MAINSHEETTHE LAKE BEULAH YACHT CLUB

Commodore’s CommentsBy the time you read this, my term as Commodore will be almost complete, with only the commodore’s ball (gulp) and annual meeting remaining. If you’re attending the commodore’s ball, I thank you in advance and ask you to take whatever is said there with a grain of salt! More importantly, I strongly encourage you to attend the annual meeting to elect officers and discuss the state of the club.

It seems too mild to just say thanks to my fellow board members. LBYC is a very active club, requiring a hard-working, engaged board, and we spent many a long evening together in deliberation. Special thanks to our outgoing members: Vicki Bohl, John Porter, Steve Rotier, and Jeff Mueller.

When I began my term, I thought we needed to focus on youth participation in sailing, nurturing our volunteers, sound finances, and community outreach. There is good news in each of these areas – we have new youth sailors, new volunteers stepping up to give others a break, current financial strength (with some looming challenges), and several positive interactions with the community. These will continue to demand our attention.

Despite the hard work, I have gained much more from this club than I have contributed, and I hope your LBYC experiences have been similarly rewarding.

See you at the club! -Al Haeger

FISH FRY September 8th

Seatings every half hour starting at 6:00 to 8:00pm

Sign up online or e-mail chrissy.kubi@gmail.com

AUGUST 25, 2017 VOL. 8

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

Sunday August 27th, 2017at 4:30p at the LBYC

Hors D’oeuvre Party immediately

following meeting. Please bring an appetizer to share.

Your Hosts: Monty & Chris Mackey, Dr. Charles Frank & Karen Peters, Laura Meagher.

Register online @ lbyc.us GEORGE DORN REGATTA

SEPTEMBER 9th & 10thVolunteers needed! See inside for details.

From the Sailing CommodoreILYA Championship Beulah results...

A Scows - I-96 - White Magic with half Beulah crew 9th, and I-333 Red-Eye - Dave Davenport and all Beulah crew 10th.

C Scows - B-12 - Kent Haeger 3rd, B-1 - Will Haeger 4th, B303 - Frank Davenport 6th, B66 - Michael Barr 7th, B333 - Annie Haeger 8th, B18 - Brian Brickler 12th, B217 - Ann Muller 13th, B19 - Scotty Sullivan 15th, B317 - John Porter 18th !

Nine boats in the top 20 of a 66 boat fleet. Nice showing Beulah C Fleet... JP says, “Best C Fleet in the Nation.” and these results prove it...

MC Scows - The Beulah MC Fleet didn’t fare as well at the big Inland. A combination of wind, waves, and lousy weather challenged the scheduled races and the fleet only completed 3 races. Better luck next year.

At the Inland there were 30 Beulah boats and 1 Geneva boat with half Beulah crew. That is quite a representation of the quality of sailing at our club.

It is refreshing to see the resurgence in Opti Green fleet sailors. We started the season with none and now we have six!

Prime Regatta season is over with great results. Beulah still has the Dorn MC and Nan Norris Beulah Challenge C Regattas which we host in September. It’s not over till the fat lady sings...

Beulah is proud of it’s fleets and the volunteers who make it all possible. It is you who make Beulah great! A big Thank You.

See you on the Water,

Steve Barth

Date Class Time PRO Chase Signal Team

Sat. Aug. 26 C & MC 10:30 Candace Porter Matt Haeger / Joelle Cook Kathy Kiernan

Sat. Aug. 26 Champ of Champ 1:30 Jay Hiller John Becker / Frank Rappold Carol Klement

Sun. Aug. 27 C & MC 10:30 Julie Haeger Monty Mackey / Chris Mackey Candace Porter

Wed. Aug. 30 C & MC 5:00/6:05/6:15 Rob Clayton Keith Beren

Sat. Sept. 2 C & MC 10:30 Julie Haeger Mark Kiernan / Brian Bellew Carol Klement

Sun. Sept. 3 C & MC 10:30 Matt Haeger Ron Jarecki / Frank Davenport Carol Stein

Mon. Sept. 4 C & MC 10:30 Candace Porter Vicki Bohl / Anne Humphrey Candace PorterPRO

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REMINDER:RETURN YOUR TROPHIES TO THE SAILING SCHOOL ROOM

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Beulah Women’s Sailors NAMED TO ICSA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

The LBYC is proud to announce that two of our Collegiate Women’s Sailors were named to the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA).

The following is an excerpt form the ICSA Website, Published 8-18-2017; 2016-17 All-Academic Sailing Team. The All Academic team designation honors college sailors that achieved excellence in national and inter-conference competition as well as excelling at the highest academic level for the 2016-17 academic year. The criteria for the honorees are that he or she must be a Junior or Senior, have at least a 3.3 cumulative GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale, and be a starter or key reserve in at least seven university sponsored regattas. A seven-person committee comprised of representatives from conferences in the ICSA evaluates the nominated sailors. This year’s All-Academic Team is comprised of 223 members.

Two Members of the Team from Lake Beulah Yacht Club are Kate Klement, Senior at University of Wisconsin in Interior Architecture & Mary Claire Kiernan, Alumni of Tufts University with a Degree in Child Study & Human Development.

Congratulations to our ladies!

What’s Happening at the LBYCSat. 8-26 Commodore’s Ball 5:00P Cocktails 7:00P Dinner

Sun. 8-27 Annual Meeting 4:30P

Wed. 8-30 Cookout #14

Sat. 9-2 Trophy Dinner 4:30P

Fri. 9-8 Fish Fry 6:00 - 8:00P

Socially SpeakingThank you to all the volunteers that helped out all summer long at events and regattas.

Also a big thank you to all my Wednesday Night Cookout Chairs and their committees. Providing delicious meals all summer long was a wonderful treat. All your volunteer efforts were so very appreciated and what makes our yacht club such an awesome place to be a part of!!

The last Wednesday Night Cookout of the season will be sponsored by Paul and Janet Symczek and

Committee, they will be serving homemade crab cakes, dirty rice, cole slaw, corn on the cob and dessert.

Busy weekend coming up, Commodores Ball will be held this Saturday August 26th at LBYC honoring our commodore and his wife, Al and Linda Haeger.

Sunday, August 27th will be the annual meeting/appetizer party also at LBYC at 4:30pm. Annual meeting then appetizer party following. Please bring an appetizer to share.

The following Saturday September 2nd will be the Annual End of the season Trophy Dinner beginning at 4:30pm. A delicious meal will be provided by Toothpicks. Please RSVP by August 27th to either www.lbyc.us or Andrea Lee at andrealee@sbcglobal.net . Details in this Mainsheet.

Thank you again for a another wonderful season of wonderful food, good friends and amazing

Cheers! -Chrissy Kubicek

LBYC Board Meeting Minutes PostedThe LBYC board has decided to begin posting approved board meeting minutes on the LBYC website, starting with the July 2017 minutes. To view these minutes, log into the LBYC website as a member, then click on the menu item labeled “Mainsheet/Yearbook and other documents.” Hit the “expand all button” and you will see a folder labeled Club Documents – Members Only, with a sub-folder for BOD minutes.

CALLING ALL SAILORS & VOLUNTEERS GEORGE DORN REGATTA

We are hoping that all of our wonderful volunteers will be available to help again, SEPTEMBER 9TH & 10TH!

The Clubhouse will be open on Friday night, for registration.... and then stay on for the LBYC Friday Night Fish Fry!

Saturday morning - Come help with launching and attend the skippers’ meeting.

BE SURE TO REGISTER ONLINE EARLY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EARLY DISCOUNT AT LBYC.US

2017 Inland Championship at LGYC a Banner Event for C-Fleet! Your venerable Lake Beulah C Fleet traveled in full force to Lake Geneva Yacht Club for the 2017 ILYA Championships August 16-20. This was a highly anticipated event as 2017 marked the third year of the Inland event being hosted by LGYC. After three years of training, countless hours of practice, preparation and logistical trial and error, Lake Geneva had it dialed in for this multi-event fleet. With over 200 scows scattered across the property between, A’s E’s, C’s & MC’s, a total of 19 Beulah boats competed against a total of 66 C-Scows over the four day event.

Racing began early Thursday morning with a forecast of 15-25MPH breeze. Kent Haeger and Mike Greeson with third Erin Monahan lead the charge in day one with incredibly strong sailing throughout both races landing them two very well deserved first place finishes in Races 1 & 2.

B-317, John Porter & Pat Welscher, followed in second in Race 1 after an extremely tight finish B-333 sailed by our Olympians, Annie Haeger & Luke Ramsay with Neal Klement as third, producing a very solid fourth place finish. The breeze was up, spirits were high, the waves were huge and all were ready for a second race!

The Inland has adopted a two race per day per fleet format which has allowed sailors to race in multiple fleets or use their energy to pour in all on the line racing in a singular fleet. Either way there has been a general consensus that the quality of racing and number of boats on the starting lines have been positively impacted. In addition the camaraderie experienced at an event of this style is second to none.

In Race 2, the unrelenting breeze stayed strong and a squall line came in from the West during the final windward leg. Despite the windy conditions Beulah prevailed with the B-12’s first place finish, Annie Haeger in 3rd and B-18, Brian & Kevin Brickler, in 4th. Other top tens in Race 2 included, Frank Davenport & Ron Jarecki in 9th and Will Haeger, Joe Kutsch & Kate Klement on the B-1 in 10th respectively.

Thursday evening was a welcome sight after a long afternoon on the water with the majority of the male sailors headed to the annual Bilge Pullers Dinner and a large remainder off to celebrate Kate Klement’s 23rd Birthday. Further evening festivities commenced at Chuck’s in Fontana which became a common theme for the duration of the regatta.

Friday brought sunny skies, a touch humidity and virtually no sailable breeze along with noticeably more boat traffic. Without wind, the day was filled with extended sleep, an early lunch and lots of off water discussion waiting for breeze that never filled. Even on a day such as Day 2, Lake Geneva is fine place to be. Friday evening saw the ILYA Sail It Forward Dinner with a family theme. The Frank Davenport, Sr. Family were honored as members of both Lake Beulah & Lake Geneva YC.

Saturday or Day 3 saw two more races, considerably more weekend boat chop, and fairly respectable breezes. Top finishers for the day included Anne Muller & Joe Sko who sailed RYOT into a 4th place finish in Race 3, Michael Barr who had a 5th place finish in R3, B-1 in 8th and B-303 in 10th. The evening treated sailors and spectators to a wonderful prime rib dinner sponsored by US Sailing where Candace Porter was presented with the CREW Award, a much-deserved high honor for her volunteer efforts and contributions to the sport sailing.

Tired and a little weary, sailors pushed forward on to Day 4, Sunday, which brought about exceedingly high levels of boat chop, large waves and frustratingly light winds. The boats equipped with lighter crew faired the best in these trying conditions that were somewhat akin to sailing in a wash machine. Holding a line and a competitive angle was a tall order but Will Haeger’s B-1 prevailed with a massive lead over second place posting a bullet in Race 5. Glenn McMurray and Andrea Lee took a highly respectable 5th place in R5! With experience and miles under their belt, Frank Davenport & Ron Jarecki rocketed the B-303 to a monstrous lead over the second place boat ending the event on a high note. Overall this was another high quality, highly memorable event for your Lake Beulah C-Fleet!

Annie Haeger, Luke Ramsay and Neal Klement sailed the B-333 for the event.

Kent Haeger, Mike Greeson and Erin Monahan won both Race 1 & Race 2 finishing 3rd overall

Candace Porter Receives US Sailing C.R.E.W. Award at ILYA Championship!by: David Berg, ILYA Executive Director & LBYC Member

Perhaps you’ve already met Candace Porter. If you have, none of this will come as a surprise to you. If you haven’t, let me introduce her to you.

You’ve heard of the unstoppable force vs. the immovable object paradox? Well, there are no immovable objects in the world of Candace Porter and she is an unstoppable force as an advocate, participant, parent, coach, leader, promoter and volunteer for the sport of sailing. 

Her commitment to exceptional service permeates her being. The sailor, young or old, is her customer.  Whether chairing a regatta, running the kitchen, promoting her home club at Lake Beulah Yacht Club, serving in leadership roles or any of the other tasks she performs, Candace does it with a laser focus on providing her constituents with excellent, timely and friendly service. Her commitment to this goal is unmatched. 

She truly cares about imparting and spreading the joy that sailing brings to the participants and the families of sailors. She has overseen the Opti No-Tears Regatta and the Opti Green Fleet for decades in the ILYA. Each year she starts each skipper’s meeting with a message of respect for fellow competitors and the sport of sailing. She has an amazing way

with our youth participants and they are better for it having sailed under her caring watchful eye and receiving her tutelage. 

Candace has been a successful volunteer leader and organizer across the entire range of activities that the sport of sailing has to offer. She has served as the Commodore of the ILYA and has worked on race committees, served as a cook, a registrar, an Olympic campaign advocate, the editor and publisher of the ILYA’s weekly newsletter and was the motivating force behind Sail Strong, Sail Pink. Her continuing expectation of excellence defines and demands that from herself and those around her.

Finally, she would not have achieved the longevity and success that she has without being able to work well with her peers and constituents. She is a veritable font of information and institutional knowledge.  She brings this to bear in her committee work and is an asset to whatever group she is attached. She is an extremely versatile member of the race committee, can serve in any capacity and seamlessly melds with her coworkers.

Her volunteer hours are countless and we around her are all the better for it.

The Frank Davenport Sr. Family was honored

at the 2017 ILYA Championship Sail It Forward dinner and presentation. The Davenport Family has had longstanding Inland membership, involvement and volunteerism at both the Lake Beulah and Lake Geneva Yacht Clubs. Their family started sailing on Lake Beulah and has since branched to Geneva and across every major Inland fleet and into the Melges 20 & 24 under the guidance and encouragement of Frank Davenport, Sr. Pictured here are LBYC Members Frank and David Davenport with their father Frank Sr., and other family members and some spouses and friends at the LGYC. Photo courtesy of Lizzy Davenport-Parsons.

Sidestays’ Ethic Food Tour Recap by: Wendy Ekstrom

Thursday Aug. 17th a group of LBYC members went on the Sidestays Fall trip. This year they went on an Ethnic Tour of Milwaukee. They visited several restaurants, a spice store on Old Third Street. They went to a cheese store, Usingers Sausage store and several other places with a tour guide who talked about the history of Milwaukee and some of its restaurants. It was a fun filled tummy filled day.

Sidestays’ CornerHard to believe that we are coming to the end of the summer! Another wonderful season of fun at the lake! Last week’s outing to Milwaukee was well attended and so much fun. We certainly learned a lot about the settlement of Milwaukee and enjoyed a delightful variety of ethnic foods. Thanks so much to Karen Mueller and Erna Liebovich for their time in organizing this event!

Although Sidestays did not hold a major fund raising event this summer, our membership generously agreed to donate funds to the sailing school, to purchase needed items for the kitchen and to contribute to the cost of the club china and storage.

We are looking forward to a busy summer of 2018! Our slate of officers is nearly set and chairpersons have volunteered for the noon socials and the golf outing. Without the wonderful enthusiasm and hard work of our members we wouldn’t be as great as we are! Thanks to all!

See you at the club this weekend! - Lynn Welscher

CUSTOM WOOD PIERS

Handyman Services

BRIAN JARECKI 414-416-8789

LBYC Alumnus

SAVE THE DATE: Float Boat Tour of Beulah Homes 2018The date has been set for the Float Boat Tour of Beulah Homes: THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018. Mark your calendars for this much-anticipated event, it will be a highlight of Summer 2018. Proceeds from the tour will benefit Sidestays (an auxiliary committee of the LBYC, founded in 1969). The purpose of Sidestays is to furnish trophies for the weekday Class X Series, support the LBYC, and, most importantly, support the sailing school.

Mary Schmitendorf, Chairman and Penny Clayton, Assistant Chairman

Don’t Forget to Shop the Shoppe!

THE YEARBOOK NEEDS YOUR PHOTOSGet started now and be ahead of the game come spring! Email general sailing & social photos, your sponsor pages or ads to vickiclayton8@gmail.com or LBYCyearbook@gmail.com today.

125th Anniversary Booklet Reminder! Labor Day weekend marks the due date for submissions to the Memory Book that will celebrate our last 25 years at the LBYC. This book will be a supplement to the 100 Year Book published in 1993. So, dig deep and send in your reflections on the years from 1993-2018. We’d like to hear about all the changes and new developments in the club and on the lake, the way things were and the way they are now. We are looking for photos, sailing articles, developments at the LBSS and fun at social events. We are even welcoming lighter reflections on how you or your family discovered Lake Beulah and if you met your spouse and fell in love at Lake Beulah. Include your funny sailing stories. We want to know about your volunteer efforts on Beulah and in other sailing organizations.

Send in your articles and photos for the 25 Year Memory Book to Carol Stein, dcstein2004@gmail.com. Note this new email address is the only one to use. Feel free to contact Carol with any questions via email or phone. Home 262-642-7721, Cell 414-745-4587.

Jon Ekstrom 262.993.1760

jekstrom@shorewest.com

Wendy Ekstrom Bitter

414.550.0075 wekstrom@shorewest.com

wendysellslakehomes.shorewest.com

Your Lake Beulah Experts!

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Editor’s Note:Please send any new content for the next issue to NKLEMENT@SHOREWEST.COM by SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 5th! The quicker we get content, the easier the Mainsheet is to bring to life so please try your best to be timely. Thanks!

Lake Beulah Yacht ClubP.O. Box 833N9220 East Shore RoadEast Troy, WI 53120

OPTI’S WANTEDThe Green Fleet is growing and we now have ready, willing & able buyers for used Opti’s in

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