Cultivating a Rich and ISSUE 56-08 Proud Legacy of Boating AUGUST 2015 for Pleasure and Sport

Waterlines Editor Kim Marian

Submissions due by the 4th Tuesday of the month prior to publication - 500 words or less please. [email protected]

In This Issue From the Helm p1-2 Social Committee p2-3 From the Helm Race/Interlakes p4-5 Bonus From the Helm p6-7 Our Annual Regatta Race/Hound Dog p8-9 Race/Mac Wrap-up p10-11 As we rapidly approach the Hound Dog Regatta, I’d like to Misc. Ramblings p12 use my bully pulpit to again invite and implore all of our Nominations Time p13 membership to take part in the weekend’s activities. In my Coast Guard Day p13 mind, the idea of an “annual regatta” is not just the high Coming Events p14 point of any yacht club’s season, but a time-tested Heard ‘Round the Club p14 responsibility in which our club serves to both draw us together as well as welcoming guests from across our region.

On the bulkhead of my Tartan 27, Olin, hangs a framed postcard from a very different era that depicts an extremely familiar scene. Most likely produced in the late ‘40s or early ‘50s, it depicts the awards ceremony at the end of a regatta at the Put-In-Bay Yacht Club on Lake Erie. The scene is identical to that of similar occasions that most of us have attended.

If you’ll indulge my practice of undergraduate-level art history interpretation, I’ll point out many of the constants that we see to this day. On the perimeter of the assembled crowd we see all the familiar types we find at a regatta -- racers, stalwart club members, significant others, and kids in bathing suits. On the porch, (continued on page 2)

Check the Club’s ONLINE CALENDAR for Up-to-date Event Info. Refer to NORs and SIs for official racing dates, not the online calendar 1 (From the Helm, continued from page 1) the old guard of the club’s officers and organizers, and at ancillary lesson we can draw from this is that GTYC is center, the hosts and race committee presenting a trophy eligible to defend or challenge for the ’s Cup, to a race winner, whose posture - award-flag tucked under as both the host of an annual regatta and the precedent his arm - radiates a Gary Cooper-like casual confidence. of Chicago Yacht Club’s Heart of America Challenge, When we gather on an August Sunday afternoon at which successfully cleared due our club, we’ll re-enact much the same diligence to compete in Perth for ritual, in doing so, reaffirming the Cup in 1987. our personal investment in our community. That’s what As the Hound Dog Regatta annual regattas do - they serve chairman these past three years, as the tentpole that is the life I’ve worked on building an event of a yacht club. that appeals to the breadth of our membership - the sort that The idea that an annual regatta is creates memories. I sincerely central to the life of a yacht club hope you’ll choose to join us has precedent in both the culture for some part of the weekend. and law of sailing. The New York My fondest wish is that you join us Yacht Club, from which so many on the water - to race, tour, or spectate - but it’s fine if you of the traditions of the world’s yacht clubs stem, recently can only join us at the club. Maybe for purely sentimental conducted their 161st Annual Regatta, with GTYC club wishes, it would be great if you can be with us on Sunday members Tom Babel and David Gerber in attendance. In for awards on the lawn for a small tradition that spans the 2007, the Golden Gate Yacht Club successfully appealed past, present and future of our annual regatta. to the New York Supreme Court that the Club Náutico Español de Vela of Spain, a “paper” club consisting of Cheers, 4 Spanish sailing officials propped up by the defending Swiss Syndicate, did not constitute a genuine challenge according to conditions of the America’s Cup Deed of Gift due to the fact that they did not conduct an JOJordan Owen annual regatta on the arm of the sea. This led to the Deed Commodore of Gift challenge in 2010 that gave us the giant cat versus [email protected] contest which put the America’s Cup in the hands of ’s Oracle Syndicate. One ancillary

CLUB SHOW & TELL DAY — July 17

2 SOCIAL COMMITTEE In Case You Missed It ...

LOCKWOOD DOCK RIBBON-CUTTING — July 3

JULY 4 & NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL — July 4-11

3 RACE COMMITTEE Interlake Nationals: Aug 1-4 GTYC HOSTS SAILORS FROM ACROSS THE USA Bob Sagan, Interlake Fleet Captain

Interlake Nationals is the national GTYC event of the PARKING!! summer! Hopefully you can enjoy watching, racing, To accommodate the onslaught of boats, parking at socializing, and helping GTYC continue to maintain and GTYC will be limited starting Friday, July 31. We grow its fine reputation amongst the sailing community. will resume the traffic pattern used in last year’s Chubb Regatta, where the south entrance will be open for entry Sailors from thoughout the US will descend on West Bay to the lot and the north entrance for exiting the lot. Should August 1-4 to compete for national titles! We anticipate you come to the Club for any of the race events (please having 40 boats on-site for Interlake Nationals. Within do!), please plan to park across M-22 behind the Westport the regatta, we’ll see Juniors and Women race for their Building. national trophies on Saturday then on Sunday, the National Championship Division kicks into high gear.

Sign up sheets are available at the club or contact Bob Sagan ([email protected]). Thank You!

Interlake Nationals Itinerary (subject to change) Fri, Jul 31 6pm-9pm Registration & Measurement Sat, Aug 1 10am-6pm Registration & Measurement (Women/Junior closes at 12pm) 11am Women & Junior Competitor Meeting 1pm 1st Warning - Women & Junior Nationals 7pm Championship, Challenger, & Masters Competitor Meeting Evening Picnic/Potluck Dinner Party (no cost to attend) Sun, Aug 2 1:30pm 1st Warning - Championship, Challenger, & Masters Mon, Aug 3 1:30pm 1st Warning - Championship, Challenger, & Masters Evening Dinner Party ($25 per person) Tue, Aug 4 10am 1st Warning - Championship, Challenger, & Masters (no starts after 2pm) Afternoon Awards Presentation

4 RACE COMMITTEE Interlake Nationals: Aug 1-4 VOLUNTEERS WANTED

As you know, it’s the nature of this Club that allows us to do all that we do including hosting national events. To make launching and retrieving the Interlake fleet possible, safe, and efficient, we will be using two Quad-Runners. We need Quad-Runner operators. The plan is to have dedicated operators running the Quad-Runners and have the trailers brought to them. This has worked great in the past and the Quad operators said it was fun. Volunteers are needed for launching on Aug 2-4: Sunday & Monday 11:30am-1:30pm and again 4-6pm after racing, and Tuesday, 8am-10:30am and 12:30pm - 2:30pm. Sign up sheets are available at the club or contact Bob Sagan ([email protected]) if you can help. Thank YOU!

LADIES, JUNIORS — COMPETE IN NATIONALS!

LADY & JUNIOR SKIPPERS - you may borrow a boat, choose ANY crew you wish (1 or 2 crew), and compete for the Interlake National Women’s or Junior’s Title! Heck, we even have a skipper who is volunteering their boat and their crew services to any who wish!! Ladies & Junior races are on Saturday, August 1. Registration is available online or even that morning (early registration is encouraged as it encourages participation in others). Need a boat? Questions? Contact any Interlake fleet member (especially Bob Sagan), they will be excited to help you.

5 FROM THE HELM Bonus Edition

WHAT’S IN A NAME? Commodore Jordan Owen

The business of putting on an annual regatta for GTYC District Championships. As the health and numbers of starts with the most basic question: what do we call it? the GTYC fleet grew, so did their participation In our case, coming to an answer requires us to take a in the Michigan District regatta circuit. The first time the roundabout path through our club’s history. “GTYC Invitational” appears on the club calendar is 1970 as a Lightning event in West Grand Traverse Bay. Didn’t this event used to be a Lightning event From that year through 1978, the event was sailed in called the GTYC Invitational? Yes. Lightnings, with two of the regattas held in Omena.

Didn’t it used to be up in Northport? Yes. The records go dark from 1978 to 1983, but that year we see not one but two Invitationals, with the PHRF fleet Didn’t we race to Leland that one year? Yes. sailing at Northport on the first weekend of August, and the Lightnings sailing at home on the Bay on the Doesn’t the Melges fleet call their annual event the second weekend. From this time, we see the growth of the “Invitational”? Yes. PHRF version of the GTYC Invitational, paralleling the rise of the Northern Offshore Racing Council (NORC), a When and why did we start calling it “The confederation of GTYC, Charlevoix Yacht Club, Boyne Hound Dog”? We’ll get to that. City Yacht Club, Little Traverse Yacht Club, and Leland Yacht Club. Predating the Quantum Freshwater Cup, When the I began to entertain the idea of proposing NORC contested a regional championship consisting of moving the Hound Dog Regatta from its usual late-June the member club’s regattas under the auspices of LMSRF. dates into the middle of August, I undertook some basic research through our club’s history, combing through the From 1983 to 1985, the PHRF Invitational sailed digital files and looking at old yearbooks and newsletters. distance races based from Northport including stops in Through the anecdotes of longtime members, I’d heard Leland. Until 1987, the Lightning fleet continued to hold many origin stories about what became our annual their own Invitational through the decline of the fleet regatta. Different strands of club culture, (continued on page 8) that of the Lightning one-design class BASSETT"ISLAND BARGE . ( P~RTY - 25-27 and the emergence of the racer/cruiser Leelanau Shores ~-, ",.1:I \ Tucker Point.:: , ..• ,'51./.'( J'U,iH! , I ., 'l-~•. ,.', '>1 .•.,r :.' , - • i - :.-:" '- .. J “big boat” sailors each have their part. , -;;~eah-Ta-Wanta Point ' .•...;~~:;-.. t; l Elk Rapids,: __.:· .'~ \ i ' :l'\., '>-1 Locations varied, from Grand Traverse Bingham '.' "I ;. -+~. " tI Bay, to Northport, to Omena, to Basset ; ...... l~.'..\~.":>l!bl . j ;.11\: , ;' 1"1I; (.:,"a,.'!t YO·t.!' l":"';:' ( Helmforth. . /5',"1 Marion Island & .I Island. Most everything you’ve heard : 5; about the history of our annual event has ,.. a basis in fact - the story is not entirely

I i I,' linear. There are starts and stops, name .' /. changes, sponsors that come and go, and /1 a variety of trophies. Weelfend Activity Schedule FRIDAY - JUNE 25

Noon One of the earliest major regattas GTYC - Island aITival of work crew. 4:00 pm - Ferry service begins from Bowers Harbor. 6:00 hosted, for which we have record, was pm - Start of T.C. to Island Race. 8:00 pm - AITival Meal. 8:30 in 1964 with the Lightning Michigan pm - Music Entertainment. 10:00 pm - Last ferry to Bowers Harbor. SATURDAY - JUNE 26 6 8:00 am - First ferry from Bowers Harbor. 8:30 am - Chef Pennys' Breakfast. 10:00 am - Start of 1st Race. - Island Activities. Volleyball Badmitten Croquet Treasure Hunt Kids Games Lunch 3:00 pm - Fleet Arrival - Hell Raisen - Party. 5:00 pm - Charcoal Grills - Corn? - Salad. 7:30 pm - Awards 8:00 pm - Band 10:00 pm - Last ferry to Bowers Harbor. SUNDAY - JUNE 27

8:30 am - Chef Penny's Breakfast. 10:00 am - Start of 1st Race. ?? - Arrival Awards Party - GTYC FROM THE HELM Bonus Edition

(continued from page 7) name remained fixed in the minds of our members. The From 1986, the PHRF format generally settled on a mix of Melges 24 Invitational has become a fixture on the buoy races, primarily featuring triangles. By the late ‘80s, calendar and features some of the best competition hosted the dates of the regatta generally settled into late June, by GTYC. When I began to be involved in organizing after varying through many weekends from mid-July to the annual regatta, frequently I heard people use the term early-August. “Invitational” interchangeably with “Hound Dog”. While not confusing, it simply raised my curiosity. In the face of a static format of buoy racing and declining participation through the ‘90s, Commodore Now as Commodore, I offer a simple solution. I would like Dan Spyhalski overhauled the late-June weekend regatta the Melges 24 Invitational to continue to be the “GTYC with the announcement in the February Waterlines of a Invitational”, representing the legacy and foundation “Bassett Island Barge Party” and the re-branding of the of our Lightning class forefathers. Just as simply, I annual event as the “Hound Dog Regatta”, featuring would like the Hound Dog Regatta to remain our club’s camping and cookouts on the northern archipelago of official “annual regatta”. We are lucky to have two Power Island in addition to a variety of racing formats strong and vibrant traditions, one just a bit newer, but through the weekend. The Hound Dog then came from each worthy to stand alone. So here’s to the Hound Dog the name of the campgrounds on Bassett Island - Bassett and here’s to the Invitational - let’s celebrate them both! Hound - “Hound Dog Regatta”. That same year, GTYC would play host to the Melges 24 Nationals for the first Cheers, time, laying the foundation for the first GTYC Melges 24 Invitational in 2000. Over the next few years, the visits to Bassett Island JO diminished during the annual regatta weekend, but the PS. Dear Dave & Jessica, I hope this helps.

NAN-C-JAY UPDATE Into the Home Stretch

With just over a month to go, there remain plenty of seconds-per-mile to earn in the race for the Nan-C-Jay! Participation in the Hound Dog Regatta brings a 3-second reward, with 1-second on the offer for participating in the Raingutter Regatta. Also, an invitation to the Commodore to sail on one of the few remaining Wednesday nights can pick up another 2-seconds.

In the days before the Nan-C-Jay, there will be a special Friday night scavenger hunt that Nan-C-Jay Leaderboard might just make the difference in the final totals going into the September 2 race. On Place Boat Seconds that evening, the Commodore will also award 1 Knockout 10 additional seconds-per-mile for the “best dressed” crews, either by theme or 2t 9 matching attire. 2t Social Member 9 4 Big Red 6 As of July 29, the crew of Knockout has surged into the lead with 10-seconds credit, leapfrogging Liberty and Social Member, both holding at 9-seconds. Big Red stands in fourth with 6-seconds credit. 7 RACE COMMITTEE GTYC Annual Regatta: Aug 14-16 IT’S HOUND DOG/ANNUAL REGATTA TIME ...

With old-is-new-again timing in the heart of a lovely Michigan summer, it’s time to race on West Bay all weekend long! With something for everyone, this year’s Annual Regatta should prove to be good sailing fun. Join us on the water or on the lawn to participate in this year’s keystone event at GTYC.

Hound Dog Regatta Itinerary (see NORs and SIs for specific details) Fri, Aug 14 5pm Welcome Party 6pm Dog Park Dinghy Derby 9pm Windjammer Trophy Finish Window Closes Sat, Aug 15 9am Skipper’s Meeting 10:30a 1st Warning - Freshwater Cup Division 10:30am 1st Warning - Grand Touring Division, Race 1 1:30pm 1st Warning - Grand Touring Division, Race 2 5pm Mount Gay Regatta Party - Live Bluegrass Music Sun, Aug 16 8-10am Pancake Breakfast to benefit TC High School Sailing ($10) 10:30am 1st Warning - Freshwater Cup Division (no starts after 2pm) 10:30am 1st Warning - Grand Touring Division, Race 3 Afternoon Awards Presentation

2015 Quantum® Freshwater Cup The Hound Dog Regatta is the third of the four Regatta events constituting the 2015 Quantum® Freshwater Cup. Participants wishing to compete in this series must file an entry form for that event. LMPHRF ratings are required. Access the Notice of Race and download the Entry Form at .Quantum Hound Sails’Dog website; www.quantumsails.com Regatta results will be provided for scoring as defined in the Notice Of Races for the 2015 Quantum® Cup Series Dockage

Transient slips may be available at Clinch Park Marina (922-4903), Elmwood Township Marina (946-5463), Harbor West Marina (922-3017) and Center Pointe Marina (922-1515). Visiting Boats can contact GTYC for transportation to the club, 231-946-9779 or on VHF Channel 68. Contacts

GTYC.org/HoundDog for Info & NORs YachtScoring.com for Registration Jordan Owen, [email protected] for race questions Ian Sterling, [email protected] for party questions Club Phone: 231.946.9779 VHF Channel 68 monitored during Regatta Weekend 8 RACE COMMITTEE Hound Dog Regatta: Aug 14-16 DOG PARK DINGHY DERBY - HOUND DOG FRIDAY

For the second year, the Traverse Area High School Sailing Teams throw out the challenge to our small-boat (and would-be small-boat) sailors to prove their mettle in a unique bracket-style 420 regatta sailed on Friday evening of the Hound Dog Regatta.

With races starting at 6pm, prospective skippers can hire a 420 dinghy for the evening for $25. If they are in need of crew, they can hire a 420 veteran helmsman or crew to sail with them. For $75, you can rent the whole package and root on your franchise from shore! Entrants are guaranteed three races, with an elimination bracket to determine the champion.

You can reserve your spot by going to gtyc.org and looking for the Dog Park Dinghy Derby in the “Events” section. All proceeds will benefit our Traverse Area High School Sailing Teams.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST - HOUND DOG SUNDAY

Even if you’re moving slowly on Hound Dog Sunday morning, roll out of your berth and head to the Club for a pancake breakfast to start the best day of the summer, courtesy of the Traverse Area High School Sailing Teams. You’ll get a pancake breakfast with sausage, orange juice, and coffee, ($10/adults, $5/10 & under), with proceeds benefiting our local prep racers. Service starts at 8:00am and runs through 10:00am.

Ian will also have the bar open for Bloody Marys and Mimosas. (proceeds from those will go to help the Grand Traverse Yacht Club)

9 RACE COMMITTEE Mackinac Races Wrap-up STRONG SHOWING FOR GTYC BOATS IN THE ANNUAL RACES TO THE ISLAND

Grand Traverse Yacht Club racers made their annual treks to Chicago and Port Huron for races to the storied isle that is Mackinac. We saw a single-handed racer, Chicago-only boats, SuperMac boats, Port Huron boats, family crews, top finishes and not-so-top finishes, and sailors joining crews from boats from other yacht clubs. Please enjoy this summary of how our GTYC boats fared in the annual races to the Island ... and the Pink Pony. (ask any Mac racer at the Club and you’ll get all the gory, buggy details!)

Congratulations to all the racers, including those on boats from clubs other than GTYC! We’re glad to have you back and to know you represented GTYC well in these storied races.

Boat Skipper Race Section - Finish Trophy - Finish Driven 2 Jim Milliken Race to Mackinac (Chicago) J109 - 8th Chicago-Mac - 50 Fish Tales Mike Fisher Race to Mackinac (Chicago) 3 - 15th Chicago-Mac - 72 Gotta Wanta Bob Mampe Race to Mackinac (Chicago) 5 - 9th Chicago-Mac - 46 Kokomo Wes & Janie Schulz Race to Mackinac (Chicago) 2 - 2nd, Line Honors Chicago-Mac - 26 Liberty David Phelps Race to Mackinac (Chicago) 5 - 1st Chicago-Mac - 8 Bayview Mackinac (Pt Huron) E - 1st Cove Island - 25 Relentless Hagan Race to Mackinac (Chicago) 2 - 14th Chicago-Mac - 119 Bayview Mackinac (Pt Huron) B - 18th Cove Island - 102 SuperMac (Chicago to Pt Huron) 2 - 9th 17 Royal Blue Greg Fisher Bayview Mackinac (Pt Huron) L - 10th Shore Course - 67 David Keys* Race to Mackinac (Chicago) 8 - 15th Mack. Cup - 96 SuperMac (Chicago to Pt Huron) 3 - 3rd 3 TFWB Relentless George Petritz Mac - Lake Michigan Michigan - 1st 2 Race to Mackinac (Chicago) 8 - 4th Mack. Cup - 5

Fun with the crew of Shamrock; 3rd overall in the SuperMac!

*David Keys, Bayview Yacht Club, is the son of GTYC member, Howard Keys, who was aboard for the podium finish.

10 RACE COMMITTEE Mackinac Races Wrap-up

LIBERTY WINS HER SECTION IN BOTH LAKES!

Congratulations to the crew of Liberty, owned by Dave & Sherry Phelps, for finishing first in section in both races to Mackinac Island! This is quite the feat and represents nearly 4 days on the water between both races ... excluding delivery times of course. Even more interesting is the crew composition for the Bayview race (Port Huron); 5 couples crewed the boat to victory on the traditional Cove Island Course ... and all 5 couples are still together and talking to one another. Well done, Liberty! To celebrate, is the first round on you, Dave?

IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR ON TFWB RELENTLESS

George Petritz has had quite the season on TFWB Relentless, which sails out of Milwaukee. Not only did he win his section in the SoloMac (yes, he raced from Chicago to the Pink Pony solo), but also he raced to Mackinac from Chicago as part of TEAM TFWB Relentless. Aboard with George were his 2 sons, Scott & Mark, daughter, Kim, and a good friend of Scott’s. As a team, they had a strong finish and clearly enjoyed the race ... black flies and all. Cheers to keeping it in the family!

KOKOMO WINS SECTION LINE HONORS AND ANOTHER PODIUM FINISH ... 5 YEARS IN A ROW!

Kokomo, owned by Wes & Janie Schulz, coasted to the finish line to finish the course from Chicago to Mackinac first in her section achieving line honors for Section 2. Alas a storm brought up the fleet and Kokomo ended up second in section by 30 minutes. All is not lost for the Schock 55 - this is Kokomo’s fifth year in a row with a podium finish! Congrats to the crew of Kokomo on your continued success!

11 MISC. RAMBLINGS PC40

Well, well, well, our little delivery trip to Chicago on Liberty should be up quickly. was obviously successful and probably the reason they did so well. CONGRATULATIONS to both crews as they not only Two weeks later (Aug 14-16), we will won their section on the Lake Michigan side, but followed host our annual Hound Dog Regatta which is shaping up it up with a victory on the Lake Huron side!!! A feat not to be a FUN weekend with lots of activities planned and easily achieved. Actually, it would be interesting to see how many boats entered from outside the area. many times it has been done in the past. I’m sure we will hear stories for the rest of the season, but the best one was about the One week after the Hound Dog (Aug 22-23) is the Annual Bayview to Mackinac Race. Evidently battery problems at the Melges 24 Invitational and with some new boats coming start knocked out their instruments and the onboard sanitation into our fleet and in Charlevoix, hopefully the entry list device. After they finished they were asked how the five couples will be up to the levels we enjoyed 10-15 years ago. Mike onboard handled it. The only response that came back was, and Bob always do a great job with this event and have a “Red Solo Cup”!!! I wonder if they are all still speaking!!! wonderful dinner on Saturday night.

The delivery trip really was fun with Sam Bender along for his first Lake Michigan delivery plus Andy Girrell If you’re looking for a diversion on Friday, August 28, went as far as Leland where Mike Richmond jumped on there is a group planning on spending the evening at for the long slog down the lake. We stopped in Leland Cherry Raceway on M-113 east of Kingsley. Should be an on the 4th of July so that I could march in the parade absolute gas!!! Talk to PC41 (Dave Skibowski) for details. and hand out American flags to all the kids along the route. What a hoot that was!!! We left Sunday morning at 6am and went straight through as there was some nasty Wrapping things up for regattas this season will be the weather coming. We got into Burnham Harbor and into annual trek to Charlevoix for the Red Fox Regatta on our slip by 3pm on Monday, and as I was walking to the Labor Day weekend. This is always one of my favorite shower, it started raining. Great timing. events of the year and a great way to spend the last big weekend of the summer. If you’ve never done one, bring Our ‘It’s Wednesday Night!!!’ racers are coming back from your boat and enter, or spectate, or find a boat that needs the Mac races except for 3 or 4 that are in Harbor Springs crew. Racing is Saturday from Charlevoix to Boyne City for the Ugotta Regatta. We should be back to full strength and Sunday back to Charlevoix. AND, if you stay over next week with 5 more Twilight Series races, the Nan-C- Sunday night, it’s a short drive to Mackinaw City for the Jay on September 2, and then 4 Fall Series races to wrap Annual Mackinac Bridge Walk on Labor Day. I try to up the season. We’re up to 32 or 33 boats entered which is get up there by 6am and get up near the front of the queue the highest number I can remember in a long time. by 7am when they start. Takes a little over an hour and you’re back in Charlevoix or Boyne City by 10am or so. August is going to be fun with 3 regattas at the Club. The What a spectacle!!! Interlake Nationals are Aug 1-4 with the Women and Junior Championships on Saturday. If you are interested in entering, I know of at least one skipper that has offered Here are a few websites that I found this month that you his boat and he will crew for any woman or junior that might find interesting. wants to enter. Here’s your chance for fame and fortune • Isolation Transformer • Boating Apps ... well, at least some fame. The Championship and • Free Nautical Chart Viewer • Sailtimer, Optimal Tacks & TTDs Challenger Fleets will race Sunday/Monday/Tuesday • “Sailing World” Rules Articles • Dame Ellen MacArthur TED Talk with racing starting at 1:30pm on Sun/Mon and 10am on Tuesday. With about 40 boats entered, it should be an That’s all for this month, see you on the water or at the awesome event and a lot of fun to watch. Click the links Club!!! for the event websites. We’re using YachtScoring so results

12 GTYC NOMINATIONS

ANNUAL ELECTIONS START AUGUST 7

Members should have received a postcard officially notifying GTYC members of our upcoming Nominations Meeting, scheduled for Friday, August 7 at the clubhouse. Nominations will open at 6:30pm and close at 7:00pm. Elections will be held for 3 officer positions (Commodore, AUGUST Vice Commodore, Rear Commodore) and 2 Director positions. Officers serve a 1-year term in each office and Directors serve a 3-year term. Full Members must be nominated by a Full Member with nomination acceptance received before the close of the meeting.

There are 3 methods to nominate a member or to be nominated yourself: 1) Email to [email protected] 2) In person at the meeting on August 7 3) In person to Nominations Chair/Vice Commodore, Bob Cornwell prior to the meeting

Want to know more? Talk to a current Board member. We’d love your input ... after all, it’s OUR yacht club! (Did you know there’s free pizza at monthly Board Meetings?)

Elections will be counted at a Membership Meeing on Friday, September 25 at the clubhouse.

COAST GUARD DAY AT THE GRAND TRAVERSE YACHT CLUB

11:00am Club Opens 12:00pm $1 Hotdogs and Hamburgers Swimming, Sailing, Games, Beach, Fishing and Boat rides. 6:00pm Dinner, relaxed dress, CG free. 7:30pm Rain gutter regatta provided. - boats

Come all day or between shifts. Bring your family and friends for a great day at the Club. Changing and shower facilities available. Bar SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2015 open all day with free soft drinks and dis- count cash bar. Kids always welcome.

Thank you for watching over us. 13 COMING EVENTS August September Aug 1-4 Interlake Nationals Sep 1 Racing Aug 4 Laser Racing Sep 2 Nan-C-Jay Race Aug 5, 12, 19, 26 It’s Wednesday Night! Racing Sep 3, 10, 17, 24 Interlake Racing Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 Interlake Racing Sep 5-6 CYC Red Fox Regatta (Charlevoix) Aug 7 GTYC Nominations Meeting Sep 7 Labor Day Aug 9 Coast Guard Day Sep 9, 16, 23, 30 It’s Wednesday Night! Racing Aug 14-16 Hound Dog Regatta Sep 12-13 Race to/from Northport (LD#2) Aug 18, 6p GTYC Board Meeting Sep 15, 6p GTYC Board Meeting Aug 22-23 Melges 24 Invitational Regatta Sep 19 Laser Fleet Fall Babel Cup Aug 25 Waterlines Submissions Due Sep 22 Waterlines Submissions Due Sep 25 GTYC Membership Meeting

Because a date/holiday is listed should not imply the Club is open for that holiday.

Check the Club’s ONLINE CALENDAR for Up-to-date Event Info. Refer to NORs and SIs for official racing dates, not the online calendar

SEEN AND HEARD AROUND THE CLUB photos and quotes may be wholly unrelated

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Why must bugs poop on my boat?!

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