Member Newsletter April 2021 | No. 565 Concord Yacht Club LUFF LETTER Latitude: 35º50’55.27”N Longitude: 84º09’4.809”W “Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.” -Brooks Atkinson www.concordyachtclub.org Commodore’s | Report At the anniversary of the beginning of COVID’s dramatic impact on our lives, the first thing that comes to mind is it has been a long year full of challenges and stress. Thankfully, the grip of the virus is easing and slowly things are moving closer to the type of normal life we had before. As a result of the last year of precautions, not only have we not been able to gather and enjoy our time together, our Club’s grounds and facilities have not had significant attention since late 2019. Numerous things require maintenance along with some repair and replacement. Although a few projects are a sig- nificant undertaking, most are smaller jobs that do not require a lot of time and can be accomplished by one to four people. I urge everyone to find ways to contribute to helping catch up around our Club in- cluding taking on a Project Manager role for the more involved projects. Board Meeting The March Board Meeting items of note: • The COVID Benchmarks in Knox County continue to improve and are either Yellow or Green. The Board is continuing to monitor the situation and is looking for Knox County to review their protocols and continue to slowly ease restrictions. • The Board approved the CSC COVID mitigation plan for a US Sailing Level 1 Instructor Class. Now scheduled for May 1-2, 2021. • The annual work hour requirements remain at 12 hours. The Board will reassess later in the year for any possible additional adjustment. • The Rear Commodore, Gregory Payne, has begun soliciting members for tasks to be completed around the club. Look for opportunities to help get the club cleaned up and fulfilling your work hours. • The water to the docks should be turned on around the first week of April. • The Board is supporting CSC efforts to hold Sail Camp this summer. Among the request is adding an additional swim dock ladder. • The replacement 420 Dock and the addition OPTI dock should be completed in time for Sail Camp. • Ship 300 plans to resume meeting March 25 and are planning to be on the water as soon as March 29. • We are planning a July 4th party at the club. More details when available. • We are reviewing Race Committee administration and trying to resume racing before the summer dead period descend upon us. Look for a possible Memorial Day Regatta as the likely kickoff. • CYC’s financials continues to be stable. • CYC’s membership continues to be stable. • Knox County is in the process of hiring a permanent Senior Director of Parks and Rec. That position should be filled by early June. Until the Senior Director is in place, no progress can happen on our request for a new lease. Monthly Meetings If a member would like to attend a monthly Board Meeting while we are meeting virtual, please let me know and I can provide you the Zoom Link. The next meeting is April 13, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. Dana Dawson CYC Commodore Rear Commodore’s | Report Hope everyone is doing well and is excited that Spring arrives this Saturday. With Spring, brings on the time for cleanup and touch up, oh and to take care some work hours. Looking for project managers for four projects. The project managers would enlist their volunteers and make sure we adhere to Covid requirements. First grounds clean up. Second to pick up old material from the old Summer Docks along water line. 3rd is remove all the existing parking lot stop bumpers to allow for new ones to be installed. 4th for repairing ceiling in front of bath house and paint outdoor ceil- ing fans after ceiling has been pressured washed. Thank you all very much and I look forward to working with everyone. Gregory CYC Rear Commodore Secretary’s | Report Current Active Membership Count (205) Openings (25) Honorary (13) Inactive (30) Active-150, Young Active-10, Senior-25, Associate-5, Student-2 Scribblings from the Secretary WELCOME NEW MEMBERS TO CONCORD YACHT CLUB STEWART and ALISSA children Emilia, 4 yrs. and Clark, 2 yrs. Interested in Racing, Cruising and Day Sailing. BILL REITZ, and daughter Michelle Robbins Retired Marine/Teacher. Has a Seafarer 34' and is interested in Cruising and Day Sailing. NJROTC Sail- ing Academy 2001 and is skilled in Fiberglass. TONY and AMY BENTON, children Abby, 21 yrs. and Nathan, 17 yrs. S2 26'. WILLIAM and EVA JONES Member of CYC in 2000. Helms 24'. Interested in Cruising and Day Sailing. Special skills in Plumbing , Electricity and Maintenance. MARK AND JYL WALKER Hunter 32'. Interested in cruising. UT Sailing Club 70's. Scuba diver and Knox Co. Rescue Squad. Skills with the computer. Jyl is a jewelry designer. DIANE FOWLER and ROGER WOOD 23' boat called 'Looking Up'. Diane is a USCG Captain. ALLISA WINKLER Helms 27'. Allisa is new to Sailing and is interested in Cruising and Day Sailing. Scuba diver, Ocean en- thusiast and Bartender. GEORGE WATSON Catalina 27'. Camp Sea Gull 4 yrs. Interested in Racing, Cruising and Day Sailing. Retired, Skilled with and has a power paint sprayer and power washer. SAM WICKER & RICHIE BURDEAUX Veterinarians. Sailed on the Great Lakes with Catalinas and Lasers. Is thinking about joining the Training Fleet. They are interested in crewing to learn more about Racing, Cruising and Day Sailing. Would like to help with Sail Camps. LOOK FOR THESE NEW MEMBERS AROUND THE CLUB AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES! Secretary’s | Report …continued from previous page CONCORD YACHT CLUB NEEDS VOLUNTEERS WITH SPECIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES!! If any of you have Special Skills and Abilities that you can use to benefit and improve Our Club, please email: NANCY TUCKER ([email protected]) to add your 'Special Skills and Abilities" to the Mem- ber Roster. GREGORY PAYNE ([email protected]) Help maintain or improve our physical plant, dock repairs and help with Work Parties. BILL WICKMAN ([email protected]) Help with sailing educational outreach, Youth Sail Camp, Sail Scouts, helping or crewing with new sailors in the club. Radio Control Boat racing or exhibi- tions. RON ANDERSON ([email protected]) Host a Party, Skills with party decoration,cooking in the kitchen or like to clean up after the fun. Can you Entertain, play an Instrument, explain the fine points of a Sailing Race or organize games for the kids? DON'T FORGET: USE YOUR SKILLS TO EARN WORK HOURS!!! Purchase These CYC Logo Items At The Club!!! These items are on hand at the club, and can be purchased! Send an email request to pur- chase either item to [email protected]. Arrangements can be made accord- ingly. Cash or check (payable to CYC) Burgee - $28.00 License Plate - $5.00 Important Bits & Pieces | CYC SAIL CAMP JOB OPENINGS Jeff Gamey You’ve seen how much fun it is. It’s time to come and get in on the action. Sail Camp has two vacancies for paid non-instructor positions in June. We need a Shore Director and a COVID Monitor. The Shore Director handles the shore activities for campers as well as maintaining all of the camper paperwork (sign-in/out, medical forms, late payments, etc.). The COVID Monitor handles the safety procedures for staff and campers, including taking tempera- tures, maintaining sterile conditions, and distributing water, snacks and lunches. Both positions work closely with the senior instructor staff to produce a fun and learning experience for our young campers. Instructor qualifications are not required. Camp dates are June 7-July 2, Monday-Friday, 0830-1700h, plus some additional time for prep and orientation. Lunches are included. If you are interested in either of these positions, or know someone who would be a good match, please contact the Camp Director (Jeff Gamey, [email protected]) for further information. CYC LIBRARY NEWS Steve Litherland CYC maintains an annual subscription to Practical Sailor. This magazine is similar to “Consumer Reports” for sailboat hardware and related items. Black and white copies of this year, as well as the past three years of Practical Sailor magazines are available in a 3-ring binder to the left of the fireplace, on the top shelf of the open shelving. It is available to read 24/7. Original issues for the past 3 years, with color illustrations and photos, are available in the locked library shelves. Contact Steve Litherland at [email protected] or 865-934-8906 to access. The April 2021 edition of Practical Sailor features articles on: 1) Details of a Vendee Globe that used the latest electronic and communications technology; 2) Using an endoscope to inspect hidden spaces; 3) Software and apps for managing a crew; 4) A ropework solution to solving sagging lifeline gates; 5) Using tree climbing tools to go up the mast; and 6) Water straining and filtration; and 7) Trucking your boat. Social Tidings Member Stories, Photos & Art Photos Courtesy of Caleigh Simon at CSimon Photography Social Tidings Member Stories, Photos & Art Members of the club, Camden and Caleigh Simon are in an awesome article in the Farragut Press. The article high- lights the club and encourages our community to get into sailing, while sharing the accessibility and experience of sailing in our area. It’s a great read. You can find the live version at Farragut Press, for easier reading, here: https:// republicnewspapers.com/storage/farragutpress/e-edition/032521_FP_farragutpress.pdf If the live edition is not available search their website archives here: https://www.farragutpress.com/ continued on next page..