Private Ear OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF PRIVATEER YACHT CLUB Lake Chickamauga Chattanooga, TN June 2021 Cory Richardson, Editor
[email protected] View from The Helm Sherman, Marv Martin and Spencer Wiberley June 2021 are holding multiple sail camp sessions for kids from 8-14 years old, teaching them the At first glance I thought that June had been a basics of sailing and exposing them to the joy relatively quiet month around the club. Dig a and freedom that commanding a small sail- little deeper and all sorts of activities were go- boat provides. There are 14 paid sailing in- ing on. The Thistle fleet held another success- structors led by Hunter Dinger. These volun- ful Brown Jug Regatta, which was attended by teers and instructors will have taught the ba- sailors from all over the region, including the sics to about 143 kids by August. On top of National Champion! Winds were light but that, Chuck Puglisi and Cory Richardson are enough races were held on Saturday to satisfy teaching an Adult Learn-to-Sail course at the the competitive fleet. Our illustrious social club. Over the course of two spring sessions chair, Tina Campbell, sponsored a well- and two fall sessions, they will have taught 33 attended, Caribbean-themed party and Cory adults to sail this year. If you have friends Richardson held a training session on how to who have always wanted to learn to sail, the properly lock through a TVA dam. Well done adult course at PYC is the way to go. We have all! Unfortunately, I missed out on some of recently added some new associate members these events while travelling to regattas in Illi- because of this program.