March 2016 Jib Sheet

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Does anyone remember

the last two frigid win-

ters? We are definitely

having the polar oppo-

site this year. As I sit

here writing it is nearly

55 degrees. Well, as

many of you are enjoy-

ing the warmer climate

in the South, we are

beginning to think of

preparations for Spring

with our boats. It could

be that some have not

even put their boats up

for the winter this yearand have chosen to

drop them in to fish as

we recently saw in Feb-

ruary off Catawba. All

this is making us think

of Spring. If this

weather continues into

March we may see

boats back in the ma-

rina before April.

As usual the club houseis busy weeknights and

especially on weekends

even through the win-

ter. Our club Sailors

are busy prepping their

fleet for the summer.

Thank you for those

that attended our Spa-

ghetti Dinner Fund-

raiser for our Junior

Sailors. These fund-

raiser events are im-

portant to our young

sailors as this is one of

their primary sources

of revenue supporting

their yearly educational

and racing programs.

The Port Clinton Yacht

Club sailors also just

completed a Safety at

Sea Seminar. This

event was attended by

other outside club sail-

ors along with our ownmembers. Under Jim

Miller’s and Linda

Springer’s guidance our

older sailors are doing a

great job of training our

next generations of

youth.

We do have some great

events planned for

March. We start off

with a Friday NightSnacks on the 4th and

the St. Patrick’s Day

Bar Party on the 12th.

Then if you want a

great burger, come to a

family event on Sunday

the 13th to have

Bracket Burgers.

What is a Bracket Bur-

ger? We have another

Junior Sailing Fund-

raiser Lasagna Dinner

on the 18th, then finish-

ing up with a Friday

Night snacks on the

25th and the Kids

Easter Party on the

26th. You will not get

bored at the Club in

March as many fun

events are planned.

Even though I have

been a member of the

PCYC for over 20 years,

I do not know all 500members. I am inter-

ested in meeting all of

you throughout the

year. Please introduce

yourself if we cross

paths around the club.

I am also interested in

any suggestions or com-

ments that you may

have. If you need any-

thing regarding clubbusiness please contact

me via my email

(commodore@portclinto

nyachtclub.com ) at any

time. And as always I

am looking forward to

seeing you at the club

as it is the best club on

the Great Lakes.

From the Commodore

March 2016

Port Clinton Yacht Club

Commodore Doug Shealy

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Commodore Doug Shealy



Did you hear? The ground-hog didn't see hisshadow, which supposedly means Spring willcome early. Sounds like good news to me.

May sound like a broken record but we con-tinue to catch up on inside maintenance items.

Outside, dredging, if it is going to happen, willbe started around the 7th of March. A newpole for pool house power will be set the lastweek of February.

When the weather does break we can wrap upthe remaining work at the pool. Can't wait tosee that thing filled with water. It is going to begreat.

Don't be shy, stop in the Club and say hello.Life is good.

The Rear Perspective, Bob Mosser

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The North Coast of Ohio was treated to its first taste of Spring 2016 with

temperatures in the 60’s in late February! Another sure sign that springis coming – the 2016 Cruise-Out Book is now available for review and

sign ups at the clubhouse bar! And on that note, if you have not already

signed up, the Wine Cruise Out is set for February 27, 2016! Be sure toreview the flyer for details and sign up now, as only a few spots remain.

Remember, spring launch will be here before you know it, so review

your tags, safety gear, and mechanical checklists before the rush!

Fleet Captain of power, Steve Hales

Greetings to all PCYC Members. We had a very successful Spaghetti Dinner prepared by

PC John Stefano. Thanks to all the Jr. Sailors and parents for their support. Saturday, Feb. 20

we held a Safety at Sea Seminar. This also went very well! Next month is the Lasagna Dinner

March 18 prepared by Dolores and I. Hope to see you all there!

The Sail Team and Learn to Sail Coaches have been announced;

Emma Eickert 2nd Year Head CoachJayson Miller 2nd Year

Ben Sprenger 1st Year

Will Taylor 1st Year

We have the beginnings of a J 24 Fleet. Contact me for details.

Periodically I invite our Jr. Sailors to present an article on their Summer Experience.

Please enjoy the article by Lucas Kyle.

Fleet Captain of Sail, Jim Miller

..spring launch will be here before

you know it..



Hello, my name is Lucas Kyle and I am in the 7th grade. I am stu-

dent at Port Clinton Middle School and also a member of the

Port Clinton Jr. Race team. I have been sailing for as long as Ican remember. I sailed Opti up until the last 2 races of the 2014-

2015 sailing season and since then I have sailed Laser Radial.

Last summer most of our race team went to a Junior Olympic

Sailing Festival and Skill Building camp. It started with an inter-

esting drive to Mentor Harbor Yacht Club. It was the beginning

of a very nasty storm. It was raining and was very windy the

whole way up there. We dropped our gear and boats off, we went

in search of the house in which we were going to stay. After con-

vincing ourselves the house was haunted we were told to go to

bed. We went to Mentor the next morning in hopes of getting a

good day of sailing. Instead we got a day of 30+ knots of wind

and rain. Before hopes were lost we were told to rig our boats

and go sailing. In my attempts of getting out to the race course I managed to capsize before

even getting out of the channel. It then took me a good 10 minutes to get back in my boat and

after that I was just about spent. I have never sailed in conditions so bad before in my young

career. I then came in to a bunch of other underweight laser sailors. All tired and wet, we

came together to converse about our attempts to sail. The wind made it nearly impossible to

de-rig. I was so happy that I had brought an extra pair of clothes because even though it was

summer it felt like it was 60o. We went up to the clubhouse to get food but instead we got a

one hour long clinic about heavy wind sailing. It was one of the more helpful hours of my sail-ing career just because there were professionals teaching us. The rest of the day was pretty

boring until we got back to the house. We got to go to a pizza place and get calzones. We were

all so tired that we were all in bed by 9 o'clock.

The next day the wind had gotten up to about 35 knots and switched to the north. The waves

as big as small cars. Just about every sailor did not sail that day including the race committee

because races were canceled very quickly. With races canceled and nothing to do, we were told

to go to our areas by fleet. The laser coach decided we would just have clinics for the rest of

the day. At first I was so bummed out. I thought the whole weekend was ruined, but as the day

moved on I wasn’t so mad. I had learned so much in a couple hours. The one main thing I

learned that weekend was that things don’t have to go as planned to be good. Even though

nothing went like I thought it would, it was still one of the best of the weekends of my sum-

mer!

Junior Olympic Sailing Festival and Skill Building Clinic, Lucas Kyle

..things don’t have to go as

planned to be good

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March 2016Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4. 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12. St. Patty’s Day

Bar Party5-7pm $7.00 pp

Open Face Ruben's,Soup, Dessert and

more!

13.

Bracket Burgers

14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25. FNS 26. Kids Easter

Party .. Watch

your inbox for

details

27. Easter Sunday,

Club Closed

28 29 30 31

C o l o n i a l

C l u b

M e m b e r s h i p

M e e t i n g

B o a r d

M e e t i n g

B

o a r d M e e t i n g

T u e s d a y D a n c e L e s s o n s

25th FNS

6:00 p.m. $5.00 Comfort foods for fickle

weather—Tomato Basil

Soup, Baked Cheese Fon-

due with Golden Mush-

room Sauce, Shrimp

Stuffed Deviled Eggs,

Yummy Desserts

4th FNSBaked Potato Bar,

Betty's Salad andBroccoli Cheese

Soup, 6pm-7:30 $5

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