NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2017 Sailors assembled after Sunset Harbor Challenge COMMODORE S COMMENTS Ahoy Sailors of the Ocala Sailing Club... We ve had an active and windy month of sailing and buccaneering in October and continuing with a very active November beginning with both of our monthly meetings shuf>led in with our Rum Race and Lemon Point sail and ending with a cruise at Crescent Lake the weekend before Thanksgiving Holiday. So, come on and join in. There s always a crew position available. If you're not yet a member but interested in sailing with us, reply to the Evites for our meetings and Gangway. Your Commodore, John Cicio I ll see you all at our annual Margartaville celebration and meeting at Sims Beach on November 4 th. 2017-18 OSC OFFICERS Commodore: John Cicio jscicio@gmail.com Vice Commodore: Jim Edens jledens@gmail.com Treasurer: Jan Cole jc4551@cox.net Secretary: Lisa Edens jandledens@gmail.com See our Website at: www.ocalasailingclub.org or also see us on www.facebook.com/ocala-sailing-club Webmaster: Jan Schumacher janoschumacher@aol.com Newsletter: Art Twitchell artmai2@gmail.com NOVEMBER 2017 EVENTS Nov 2 (Thur PM) Buccaneer Night / 6:30 PM / Mesa De Notte / Ocala Nov 4 (Sat AM) Fall Rum Race #3 11:30 AM / Sims Beach Nov 4 (Sat PM) Margartaville 4 PM Bring Pot-Luck / Sims Residence Nov 5 (Sun PM) Lemon Point 1 PM / Leave boats from day before / opt l Nov 18 (Sat ) Cruise Crescent Lake 9:30 AM / Crescent City Boat Ramp Nov 23 thru 26 Happy Thanksgiving / Have Fun!!
TREASURER S REPORT FOR THE NOVEMBER 2017 NEWSLETTER TREASURER S REPORT / OCTOBER 2017 Respectfully Submitted, Jan Cole Treasurer Beginning Balance 9/1/17 $2920.12 Deposit 10/2/17 50/50 Rega2a raffle 20.00 Check Issued 10/12/17 Rega2a trophies - 191.19 Check Issued 10/14/17 Rega2a refreshments - 65.18 Deposit 10/16/17 Rega2a entry fees $60, 50/50 raffle $28, merchandise sales $20, One Rum Race entry fee $5 113.00 Check Issued 10/19/17 Gas Card for rega2a support boats - 60.00 Deposit 10/23/17 50/50 raffle $22, members dues $75, Five Rum Race entry fees $25 122.00 Deposit 10/27/17 Rum Race entry fee $5, Rega2a entry fees $260 less $34 online registraoon fees 231.00 Check Issued 10/27/17 Rum Race Trophy and 3 ceroficate frames - 28.88 Ending Balance 10/31/17 $3060.87 Regatta Results Income Versus Expenses Sunset Harbor Challenge Income: 16 Boat entries paid $20 each $ 320.00 50/50 Raffle 28.00 Total Income $ 348.00 Expenses: Online registration fees $ 34.00 Refreshments (food, ice & drinks) 65.18 12 Rum Trophies 191.19 2 ($30) Gas cards for support boats 60.00 Total Expenses $ 350.37 Cost of doing the Regatta Net Loss $ 2.37 Page 2
SECRETARY S REPORT FOR THE NOVEMBER 2017 NEWSLETTER Minutes of the business meeting at the October 19, 2017 Pot-Luck Dinner Commodore John Cicio was not able to a2end, so the meeong was run by our trusty Vice-Commodore, Jim Edens. He did a wonderful job filling in. The meeong had 19 in a2endance, and was held at the beauoful home of Sandra Harton and Jim Tally. Thanks again for hosong. The treasurer s report was brief: No acovity for the month of September, and the balance was $2920.12. The first Rum Race was held on Sunday, Oct. 1 st at Sim s beach. It was a very wind day, and we were only able to get one race off. Some say it was blowing nearly 18 knots! The Sunset Harbor Challenge was held on Saturday, Oct. 14 th. The weather was perfect, and everyone had a blast! Paul was the 1 st Harpoon to finish, followed by Ed and Lynn in 2 nd, and Art in 3 rd. The Open Class was led by Mike Loughlin in a San Juan. Jeff Herter was the only Planning Hull, and Jim and Lisa took the MulOhull Class, followed by Rich Rayburn for 2 nd, and Bob Cole in 3 rd. The Hobie Wave Class was led by Terry Warren, followed by Nelson Wright and Yarda Solc. Respectfully submitted Lisa Edens - Secretary The third Rum Race will take place this Saturday, Nov. 4 th at Sim s beach. Look for your Evite. The race will be followed by our annual Margartaville Pot Luck meeong. The new locaoon for the event will be Ed and Lynn s house - thank you so much for last minute hos2ng!! Raffle Ockets were sold, and the following were recipients of lo2o Ockets: Mai, Lisa, Bob, Ed, Sandra, Liz and Bobbie. The 50/50 raffle was won by Rock. Congrats to all! Hope to see everyone at Margartaville! Page 3
October s Buccaneer s Dinner was 10/5/2017 / 6:30 PM at: OSC Buccaneer Guest: Susan Cox Page 4
Ocala Sailing Club had it s annual SUNSET HARBOR CHALLENGE / AROUND THE LAKE REGATTA on Saturday October 14th 2017 It was a beautiful day and we had a turnout of 16 sailboats. They are listed below by class and placing. There are photos 2017 SUNSET HARBOR CHALLENGE Around-the-Lake REGATTA of the grand event on the few pages that following. OCALA SAILING CLUB October 14, 2017 Date: 10-14-17 FINAL FINISH: HARPOON 5.2 Finish Sail# Finish Time Notes Boat Name Boat Type 2 JAMAICA Harpoon 5.2 Ed Sims Pooney Toons Harpoon 3 117 Harpoon 5.2 Art Twitchell Little Laviathan Harpoon 1 1112 Harpoon 5.2 Paul Straub Mahalo Harpoon Date: 10-14-17 FINAL FINISH: MULTIHULL Finish Sail# Boat Type Notes Boat Name Boat Type 3 2 Hobie Wave Yarda Solc Multihull 1 4 Hobie Wave Terry Warren Multihull 2 35 Hobie Wave Nelson Wright Multihull 4 None Trimaran Scott Baumer Tridarka Raider Multihull 2 216 Hobie SE21 Richard Rayburn FATCAT Multihull 1 487 Nacra 6.0 Jim Edens For Play Multihull 5 1030 Nacra 5.2 George Galindo Multihull 3 5315 Hobie 17 Sport Cat Bob Cole Turn Me Loose Multihull Date: 10-14-17 FINAL FINISH: OPEN CLASS FINISH Sail# Boat Type Notes Boat Name Boat Type 4 MS logo Melonseed Skif Bob Hay None Open 2 295 San Juan 21 Willie Blevins Juan Too Many Open 1 737 San Juan 21 Mike Loughlin Irish Juan Open 3 1795 San Juan 21 Fisk Hayden Ole Yeller Open Date: 10-14-17 FINAL FINISH: PLANING HULL Finish Sail# Boat Type Notes Boat Name Boat Type 1 25 Raider Jeff Herter Raider Planing Hull Page 5
This event took place at Sims Beach and our club is forever grateful for their generous support of this annual event. We launched from their beach and sailed around Lake Weir. The Challenge began and ended at Sunset Harbor. Our friendly Sheriff s office at Ocklawaha was nice enough to have an officer on the water for this year s event to add assistance to our own safety boats. Mark and Bobbie Ciraco once again set marks and kept a watchful eye out on the water during the race as did John Hult & Jeni and John Cicio. Page 6
The race started at noon with Bob Hay s Melonseed Skif followed by the Harpoons and San Juans Page 7
The Multihulls were the last to go and the first to come in, zipping along in that great breeze! Page 8
The wind was great, the skies were fair and the 9+ mile race was over by 2:30-ish PM. Page 9
After the sailboats were tended to and the placings were finalized there was a 50/50 Raffle followed by the presentation of trophies on the Sims Porch Time for the Raffle Lisa wins the big CASH $29.00 Ed & Lynn win #2 for Harpoons Paul & Ross win #1 Fisk wins #3 for San Juans Willie & DJ win #2 Mike & Andy win #1 Page 10
Bob & Jan win #3 Multihulls Richard Rayburn & crew win #2 Jim & Lisa win # 1 Bob Hays won a bottle for Endurance Jeff Herter won for Planing Terry won #1 for the WAVES (Nelson Wright won #2 ) Jim Edens won First Overall After the trophy presentations many of us went to dinner at Alfie s See the last page of this Newsletter. Page 11
October 19, 2017 Pot-luck Dinner was at Sandra Harton & Jim Tally s Residence We had a great time. Jim s sister and Liz s friend, Cathy, were guests. Kathy Olbekson also was there visiting from Wyoming and happy to see everyone. Page12
Ocala Sailing Club 2017 Rum Races Started October 1st The Fall Series 3 dates (Oct 1, Oct 22 & Nov 4) The BIG Bottle of Rum and Certificates for Places: First, Second & Third will be awarded on November 4th at the Annual OSC Margartaville Party a f t e r dinner. Next Newsletter will have a comprehensive coverage of the Rum Races, Photos and Results; like the Winner of the Rum! Next Buccaneer Night Dinner will be at Mesa de Notte on Thursday 11/2/2017 at 6:30 pm Hope to see you there Check out our Evite! Mesa de Notte 2436 E Silver Springs Boulevard, Ocala, FL 34470. Our phone number is 352-732-4737 Page13
4 SALE: This Stiletto Catamaran "available to be seen on Lake Weir" Liz Schnebel 352-816-2004 November Birthdays John Cicio 11/9 Wayne Birkenmeyer 11/16 Susan Moring 11/16 Maxine Grover 11/18 Ross Martin 11/30 Page14
Come Cruise with us at Crescent Lake and have lunch at Three Bananas on November 18th. We plan to have at least 3 sailboats there to cruise on the lake. So call Ed Sims, Art Twitchell or Ross Martin for a ride over and to cruise. It s fun! For Sale: 1978 Whaler 5.2 Tilt Trailer Good Condition Asking $2500 Contact: Ross Martin at 352-693-8081 Page 15
Ocala Sailing Club 2017 (Aug-Dec) Calendar Finalized 10/31/17 Thank you so much to Lisa & Jim Edens, Sandra Harton & Jim Tally, Ed & Lynn Sims and Skip & Lou Archibald for volunteering to host the Pot-Luck and Special Meetings at their homes! Date Event Location August 2017 No activity planned None Sept 14, 2017 Buccaneer Night 6:30 PM La Hacienda / Ocala Sept 30, 2017 (Sat) Pot-Luck Dinner Meeting 6:30P Jim & Lisa Edens / Gainesville October 1, 2017 Rum Race #1 Fall 11:30 Sims Beach Oct 5, 2017 Buccaneer Night 6:30 P Gator Joes / Ocklawaha Oct 7 & 8, 2017 Sanford Fall Regatta Intra-Lake / LMSA / Sanford October 14 2017 Sunset Harbor Challenge Sims Beach Oct 19, 2017 Pot-Luck Dinner Meeting 6:30P Sandra Harton s Oct 22, 2017 Rum Race #2 Fall 11:30A Sims Beach Nov 2, 2017 Buccaneer Night 6:30 P Mesa De Notte / Ocala Nov 4, 2017 (Sat) Third Rum Race will start at 11:30 a@ Sims Beach Awards presented later @ Margartaville Rum Race #3 Fall 11:30A Margartaville / Pot-Luck Bring food to eat @ 4PM Meeting & Awards after dinner Rum Race for same day starting in the morning at Sims Beach Margartaville / dinner & awards Notice: Margartaville Party, Pot-Luck & Awards will take place at Sims Residence. Nov 5, 2017 Lemon Point Sail 1:00P (Optional) Leave boats to sail from Sim Beach from prior day Nov 18, 2017 Cruise on Crescent Lake Restaurant / 3 Bananas 9:30 AM Crescent Lake Launch / Crescent City Public Boat Ramp Nov 23-26, 2017 Thanksgiving Holiday Have Fun! Dec 2 & 3, 2017 Kettle Cup Regatta Intra-Lake / LMSA / Sanford Dec 7, 2017 Buccaneer Night 6:30 P Francesco s / Summerfield Dec 16, 2017 * OSC Christmas Party 6:30 PM Skip & Lou Archibald s * Lake Weir Parade of Lights confirms it will not be on December 16th Page 16
At the end of the breezy day sailing around Lake Weir, many of us sailors continued to celebrate the Sunset Harbor Challenge by getting together around a casual meal at Alfies. ( This is the last page )