Soundings Newsletter of South Port Sailing Club August 2018 Message from Commodore Ryan Masse Time is flying by! As always, there s a ton of activities going on in the summer months. Racing is in full swing with the open series ending August 2nd and the start of our fall series on the 9th of August. Thank you to Dave Robichaud, RC chair for the open series, and Kevin Mogyorody for manning the committee boat. On July 14 & 15th SPSC hosted the Hal Ebert South-Western Ontario Championship Shark Regatta. SPSC had a good showing, having taken the top 2 spots with John Baker on Scallywag winning the championship over a fleet of 17, and Darcy Fuller coming in 2nd on Cheers. The fleet was made up of 11 out of town boats, and 6 SPSC sharks. Thanks to all participants and to those that volunteered! Unfortunately due to inclement weather we had to cancel the SPSC Cruise In on the 21st. Hopefully we can resurrect this idea next year. This month we have two great social events that I hope to see everyone out to. We have Happy Hour scheduled for the 3rd and Louise has organized another Sip & Savour on the 11th with a European twist this year. John & Louise are looking for volunteers to assist with the 5th OSA Regional Championships-Western Ontario on August 25th-26th. If you have any time you can spare that weekend to help out, please contact them. A couple more items worth mentioning, with the purchase of the defibrillator, we held 2 classes and managed to train 15 people in CPR and the use of the AED. Also, Matt has the website coming along nicely that will allow all of us to log into members only area to post classifieds, view membership specific information and the like. In the meantime, member roster changes are published on the calendar page in Soundings. Stay tuned as we will be creating accounts for everyone shortly. Enjoy the rest of the summer and all the planned activities! Try to stay cool out there. Content Happy Hour Friday August 3rd Hot Dogs & Burgers available for purchase Bring your own refreshments Great Lakes Yacht Club Weekend Cruise August 4-5-6 Contact: Tim or Denise Aseltine if you have an interest in attending Full details in July Soundings Mark your calendars 2018 FALL FURL November 3rd Ciociaro Club Details will follow in the fall Pg 2 Sailing school news/ Pursuit /Harvest Moon date Sailing school BBQ/Property Pg 3 Calendar of Events Roster changes/mainstays Pg 4 Social/Sip n Savour Pg 5 Ontario Sailing Championship weekend Pg 6 Sail for Hospice Pg 7 Hospice donation sheet 1
South Port Annual Pursuit Sunday August 19th Skippers Meeting 12:00 noon Registration available on the club website South Port Harvest Moon Regatta Saturday September 15th Full details will be available on the club website soon Registration available on line The Sailing School year end BBQ is taking place at the club on Saturday August 18th at 2:00pm Photo: Session 1 Final Day Sail to Tecumseh Park (photo compliments of Holly Ublansky) The school is having a successful season under the direction of head instructor Katie Butler and her team. Classes are full & the kids and adults are having a great time! From Property Chair, Dave Robichaud If you wonder what your property committee has been up to, a few highlights are as follows. All 5 new composite picnic tables were delivered and are in use. Thank you to the members who carried out assembly. 4 old ones were disposed of. The clubhouse & school were power washed in June. A new fan motor was installed in the men s washroom & the exhaust fan is now operating in the main room keeping it much cooler. A few deck chairs were replaced and the garden and pots are in full bloom. Thank you Lane White for helping plant and to the Mainstays for covering the cost of the flowers again this season. 3 trailer loads of debris have been taken to the dump. Thank you to Joe Davidson and Joe Soles for doing these runs for us. We will be rebuilding the entrance flower garden some time this summer/fall. Once we have a plan in place, we will let you know. You have all probably seen the new signs asking everyone to slow down entering the property. Upgrading is continuing on the sprinkler system, and finally, thank you to all members for attending their clubhouse duty week. 2
The calendar is also displayed on our Web site. For details on each entry, please click on the calendar on our site at www.southportsailingclub.com (the links are not active in Soundings but details are included in the newsletter) Calendar of Events Clubhouse Duties 30 1 Tepe, K Soles, J & Yildiz Taylor,J Spengmann 3 Jutras PURSUIT Bhattacharjee Roster changes Exec Meeting Dinghy Regatta planning meeting Final Open Series racing Petro, George & Brenda new email - bgn.petro@gmail.com Ormshaw, Wayne & Becky - boat change Pearson 30 Nepidese Sail # 15968 Cooke, Jim & Pam Morley - boat change Hughes 31 Romarin Sail # 74227 Dolsen, Mark & Margo - boat change Mirage 25 Cognac Mainstays Annual Pool Party Happy Hour Ladies, join us for our annual pool party on Thursday, August 16th at 6:00 pm. Charmaine Soutar is once again hosting this event at her home, 3291 Dandurand Blvd. Windsor. We will order pizza, bring your refreshment of choice and perhaps a small dessert. This is a fun evening and the water is always warm! Look forward to seeing you. For more information contact Sue Bufton at 519-956-8786 or sbufton@cogeco.ca GLYC weekend cruise Sip n Savour Sailing School year end BBQ OSA Dinghy Regatta weekend Sept 2-8 Regnier, M F Sept. 9-15 Marentette, D Sept 16-22 Hickey, E & K Sept 23-29 Malone, R & T Sept 30-Oct 6 Bellemore, W Please complete the sheet in the binder located on the kitchen counter and note your total work hours on the lower right. Supplies are in the stock room. The key is marked and hanging on the wall in the kitchen. If you have any questions please email : robtim@cogeco.ca If u see a repair or supplies are needed, sheets are available at the back of the binder. Thank you Soundings is the newsletter of The South Port Sailing Club 210 Brighton Rd. Tecumseh, ON N8N 2L3 519-979-7772 www.southportsailingclub.com Editor: Jackie Timothy Please send your contributions for the next issue by August 25th robtim@cogeco.ca or call 519-971-9699 3
From Social Chair, Louise Marentette All members and guests are cordially invited to the 2nd annual SOUTH PORT Sip & Savour 6 pm Saturday August 11th in the clubhouse/outside Bring a bottle of EUROPEAN wine & an appetizer dish to share Please join us for a chance to visit with friends and try a variety of wonderful wines alongside some tasty nibbles in a beautiful setting 4
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