THE OAKVILLE YACHT SQUADRON. Membership Director

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THE OAKVILLE YACHT SQUADRON Windjammer September 2014 In this issue Commodore s Report... 2 Cruising Director s Report... 2 Harbourmaster s Report... 3 Snipe World Masters... 4 CharterAbility Evening.

1 THE OAKVILLE YACHT SQUADRON Windjammer September 2014 In this issue Commodore s Report... 2 Cruising Director s Report... 2 Harbourmaster s Report... 3 Snipe World Masters... 4 CharterAbility Evening... 5 Cruise to Bali in photos... 6 CLASSIFIED & PERSONALS... 7 OYS Planned Events Update Date: Sept 5 Event: Sept 7 Fall Series Race #1 Sept 13 Sept 19 Sept 25 Sept 26 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 10 Oct 18 Oct 25/26 Every Thursday Cruise to OYS Ladies Seaview Turkey Race Bluenose Race Awards Night Haul out Pub Night Commodore Vice Commodore Rear Commodore Secretary Treasurer Membership Director Racing Director Publicity Director Harbour Master Property Director Sailing School Director Cruising Director Social Director House Director Past Commodore Safety Officer Web Maintenance Contacts: Bill Frenke commodore@oysqn.com Don Fitzsimons vicecommodore@oysqn.com Richard O Hare rearcommodore@oysqn.com Helga Klenkler secretary@oysqn.com Diane Thevenin treasurer@oysqn.com Jeff Kirkpatrick membershipdirector@oysqn.com Dawn Scott racingdirector@oysqn.com Brett White publicitydirector@oysqn.com Graham Knight harbourmaster@oysqn.com Peter Urwin propertydirector@oysqn.com Warren Hambleton sailingschooldirector@oysqn.com Joel Hundert cruisingdirector@oysqn.com socialdirector@oysqn.com Edith Sanford housedirector@oysqn.com Murray Souter pastcommodore@oysqn.com Steve Scott safetyofficer@oysqn.com Sandy Kennedy website@oysqn.com OYS mailing address: PO Box 144, Lakeshore West PO, Oakville ON L6K 0A3 Crow's Nest , Sailing School Editorial Contributions welcome - contact publicitydirector@oysqn.com Visit our website at

Commodore s Report Hope you enjoyed sailing this summer. Even though the summer season is over, the sailing season at OYS is not. September still has two weeks of Wednesday and Thursday racing.

2 Commodore s Report Hope you enjoyed sailing this summer. Even though the summer season is over, the sailing season at OYS is not. September still has two weeks of Wednesday and Thursday racing. The Cruise to Nowhere on the 13th is open to all OYS members. Even if you don t go sailing on Saturday the 13th, come down to the club for dinner and a corn roast. The Sunday racing series starts up the first weekend of September. There are lots of opportunities left to enjoy sailing and fall can be a wonderful time of year to be on the water. August at OYS was regatta month!! A great event; thanks to Murray Souter and the OYS Regatta committee for organizing this very enjoyable weekend. The J27s held their North American championship at the OYS Weekend Regatta and we had over 40 other boats participate on the water. The cruising group went to RCYC, NYC and ABYC for the long weekend for the Commodore s cruise. Leslie and I had a great time at the OYS Commodore s Gilligan s Island cruise. Thanks to everyone who dressed the part and helped all their fellow castaways enjoy their time on the island. Memorable appearances by The Howells, Ginger the movie star and all the Mary Annes. Please see Graham Knight s comments on this year s haul out. We are working with our landlord, the Town, to facilitate the replacement of the South harbour wall. For OYS members, this means that many of us will see our winter storage location adjusted. OYS will still be responsible to haul, store and then launch our members boats in the Spring. The winter storage location for some boats will be North of the OYS clubhouse. For those boats, haul out will be during the week ahead of the last weekend in October. Those members affected will be notified by the OYS harbourmaster. We have had a successful trial run with the Summer Club Co-ordinator position. Our club bartender, Karen Wykes, has stepped up to the role and has contributed to operating the club behind the scenes as well as from behind the bar. See you at the Cruise to No Where and on the water off of OYS. Cheers, Bill. Cruising Director s Report OYS CRUISE TO NOWHERE Saturday, September 13th All Cruisers (and Racers too!) can take part. 2

3 On Saturday September 13th we will have our end of season Cruise to Nowhere. This is a BYOP (Bring your own Protein) and BYOB event (the bar will not be open, so you can bring your own beverages) Take a cruise to wherever you wish and return to the club by 4:00 p.m. We will have a barbecue and a corn boil. You provide your protein (meat or fish etc.) and we will provide the corn. Everyone will do their own cooking. There is NO LIMIT on the number of participants, no sign-up is required. Just be there and enjoy the fun. Please bring a plate of hors d oeuvre s, or salad or dessert to share. Maurice and Linda Stevens will be hosting. Joel. Harbourmaster s Report The OYS winter storage applications have been ed out to members and they are due back to me no later than Wednesday September 17th. I have update on the town of Oakville replacement of the OYS south seawall project. This project is scheduled to start in the late fall and be completed over the winter. OYS will have to store approximately 20 small sailboats (less than 30 ft) on the town property in Shipyard Park just to the north of the OYS north fence. The town has assigned the first 2 rows of the parking (west of the OYS gate) for storage of OYS sailboats for this winter. We will be identifying these sailboats and notify the OYS owners once we ve developed our storage plan. As part of unstacking of OYS cradles in the yard on Saturday morning October 18th, any cradles for sailboats to be stored on the town property will moved into their storage location with the bobcat. Also the town will be hauling these OYS sailboats as part of their haul-out plan. Since the OYS sailboats will be in the first 2 rows, the town will be hauling these sailboats on Wednesday October 22nd starting at noon. I will be scheduling an OYS work party the hauling and adjusting of the cradle pads. The town will also be launching these sailboats in the spring of 2015 and I will schedule a work party in support of this. Once these sailboats have been launched, members will need to collapse their cradles. These cradles will be moved in the OYS yard and stacked on the OYS 2015 cradle stacking day. OYS will retain the winter storage fees for these sailboats and the town will be providing haul-out and launch of these sailboats free of charge. I will be scheduling a work party to setup the OYS mast racks on Saturday morning September 26th at 9:00am. I need 7 members for this work party and it will take about 2 hours. Members can signup on the OYS website under volunteering. Thanks Graham 3

Snipe World Masters Christopher Hains of the Oakville Yacht Squadron will be competing in 2014 Id Crook Memorial World Masters Snipe Championship and 2014 All Japan Masters Championship which takes

He was also a Past World Snipe Fleet Commodore.

4 Snipe World Masters Christopher Hains of the Oakville Yacht Squadron will be competing in 2014 Id Crook Memorial World Masters Snipe Championship and 2014 All Japan Masters Championship which takes place at the Fukuoka City Yacht Harbor, August 25th to 31st This world Class Event is named after Id Crook who was a devoted OYS Member and Commodore of the OYS in 1971 and He was also a Past World Snipe Fleet Commodore. This major event is hosted by the Fukuoka Sailing Federation (FSAF) and Japan Sailing Federation (JSAF), in cooperation with the Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA) and SCIRA Japan. This World Masters Snipe Championship event is open to All Snipe Skippers who are 45 or older with a combined age of 80 in the Boat. There is also a Special Legend Division for those 65 and older. Of interest for the Older OYS Sailors, there is a proposed Rule Change on the books for the 2016 Masters event as follows: Proposal : This is the proposal, to be effective in divisions will be presented for trophies for top 3 places in the following divisions: Apprentice Master Division (45-54 years) Master Division (55-64 years) Grand Master Division (65-74 years) Legend Master Division (75 years and up) Overall Master World Champion will be top placing team. Reasons: This request is a result of feedback from Snipe sailors. I am sure you will join me is wishing Chris the best of luck and God's Speed in this event and thanking him for representing the Oakville Yacht Squadron in Japan. 4

5 CharterAbility Evening 5

6 Cruise to Bali in photos 6

7 CLASSIFIED & PERSONALS If you want to buy or sell items, please send me your advertisement and it will go here (no charge to OYS members for non-commercial items). 7

THE OAKVILLE YACHT SQUADRON. Membership Director

THE OAKVILLE YACHT SQUADRON. Membership Director THE OAKVILLE YACHT SQUADRON Windjammer April 2014 In this issue The Commodore s Report... 2 The Vice-Commodore s Report... 2 The Harbour Report... 3 The Property Director s Report... 3 The Cruising Report...