September/October 2008

Labor Day Weekend EventsClambake • Annual Meeting • Cookout

Notice of Annual MeetingSunday, August 31, 2008At 1500 hours at the clubhouse

Report of the Bridge and Election of Trustees

It’s YOUR club; find out what’s going on; getinvolved in the planning and share your ideas.Reports from the Bridge and committee chairswill be followed by election of Trustees. Two of sixat-large positions are elected by the membershipeach year. This is your opportunity to raise issuesto the Board and Membership, provide sugges-tions or join a committee. Minutes from the pre-vious Annual and Winter meetings are postedonline at www.pibyc.org.

Member Appreciation CookoutFollowing the meeting, there will be a Member

Appreciation Cookout at 1700 hours. The club willprovide all the food, plates, silverware and setups.See you there.

Eighth Annual PIBYC ClambakeSaturday, August 30, 2008

Cash Bar – 1700 • Dinner – 1800The Bake consists of a dozen clams with a bakedchicken half, cup of clam broth, a sweet potatoand corn on the cob. You may substitute steakor crablegs for the chicken. Indicate choice withyour RSVP.

Chicken Bake - $22.50Strip Steak Bake - $26.95

King Crab Legs Bake - $29.50

Reservations are a MUST by 8/26/08

Sign-up on bulletin board, call 419-285-4505 oremail manager@pibyc.org for reservations

LONG-RANGE PLANNING MEETINGFriday, October 3, 2008 at 1900 hours

Flag officers, trustees,committee chairs and all interestedparties will be meeting to hear ideas and suggestions forthe 2009 club calendar. Please join us.

CHANGE OF WATCH DINNERSaturday, October 4, 2008

1800 - Cocktails • 1900 - Dinner

EYE CLOSER BRUNCHThe Eye Closer brunch after the Change of Watch hasbeen cancelled.This year we will not be closing the“EYE” until the end of October in order to have aHalloween Party!!! Read about the party plans on page3 of this Jib Sheet.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!PIBYC has been a volunteer-based club since its incep-

tion. Some old-time members can still remember thedays when there were no employees, no bar, no food ser-vice, no dock and the club sat dark most of the time.PIBYC has evolved into a full-service yacht club, butyour volunteer help is still desperately needed. We arefortunate to have numerous member volunteers whodonate hours, talents and services to our club. Thanks tothe generosity of our volunteers, we have been able tokeep our costs down and offer more events and services.

In order to continue our growth as a club and keepprices low, we need the help of every member. Pleasesign-up for an event committee, help at a Friday nightdinner or consider supporting the club as a board mem-ber and share your professional expertise. Volunteeringis a great way to support your club, meet new friends,and become an active member. If you are able to helpout at an event, just contact Club Manager Rudy Cooks(419-285-4505) or a Trustee about your willingness tohelp with one of the many needs of your organization.Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Volunteers are one of our greatest assets – pleaseremember to show our volunteers how much they areappreciated by continued patience and kindness.

Ad-ViceWell, even though some schools are begin-

ning, the summer activities are still goingstrong at the club. The participation atSchool House Bay was just short of twentyboats with approximately 60 people enjoy-ing that gorgeous summer day. Roger Ingleand I cooked burgers and brats and, ofcourse, we had tons of food that everyonebrought to share. It was truly a fun, fun day.

Cruise-outs for September are Toledo YachtClub and Cedar Point. Check this Jib Sheet formore information and the sign up sheets areon the board in the club for both.

I do want to thank all the members whosupported the fundraisers and parties thisyear. It’s nice to have a great party and raisemoney for the club at the same time.

I also want to thank all the members whoarranged the cruise-outs. Even when thesame person does the planning, it stillrequires a lot of time.

Finally, consider attending the PlanningMeeting on Friday night, October 3rd at1900 hours. This is your club so come andshare some fresh ideas. It’s always nice foryou to know what’s happening first-hand.

Hope to see you at the club at one of ourfall activities.

John SpencerVice Commodore

Rear View ForwardThe I-LYA Regattas consist of a Junior Sail, Powerboat, and

Senior Sailboat and are the largest events that PIBYC hoststhroughout the year. My wife, Vivien, and I were very fortunatethrough the hospitality provided by Steve and Polly Nagy topersonally attend and participate in all of the activities. Weboth had heard from others how time consuming and involvedthese events could be and, more importantly, how much isexpected of the host club, PIBYC and its members in order tomake it all come together. On any given day we could countover 30 PIBYC members giving of themselves and their time,day after day, some up to 10 hours a day working side by sidewith the I-LYA staff and committees. The events were well orga-nized, on time, and we did not hear a single complaint, onlypositive praise about the PIBYC members and their cooperation.

I would personally like to thank all of our members whocontributed to making the regattas successful as this reflectswell on our club. Steve and Polly Nagy put together a staff ofvolunteer bar tenders who covered our bar sales for over 210hours and brought in over $8,000 in sales. Marilyn Paselskyand Bob Bahney III put together a staff, coordinated by VivienDennerll, for I-LYA T-shirt sales which sold over $12,000. Hotdog sales were coordinated by Marylou Ramsbottom who puttogether a volunteer staff providing hot dogs, chips, drinks,and fruit to the participants of Powerboat and Sail Regattas.Pati and Raymond Arth ran the hot dog sales during Juniorswhen no other food was available to them. Laureen Mooneyand her staff of volunteers could be found in the early morn-ing hours providing breakfast and lunch to the juniors as wellas other meals throughout the regatta, along with ourCommodore Jennifer Kahler who would appear early to washpots and pans and come back later in the afternoon to servelemonade and cold water to the Junior racers. Kris and ReniMiller and the crew of volunteers provided an excellent steakroast. Rose Kahler could be found assisting Woody and pro-vided Vivien with extra geraniums to plant so that ourgrounds could look a little better. Our VC John Spencer andSharon filled in wherever needed. Other members of our clubprovided support and safety and coordinated the race courseswith I-LYA. It should be noted that some of these volunteershave been participating for over 30 years!

I can assure you we can all be very pleased with our managerRudy Cooks and his staff. His dealings with the I-LYA were pos-itive and professional and he provided any and all services nec-essary in a timely fashion and represented our club very wellduring all the events.

I would also like to thank the past commodores, past presi-dents and long time members for the time they took to sit downwith Rudy and myself to inform us of what would be expectedof PIBYC and its members. I greatly appreciated the time Ed andAbigail Skoch spent with Rudy and myself before the regattas sothat we were aware of what would be expected and needed. Ienjoyed working with I-LYA Commodore Jack Attkisson and hisflag officers. Jack, past commodores and PIBYC members coop-erated and assisted in every way possible.

A special note to my wife Vivien, “I appreciate your supportand time as you made it much more enjoyable workingtogether.”

Roger J. DennerllRear Commodore

Commodore’s BriefingThe weather is cooling, but boating and

club activities are still going strong. ChefWoody continues to provide delicious Fridaynight dinners and the Change of WatchBanquet is just around the corner. In thepast, the “Eye” closed “the Season” the dayafter Change of Watch but this year, we havedecided to keep the “Eye” open until the endof October.

For the first time, PIBYC will host aHalloween party that will be fun for theentire family. Autumn is my favorite time ofyear on the island and I hope you all havethe opportunity to come and enjoy the beau-ty, fun and splendor of the season.

Jennifer KahlerCommodore

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PIBYC Board MeetingMonday, Sept. 1, 2008 at 0900

AuxiliaryIt is hard to believe that the summer has wound

down. The Ladies Auxiliary luncheons are over.Thank you to all who volunteered their time andefforts to make these luncheons so successful. Again,thank you to Alice Boag, Ginny Trethewey andSusan Fegen, your luncheons were great. Thank youto the Upperdeck for hosting our “On the Town”luncheon. The Silver Sails out-did themselves. “Foodfrom the Decades” was enjoyed by all, as was as allthe trivia that we had forgotten from those decadesgone by. Woody prepared the food for the last twoluncheons held at the club and the food was superb.A special salute to Woody. Thank you for all you do!

Susie Chrysler featured clothes from the Misty Bayat the July 29th luncheon. Her clothes were thecutest, as were her models. Kim Pugh from thePuddle Duck did a fashion show at the final lunch-eon hosted by Sally Duffy on August 12th. Themodel and the clothes were terrific.

A special thank you to Laureen Mooney and hermany volunteers for the hours they spent preparingfood for the junior regatta.

I would like to wish the best of luck to next yearofficers, Vivien Dennerll, president, Laura BookerCoviello, vice-president and Candy Baker, treasurer.This is a wonderful slate of officers and I am surethat next year’s luncheons will be even bigger andbetter.

As my term concludes for 2008, I would like tothank everyone for your support and concern for theLadies Auxiliary and the Put-in-Bay Yacht Club.

Smooth Sailing in 2009.Connie FrenchAuxiliary President

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Club Manager NotesMy first regatta as Club Manager is now all but a memo-

ry. Many members gave me fair warning and most of yourinput proved beneficial and true. It was a busy three weeks,but three weeks I must say I truly enjoyed. I attribute thisto the incredible volunteerism by Put-in-Bay Yacht Clubmembers, I-LYA volunteers, and the Put-in-Bay Yacht Clubstaff. Our employees found it extremely easy to work along-side so many willing volunteers. Whether it was a steakroast, fish fry, awards ceremony or past commodore’s recep-tion...people were positive, helpful, and caring. I look for-ward to our club hosting many regattas to come.

Rudy CooksClub Manager

SEPTEMBERSept 5th Ribs & ChickenSept. 6th Seafood FeastSept. 12th City ChickenSept. 13th Italian NightSept. 19th Prime RibSept. 20th Murder Mystery Dinner TheatreSept. 26th Chicken Paprikash

Friday Dinners

Something’s Brewing!PIBYC will host a Halloween Party on

Saturday, October 25th!!! There will besomething for the entire family.Dress-up in your finest costumesand make sure to bring all your lit-tle ones for a great evening of fun,

costume contests, crafts,Halloween inspired food,scary decorations, “MysterySpook Boxes”, music andmore! This will be a haunt-ingly good time and youwon’t want to miss thisone-of-a-kind event. Catchthe “spirit” by wearing a cos-tume and receive an extraspecial bonus!!!!!

Adults - $8; children 6-12 - $5; 5 yrs. and under FREE

Thanks Put-in-Bay Yacht Club!Pam and I would like to thank all of PIBYC. The Regatta

could not have gone as well as it did without your supportand well wishes. We were so proud to be able to boast thatPIBYC is our club.

Special thanks to Steve and Polly Nagy and their crew ofbartenders. Reni Miller, Pati Arth, Jill Cooks, LaureenMooney, Kristin Wygant, Kay Drake, Rose Kahler – all ofwhom jumped in and helped serve at the Ladies’ Tea. I amever so grateful to all of you. And to Candy for setting it allup - thank you.

Thanks to Rear Commodore Roger Dennerll and his wifeVivien, who were there everyday from start to finish andalways willing to lend a hand. We’d also like to thankMarcia and Allen Ashley for doing a phenomenal job onthe brunch and for their personal unwavering support.

Chef Woody was absolutely amazing! The cocktail par-ties were superb and the Ladies’ Teas were great!! Wereceived so many compliments on all of these events. Andlast but very definitely not least - Club Manager RudyCooks. Rudy was thrown into this and came out milesahead!! What a terrific job he did. The Club looked great allthe time, we always had everything we needed and a goodtime was had by all.

Many, many thanks again to all of you.

I-LYA Commodore Jack Attkisson

The Put-in-Bay Yacht ClubP. O. Box 51Put-in-Bay, Ohio 43456-0051

419/285-4505, www.pibyc.org

FIRST CLASS MAIL

Join in the Labor Day Weekend fun

Friday Night Supper

Saturday Clambake

Sunday Membership Meeting

followed by an Appreciation Cookout

See page 1 for details.

PIBYC BOARDOF TRUSTEESP/C Bob Bahney Jr.Dean CormierP/P Kay DrakeDave FlickingerConnie FrenchRoger IngleStephen R. NagyHon. George C. Smith

PIBYC 2008 OFFICERSCommodore* – Jennifer Kahler

Vice Commodore* – John SpencerRear Commodore* – Roger Dennerll

Power Fleet Captain – Dean M. CormierSail Fleet Captain – Ed Skoch

Fleet Chaplain – P/C Sam GregoryFleet Surgeon – Gabriela Kaplan, M.D.

Membership Secretary – James DettmerRecording Secretary – Kristin WygantTreasurer – Maxton (Clark) C. Davies

Historian - Muriel B. EianAuxiliary President* – Connie French

Auxiliary Vice President – Vivien Dennerll

AUGUST22 Lounge Open/Friday Night Dinner, 180023 Rambunctious Reverse Raffle, 173029 Lounge Open/Friday Night Dinner, 180029 Long Range Planning, 190030 Clambake (reservations required), 180031 PIBYC Annual Meeting, 150031 Member Appreciation Cookout, 1700

SEPTEMBER1 PIBYC Board Meeting, 09005 Lounge Open/Friday Night Dinner, 18006 Historic Memorial Service, Perry Monument12 Lounge Open/Friday Night Dinner, 180012-14 Toledo Yacht Club/Maumee River Cruise-Out13 Theme Dinner, Italian Night19 Lounge Open/Friday Night Dinner, 180020 Murder Mystery Dinner Theater25 Sandusky YC Cruise-Out (Thursday overnight)26-28 Cedar Point Halloweekend Cruise-Out26 Lounge Open/Friday Night Dinner, 1800

OCTOBER3 Lounge Open/Friday Night Buffet Dinner, 18003 2009 Planning Meeting, 19004 PIBYC Board Meeting, 09004 Change of Watch, 1800 Cocktails, 1900 Dinner5 Eye Closer Brunch - CANCELLED25 Halloween Party at the Club

DECEMBER5-7 I-LYA Winter Meeting,, Westlake Holiday Inn

PIBYC Cruisin’ PIBYC CRUISE-OUT TO THE TOLEDO YACHT CLUB

Friday, Sept. 12th - Sunday, Sept. 14thJoin us for the weekend. Arrive when you can, by land

or by sea. Closest hotels are the Wyndham at TwoSeagate/Summit Street, Toledo (419-241-1411) or theFairfield at 5685 Benore Rd, Toledo (419-725-0050).

Cocktails followed by dinner at the TYC Friday at 1800.Your weekend bar bill will be forgiven up to 50% of yoursecond night’s dockage. Time to buy a larger Yacht??

On Saturday morning we will depart on a BYOB cruiseaboard the Arawana II with Captain Sean at 1000 to seethe sights and stop for lunch on the Toledo waterfrontwith a variety of restaurants to choose from. Return voy-age to TYC at 1300. Saturday afternoon just relax andenjoy the outdoor pool, tennis, volleyball or the lounge atTYC. Venture out to one of the many local attractionssuch as the Art Museum, COSI Science Center, theBotanical Gardens or the Toledo Zoo. Play a round of golfat one of two nearby courses (must be 50 or older for BayView Retirees course adjacent to the TYC) Tour the WillisB. Boyer, a retired Great Lakes freighter from the pilothouse to the engine room or just go exploring with yourdingy. Saturday Dinner TBD.

Sunday brunch may be an option at TYC for those whoneed not depart early. I will keep you posted as brunchwill be dependent on adequate head count so be sure toindicate your preference on the sign-up sheet at PIBYC.Please call me at 734-755-7373 if you don’t make it to theBay to sign-up or need more information.

PIBYC CRUISE-OUT TO CEDAR POINT

Friday, Sept. 26th - Sunday, Sept. 28thJoin us for the weekend, arrive when you can, by land

or by sea. Make your reservation at Hotel Breakers or out-side of the park, if you wish. To reserve your dock with thePIBYC group call the marina (419-627-6567), preferablyby 08/29/07.

Park hours are as follows: Friday night 6pm - midnight;Saturday 12 noon - midnight; Sunday 10am - 8pm

Friday night tickets are: $25.95 regardless of where youpurchase them. Junior & Senior tickets are $19.99 everyday. Saturday or Sunday ticket vouchers can be obtainedat the Marina office for the purchase of a discounted tick-et at any gate for $34. IMPORTANT: I will need to knowthe particulars from all who arrive by land in order to getthem. Price otherwise is $44 at the gate.

Schedule for the weekend will be flexible and optional.We will plan a cocktail hour or two and leave mealtime tothe rider’s discretion.

Sunday brunch will be at the Sandusky Yacht Club forall who are interested commencing at 1100. This is alwaysa first class experience. Reservations are recommended sobe sure to indicate your preference on the sign-up sheet atPIBYC. Please call me at 734-755-7373 if you don’t makeit to Bay to sign-up or if you have questions.

Dean CormierPower Fleet Captain

2008 Club Calendarsee pibyc.org for updates

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COMMODORES' WALKWAY The Commodore’s Walkway extends alongside

the patio down to the street and already hasmany engraved bricks remembering and honor-ing loved ones and members. This would make agreat Father’s Day gift!

Order forms are available in the club office oronline at www.pibyc.org. Get your order in soonto make the next installation date.

DOCKAGE RESERVATIONS • Open to PIBYC members and the public May

15th to October 15th• Two day minimum on weekends• Cancellation deadline is 12 noon on the day

prior to the reservation• Rafting is required on east side of dock on

weekends• Full rules pibyc.org.

This column is our opportunity to thank members andfriends who have given of their time and talent to ben-efit our Club. If you happen to know or see them, besure to add your thanks as their contributions areimmeasurable.

• Steve and Polly Nagy for coordinating over 120hours of volunteer help during the regattas and fordonating countless hours of their time to the club

• Marylou Ramsbottom and all the Silver Sails foroperating and organizing the food sales during theregattas

• Laureen Mooney for coordinating and managing allthe volunteers and meals during Jr. Bay

• PC Bob Bahney III and Marilyn Paselsky for all theirhard work on the regatta T-shirts

• Thanks to the Jet Express for providing transporta-tion for the cast of our September Murder MysteryNight.

• Fleet Surgeon Gabriela Kaplan for hosting our annu-al Classical Music Concert in July

• PC Bob Bahney Jr. for planning another terrificPelee/Leamington Cruise-out for 30 club members

Put-in-Bay Community Swim/Sail ProgramI-LYA JUNIOR RACE WEEK WRAP UP

For the second year in a row, PIBYC sailors GageAuger and Kate O’Brien qualified for the 420Championship fleet at the I-LYA Junior Race Week, fin-ishing in 7th place. All in all, eight PIBYC juniors com-peted in three fleets. Colleen O’Brien and crew AudreySheehan finished 7th in the 420 Commodore Fleet.Michael Trebilcock raced in a laser and ColleenMooney, Kevin Schnieders, and Alyssa Trebilcock com-peted in a Thistle, finishing third in the CommodoreFleet. Thank you PIBYC for your generous financialsupport for these juniors.

PIBYC HOSTS THE AYC CARSON CUPOn July 12th, thirteen junior sailors from PIBYC com-

peted out in the bay against seventeen sailors fromGrosse Ile, Jolly Roger, North Cape, and Toledo Ice forthe AYC Carson Cup and Junior Carson Cup Trophies.Top finishers for PIBYC in the 420 fleet were GageAuger and Kate O’Brien who finished in second place.Our Opti sailors also did well. In a ten boat fleet, JohnO’Brien finished second behind Sam Rush from NCYC.Josie Sheehan, Zoly Urge, Adam Myers, and EricsonBooker finished 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th, respectively.These young sailors, ages 9-12, along with John Ballasand Bobby Prendergast, also traveled to Port Clinton onJuly 26th to participate in the I-LYA OptiChampionship regatta. John O’Brien finished secondoverall and Josie Sheehan was second in her age divi-sion and 6th overall. More importantly, every one ofthese young sailors, including Gunnar Auger who com-peted in Sandusky, improved their skills, increasedtheir racing knowledge and confidence and made newfriends. Watch for these young sailors in the future.

ATTENTION NEW SWIM SAIL PARTICIPANTSWe need to know about new participants ASAP. To

be added to the Put-in-Bay Community Swim Sailmailing list contact Jane at (440) 286-5546 or sendyour contact info to pibswimsail@gmail.com.Visitwww.pibswimsail.org for program info. Thanks.

HEALTHY EATING; HEALTHY LIFEFleet Surgeon Gabriela Kaplan, M.D. has provid-

ed the club with a program about healthy eating,diet and food choices. The DVD’s can be checkedout in the Club Manager’s office. A $5 deposit isrequested at the time of check-out and will berefunded when the video is returned. If you areinterested in attending a live program providedby Dr. Kaplan on October 5th at 10am, please addyour name and contact information to the listlocated on the bulletin board at the club.

The PIBYC invites you to a

Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre

“Murder Gets the Vote”

on Saturday, September 20, 2008

Cocktails 5:30 p.m. • Dinner/Show 6 p.m.

Dinner and Show $30.00

R.S.V.P. Club Manager at 419-285-4505or email manager@pibyc.org

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