photo by Jim Davis Private Ear NEWSLETTER OF PRIVATEER YACHT CLUB Lake Chickamauga Chattanooga, TN April 2016 www.privateeryachtclub.org Peter Snyder, Editor [email protected] VIEW FROM THE HELM — April 2016 Beautiful spring weather has finally arrived, and with it has volunteers put forth a herculean effort to coordinate all the come some wonderful days for sailing! PYC greeted spring components of this five day experience. with a hectic schedule, lead off by a new event this season, a Thistle Regatta held on April 16th and 17th. Special thanks Overlapping the Veterans Program was the Flying Scot Chat- need to go out to Peyton and Adam Ankars for the great job tanooga Choo Choo, which enjoyed a record attendance this they did in organizing this event and for showing off PYC in year, with 29 boats sailing in the two-day event. Rob Fowler, a very positive light to out-of-town sailors. Peyton and Adam PYC Fleet Captain, and a large group of volunteers under the should also be recognized for their fine sailing, finishing sec- leadership of Rob and Brainard Cooper, PRO, coordinated ond in the overall regatta. Thanks also go to Gary Smith and four great races and a host of on-shore activities, including a the host of other PYC members who helped out, both on Race fun-filled Corn Hole tournament organized by Guy and Tina Committee as well as on shore with meals and clean up. Campbell. Congratulations go out to Tom and Ed Craig for finishing third in the event and to Rob Fowler and Harry This regatta was closely followed by another wonderful event, Carpenter, Flying Scot boat builder, who took the top honors. as PYC hosted a group of veterans for a sailing program spon- There was question about whether Rob’s brand new UT grey sored by ROVER. Steve Sherman and a large group of other boat with UT orange spinnaker gave him an unfair advantage, but I guess that remains to be seen! By the time you read this article we will have also played host to the Catalina 22 fleet, as David Bergevin coordinated the annual Chattanooga Challenge. Quickly on the heels of this regatta will be the Opti Regatta under the direction of Chris and Margi Cyrul, as well as the annual MC Scow Regatta, Scowabunga, organized by regatta chairman Steve Sherman, with Rob Fowler serving as PRO. In amongst all these spring regattas we are still actively involved in Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday racing, with Thursday evening dinghy fun races soon to start. Your Board has been busy addressing a wide variety of issues, including some policy compliance questions, as well as laying out plans for a variety of ongoing upgrades to the clubhouse, grounds, and club boats. Dee Harwell has been busy keeping the social calendar full, and our membership levels are close continued on page 3 COMING EVENTS MAY Check the PYC website CALENDAR for more info. 1-May-16 Catalina 22 - Chattanooga Challenge Regatta 9 am Sunday 1-May-16 Dinghy Races 2 pm Sunday 4-May-16 Wednesday Night PHRF Races 7 pm Wednesday 5-May-16 COPS 6:15 pm Thursday 7-May-16 Opti/Laser Youth Regatta 7:30 am Saturday 8-May-16 Mother’s Day - No Races Sunday 9-May-16 PYC Board Meeting 6 pm Monday 11-May-16 Wednesday Night PHRF Races 7 pm Wednesday 12-May-16 STARSS 6:30 pm Thursday 14-15-May-16 Scowabunga - MC Scow Regatta 8 am Saturday & Sunday 18-May-16 Wednesday Night PHRF Races 7 pm Wednesday 19-May-16 COPS 6:15 pm Thursday 21-May-16 Saturday PHRF Races 1 pm Saturday 21-May-16 DOCK PARTY 4 pm Saturday 22-May-16 Dinghy Races 2 pm Sunday 25-May-16 Wednesday Night PHRF Races 7 pm Wednesday 26-May-16 STARSS 6:30 pm Thursday 28-May-16 Saturday PHRF Races 1 pm Saturday 29-May-16 Dinghy Races 2 pm Sunday JUNE 1-June-16 Wednesday Night PHRF Races 7 pm Wednesday 2-June-16 COPS 6:15 pm Thursday 4-June-16 Saturday PHRF Races 1 pm Saturday 5-June-16 Dinghy Races 2 pm Sunday 13-June-16 PYC Board Meeting 6 pm Monday 15-June-16 Wednesday Night PHRF Races 7 pm Wednesday 16-June-16 COPS 6:15 pm Thursday 18-June-16 Saturday PHRF Races 1 pm Saturday 19-June-16 Dinghy Races 2 pm Sunday 22-June-16 Wednesday Night PHRF Races 7 pm Wednesday 23-June-16 STARSS 6:30 pm Thursday 25-June-16 Saturday PHRF Races 1 pm Saturday 26-June-16 Dinghy Races 2 pm Sunday 29-June-16 Wednesday Night PHRF Races 7 pm Wednesday 30-June-16 COPS Trail Maintenance 6:15 pm Thursday ROVER at PYC Quite a number of PYC volunteers worked with veterans of our armed services looking for recreational and rehabilitative opportunities during the week of April 19th - 22nd. Betsy Ali- son, five time Rolex Yacht Woman of the Year and US Sailing Director of Adaptive Sailing, was here all week. Theres’s been talk about having an adaptive sailing program at PYC and this was a great opportunity to see what’s involved first hand. ROVER is the Regional Outreach Veterans Engagement Resources - continued on page 10 2 RACE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS Bill Robertson — Race Committee Chairman Date Day Start Time PRO Asst RC MAY 05/01/16 Sunday C22 Chattanooga Challenge David Bergevin 05/01/16 Sunday 2:00pm Mike Rasbury Jonathan Mies 05/04/16 Wednesday 7:00pm Josh Landers Steve George 05/07/16 Saturday Opti/Laser Regatta Marji Cyrul 05/08/16 Sunday Mother’s Day No Races 05/11/16 Wednesday 7:00pm Scott Lee Mike Graves 05/14/16 Saturday MC Scowabunga Josh Landers 05/15/16 Sunday MC Scowabunga Josh Landers 05/18/16 Wednesday 7:00pm Linda Lind Martin Gregory 05/21/16 Saturday 1:00pm Tom Clark John Barnes 05/22/16 Sunday 2:00pm Brainard Cooper Chris Brockman 05/25/16 Wednesday 7:00pm Bruce MacPhee Gary Harwell 05/28/16 Saturday 1:00pm Ed Craig Eric Brooks 05/29/16 Sunday 2:00pm Pete Duvoisin Mike Campbell JUNE 06/01/16 Wednesday 7:00pm Chris Cyrul Tom Bumgardner 06/04/16 Saturday 1:00pm Chris Edwards Earl Chandler 06/05/16 Sunday 2:00pm Rob Fowler Steward Cofield 06/08/16 Wednesday 7:00pm Eddie Graham David Cox 06/11/16 Saturday 1:00pm Matt Gregory Allen Culp 06/12/16 Sunday 2:00pm Pete Gregory Tony Disanto 06/15/16 Wednesday 7:00pm Keith Harper Ed Ford 06/18/16 Saturday 1:00pm Frank Hughes Steve George 06/19/16 Sunday 2:00pm Brian Holloway Mike Graves 06/22/16 Wednesday 7:00pm Monty Humphreys Martin Gregory 06/25/16 Saturday 1:00pm Scott Irwin Gary Harwell 06/26/16 Sunday 2:00pm Walt Jenison Terry Hoye 06/29/16 Wednesday 7:00pm Kent Kindervater Bill Jennings RC’s be sure to fully identify boats & skippers when recording race results. List name of skipper, RACE COMMITTEE DUTY Please remember that Racing is the single most important ac- type of boat and sail number for each boat. tivity at Privateer Yacht Club. It is racing that develops bet- IN CASE YOU CANNOT DO YOUR RC DUTY, ter sailors faster, and faster sailors better, more than anything BE SURE TO GET else. Participate in racing. Racing is fun. Racing is exciting. A DEPENDABLE SUBSTITUTE. Racing is challenging. And racing builds character, especially If you would like to crew on a race boat, or if you have need when things get close at the start, or when the wind is so slight for crew, go to the PYC website CREW NEEDED page: or so variable. Anything you can do to advance racing at PYC http://www.privateeryachtclub.org/racing/crew-needed is not only appreciated, but expected. Race Committee is an important part. Be sure to do your part when scheduled. NOTE: IF YOU DISCOVER A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THE COMMITTEE OR CHASE BOATS, PLEASE NOTIFY BRIAN HOLLOWAY ASAP VIEW - continued from page 1 262-391-2181 to maximum levels. All in all, 2016 is starting off as a won- derfully active and busy year at PYC. If you haven’t been out “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to- sailing yet, then dust off the cobwebs and get out there! The gether to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and weather is great, so... work, but rather teach them to long for the endless im- mensity of the sea.” ~ Antoine De Saint-Exupery C’mon - Let’s go sailing! Linda Lind, Commodore 2016 3 photo by jim davis LONG DISTANCE LAP RACE competitive racing. A big thanks to Josh Landers who was to report that the inaugural Lap Race went I am proud instrumental in scoring and race format. He informed me that wonderfully with 10 boats at the starting line. It was a sight by his calculations each lap was 6.4 miles. That means for 4 to see the gathering at PYC, the night before, splashing their laps we had a total of 25.6 miles raced. boats and prepping for the long day ahead. Obviously a few boats were willing to go the extra mile to participate. Afterward, we had an open pot luck dinner and grill-out at the clubhouse. Dee Harwell was a big help in getting the word out The sun was out with temperatures around 60 degrees for most and making sure plenty of folks came to “dig in.” I am always of the day.