COMMODORE
In my opening article in the November 2001
Telltales, I wrote that Pauline and
I joined the Club in the vicinity of 1974 – 1975. Some 26 – 27 years later, I/we finally became
front-page news as your Commodore.
Now, in what sometimes seems an eternity and at
other times seems to be a mere moment, my term as Commodore is over. Hopefully, I have assisted the Club in some
small way to become better. I have
enjoyed the experience and it has helped me learn and grow as a person.
A hearty thank you to the
twenty-four board members that have assisted me in making this yet another
great year at the Club. Among these twenty-four, your
Officers and Committee Chairs (Vice-Commodore - Max Gray, Treasurer - Tom
Moore, Secretary - Dave Fort,
Harbormaster - Christy Merriman and Rick Sprowl, Membership - Mike Kaschak and George Alyea, Publicity - Evan
Williams, Racing – Wayne Myers
and Mark Mallaby, Safety/Education –
Bob Hickok, and Social – Edna Sprowl) have all given countless
hours in their positions to better our Club.
In addition to these twenty-four, are the countless
volunteers that have assisted with work parties, socials, and regattas.
Without all of your help and support, this past year
would surely have been an eternity.
In November, at the Final Bash, you will elect new
board members to fill vacancies. Ballots
and reservation forms will be addressed somewhere in this issue. From these board members, your next Commodore,
Max Gray, will select the Officers
and Committee chairs. I know that you will give Max and his board the same
assistance and support you have given me to yet improve our Club further.
As we enter the closing days of the season, be
mindful of the water level. As I
mentioned last month, the Eagle Creek water gods can lower our bathtub and
leave you in the mud. Follow the
Harbormasters’ instructions governing winter boat-parking storage and the
removal of trailers from the Farm.
Plan to attend the Hornback Regatta/Chili Cook off
this month and the Final Bash in November.
As I write this article, Mark and Kelly Mallaby
are considering plans to move to
Until the snow falls – Keep sailing
!!
See you either on the water or at one of the
upcoming final events.
Larry January, Commodore
HARBORMASTER
Water Level
A great web site to visit for lake levels is
http://in.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=03353450.
Sail Loft
Update
We’ve installed twenty 10-inch PVC tubes in a rack
in the sail loft for sail storage for the beach sailors. End caps will be installed soon. Also, look for shelves to store dry boxes,
and pegs to hang life jackets etc.
Winter Parking
It’s that time of year again. Trailers are starting to migrate back from
the farm to “reserve” winter parking spots. Please remember that the “Car
Corral” (both sides of the rope) is off limits until after the Hornback/Chili
Cookoff.
Rick Sprowl,
Harbormaster
INDY
HIGHLANDER CUP
Below are the results for the 3rd Race of the Indy
Highlander Cup. On page 7 are the
results of the 4th and final race of this series. After four races and being outnumbered in
boats 22-20, the Indianapolis Sailing Club (at Geist)
wins this Cup 146-110 for the second straight year. Congratulations to ISC...and also all of our
ECSC members/racers who participated.
This series greatly helps strengthen our relations with ISC.
RACING
The 5 for 5 Regatta had a turnout of 13 skippers and
crews all trying to remember which way to turn with the gates on the race
course. All 5 races were under the
leadership of Capt. Leeman and 1st
Mate Judy Breitzke. If you missed this race, well sorry about that. “A job well done” to
this 1st class race committee. The
winners are:
Red fleet ~
Don Argay
Mike
Kaschak
Mark
Malaby
Gold fleet ~ Mike Gray
Querro
Green fleet ~ Tim Hollingsworth
Wayne
Myers
Chuck
Andrews
Blue fleet ~
John Pankurst
Bob
McCoun
Our
hats go off to the race committee!!
...for the work of Don Argay, Jack Hale, George Alyea, and Jim
& Carol Dolder
for their outstanding job at the Governor’s Cup Regatta. Over 39 skippers and crew showed up for a
weekend of light wind. Only three races
were scored on Saturday and no wind on Sunday.
This was the first time that this regatta has broken even ($) in recent
history. The winners are:
Highlander fleet ~
Jamey Carey
John Schaub
Kevin Hughes
J-22 fleet ~ Bruce Berner
Chris Murray
Le Roy Leeman
Red fleet ~ Jeff Dorsa
Mark Mallaby
Tom Moore
Blue ~ Mike Kaschak
Steve Bourquein
Rick Sprowl
Gold fleet ~ Mike Gray
Rich Fox
Jack Yates
Green fleet ~ Chuck Andrews
Laser districts out of 28 boats,
7th Jason Hubbard
8th Tyler Andrews
24th Amy Kirsch
Highlander
~ Indy 5 at ISC
Top ECSC skipper was Charlie
Brehob
Hornback
Oct. 12/13
Friday
night race Oct. 4,
Last
Sunday race Oct. 6
Last
Wednesday race Oct. 9
Competitors in the sport of sailing are governed by
a body of rules that they are expected to follow and enforce. A fundamental principle of sportsmanship is
that when competitors break a rule, they will promptly take a penalty or
retire. (RRS)
Race Office
MEMBERSHIP
Please welcome a new member to our Club:
Joe and Diane Dubord, along with their children Emily, Audrey, and Elizabeth,
will be sailing a Catalina 22.
Mike Kaschak,
Membership
CHILI COOKOFF
Hello ECSC members!
As the season is winding down, the fun is not over
by a long shot.
The last social event held on the Club grounds is
being constructed and planned to be GREAT!
I'm talking about the Hornback Chili Cookoff to be held in mid October.
The theme this year will be changed a bit, to
portray a southwest likeness. But not to
worry, because as you all know, everyone enjoys this event and will have some
of the best chili this side of
There will be real nice prizes for the best chili,
so bring your pot of chili and pitch in.
The voting for the best chili will be done by all members and guests
present...with special lighting and larger numbers for easier reading on each
pot (I'm hungry already just thinking about it).
For those who can't quite handle chili, we will have
hamburgers and hot dogs with all the trimmings.
Side dishes and deserts welcome also.
Plan for October 12th at
See you all there!
Roger & Michelle Knapp
SOCIAL
Let me start by saying a big thank you to Richard and Angie White and their helpers for a great Labor Day cookout. They did a super job making sure everyone was
having a good time.
As we are drawing near to the end of the 2002 ECSC
social season, I would encourage all of you to try to attend at least one of
our last two events. The Chili Cookoff
is on Saturday Oct. 12th at
Please mark your calendars for the Final Bash,
Saturday November 2nd at
For the new members there are more details for the
Final Bash in this Telltales. This is the one event in which reservations
are required and we cannot accept anyone at the door without one. So, please get your reservations in as early
as possible. Thanks to Kelly Mallaby for all her efforts going
into the planning of the Final Bash. If
you would like to help Kelly please give her or me a call.
Edna Sprowl, Social Queen
TAILER’S TIPS & TALES
Is it time to pull out your boat? No way!
Powerful fall mojo is on its way to you,
pronto. What the heck, these days you
are safer in your boat than anywhere else anyway. Get out there and watch the
leaves decay.
Out here it happens on trees that are decades
old. In some cases, maybe over a hundred
years old! Lots of those are north of
the
You ladies already have your evening wear for the
final bash, right? This is the month
where you should all be preparing for the Bash by forking over to the proper
authorities the cash for your place at the ball. New guys, do not
miss this event. I don't know if I can
make it this year. I'll do my best because it is one of my favorite things to
do. The Hornback Regatta starts and
the annual Chili Cook-Off happens
this month on Saturday the 12th. If you
pick this weekend to pull your boat out for the year, do not park your boat in
the car corral until after the Chili
Cook-Off partying is completely over.
That will screw up your karma, trust me.
Endure some more tips:
Tip #1) If you can, you
should call your mother right away. Nuff said!
Tip #2) When you lose, do
not lose the lesson.
Tip #3) Old guys, share your knowledge. It is one way to achieve immortality.
Tip #4) New guys,
listen. This is the path to being an old
guy.
Tip #5) Pay attention to the temperature and give
your boat one last spray-off at the pressure washer before it is too late and
the water gets turned off before the first freeze.
Tip #6) Check your
trailer...does it have a flat tire, or worse?!
Know now while the weather is still warm.
Tip #7) Be prepared to vote
for your new board members right away.
Really great people have been nominated this year. Do the research on them all by yourself.
Tip #8) Thank Larry
January for the extra effort that he put in this year. It did not turn out to be a hands off job
this year after all, did it Larry? All
of us should be giving him a great big round of applause at the Final
Bash. How did that immortal philosopher
Popeye put it? "You pays your money and you takes
your chances." I'm pretty sure
that’s what he said.
Tip #9) My spies on the
Board (Trouble and One-eye) tell me that C-Dock folks will be waiting for a new
dock longer than they thought. Perhaps a
new paint job next year is in order.
Noting the shape that C-Dock is in, Tailer
suggests whatever graffiti that you might have in mind might help. Keep in mind that this is a family Club. Anything is better than rust and peeling
white paint/rotting wood. Ooops, I'll bet that I'll get in trouble again for that
one. Paint away, C-Dock folks!
Tip #10) Give people more
than they expect and do it cheerfully.
Never laugh at anyone’s dreams.
Better yourself in ways that you have thought of all by yourself. Don't brag about it either.
Tailer,
The Fall Guy
BOARD ELECTION
Each year at our Final Bash, eight members are elected
by general membership ballot to replace the eight Board members whose 3-year
term has expired. This year, we might
elect a few more members to the Board to replace those who have moved away or
resigned.
At the September Board meeting, nominations were
made to fill these positions. They are
listed below.
Please note the asterisk after some of the
names. That indicates that that person
is planned to be appointed to a Club Committee or even possibly elected by the
Board to an Officer position.
Also, on the left is the member’s current membership
number. It basically reflects how long
the member has been in the Club. The higher the number, the newer the member.
Ballots will be accepted at the Final Bash. If you can’t attend this year, please contact
our Club Secretary to arrange for your ballot in absentia (Dave Fort, 244-5093
or dfort@butler.edu).
39 John
Pankhurst
43 Joyce
Mallette
76 Angie
White *
83 Don
Birt *
89 Cheryl
Roberts *
90 Evan
Williams *
129 Jim
Dolder
156 Carole
Branham
198 Charlie
Brehob *
211 Kelly
Mallaby
236 Brian
Norman
253 Bob
Schwartz
255 Rick
Fox
274 George
Sechrist
282 Jim
Jacobs
286 Jim Wodock
2000 HORNBACK REGATTA
Just a quick reminder that
the Hornback Regatta is the 12th & 13th of October. Registration is at
Take a look to your right to find the Notice of Race
for this event.
Bruce Berner
2002 REGATTA
SCHEDULE
Hornback October 12/13
Thanksgiving November 29
FOR “SAIL”
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