The '08 sailing season is just around the corner. Hope you plan to get down to the club and out on the water as often as you can this year. With that in mind, here's an update on what’s happening around the club: - March work parties are dead ahead. Rear Commodore Kevin Johnson outlines work opportunities in another section of this issue of the Luff Letter. - More than 30 members have attended our two Race Man- agement seminars held Feb. 9 and 23 as the club attempts to provide better and more consistent races throughout the year. Those of you who enjoy running races and the like, you can work off some or all of your work hours for the year with RC duty. Just step up and tell 1st Vice Commodore Eric Nicholls of your interest. - Regattas and social events are on the calendar. First is the annual Commissioning Party Saturday April 19. Tune-up races for the high water season will follow on Sunday, April 20. Rocky Top Invitational Regatta for auxiliaries is a week later, April 26-27. The Admiral Farragut follows and we hope to have a Dutch Treat with multiple classes this year. - Racing, the low water season is currently underway and will continue until April 13, so there is plenty of time to get in- volved, either by skippering your own boat or crewing with someone else. The Sunday races begin at 1:30. Show up about 12:30 if you want to catch a ride. - Learn to Sail classes are being planned for the spring, sum- mer and fall. Details will be forthcoming. The Training Fleet is adding a couple of Sunfish to its inventory and sails for the JYs are being refurbished for the upcoming high school, col- lege, and educational programs, as well as Sail Camp. Luff L etter CONCORD YACHT CLUB March 2008 2008 CYC OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS: Commodore—Ralph “RG” Smithson; 1st Vice Commodore—Eric Nicholls; 2nd Vice Commodore—Tom Hogan; Rear Commodore—Kevin Johnson; Secretary—Bonnie McCormick; Treasurer– Greg Little; Assistant Treas- urer—Barbara Weaver, Member at Large, Education—Neil Quigley, and Member at Large, Social—Ann Zimmerman http://www.concordyachtclub.org/ - An Introduction to Racing class may also be offered this spring. If you'd like to join those who race regularly on Sun- days, Wednesdays and the holiday regattas but don't know exactly how a race works, this session will give you the basics and, hopefully, get you out on the water. Details will be forth- coming. - Auxiliary Fleet Captain Kurt Finnie has initiated a discus- sion group for the cruisers among us. His first session was held in February and more are planned. Contact Kurt for de- tails. If someone out there would like to see the club's auxil- iary raft-up socials reinstated, all we need is someone to take the lead. - Security continues to be a major issue with Rear Commo- dore Johnson taking the lead in the Board's response. Signs are being prepared to post around the yard proclaiming "Security Cameras in Use." KJ is also securing a quote on a video surveillance system with several options. More lighting on the docks and around the yard is also on the table. The key pad on the front gate needs to be replaced - and will be soon. We may have deputy or security expert present a program at the club on how we can best protect our property. Of course, the club's resources are not limitless, but we will certainly do what we can. -Testing of a turbidity screen that would offer protection for the auxiliaries in our floating slips was conducted at the club in late January, but, unfortunately, the test indicated that this particu- lar system would not work well for us. Other systems are out there, and the Board will continue to explore a solution to our ongoing wake problem. So, plenty of things are happening as we approach another sailing season. [email protected]
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The '08 sailing season is just around the corner. Hope you plan to get down
to the club and out on the water as often as you can this year. With that in mind, here's an update on what’s happening around the club: - March work parties are dead ahead. Rear Commodore Kevin Johnson outlines work opportunities in another section of this issue of the Luff Letter. - More than 30 members have attended our two Race Man-agement seminars held Feb. 9 and 23 as the club attempts to provide better and more consistent races throughout the year. Those of you who enjoy running races and the like, you can work off some or all of your work hours for the year with RC duty. Just step up and tell 1st Vice Commodore Eric Nicholls of your interest. - Regattas and social events are on the calendar. First is the annual Commissioning Party Saturday April 19. Tune-up races for the high water season will follow on Sunday, April 20. Rocky Top Invitational Regatta for auxiliaries is a week later, April 26-27. The Admiral Farragut follows and we hope to have a Dutch Treat with multiple classes this year. - Racing, the low water season is currently underway and will continue until April 13, so there is plenty of time to get in-volved, either by skippering your own boat or crewing with someone else. The Sunday races begin at 1:30. Show up about 12:30 if you want to catch a ride. - Learn to Sail classes are being planned for the spring, sum-mer and fall. Details will be forthcoming. The Training Fleet is adding a couple of Sunfish to its inventory and sails for the JYs are being refurbished for the upcoming high school, col-lege, and educational programs, as well as Sail Camp.
Luff Letter CONCORD YACHT CLUB
March 2008
2008 CYC OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS: Commodore—Ralph “RG” Smithson; 1st Vice Commodore—Eric Nicholls; 2nd Vice Commodore—Tom Hogan; Rear Commodore—Kevin Johnson; Secretary—Bonnie McCormick; Treasurer– Greg Little; Assistant Treas-urer—Barbara Weaver, Member at Large, Education—Neil Quigley, and Member at Large, Social—Ann Zimmerman
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- An Introduction to Racing class may also be offered this spring. If you'd like to join those who race regularly on Sun-days, Wednesdays and the holiday regattas but don't know exactly how a race works, this session will give you the basics and, hopefully, get you out on the water. Details will be forth-coming. - Auxiliary Fleet Captain Kurt Finnie has initiated a discus-sion group for the cruisers among us. His first session was held in February and more are planned. Contact Kurt for de-tails. If someone out there would like to see the club's auxil-iary raft-up socials reinstated, all we need is someone to take the lead. - Security continues to be a major issue with Rear Commo-dore Johnson taking the lead in the Board's response. Signs are being prepared to post around the yard proclaiming "Security Cameras in Use." KJ is also securing a quote on a video surveillance system with several options. More lighting on the docks and around the yard is also on the table. The key pad on the front gate needs to be replaced - and will be soon. We may have deputy or security expert present a program at the club on how we can best protect our property. Of course, the club's resources are not limitless, but we will certainly do what we can. -Testing of a turbidity screen that would offer protection for the auxiliaries in our floating slips was conducted at the club in late January, but, unfortunately, the test indicated that this particu-lar system would not work well for us. Other systems are out there, and the Board will continue to explore a solution to our ongoing wake problem. So, plenty of things are happening as we approach another sailing season.
Forty CYC members attended Race Committee Orientation on February 9th and 23rd and are ready for duty. The race duty assignments for the 2008 season have been finalized and are pub-lished in this issue. Please find your name and mark your calendar or program your computer.
The rules are: 1) Each member is required to serve on a race committee at least once. Failure to fulfill that obligation will cost you $50. Please let me know now if you do not intend to perform race duty. Exchanges may be made freely, but both Principal Race Officers (PRO) must be notified of the rearrangement. 2) Only additional race committee duty can be credited as work hours.
Consider the following regarding race duty.
The PRO should contact the other race committee members at least a week before race day. A full crew is needed to achieve the objective of giving racers fair and safe competition. The objective is lost if races are can-celled due to no-shows. Also, on “heavy” weather days it is essential to have a full committee for safety and to manage the faster pace of the race.
If the PRO does not contact you, then you call them.
Discuss your preferences, strengths and weakness with the PRO so skills and experiences can be matched to the job: Mark Setter and Course Safety, Signaler, Sounder, Spotter, Recorder, and Timer.
Decide on the power boat drivers. The operator of the committee boat and the mark setting/safety boat each need to be reasonably proficient. Operators younger than 19 require a Boating Education Certificate issued by TWRA. Remember, having fuel is a race committee responsibility.
Arrive at least an hour before the start time and agree on a meeting place. It will save time looking for someone you don’t recognize.
Review section K. Race Committee Instructions and section L. CYC Racing Instructions, in the CYC member handbook so you are prepared for race day.
Do not bring alcohol aboard the committee boats. The time to relax is after the races are over, the course is cleared, equipment is secured, and the final horn is sounded.
Let me know if any of the race equipment is not working properly or is missing.
20-Apr-08 Sun Tune Up Race 1400 Spurlin M. Daw son Ballatin Gibson23-Apr-08 Wed Spring Dingy Race 1800 Hubble Saw y er Brennan McMillan26-Apr-08 Sat Rocky Top Regatta 1100 H.Williams Bonny man Eddy Satterw hite Whitt Gw in27-Apr-08 Sun Rocky Top Regatta 0900 H.Williams Brock Bonny man Barrier Sulliv an30-Apr-08 Wed Spring Dingy Race 1800 Quigley McCormick Burr Meade3-May -08 Sat Admiral Farragut 1200 Hudson Smithson Ramsey J.Williams Kopp Fagan4-May -08 Sun Admiral Farragut 0900 Hudson Smithson Ramsey J.Williams Kopp Fagan4-May -08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Trudell Zimmerman Calhoun Malora7-May -08 Wed Spring Dingy Race 1800 D.Daw son Kirk P.Campbell Morris
11-May -08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Mey er Hall Clinton Murray14-May -08 Wed Spring Dingy Race 1800 Isakson Slater Coffee Palmer17-May -08 Sat Dutch Treat Regatta 1300 Griffin Parker Montgomery Rech Guinn Millis18-May -08 Sun Dutch Treat Regatta 0900 Griffin Parker Cruz Rech18-May -08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Toney Gloss Denison Parks21-May -08 Wed Spring Dingy Race 1800 Hunt Harris Dobiel T.Patterson24-May -08 Sat Memorial Day Regatta 1300 Mitchell Whalen Dodd Reardon25-May -08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Ludw ig Holt Eleazer Reev es28-May -08 Wed Spring Dingy Race 1800 Bocko Oblow Elkins Roche1-Jun-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Hudson Harkins Eshbaugh Ross4-Jun-08 Wed Spring Dingy Race 1800 Larimer McCoy Ev ans Rudolphy8-Jun-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Peretz Barkley Gilman Sadlow e
11-Jun-08 Wed Spring Dingy Race 1800 deLaurentis Zucker Allington Sale15-Jun-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Weir Peterson Goldman Sav as18-Jun-08 Wed Spring Dingy Race 1800 Cox Asun Greeley Schmidt22-Jun-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Kunc Ludw ig Grimac J.Schonagen25-Jun-08 Wed Spring Dingy Race 1800 Dix son Proctor Groh Schw arzentraub29-Jun-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Field Dorsey Holberg Sheets2-Jul-08 Wed Spring Dingy Race 1800 Bocko McMahon Horton Shoffner4-Jul-08 Fri Independence Day 1300 Saltmarsh Richters How ell B.Smith13-Jul-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Trudell Wong Hulsey J. Smith27-Jul-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Gitschlag Roberson Hutson Spong17-Aug-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Slocum Fisher K.Johnson A. Stein24-Aug-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Noon Finny C.Johnson Stoess27-Aug-08 Wed Fall Dingy Race 1800 deLaurentis Anders J.Johnson Stone1-Sep-08 Mon Labor Day Regatta 1300 Hogan Northcutt Ramsey Flett3-Sep-08 Wed Fall Dingy Race 1800 Larimer Bosw ell C.Jones Strong7-Sep-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Nicholls Little Grov e Sy monds10-Sep-08 Wed Fall Dingy Race 1800 Longford J.Russell Kempner Terry14-Sep-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Bradshaw McCoy Kirkland Tinkler17-Sep-08 Wed Fall Dingy Race 1800 Quigley Anderson Lay ton Traccarella21-Sep-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 R.Schonagen Macek Lillestollen Trainor24-Sep-08 Wed Fall Dingy Race 1800 F.Stein Ay ers Lindahl Trapp27-Sep-08 Sat Dingy Club 1300 Smithson R.Patterson Sears Agee Whitt Rubel28-Sep-08 Sun Dingy Club 0900 Smithson LaVerne Allington R.Jones Wilt28-Sep-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Wickman Baer Litherland Ty ler1-Oct-08 Wed Fall Dingy Race 1800 Sw ails Barnes Long Ty ner5-Oct-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 Beckner Benefield Lov e Valone8-Oct-08 Wed Fall Dingy Race 1800 Fulton Bolt MacFaw n v anderMerw e11-Oct-08 Sat Aux iliary Club 1300 Bradshaw Proulx Boy ce Vath Wright Maples12-Oct-08 Sun Aux iliary Club 0900 Bradshaw Proulx Breazeale Voy Ziegler15-Oct-08 Wed Fall Dingy Race 1800 Hubble Bonner Mann Walters19-Oct-08 Sun Fleet Race 1400 B.Russell Bosson Matv y Weav er22-Oct-08 Wed Fall Dingy Race 1800 Gamey Bov e McCully White
Add stiffening boards to east fingers on East Dock.
Address lighting on all docks. (some are working and some are not)
Clear brush in the East Trailer Parking. (yes, again)
Install new rub strips on all dock pilings.
Fix and/or replace East Dock gang plank.
Lots of repairing on West Dock. (planking, structure, pilings)
Repair piling on Dave’s Dock walkway. (remember from last year)
Replace door latch on club house at the breezeway.
Inspect yard lights. (ours and LCUB’s)
Pick up trash at the West Ramp (that old dismantled dock)
Build new doors for some out buildings.
Inspect and repair the roof at Smith’s shed.
Organize the mess in Smith’s shed.
Hang new signs. Inspect dock plumbing.
Install new electrical box at the end of Dave’s Dock. (at the new section)
Replace gate key pad.
Tidy up club house landscape.
Inspect and repair Sunfish racks.
Pick up trash from shorelines.
Inspect the docks and ladders at swim beach.
Install a new dinghy dock at East walkway.
Install shelves in the club house restrooms for paper products.
Trim sucker branches from trees.
Clean up around fire pit.
Repair and paint picnic tables.
Sand brightwork on Rear Commodore’s boat.
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I will also need the help of some good kitchen staff as I will be providing those yummy burgers. I will give work hours to folks who help with the lunch shopping, prep and clean‐up. This is your big moment, sailors. Remember there is a minimum of 15 required work hours every year. Most of you put in at least 15 every month and I really appreciate it. It’s a great time to meet others in the club and fellowship in a nautical way. And…I don’t want to hear any belly aching in November!
Well, here we are again. It’s getting springer all the time. And the club is in need of a little fixing up.
Those famous work parties are going to take place every dry Saturday in March. There will be the usual cleaning, trimming, and picking up. And there will be some bigger pro‐jects too. Bring all the tools you know how to use for gardening, carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, etc. We’ll need rakes, chainsaws, hammers, screwdrivers, drills, circular saws, paint rollers, single edge razor blades, wheel barrows, shovels, tape measures, pipe wrenches and high powered rifles. Plus anything else you can think of. Here is a short list of some of this year’s projects. We are not limited to these, so if there is something around the club you think needs some work, let me know and we might tackle that too.
Calling all sailors and members . . . it’s “Rocky Top Regatta "time…. Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 26th, and Sunday, April 27th. Plan to sail in the club’s 2008 Invitational Rocky Top Regatta. If you’re not a skipper but want to crew, let us know. If you just want to come to watch some great auxiliary fleet sail-ing and enjoy time at your yacht club, everyone is welcome. It’s great spring racing,
a delicious catered dinner by Season’s Café for all members, and just a good ole’ time in Tennessee at Concord Yacht Club. Registration forms will be coming soon and the phone committee will be calling for advance dinner reservations in April for all non-regatta participants. This is a sailing event and party you won’t want to miss—save the date! April 25th Friday 6:00 PM Welcome Get-Together
Hosted by CYC Auxiliary Fleet Beverages & Snacks Provided
April 26th Saturday (Racing) 8:30AM Coffee & Danish 9:00-10:00 Registration & Sign in 10:00 Skipper’s Meeting 11:00 Racing Begins Saturday (Social) 6:00PM Happy Hour – Racers & CYC Members (Bring appetizer or dessert) 7:00PM Dinner & Music
April 27th Sunday (Racing) 9:00 AM Racing Begins (no start after 2:00 PM) Awards following
The fee to register your vessel in the Regatta will be $35. This fee includes racing registration, one custom designed Rocky Top 2008 t-shirt and one Saturday night meal. Additional meals, with advance reservations are $18.
Library Schedule, Steve Litherland [email protected] The CYC Library, located in the lobby of the clubhouse, is open every Sunday from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Items may be checked out for two weeks. To return library items when the library is not open, place the items in the book return box on the corner table in the lobby or on the table near the phone.
This month’s Practical Sailor features comparative articles on hand-held bearing compasses and foul weather clothing. The Practical Sailor magazine is located in a magazine file box in the club library.
High water library duty is not yet assigned. If interested in volunteering for library duty from May 4 – Oct 26, con-tact Steve Litherland at 483-5917.
Following is the March schedule: March 2nd Tom Kirk March 23rd Bob Sadlowe March 9th David Valone March 30th David Valone March 16th André Terry April 6th David Valone
We look forward to seeing all of you out at the club at the work parties getting the club ready for the 2008 sailing (and social) season. There are plenty of work hour opportunities to get the club ready for the season that do not entail hammering and heavy lifting. Gardens need tending, windows need wash-ing, walls need scrubbing (and maybe even painted) and those picnic tables need sanding, small repair, paint and some TLC.
Don’t forget however that helping out at one social event gets you almost half of your work hours and you get to meet fellow sailors and have FUN!! Please sign up to help at one or more of the work parties, and of course help out at a social event too!
Contact one of us for social event ideas, comments and to sign up! [email protected] Thanks to all of you who have contributed so far… 2008 should be fun!
Thanks! Ann, MaryLeslie & Rhonda
Saturday, April 19th Commissioning Party
Saturday, May 24th Memorial Day Shrimp Peel
Friday, July 4th Independence Day Party & Fireworks
Monday, September 1st Labor Day Event
October 11th (tentative date) Oktoberfest (club championship)
Spring is approaching. Are you going to need a Summer Slip for the high water season (May 15th ‐ November 15th)? If so, you need to request a Summer Slip no later than April 15th. You can do this Via the CYC webpage http://www.concordyachtclub.orgdocksstoragespaceform.shtml Or mail your request to:
Summer Slips are assigned by seniority number. The fee is $25.00 per month. The slip occupant map below has been added to the CYC webpage – “Harbor”. This should help you identify slip occupant, slip number, or dock assignment for a fellow member even easier than before.
“Boats are like people, it isn’t work that bears them quickly to the grave, but idleness. When a boat is being used she is being looked after; when she is laid up or spends week after week swinging to her mooring, she is deteriorating.”
Frank Mulally - ”Dear Dolphin” The Sailor’s Little Book, Sayings of the Sea
FOUR AREA TEAMS GO TO GOLD Four of our five high school area teams have been invited to compete in the north points Gold Regatta scheduled for March 15-16 at the Lake Norman Yacht Club. The Gold Regatta features the best eight teams from the Inland Lake region and the best eight teams from the Coastal region.
The six top teams in the Gold Regatta will then go to the SAISA Dis-trict Champs in April against the six best south points teams and the two top Caribbean teams. The north half of SAISA embraces some 41 teams from the Carolinas, Georgia, North Florida, and Tennessee.
1. Lake Norman, 2. Farragut, 3. Webb, 4. North Mecklenburg 5. Forsyth Country Day, 6. Oak Ridge, 7. Chapel Hill, 8. Bearden
Congratulations Farragut, Webb, Oak Ridge, and Bearden. Good luck in the Gold qualifier!
UT Sailing Club After a fairly uneventful winter, UT Sailing is picking up speed and looking
forward to warm weather and a raising water level. Over the winter break, 8 JY15 mainsails were restored by Sail-Care and will be put to use in UT’s upcoming home regatta on March 1st. If you would like to come out and support the Vols sailing team, races will start at 10:00 AM and end around 4:00 PM.
The infamous Tennessee Sailing Spring Break trip is just around the corner and I know we can’t wait to enjoy the wind and sun of Key West, FL. We will depart from Punta Gorda, FL on March 15, sail to Key West for a week of fun in the sun and return on the 22nd. This year’s flotilla includes an Island Spirit 401, Lagoon 380, Gemini 105 Mc, and a Catalina 320. New CYC Commodore, R.G. Smithson and long time CYC member, Wayne Cutler, will be skippering boats as well as UT Sailing Club members Alex Stein and Chris Smith.
Four UT Sailors, Adam Bonomo, Andrew Jones, Matthew Wickman and Stuart Johnson, will be working to com-plete their US Sailing Level 1 Certification on May 8th – 11th in Charleston, SC. The course will be taught by Collin Bentley, coach for the College of Charleston racing team. If you see any of these guys around the club, be sure to wish them luck.
If you are looking for crew for any regatta, please send an email to [email protected] and we will see about getting some young whippersnappers onto your boat.
Basic Dinghy Sailing (Sunfish) Dates & Times: 6pm-dark on August 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, and 21, 2008 Makeup day (in case of bad weather): August 23 from 9am-noon Cost: $180 for CYC members, $220 for non-members
Basic Keelboat Certification Course #1 (Catalina 22s) Dates & Times: May 19, 22, 26, 29; June 2, 5, & 9 (6pm to 9pm). Bad weather makeup day: June 12 (6pm to 9pm). Certification Test – June 14 from 9am-1pm. Cost - $425 per person
Keelboat Certification Course #2 (Catalina 22s) Dates & Times: June 30, July 3, July 7, July 11, July 14, July 18, July 21 (6pm-9pm). Bad weather makeup day: July 25 (6pm to 9pm) Certification Test: July 26 (9am-1pm) Cost - $425 per person
Keelboat 101 (Catalina 22s) Dates & Times: September 22, 26, 29, Oct 2, 6, 9, and 13 (6pm to 8:30pm) Bad weather makeup day: Oct 16. Cost: $325 per person For more details and registration information, please see the CYC website, or contact Kerry Harkins [email protected]
Ahoy! . . (nautical salutation) Considered by some authorities to have been an ancient Viking battle cry, the interjection is now commonly used to hail a ship. Alexander Graham Bell suggested Ahoy! As the appropriate salutation for answering the telephone. Although his recommendation was not accepted by society at large, the offshoots Hi!, Ho!, and Yo! have crept into colloquial English. From historical fiction to the music hall. Victorian writ-ers used nautical Yo-ho’s to add atmosphere and salt to their characters and skits. Operettas by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Author Sulli-van are liberally sprinkled with such derivatives. The well-known refrain from The Mikado is a case in point: But the happiest hour a sailor sees Is when he’s down At an inland town, With his Nancy on his knee, yo ho! And his arm around her waist!
When A Loose Cannon Flogs A Dead Horse There’s The Devil To Pay Olivia A. Isil
Luff Letter Sandra Ford-Johnson 531-3707 or 599-0751 [email protected] Clubhouse Reservations Elaine Proctor 671-8408 [email protected] Harbor Master Sandra Ford-Johnson 531-3707 or 599-0751 [email protected] Lift /Marine Railway Scheduling Phil Spurlin 988-3857 [email protected]
Phone Committee Sandra Ford-Johnson 531-3707 or 599-0751 [email protected]
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June 2 - 27th - four consecutive weeks and preferential placement for CYC members youths is in effect through April 15th. After that, it's first come, first serve/register. The program format remains the same, 9am - 5:00 pm with early drop off at 8:30 and late pick up 5:30 pm. The rates are the same as well:
CYC Member Costs Non CYC Member Costs
Deposit $50.00 $50.00 Tuition $125.00 $170.00 Boat User Fee $55.00 $55.00 Volunteer Fee $40.00 $40.00 Total Fees: $270.00 $315.00 If CYC members are also members of the Training Fleet they do not pay Boat User Fees and need to note this on their applications. The volunteer fee is paid if parent/adult cannot volunteer four hours of their time to assist in the Sail Camp program. These hours may be during camp or prior to the start of camp in preparation of the program. Questions can be addressed to Suzi Richters at 691-0656 or [email protected]. We encourage all to regis-ter via the Concord Yacht Club website – www.concordyachtclub.org - under “Sail Camp.”
