“…and we sails and we sails and we never touch land, with me bottle of rum and me pipe in me hand. ” Saturday June 20th.. Sail all day and have dinner and a Glow Raft-up Regatta and movie and food.. Bring bugspray and your glow stuff for night time activities. This is the longest day of the year.
(An adventure race where the infamous Jolly Roger Flags are up for grabs.) Race registration is $20 per boat. Club Meeting at the Lake – The always fabulous Low Country Boil for Dinner – Don’t miss this one! – Dinner only is $10 each. – Break out your Pirate gear! Skippers Meeting is at 10AM CDT.. RSVP for dinner so we have an idea how much to get. This will be a poker run kind of race and we need volunteers to hand out the cards. You dont need to know how to race on this, just sail from place to place and get cards. Come out and have a good time.
Hi Y’all…a notice was in the Bowling Green Daily News paper on Tuesday 3/24 for the Memorial for Herb Siewert for this Saturday 3/28…Visitation at 9:30 am, Memorial at 11:00 am and Luncheon afterwards…it will take place at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on Nashville Road…a donation will be made to the church instead of flowers…I plan to attend…Gary Reimer
This ones in honor of Max Vinson, who taught us all to tie this a few years back. This is a great way to make tabs for opening snap shackles and for zipper pulls.
For a PDF with tying instructions click here: Portuguese Sennett
LAST NIGHT we had one of my favorite meals, Jolie Brise soup. It’s a seagoing soup, of course, named after the world-famous, wooden, gaff-rigged pilot cutter that, even in its dotage, is still a force to be reckoned with. In 2011 she was first in class and overall winner of the Tall Ships Race — and not for the first time.
Jolie Brise started life in France in 1913, as a working pilot cutter in Le Havre, but she was bought for private use in 1923 by an Englishman, Commander E. G. Martin. He sailed her to a win in the first Fastnet Race in 1925 and became famous for more ocean-going exploits in other yachts in later years.
Commander Martin sailed with a hefty, hardworking crew in Jolie Brise and they brought with them some hefty appetites, so it’s not surprising that one of his favorite meals was onion soup. It’s just what a hungry crew needs on a brisk night at sea, hot, tasty, and chock-full of energy. It’s quick and easy to prepare and handy because onions keep well on a boat.
You should try it sometime. Here’s the original recipe from Commander Martin:
Place four medium-large onions, peeled and cut into quarters, into a covered saucepan with 3 to 4 cups cold water.
Add 2 tablespoons Bovril (or other strong beef stock), 4 ounces butter, a dessert spoonful Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, a little black pepper, and (when the cooking is nearly done) a small glass of sherry or rather more white wine.
Boil gently for 30 minutes or until the onions have fallen to pieces and are soft, stirring occasionally.
Now, you might be a little taken aback at the amount of butter in this recipe, but you must remember that it was meant to satisfy the energy needs of hardworking men in a cold climate. And anything with that much butter in it is bound to be delicious. But now I cut the butter ration in half, to 2 ounces, and still find it very tasty and satisfying. I tried a vegetable spread substitute once and it was a disaster. Stick to butter.
We can find Bovril occasionally in the British section of our local supermarket, but I more often use beef stock cubes instead — enough to make 5 cups of bouillon.
So give it a go, and save some of that sherry or white wine for a small toast to a real sailor and a wonderful boat: Commander Martin and Jolie Brise!
Stolen from John Vigor
Anyone else have any nautical recipes to share?
Consider using this instead of a Bowline for securing a sheet to a jib clew, its more compact than a Bowline and also much more resistant to shaking out. The downside is that, it’s also prone to jam and be much harder to untie. This is the same knot as the 4 in hand knot used for tying neckties. Good for wherever you don’t want to take a chance of the knot coming loose.
The Buntline Hitch
The last regatta of the 2014 racing season is coming up on the weekend of October 11th. Our club has suffered declining attendance for events and if there is any way we can step up for this one it will be good for all involved.
We won’t dwell on the past; let’s just look forward and see what we can do to make the Minnow a real big one. We will have the October monthly meeting after the 1st round of racing Saturday afternoon. Let’s have a good turn out and spend some time talking to each other about how we can make the club functional again.
We care about sailing or we wouldn’t be here in the first place. Times change as do our priorities and distractions, and that’s what makes it important to recognize and overcome the barriers that are keeping sails from being hauled. We need to take steps now toward insuring that there will be a next generation of sailors on our lake. The club is built on the blood and sweat of many, and now will take just a bit more effort from a few to foster our growth going forward!
Gary Reimer
Commodore
The Port Oliver Yacht Club burgee is traveling the world again this spring and summer. Last year it flew over the waters of Thailand, Australia, and the Seychelles. This year four sailors representing POYC competed in the 2014 British Virgin Islands Spring Regatta in April. The crew included Larry Caillouet, Richard Collins, and Dan Chaney from Bowling Green, and Bill Linehan from Indianapolis. They raced a Jeanneau 53 named Lady Suzanne and finished fifth of nine entries in the charter boat division. They were in contention until major damage to the mainsail track on the mast caused them to limp across the finish line in race #3 and miss race #4 altogether. In an ironic twist, Larry and Diana’s boat, Mary Jewell, was sailed by a Dutch crew and took first place, winning 5 out of 6 races.
POYC burgee and the official flags of BVI and the BVI Regatta
After the BVI Regatta, the POYC burgee took its second tour of duty in French Polynesia, having visited the Society Islands previously in 2010. This year it flew for two weeks in Raiatea, Bora Bora, Maupiti, Tupai, and Tahaa aboard a 46 foot Moorings catamaran. No racing here, just beautiful days of tropical breezes, crystal clear water, swaying palm trees, and the roar of waves crashing on the reefs around each island. Inside the lagoons coral was bountiful and pristine. Warm waters and an abundance of tropical fish made snorkeling a must-do activity every day.
Taravana Yacht Club, Tahaa, French Polynesia
Next the POYC burgee flew over the turquoise waters of Turkey. Larry and Diana Caillouet sailed along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey on a 45 foot Sunsail Jeanneau monohull. They boarded the boat in Gocek and sailed as far west as Marmaris and as far east as Kalkan. Turkey is not exotic like Tahiti, but is beautiful in its own way. The rugged mountains come right down to the sea creating many bays and harbors. The days are sunny and warm, but at night you sleep with a blanket or two. The waters are turquoise blue and so clear you can see fish swimming 15 or 20 feet below the boat. The people are genuinely friendly and the food is great!
The POYC burgee keeps a solitary watch over Mersin Limani
After two weeks in Turkey, the POYC burgee hopped over the Aegean Sea to board a 42 foot Moorings Beneteau monohull in Lavrion, Greece. Its itinerary for two weeks was to sail to the Cyclades islands of Kythnos, Syros, Mykonos, Paros, Ios, Santorini, Folegandros, Sifnos, Serifos, and Kea before completing the cycle at Lavrion. These islands are 20-30 miles apart and the winds can be strong, so each day saw some serious sailing.
A view of the ancient Chora on the island of Serifos from the town dock.
The POYC burgee is now completing its world tour by returning to its “home away from home” the British, US, and Spanish Virgin Islands. Larry and Diana are sailing there with friends for four weeks in July before returning to the real home of the by-then tattered burgee, Barren River Lake.
POYC represented at the Reggae Festival in Cane Garden Bay, Tortola, BVI.
Don’t let anyone from a fancy “white pants and blazer” yacht club disparage the Port Oliver Yacht Club. Its burgee has been seen around the world.
~Submitted by Larry Caillouette
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