Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club. . . www.byscnet.com MARK YOUR CALENDARS! March 2nd 6pm First Friday Covered Dish Supper March 9th, 16th, 23rd Sunset Friday 6pm March 10 Lowcountry Challenge on HHI, featuring Harbor 20’s. March 9 Work Day 9am March 15 6pm Auxiliary Committee March 17 Final Frostbite Series PHRF race March 17 River Rats Training at BYSC Clubhouse March 30th 6pm Flag Raising Ceremony April 1st Open House 1pm-4pm April 1st, 15th, 22nd, 29th Spring Series Sailing April 6th First Friday 6pm April 13th, 20th, 27th Sunset Friday 6pm April 14th Work Day 9am April 18th Auxiliary Meeting 6pm April 19th-23rd BYSC Race Week April March March 2012 From the Commodore The top photograph is of Betsy and me in our Y-Flyer in 1975 at the Western Carolina Sailing Club on Lake Hartwell in Anderson, SC, which was our home club at the time. She was a very patient and uncritical crew. The other is of us with our grandchildren last Thanksgiving. The smartest thing I ever did was marrying her in 1969. We had a great turnout of 17 members for our Primary Race Officer (PRO) training at the club on February 25 th . John Barber, Frank Pontious, George Dewhirst, Walt Gnann, and John Fisk have been carrying the responsibil- ity for our race committee leadership over the last few years. We now have an additional group that can share the load and provide valuable backup. Thank you to all that came for the training. River Rat training will be held on March 17 at the club. These folks are also indispensable to our racing program. The only requirements are a willingness to help the PROs conduct our races. John Barber will teach you everything else you will need to know, so please come and support one of our club’s main activities. The social activities at the club were in full swing in February with a Bob Marley Sunset Friday on February 10 and a Pirates and Wenches party on February 18. I suspect incriminating photographs will be appearing soon. If you haven’t been enjoy- ing our Friday evenings at the club, you are missing out on a great time. The first Friday of each month is a pot luck supper that always has wonderful food. We call the other Fridays of the month Sunset Fri- days where folks bring hors d’oeuvres and enjoy a few beverages. This is the chance to get to know other club members and witness spectacular sunsets and bellowing conchs as the evening wears on. Come be a part of it this Friday and really take advan- tage of the social benefits of your club. The Auxiliary Committee is hard at work in making even more plans for fun events throughout the year. We will formally kick off our Spring Racing Series and small boat racing season with a Commis- sioning Ceremony on March 30 th at 6:30 pm in conjunction with a Sunset Friday. Come be a part of that. If possible, I would like for all past Commodores to attend and be recognized. If each of you would let me know if you can be there, I would appreciate it. Of course the PHRF Fleet has been rac- ing for several Saturdays already. It is great to see those big boats out on the water. The tennis crowd seems to keep our courts busy with the wonderful winter weather we have been having. We have so many ways to have fun at BYSC. Come enjoy it. I hope you are enjoying some of the old articles and pictures related to the club and sailing activi- ties we are publishing in the Bow Watch each month. Thanks to Russell and Kitty Harley for provid- ing some of them from their scrapbook. I have enough to have 2-3 each month during the course of the year. Andy Kinghorn 2012 Commodore
March 9th, 16th, 23rd Sunset Friday 6pm March 10 Lowcountry Challenge on HHI, featuring Harbor 20’s. March 9 Work Day 9am March 15 6pm Auxiliary Committee March 17 Final Frostbite Series PHRF race March 17 River Rats Training at BYSC Clubhouse March 30th 6pm Flag Raising Ceremony
April 1st Open House 1pm-4pm April 1st, 15th, 22nd, 29th Spring Series Sailing April 6th First Friday 6pm April 13th, 20th, 27th Sunset Friday 6pm April 14th Work Day 9am April 18th Auxiliary Meeting 6pm April 19th-23rd BYSC Race Week
April
March
March 2012 From the Commodore The top photograph is of Betsy and me in our Y-Flyer
in 1975 at the Western Carolina Sailing Club on Lake Hartwell in Anderson, SC, which was our home club at the time. She was a very patient and uncritical crew. The other is of us with our grandchildren last Thanksgiving. The smartest thing I ever did was marrying her in 1969.
We had a great turnout of 17 members for our Primary
Race Officer (PRO) training at the club on February 25th. John Barber, Frank Pontious, George Dewhirst, Walt Gnann, and John Fisk have been carrying the responsibil-ity for our race committee leadership over the last few years. We now have an additional group that can share the load and provide valuable backup. Thank you to all that came for the training.
River Rat training will be held on March 17 at the club.
These folks are also indispensable to our racing program. The only requirements are a willingness to help the PROs conduct our races. John Barber will teach you everything else you will need to know, so please come and support one of our club’s main activities.
The social activities at the club were in full
swing in February with a Bob Marley Sunset Friday on February 10 and a Pirates and Wenches party on February 18. I suspect incriminating photographs will be appearing soon. If you haven’t been enjoy-ing our Friday evenings at the club, you are missing out on a great time. The first Friday of each month is a pot luck supper that always has wonderful food. We call the other Fridays of the month Sunset Fri-days where folks bring hors d’oeuvres and enjoy a few beverages. This is the chance to get to know other club members and witness spectacular sunsets and bellowing conchs as the evening wears on. Come be a part of it this Friday and really take advan-tage of the social benefits of your club. The Auxiliary Committee is hard at work in making even more plans for fun events throughout the year.
We will formally kick off our Spring Racing Series and small boat racing season with a Commis-
sioning Ceremony on March 30th at 6:30 pm in conjunction with a Sunset Friday. Come be a part of that. If possible, I would like for all past Commodores to attend and be recognized. If each of you would let me know if you can be there, I would appreciate it. Of course the PHRF Fleet has been rac-ing for several Saturdays already. It is great to see those big boats out on the water.
The tennis crowd seems to keep our courts busy with the wonderful winter weather we have been
having. We have so many ways to have fun at BYSC. Come enjoy it. I hope you are enjoying some of the old articles and pictures related to the club and sailing activi-
ties we are publishing in the Bow Watch each month. Thanks to Russell and Kitty Harley for provid-ing some of them from their scrapbook. I have enough to have 2-3 each month during the course of the year.
Andy Kinghorn 2012 Commodore
Call for new River Rats!
BYSC is looking for new River Rats! These specially trained club members, who live to spend time on the river and share its beauty with others, manage our club races and regattas. Wearing their trade-mark yellow t-shirts, they set the race course, start the races, record the finishes, help capsized sailors, manage the marks and keep the competition running smoothly.
Training for River Rats is at our Spring and Fall Club Racing Series races, starting every year in April. Roles include PRO, signal boat com-mittee members, mark and safety boat skippers and crew. Our goal is to have the best race management team in SAYRA, with enough members so we always have a full roster and no one has to work too often. And it's working! The River Rats get big kudos every year at the Lowcountry Regatta and the regional and national regattas we are invited to host at our club.
We’ll be talking about all the details at a meeting on Saturday,
March 17, 9 to 11:30 am at the club. We’ll discuss signal, mark and safety boat duties, answer your questions and get you scheduled to start working on the water!
Bring your calendar, your t-shirt size, your ideas and your questions. See you on Saturday the 17th at 9am!
Call John or Marge Barber, 525-1316 or 575-8998, if you have questions. See you soon!
Top 10 reasons to become a BYSC River Rat:
10. It’s great exercise.
9. You’ll be part of a team with
a mission.
8. You can add new skills to
your resume.
7. You’ll have a great view of
the racing.
6. You’ll be a part of exciting
river rescues.
5. You’ll make new friends.
4. You’ll be an insider.
3. You get a free t-shirt.
2. You get to share sea stories
(and refreshments) after the
races.
1. You get to tell the sailors
where to go!
These are some of the original BYSC River Rats conducting races in front of town in 1966. They are standing on the marina dock where the waterfront park is today. In the background you can see the screen porch of the Beaufort Yacht Club that used to extend out over the water. That was removed when the park was built, but the white two story building behind it still houses the Beaufort Yacht Club at the end of West Street and on the edge of the park. As one old timer told me when I asked why the Yacht Club stopped sailing activities, he said “I think they liquefied.” I hope that doesn’t happen to us.
PHRF Series Update The PHRF racers managed to get two races in on Saturday Feb 11th - one on long and one on the short course. Weather forecast did not look good, but seven boats started each time. The rain kept off, until minutes after the fi-nal race finished! It is hard to believe that we are now into our third year of the Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (big boat) racing at the BYSC. The series has gone from strength to strength. We regularly have seven or more boats start each race. Currently have twelve boats registered for the Frostbite Series. In the first series back in 2010 we sometimes only had two boats starting! Having said that, when I look around the Club grounds, I see there are a good number of sailboats that are rarely used, and would make excellent PHRF racers. Same goes for some nice looking boats swinging on their moorings that could potentially do well racing in a PHRF series. I know there is only so much time to go sailing, and things seem to get in the way too often. The reason I signed up in the first place was because I rarely used my boat…I was too busy painting (my old house) or in the yard, or doing something other than sailing! The local wildlife loved my Catalina, birds nest in the sail cover, Mud Doppler’s building nests inside. So I figured if committed to the first se-ries, at least it would get me on the water on Friday evenings for six weeks. Our first races were not good - we were pretty bad! But over the weeks we improved the boat and our sailing skills, to eventually win races and the first se-ries. It does not matter if you have never raced in your life before, so long as you know the basic sailing rules of the road, and try stay out of the way of other boats, you will be fine. Over the weeks, you will improve you sailing skills, and hopefully your boat. There is a wealth on knowable sailors in the club, and most are only too willing to give advice or help you out. We have three more Saturday’s to come on out and enjoy your boat. 3/Mar, 10/Mar and 17/Mar at 1:00pm start time. Or you could keep on painting, raking leaves, or go shopping! If you would like more information on PHRF racing, please contact Everett Ballenger (843) 521-7977 or e-mail to [email protected]
The March 2nd First Friday is being
hosted by Alan & Joan Dechovitz. This month’s theme is Margaritaville. There will be margaritas and Jimmy Buffet themed fun. Wear your flip flops, key west "fashions" and favorite parrot head hat. Bring your favorite Islands themed snack or a covered dish item to share. The funs starts at 6pm.
March Auxiliary Committee Report
February’s dinner meeting was well attended and once again combined a fun social event while moving ideas forward for improving our club. Many thanks to Kristi Rushing, Mike & Esther Long, Martha & Steve Weeks, Monica Nichols, Lisa Presnell, Barbsie Brown and Joan Decovitz for putting together the delicious Lasagne dinner everyone enjoyed.
At this month’s meeting, subcommittees sat together and worked on improvements for
our kitchen, ideas for plantings on our grounds, new ideas for social events and card/game playing at the clubhouse, plans of changing our membership directory to digital, and other membership enhancement ideas.
The next meeting is Thursday, March 15th at 6pm. This night will feature heavy
hors d’eourves and a wine tasting. Subcommittees will continue discussions on individual projects and we will also be working on details and looking for volunteers to help the BYSC Board with the New Member Open House to be held April 1st.
Everyone is welcome to join in on the fun. Great way to meet people and get more in-volved in your club!
Hope to see you there! Sue Hamilton , President, BYSC Auxiliary
BYSC Race Weekend April 19-23 featuring the
Classic Boat Rally & the Jean Ribaut Cup
Welcome to the Seventh Annual Classic Boat Rally (“CBR”) being held on the Intra-coastal Waterway (ICW) for sailboats of classic design having an overall length of 15 to 24 feet, combining the adventure of sailing from Savannah, GA to Dataw Island, SC, racing daily along the journey, and sharing social interaction on shore in the evenings. Note that you can stay ashore at night in comfortable accommodations, or you may stay on your boat if you prefer.
The event begins on Thursday, April 19th, at the Savannah Yacht Club, arrives Fri-
day, April 20th at the South Carolina Yacht Club (Windmill Harbor on HHI), arrives at BYSC in time for the Jean Ribaut Dinner Party on April 21st, with the final leg from BYSC to Dataw Island Marina on April 23rd.
There are lots of logistical challenges with this event, along with some great food
and beverage. Please visit http://byscnet.com/?page_id=157 or email/call Woody Nor-wood 678-427-2937 [email protected] for more information regarding this event.
The Jean Ribaut Cup is held at BYSC on Saturday, April 21st. There is a skippers
meeting and cocktail party at the BYSC Clubhouse at 6pm. Boats will be departing BYSC for the Port Royal Sound Race Course at ~8:30am. A catered dinner party and awards ceremony will take place Saturday evening. Full details are available at
http://byscnet.com/?page_id=592 Please contact Roy Crocker at 843-476-1733 or [email protected] for more information.
J.D. Rosser, a U.S. Sailing certified PRO instructor, provided an excellent course on race management. J.D. is the South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association (SAYRA) chairman for PRO training and belongs to the Hobcaw Yacht Club in Mount Pleasant. This important PRO training was arranged by the Racing Committee and its chairman, BYSC Vice Commodore, George Dewhirst. A special thanks goes to Diana Dewhirst & Marilyn Pontious for arranging a delicious lunchtime meal and personally baking the cookies for dessert.
Yellowbeard Party
For Sale
24’ Lowe Pontoon boat, hard top, trailer, Mercury 90hp, $3400 can be see at BYSC, George 812-6127 Hewes Redfisher 16 flats boat. Fully equipped to include - Yamaha 90 motor w/ stainless prop; Lenco trim tabs; Minn Kota Riptide trolling motor w/AGM batteries; Guest on board charger; Stiffy Hybrid push
pole; Tibor pole caddy; Garmin GPS; Wesco trailer w/new springs, seals, bearings, lights, brackets; new cover; complete safety gear and more. All well maintained. Just add rods and go. $14,950. 843-476-7208 Can be seen at BYSC or at http://youtu.be/YZv8gJSxOXg and at http://charleston.craigslist.org/boa/2824893052.html Boston Whaler 5.4 Harpoon sailboat, boat & trailer good condition but needs new mast/sleeve
This Venture aluminum trailer apparently has been abandoned at BYSC. It has a Seels Outboard logo, appears brand new, and is suitable for an ~18’ boat. If it is yours, please contact Bo or David.
Regatta winners from a BYSC race series in 1968. From left to right; Carol Bellamy, Jim Googe (I think), Mac Goodwin (1968 BYSC Commodore), Ed Nelson, Russell Harley, and Billy Keyserling. Note that Mac Goodwin is the grandfather of Ricky Akers who was BYSC Commodore in 2010. And of course on the far right is the current Mayor of Beaufort as a 20 year old. Note Billy’s goatee. Billy is also the brother of current BYSC member, Paul Keyserling.
Spring is starting to show its face here in Beaufort, and I am sure that most of you are excited to get out on the water to enjoy the weather (if you haven’t already!).
In order to strengthen our membership, BYSC needs your help. The office receives member-
ship inquiries from the general public, but as a member-oriented organization, most of our new members come from existing member referrals.
We will be having our annual “Open House” on Sunday, April 1st, and I want to give you this op-
portunity to refer potential members so that we can formally invite them to this event. If you have friends, neighbors, or colleagues who you feel would fit in well at the Club, please invite them to the Open House and try to attend with them. If you cannot attend, please send their informa-tion to the office by email [email protected] or telephone 522-8216
Thank you in advance for your help in making the Open House a successful event and ensur-
ing the continued improvement of OUR Club. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to call me at 838-2505.
Best regards, Marvin Day 2012 Membership Chair
Two additional moorings were added to the BYSC mooring field, bringing the total to 14. The Army Corps of Engineers and SC OCRM have informed us that our mooring field is now at maximum capacity. One of the new moorings is shown at the left, weighs ~8,000lbs, and utilizes 3/4 inch steel chain. There is currently a short waiting list of members who wish to lease a mooring.
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