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Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club. www.byscnet.com MARK YOUR CALENDARS! t As I said this time last year, a lot May of activity all around the club – “the sailing Spring Series is well under- 1st– Boat Rally Awards– 6pm way, the Classic Boat Rally and the Sunset Friday 6pm Laser D-12 regatta were both suc- 2nd-Laser D-12– 6:30p cesses, the pool is open, the tennis courts are getting busy, an absolute- 6th– Book Club– 6pm ly great meal was again served at the April Steak Night, registrations 7th– Aux. Meeting–6:30 for the BYSC ‘Summer Camps’ and 8th– Sunset Fri.– 6pm the Junior Sailing of Beaufort ‘Learn-To-Sail’ have opened (and 9th– BYSC Team Races are filling up quickly), attendance at Abbot Bday Party– 1pm sunset Fridays is increasing again with the longer evenings and better 10th– Spring Series 2pm weather, the club grounds have been literally ‘in bloom’, etc.” The club is in great shape and extremely active - 12th– BYSC Board Mtg. 6pm One specific thing that I was particularly glad to see in April was 13th– Steak Night– 6pm the significantly increased presence of BYSC at Charleston Race 14th– Fishing Club–5pm Week (CRW). CRW is by all accounts THE premier sailing event on the east coast. It is a regatta not to be missed – and it is right here in 15th– Sunset Fri.-6pm our own back yard. Amazing ! This year, more than any year before, 16th-Pool Party– 12:30p BYSC members participated in CRW as competitors and as ‘key’ race committee volunteers. I have been asked by CRW organizers to ex- 17th-Spring Series-2pm press their thanks to those members of our club who participated. So, Celeb. Of Life– 5:30pm to those of you who were there, KUDOS, you did yourselves and 20th– Blood Alliance-5p BYSC proud. I look forward to seeing even more of us at CRW 2016 – mark it on your calendars. 21st– Bft. Hist.– 10am We are now moving into our busiest time of the year. I hope to see 22nd– Sunset Fri– 6pm each of you at the club over the rest of the spring and summer enjoy- 23rd– Grad Party-5pm ing the facilities and equipment, as well as participating as volunteers. 25th– Spring Series-1p It is your club – come enjoy it - Chuck Memorial Day– 3p 29th– Final Friday-6p 30-31st– WF Regatta 1pm Dear Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club Members, With summer approaching, the summer camp is about to embark on another wonder- ful season. With almost half of the available slots for registration filled, I would recom- mend signing up your children as soon as possible, for once the registrations are filled, there will be no additional openings. Starting in May, summer camp staff will be starting training at the yacht club. Our staff has a variety of talents ranging from fishing, day care and child care, lifeguarding, boating, teaching, and local knowledge of the Beaufort River. They will be undergoing training that will give them all lifeguarding certifications, Auxiliary Coast Guard safe boat- ing training, as well as camp community life, teaching workshops and experience leading kayaking and paddle boarding tours. Our camp will start June 8th, 2015 at 9:00am. When you arrive, please make sure that you have read the camper/parent packet that is located on the BYSC website: http:// www.byscnet.com/uncategorized/summer-camp-2015-parent-camper-handbook In that packet is a medical form, liability waiver, permission to treat and information re- garding things to bring for camp. Your child cannot participate in the camp activities until we have a medical form and the waiver signed. Please feel free to contact the club if you have any questions regarding the packet. Also Like our camp Facebook page to get day to day updates and photos of your campers while they are participating in our programs! https://www.facebook.com/byscsummer Thank you for your support as we prepare for the summer. Our goal at BYSC is to enrich your children, help them to grow and learn. Camp is meant to give children a fun, safe environment to build self-confidence, meet lifelong friends, and learn new activities and hobbies that are safe and empowering. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Dylan Frey Camp Director BYSC Summer Camp THANK YOU, River Rats! A big thanks to everyone who worked so hard this past weekend to make our D12 Laser Regatta a success! The wind conditions made our work challenging, with lots of mark changes and short- ening course activities. You all were responsive, enthusiastic and on your game throughout the weekend. As always, the visiting sailors offered their compliments on your work. Thank you! John Barber D12 PRO BYSC 2015 District 12 Laser Regatta and SC State Laser Champion- ship Results In the 22 boat Laser full rig fleet 6 races were sailed, 5 were scored, and it was Robert Burke (LLSC) in 1st with Mike Matan (RYA) in 2nd and John Potter (BYSC) coming in 3rd. Martin Willard's (CYC 1853) full rig fleet best of two bullets were not enough to make it into the top 3. In the 10 boat Laser radial fleet 5 races were sailed and scored. Going into the 5th, and what turned out to be final, race for the radial fleet on Sunday Walter Gnann (BYSC) led Thomas Smith (CYC-NC) by a razor thin 1 point margin, a gap which Smith closed by taking 1st in the last race but it still was not enough. Gnann won in a tiebreaker with 3 bullets vs Smith's 2 putting Smith in 2nd with Sally Key coming in 3rd. Light and variable winds throughout the weekend and strong spring tides conspired to give the pa- tience muscle a good workout with occasional backward progress. The full rig's first race highlighted the challenging conditions when those that tried to take advantage of the current to dip the line at the boat came up short against the boats that started below the line with only a few boats managing a clean start at the boat. Not all the fun was on the water. On Friday night Ricky Akers served up his signature fried shrimp and on Saturday night most of the fleet and their families enjoyed a spectacular prime rib dinner catered in by the "Foolish Frog" served with beer flowing from a keg donat- ed by Bill's Liquor. Complete results can be found here. Copy and paste: http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/10233#_newsroom The Classic Boat Rally Had Great Weather The tenth annual Classic Boat Rally was sailed Tuesday through Friday, April 28-May1, with the best-ever weather. On Tuesday, the Beaufort boats, with one from Charleston, sailed from BYSC to Savannah Yacht Club, over 40 nautical miles southwest, in 7 hours, 20 minutes, averaging 5.5 knots for the distance. A 10-14 knot breeze from the Northeast, plus favorable tides most of the way, made this possible. Andy Fishkind, from Bluffton, joined in the cruise to Savannah in his Marshall 22. Wednesday was rainy with the threat of Thunderstorms so we canceled the practice race. Undaunted, Jim Landis sailed to Savannah from Hilton Head Wednesday in his Catalina 28. Joe Sistino pulled his Herreschoff America (19-foot catboat) from Charleston behind his car, and he rigged and launched Wednesday afternoon at SYC. We all dined at SYC Wednesday evening with the club’s monthly “family night buffet”, a fantastic, informal, feast for under $25. Frank Pontious, in his Grady White, motored down to SYC Wednesday morning, a 2.5 hour trip from BYSC. Frank served as PRO for the event, and he was joined by BYSC club members Scott Haupt and Oreon Scott in the Haupt’s Chaparral 26 to help Frank and provide extra safety for the classics. On Thursday morning the fleet started the first race just north of the Causton Bluff drawbridge at 10 AM. Joe Sistino was first off the line in the “pursuit” format, heading for the Cooper river just south of Daufuskie Island. Butch Damon was fastest in his Mariner 19, and he won the first of the two races that day. Frank started the second race at 1 PM, and the fleet sailed up beside Daufuskie and the full length of Calibogue Sound to Windmill Harbour. With a 10 to 13 kts breeze out of the NW, the fleet made good time, and we had all gone through the lock and tied up at South Carolina Yacht Club by 3:30. Dinner at SCYC was delicious as always, for $38 plus tax and tip (and liquidity). We departed through the Windmill Harbour lock around 9:30 and started racing at 10 AM toward, and over, Port Royal Sound. Friday was a heavier wind day, from the NNW at 15 to 23 kts. We were all hitting over 7 knots speed reaching across the Sound. Again, Damon’s Mariner 19 was just screaming ahead of the pack. We finished the first race at navigation marker R26, at the mouth of Beaufort River, and then we re-grouped to start the second race. The fleet was again ahead of schedule, and we started the final race, to BYSC, while the tide was still ebbing. Our objective was nearly straight into the wind, so we were tacking up against the tidal current. With plenty of wind, we made good progress, and the fleet was tightly packed. Unfortunately, Andy found the shoal across from Parris Island and had to withdraw.