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…a little dinghy July 2013 Gold Country Yacht Club monthly Newsletter Call for more info: 916-774-6610 Volume 35, Issue 7 From The Commodore Hello to All, The last couple of months have been pretty busy up at the lake. Starting with the Go for Regular Columns: the Gold regatta, club races, and sailing classes, the time in between seems a bit short. I even made a trip down to Oaxaca Mexico during the last two weeks of June. I returned in time to teach the youth sailing class July 8th assisting Ransom, who has • From the been a great leader in continuing our Commodore education program and starting the adult • Meeting and advanced beginner program. Highlights 2 The Go for the gold regatta was another • Club Notices 3 successful event. We had about 45 boats which, is about the recent average • Membership 5 it seems. I competed in the Catalina 22 fleet and was able to hold on to first • Calendar 5 place by the end of the weekend. • Classifieds 9 The competition was tight and the sailing was great. Our regatta was the third stop for the Northern California travel series award. This series was set up by Doug Brennan and is open to members of the C22 national association. This was the first year and will be raced again next year. As part of the C22 NSA, you have the opportunity to race for the Fleet 54 perpetual trophy and the Far West Region 10 trophy and the Northern California travel series award. All C22 owners are eligible to join the C22 NSA and are encouraged to join. Besides racing, there are national and regional cruises that you can attend and there is great Individual technical help from sailors with years of experience with the C22. Highlights: Our club is about 70 members strong and seems to be growing. I run into new people at • Clean boating 6 our meetings and at the docks who have become new members or are interested in joining the club. There is a healthy interest in adult sailing classes and I want to thank • Hawaii 7 Ransom for getting this program off the ground. As the program expands, we may be able to continue classes throughout the year. Of course, this means that the instructors have to come out and teach. There are a number of instructors in our club and we have a great core group of people for support. I look forward to the second half of this year for the sailing and opportunities that arise. Fair winds to all, Don Hare Commodore GCYC Commodore s/v: NoCatHare, Catalina 22 March 2013 General Club Page 2 of 9 …a little dinghy At Our Helm July 2013 General Club Meeting Highlights Commodore Don Hare Meeting was called to order: 7:12 PM 916-774-6610 [email protected] Vice Commodore Howard Hendrich manned the Captain’s Bell to start the Vice Commodore meeting. Commodore Don Hare was Howard Hendrich absent. Howard began with a discussion 530-272-6969 [email protected] about the 2014 Go for the Gold Regatta date in an effort to gain more participants. Secretary The date of next year’s regatta is still under Wendy Rybicki 530-798-1635 consideration. Many of the members [email protected] thanked Vice Commodore Hendrich for his hard work and organization of the 2013 Go Treasurer for the Gold Regatta. Attending members Jean Cutshall were happy with the regatta and the 530-477-1709 outcome. [email protected] Howard brought up the idea of having an Cruise Chairman end of the summer dance party with a band Seth Schmerzler that would celebrate our clubhouse at Scotts 530-292-3274 Flat Lake and the end of a supper sailing [email protected] season. It was mentioned that we invite those who have supported our club at Scotts Publicity/Membership Flat over the years. Tickets could be sold for the event. Teresa Gaman 530-272-8042 After long time member Lynn Buchanan expressed concern over the burgee art for the [email protected] regatta poster, hat, and Youth Sailing memo, Howard notified the members that those were renditions of the logo and that the GCYC official logo has not been changed. Port Captain Bryant Cockcroft Race Chairman Jerry Lewis suggested that the website availability may have affected 530-265-5196 the number of registrants. Jerry also noted that other regattas that he had attended [email protected] across the state seemed to have lower registrant numbers as well. He was pleased with the audible starting mechanism used for the regatta. Then Jerry Race Chairman discussed the GCYC racing schedule, etc. He updated us on the America’s Cup Jerry Lewis which can be seen here http://www.americascup.com/schedules. 530-272-9380 [email protected] Newsletter Editor Rick Paulson 530-274-2549 [email protected] Sailing Education Ransom Burford 530-277-6632 [email protected] Page 3 of 9 …a little dinghy General Meeting Highlights continued Jerry shared interesting stories about the America’s Cup and Bruce Cutshall Club Notices suggested observing this amazing race first hand if possible! Several members Free Sailing Magazines shared their stories of the races! Latitude 38 and 48 North magazines can be picked up Treasurer Jean Cutshall reported our bank balance. She shared her findings for the anytime at 148 Richardson 2013 regatta and that most all of the expenses from the regatta had been paid. She Street in Grass Valley. They are stated that the Board of Directors have met and will continue to discuss in the driveway in the BLUE improvements for next year’s Go for the Gold Regatta. She reported on the hat/t- MAILBOX. Usually we get them shirt sales and suggested that members could purchase the extra hats and shirts at between the 2nd and 4th of the upcoming general meetings. She was acknowledged for her dedication and month. thorough work on the regatta and as a valued member of the GCYC board of directors! Big thanks go to Jean!!! Club Meetings The July meeting was held Port Captain Bryant Cockcroft has been very busy supporting the Youth Sailing Wednesday July 10th (due to Program working on NID matters, motors, boats, painting boat racks, you name it he the regatta). The next General has also been on hand for most of the Youth Sailing Classes. meeting will be held th Wednesday, August 14 at the Bryant shared key points about his meeting with NID with the actual NID Rules in Scotts Flat Lake clubhouse, hand. Emphasized the fact that our Scotts Flat GCYC Club House does not belong dine from 6pm, Commodore’s to us, it belongs to NID and our use contract is up for renewal this December. He bell at 7pm to start the meeting. stated that our strict compliance to the NID rules is essential. (The club meets the 2nd Bryant emphasized the following NID Rules: Wednesday of every month but 1. No more than 15 minutes at the dock December and two Wednes- 2. Any changes to the calendar must be made 30 days in advance or more days before the Gold Country 3. No overnight boat trailer parking a without campsite Regatta.) Bryant has been our NID contact and will continue to keep them informed and updated. Both Larry Graham and Bryant Cockcroft generously offered to park regatta boats/trailers on their property for the regatta events. Secretary Wendy Rybicki started by thanking all of those people who helped out during the regatta. She specifically thanked Tish Buti who was in total charge of the 2013 Go for the Gold Regatta registration. Those who helped Tish were also thanked for their dedication from beginning to end! She added a big thanks to Commodore Don Hare and Education Chair Ransom Burford for their dedication to the Youth Sailing Program last week. She noted their hard work and determination to inspire young sailors! Wendy’s nephew, Jake Lawson, signed up for the class and is hooked on sailing now. Thanks guys!!! Member and past commodore Hugh Talman stood and stated in his 20+ years in the club he believes that the heart of our club is the Youth Sailing Program. He thanked the instructors for a job well done! Young sailors sailing their sunfish in the nearby cove near the Scotts Flat Marina. Page 4 of 9 …a little dinghy Membership and Publicity Teresa Gaman welcomed a new visitor Jim Mullen and mentioned new members during the meeting. She complimented both Ransom our Education Chairman and Commodore Hare for doing such a great job in the Youth Sailing Program. Education Chair Ransom Burford stood after a long day on the lake with the Youth Sailing Class and shared. He and Don had a full class of 12 juniors. With enthusiasm, he announced that he will teach another week long Sailing Class at the end of July. So far 10 students have enrolled. This July 22-26 the Junior Sailing Class has been designated as a Level II course for students 13+ years old with a faster pace and more advanced topics. Again, volunteers are crucial to the success of any educational opportunities so please contact Ransom if you can volunteer your time to help him on the lake July 22-26th. Volunteers please contact Ransom at [email protected] Ransom at work, instructing during the June Youth Sailing Class Newsletter Rick Paulson stood and asked if all newsletter submissions could be emailed to him by Saturday or Sunday so that he could get the GCYC Newsletter delivered on a timely basis.