PCYC Jib Sheet - February 2015

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tions to Steve Nellett at

[email protected] we

can make sure the informa-

tion is correct for the up-

coming book.

Have you paid your dues

yet? If you have, thank you

very much! If you havent,they are past due now and

our treasurer would appre-

ciate your payment soon.

Those who do not pay bythe end of January will be-

gin to get assessed finance

charges. In addition, those

who miss the January grace

period deadline will beconsidered delinquent and

their names will be posted

in the front lobby by mid-

February. Any delinquent

member that is also a dockholder is not protected and

their dock can be reas-

signed by the dockage

chairman. There are cur-

rently 20 boats on the

waiting list.

I encourage you to stop by

the Ships Store. Carolyn

Nitz has ordered in some

very unique items for the

store so check it out the

next time youre at the club.

Remember, the bar tenders

can always assist you with

From the Commodore

Jib Sheet

HOW ABOUT THOSE

BUCKEYES!!! O H _ _

The Recognition Dinner wasJanuary 10th and I must

say was it was a wonderful

event. Jim and Bev Sy-rowski along with their com-

mittee did an awesome job

putting on an outstanding

Prime Rib dinner. The night

was filled with many thanks

to members that served our

club last year along with

bestowing our three pres-

tigious awards and we had

some fun too. Attendance

was in the mid 80s with 20Past Commodores in atten-

dance! Now for the

awards; the Oliver True

Award for outstanding ser-

vice went to PC Mike Nitz.Mike has been serving our

club for many years in

many different capacities

and is well deserving of this

award. Be sure to con-

gratulate Mike when you

see him next. The Shark

Perpetual Trophy went to

Jack Clawson. Jacks sup-

port of the Jr. Sail fleet

over the past few years

has been much appreci-ated. Thanks Jack! And fi-

nally the George Shade

Memorial went to Jayson

(JJ) Miller. JJ is a very

dedicated young sailor who

takes his sport very serious

and is always striving to

get better. Congratulations

to all the winners this year!

The Social committee has

met three times and is hardat work on next years

book. However, they could

use your help. Please take

a moment and review your

personal information in the

back of the book and the

social event you served on.

Please forward any correc-

Por t C l in ton Yach t C lub

February 2015

your purchase when the

store is not open.

February has many great

events lined up starting

with soup & sub potluck on

the 1st(Super Bowl Sun-

day), ever popular BYOS

on Saturday the 7th, HalfWay to the Bay on Satur-

day the 14th, a Jr. Sailing

Fundraiser on Friday the

20thand finally Friday

Night Snacks on the 27th.

These are all great events

so come out, brave the cold

and enjoy your club.


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options for all the major work,present the options to you,and in the end, YOU decidewhat projects are done forYOUR club. I won't bore youwith all the minor stuff beingdone around the club underthe leadership of PC Chuckand Eric, but you will notice

differences in the lighting,restrooms, garage, internet,and other areas as they arecomplete. We meet weekly inperson or by phone so pleasefeel free to pass along yoursuggestions to me directly,Chuck, or Eric. My e-mailis [email protected] my cell number is

312.961.6522. Stay warm, Iam confident summer willcome again!!!

With low temperatures andsnow it is hard to get excitedabout boating and swimmingpools. But the various commit-tees, staff, board, and flagare all busy making sure thefacility is in good shape forthe 2015 season. My thanksto the many members who

volunteer their time so readilyand the staff, all who makemy role as rear commodorelook easy. I am pleased tosay the Planning Committee,under the leadership of PCJohn Bolte, will take an activerole in two major club pro-jects, the swimming pool pro-ject and the building pro-

ject. In addition to ChairmanPC John Bolte, the PlanningCommittee is comprised of PCJohn Kocher, PC Todd Finke,PC Todd Bickley, PC DougYoung, and myself as rearcommodore. Using their manyyears of experience and theircontacts with the membership,the board wants to be sure

the correct option is pickedfor the benefit of the entiremembership. It was decidedat the first Planning committeemeeting that the pool projectwould be co-chaired by PCJohn Bolte and myself. Johnhas been evaluating the op-

tions given by the various con-tractors and developing moredefined scopes of the variousoptions to send out to startsecuring better pricing. I amalso excited that fellow mem-ber Ron Zwierlein will be pro-viding guidance to the com-mittee as Ron was in the pool

business for many years andeven participated in the de-sign of swimming pools for theOlympics held in Athens,Greece. Some of you maynot be old enough to remem-ber the Olympics in Ath-ens. Once we get closer to afirm pricing on the various op-tions from a minimal repair to

a brand new relocated pool,the planning committee willconduct meetings with themembership to assure we taketo vote the option that YOUwant. The Building Committeewill be co-chaired by PCDoug Young and myself, andwe are evaluating the bestmethod to move forward. This

project admittedly fell behindwith the needs of the pool.We need to keep moving for-ward to determine optionsfrom doing nothing to a majorremodel. I again want to sayit is the committees andboards job to evaluate the

The Rear Perspective

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Fleet Captain of Sail

As I am writing this we are less than 90 days away from the Put-in-Bay Ice-Breaker. Time to start getting theboats back into shape. To this point the winter has not been that bad and will hopefully lead into a very nicespring. The finishing touches are being put together for the 2015 Cruise-Out schedule. I am just waiting to hearback from a few more marinas to confirm dates. When the schedule is completed, an email will be sent out sothat you can start planning your 2015 PCYC cruise schedule. Please contact me with any questions.Happy boating,RJ Basil, FCOP

up the Learn to Sail sessions. Look for-ward to further information as theyear progresses.

We have had terrific response from

our Sail Fleet Members. If you have

not renewed your Fleet Dues there is

still time!

There will be an I-LYA Junior Meeting

at Sandusky Sailing Club on February

7 to discuss the upcoming Junior Sail-

ing season. The Travelers Series race

at PCYC has been set for July 17.

Cliff Ruckstuhl our Auxiliary Sail Chair

is busy arranging workshops for our

members. February 28 is a Safety at

Sea Seminar and March 21 is our

North U Seminar for racing sailors.

February 20 is our first Junior Sail

Fundraiser on Friday Night.

Spring cant come too soon!

Jim Miller

Greetings to all PCYC Members. As Iwrite this we are still in Florida wind-ing up our Winter Sailing Tour! We

arrived in Florida before Thanksgiving

and have completed a number of re-

gattas from Tampa to Miami. While in

Florida I received word that JJ had

been awarded the George Schade

Memorial Trophy for Junior Sailor of

the Year. Without letting him know we

returned to Port Clinton for the Recog-

nition Dinner January 11, 2015. What

a surprise for JJ. The following Mon-

day JJ and I flew back to Florida to

compete in the Ft. Lauderdale to Key

West Race.

The Shark Perpetual Trophy given for

outstanding service to the sailing fleet

was awarded to Jack Clawson. Jack

has made substantial contributions to

the sail fleet with his assistance on the

race course. What a great accom-plishment by both Jack and JJ!

The Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Race

started January 14. JJ and I were

fortunate to have been invited to sail

on a J 120 on this popular race. Al-

though JJ has sailed across the Gulf-stream on trips to the Bahamas this

was his first competitive offshore race.

The race started off Ft. Lauderdale in

light northeast winds which built to 20-25 knots close to the wind. Most of thetop yachts managed to carry spinna-

kers all the way to the Key West Sea

Buoy then beating in light to medium

winds to the finish inside Key West. It

was a joy to compete in this race

again, especially with my Grandson

JJ.

I have completed most of these races

starting in 1976. For many of those

years I sailed my Beneteau 38 SeaTurtle winning the event overall in

2004 and 2006. In 2008 we did our

last race on Sea Turtle with Rob and

Kevin Kyle taking 2ndin the IRC Class.

I am happy to report Bad Fish the

Melges 32 from North Cape Yacht

Club took overall awards this year.

Holy Toledo the Hobie 32 also com-

peted placing 1st in PHRF Class C.

Nice job by both of these I-LYAyachts.

The 2015 sailing season is well along

in preparation. The I-LYA Travelers

Series dates have now been set and

we have locked down our primary

coaches Ian Kyle and Amber Waite.Additionally we will have specialty

coaches for our race team. Matt

Wenzinger is well on his way in lining

Fleet Captain of Power

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PHOTOS FROM THE 2015 RECOGNITION DINNER

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Just a friendly reminder to remember toadvertise your events. There are manymethods to get the word out on your eventlike posters in the lobby, table tents, sub-mitting it to the Jib sheet and one of the

most effective ways, an Email blast. To getyour message in the Jib Sheet, submit yourevent message to [email protected] to the [email protected] for anEmail blast.

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February 2015

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1st Souper-Bowl Party2:30-5:30Donations

Bring a soup to share

if inclinedSoup, Hot Dogs, Chips

& Dip and Desert

2 3 4 5 6 7.

8 9 10 11 12 13 14.

15 16 17 18 19 20. Jr SailFundraiser

Lasagna

Dinner 6-8:pm

21

22 23 24 25 26 27. FridayNight Snacks

28. Safety atSea Seminar

ColonialClub

BoardMeeting

BoardMeeting

MembershipMeeting

14thHalf Wayto the Bay 7pm

Paradise Island

8pm. $8 for Hors

doeuvres, $2

pizza,

Night Snacks!

27th

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PCYC Jib Sheet - February 2015