The meeting was held on Friday November 9th at the club.All hands ate some great Chili provided by Max Vinson. The meeting started after the meal and first on the agenda was a salute to past Commodores: Doug Roberts, Bill Miller, Gary Reimer, Herb Siewert and Rob Wyatt all were present.

Commodore Champion reminded all about the work party on Saturday and Barry Sanders is making his wings for lunch and we also will have some chili on hand.

Purser’s Report : Alan Cannon reported that the insurance is paid and we are in relatively good shape, although we are not flush with cash. We have the money for the replacement AED in a separate account. Alan congratulated Doug Roberts for holding a great and economical racing season and all present agreed. We voted to maintain our membership in US Sailing and will pay the annual dues of $175. Purser Cannon will investigate our insurance options to see if we can get a rider to cover the pavilion. Alan also mentioned looking at the possibility of installing a gate opener with a keypad. PLEASE REMEMBER TO LOCK THE GATE.

Our next club event will be to host a float for the Bowling Green Christmas parade. We will use one of the clubs Sunfish for this and Herb has graciously agreed to tow the float again with his Model A. Thanks Herb! Decoration of the float will be held at Herb Siewert’s house on December 1st at 6:30 pm. 2011 Barberry Ct. Bowling Green
Phone 270-843-1210. Please bring snacks and grog.

We will have our Xmas party and awards dinner on December 15th at Cambridge Market in Bowling Green. We plan on having fixed price per couple for dinner (TBA). If you are going please bring an appetizer to share. The festivities will start with cocktails at 6:00 pm followed by dinner and a program at 7:00 pm.

Rob Hatcher has set up a site at Cafe Press for POYC wear. You can view this by going to www.cafepress.com/poyc. The club will get a portion of the proceeds from this site.

Club officers for 2013 are as follows:

Commodore Gary Reimer

Vice Commodore Doug Roberts

Purser Alan Cannon

Race Chair Rob Wyatt

Scribe Gary Guss

Social Chair Rob Hatcher

Yard/Hardmaster Bill Miller

Commodore Deborah Champion reminded all that the Commodore’s Recption will be held at Bill and Deborah’s house on January 1st at 2:00 pm.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm.

The Fall work party is this coming Saturday November 10th from 8am – Noon . Capt. Barry Saunders will be cooking up his fabulous wings. Please bring rakes, hoes and implements of all kinds. The list is long and many hands will make light work.  Sweepers man your brooms and scrapers over the side !.

Join us as we put the club to bed for the winter.

Our regular meeting at the lake. Greg Glass is cooking.Please bring a dish or dessert to share.

Social and food at 6PM. Meeting after.

The meeting came to order as usual with a salute to past Commodores… Sanders, Roberts, and Miller.

Purser’s report:

Alan Cannon reports that the insurance bill has been paid for the next 6 months.  Alan is currently seeking new quotes for insurance, but the current policy looks competitive. Alan stated that we have 22 members delinquent and that after calling them all,  found 6 people who stated that they are no longer members.

We would like to welcome Jay and Nan Mortenson, they have a Westwight Potter 19 and Jay makes a mean chocolate biscuit cake ! See the other post for the recipe for this stuff.

The Commodore has stated that all should bring their wives or significant others to the October Meeting. This will be October 12th.

Vice Commodore Vinson related the running of the Dixie Cup race by Rob Wyatt. Rob ran it as a windward/leeward race which worked well and allowed for many races. Rob also gave away some of the old leftover trophies as well as flags for this event which all hands really liked. Good Job Rob !

Our last regatta of the year will be the Great Minnow which will be a two day regatta on Saturday and Sunday September 29th and 30th. Barry Sanders will be cooking his wings for the event.

The Corp has said they will not drop water in the lake until October 15th, which will give us a few weeks more of sailing in October.

Hardmaster Report:

Hardmaster Miller was dis-heartened to report that when he tried to mow the yard and under his boat, he found the mower and gas can empty – IF THE CAN IS EMPTY FILL IT AND YOU WILL BE REIMBURSED . – THIS MEANS YOU !

Our Fall Work Party will be held on Saturday November 10th, please attend and bring implements to weed whack, rake, leaf blow etc. I’ll post more about this as I get more details.

Max Vinson has purchased the donated Glassline 22 for $900, said monies to be used to buy a replacement Defibrillator for the club. Those of us who probably would be subjected to jumper cables or line voltage as a heart stimulant thank you.

We discussed the upcoming Trashmaster and pictures of this are up on the website ( thanks Kim Hawkins).

Our Christmas party this year will be on December 8th at Mt. Victor Warehouse which is at Lovers Lane and Old Cemetery road. Details are still nascent at this time, the club will foot the bill to rent the space and members will order off of a catering menu to be determined. Rob Hatcher Social Chair is working out this event.

Rob Hatcher suggested the club consider having a Sunfish Camp to run one or two weeks in the Summer. This would be a way to get children interested in sailing and also perhaps increase membership in the club. River City Community Sailing in Louisville does this on the Ohio river, see the link for their program.

RCCSP Youth Camp

Finally Doug Roberts gave an excellent explanation of “refinishing your bottom”, which is how he is finishing his Catalina 25 after finding blisters and leaks from a previous owners repair. He also explained how he raised his boat off the trailer and noted that the club has 6 jack-stands available to members (back of the shed).

Finally: Please remember to keep locking the gate behind you both if you are leaving for the day or going to be out on the lake for awhile. Our problems with vandalism have diminished and we want to keep it that way.

The meeting adjourned around 7:45 pm.

Fair Winds – Gary Guss Scribe

These pictures are by Kim Hawkins. Thanks to all who gave up their time.

The guys liberated Davy Jones’ cool 27″ TV . Now they can watch Sail TV.

Commodore Champion and Barbara at the Registration table

Rob Hatcher liberated this new fangled deck cleaner