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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&

LEATHERLIPS.COM NOVEMBER 2007

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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 [email protected]. 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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