Mainsheet August 9, 2013
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Robert Klement—Commodore The Lake Beulah Yacht Club Steve Barth—Secretary Frank Davenport—Vice Commodore Mainsheet Jeff Lippert —Treasurer Frank Rappold—House & Grounds Chris Kubicek—Rear Commodore Don Stein—Member at Large Don Franzene— Social Julie Haeger—Past Commodore August 9, 2013 Summer Issue #8 www. lbyc.us Commodore’s Comments ::: The LBYC membership is making the history very most of a Wisconsin summer entering the The X lnland second week of August. I bore witness to this on two ac- summed up the counts recently; one on Lake Beulah and the other on Lac month long regatta LaBelle. On the first occasion, 130 Optimist sailors and excursion with their families from about 16 lakes infiltrated the LBYC for waves, fall like tem- the 2013 ILYA Championship. An afternoon as boat meas- peratures and foul urer made my summer complete as young sailors needed weather gear. (See rigging guidance in our most excellent sport. the article inside this issue) Check out the action photos of Secondly, a WYA contingent of 300 ushered in the the 1932 Johnson designed youth trainer. 75 th annual C Championship regatta party at the residence Safe travels and success to our members sailing on of David and Lynn Harris at LaBelle on Begg’s Isle. The the regional and intercontinental stage. group made good on lyrics from the Jimmy Buffet album, Son of Son of a Sailor. 57 C’s completed two races Friday See you at the Commodores Ball and two Saturday with race wins by Delusions and Cookie. 19 Beulah C boats sailed on the shoaly water to our north. Robert Klement The young and the salty enjoyed a regatta steeped in ILYA Opti regatta at Beulah 7-29 & 30 Steve Barth’s photo was taken July 30th as the 87 boat RWB fleet started. See article inside. Reminder...MC Fleet Party is The Commodore’s Ball, on August 17th, tomorrow , Saturday, August 10th . Call Mitzi at 642-7499 to reserve. is almost here. Don’t forget to make sure your payment is sent to LBYC Annual Meeting will be Sunday Nan Norris August 25th 4:30p.m .at the L.B.Y.C. in advance of the ball. Call to see if reservations are still possible. Appetizer Party immediately follows. Nan at 642-3439 FROM THE SAILING COMMODORE For a little club on an even littler pond, to the point that Beulah can Beulah sure exudes a much larger organization. make or break a regatta. In Last week we hosted the Opti Inland with 130 partici- fact, LaBelle has even asked pants. We launched and hauled out optis, served ap- that we not schedule C proximately 300 lunches each day, entertained the kids warm up races on the week- and served a few much needed cocktails to the attending end of their spring regatta so adults. We managed to provide sufficient spectator boats that they can get more Beu- to the throng of spectators and parents. Games were or- lah boats in attendance. We ganized and played. Oh, and we managed to sail two told them we might think fleets and get in a great regatta. Congrats to Andrea Ja- about it, but not until after we recki and her legion of volunteers for being able to pull see their attendance at our this event off with nary a hiccup in the process. Beulah Challenge. Then, on the heels of that event, many of the From the shores of tiny Lake Beulah, LBYC same volunteers and parents in attendance at the Opti throws a long shadow. It does this standing on the shoul- Inland packed up their C boats and headed north to La- ders of its members. In many respects we are the envy of th Belle for 75 Annual WYA. Beulah again displayed the the Inland and it can all be attributed to our members and breadth of its yacht club=.with 19 C boats! Our fleet ac- the work they do supporting and promoting the club. counted for over a third of all participants. Our traveling fleet exceeds some clubs’ entire fleet. It has now gotten Frank Davenport Beautiful Regatta, Great Sailing at White Lake, MI by Glenn McMurray B-22 traveled “home” to White Lake, Michigan for the 81 st Western Michigan Yachting Association Championship Re- gatta. Topping the 11 boat C-fleet were past Blue Chip Champi- ons, Cam McNeil (SL-11) and Andy Burdick (I-45). Glenn McMurray and Andrea Lee (B-22) finished 5 th overall winning Race 4 minutes before brother Brian McMurray won his race in the Melges 17 class. Glenn McMurray also was top Master in C’s. A total of 171 boats in classes E, C, Melges 17, MC, Opti, Butterfly, and Laser each sailed 5 races over 4 days at the fam- ily oriented Regatta. Reliable shore breeze from Lake Michigan made for great sailing for all classes. See photo at left. Signal Boat & Pro Schedule Date Class Time Pro Saftey/Chase Signal Sat. Aug 10 MC 10:30 Rob Hudson Daniel Barth / Sean Hudson Mitzy Dorn L/OC/OG 5:00 Jeff Hudson Vicki Clayton Sun. Aug 11 MC 11:00 Rob Clayton Bill Kercher, Jr / John Sullivan Sandy Rotier L/OG 5:00 Jeff Komas Eric Rietz Wed. Aug 14 MC/C 6:00/6:15 Jeff Lippert Don Franzene Bruce Beren Sat. Aug 17 C/MC 10:30 Dan Bach Neal Norris / Dan Klement Carol Stein X Crew 1:30 Mark Kiernan Dave Berg / Jim Kutschenreuter Kathy Kiernan Sun. Aug 18 C 11:00 Steve Rotier John Becker / Ron Clayton Barb Atkinson MC/X 2:00 Rob Hudson Christine Porter / Rob Clayton Sandy Rotier Wed. Aug 21 MC/C 6:00/6:15 Jeff Lippert Neal Klement Don Franzene Sat. Aug 24 MC/X 10:30 Frank Davenport Dave Davenport / Marty Barr Mitzy Dorn C B/B 1:30 Milt Haeger Matt Haeger / Dave Skotarzak Carol Klement Sun. Aug 25 C 11:00 Chris Kubicek Steve Rotier / Don Stein Linda Haeger MC/X 2:00 Ben Porter Brad Roble / Kent Haeger Neal Klement Socially Speaking Your LBYC board spends most of its time address- - with weekend parties ing the day to day operations of the club's business and in catered. This would allow the midst of our meetings we don't seem to have the time to us to assign larger crews hash out all of the future planning that we might like on Wednesdays, perhaps to. We've only scratched the surface of the changing / ag- ing demographic of membership and haven't really begun make for more upscale to address the changing expectations and dynamics of our weekend events (How present membership. It's hard to get all the people we Many?). I can't say that I need to do all the work in all areas of our activities. have thoroughly thought Of course my concern is with the Social scheduling this out, nor do I foresee and organization - to heck with the rest of the operation - all the possible glitches the Mainsheet and Yearbook can print themselves. The and so I would really appreciate your thoughts. I think all of cookouts and parties are the hub of the club. The board recognizes the effective efforts of the crew of our social us on the board agree we need and value your volunteer- events and we're pleased with the profits we generate. But ism, opinions, and suggestions going forward and really try we do this with short staff (not stature... but number). For to be your representative in our proceedings, decisions, years it has been Wed. nights that has generated the club’s and assignments. Please let me know what you think when profits with the more formal weekend parties drawing you see me. But please,... don't complain to me about the smaller numbers and generating less income (but with just computer program that generates your signal boat assign- as much or more work involved). ments. So with all this in mind I'd like to consider the possibil- ity of allowing a year trial of all members being assigned to Wed. nights, Youth nights, regattas, and fundraising events Don Franzene Appetizer Party Sunday, August 25, 2013 Immediately following the 4:30 Annual Meeting Please Bring an Appetizer to Share Bar will be Open Your hosts: Faye, Jim, Milt, Evie and Bruce Above: Our Cookout hosts enjoyed Dilly Bars for dessert on 7-31 Cookout Cookout August 14th August 21st Serving after 6:00 Serving after 6:00 Grilled Chicken Sandwiches Boozie Brats Corn on the Cob Hot Dogs for kids Ice Cream Cake Ice Cream Pie Hosts: Kaska, Franzene, Tracy Hosts:Noels, D Schmidt, Anne Deanna and Doug Tracy sit down for a Humphrey, and Val Johnson delicious rib dinner on Wed July 24th. What’s Happening at the LBYC Sat 8-10 MC Fleet Party 5:00 Tues 8-20 Sidestay’s Mting/Lunch 10:00 Wed 8-14 Cookout after 6:00 Wed 8-21 Cookout after 6:00 Fri 8-16 Sidestays Golf 3:45 Fri 8-23 Kettle Moraine Trust 5:30 Sat 8-17 Commodore’s Parade 10:15 Sun 8-25 Annual Meeting 4:30 8-17 Commodore’s Ball 5:30 8-25 Appetizer Party after meeting Sun 8-18 LBSS Awards Please return your trophies to the LBYC. Stop by for a cool beverage and They tangy BBQ style hors d’oeuvres. should be See what the Kettle Moraine Land Trust is doing for your community. engraved For further details phone 262-949-7211 clean and polished.