WYC Officers & Directors

Officers | Directors | Fleets

COMMODORE

Greg Morrow

VICE COMMODORE

Cookie Webb

REAR COMMODORE

Arvid Raulinaitis

OFFICERS

Jr. Staff Commodore, Julie Trussell
Secretary, Judie Tetzlaff
Treasurer, Allan Rosenthal
Port Captain, Bob McLarty
Fleet Captain, Rosemary McLarty
House Captain, Matt Heller
Judge Advocate, Jeffrey Hausman

DIRECTORS

Pat Adams
Daniel Bland
Charlie Bornhauser
Charles Harley
S/C Jim Harrison
Francine Meyberg
Rosemary McLarty
Chet Schreiber
Judie Tetzlaff
Jr. S/C Julie Trussel
Michelle Vardanian
Christine Wheeler

FLEET CAPTAINS

Bluewater Fleet, Pat Adams
C-14 Fleet, Doug Larratt
C-18 Fleet, Eric Liecht
Laser Fleet, Ole Eichhorn
FriendShip Fleet, Jeffrey Hausman
Kayak Fleet, Richard Wormus / Bob Coutts
Nautical Fleet, Sheila Thatcher
Welcoming Fleet, Pat Adams

STAFF COMMODORES

Dick Bear, 1969*
Sam George, 1970*
Jim Holder, 1971
Dan Kinney,1972*
Jack Swartz, 1973*
Sid Drasnin, 1974*
Art Shaw, 1975*
Park Irvine, 1976*
Hal Poett, 1977*
Ken Dalbeck, 1978
Bill Hanson, 1979*
Phil Archbold, 1980*
Omar Slayter, 1981*
Herb Buswell, 1982*
Ray Stonecipher, 1983**
John Kapus, 1984*
Scott Vandenberg, 1985
Gene Morrow, 1986*
Franklin Cofod, 1987
Marge Wilson, 1988**
Vic Pollard, 1989*
Bill Patton, 1990*
Ron Hine, 1991*
Larry Warner, 1992*
Peg Hansen, 1993*

Don Meyer, 1994*
Paul Artof, 1995**
Fred Reed, 1996*
Jerry Schneider, 1997**
Wilma Rosenberg, 1998
Richard O’Linn, 1999**
Chris Chigaridas, 2000
Ray Colesworthy, 2001
Susan Artof, 2002**
Bob Holloway, 2003*
Roger Weisman, 2004*
Michael Singer, 2005
Randy DeMaio, 2006
Robert Piccioni, 2007**
Kaj Sorensen, 2008
Bob Amenta, 2009
Ed Jefferson, 2010
Rob Schaefer, 2011
Brian Rackohn, 2012**
Sal Scarpato, 2013
Alan Jeffery, 2014
Melessa Lee, 2015
Carol Kirschbaum, 2016
Darius Raulinaitis, 2017
Howard Brenner, 2018

Jim Harrison, 2019
Gary Hughes, 2020
Lynda Brenner, 2021
Marty Fentress, 2022
Robert Menar, 2023
Julie Trussell, 2024

Honorary Staff Commodores

Frank Butler*
Alice Robinson*

*Deceased
**Inactive

WYC Blue Gavel Members

The Blue Gavel is an international organization of past Commodores from yacht clubs all over the world.

"The mission of the International Order of the Blue Gavel is to recognize past Commodores of the international yachting community and unite them in order to promote the highest ideals of yachting and preserve its customs and traditions through social, educational and humanitarian programs."

The WYC chapter of the Blue Gavel is one of the most active chapters in Southern California.

Sr. SC – Franklin Cofod & First Lady Natalie
SC – Bill Patton
SC - Larry Warner & First Lady Phyllis
SC – Wilma Rosenberg
SC – Chris Chigaridas & First Lady Debbie
SC – Mike Singer & First Lady Penny
SC – Randy DeMaio & First Lady Jan
SC – Kaj Sorensen & First Lady Lori
SC – Bob Amenta & First Lady Carol
SC – Alan Jeffery & First Lady Rose
SC – Melessa Lee
SC – Carol Kirschbaum
SC – Darius Raulinaitis & First Lady Laura
SC – Howard Brenner & First Lady Lynda
SC - Jim Harrison & First Lady Fran
SC - Gary Hughes & First Lady Cindy
SC - Lynda Brenner & First Gentleman Howard
SC - Marty Fentress
SC - Robert Menar & First Lady Cookie Webb