We had a perfect February day for a race. Winds were about 12 mph and steady. Temp was in the upper 60’s and sunny. Eight boats raced. (See results below) Following the races Ken Griffin and company provided 23 people with an excellent chili supper. Thanks go to those who helped with the hors d’oeuvres, table settings and cleanup.
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| OSYC Chili Cookout 2.23.08 |
No better way to spend a February morning… 
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The 2008 sailing season kicks off this weekend, January 12 and 13 with Frostbite races #1 and #2. The weather is forecast to be 59 degrees and sunny and Race Chair Greg Phillips has changes in store to mix things up a bit, so don’t miss it!
Watch your mailbox, the OSYC 2008 Membership Renewal forms are headed your way. Please return the information form with your check as soon as possible. The dues for 2008 are $260 and the dock fee for slip holders totals $225 and the due date is the end of January. Sincerely, Jay Harrell, OSYC Treasurer
What better way to ring in the New Year than sailing 7 miles downwind in just an hour surfing the whitecaps on Lake Sinclair… 
Temperature was in upper 40s and wind was about 20 mph. At 12 noon on January 1 2008 Tom and Donna took the plunge.
{{ {{{Dock D}}} }} A few months ago, floating dock D was in the early stages of tearing itself apart. Ronnie Young began the process of rebuilding the dock. So far, new skirting has been added to prevent boats from slipping under the decking and being damaged, one of the floats has been replaced, several pieces of reinforcing brackets have been rebuilt and installed, and some of the decking has been replaced. There is still more to be done and we are working on it slowly. Particularly, we have to remove the old poles. The board discussed someone’s idea of rotating the dock 90 degrees so that it ran more or less parallel to the shore and so that we could reposition the poles making the dock was more boat friendly. This past week Ronnie repositioned the dock to the new position and the contractor came and put in the new poles. The potos show the new poles in place.
The date was announced way back at the first of the year, but here’s your gentle reminder: The OSYC Annual Membership Meeting is scheduled for November 10, 2007 at 6pm at the clubhouse. Dinner will provided by the club, and an email will be going out shortly with dinner logistics and asking for RSVPs. As always, this is the primary annual business meeting of the club and we will be electing new officers for 2008. The Nominating Committee has assembled the following recommended slate of candidates for 2008. Each of them has agreed to serve if elected. -*Commodore: Jimmy Harrell -*Vice-Commodore: Ken Griffin -*Secretary/Treasurer: Jay Harrell -*Trustees -**Howard Gregory -**Bill Lewis -**George Thorpe -**Ronnie Young And of course, Bill Shaw will round out the Board as Immediate Past Commodore. Additional or alternative nominations may be submitted to the club secretary and any nominations received before the meeting will be presented by the secretary along with the Committee slate above. Also in keeping with Roberts Rules, nominations can be made from the floor as well. As always, a quorum will be required to transact club business and if you are unable to attend in person, please provide a written proxy for you vote to another member that you trust to represent your interests at the meeting.
I was looking at the forecast earlier in the week and couldn’t help but notice the Halloween Regatta weekend sandwiched there between two storm systems. Certainly we could use the rain, but to my thinking two back-to-back storms were likely to bring good sailing conditions for our annual Halloween event. And indeed it did! Cool nights, warm, but not hot, clear blue skies and sunny days all coupled with nice, full, moderate breezes each day. In other words, exactly what fall sailing at OSYC is supposed to be like. Saturday came with the breeze from the NW blowing straight down the lake giving us a nice long course. Nine boats, including Bill Lewis in his new Merit 22 and Bill Shaw in his new San Juan 23, did two 2-laps WL courses, one at winds 8-12 and the other a bit more. The Bolinger family and friends pulled off a flawless race committee, and [took the photos to prove it->http://picasaweb.google.com/jharrell26/20071020OSYCHalloweenRegatta2007]. Despite the length, each race was only about an hour long and we hit the dock before 4pm so master chef Ken Griffin could light the grill. With boats put away, the clubhouse became the center of attention. Grayson was directing the decorations and set up of the sale, while Ken and the Goodie Gallery whipped up the food. By the time it was over, if anyone went away hungry, it was their own fault. I’m not exaggerating when I say it was some of the very best sailing club food you can find anywhere, and far-far better than most. After dinner there was the requisite costume contest highlighted by an awesome headless Dexter and followed by the drawing of raffle tickets on the porch. Some how this year I managed to come home without any huge items, but I did end up with a lawn alligator. Hey at least it doesn’t take up any room in the garage. (And Ken definitely owes me a favor for not donating tickets to his daughter for the sewing machine.) Sunday morning dawned cool, blue, sunny and windy again. Once again a beautiful day for sailing. Somehow overnight the wind had turned 180 degrees and was now blowing straight down the lake in the opposite direction, once again giving us a long wide-open WL course. The MacMillans gave us 3 laps for the first race in a bit over 12 mph wind and 2 laps for the second in what turned out to be a bit less wind. The races were hard fought and in the end only a few second separated 1st and 2nd for the weekend. The Harrells took 1st, the Griffins took 2nd and Calvin Smith sailing solo took 3rd. In 4th we had Bill Shaw and Bob Horan tied, followed by Michael Dortch, Bill Lewis, Greg Phillips and the Davis rounding out the fleet. As it was with the food, so it was also with the sailing. If you didn’t get enough sailing this weekend, you have only yourself to blame. As if to make up for less than decent weather for most of this year, the lake served up it’s very best and we were there to enjoy it. But wait, there’s more! Check the 2007 schedule and watch this page – we still have the rest of the Fall Series and the Fall Membership meeting before we pack things away for the holiday…
Click on the link to see announcement [2007 Halloween Regatta ->http://osyc.net/OSYC2007%20Halloween%20Regatta.htm]