Unfortunately, sum-

mer will be coming to a

close shortly, and with

conclusion of the Labor

Day Weekend, the pool

will be closed for the

year as well. However,

the pool co-

chairpersons are

pleased to announce

that subject to

weather or any unfore-

seen circumstances,

the pool will be open

two additional week-

ends in September.

Specifically, the pool

will be open from noon

to 8:00 p.m. on Sep-

tember 8th

, 9th

, and

15th

and from noon to

6:00 p.m. on Septem-

ber 16th

. As reported

by Co-Chairperson

Corey Stein, atten-

dance for the months

of June and July easily

surpassed the 2011

total attendance.

The next Membership

Meeting is 8:00 P.M.,

Thursday, September 6

in the PCYC Lounge. All

members are encour-

aged to attend and

participate. Some of

the items covered are

financial reports, club

projects, standing com-

mittee reports, social

event reports, and new

member readings. The

meetings last approxi-

mately 30 – 45 min-

utes. At the October 4

Membership Meeting,

the 2013 Slate of Offi-

cers will be announced

by the Nominating

Committee. The An-

nual Meeting is sched-

uled for November 1.

Preliminary work has

begun on the

installation of

the new wa-

ter meter and

backflow pre-

venter, which

will occur on

the club

grounds near

the garage.

At this time

the Board

does not

have a timeframe as to

when the project will

be completed. Thanks

to Trustee Doug Shealy

for overseeing the pro-

ject.

On September 2, the

52nd

Green Island Race

will take place, with

the feeder races to

PCYC from North Cape

Yacht Club and San-

dusky Sailing Club oc-

curring the previous

day. If you have time,

come down and enjoy

the activities as the

Green Island Chicken

BBQ is on Saturday,

September 1 and the

Green Island BBQ Ribs

is the next day. The

always popular Labor

Day Fish Fry on Mon-

day, September 3

closes out the Labor

Day Weekend. Don’t

forget that the last

sched-

uled Sat-

urday

morning

Bloody

Mary

Social is

Septem-

ber 1.

Closing

out the

month of

September is the Snow

Flurries Regatta on

September 29 and 30.

Please review the So-

cial Calendar for that

weekend events as

well as the events

scheduled throughout

the month.

Hope everyone had a

safe and enjoyable

summer and if time

permits, stop by and

enjoy your Club!

Todd Bickley

From the Commodore

Port Clinton Yacht Club

www.portclintonyachtclub.com

September 2012

Jib Sheet

PCYC

P.O.Box 127

Brooklyn St.

Port Clinton

Club House

419-734-2424

Bar Hours

M-Th 3-12:00

Fri 3-1:00

Sat 2-1:00

Sun 1-9:00

Shower 135

Ship’s Store

New Fall

items ap-

pearing

regularly.

Summer

items avail-

able at spe-

cial sale

prices! A+

PYCY Bar

A great

place to

watch

College

football!

I had lunch today on the lake-

front at PCYC with the inten-

tion of writing this month's jib

sheet article. My friend Gary

just arrived from Colorado so

that ends this initial attempt at

completing this article, al-

though he is reminding me of

some of our past PCYC memo-

ries. The first paragraph is the

same as last month's. The

weather is perfect, the lake is

calm, the water is clear, the

sandbars stretch out into the

lake, the sky is blue, and the

lake color is an aqua blue. With

the decrease in rain this sum-

mer, we didn't get the fertilizer

runoff and consequently, we

have not had an algae bloom

clogging the lake. The only

difference this month is there is

a small plane (Citabria) circling

overhead instead of a WWII

variety from the Liberty Air Mu-

seum. However, the seasonal

changes are evident. It is

cooler today than last month,

the evenings are cooler, the

days are shorter, there is less

activity at the pool with some

schools and colleges starting

early, the water levels are con-

tinuing to lower even without

southerly winds, the vegeta-

bles are being harvested from

Ed Heinsen's garden, and you

can hear the Port Clinton High

School band practicing while

sitting on the deck at the Club.

Finally, the National Matches

are over at Camp Perry and I

concede victory to John Folger

in our personal completion in

the Grand Match.

The Pool-

The usage was way up this

year with the warm weather.

We will continue to make re-

pairs to cracks and leaks this

fall. I was asking some older

members if they remember or

have pictures of its construc-

tion. I was reminded that it was

constructed almost half a cen-

tury ago and information is

hard to come by. Its construc-

tion was controversial because

of the cost and many thought

no one would use the pool with

the lake being so close. I re-

member the wrist bands mem-

bers had to purchase in order

to use to pool. It certainly has

been a nice addition to the

club.

Boaters-

Remember we have extreme

fluctuations in water levels in

the fall sometimes over five

feet. Keep your dock lines long

so that your boat does not end

up hanging by its cleats. You

can damage your boat, your

neighbors boat, and the docks.

One fall a wooden Lyman set-

tled onto the bottom and got

stuck. When the wind shifted

and the water rose the boat

was stuck and filled with water

coming in over the sides.

Battle-of-Lake-Erie Bicenten-

nial

The celebration has begun.

Talk to Dave Mehl or John

Schaffner on how you can par-

ticipate individually in the fes-

tivities. Dave Mehl and I are

Fleet Members and plan on

being one of the 1000 personal

watercraft to join the American

Fleet for the reenactment next

September. It will be quite a

party!!

Cigarette Grant

The grant study goes on.

Thanks to the smokers who

use the cigarette receptacles,

except those who also put their

wrappers into the containers

and start fires. We would have

an even bigger mess than we

have now if not for your consid-

eration.

Gotta have a PCYC memory

On another late night return

from Frosty's, the wind picked

up from the North which was

fine until we tried to dock in the

inner lagoon with a 40 knot

wind. Our family always had

between an 18 to 24 foot in-

board/outboard which meant

maneuvering was simple. So

my policy to my crew is "do not

touch the dock until the boat

comes to a complete stop."

Well, an over zealous crew

member jumped to the bow of

the boat and grabbed the first

riser at the end of the dock as

we approached. I now have no

control with him holding tena-

ciously to the riser for dear life.

I had to put the boat in full re-

verse in order to avoid the boat

next to me as the North wind

took control of my stern. It was

an interesting sight seeing his

body stretched horizontally

over the water with his hands

on the riser and the tip of his

feet on the bow of my boat. He

soon gracefully splashed into

the water. I was able to turn

the boat into the wind before

smashing into the steel sheet-

ing at the South end of the la-

goon and return to the dock.

He was actually much more

helpful on the dock than he

was on the boat.

Rear Commodore

Michael Hablitzel

Page 2 Jib Sheet

The Rear Perspective

Volume 1, Issue 1

Sail Fleet News

Congratulations to our Junior Sailing Team! We have a young and team and look at their achievement this year! Yeah!!! Below are the final results for the Junior Traveling Series

420- Michael Leon and Abby Waite 1st place; Amber Waite and John O’Brien 6th place (out of a total of 65 boats)

Laser Radial- David 7th place (out of a total of 52 boats)

Laser Full Rig – Ian Kyle 5th place (out of a total of 9 boats)

Auxiliary Sunday Series

We had a great year and a wonderful turnout. 10 PCYC boats participated this season. Congratulations to the following skippers.

1st Place PC - Park McRitchie “JEB”

2nd Place VC – John Schaffner “Scoop”

3rd Place Rob Kyle “Sally Joe”

Sailing season is not over.

Sept. 2nd – Green Island Race

Sept. 14th – Sunset Can Race

Sept. 22-23 – O’Connell Fall Bay Regatta

Sept. 29-30 – Snow Flurries

Fcos Ramon Eickert

Page 3

Sail F

leet Capta

in’s R

eport

had a wonderful time enjoying the

island, libations, and excellent food.

As August slips into the sunset we look forward to September Cruise

Out events.

On Sunday, September 2, we will have our dinghy/small boat poker run beginning with Bloody Marys on the deck at 10:00 a.m. followed by a visit to Bringmans on the Portage River, Lagoon Saloon, The Bait Shop, and end up on the beach at

PCYC for the final card draw.

We will then have our final cruise out of the season on September 21-23

rd ,

at Miller Marina at Put In Bay. We will again have our scavenger hunt

among the usual activities.

I have enjoyed being the Fleet Cap-tain of Power for the past 2 years for PCYC as it has been a very reward-ing experience. I look forward to as-sisting my successor get off on the right foot for planning next years ac-

tivities.

Sincerely,

Dave Mehl

FCoP

Thoughts About September

August was a busy month for PCYC power boaters. On August 3-5

th, we

had a Cruise Out to Kelley’s Island Seaway Marina. We had 9 boats and 22 people attend. Apparently due to overbooking by the marina, on Sat-urday morning several of our boats were asked to raft off 3 deep to ac-commodate several more boats from other groups coming in during the day. Unfortunately this caused some chaos and 5 of the 9 boats departed

Seaway for other loca-

tions.

Secondly, we were scheduled to spend a day on Rattlesnake Is-land on Thursday, Au-gust 9

th. However, due

to bad weather, we had to cancel the 18 boats and 100+ people who had signed up to go to Rattlesnake. David Gresh, Rattlesnake Island manager, had a cancellation and of-fered Tuesday, August 14

th, as an al-

ternate date. We ended up with 6 boats and 35 people attending and

Fleet Captain of Power’s Report

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Green Island Breakfast Hat Party

BIERNES NOCHE DE POSTRE

Taco Bar

$5/pp 5:00 –7:00

Friday Night

Snacks 5:30

$4.00 pp

Sow Flurries Breakfast

Snow Flurries Lunch

Snow Flurries Breakfast

Labor Day Fish Fry

4:30 to 7:00 P. M.

$9.50 for Adults

$4.00 for children

Lasagna

with salad, garlic bread, spumoni and pizzelles $6.00 P/P

6:00PM until gone