{{OSYC Membership Meeting}} {June 23, 2007, 7pm} – Commodore Bill Shaw presiding – Secretary Jay Harrell Meeting called to order shortly after 7pm and opening statements made by Bill Shaw. A count of voting members was taken. 15 members where there in-person, and 23 ballots and proxies were collected for a total of 38 votes represented in person or by proxy. It was noted that 38 exceeds the amount required for a quorum, and it was declared that a quorum existed. {{Committee Reports}} No committee reports were given {{Old Business}} The agenda included second votes on five proposals that were passed at the previous membership meeting. These were brought up and voted one at a time. {Proposal 1}. Voting Trustees as a group. Voted by voice, all in favor and none opposed. One proxy-ballot was voted against. Total 37 in favor, 1 opposed. The proposal is passed. The secretary will make the necessary changes to the club documents. {Proposal 2}. Nominating Committee. Voted by voice, all in favor and none opposed. One proxy-ballot was voted against. Total 37 in favor, 1 opposed. The proposal is passed. The secretary will make the necessary changes to the club documents. {Proposal 3}. Membership Committee. Voted by voice, all in favor and none opposed. All proxy-ballots voted in favor. Total 38 in favor, none opposed. The proposal is passed. The secretary will make the necessary changes to the club documents. { Proposal 4}. Nominating Procedures. Voted by voice, all in favor and none opposed. One proxy-ballot was voted against. Total 37 in favor, 1 opposed. The proposal is passed. The secretary will make the necessary changes to the club documents. {Proposal 5}. Membership Policy and Procedures. Voted by voice, all in favor and none opposed. All proxy-ballots voted in favor. Total 38 in favor, none opposed. The proposal is passed. The secretary will make the necessary changes to the club documents. {{New Business}} Bob Horan asked for ideas regarding procedures for the new OSYC lending library, and agreed to take the lead in establishing a “check-out” system for books left on the new bookshelf at the club. {{Adjournment}} A motion to adjourn was made a seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 7:30pm.

First I must apologize for the delay in scheduling the second class, my plate has gotten overloaded. But I have made room on June 23, Saturday morning before the race. Would like to start no later than 9:00 and run maybe an hour or so. That should leave plenty of time to get ready to race at 1:00. We will be covering the head sail (jib, genoa). We had good attendance at the last class and would like to see even more folks show up. Please do not feel intimidated, these sessions will start at the basic level and are not focused towards racing. The information shared can and is used by all forms of sailing. We are all here to learn, share, enjoy, and better the sport of sailing. The sessions are open to all, so please come and share with us. We would like to know how many plan to make it. If you would please reply to the GoogleGroups email so we can get a head count. Also if you have any specific questions or concerns email me and I can be sure to have the information ready to give you and others a reply. Depending on the response and the desire we can look at more dates to cover other areas of sailing, boat handling, rules of sailing, or any other topic you might want. Thanks for your time and see you at the lake, Carl Saylor

This years B.E.E.R. Cruise wasn’t like last years, (it was HOT this year!!!) but it was still great. We had intended to leave Wednesday afternoon but that was just not to be. So after finishing up all of the things that still needed done, we set out Thursday morning and arrived about 1:30 in the afternoon, and if I didn’t mention it before, it was HOT. After dropping off the boat at the marina, we ran and got a quick bite to eat, then back to the boat to get setup and put in the water. Friday we just kind of hung around the marina and visited with everyone coming and going. It looked like there was going to be a good crowd this year with what looked like about 50 boats or so with five of us from the middle Georgia area: Bob, John and Sherry, Warren, Valerie and Nicholas, Ken and Jennifer, Pete and Jimmy and ourselves. Not to repeat last years debacle, we made sure we did do all (or at least most) of our shopping on Friday so we could leave on time, which we did. Once out on the bay we had a light northwest breeze and a slow run of 3 to 4 knots to the mouth of Santa Rosa Sound. By the time we made the turn east, the breeze freshened and came around to the southwest. This made for a nice broad reach. We sailed on and the wind slowly increased. By the time we were about three or four miles from Navarre, our first nights anchorage, the wind must have been 15 to 18 and Summer Breeze, still under full sail was going as fast as she could. Bob was right behind and closing. There was a storm just ahead of us so we decided to reduce, then drop all sail and drop anchor and ride out the storm. Right after dropping anchor, the bottom fell out and we went below for cover. After the storm let up some I noticed I was quite as close to Bob as I was when I dropped anchor. Must have dragged a bit, but no problems. After the rain it was nice and cool and instead of sailing the rest of the way to Navarre we decided to motor. After anchoring, we rowed in and looked for a place to eat. Wind was still blowing pretty hard and ended up dropping another anchor just in case. There was a boat damaged in the storm (see picture). The story was it was hit by lightening but later I talked with him and he said he was just over canvassed and the top portion of his mast and topsail were blown off. The next morning was nice when we set out for Quietwater Beach and another nice sailing day and the trip was uneventful. After arriving, we dropped anchor and set off in search of something to eat. After a good dinner, we came back to the boat and found that she wasn’t where we put her. Arggg, we drug anchor again. After much consternation and a broken throttle control, we finally dropped two anchors and turned in for the night. Monday we decided that since we had throttle problems and a shower would feel soooo good, we turned north toward the marina instead of going onto Sand Island. Tuesday we pulled the boat out early and after getting her ready for the road, we headed home. Jeff and Linda from Summer Breeze

Today over 16 OSYC kids enjoyed their very own day at the lake with swimming, hotdogs, a slip-n-slide, a rowboat, a geocache search, and even a little very light air sailing. At the end of the we all took home some very tired kids…

With Tropical Depression Barry looming in the Gulf of Mexico, OSYC was in line to receive it’s first good rainfall in several months. But that didn’t deter the Viper Fleet from having a fantastic regatta. What had been planned as our annual Sinclair Open quickly turned into the First Annual Viper 640 Southeastern Championship with four Vipers on the line including locals Bill Shaw and Jay Harrell along with Alex and Tyler from Columbia South Carolina and Justin Scott from Marblehead Mass. Saturday’s races started out cool and rainy with a spotty southeast wind, giving us one race in the light and variable conditions. A 90 degree wind shift then sent RC Ken and Jennifer Griffin scrambling to reset the course to the new NE wind and we managed one more race in the increasing wind before the increasing rain got the best of us and we headed in to fire up the grill. The rain continued all night, but finally stopped early Sunday morning, leaving us heading out under clear skies and a NW wind blowing little whitecaps down the lake. NOAA radio said 15 mph gusting to 20. A busted pintle left us one boat short, so Justin gave his to the younger crew and spent the day hopping from boat to boat doing a bit of on-the-water coaching and tuning. We decided to run single-lap races around the mid-leg WL course so that we could have more starts – which gave everyone a chance for some much needed practice. With enough wind to fill the spinnakers we managed to hit top speeds in the 12-15 mph range and complete three more races giving us a wonderful five race regatta. Despite the splendid conditions, we had to cut the day a little short so that the out-of-town folks could hit the road early. And in the end, everyone left with big smiles and a bit more knowledge about our Vipers. * [Sinclair Open Final Results ->/racing/2007results/2007-06-02-SinclairOpen.htm] {{Photo Album}}

2007 OSYC Viper Open

Time for some more friendly intra-club round-the-buoys racing with the continuation of the OSYC Spring Series this weekend May 19-20. Come welcome back our traveling members and hear their stories of the Mug Race. Skippers meeting each day at noon, with first start at 1pm.

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The annual Sinclair 29 (formally the 21) is this coming week-end, April 28th and 29th. We will race 21 miles on Saturday and 8 miles on Sunday. Skippers meeting: 10:30AM Start: 11:00AM on Saturday and Sunday Courses: -Saturday: A 7 mile lap with a gate in the middle of the lap in both directions. 3 laps, actually 6 half laps = 21 miles. The south mark will be near the dam. The north mark will be upriver from Airport Island. The gate will be adjacent to the club so that times can be taken from the shore. -Sunday: A single out-and-back course from the club to Hauck’s Reef and return. (Wind permitting) -[Course Maps click here…->http://osyc.net/racing/Sinclair21/Sinclair21NOR.htm] All marks to be taken to port Timing: Times will be taken each time you go through the gate. Boats not completing all of the laps will be scored by the time of their last gate crossing Deadline: Saturday: Boats can not start another half lap after 4:00 PM. Boats will not be scored after 5:30 Sunday: Boats will not be scored after 4:00 PM All boats should carry a VHF radio tuned to channel 68 to hear announcements from the race committee. This is an open event, so bring all your friends and their boats. If there is enough interest at the skippers meeting, we will put together a hot dog / hamburger supper for around $3 a head. Anyone wanting or willing to do committee, please volunteer. The race is run from the OSYC dock, so you are not stuck on the barge for the full event. There will be plenty of help setting up the course. All you will have to do is take boats time as they go through the gate.

The club schedule says we have a Workday and Cruise or Raft-up scheduled for this coming weekend. The weatherman says “warm and sunny”, which will be a welcome change from the last couple of weeks. Workday plans will be announced here later this week, and cruise plans will involve getting together around the swing and deciding what to do. I’m sure we’ll figure out something.

Frustrated by some splendid weather combined with a decided lack of wind, we broke out the fishing poles. Joseph and Salena decided that it was best to harvest their own bait and so collected clams from the beach, which it turns out are very attractive to catfish. Eleven catfish, two bass and one bream later we headed home for a fish dinner… Click below to see the photo album, including Salena with her very BIG fish.

View the album: Fishing at OSYC…