William A. Hoffman, M.D. passed away in Lenox, MA on July 23rd. Bill was a club member for 25 years and the father of current member Andy Hoffman. With his wife Joan, Bill owned a series of sailboats named Dale H. The couple were avid cruisers and they took their boat to Maine and Canada numerous times. Bill was an expert navigator and taught celestial navigation with the Power Squadron. The family participated in many club cruises during the 1970s, helping to guide and mentor fellow club members in the pre-Loran and GPS era. Bill will be remembered for his dry sense of humor and ever-present pipe. In addition to Joan and Andy, Bill is survived by sons David and Rick, his daughter Laurie Beth and five grandchildren. A memorial service for Bill is scheduled to be held at the club on Monday August 23rd.

Two fabulous days of racing, Monday 7/26 -Tuesday 7/27.

- 225 junior sailors;
- 47 coaches;
- 30 volunteers on the water;
- 30 volunteers on land;
- 30 housing hosts;
- 66 420s;
- 89 Laser Radials;
- 12 Laser FullRigs;
- Great club staff.

THANKS TO ALL!

For results, click here.

Vice Commodore John MacArthur (pictured left) sailing in his J30 Smiles, placed 3rd (6 boats) at the NOOD Regatta in Marblehead, Mass on 7/23, 7/24 and 7/25. This was a warm up for John's team who are preparing for the J30 NAs which will also be held in Marblehead in a couple of weeks.

Other CPYC sailors in Marblehead were Ched Proctor, crew for Peter Galloway in 4th in Sonars (25 boats), Chris Johannessen crew for Bob Monro, 10th in Sonars and Steve Girling (photo right) was steering IHYC's prospective NYYC Invitational warm up Sonar with Jonathan Nye crewing.

The Star Class held a regional masters event as part of this regatta and Will Swiggart was 4th (11 boats).
 

Revelation dominated the J105 class at Larchmont Race Week and was awarded the Charles H. Vanderlaan Trophy for Yacht with the Best Record Over the Series. Tons of CPYCers aboard over the 2 weeks, including Alex, Sarah Hamm, Marc Jacobi, Bill Pierz and 2 CPYC Junior Sailing coaches -- McKenzie Wilson and Tom Gabbott.

Other big boat CPYC sailors were competing at NYYC Race Week, Newport, RI, in One Design racing. Phil and Wendy Lotz won the NYYC 42 Class. Dave and Marry Ellen Tortorello finished 4th in the J122 Class. Rick Lyall finished 4th in the J109 Class. All three of these competitors have moved on to Part II of NYYC Race Week, the Rolex US - IRC Nationals. At the end of competition on 7/24, Rick Lyall's Storm won on Division 5, Phil Lotz's Atethusa was 3rd in Division 3 and Dave Tortorello was 3rd in Division 4. To view complete IRC results, click here.

There are many success stories so far, both in silver earned by some and -- less visible, but just as important -- many of our less experienced sailors are gaining confidence and developing a love of racing.

Pixel pair Lindsey Doyle and Sarah Owen recently won Pixel Eastern Districts and then finished 2nd in fleet and 2nd Overall out of 52 Pixels at Larchmont Junior Race Week, while Connor Marion was 4th at Laser Radial Eastern Districts, then 2nd Overall in the 89 boat Radial fleet at Larchmont.  Laser Radial Charlotte Saxe has had a great season start, with 4th at Leiter Girls' Champs and 3rd in fleet at Larchmont.  Austen Schaefer and Jason Raymond were 2nd in 420 Eastern Districts and 4th in Larchmont's 420 yellow fleet, while Marek Zaleski and Nathan Gleason were  4th in 420 Districts and  4th in 420 green fleet at Larchmont. Schaefer/Raymond and Zaleski/Gleason finished 9th and13th overall in the 97 boat Larchmont 420 division.  Rounding out our recent top 10 finishes, were the teams of Mary Margaret Meehan/ Kelly Chang and Matt Raymond/Forrest Thomas, who were 6th and 8th, respectively, at 420 Districts.

Two of our Opti sailors have dominated their divisions, with Nina Reichhelm and Richie Gordon posting back to back wins in Opti White and Blue Fleets, respectively, at both the Pequot Opti Rumble and Larchmont Race Week. Everett Metchick sailed to a strong 5th place in his Opti division at Larchmont.  Opti sailors also with top 10 finishes were Emery Wallace, 7th and 10th at Pequot and Larchmont and Robert Gordon, 9th at Larchmont.

Once again we are saddened by the passing of one of our long-time members, Mike Clark, who passed away on Tuesday after a short illness.  He is survived by his wife Sharon, his two sons (Larry and Allen) and two grandchildren.

The CPYC Summer racing season is now in full swing with Atlantic, Star, Thistle, Lightning, Flying Scot, V15 and three PHRF Divisions, racing on Saturdays and Sundays through Labor Day out on Bluff Point. Some CPYC sailors are traveling to other venues around the Notheast. To mention a few: 

• Several active Thistle sailors did well in the Thistle Great Lakes Championships hosted by North Cape YC in Lasalle Michigan. Chris Pollak with daughters Jocelyn and Meghan were 2nd, Jay Lurie sailed with Dave Dellenbaugh for 3rd, Brad Thompson, Matt Kreuzkamp and Kristen Barnard were 7th and Brian Swingly with Sean Joyce was 15th. There were 60 boats in the fleet. For full results, click here.
• Commdoore Nelson Stephenson is racing in the Star Districts hosted by Cottage Park YC in Boston Harbor.
  
• Racing on the Sail Newport Coastal Regatta is Steve Girling and Mike Gavin in the Etchells 22 Class; Phil Lotz, sailing in the Swan 42 Class; Jamie Ewing, Carl Segen Megan Booth, Andrew Foster and Madeline Gill sailing in the V15 Nationals Class; Jeff  Beckwith and Ted Gillman sailing in the Laser Full Rig Class. To view results, click here.
  
• Rear Commodore Ann Wilbanks and George are sailing Revelation in the J105 Class at Larchmont Yacht Club. They are hot after the first weekend of race week. Click here for results.
  

It is with great sadness that we must report to the Membership that word has been received from the Fontelieu family that Charlaine Fontelieu, CPYC's very own "Madame Shapes" , passed away peacefully on Monday afternoon at home with her family in California.

There will be a private service for Charlaine in California. Sometime later this year, the family may be coming east to organize a memorial service at that time. 

Expressions of condolence may be forwarded to Charlaine's husband, Ted, and the Fontelieu family through Suki Fontelieu at 2795 Ben Lomond Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 or by email to Fontelieu@MSN.com .  Ted & Charlaine's other children are Denise, Teddy and Chaulkie. An obituary and additional information will be forthcoming shortly.

The Fontelieu family requests that in lieu of flowers, a donation be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Information on how to do that can be found at the following web address: http://www.michaeljfox.org/index.cfm

As has become customary at Cedar Point, the Commodore has ordered that Flags at CPYC will be at half mast on Saturday and Sunday of this coming weekend as an indication of the deep respect with which Charlaine was held by CPYC members and in recognition of her life long dedication and contributions to Cedar Point Yacht Club and its culture of Sailboat Racing.  Charlaine will always be greatly missed but fondly remembered.

See new photos of Junior Sailing's largest ever begginner Opti class working on "Steering," supervised by Laurel Hofrichter, Tim Clark and Director Geoff McCuskey.

Junior Sailing Gallery

New Dock Gates with pushbutton locks are now  installed on "A", "B" and "C" docks with completion of the programming and necessary adjustments to be completed shortly.  Members should Click Here for more information, including the new combination. 

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Members who have not already done so are requested to update their CT State Vessel Registration information prior to June 30, 2010 by Clicking Here .  An article in the Members section explains why completing this survey is both important and timely.  

NEWS FLASH - Final Race Results for the Newport to Bermuda Race are in.

• Gary Grant and Steve Fisk sailed Alibi, a J120, to a 2nd place finish in the Double Handed Division 15, scored under ORR. Gary did well to win over a sistership and long time rival Hewitt Gaynor.  Steve Fisk contibuted the "Fast and Faseter clip of ILMOSTRO featured to the right.
  
• Linc Schoenberger crewed aboard Lindy, a Peterson 38 from Niantic BayYC. The boat took 4th in the St David's Lighthouse Division 1, scored under ORR.
• Gordon Dailey crewed aboard Siren Song, a J133 from Larchmont YC. The boat finished 4th in the St David's Lighthouse Division 6, scored under ORR and IRC.
• Jamie Ewing crewed aboard Frolic, a Sabre 362 from IHYC. The boat finished 4th in the St David's Lighthouse Division 1, scored under ORR and IRC.

Great Scot! A flotilla of CPYC members sailed west, around the corner to Sprite Island YC for the Douglas Orr Invitational Regatta. Josh Goldman and crew Eva Burpee won the light air regatta, besting the 20 boat fleet that had participants from three different clubs. Melanie Dunham was 2nd and Hank Sykes was 3rd. Other CPYC Flying Scots sailing were Neil Farrow, Rob Cohen, Marvin Pozefsky and John Cooke.

Marv Pozefsky and Tammy, his daughter won the Jack Carpenter award for the boat crewed entirely by family members, not inlcuding husband / wife teams.

For complete results, click here.

CPYC hosted its first ever Etchells Regatta. The regatta was won in convincing fashion by Steve Girling sailing USA 1200, Lionheart. Girling sailed with Ched Proctor and Dave Lutian over the weekend of June 19/20. Girling and team had 5 results in the top 4 in this 5 race no discard regatta. Girling's consistency was the result of great boat speed and smart, conservative tactics that produced a 2,4,3,3 on the Saturday and a 4 in the only race on Sunday to lead the field by 2 points over Jay Mills and 7 points over Ethan Doyle. 

The CPYC Annual One Design Regatta, sponsored by Fairfield County Bank, now in its 9th year, has attracted competittors who race larger One Design Sailboats. Event Chair,  Jim Brigger has posted the entry list. To view it, Click here. For 2010, the regatta will have Farr 30s, Beneteau 36.7s, J105s, J80s and J30s. Each year a new class of boats seems to take over with the most entries from the farthest locations.

This year is no different...with the J80s and competitors hailing from around the country attending, on their way up the Northeast Coast throughout the summer, leading up to the J80 World Championships in Newport Rhode, Island, this Fall.

Members and guest are invited to take a spin out to the large race course and get a look at some tight action. Paul Iffland, PRO, promises non stop action from 11am on both days. He will be accompanied by Eric Passero, Tom Little, Laurie Iffland, Miriam Moscovici, Sharon Bernds, Rich Gold, Jeremi Jablonski and John Quinn. This RC team has been doing this regatta for many years and its always great fun for the competitiors and RC alike.

One of the competitors commented that the regatta and RC work were as good as they have seen anywhere. The dinner was sold out, the House band rocked for the party, the food was plentiful and grins were all over the point during a picture perfect weekend of sailboat racing at its best.

Final results are available in the regatta section of the CPYC website or by clicking here.

 Daniel Siegel - March 30, 1926 - June 9, 2010 

Past Commodore Dan Siegel passed away this morning at his home from heart disease. Dan is survived by his wife Alice, two sons, Jeffrey and Andrew, their wives, Mindy and Tracy and four grandchildren, Jaclyn and Rebecca, Leah and Elliot.  

Dan served as Commodore in 1993 and 1994 after serving as Vice and Rear Commodores, governor of House, Security, Capital Projects, Crew, Membership, Entertainment, Publicity and Chairman of Membership. His years as editor of the Bulletin were distinguished by his poems always signed Anon. He was honored in 1998 with the Remlin Trophy and was honored twice by the Cruising Class with the Bernie Green Award. Dan contributed the Uncle Dan Cup, which is awarded to the best skipper of the non-spinnaker division during the three holiday weekends. An avid racer and boater, Dan began sailing as a child and continued his love of the sport racing before Cedar Point moved to Bluff Point and cruising with his family aboard a succession of Blue Gulls.  

A memorial service will be conducted on Sunday, June 13th at 10:00 AM at Congregation B’nai Israel 2710 Park Ave. Bridgeport

The family will sit Shiva Sunday, June 13th after 7:00 PM at Jeff’s home: 69 Normandy Rd. Trumbull

CPYC members Andy Hoffman and Cleve Reuckert participated in the Double Handed regatta held at the Stamford Yacht Club the weekend of June 5th. Sailing Gnosis, the duo sailed to 2nd place in their division (PHRF Spinaker) with finishes of 3 and 1.  Final results are posted at Stamford Yacht Club's website.  This was the third time that they participated in this annual event. More photos... mark rounding and awards ceremony.

Chris Johannesen and a group of CPYC members including Steve Girling, Michael Gavin, Richard Shattuck, Jamie Ewing, Marc Jacobi and Charles Stanley participated in a second four-day match racing clinic run by Dave Perry and Oakcliff Program Director Dawn Riley, hosted in the six Swedish Match 40s. They travelled together each morning to Oyster Bay and ended their experience filled with knowledge, enhanced skills and excitement for the sport. If you want to learn more about the fun these members are having, give them a call.

This being a Cedar Point Challenge Cup season, CPYC sailors are working up the match racing discipline. After two days of Dave Perry-led match racing clinic inspiration, the Cedar Point team of Chris Johannessen, Marc Jacobi and prospective-new-member Michael Curtin won the US Sailing Match Racing quarter-finals held at Oakcliff Sailing Center in Oyster Bay, NY, qualifying them for the semi-finals, to be held at the end of June in Annapolis. The winners are invited to race in the US Match Racing Championship for the Prince of Wales Bowl at the Detroit Yacht Club, sailed in Ultimate 20s, 9/15/10 - 9/19/10. 

Chris J, one of the Team Racing organizers, along with Steve Girling and Richard Shattuck introduced Rich Gold, Chris Wittstock and his daughter Natalie and Megan Booth to Team Racing for the first of 4 Summer Solstice nights at Noroton Yacht Club in Ideal 18s. CPYC will be hosting other teams for the next several weeks. Thunder and lightning were very impressive prior to getting in 2 short races against the NYC team. Each team won a race.

News Flash...

• Dave and Mary Ellen Tortorello's Red J122, Partnership, sits atop their IRC 40 Division, prevailing over 3 sisterships.
• Gary Grant and Steve Fisk in Allibi are 3rd in the double handed IRC Division.
  
• New CPYC Member, Paul Schroeder was also on the water as Watch Captain aboard Gringo, taking 2nd in the PHRF Division.
• CPYC Member Linc Schoenberger was jib trimmer on the winning PHRF boat, Lindy.

V15 Fleet Captain Jamie Ewing, Jay Lurie and Chris J are organizing and inviting all members to participate in Club sanctioned Team racing for members in all fleets.

This different type of sailboat racing fun is gaining momentum in the sailing world. It lots of fun, always things to learm and very social as well. Join the fun.

UPDATE - schedules are posted!  - The SSS (Summer Solstice Series) schedules are posted on the left of the team racing page and on the Club's official  calendar. Email Chris J or Jamie  if you think you can make a night.

35 members, including most of the Board of Governors, met in the Club Dining Room to discuss the Club, preparations for the upcoming 2010 season, topics of current interest and to share ideas. Town Hall Meetings are part of the effort made by the Board to provide Members with more opportunities to make their views known and for the Board to better communicate with Members.   

The evening ended with a discussion of a newly formed Committee which will be tasked with developing a Five Year Capital Plan under the direction of Rear Commodore Ann Wilbanks and participation by the Club's Flag Officers.     After entering their login for the CPYC web page,  Members can review a summary of the Spring Town Hall Meeting by Clicking Here. 

All members please take note - CPYC's new 5 - Ton Hoist is in service and available for use by members. To use the 5-Ton Hoist members are required to make an appointment at least three days in advance with the Club Manger, Trey Lang @ 203.226.7411. If Trey is not available, leave a voice mail. Plan to be available as scheduled with at least one assistant to help during the lauching procedure.

5-ton hoist operation is NOT allowed when One Design fleets are active.

The Hoist Guidelines and Rules are published in the member only library. Members interested in using the hoist are required to read the rules...click here.

John McArthur, House Governor and Vice Commodore