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A Seasonal Bulletin of The Presque Isle Yacht Club
The
Masthead
Our Mission Statement- To promote activities, tourism, and a spirit of comradeship among boaters inter-
ested in the welfare & development of Lake Huron's beautiful Presque Isle Harbor.
Fall 2010
1870 Presque Isle
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As we wrap up one of our the warmest summers in recent mem-ory, the cooler winds of September give us a hint that the fall season is upon us. With help from several members, we've done a great job this summer of promoting activities, tourism, and cer-tainly promoted comradeship among boaters. We're known for donations that help with Presque Isle fireworks, cormorant con-trol, The Presque Isle Wooden Boat Show, free bicycle use, and free internet service at the harbor. Transient boaters look forward to our care packets given out by Dean and Barbara Dietrich. The home run this summer was the sailing classes for youngsters that was spearheaded by our Vice-commodore, Gary Hagen, and assisted by several other PIYC members. I received a wonderful letter from the Alpena group responsible for the actual trainers and sailboats. Peter Wilson, owner of Alpena Agency, brought his team of young trainers to Grand Lake, and through cooperation with the Presque Isle Harbor As-sociation, and PIYC member Bob Noffze, made a real impact on future sailors in our
area.
Since we only meet from (at best) April through October, most of us only make four or five dinners, so our monthly meetings consist of approximately 28 to 30 members and spouses. I can tell you that it's a great time to socialize and see folks who pass through the harbor, or visit the Presque Isle area briefly each season. 2010 seemed to breeze quickly by. With the addition of Barbara Dietrich and Robin Spencer to our team of di-rectors and officers, I look forward to strong leadership in 2011. I also look forward to Ted MacKinnon's work on our newsletter. We need an outreach to other boaters, and a thread of communication to our members throughout the winter. If you haven't done so already, be sure to get your email address to Ted, so we can keep in contact with you this winter through our newsletter. If you have ideas or suggestions to better the PIYC, this
will be a good way to also get back to us.
Words from Commodore Bob Young
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Thanks to Contributors The Club and the Editor appreciate any material from members for The Masthead.. For this issue, the following have provided articles and/or images: If you have anything that is pertinent or of general interest, please get it to the Editor on a floppy disc or via Email. Please submit text in either “text,” “rtf, ” or MSWord format. Images in ‘jpg’ or ’bmp’ format are preferred, although others can be handled.
Officers
Commodore Treasurer
Bob Young Robin Spencer
PO Box 11 Summer Contact
Presque Isle MI 49777 8211 Grand Lake Rd
989 595 5239 Presque Isle MI 49777
Email:
[email protected] 989 595 6970
Vice Commodore Mail & During Winter
Gary Hagen PO Box 64
21635 US23 South Presque Isle MI 49777
Presque Isle MI 49777 231 929 4684
989 595 9007 Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Secretary
Curtis Eagle
101 N Industrial Dr
Alpena MI 49707
989 356 2726
Email:
Apparel & Etc Club Apparel Bonnie Hawkins 989 734 5663 ID Tags John Vogelheim 989 734 4439 Burgees Gus Hoster 989 595 2132
Gary Hagen and BpbYoung
Directors Winter Addresses
Barbara Dietrich
17251 Highland Pines Rd
Presque Isle, MI 49777
989 595 6680
Email— [email protected]
George (Gus) Hoster
PO Box 59/8784 E Grand Lake Rd 5777 Bastille Place
Presque Isle, MI 49777 Columbus, OH 43213
989 595 2132 Summer 614 367 1318
Email— [email protected]
Ted MacKinnon
17537 Grand Lake Blvd
Presque Isle, MI 49777
989 595 2309 Summer
Email— [email protected]
19534 Warwick
Beverly Hills, MI 48025
248 647 1628
PO Box 502
White Springs, FL32096
386 397 1191
Note: There are 7 Direc-tors; Officers are also
Directors
DTM Photo
An early view of the Les Nichols Memorial
Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a
root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.
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The Masthead
This publication of the Presque Isle Yacht Club is initially issued 3 times per year; in the spring, during the summer, and again in the fall of each year. Depending on the amount of input from mem-bers, the frequency and/or size may vary as needed. We welcome any comments, concerns, congratulations or com-plaints, but especially appreciated are pertinent articles or images that will be on interest to our members. Please submit such com-munications to the Editor.: Ted MacKinnon Email: [email protected] 19534 Warwick Beverly Hills, MI 48025 248 647 1628 (Winter) Or 17537 Grand Lake Blvd Presque Isle MI 49777 989 595 2309 (June, July, & Aug) PIYC Mailing Address: P.O. Box 171 Presque Isle, MI 49777
Sailing Camp hits Grand Lake August 1-8, 2010 This year the first ever youth sailing camp was held on Grand Lake August 1-8, 2010. The camp was operated by the Alpena Youth Sailing Club under the direction of Peter Wil-son and Mark Upham. The Club provided all the boats, equip-ment, insurance, certified instructors and fun. The sponsors for this year’s event was The Presque Isle Har-bor Association, The Presque Isle Yacht Club, The Grand Lake Sportsmen's Club, and the Presque Isle Community Men's Club. Without these sponsors it would be impossible to hold such an event. A special thanks to the Presque Isle Harbor Association for the use of the facilities at the 'Beach House". The facilities were perfect for the event. The Camp enrolled 34 youths ranging in ages from 8 to 18. We had one youth from as far away as the United Arab Emir-ates. In addition, we know there was at least 15 youths who we could not fit in to the class due to limitations in the num-ber of boats and instructors. The lead instructor was Scott Mitchell whose parents that own a cottage on Grand Lake. Scott has a special touch when it comes to his love of sailing, the out doors and instructing the young students. We did determine that many of the youths were sponsored by their grandparents who might now be in the market for a sailboat. The classes were for 5 days with a session in the morning and a session in the afternoon. The youths, who most of them had never sailed before, now have an understanding on how to rig and sail a sailboat which includes raising the boat if it should tip over. In addition, the youths were required to know the names and tie basic sailing knots. When not sail-ing or attending instructions, the youths were swimming, div-ing off the raft, and having fun. On the final day the Presque Isle Harbor Association provided a hot dog dinner for the youths. In addition the the dinner, Dennis Norton and Robin Copeland conducted the first ever Youth Regata on Grand Lake. There were six trophies handed out to the first 6 places. We were very excited about the interest in the program and we will be planning the event for next year with improve-ments that we learned from this year’s event. We had a lot of fun and we are sure the kids will never forget this experience and the summer of 2010 on Grand Lake. If anyone would like additional information, or pre register for next year they can contact Gary Hagen 989-595-9007 or [email protected] Thanks to all of the people who were involved in this his-toric event. By Gary Hagen
Some Editorial Words
This is the first issue of The Masthead, the newsletter of The Presque Isle Yacht Club. As noted elsewhere, your Editor welcomes any suggestions or comments. If errors
are found they will be corrected in a following issue.
The success of this effort depends almost entirely upon the members, who are requested to forward any items of inter-est to the Editor. It is expected that we will begin with a 6 page newsletter, although it can be easily expanded to 8 or
more pages of material as needed.
Distribution will initially be by USMail, using the ad-dresses we have on hand, which are mostly in the Presque Isle area. Winter addresses are needed for those who are away from PI in the "off" months. Everyone needs to un-derstand that the cost of mailing a newsletter is approxi-mately $1.00 per address, which includes the printing. Cur-
rently we consider our member count at 35.
Ultimately, it is our goal to bring these mailing costs down to nearly zero by using Email for distribution. This means that we also need your Email addresses. The way this works is that when the particular issue is all edited, proof-read and ready, it is converted into a so-called 'pdf" file (Portable Document Format). Typically this reduces the document size from around 20 Mb to a manageable size, making it easier to Email. It seems that nearly everyone has "Acrobat Reader" on their machine, and that is what will open the pdf file and allow the user to read it on screen. The pdf file can also be printed on the recipient's ma-chine/printer. If you do not have a computer or wish to keep it coming via USMail, no problem, you will still get it in your mailbox. US Mail will remain for now as the de-
fault method.
Ted MacKinnon 9/26/2010
DTM Photo
Cape Dory Typhoons in Maine
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Here is an image that speaks to the well known fact that 7/8 of the iceberg is underwater. With the recent news of the loss of the MV Explorer and the Titanic in 1914, it’s well to keep this in mind while cruising the
high latitudes near the poles.
(Obviously an artist’s rendition of the “lower 7/8” of a berg.) —but be careful while cruising in high lati-
tudes!
Membership In The Presque Isle Yacht Club The Presque Isle Yacht Club is a civic organization dedicated to the establishment and growth of a yachting community in
Presque Isle Harbor Michigan.
Annual dues are $100 with a one time burgee fee of $25. There is no initiation fee for membership. From time to time various clothing and nautical accessory items may be available at market
prices.
The club membership year is January 1st through December 31st. Applicants filing after September 1st are considered as hav-ing filed as of the following January 1st. The months between are
free.
Winter Cruising Warning
Interesting Web Sites & Miscellany This space is set aside for those items that do not fall into any particular category. If you have an interesting Web Site that has anything to do with boating and/or the Great Lakes this is the place for that information. Just forward whatever you have to
your editor.
http://www.wunderground.com A great weather site, with astro-nomical data. http://www.detroitradioflashbacks.net/ Detroit AM/FM history http://www.firstgov.com Info on Gov’t and misc. data http://www.Antennaweb.org/aw/Address.aspx HDTV info on HDTV stations and locations. http://www.pchell.com XP secrets http://www.says-it.com/seal/index.php ‘ Official Seal Maker’ http://gethuman.com/us/ Contact a real person, not a machine http://www.maglite.com/knowledge.asp?gclid=COa_4rPT8YgCFQGPWAodq32nsA MagLite Info
http://www.cgaux.org/ US Coast Guard Auxiliary
http://thunderbay.noaa.gov/ NOAA Shipwreck Museum
http://www.cgaux.org/boatinged/ USCG Aux Boating Educa-
tion
http:www.boatnerd.com Great Lakes shipping and gen’l info
A 1950s photo of the famous Dodge Yacht SS Delphine about to enter Mackinac Island’s Haldimand Bay. This trip was to
be Mrs. Dodge’s last voyage on her boat.
SS Alpena in winter
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Editor’s *ote:
This page is a duplicate of the flyer that was used in 2010 to promote the Sailing Classes.
It is included here to remind all hands that a similar effort is planned for 2011. Make
your preliminary plans now to be part of this great program!
For Information
Email: [email protected]
MEETING LOCATION
1st Class
Postage
THE MASTHEAD A SEASONAL BULLETIN OF THE PRESQUE ISLE YACHT CLUB THE PRESQUE ISLE YACHT CLUB P.O. BOX 171, PRESQUE ISLE, MI 49777
PI County Rd 638
Grand Lake Rd
Portage Restaurant
PIYC meetings are on the 3rd Thursday of the month, April through October. Social hour be-
gins at 6:30 p.m., dinner / meeting follows.
The current clubhouse of PIYC is the Portage Restaurant at Presque Isle Harbor. State liquor laws must be observed during all club functions at this establishment. No drinks will be served after 2:00 a.m. and all parties must vacate the premises by 2:30 a.m. or upon the earlier closing of the Portage. All liquor consumed on the prem-ises must be purchased from the Portage Restau-rant. Open liquor or beer may not leave the estab-
lishment
Visiting mariners and guests are welcome at all club functions provided they are accompanied by
a member in good standing
