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Newsletter of Lake Yosemite Sailing Association March 2018
Photos Courtesy Shawn Dailey
The LYSA Clubhouse and Docks
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Lake Yosemite
Sailing Association P.O. Box 3994
Merced, CA 95340
Club Officers
Commodore: Tom Cooke (209) 769-4163
Vice Commodore: Chris Cooper (209) 233-5503
Past Commodore: Brigitte Bowers-Loeffler
(209) 357-7049 [email protected]
Secretary: Chris Martin (209) 384-8640
Treasurer: Diane Sousa (209) 383-3955
Port Captain: Chris Currier
(209) 354-9009 [email protected]
House Captain: Mike Bloed Phone: Email:
Cruise/Social Captain: Dan Farmer (209) 564-6207
Racing Captain: Debbie Harden (209) 383-2631
Submissions: Deadline is the 22nd of each month
Submit with LYSA in the Subject Line to Chris Martin:
March is here and we will be able to put our boats in late next month. Racing starts on the 10th of May so it’s time to really think about getting our boats in shipshape condition for the season.
March’s meeting with be at the club house on the 13th with the potluck starting at 6 pm and the General meeting beginning at 7 pm with the Board meeting to follow. Daylight Savings time starts on March 11th so we should have sunlight well past 6 pm. Please remember to bring out a dish for the potluck.
Our Regatta is coming up on May 19th and 20th and I hope that all you will make plans to come out and participate in our annual event. This is an all hands on deck event so plan to lend a hand in staging our Regatta. Please call Brigitte and vol-unteer to help out.
It’s well known that sailors are superstitious. I happened upon some of the common supersti-tions while browsing the internet and found sev-eral I didn’t know.
According to Boaterexam .com, bananas on board a ship are bad luck, as are women on board and whistling or singing into the wind. Curiously, the first Monday in April and the second Monday in August are not good days to sail. Fridays are also considered bad days for sailing. Sadly Thursdays, our racing nights, are also bad days for sailing. It is also important to note that sailors that hadn’t paid their debts were blamed for storms and other bad events aboard ship. So please don’t forget to pay your dues and slip fees. For more in-formation about sailors superstitions go the boaterexam.com and check out the thirteen sailor superstitions.
See you at the lake.
Commodore
Tom Cooke
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Membership Meeting
Join us in March!
LYSA Clubhouse
Tuesday, March 13th
6:00 pm Dinner / Social
7:00 pm Membership Meeting
Board Meeting to follow
Hello, everyone. As Vice Commodore part of my job
is to increase membership. To do this, I’d really like
to find out what draws you to LYSA and what keeps
you here. I created a survey on a free website. It is
only two questions. They are;
1. What are the greatest benefits to being a LYSA
member?
2. What would you like to see LYSA do more?
Answering these questions, I feel, will give the board
a greater understanding of what we can do to both
improve the club for the people who are already
members as well as give some feedback for what we
can do to attract new members. Here is a link to the
survey.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BV5GGW6
Please take this survey. If you have trouble with it,
feel free to email me at [email protected]
with the subject line “LYSA”. Thanks in advance. I’ll
see you at the lake!
Vice Commodore
Chris Cooper
Race Captain
Debbie Harden
Hello from the Race Captain! There are two impor-tant Race events coming up!
The first one is our LYSA Annual Regatta. It is sched-uled for May 19 & 20. Because it helps so much with the planning, there is a substantial discount for sign-ing up before April 30th . If you are a racer please sup-port our club by participating in the event! You can serve… Serve on the race committee, serve on the food team, serve on the race committee, serve on getting the house ready for our guests, serve on clean up crew, or you can serve on the race commit-tee (See below). Did I mention you could serve on the Race Committee? LYSA is only as good as its participating members.
The second event is our Thursday night racing. The races usually start the Thursday after Opening Week-end, which will be May 10th this year. Be sure to plan now to be at the lake on Thursdays.
Races don’t happen without a Race Committee.
For the Regatta ( 2 days, 5 races) we could use quite a bit of help. Last year we had two people on the committee boat during every race for safety. We need a mark person, 2 flag people, a line watcher, a clock person, a finish person & 2 recorders for each race. That’s a MINIMUM of ten people! It would be nice to have a person taking start photos and finish photos to help with any disputes, too. So that is eleven bodies! Thursdays we get can get by with 5. But the more the merrier!
You don’t have to commit for the entire weekend! Pick a day! You don’t have to commit for every
Thursday, but how about two or three of them?
Training & support provided.
Call, text or email Debbie Harden (209)777-4655, [email protected]
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Upcoming Events March, 2018 17 Dock work day / St. Patrick’s Day at the Lake— Dinner at 6 pm 4, 18, 25 Oakland Yacht Club Sunday Brunch Series April, 2018 6th Annual Chili Fest. Bring your best Chili - 6 pm Strictly Sail Pacific, Richmond Livingston Kite Festival—8:30 to 4:30 14-15 Camellia Cup Regatta May, 2018 5 LYSA Opening Day 10 LYSA Thursday Night Summer Series Begins 19-20 LYSA Spring Regatta June, 2018 Gold Country Regatta Delta Doo Dah 23 Open House/Shrimp Feed Sunday Brunch at the Clubhouse July, 2018 4 Independence Day Potluck Lunch BBQ & Fun Sail High Sierra Regatta, small boat, Huntington Lake High Sierra Regatta, large boat, Huntington Lake Special Needs Sailing Day Sunday Brunch at the Clubhouse August, 2018 Pinecrest small boat trip Sunday Brunch at the Clubhouse “Cocktail and Sail” 6 to 8 pm, bring a guest
September, 2018 Jack & Jill Race “Cocktail and Sail” 6 to 8 pm, bring a guest
October, 2018 Fleet Week SF Bay End of Year Party / Election / Dinner / Awards November, 2018 December, 2018 15 Christmas Party January, 2019 1 Frostbite Regatta February, 2019 General / Board Meeting Oakland Yacht Club Sunday Brunch Series
Dates are To Be Determined. Subject to change.
Sailor’s Calendar: March
Clean, inspect & repair the boat's hull
and topside.
Check the condition of all blocks & fit-
tings on the mast & deck. Order re-
placement parts if needed.
Update your calendar to include LYSA
Regatta and Thursday night races.
Secretary
Chris Martin
LYSA Membership Meeting Call to Order: A combined meeting of the LYSA Membership and Board was held on February 13, 2018 at Pizza Factory on Olive Avenue in Merced. The meeting convened at 6:30 pm, Commodore Tom Cooke presiding.
Members in attendance: Members of the Board in atten-dance:
Commodore: Tom Cooke, Vice-Commodore: Chris Coo-per, Secretary: Chris Martin, Port Captain: Chris Currier, House, Cruise / Social Captain: Dan Farmer, Race Captain: Deb Harden.
Not present: Treasurer: Diane Sousa, Past Commodore: Brigitte Bowers-Loeffler, Captain: Mike Bloed.
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Join us for Sunday Brunch and a race on
the Alameda Riviera at the Oakland Yacht
Club.
INTERESTING AND CHALLENGING
COURSES, (not just windward / leeward),
BEAUTIFUL PROTECTED WEATHER!
0900 to 1300 - Come to the clubhouse
galley and enjoy a fine Sunday brunch.
You can tie your boat up at our guest dock #2.
1255 - First gun. After the Race - Results, Prizes, Drinks, Food.
The start/finish line will be off OYC docks 5 and 6. Courses will
round buoys between Jack London Square and Coast Guard
Island.
Cost: Only $90 for the whole series, or $20.00 for each single
race. To register online go to: https://www.jibeset.net/
OYC000.php?RG=T007856546
One design fleets of four or more entries may have separate
starts. Separate start for non-spinnaker
boats. PHRF time-on-distance handicaps
will be used. All monohull yachts must
have a NCPHRF Certificate. Multihull
yachts must have a BAMA rating certifi-
cate. The certificate is to be for the cur-
rent year or 1 year prior. One single race
(SR) entry per boat, per series, will be ac-
cepted without the PHRF Certificate.
Sailing Instructions and course sheet will be available on jibeset,
and at OYC front desk no later than January 2, 2018. Preliminary
fleet assignments will be available by 1200 hours on January 6,
2018. Late entrants will be assigned to fleets for best fit with
existing divisions. However, if late entries create a one-design
fleet, the race committee will make every effort to establish a
one-design start.
For additional information call Debby Ratto @ 510-390-1620 or
e-mail: [email protected]
OAKLAND YACHT CLUB SUNDAY BRUNCH SERIES Remaining Dates: Mar 18, Mar 25
Reports - Actions - Discussions: Commodore, Tom Cooke: Tom welcomed members to the meeting. Invited Board / Committee Members to report.
Treasurer, Diane Sousa: Not present.
Approval of Minutes: The November 21, 2017 and Janu-ary 16, 2018 minutes were read. There were no correc-tions. Motion: Moved by Chris Currier to approve min-utes, second by Ed Dietz. Motion carried.
The November 21, 2017 and January 16, 2018 Board min-utes were read. There were no corrections. Motion: Moved by Dan Farmer to approve minutes, second by Debbie Harden. Motion carried.
Vice Commodore, Chris Cooper: No report. Chris Cooper is willing to help with Regatta and Open House.
Past Commodore, Brigitte Bowers-Loeffler: Not present.
House Captain, Mike Bloed: Not present.
Dock Captain, Chris Currier: Will meet with Tim to evalu-ate docks, form work schedule, discuss pilings & mooring. Work day on 3/17 – donuts and coffee provided, request to bring hammers and drills. Chris Currier proposed a scholarship program: Junior Sailors work and be paid by dock fees. Chris Currier – no information from the last
Port Captain about slips. The Board asked him to ask/call John Larson.
Race Captain: Debbie Harden: No report. The first Thurs-day Night race is May 10. Debbie spoke re: the racing part of the Regatta. A “save the date” email will be sent out this week. Registration $35 before 4/30, $50 after 4/30. Dinner Adult $12, Child $6. T-shirt design from LYSA mem-bership discussed. Deb is working on the Regatta race course. All are encouraged to race. If not racing, members are asked to serve on Race Committee. Steve Leonard has been working on the Committee Boat. Darrell offered to make the trophies. Tom asked that online forms be up-dated to reflect the correct dates.
Cruise / Social Committee, Dan Farmer: We will host a dinner on St. Patrick’s day. The Chili Fest will follow. The Christmas party is scheduled for December 15.
Junior Sailing, Matt Loeffler: Not present.
Commodore, Tom Cooke: No report.
New Business: None.
Old Business: Debbie – we are not utilizing the online cal-endar. Information is not posted, or is not complete. All event information should be included. Dan Farmer asked for support with posting to the calendar.
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Discussion: George Deane asked if he could store kayaks. Discussion: create a lean-to. Debbie asked if work on the shed should be approved by the Board. Mike Brady asked about water level projections. Jenny Garcia asked for her keys. Jay explained he is not on the Board, and as such it is not his responsibility, but he would get her a key.
Good of the order: None.
Adjournment: The next LYSA combined General Mem-bership and Board meeting will be held Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at the LYSA Clubhouse. Dinner at 6, General and Board Meeting at 7:00. Motion: Moved by Chris Cooper, seconded by Mike Brady. Motion carried. General Mem-bership and Board meeting was adjourned at 7:08.