• Racing

    Knee High by the fourth of July

    July 1, 2016 - By 

    Ahoy ECSC Racers.

     

    Well, it is July in Indiana, the corn is knee high, and our racers are ripping it up here on our home waters and across the country.  Our Wednesday Spring Series has just concluded with great racing all Spring.  Congrats to Les Miller for winning the new Blue Fleet in his S2 6.9 Turbolina.  The winner of White Fleet, our largest fleet (13 boats) was Mike Clark sailing his Precision 23, Logos. Green Fleet was won by Dr. Bob and Kenny sailing the Highlander, Kowa Bunga. The always competitive Red fleet was topped by Bob and Janet Hickok in Spontaneous Combustion (J24).

    Sunday Racing has been building strongly this year. Sunday races are scheduled from 2 to 4 during June, July and August.  New this year are club championships that will be sailed concurrently with the rest of the Sunday fleet. Our innaugural Catalina 25 Championship was won by Bob Hickok. Check the schedule for upcoming club championships.

    Speaking of championships, the 2016 J24 Hoosier championship are 2 out of 4 regattas in.  This is a new series between the J24 fleets of ECSC and ISC. ECSC Mayor’s Cup and Governor’s Cup along with ISC Geist Guzzler and their Keelboat regatta count for the series. With Mayor’s Cup and Geist Guzzler completed ECSC is in the lead. There will also be an individual winner named. Jason Hubbard finished highest from our sister clubs in the Mayors cup, and Perry Cameron was on top during the Geist Guzzler. The scoring system for this series is a high point scoring system. After the accountants at ECSCScoring.notarealwebsite.com  tabulated the results…… Jason and Perry are tied with 13 points each.  Full scoring for the regattas and the Hoosier championships can be found on the racing page.

    Don’t Forget the ECSC Regatta and Beach Party is coming up on July 9th and 10th. Our Past Commodore Nick Mates has great plans for the beach Party. Dr. Bob and Kenny will be sharing Race Officer duties. The NOR is available on the website and the SIs and entry forms are posted at the bottom of the race page.

    ACWS

    Past Commodore Nick Mates attending the Americas Cup racing in Chicago
    Past Commodore Nick Mates attending the Americas Cup racing in Chicago

     

    Last month we had several of our ECSC members make the trek to Chicago for the Americas Cup World Series racing in Chicago.  This was the first time any Americas Cup racing ha

    s ever been sailed in fresh water! Chicago put on quite an amazing event and the Americas Cup is sure to return in the future. The AC 45 catamarans tore up the waters of Lake Michigan and even set a new speed record during a race.

    Rick helping Team softbank load their hulls into shipping containers
    Rick helping Team softbank load their hulls into shipping containers

     

    Integrity nearly ready for her 235 mile race to Mackinac Island
    Integrity nearly ready for her 235 mile race to Mackinac Island

    ECSC will be represented in this years Port Huron to Mackinac race.  This is an annual race sponsored by Bayview Yacht Club. Captain Tony Hubbard has entered  his deep-draught Ocean Racer s/v Integrity. She is a 1961 Alden Challenger Yawl. Your fearless race chair will be aboard for this momentus race. We will be sailing the Shore course (slightly shorter than the Cove Island course) which is 235 miles long.

    Port Huron to Mackinac courses
    Port Huron to Mackinac courses

    For more info check out the website at www.bycmack.com . There is also a tracker on the website so you can be part of the action. Integrity is in Class N and will proudly be carrying an ECSC Flag and Burgee.  I believe that this is the first time a boat registered from ECSC has competed in this race.

     

    Integrity on a ball at Put in Bay
    Integrity on a ball at Put in Bay

    Special thanks to everybody that has kept our race program running smoothly.  See you on the water.

     

    Rick

     

  • Membership - Uncategorized

    July Membership update

    July 1, 2016 - By 

    Welcome to new members in June.  Hope to see you at the July 4th Pig Roast on 7/4 at 3:30.

    • Claudine Samanic from Avon.
    • Dave and Deanna Plank from Greenwood, sailing a S2

    There will be a New Member Orientation in the upper shelter house on Sunday, 7/17  1:00 pm.

    NEW WEB SITE:  Geoff Endris has been hard at work to get our new website up and running.  Please go to ecsail.org, log in with the password that Geoff sent to you individually, click on MEMBERS and you will see a world of information.  You will find a ‘Member Listing’ of all current members of ECSC.  You will also have access to a PDF copy of our orange 2016 Membership Booklet.  You will be able to access our club By-Laws as well as General Club rules and much more.  Many thanks to Geoff for the many hours that he has spent making this happen.

  • Safety & Education - Uncategorized

    July Safety & Education update

    July 1, 2016 - By 

    Well the second week of sail camp is about to come to a close, and the kids all seem to be having a great time!  Our Junior team is performing well instructing the campers, and we have exposed over 30 young people to the sport of sailing in the past two weeks.  Parents must be talking to their friends about the camp, because believe it or not, I am already getting inquires on when registration for next year’s camp opens!  I have been taking some video and pictures for the website, and once I get some time to compile and edit it I will get it up there.  Btu for now, here are a few pictures of the campers.

    The Junior Race team has also been busy and placing well.  In the I-LYA Junior Travelers Series, Cameron Douglas is currently 4th, Reagan Lessick is 7th, and Jonathan Schwartz is 24th out of a total of 44 boats!  Great work team!

    Each year the team races 5-10 Saturdays during the months of June, July and August, around Indiana, Ohio, New York lakes.   July 17 we will land on the Island of Put-In-Bay, for Junior Bay Week, where the team will do battle once more.  The regatta will consist of up to 15 races in 4 days on Lake Erie. Came has made this trip many times over the last 6 years, and this year will be his last, since he will age out. He has won 2 out 4 travelers series races.  So we are believing he will show well at bay week this year and go out on top.  Cam’s teammate at Junior Bay Week, Reagan, is a young 16 year old sailor.  She is 5’3″, she is big on winning, and had been working out all winter.  Reagan will be the force that will be pushing the boys this year.

    Wish your Junior Team Well and follow them here!

  • Store

    Ship’s Store July Sale

    July 1, 2016 - By 

      SAIL ON/SALE ON

    Celebrate July 4th by visiting your Ship’s Store.

    All items listed in the Discontinued Items section of our Online Catalog will be reduced by 50% off the catalog price for this holiday!

     Sizes and colors are limited. Refer to the online catalog for photos and product descriptions.

    Store hours – 1PM to 6PM

     

  • Publicity

    July Miscellaneous Items

    July 1, 2016 - By 

    The club is in full swing.  Lots of activity around the club.  Lots of people staying late to enjoy the extended summer daylight.  It is normal to assume that if there are cars in the parking lot, someone else will lock the gate when they leave.  This could be a bad assumption for a number of reasons.  Make it a practice to lock the gate behind you when you leave after dusk.  The best way to remember this is that if you would have to turn your boat’s navigation lights on, then the gate should be locked when you leave.

    Have you checked out our new web site?

    Hopefully, you have had the opportunity to check out the new web site.  And hopefully, you have logged in and updated your member profile.  If you are having problems, please send me an email.

    Speaking of emails, you can reach any of the club officers or committee heads by using the “Contacts” link on the left side menu.  Just select the person you want to contact and an email will automatically be sent to that person.

    Wanted: Publicity Volunteers

    With the new web site, we have a lot more content to post and maintain.  If you would like to help generate content or curate the web site, please send a note to Publicity on our Contacts page.

    Geoff Endris

  • Commodore

    Is it May or July?

    June 1, 2016 - By 

    What a strange spring it has been!  The weather in the beginning of May felt like the end of October, and the weather at the end of May feels like July.  The only thing that did seem normal was the ridiculously wonderful wind.  This was the first Mayor’s Cup since 2008 to have a substantial amount of wind, and I for one had a great time.

    The new website is online and appears to be fully functional.  Geoff Endris has spent a great deal of time putting it in order.  It is unbelievable the amount of time and energy it takes to put something like this together.  If you see Geoff, please thank him for his efforts.  If you hate the new site then the complaint forms are located in the sharks mouth on the wall of the John Storer pavilion.    Most of the relevant content to the site has been added.  We do plan on adding additional members only content such as the old Telltales and Board minutes for historical purposes.

    I am personally working on digitizing old copies of the Minutes.   I have only had time to finish up until 1973, but have already found several interesting things that I didn’t know.  For instance, the ECSC symbol you see accompanying this article was the original symbol of our club.  During the board meeting of March 22, 1973,  four insignias were presented before the board so that we could adopt an emblem that “would be easier to reproduce”.  Our current emblem offered by Lee Boschen was the one adopted.

    Another interesting tidbit is that it was decided in April of 1972 that the new ECSC newsletter would be titled “Telltales”.  John Halstead took the lead on discussing the format and low cost advertising contained within.  In the spirit of the 100th Indy 500, I will share one last token of interest.  (ECSC Minutes, April 27, 1972) “May 28-29 is the first major regatta of the season, the “500 Regatta.” Two races will be held each day, and a $7.00 entry fee will be charged for non-members”.

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  • Social

    Memorial Day is upon us

    June 1, 2016 - By 

    Despite the cold, rainy weather, we had a great turnout for the Mother’s Day brunch.  Big “Thank You” to Mike and Katie Smith for a job well done!  Tony Rice spent his time at the grill as the Smith’s wingman.

    David Knapp is gearing up for our Memorial Day cook out.  The weather is expected to be beautiful and breezy.  First burger will be served at 3:30.  Get you sailing in early and dock in time for some grub.

    Upcoming Events

    • Father’s Day host – the Kidd family
    • Labor Day host – Jack and Candy Hale
    • Chili Cook Off host – Jennifer and Ryan Eastridge
    • Final Bash host – Nick Mates

    Still seeking volunteers for the 4th of July and Lobster Fest!

    Vickie