Hello Members,
I want to thank Amy Miller and her crew for their hard work in pulling off the Father’s Day Brunch! As usual, our grill master, Tony Rice, served up a nice spread.
For the 4th of July, we welcome back Steve and Sarah McQueen as our host and hostess along with Kevin Harrell who will prepare the smoked pig for our ECSC Family and Friends. He starts smoking the pig in the late hours of July 3rd so if you are at the club, be sure to stop at the upper shelter and thank him and his team for pulling an all-nighter so we can have a feast on the 4th! The festivities will begin at 4:30 so bring your appetite and a dish to share!
There are still opportunities to volunteer as crew at any of our upcoming events. Please give me a shout if you have an interest in earning some work credits while having fun helping with an event.
Save the date for the upcoming Lobster Fest to be held on August 19th at 6pm. Eric will be sending out evites again so you can make your reservations and payment at the same time electronically.
Vickie Greenough…
Good day to all Eagle Creekers,
We have had many of these beautiful days (except for some rainy ones). As we are nearly halfway through the season, if you haven’t moved your trailer to the upper lot yet, it will be moved next week. We have a few more abandoned boats (dinghys) on the lot with no stickers and no way of owner ID. The purpose of the stickers is to determine ownership. it also makes sure your boat isn’t hauled off or sold.
This is a real marina now and it isn’t a boat storage yard like it was for years. Any boat without stickers will be trashed or sold since we have no way of identifying the owner. If you have not paid dues in 6 months or more your boat becomes ours according to Indiana state law. Please address this issue if you have a non-stickered boat at the club because you may never see it again in a few weeks.
Those of you that don’t feel the need to post your new stickers may find your boat in a new location and I may be calling you. Please follow these club rules and do not think for one minute that you can do as you please because it will not be tolerated. If you do not put the proper current stickers on your boat and trailer I will move your boat to the worst spot available in the club and lock it up until you work with the harbormasters according to club rules.
All dry sailors will be afforded the best dry slips available as a real marina should do. The less you sail your boat the further East your boat is going to be positioned. Those of you with multiple boats should check on them on a monthly basis, any damage is your responsibility.
As you head toward the pressure washer the dry slips on the left are for large boats with large rigs, please do not put a small boat and trailer there because it will be moved. The dry slips on the right are for dry sailing dinghys. The dry slips further East are for smaller boats easily parked or just not used much. Again if you have questions with this plan please call me and I will explain it to you.…
We continue to have challenges with the weather on Wednesday nights, but so far, we’ve been able to run 9 races of 11 races. The Spring series will end on Wed June 28. On July 5, we will start the Summer Series.
Sunday races are still a challenge as we haven’t had any Sunday races since May 14. If you have any suggestions on how to make Sunday racing more appealing, I’d love to hear them.
Our annual Flying Scot Regatta was a great success. We had 12 boats with 10 of the boats coming from out of town. We had perfect weather for a long north-south course. Rich Fox was the PRO and did an outstanding job. We managed to get 4 races in on Saturday. Competitors were treated to root beer floats after a hard day of racing, followed by a great BBQ dinner from Squealers.
Sunday’s weather was similar to Saturday. We got another 2 races in before calling it a day. Here are the race results. Congratulations to Chuck and Nancy Goff for sailing in their first Flying Scot Regatta.
Skipper | Crew | Club | Total | Place |
Tyler Andrews* | Cody McCoun | Deep Creek YC | 9 | 1 |
Bruce Kitchen* | Lynn Kitchen | Cowan Lake SA | 22 | 2 |
Andrew Fox* | Doug Fox | Birmingham YC | 23 | 3 |
Frank Gerry* | Marianne Gerry | Clinton Lake SA | 27 | 4 |
Bronson Bowling* | Rachel Bowling | Carlyle Lake SA | 32 | 5 |
Ben Williams* | Tom Yeagle | Clinton Lake SA | 35 | 6 |
Eric Bussell* | Perry Cameron | Clinton Lake SA | 37 | 7 |
Ryan Malmgren* | Stacey Rieu | Ephraim YC | 48 | 8 |
Eric Sutton* | Marshall Akers | Carlyle Lake SA | 52 | 9 |
Geoff Endris | Tom Moore | Eagle Creek SC | 58 | 10 |
John Casada* | Paul Dixon | Carlyle Lake SA | 64 | 11 |
Chuck Goff | Bill Grant | Eagle Creek SC | 67 | 12 |
* Denotes non-club member
The ECSC Regatta is scheduled for July 8-9 with the newly resurrected and highly acclaimed ECSC Beach Party scheduled for July 8. Bruce Berner is the PRO for the regatta and is looking for volunteers to help out on Race Committee. RC Volunteers get to attend the Beach Party for free and get this really nifty soft sided cooler in their choice of colors.
The beach party was a huge success last year with over 160 attending. Nick Mates promises to put on another great event this year. The meal will be catered by Stacked Pickle, with tunes from local band “Dwight Lightning and the Conch City All Stars.” It is sure to be a great event. Tickets are $10 per person, which pays for dinner, drinks and dancing. You can buy a commemorative T-shirt for $15. Folks it doesn’t get much cheaper than that. You will need to register and pay in advance just like the LobsterFest.
Go to this site to register. http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/15069. Registration fee for the regatta competitors is $70 and includes 2 full meal packages (2 breakfast, 2 lunch, 1 dinner). Extra meal packages for extra crew are available for $20 each. Event T-shirts are available for $15 each. Be sure to pre-order a shirt to make sure you get one in your size.
Non-racers should go to the same site, register as a non-competitor and purchase additional meal tickets ($10) or event T-shirts ($15).
On Friday June 23, we took possession of a new 30 HP Honda outboard motor and had our other Honda 30 HP outboard serviced. We will replace the damaged motor on the Aircraft Carrier and use the damaged motor for spare parts.
We only have 1 race covered in the Summer series so far., so be sure to go to the RC Signup page to sign up for RC duty. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084ca9ac22a4f58-2017
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