The club has an Easter Egg Hunt with a unique twist to it on April 7th. Instead of eggs it will be colored balloons, they will not be hidden in the traditional fashion, but floating around in the lake. The hunters will use their sail boat to retrieve as many as possible. Some of the balloons will contain prizes, some will be worth prizes and other are just for fun. This event is tons of fun for adults and kids alike. There will be very few rules: – cannot use motor – paddling and swimming is allowed – cannot run into other boats (4 balloon penalty) – busted balloons do not count – Handles on nets cannot exceed the length of your boat – Each boat cannot have more than 10 water balloons, and no more than 1 water gun.(These are to deter other boats from getting your intended balloon) If you catch a competitors water balloon the thrower will be penalized two prize balloons. ** Boats that do not want to get wet can fly a orange ribbon, known as the “wimpy flag” There is one serious rule, all children MUST wear a PFD(life preserver). At 6:00 we will have a Hot Grill Dinner. This means the Club will provide paper good, ice and a hot grill. So bring what ever food you would like to cook. Let’s have some FUN.

Reminder: This Saturday, March 17th is the annual OSYC Spring Meeting. Weather forecast is Partly Sunny with a high near 82, which looks to be a perfect day for hanging out at the lake, so come on out and help us open up the club for the season, starting with a Spring Cleaning work day in the morning. Look for details by email.

The Club Schedule has been posted on the Club web site, please check it out. The first event is set for this coming Saturday. We will kick off the Frostbite race series and then have a Chili Dinner. On Sunday we will have another set of races. We will be done in time for all to get home and watch the Super Bowl. The races will be “around the buoy” races. If I set the course correctly and the wind cooperates, each race should last 30 to 45 min each. Hopefully we can have three races each day. If we have anyone that is new to racing and wants to give it a try, but needs a little coaching, let me know and I can be at the Club before the races for an hour long session. Skipper’s meeting will be at 12 each day with races starting at 1:00. I need a volunteer for Race Committee. On Saturday we will have a Chili Dinner starting around 6:00. I am asking for a few volunteers to each make a batch of chili and bring them to the Club. I will provide the sides we will need. Please RSVP so I know how many volunteers I need to make chili. To RSVP send it to my email, not the Google group. If you can volunteer for chili, race committee or want to meet before the races email me at: Kennifer@windstream.net Ken

Commodore Dick Mueller has called a short board meeting for Saturday at 11:30 AM, just before the work day lunch. Planned Agenda 1. Deck project progress report. 2. Discussion re power boats stored on club grounds. 3. Whether to buy OSYC car tags. 4. Plan race calendar. 5. Report on T-shirt purchase.

This is a followup reminder about the work day this coming Saturday. If you believe the long range forecast, looks like we will have reasonable weather for the work day and for sailing in the afternoon. The work list below is ambitious and probably more than we can do but let’s do what we can and save the others for another day. The builder said he hopes to finish the deck project this week so we will have a good bit of cleaning to do inside the club house. The official start of the workday is 9:30. Some of the locals and you earlier risers will be there by 8:30. Come when you can and remember that lunch will be served o/a noon. Jimmy Work Day, Jan 28, 2011 Projects: – Replace dirt around water cut off valve, porch area – Replace or add screws to dock boards as needed – Repair concrete table in Camping area – Clean gas grill. Scrape old grease off inside, be sure burner holes are clear, brush cooking grills, – Repair chain link fence where tree fell. – Treat fire ant beds – Move boards. – Repair electricity to A and B docks. – Paint new addition – Clubhouse Cleaning: – Clean bathrooms and toilets – Clean refrigerator – Clean kitchen – Sweep and damp mop main hall – Clean windows Outside House Cleaning: – Broom Clean spider webs and dirt from windows, front overhang ,sliding doors – Blow off roof, deck, and walk ways – Clean and blow out downstairs shower – Blow straw off Pontoon – Blow off Pavilion – Clean and stack plastic chairs Yard Cleaning: – Rake beach area – Remove trash (porta potty, old canoe, etc.) from along property line below lift. – Trim low hanging tree limbs on the point – Prune bushes as needed. – Pick up trash and debris around the property Cut down small trees and brush behind club house – Pick up Pine cones Let’s start about 9:30 AM more or less. Lunch will be provided. Special Tools Needed: – Gloves. – Power screw driver – power blower

The OSYC Board would be meeting on Dec 3, 2011 at 3 PM in the clubhouse. Any member may sit in on these meetings and request to be heard. The agenda for Dec 3 includes the 2012 club schedule, and discussion and planning for the deck replacement project.

Saturday December 3, 2011 is our 2nd Annual Christmas Party at OSYC. Social hour will start at 4:00 or so and dinner will be served at 6:00 or so. I will prepare Ham and Turkey for dinner. After dinner, Grayson is organizing another Crazy Gift Swap. We are asking that members bring an appetizer, side dish or dessert. Please, please, please RSVP at kennifer@windstream.net if you are coming and if you are bringing a dish. This will let me know how much to cook. After dinner, Grayson will explain the “Crazy Gift Swap”. Each person who wants to participate brings a wrapped gift of up to or about $10 in value. We will draw numbers and the swapping and fun begins. We have children and adults that play, so the field is wide open as to gift ideas. Ken P.S. Suggested side dishes- Dressing, mac and cheese, potato of some sort, beans or peas, greens, or your favorite.

Dear Oconee Sailing and Yacht Club members: A reminder to all that our annual Fall Membership meeting is scheduled for the evening of November 12, starting with club-provided dinner at 6pm and followed by board reports and wrapped up with election for 2012 officers. We will start Happy Hour at 4:30. Appetizers and desserts will be greatly appreciated. Please RSVP to my email. Kennifer@windstream.net Thanks Ken

We have been fortunate to have had some terrific sailing weather lately, and if the “wind gods” are benevolent we just might have some good wind this weekend. If you are interested in racing, come on out this weekend and we’ll give it a shot. Saturday skipper’s meeting at 12:00 noon, race to start at 1:00, Sunday, skipper’s meeting at 1:00, race to start at 2:00. If you are interested in racing but would like to check it out via crewing with someone, come on down and we’ll put you on a boat. If you would like to participate in our racing program and/or have any ideas, suggestions, complaints or input of any kind, please reply to this e-mail and see if we can get a discussion going. We have the facilities and equipment to do a really top drawer racing program and I would love to see more sailors take advantage of the unique experiences, fun and acquisition of knowledge a good racing program offers.

{{Saturday Balloon Chase}} The sky was blue and the wind was blowing, so why only three boats? Might be due to the chilly temperatures and the whitecaps on the lake, but honestly I’ve seen no better sailing on Lake Sinclair all year. Thanks to Ken for blowing up a couple dozen balloons and playing balloon distributor. The three boats that braved the conditions and went balloon chasing were Jay Harrell and family, Jack Sterret and Jimmy Harrell, and D. Wilson and guests. The Impulse proved again to be the ideal boat for balloon chasing with it’s combination of speed and low sides, and everyone had a blast. {{Saturday Dinner, Party, and Costume contest}} Grayson set up the decorations and Ken set up the grill, and the party commenced with kids in costumes and hamburgers and hotdogs. Prizes were awarded in categories like most beautiful, most dramatic, jazziest, scariest, most lethal, best fantasy character, best walking dead and most tiggerish. As I recall, nine kids and four adults dressed up for the parade. Thanks to Lauren, Pete and Jimmy for judging. {{Sunday Racing}} Here are the un-corrected times for Sunday’s Race, courtesy of our race chair Mr Gimp: |D. Wilson | Pearson 26| 2 hrs – 50 min – 34 sec| |Jim Weadick | Catalina 22WK| 3 hrs – 2 min| |Jack Mahaney | Thistle| 1 hr – 56 min| |Ken Griffin | Hunter 260| 2 hrs – 22 min – 30 sec| |Greg Phillips | Catalina 25 WK TR| 2 hrs – 35 min – 20 sec| |Dave Schnider | Y-Flyer|2 hrs – 16 min| {I will run these through the program when I get a chance later…}