Class Association Board Nominations

Harbor 20 Members:

On December 5th, 2015, an email was sent to all active members announcing the nomination of the 2016 Class Association Board of Directors.  Due to a technical issue, many of these emails diverted into SPAM folders, therefore, many members did not see the email.  The email that was sent is displayed below.

A vote for the 2016 Class Associate Board Members will take place in about a week, and will be conducted online. All members will receive an email and a post with voting instructions will be put on the website.

 

 

Email sent to membership on December 5, 2015

Harbor 20 Class Association

Dear Harbor 20 Class Association Owner Member,

As a current and active Owner Member of the Harbor 20 Class Association, you will be asked to participate in a vote for the 2016 Harbor 20 Class Association Board of Directors. This vote will take place online within the next several weeks.

The Harbor 20 Class Associations ByLaws, section ID3 state:


I.D.3. A Nominating Committee will be appointed by the Board each Fall to nominate candidates for the open Director positions. The Committee is required to consider suggestions for candidates from all Fleet Captains. The slate will be communicated to the Owner Members by December 10th. Five or more owners may nominate additional candidates. The Board will hold an open and fair election by the Owner Members of all nominated candidates.


A nominating committee was formed and candidates have been solicited from all the Fleet Captains. The nominating committee is recommending the following individuals for the 2016 Class Association Board of Directors.  An election will be held via email in the upcoming weeks. This email is only a notification of the nominated candidates as required by the ByLaws.

Warren Duncan, Fleet 1, Current Class Measurer
Nik Froehlich, 2015-16  Fleet 1 Captain
Steve Hachten, Fleet 6
Peter Haynes, Fleet 1, Previous Class President
Joe Highsmith, Fleet 3 Captain
Garth Hitchens, Fleet 5
Kevin Keogh, Fleet 3
Marino de Marzo, Fleet 5 Captain
Bill Menninger, Fleet 1, 2015 Class President
Richard Miller, Fleet 4
Michael Mixon, Fleet 6
Fred Rice, Fleet 4 Captain
Gary Thorne, Fleet1, Current Class Treasurer
John Whitney, Fleet 1, Fleet Scorer
Bob Yates, Fleet 1

Total of 15 Directors Representing all Active Fleets.
Any questions concerning the election or nominations should be directed to the Class Nominating Committee via email to Nik Froehlich.

Fleet 4 Executive Committee Meeting December 15 2015

– – – APPROVED – – –

14 January 2016

 

HARBOR 20 FLEET FOUR

BOARD MEETING, DEC. 15, 2015

 

Call to order: Endless Summer Cafe, Fred Rice, Fleet 4 Captain presiding. Present: Bill Bench, Geoff Slaff, Thomas Wright, Morgan Green, board members; J.J. Jeffries, webmaster.

 

Minutes of October, 2015: Accepted without correction.

 

  1. Officers for 2016. Review of Class Rules and fleet rules. Consensus agreement, unanimous, that the present board volunteer as candidates to serve for a 2nd year, with Geoff Slaff volunteering for the new duty of assistant to the Fleet Captain. The expectation is that Geoff would volunteer as a candidate for Fleet Captain for 2017. The hope is for another board member to volunteer as his assistant and, in turn, volunteer as a candidate for Fleet Captain. The above was agreed as allowed within Fleet 4 and Class rules to help ensure leadership continuity, the sharing of institutional expertise, as an educational help to any new incoming board members, and to avoid the constant need to recruit new officers from the fleet’s relatively small membership.

 

The above was determined by consensus to comply with Fleet 4 Bylaws, I.D.2 and I.D.3

 

  1. Election of board. Bylaws require the election by Feb. 1. The current board volunteered to be candidates. A notice will be circulated to the fleet to announce these candidates, and ask for other nominees to notify the Fleet Captain by Jan. 12. The election will be via email, will be a secret ballot, with fleet secretary Morgan Green to send email ballots out, receive votes back, and count the votes. The top five vote-getters will be confirmed as the new 2016 board.

 

  1. Future board phasing: Consensus to later discuss whether phasing in new board members (with staggered terms) and or a formal Fleet Captain “in training” duty should be considered as bylaw changes.

 

  1. PHRF. Fred reported from the SBYC Sail Policy Committee that Harbor 20s would be given their own start in the Hot Rum SBYC series, if four boats enter, but would not qualify for the traditionally PHRF event trophies. Discussion, with: Motion by Morgan Green, second by Geoff Slaff: The Fleet 4 board will take no position on PHRF certificate racing by fleet members. Approved unanimously.

 

  1. Fleet Budget. Treasurer Geoff Slaff reported the fleet has $2,256.95, with expectations of collecting another $1,300 in dues for 2016 for a total of $3,556. Fred will submit an invoice of $17.28 for trophy engraving. Expected expenses: Wayne volunteered to pick up the Fleet 4 party cost again this year.

 

  1. Perpetual Trophy. Needs to be engraved. Fred Rice will talk to Rich regarding this and look into the engraving.

 

  1. North/South Hosts. Set for Sept. 2-4. Five teams from each club will compete. (note: the entry fee at Newport was $400 per boat and $150 for guests at meals, etc.) Fred suggests work start on this right after New Years. Geoff reports we are in good shape for this event. Fred will seek a chair group to divide duties such as housing, trophies, registration, entertainment, T-shirts, race committee etc. Fred has already reserved the beach by SBYC for a Luau. He foresees the same format as last year, a cocktail party and registration Friday night. Friday P.M. a checkout race. An evening luau. Sunday trophy presentation. He will seek volunteers at the next general fleet meeting.

 

  1. Ullman sails. J.J. is to check the website to make sure the bylaw pertaining to sails is properly posted, and to make sure dimensions of sails, including spinnakers, is also on the site as a members’ reference as a courtesy.

 

  1. 2016 championship races. Motion to keep the same races as in 2015, including events sponsored by the Santa Barbara Sailing Club.

 

  1. Fleet Party. It is scheduled for Feb. 13 at Wayne’s, with Leslie Deardorff to coordinate.

 

  1. Party Possibility: Fred says he can possibly host a Fleet 4 picnic at sunstone vineyards on April 16. Will seek feedback at the next general fleet meeting.

 

  1. Next Fleet 4 general meeting will be Jan. 14.

 

Adjournment.

 

– – – END – – –

For Sale: Harbor 20 #114

PRICE REDUCED!  SOLD.

This is Harbor 20 hull #114 and the boat is named “Good to Go.” The hull is navy blue and in fantastic condition. The boat has been professionally maintained.  The inside has been detailed and it also comes with the cushions that sit in the cockpit. The batteries hold a charge and the trolling motor is functioning.  The jib cover and the cockpit cover are new. All of the rigging was professionally spliced and installed. The boat has been raced in the Newport Beach A fleet and the bottom was painted a year ago. It is cleaned regularly by a diver. It has been recently hauled out and waxed. The boat has a clear title and 2015 tags.

 

Price: $19,750 Please contact JP at (949)351-0651 or peschelt@yahoo.com

 

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Close Racing, Great Parties at Harbor 20 East-West Regatta

Harbor 20 Fleet 3 and South Carolina Yacht Club hosted the 2015 East-West Challenge Regatta at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, October 22-25.  Teams of three crews each from Fleet 1 (Newport Beach), Fleet 3 (Hilton Head), Fleet 4 (Santa Barbara) and Fleet 5 (Annapolis) sailed eight races in boats provided by Fleet 3 with assistance from Fleet 5.  Races were run in Calibogue Sound by a national race officer in moderate breezes with fairly strong current.  The East team (Hilton Head and Annapolis) beat the West team (Newport Beach and Santa Barbara) by a score of 228 to 275, earning possession of the East-West Challenge Trophy for the next year.  Hand-carved half-models of a Harbor 20 were awarded to the skipper and crew with the top three best individual performances in the regatta.  They were Chuck Millican and Ned Nielsen (Fleet 3), Ed Kimball and Gary Thorne (Fleet 1) and Domenico De Sole and Joe Highsmith (Fleet 3).  Just two and three points behind with the fourth and fifth best individual performances were Carter Ford and Kurt Wiese (Fleet 1) and Peter Trogdon and Jeffrey Scholz (Fleet 5).

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All of the competitors and their spouses, along with the 40 Hilton Head volunteers who organized and ran the regatta, enjoyed great parties every evening.  A Thursday evening welcome reception at South Carolina Yacht Club was followed by a Friday evening Carolina Low Country buffet dinner poolside at the Club.  On Saturday all 80 people went to Mary and Joe Highsmith’s home on the May River in nearby Bluffton for an Oyster Roast and Pig Roast with live bluegrass music provided by the band Low Country Boil and a dance floor under the old oak trees that was hopping after dinner.  Sunday after racing competitors gathered for light refreshments on the Club deck where the Club officers and founders received a plaque thanking the Club.  Then it was on to a fabulous Awards Dinner at the oceanfront home of Eleanore and Domenico De Sole.

 

On Friday evening before dinner there was an hour-long discussion meeting among the members of the Harbor 20 Class Association who were present.  Kevin Keogh, the event chair for the regatta, introduced the Fleet officers who were present, who included at least two officers from each participating Fleet, plus two officers of the national Class Association and three representatives of newly-formed Fleet 6 in Sarasota, Florida.  The topics on the discussion agenda included how to recognize the geographic growth of the Class by involving representatives from Harbor 20 Fleets outside of Newport Beach in the governance of the Class, the possible format for a Class national championship in addition to the East-West regatta, compliance with Class one-design rules including boat weights, sourcing of sails from sailmakers outside the Newport Beach area and initiatives for growing the newer or smaller Harbor 20 Fleets.  The constructive discussion allowed the Class officers who were present to take some ideas back to Newport Beach for Board consideration.

 

The 2015 Harbor 20 East-West Challenge Regatta was the eighth time this event has been held.  It started as a challenge between the Hilton Head and Newport Beach fleets and expanded to include Santa Barbara and Annapolis.  The venue alternates between East and West Coast.  The 2014 event was in Santa Barbara, 2013 in Annapolis and 2012 in Newport Beach.  The host fleet provides the boats that all competitors sail and provides housing in the homes of local members for those visitors who request it.

Here are the final scores of the 2015 Harbor 20 East-West Challenge Regatta:

Team Scores

East (Annapolis & Hilton Head): 228

West (Newport Beach & Santa Barbara): 275

Click East-West Final Scores for complete, detail and individual scores.

More photos and article by WD Schock is here.

In remembrance of Lee

The following is posted on behalf of Hollie Sutherland:

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to support Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) research at UCLA. Please make checks payable to “the UCLA Foundation”, indicate the gift is in memory of Leroy Sutherland in the memo line, and send the check to:

UCLA Health Sciences Development

Attn: Courteney Bailey

10945 Le Conte Avenue, Suite 3132

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Please feel free to contact Courteney Bailey at 310-267-1155 or cbailey@support.ucla.edu with any questions.

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