October 2013 Sandra Ford-Johnson Commodore [email protected] Winter’s coming, so much to do! According to the calendar winter will be here in and those members with a work hour deficit will 65 days, give or take. That means between now be sent to the bookkeeper for inclusion with the and then there is a lot to be accomplished before 2014 yearly billing. we can put this Sailing Season to bed. Speaking of Annual Meeting; we will gather in There are projects which need to be completed. the Clubhouse on Sunday, November 17th. The Projects range from winterizing the Club to meeting will start at 4:30pm or when we have a making necessary repairs to dock/s. To quorum. There are no proposed By-Law accomplish these projects we will have Work changes, or BIG building projects on the agenda Parties on Saturday, November 2nd; and for this year, however we will provide a full Saturday, November 16th. These will be the update to the pending property tax appeal and the LAST WORK PARTIES of 2013. We could use lease situation, give you an opportunity to ask a big push to complete projects that we’ve had to questions, and vote on 2014 Board Members. table due to “not enough volunteers.” If you’ve You will receive a separate notice for the Annual completed your 2013 work hour requirement I Meeting in a few days. It will list the proposed want you to know you are still welcome to help. slate of officers as well as a proxy form. I Fifteen hours is the minimum. As you look encourage everyone to attend this meeting since around the Club you’ll soon realize it’s going to it is your Club. IF you can’t make the meeting take more than fifteen hours from each of us to then please be sure to sign the proxy form and (1) keep our Club from falling apart. If you haven’t give to a Board Member to bring to the meeting connected with other members yet… this is the or (2) give to another member who will attend. opportunity. Nothing forges a connection or friendship like working side-by-side. You don’t The definition of volunteer is a person who need special skills, just a willingness to help get a undertakes or expresses a willingness to job done. undertake a service. Before your final boat wash of the year, or winterization of your head I The deadline for completing your fifteen (15) would encourage you to express a willingness to yearly work hours are Sunday, November 17th. put the needs and concerns of Concord Yacht Immediately after the dismissal of the Annual Club front and center. Meeting work cards will be collected, audited, 414-3882 or [email protected] Well, the year is winding down and it's time and I'll make those items priorities when I to get serious about getting in your remain- have captive bodies. If you're aware of a ing work hours. Given the UT football need, please let me know as soon as possi- schedule (perhaps more consideration than ble so that I can make sure the know how to it is due), November 2 and 16 are the do the project and the necessary supplies planned work days with an alternate on the are available for the work days. 30th if the weather doesn't cooperate the first two days. So that I can begin looking Although I've been asked, I have not looked at projects, please RSVP with the days and at the long range forecast as to when the hours you plan to work. Also, please don't first freeze is expected. I will send out an decide a project needs doing without check- email with the anticipated date for water to ing with me. I can't approve work hours or be shut off at the slips sometime in Novem- projects retroactively. ber. In addition to getting the club and grounds This position will be open next year. I en- ready for winter, there will likely be repairs courage everyone to consider stepping up to docks / slips, some work in preparation and being involved in the running of the for projects to be accomplished over the club. Although daunting in description, the winter while the water is down, and any job is really administrative. To our club's projects which may come up in the mean- credit, when I've asked directly for help, no time. one has turned me down I have heard from one or two of you about needs, if it's not been gotten to, contact me The sea finds out everything you did wrong Francis Stokes October 2013 No. 495 2 A number of CYC’s Gamey, and Mike new Mobile Keel- Cox, were accompa- boat Racing Fleet, nied by a lone Viper looking for a little 640, skippered by out-of-town ac- Johnny Ballatin. tion, issued a Keel- Twenty keelboats an- boat Challenge to swered the starting Privateer Yacht gun on Saturday af- Club’s Keelboat ternoon, in some ra- Fleet. The Club ther light wind condi- with the best cu- tions. Unfortunately, mulative low point the wind gods didn’t score of their re- Snake Among the Holders seem to be motivat- spective top three ed and the wind skippers would claim the winning honors for stayed very light for the entire race. Conse- their Club. The one day regatta was sched- quently, the four long windward - leeward uled for Saturday, August 17th, with the CYC legs took a goodly amount of time for all folks supplying the trophy, and PYC supply- contestants to complete, leaving inade- ing the food and drink for an after race so- quate time and wind for a second race. cial. The PYC racers showed the CYC folks just how it’s done in light wind conditions, on On race day, six CYC skippers and their their lake, taking a pretty decisive Chal- crews, made the trip down to Chattanooga lenge Cup victory. to participate in the Keelboat Challenge. Five Holder 20 skippers, consisting of John (Continued on page 4) Tyner, Jason Williams, John Storey, Jeff Rigging Up Post Race Socializing October 2013 No. 495 3 (Continued from page 3) day’s events, and ponder the prospects of meeting again as future competitors. The friendly hospitality and camaraderie While the wind conditions were not that displayed by the PYC members took a lot of great, participants of both clubs had a good the sting out of CYC’s loss to PYC. During time, and look forward to competing again. the after race social, the members of both clubs got a chance to commiserate on the Tom Dorsey & John Tyner Jeff Gamey is all smiles Are you having problems with your gate pass card? If so, bring your problem card to the Octoberfest Party. Carol Rech will be sitting at the check-in table with replace- ment cards. October 2013 No. 495 4 Horizon Yacht Club Following is an outline of the weekend’s is hosting the Har- events: vest Moon Fall Re- Friday, October 18th gatta. The event will be held Octo- 6PM: Meet and greet with heavy appetizers, ber 18th through beer, and fellowship. the 20th (please Saturday, October 19th: note that the dated 11AM: Skippers meeting on the HYC porch published in the followed by an afternoon of racing. September Luff Letter were incor- 6PM: Catered Dinner by the Crow’s Nest rect). We will once again need a strong showing from CYC to insure that we bring Sunday, October 20th: the trophy back to CYC where it belongs! 10AM: Skippers Meeting on the water fol- lowed by racing with awards on the deck in The registration and sailing instructions are the afternoon. now posted on Horizon Yacht Club’s webpage: https://sites.google.com/ Please contact Sandra-Ford Johnson if you need assistance with transient slips or any- site/horizonyachtclub001/home thing else. Racing questions should be di- RESERVATIONS ARE NEEDED BY OCTOBER rected to the HYC Race Director, Dave Wei- 13TH gle at [email protected]. Please note that if the skipper does not reg- HYC is looking forward to welcoming their ister their crew for dinner on Saturday even- friends from CYC. ing, they will need to enter a separate regis- tration for dinner. Only two sailors, in my experience , never ran aground. One never left port and the other was an atrocious liar . Don Bamford October 2013 No. 495 5 October 2013 No. 495 6 A large crew of sailors Team Emirates to hold from Concord Yacht onto the Cup. Club, including several members from our es- Watching that final race teemed UT Sailing was greatly enhanced by Team descended on being in the company of Smoky Mountain Brew- fellow CYC’ers. In all, ery in Turkey Creek to there were more than watch the final race of 30 sailors in our little the America’s corner of Smoky Cup. Mountain Brewery sailing heaven. For those of you Following the who might have race, several been in a cave stayed for dinner, for the past sev- some retired to eral weeks, the Jamie Northcutt’s final race was a house for burgers; sports show- and everyone had down on the a fabulous time. grandest scale. After staging the greatest comeback in sports histo- Special thanks go out to Brad ry, the America’s Cup victory rest- Russell who’s idea it was to hold ed on one last “winner take all” the event, and Sandra Ford- race.