{"id":1180,"date":"2020-02-25T07:56:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T07:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2020-03-15T22:38:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T22:38:47","slug":"commodore-alan-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/25\/commodore-alan-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Commodore Alan Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alan Test is the Current Commodore of  IYFR San Francisco Fleet, one of more than a hundred fleets of Rotarian\u2019s who are part of the International Yachting Community.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"420\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/156-sail-sport-talk-with-karen-43716747\/episode\/sail-sport-talk-march-03-58629019\/?embed=true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the San Francisco Fleet<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The alphabetical list of yacht clubs that IYFR SF members are affiliated with is: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Benicia Yacht Club, Est. 1977 <\/li><li>Berkeley Yacht Club, Est. 1939 <\/li><li>California Carver Club, Est. 1987 <\/li><li>Emeryville Yacht Club, Est. 1989 <\/li><li>LaBelle Yacht Club, Est. 1878 <\/li><li>Loch Lomond Yacht Club, Est. 1962 <\/li><li>Los Angeles Yacht Club, Est. 1901 <\/li><li>Low Tide (New Bedford MA) Yacht Club, Est. 1932 <\/li><li>Marin Yacht Club, Est. 1935 <\/li><li>Oxbow Yacht Club, Est. 1980 <\/li><li>Richmond Yacht Club, Est. 1932 <\/li><li>South Beach YC, Est. 1988 <\/li><li>Sausalito Yacht Club, Est. 1942 <\/li><li>Tradewinds Sailing Club<\/li><li>St. Francis Yacht Club, Est. 1927 <\/li><li>Tiburon Yacht Club, Est. 1955 <\/li><li>San Francisco Yacht Club, Est. 1869 <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IYFR-SF has 3 delegates to the Pacific Inter-Club Yachting  Association who meet monthly with delegates from the 105 Yacht Clubs who  participate in P.I.C.Y.A.  In the world of yachting, once you are  actively involved as a racer, cruiser, boater, in a leadership position  or as a member of a Yacht Club, it is common to meet members of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picya.org\/15-member-clubs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">PICYA Member Clubs<\/a>  who share  interests sailing, boating and the world of yachting.   PICYA member delegates from IYFR-SF have contributed to PICYA and  recreational boating leadership over the past years.  Long time IYFR-SF  Delegate to PICYA, David Breninger, is past President of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rboc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Recreational Boaters of California<\/a> and board member and secretary of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picya.org\/picya-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">PICYA Foundation<\/a> and Current Board member and Secretary of <a href=\"http:\/\/iobgdelta19.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">International Order of Blue Gavel Delta District 19<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IYFR-SF is an Association member of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picya.org\/history-of-picya\">PICYA<\/a>.   PICYA member delegates from IYFR-SF have contributed to PICYA over the  past years.  Past IYFR-SF Commodore Karen Lile arranged for a USPS Special Postal Cancellation  Commemorating the 97th and the 100th PICYA Opening Day On The Bay with Special USPS  Global Ocean Stamp Plaque Presentations.  And our past Commodore Jeff  Kasper applied for and received IYFR International grants for the 2014  and 2015 to be donated to the Annual PICYA Margo Brown Wheel Chair  Regatta\/ The Wheel Chair Regatta, a worthy annual service  project, benefits our disabled veterans and is hosted by PICYA in  cooperation with the United States Airforce, United States Army, United  States Marines, United States Navy and United States Coast Guard.  See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picya.org\/gallery\/9\/2013-wheel-chair-regatta.htmlphotos%20from%202014\">photos<\/a>  2014 Annual PICYA Margo Brown Wheel Chair Regatta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IYFR-SF members (AKA Rotary Mariners) are dedicated business \nexecutives, owners, board members, government officials and community \nleaders who associate in friendship to serve their local and \ninternational communities through their local Rotary Club; and who also \nenjoy the recreational activities of the yachting world in their leisure\n time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IYFR San Francisco Fleet\u2019s members include past IYFR International Bridge Members (<em>listed alphabetically<\/em>)  Mary Azavedo, Remsen Barnard, Vera Barnard, Bev Collier, Beri Kasper,  Jeff Kasper and Karen Lile.  All of these International Bridge Members  served under the leadership of International IYFR Commodore Clint  Collier from 2011 to 2013, guiding the 3 Area, and over 100+ Fleet  Commodores worldwide in the International affairs  of IYFR. These past  International Bridge Commodore and International Bridge Members are  entitled to wear their silver stars for life, in commemoration of their  service to the International Bridge and its 100+ fleets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tall Ships in the IYFR-SF Fleet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March 2016, four Tall Ships joined the San Francisco Fleet.  Interim Executive Director, Brandi Bednarik of Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority  brought two tall ships to the IYFR-SF Fleet:  the Lady Washington, a  112\u00d5 Sparred length Brig that is reminiscent of Privateer Vessels that  were part of the American Revolution and the Hawaiian Chieftain; a 103\u00d5  Square-Rigged Ketch.  Both tall ships visit about 50 ports annually and   have extensive youth training and education programs.   Alan Olson,  Founder of Call of the Sea,  brought two tall ships to the IYFR-SF Fleet: Seaward; an 82\u2032   Staysail  Schooner and the Matthew Turner a 132\u2019Sparred Length Modern Brigantine  under construction in Sausalito to the Fleet.  Call of the Sea has  extensive youth training and education programs.   On April 23, 2017,  Commodore Karen Lile, flew the IYFR-SF Commodore\u2019s flag from the Lady  Washington in a ceremonial battle sail against the Hawaiian Chieftan  opening and closing the 100th Anniversary of the Pacific-Inter Club  Yachting Association.   The United States Postal Service issued a  Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation commemorating the event and  recognizing the event and the Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">STAR (Sail Training and Rotary), a partnership between Sail Train  International (an organization representing more than 200 Tall Ship Sail  Training programs in countries all over the world) and Rotary  International (which has over 1.2 Million members in 3300 Rotary Clubs  around the world) have a collaboration going back to 1972.   Hal  Barstow, another Rotarian and current Commodore of IYFR-Newport Fleet is  a board member of LAM top sail organization (which owns the Tall Ships  Exy Johnson and Irving Johnson in San Pedro Bay), originated the STAR  partnership and sits on the National Advisory Board for Tall Ships  America.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About IYFR<\/strong><br><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The  International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians, formed in 1947 in Great  Britain, is recognized as the oldest of the Rotary Fellowships. It was  to become the first of many recreational fellowships formed with the  World Fellowship Activities of Rotary International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In\n 1947, Rotarian John G. Barrett of the Brixton Rotary Club of London, \nEngland, conceived the idea of flying a burgee bearing the Rotary emblem\n on the masthead of his vessel. He enlisted the help of fellow Rotarians\n from his own and neighboring clubs and proposed a new yachting \nassociation of Rotarians. Rotary International approved this new Rotary \nrecreational fellowship under the name \u201cThe Yachting Fellowship of \nRotarians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This fellowship quickly spread all over Great Britain and then throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In\n 1956 at the Rotary International Convention, the first International \nCommodore from outside Great Britain was elected. Bob Stuart of Chicago,\n Illinois, USA, took over the helm. It was also about this time that the\n fellowship name was changed to \u201cThe International Yachting Fellowship \nof Rotarians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\n first international rendezvous of IYFR was held in 1964 in conjunction \nwith the Rotary International Convention of Toronto, Canada. Since that \ntime, the fellowship has expanded greatly with new fleets being added \nunder the enthusiastic leadership of the many Past International \nCommodores who have been elected from a diversity of countries within \nthe world of Rotary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\n Golden Anniversary of lYFR was celebrated in 1997 at the RI Convention \nin Glasgow, Scotland. Past International Commodore Andrew Mitchell \nauthored, produced and distributed copies of the \u2018Golden Jubilee \n1947-1997\u2019, a book commemorating the fifty years of IYFR history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An\n IYFR trophy which is presented to each incoming International \nCommodore, \u201cThe John Barrett Bell\u201d was made by one of the founding \nfellowship members, Denis Dalby, and presented to the fellowship in \nhonor of our Founder, Commodore John G. Barrett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today,\n we are not only the oldest but probably the largest of the Rotary \nfellowships, according to Rotary International. Over time, we have lost \nsome of our earlier established local Rotary yachting fleets, however we\n constantly continue to charter new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\n are \u00a0126 active Rotary yachting fleets in 44 countries (as of June 30, \n2017)\u00a0throughout the world: Argentina, Albania, Australia, Bulgaria, \nBrazil,\u00a0 Belgium, Canada, Chile, China (Hong Kong SAR), Colombia, \nCrimea,\u00a0Croatia, Czech and Slovak Republics, Ecuador,\u00a0 Finland, France, \nGermany, Great Britain, Greece,\u00a0Ireland, Israel, Italy, \nJapan,\u00a0Kenya,\u00a0Mali,\u00a0Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, \nPhilippines,\u00a0Poland, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden,\u00a0Switzerland,\n Turkey, Uganda,\u00a0Ukraine,\u00a0Uruguay\u00a0and the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IYFR has a world wide membership of nearly 3690 members who are \u201cenrolled\u201d  in the said 126 Fleets\u00a0and in the World E-Fleet, created to connect the  mariners that have no other fleet that they can join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about IYFR visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iyfr.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"http:\/\/www.iyfr.net (opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/www.iyfr.net<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Test is the Current Commodore of IYFR San Francisco Fleet, one of more than a hundred fleets of Rotarian\u2019s who are part of the International Yachting Community. About the San Francisco Fleet The alphabetical list of yacht clubs that IYFR SF members are affiliated with is: Benicia Yacht Club, Est. 1977 Berkeley Yacht Club, Est. 1939 California Carver Club, Est. 1987 Emeryville Yacht Club, Est. 1989 LaBelle Yacht Club, Est. 1878 Loch Lomond Yacht Club, Est. 1962 Los Angeles Yacht Club, Est. 1901 Low Tide (New Bedford MA) Yacht Club, Est. 1932 Marin Yacht Club, Est. 1935 Oxbow Yacht&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-p-i-c-y-a","category-the_show","category-yacht-clubs"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/8A6237A8-7AC5-4266-9950-F912D2A6DBCD.jpeg?fit=1540%2C2311&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1180"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1193,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions\/1193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}