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Subject:
This seasons events
From:
“Sardis Lake Marina” (Add as Preferred Sender) ?
Date: Wed, Feb 03, 2010 9:19 am
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I’m trying to compile a listing of all events that we are going to do this season. I would love to include some listings for the SLYC.. Any ideas are welcome!

maybe we could… Meet and greet
Car wash fund raiser(We will donate at least one dockhand for labor and supply all materials)
Wine tasters
poker tourneys
Tie-up partys
We can make anything happen we just need to schedule it and then we can work out the details!!!

Thanks,
Rick

Well, Christmas is behind us and I hope everyone had a good one.  Did Santa bring you lots of boat stuff?

I hope Charley got his frostbite sail in over the holidays.   He was looking for crew on the CREW page before Christmas, did anyone sign up?  As for me, well, I can wait a few more weeks ’til Spring.

Am looking forward to seeing you all on the water this season.  And lets really commit to getting the Club going.

Well, the Sardis Cup Regatta is behind us and the season is mostly over. I don’t know about you but to me it seems it went too fast. Where did the summer go?

I do wish that there was more active interest in the yacht club and participation on this web site. this site was set up using a WordPress blog format so that everyone could contribute but there doesn’t seem to be much activity here. We see each other on the water but can’t seem to get organized.

I wish I had had a camera aboard in race 3 as Serendipity crossed El Tiberon at the windward mark. Man! She really had a bone in her teeth! Coming down like a fast freight! Wasn’t sure for a few minutes if we could cross. She was on starboard tack and we were on port.

I had Mike Kelly (novice) for crew in that one and am kind of glad he didn’t know to be nervous. The wind was really too much for Serendipity and we were really pushing the limits. Add to that a close crossing at a closing speed of close to 15 knots and it could have been interesting! Much more so than the incident between Seth and Jay.

So, its time to start thinking and planning for next year. And this site is, probably, the only place we will come together before spring so, PLEASE, jump in and post. If you aren’t familiar with blogs and don’t know how to post, read the How To; it gives brief
instructions.

See you here, I hope, and on the water next year. And let’s try to really get the Club organized before then. Okay?

Jim

The weather seems to, finally, be cooperating.  Chance of showers and thundershowers ending by mid-morning tomorrow and conditions improving through the weekend.  Winds SW to WNW anywhere from 4-8 depending on which weather service you look at.  Gust velocities also vary from one service to the next.

All in all it looks like a good weekend for racing.  I hope you all received you Sailing Instructions last week; if not, I have some extras printed out.  See you at the skippers meeting 10:00 A.M. on the veranda.

After having to postpone our regatta because of weather, it occurred to me that it might be nice to be able to check on the conditions at the lake from our website.   Since some of us live at some distance from the marina the weather we are having at home isn’t necessarily what is happening on Sardis Lake.

Therefore, I’ve added a Page to the top bar menu where one can choose from several sources; NOAA, AccuWeather or The Weather Channel.