruiser Regatta

REGATTA McDougall Cruiser

RACE#

PRO Hempel

WIND L "L"= < 8, "M"=8-14, "H"=> 14

Fleet Start Time (24 hr)

Hours Minutes Sec-

A 11 0 0

B 11 6 0

L 11 0 0

J 11 12 0

Finish Time (24 hr) Elapsed Corrected

SKIPPER BOAT FLEET PHRF Hour Min Sec Time (sec) Time (sec) Place

Rick Fielder J 30 A 141 12 47 14 6434 5694 1

Anne Beesley J-32 Spinnaker A 123 12 48 57 6537 5920 2

Steve Vague Northstar 500 B 228 12 50 45 6285 5011 1

Jim Waller Tartan 28 B 186 13 0 54 6894 5772 2

David Brandon Swiftsure 33 B 198 13 14 7 7687 6345 3

Joe Ballard Pearson 323 B 180 13 27 39 8499 7168 4

Tim Naeser J-24 OD L 168 12 40 3 6003 5137 1

Kevin McKellar Pearson 30 J 174 13 29 16 8236 6997 1

Tom Gillingham S2 8.5 J 189 13 35 47 8627 7198 2

McDougal Open

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More pix from the Open

Previous page, far left and this page, top, Latour &

Vague run chase boats for the RC. Left, soloing

Hemple is loan spectator boat.

Sea Scout News

OK, I’m excited. We’re starting our 21st year with the Sea Scouts and we’re starting the year

with a group that is simply on fire. Ready to get out and sail and race and work on advance-

ments. And they are all young which means they will likely be with us for a while.

In the last month they raced Triad our Pearson 30 in the McDougal for Cruisers. I was sta-

tioned in the back of the boat acting as a coach. Everything was done by the Scouts. They

raced in the JAM fleet and took first in class. This was also Kevin’s first time to skipper in a

regatta and for two of the crew their first time in a race. I could spend the entire article talk-

ing about this race but will simply say how proud I am of these young sailors. It was a good

day.

The next weekend Mark of ship 43 and Daniel of our Ship 851 raced Mark’s V15 in the

McDougal open.

Additionally in the past month the kids have done two overnighters. That’s where we camp

on the boats. The significance of this being that in the past three years we’ve only managed

to get in one overnighter per year. And that was during the Venturing Rendezvous at Boxwell

Boy Scout Camp. And this always at the dock. Which is just not the same as being on the

hook. In the first overnighter two boats went and spent the night rafted together. This first

time was a real learning experience for this new group and some things did not go very well.

For example they decided not to cook or even make any kind of meal. Everyone was to bring

their own food. Our leaders encouraged the kids to make meals but it did not happen. As a

result we ended up with two that did not have a supper. Although I’ll note that no one went

hungry. The second overnighter went much better. More people went requiring three boats

and there was proper planning and cooking done by the kids. (It is so fun to watch as the

kids work things out and as a result grow in their knowledge.) This overnighter was done on

the Friday night before the fall clean-up day. Thus the crew was on hand to help with this

event. A special thanks to Brian Laidlaw and Drew Griswold for heading this one up as I was

out of town.

So what’s next? By the looks of things, if there’s something going on at HIYC these youth will

be there. This in addition to our regular Thursday evening meetings. And then there’s all the

extra stuff these kids seem to get us involved in. Such as special service projects etc. It

keeps us busy. And I would not it any other way.

Andy & Cathy Griswold

Dock Slip & Mooring Waiting List

November 2014

A Dock B Dock C Dock Causeway Dock Temporary Slips Moorings

Adm: Allen Mirse Adm: Dave Desforges Adm: Paul Latour Adm: Randall Butler Harbor Master: Ray Briggs

Mbr since Name Mbr since Name Mbr since Name Mbr since Name Mbr since Name Mbr since Name

7/19/1990 Upchurch 7/19/1990 Upchurch 7/19/1990 Upchurch 7/19/1990 Upchurch 08/131994 Campbell 5/7/2011 Pierce

7/16/1995 Smokler 8/13/1994 Campbell 10/3/2007 Grissom 8/13/1994 Campbell 12/12/2006 O'Dell

10/12/1995 Osborne 7/16/1995 Smokler 3/17/2009 Powell 10/12/1995 Osborne 9/10/2007 Knapp

12/12/2006 O'Dell 12/12/2006 O'Dell 7/6/2009 Potter 12/12/2006 O'Dell 10/3/2007 Grissom

9/10/2007 Knapp 9/10/2007 Knapp 6/15/2011 Holcomb 9/10/2007 Knapp 3/17/2009 Powell

10/3/2007 Grissom 10/3/2007 Grissom 11/8/2011 Briggs 10/3/2007 Grissom 7/6/2009 Potter

12/1/2008 Eubanks 12/1/2008 Eubanks 2/7/2012 Patin 12/1/2008 Eubanks 9/13/2011 Grant

3/17/2009 Powell 3/17/2009 Powell 4/10/2012 Barton 3/17/2009 Powell 6/15/2011 Holcomb

4/26/2009 Carroll 4/26/2009 Carroll 7/11/2013 Miller 4/26/2009 Carroll 11/8/2011 Briggs

7/6/2009 Potter 7/6/2009 Potter 8/16/2013 Durski 7/6/2009 Potter 4/10/2012 Barton

4/20/2010 Netherton 4/20/2010 Netherton 11/23/2013 Hedges 4/20/2010 Netherton 7/11/2013 Miller

9/13/2011 Grant 9/13/2011 Grant 6/15/2011 Holcomb 8/16/2013 Durski

6/15/2011 Holcomb 6/15/2011 Holcomb 9/13/2011 Grant 11/23/2013 Hedges

11/8/2011 Briggs 11/8/2011 Briggs 11/8/2011 Briggs

4/10/2012 Barton 4/10/2012 Barton 4/10/2012 Barton

7/11/2013 Miller 7/11/2013 Miller 7/11/2013 Miller

8/16/2013 Durski 8/16/2013 Durski 8/16/2013 Durski

11/23/2013 Hedges 11/23/2013 Hedges 11/23/2013 Hedges

Please send requests for changes to this list to the Rear Commodore at rearcommodore@hiyc.org

Pictured below are (L to R) Sea Scouts Kevin

McKellar, Brian Laidlaw, Mark Foley Jr. who

helped on Clean up Day

Winter Solstice according to

Winter inspires both joy and woe. Some people can't wait for the cooler weather, snow, skiing and ice skating, curling up by a fire, and the holiday spirit. Other people dislike the frigid temperatures, bliz-zards, and wild weather.

The word solstice comes from the Latin words for "sun" and "to stand still.” In the Northern Hemi-sphere, as summer advances to winter, the points on the horizon where the Sun rises and sets advance southward each day; the high point in the Sun’s daily path across the sky, which occurs at local noon, also moves southward each day. At the winter solstice, the Sun’s path has reached its southernmost posi-tion. The next day, the path will advance northward. However, a few days before and after the winter sol-stice, the change is so slight that the Sun’s path seems to stay the same, or stand still. The Sun is directly overhead at "high-noon" on Winter Solstice at the latitude called the Tropic of Capricorn. In the Northern Hemisphere, the solstice days are the days

with the fewest hours of sunlight during the whole year.

NOTICE OF RACE

The Arnold Nye Team Race

November 8, 2014

INVITATION - Harbor Island Yacht Club cordially invites you and your crew to attend the Arnold Nye Team

Race, November 8, 2014 on Old Hickory Lake in Old Hickory, TN.

RULES

The race will be governed by the rules as defined by The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS).

Changes to the following RRS sections will be made for this race: 29.1 (Individual Recall), 32.2

(Shortening of Course after the Start), 35 (Time Limit and Scores), 42.3(h) (Propulsion-

Exceptions), 61.1(a) (Informing the Protestee), 62.1(a) (Redress), A2 (Series Scores), A4.1 (Low

Point Scoring System), A11 (Scoring Abbreviations), Race Signal AP (Postponement).

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS - The Sailing Instructions will be available at registration. A draft is available at

www.hiyc.org.

CLASSES - The following classes are anticipated for this event.

Heavy handicap class A: displacement above 5000, PHRF ratings of 145 or less, Spinnaker assumed.

Heavy handicap class B: displacement above 5000, PHRF ratings 146 and greater. Spinnaker assumed, but

may sail without spinnaker and take a 12 second allowance. The decision to sail without spinnaker

remains in effect for the current year.

Light handicap class. Displacement below 4999, Spinnaker assumed.

JAM class. Jib and Main only.

The Regatta Committee may combine or split classes at its sole discretion.

TEAMS

The Regatta Committee, in its sole discretion, will select teams of three or four members comprised of

boats and skippers with similar aggregate PHRF ratings and past performance characteristics.

Teams will be designated by a color and each boat must display a ribbon of that color from its

backstay (supplied at the skippers’ meeting).

There will be a single start for all boats in each race.

If each team has 3 boats, all 3 boats' scores will count toward that team's overall point total for the

race. If one or more teams have 4 boats, each team's top 3 boats' scores for each race will count

toward that team's overall point total for that race.

ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY

The regatta will be open to all cruiser or racer/cruiser boats properly registered with HIYC. Participants

may enter the race by completing registration at the table in the HIYC clubhouse before the skip-

pers' meeting.

Each boat sailing in a handicap class must have an established PHRF rating that has been assigned by

the HIYC-PHRF Committee. If your boat is not listed on the HIYC Ratings List, please submit a HIYC

Rating Application prior to the regatta. To obtain a PHRF rating, please contact Peter Bennett at pe-

ter.bennett@Nissan-Usa.com

FEES - The Regatta registration fee is $20.00

SCHEDULE

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2014

8:00 am: Registration, Coffee and Donuts

9:30 am: Skippers’ Meeting

10:55 am: Warning Signal

4:00 pm: Trophy Presentation (approximate time)

RACING

The racing will consist of a river distance course for all classes.

One race will constitute a series.

No races will be started in less than three (3) knots of sustained wind as determined by the Race Commit-

tee.

SCORING

Wind dependent HIYC PHRF handicaps and Time-on-Time adjustment factors will be used.

Time Correction Formula (TCF) = 700/(f+PHRF) where f = 650 for light air, 550 for moderate air, and 450

for heavy air as assessed by the Race Committee.

THE SITE, RACING AREA AND COURSE

Harbor Island Yacht Club will be the site of all shore-side activities.

The racing area is between mile Cumberland River 216.5 and mile 227 on Old Hickory Lake. The Distance

Course will begin at a starting line between mile 220 and mile 225. The course will be further described

in the Sailing Instructions.

The course, set on Old Hickory Lake, may intersect the navigational channel. Commercial traffic (barges)

and deep-draft craft in the channel have right-of-way over sailboats and must be treated with utmost

respect. When a boat sailing under these rules meets a vessel that is not, the rules of Part 2

(When Boats Meet) are replaced by the Inland Navigation Rules. Any boat impeding the pas-

sage of a right-of-way vessel is subject to protest by the race committee or the protest com-

mittee.

ON-THE-WATER COMMUNICATIONS – VHF radio channel 68 will be used by the Race Committee for

warnings and communications to the competitors while on the water.

PRIZES - Trophies will be awarded for all classes to the top three (3) finishers.

WAIVER - Competitors in this event are participating entirely at their own risk. See RRS 4, Decision to Race.

Competitors agree that the race organizers (organizing authority, race committee, protest committee, host

club, sponsors, or any other organization or official) will not be responsible for damage to any boat or other

property or the injury to any competitor, including death, sustained as a result of participation in this event.

As an inducement to the race organizers to produce the regatta, each competitor agrees that by participat-

ing in this event each competitor is deemed to have waived all claims against and released the race organiz-

ers from any and all liability associated with such competitor’s participation in this event to the fullest extent

permitted by law and is deemed to have warranted that he has obtained this same release of the race or-

ganizers by each crew member.

INSURANCE - Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance.

13. LAUNCHING & ACCESS - Launching, docking and hauling may be done at Harbor Island Yacht Club free

of charge. Access to the club is through a security gate. Non-HIYC members may scroll down to and dial CLUB

on the gate control panel and ask that it be opened.

FURTHER INFORMATION - For further information please contact Jim Waller, 615-385-0011 or send email

to: jimwaller@bellsouth.net.

Clean-up Day

On Saturday, October 25, over 50 Club Members complemented by teams from the Sea

Scouts and the Vanderbilt Sailing Club, spent the better part of the day cleaning, paint-ing, planting, power washing and fixing around the Club. Thanks to all!

Mike & Barbara Eller

Mike’s began his career in golf as an Assis-

tant Golf Professional at Old Hickory Golf Club, Old Hickory, TN and then Head Profes-

sional at Old Hickory. Mike is the owner/operator of the Hermitage Golf Course, a

daily fee/ public access golf course since 1985, located in Old Hickory, TN. Mike has

assisted in course design, routing, and build-ing of his own new President’s Reserve

Course, which opened in 2001, and also as-sisted in the design of St. Andrew’s Bay,

Scotland with Denis Griffiths Golf Architects

Mike has been active in the golf operation

and management business for over 39 years, also serving in a variety of PGA ca-

pacities: Chapter President, as a Board member, and past Tennessee President of

the PGA. Mike has spoken at Chapter meet-ings across the state on numerous occasions

especially regarding the Growing the Game and the PGA’s program development. Mike

assisted in initiating the Grow the Game Pro-gram in the Tennessee PGA section, also

represents Tennessee at the National 20/20 Conference. In 1993, Mike Eller’s family was

awarded the Jack Nicklaus Award by the Na-tional Golf Foundation. This recognition was

earned because of the total family involve-

ment in a multitude of golf areas: club pro-fessionals, course ownership, PGA Board

memberships, sectional Board memberships, and tournament play successes.

Mike and his wife Barbara, a buyer for the

Hermitage, are both graduates of the Uni-versity of Alabama, where he played on the

University golf team. They both live in Old Hickory, TN and have one son Drew, and a

daughter Ashley Cottrell, along with six grandchildren.

Welcome New members

Club Burge Swap By WGR

The big one in the picture is a Cheesehead—that’s how we

grow ‘em in Wisconsin. A member of - coincidently, my first

club - the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club, where they still have a

Friday night buffet with frog legs. Who woulda thunk! He

came across HIYC from a web search while in Nashville on

business and swapped his SBYC burge with our Commodore.

TO:

Harbor Island Yacht Club

Located on Old Hickory Lake

Visit us On-line at www.HIYC.org

Schedule of Events

2014 Officers Commodore—David Brandon Vice Commodore– Mike Osborne Secretary— Marc Fortune Treasurer—Fred Beesley Rear Commodore—John Robertson Senior Governor—Drew Griswold Governor— Marcelo Perez Junior Governor— Bill Putnam

Marc Fortune 1026 Overton Lea Road

Nashville, TN 37220

November

1 & 2 Bluenose Regatta

1 Fall Off Regatta @ PPYC

8 Arnold Nye Regatta & Paella Feast

10 Happy Birthday Day — United

States Marine Corps

11 Board Meeting

15 Beesley 50k

27 Thanksgiving

December

6 Full Moon (0627 hours)

6 Flotsam & Jetsam Regatta

9 Board Meeting

14 Christmas Brunch

21 Winter Solstice (1803 hours)

24 “T’was the night before Christmas and all

through the house….”

31 HNY! (See you on the water tomorrow to

start the New Year right)