Commodore’s Reception – Jan 1 2011

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The Commodore’s Reception is traditionally held by the outgoing Commodore for the incoming Commodore. We are honored to welcome Debbie Champion as our new Commodore and the reception will be held on January 1st at 4PM at the Miller’s home at 1824 Meng Road in southern Warren County.
The directions to the house are as follows: from the North – down I-65 to the Scottsville Road exit then the first left onto
Three Springs Road. Proceed approx. five miles to the south to the first stop sign at highway 242. Turn left onto 242 and after passing the small white church in the turn Meng Road dives off to the right while 242 continues to the left. We are about a mile and a half down the road and the third house on the left side of the road. The Miller mansion is almost a century old constructed of brick and sporting four white columns across a large front porch. Highway 242 can also be reached from 31-W from either the north of south, and if you come that way the only large road you cross will be at the above mentioned stop sign on 242 and proceed as above.
It really is easy to find so do not be deterred.
I hope to see my mates from the POYC as this will serve as the January meeting.

Please RSVP to Bill and Kaye Miller at 270-792-3728

Commodore Bill Miller

Sailing Christmas Carols

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A sailing friend sent these to me.

# 1. ( Sing to the tune , “Jingle Bells” )
Hard a- lee hard a-lee ,
Tacking all the way .
Oh what fun it is to ride –
a High Performance sleigh – eeee
Spectra here , Carbon there,
what fun to spend the buck.
Dollars make us win today.
Hey ! nothings left to luck
OOOOOOOh !
Hard a-lee, hard a-lee
winning is the way,
Dig really deep my sailor friend,
If you want to play-eeee
Melges here , J boat there
See how fast they go,
If you want to get a first
spend money , don’t cha know.

# 2. ( Sing to the tune of ” O christmas tree ” also know as ” O Tannenbaum”
O, wooden boat! my wooden boat!
It is my hope you stay afloat ,
O, worms and rot, I want you not,
There’s bottom paint on , coat by coat.
I varnished here
I varnished there
I used brushes of – the finest hair.
O, Wooden boat! my wooden boat!
All this up-keep gets my goat.

# 3. ( Sing to the tune ” O little town of Bethlehem ” )
Oh little boat of fiber-glass,
How still I see thee lie.
With blisters on your bottomside,
the size of an apple pie.
But in the dark wet brewing,
delamination grows .
Neglected years, the owner’s tears,
West System Epox-y-ose !

# 4. (Sing to the tune of “The 12 Days of Christmas” ) (for you non racers, a
big fast DNS is a racing term for “did not start”)
On the first day of racing , my new crew brought to me
A big fat D-eeee N S.
On the second day of racing , my new crew brought to me
Two tangled sheets and a big fat D-eee N S
On the third day of racing , my new crew brought to me
Three bad tacks , two tangled sheets and a big fat D-eee N S.
On the fourth day of racing my , new crew brought to me …
four spinnaker wraps , three bad tacks , two tangled sheets and a big fat D-eee
N S
On the fifth day of racing , my new crew brought to me ,…
Five accidental jibes …. four spinnaker wraps , three bad tacks, two tangled
sheets and a big Fat D-eee N S..
On the sixth day of racing , my new crew brought to me.
Six winches back wound, Five accidental jibes ,four spinnaker wraps , three bad
tacks, two tangled sheets and a big Fat D-eee N S..
On the seventh day of racing, my new crew brought to me..
Seven sea-sick throw ups, Six winches back wound, Five accidental jibes ,four
spinnaker wraps , three bad tacks, two tangled sheets and a big Fat D-eee N S..
On the eighth day of racing, my new crew brought to me..
Eight beers a -drinking, Seven sea-sick throw ups, Six winches back wound Five
accidental jibes ,four spinnaker wraps , three bad tacks, two tangled sheets and
a big Fat D-eee N S..
On the Ninth day of racing , my new crew brought to me ..
Nine winch handles swimming, Eight beers a -drinking, Seven sea-sick throw ups,
Six winches back wound, Five accidental jibes ,four spinnaker wraps , three bad
tacks, two tangled sheets and a big Fat D-eee N S.
on the tenth day of racing , my new crew brought to me ….
Ten halyards let loose, Nine winch handles swimming, Eight beers a -drinking,
Seven sea-sick throw ups, Six winches back wound, Five accidental jibes ,four
spinnaker wraps , three bad tacks, two tangled sheets and a big Fat D-eee N S.
On the Eleventh day of racing , my new crew brought to me ..
Eleven Chute poles broken, Ten halyards let loose, Nine winch handles swimming,
Eight beers a -drinking, Seven sea-sick throw ups, Six winches back wound, Five
accidental jibes ,four spinnaker wraps , three bad tacks, two tangled sheets and
a big Fat D-eee N S.
On the Twelth day of racing , my new crew brought to me ….
Twelve headsails overboard, Eleven Chute poles broken, Ten halyards let loose,
Nine winch handles swimming, Eight beers a -drinking, Seven sea-sick throw ups,
Six winches back wound, Five accidental jibes, four spinnaker wraps , three bad
tacks, two tangled sheets and a big Fat D-eee N S.

November Meeting – November 12th @ Gander Mountain

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Our next meeting will be held at Gander Mountain in Bowling Green on November 12th at 6PM (725 Bluegrass Farms Blvd., Suite 1, Bowling Green, KY, 42104, 270-842-0855)
This meeting will present our slate of officers for 2011, anyone wishing to serve, please contact the present or ex-commodores to get your name on the list. No Potluck for this meeting.

 

Mediterranean Sailing

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Bill Davis sent this along

Gary, a pretty serious sailor friend sent this to me.–thought the club
members might be interested. I have heard “the Med” can be hard to
handle because of its shallowness. It makes for hardy Mediterranean
sailors apparently. (I also wondered about the photographer!)
bill

Subject: Med sailing
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:23:50 -0600

For all of you who plan to cruise the Med this fall, here’s a great
picture from a single handed race.

Don Ulsifer

October Meeting Minutes

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The meeting was opened by Commodore Bill Miller, with a shoutout to all past commodores in attendance, Doug, Barry, and Herb. Bill also thanked Doug Roberts for the successful Great Minnow Regatta, Thanks Doug!

We have heard that the Corp of Engineers may be postponing dropping the lake until around November 25th due to a Zebra Mussell control project, this will allow for more sailing and more season for all of us, which would be a welcome turn of events with the high water and high temps we had all year. I’ll try to confirm this with the Corp, and report back.

Our next meeting will be held at Gander Mountain in Bowling Green on November 12th at 6PM (725 Bluegrass Farms Blvd., Suite 1, Bowling Green, KY, 42104, 270-842-0855)
This meeting will present our slate of officers for 2011, anyone wishing to serve, please contact the present or ex-commodores to get your name on the list.

We will have our Fall Cleanup at the Lake on Saturday November 13th at 10am. The list is long, so please try to attend, as many swabs makes light work. Barry Sanders will be making more of his wings and Gary and Linda Guss will be cooking Chili and Mettwurst.

The Christmas Party is scheduled for December 11th at Cambridge Market. Vice Commodore Debbie Champion will be handling the details. Thanks Debbie!

The Treasury is sound per Purser Sanders, we have some money and the bills have been paid.

In old Business, Herb Siewert will be driving his Model A in the Bowling Green Christmas Parade which will be held on December 4th. In lieu of a float he will be towing a Sunfish and will try to have a mention of POYC on the sail or on a banner. Please contact Herb to help with this effort.

Commodore Miller congratulated all on a great racing season.
The meeting adjourned at 7:30pm.

Gary Guss – Scribe