wavelength february 2013

W A V E L E N G T HOFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE SOUTH BEACH YACHT CLUB VOLUME XXI ISSUE 21 FEBRUARY 2013

CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AT: 37˚ 46 ’ 47 .5” NORTH - 122˚ 23 ’ 16 .2 ” WEST

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Photo: © Ed Broberg

SOUTH BEACH YACHT CLUB

E D M A C K I N 8 B E L L S

Ed Mackin (Member # 5) was one of those bold souls who volunteered to be on the SBYC orga-

nizing committee, willing to take on whatever task needed to start a yacht club. I first met Ed twenty five years ago at the inaugural meeting at the Longshoremen’s Hall. Yep, the one located in our park-ing lot. When I walked in I saw 53 boat owners milling around shak-ing hands and trying to remember names. I looked around and picked out the friendliest looking one in the group: the map of Ireland on his smiling face. ”Hi, I’m Ray Hall” I said and put out my hand. He shook my hand, “Ed Mackin, here. If Boston Harbor can have a youth sailing program, so can San Francisco!” That was how I met Ed – Navy UDT (SEALS), Harvard educator, labor relations consultant and practitioner, sailor, swimmer, skier, football coach, USS POTOMAC

restoration activist, historian – Mackin. Historian? Yes. Ed was always concerned with the continuous recording of and research into past events. But he was also just as ready to make history. When it came time to build the decks around the double-wide trailers that would become our first Club house, Ed was there in a cloud of sawdust drilling holes and cutting planks. That was when I really got to know him and learn of his many interests and numerous activities. On the job, he was a goer and a doer; whether it was picking up supplies or tools, cleaning the job-site of scrap lumber, pulling wires, screwing down the planks, he was on it. He never missed a workday on the Club and no job was too big or too small for him to tackle. All he wanted to know was, “What’s next?” Fifteen years later, when work started on our new Clubhouse, Ed

was again front and center, as usual, this time in charge of the bar layout and construction. For Ed a fitting and proper “Last Hurrah!” Well, Ed got to see his vision of a Youth Sailing Program come about due to the outstanding work of Rod Neathery, Lori and Kevin Wilkin-son and so many others. True, Ed Mackin is no longer with us, but wherever he is I’m sure he’s getting things organized and squared away. Eight bells and all’s well.

HOME IS THE SAILOR HOME FROM THE SEA

R A Y H A L L

Mary Mackin sends her heartfelt thanks for the many expressions of encouragement and condolences she received from members. It is comforting to have such supportive friends at this difficult time.

Ray – Dancing Bear

WAVELENGTH FEbRuARY 2013

C O M M O D O R E ’ S R E P O R T

There are goodbyes, and then there are goodbyes worth savoring and remembering.

As Ray Hall so eloquently writes this month, we rang 8 Bells and bid farewell to our friend and a found-ing member, Ed Mackin. Heading into our 25th Anniversary year gave Ed’s passing even greater meaning. I won’t soon forget the many people who attend-ed the memorial, including an ex-traordinary group of past commo-dores from Doug Gooding (1990) and Scott Selover (1992) on up to Mark Miner (2010) and BAADS staff commodore Ed Gallagher and commodore Cristina Rubke. For those who were not on the water, five boats led by our club trawler Anabel headed out on a sparkling, sun-drenched bay to say a final goodbye. Anabel was skip-pered by Rear Commodore Milt Smith and helmed by Paul Janofsky. And there forming a V in our wake were Udjat (Staff Commodore Richard Forst), Moondoggie (Staff Commodore Doug Gooding), BAADS’ Orion (Ray Duran), and Friday’s Eagle (Mark Hecht). Ed’s wife Mary carefully poured his ashes into the building ebb streaming out behind us past the Golden Gate and into the Pacific while lighter ashes disappeared into the light breeze. Everyone released white roses and carnations onto the water, along with a large wreath of the same.

Three sharp blasts from our race gun gave a solute as the blooms headed out to sea with Ed. Fair winds, Ed, and a star to steer her by. As Ed would have wanted, the club was an astounding place to be this month. Stan Honey hosted a member rental for Jimmy Spithill, Russell Coutts, Ben Ainslie and other members of the America’s Cup family – leading to one of the most extraordinary collections so far of photos on our club’s Facebook. Of course, there was our January Island Fever race. Then BAADS sailors challenged Oracle Team USA sailors to an Awareness Regatta in BAADS’ Liberty dinghies -- officiated by our own race committee in 24 knots of wind. More America’s Cup fun gears up this month with the Youth AC Selection Trials, and more SBYC

cheering to help the Niners win the Super Bowl. Meanwhile the club continues to get spiffed up. Big thanks to Richard Forst taking on the refinishing of our barstools. And what about this new look for the Wavelength? A round of applause for new editors Patti Mangan and Elaine Garvey!

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Paul V. Oliva, Catalina 310 Time & Tide


February’s calendar is already filled with exciting events planned by an eager group of volunteers. We all

hope that the Pig Roast on Sunday February 3rd is a celebration of the 49ers sixth Super Bowl victory where 100 members and guests will be there cheering them on. Jocelyn and Joan have planned a Chocolate, “The Other Food Group” party with an extraordinary menu of chocolate infused dinner entrées followed by an array of “homemade” chocolate desserts for Saturday evening February 9th. Susie Fay has created a wonderful “Romance by the Bay” Valentines evening with a Jazz trio, a gourmet dinner with table service and a romantic ambiance for your special evening of February 14th. All of the OOD’s are invited to enjoy a special OOD Appreciation Day on Saturday February 23rd with training, competitions and a fine lunch prepared by Chef John.

The AC Red Bull Youth Team will be in the Club to meet our members and share their expe-riences with our SBYC Young Sailors on February 10th and Feb-ruary 22nd. Each day will include special meals and barbecue for all to enjoy while hearing about the AC Youth Regatta.

There are many opportunities for you to volunteer to help with these events. We are a volunteer Club and it is our intent to make working on these events rewarding, enjoyable and an opportunity to contribute to the success of the Club while mak-ing new friends and sharing your creative talents. Please let Lynda Maybruck, our volunteer coordinator know if you are interested in joining in the fun of event planning. Registration in advance for SBYC events is a very important part of making the planning process easy and fun for the committees and the volunteers trying to anticipate the attendance and organize the resources to accommodate all of our members who wish to participate. Please register early for all of the events you attend, especially the Member meetings. These meetings are fully subscribed dinners, and there may not be meals for you without pre-registration.

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Photo: © Tommy Bonbon


S P L I C E T H E M A I N B R A C E

Our freshly painted Club, beautifully refinished floor and refinished bar stools

(thanks to Richard Forst) is off to a great start in 2013. Already we’ve had two very successful 49ers Tailgate Parties – and a bigger one to come for the Super Bowl, go 49ers! – an Island Fever race and our first Members’ Meeting. And there’s lots more to come in the weeks ahead under the guidance of Vice-Commodore Bill Adams. As promised, we are now serving two new red wines – and already they’ve been getting rave reviews! We went through the first case of our new Cabernet, Lapis Luna ‘Moon Eyes’, within a couple of hours of starting to serve it! We’re sure that our GV Cellars 2009 North Coast Cabernet that replaces Educated Guess as our buy-the-bottle ‘gold’ wine will be equally well received. And for you champagne lovers, our Mumm Prestige Napa Brut which we have been serving for the past few months is now available in a ‘split’ bottle (two glasses), firmly replacing the forgettable split that people begged us to get rid of! It costs a little more, but champagne drinkers tell me that it is more than worth it! Special note to OODs: We now have two Lapis Luna wines – our very popular house Petite Syrah, which has a dark label and a

green (house) sticker, while our new premium ‘Moon Eyes’ Cabernet has a white label and a red (premium) sticker. I’d also like to share some ‘house-keeping’ notes as we manage the bar and the Club without a Club Steward for the time being:• If you don’t know where some-thing is kept, there is a “Where is the…?” sheet in the front of the OOD Manual that tells you exactly where to find everything;• When you see we’re running out of bar supplies of any sort, there is now a full shopping list on a clipboard just inside the kitchen so please mark what’s needed before we run out!;• If you make an error on the register, for example charging something to the wrong account or charging a member’s account when they paid cash, please write ‘VOID’ and your name on the printed ticket and put it in the cash envelope that goes into the safe. Splice the mainbrace, y’all!

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R E A R C O M M O D O R E R E P O R T

Things are moving along regarding on the water activities. At this writing our Island Fever Series has

finished three of five races, with a couple of tight finishes coming up: In the 113 & < PHRF Leglus holds a three point lead over Aero; 114 & > is lead by Sirocco with Breakout three points behind; Adventure leads the Catalina 30’s by just one point over Friday’s Eagle; the Non Spinnaker Division has Seaview just a half point behind Avalon and Synergizer who is just one point behind leader La Maja. These standings are completely unofficial but we’ll have some close competition for the last two races.

CRUISE-OUTCo-Chairs Kathleen Dunn and Diane Thompson have our first cruise-out of the year set. Bill Adams will host us at St. Francis Yacht Club April 5-7. This will be open to all members. Watch closely for announcements to register.

OUR BOATSAnabel has a new bottom and is back in her slip, the whaler and the RIB are in the queue for their engine tune-ups.

Please be ready to volunteer for a boat clean-up day this Spring… and keep checking the SBYC calendar for opportunities to volunteer.

M I L T O N S M I T H

Kevin and Lori Wilkinson along with Brett Dewire are hard at work putting Jr. Sailing together. There is high demand for these slots. One of these kids will win a Pink Flamingo someday!

Check out Anabel’s freshly painted bottom and some very happy Pink Flamingo First place winners from the Island Fever Series Saturday, January 19th. Pictured from left to right are John Wallace of Alpha, Peter Hamm of Seaview and Tim McDonald of Lazy Lightening.

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B A A D S W R A P U P

The Myer Regatta showed BAADS can handle an even bigger Access regatta in September 2013.

But first about Kathi Pugh. BAADS Season Champion Kat got a stellar write-up in the January 18th issue of Latitude 38. She raced for four days in the National Disabled Sailing Championship. She’s a Liberty servo competitor to reckon with. This past fall BAADS’ mem-ber Charles Cunningham began working with Steve Pendas of Santa Rosa Veterans, a non-profit group, to establish a sailing program within BAADS for disabled veterans. The goal of organizers Cunningham, Pendas, Jeff Breen and Rommel Barrientos was to reach out to vets to teach them to sail so they could teach other vets to sail, thus devel-oping a sense of community among the vets. Cunningham and Breen wrote a set of guidelines and man-dates for BAADS Veteran Sunday Sailing: For Veterans by Veterans. Vets Sunday Sailing normally uses three 303’s and a chase boat for five to 10 weekly participants. The sailors receive training similar to BAADS’ established Saturday Din-ghy Program, augmented by some keelboat activity. Our veterans who are or become BAADS’ members mostly come from Santa Rosa and Ft. Miley. If a vet is unable to pay the membership fee, we provide it for them through Steve Pendas’s organization. The program also funds its own con-

sumables, such as fuel and lunches and has a mishap contingency fund. Like the Saturday Dinghy Program, Vets Sunday usually sail in McCovey Cove but in January, we received clearance to sail in the strip of water in front of the Cupid’s Span along Rincon Park. It was a great piece of sailing between the ferry terminal and the fire boat pier with the usual spectacular views. In the afternoon as the tide became a problem, the dinghies returned to the Cove. Our new and powerful chase boat made this possible because it can easily tow up to six boats. Here are some facts about the Boston Whaler chase boat tied up at the versa-dock. SBYC removed its large Zodiac to the Pier 40 shed to accommodate BAADS’ Whaler for two months. Last summer Bill Adams (SBYC) made it known that a Boston Whaler was available from Oakland Strokes Rowing Club. After much discussion, Jeff Breen and BAADS brokered a deal. The cost of the boat was around $4,200, which was raised by donations from within BAADS. Charles Cunningham recently looked at an identical boat that was $11,000, so BAADS got a good deal. This 1985, 15’ 3” Boston Whaler Super Sport with a center console arrived well maintained. Known as a Mini Montauk and only produced for a couple of years, Boston Whaler

claims it’s a “rare” boat. Its Mercu-ry 40 hp four stroke outboard is capable of towing four boats from the stern. The freeboard matches up with the dinghies perfectly, making it very easy to tow or recover. Com-pared to a Zodiac, transfers from dinghy to this chase boat are a lot more stable. Our Boston Whaler did have minor issues, such as broken run-ning lights. We will also add a fixed marine VHF radio and an electric horn. This boat also has a GPS fish finder, uninstalled, but no fishing rods or crab pots, just the rod hold-ers and other fishing hardware. The Whaler is a great committee boat. Speaking of racing, from Sep-tember 3-6, 2013 BAADS will host a second Access regatta extending its outreach beyond last year’s regatta. Already a sailor from Australia, where the Access class originated, has asked to reserve a Liberty for the World Access Regatta at South Beach. Last year’s Access regatta brought three out-of-area sailors. This year we hope to entice sailors from Europe and beyond. In 2012 we experienced what an enormous effort it takes to host a regatta and we are thankful we have SBYC at our back. We continue to miss BAADS long-time friend, skipper and teacher, David Meredith who passed away in December. The gap he left is and will be hard to fill.


E X C L U S I V E E V E N T S

Romance by the Bay An Elegant Evening of Dining and Dancing

Live Music by the Nova Jazz Trio

3 Course Formal DinnerFull Table Service

Ambiance setting by Susie Fay

VALENTINE’S DAY MENU

STARTER COURSECoeur du Crevette

Poached large prawns in a Lobster Sauce served in a heart shaped vol-au-vent

ENTRéERoast Filet Mignon

with porcini demi-glaceor

Piccata of Halibut filet withlemon, butter and caper sauce

DESSERTSacher Torte

A raspberry glaze with Austrian Devil’s Food-Apricot Cake

$60 per person6:00 pm

rsvp onlineSusie Fay

[email protected]

CHOCOLATE, The Other Food Group Dinner Party Saturday, Feb 9, 2013

6:00 pm until 9:00 pm

STARTER COURSESalad with Chocolate Croutons

Assorted bitter & sweet greens with Dutch cocoa dusted bleu cheese croutons

ENTRéEGrilled Strip Loin of Beef Bordelaise

rubbed with a mixture of cocoa powder, black pepper, coffee, and coriander

orStuffed Poblano Pepper

with quinoa, smoked duck, and dried figs, served with a rich chocolate mole sauce

DECADENT DESSERTS

Chocolate Truffles

Double Chocolate Brownies

Chocolate fondue with pound cake,

and fresh strawberries and bananas

Chocolate tart with Raspberries

Chewy Chocolate Cookie Log

with fresh whipped cream

Mocha Fudge Cream in Chocolate Cups

Decadent Chocolate Cake

Tuxedo Cake

Carrot Cake

New York Cheesecake

$30 per personrsvp online

Jocelyn R Swanson650-345-7406

[email protected]


M E M B E R S G A L L E R Y


Commodore Paul Oliva 415-235-5185 [email protected] Commodore Bill Adams 415-425-5099 [email protected] Rear Commodore Milt Smith 925-285-2897 [email protected] Janelle Van Rensselaer 650-303-8236 [email protected] Pete Hamm 650-854-1887 [email protected] Membership Chair Jack McDermott 415-314-4218 [email protected] Hugh Coppen 415-644-5774 [email protected] Captain Barrie Wheeler 707-938-9442 [email protected] Sailing Kevin Wilkinson 650-333-7873 [email protected] Out Directors Kathleen Dunn 925 -947 2325 [email protected] Diane Thompson 925-765 8805 Chairman Owen Bramlett 650-341-9962 [email protected] Editor Patti Mangan 415-272-2053 [email protected] Masters Marilyn/Brian Smith 415-225-4850 [email protected] Commodore Cristina Rubke 415 533 0276 [email protected] Beach Yacht Club 415-495-2295 [email protected] Harbor Master Jim Walter 415-495-4911 www.southbeachharbor.com

SOUTH BEACH YACHT CLUB FLAG OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS

Friday February 8 Members Meeting 1800 - 2200Saturday February 9 Sailing One Race Day Race Management Seminar 1200 - 1500Saturday February 9 Chocolate, The Other Food Group - Dinner Party 1800 - 2200 Saturday Feb. 9 – Friday Feb. 15 AC Red Bull Youth Team Selection TrialsThursday February 14 Valentines Dinner Party 1800 - 2200Saturday February 16 Book Club 1500 - 1700Saturday February 16 Island Fever #4 1200 - 1500Monday Feb. 18 – Sunday Feb. 24 AC Red Bull Youth Team Selection Trials 0000 - 0000Saturday Feb. 23-24 Nordic Tug Cruise In & Group Dinner 0000 - 0000Sunday Feb. 24 US Sailing Safety At Sea For Ocean Racers 0000 - 0000 Tuesday March 5 Bay Bridge Grand Lighting Ceremony 0000 - 0000 Friday March 8 Members Meeting 1800 - 2200Monday March 11 Race Committee Recruitment Cocktail Party 1830 - 2030 Saturday March 16 Island Fever #5 1200 - 1500

SOUTH BEACH YACHT CLUB EVENTS CALENDAR

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