COMMODORE
Spring has come and by the time this issue reaches
your kitchen counter top, the calendar will have us closer to the first day of Summer – June 21st.
Also by this time, A-Dock will be in, mulch and plants will be installed
and planted, the grounds will have been groomed, the Spring racing series
underway, classes for Sail Indiana set to begin, and we will have had two of
our major summer socials
– Mother’s Day and Memorial Day.
And, our first regatta - Mayor’s Cup - is scheduled for the weekend of
June 1st.
Next up will be our Father’s Day brunch, Friday
night race June 7th, and our biggest summer cookout - July 4th Pig Roast.
While we are on the subject of socials and upcoming
events, let me plug my Commodore’s party.
I have changed both the event and date.
I now will be hosting an evening event – Saturday August 17th, with a catered
dinner and DJ utilizing a Hawaiian theme (so we can get some use out of all
those Tiki torches we have been storing in the
shelter house closet for years). Reservations and tickets will be necessary so
that we can monitor the number of members attending and advise our
caterer. So keep your eyes glued to the
summer newspaper ads from Stein Mart and Kohls to buy
those loud and colorful print shirts.
The shirt won’t go to waste, you can also wear
it to the Buffett concert.
One of my required duties as Commodore is to read
the Club’s Bylaws and Rules handbook.
Only a few of us have ever read this booklet and at that, most of us
just skimmed it. But while reading it,
under Article IX the Club Logo and Burgee are defined. “The Club Logo shall be a silhouette of a
boat, showing the main, jib and hull configuration with the luff
of the jib designed to resemble the head of an eagle. The Club burgee shall be a swallow-tail
pennant, gold in color on a navy blue field with the letters “ECSC” in navy
blue on a gold field.” After reading
this, it made me wonder who among our founding fathers designed this. If you have any information please let me
know.
One final note:
The lower shelter house is available for members to reserve for small
private parties. If you would like to
reserve this shelter house, please contact me.
The use of the upper shelter house for private parties is quite limited
following the ratio set out in the Club rules of six non-member guests maximum
per one hosting member, and provided the use of the upper shelter house does
not conflict with any scheduled ECSC event.
See you on the water !
Larry January, Commodore
HARBORMASTER
Hello all. I
hope you have gotten some sailing in by this time. Those of you with slips will want to have
launched by June 1st and have moved your trailer to the Farm. If you cannot launch by then, call Rick Sprowl or me and we will find you
a temporary parking space & maybe someone could use your slip until you are
ready to launch. Please put your
stickers on your trailers and boats - this is very important if we need to
contact you.
Welcome all new members. If you have any questions please call us!
We have done so much work, but a lot remains to be done. Please call us if you
want to volunteer for what is remaining.
Again, thank you to all you who do so much for our Club!
We have plenty of water right now and hopefully that
will remain so through our sailing season.
Happy Sailing……...
Christy Merriman, Harbormaster
Rick Sprowl, Assistant Harbormaster
RACING
Well boys and girls, we finally got a race off on
the Wednesday Spring Series (May 15th), with winds of 12 – 15 mph from the
South. Red fleet started first and
sailed to the East shore line and was lifted up to mark 6. After making the turn and sailing down wind
on port tack, some of these boats didn’t look out for starboard-tack boats
coming up to the mark. No one was hit,
but there were some close calls...need I say more?
At the end of the race, Capt. Childs and crew was in first place, but the R/C boat wasn’t
on station for the finish. We had over
26 boats at the starting line -- great turn out! Red Fleet gets top accolades with 14
boats. Green and Blue fleets had 6
boats. Yellow and White had 1 boat
each. YELLOW and WHITE sailors needed!
The current yellow and white sailors need some competition. Make it a family night out OR the guys night
out OR the gals night out. Just come on
out and join in the fun. We nearly ran
out of hot dogs on our May 15th Wednesday night cook-out with over 60
sailors. THANKS to the IUPUI team that
helped run the race and did the cooking.
Up and Coming
News
June 7th, a Friday night, marks our first single-handed
race...harbor start around
July 6 & 7 ECSC
Regatta—two days of racing in
Racing Rules
Section
A – Right of Way
10. ON
OPPOSITE TACKS
When boats are on opposite tacks, a port-tack boat shall
keep clear of a starboard-tack boat.
11. ON THE SAME TACK, OVERLAPPED
When boats are on the same
tack and overlapped, a windward boat shall keep clear of a leeward boat.
12. ON THE SAME TACK, NOT
OVERLAPPED
When boats are on the same
tack and not overlapped, a boat clear astern shall keep clear of a boat
clear ahead.
13. WHILE TACKING
After a boat passes head to
wind, she shall keep clear of other boats until she is on a close-hauled
course. During that time, rules 10, 11
and 12 do not apply. If two boats are
subject to this rule at the same time, the one on the others port side shall
keep clear.
Note: Notice the word “shall” !
Race Office
LADIES FOR SAIL
Mark your calanders for
Saturday, June 22. We will be doing a SADIE HAWKINS REGATTA!! This is a
turn-about race where the ladies pick the boat they want to skipper, and pick
their (male) crew. So fellas,
don't be surprised when one of the lovely and talented SKIPPERINAS comes a'courtin.
This will be a PHRF race so that we can helm the
boat we are most comfortable with. Plan
to have your boats on the water by
As always, we will follow with refreshments. There will be a sign-up sheet posted on the
racing bulletin board. We will also need
volunteers to do race and safety committees.
Janet Hickok
MEMBERSHIP
The very wet month of May did not slow down the
interest in our Club. Please welcome
three new members and their families:
Randy and Patti Beattey will be sailing on a
Com-Pac 23.
Jim and Charlotte Gridley will be sailing either a Precision 23 or Compac 16.
Daryl and Jodie Timby will be sailing a C&L 14.
The following is an unofficial list of boats owned
by Club members:
Catalina 22 27 Hobie 18 3
Catalina 25 14 Lightning
19 3
Highlander 20 12 O’Day 22 3
Hunter 260 9 Thistle
17 3
J22 8
J24 8
Hunter 23 7 Clipper
26 2
Hunter 23.5 7 E-Scow
26 2
Finn 16 6 Flying Scot 19 2
Hobie 14 6 Hunter
22 2
Hobie 16 6 Hunter
240 2
Laser 14 5 MacGregor 22 2
MacGregor 26 5 Merit 22 2
S2 7.9 5 O’Day 19 2
Catalina 250 4
Merit 25 4 Santana
20 2
O’Day 23 4 Santana
23 2
Precision 23 4 Sea
Devil 12 2
S2 7.3 4 South Coast 22 2
Beneteau 235 3 Other 61
Force 5-14 3
Mike Kaschak,
Membership
SOCIAL
I hope those of you that made it to the Mother’s Day
brunch have finally dried out. Even
though Mother Nature didn’t cooperate, I know that Bill Harrington and his crew did an outstanding job cooking and
getting everything ready for all of the Moms.
Thanks to Bill and all his helpers.
By the time you get this Telltales,
the Memorial Day cookout hosted by Jack
and Karen Hale will have
passed. Thank you to Jack and Karen and
all of their assistants who always do a great job.
Mark your calendars for the Father’s Day brunch on
June 16th. Roger Black will be hosting the event. Roger has indicated that he still needs a few
volunteers to help get everything ready.
This is a great opportunity for our new members to become acquainted
with everyone. I encourage all of you to
think about helping out with any upcoming event. The hosts cannot do it by themselves. If you would like to volunteer for Father’s
Day, please call Roger at 773-7396 or me at 244-1561.
Even though this doesn’t fall under the social
category, I would like to make everyone aware of the book exchange that we
have. In the big shelter house there are
several containers with books in them.
These books are for any member to borrow and return whenever they are
finished. You are also welcome to drop
off books that you no longer want, so someone else can enjoy them. It’s like our own little library.
I think that’s it for the social scene. Remember to pack your chair in your vehicle
for those spontaneous chair parties.
Please feel free to stop me whenever you see me at the Club if you have
any new ideas for a social event.
Edna Sprowl, Social
TAILER’S TIPS & TALES
That's right, it's another
episode of Tailer's Tips and Tales, the information
superhighway here at ECSC. This is where
you can find all of the latest info on Club happenings and the real truth
behind the scenes. Did you know that Evan steals lots of cool Tailer stuff from you every month?
"Write a big one" he says every time and
then he whittles it down to 2/3 of the original size and tells me that I can't
say this or that. Luckily for all of us,
his fabulously sexy wife Katie does
the personal spell check and puts bunches of cool stuff back in when Evan isn't
looking.
Let’s talk about the weather. Who stole it?
Where is it? How can we get summer to visit us this year? Enter Trouble
(Club dog and investigative reporter on the scene). Trouble foolishly agreed to infiltrate a camp
of roughnecks on a recent Wednesday night to get us the information that we
need. Smelling hotdogs and hamburgers,
he raced into their camp without his disguise and was instantly spotted.
As Trouble puts it:
"Someone stepped on my tail and as I was trying to escape, their "Big
Man" held me down and shouted at me in an unintelligible language. He knew my name, I heard him say "TROUBLE,
blah blah blah!"
over and over again."
Trouble narrowly escaped with his life. Still, he did his usual thing and came back
with the story about the food on location.
The weather will get here, drive out to see the Club on a rainy day and
see how nice the weather is at your boat.
Boats have an invisible force field.
It is always sunny on your boat, even in the middle of winter …
Really! Come see for yourself.
New guys come to the chair party. Local drug stores are ready to sell you
chairs with armrests and cup holders for only $7.99 plus tax. Get four, you can afford it and you have at
least that many friends that might have forgotten their own chairs. Get some chairs, you'll need them.
On the bright side, one thing that seems promising is
the water level. We've flooded twice to
the point where you need waders to get on all of the docks. The photos will pop up at a chair party near
you soon. So, you will be needing
chairs...told you so.
If
you haven't been sailing already, shame on you!
Let’s go right now. No more
excuses. Just get a rainsuit
and go.
Dangerous advice:
Tip
#1) Spend time with Sue Ross right
now … you'll see.
Tip
#2) Come to all of the Club parties that you can and stay late.
Tip
#3) Raft up with your friends in a cove (Evan recommends this highly).
Tip
#4) Come to the Mayor's Cup dinner and sing at the kareoke
evening dance party.
Less dangerous advice:
Tip
#5) Get your hats, shirts, jackets, and vests from Max Gray at the Ship’s Store.
Wear the stuff everywhere.
Tip
#6) Bring something nice for Trouble
and notice what a great job he does. One
tiptoe through the goose poop at Rick's docks will help you understand
(Editor’s note: ...and notice the lack of bees at our Club, a favorite Trouble
delicacy).
Tip
#7) When launching, try to not launch just before the racing program has one of
its races (Wednesday evening and Sunday early afternoons). It really gets congested on the ramp. When you put your boat in, you aren’t always
ready to blow out of there right away.
This tip reduces stress, be aware.
Tip
#8) How many times do I have to say this? Spring lines snug, bow and stern lines
slightly loose!
Tip
#9) When you are flying your chute downwind and a big
puff hits you, threatening to slap your mast into the water, you should:
A) Tell the skipper they screwed up again.
B) Release the chute so as to hide the sail behind the
main for later.
C) Release the sheet just like any other sail.
D)
Put on your life
jacket and put your head between your legs and….
Can't
answer that one? Come to a chair party
and learn the truth.
Tip
#10) Thank Bob Bodish whenever you
get the opportunity.
The basics:
Tip
#11) Put your dollar in the bag for your ice. It's the honor system, let’s keep it that
way.
Tip
#12) Lock the gate when leaving after dark...get extra keys for your glovebox.
Tip
#13) Be polite to others on the lake; you only get one
chance to do this one right. Don't blow
it!
Tip#14) Relations with the Parks Department should
always be nurtured. We are the
renters. Any contact with Parks
personnel must be in-line with Club policy.
That is:
we are the renters and we are always willing to help in any way that we can.
Tip #15) Unauthorized use of Club facilities should be
discouraged (i.e. fishermen, pontoons, or anyone who pulls up to OUR docks to
help themselves). A good way to approach
this situation is to identify yourself as a dues paying member of this private
Club and mention that you are dead sure there are facilities on the public side
of the
Tip #16) Have as much fun as you can this season,
don't miss a day.
Tailer, The De-staffinator
SAFETY & EDUCATION
Ahoy!
Reminder...the
first of six consecutive 2001 Sail Indiana sessions is Saturday, June 15th,
We
should be finished by
We
request training assistance from at least one parent to help ensure a safer
learning environment. If you haven't
contacted me about this yet, please call 317-891-9367 before June 15th.
Karl Walther, Safety
& Education
Bob Hickok, Safety &
Education Assistant
2002 BOARD
MEETINGS
July 9 September 10
October 8 November 2
November 12 December 10
2002 REGATTA
SCHEDULE
Mayor’s Cup June 1/2
Finn Championship June 1/2
Friday Night Race June 7
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
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)