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WBYC
Sailing News Archive
(Updated
5/13/08)
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 NCESA Approves New Scantlings - After four years of experimentation the NCESA membership approved the use of the Asymmetrical Sail for 2008, including changes to hull scantlings to add an asymmetrical bow sprit with appropriate control lines, changes to the mast scantlings to add diamond stays to support the additional load of a masthead sail (this addition is allowed with either spinnaker configuration, allowing an optional second set of spreaders to support the diamond wires and further stabilize the mast), changes to sail scantlings to provide dimensions for an asymmetrical spinnaker, keeping the symmetrical spinnaker a legal configuration, but only allowing a boat to register appropriate spinnakers for a regatta (so that you cannot flip back and forth), and allowing only one asymmetrical spinnaker to be registered for a regatta. Click Here to read the new scantlings and learn about making the change. |
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| WBYC Sailors to Enter Hall of Fame - The ILYA Hall of Fame will announce the honoree class of 2007 at the 2008 Winter Inland. To date, eighteen ILYA competitors and contributors have been honored in the Hall of Fame. The ILYA Hall of Fame Class of 2007 includes our own Jule M. Hannaford III and Dr. Thomas Hodgson. Hannaford won several ILYA E Chmpionships in the 1930's and was a frequent club champion at White Bear. Hodgson is well known at White Bear as past-PRO and around the ILYA as a past-Commodore and past-Admiral of the Bilge Pullers. Congratulations to Tom and the Hannaford family on this prestigious award. The following sailors from the ILYA will also be inducted this year: • Bill Bentsen (Geneva) • Gordy Bowers (Minnetonka) • Jerry Huse (Okoboji) • Gordon Lindemann (Pine) • Jane Pegel (Geneva) |
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| ILYA Winter Inland - The Winter Inland will agin be held at the Olympia Resort in Oconomowoc, WI. on February 8th - 10th, 2008. There will be fleet meetings, Seminars, and Dean Brenner of the US Olympic Committee will speak. Details can be found on the ILYA web site. |
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Melges is recognized as one of the most successful competitive sailors in history, with dozens of national and international championships in a variety of classes. Melges won an Olympic Bronze medal in 1964 and a Gold medal in 1972. He was a two-time Star world champion (1978, 1979), a three-time 5.5 Meter World Champion (1967, 1973, 1983), a five-time E-Scow National Champion (1965, 1969, 1978, 1979, 1983), a seven-time Skeeter Ice Boat World Champion (1955, 1957, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1980, 1981) and a three-time Yachtsman of the Year. In 1992 he helped steer America3 to a successful defense of the America's Cup. He continues to compete actively in Class A Scows and the Class E Scow. Congratulations to Buddy, Gloria and the entire Melges family! |
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| ILYA Class X Inland Championship Regatta - The ILYA X Inland wrapped up at Delevan with White Bear's Eddie Cox (W-66) taking 4th place overall in the 63 boat Junior Fleet. Eddie and crew Cole Lee won two of the six races. Willy Crary (W-7) and crew Cal Henderson finished 28th overall in the Junior Fleet. Erik Brust (W-4) and crew Kristina Brust finished 39th in the Senior Fleet. Congratulations to all! | ||
| ILYA Class E Invitational Regatta - The ILYA E Invitational Regatta at WBYC was a huge success with 38 boats from 10 clubs participating. Thanks to all who attended and Special Thanks to Regatta co-chairs Janet Callahan and Dan Guidinger and their committee for a wonderfully organized event. The generous party put on Friday night by Jock and Twinks Irvine will long be remembered by all who came. PRO Tom Hodgeson and his team did a great job with difficult weather conditions. Click Here for the final results and some photos from the awards ceremony. | ||
| Spirit of the Lake Regatta - First of a kind Women's Challenge Regatta sailed in A scows! WBYC - June 29-30, 2007 - Results. | ||
| Updates - Be sure to check out the various web site updates, including the Calendar and Sailing Instructions for 2007. There are a few changes to be aware of. | ||
| WBSS
Fundraiser - Special Thanks to Ford and Catherine Nicholson
for their incredible hospitality February 22nd hosting the White
Bear Sailing School “Scotch and Sweets” Fundraiser event
at their home. We had a great time looking back at some wonderful
historic videos, sipping some fine Scotch and snacking on some
treats.
There is still a chance to participate in the WBSS fundraising and your action is needed immediately if you have not yet made a donation. The new boats need to be ordered now to get them in time for our summer sailing season! To see the WBSS presentation (minus the narration) from February 22nd, Click Here. WBYC Sailing Division Members are invited to make donations to "Capture the Wind", the White Bear Sailing School’s one-time capital campaign to upgrade its teaching boats. An information sheet and pledge form are provided here. |
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| More Website Updates - We’ve made more updates to our website to serve our members better. The Classified Ad page is working again and has some some important changes. Only our members can enter ads to buy, sell, donate or swap items but the ads themselves are open to the public for viewing. Thanks to Tom Shield for these updates to our system! | ||
| Old-Fashioned
Ice Boating - In the top photo at the right, White Bear sailors
Ken Broen, Lee Alnes and Fletcher Driscoll prepare for the maiden
voyage (on White Bear) of Fletcher's "Rainbow 2nd" Class
A Stern-Steering ice boat. Built in 1898, the boat has been meticulously
restored. Click
Here to see the Mark Tregilgas video and take a virtual
ride along! Photo by Pat Dunsworth --- www.patdunsworth.com |
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| WBYC Website News - We're happy to report that we have successfully moved the website to a new hosting company with much better service. This change was needed to handle some of our advanced services in a more robust way. We have lots of work left to do, but the Crew List, Calendar, Members Page and Weather Page are now updated and working much better. the Web Cam is dead for now, until we invest in some new hardware. Thanks to Tom Shield and Ken Broen for getting the site moved. | ||
| Minnetonka Receives Award - MYC has recieved the US Sailing One Design Regatta Award for their spectacular handling of the 2006 Class E National Championship regatta. Chair-persons Pat and Chrissy Hughes were honored for their outstanding efforts which included finding housing for 60 of the 92 competing boats. Congratulations on a job well done! | ||
| 2007 ILYA Class E Invitational at White Bear - The Inland Lake Yachting Association has awarded the 2007 E Scow Invitational Regatta to White Bear! The regatta will be held July 12 - 15, 2007. Janet Callahan and Dan Gudinger are co-chairs. More details will be online as they become available. | ||
| ILYA X Champ Regatta Completed at Minnetonka - ILYA Commodore TomHodgson presented the awards in a historic regatta where two brothers from Lake Beulah, WI won both the Senior and Junior Fleets. 48 boats competed in the Senior Fleet with 43 in the Junior Fleet. The weather was hot with light and variable winds that eventually picked up. Joe Kutschenreuter took first in the Senior Fleet while brother George Kutschenreuter too top honors in the Junior Fleet. Eddie Cox was the top White Bear finisher. | ||
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| Another Great After-Race Party! - Thanks to Matt and Laura Markoe for hosting another fantastic pot-luck dinner party Saturday July 29th! The heat was on but we all had a great time, good food, and plenty of beverages to re-hydrate after one of the hottest days on the water in a long time. The next social event is the August 31 Laser Fleet Party at Mike Simon's - mark your calendars! | ||
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| WBYC Wraps Up 2006 ILYA Class A Open Invitational Regatta - Special Thanks to Commodore Hodgson and his team for a fine job officiating the event. Our regatta committee did a flawless job pulling everything together and we sincerely appreciate the job they did. WBYC would like to thank all our guests and their families for joining us this weekend and we hope to see you all soon at another ILYA event. Click Here for results and daily race reports. | ||
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| Jay Rendall Takes Third at MC Invite - A little home lake knowledge goes a long way! White Bear's Jay Rendall took third at the heavily contested ILYA MC Invitational regatta held at Lake Mendota WI this past weekend. Jay grew up on Mendota and raced there prior to moving to White Bear. The regatta was sailed out of the magnificent Bishops Bay Country Club and MYC was host to 37 boats from across the ILYA. Six races were completed and after a difficult first race 20th, Jay was never out of the top ten. Jamie Kimball from Spring Lake won the event. Congratulations Jay! Click Here for full results. | ||
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| Andrew Keane Bests ILYA Youth - The ILYA Youth Championship Regatta was held at Cedar Lake WI this July and White Bear's Andrew Keane was in top form! After six races he had won four and never finished worse than second place. He sailed a 2-1-1-1-1-2 regatta to best Lake Forest sailor Rob Pickens by 3 points. Kevin Campbell was third. Way to go Andrew! | ||
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| 2006 Sailing Instructions Modified - Our 2006 Sailing Instructions incorrectly stated "Scoring for DNC, DNS, DNF, DSQ, OCS, etc. is according to the RRS Appendix A4." That should have been RRS Appendix A9 and it has been corrected in the online Sailing Instructions. Other differences between Did Not Start (DNS) and Did Not Compete (DNC) have also been cleared up. As it only meant a point difference here and there, no final results were affected. | ||
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| Race
Management Reminder - The
Race Management Oversight Committee (RMOC) was established several
years ago to provide an avenue for sailors to give feedback
regarding the conduct of our racing program. (Note that according
to Yacht Club rules, all members, including registered sailors,
are not to criticize any club employees, including our Race
Officer.) Guidance and management of the Race Officer is
handled by the Executive Officer of the Sailing Division and
the RMOC was established to assist the Executive Officer in
that role. Your current RMOC members are: Karen Alnes, Tel: 651.426.8124 Skip Johnson, Tel: 651.429.9666 Ken Broen, Tel: 651.429.7743 |
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Need
Help Registering for 2006? We have implemented a web-based
system to automate many of the tasks required to keep our
Club operating. The new system includes both "public"
web pages (that anyone can access) and "private"
web pages (those that our members will access with a User
name and Password). Registered members
who were active in 2005 should have gotten an E-Mail message
with their login information in April. If you lost
your password, Click
Here, then enter your valid E-mail address, check
the box that says "I forgot my password, please
e-mail it to me" and then click on the "Submit"
button. Within a short time you should get an e-mail with
your password. Still need help? Call Lee Alnes at 651.407.6338. |
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| 2006 Results Now Online - This year we are able to post our race results much faster and easier than ever before! There are two ways to see the results - simply click on the "Results" button on the left hand side of this page as you have always done, or open the Calendar page, select a month and click on any of the fleet identifiers in the race schedule (i.e. C, Cat, MC, etc.) | ||
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| Need to Contact Another Sailing Division Member? Our Membership Roster is online and many of our members have chosen to show their contact information to other registered members. We are mindful of your privacy concerns and this secure system allows you to set your privacy preferences (the default is that only members can see your information). To view the Roster, go to the Members page, login with your User name and Password, then click on "Roster by Person" to see the listing of those folks who have shared their contact information. | ||
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| 2006 Social Calendar - Our 2006 Social Calendar is online on the race schedule and also availabel as a PDF file suitable for printing and posting on your family bulletin board. Don't miss another great party like the one last Saturday at Diane and Van Johnson's. Click Here. | ||
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| 2006 NCASA Championship Results - John Galley sailing Silverhawk took top honors at the Class A Scow Nationals held this past weekend at Green Lake. Click Here for Full Details. | ||
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ILYA Awards 2007 Class E Invitational to White Bear - The Inland Lake Yachting Association has accepted our bid to host the 2007 E Scow Invitational Regatta at White Bear! This is one of the premier events in the ILYA and winning the bid is further recognition of the great things that are happening at our club. The regatta will be held July 12 - 15, 2007. More details will be online as they become available. |
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| WBSS
Looking for Volunteers - The The White Bear Sailing School
would like to offer sailing instruction with its E scow this
summer. The students will be primarily adults and some of our
Sailing School instructors. This is a great way to help us increase
the participation in the E fleet for club racing and also help
our other fleets.
Volunteer instructors are needed for these E boat classes. To volunteer you need not commit to a certain time or even to an amount of time. The class offerings will be adjusted according to the availability of instructors. Instructors do not need to have E boat sailing experience although that would help - racing experience in any of our fleets is ok. Please contact Bob Broen or Dave Keane for more information. |
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| Automated
Electronic Registration, Scoring and Fleet Roster System - With
that in mind, C Scow Fleet Captain Tom Shield has been
hard at work this winter developing a web-based system that
will automate many of the tasks required to keep our Club operating.
The new system is up and running and it includes both "public"
web pages (that anyone can access) and "private" web
pages (those that our members will access with a User name and
Password). Registered members who were active in 2005 will get
an E-Mail message with their login information so be on the
lookout for it in April. The new system is driven by a secure database containing information such as your boat name and number, your name, address, etc. We are very aware of your privacy concerns and you will have full control over whether any other members can see your information. Furthermore, we will NOT collect any Credit Card numbers or other information that might be a liability for identity theft (such as SSN's). The only information we will have stored is essentially what someone could look up in a phone book or online. Benefits: The biggest benefits will be time savings for the team that makes your racing and social program happen and timeliness of information and communications to all our members. Registration will be done online so we don't have to re-key your information (you will still print your Reg. form and mail it in with your check). All the math will be done for you so no mistakes get made. The Registrar can access your records and mark you as paid so you will get scored in races. Fleet Rosters will generate automatically. E-mail communications by fleet, or club-wide can be done automatically. The Judge will simply enter race positions online following each race and scores will be calculated and instantly uploaded to the website. Our Calendar (both Social and Racing) will be database-driven making it very easy to update in subsequent years. The Calendar will also link to race results as results accumulate. Special Thanks to Tom Shield for the fantastic job he has done creating this tool for us! |
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NCESA Asym Voted Down - The National Class E Scow Association has voted NOT to adopt the Asymmetrical Spinnaker at this time. A clear majority wanted the change (57.7%) but a two-thirds vote of all registered regular members was required for passage. This issue generated three times the typical scantling change ballots and if nothing else got a lot of people to join NCESA. Click Here for the NCESA website to learn more. |
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| Johnson
Joins ILYA Hall of Fame - At the 2006 ILYA Winter Inland
held in Pewaukee, WI, J.O. Johnson was inducted into the ILYA
Hall of Fame. His grandson Steve Johnson of White Bear accepted
the award. J.O. Johnson moved to White Bear Lake in 1893 from
Norway and began his career working
for Gus Amundson of Amundson Boat Works. Two years later he struck out on his own and founded Johnson Boat Works. He began work on a new type of sailboat that would ride on top of the water, instead of plowing through it. His creation would be 38 feet long with a radical dish design so it could skim across the waves of inland lakes. The boat was named the Minnezitka and would become the first Class A Scow. The Minnezitka was remarkably similar to today's A Scow design after over 100 years of development. In 1932 he invented the 16 foot Class X boat which is still raced actively throughout the Inland and draws one of the largest youth sailing contingents in the world each year to the Championship regatta. Johnson was a true genius who invented many of our modern scow classes and made major contributions to the White Bear Yacht Club and the Inland Lake Yachting Association. Click Here for more information about J.O. Johnson. |
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| Melges Building 5 new A Scows for 06 - Melges Performance Sailboats of Zenda WI, has announced that they will produce at least 5 new Melges A scows for the upcoming racing season. Sailors from around the country are taking note of these incredible racing machines. Maybe one of them will end up on White Bear? | ||
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| Iceboat Video - A Scow sailor Mike Gisch took a KARE11 video journalist for a bumpy iceboat ride. Click Here to see the conditions! | ||
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| ILYA ScowSlants Magazine - The Fall / Winter edition of ScowSlants is available online as a PDF file. A few White Bear sailors made the cover photo! Can you spot them? Click Here to check it out. | ||
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| Alnes Joins NCASA Board - WBYC sailor Lee Alnes has joined the National Class A Scow Association Board of Directors. NCASA is the governing body for the One-Design A Scow fleet. Click Here for more information about the class. | ||
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| Stan
Hill - With great sadness we have learned
that White Bear sailor Stan Hill passed away on Christmas Day.
He died peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Stan was
a great promoter of scow racing and an asset to the White Bear
Yacht Club. We'll never forget him arriving at the club for
cocktail parties dressed in his blue blazer and neatly pressed
slacks - having Windsurfed all the way from Mahtomedi! He will
be sadly missed by all who knew him. Services are Friday, January 13 at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi with visitation at 1 p.m. and memorial service beginning at 3 p.m. Memorials preferred to Century College Foundation, White Bear Lake Area Educational Foundation, Mahtomedi Educational Foundation, or any other charity of the donor’s choosing. Click Here for the White Bear Press article about Stan Hill. |
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| Mark Dunsworth Wins MCSA Single-handed Championship Regatta - White Bear sailors Mark Dunsworth and Charlie Igo of the University of Minnesota Sailing Team competed in the MCSA Single-handed Championship Regatta at the Milwaukee Yacht Club. They sailed 14 Laser races in conditions varying from 8-18 knots, making for a very challenging regatta. In the end, Mark Dunsworth led the Men's fleet by 32 points winning him the Men's series and a qualifying spot for the ICSA Single-handed Championships in Hawaii where he finished 10th out of 16. | ||
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| 2005 No Coast Laser Regatta - The 2005 No Coast Laser regatta was held September 9 - 11. Laser, Laser Radial and Laser 4.7 competitors enjoyed very windy conditions and put on quite a regatta. Laser Results, Radial Results, 4.7 Results | ||
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| 2005 Inter-Lake Regatta - Thanks to all who attended the regatta and to our FANTASTIC volunteers who helped make the 2005 Inter-Lake Regatta a huge success! FINAL INTER-LAKE REGATTA RESULTS | ||
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| 2005 Inter-Lake Regatta Details - The 2005 Inter-Lake Regatta will be held at White Bear Lake August 5 - 7, 2005, with two races scheduled for Friday, two races on Saturday and one race on Sunday morning. Launching and registration will take place on Thursday, August 4. We look forward to seeing you here. Click Here for Details. | ||
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| 2005 L-Cup Regatta - The 2005 Leukemia Cup Regatta is set for Sept. 17-18, 2005 right here on beautiful White Bear Lake. The 2004 Leukemia Cup Regatta® on White Bear Lake raised over $60,000 to support the ongoing work of the LLS. If you didn't participate, you missed some great fun! Our second year promises to be bigger and better. All types of boats from all lakes, clubs and fleets are encouraged to participate. Click Here for more information. | ||
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| 2005 Class A Invitational Update - The 2005 Class A Invitational is history! And most certainly history was made this past weekend with the first A Scow regatta at White Bear in over 70 years. Thanks to everyone who traveled from Minnetonka, Mendota and Pewaukee to be part of this event. We had great sailing conditions and as usual White Bear Lake proved to be a challenging place to race sailboats. Click Here for results. | ||
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| White Bear Invitational Laser Regatta - Fourteen sailors participated in the White Bear Spring Laser Regatta on Saturday May 14. Click Here for results and areport by Andy Heckl. | ||
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| WBSS Launches New Web Site - The White Bear Sailing School has launched a new web site for 2005 and registration for classes is underway. Now you can conveniently register online and pay by credit card. Please note that classes always fill up quickly so don't delay - get your summer sailing school schedule planned now. For more information go to: www.whitebearsailingschool.org | ||
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| New MC Fleet Captain - After several years of service, Karen Alnes has stepped down as MC Fleet Captain and handed the job over to long-time White Bear sailor Mike Swift. Thanks to Karen for her hard work and congratulations to Mike! | ||
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| Hodgson Takes Reins of ILYA - At the Winter Inland in Madison WI, ILYA Commodore Olaf Harken presented White Bear's Dr. Thomas Hodgson with the "Official Mickey Mouse Pen" and in so doing Hodgson became the new Commodore of the Inland Lake Yachting Association. The pen, Harken explained, is a reminder that everything we do in the ILYA is about having fun. Knowing Tom as we do, we're confident that tradition will be upheld during his term. Congratulations Tom! | ||
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| Dunsworth Launches Web Site - White Bear photographer Pat Dunsworth has launched a new web site featuring his scow photography. Click Here to view PatDunsworth.com. | ||
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| New Rules - Revising and updating the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) is now complete and the 2005-2008 rules are now available to all current US Sailing Members for free. The new rules take effect January 1. Click Here for more details. | ||
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| NCESA Approves Long Battens - National Class E Scow fleet members approved the use of longer battens in the E mainsail by a vote ot 96 to 10. The approved change affects the length of all four battens is reported to significantly increase the life of the mainsail. | ||
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| Bowers Joins Melges - North Sails One Design and Melges Performance Sailboats have announced that Gordy Bowers has joined their teams as a sales representative responsible for the promotion, sales and service of all North and Melges products. His primary focus will be in the Minnesota and Iowa markets. Congratulations Gordy! Click Here for an interview with Gordy. | ||
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| WBYC hosted the MWISA Cressy Regatta September 25-26, 2004 for Laser and Laser Radials. Click Here for the Regatta Report and Results. | ||
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| Sailing Division Mailing List - We are currently updating our mailing list and sailing roster. Everything is organized into a database that will save us time and effort with our club communications. Click Here if you would like to have your contact information added to the list. Please be sure to include your E-mail address as most communications will be done electronically in the future to save time and cost. | ||
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| Race
Management Update - The
Race Management Oversight Committee (RMOC) was established several
years ago to provide an avenue for sailors to give feedback
regarding the conduct of our racing program. (Note that according
to Yacht Club rules, all members, including registered sailors,
are not to criticize any club employees including our Race Officer.)
Guidance and management of the Race Officer is handled by the
Executive Officer of the Sailing Division and the RMOC was established
to assist the Executive Officer in that role. This process has
worked very well the past few years. Based on recent input from the sailing membership, the RMOC has made an official suggestion that our race courses be more varied, and thus more challenging, by setting them up to use the entire lake where possible. This includes setting courses using the commercial bay, the Yacht Club bay and even courses completely in the Yacht Club bay. A significant variation between morning and afternoon races is particularly desirable. Of course we recognize that in practice there are many restrictions on setting more varied courses, such as wind speed and direction, weeds, reefs, other boaters using the lake on busy days, proper course length for fleets, etc. However, this request for change is coming from very experienced sailors and when possible we will follow this request. We fully expect some complaints may come as a result of these changes, but please make sure you provide your input through the proper channels by informing your RMOC members. Long time WBYC sailor Ken Broen has recently joined the RMOC. Ken brings nearly 35 years of sailing experience to the committee. Ken started in Class X and has sailed in almost every kind of boat we race at White Bear. He currently races in the E fleet. Your current RMOC members are: Karen Alnes, Tel: 651.426.8124 Skip Johnson, Tel: 651.429.9666 Ken Broen, Tel: 651.429.7743 |
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| Want to Sail at WBYC this Summer? - Or looking for Crew this summer? Post a message on our Crew List page! This is a great way to get more than just your feet wet in the sport of sailing. Tell your friends! | ||
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| Looking to Buy, Sell, or Trade your boat? - Sping is upon us and it is time to think about summer sailing fun. Check out our "Classifieds" page for the latest listings of sailing related gear. | ||
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| White Bear Sailing School Needs Donations - WBSS is looking for a donation of a Boat/Motor combination. The Sailing School has had a recent motor failure and has a hull that is less than seaworthy. The budget is tight right now and donations would be greatly appreciated. The sailing school is non-profit organization and all donations are tax deductible. Contact Dan Rummel, Fred Paul or Dave Phillips. Tel: 651.429.5480 or E-mail: drummel@bu.edu | ||
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News? - If you have a WBYC Sailing News item to post here,
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