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LYC MainsheetCruickshanks Win Club ChampionshipFather/son team win best of 8 races using LYC members Daysailers
Tyler and Keith Cruickshank (fore#ont) approach the starting line.
(Photo#om Christie Whitt.)Complete race results on page 2.
Annual Regatta Puts Best to the TestThe wind was slow to oblige, but by noon things started to pick up for the 2007 LYC Club
Championship Regatta held Saturday, October 6th. Each year the best skippers from each fleet compete forthe honored title. This year all skippers and crew sailed Daysailers, a 17 foot, shallow draft boat designed forcasual family sailing. Some of the boats where rigged for racing, but most were not. The Daysailer proved achallenge nonetheless. Thanks to everyone who helped organize, prep and rig the boats for the event. Aspecial thanks is in order to race committee members Gretchen Heinke, Tom Clarke, John Rupert, Shari
Smith and Kevin Flanagan. Thanks also to the Daysailer owners for loaning their boats for the round robinevent. Tami Chapman, a former member who recently rejoined with her two sons, even let us borrow hernew boat...Now theres confidence!
Thanks to LYC Daysailer Fleet 98 for lending their boats for use during the 2007 Club Championship Regatta.
Boat owners include: Rosalie Kinney, Scott Graham, Ken Meeks, Dan Mejak, JP Clowes,
Mo%y Flanagan, Tami Chapman and Nick McMaho&
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SpiderSpotting
See insidefor photosfrom the LYCannualcostume party.Dinner featured homemadelasagna, pumpkin bowling,and treats for the kids.Thanks to organizers KristaGraham and Cathy Young, itwas very festive and lots ofFUN!!
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Thistles Take First at Chili-CookoffThis years Chili Cook-off
was one of the best to date!
Organizers Jan Savage and Kathy
Muenz did a superb job. The
event was very festive with all
the OSU decorations, TV
projection screen and OSU door
prizes There were 7 different
chili's competing -- one from
each fleet. Chili's ranged from
mild to hot, from soupy to thick
and from sweet to tangy. One had
beer in it; another cinnamon. Allwere excellent and a credit to
their fleets. At first, folks sat
down at tables to eat their chili,
but soon we all just stood by the
counter, eating standing up, so
we could just step forward to
sample the next chili. Then at
last, we all sat down for the
various sides of breads, salads,
and desserts, while we watched
the OSU game on the projection
screen. OSU door prizes where
given out during the game.
It was hard to choose our
favorite chili, but with only one
buckeye to vote with, decisions
had to be made. And so, at half-
time, the winners wereannounced. First Place: Thistles
(Diane France), Second Place:
Lasers (John Rupert) and Third
Place: Lidos (Christie Whitt)
Copy by Christi Whit'Photos#om Kathy Muen
OSU Tailgate items were raffled off
between quarters.
Even the kids got into the fun withtheir OSUtattoosthanks to Kathy
Muenz!
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Come spring expect to see some new young faces
at the club. LYC is the official host site of a new Sea
Scouts group, Ship 280.
Sea Scouts is a division of the Boy Scouts ofAmericas co-educational Venturing program. As a
scouting organization, Sea Scouts is designed to
promote citizenship and to improve members' boating
skills and knowledge through instruction and practice
in water safety, boating skills, outdoor, social, and
service experiences, and knowledge of our maritime
heritage.
A number of LYC members have stepped up to
provide leadership for the Ship.
These include Kevin Tschantz,
who will serve as Skipper;Christie Whitt, is the Chartered
Organization Rep. JP Clowes is
Committee Chair and Dan
Mejak will assist as Mate.
To date, seven youths have
signed on, but more are
expected. St. Charles, CSG and
Wellington, all schools where
interest in the Sea Scouts has
been expressed, will post fliers.
In addition, the Boy Scouts are
promoting the opportunity to all of their troops.
As a host, LYC provides a place for the Ship to
meet as well as boats to use. LYC will also provide
free sailing instruction, until the Scouts have their
own program in place. The club will also provide use
of the FJ's until the ship has its own fleet.
Incidentally, the clubs Venture is a Sea Scout
approved boat. Sea Scouts are not allowed to own any
property, so LYC will own any boats the Sea Scouts
acquire. In return, the Sea Scouts will complete an
annual service project for Leatherlips. (Sounds
GREAT!)Sea Scouts can earn ranks: the highest being the
Quartermaster, which is equivalent to the BSA Eagle
Scout. One interested youth would like to attend the
Naval Academy, so he is very eager to earn his
Quartermaster. First, we are requiring that they all get
their Ohio Boater's permit.
Also, our Ship is eligible to send a 2-person team
to compete in the William I. Koch Cup, an event that
spans two years. The first year, the Sea Scouts
compete nationally. If they place, then the next yearthey go on to the international competition. Mr. Koch
provides new boats each year for the Cup. At the
international event, Mr. Koch provides a banquet at
his home for all the participants. Its quite an honor.
LYCs own Zach Whitt and Kevin Schantz took 2nd
nationally three times, and then 7th twice and 9th
once in the international event. They sailed in the Cup
a total of 6 yrs. They were in a ship in another district
and were the only two who could sail, so they were
sent. No one expected them to
actually place! Now BSA
would like to have a ship inthis district -- a ship that
focuses more on sailing. (The
other ships focus on U.S.
Marine Corp.) It would be
great if LYC Sea Scouts could
place!
Article & photo
by Christie Whitt
LYC Sea Scouts studying for the Ohio Boater'sPermit: (from left) Stephanie Sziosek, Brie Cerrato,
Tyler Eltringham, Colin Lime and Sea ScoutsSkipper Kevin Tschantz
Sea Scouts Ship 280 Underway at LYC
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Sea Scouting is aco-education progra.
offered to youngadults between th/ages of 14 and 21.
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Article submitted by AJ Savage
For the second time, I served on the
Race Committee for the LYCWomens Championship, and I
must say how impressed I am by
the ladies of our club. In addition
to the racing, there is a great sense
of camaraderie among the
competitors. Off the water there is
a lot of fun and laughter. On the
water, I witnessed some good
sportsmanship and some serious
competitive streaks.
This year we saw four boats
compete: three Lidos and a Laser. This made for
enjoyable racing as the Laser competed against
the Lidos via
Portsmouth
Handicap, but
within the
Lidos it was
true head to
head
competition.
Janet Rupert
showed her
starting prowess
by crossing the line first each race, allowing her
laser to clear the fleet and never look back. With
clear air and boat speed, Janet sped across the
finish with three bullets. But dont think that the
Lidos just gave it to her. Watching from the
committee boat, we were able to
time the boats at the mark
roundings and estimate the lead by
corrected time. Last years champ
Jackie Herkowicz often closed the
gap on Janet going down wind, but
she had a battle of her own with the
other Lidos as well. Rosalie
Kinney and Kathy Muenz
frequently took the lead Lido
position, and it was often difficult
to guess who would cross the finish
in second until the last moments of
the race. As the Lidos battled eachother back to weather, Janet would
turn up and extend
her lead.
In the end, the
handicap rating
couldnt make up
the time
difference for the
Lidos to catch the
Laser, and Janet
was able to
cleanly sweep the top spot while the Lidos fought
it out for the second place spot. Great weather
and competition made for another enjoyable
Womens Championship at LYC.
Photos from Kathy Muenz. Clockwise from Top:Janet Rupert; Getting ready to start the challenge;and, The fun begins.
Rupert First in 2007 Womens Championship
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Rank Class Sail # Helm USPN R1 R2 R3 Total
1st Laser 177349 Janet Rupert 91.1 1 1 1 3
2nd Lido14 3692 Jackie Herkowitz 98.9 3 2 2 7
3rd Lido14 4205 Kathy Muenz 98.9 2 4 3 9
4th Lido14 3141 Rosalie Kinney 98.9 4 3 4 11
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Daysailer Fleet 98 Regatta ResultsHeld on June 2, 2007 at LYC.
Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total Points
S Graham
1128
2 1 1 1 1 6
K Flanagan
13157
1 2 3 2 2 10
K Meeks
11722
4 4 5 3 3 19
M Clowes
1868
3 3 2 DNF=6 DNS=6 20
N McMahon
430
5 5 4 4 DNS=6 24
Learning to Sail a J24 in 25 Knots of Windby Janet Rupert
As many of you know, John and I spent the
summer in California. One thing we did was take
sailing lessons to pass US Sailings Basic
Cruising at OCSC Sailing, located at Berkeley
Marina. Heres my journal.
DAY ONE
We were handed the keys to a J24 and went
out to rig it. When we were about done, we met
Chuck, our sailing instructor. Chuck is a great
guy, ex-Navy, cool headed, fun. Chuck warned us
that only about 50% of the people who take the
course pass the test on the first try. We terrified
himnot because of our sailing. He was leery
because we were new to the school and we were
married. Every step of the way the office had
asked us if we wanted to sail together. We did.
Turns out they didnt want us to sail together
because so often married couples bicker, yell, or
the men do things for their wives and the women
cant learn. After 34 years of marriage, John and I
have reached dtente. We had a calm day.
We also had another crew member, Brendan,
who is an administrator in an emergency room
and a certified adrenalin junky. We worked with
skipper and one crew, with the extra crew
standing in the cabin and observing and
occasionally lending a hand. The instructorstayed in the back pulpit to the side.
I was terrified. We were sailing in the Slot,
which is the wind tunnel created by the Golden
Gatethe only opening in 300 miles of coastline.
When its hot in the Central Valley, which it has
been this week, then it really sucks air through
the Slot. This morning there were white caps and
the wind grew to 15 to 20 knotstypical daily
for this time of year.
Besides review, today we began advanced
sail trim, and we did lots of man overboard drills.
The sail trim included the fishermans reef,
which is tight outhaul, Cunningham, then tight
backstay to bend the mast back to flatten the sail,
loose vang and traveler moved leeward to create
twist in the upper sail to spill wind. I noticed that
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the backstay acts like a Laser vang, which
depowers by bending the mast and flattening the
sail.
In the man overboard drills, the instructor
throws an orange milk carton overboard, the
skipper goes to a beam reach, tacks back to a
broad reach, heads up at just the right moment
and at the right angle to spill speed and picks up
the man. Sounds easy, right? Well, the wind is
honking and it took each of us two or three tries.
At the end of the day, Chuck praised us for
not arguing. John said we could bicker for him,
but we charged a per hour fee. All in all, it went
well. Scared each time I tried something new,
then got over it.
We came home and had to take care of the
dog. She had been cooped up for 8 hours, so we
took her to a dog park. SF dog parks are pretty
fancy deals. The dog closed her day with a walk
off leash right on San Francisco Bay. We also had
laundry to do, as we only brought a few clothes.
Day Two will be published in the next issue.
Who said race committe/
0as a%work?
Flanagan Edits Mainshee'Molly Flanagan (not the kid above) is the new
Mainsheet editor. Please feel free to forwardanything you think should or could be in theMainsheet. My personal email isdaysailers3@yahoo.com. or you can submit ideas,copy, etc. via the website. Send photos as jpegs ifpossible. Thanks!
2006 Laserlips Regatta
Photograph, c/o John & Janet Rupert. Janet has beeninstrumental in reviving the Laser fleet at LYC.
Presentation on ClubsFuture Draws 50+ Members
Keith Cruickshank presented a reportSeptember 6 on the financial future of theclub. The clubhouse was full. Research ofhistoric records, including old meetingminutes, newsletters and the like produced aninformative program that offered someinteresting insights into the current and
possible future states of Leatherlips. To viewthe presentation, go towww.cruickshank.us . Ifyou have an interest is helping with thiscommittee, let Keith know. Following thepresentation, an executive decision was madeto create a committee to providerecommendations for the LYC board regardingthese very important issues.
Thank you to LYC
member Joe McHenryfor the very visible saillettering. for one of th/club instruction boats.Nothing like a littl/#ee advertising!
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Welcome New MembersVince Reis (Lido)
4437 Stinson Dr. W
Columbus, OH 43214-2953
Tami Chapman (Daysailer)
7652 Sawmill Rd. #348
Dublin, OH 43016
Banquet January 12thThe Comet Fleet is hosting the annual
winter awards banquet to be held January 12 at
the Clintonville Womens Club. Additionalinformation is coming- Dick Harmon
2008 Sailing SchoolWatch for more awesome marketing efforts for
the club in 2008.Christie Whitt is
already planningposters, etc. topromote the SummerSailing Program atLYC. Some of youmight recognize thisyoung fellow. He tookthe summer courseand thoroughlyenjoyed it. Thanks Christi and everyone whomakes the summer season successful!
Thanks for Recycling!A note of thanks to Sheila and Dave Seifert for
their commitment to recycling LYC cans andbottles. Each week, the couple emptied the markedcontainers and deposited them at local recyclingsites. Thanks for keeping us GREEN!
Interlake Christmas PartyThe Interlake Fleet Christmas Party will be
held December 8th at George and Esther Newelsplace. Bring an hors oeuvre and alovely gift forthe white elephant - AJ Savage
New Picnic/Patio BenchAt the request of the board, Dave Seifert made
an extension on the picnic bench on the club patio.(Did you know Dave built the entire originalsection?!) The new addition creates a more directtraffic pattern for members and guests entering theclubhouse.
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