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The Sheboygan Yacht Club—July 2017

BOW ‘N’ STERN BOW ‘n’ STERN

Contents Commodore’s Comments page 1 SYC Club Calendar page 2 July 3 and 4 Events page 3 Rotary Lobster Boil page 4 Blessing of the SYC Fleet page 5 SYC Officers and Committees page 6-7 SYC Open House page 8 SEAS Groundbreaking page 9 SYC Yachting and Racing page 10-12 Sea Scouts page 13 Boat Denaming/Renaming page 13 SEAS Classes page 14

Bow’N’Stern Editor, Ronald F. Abler Copy is due to rabler@aag.org the 20th of the

month prior to publication Club Phone: 920 458 6601

House Manager Sean Pieters Chef Will Lammers

Service Coordinator Patrick Webster Office Manager Tara Guell

Commodore Denise Cornell

Membership Secretary Jason Berdyck Rear Commodore

Mark Wessel

Vice Commodore Mike Knop

Treasurer Nils Lemke

Recording Secretary Leighanne Metter -Jensen

Commodore’s Comments Summer has begun at the Sheboygan Yacht Club. Tonight is the annual Blessing of our fleet—no matter where our members or their boats are in the world—we bless them! Dione Knop, our Club Chaplain will be hosting the blessing. Last weekend was one proud moment after another for our club. SEAS along with SYC hosted the National Blind Fleet Racing Championship. Our club, our staff, and our members were highly praised by all in attendance. We had several teams from our Lightning Fleet participate in the Midwest Districts held at South Shore Yacht Club. The Wake Family took first and second places in the regatta. The regatta had 18 teams partici-pate, at a club who is just recently reviving their Lightning Fleet, a great showing. We also had our own SYC Club race on Satur-day to Hika Bay and back with eight teams participating—improved participation from previous years. An interesting weather day, but fun was had by all! The ad hoc Pier Committee lead by Tom Holton, continue its discovery work on the “depth” of the issue—progress is being made and we appreciate your patience as they do their due dili-gence on the “what and how”. The pier will NOT be stabilized prior to the July Fourth activities at the club and as a result we will be limiting access to the south pier over the July Fourth hol-iday. Please make sure you follow the rules regarding pier ac-cess on July Fourth so we can ensure a safe celebration for all at the club. The rules will be posted on the pier and a Clubster alert will be sent out prior to July Fourth. We had our first of the season Open Boat Night and it was spectacular! If you missed it, no worries as there are more to come. Check out the Yachting Activities Schedule on Clubster, in the Bow'N'Stern, and on the website. The first ever Lakefront Organizations Open House was a success as well. Thanks to a group of hard-working members, and the cooperation among organizations was exceptional! In fact, other Lakefront Organizations have asked to join in – now that is a successful event! It is great seeing all of the activities at the club and all of the club members enjoying the club! Remember to invite your fami-ly and friends and let them know we would LOVE to have them as members too! Enjoy the season! Happy Fourth of July! ~Commodore Denise

Dates to Remember July 3 Venetian Night July 4 Independence Day Brat Fry July 13 General Membership Meeting July 28 Open Boat Night August 5 Open Boat Night

Hours LUNCH

11:30 to 1:30 Wed-Thu-Fri

DINNER 5:00 to 9:00 Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri-Sat-Sun

Friday night reservations appreciated

BAR 11:00 to close Wed-Thu-Fri-Sat-Sun

4:00 to close Tue Club Closed Mondays

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Happy Hour @ SYC 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

$0.50 OFF drinks during Happy Hours

Every Night Except Fridays & Club Meeting night

SYC July 2017 Calendar of Events

New Moon

Full Moon

Club Closed

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

25 June 26 June 27 June 28 June 29 June 30 June 1 July

2 July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July

9 July 10 July 11 July 12 July 13 July 14 July 15 July

16 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July

23 July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July

30 July 31 July 1 August 2 August 3 August 4 August 5 August

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00

Club Closed B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00

Large Banquet

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B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00

Brat Fry 11:00-2:30 and 5:00-

9:00

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B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

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B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00

Club Closed B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

7:00 p.m. General Mem-bership Meet-

ing

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00

B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00

Club Closed B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00

B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00

Club Closed

Club Closed B 10:00-close D 5:00-9:00

B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

Open Boat

B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

B 11:00-close L 11:30-1:30 D 5:00-9:00

B 4:00-close D 5:00-9:00 Open Boat

Night

Marie Larson on the piano

Bar 11-close D 5:00-9:00

Venetian Night

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Sheboygan Yacht Club 4th of July Events - 2017

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday, July 3rd - “Venetian Night”

Bar Hours: Dinner Hours: 11:00 a.m. to Close 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Special Dinner Menu

Venetian Parade at dusk in the Harbor Come on Down and Enjoy the Party

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, July 4th

Bar open 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. with Bloody Mary and Drink Specials

The Brat Fry in the Pavilion

11:00 am - 2:30 pm

Join us after the parade! Dining Hours

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Deluxe Brat Fry (a la carte) menu - Inside Reservations Requested!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fireworks at dusk!

Happy Birthday USA!! See you here!

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Boat Rentals

Hours:Th-Fr: 3 pm - sunset Sa-Su: 10 am - 5pm

Skills checkout requiredFee: $25 perhour

Contact: rentals@seasheboygan.org or 920-395-5253

B o a t i n g f o r E v e r y o n e

Types of boats:Sonar J24sLaser 420

Edgewater 17 powerboat by request

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Blessing of the Fleet A Blessing of the Fleet ceremony was held on the beautiful afternoon of Wednesday, 21 June 2017, with SYC Chaplain Dione Knop officiating.

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SYC Open House

Despite a rainy start to the day, the Club had a better-than-hoped-for turnout of visi-tors. We had approximately 80 - 90 community members who had never been to the Club. Of those, well over 50 asked questions and listened attentively to a description of the Club and to membership infor-mation and asked follow-up questions. At least 12 people expressed interest in joining the Club in the future. The Ambassadors and I were actively engaged with visitors from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. and again from about 4 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.. Some com-

munity members came expressly for the Sock Burning Party and they brought socks to burn along with them!

Many visitors said they learned about the Open House by driving or walking by the Club and seeing the banner and flags, others from the Chamber no-tices online and others through social media. Others said the yard signs alerted them, but they reported that the yard signs were difficult to read and that either the signs should have been larger or had larg-er print or brighter colors to attract attention. While no one said that a poster influenced them to come, Membership Committee member Tim Wilson, who

is in advertising professionally, said that the effort of putting up posters was worth-while from a community awareness perspective. Many thanks to Lisa Hartman of SEAS for all her excellent design and marketing skills for the Open House and many thanks to Bemis for the printing. Our Open House Committee consisted of Whitney Kent of SYSC, Matt Wierzbach, Lisa Hartman, and Winter

Kohler, all of SEAS; Jason Berdyck of the Sea Scouts; Tara Guell of SYC; Mark Wessel of Sail Sheboygan; Jerry and Lisa Geibel for the Sock Burning Party; and Tim Wilson and myself of the Membership Committee. We had excellent collaboration and sharing of ideas, efforts, resources, and economizing. Without the full effort of SEAS’ promotional and advertising efforts, we would not have had the large turn-out that we experienced. Thanks to the Whitney, JuJu Senft, Matt, and all for their work providing boat rides, a huge draw for the all the organizations. Thanks to Jason Berdyck and Sea Scouts for their demonstration of rigging. Thanks to Sean and for providing a great environment, snacks, and the logistical support for displays and making guests feel welcome, and behind the scenes work. The Committee efforts were greatly supported by the Ambas-

sador Corps, members who volunteered to talk to visitors about the Club. They are: Chris and Tanya Aldag, Kenny and Lucinda Ebbers, Dale Huenink, Denise Kastman, Mike and Dione Knop, Bonnie Lemke, Bob Melzer, Leighanne Metter-Jensen, Andrew Morgan, Paul and Georgia Otto, and Melanie and Mike Romas. We also thank Deb Wolniak and Lisa Hartman for the Brats & Boats brat fry on behalf of the Wisconsin Military Network. Special thanks to the membership-at-large for making our visitors feel welcome and at home, proving that we are, indeed, the friendliest Yacht Club on the lake! Brats & Boats had about 15 people for boat rides. If you live on a high traffic street please sign up for placement of yard signs next year.

~Bea Van Geffen Membership Committee

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The Sailing Education Association of Sheboygan (SEAS) broke ground Monday on a new boat storage and mainte-

nance facility that will also house their headquarters, education rooms, and provide a controlled environment for volunteers and staff to maintain its fleet of power and sailing boats. Through a donation from The Vollrath Co., LLC, SEAS was able to obtain a 1.75 acre parcel near the corner of Superior Avenue and 18th Street. With donations from other area supporters SEAS has been able to jump-start this project. “We are excited to be able to finally reach the point in our organ-ization’s development where we will not just maintain our fleet in our own facility but have designated space for education and to house our staff,” according to Leslie Kohler, Chairman of the Board of SEAS. “In the past, SEAS has had to contend with offic-es and equipment spread out across the city and county in rented or

borrowed space not suitable for many repair and maintenance projects, certainly no room for public education,” she added. “Putting this under one roof will add efficiency to the oper-ation, foster public access to boating and promote camarade-rie among our staff, volunteers, students and the public,” Geoff Rudolph SEAS Operations Manager said. The building was designed by Erik Jensen and LJM Archi-tects. “It will be a 26,250 sq. ft. single story structure with a mezzanine, and large enough to store the entire fleet with room for growth,” according to Jensen. “Design features in-clude a band of translucent glazing at the second-story height to allow for generous day-lighting of the entire interior, large outrigger supported overhangs and an aesthetic blend of strong horizontal and vertical lines. The building will be finished in “gallery blue” siding to blend in with the build-ings in the area. The new building will house the administrative offices, a shop and space for boat building and maintenance, a classroom space, a separate room for Sheboygan Sea Scouts Ship No. 50, and storage for SEAS entire fleet in one location,” Jensen said. “As a lifelong sailor, Air Force jet pilot, MIT graduate, and successful businessman, the late Terry J. Kohler under-stood the multiple disciplines of sailing and boating in general. He understood how learning those disciplines through sailing you can become better at decision making and problem solving, helping you to be more successful throughout your life. Terry’s vision was to provide access to learning boating skills to as many people and future gen-erations as he could through the formation of SEAS,” explained Jerry Baumann, Vice President of Operations for Windway Capital, Corp. “This location and design was developed out of years of searching and planning. Balancing the needs of the organi-zation, the budget, and the community led us to where we are today. This will be a major step forward in providing quality boating programming to the community,” said Matt Wierzbach, Program Director for SEAS. Jos. Schmitt Construction Co., Inc. is providing general contracting services and expects construction of the new headquarters to be completed in the fall of 2017. “We believe that water related activities are fun, build character, develop mental and physical acuity and should be enjoyed by everyone,” says Leslie Kohler.

~Lisa Hartman

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2017 SYC Yachting ActivitiesWhat When Information

Open Boat Night6:00-10:00

x Saturday, June 10x Friday, July 28x Saturday, August 5

x Hawaiian themedx Pirate FIREWORKSx Tropical themed

x Snacks & drinks provided byOpen Boat Skippers

x Participants supply yard games & fun!

SYC Slumber Party6:00 - morning

x Friday, June 23x Saturday, July 15x Saturday, August 26

x Round Robin night capsx Breakfast on the boat

x Snacks & drinks provided byOpen Boat Skippers

Independence Day

x Venetian Paradex 4th of July activities

x Round Robin night caps x Snacks & drinks provided byOpen Boat Skippers

Anchor & Swim Days

x Dates – TBD (weather dependent)

x Anchor at pre-determined location

RendezvousFun x Saturday, August 19-20x Sunday, August 20x September 1

x Sheboygan – Manitowocx Manitowoc – Sheboyganx Sheboygan – Port Washington

x More information TBD

General Informationx If interested in participating, please email me 2-3 days prior to the event

o Dawn Vertz - 920-226-2555 - dawn.vertz@sbcglobal.net

Recent Race Results

June 7 was our first race of the year, with a beautiful southerly breeze and flat water. We finished in the harbor, under spinnaker, right between the coast guard station and Blue Harbor. Vanishing Point crew was Mark Wessel, Jason Diener, Kris Fredricksen, and Adam Grandlic. The Governor’s Cup had winds blowing 18-22 knots out of the south with building waves throughout the day. Keith Krautkramer’s B-25 Pale Sail broke a lower gudgeon on their rudder and had to retire after the first race. Mark Wessel’s Olson 25 Vanishing Point had a full-on broach on the last leg of race one, putting the spreaders in the water, but managed to sail out of it and still win the race. Great conditions for our first buoy race of the year. Vanishing Point crew: Mark Wessel, Mike Elmergreen, Jason Diener, and David Bronson Hika Bay Full Crew race was 16 miles up to Cleveland, Wisconsin and back. We started at 15-16 knots out of the SSW with flat seas and built to 20-25 knots by the time we made it up to the turning mark and had a beautiful, downwind ride under spinnaker in the hazy conditions due to the 45 Fº water temperature. Winds dropped to 10-12 knots by the time we made it halfway back and the fog thickened a little. Vanishing Point crew: Dave Dochterman, Jean Dochterman, Mike Elmergreen, and David Bronson Last night (21 June) we had 13-16 knots of wind from the South. Nine boats were out for twice around a wind-ward/leeward course, and then a short leg into the harbor to finish. Some boats chose to fly a spinnaker on the leg in, and it really paid off for Slip Knot, catching and passing Vanishing Point on that last mile coming in.

~David Bronson

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Hika Bay Full Crew Race, 7 June 2017 Wind Speed 10-25 kts B factor Guide

Wind Dir 180 480 Heavy Air or all off wind

Wave Ht 0-2 ft. 550 Average Conditions

Distance (nm) 16 NM 600 Light air or all upwind

B factor 550 Corrected time + Elapsed time x 650 / (B Factor + PHRF)

Start Div 1 11:00:00

Start Div 2 11:00:00

Start Div 3 11:00:00

Name Division Handicap Start Finish Elapsed Corrected Fleet Place Division

Vanish. Point 2 159 11:00:00 14:36:36 03:36:36 03:18:35 1 1 Three winds 3 135 11:00:00 14:39:00 03:39:00 03:27:49 2 2 Stir it up 2 168 11:00:00 14:53:40 03:53:40 03:31:32 3 3 Slip Knot 1 111 11:00:00 14:40:40 03:40:40 03:37:00 4 1 Pale Sail 2 129 11:00:00 14:54:41 03:54:41 03:44:40 5 2 Wicked 1 78 11:00:00 14:45:33 03:45:33 03:53:27 6 3 Bataluer 3 150 11:00:00 DNF 8 5

Hika Bay Full Crew Race, 21 June 2017 Wind Speed 14-18 kts B factor Guide

Wind Direc- 190 480 Heavy Air or all off wind

Wave Ht 0-2 ft. 550 Average Conditions

Distance 5.2 NM 600 Light air or all upwind

B factor 550 Corrected time + Elapsed time x 650 / (B Factor + PHRF)

Start Div 1 18:15:00

Start Div 2 18:10:00

Start Div 3 18:05:00

Name Division Handicap Start Finish Elapsed Corrected Fleet Place Div Place

Slip Knot 1 111 18:15:00 19:11:28 00:56:28 00:55:32 1 1 Vanish. Point 2 159 18:10:00 19:12:12 01:02:12 00:57:01 2 1 Three Winds 2 135 18:10:00 19:12:01 01:02:01 00:58:51 3 2 Sailave 3 168 18:05:00 19:13:51 01:08:51 01:02:20 4 1 Stir it Up 3 168 18:05:00 19:14:38 01:09:38 01:03:02 5 2 Pale Sail 2 129 18:10:00 19:18:28 01:08:28 01:05:33 6 3 Next Wave 2 168 18:10:00 19:26:27 01:16:27 01:09:13 7 4 Wicked 3 78 18:05:00 DNF 10 5 Bataleur 3 150 18:05:00 DNF 10 5

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2107 SYC Governor’s Cup Sheboygan Yacht Club

Results are final as of 10:02 on 11 June 2017

Overall Sailed, 3; Discards, 0; To Count, 3; Rating system, PHRFTOT; Entries, 3; Scoring system, Appendix A

Rank Boat Type Skipper PHRFTO Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total 1st Vanishing Point Olson 25 Mark Wessel 159 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 2nd Wicked B 32 Kevin Werner 78 2.0 2.0 4.0 DNF 8.0 3rd Pale Sail B 25 Keith Krautkramer 129 3.0 4.0 DNS 4.0 DNS 11.0

Winds S (180 degrees) @ 18-22 knt

Corrected Time = Elapsed Time x TCF

TCF = 650 / B Factor x PHRF B Factor = 550

Race 1 Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place, Time: 12:05:00, Distance: 4.0 NM, Wind dir, S; Ave wind: 18

Rank Boat Type Skipper PHRFTO Start Finish Elapsed Corrected 1 Vanishing Point Olson 25 Mark Wessel 159 12:05:00 12:54:45 00:49:45 00:45:37 2 Wicked B 32 Kevin Werner 78 12:05:00 12:52:04 00:47:04 00:48:43 3 Pale Sail B 25 Keith Krautkramer 129 12:05:00 12:58:49 00:53:49 00:51:31

Race 2

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place, Time: 13:15:00, Distance: 4.0 NM, Wind dir, S; Ave wind: 20 Rank Boat Type Skipper PHRFTO Start Finish Elapsed Corrected

1 Vanishing Point Olson 25 Mark Wessel 159 13:15:00 14:04:05 00:49:05 00:45:00 2 Wicked B 32 Kevin Werner 78 13:15:00 14:01:39 00:46:39 00:48:17

3 Pale Sail B 25 Keith Krautkramer 129 DNS

Race 3 Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place, Time: 14:20:00, Distance: 4.0 NM, Wind dir, S; Ave wind: 22

Rank Boat Type Skipper PHRFTO Start Finish Elapsed Corrected 1 Vanishing Point Olson 25 Mark Wessel 159 14:20:00 14:44:54 00:24:54 00:22:50 2 Wicked B 32 Kevin Werner 78 DNF 3 Pale Sail B 25 Keith Krautkramer 129 DNS

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Sea Scouts

The Sea Scouts finished three of our seven canoes this past month and it was just in time for our summer pro-graming.

Stop by our garage from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and help support your Ship!

Boat Denaming/Renaming

Alex and Allison Butterbaugh and James Owen held a Denaming/Renaming Ceremony on 29 June for the new Olson 25 they are bringing to the SYC Fleet. To change the name of a vessel without consulting Poseidon is to invoke his wrath, so in order to change a boat's name, a traditional ceremony is used to appease the gods of the seas. The first thing that must be done when renaming a boat is to purge its old name from the Ledger of the Deep, and from Poseidon's memory.

The renaming ceremony can then begin, and should take place as soon after the purging ceremony as possible. Finally, the gods of the winds must be appeased with another short ceremony, which will assure fair winds and smooth seas, wherever Full Send sails. Alex and Allison and James heeded Poseidon and had the renaming of their boat performed in accord-ance with Poseidon's instructions. (To be certain that Bacchus was also properly propitiated, a fermented beverage was sacrificed.)

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