Queen City Yacht Club 120 Years June 2009
Amanda Karahanas and Laurence Concannon about to restore a piece of QCYC history!
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Q C Y C Board 2009
QCYC Info
CommodoreJim [email protected] CommodorePat Whetung [email protected] CommodoreGraham [email protected] CaptainGary [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
House ChairKen [email protected] MooringsRichard [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
CommunicationsRosalind [email protected] to SailTerry [email protected] ChairSteve [email protected]
Past CommodoreTony [email protected]
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Your Liability InsuranceJacqui Cook, TreasurerRecently, I was asked if other clubs ask theirmembers (Senior and Dry Sail) to have liabilityinsurance. So we did a little digging. Most of theclubs around us require their members to have $2million of liability coverage. The list of clubsrequiring this type of insurance includes: AshbridgesBay, Mimico, Etobicoke, Lakeshore, Cathedral Bluffsand Port Credit. All of these clubs require theirmembers to provide to the club their insurancedetails each year. Many clubs consider this an very
important requirement and some clubs havesignificant ramifications for failing to provide proofof insurance. These ramifications include: nolaunching, no hauling and no racing.
As I write this, a number of our members have notprovided proof of current insurance to the office.Having adequate liability insurance is important. Itprotects you, it protects your fellow members and itprotects your club. Please make sure the office hasyour insurance information today.
NORM’S 40TH CARIBBEAN BIRTHDAY, JUNE 20 It’s Norm Paquette’s 40th Birthday Party - CARIBBEAN style!
Everyone welcome. Pot-Luck Nibbles on the lawn around 6:30pm(weather permitting). Enjoy dancing to JUNO winner ChristopherPlock around 8:30pm. Be sure to wear your “island shirts”! Email
[email protected] for more information.
Photo credits this issue:Bryan Bowen, June cover Christopher Jared,work party and Sail Past Ted Doyle, KeithAldridge, Pat Whetung, new members bbqNina Nakajima, Brad Hearn and belatedphoto credit to Bryan Bowen for May Clipper cover.
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Board Update/Features
I have commendedthe board severaltimes and still feel itisn’t often enough. Iknow that each Chairmakes personal sacri-fices to serve the clubin their capacity. It’s aworthwhile effortwhen we look aroundand see a fullmembership using the facilities and enjoying theclub atmosphere.
All is in place for another great operating season.Now that we’re in full swing with racing, events,Learn to Sail about to start and planned cruises,the bulk of our operating costs will be rolling in. Inthe next month, the board will be carefully scruti-nizing the original budget and adjusting targets ifneeded. This June review is critical in monitoringour finances.
I encourage you to check the calendar on thewebsite regularly. We have breaking news andevents planned for your safety and entertainment.
We know we have something special at QueenCity and it’s good to remind ourselves once inawhile. Remember to mark Saturday July 4th forour Classical Queen City Celebrations markingour 120th anniversary. We need you to pass alongour invitation to revisit the past to appreciate whatwe have today. Please spread the word that every-one is invited: past members, former Junior Clubparticipants and anyone who has been on staff. It’san afternoon gathering to honour our little club -still looking good after 120 years.
Vice Commodore Pat Whetung
All Welcome to the Blessing of the BoatsAn Island event that has been celebrated for overfifty years, the Blessing of the Boats will take place atSt Andrew-by-the-lake on Sunday June 21st at 11a.m.
Shortly after WWII a group of Toronto Islandyachtsmen inaugurated an annual thanksgivingservice on the Long Pond, Centre Island. Since 1984,when the island’s churches amalgamated into therelocated St. Andrew’s Church, the annual Blessingof the Boats has been conducted by the lagoon to thenorth of the church. The service offers an annualopportunity for all creeds to gather and give thanksfor our enjoyment of the Islands and the surroundingwaterways. Please mark your calendars for June 21stand support a piece of living tradition.
Every one who would like their boat blessed isinvited to this inter-denominational service thatcelebrates the joy of “simply messing about in boats.”Or, more seriously takes account of the wonderfulexperience of enjoyment on the water. You can tie upin the lagoon behind St Andrew at the church docksand the service is held outside. Music, singing, wordsof prayer and thanksgiving, and the blessing withcopious amounts of water will be undertaken by TheReverend Michael Marshall ably assisted by the
Commodores of the attending clubs. It is a lovelyevent and a time for sailors to acknowledge theirdependence on the elements with whom they partnerin leisure, competition, and survival.
The Reverend Michael Marshall who will be presidingis the priest-in-charge at St Andrew and is also theAnglican chaplain at the Hospital for Sick Children.With a father who was a chaplain to seafarers and anolder brother who is a retired captain in the RoyalNavy, Michael has a particular interest in the safetyand well-being of “those who go down to the sea inships and occupy their business in deep waters.”
Following the service the annual “Strawberry Social”will take place with sandwiches, strawberry desserts,and champagne all served outside with raffles, andauctions and much more. Tickets are available for theSocial and can be purchased ahead of time.
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Reverand Michael Marshall blesses the boats.
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Saturday June 6Band and details to follow in the
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Features
Memories of a Queen City Bilge Brat by Al Rae Jr.
I have a theory that we all create a mythology aroundour own creation.
My theory is that I was conceived aboard a Snipe bynimble parents. This concept of a waterborne originseems most appropriate as I was born in 1936, underthe sign of Pisces and am the son of a legendaryskipper known in every port on Lake Ontario.
That skipper was Al Rae. I’m Al Rae, jr. and proudto be.
Al joined Queen City Yacht Club in 1929 andbecame a mainstay of this informally historic club fornearly fifty years. During that time, spent mainlyaboard the 28’ Tumlaren, “Valhalla”, he and his crewof cronies captured every available trophy on theLake, some many times over. No regatta party wascomplete until the Valhalla crew had led theassembled throng through the singing of many, manyshanties. Indeed, their antics and shenanigans areremembered still, although he joined that collectivelyimpressive crew in the “Great Cockpit in the Sky”some thirty two years ago, at the time of thisrecollection.
So why, you may wonder, am I writing this? Becausethere are many memories surfing through my mindthese days and I would like to share them with you.I hope you find them of interest.
IN THE BEGINNING:There is some irony that QCYC is built on a man-made island created by the Toronto HarborCommission while they were dredging the Bay topermit access by larger Lake boats. The very samedredging that undermined our City side club. Theisland was originally called Sunfish Island and washome for a YMCA summer camp for many years. Theexposed shoreline extended well into the Bay, some100 feet or more beyond today’s seawall. TheClubhouse alone had some seawall protection, then asandy shoreline extended south from the Club, as youcan see from pictures in our Centennial book.
In those days the Club had lockers on the groundfloor, about 13’ wide north/south and half the depthof the Club east/west, with big double doors on theeast and west elevations. The office was on theground, in its present location. On the second floorwas, of course, The Great Hall and veranda plus thedining room, bar, kitchen and washrooms. Take alook at the Parkinson trophy to see the Club in itsoriginal state.
At first we would winter in the City and summer atthe Club, living in our big locker facing the lagoon.Access to the Club was by a cumbersome grayrowboat that you would hail from the Ward’s IslandFerry Dock hoping that some kind soul would hop inand bring you across. Otherwise it was a walkaround via the bridge. No such thing as a club tender
Al Rae Jr., age 3
by Al Rae Jr.
Memories of a Queen City Bilge Brat
in those days (so the Fleet Captain had it relativelyeasy Gary).
In the late thirties the City laid down wide sidewalksand installed power and water on Algonquin, as itcame to be known. Homes were barged over fromHanlan’s Point and placed along Omaha and SenecaAvenues to clear the way for Airport improvements(portents of Porter). People were encouraged to buildon Algonquin as there was a shortage of materialsand serviced land in the City, due to the SecondWorld War.
So in 1942, when I was 6, Dad built our home at 3Nottawa Avenue and Queen City Yacht Club literallybecame my backyard.
The view across the Bay at that time was dominatedby the Royal York Hotel and the Canadian ImperialBank of Commerce, all of which I could see from mybedroom window. But it was the waters of the Bayand the boats that sailed on them held my immediateinterest. I was a born “bilge brat”.
As a kid, I was ‘fore deck crew on Valhalla, whenweather permitted, but when I turned 10, Dad builtme an eight foot “Sabot” pram (a forerunner to the“Optimist”) and I’ve been lucky enough to have myown helm under me ever since.
The “Sabot” pram was a wonderful trainer for youngand old alike. While I kept mine at Q.C.Y.C., therewas a fleet of 45 or 50 that sailed out of the “CoveFleet”, on Ward’s Island, tucked into a corner by theEastern Gap. The “Cove” spawned some great sailingcompetitors like the Doug and Don Clapp, Doug Halland John and Paul Henderson.
When I turned 16, Dad built me an InternationalFourteen Foot dinghy to a design by Charlie Bourke,finishing off the cold moulded hull from Mahone Bayand turning out the mast and boom from beautiful,west coast, clear grained Sitka spruce, all from a setup in the Great Hall. It was equivalent of being giventhe keys to a Formula One race car but I didn’tunderstand or appreciate that at the time.
Ed Stanger, his first mate on board Valhalla, finishedoff a sister 14 along side my boat at the same time.Shortly thereafter she was acquired by my goodfriend Pete Jones and together we formed thefledgling nucleus of what would become one of themost competitive International Fourteen fleets on theLake.
to be continued in further issues...
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Features
QCYC Cigarette SilkBy Nina Nakajima
Last year, member Christopher Jared bought thepictured cigarette silk featuring the QCYC burgee one-bay (Photo 1). A cigarette silk? Yes, this 3” by 3”square of silk is a relatively rare tobacco collectible.Wikipedia does not mention it. Many of us haveheard of cigar cases or tins as collectibles, but there isa wide range of other “tobacciana” including cigarettesilks. Cigarette silks were included free inside or oncigarette boxes in the late 1800s to the beginning ofWorld War I following the trend started by cigarettecards tucked inside cigarette boxes in the 1880s. Atfirst it was a plain piece of cardboard inserted toprovide stiffness to the packaging. Then the DukeCompany transformed it into a marketing and brand-loyalty promoting tool by printing the brand namealong with an image onto the card. This card was apart of a series and meant to be collected. With manylocal brands in existence and competition being fierce,other companies used the same idea. There weremany series such as of “actresses” (women insuggestive poses), fish, college sports, ships, Indianchiefs, Great Americans, and many more includingone called “Savage and Semi-barbarous Chiefs andRulers” and another entitled “50 Scenes of PerilousOccupations”.
Collectible cigarette silks were an extension of thecigarette cards. They were small pieces of silk orother fabric with a color image. The yacht club seriesthat the QCYC silk is a part of is atypical in thatmost cigarette silk series are geared to females.Flowers, children, and birds are common themes.Some write that this is evidence of cigarettecompanies marketing to women. Others point outthat that did not happen until a little later in thetwentieth century, but was a tactic for building brand-loyalty with the spouses of the smokers. Cigarettesilks were generally used to sew quilts or other items(Photo 2). It was not the first tobacciana item to beused for sewing to decorate the home. Cigar silks(bands used to tie bundles of cigars together), weresewn together and used in quilts despite theirunobvious shape for such use (Photo 3). This likelygave the tobacco companies the idea to offersomething more directly usable for quilting, such as asquare piece of fabric.
Unfortunately, little is known about this silk with theQCYC burgee, such as what year it was produced andby what company. Christopher Jared bought it from a
man in San Francisco whowas also selling onefeaturing RCYC. Whatother yacht clubs wereincluded in the series, onewonders. Perhaps acigarette company sponsoreda regatta series and the silks feature eachparticipating Club? Sincethe label reads, “Toronto,Canada”, it is alsoconceivable that the seriesfeatured yacht clubs fromacross North America.
Photo 1. QCYC Cigarette Silk
Photo 2. Cigarette Silk Quilt
Photo 2. Cigar Silk Quilt
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Features
The Slee Family History at QCYCby Richard Charles Slee, Century Caprice
Photo 1. Executive Committee Minutes, QCYC, June 23, 1890
Picture 3. Skiff on the River Eden, Kirby Stephen Westmorland, England 1914
The Slee family has had a relationship with QCYC that dates back to 1890when my Great Grandfather Richard Slee joined Queen City Yacht Club 10months after its founding in 1889. At the Executive Meeting of QCYC onJune 23rd (see picture 1), 1890, Richard Slee was proposed by J. Gardner andseconded by Hozack for membership and accepted. He had turned 21 (seepicture 2) just the day before the meeting .
Richard was born in Kirkby Stephen,Westmorland, June 22, 1869 in the northcentral highlands of England just south of theScottish boarder. I always wondered how hefirst became interested in sailing being so farfrom any significant body of water except forthe river Eden in his backyard. Did he punt onthe Eden in a skiff like the one pictured ormight he have put up a sail (see picture 3)?
Picture 2. Richard Slee in his early 20s
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Features
Picture 5. The Shaw Cup – 1899 Won by R. Slee QCYC
Picture 6 The Caprice circa 1899
Picture r. Fob. Front and Back
His father William moved the family to Hamilton, Ontario Canadain 1880 when Richard was 11. As their house was just a short walkfrom Burlington Bay he would have seen fleets of sailboats racingon the Bay. The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club would be formed in1888. By 1890 Richard had moved to Toronto and joined QCYC.In 1891 he was given a medallion from the Club. He wore it as awatch fob and I now wear the fob on a necklace (see picture 4).
In early 1892 however he resigned his membership. In late 1892 he married JennieShaw in Hamilton where she lived. Richard had possibly moved back to Hamilton inearly 1892. In November of 1893 his first child Ethel was born in Buffalo New York inthe States. Richard was an engraver and he might have had to move to maintain hisemployment. Canada at the time was in a lengthy economic depression which it didnot pull out of until 1896. By 1898 Richard was once again a member of QCYC andCaptain of the Fleet. Owen Martin was Commodore, William Lee, Vice Commodore,D. Smith, Rear Commodore, Secretary H. S. Jones and Treasurer F. S. Knowland.
In the late 1890s Richard was sailing a 16 Foot gaff rigged skiff called the Caprice. In1899 he won The Shaw Cup (see picture 4), a trophy offered by his Worship MayorShaw of Toronto. In the same year the building of the Old City Hall located at 60Queen St. West was completed by the Mayor. The Cup was presented “For the bestaverage 1899 - 16 Foot Class – LSA (Lake Sailing Association) – Toronto”. Pictures ofthe cup (see picture 5) and the Caprice (see picture 6) (and yes when we werethinking up a name for our Tanzer 10.5 we decided to name her the Century Caprice– 100 years after my Grandfather’s boat the Caprice sailed Lake Ontario). to be continued in further issues...
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Hard at Work Photos
Off to Superior!
Joni has been HARD AT WORK on their boat Saudades cleaning up her toysand books getting ready for a summer of cruising on Lake Superior.
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Hard at Play Photos
Picture of the Month!
Winner of this months Picture of the Month is Bryan Bowen for his photo of“Winner Lou the Salty Dog”. Contact Rosalind Ross for your pitcher!
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Noisy, Smelly and Polluting or Quiet, Fume Free and Eco-friendly: The skinny on electric outboardsby John Rowley (www.humberboats.ca)In addition to the obvious benefits of not dumpingthings like benzene and other carcinogens into ourlakes and rivers, electric motors require almost nomaintenance. For example, with the Torqeedo Travelmodel, there are contacts between the integratedremovable battery and the motor itself. Thesecontacts should be examined and cleaned if necessaryonce or twice each season. The batteries themselves,
if left separatefrom themotor,
will holdtheir charge
for months at atime. The travel
models arealso one niceneat unit,weighing
only 25 poundswith the battery. The
battery itself weighs only 7.5pounds. These motors arefantastic for getting from thedock into the wind and thenback once you are finishedsailing.
Another tremendousadvantage of Torqeedomotors is that there is no
pull start to get them going.Just make sure the batteries
and the small control cableare properly connected tothe motor. All you need to do
then is simply insert a small floatablekey into the tiller arm and turn the tiller handle andyou are under way! Travel times can be as long as 6to 8 hours for the base models and for the Cruise 6hp equivalent motors. These motors do require 12volt deep cycle batteries, but if you connect them toshore power overnight, you are already to go againfor another day! So for simplicity and piece of mindin knowing that you are not contributing to theproduction of green house gases, electric motors justplain make sense!
A consideration when it comes to having an electricoutboard motor is that as long as you have shorepower, you can charge up your batteries. There is noneed to make a gas run to the marina. With theTravel versions of the Torqeedo motors, you have theultimate convenience of being able to take yourbattery home where you can easily charge it up likeyou would a cell phone. The lithium manganese
Features
batteries in the Travel series hold their charge formonths at a time. This means that if you charge thebattery up in the fall, it will be all ready to go in thespring with almost no loss in charge. With gas, thefuel can deteriorate over the winter, making itharmful to your motor. In addition, what do you dowith stale gas? You will never have this problem withan electric motor.
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Features
QCYC FROM AN AIRBUSby Jim Dow
Jim Dow retired last month as a career pilot for AirCanada. He also moved into the same condo buildingas Elspeth Fanjoy, who has been wondering about thepaper airplanes flying around the area.
“The photo to the right was taken in August of2004 from an Airbus A-320 while enroutefrom Toronto to New York, from about 7,000feet, with permission of course. Yes, my co-pilot was flying while I was leaning out thewindow on the left side of the cockpit. Yes, itwas very noisy!!!
I'm afraid I am not sure of at all the origin ofthe photo on the top. I wish I could take creditfor it, but I can't find the original file for thisgreat view of the club, so I don't know thedate or if I even took it. Over the years I havetended to take a lot of photos from the air, butwith the altitude, angle of the sun, and theglare inside on the cockpit windows, one neverknows if they will turn out.”
(Ed. note – does anyone recognize the closer shot ofthe club? It does seem a bit low for an Airbus)
Algonquin and Wards Island. Unknown origin.
August 2004 photo of the club
by Jim Dow
QCYC FROM AN AIRBUS
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Staff and New Member Profiles
When the Club kitchen and bar were severelydamaged by fire in August of 2005, it was a happycoincidence that Don was looking for a change ofdirection after more than 30 years as an architecturaldesigner. In his role as the new manager Don wasable to assist the Board during the rebuild andworked closely with House Chair Pat Whetung,meeting with the contractors on site, selecting finishesand equipment.
Don’s association with QCYC goes back to the early‘80s, when he was introduced to sailing by colleagueAl Rae, eventually joining the Club in 1989,Centennial year, with his J24 Hardtack. Thechallenge of one design racing took Don to ABYCwhere the J24 Fleet was very prominent. He gained awealth of experience, culminating in several years asCanadian Class President and a NationalChampionship in 1997. His involvement in the
International Class presented opportunities to sail allover the world, including the 2005 Hong Kong to SanFernando, Philippines race onboard Ffree Fire NM70(ex-Roy Disney’s Pyewacket) which was 1st. to finishand 1st. overall. After selling his J24, Don wasencouraged by former-Commodore Jim Finch to
return to the Club and try Star sailing.
Don’s background and training has given him astrong affinity for Queen City’s heritage clubhouseand its beautiful island setting. He really enjoyssharing his knowledge of the Club’s history with newmembers and visitors.
Staff Profile:
Don Ferguson,Club Manager
Nels used to spend every weekendwith his girlfriend on Ward’s beachin his powerboat out of OuterHarbour Marina. One time, he ranout of gas so walked over to QCYCto find some. He asked about tenpeople, but no one was able to helphim. But he had spent so muchtime wandering around QCYC andtalking to people on that day, thatthis thought came to him: “Whyam I spending money on gas every weekend to get tothe beach when I could keep a boat here and walk tothe beach?” Since that day, he has joined QCYC andbrought Karma Keneta here. He had sailed on hisbrother’s and friends’ boats back home in PEI, but theStarwind 27 is his first sailboat.
New MemberProfile:
NelsStanfield
Paul Horne invited his friends Randy and Adriana to Pig Roast last year. Theycame back the following Friday aboard their Irwin 37 and haven’t left QCYC since.They used to keep the boat at Toronto Island Marina and prior to that in PortDalhousie because they reside in St. Catharines. They report that the one hourdrive is “not bad” and definitely worth a weekend here.
New Member Profile:
Randy & Adriana Benoit
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New Member Profiles
When he moved to Toronto, Markcontacted all the downtown yacht clubs toget his name on a crew bank for racing. Itwas through talking with Pat Whetung thathe started crewing on Wednesday nights atQCYC and so it was natural for him toapply for senior membership when he gothis own boat: a Niagara 26 namedPanache.
Mark is originally from Fredericton, NBand his family has a cottage on MiramichiBay where his father taught him how tosail in a homebuilt pram. His grandfatherhad built a pair of them for his two daughters (his mother and his aunt) as acentennial project in 1967. So Mark and his cousin spent a few summers racingaround the bay in the prams before they graduated to a Hobie Cat. Over theyears, he has also sailed and raced with his grandfather on his Paceship 23 namedPinafore.
When he first came to QCYC, he was a bit surprised at the atmosphere: “It wasnot like the ‘Toronto’ club I was expecting at all; instead, it felt like I was at homewith a bunch of down-to-earth Maritimers.”
Outside of sailing, Mark works as a singer/actor/office temp. The rumour that PatWhetung has been spreading about him being a past contestant on Canadian Idolis true! However, Mark is quick to add that he is more proud of his professionalaccomplishments including performing in several regional musical theatreproductions in the U.S. and Ontario and "working" one night a week singing oncruise ships in the Caribbean, Alaska and Europe. Lately he has also become anaspiring filmmaker.
New Member Profile:
Mark MacRae
Ian visited QCYC after a regatta and loved the friendly atmosphere here. He andMaxine do not have a boat and have joined as associate members. Ian haspowerboats up north and when asked about possibly boating at QCYC says, “We’llsee what happens.”
New Member Profile:
Ian Heerdegen & Maxine Loine
Although Traci’s parents had a sailboat in Ottawa when she was a teenager, shepreferred to stay home in the parentless house rather than go out on the boat. Butfor a long time now, she has wanted to sail. She has always been drawn to thewater and loves the Island so QCYC was a natural choice to renew her sailinginterest. She is determined to learn and has taken on-water courses at RCYC andat NYC but she says the former had not enough and the latter too much wind foroptimal learning. She plans to start out sailing on her friend’s Albacore.
New Member Profile:
Traci Ridgewell
Douglas and Sandra are curling friends of Dwight and Carol Hamilton. They havejoined as associate members to round out their summers alongside their otherhobby of lawn bowling. Sandra has already compiled an inch-thick binder ofQCYC materials including tender schedules, newsletters, Flash, QuickClipper, andother material.
New Member Profile:
Douglas Henderson &Sandra Raitz
Can you guess who is thePaper Bag Princess?
See page 14 for answer.
More new members to come in future issues....
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News/Events
Queen City Yacht ClubJune 2009
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday31 Week 23 1 2 3
1815Wed. Race Series 1-4
418354th Education Session(Ivan Bunner - Aroundthe World)
5 6Salute to New Yachts
1830New Members' Night(MBE) Dancing to TBD
7 Week 24
LOSHRS Race 1@QCYC
LOSHRS Race 1@QCYC
8 918355th Education Session(TBD)
101815Wed. Race Series 1-5
11ManagementCommittee
12 13Clipper Issue 3Submission Deadline
Private Function(Afternoon/Evening)
Cruise in from PCYC
Cruise out to PCYC
RCYC Open
14 Week 25
Cruise in from PCYC
Cruise out to PCYC
RCYC Open
15 16 171815Wed. Race Series 1-6
181835Board Meeting
19Private Function(Afternoon)
20LOSHRS Race 2 @PCYC
1830Norm’s 40th CaribbeanBirthday Party -Dancing to ChristopherPlock
21 Week 26
Blessing of the Fleet(New date)
LOSHRS Race 2 @YYC
22 23Private Function(Afternoon)
241815Wed. Race Series 2-1
25 26 27C&C Owners Regatta
1000Safety Day at QCYC
2000Open Mic Night
28 Week 27
C&C Owners Regatta29Learn-to-Sail/JuniorClub Session 1 starts
30Deadline to returntrophies
1 2 3 4
All ti di l d l ti t C d /E t
Queen City Yacht ClubJuly 2009
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa turday28 Week 27 29 30 1
Canada Day
1815Wed. Race Series 2-2
2 3 4120th anniversay ofQCYC
LSSA Single Handed atABYC
5 Week 28
LSSA Single Handed atABYC
6 7 8Private Function(Afternoon)
1815Wed. Race Series 2-3
9Private Function(Afternoon/Evening)
10Private Function(Afternoon)
11120th anniversay ofQCYC (Plan B)
Cruise in from OYS
Cruise out to OYS
LORC PCYC Open
LSSA Doubled Handedat RCYC
12 Week 29
Cruise in from OYS
Cruise out to OYS
LORC PCYC Open
LSSA Doubled Handedat RCYC
13Clipper Issue 4Submission Deadline
Learn-to-Sail/JuniorClub Session 2 starts
14 151815Wed. Race Series 2-4
16ManagementCommittee
17Private Function(Afternoon/Evening)
18Lake Ontario 300
19 Week 30 20 21 221815Wed. Race Series 2-5
231835Board meeting
24 25Cruise out to MCC
Youngstown Levels
Cruise in from MCC
26 Week 31
Cruise in from MCC
Youngstown Levels
27Learn-to-Sail/JuniorClub Session 3 starts
LYRA Centennial Race
LYRA Founder's Race
28 29LYRA Freeman Race
1815Wed. Race Series 2-6
30 31LYRA Day Races
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Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage
416.236.1871Third generation.Fifty years of combined experience.
• 3000sq.ft. of marinesupplies for power and sail
• Mobile and shop service andinstallation of sailboat furling,rigging and hardware
• Approachable expert staff
44 Midwest Road, Toronto, ON, M1P 3A9Tel 416.752.1711 Toll Free1.877.752.1711
email: [email protected] Web www.riggingshoppe.com
Shopping on-line or in person
SPECIALIZING IN SAILBOATRIGGING SINCE 1969
T: 416.886.9992 F: 1.866.812.6785
TORONTO YACHT SERVICES
Toronto Yacht Services offers full mobile marine services,including commissioning, diesel and gas engine service, winterization, electronics installation, maintenance, repairs and upgrades, service packages and yacht management, tailored to individual owner’s needs.
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