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Fall Meeting 11/5/16 at Island YC

(If you like, you can skip down through the prose and go straight to the pictures below!)

Island Yacht Club was a great host for our Fall Meeting & Winner's Dinner on Saturday, November 5th. Where else do you see the overflowing appetizer shrimp bowl, with a tangy dipping sauce, refilled not once, but twice during cocktail hour, and the cheese, veggies, crackers and bruschetta complemented the shrimp nicely. Our dinner entrees of pork tenderloin or salmon were nicely cooked, and the grilled vegetables, kale salad, mashed potatoes and rice pilaf were just right. Commodore Nork had a wonderful 3I6 logo-decorated carrot cake sheet cake to accompany IYC's cheery cheese cake for dessert. Add in a warm atmosphere of nautical flags and a ship in the rafter, plus a continuous slide show of 2016's web page pictures on the screen during dinner, and you get a wonderful picture of a great Islander evening. You should have been there!



In all we had 45 folks representing 22 Islanders in attendance. We had a wonderful representation of all ages,from 80's to 8's! Check out the list below for our best recollection of who was there.

BoatOwner & Crew & Guests
Bella LunaBob DaPrato & Maria Santiago
CassiopeiaKit Wiegman, Naomi Wortis, Yvonne Wiegman
DianaLou & Diane Zevanov
EvanescenceSmokey & Laurie Stover
ex-ZenithArt & Betsy Fowler
FalconBruce & Donna Hallberg
Freedom WonJohn & Nanci Melton
HangoverDavid Book
Kindred SpiritsDon & Barbara Henderson
MischiefCharles & Kathryn Hodgkins
Natural HighDennis & Judy Bush
OphiraGary & Pat Salvo
OspreyJim Lovell
Pacific HighHarry & Suzy Farrell
SerenityRoger & Susan Anderson
Some DayRoy & Melinda Samuelson
TweenboatSkipper & Nancy Wall
Vanishing AnimalRick & Sandy Van Mell
White HorsesRob & Ruby Blenderman
WindwalkerTom, Jay & Maya Shoenhair, Scott Hauser
ZenithBill,Susan & Paul Nork
ZingaraSteve & Jocelyn Swanson


After dinner Kit Wiegman captured our attention with a great presentation on preparing for, and sailing in the Pacific Cup to Hawaii. He started with the additional safety features for the race, including an emergency steering rig on the transom, a heaving line, Man Overboard Pole, Lifesling, Radar Reflector and an AIS receiver. To keep the crew happy and comfortable at sea, each of the five crew members brought two of their favorite dishes aboard, which covered 10 of the 14 days. They chose brown bread that lasts longer, plus apples and oranges (remember to keep scurvy at bay), and eggs and bell peppers. The watch system included a 10-hours-off day every 5th day when the job was to be cook and clean-up but otherwise generally chill time. The race itself was considered one of the windiest and most challenging sea conditions by many of the long-time participants. Winds were often in the 20s and 30s with large swells from hurricanes to the south and west. Cassiopeia even had to back-track for part of a day because the Race Committee established a No-Go gate because of Hurricane Darby in front of part of the fleet. Much of the time it was double reefed main and #3 or #4 jib. In one hour hour stretch they AVERAGED 10.2 knots with a #4 jib. Their max speed was 13.2 knots. They caught a Mahi-Mahi which provided fresh shashimi and two nights of fish tacos! They wore life jackets and teathers while on deck, and each crew had a knife and personal locator for emergencies. They finished 3rd in class.

On the way home, the strong winds continues, and they sailed for 4 days with the helm locked, adjusting course with sail trim. Because the Pacific High was very far north, they set a course under it and powered for 72 hours straight in the light air. One challenge was keeping sea birds from landing on the top of the mast and damaging the instruments and windex. That was accomplished by making a radical turn just as birds tried to land! Kit had some spectacular photos of lighting, but not one of the strike that was only a few hundred feet form the boat! There were lots of questions, and many envious faces who wished they were there. Thanks Kit!

Roy Samuelson led off the Business Meeting with the Treasurer's report. With most of the year's expenses on the books, except for the costs of the Fall Meeting, we had net income of $2,154, before the expenses of the trophy engraving and prizes at the Fall Meeting.

Bill Nork talked about the 2017 draft Racing Schedule ( http://islander36.org/17race.html ) and explained how it is designed to use a variety of starting areas and courses from the YRA Master Calendar (over 400 races!)

Bob DaPrato interrupted Bill to show off the latest issue of Latitude 38 with a full page, page 3, Pineapple Sails ad, reading the first paragraph, "Bill & Susan Nork, with twin sons Paul and Tom, and fellow Islander 36 boat owner Jim Lovell, sailed Zenith, the Nork Family boat, to victory in last Month's Islander 36 Nationals." When the first round of cheers died down, Rick stepped up and presented Bill with the Nationals trophy.

Bob also did the honors for the Cruising events for the year, awarding the annual Winton Cruising Award to Ruby & Rob Blenderman and White Horses for their years of support for cruising activities, identifying the very popular Treasure Island Flea Market events, and hosting many wonderful July 4th celebrations at their home in Benicia.

Commodore Nork then asked Rick van Mell to help give out the racing awards for Fleet Captain Eric Mueller who was out of town on business. The Buster Hammond Trophy went to Windwalker, Rich & Tom Shoenhair, for first place in the Season's Championship. Tom, and eight year old twins Jan and Maya had departed earlier to pick up his wife at the airport, but crew Scott Hauser accepted the big trophy. Eric had also gotten a pair of beautiful, green, monogrammed shirts from Lands End with the 3I6 logo and ship's name for Windwalker, 2nd Zingara, and 3rd place Kapai. As noted above, 1st place for the Nationals Regatta went to first time winner Zenith, Bill &: Susan Nork. Wrapping up the racing section, the Perpetual Crew Trophy went to Roger Anderson of Serenity for his 20 years of sailing with Eric, ability to handle all positions on the boat, coaching new crew members, and even helping set marks at the Nationals Regatta. Also nominated for the Crew Award were Islander owner and Cassiopeia crew Carlos Cadiente, and Sheri Hunt, navigator on Serenity for the Pacific Cup.

This year's winner of the Schneider Trophy for service to the Association went to Gary Salvo (Ophira) for being Secretary, Vice Commodore, Past Commodore, original Webmaster and 20 years as our List Administrator!!!!!

The last official item on the agenda was the election of the Islander 36 Association 2017 Officers. by unanimous acclaim they are:

Susan Nork (Zenith) Commodore
Bob DaPrato (Bella Luna) Vice Commodore
Roy Samuelson (Some Day) Treasurer
Bill Nork (Zenith) Secretary
Kit Wiegman (Cassiopeia) Measurer

Eric Mueller (Serenity) Fleet Captain
Robert DaPrato (Bella Luna) Cruise Chair Alternate or understudy wanted)
Philip Seaman (ex-Mouse Pad) Newsletter Editor
Jocelyn Swanson (Zingara) Membership Chair
Rick Van Mell (Vanishing Animal) Webmaster

So enjoy the pictures, then make a note to check the tides and weather to join us Sunday, January 1st for the 'Round Alameda Parade, and March 18, 2017 for the Spring Meeting at Golden Gate Yacht Club.

Pictures by Rick Van Mell. Click on images to enlarge, click "Back" to return.


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At Alameda Marina ...
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across from Svendsen's ...
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is Island Yacht Club ...
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a friendly welcome ...
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Pat & Skipper ...
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playing hosts.
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Great setup ...
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Trophy table ...
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Projection table ...
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Islander cake ...
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all by Susan!!!
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The crowd gathers ...
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Good eats ...
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Shrimp ...
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Bruschgetta ...
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Cheese and ...
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crackers.
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Quench your thirst ...
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Maya, Jay & Tom...
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nice bar.
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Maria & Melinda
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David & Roy
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Smokey & Kathryn ...
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Laurie's OK
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Bruce & Donna
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Big talk ...
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big smiles.
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Kit & Bill
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Fun downstairs ...
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more arrive ...
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on the board ...
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our sailing grounds.
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Kit, Susan & Roy
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Pat & Jocelyn
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Kit, Steve & Lou
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Happy group
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Shrimp refill!
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Jim & Bill
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IYC wins many ...
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Opening Day ...
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Parades!
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Rob & Ruby
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Art, Bruce & Donna
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Nancy, Betsy & Laurie
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Yvonne & Naomi
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the Bionic Men!!!
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They agree.
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Nanci & Diane
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Upstairs for dinner ...
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table is full.
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Good times ...
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making a point ...
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something new ...
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getting acquaited ...
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many smiles ...
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around the table ...
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what's that?
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Dessert time!
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Yvonne is ...
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1st in line.
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Golden Gate YC
RC Team
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Susan kicks it off ...
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Setting up for ...
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Pacific Cup ...
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Kit presents ...
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slideshow.
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Bill talks racing ...
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Bob talks Cruising ...
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Ruby gets ...
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Cruising Award.
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Windwalker gets ...
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Season's Championship
Buster Hammond Trophy
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Zenith gets
Nationals Trophy
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Roger Anderson
Serenity ...
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gets Crew Award
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Gary Salvo gets ...
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Schneider Trophy
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Susan with
Commodore's Plaque.






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