The Club Spring Series continues this weekend with race day #2 this Saturday, skippers meeting at noon. NOAA says we’ll have nice weather with a high near 67 degrees and wind 5 to 10 mph.

As always, there will be sailing, socializing and a great dinner. (Sailing Classes by Carl Saylor start at Noon. If you aren’t sailing, be there about 5pm for dinner.) But this year, there are also some very important issues before the club that will be discussed and voted during the business meeting following dinner. As you probably know, at the Fall Meeting the membership voted to ask the board to research the membership procedures and propose changes to address certain concerns. Since then, the board has worked very hard to integrate all of the variety of ideas and feedback into five solid proposals. The details of these proposals, with exact language and explanations have been mailed out to the entire club membership, so watch your mailbox for details. In accordance with the Bylaws, they have also been posted on the club bulletin board at the clubhouse. Suffice it to say, your participation and opinion are very important in this process. Please take a close look at the materials you receive in the mail and contact any board member if you find anything unclear or have anything to add. It is certainly the board’s intention to accurately represent the membership on these issues and if refinements are needed, it will be much easier to try to do it ahead of the meeting if possible. And if you find the idea of a business meeting too tedious to bear, then find someone who you trust and give them a proxy for your vote so that your opinion is heard. (But still plan to come to dinner!) BTW, shortly we will also be sending out emails asking for RSVPs so that we can plan numbers for dinner, so save the date and start making your plans.

It is official, the schedule is out and we have a couple of days. March 24, after the workday, and March 31, both starting at about noon. Plan on running as long or as short as we need. Please bring a friend and any questions you can think off prior. The first Saturday we plan on discussing the Main sail and all of its controls. The second Saturday we will move forward to the head sail/jib-Genoa. These sessions will not be just classroom type stuff, there will be actual hands on (weather permitting) looking at sails and rigging, lines, and controls. 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 from cruisers, to racers, mega-yachts to dinghies, and even wind surfers. 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 to each session. If you would please reply 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 thein formation 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

We had 16 members at the work day. In addition several members worked a few days before and after on some of the projects. Ken Griffin and Ronnie Young moved the hot water heater to the basement and George Thorpe repaired the tile floor near the urinal in the men’s bath room. Special thanks go to Arlene for preparing the lunch for the other workers. One of the projects was to cap off a water spigot that was recently discovered outside the fence near the lift. In the process of doing this, a water line was cut and that had to be repaired. At the same time a cut off valve was installed that turns off water to the outside spigots at the lift, picnic area and pavilion. This valve will be left in the off position during most of the winter months. If anyone needs the water turned on to these areas, the valve is located in the ground near the fence in the lift area and is covered by what looks like a partially buried wooden box. Several people have expressed an interest in tackling some club projects during times other than scheduled work days. I will be posting a list of projects later and anyone interested in doing some of them can contact me or Howard Gregory if any special supplies or materials are needed.

Saturday is a scheduled work day. We sill start about 9 AM. Some of us will be there a little earlier. Come when you can get there. The usual lunch will be provided. Check out the list below and bring appropriate tools to tackle the project of your choice. We should be finished shortly after noon so come prepared to spend the rest of the day sailing of hanging out. The forecast right now, for what it is worth, is for a high of 59 degrees around 3 PM and winds of 6 to 7 mph. January 27, 2007 Work Day Projects (subject to change) 1. Repair Seawall near Swings 2. Electric Outlet under Porch 3. Inspect B, C, and D Docks, Determine what needs to be done and make a materials list. If materials are on hand for minor repairs then fix. 4. Move water heater to basement 5. Repair flat tire on Grill 6. Clean refrigerator 7. Tile in men’s rest room 8. Organize basement, identify items which appear to be abandoned, combine like kind supplies. 9. Repair tile floor around the front door. 10. Add cut off valves at the base of the outside water faucets. 11. Clean Gutters 12. Clean Rest Rooms 13. Mop and clean Kitchen 14. Mop and clean Main Hall 15. Wash Windows 16. Prune bushes 17 Raise walkway approaching A Dock (trip hazard). Bring needed tools including but not limited to the following: 1. Shovel and rakes, hoes, axes, saws. 2. Plumbing Tools 3. Gas Blower 4. String Trimmer 5. Carpentry Tools

A quick check of the NOAA site reveals a Saturday forecast for sunshine, moderate temps (in the 50’s) and wind 10-15. Sounds like perfect sailing weather to me. Skippers meeting at noon with racing to follow. Both racers and non-racers are welcome. Crew positions available on various fun and fast boats. And if you happen to feel like coming out and running the RC barge, many thanks will be lavished upon you.

In the midst of a flurry of day-sailing activity last Saturday afternoon, potential racers had a very brief informal meeting while watching Bill rig his boat and quickly picked Saturday January 20th to kick off the OSYC Frostbite season. A reminder email will be sent out the Wednesday preceeding morning based on the weather forecast for the weekend. Based on the high level of weekend activity at the club so far this year, we’re expecting a record turnout.

Please watch your mail box for your 2007 OSYC annual dues statement and get a check and your updated information form back to me as soon as you get a chance. 2007 dues are $240 and the 2007 slip fees total $200. Checks should be mailed to OSYC, C/O Jay Harrell, 2710 Henderson Mill Rd, Atlanta, GA 30341. Payments are considered 30 days late as of February 1. Thanks, Jay

From time to time members store left over food in the club refer/frig and occasionally it stays in there for a long time. The refer/frig is cleaned out by volunteers and if is sometimes hard to tell what needs to be thrown out and what should be kept. To help out these volunteer cleaners, it would help if, when you leave food, you would put your name and date on the container. This will help them distinguise between personal items and those that are invertory from the last club event and also identify left overs which may have been forgotten by their owners. Your cooperation will be appreciated.

Photos which I took at the Halloween Party in October 2006 have been posted. [PHOTOS->http://osyc.net/photos/2006-10-28%20Halloween/] If others have photos they would like to share, send them to me by [email->mailto:jimmy.harrell@riverside.net]