We hope you all had a great weekend.  
 
Friday night there was a celebration on Tenacious for
Diane's birthday including  Eddie's famous (homemade) cookies and cake.  We all hope you had a great birthday weekend Diane!!
 
Saturday started off a bit overcast and weather was a bit rainy here and there but not at the lake.  Doug set up a start line  seminar for the sailboat racers in the club.  Laura and I helped Doug out with start times and video of each start.  I believe that we did 6 or 7 different starts and each one got better and better.  As Doug has mentioned before the Start is the most important part of the race. 

After the seminar several boats went sailing for a
bit and several of us started a raft up.   The water temps are on the way up and it feels great to be able to hang out with friends in the
water.  The rain started to come in but nothing too bad until later in the afternoon.  One of the passing showers came down pretty hard that we could not see the other side of the lake but that one also passed.  
 
Once people got back to the dock and ate dinner a belated birthday celebration for Keir started on Parrotise with homemade cupcakes.  Due to the rain there was 11 or 12 of us packed into the cockpit area but all had a good time and some yummy cupcakes.  
 
Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day to be out on the
water.  Several sailboats went out and while we were out on the ski we saw several spinnakers flying.  
 
Don't forget about the Italian potluck dinner hosted by Rhonda and Keir this coming weekend June 29th.  If you have not already responded to her evite that was sent out a week or so ago please do so.  This will help them in knowing the amount of people to expect and set up for. 

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Steve Twyman


2013 SCYC Commodore


commodore@steelecreekyachtclub.org

We hope all the Dad's out there had a great Fathers Day weekend. 

Saturday was a beautiful day to be out on the
water.  The sun was bright and warm and a nice cool breeze made the day perfect.  Many boats ventured out to enjoy a sail/motor down the lake to view the Governors Cup races off of Henderson point.  After a few hours on the water the word came out that there were cupcakes to be eaten on RockReation.  Needless to say many boats were ready to raft up and enjoy the goodies.  A big thanks to Helen for providing all the cupcakes to celebrate Fathers Day weekend and to M&M for being the anchor boat for the raft up.  Other boats joined the fun by anchoring near by and swam over to enjoy the cupcakes.  From all the smiles and talk they were good and I think most of the people had several.  After a few hours of swimming and enjoying good laughs several boats headed up to Jaws beach area to find a beach for a camp fire.  

The Coast Guard had a boat out all day doing inspections
and training.  Well Parrotise got pulled again and boarded by two young lady cadets carrying Big Guns.  We know they are just doing their jobs and trying to keep the rest of us safe on the water.  We do appreciate all they do.  They told me that they will contact the local CG Auxiliary and will help set up a day for the auxiliary to come to the marina and  give the free inspections to any club member that is interested.  This is a good time to make sure that you boat has all the necessary equipment to stay safe while out on the water.  Once we have a date for this we will let you all know.
 
The sunset on Saturday night had to be one of the best
that we have seen on the lake in a long time.  The colors were just awesome and I hope when the pics are posted that they will tell the full story. There was not a lot of beach area with the water level being high but a few boats were able to find enough and had a great fire.  At one time Ted said that flame has to be at least 8 foot tall and we all had to agree.  By the talk on the radio there must have been a good party on the  dock as well Saturday night.  It is always great to have so many people come up and enjoy the great weather and friendships.  
 
Don't forget next weekend, June 22nd, Doug Miller is
going to set up a Starting Seminar for all you sailboat racers.  Meet on C dock around 10am and he will have hand outs and will go over some of the basics
on the dock.  Then it will be out to a start line for several practice starts.  Doug plans to video tape the starts and you can critique them later.   
 
Until next time

Steve Twyman
2013 SCYC Commodore
commodore@steelecreekyachtclub.org