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The August Sponsors
race was a typical
drippy, foggy day….…
well not quite, I knew I
wouldn't need to bring a
book or my knitting as
there was GREAT WIND
for a change. At the
skippers meeting Dave
surprised us with a list of
5 complicated courses. I
commented that it
seemed he was deliber-
ately setting us up to
play bumper boats. So
complicated were they
that while Dave was ex-
plaining one of them he
couldn‘t work it out so
deleted it. All of the
CAL20 fleet was there
except Argo who was
getting cosmetic sur-
gery out back. (Secretly
I think Kelly knows that
now that he can‘t win
every race through ex-
pertise, clean bottom
and great rigging he
needs to use psychologi-
cal scare tactics by
painting a scary dragon
on its hull.) 3 ½ hardy
Laser racers turned up
Lucy, Hunter, Patrick
and Charlie is the half –
you‘ll see why later.
Dave on the dock with
radio and horn set the
lasers off and then the
CAL20s followed 2 min-
utes later. The winds
were great and the
whole fleet was sailing
well. The first 2 races all
Venus Envy could see...
Typical Drippy, Foggy Day….
What’s Happening This Week?? Wednesday, August 24, 6-9pm ~ TRAINING: Hospitality & Watch Officer See page 2
for details.
Thursday, August 25, 5:30-8:30pm ~ Women Sailing
Thursday, August 25, 6-9pm ~ Knit Happens
Friday, August 26, 7:00-8:30pm ~ TGIF Dinner including London Chicken Curry, Apricot
Basil Pilaf, Red Potato & Sweet Pea Masala. Plus, Chef's yummy dessert served with a smile!
RSVP: [email protected].
Friday, August 26-28 ~ Cruise-Out to Benicia Yacht Club See page 4 for updated infor-
mation
Saturday, August 27, 5:30-8:30 ~ Silk Road Journey Dinner See page 3 for delicious de-
tails. RSVP: [email protected]
Save these dates Friday-Sunday, September 2-5 ~ Labor Day Weekend Celebration See page 6 for the
exciting details of each day.
Tell Tales
A S U M M E R S U N S E T I S S U E
Volume 1, Issue 12
August 24, 2011
TRAINING: WO/Hosp 2
Ancient Highways 3
Cruise Out Benicia YC 3
New Members– Hayes 4
Relay for Life 2011 4
Linger with Lucy 5
New Tryout Date Frauen 5
From the Poop Deck 6
Rockin at Cameron’s 6
Labor Day Laser Sail Off 7
Labor Day Luau 8
HMBYC Sail Lessons 9
Future WO, Hos-
pitality & Skipper
10
Our Supporters 11
HMBYC Flag Offi-
cers & Staff
12
Inside this issue:
Continued page 2
Sponsors Race continues... any order you like‖ Dave said.
Boats were heading off in all di-
rections and everyone was won-
dering whether they‘d picked the
best strategy. Coming up to the
finish line Venus Envy and Uranus
were neck ‗n neck, battling hard
to edge in
front each
other. Dave
d e c l a r e d
―Venus
Envy won
by a nose.‖
Turned out to be a women‘s
sweep of the two classes that day.
Venus Envy with Lori, Peggy and I
(Sandra) coming first in the
CAL20s and Lucy first in the La-
sers. Uranus (Dave, Dale, Clive)
came second, but is currently
holding the lead after 4 sponsors
races this season. Personally I
think this was one the most fun
sponsors race I‘ve ever been in. -
not once did I wish I had my book
or knitting with me. Many thanks
to Dave for providing an exciting
course and speedy starts and
thanks to the Weather Goddess for
the ideal wind.
Sandra Scowen
Page 2 Tell Tales
see ahead was Uranus, but the last
4 Uranus was suffering from Venus
Envy. Plutos Revenge (Jay & Car-
lianne) had stolen Argos bright
orange sails so was doing much
better, coming in third.. Minni-
haha (Mike & Dave) had the bull-
seye on it and got knock out, liter-
ally.
After lunch Charlie had to make a
doctors outcall, so left the lasers
and went to see what was ailing
Happy Hour (Ray & Kristy) who
had been lagging the whole race.
Charlie could do naught for Happy
Hour as it seemed it had too many
happy hours the night before.
Since there had been no bumper
boats in the morning Dave got
bold and started to have the lasers
and CAL20 doing different courses
at the same time causing near
misses as lasers and CAL20‘s
came to the same mark, but had to
cross on opposite sides. Finally as
two CAL20‘s were rounding a
mark, both a bit distracted, they T
boned, so now someone will be
doing a bit of fiberglass work on
Minnihaha.
The final race was a free for all –
―do 360‘s around all 4 marks in
TRAINING: Hospitality & Watch Officer Wed. August 24, 6-9
Want to get involved at the YC?
Want to meet more people?
Want to save some money on dues? ($30/quarter for 2 shifts)
Want to learn how to organize an event?
Then, this training is for YOU!
Chili, slaw & corn to eat while we train.
RSVP: [email protected]
Michelle Dragony
Membership
Director
Come to Benecia on Saturday for
some great strolling in town, a
boat open house and cocktail
party on the docks, and dinner at
the Benecia Yacht Club.
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Ancient Highways
Drive Out & Join the Cruise Out at the Benicia Yacht Club Reservations—ASAP to
Hotel info—
Come join the fun!
THIS SATURDAY—AUGUST 27TH
4-6pm—Boat Open House &
Cocktail Party on the Dock
6pm+ - Dinner at the Benicia
Yacht Club
The ancient web of overland trade
routes linking the Mediterranean to
China was named the “Silk Road”
by a 19th century geographer.
The geographer meant in particu-
lar the caravan paths that flowed
north & south around the vast &
deadly Central Asian deserts. The
western gateway to these routes
was the Stone Tower, now van-
ished but probably in Uzbekistan
or Afghanistan; the routes entered
China at the Jade gate in the Great
Wall near Dunhuang.
This central part of the Silk Road,
however, touched many other
trading routes. In the west, for
instance, the incense Route had
from prehistoric times brought
frankincense & myrrh to the Medi-
terranean from northeast Africa &
southern Arabia; these precious
gums were among the gifts the
Persian Magi presented to the in-
fant Jesus, according to the Bible.
The 1,600-mile Persian Royal
Road, perfected in the sixth cen-
tury BC by Darius the Great,
linked Susa with Sardis, near the
Turkish coast. A spur of the Silk
Road led from Balkh to trade
routes crossing India. Another left
Xian to traverse China from north
to south.
Sea routes first complemented the
Silk Road, then all be replace it.
From time immemorial, Arab sail-
ors had coasted down the Red Sea
to meet Indian spice traders carry-
ing goods brought by land & sea
from as far away as Canton. By the
first century CE, almighty Rome
had discovered the monsoon
winds. Crossing from Alexandria
to the Red Sea, Romans sailed
south & est to the Indian coast, ar-
riving in October & leaving the
following April, when the winds
reversed. All of these trade routes
declined after 1498, when the Por-
tuguese Vasco da Gama first
sailed the sea route around Africa
to the subcontinent.
Najmieh Batmanglij
Author of Silk Road Cooking.
Join us Saturday evening, August
27 at 5:30, for this Silk Road Jour-
ney into India, Iran, Ital, Uzbeki-
stan & Greece. Delicious foods of
exotic & mysterious places. Menu
will include:
Lanczhou Chow Mein—Dunhuang
Mountains, China
Samakand Mung Bean Salad—
Uzbekistan
Indian Cauliflower & Potato
Curry—North India
Isfahani Green Beans & Tomato
Braise—Persia
Istamboul Delight—Sweets from
Turkey
Genoses Minestrone w/Pesto
Sauce—Classic Italy
All served with Rice & Breads
If you have not done so already,
please….
RSVP: [email protected].
Price of this journey is only $17
with RSVP, & $23 at the door.
the sunset with the island of Lanai
in the distance. Wish we could
have stayed for the barbecue they
were cooking up that evening.
A few days later we flew to Oahu
and within a short walk of our ho-
tel was the Waikiki YC. This YC
had a nice outdoor restaurant,
pool, bar and fun, happy locals
who were very welcoming to us. It
was also the first day that boats
were arriving from the Transpac
Yacht Race and the WYC was a co-
host of the event. It was a great
place to hear about the race and
track it on the large maps on the
wall.
We plan on visiting yacht clubs all
around the world on our travels.
You can‘t beat the good food, in-
expensive drinks and camarade-
rie of the local people. Next stop,
Tahoe Yacht Club at Lake Tahoe.
Howard, Bev and Laura Hayes
We just joined the HMBYC and
are excited to be new members.
We have lived in Moss Beach for
28 years. Howard is an investment
representative with Edward Jones
with an office in Half Moon Bay.
Bev is currently obtaining a mas-
ter‘s degree and teaching creden-
tial in Special Education and our
daughter, Laura, is a student at
CSM.
Being brand new members of the
HMB Yacht Club of just a couple of
days, we decided to take advan-
tage of the reciprocity of visiting
other yacht clubs. The first one on
the list, the Lahaina Yacht Club on
Maui. We figured it would be a
great way to meet some locals and
get some cocktails a little cheaper
than the resort we were staying at.
Lahaina YC was just what we ex-
pected, a fun place with local folks
and tourists alike in a beautiful
setting. We met some nice people
there, had a drink and watched
Relay for Life Comes to Half Moon Bay and special thanks to those who
came to cheer us on. Hopefully
we will see you on the track next
year!
Veronica Ciari
Director Family Office
Despite the fact that the sun never
found it‘s way to Half Moon Bay
this weekend, this year‘s Relay for
Life was a tremendous success!
With 22 teams and 239 partici-
pants our Coastside Community
was able to raise over $78,000 to
support the many programs and
research sponsored by the Ameri-
can Cancer Society. Our team
Camp 2 Remember raised over
$3,000 with $1,310 coming from
Yacht Club members! Our 12
member team walked a total of
663 laps (165 + miles!!) around the
Cunha track honoring, celebrat-
ing, remembering and fighting
back; with each lap getting us
closer to world with more birth-
days. Thank you all for your gen-
erous support to this great cause
New Members to HMBYC
2010 Award Winning 4th of July Float!
this boat for a sail and
work towards getting
checked out. Please
email me at sail-
[email protected] and we
can arrange for this to
happen!
Lucy Gillies
Chair Sailing Committee
(What will they think of
next...a toddler laser)
Frauen: Ruf zu den Waffen! (New Tryout Date)
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Linger with Lucy….
“Ah summer,
what power
we have to
make us suf-
fer & like it.”
~Russell
Baker
Women, girls, ladies,
fairest gender, strong-
est sex: this is a Call to
Arms!!! (or hands)
The Oktoberfest Com-
mittee is looking for
You!
On October 1st,
HMBYC’s Oktober-
fest will present a
competition of “who
can carry the most filled
beer steins across the
stage without spilling
any!” Our gals will be
in full regalia, & ready to
win!
Tryouts and workouts
will be Wednesday,
September 14 at
6:00pm. Ages 21 to 91
may enter...the older,
the mightier!!
Questions, please contact
the Oktoberfest commit-
t e e a t o p b a r o n -
Mädchen, gehen!!
Auf Wiedersehen,
Oktoberfest Committee
CALLING ALL GOLFERS
A number of members
have expressed an inter-
est in having a club golf
day! Let’s do it!
Saturday October 9th
Suggested golf course is
Sharpe Park in Pacifica.
Please let me know if
you are interested and
based on numbers, I will
make inquiries on a
group discount. Dust off
those club and come
p l a y ! R S V P
AN ADDITION TO THE
FLEET!
Thanks to the very kind
donation of Michelle
Dragony, HMBYC is now
the proud owner of a
“Mini Laster!” thanks
Michelle!!
This great little boat is
only 8ft long and is
rigged exactly the same
as a Laser. So it is a
great stepping ston for
children progressing
towards a Laser.
Any Junior members
who would like to take
haps it was the fact that
Spence hadn’t advertised
the schedule enough. No,
it is posted all over.
The only reason I can fig-
ure out is that I wasn’t
paying attention.
And that gets to my apol-
ogy. The rule is if one
can’t work their sched-
uled W/O date, they find
their own replacement. I
didn’t do that. If one is a
Watch Officer, part of the
responsibility is to check
the calendar. I didn’t do
that. So, I apologize.
I pretty much dropped
the ball on the whole
thing. Charlie, thanks for
stepping up. Spence,
thanks for the good work
you do. Michelle, your
training is excellent.
To make up for my blun-
der, I’m teaching (!) at the
Wed. night W/O class
and I volunteered to work
the 26th as Watch Officer.
And yes, it is on the cal-
endar and Yes, I already
checked.
Bill
Know these guys… Rockin out at Cameron’s in Half Moon Bay on 8/26 at 8:30pm
Don your needlessly tight trousers (lads) or short polka-dot nylon dress (lasses) & come to frug, shrug & cut a rug. Roight, gov’nor?
Pic is courtesy of Crhis Golson Photography
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FROM THE POOP DECK First off I would like to apologize. Yes, as Port
Captain, I have made a
mistake. And as with
most mistakes, it was
about to snowball into a
really big one.
The gist of this report
was to be about the im-
portance of Watch Offi-
cers and the integral
part they play in running
the club. Then it was
going to segue into an
issue that is a small but
ongoing problem, and
that would be the occa-
sional no-show of the
Watch Officer when
scheduled.
I was going to go into
the heavy lifting that
Spence does to schedule
Watch Officers and to be
sure the rotation is fair
and equitable. Then I
was going to thank Mi-
chelle for the great job
she does with the train-
ing of Watch Officers
and Hospitality people.
BUT even before I got a
chance to start writing
this fantastic report, I
double checked the
Watch Officer scheduled
for this last Saturday. I
had heard a rumor that
the scheduled W/O was
a no show and Charlie
stepped in at the last
minute. It was true that
the W/O did not show
up. It was also true that
Charlie did yeoman ser-
vice as the volunteer W/
O to cover Liz’s excel-
lent Wheel Chair Re-
gatta Dinner. Now all I
needed to close out this
investigation and steel
my argument was the
name of the miscreant.
I glanced at the scurvy
dog, no count Watch
Officer’s name. IT WAS
ME!
The funny thing was, I
had arrived at the club
around 7 anyway, had a
drink, bought dinner
and left. To say that my
head was up and locked
would be an understate-
ment.
Perhaps it was the drink
Well, actually I didn’t
have more than one.
Something about drink-
ing and driving. Per-
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(Please check the calendar at
hmbyc.org for the latest information)
Friday, August 26
WO (6-11pm): Bill Klear & Mary
Corcoran
Hospitality (6-10pm): Ellen Clark
Saturday, August 27
WO (2-7pm): Cynthia Ramseyer
WO (7-11pm): Dan Bodmann
Hospitality (6-10pm): Cindy
Shen & Bill Kamerer
Sunday, August 28
WO (2-7pm): Michelle Dragony
WO Party (6-10:30pm): Volun-
teer Needed
Skipper (2-4pm): Marcus Choy
& Rick Winans
Friday, September 2
WO (6-11pm): John Connors
Hospitality (6-10pm): Magrit &
Denis Pichou
Saturday, Setpember 3
WO (2-7pm): Lee Sims & Bonnie
Lemons
WO (7-11pm): Ray & Kristi
Durazo
Hospitality (6-10pm): Denise
Rundle
Sunday, September 4
WO (2-7pm): Marcus Choy &
Beth Lee
Monday, September 5
WO (2-7pm): Kay Burns
Friday, September 9
WO (6-11pm): Mike Mann
Hospitality (6-10pm): Lucy
Gillies
Saturday, September 10
WO (2-7pm): Natalie Sturm
WO (7-11pm): David Dickson &
Marla Wong
Hospitality (6-10pm): Rich
Croce
Sunday, September 11
WO (2-7pm): Kelly Pike
Skipper (2-4pm): Mike Mann &
Ian McGee
Thank you all,
Spencer
Future Watch, Hospitality & Sunday Skipper
Weekly & Monthly Events Continues...
Every Thursday 6-9pm: KNIT HAPPENS
~ A Coastside Fiber Artist Community of
Knitters, Wavers, Crocheters, Spinners, &
Stitchers. This group is open to anyone
who likes fiber from beginners to experts
to hacks! Contact: Leann Nassar at
Every Third Thursday of the Month,
8:00pm ~ Dad’s Night Out
Jim Stretch hosts Dad’s Night Out, a
chance for Dads to come together &
celebrate fatherhood. Whether you
are a new Dad looking to share your
baby’s first steps, or a veteran willing
to share some wisdom, come on down
& relax with the guys. We’ll mingle
about life, kids, work, sports or what-
ever. Contact: Jim Stretch at
Every Fourth Thursday of the
Month~ Women Sailing Group
The HMBYC Women Sailing Group
meets once a month on the fourth
Thursday. In November, we meet at
6:30 on the Third Thursday because of
Thanksgiving. We do not meet in De-
cember, but meet in January, Febru-
ary & March at 6:30 for sailing semi-
nars. Women Sailing begins our
meetings around 5:30 with only sail-
ing! Afterward, the bar will be open
and/or we go out to eat! Contact:
Peggy Ruse at 650-465-2664 or
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Please Utilize Our Advertisers!
Advertise….
I saw a subliminal advertis-
ing executive, but only for
a second.
~ Steven Wright
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Half Moon Bay Yacht Club
Normal Clubhouse Hours:
Friday, 6pm-11pm
Saturday, 2pm-11pm
Sunday, 2pm-7pm
Office Hours: (Call)
Office mail: [email protected]
Office phone: 650.728.2120
Office fax: 650.728.1947
We are a community of Friends
www.hmbyc.org
214 Princeton Avenue
Princeton, CA 94019
(650)728-2120
HMBYC FLAG OFFICERS
Commodore—Ray Durazo [email protected]
Vice Commodore—Clarke Simm [email protected]
Rear Commodore—Mike Mann [email protected]
Directors
Treasurer Terry Ramseyer [email protected]
Secretary Natalie Sturm [email protected]
Membership Michelle Dragony [email protected]
Facilities Jay Howell [email protected]
Port Captain Bill Klear [email protected]
Director-at-Large Neal Wehtje [email protected]
Staff Members
Bar Manager John Connors [email protected]
Events Co-Chair Jeff Hume & Carol Smith [email protected]
Quartermaster Kristi Miller [email protected]
Bookkeeper & Office Karen Tobin [email protected]
PICYA Delegate Liz Allison [email protected]
Race Director Charlie Quest [email protected]
Sailing Chair Lucy Gillies [email protected]
Tell Tales Editor Natalie Sturm [email protected]
Boatyard Manager Harry Ysselstein [email protected]
Webmaster Neil Hooper [email protected]
WO Scheduler Spencer Nassar [email protected]
Women Sailing Chair Peggy Ruse [email protected]
Cal20 Fleet Co-Chair Dave Morris & Carol Hoover [email protected]
C15 Fleet Charlie Quest [email protected]
The information
provided in this
Newsletter is ob-
tained from sources
which the Editor
believes to be reli-
able. However, the
Editor has not inde-
pendently verified
or otherwise inves-
tigated all such
information. Nei-
ther the Editor, nor
any of their respec-
tive affiliates guar-
antees the accuracy
or completeness of
any such informa-
tion.