Telltales
	October 2008

Upcoming Events Oct 11/12 Hornback Regatta Oct 11 Chili Cookoff Oct 15 Move Trailer Deadline Nov 1 Bash Signup Deadline Nov 8 Club Closing Work Party Nov 8 Final Bash First some news. One of our members was a recent victim of waterborne thieves who took his nearly new Honda outboard. We have suffered amphibious attacks before. Apparently, the perpetrators launch from the City side and then cruise our docks looking for unprotected outboards. They seem to prefer newer four strokes. My advice, make it harder for them and put a lock on your motor. Second, we have received what now seems to be the annual notice that the Department of Public Works is going to lower the water level...this year by a foot. Those of you with the deep keels need to keep an eye on the water depth at the ramp. Also, remember that boat parking in the car “basin” in front of the Shelter is restricted until after the Hornback. Club Stats Memberships 242 Slip Waiting List 38 (32 Passed) Wet Slips 166 plus 10 temp Water Level 788.56 (790 Normal) Lake Acreage 1,360 Total (850 south end) Speaking of the Hornback, the American Indian (and other ancient peoples) long ago discovered that if you took meat, dried it, pounded into flakes, and mixed it with fat, you could make an “energy” bar that was portable and would not spoil. It provided both protein and calories sufficient to keep you going on the trail for extended periods. Of course, it tasted like dried meat and fat. To give it some zest, wild berries were added and we now call the mixture pemmican. If you want to try some, I think the Bruce Burner occasionally makes some up out of venison (if not Bruce, sorry). Down in the Southwest, the Indians lacked the berries, but they did have a local spicy thing called a chili pepper. These, which came in a number of varieties, were pounded in with the meat and fat. The result would last nearly forever and could be carried on an extended raiding trip or later a cattle drive. It was discovered that the stuff could be put in water and boiled to make a stew that the Spanish called “meat with chili” or chili con carne. Where this happened the first time is hotly debated, but we do know that in 1893 in Chicago at the Columbia Exposition, the City of San Antonio had a booth where chili was sold. Because of this, Texas and Texans claim to be the official guardians of the chili receipt. The purists are adamant that there are no beans in chili. They will yield on tomatoes, onion, and garlic even though I doubt you would have found these in an old Texas chuck wagon. While I tend to agree, I am not sure that this is true to the historic record. All meat chili is great if you have enough meat. But, indigenous people around the world have had to find substitutes for meat since that was often scarce. In the Southwest and Mexico, this could have been either beans...or even more likely, corn or hominy. Of course, you are not restricted to beef and can use any meat you like. The best chili I ever had was allegedly made with armadillo. On Saturday, October 11th, you can join in the debate. Bring your favorite chili or just come to judge at the Chili Cook Off held during the Hornback. I know some of you are going to add pasta. I am speechless.

Social

Linda Johnson

Much thanks to Rich & Angie White and crew for once again hosting the Labor Day Cookout. Superb, as always! Right: Angie, Tippy, Judy, Rich, Ron, and Don...hosts for the Labor Day Cookout. Summer is past and now the fall is upon us again. We have 2 more events in the social agenda to celebrate before this sailing season closes for the year. Coming on October 11th is the Hornback Chili Cook Off. As you all know, the Club has some fantastic chili chefs. Now is the time to dust off those recipes and show us what great chili you can come up with! Rich and Pat Killen will host this event and provide Club chili and hamburgers and dogs. Please remember to bring a side dish...desserts included. The tasting will start at around 5:30pm. There will be a table to plug in your crock pots and keep everything warm. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place chili winners. Also, prizes for Best Presentation, Most Original, and Decorating the Crock Pot. Pumpkins will be given to all who enter. Also, coming on November 8th at 6pm is the Club Final Bash. This event closes out our sailing year with a great dinner/dance, Club officer election, and racing awards. Whether you sailed a lot this year, are a social member, or didn’t get out to the Club much, this is a good time to gather your friends and say goodbye to ECSC sailing 08 with a party! Final Bash Information: Place The Marten House 1801 West 86th St Indianapolis (Just East of St. Vincent Hospital) on 86th St. Time Saturday, November 8th, 6Pm to 11Pm Cocktail Hour: 6pm – 7pm Dinner: 7pm to 8pm Award Presentation 8pm to 8:30pm Racing awards & Social Committee Head Recognition Band Tropical Zoo starts playing at 8:30pm till 11pm These folks play a good variety of dance/party music Cost $20 per person Dress Dressy Casual or Cocktail Apparel Above: Sailboat cake made by Julie Kamenetzky. Please submit your check payable to ECSC to: Linda Johnson 15073 Super Star Drive Carmel, In 46032 Please RSVP by November 1st. Until then Good Sailing!

Harbormaster

Rick Graef

Ralph Merriman

Trailers A very important date is looming: October 15th. That is the date ALL trailers have to be out of the trailer parking lot. No Exceptions! Right: Our Harbormaster at the Governor's Cup. Trailers are starting to migrate from the Trailer Farm back to the Club. PLEASE be very careful about picking up your trailer. Some of the weeds have gotten pretty tall and are very “sticky.” There have also been a couple reports of bee stings – Ouch!! Although we did mow the Trailer Farm "roadways," that doesn't necessarily make it easy to grab your trailer...just easier! Water While water levels on our beloved Eagle Creek Reservoir have been great this season, We were informed by the Parks Department that the water level would drop about 1 foot during the week of September 21th. Well, it did drop about a foot...it's currently at 788.5 FASL (that would be feet above sealevel). We still are looking good for even our deep keel boats, but I encourage you to keep an eye on the level as it can change quickly this time of year. If you have problems concerning the Club’s ramp, the public ramp is normally steeper/deeper. Parking Also, remember that the Car Corral is OFF LIMITS for trailers until after the Hornback Regatta. This includes both inside and outside the ropes. We will also mark “No Parking” areas with orange spray paint. Left: Rick with his Shute up. Winter Storage If you pulled your boat out early and do not intend to store it at the Club, please tear it down and take it home. We always get very short on parking. If you leave it until the day before the boats are counted for winter storage, it makes things very difficult for Club members trying to get a spot at the Club for the winter. Boats on the Club grounds after December 1st will be charged. Club Closing Work Party November 8th at 9am we'll be moving picnic tables, dinghies, sticks, maybe a few boats, and giving the Club a general cleanup. If you want to help, come on out. Work Parties = Work Credits = Fun! Power Sprayer The sprayer will stay on as long as it’s warm enough. It’s expensive to replace, so we don’t take chances allowing it to freeze. Grounds There are two areas that will have bright orange stripes painted on the gravel. One is to define the gin-pole area that must be kept clear so members can raise & lower their masts. The other area is to keep you from parking your boat there for the winter. It is too easy for someone to slide into that area when the ground is slick in the winter. And, thanks to Ralph Merriman for his help as the Assistant HM this year. I’m sure he will provide a yeoman’s service to our Club next year as the Harbor Master.

Racing

Janet Hickok

Rob Maxey

Much thanks to Chris Cunningham (Right) on running the Governor's Cup Regatta...this guy sure knows how to run a regatta!! Next up, our last regatta of the year...and one of the most fun regattas: The Hornback Regatta "The Fast Start Last" The starts for these races are staggered such that the faster boats cross the start line sometimes up to 5 minutes after the first boat starts. The goal is for all the boats to finish at once...hence, whoever finishes first, wins! No waiting for PHRF results. And, there's no regatta fee...it's FREE!! This is a 2-day regatta, but hey, if you can't make it one of those days, who cares? Remember, we're out there for the thrill of racing! Also, this regatta is great for us racers, in that our Club Social Chair organizes the Saturday night party...our annual chili cookoff. I suspect there might be music to dance by later in the evening. And, I hear the juniors are targetting this regatta in full force including camping overnight Saturday. Should be a great bonfire that night! Left: More Governor's Cup Regatta. October 11th and 12th...the NOR and Registration Forms have been posted on the race bulletin board. Registration Forms and SI’s will also be available Saturday morning by 9am. There is always a need for assistants, so contact Rob Maxey, Regatta Chair, at profrobj24 at yahoo . com to join in. ...and, don't forget our season awards at the Final Bash (November 8th). Sign up with Linda today! We’ve had a year of great wind and plenty of water. The competitive spirit of our racers and supportive efforts of our non-racers made our major regattas both competitive and fun! To that end, I would like to thank all of those who have contributed their time, energy, and expertise to this year’s racing program. From maintaining club boats and equipment, to chairing regattas, to cooking hot dogs, the hard work of those volunteers is what keeps us in the water...whether we like to “sail fast” or “live slow.” Let’s keep it up! Did you hear about ISC's Naptown Regatta last weekend? Not too sure, but I heard we had several ECSC sailors there...Dr. Bob & Charlie in Highlanders. Think Tyler Andrews, RJ Graef, and Kaleigh White won the Thistle division...with RJ pointing out that there were two previous Thistle National Champions in the competition. Above: And even more Governor's Cup Regatta. Go ECSC......

Bailer's Tips & More

The Bailer

Well, I can hardly believe October is here. I am also surprised that Tailer is still holding a grudge against me. In fact, just the other day he came walking down the dock in a huff...a huff with a purpose. He walked straight up to me, pulled off one of his dainty sailing gloves and slapped me ‘cross the cheek. He said, “Bailer, I challenge you to a duel...choose your weapon.” I replied “diplomacy." He curled his brow and asked, “You choose what?” Right: Bruce at the Governor's Cup Regatta. I explained to him that I had in one of my book shelves a fine Autobiography and if he gave me a minute, I could find a particular passage and maybe he would understand. Tailer replied “K.” After finding the book and flipping through the pages, I found this particular quote and read it to Tailer on the docks (with a very dramatic flair I might add). “In those early days, dueling suddenly became a fashion in the new territory of Nevada and by 1864, everybody was anxious too have a chance in the new sport. This was mainly for the reason that one was not able to thoroughly respect himself so long as he had not killed or crippled somebody in a duel or been killed or crippled in one himself. I was ambitious in several ways but I had entirely escaped the seductions of that particular craze. I had had no desire to fight a duel. I had no intention of provoking one. I did not feel respectable, but I got a certain amount of satisfaction out of feeling safe. I was ashamed of myself...but, I got along well enough. I had always been accustomed to feeling ashamed of myself anyway for one thing or another, so there was no novelty for me in the situation. I bore it very well.” - Autobiography of Mark Twain I finished explaining to Tailer that I really did not want to fight. I wanted to work things out with him and maybe me could find a common bond...work together. Tailer laughed and said, “So, you’s a yeller belly is yah?” I said, "Hold on a minute, I think I have another quote." Left: More Governor's Cup. “I thoroughly disapprove of duels. I consider them unwise and I know they are dangerous...also, sinful. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet retired spot and kill him.” - Autobiography of Mark Twain Tailer stood there for a moment and then replied as he stormed off in a huff muttering to himself that if I would just get outta here that would help the Club. Let's work together on this. I could not understand what else he said. I think he was just muttering nonsense to himself. I reached down and picked up his dainty sailing glove (with a cuff that looked like it was made from some sort of doily) and stuck it in my back pocket, It's October, I thought and this would make a good fire starter. What is my point? Well, I think the Board should outlaw dueling and work together for the good of the Club. Sail on, Sail on.... The Bailer

Membership

Pete Combs

Please welcome our newest members to the club. Michael and Jeanne Petty of Terre Haute, sailing a Catalina 22 Right: Dorsa & crew at the Governor's Cup. The 2009 Annual Dues and Fees Statement will be mailed out in mid-January. The 2009 Annual Dues and Fees are due on Saturday, February 28th. Dues that are postmarked March 1st or later are considered late. This is an important date for wet slip owners and members on the wet-slip wait list. Wet slip owners who miss the Feb. 28th date risk losing their slip and will be placed at the bottom of the wait list effective the date their outstanding dues and fees are received and paid in full. The same applies to members on the wait list. Please don't be late! If your address has changed, please contact the membership Chair with your new address at ecsc_membership @ yahoo com. The address in our Membership Database is where we will mail the 2009 Annual Dues and Fees Statement in January 2009. Membership Count: 242

Ex-Patriots

Evan, it is always nice to see the Club is running well and the friends are having good times. The weather here is almost perfect and Lake Norman a great place to sail. But, as in Indy, we have almost no wind this time of the year. However, you can still swim in the warm water without blue algae. Keep the news coming and happy sailing. Mario Zambrono Right: Mario's new boat on Lake Norman. ============================ MACH I had great weather this weekend...no threat of outer-band thunder storms and down pours the wet crew had gone thru last weekend. This weekend's motley crew consisted of: High-Maintenance Joyce and Ask-A-Million-Questions Chuck as we set sail on Saturday morning. Light winds, so we educated Chuck as to the local wildlife preserve known as Passage Key. After the crew got an eye full of a naked woman applying SPF 50 (or was it 30) onto her male boy-toy's mast, we continued our cruise to Egmont Key. High-Maintenance Joyce's role this weekend was to teach Ask-A-Million-Questions Chuck all the tasks that involved possible finger nail breakage such as anchor duty. They dropped the rode into the water's deep and decided lunch was in order. The grill is on its last leg and has a lot of personality with all its little quirks (high heat or none at all). Hot Dogs were the fare of the day and the crew enjoyed a feast of kings. Nothing like a swim less that 30 minutes after the tubes of death were consumed. Ask-A-Million-Questions Chuck was posted for Shark Watch due to the book he had brought for the weekend (Graphic Colored Pictures of Shark Attacks). High-Maintenance Joyce entered the water to do her Ester Williams impression when her high-pitched voice alerted us all to a Jellyfish attack which caused the MACH I crew to spring into action. We all know that the best thing for a jellyfish sting is to urinate on it. Chuck and I were both ready to man the fire hoses but vinegar (which I actually had onboard) and something from our mini medic kit did the trick (along with her Gin) for the pain. Right: Governor's Cup Regatta. We sailed down the coast of Anna Marie island...delightful sunset with camera flashes viewed from the beach let us know how lucky and blessed we were to see the sunset from the water. We anchored at Mar Vista for the night and the dinner fare was onion burgers which brought a tear to the crews eyes. The highlight of the next day was a coast guard plane flyover when we were sailing several miles off the coast of Longboat Key. The huge orange and white plane flew very low directly over us and tipped its wings. The colorful string of party flags were up on the boat and they had to approve as they spied the pirate flag waving hello in the breeze. Until Next Time... Mark the Shark ============================== Here’s a few photos from my Labor Day Weekend cruise from Boston to Martha’s Vineyard and through to Newport. We hit all the ports and tore it up! The boat is amazing! Sweet 80 footer! My friend runs this $3M, 80 footer for the owner full time. It lays in Newport, RI in the summer and the BVI’s in the winter. The owner uses the boat at most 1 weekend a month...the rest of the time we have access to cruise / party on it which is precisely what we did Labor Day weekend! How do I get so lucky for these trips, you ask? It's not luck! It's connections! Chris Murray

Safety & Education

Wayne Myers

Ki Hickok

WELL BOYS & GIRLS... What to write about this month... This past year has been full of sailing and teaching many young & older sailors. Over 80 would be sailors have sailed our little part of the world. Our Saturday Sailing 101 class had over 26 new sailors “learning how to do it.” The three-week sailing camp was a great success with the kids and our staff of Junior Sailors that run it: Ki Hickok, Erika Williams, Hanna Fisher, EJ Williams, and to the many other members who helped. Right: Eric at Lake Lemon. Eagle Ocean may be small to some sailors. But, with our juniors and support from Club members, we have earned the right to be called one of the top 5 sailing clubs in the mid-west! Don’t you think??? Our kids brought back to our little ocean many top awards racing in the I-LYA Bay Week 2008, Rider Cup Semi, and the Travelers Series that covers the lower Great Lakes area in US Sailing clubs. Our Club members make many soirées out to Top Grade Championships and also have brought home the gold. Our Club may be small, but we are one of the cradles in US sailing history for producing top helmsmen in the mid-west fleets...if not in US. Just my view...USA 996 Did You Know? Anna Tunnicliffe won Bay Week 2 times Tyler Andrews won Bay Week 2 times Junior Racing News This past week-end the team made the short trip to Lake Lemon. This regatta is normally sailed in light air and this year brought the same. We had 17 boats on the line with light air races the first day and no racing on the next. RJ Greaf finished 1st in the Junior Class and 4th overall in “B” fleet racing against a Finn, Force 5's, and Lasers. RJ beat Wayne in 2 of 4 races and came from behind in one to finish 3rd in that race. Left: Kenton at Lake Lemon. Becca Hallstedt 2nd, “Had good speed.” Kat Petrucci 3rd, “Kept her head out of the boat.” Kenton Earnhart, Nicholas Muller, Katherine Jones, & Stuart Earnhart were in the middle to back of the pack. Support Members To Eric Jones, Steven Earnhart, Phil Hallstedt, and Raymond Muller... “Thank you and a job well done!” Many “Thanks” go out to the good sailors of the Bloomington Yacht Club for their new beach area. Note: The Port Hole Inn had a fire early this year and will be open sometime next year. Not bad from the look of it, hope it makes it, had some good parties there... Team Calendar Hornback Oct; 10 & 11 E-mail Sign up, Now for a Laser to race... Note new e-mail address; alarmco@bac.comcastbiz.net for Wayne Above: Governor's Cup Regatta. Above: Scoreboard for Tippy Cup.

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