THETILLER MONTEREY PENINSULA YACHT CLUB - MARCH2019 YEAR67,ISSUE3
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TheTiller Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club March 2019 Year 67, Issue 3
Commodore’s Log
On Wednesday evening, March 13, Skipper Rick Srigley was washed overboard off
the transom, of his Moore 24, Morpheus.
His crew called the Coast Guard and attempted to bring him back on board. They
brought him to the boat, but were unable to bring him out of the water.
The Coast Guard rendered assistance, and transported Rick by ambulance to the
hospital. Tragically, Rick Srigley passed away as a result of the evening’s events.
Rick was a dynamic personality and highly experienced sailor who loved the ocean,
and loved sailing.
The Membership of MPYC is mourning
the loss of an experienced sailor and a
dear friend. Our deepest sympathies and
heartfelt support go out to Rick’s
family. We ask for all to hold them in
your hearts and prayers.
With Sincere Regards,
Sharron Frey Rick's wife, Sandie, requests no
visitors or calls at this time. Cards
Commodore
and letters would be appreciated.
Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club
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Sailing Coach Upcoming Social Events
Honored Saturday, March 23
6:00PM - Winemaker’s Dinner
Monday March 25
6:00PM - Sail Talks
Monday, April 1
5:30PM - Book Club Potluck
“And the Sea Will Tell” by Vincent Bugliosi
Monday, April 8
6:00PM - Sail Talks
Tuesday, April 9
5:00PM - Cruisers’ Potluck
Jack McAleer, longtime MPYC member and sailing coach Regular Schedule
at Stevenson School, has been honored by the Dinner is served every Wednesday and Friday
Interscholastic Sailing Association Board of Directors with evening at 6:00PM, bar open 4:00PM Wednesday
the Jeff Spranger Award, the highest national honor to a and 3:00PM Friday.
volunteer in high school sailing.
Lunch is served every Thursday from 11:00AM
The award was presented “in recognition of his long- until 2:00PM.
standing and continuing dedication and tireless efforts on
Breakfast buffet is served every Sunday from
behalf of school sailing and its young people.”
10:00AM until noon.
McAleer, a Carmel Valley resident, taught physics for 41 The MPYC Board of Directors meets every third
years at Stevenson, brought the sailing program to the Thursday of the month at 6:30PM.
school, and saw it become a varsity sport in 1998. He
retired as a teacher in 2018, but continues to help the Remember to check the online calendar for updates.
sailing program as a volunteer assistant coach. http://www.mpyc.org
House Rules
Members of reciprocal yacht clubs are always
welcome; please remember to register in the Club
guestbook before using Club facilities. Other guests
are encouraged, but must be welcomed to the club
by a current member.
Membership is easy, and applicants need not be
boat owners. For further information on
membership and house rules, call (831) 372-9686
or visit us on the Web at www.MPYC.org.
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Race On!
by Jean du Preez
Photos by Michael Polkabla and Rick Srigley
The 2019 MPYC race season has finally begun! With a and the bar will be full! To witness the racing action on
record number (35) of boats registered to race in a wide the water, join fellow club members on spectator boats,
variety of races offered by the Club, the winter cobwebs or accompany the race committee. Skippers are also
are finally cleared off the rigging, and out of the minds, encouraged to invite our wonderful junior sailors to join
and everyone seems to be eager to get out on the water the fun of keelboat racing.
to race.
The 2019 MPYC Race Committee roster has been
The Tune-up race on 24 February brought back a scurry finalized and posted at mpyc.org. Thanks to a strong
of activity at the club’s dock and the hoist, with several team effort by the MPYC Race Committee, Notices of
boats making last minute adjustments, even installing Race have been prepared for each of the regattas
rigs. Thanks to Jim and Patty Womble, on board their organized by the Club. These NORs also include brief
beautiful blue hulled Tootaloo served as race committee background on each regatta and its trophy. The NORs
with Mike Gross and Art Sutton joining. After a number are also published at mpyc.org.
of practice starts, all four fleets got off to sail the first
race of the 2019 season in a building breeze. Judging by Finally, Spinnaker Cup volunteers are needed! A signup
the buzz at the Bear Flag Bar afterwards, everyone had a sheet is available at the bar. Please sign up early. We
blast on the water. Congratulations to the fleet winners: would appreciate your help at the finish line, as boat
Ecaroh (Santana 22); Yankee (Shields); Lucky Duck inspectors and escort boat crew, as part of the MPYC
(PHRF A) and Maverick (PHRF B). concierge team, helping in the bar and galley or selling
racing swag.
Following more rain, the expectations for the first PHRF
race of the season were high. With wind predictions all Send an email to race@mpyc.org if you are interested to
over the place - ranging from 5 - 15 knots - eight PHRF get involved in any racing activities.
boats assembled at the start line on 10 March. Using a
chase boat as race committee boat, Justin Nielson and
Casey Muesell (Diving Dolphin) did their best to square
the line, but a significant wind shift after the start
resulted in a reaching drag race to Mile and back. The
strong breeze resulted in good boat speed all round, and
one maverick provided some added entertainment …….!
The second race was sailed in completely different wind
conditions, and offered challenging tactical options. Dr
Feelgood took on the mighty LocaMotion and Lucky
Duck and pulled off a well deserved first place in the A
fleet series. Racing in the enlarged B fleet was equally
exciting and although Maverick finally got its act
together in the second race, Calphurnia still managed to
inch a one point lead in the series. Afterwards, lots of
racing tales were shared on the club deck in (almost)
spring weather.
The Sunset Series kicked off on 13 March. Judging by The highly competitive PHRF fleet preparing for
the number of boats registered, racing will be exciting competition at the MPYC docks.
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Race On!
continued
LocaMotion leading the A fleet.
Maverick strutting its stuff with Encore in background .
Lucky Duck coming in hot at the leeward mark.
Soggy Dollar leading B fleet around the mark
Shields class team of Patrick Tregenza, Michelle Polkabla
Tight mark rounding at Mile: Left to right Calphurnia, and “some other unknown guy” triple-handing their boat,
Encore (spectating), Maverick and Soggy Dollar. Yankee to victory!
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Trea$urer Report Uncorked!
by Jeff Kise, Treasurer by Jerry Stratton
The transition to The Mattox Group (TMG) We’re continually sipping
bookkeeping services is well under way. You all new wines that you can
received J Fagan’s introduction letter with your enjoy at moderate prices.
February invoices. He and his team are excited to be However, we have added a
working with the club. "Special Celebration
Selection" for those
February was a busy month in which we accomplished occasions you really find
the following: special and want to
• Transitioned to a cloud-based version of our celebrate! Check out that
accounting software which provides the club list as all bottles are way
manager and treasurer real time access to our below retail!
financial information
We enjoyed Open That Bottle Night on February 23
• Made some revisions to our account structure to with 34 attendees who shared 25-30 bottles of vino as
align it with form 990 to aid in timely tax filings. the evening moved along with fabulous pairings from
our galley staff. This once-a-year event had a waiting
• Implemented electronic timesheet and list, so we are evaluating whether we might add a
scheduling software. second edition- or rerun in the fall.
• Set up new payroll software integrating the Do not miss our winemakers dinners! Dylan paired
timesheets and accounting software. fabulous food to our first one of 2019. The second
evening is scheduled for March 23. Be There!
• Club bills are now reviewed electronically and See you at the Club!
approved prior to being paid.
In March we expect to complete online bill payment for
members and direct deposit for staff paychecks. I plan to MPYC Race Seminar series
evaluate our bank’s remote check deposit service which
saves time by eliminating the need to go to the bank. We
will also be working with the Technology and To kick off the new MPYC Race Seminar
Membership committees on improving the alignment of series, the Shorthanded Seamanship seminar
member information between the website, accounting, will be held Monday, March 18 at 6:30pm.
Maitre’D and other tracking documents. Finally, I want The seminar will feature a panel discussion
to give a thank you to Caitlin McMillen who has with notable MPYC short-handers David
generously volunteered to help Dylan as we work Potter, Dave Morris and Garth Hobson who
will share their experiences on how to prepare
through the new workflow and paperwork in the office.
your boat, yourself and your limited crew for a
shorthanded fun sail or to be comfortable
Please continue to mail your signal number account entering the Double or Single Handed Long-
checks and payments to MPYC, 'attention distance races. We hope this will be an
bookkeeping', just as you've always done; not to the interactive discussion with the goal of
Mattox Group. For those paying with a business check, enhancing our knowledge and experience
please be sure your name or signal number is indicated levels in short handed sailing.
somewhere.
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Introducing Sail Talks
by Shandy Carroll
Hi MPYC, I’m Shandy Carroll. This winter, while stuck foot race boat; it takes a LOT more teamwork for one! I
inside during a rainy weekend, I had an idea to make the came to Monterey in 2009 for a master’s degree from
sailing season more fun, safer, and more competitive. Moss Landing Marine Labs, where I got to sail with
With help and input from Becky Brock, I’ve facilitated Captain Ron on the Shields, and a summer on a Santa
an educational ‘chalk talk’ style evening for beginning Cruz 27 in Santa Cruz. My husband and I moved up to
and intermediate sailors, to talk about all the questions Oregon for 5 years, where I gained an appreciation for
that come up during the sailing season that we don’t lake sailing, and a deeper appreciation for a short rainy
have time to answer while out on the water. The purpose season. Last Spring I came back to Monterey, and
is to discuss sailing, racing, and seamanship, and learn started sailing with the ladies aboard Barbara, in the
from each other. It’s designed as a casual meeting, with Shields fleet. In October I bought my very own first
room for side tangents, sea stories, and random boat, a Montgomery 15, which I enjoy cruising around
questions. the bay with my dog. I feel endlessly lucky to have
returned to this beautiful place where the wind is
The trial sail talk was in February, and we talked about variable enough to be interesting, there are charismatic
the ever important topics; how to leave and return to fauna everywhere, and the sailors are pleasantly good
harbor with the same number (or crew overboard hearted.
techniques), weather, how to avoid using the spinnaker
to flip the boat, and what to do if you have a serious Fair winds,
problem (like a broken mast). At the first talk, on March Shandy
11th, we covered the most common racing rules (when
boats meet). Towards the end of the month, March 25th,
we’ll discuss how to pick a side of the course. For me,
creating a place where all sailors can learn and advance
their skills off the water is a great thing, and I hope it’ll
create a space for those niggly questions that we mean
to answer in between races. My sailing coach in college
always said ‘control what you can control, and the rest
will follow’. This is a tenant I sail by.
Before I get too carried away, I’d like to introduce
myself. I was a cruising kid, and grew up aboard a
Yorktown 39 sailing around the world. My family
eventually stopped cruising in New Zealand, where they
still live. I continued racing and sailing through my
youth, in several types of dinghies (including the
Optimist), and eventually went to the University of
Hawaii Manoa, where I joined the sailing team. I loved
sailing in college, but decided to take a year off to
pursue an Olympic campaign in the Yngling in 2007.
After finishing up with the campaign I headed off to
SEA semester to sail aboard the tall ship SSV Cramer.
Sailing a 135 ft. tall ship is pretty humbling after a 20
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Open That Bottle Night
by Ken and Francine Meadors
Photos by Di Cailliet
Our thanks to Jerry Stratton who organized, hosted and decanted numerous wines for this annual event. All the
wonderful wines that were brought and shared were paired well with the excellent dinner prepared by Dylan and his
hard working staff. It was a delightful evening that was enjoyed by all.
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Mardi Gras Celebration by Sarah Duncan
Photos by Di Cailliet and Martisa Light
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!! The first annual Gumbo and Jambalaya Smackdown is officially on the books! And
what a smackdown it was on Saturday, March 2nd---thirteen food entries and over fifty “rollers” made for a wonderful
and delicious event.
The centerpieces of the smackdown were, of course, the gumbos and the jambalayas. Eight gumbo entries were
submitted for tasting and eating, and the recipes ran the gamut from smoked duck all the way to wild elk, and then to
seafood like scallops and shrimp. The entries were voted on by the tasters, and the winner in the gumbo category was
Chef Adams, who created a gumbo made with scallops and other seafood. Second place was a tie shared by chefs John
Ruck and Fritz Weeth, who respectively prepared Smoked Duck and “Light Spice” Gumbos. In the jambalaya
category, there were five different entries, including a vegan recipe. Our true Cajun chef, Robert LaFleur, won first
place from the voters with his Pork Belly Jambalaya. Second place was Cathy Mowry, and third place was first time
jambalaya maker, Sarah Duncan. All the chefs received a wine prize for their efforts.
The smackdown meal was rounded out with cornbread and salads, and amazing bread pudding with rum sauce for
dessert, thanks to Chef Dylan Jones and his fabulous crew. DJ Gary Haas provided great Louisiana and Caribbean
music for the crowd and took requests for dance music until the party rolled to a close. Thank you, Gary! And thanks
to the Entertainment Committee for making the event festive with a little bit of New Orleans style.
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Mardi Gras Celebration
continued
Page 11Travels With the Tiller by Jack Davies
My daughter and I are at the Vatican with ‘The
Tiller’ in hand.
We’re hoping to see the Pope tomorrow.
Gaucho Regatta
Photo by Michael Fiala
Front row: Monty Ratzliff,
Zachary McKrill, Gabriel
Gargiulio, Coach Grant
Howerton
Back row: Dante Fiala, Lily
Robnett, Marina Hobson
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Municipal Wharf #2
Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 372-9686
MPYC 2019 The Tiller Editor’s Note: Please send articles,
photos, want ads, letters to the editor,
Officers and Directors Editor: Linda McLennan notes and ideas, anytime to:
Layout: Linda McLennan tiller@MPYC.org. All articles subject to
Commodore: Sharron Frey editing.
Distribution: Becky Brock
Vice Commodore: Michael Polkabla
Printing: Copy King
Rear Commodore: Jean du Preez
Staff Commodore: Dino Pick
Contributors:
Sharron Frey
Recording Secretary: Gayle Paul
Jean du Preez
Corresponding Secretary: Martisa Light
Di Cailliet
Treasurer: Jeff Kise
Jeff Kise
Michael Fiala
Directors:
Jack Davies
Scott Brubaker
Michael Fiala
Kate Conway
Sarah Duncan
Becky Brock
Jerry Stratton
Eric Anderson
Shandy Carroll
Dick & Judy Clark
Martisa Light
Francine MeadorsYou can also read
