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May 2014 Volume 47 Number 4

“You cannot direct the winds, but you can adjust the sails” The mot-

to of the National Hospice Regatta Alliance seems all the more ap-

propriate as two weekends of the inaugural Alive Hospice O. L.

Shultz Regatta is history with over 200 skippers and crew from two

regions and seven states!

A not-so-chance encounter of the Hospice Regatta Championships

on a very windy day at St. Pete Pier brought the wind back to Ten-

nessee. The Board of Harbor Island Yacht Club caught the wind and

started charting a course alongside Alive Hospice. HIYC members

and Alive Hospice Board members, employees, and volunteers

jumped on board as crew. They calculated, adjusted, and worked

hard to trim the sails and stay the course toward raising money for

Middle Tennessee families in need of hospice care and grief services.

The result is $45,000 plus, making Harbor Island Yacht Club one of

only three clubs in the country to raise over $40,000 for a local hos-

pice their first year. That is almost double what Annapolis, MD did

in their first year.

We worked together, sailed together, and really defined the Corin-

thian spirit. Thank you to anyone who planned, set-up, worked, and

cleaned up, those who solicited and bought auction items, bought

tickets, signed up to race or crew, and the sponsors who made such

a large charitable contribution possible. Thanks to O. L. and his

family for the inspiration.

Gene & Cindy Lovelace

Alive Hospice O. L. Shultz Regatta

The O.L. Schulz legacy; Elise, Tim and Patti

Above, Alive Hospice CEO, Anna-

Gene O’Neal presents National

Hospice Regatta Poster to Com-

modore Brandon. On the cover,

Dave presents HIYC Burgee to

Anna-Gene.

As each competitor received his blue

Hospice burgee, the bell was rung to

commemorate their lost loved one.

I can’t tell you how pleased I am with the results of the O L Shultz Alive Hospice Regattas.

The turnout of support for this project is something we haven’t seen in a long time. The sin-

gle focus on this effort to support such a worthwhile organization has brought out a kindred

spirit in us. You can take pride in what we, as a group, accomplished. While the final num-

bers aren’t in, as of this writing, it appears that we (HIYC & Hospice) have raised about

$45,000 for Alive Hospice.

We were well represented at the Splash Party and had great turnouts for the regatta din-

ners. In addition, participation in the regattas set recent records for boats on the water.

Every fleet had near maximum numbers with a total of 68 boats in both regattas. The vol-

unteers who stepped up to make this all happen were fabulous and we are thankful to you.

Other activities of the Club are moving along at a rapid pace. The north lot paving is com-

plete and the new C Dock is under construction. We plan for minimum interference with

club activities. Once the dock is completed, we can all get in our places and concentrate on

sailing.

I need to call your attention to a change regarding pets. At the April Board meeting the

Board voted unanimously to amend the Station Rules regarding pets to read as follows:

“Pets are permitted anywhere on HIYC property with the exception of the Clubhouse and the deck. All

pets must be kept on a leash and under the control of their owners at all times. They should not be a nui-

sance to other members (e.g. no barking etc.) and owners are required to clean up after them. Infractions

could result in banning the animal from the HIYC property permanently (subject to Board approval)”.

I also have a report that the pump out station is out of order and efforts are being made to

get the installer, from Florida, to stop by on a trip to this area and make repairs. We will

advise you as soon as those repairs are made.

In other matters, Team Music City USA reports that they have passed the halfway mark of

their goal to fund the New York Yacht Club Qualifying Series trip in September and wanted

to thank those who have made contributions. They need a few more bucks so all donations

are welcome.

I continue to be amazed at how you step up to meet every need the club has.

Good Sailing!

Dave Brandon

A BIG hats off to Cindy & Gene Lovelace, below, for making it happen: O.L. Schulz Alive Hospice Regatta

Above—these are the boys HIYC is sending

to the New York Yacht Club Invitational. Be-

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Above, Splash Party. Below, starting the B Fleet on Saturday

Friends Forever, Elise Schulz and Vivian Hines

The last weeks of March were spent working on

equipment getting ready for a busy spring of sail-

ing. But it was the engines that took the most

work. The first weekend in April was the annual

Venturing Rendezvous at Boxwell Boy Scout Camp.

And we were hoping to take three boats for this

adventure. The Scouts under the direction of Gail

Beckman cleaned boats while Brian Laidlaw and

myself worked on hardware including engines. We

were cutting it close. Three days before the

planned departure we still only had one working

engine. Mike Osborn stepped up to help. First

putting a new water impeller in the engine for the

Pearson 26. But despite a valiant effort on the

parts of both Brian and Mike the Engine on Triad

refused to start. So Friday afternoon April 4th our

Pearson 26 and San Juan 23 headed upstream for

the fourteen mile journey to Boxwell. The wind

was strong from the west allowing for a fast ride

under sail most of the way. On board were sever-

al experienced Scouts and two of our newest

Scouts. Including one that was on his first sailboat

ride. I arrived at Boxwell via car that afternoon

just before our two boats made it to the dock.

And to say all on the boats were excited by the

trip would be an understatement.

Saturday the 5th was spent taking around 50

Scouts sailing. The wind was a bit lighter than we

had hoped for. But it was clear that we were

hooking these youth on sailing. And there were

two young ladies that managed to get on a boat

every time we went out. They knew they were

missing other activities being held that day. But

both stated that this was the best activity being

offered. I must agree.

Sea Scout News

The trip back on Sunday included our youth plus four addi-

tional youth from another unit. They just did not get

enough on Saturday. And all of the additional youth took

home forms to join our Sea Scouts. Yes I’d say it was a

successful trip worth all the effort of getting there.

Saturday April 12th was the first day of the O.L. Shultz

Alive Hospice regatta. The decision had been made to use

Triad our Pearson 30 for this race despite not having a

working engine. But first was the opening ceremony de-

signed by the Scouts and then the skipper’s meeting. The

ceremony was to present the hospice burgees to be flown

from the back stays of the boats in the regatta.

It was patterned after a ceremony called The Tolling of the

Boats. As the names on the burgees were read a bell was

tolled. And then the flag(s) were presented to the skipper

to fly the burgees. The Scouts were in their Dress Whites

and really looked sharp. It was a touching ceremony. Pic-

tures can be seen on the HIYC facebook page.

Triad raced in the JaM fleet and was skippered by Sea

Scout Sarah Taylor. It was an exciting race for all on

board. The Scouts nailed the start and held their own for

much of the race. But a few bad tacks toward the end

pushed them back to 6th out of 10 boats. All the same Sa-

rah’s mom quoted Sarah as saying “It was the best sail of

her life.” Yes it made for a fine day on the water.

Next we’ll be preparing for a regional Sea Scout regatta to

be held the first weekend of May at Boxwell. And then

Saturday May 17th will be our annual Safe Boating Class

held in association with the TWRA. And there is talk of

doing an overnighter real soon too.

With the longer days, Thursday evenings we’ll be sailing

again starting with our first meeting after Easter. And

we’re happy campers.

Andy & Cathy Griswold

April 2014 Dock Slip & Mooring Waiting List

Wood Dock -A Concrete Dock -B Plastic Dock -C Causeway Dock -D Temporary Slips Moorings

Adm: Allen Mirse Adm: Dave Desforges Adm: Paul Latour Adm: Randall Butler Harbor Master: Decho Iliev

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

10/10/1970 Hines 10/10/1970 Hines 10/12/1999 Hall 10/10/1970 Hines 10/10/1970 Hines 5/7/2011 Pierce

5/13/1971 Easterling 5/13/1971 Easterling 7/6/2009 Potter 5/13/1971 Easterling 5/13/1971 Easterling 5/9/2012 Giarratana

10/22/1982 Cunningham 10/22/1982 Cunningham 3/8/2011 Cullen 10/22/1982 Cunning-

ham 10/22/1982 Cunningha

7/16/1995 Smokler 8/13/1994 Campbell 4/11/2011 Haskell 8/13/1994 Campbell 8/13/1994 Campbell

8/15/1995 Asgeirsson 7/16/1995 Smokler 6/15/2011 Holcomb 10/12/1995 Osborne 10/12/1999 Hall

10/12/1995 Osborne 8/15/1995 Asgeirsson 11/8/2011 Briggs 10/12/1999 Hall

9/5/2005 Perez

10/12/1999 Hall 10/12/1999 Hall 3/30/2012 Barton 12/9/2003 F-Fielder 12/12/2006 O'Dell

6/11/2002 Neaser 11/11/2003 Hardesty 7/10/2012 Harper 9/5/2005 Perez 4/10/2007 Green

11/11/2003 Hardesty 12/9/2003 F-Fielder 8/16/2013 Durski 11/13/2006 Latour 9/10/2007 Knapp

12/9/2003 F-Fielder 9/5/2005 Perez 12/12/2006 O'Dell 10/3/2007 Grissom

11/13/2006 Latour 11/13/2006 Latour

2/12/2007 Andrews 7/6/2009 Potter

12/12/2006 O'Dell 12/12/2006 O'Dell 4/10/2007 Green 4/20/2010 Netherton

2/12/2007 Andrews 2/12/2007 Andrews 4/16/2007 Lovelace 3/7/2011 Cullen

4/10/2007 Green 4/10/2007 Green 7/9/2007 Amos 4/11/2011 Haskell

4/16/2007 Lovelace 4/16/2007 Lovelace 8/13/2007 Griswold 5/15/2011 Iliev

7/9/2007 Amos 7/9/2007 Amos 9/10/2007 Knapp 9/13/2011 Grant

8/13/2007 Griswold 8/13/2007 Griswold 10/2/2007 Jordan 6/15/2011 Holcomb

9/10/2007 Knapp 9/10/2007 Knapp 4/3/2008 Putnam 11/8/2011 Briggs

10/2/2007 Jordan 10/2/2007 Jordan 12/1/2008 Eubanks 2/7/2012 Patin

4/3/2008 Putnam 4/3/2008 Putnam 4/26/2009 Carroll 3/30/2012 Barton

12/1/2008 Eubanks 12/1/2008 Eubanks 5/4/2009 Brandon 4/9/2012 Fortune

4/26/2009 Carroll 4/26/2009 Carroll 7/6/2009 Potter 5/9/2012 Giarratana

5/4/2009 Brandon 5/4/2009 Brandon 12/14/2009 R-Fielder 7/10/2012 Harper

7/6/2009 Potter 7/6/2009 Potter 4/20/2010 Netherton 9/11/2012 Gillingham

12/14/2009 R-Fielder 12/14/2009 R-Fielder 3/7/2011 Cullen 8/16/2013 Durski

4/20/2010 Netherton 4/20/2010 Netherton 4/11/2011 Haskell 11/19/2013 Rudden

3/6/2011 Cullen 3/7/2011 Cullen 5/15/2011 Iliev 11/19/2013 Hedges

4/11/2011 Haskell 4/11/2011 Haskell 6/15/2011 Holcomb

5/15/2011 Iliev 5/15/2011 Iliev 9/13/2011 Grant

9/13/2011 Grant 9/13/2011 Grant 11/8/2011 Briggs

6/15/2011 Holcomb 6/15/2011 Holcomb 2/7/2012 Patin

11/8/2011 Briggs 11/8/2011 Briggs 3/30/2012 Barton

2/7/2012 Patin 2/7/2012 Patin 4/9/2012 Fortune

3/30/2012 Barton 3/30/2012 Barton 5/9/2012 Giarratana

4/9/2012 Fortune 4/9/2012 Fortune 7/10/2012 Harper

5/9/2012 Giarratana 5/9/2012 Giarratana 9/11/2012 Gillingham

7/10/2012 Harper 7/10/2012 Harper 8/16/2013 Durski

8/16/2013 Durski 9/11/2012 Gillingham 11/19/2013 Rudden

11/19/2013 Rudden 8/16/2013 Durski

11/19/2013 Hedges

11/19/2013 Hedges 11/19/2013 Rudden

11/19/2013 Hedges

The Board of Governors of Harbor Island Yacht Club sincerely appreciates the loyal support of those listed below who provided financing for

the paving of our North parking lot. An $8.75 credit will be posted to the personal member account for each $500 Certificate.

Two Certificates ($1,000): Beason, Beesley, Benz, Brandon, Cotton, Endicott, Gillingham, Hagan, Iliev, Konesky, Latour, Lovelace, Miller,

Nelson, Nord, Robertson, Serina, Waller

One Certificate ($500): Copeland, Haskell, Netherton, Putnam, Vague, Ward

Attention New C Dock

Occupants

Please contact John Rob-

ertson and indicate if you wish TO or NOT TO remain on the waiting list for the

other docks. This will as-sist us in maintaining a

clean Master Waiting List.

Thank you.

Irene’s Garden Ross Bryan was a founder of HIYC, a nationally-competitive racing skipper in the Lightning Class, and a profes-sional engineer who was one of the preeminent experts on novel uses of Portland Cement. He taught many of us sailboat racing. In high school, he had dated Irene, but college separated them and they each married someone else. Thirty years later, both their spouses had died, and Ross one day decided to phone his high-school sweetheart in Kansas. One thing led to another, and at near age sixty, he married Irene and brought her back to Harbor Island. Irene was “our kind of girl,” and before long, she was the close personal friend of most every woman in the Club and half of the men. She readily accepted and excelled at every club responsi-bility, but her principal role was that of Ross Bryan’s “Dream Girl” and loyal member of his cruising crew on their Swiftsure 33, “IROS,“ named for the two of them. Together they sailed down the Mississippi to the Caribbean, covered the Bahamas and finally made it to Georgetown in the Exuma Islands. Irene was the sort of woman who always has been a blessing to HIYC, and when she died, it was a great loss to the Club as well as to Ross. Elsie Shultz, as has been true on so many other occasions, knew exactly what to do and how to do it. Assisted by Barbara Ward, Joy Kimbrell, and later Anne Beesley and Dana Latour, she conceived of a volunteer-maintained project to beautify the Club Grounds, to be known as “Irene’s Garden.” It is maintained to this day by those who honor, not just Irene, but also the unselfish spirit of friendship Irene Bryan brought to Harbor Is-land. Irene Bryan is gone–but through the leadership of Elsie Shultz, her spirit continues to challenge us to dis-play her unselfish friendship and love of beauty...We hope you will volunteer to help maintain Irene’s Garden. Fred Beesley, Club Historian (among many other things…)

More little know facts about our Club

From the January 14 Board Minutes: The Board voted to amend the Private Dock Policy to restrict the size of new boats in the marina to a maximum of any one of three measurements: 35’ LOA, 12’ beam or 12,000# displacement. At the next Board Meeting, a list of boats that are grandfathered in will be made available. Below is the grandfathered list:

Maxwell Nautilus 36 Ballard Pearson 323 Copeland Beneteau 361

Smith Beneteau 423 Knapp Lord Nelson 36 Asgeirson Beneteau 35.5

Putnam Mason 33 Dortch Island Packet 320 Vague Alberg 35

Thomas C & C 38 Martin Cape Dory 36 Toole S2-36 Larsen Hunter 37.5 Gaines Pearson 35 Lane Pearson 323 Garrison Pearson 365

Iliev Holby 36

O.L. Shulz Alive Hospice Open Regatta Results

Smiling Lucas Hofmeister celebrates win in Lightning Class

SKIPPER & CREW HOME R1 R 2 R 3 R 4 TOTAL RANK

Roeschlein & Malone INDIANAPOLIS 2 3 1 1 7 1

Black’s INDIANAPOLIS 1 1 4 4 10 2

Stewart & Waterbury INDIANAPOLIS 7 5 2 2 16 3

A. Passafiume NASHVILLE 3 6 3 6 18 4

Owen & Foley NASHVILLE 6 2 6 5 19 5

N.Passafiume GILBERTSVILLE, KY 5 4 7 3 19 6

Marley & Foley NASHVILLE 4 7 5 DNF 23 7

Brownfield & Jsbell LOUISVILLE, KY 8 9 8 DNF 32 8

Roberts NASHVILLE 9 8 9 DNF 33 9

SKIPPER R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 TOTAL RANK

Lucas Hofmeister 3 1 2 2 8 1

Brad Currie 2 3 1 4 10 2

Mandy Hofmeister 1 5 3 5 14 3

Tim Naeser 5 4 4 1 14 4

Bill Killebrew 4 2 5 3 14 5

Steve & Jen travel from Indy to take 1st Place in Y Flyer Fleet

SKIPPER R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 TOTAL RANK

Chip Riddle 1 1 1 2 1 6 1

Galen Freeman 3 2 4 1 2 12 2

Tony Giarratana 2 4 5 3 3 17 3

Doug Davis 4 3 2 4 4 17 4

William Harshman 5 5 3 5 5 23 5

Sean Clare 6 6 6 DNC DNC 32 6

Chip Riddle accepts 1st Place trophy in J22 Class

SKIPPER R1 R2 R3 R4 TOTAL RANK

Val Smith 1 2 2 5 10 1

Andy Camarda 2 1 4 3 10 2

Steve Jones 4 10 3 1 18 3

Lu Han 11 5 1 2 19 4

Andy Carson 6 3 5 6 20 5

Mikel Osborne 5 6 8 4 23 6

Duane Hatch 8 7 7 RDG=7 29 7

Jim Milliman 10 9 6 8 33 8

Lem Stevens 7 8 9 9 33 9

Mel Smith 3 DNC DNC 7 40 10

Vido Vareika 14 4 12 10 40 11

Ania Gorska 13 13 10 11 47 12

Derriel Theriot 12 12 11 12 47 13

Sean Theriot 9 11 OCS DNC 50 14

V15 winner Val Smith is all smiles

Finish Time (24 hr) Elapsed Corrected

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

Bob Cotton J-32 Spinnaker A 123 12 41 22 8482 10362 1

Anne Beesley J-32 Spinnaker A 123 12 42 6 8526 10416 2

Rick Fielder J 30 A 141 12 48 22 8902 10544 3

Greg Theriot J-105 A 99 12 40 53 8453 10778 4

Chuck Konesky C&C 99 A 102 12 42 32 8552 10845 5

Steve Vague Northstar 500 B 228 13 10 47 10247 10579 1

Randal Butler Swiftsure 33 B 198 13 10 26 10226 11047 2

Jim Waller Tartan 28 B 186 13 14 19 10459 11511 3

Tom Gillingham S2 8.5 J 189 12 56 17 9077 9944 1

Gene Lovelace O'Day 25 J 246 13 17 6 10326 10385 2

Tracy Cullen O'day 28 J 198 13 6 7 9667 10443 3

LeMay J 70 L 120 12 31 34 7894 9694 1

Results of the Cully Cobb Regatta, Sailed March 29

To the Editor,

I don’t know if we have a club award for this activity, but I would like to memorialize Greg Theri-ot’s outstanding Corinthian performance on second day of the O. L. Shultz regatta. I’m sure you

are aware of the story, but having seen it first-hand I was incredibly impressed by Greg’s spirit and performance that day. Needless to say, he made nothing of it but it’s clear that he is the kind of person we should be pleased is teaching and safeguarding the HIYC Sail Camp chil-

dren. The story as I witnessed it:

Sailing competitively on the second of three downwind legs in around 20 knots of wind, Greg’s

daughter-in-law, a neophyte sailor, spotted something in the water and said the words one never wants to hear under those conditions of wind and water temperatures: Is that someone in the water? Sure enough it was, and there were no boats near him. In a nanosecond with no hesi-

tation, Greg issued orders, with a crewman continuing to point at the MOB, and made course to the person some distance away. Quickly and expertly turning to weather, stopped the boat pre-

cisely, and worked the person to the stern and up the ladder. In just a few minutes the over-board person was on board and below warming up. We quickly returned to racing and Greg never even thought about requesting time allowance for the rescue. That he emerged victorious

that day seems so appropriate given his unconditional commitment to safety and Corinthian spir-it. I know I’m more comfortable sailing with someone of his capability and judgment having

seen this rescue in person.

Peter Bennett

O.L. Schulz Alive Hospice Regatta Results, April 12, 2014

Elapsed Corrected DAY-2 DAY-1 total FINAL

SKIPPER BOAT Time (sec) Time (sec) Place Place SCORE Place

Greg Theriot J-105 7708 9828 2 1 3 1

Brock Short J-100 #VALUE! #VALUE! 2 2 4 2

Bob Cotton J-32 Spinnaker 8149 9955 3 3 6 3

Bill Riner J-32 Spinnaker 7937 9696 1 6 7 4

Chuck Konesky C&C 99 7876 9988 4 4 8 5

John Collins Corsair F27 7216 10143 5 5 10 6

Rick Fielder J 30 8717 10325 6 7 13 7

Scott Howard *** Maranatha #VALUE! #VALUE! 9 8 17 8

Steve Vague Northstar 500 8928 9218 1 1 2 1

Jim Waller Tartan 28 8740 9619 2 3 5 3

Randal Butler Swiftsure 33 9120 9852 3 2 5 2

David Brandon Swiftsure 33 9599 10369 4 4 8 4

Drew Griswold Tanzer 22 10738 10941 5 5 10 5

Kent Martin Cape Dory 36 9867 10963 6 6 12 6

Joe Ballard Pearson 323 #VALUE! #VALUE! 8 7 15 7

Ken Tempelmeyer Hunter 1 1 1

Dan Haskell O'Day 272 2 2 2

Jerry Rudden Catalina 27 T R 3 3 3

Richard Gillingham Unmerited Favor 4 4 4

Tom Gillingham S2 8.5 5 5 5

Sara Taylor Pearson 30 6 6 6

Rafal Ablamowicz Seafarer 23 7 7 7

Gene Lovelace O'Day 25 8 8 8

Patty Grissom Pearson 9 9 9

Kevin Gillingham My Inspiration 10 10 10

Rob Hemple Marshall 18

Steve Lemay J-70 7341 9015 1 1 2 1

Paul Latour S2 7.9 8005 9067 2 2 4 2

John Robertson J-24 #VALUE! #VALUE! 4 3 7 3

James Wells Whirlaway #VALUE! #VALUE! 5 4 9 4

Tim Naeser J-24 OD 8370 9481 1 1 2 1

Adam Koplan J-24 OD 8782 9947 3 3 6 2

Lucas Hofmeister J-24 OD 8572 9709 2 4 6 3

Ted Chapin J-24 OD #VALUE! #VALUE! 5 2 7 4

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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

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May 2014

Sat—6 Konesky River Race

Tue — 13 Board Meeting

Sat—17RC Regatta

Sat—24 Doublehanded Regatta

Sat—24 Cheeseburger in Paradise

Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon—23/26 Sail

Camp Counselor Certification

Course and exam

June 2014

Weeks of June 2-6, 9-13, 16-20 &

23-27— Sail Camp Monday

through Friday 1PM till 6PM

Every Saturday 1000 hours —

Summer Series Races

Tuesday, 10th—Board Meeting

Saturday 14—RC Racing

Saturday 21— 4PM Low Country

Boil, followed by Quarterly Neet-

ing at 5PM