…A Little Dinghy

…a little dinghy June 2017 Issue 39-5 Feature Columns: • Calendar 2 • From the Commodore • PICYA Info 3 • Errata 4 • Minutes 5 • Cruising 7 • Racing 9 • Classifieds 10 The Go for the Gold happens this weekend. Everyone is ready. Are you? March 2013 General Club Page 2 of 12 …a little dinghy At Our Helm Commodore Stewart Perry 530-887-9522 [email protected] Vice Commodore Dennis Barry Calendar 530-887-9522 [email protected] June Secretary Melinda Solis-Day Raft Up’s Every other Wednesday (3PM – 530-265-2070 sundown) [email protected] June 14 & 28 Treasurer Stephanie Perry 3-4 GO FOR THE GOLD REGATTA 530-887-9522 17 GCYC Club Race #7 [email protected] 25 GCYC Club Race #8 19-23 Youth Sailing Class Level I Cruise Chair Joe Day 27 GCYC Board of Directors Meeting #7 530-365-2070 [email protected] July Publicity/Membership Raft Up’s Every other Wednesday (3PM – Hugh Talman sundown) 530-272-2344 [email protected] July 12 & 26 4 Decorated Boat Parade & Raft Up SFL Port Captain 8-9 *High Sierra Regatta (CB) Huntington Lake Bill Gully 12 General Meeting-SFL Clubhouse 530-263-5994 [email protected] 15-16 *High Sierra Regatta (Keel) Huntington Lake 16 GCYC Club Race #9 Race Chair 22-23 Youth Sailing Class Level I I Dave Cowell 23 GCYC Club Race #10 530-272-3209 [email protected] 29 GCYC Club Race #11 Informal BBQ to follow Sailing Education Don Hare August 916-774-6610 [email protected] Raft Up’s Every other Wednesday (3PM – sundown) Newsletter Editor August 23 Dave Cowell 9 General Meeting-SFL Clubhouse 530-272-3209 [email protected] 14-20 Tahoe Cruise 28 GCYC Board of Directors Meeting #8 Page 3 of 12 …a little dinghy From the Commodore Ahoy Mates! As Summer keeps moving on, I hope everyone is enjoying themselves. Thanks to the crew that showed up for our work day last month. Everything looks great for an enjoyable season at Scotts Flat. Congratulations to former Commodore Howard Hendrich in getting his new boat to its new home here in California. I hope to get together with him and Dave Cowell to hear the stories. This month we’ll be meeting at the club at Scotts Flat. You may wish to bring bug repellant. I spent some time outdoors in the evening during this last month and thought I would be carried off by the bugs! We all look forward to sharing some side dishes with fellow members at the meeting. Our continued priority at our meeting will be to help Vice Commodore Dennis Barry in planning for our 2017 Go For The Gold Regatta. Dennis has done a lot of work, but may have a few more details to bring together this important event. As I may have mentioned before, please try to make every effort to sup- port this great annual event by volunteering to help out in some way. Dennis will be reporting out the current status. This is our last meeting prior to the regatta, so please attend. I hope to see you all at the lake!! Smooth Sailing, Stew Perry Commodore PICYA Information PICYA Foundation The foundation gave out 12 scholarships of $2500 last year. PICYA Events- June 5 – Delegates Meeting, Half Moon Bay Yacht Club Tahoe YC – Trans-Tahoe Regatta – June 23-24 Page 4 of 12 …a little dinghy Errata Club Notices Mango Jalapeno Salad Suggestion Box 1 Ripe mango, peeled, pitted and diced You can anonymously make ½ Jalapeno chili, seeded and minced recommendations to our board of 3 tbsp diced red bell pepper directors with a mind to make 2 tbsp diced red onion this an even better yacht club! 2 tbsp chopped cilantro 3 tbsp lime juice It can be found at www.gcyc.net or with this link: Mix all in a small bowl and chill. Serve for two. June 24th – Summer Sailstice – Think of a suitable event, cruise or party! Free Sailing Magazines Latitude 38 and 48 North July 4th – Plan to join up on Scotts Flat Lake for a boat parade! magazines can be picked up anytime at 148 Richardson Street in Grass Valley. They are in the driveway in the BLUE MAILBOX. Usually we get them between the 2nd and 4th of the month. They are also available at the general meeting. Club Meetings The next General meeting will be held Wednesday May 31st, at the Scotts Flat Lake club; dine from 6pm, Commodore’s bell at 7pm to start the meeting. (The club meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month but December, and two Wednes- days before the Gold Country Regatta.) Due s Club dues for current members should be paid before 1 April. Forms available at : http://gcyc.net/gcyc- membership.html Page 5 of 12 …a little dinghy General Meeting Minutes Gold Country Yacht Club General Meeting 5/10/17 The meeting began with the Commodores Bell at 1900 First meeting of the season at the lake. Treasurer Stephanie Perry gives the report that all looks good. The regatta registrations are coming in. We have bought sails for the FJs and all bills are paid binging our account to a little over $5,000. Secretary Melinda Solis-Day reminds everyone about NO MOTOR DAY on May 21st. Melinda will not be attending but asked Marilyn Webb to host the club house and she will. Melinda will also check the mail regularly to stay on the GFTG registrations. Port Captain Bill Gulley is having another work party at the club house on May 20 at 10:00 a.m. Educational Instructor Don Hare says the Youth sailing class is full, dates are June 19-23. Bill Gulley and Hugh Talman will be helping with the classes. Bryant Cockcroft offers his boat to be used as a chase boat for the classes. He doesn't have any set dates for the Adult Classes but is trying to have those too. Membership/Publicity Chair Hugh Talman says currently we have 53 memberships. He attended a children's event about summer camp activities and had a lot of interest. Cruise Director Joe Day says "let's go cruising"! The Tahoe Mo Jo cruise is on the calendar for mid august, let him know if you are interested. There will be a full moon cruise on June 9 at the lake. Race Director Dave Cowell gives us post race updates. The first race was bad weather, the second race was a good day, the third race was rough and tough. It is suggested to start the races at 1:00 instead of noon as the wind is better later. Bill Gulley will monitor the race on May 13 as Dave will be out of town the next 2 races. Vice Commodore Dennis Barry reports the skipper gifts, coffee mugs, have arrived. All is clear with the ABC. He has 2 offers for chase boasts, Dave Cowell and Bryant Cockcroft. Jerry Lewis will need a car when he is here for the regatta, several members offer cars. The bar has been moved up to the top of the club. Music is being done by Dudley and his daughter. Raffle prizes are needed. Doug Epperson is good on the trophies. The next meeting is May 27th to make sure is all ready for the regatta. Bryant makes a motion to approve the minutes from last month's meeting, Frieda Epperson seconds it. Bryant makes a motion to adjourn the meeting and Melinda seconds it. Time 2000. Melinda Solis-Day, Secretary General Meeting Agenda Old Business: Bylaws Amendments - Proposed and tabled until September for voting. Updates? Certified Race Director needed for Catalina 22 and GFTG regattas. Updates? ECO Presentation by the State. (Waiting for state to honor request. Stew Perry) Raising Fees for Membership in 2018. Acquisition of a Racing Committee Barge? Board Ordered 3 copies Racing Rules of Sailing plus 1 Explaining the RRS New Business Page 6 of 12 …a little dinghy . Cruising Final Cruise of the Motor Vessel Plan B It may not be her FINAL cruise as Plan B has showed she has plenty of cruising miles left in her but it was the final leg of her voyage from Jacksonville, Florida to the Sacramento Delta. A brief re-cap is that Howard and Donna bought a 43 foot Ocean Al- exander in Jacksonville, Fla. on the hard. For three weeks back in February we worked to get her sea-worthy and take her down the Intra-Coastal Waterway to Fort Lauderdale. Only we never got to make that trip. Parts and fuel issues left us flying home while a professional skipper took her down to Ft Lauderdale and put her on a transport ship for Ensenada, Mexico. This month our story starts up again as Plan B arrived in that port and had been given a bottom paint job and had her rudder and drive shaft packed. She was ready for the high seas. Howard, Donna, our friend John Morral, and I then drove to Ensenada to join up with Ralph Davidson for bringing Plan B north. Ralph is a professional transport captain who just happens to live close to Howard and Do n- na's Ensenada home on the beach. They'd met him at a local social function and after hearing his resume talked him into joining the voyage north. He has done many deliveries all over the west coast and is a wealth of info r- mation. And so, after Ralph's guidance through the intricacies of Mexican marine bureaucracy and a provisioning trip to Costco and Wal-Mart, we set forth for San Diego.

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