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NEWSLETTER, FEBRUARY 2012 February Calendar 3 (Fri) – Outside Breakwater Cleanup Sponsored by Island School. 4 (Sat) – Early Spring Cleanup at NYC Clubhouse. Join us starting at 9 am. 11 (Sat) – NYC Opening Day for 2012 Race Season. Racing from 10am to 1pm. 16 (Thur) – Race #1 of the Paul Pond Memorial Series. 17 (Fri) – Third Friday Dance Party at NYC. Free to members. 20 (Mon) – Kaua`i Sailing Association (KSA) Board meeting at NYC 21 (Tue) – NYC Race Committee meets at NYC beginning at 5 pm. 21 (Tue) – NYC Board of Directors meets at NYC beginning at 6 pm. 23 (Thur) – Race #2 of the Paul Pond Memorial Series. 25 (Sat) – Deadline for submissions to the March Newsletter. March Calendar 1 (Thur) – Race #3 of the Paul Pond Memorial Series. Warning flag at 1700. 8 (Thur) – Race #4 of the Paul Pond Memorial Series. Warning flag at 1700. 15 (Thur) – Race #5 of the Paul Pond Memorial Series. Warning flag at 1700. 16 (Fri) – Third Friday Dance Party at NYC. Free to members. 22 (Thur) – Last race (#6) of the Paul Pond Memorial Series. 25 (Sun) – Deadline for submissions to the March Newsletter. ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ 2012 NYC Membership Renewal . . . Mahalo to the MANY of you who have already renewed your NYC membership for 2012 by sending in your renewal forms and checks. If you have not yet paid your 2012 dues, you will find a renewal form either emailed or mailed to you with this newsletter. Please attend to it right away so we can finish with this and get on with the 2012 Membership Directory. Mahalo. Island School Breakwater Cleanup . . . Friday, February 3rd – 10 am At 10 am meet the USCG, the USCG Auxiliary, and the DLNR at the small boat harbor loading dock and catch a ride to the corner where the breakwater meets the mountain. There you will disembark in shallow water, climb onto a stone landing, hike 3 minutes to the ocean side of the breakwater, and help clean up the cove where the land connects to the breakwater. Sound fun? Be sure to bring work gloves, water, your lunch, and wear tabbies or tennis shoes. This clean up is in preparation of the arrival of marine debris from the Japan Tsunami. Island School science classes will continue on a monthly basis to collect, sort, weigh, separate, and enter the data into a statewide database. Recycling and disposal of the debris will be ongoing through 2013. This project is part of the Bishop Museum Outreach program. Clubhouse Spring Cleanup Party . . . Saturday, February 4th – start at 9 am Opening Day is just a week away. Please help us spruce up the Clubhouse to get it ready for the big day. We need to clean the horizontal surfaces, the appliances, hang up the rest of the washed burgees, clean the barbecues, hang up pictures, and pull the weeds in the hedge and the front garden. There’s LOTS to do, and with your help we can get it done. You can start now to log your 10 hours of service this year to reduce your dues next year; and if you stay ‘til we’re done, we’ll feed you lunch. See you there? 2012 Racing Season . . . Aloha from your new Rear Commodore. I hope everyone was able to get their boats fine tuned for the upcoming season. The new race season is upon us, and the schedule is posted on the website. We’ll be kicking things off with the Annual Opening Day festivities on Saturday, February 11. Just like last year, we’ll have a short series of buoy races with the warning flag at 10 am and a Party at the Clubhouse starting at 1 pm. The first series of the year is the Paul Pond Memorial Series, which runs on six consecutive Thursdays from February 16 through March 22. Warning flag is at 5 pm. We’re hoping for lots of participation this year, so come catch a ride or invite someone curious to catch a ride. All level of experience is welcome. Of course, the After Race Dinner Parties at the Clubhouse will be going on. Come join in the fun! Rear Commodore Scott Kessinger NYC Race Season Opening Day . . . Saturday, February 11 Races at 10 am – Lunch at 1:30 pm This day celebrates the start of the 2012 racing season. Please join the race committee at the Nawiliwili Jetty to view the three-race series. The warning flag flies at 10 am. The second race will start shortly after the first race ends. If time permits, there will be a third race. The races will conclude by 1 pm, and then everyone is invited to join us at the NYC Clubhouse to enjoy drinks and lunch. The race boats will be bringing potluck dishes, and we will be cooking up the usual after-race fare of sirloin burgers, yacht dawgs, veggie burgers, salmon burgers, and chicken. Bring a potluck side dish if you wish but most importantly, please plan to join us for this fun afternoon of camaraderie.
Paul Pond Memorial Series . . . First Race is Thursday, February 16 Our first Thursday Evening Race Series of 2012 gets underway on February 16 and remembers Charter Member Paul Pond who passed away last year. The warning flag flies at 1700 from the end of the Nawiliwili Jetty. Join us to watch the race and then join us at the NYC Clubhouse for dinner and drinks and an evening with friends.
Sweetheart Dance Party . . . Friday, February 17 You are invited to the February Sweetheart Dance Party on Friday, February 17 from 7 to 10:30 pm at the NYC Clubhouse. We will have tango from 7 to 8 pm and a free 30-minute dance lesson at 8 pm. The dances have been fun, and some people even say it is the best dance party on Kaua`i – so come by for a great time!!! Get a chance to dance swing and latin or your choice while meeting new people. There is a $5 donation for visitors, friends, and guests, and none for yacht club members. Please – no one under 21 unless accompanied by an adult, and BYO refreshments. Much ALOHA and may a good time be had by all. For information call Carl at 808-384-6114. NYC Members – Dinghy Sailing 2012 . . . For all of you who would like to spend more time on the ocean in a sailing dinghy, the NYC and KSA have three good Lasers and six Toppers plus one Holder that are for the use of members. All that is required is to be checked out on the boat that you are interested in and then come on down and sail! To encourage the use of the dinghies, we have started to meet on Tuesday evenings at 4 pm. This is good fun, but if you have not been checked out already, you will need to make an appointment with Fleet Captain Carl Andersson at 808 639-3809. Call and set up a time. Donation Tiles – They’re Back ! ! ! Back by request, you can MAKE YOUR OWN 4-inch donation tile and have it hang above the bar at the NYC Clubhouse. Each tile will cost $50 (we did say “donation”). You send us your $$$, and we will send you a certificate that you redeem at ClayWorks behind Kilohana (next to KCC in Puhi). Follow the instructions on the certificate and go to ClayWorks to create your very own tile that will join the others as seen below.
Meet Your Fleet Captain . . . Aloha Sailors! I have been asked to write up a short biography of my sailing background, so here it is! I got the sailing bug at the age of 7 when I was sent to summer day camp in a small coastal village in Sweden. This is something most coastal kids in Sweden are given the opportunity to do. We were 10 kids who spent every gray and rainy day in Optis sailing circles on the bay. This went on for a few summers with the first few days always spent fixing up the boats. I’m not sure what made the biggest impression on me because to this day I cannot look at a boat without thinking about how she sails and what can I change to make her sail better. After almost 20 years of “fixer uppers” (every boat I have ever owned from the first Opti to my last day sailor), I found myself in California renovating a 65’ ketch which was commissioned and built by Col. Whitbred in 1952. Big plans were made to fix her up and then to cruise the Caribbean on her. But somewhere along the way I came down with Wife Syndrome which then progressed to Child Syndrome (best thing in my life). The boat of my dreams sailed on to the Caribbean while I was building houses in Santa Barbara. We left California (not fast enough) and settled on Kaua’i were my wife got to know a sailor named Saylor. One day the sailor named Saylor called me up and asked, “Hey, would you like to sail a boat to O`ahu?” After taking a long time to ponder this question (about 30 milliseconds), I called the sailor back and said, “Yes!” The sailing bug was back! (Thank you, Jim) That was four seasons ago and my beautiful daughter (11 on January 30) sails around Nawiliwili Bay in her pink El Toro or in one of the Toppers and I teach sailing in the club’s dinghies. Circle complete and life is good. Fleet Captain Carl Andersson Mahalos . . . >> Mahalo Louis Abrams and to Susan Ullis for your generous donations to the Kaua`i Sailing Association. Mahalo you! >> Mahalo Kalei Velasco for the wonderful presentation about your sailing canoe voyage from Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands to Hawai`i to San Francisco to San Diego. We all wish you well on your continued voyage to your point of origin. Fine job!!! Mahalo you! >> Mahalo Sharon Gibson for sending Newsletter Editor Liz Olsen the timely February Newsletter notes. Mahalo you! Welcome Aboard . . . We are pleased to introduce to you our newest NYC members. >> Gene & Kristine Monnier live in Līhu`e. Gene is a pilot, a sailor, and has brokered yachts for ten years. The Monniers were sponsored by Jeff Dorn and Scott Kessinger. >> David Power & Sara Hertenstein live in Līhu`e. David is Scott Kessinger’s partner in The Feral Pig restaurant at Harbor Mall. He grew up sailing on the Great Lakes and is a great cook. Scott is his sponsor. >> Craig Threshie lives in Kōloa. He is a jeweler and an architect and has “tons” of design and construction experience. Craig was sponsored by Jim Saylor. >> Tom Sancimino lives in San Francisco. He sails a 26’ O’day that he keeps in Sausalito. Tom is a seafood merchant, and he was sponsored by Oz West. Sailing Lessons Coming in the Spring . . .
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