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September 2017
Latitude: 35º50’55.27”N Longitude: 84º09’4.809”W
Navigating This Issue-
1st Vice Commodore Notes
Updated Fall Keelboat Series SI
Labor Day Regatta & Party Reminders
Social Chair Comments
Solar Eclipse Pictures
TVCC Invitation
Latest Sea Scouts Happenings
September Birthdays
Boats / Items For Sale
Secretary’s Report
PLUS MORE!
Luff Letter Knoxville, TN
2017 Eclipse Happy Labor Day!
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Mark Van Doren
Another Fall racing season is about to begin!! Since I've been out at the club
nearly every day for the past week working on my boat, I've had the
opportunity to observe that we've had some really nice windy days. The
downside of it for me is that my boat is on the railway and I can't take
advantage of all this wind. However, all of these nice days have gotten me
excited about racing in the Fall, and especially the Labor Day Regatta coming
up on September 2-3. There will be Dinghy and Keelboat classes. Notice of
Races for CYC Regattas are on the website and posted on the club bulletin
board. The complete Fall racing schedule is available on the CYC website. In
the meantime, get your boats ready!! Here's a few pictures of recent boat
maintenance at CYC:
Click HERE for the Fall Racing schedule!
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2nd Vice Commodore
Rodney Meryweather [email protected]
NOTE– Several instructions, like the Starting Times, for the Fall Keel Boat Series have been changed!!! Pictured here is just the first page of the Sailing Instructions. To review the entire Sailing Instructions document, click HERE.
To read the entire SI, click HERE
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Labor Day Party - September 2
Labor Day Regatta- September 2-3
First Fall Dinghy Series Race - September 7
First Fall Keelboat Series Race - September 9
Fall Regatta - October 21-22
Oktoberfest - October 21
Annual Membership Meeting - November 12
Commodore’s Gala - December 9
As we are in the process of finalizing plans for Oktoberfest, which will be held on Saturday, October 21st, it’s time to put the call out for volunteers to help with this event. There’s a lot of tasks to be completed– setting up, serving, cleaning, etc.– to putting on one of CYC’s premiere events! It is also a final opportunity to satisfy some Work Hours. For new members, in addition to clocking some Work Hours, it’s a great time to meet other CYCers!
So, if you’d like to volunteer to assist with the Oktoberfest Party, contact Catherine at [email protected].
We’d also like to announce that the Commodore’s Gala is back! The Gala will be held on Saturday, December 9th. More information will be forthcoming. So, mark your calendars!!!!
Catherine Trapp
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Eclipse Pictures!
Hope everyone got to watch this awesome event on August 21st! Here are a few pictures taken by some CYC members.
Chuck Flett
Chuck Flett
Kelly McNutt Dan Tankersley
Kelly McNutt
Dan Tankersley
Dan Tankersley
Mike Saltmarsh
Rod Meryweather
Rod Meryweather
Alicia Meryweather
Rod Meryweather Jeff Gamey
Jeff Stichler
Jeff Stichler
Randy
Schonagen
Randy
Schonagen
Mike S, Jay H, Dwight G,
Kerry S, Sam R, Sharon
R, Skye H
John Lane
John Lane
Bill Wickman & Friend
Lee Wickman
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2017 Tennessee Valley Challenge Cup
To be hosted by
Privateer Yacht Club
The Tennessee Valley Challenge Cup, begun in 1987, is an annual regatta hosted by six Tennessee River sailing clubs.
Competition for this historic racing event consists of club racing teams divided into three fleets: Spinnaker Keelboats; Non-Spinnaker Keelboats; and Dinghies. The scores of the top three finishers of each club are totaled, and the club with the lowest score is awarded the Perpetual Tennessee Valley Challenge Cup Trophy, as well as a Keeper Trophy for the winning club. While competitors in each of the three fleets will be awarded 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies.
This year’s TVCC will be hosted by Privateer Yacht Club, in Chattanooga, on the weekend of September 23rd and 24th. Concord Yacht Club has again been invited to take part in this fun and competitive racing event. As an historical note, members of CYC participated in the TVCC hosted by Privateer Yacht Club in 2012, and won trophies in both the Keelboat Spinnaker and the Dinghy class.
Unfortunately, CYC did not have enough boats participating in the 2012 regatta to be in contention for the Challenge Cup Award. Perhaps, this is the year for that to change. CYC has both a goodly number of very good racers, and a number of boats that can travel to this regatta. Thus, there is great opportunity for CYC to field a race team to make a good showing, and possibly win the Challenge Cup.
Here are some reasons to attend:
1. An opportunity to demonstrate the race talent we have at CYC. 2. An opportunity to promote inter-club racing with a neighboring club. 3. You will have fun. The people at PYC are extremely friendly, and will make sure all visitors
have a great time at their club, and the regatta. 4. The PYC race venue is very good, and the race competition superb, which makes for some
very good racing. 5. It is an easy and quick drive down to Chattanooga.
Let’s see if we can field a great racing team, and bring home the Cup.
Click HERE for the TVCC Notice Of Race and Registration Form
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(865) 588-6514, Boy Scouts of America, Knoxville
For a youth experience that is more than thumbs on the key pad of a smart phone, please pass the word to friends about Sea Scouting in Ship 300 where membership is open to boys and girls, age 13 & 8th grade to age 21, one of a few activities that youth can continue through college and throughout their lives. Annual membership is $25, plus it is free to registered Boy Scouts. For more information contact George Hubbell at 980-0879 or email [email protected]. Sea Scouts have fun on the water and messing about with boats. For example, they sailed 42 weeks last year and try to sail every week. Enjoying a cruise on the Tennessee River and locking-through Fort Loudon Dam, a first for most, Ship 300 crew traveled approximately 68 nautical miles to Boy Scout Camp Buck. A storm was encountered for approximately five nautical miles of the trip with wind causing a 15 degree heel on bare poles. Camp Buck Toms averages 300 to 450 youth each week through the summer season. One of the beauties of teaching is that no one knows how far in eternity teaching goes. As if motor sailing a Pearson 26 from CYC to Mobile Bay and on to Pensacola was not enough, former Ship 300 Sea Scout Justin Douthat completed a 36-day circumnavigation of Lake Michigan this summer on a cadet cruise from the Michigan Maritime Academy located in Traverse City, Michigan. Sea Scouting began in 1912 to teach personal values that build individual character in preparation for a life with integrity while having fun messing about with boats, learning to sail, learning to maintain boats, rules of the road on the water, small boat handling, rowing, and maritime skills, history and tradition, etc. Now is a good time for a youth to join Ship 300, to be able to qualify to represent the United States in the International Sea Scout Sailing Regatta in 2018. If you don’t pass the word, Sea Scouts sink.
Sea Scout Chase Busby locking through Fort Loudoun Dam. Chase even did radio exchanges with the Lockmaster!!
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Ever wonder what those two weighted poles of irregular height are intended to do? Sea Scouts beat the heat with water volleyball using the poles donated by previous Sea Scouts sixteen years ago, as a fun way to relax and have cool fun when there's no breeze. See the ball in the air? It's round but not an eclipse in the upper left quadrant. One pole is short for the shallow water and the other pole is tall for the deep water, thus stretching a net across become parallel with the surface of the water. Neat, aye?
Sea Scouts are also concerned about the environment and plastic bottles creating junk piles in the waterways and oceans. Here, Ellie Tyner (CYC) and John Walker are bringing ashore a cache of plastic bottles retrieved.
For more on the junk pile in the Pacific ocean check out the National Geographic article by clicking on the site below: Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Ship 300 meets on Sunday afternoons at 2:00. A Fun time for boys and girls ages 13 to 21. For more information, contact George Hubbell at 980-0879 or email <[email protected]>.
September Bir thday Wishes To:
Eric Nicholls
Jay Harkins
Michelle Unser
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If you would like to share your Birthday Month here in the Luff
Letter, email [email protected]. Be sure to include the
full name and Birth Month. And, that goes for the kiddies too!
Hear Ye, Hear Ye 4th Quarter Due$ and Fee$
Payment Deadline—September 30, 2017 If you chose the payment option for Club Dues, your next payment must be postmarked or received by Saturday, September 30, 2017.
Avoid unnecessary late fees by making your payment on time.
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Daffynition- Bottom Paint– What you get when the cockpit seats are freshly painted!
Yawl– A sailboat from South Carolina, with some good bourbon stored down yonder in the cabin!
You might be a sailing bum if: your idol is Jimmy Buffett. your boat's motor used to be a dashboard
fan. you think rum is the official state drink. you've ever written your resume on a bar
napkin.
“Hi sailor", said the barmaid, "you look like you’re a little down." "That I am lassie", said the sailor, " It saddens me to say that I serve under a very tough Captain!" "That's a shame sweetie, how bad does it get?" "Well lassie, recently I complained that there were roaches in me bunk. The captain gave me three demerits for keep'n pets!"
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FOR SALE
19 foot O’Day Mariner 2+2 1971. Boat, motor, trailer. As is, where is. $500.
Fiberglass, center-board boat with shallow draft, ideal for the Tennessee River.
Available to transfer approximately 01 Oct 2017.
Includes jib, main, manual sump pump, original cushions for both cabin and cockpit. (All in storage.)
I will include other boat extras as they surface when I clean out my storage.
Owner in Europe. If interested, e-mail [email protected].
Wanted-
Looking for some shade!
Need a used bimini for approximately 30’
sailboat. Doesn’t need to be an exact fit.
Contact Moe at 630-901-2508 or
'88 Beneteau F235 Shoal draft . Good shape, but dirty. Full set of racing sails including spinnaker & pole. Comes with 8 hp Yamaha & trailer which needs some revision. This is a fast little cruiser/racer. It has won the club championship double handed w/ spinnaker and 2nd place when raced single handed white sails only. Health forces sale. Price negotiable. Keith Isakson 865 332 2086
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The following items, as seen in previous Luff Letters, are still for sale. Information in RED represents changes since last Luff Letter! If you would like more information on any of these items, just click on the blue here link, and you will be taken to the Luff Letter in which it first appeared.
1979 Helms 25* - $5000– click here– Page 19
* Offers welcome, OR swap for smaller boat. Located in Slip 17, West Dock
18’ McGregor - $1500 - click here– Page 14
Sabre 28* - click here– Page 13
* New Price- $8500 or Best Reasonable Offer
26’ San Juan - $5500 - click here– Page 16
150 Racing Genoa for Catalina 22* - click here– Page 17
* New Price- $500 AND made of Optic Flex Pentex
Salvaged 27’ Tartan - Price Negotiable - click here– Page 17
Boat is registered under Capital Yachts and is a Newport model
1989 Catalina 25 - $9000, Flexible - click here– Page 17
1982 Hunter 27 - Reasonable Offer - click here—Page 17
Dan Tankersley 865-548-4092
NEW MEMBERS– July
Welcome Aboard! JERRY & CHRISTIN LAWSON
JOHN DANDELSKI & CARRIE REGAN
JOHN & ANGELA COOK
STATUS CHANGE - July NONE
RESIGNATIONS - July Jack & Becky Brennan
Al & Christy Elkins
Current Active Membership Count: 202 Active-152, Young Active-13, Senior-23, Associate-3, Student-0
Membership Openings: 30
Honorary-11, Inactive-29
Board Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of Every Month
CYC Clubhouse— 7PM (Members Welcome)
BOARD MEMBERS Commodore
Neil Quigley [email protected]
1st Vice Commodore Mark Van Doren
2nd Vice Commodore Rodney Meryweather
Rear Commodore Vic Tyler
Secretary Dan Tankersley
Treasurer Charles Sheets
Assistant Treasurer David Valone
MEMBERS AT LARGE Education
John Swindeman [email protected]
Social Catherine Trapp
CONTACTS Luff Letter
Lauren Ballatin [email protected]
Clubhouse Reservation Gail Benefield
Debbie Hodges [email protected]
Harbormaster Mark Esch-Williams
Calling Committee Joy McMaugh-Payne [email protected]
www.concordyachtclub.org
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