The meeting opened as always with a salute to past Commodores. Next up was a discussion of the Jolly Roger regatta being held on the 9th. The Race committee needs help for the Karl Millen (August 18th) and Great Minnow Regattas (Sept. 29-30th), as always we will train you. This is a good way to learn about racing and you can get a great view on the committee boat.
We need long sailbags for the clubs G-22 boat (6.5″ for the main and 5’2″ for the jib) if you have these or materials to make them please contact anybody on the board.
We plan to offer a sailing class in August (2nd Week). More on this as we get closer to the time. The Scribe would like us to offer a Sunfish class for those of us who would like to learn to sail one ( this could be great fun especially when it gets hotter).

The Yardmaster wants us to mention the 10 Commandments of POYC.. these are our rules of the road.

1.) Don’t block other boats when parking.
2.) Don’t hog the dock .. First in and First out, if you aren’t sailing the boat for a day or so pull it off the dock.
3.) When docking, always dock bow in and use a large fender to protect the dock. This gets us the maximum number of boats able to use the dock.
4.) Clean up after yourself.. we don’t have janitors working in the club. If the garbage can is full, it can be emptied into on of the two dumpsters in the lower yard near the ramp. Garbage bags are in the shed.
5.) If you run out of mower gas, toilet paper, soap or other club consumable ( not beer!) please buy some and the purser will reimburse the expense.
6.) If you notice something is broken, let the yardmaster or other board members know so we can get it fixed.
7.) Please mow or weed eat the space under and around your boat.
8.) Don’t leave food in the refrigerator, please take it back home.
9.) Say hello to other members, let’s all get to know each other better.
10) If you are the last person on the property, lock the shed, the head, and the gate.. we are trying to reduce vandalism.

We are almost done remodeling the plank park, we need about 10 more bricks and a bag of sand, thanks to Rob Wyatt for his masonic help.

Purser report – Year to Date we have about $14,820 in and have spent $4750, we also recently paid our core fee of $8350 ( five years worth). this doesn’t leave us much of a balance and we still have other routine bills. We currently have 65 members who have paid for the year with 22 members who are not paid up. Of the 22, we have 11 people who haven’t paid for 2 years. We plan on an executive committee meeting to determine our next plan of action for these people. We can publish their names in the Telltale or pursue other means of getting them to pay up or remove their boat from the club yards. If you haven’t paid yet please do so.

We heard that Marge Deller’s husband John recently passed away, our condolences to her and her family.

Commodore Siewert, reports that the Yankee Doodle regatta will have three classes, a Dinghy, Cruiser and Sunfish class. This will be a one day race and will be held on July 7th.. the skippers meeting will be at 10AM sharp and the racing will begin soon after. There will be a pig roast as usual which will cost about $10 a head. Herb is looking for help on the committee boat and he can be contacted at h.siewert@insightbb.com or contact a board member.

Final Note : We are now considered a private ramp – Please lock the gate and lock it when you leave for the day. Rotate the combination to make it harder to guess

Let’s all get out there and enjoy the club !

The 2012 Jolly Roger Regatta will be held June 9th. Skippers meeting at 10am. Entry Fee is $20 and includes the skippers dinner, Crew dinner is $5 each. Dinner will be the famous Low Country Boil which is always a great meal. Dinner should be around 5pm. If you don’t want to race, come on down for the dinner.. Please RSVP to Doug Roberts via Facebook or email so we know how much food to make. If you aren’t racing consider going to the Friends of Barren River lake poker run POKER RUN

Potluck Meeting at the Lake. Gary Reimer is cooking. Come on down and get your boat ready for the big Jolly Roger Race on Saturday. Swap Lies and Strategory on how you plan to win Saturday’s race. Marvel at the water level and nice weather! Chow at 6pm with meeting after. Bring some beer if you want some and a side dish or desert.

We began the meeting with a salute to the former Commodores, Doug Roberts, Ronny Hendricks and Gary Reimer were all in attendance.

We discussed security in the club following the vandalism we encountered earlier this year, we will begin locking the gate when leaving the club and when you do this please be sure to rotate the lock to help hide the combination. We have had reports of people ( not club members) having parties on the property, we need to take steps to insure this doesn’t happen again. We discussed various remedies for this problem.

Max Vinson reports that we need cooks for the June, July, August, and September meetings, please contact him and volunteer for one of these months .

If we can’t get cooks we’ll be eating this stuff

Purser Cannon reported that we have about $4900 left in the bank after our annual paving payment and we are saving money for our  Corp fee for the dock. We have two new members and please introduce yourselves and welcome Dick and Chris Dressler – sponsored by the Kerstings and Ben and Christy Rogers – sponsored by Pete Kafer.

We have a full racing season coming up with our first practice race held on May 12th after the Blessing of the Fleet and a “Free” race regatta being held on Saturday May 19th. Racing Chair Doug Roberts needs Committee boat help and will be happy to train some folks. As a bonus you will be able to enjoy our new Trex decking on the  Committee boat.

We also discussed funding a new AED to replace the one that was stolen. We may try holding a raffle and also discussed was possibly selling some of the abandoned boats in the yard if it is judged legal to do so.

Pete Kafer gave an excellent presentation on Ocean Navigation and showed some pictures of his recent time in the Bahamas. Thanks Peter!

Pete Kafer discussing Ocean Navigation and the Bahamas

We would like to have a talk each month this year, if you feel you can do this please contact the Commodore.

The meeting adjourned at about 8:30 pm.

Friday is the May Meeting and Potluck at 6 PM – We are having chicken drummies and da Scribe is cooking them.. Bring a dish to share or dessert.

Bill Champion as a Yute, playing the Drummies

Saturday is the Blessing of the Fleet at 11:00AM – Please come down and enjoy your Club..