Knoxville, TN Luff Letter
January 2017
Navigating This Issue-
Meet The 2017 CYC Board Notes from the Luff Letter Editor
Message from 1st Vice Commodore News From The Harbormaster
Photo Submission To Website Important Bits and Pieces
CYC Winter Gathering Boats / Items For Sale
U S Sailing Championships Schedule Secretary’s Report
January Birthdays PLUS MORE!
Latitude: 35º50’55.27”N Longitude: 84º09’4.809”W
Meet Your CYC Board for 2017!
Commodore— Neil Quigley
(865) 386-5733 / [email protected]
Oversees:
Harbormaster Clubhouse Coordinator Audit Committee Nominating Committee Planning Committee Training Fleet Committee UT Agreement
1st Vice Commodore— Mark Van Doren
(865) 548-8777 / [email protected]
Oversees:
Invitational Regattas / DIYRA Race Committee
Club Property Use Assignments UT Agreement
2nd Vice Commodore— Rodney Meryweather (865) 755-8860 / [email protected] Oversees: Club Regattas Race Committee Fleet Liaison
Rear Commodore— Vic Tyler (865) 679-9661 / [email protected]
Oversees:
Facility Construction Facility Maintenance
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Meet Your CYC Board for 2017!
Secretary—Dan Tankersley (865) 548-4092 / [email protected] Oversees: Membership Luff Letter Yearbook Library Web Site By-Laws
Treasurer—Charles Sheets (865) 470-7367 / [email protected] Oversees:
Invoicing/Collection Maintain Books/Pay Vendors File Taxes
Assistant Treasurer— David Valone (865) 300-5586 / [email protected] Oversees:
Invoicing/Collection Maintain Books/Pay Vendors File Taxes
CONCORD
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Meet Your CYC Board for 2017!
Members At Large
Education—John Swindeman
(865) 247-6388 / [email protected]
Oversees:
CSC Liaison Education
Social—Catherine Trapp
(865) 607-7077 / [email protected]
Oversees:
Social Events Housekeeping Telephone Committee
Public Relations
“Women Who Sail” Facebook To all of you Lady Sailors out there (sorry guys!), check out this Facebook group- https://www.facebook.com/WomenWhoSail/ about/ This is what they are about- “This group is a place for women who love boats to come together and connect. Some of us live on boats and some of us want to. Some of us know a LOT about boats, some know not much at all. We are single; we are married; we have kids; we are retired. No matter who we are, this is a place to share respectful, supportive discourse. With thousands of members, please keep posts shared to the group relevant to the boating community of women. “ The group currently has over 10,000 members worldwide, and for women ONLY.
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Mark Van Doren
Ahoy Sailboat Racers, If so, what changes should be made from the previous formats? Rather than scheduling If you are a CYC member and participate in races on one evening every week, perhaps racing at the club, then this message is for you. every other week would be better so that we I’m Mark Van Doren, the newly elected 1st avoid spreading out our racing population Vice-Commodore, and I want to figure out how over too many dates and focus our racers on to improve our racing program so that it best fewer dates, hopefully resulting in better suits our active sailboat racers. I am convinced attended, higher quality races. that listening to the competitors is the key to Maybe Thursday evenings are better than better racing and more participation, which Wednesdays? Maybe a weekend format should contribute to closer camaraderie among similar the one that the LWS uses would all club members. Towards that end, I am work best? scheduling a meeting for active racers to be held at CYC at 6:30 pm on January 5th. Everything Maybe we should ditch the idea of having a will be on the table. Bring your ideas. A lack of summer series and go with two separate inputs will indicate satisfaction with the series, one for spring and another for fall so program in its current state and few changes we’ll have more wind? will be made. Some topics for discussion What about including weekend regattas in include: series scoring? Evaluation of the current racing format, or Maybe schedule dinghy and keelboat series in other words, are we happy with having races simultaneously, perhaps with different more club regattas and no Dinghy Series or starts, maybe not? However, this would be High Water Series (HWS) for keelboats? a disadvantage to members who want to How’s this worked out? Do we need to race both dinghies and keelboats. This make any changes? I’d greatly appreciate would make it easier to schedule race your feedback, positive or negative. committees. Is there enough interest to warrant bringing back the Dinghy Series or the HWS? Cont’d
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Is there a better way of selecting race Please attend the meeting at 6:30 on January 5th committee members? if you can. If you will not be able to attend or if you have thoughts that you’d rather not share in How can we best facilitate cross flow between a public forum, please email them to me at my CYC racing and other segments of the club or personal address: [email protected]. related organizations such as the Fun Sailors Put “CYC Racing Comments” in the subject line. Group, sail camp graduates, adult learn to sail A lack of participation will result in continuation graduates, Sea Scouts, UT sailing and high of the status quo. school sailing programs? The goal would be to expand the racing population and grow camaraderie. I would love to see high school, Thank You, college and Sea Scout teams mixing it up with the rest of us old folks in our series races and Mark Van Doren weekend regattas. CYC 1st Vice-Commodore These points are a few of the things that have been on my mind as I ponder the direction of CYC’s racing program. I’m sure that many of you have other ideas and I look forward to hearing them.
CYC Website Photo Submission! Thanks to Tom Sayres, the first photos were received on our new website feature– SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS, under the Member section!!!! Here’s what Tom submitted:
“Niece Katie Caroline Sayres (from Germantown), now a freshman UT student joined Uncle Tom Sayres in the LWS race on Sunday November 20, 2016 on Stephanie and Tom's 21' little Spirit. Not only was this Katie's first time in a race, it was her first time on a sailboat, and she loved it! By the last mark of the second race, Katie took over in the low wind conditions and did a great job of rounding the mark at the helm, without incident. Fun Sailor's Group now has a new member. “
Remember, you too can upload photos to the website- http:// www.concordyachtclub.org/, Members, Submit Your Photos.
On The Cover– Celebrating New Year’s Eve in Sydney Harbour, Australia!
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Catherine Trapp CYC Winter Gathering
The Holidays are over! It’s a New Year! Now, let’s have some fun! The CYC Winter Gathering festivities will be held on Saturday, January 21st! Social hour begins at 6 PM, and then dine on an Italian buffet featuring Meat and Veggie Lasagna, with accompaniments, starting at 7 PM! Adults $16, Children $5. A-L bring Appetizers; M-Z bring Desserts. And, after dinner, enjoy the smooth sounds of Left Foot Dave! AND, to have some major fun, there will be a “Boat Tote” contest!! What? Yes, a Boat Tote! Fill a tote with those “I simply cannot do without these” items for an overnight boating trip. No matter how quirky! Compete against your fellow CYCers for the most creative “must-haves” in your tote! So, your Boat Tote can be as magical, or as fundamental, as the imagination allows. Or as the need is met!
Also that night, CYC will be sponsoring a Career Fair, where members can sign up for 2017 Work Hours- be it Facility (like normal work parties), Racing or Social work hours. Mark Van Doren, Vic Tyler and I will be on hand with sign up stations for these work hours.
And speaking of signing up for Work Hours, we need help to insure this event is as awesome and fun as we plan! There are several areas where help is needed! So, contact me at [email protected] if you would like to help!
Thanks, Catherine!
Save The Date
CYC Winter Gathering– January 21, 2017 Rocky Top Regatta– April 29 & 30, 2017 Admiral Farragut– May 6 & 7 2017 Memorial Day Regatta & Shrimp Peel– May 29, 2017 4th of July Regatta—July 4, 2017
January 2017 No. 514 7 The following information was provided by Tom Hudson. Thanks, Tom!!! For more information, click here to go to the website for US Sailing.
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January Birthday Wishes To: Amelia Fuentes– Daughter of Miguel & Ni Fuentes Gregory Payne Gus Floodquist John Stone Johnny Ballatin Meghann Borden
Lauren Ballatin
Hi all! Just in case you didn’t realize it, all website URLs and email addresses found in the Luff Letter are hyperlinks. So, to access that site or send an email, all you have to do is click on the link. The links are usually in blue and underlined. Sometimes the link displays the actual URL or email; sometimes it will display the word “here”. Either way, it will take you to the same place! No need to write it down! No need to copy and paste! If you have any difficulties in utilizing the hyperlinks, let me know, and I can try to help in trouble-shooting.
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NEWS FROM THE HARBORMASTER
Neil Quigley, Interim Harbormaster
Storage of dinghies on A-Frame racks - $10/month (6 months/yr)
The A-frame dinghy storage racks are the only assignable storage space for which the club has not consistently charged a fee for use: slips, moorings, trailer spaces, dry racks and storage lockers are all rented to members, but not the A-Frame racks. Therefore, in the interest of fairness, because they use club resources to build and maintain, and because the County has determined that the A-frame racks are taxable rental space, the Board voted on 13-Dec to begin charging for A-frame storage space in 2017.
The charge will be the same as for Dry Racks: $10/month per boat (but this charge will only be collected for the 6 'warm' months of the year, May- October, which is also when the lake level is up) i.e., $60 per year.
Since this change may prompt some members to make alternate storage plans at home, members will have until the end of January to remove their boat(s) if they don't want to be assessed this new charge. At the end of January, the Harbormaster will document which non-training fleet boats are still on the racks, and will ask the Treasurer to send invoices to A-frame users.
Finally, if you want to apply to use one of the vacant A-frame shelves, please do so via the on-line storage request page on our website (click here).
Sincerely, CYC Board and Harbormaster
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Ponder This……..
Do sailors' sunglasses have to be seeworthy?
Is a leak in the back of a boat a stern warning?
If swimming is good for your shape, then why do whales look that way?
Daffynition- Clew: 1) Evidence leading to recovery of a missing sail. 2) Indication from the skipper as to what he might do next. 3) What a new sailor often doesn't have any of.
Humorous Boating Quote-
“Here, in Miami, amusement-seekers will come to the marina, set up folding chairs, and spend a highly entertaining day watching boat owners perform comical maneuvers such a forgetting to set their parking brakes and having their cars roll down the ramp and disappear, burbling gaily, below the surface.”
~ Dave Barry (Dave Barry Talks Back)
January 2017 No. 514 11 Important Bits and Pieces 2017 Annual Dues Reminder! The Annual Dues/HarborWORK CARDS Billing Invoices were emailed/mailed at the end of November. Please review your invoice for accuracy. The 1st quarterly payment is due on 12/31/16. If you did not receive your invoice, or have a question about it, please email [email protected] or call Marj Marcinelli at 865-691- 5945.
It is time to review and update your Contact Information!!!
Now that a current “evergreen” roster of all CYC members is available on the CYC website, we are asking all members to access the roster, verify their information and report any changes. To access the roster: 1. Go to the CYC website- http://www.concordyachtclub.org/ 2. Click on Members, Member Log-In 3. Enter Password 4. Click on Directory, under Resources 5. The document will open 6. Click on the worksheet tab at the bottom titled - All CYC 7. Verify Name(s), Phone Number(s), Email(s), Address
Report any changes to - [email protected]
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NEW STUFF
1981 Gibson Wallbanger II Houseboat
$50,000 Or Reasonable Best Offer For more pictures and detailed information, click here Contact Andy Reeves at [email protected] or 865-591-3558
CATALINA 22 Sabre 28
$14,000 “She’s a Screamer” Or reasonable best offer
1986 Swing Keel 2009 Tohatsu Motor Contact Andy Reeves at Pop up coach roof [email protected] or 865-591- 3558 Racing genoa and 3 other jibs/genoa Well maintained and ready to sail Accessories Great boat for a new sailor or by those who are moving up from dinghy sailing.
$4,500
Contact: Carol Rech at:[email protected]
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The following items, as seen in previous Luff Letters, are still for sale. If you would like more information on any of these items, just click on the link, and you will be taken to the Luff Letter in which it appeared.
1973 19’ O’Day Mariner- $975 obo- click here- Page 13 1980 Helms 27 - $4990– click here– Page 13 1993 Hunter 235 - $4000 OBO– click here– Page 13 *
* Boat will be located elsewhere effective 1/1/2017 1974 Chrysler Mutineer 15 - $1000– click here– Page 14 18’ McGregor - DISCOUNTED! $1000 - click here– Page 14 3 Step Ladder - $40 - click here– Page 14 WANTED– Old Sails - click here– Page 12
January 2017 No. 514 14 BOARD MEMBERS Commodore Neil Quigley Dan Tankersley [email protected] 865-548-4092 1st Vice Commodore Mark Van Doren [email protected] [email protected] 2nd Vice Commodore NEW MEMBERS– December Rodney Meryweather [email protected] Rear Commodore No New Members Vic Tyler [email protected] Secretary Dan Tankersley [email protected] Treasurer Charles Sheets STATUS CHANGE - December [email protected] Membership transferred from Scott & Melissa Assistant Treasurer Fortson to Will Fortson as Young Active David Valone [email protected] MEMBERS AT LARGE RESIGNATIONS - December Education John Swindeman Charlie Kite [email protected] Robert & Christina Bonner Social Ted Piehl & Bonnie Vanwicklin Catherine Trapp Barb Blocksma-Arnold [email protected] John & Renee Guarino CONTACTS Ralph & Dieta Campbell FloLee Barnes Luff Letter Lauren Ballatin [email protected] Clubhouse Reservation Current Active Membership Count: 199 Gail Benefield [email protected] Active-150, Young Active-12, Senior-23, Associate-3, Student-0 Harbormaster Membership Openings: 31 VACANT Honorary-11, Inactive-30 [email protected] Calling Committee Joy McMaugh-Payne [email protected] Board Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of Every Month CYC Clubhouse— 7PM (Members Welcome) www.concordyachtclub.org
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