Volume 8, Issue 6
June 2014
Congratulations to Kelly Holmes-Moon and Team Bad Moon for winning the J/24 Southwest Championship, a qualifying event for the 2015 Worlds in Germany!
Inside This Issue
Club Representatives................................................2
Club Calendars .........................................................3
Commodore’s Corner................................................4
Fleet Captain Report.................................................5
Summer Racing Photos ............................................6
Corinthian Heritage Cup Regatta..............................7
Food Safety Practices at DCYC................................8
Lockers for Rent........................................................8
Corinthian Heritage Cup Regatta Photos.............9-12
Saturday Sunset Sail...............................................13
Sailing Classes........................................................13
Sunday Funday to Sneaky Pete’s ...........................14
Kiteboarding on Land with Joe Mauri......................15
The Social Side of Life ............................................16
July 4th Celebration Invitation .................................16
Junior News ............................................................17
Classified Ads..........................................................18
Facebook Link.........................................................18
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Club Representatives
COMMODORE
VICE COMMODORE
REAR COMMODORE
TREASURER
SECRETARY
FLEET CAPTAIN
FLEET SURGEON
HARBORMASTER
OFFICERS
Dave Meek
Leland Morris
Dick Peters
Dick Peters
Kendra Favors
Peter Brigaitis
Dr. Jay Hoppenstein
Tim Johnson
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
John Lusk
James Hankins
David Jones
Emmett Stoker
Kelly Holmes-Moon
Tim Johnson
Sissie Smith
Chris Dickey
Peter Brigaitis
Jim Hancock - Past
Commodore Rep.
DOCK REPRESENTATIVES
Dock 1
Dock 2
Dock 3
Dock 4
Dock 5
Dock 6
Charlie Hoffman
John Lusk
Dagny Boaz
Chris Dickey
Mike Butcher
Lynn Harpold
Hailer Staff
STAFF REPORTERS
Jay Hoppenstein, MD
Will Braat
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Marie S. Nuchols
HONORARY REPORTERS
Aunty Fouling - Biocide Distributor
Var Nish - Coats and Covers
Lee Way - Drifter and Gofur
Dewey Pointe - Meteorologist/Fog Alerts
Clove Hitch -Knots Department
Raz D. Titanic - Marine Salvage
Sara Bellum - Intellectual Property
Hy Waters - Lake Levels Reporter
Ms. N. Mast - Historical Riggings
Bo Lyon- Running Rigging
Head Way - Bathroom Attendant
Cunning Ham - Newsletter Attorney
Matt Dropout - Statistician
Half Hitch - Marriage Counselor
Contact info for Club Representatives at www.dcyc.org
COMMITTEES
House
Grounds
Pool
Entertainment
Finance
Jib Crane
Long Range Planning
Education
Annual Regatta
Membership
Race
Ship's Store
Hailer Editor
Legal
Junior Activities
Website
Leslie Maynard
Leland Morris
Matt Harden
Tonja Holmes-Moon
Dick Peters
John Lusk
Chance Beck
Kelly Holmes-Moon
Tonja Holmes-Moon
Dick Peters
Peter Brigaitis
Tonja Holmes-Moon
Tonja Holmes-Moon
Michael Betz
Michele Ditmer
Chris Favors
Mail should be sent to 900 N. Pottershop, Suite 100,
Crossroads, TX 76227
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Club Calendars
For more information on all of these events, click on the hyperlink found on the Calendar under the Events tab.
UPCOMING RACE CALENDAR
June 4
June 7
June 11
June 14
June 18
June 25
June 28
July 12
July 19
July 26
July 4
Wednesday Night Beer Can Races
Full Moon Series #2
Wednesday Night Beer Can Races
Summer Series #2
Wednesday Night Beer Can Races
Wednesday Night Beer Can Races
Summer Series #3
Full Moon Series #3
Summer Series #4
Summer Series #5
Cardboard Boat Regatta
6 pm
8 pm
6 pm
6 pm
6 pm
6 pm
6 pm
8 pm
6 pm
6 pm
BOARD MEETINGS
All board of governors meetings are
held at the DCYC clubhouse upstairs
at 9:30 a.m. All members are
welcome to attend these meetings.
June 21
July 19
August 16
September 20
October 18
November 8
Annual Meeting - November 15
UPCOMING SOCIAL EVENTS
June 6
June 6
June 14
July 4
Summer Kickoff Junior Party
Crawfish & Shrimp Boil
Burger Burn & Full Moon Raft Up
Celebration Day at DCYC
1-4 pm
4 pm
Full Moon - June 12
UPCOMING YOUTH EVENTS
June 9-13
June 21-22
Windward Sailing Camp
TSA Regatta at Corpus Christi Yacht Club
More information can be found on the Junior Pages
Anchors Aweigh...
For a quick anchor spot, you can tie off to the anchor line attached to the
white sphere located about 300 yards from the east side of the bridge
between Marks 2 and 3.
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COMMODORE’S CORNER by Dave Meek
What a great start to the
season! The month of May
always brings lots of
excitement with the kids
nearing the end of the school
year and everyone starting
to migrate out to the club
for some warm weather
activities!
The weekend of May 16-18th
we hosted our annual
regatta, The Corinthian Heritage Cup with over 43 boats
racing in several fleets. Great food and cold beverages
where enjoyed throughout the weekend with, of course,
the Rum Happy Hour and The N’Awlins Gumbo Kings
being the highlight of Saturday evening’s party! A big
thank you to Michele Ditmer, Tonja Holmes-Moon and
all of the members that stepped up to make this
fundraiser for our Education Foundation a big success!
Congratulations to Kelly Holmes-Moon and Team Bad
Moon for winning the J/24 Southwest Championship.
This was a qualifying event for the 2015 J/24 Worlds
Championship in Germany. Way to go TBM!
Memorial weekend kicked off the official start of summer
by hosting the Hobie Mid-America’s and North Texas
Windriders State Championships. Members enjoyed
watching the racing during the weekend, listing to the
bands, grilling and the kids testing out the cool waters of
the swimming pool. We always enjoy having these two
groups at the club!
As the kids wrap up the 2013-2014 school year, I would
like to remind you that more kids will be in and around
the club, please slow down when driving in the parking
lot.
There is still space available to register your youth sailor
for Windward Sailing Camp to be held June 9-13th .
Click on the red button on the homepage of the DCYC
website for more details. They will have a lifetime of
memories made in one week!
See you at the club ~ Dave
Thanks to Mauri Pro Sailing and DCYC Members Juan & Maia Mauri for their
generous donation of sailing smocks, gloves and dinghy boots to our junior sailors!
Check out their website at www.mauriprosailing.com for your sailing gear and
equipment!
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FROM YOUR FLEET CAPTAIN by Peter Brigaitis
Happy June! It has been a
busy stretch over the past
month as the club hosted two
very successful events.
temperatures.
The Corinthian Heritage Cup
was a great event as usual.
Even with the low water
conditions we had over 40
boats racing. The weather even
cooperated with a weekend of
good breeze and nice
The following weekend we hosted the Hobie MidAmericas which also had great turnout and very good
sailing weather. Thanks to everyone who pitched in to
make these great events happen!
With the big regattas behind us for now, we are
beginning the summer racing season. This past Saturday
began the Summer Series which will consist of 10 races
over 5 days. We have scheduled these races to begin at 6
p.m. on Saturdays, which avoids the worst heat of the
day and frequently has us sailing in a nice evening
breeze. With 8 races remaining, there is still plenty of
opportunity to join in on the fun.
We also have the Full Moon Series with the next race
scheduled for June 7 starting at 8 p.m. If you have never
participated in one of these races, you are missing out on
a great time. The race starts shortly before sunset and
continues into the evening. Half the fun is trying to spot
the marks in the fading light. This is a great opportunity
to learn how to use your GPS for navigation around the
course.
In addition to these series races, we have also scheduled a
number of stand-alone, one-day events, beginning with a
Single/Double-Handed Race on Father’s Day (June
15th). This event with be a reverse-start, pursuit race
approximately 2 hours long.
And of course, there are Wednesday evening casual races
all summer starting around 6 in the evening. I look
forward to seeing everyone on the race course!
~ Peter B
Summer Racing at DCYC
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CORINTHIAN HERITAGE CUP by Michele Ditmer
Wow! We had another successful 2014 annual regatta
with over $8500 raised for the Dallas Corinthian
Educational Foundation! As a result of the donations
made to DCEF, we are able to provide all of the boats
and equipment used in conjunction with our junior and
adult sailing classes as well as support of our UNT
Sailing Team! DCEF is a key partner in ensuring the
future of the sport of sailing!
Hicks kept the club nice and tidy during the weekend
and made sure we had plenty of toilet paper! That’s a
very important aspect of an event this size! The always
fabulous Marie Nuchols did a magnificent job with our
social media promotions! Every day, I received a shout
out to our sponsors or one of her fabulous on the water
shots promoting the event! Our very own little Jessica
Hancock, now 26 years old, kept count of all of the
money coming and going throughout the event! It’s
hard to believe that we have our next generation coming
up running regatta’s! I LOVE it! Big kudos to Marie
Nuchols and John Pherson for taking some wonderful
shots on and off the water to document this great time!
Sandra & Chris Osborn for all of your invaluable
guidance! A special thank you to Mark Blanchard for
overall management of the grounds, to David Patterson,
Kelly Holmes & our to our very much appreciated, race
committee for excellent race management. Finally, I
want to thank my friend and co-chair Tonja Holmes. We
have had tireless meetings, emails, texts over the past
months to pull it together! Could not do it without you
girl! Last but certainly not least, my super supportive
hottie husband Darrin Ditmer! He is your go to DF guy!
We could NEVER pull off a regatta of this magnitude
without the help of our members & friends of DCYC!
Thank you to everyone that got involved, whether it was
at the level of involvement of months of planning or just
showing up and offering a helping hand during the
weekend! To just name a few, much thanks to Chance
Beck and John Lusk for their duties down at the crane
and docks. To Heather Fahl and Sheryl Strout for all of
your hard work coordinating the silent and live auctions,
Kim Dickey and Teresa Baker and their team made sure
we had lots of great food for the entire weekend! Pam
Hancock and her awesome group looked over all of
beverages and made sure we had plenty of cold beverages
on hand and of course they rocked the RUM Happy
Hour! Tim Kraft, Sam Baker and the N’Awlins Gumbo
Kings provided all of the rockin’ music that we enjoyed Happy Sailing!
all weekend! Maia Mauri and Dick Peters held down the
fort at the registration table. Leslie Maynard and Linda
Advice from Crash on a warm summer day…
Skipper John Finks along with Will Brat ,James Hankins ,Tim
Johnson took 2nd place in its fleet
A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but
it's better to be thoroughly sure.
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FOOD SAFETY PRACTICES AT DCYC
DCYC adheres by strict food safety practices as evidenced in these photographs. One of the most important procedure of food safety is
hand washing. In the top photographs, Darrin Ditmer and Amber Doutez show proper hand washing at the "hand washing station." On
the picture below left, Darrin Ditmer shows us improper procedures at the hand washing station. Shame on you Darrin! :-) On the bottom right photograph, Michele Ditmer and Phyllis Hankins show us some standard clothing that should be worn when cooking in a
kitchen including a hairnet and gloves. Honestly, I am not quite sure what they are cooking, but a full body paint suit, a face mask and
plaid boxer underwear are an interesting choice of clothing options for a kitchen! In any event, thanks for the kitchen team during our
Corinthian Heritage Cup Regatta who made sure our kitchen and food all followed proper safety procedures throughout the whole weekend! We will be carrying on those procedures for all of our club events too!
DCYC Lockers for Rent
There are lockers available for rental both upstairs ($25 annually) and in the men’s
restrooms ($35 annually). If you are interested in renting a locker, contact Leslie
Maynard at leslie_maynard@sbcglobal.net or (214) 415-6497.
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CORINTHIAN HERITAGE CUP REGATTA
Top left and right: Team Blue Monk. Middle: The Rum Happy Hour crew showing their safety hands. Bottom left and right: Team Shotglass.
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THE SOCIAL SIDE OF LIFE by Tonja Holmes-Moon, Entertainment Committee Head
It is hard to believe that we have just hit the 6-month
Teresa Baker, Dave Meek, and last, but certainly not
mark of 2014. I am amazed at how time just seems to fly! least!!, Michele Ditmer. Here is to making 2015 even
bigger and better than this year!!
Well, since our last Hailer, DCYC has hosted a multitude
of social and regatta events!
The weekend after our regatta was the Hobie MidAmericas and Windrider championship. What an
On the social side, I hosted a Memorial Day event that
exciting thing to see the variety of what our club offers!
brought out 34 folks to partake in the beautiful weather
and plentiful buffet of hot dogs, hamburgers, potato
For social events coming up, this weekend, on June 7th,
salad, and other goodies. It was nice to join the distance we will have a Crawfish & Shrimp Boil. We already have
regatta that was going on the same day.
40 people signed up for this event!
On the regatta side, boy where do I start? Well, after lots
of planning, phone calls, meetings, and more planning,
the Corinthian Heritage Cup Regatta came in a whirl
and left in a flash. At the end of it all, I can say that this
year it was almost effortless. Part of that is because of all
of the wonderful volunteers that helped out for several
months.
On June 14th, Kristin Lyon will be hosting a burger burn
and moonlight sail.
On July 4th, you don’t want to miss all of the fun games
that we have planned for you! We will begin with a
Cardboard Boat Race at 10 am. We will also hold several
“races” during the day such as a Watermelon and Apple
Pie eating contest, and we will have lots of games set up
While I know I will miss some of the many names that
like washers, three legged race, spoon & egg relay race,
volunteered, all of whom deserve the biggest thanks and and others. If we have enough sign ups, we will plan to
hug I can give, I wanted to specially thank the following have a bounce house. More details will be coming to the
people for their help: Marie Nuchols, Maia Mauri, John
website in the next few days.
Pherson, John Lusk, Pam Hancock, Jessica Hancock,
Enjoy the summer and stay cool!
Mark Blanchard, Dick Peters, Dick & Heather Fahle,
~ Tonja
Sheryl Strout, Dolores Ryon, Tim Kraft, Kim Dickey,
JULY 4TH CELEBRATION
Festivities begin at 10 am
DCYC is hosting a full day of fun in the sun! Below are some of the events. A
schedule and more details to follow!
Cardboard Boat Race, Watermelon Eating Contest, Apple Pie Eating Contest,
Washers, Three legged race, Spoon & Egg Relay Race and other games!
We will serve hamburgers, hot dogs and sides for dinner at 5 pm
Costs for Cardboard Race, Watermelon Eating Contest and Apple Pie Eating
Contest will be posted on the website soon
Cost for Dinner is $10*
Hosted by Peter Brigaitis, Kelly & Tonja Holmes-Moon
*The cost per person for any event will be adjusted if expenses are less than the amount advertised, but not will
be more than this amount. Reductions are based on headcount.
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JUNIOR NEWS
Upcoming TSA Regattas
The 2014 TSA schedule is here!
There are several Aqua Monkeys that will be racing many of these regattas. Come out and
cheer on your DCYC Junior Sailors!
June 7-8
June 21-22
July 17-18
August 16-17
September 6-7
September 20-21
October 4-5
October 25-26
Changes in L’Attitude at Corpus Christi Yacht Club
Rock the Rock at Corinthian Sailing Club
Texas Youth Race Week at Houston YC, Lakewood YC, Texas Corinthian YC
Cannonball Run at Palacios Yacht Club
Junior Ol’ Man of the Sea at Fort Worth Boat Club
Endless Summer at Seabrook Sailing Club
Pirates of the Corinthian at Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club
End of Year Regatta at Lakewood Yacht Club
For more information go to http://txsail.org! Support our future sailors and DCYC club members!
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DCYC Classified Ads
BOATS & SLIPS FOR SALE
Slip 525 – 9’ – South Facing
Contact Tom Doherty
tom.dohearty@cunninghamarchitects.com
Slip 114 – 12’ – North Facing
Contact Jon Heard or Contact Carol Roberts (CPA) (214) 915-0913
dcyc-cpa@carolrobertscpa.com
Slip 537 and Boat for Sale, Asking $2500
(940) 230-2830
1974 24’ Bayliner Buccaneer
Contact Nora Brown
Slip 308 – 10’ – North Facing
940-390-5903
Contact Scott McKissack
S.McKissack@neopost.com
2008 Chaparral 220SSi with Mercruiser 350Mag plus 2008
(214) 293-4653
Roadrunner Trailer. MINT CONDITION - - Maintained by
MarineMax Service Records Available. Less than 70 hours
Slip 309 – 10’ – South facing
- all skis, jackets, buoys, 2 covers (one for winter) included.
Contact Randy Thompson
Premium Package, Bow Rider Filler Cushions, Wood Grain
Randy.Thompson@netapp.com
Steering Wheel and Dashboard, Fire Extinguishing System,
(217) 763-1046
Snap in Carpet, Anchor, Quick & Quiet Exhaust, Swim Platform, Clarion Speaker Upgrades with Amps. Original Sale
Slip 510 - 8’- North Facing
Price $49950 - purchased from Plano Marine. 1 Owner
Contact Robert Berg
Boat is in slip at Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club. Asking
Robert.Berg@unt.edu
$33,995/OBO. Call Gina Hubbard at (972) 740-5185
940-365-9002
Slip 518 – 8’ – North Facing
Contact Terry Owens
DianaOwens@trainingcs.com
(940) 365-9208
NOTE: SLIPS CAN ONLY BE SOLD
TO MEMBERS OF DCYC
Did You Know DCYC Has a Facebook Page?
Join DCYC’s Facebook page!!! You can link to it by looking for the Facebook
icon at the bottom of our webpage or go to Facebook and search for DCYC
(group). We will endeavor to post more information on this site for happenings
and news at the club!