COMMODORE
The hot days of summer are here and the Club is in
full swing.
We have had our socials for Mother’s Day, Memorial
Day, Father’s Day, and the Coca-Cola Mayor’s Cup Regatta.
Next up is our biggest social of the year – the July
4th pig roast and the ECSC Regatta July 6th and 7th.
The Commodore’s Dinner and Dance will be Saturday
evening, August 17th. This is not a
pitch-in. Just bring yourselves and your
best Hawaiian shirt. I am planning a
buffet followed by dancing provided by the DJ that played last year at Eileen’s birthday party. All those that attended gave two thumbs up to
for the DJ. We need you to make your
reservations with a $10.00 per person deposit prior to August 5th so that we
can plan the buffet. Check the flyer
inside for more details.
Sue Ross will be leaving us and
moving to
Sue will be missed and we wish her the best. Hopefully, she has been training a secret
apprentice understudy that will carry on in her footsteps.
Until next month- see you on the water.
Larry January, Commodore
HARBORMASTER
Hi fellow Club members, I hope all of you are doing
well. I want to do something different this month; we are always telling you
what to do and not to do, so I want to tell you how I began sailing and found
ECSC.
I need to conduct some short business first - Rick
and I are splitting up the responsibilities – we don’t want to be assigning
more than one member to the same parking or beach spot. Rick
Sprowl will take care of all requests for parking and beach spots. I will take care of any subletting – slip
disputes – slip wait list. Of course,
that is not all we do!
My step-dad was in the Navy, stationed at
Last, but not least, I met my wonderful husband, Ralph Merriman, through sailing/racing
at ECSC. Ralph and I have been together
for about 11 years now, so I can say I have been a sailor for over 20 years...I
like that. We joined ECSC in 1989 and we
have sailed in
I hope to meet a lot of you this season. Our boat is the Merit 25, named Parrothead. I have a
land chair, but I prefer my boat chair.
So, I probably won’t be at many of the land chair parties. What can I say, it is a sailing club, see you
on the water ……
Christy Merriman, Harbormaster
ASSISTANT HARBORMASTER
We've been busy this year, and the Club is really
taking shape.
The newest change is the replacement of the 48-Hour
docks. Members without slips are welcome
to use them for up to forty eight hours before being expected to put their boat
back on the trailer. This can make for
some enjoyable weekends since you could launch on a Friday night and not need
to pull back out until Sunday night. These slips are the first four fingers on
your right as you walk out toward D-dock.
The end finger of the dinghy dock was removed to make room for the
fourth dock, and has become Bob Bodish's new private
canoe dock.
We have a new ice chest up at the shelterhouse on the west wall. It's keyed for your gate key (same as the
other ice chest). Now we should be able
to get through an event weekend without Bob having to reorder ice. If we buy enough ice from it, Polar Ice will
let us keep it permanently.
Jud Jaqua has finished painting the members sail loft, and we will being installing the sail storage tubes soon. Bob Lee has donated a new water
fountain by the clubhouse restrooms. It
was installed by Roger Knapp and Bob Bodish Paul Schenkel donated several new pieces of lawn
furniture. It's real quality stuff that
should stand up to our abuses.
Please thank all of the above the next time you see
them.
Please also thank Jay and Barb Meulen for keeping
our restrooms spic and span. The new
cabinets in the restrooms are for the storage of their cleaning supplies.
Dry parking is becoming difficult for some members
as some boats that had parked for the winter are still not in their assigned
wet slips. I have already moved a number
of "late getting into the lake" boats. Remember that June 1st was the deadline for
wet slip owners to get their boats in and their trailers removed to the
farm. Some boats still not in their
proper spots have padlocks on them.
Please be courteous to your fellow members.
We currently have seven abandoned boats on the
grounds. We'll be making every effort to contact the owners and get them
removed. You will probably be seeing
them parked along the left side of the drive as you come down the hill. This
will open up the assigned spots and make for easier access for the Sheriff’s
Department if we end up having to have any towed.
See y'all out there.
Rick Sprowl, Assistant Harbormaster
RACING
The Indy Highlander Challenge Cup Series is half
over already with the ISC in a slight lead 44 — 41. The first race was at ISC while the second at
ECSC during the Mayor’s Cup. Results are
shown on page two..
The last two races will be at the Governor’s Cup then at the Indy 5 at Giest on September 14th.
Charlie Brehob
Mayor’s Cup Results
Highlander J-22
1.
Spengerman 1. Berner
2.
Brehob 2.
3.
Feldhaus 3. Lowe
Red Fleet Finn
1.
Argay 1. Tate
2.
Childs 2. Myers
3.
Ahrbecker 3. Andrews
Blue Fleet Gold Fleet
1.
Richards 1. Gray
2.
Alyea 2. Fox
3.
Pankhurst
Green Fleet
1.
Hickock
2.
Ganyard
Mayor’s Cup Award: Charlie Brehob
Broken Mast Award: Bob McCoun
Our 1st Friday night race was on the evening of June
7th with a turnout of eight boats. Wind
from the East at 6-9 mph saw Ralph
Merriman sail away from the fleet.
The next single handed race will be July 12th...skipper’s meeting around
Race Office
LADIES FOR SAIL
June 22nd marked our first annual Sadie Hawkins
Regatta. We had a great turnout of eight boats.
Despite light wind and scorching heat, the lovely and talented skipperinas, together with their devoted crew, did two
races. The results: 1st - Edna Sprowl, 2nd - Janet Hickok, 3rd - Patty Kashack.
Congratulations to our other participants as well: Kelly Mallaby, Therese Waechter, Eileen Leonard, Christy
Merriman, and Lisa Wodock. Special
thanks to Chauncey Olin and Bob Hickok for race committee, George
Sechrist for Safety, Mark Mallaby and Wayne Myers
for Scoring, and Bob Ganyard
for refreshments!
The next event will be the ever-popular Treasure
Hunt in August...date and time TBA. So
ladies, show em your _____ -- ____s (bowline -- Knots)!!!!
Janet Hickok
YOUTH RACING TEAM
ECSC Youth Racing Team is set to debut skills at the
I-LYA (Inter-Lake Yachting Association) Junior Bay Week Regatta held near
Currently, there are eight sailors from our area
(including four that will represent our Club) ages 12-18 that have been
involved in traveling to numerous junior regattas around the
The future for youth sailing and ECSC looks
promising. We now have many young sailors
at our Club. Wayne Myers is sponsoring a youth training camp the 2nd week of
July at ECSC that will bring in 15 new younger sailors. THANK YOU
I am currently organizing the ECSC Junior Racing
program for the Bay Week junior regatta for this year. I have participated in the organization of
ISC effort to send young sailors to Bay Week for the past two years. Now I would like young ECSC to have the
opportunity to go to this event. I have
recruited an experienced coach and shored support for the ECSC effort to send our your sailors to the premiere event. While this program is still in its formative
stages, there has been a great deal of momentum established thanks to the help
of numerous volunteers and the enthusiastic support of ECSC membership. THANK YOU so much for supporting this effort.
In addition to moral support and the use of
equipment, we will be trying to raise funds necessary to offset some
of the expenses incurred in participating in this regatta. These funds will assist in sending our young
sailors, with safe and proper equipment, regatta fees, and related items to
represent ECSC at this week long event on
Please contact me, Tony Hubbard (thubbard@fluorrx.com or thsailor491@aol.com), if you
would like to assist in the growth and success of this valuable endeavor to
build a strong program at our Club.
Tony Hubbard
MEMBERSHIP
I would like to thank all of the new members who
came to the annual new member cookout on Friday night, June 21st. Hopefully everyone had a good time, plenty to
eat, and actually received some helpful information about the Club. I would especially like to thank George Alyea for planning, preparing,
cooking, and hosting this event. Also, a
big thank you to the Commodore, Asst. Commodore, and all of the other committee
heads who came and gave useful information.
Please welcome two new members and one member who
cannot stay away from the club no matter how hard he tries:
Chuck and Susan Walker are back sailing a C-Scow.
Joe and Sharon Taylor will be sailing a Highlander with their daughter
Kathleen.
Sergio and Jennifer Guerrero will be out on their MacGregor
Venture 222.
We now have 242 family/regular members, 8 social
members, 2 lake associates and 2 race fellows.
We also have 163 children who belong to the Club, so please drive slowly
and carefully.
Mike Kaschak,
Membership
SOCIAL
I hope everyone who attended the Father’s Day brunch
had a good time. Thank you to Roger Black and his cooks for a
fabulous feast. I think all of the Dads
appreciated it. I saw a lot of envious
Dads watching Ed Rice open his new
remote controlled sailboat. Maybe the
race committee should look into a smaller version of racing.
Please be sure to look further in this issue of the
Telltales for information on the ECSC night at Victory Field. We will be going on Thursday, August 1st to
see the Louisville Bats take on our own Indians. The game begins at
Don’t forget about the July 4th Pig Roast at
See
you all at the Club….
Edna Sprowl, Social Queen
TAILER’S TIPS & TALES
Another article during the summer?! Evan, you are annoying! You know that I have lots to do. This one is going to cost you. Some of us actually like to sail, you know. That's what YOU guys have been doing, right? Well, of course you have. OK, I'll do my best to give you a short one with "new guy" tips. Don't ask for more, I have local chinese delivery coming my way soon.
Welcome to this hot July episode of Taddler's Tips and Tales, the place for all the latest stuff that your Club has to offer. Featured in this article: The new ice chest upstairs. Great idea but I hear that it has trouble keeping the ice cold. What's up with that Bob?
Let’s see … Trouble says that you new guys aren't helping out with open coolers. New guys, get over it, it's your turn. We have all helped out before. Open your cooler for Trouble in front of all of your friends for one month and you have done your duty. New guys are coming in so fast now that you won't have to do it as long as the rest of us did. Trouble needs more water when it is humid, give it to him or walk in goose poop. Your choice...it is up to you. He's happy to spend his time in the ladies room where it is cool on the concrete floor and the traffic is better than the men's room because the guys have already had a chance to go out on the lake and won't be walking upstairs. Trouble says you can wait in the men's room all day to get out but you can get your pass out of the ladies room every fifteen minutes because of the high level of traffic. That is the way the doors open, Trouble knows his home.
Kenny Chapman is back! See
him at a chair party near you soon. Sue Ross is going to
Do I still have time for a couple of tips? Well, sure …
Tip #1) Never dump your portolet into the lake. You want the E-Coli level to stay way down. Trust me and just use the big gray dump tank by the ramp behind the portable bathroom.
Tip #2) Watch your head, the boom will swat you. Yes, it's a new guy tip. The advice is sound though. Old guys need to remind everyone about this that they take out on the lake for the first time. Do not ruin someone’s first sailing adventure.
Tip # 3) Chair party! Chair Party! Chair party! You will be needing chairs, go get them.
Tip #4) Reserving the shelterhouse for personal events requires the prior permission of the Commodore. You'll be left alone when you choose the little one by the playground. People will crash your party upstairs at the big one.
Tip #5) New guys, get some extra keys for your spouse, other car, etc … Be sure to lock the gate after dark. The ladies of the Club really appreciate this.
Tip #6) Stay late and look out for the raccoons. Trouble says that we now have twelve of them on the premises and he's pretty sure that a new family is now living out under C-dock just past the bridge. Don't lean low and peek real close. Raccoons are kind of mean when cornered, especially new moms. Watch from a distance and surprise them with a flashlight.
Ooooh, The chinese is here! Stay tuned for more …
Evan, this one costs you two months salary for me. Just so you know.
Tailer, The De-staffinator
SAFETY & EDUCATION
***NEW*** There will be an
introductory CPR class held in the main club shelter on July 13th from
Also, "Learn to right your
boat" Practice Day. A controlled
environment for the people who want to learn to right their multihull
or dingy boat before a catastrophe happens.
We'll meet at the launching ramp picnic tables about
The Sail Indiana 2002 sessions are officially underway. The class size is
yielding 3-4 students per instructor...so more detailed training is available
to the eager sailors. So far, they've learned the anatomy of a Laser, balancing
a Laser (wet training), the points of sail, and some sailing history. We'll be hands-on and sailing for the rest of
the remaining classes. Thanks to Dr. Bob McCoun for taking the lead
Instructor position, and Wayne Myers
for his unfathomable sailing knowledge.
We're trying our best to fill some very big shoes. As we approach Independence Day, our thoughts
and prayers are with you Karl Walther. Thanks for your leadership at the Club and
service to our nation. God Speed.
Bob Hickok, Safety &
Education Assistant
2002 REGATTA
SCHEDULE
ECSC July 6/7
Comet Championship July 6/7
5 for 5 August 31
Governor’s Cup September 7/8
Highlander Cup September 7/8
Highlander Cup September 14
Hornback October 12/13
Thanksgiving November 29
FOR “SAIL”
Need to sell Highlander 'cause my family says "no more centerboard trunks for us". Painted (Interlux Largo Blue) Fiberglass D&M hull #815, mostly foam re-cored, with aluminum mast, boom, and removable motor mount. New halyards (quick-ups) installed 2000. Two full sets of older sails in good condition, new spinnaker pole. Original tilt trailer/bunks with new trailer jack. Asking just $2,950. Contact: Steve Myers (stevelm@comcast.net)