Summer Sailstice – The Glow Regatta, can count toward Club Championship (no charge to race $7 each to eat before the race) Sail all day starts at Noon and into the night at Port Oliver Yacht Club annual Glow Regatta. – See more at: http://www.summersailstice.com/event/glow-regatta-barren-river-reservoir#sthash.M6MeyNPb.C1KoyfXd.dpuf

Ye Knows the Drill Matey’s .. we drinks awhile then we eats, then we has the meeting, then we drinks some more. bring some victuals to share or a tasty desert

The officers met on January 10th to consider the 2013 schedule, I have posted a tentative schedule on this page as 2013 Calendar above.

We are trying to increase membership this year and we want to beef up our Sailing school and  have a Free Sailing Clinic. We also want to have a youth camp or two this year to teach youngsters how to sail using our Sunfish fleet. We feel this would be a good way to engage area youth to promote sailing as a sport. If anyone has a desire to help with this, please contact Rob Hatcher.  This will be a fun thing for club members children and grandchildren to participate in, we will offer this to children 10 years old and up.

We are planning to have some Pirate themed events this year and these are still in the early planning stages. If you have any ideas please contact Commodore Reimer .. Arrgh !

Purser Cannon reports that we are in better financial shape this year than last. We are in the process of replacing our AED at the club. We may also be able to swing a few smaller capital projects this year and no more Fluorescent Hot Dogs ! Yay !

We have a full racing schedule and we plan to promote our Regattas to nearby clubs to increase competition, although old timers on Barren have an edge because they know where to find the wind ( We’re talking about you Klarer ) !

As always, we are looking for cooks for the monthly meetings, starting with the March meeting, please contact Rob Hatcher to volunteer. His email is listed under “Club Officers” just click on it to send him an email.

We hope 2013 will be a great year for racing and all please try to get out and enjoy your club this year.

GG. Scribe

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This is the recipe for the Chocolate Biscuit Cake, Jay made and brought to the club meeting Friday night.. One more reason to come to the clubs potluck dinner meetings! Thanks Jay.

Ingredients :

8 oz. good-quality dark chocolate, chopped

1 stick unsalted butter

2 large eggs

1/2 cup sugar

8 oz tea biscuits or graham crackers, broken into almond sized pieces

zest of one orange

1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts, walnuts, or almonds

1/4 cup raisins, soaked in 2 tablespoons of rum or sherry

Directions

1. Melt chocolate in a double boiler. in another saucepan melt butter.

2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the eggs and sugar until mixed well. Add melted chocolate and butter. Add orange zest, raisins, and nuts to the chocolate mix. Gradually fold in crushed biscuits until they are evenly distributed throughout the chocolate.

3. In a 2 pound loaf pan lined with plastic wrap spread the mixture and smooth out evenly. Cover entire pan with plastic.

4. Refrigerate overnight. cut into slices.

Enjoy!  Jay MortensonSV “Flying Basset”mort.j@hotmail.com

Our own Dale Sturm won the Mountain Mama Regatta.. Congratulations Dale on keeping the boat upright.

Cool Trophy

Smile a little Dale… you won the race!

Meeting starts at 6pm with a potluck. Please bring a side to share !