Eagles Cry Fall 2011 Final

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THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN EPHRAIM REGATTA Ephraim Yacht Club, Inc.P.O. Box 331, Ephraim, WI 54211

Fall 2011

In This Issue

From the Commodore ............. ............. ............. .........1

106th Ephraim Regatta . ............. ............. ............. .....2

From the Club Directors ............................................3

Club Reports.5

Equipment Upgrades .................................................7

Instructor Articles.....7

2011 Sailing Lessons....8

75th Annual 100 Miler...8

Social Activities .13

2011 Donations .................... ............. ............. ......... 15

Racing Summary .............. ............. ............. ............. 16

Announcements and Communications.......................18

Welcome Aboard....18

Passages..20

EYC Officers and Directors, 2011-12George Kraemer (Commodore)Jack ORourke (Vice Commodore)Marsella Fults (Rear Commodore)Nancy Claypool (Secretary)Deb Ritter (Treasurer)Heather Andersen

Rich BiermanBjorn HooperRick HoyermanJay LottSibylle TaskerSue Zingsheim

From the CommodoreGEORGE KRAEMER

Well, fall is here and EYC is all buttoned up for theseason. The boats have been stored, the swim platformhas been stowed, and it is very quiet on the dock. It ishard to believe that a few weeks ago, it was crowded withsailors, swimmers and spectators!

We enjoyed a wonderful summer full of social activities,beginning with the Fyr Bal Cookout and Opening Social,carrying though with the Ice Cream Social, Founders DayCookout, Mens Night, Regatta Welcome Party and

Bratfest, and ending with a beautiful Commodores Party.

We had a very popular racing season, with more racersthan boats available in some series. We are working onplans to give our avid racers more chances to enjoycompetition next summer. The 106th Regatta was held ina variety of wind conditions, but enjoyed by all.

Junior activities, bridge and bunco were once again well-attended. We even added a yoga group this summer.There is plenty to do at EYC, even if you dont get out on

the water.

Membership continues to grow, and we appreciate thenew members as well as friends who have encouragedthem to join. For the first time in five years, we will havea slight dues increase to offset some of our fixed costs.Alex Zalar and Ben Schallip did a wonderful job ofmanaging the club this year. We set records for studentsessions taught and increased the level of instruction,thanks to the new curriculum Alex wrote last winter. Wealso did a better job of communication with parents andstudents. Many students passed their skippers tests,making it possible for them to use club Scots.

After many years of discussion, the board voted to replaceour aging Flying Junior fleet with a slightly used 420fleet. This is the boat that is most used in college sailingcompetition, and we hope that some of our junior sailors

will be encouraged to participate at that level. Fundraisingefforts have already begun, which we hope to completenext summer, with the fleet going into use in 2013. Dockimprovements for next summer will include a step systemfor easier entrance to the swim area, as well as floatingdocks that can change with our low water levels.

We have purchased accounting software which will allowus to better manage our expenses. As EYC continues to


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grow, this will also permit us to set budgets and controlour costs more efficiently.

As always, we encourage you to become involved in theclub and let us know if you have any skills and abilitiesthat can assist our all volunteer effort. If you havesuggestions for the club, I welcome your comments.Many of us will be hard at work over the winter. Now isnot too soon to start planning for next year.

Have a great winter. See you in the spring.

106th Ephraim Regatta

The Ephraim Regatta saw light winds on Saturday,August 6, but EYCs excellent race committee was able to

finish three quality races just before the wind croaked.On Sunday, August 7, racers and spectators were treatedto a classic Ephraim northerly blow with winds buildingto the high teens and 3-foot-plus waves, which providedchallenging and thrilling conditions.

1st Place: Larry Taggart of Southern Yacht Club andCarrie Berger of the Ephraim Yacht Club (17 points)

2nd Place: Ben Williams and Deb Aronson of Clinton

Lake Sailing Association (19 points)

3rd Place: Jay Lott and David Sauter of the EphraimYacht Club (22 points)

4th Place: Jason Brown and Kirk Brown of the EphraimYacht Club (23 points)

5th Place: Larry Klick of Medicine Lake Sailing Cluband crew Jeff Holwell (33 points)

Other Ephraim Regatta trophy winners were:

Vail Cup (winner of the first race): Ben Williams and

Deb Aronson of the Clinton Lake Sailing Association.

Sturgis Trophy (highest finishing skipper age 18 orunder): Alden Crowe with crew Joani Lewis andChristina Davis

Charlie Sauter Trophy (winner of the last race): Jay Lottand David Sauter

Peder Knudson Trophy (highest finishing husband/wifeteam): Ben Williams and Deb Aronson

Other highlights of the Ephraim Regatta included theRegatta Welcome Party (hosted for the fourth year in arow at Jay Lotts house) and the legendary Bratfest

(hosted as always by Bill and Rosie Klein and theirnumerous friends and relations).

The Ephraim Regatta is a complex event. A lot of workgoes on every year behind the scenes to make the eventrun smoothly for competitors and EYCs guests. Thanksto all the volunteers who helped organize and run the2011 Ephraim Regatta: Regatta Chairman Jay Lottplanned the event and recruited volunteers; registrationwas smoothly managed by Liz Gheorghita, NancyClaypool and Duska Pearson; Bjorn Hooper took care of

the scoring without a glitch. Our Principal Race Officerwas Martin Ford of Ellison Bay, ably seconded by RaceCommittee members John Peterson, Jack ORourke, KateRebmann, Eric Berger, Bill Dean, Emily Rebmann,Kristin Hooper, Bjorn Hooper, Michael Hooper, RyanMalmgren, and Ralph Blankenburg. Martin, John, Ericand Bjorn also generously donated the use of theirpowerboats as Race Committee boats. David Lott andHelena Appleton provided the judges boat and carriedour three volunteer judges, Fred Horwitz, Bob Aring, andJohn Archibald. Towing and rescue boats were providedand manned by Quinn Brennan, Rich Bierman, KrisGruner, Lal Burridge, Matt Winnacker, Mike Smitty

Smith, and Carrie, Rob and Tammy Stollenwerk.

Also, thanks to all the EYC volunteers who made theOptimist Regatta happen: Regatta Chairman BjornHooper, Publicity Head Jeanne Papenthien, and PrincipalRace Officer John Peterson.

For complete 2011 EYC race results, gotowww.eyc.org/racing
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Regatta Welcome Party

Its hard to believe that the 2011 Regatta Welcome Party

(a/k/a the Roadkill Party) was already the fourth

annual! Again blessed by cool, dry summer weather, theRoadkill party, on the Friday evening preceding theEphraim Regatta, was another success, featuring smokedsalmon, goose liver pate, beer, duck and kielbasa kebabs,two kinds of salad with fresh local ingredients, a deepfried turkey, fried chicken, and of course smores. Therewas volleyball and great conversation and music. Andbeer. A big thanks to all the volunteers who helped runthis years Regatta Welcome Party (in no particular

order): Jay Lott, Sibylle Tasker, Marsella Fults, TimFults, Marilyn Backer, Lisa Gifford, Joan Heelan, MyraDeLong, Matt Winnacker, Kristin Kobylinski, Kay Bush,Kathie Hart, Laird Hart, Jeff Johnson, Amber Kloss, PeterMoegenberg, Laura Moegenberg, Mike Faugust, LeslieHarsch, Joel Dykman, Matt Smith and Ben Schallip.Special thanks to Ron and Lois Litterst, who signed up forone-hour volunteer shifts and then worked for the entirethree-hours-plus party!

BratfestBILL KLEIN

The 36th Bratfest was attended by 325 adults, children,and family workers. The support and cooperation wasoutstanding! Members and their spouses, directors,officers, First Mates, and committee heads were there tomeet and complete each task. One new member, JeffJohnson, worked alone on the tent table and chair setupand covered the tabletops with plastic sheeting beforemoving on to other tasks. Our family, Rose Marie, sonsJohn and Bob, three granddaughters and others workedmost evenings and days prior to the party. Bratfestevening a nephew from Florida and the three Claypools

joined in with their help. Sincere thanks to everyone whoattended, helped, offered encouragement and all whowere so supportive. Making this a success takes manyparticipants!

From the Club DirectorALEX ZALAR

I would like to start out with saying thank you to theBoard and members of the Ephraim Yacht Club. Therecord breaking enrollment in 2010 led me to believe thatwe had something special, and this years new record

enrollment is proof of that. The hard work our staff hasset forth, along with the vision of the Board of Directors,has taken our program yet again to a higher level.Congratulations are certainly in order for all.

Last summer I made the US Sailing Level II Certificationrequired to teach the Advanced Racing class. I wasextremely happy to see almost every full time instructortake the class this year. I credit this class more thananything as the reason our lessons went so efficiently.Special recognition should be given to Woody Heidler forhis diligent work teaching ART, as well as revamping ourLaser Fleet, and to Murphy Zingsheim for bringing ourFlying Scot Fleet to the most efficient level it has been in


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years. In addition, special recognition should also begiven to Peter Moegenberg, who received manycompliments from adult lesson members and parents ofstudents, and to Erica Heidler, who quietly worked herway to teaching lessons after a few weeks on staff.

Many changes were made to our lesson format this year,all for the better! The decision to move our one-weeksession from the end of the season to the beginning haspaid large dividends and will be continued in 2012. Ipersonally spent the offseason writing individual plans forevery day of every level we have in sailing. This addedcredibility to the program, provided a tool for our staff toteach from, and also answered questions parents mayhave about what tests fit our new text book. Homeworkwas assigned each day, and I was extremely impressed tonotice several instructors taking the liberty to increasetheir own class effectiveness by writing quizzes for thestudents to take mid-week. Having lesson plans is apowerful tool for our staff, and I will continue to refine

them in the future.

I would like to reiterate my thanks to the Board forinstilling trust in me again this season. Working with thisstaff and watching them grow is an absolute pleasure. Ilook forward to continuing to raise the bar of excellencefor the education program as we begin to move forwardinto a new era of professionalism and excellence that themembers of the Ephraim Yacht Club deserve. From the Administrative DirectorBEN SCHALLIP

Most of you already know that the Board made thedecision last year to split the Directors position into two

separate roles. Alex Zalar became the Director ofEducation, and I was asked to step into the new role as theDirector of Administration. Everything within the lesson

program fell under Alexs direction, which included the

writing of lesson plans, the scheduling of the teachingstaff, on-the-water direction of staff, and anything elsedirectly related to the teaching of lessons. The remainderof responsibilities at the club fell under my position. Thisincluded dock projects, maintenance of boats, upkeep ofthe clubhouse, and all the administrative paperwork thatgoes along with the day-to-day operation of EYC. Withthe increased size of our staff, we felt this was the mostefficient way to handle the operation of the club and thelesson program. Our hope was that this division of roleswould improve the overall quality of the club.

The Ephraim Yacht Club has seen a number ofimprovements this year in regards to the physical facilitiesand the maintenance of the boats. The club now ownsand maintains a fleet of 33 sailboats and 4 motorboats.Murphy Zingsheim assumed the role of helping me tomaintain the fleet because of his talents and capabilitieswith boat repair. Keeping a fleet of 37 boats in workingcondition is a full time job, and Murphy helped keep the

fleet in racing condition all summer long. The followingis just a short list of the types of boat projects that wereundertaken this summer: re-conditioning the donatedboat Milton and bringing her up to racing standards,fairing and repairing centerboards that had been chippedas a result of previous years groundings, removing

extraneous hardware from the Scots so that they are morestreamlined for student/member use, re-enforcing Lasermast steps to prevent future damage, and fiberglassinghulls to prevent deterioration and water damage.

Boat projects were only part of the improvements thatwere made this summer. The staff also took care of dock

and clubhouse changes. A major upgrade was theinstallation of a new mooring anchor for the swimplatform. In the past, the swim platform would shiftdownwind in a strong north breeze and would movedangerously close to the dock. The Schoendorf familygraciously allowed us the use of a much more robustmooring. It was modified, moved into place, and nowholds the swim platform securely. The staff also tookcare of many other things which included upgrading thesouth crane, repainting the dock, improving the northhanging dock, improving the layout of the areaunderneath the north deck, and deep-cleaning andpressure washing the clubhouse.

Perhaps the biggest progression I have seen in my threeyears with the club is in the mindset of the students andstaff when it comes to the way everyone takes care of theboats themselves. Alex and I have tried to change theolder mentality of Oh, its just an EYC boat or Itdoesnt matter, the boats not mine. The staff now treatsthe boats with much more care, and this helps keep themin good working condition. Lines are coiled properly atthe end of the day, Scots are not beached, and boats kept


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on the dock are always tied down properly. EYC is a top-notch program, and in order to keep the quality ofinstruction and racing high, we need to keep the quality ofthe boats high. The Equipment Committee has the goal ofre-furbishing the Scots with new rub-rails and new paintto spruce them up so that they look new again. I believethe staff we have would be ready to take care of theseboats and treat them like the racing machines they are.This would be another step forward for the club andwould solidify our place as one of the best sailingprograms in the Midwest.

Working for a yacht club that is such high caliber hasbeen an absolute honor and a privilege. Thank you somuch to everyone on the Board of Directors for giving methe opportunity to instruct at such a great place for twoyears and then be given the opportunity to come back thissummer as a Director. The irony of this job is that I washired here to teach. But in reality, I have learned morethan I ever could have imagined. I have learned not only

about boats but also about people, management, and howwell-run organizations function. Thank you so much forthis opportunity and for teaching me so much.

Clubhouse ReportRICH BIERMAN

It seems every year seasons come and go more quicklythan the previous one. Sadly, this is the time of theseason that we have to put everything away and wait forspring to arrive againhopefully as quickly as summer

has passed. I want to thank everyone who showed up forthe club closing. As you know, it was very successful andwe accomplished everything on our list. With all of youcoming down to volunteer, the saying held true that manyhands make light work. Lets keep it up and continue that

same great turnout this spring.

This year around the clubhouse we had a greatopportunity to take our breath and enjoy many of theprojects we finalized, only having to tweak a few items.Our main goal was to keep the club organized and workon developing systems. The staff did a great job keepingthe mission of a clean and organized clubhouse.

As my duties have expanded into more involvement on

the dock and helping out the Equipment Committee withsome of its requests, I will need to plan for a couple of"fun" projects that will take some time in the off season.For example, the list includes a new laser rack, a portablekayak rack carrier and possibly some other dock projectsthat are out there for us to tackle, which leads me to mynext request. I am introducing an opportunity for a fewpeople to extend the season at the EYC and tackle somesmall projects. If you're interested, just before the springopening and some time yet this fall, I would like to get a

few people who would be willing and able to take abouttwo to three hours to complete some punch list items.Please drop me an email at [email protected] ifyou would like to be on the list to participate when weschedule these projects.

Thanks again and I look forward to all of your help andsuggestions.

Thanks To Club Close-DownHelpers

A big thank you to all EYC members who helped outputting away boats and closing down the EYC clubhouseon the morning of Saturday, September 3. We had lots ofwilling hands, so all the big projects got done, like takingapart and stowing boats, and removing the hanging piers.There are always House and Dock projects which need

doing. If you are interested in helping with future Houseand Dock projects, please contact House and DockChairman Rich [email protected]. Again,thanks to those who helped:

Bill AndersenMatt AndersenChris BiermanKaren BiermanMegan BiermanRich Bierman

Christine BridenhagenLal Burridge

Joel DykmanMarsella FultsWalker Fults

Rich and Prudy HallDeb HeidlerErica HeidlerSkip Heidler

Eric HoyermanRich Hoyerman
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Denise KungJay Lott

Pete MoegenbergSam Moegenberg

Adam MooreKatie Moore

Jack ORourkeJ.R. ORourke

Deanna PetersonJohn Peterson

Stefan PetersonPaul PillatJack Puisis

Jennifer PuisisJoe Puisis

Justin PuisisBob RichterEric Richter

Stephanie RichterSydney Richter

Steven RichterBrian RitterDeb RitterBill SchultMatt Smith

Christian SwensenNate TrelevenRob Treleven

Matt Winnacker

Membership ReportNANCY CLAYPOOL

New Members We've had 44 new members join sincelast year! Thanks to all of our members who encouragedfriends, neighbors and family members to join the club. Ifyou know of someone who would like to join, theapplication is on the EYC website along with all theinstructions. Call me if you have any questions.

Membership Renewal. At the August board meeting,after a number of years, the board voted to increase the2012-2013 family dues to $175 with an early bird price of$160 and the single/senior dues to $150 with an early birdprice of $135. Student memberships remain at $50. The2012 membership renewal forms will be mailed in earlyJanuary. This year, renewals postmarked no later thanWednesday, February 29, 2012 will be eligible for theearly bird discount

Directory Deadline. Besides taking advantage of theearly bird membership dues, early renewal will ensureyour inclusion in the EYC directory. The directorycontains the names of all paid members as of April 1. Ifyou return your membership renewal after April 1, pleasebe prepared to show your membership card as proof ofmembership if needed.

Donations to EYC. In response to suggestions from anumber of members, we will now add a line on the

membership renewal form to make an optional donationto EYC. You will also be able to designate how the fundsshould be used. All donations to EYC are tax deductibleto the extent provided by law as EYC is a 501(c)(3)organization. In addition, please remember the EphraimYacht Club in your will.

Reciprocal Memberships. Your membership in EYCallows you reciprocal privileges at many other yacht clubsbecause of EYC's membership in the Yachting Club ofAmerica. To check on clubs where EYC membershipwill be honored, you can find the YCA website with theEYC User ID and Password on the reverse of yourmembership card.

Membership/Holiday Gifts. Membership in the EphraimYacht Club is a wonderful gift. Consider giving the giftof membership for the holiday season. As a reminder, aJunior Member is not required to pay any initiation fee tobecome a Single or Family member if the Junior Memberbecomes a Single or Family Member no later than oneyear following his or her 25th birthday. (Currentinitiation fee savings amount to $200.)

Updated Contact Information. If your address, phone ore-mail addresses change, please e-mail the changes to mewhenever they occur. This will make sure that we have

your most current information for mailings, the directory,and our e-mail communications.

Thanks. Thanks to all of you who return your renewalstimely and who so conscientiously check your directoryinformation and keep me updated with changes. It makesthe membership job much easier and makes for a muchmore accurate directory.


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Merchandise ReportSUSAN REYNOLDS-SMITH

EYC merchandise sales finished the spring/summerseason up 25%, partly due to a cooler than normal Junewhich kept sweatshirt sales brisk! My special thanks toStephanie Richter and Linda Franczyk for all of their helpduring the season and Joan Balistreri and Lynn Martin forthe additional manpower during the Ephraim regatta.

It is never too soon to think about Christmas gifts fromEYC! To order, simply click oneyc.orgmerchandise toview samples, download the form and mail to me. I willship from Ephraim. Or call me anytime, as additionalitems and colors became available in season (920) 854-2175.

Thank you members for supporting EYC apparel andaccessories. May we wear our colors proudly!

Equipment Upgrades in 2011

EYCs staff and volunteers worked hard in 2011 to keep

our fleet of 33 sailboats (eight Flying Scots, eight FlyingJuniors, eight Optimists, and nine Lasers) and fourpowerboats in good working condition. With a higherdegree of organization and with several staffers spendingmost of their time maintaining boats, EYCs fleetexperienced a relatively high degree of readiness in 2011.EYC also added new Flying Junior and Laser racing sails,

and upgraded its newly acquired fleet of used Lasers withupdated hardware, bowlines, and mast stepreinforcements.

For 2012, EYC has received a donated Optimist to bringits Optimist fleet to nine (thanks to Joel and SuzyDykman); and has received another donated Scot (thanks,Lal and Pat Burridge), enabling EYC finally to retire theLaura II, built in the early 1960s and on its last legs, after

seeing many years of EYC fleet use under the ownershipof Jack McCoy, Steve Sauter and finally EYC.

For 2012 and in future years, EYCs goals are to continue

to improve the quality and readiness of its fleet, whilecontinuing to build a culture where students, juniors,

members and staff take excellent care of EYCs fleet,maintaining our boats as if they are constructed fromunicorn horns and pink fluffy bunnies.

An Instructors Point of View

WOODY HEIDLER

US Sailing Level I & II Certifications

Increase Staff Excellence

I hope that this issue of the Eagles Cry is finding

everyone having a relaxing close to the 2011 season in

anticipation of the great 2012 season ahead! Thissummers sailing season was very successful as an

academic breakthrough as well as a competitive year. Ibelieve one of the reasons for the growth and new foundstrength of the education program at the Ephraim YachtClub is because of the US Sailing Level I and II coursesthat the staff has taken over the past few years. Thesecertifications help to increase the understanding ofdifferent teaching methods as well as new and better waysto introduce new subjects to students.

It was a dry, moderately warm day when Matt Smith and Iwalked into our US Sailing course in the summer of 2007.We had no idea what to expect. Originally, I had signedup for the course just to be able to teach at EYC, notrealizing that I would gain many skills that I now use in
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my classes each and every day at the yacht club. The goalof the US Sailing Level I course is to train instructors howto teach safe, effective, and more creative classes. Duringmy Level I certification, I learned how to create a lessonplan and run an effective class. In order for students toget the most out of a class, the key is repetition andorganization. This includes getting the students involvedin on-and-off-th- water drills, assigning reading for thestudents to do before that day of class, and creating drillsthat are fun and enjoyable, but teach the subject at hand.This was a huge help and improved the effectiveness ofmy teaching greatly.

The US Sailing Level II course applied more to theAdvanced Racing classes that I currently teach at EYC.This course helps to teach an instructor the effectivenessof a coach/player relationship. The key concepts of thiscourse are designed to provide coaches with informationon how to effectively develop each students

performance, boat handling skills, racing tactics, as well

as ethical behavior and sportsmanship in sailing. At thebeginning of this summer, I started to teach the course asif I were the coach and the students were my sailing team.The students seemed to like this teaching method betterand their skill levels seemed to increase at a faster pacethan before. One of the benefits of teaching this way isthat it shows the students more respect by teaching themlike adults. The AR program continues to evolve andimprove each summer, producing new racers from theEphraim Yacht Club.The US Sailing Level I and II courses have helped toimprove EYCs education program over the past fiveyears. Personally, the two classes have helped me to

improve my teaching skills and I feel that I can speak forthe rest of the staff in saying that the classes have donethe same for them. I hope that each of you has a fantasticand WARM winter and that I will see you next summer!

2011 Sailing Lessons Wrap Up

One of EYCs fundamental purposes is education in the

sport of sailing (the other is encouraging amateur sailboatracing). EYC had a safe, successful and record-breakingyear in its lesson program in 2011. Helped by favorable

weather and a numerous, skilled, trained and enthusiasticstaff, EYC set several records in both the number ofgroup lesson sessions taught (252 in 2011 vs. previousrecord of 224 in 2010, an increase of over 12 percent!)and lesson revenues (up by a double-digit percentagefrom 2010). As in previous years, EYC offered nineweeks of group lessons in five sessions. Session A wasone week; the remaining sessions two weeks each.Every year, EYC volunteers and staff work to improveEYCs lesson program. In 2011, improvements included:

Instituted a written curriculum and lesson plans. Abig thank-you to EYC Education Director Alex Zalar,

who authored this curriculum on his own time duringthe winter of 2010-2011.

Focused several staffers on keeping EYC boats insailable condition, resulting in more boats availablefor lessons. Thanks especially to Murphy Zingsheimand Ben Schallip, who worked heavily on EYC boatswith excellent results.

Improved staff training on teaching, safety andseamanship.

Offered an adult evening beginner class on Thursdayevenings, which proved popular and will be repeatedin 2012.

Many instructors took the US Sailing Level II

certification course (only a few were previouslyLevel II certified).

Posted requirements for graduating from each levelon the EYC website Education page, for parent andstudent reference.

Communicated with students and parents by emailconsistently, clearly and in a timely manner.

Offered regularly scheduled Skippers tests, as wellas by appointment.

EYCs Education Committee is already working on moreimprovements for the 2012 season.

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Annual 100 MilerJOHN PETERSON

It Was Never About Winning: How Team EYCCame To Race the 75

thAnnual 100 Miler

During my younger days, my family spent many aweekend traveling to various big boat racing events at

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never about winning. We were lucky, on occasion,however. My father would often explain to us thatwinning consistently required lots of money in order topurchase the latest and fastest boats that were designed tooutsmart the handicap rules that defined how boatscompeted against each other back then. Fortunately, thehandicap system has evolved to allow fairly evencompetition between a wide spectrum of productionboats; yet, for 10 years, I resisted the thought of seriouslyracing our Beneteau First 38 Charrette. Yes, we haddabbled in jib and main only family day racing with

some success, but could we really be competitive in anevent like the 100 Miler with an older boat, basicequipment, and low tech Dacron sails? I wasnt so

sure. But, during a cruise with some of the EYC staff thesummer before last, the subject of racing came up. Thenext thing I knew, the mantra of my young friends

became lets do it!" Never one to back away from achallenge, I slowly began to internalize the realities ofwhat wed have to do to prepare, and after breaking down

each step, the idea became more real and less daunting.

Pre-Race Preparation. The first order of businessinvolved obtaining a Performance Handicap Racing Fleet(PHRF) rating certificate which determines your handicapor the amount of time that you will have to give otherboats or other boats give to you. The number assigned tous was 105, meaning that a boat with a rating of zerowould owe us 105 seconds per mile. This means that, fora distance of 41.8 nautical miles, the distance of the 100Miler, that same boat would have to finish more than 73minutes in front of us in order to beat us. After studyingthe ratings of other boats of similar size, this seemed to be

a fair handicap. The next order of business was toassemble all of the running rigging necessary to handleCharrettes 1,117 square foot spinnaker. This involved

spending many hours of my free time on eBay bidding onthe blocks, shackles and cordage necessary to properlyhandle the "kite. Unlike a Flying Scot, Charretterequires the use of two spinnaker guys, two spinnakersheets and a downhaul. In addition, two spinnakerhalyards are utilized depending on the side on which thespinnaker is set. All of this rigging requires variousblocks and shackles placed in strategic locationsthroughout the boat. The final piece of preparationinvolved the location and study of polar diagrams that

indicate the fastest downwind angle to the wind for agiven wind speed. These polar diagrams are boat specificand are an important tool for maximizing a boatsdownwind speed with a spinnaker.

Selecting the Crew. After studying the websites ofseveral racing boats of similar size, I was able todetermine that we would need a crew of eight in order tocover all of the assignments. The requisite positions

included a bow person who handles things in the frontincluding jibing the spinnaker pole, a mast person tohandle the aft end of the spinnaker pole and to trim thespinnaker, and a pit person to handle the halyards, polelift and downhaul as well as bringing sails up and downfrom below during sail changes. Back in the cockpit, wewould need a mainsail trimmer, two jib trimmers, adriver, and a tactician. Now I just needed to put the rightpersonnel in those positions. Since my EYC staff friendshad been eager and willing the summer before, thisseemed to be a great place to start. Some of the selectionswere easy. For example, a good bow person needs to betall, strong, not too heavy, and just crazy enough to do

anything semi-dangerous that might be asked of them.Matt Smitty Smith fit that description perfectly!

Woody Heidler was initially chosen to be the mast personbased on his kite trimming skills but later proved himselfas a capable driver. Alex Zalar was selected to trim themain and Ben Schallip would be joined by my son, Isak


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Peterson, trimming the jib. My wife, Deanna Peterson,was chosen to be the pit girl based on her keen ability tomulti-task as well as her intimate knowledge of the boatsfood supply, an important part of a race that could lastconsiderably more than eight hours. I appointed myselfthe principal driver, yet we still needed to fill that allimportant tactician position. The perfect candidate wouldhave lots of experience distance racing in larger boats andwould be willing to coach a young, fairly inexperiencedteam. Immediately, my friend, Peter Grimm, came tomind. Peter grew up sailing on the waters of Green Bayand had become a professional sailor and sailmaker.Peter has done a Whitbread Round the World Racecampaign, an Americas Cup campaign, and now races

super yachts all over the world. Would he come toMenominee to do the 100 Miler with us? I knew it was along shot, but it was worth asking. To my surprise, Peterwas available, thought it would be big fun, and agreedto fly up from his home in Fort Lauderdale for the race.

Practice Makes Permanent. The crew committed topracticing every Tuesday night after working all day atEYC, but there were still some days that we werent ableto assemble the full crew because of evening workschedules. Regardless of this, with each passing week,the crew absorbed something new. By the fifth time out,we had practiced numerous spinnaker sets, take downs,countless jibes, as well as every other possible situationthat I could conceive including headsail peals (changes)

and reefing the main. Being really good sailors, the crewlearned quickly and did their own problem solving whensomething went less than perfectly. I figured that manyof the situations that we practiced would probably never

be required, but was content that wed practiced just aboutevery conceivable situation at least once. Wouldeveryone remember what to do on race day? Would somesituation arise that we wouldnt know how to handle? Iwasnt sure, but after our last practice, I told Peter that thecrew now knew enough to be dangerous".

'Twas the Night Before Race Day'. Living aboard aboat means that you carry thousands of pounds of thingsthat make life aboard convenient for you but arentnecessary or desirable to carry while racing. Thisincludes things like the microwave, the electric handmixer, heavy pots and pans, soaps, detergents and othersolutions, bedding and other heavy personal gear, as wellas the pantry where hundreds of pounds of extra cans

are kept. All of this had to go and there was no betternight to do this than during the First Mates Pot Luck. Iknew that Deanna would feel as though her home wasbeing decimated, yet it had to be done. The gear wasplaced in cars, dock boxes, and even the dinghy. By thetime the boat left for Menominee, we were carrying littlemore than the bare essentials. What wasnt needed on

race day would be carefully tucked away in the van that

the crew would drive over the Friday evening before therace. That day finally came and I sailed the boat overwith my sister, Christine Bridenhagen, while Deannapicked up Peter in Green Bay. The EYC instructor crewarrived later that evening clearly excited for what the nextday would bring. After getting acquainted with Peter, theyounger adult members of the crew completed their pre-race preparation with a late night viewing of the movieCaptain Ron.

Race DayPrep. We awoke early to a building northeastwind that followed a cold front that had passed throughduring the night. During breakfast, I felt that it wasimportant to reiterate our goals for the day:

Have fun; learn as much as we possibly could fromthe experience; and perform at the highest level thatwe were capable of.

Peter stressed the importance of staying really focused on

every task throughout the day. After breakfast, Peter andI attended the competitors meeting while the rest of the

crew made final preparations and unloaded non-essentialgear into the van. The water tanks were drained and theanchor was moved from the bow locker to the base of themast. One half hour before the start of the first division,we left the harbor for the starting area.

And were off! Pre-start maneuvers were fairlyuneventful. We were to start with the Section II boatswhich was the largest of the sections. We had the highest

rating of the section which meant that everyone in oursection would owe us time. Getting a good start and thendoing our best to keep our competitors behind us seemedto be a good strategy. Well, we got a little too aggressiveat the start and had to put in a last minute tack and jibe inorder to keep from being over early. This put us in a

position of playing catch up from the very start but,

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the south end of Green Island. During that second leg,Peter called for a tighter baby stay which is the stay thatcontrols the amount of mast bend. In the process of doingthis, the stay became disconnected from the fitting locatedtwo-thirds of the way up the mast which resulted in a loudnoise as the cable came down and landed on the deck.After quickly determining that the fitting had simplybecome unscrewed and that the other end of the fittingwas still attached up on the mast, Peter, withouthesitation, said, Ok, whos going up in the chair to fix

this? Everyone looked towards Isak who had been the

hero of the previous summer when the main halyard hadbecome lost at the top during our cruise, but I felt that weneeded to send someone smaller and lighter to do the task.After all, we were close reaching in 18 knots of wind with2 foot swells doing over 7 knots. Was this even a goodidea? Well, before I could ponder this much further, Benhad volunteered. Our pit girl had retrieved the bosunschair from down below and Peter was winching Ben upthe mast. Be calm, steer the waves, stay focused on

driving, and dont look up, I told myself. Ben isdepending on me to do those things. Unfortunately, the

problem wasnt able to be resolved even after a second

trip up with additional tools. The mast was simplybouncing around too much and the fitting was lost duringBens attempt to reattach. Peter was really concerned thatwed struggle upwind without the baby stay and evenexpressed the concern that we might unload the mast off

the back of the boat without it. Since the topping lift forthe spinnaker pole exits the mast in approximately thesame location, I suggested that we use it as a jury

rigged baby stay. Peter was skeptical at first but this did

work fairly well when attached further forward near the

headstay. As we approached the end of Green Island forthe turn upwind, the wind began to build to over 20 knots.After some discussion, Peter and I decided that we neededto change our headsail from the larger 145% overlappinggenoa to the 100% blade jib. Peter felt that this could bemost efficiently accomplished by doing a bald headedchange where the first sail is quickly lowered and thesecond one is hoisted seconds later. This wasntsomething that we had practiced, but after talking throughthe steps, it seemed rather straightforward. The job wentfairly smoothly and, in no time, we had the blade set andwere trimming it in when a loud bang occurred which canonly be best described as sounding like a shotgun blast.

Immediately, I recognized that the large ring and webbingthat attaches the jib sheet to the clew of the jib had pulledloose from the sail and was now trailing in the water. Thecrew now had to battle through another bald headed sailchange and since another sail choice wasnt available, we

were forced to go back to the 145% genoa. By this point,there was carnage everywhere, and it would have becomevery easy for the crew to become confused as to whatneeded to be reattached or rerouted. Peter wisely orderedthe crew to remove the existing sail before returning the

original headsail to the deck. From my perspective as thedriver, this took what seemed to be an eternity toaccomplish, but I did my best to keep the boat sailing asfast as possible under main only while Peter and the crewsorted things out. Boat after boat climbed by us towindward and within a short timeframe, it appeared asthough we were in last place not only for our division butfor the entire fleet. I must admit to wondering if wewould even finish the race at that point. Finally, the crewhad us moving again under large genoa and a reefed main(which we had only practiced once) and I was able tokeep the boat more or less on her feet. Soon thereafter,we pulled in a second reef which helped even more. Thecrew was noticeably quiet after all of this, and even I wassearching for the silver lining in what had just

happened. Peter must have sensed this and quicklyrefocused our efforts. There is still a lot of racing ahead

of us! he exclaimed. Were just going to outworkeveryone else. After a brief conversation between thetwo of us, Peter made the call to sail a long port tack all

the way into Egg Harbor. At the time, this seemed to besomewhat of a flyer, but perhaps thats just what weneeded. I soon learned that the strategy was pure genius,as Peter knows well how the shoreline affects the wind ona northeaster. In no time, we were sailing almost directlyup the rhumb line through the Strawberry Channel. Oneby one, we began picking off other boats and putting thembehind us. By this time, Alex had become expert attrimming the mainsheet and was essentially steering theboat through every wave and every puff. While this wasgreat fun, I had been steering for more than two hours andneeded a break. Peter asked me who I wanted to pass thehelm to and I confidently replied that Woody had done a

nice job going upwind during one of our earlier practicesessions and that I thought he could handle the conditionsthat we were in.

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and when I returned, things were going so well back inthe cockpit that I took Woodys position on the rail with

the rest of the crew and ate my lunch there, not feeling theneed to quickly return to the afterguard. Just as I beganto think that the worst of our troubles were behind us, theport primary winch used to trim the big genoa lockeditself into high gear making it virtually impossible to trimthe jib in all of the way. I took a look at it briefly, anddespite repeated beatings with a channel lock, she wouldnot succumb. While I did have the necessary spare partsaboard to do a complete overhaul if necessary, I felt thatdisassembly under the current conditions would be toorisky and so we continued on with Isak and Ben double

teaming the beast in order to make the best of what we

had. After hitting a few more amazing shifts that Peterdialed up, we were soon on the Welkers Point to Horseshoe Island lay line. A seemingly record number ofboats were anchored at Horseshoe and I began to wonder

just exactly how we would make it through such a largeflotilla. I decided to take the riskier inside route closest to

the island and just hope for the best. As we weavedthrough the anchored boats, the crew frantically trimmedthe sails in the fluky winds coming through the lee of theisland. In the process, we barely lost any speed at all andI later heard that we were the only boat crazy enough tochoose that route, but I have to think that this shaved atleast a minute or two off of our overall time. As we camethrough, Matt Winnacker took some amazing photos of usfrom Duska Pearsons boat as did Frank Heidler from his.These photos have become some of my most cherishedsailing memorabilia. The reach to the north end ofChambers Island was fairly uneventful until a slight windshift allowed us to finally hoist the spinnaker. I was a bit

nervous about hoisting a 28 year old spinnaker on a closereach in 18 knots of wind, but Peter insisted that its acarry. Some miscommunication during the hoist resulted

in the spinnaker pole becoming jammed at the slide alongthe front face of the mast. Despite the efforts of severalcrewmembers, including Peter, we were unable to getthings under control until I finally made the decision tohead downwind away from the mark which lead to aquick resolution. Soon after that, we were rounding thebell that marks the shoal off of the north end of Chambersand were rocketing downwind towards the finish line withPeter trimming the kite. Minutes later, Peter asked whatwas going on with the spinnaker sheet because it wasnt

moving. A quick glance back at the spinnaker revealedthat the sheet had somehow become jammed between theside of the block and the sheave that the sheet rotates on.Once again, Woody came back to drive while several ofus attached a backup spinnaker sheet and then began thedaunting task of getting the jam worked loose. It took 20minutes of cutting, prying and hammering with varioustools before we were finally able to work the sheet freefrom the block and re-attach it. With this problem behindus, we executed a flawless jibe as we began to hit some of

the shifts downwind. Up in the distance, we could seesome dark clouds and some occasional lightning as thewind built to 22 knots. Helming the boat under theseconditions demanded constant attention both mentally and

physically. One mistake and we would wipe out which

wouldnt be good under these conditions. I needed abreak, so we dialed up Woody again. He came back and,in short order, he was doing an excellent job of pressingthe bow downwind yet deftly preventing a crash jibewhich could be catastrophic under these conditions.Exhausted both physically and mentally, I sat at the baseof the mast and gazed back at the hard working crew inthe cockpit. After concentrating so intently on driving, itwas nice just to be able to live in the moment and take

it all in. As we closed in on the finish line, we began tosee boats ahead of us. We began to draw nearer to onedark hulled boat in particular and soon it was evident thatwed be finishing at approximately the same time. Thiswas going to be a problem as we were on starboard tackand they were on port. The finish line was coming up

quickly and just beyond was the steel and concrete breakwall that forms the Menominee Marina. Piling into thatdoing 8+ knots with the spinnaker up wouldnt be good,

so we worked out a plan to drop the spinnaker on the deckright at the finish line and then quickly head up with mostof the crew laying on top of the spinnaker and sheets tokeep it all in the boat. By this time, we were neck andneck with the other boat and heading up wasn t going tobe an option unless we were intent on splintering lots offiberglass, so I called for a jibe instead. This worked wellexcept that Alex got the mainsheet wrapped between hisleg and the fiberglass cabin top. Luckily, what could havebeen a very serious injury turned out to be just a really

nasty bruise.

Coming Full Circle. As we returned to the dock, youwould have thought we had just won the Americas Cup!

We were so excited. We brought the boat in, cleaned upthe mess, and never gave a second thought as to what ouroverall result might have been. As a team, we had justbattled together for six hours and 49 minutes, and duringthat entire time, we continuously worked the boat to


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improve our position on the race course. In the process,we had learned a lot about ourselves and each other andhad some fun along the way. You can therefore imagineour delight later in the evening at the awards ceremonywhen it was announced that we had not only won oursection but were second overall. In fact, by the smallestof margins, a mere minute and fifty-three seconds ofcorrected time separated us from the overall winner whichironically turned out to be that dark blue boat that hadcrossed the finish just moments behind us. This mighthave been frustrating to some, but our experience fartranscended any disappointment that we could ever havein our overall placement. I now realize where my

parents passion for racing came from. Simply put, it was

never about winning.

EYC To Host 2012 Flying ScotMidwestern Championship RegattaEYC has been selected to host of the Flying ScotMidwestern District Championship Regatta in 2012. Thelast time EYC hosted this regatta was 2005. TheMidwesterns will be held in conjunction with the 2012Ephraim Regatta, and can be expected to result in higherturnout for the Ephraim Regatta. In 2005, the combinedEphraim Regatta/Flying Scot Midwesterns attracted 54Scots, and directly led to EYC being selected to host the2009 Flying Scot North American Championship regatta.

EYC Bridge 2011SUZANNE J. LISLE

The bridge opportunities at EYC were again well receivedand well attended this season. Both open play and lessonformats were offered. We welcomed new members forwhom this activity was the primary reason for joining andsupporting the club. Many then went on to becomeinvolved in other club activities! The common belief is

that even a low-score day of bridge at EYC is better thannot being there!

Open play was offered on Monday afternoons beginningat 1:00 p.m. Attendance was consistently good, with asmany as 24 people regularly playing. No partner orregistration is required for this time. The group playeduntil the end of September, with extra Thursday morningsessions after the lesson series had ended.

The couples bridge offered on Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m.

provided the opportunity for pairs to play and it wasfollowed by an option of dinner out. Any member iswelcome to join this group; just bring a partner and cometo play. Margaret Graham coordinated the couples groupthis year and there was strong interest shown. She isalways interested in gathering names of members whomay have an interest in attending. Also look on thebridge information sheet in January to indicateprospective interest.

Norma Hammerberg returned to teach an eight-weeklesson series this year on Thursdays, with a fullenrollment of 32 students. She continued to teach theclass how to raise the level of their game, and somemembers are now playing (successfully) in sanctionedgames to earn master points!

Information about next seasons schedule will be sent

with the membership/dues packet, and also be announcedvia email distribution. Please be sure that you have keptthe membership chair informed of any email addresschanges.

We continue to maintain a list of prospective beginners tosee if there may be sufficient interest for that level ofinstruction, so keep us informed by noting you are aninterested beginner when the form is distributed for 2012.We will work diligently to try to accommodate that levelif enough people identify interest.

Junior and Teen ActivitiesHEATHER ANDERSEN

What a fun summer was had by all of our Juniors andTeens on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. A hugethank you to many hosts and chaperones who made it all

possible during our busy and relaxing Summer 2011.

Our teens enjoyed a relaxing evening of sailing on thebeautiful boats of John and Deanna Peterson andChristine Bridenhagen. We took to the water again withJay Lott and Bill Andersen for a night of power boating,hiking and picnicking at Horseshoe Island. We added afun get together for the Teens on Kangaroo Lake at theAndersens home. A new event was beach volleyball at

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concluded with a scavenger hunt designed and runfearlessly once again by Duska Pearson.

The Juniors enjoyed the water games at EYC, bowling atThe Bowl and an evening of theater under the stars atAFT, just to mention a few. All of our young membersenjoyed the clubs most popular eventthe Barn Party atthe Pillats. A huge thanks to Duska Pearson and BetsySteele who coordinated our Juniors. We will bring backlots of favorites next year, not let the First Mates' PotLuck interfere with our childrens social lives, and buildlasting friendships for the years to come. We will beadding some EYC clubhouse game and movie nights nextyear. We will kick off next year for our kids at Fyr Ball2012.

I encourage anyone who wants to help get the YoungExplorers (children under 6) off the ground again nextyear to please contact me. Also, if you have any newideas or want to get involved with Juniors or Teen

activities, please contact me over the winter [email protected]. I will be posting the fullsummer schedule in the Spring Eagles Cry, so best to

share ideas sooner than later.

Winter Activities!

Think the only EYC fun takes place in the summer? Joinin for winter activities, too!

Holiday Dip In The Pool

Calling all EYC swimmers! Please join us at the poolparty Thursday, December 29th from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. forswimming at the YMCA in Fish Creek, and pizza from7:30 - 8:00 p.m. Those under the age of 8 should bringalong one adult to supervise them. Otherwise, you can bedropped off. Parents are welcome to attend!!!! Pleasebring $7 to cover the cost of the pool and pizza.Questions? Please email Duska Pearson at

[email protected]. Look for the email blast inDecember.

HoopersHoliday Party!

All are welcome to come to the Hoopers house for aholiday party!

When: Tuesday, December 27th at 6 p.m.

Where: 10665 Westwood Drive, Sister Bay

Attire: Dress is casual

All you need to bring is holiday cheer!

R.S.V.P. to Kitty at (239) 450-2600 or

[email protected] by December 23rd.

Holiday Ice Skating Party

EYC members and guests are welcome to join togetherfor the annual ice skating party between Christmas andNew Years Eve. Watch for the date and time to beannounced via EYC email the week before. ContactNancy or Rob Treleven with any questions at (847) 412-9717 or [email protected].

New Years Eve

What: Open House at Joani Lewis's

Where: 3026 Anderson Lane, Ephraim

When: 6-10 p.m.

Bring an appetizer if you wish.

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Another Flying Scot Donated ToEYC

A big thank-you to longtime EYC members Lal and PatBurridge, who donated their Flying Scot, Lals SingleMalt to EYC, together with its sails and trailer. Thisboat, in race-ready condition, greatly increases the overallquality of EYCs Flying Scot fleet.

Remember, because of its educational and amateurathletic mission, EYC is qualified as a charity underFederal tax law, and therefore your donation is tax-deductible. EYC would be grateful for your donation ofcash, appreciated securities, and equipment. Among theitems which EYC would particularly like to receive are:

* Flying Scot, Optimist, Laser and 420 sailboats

* Powerboats from 13 to 20 feet, suitable for use in theEYC lesson program

* 4-stroke outboard motors.

* Shore Stations and similar boat lifts

EYC will also gladly accept other boats and marine itemsin good condition which can be used in EYCs programsor sold to raise funds for EYC.

And, remember EYC in your will!

Thanks to The Wild Tomato!

The Ephraim Yacht Club was selected as the charitableorganization benefiting from the July Donation CreationPizza at The Wild Tomato. It was also the best month inits history. The club received $424.00! This Fish Creekrestaurant is owned by parents of EYC junior member,Levi Unkefer. Also, thanks to Jessica Sauter forsuggesting EYC for the donation selection!

More Donations for 2011

Bill Anders en bo at s to rage

J arre tt Bryzek 4 infla table buo ys

La l a nd P a t B urridg e S c o t wit h s a ils a nd t ra ile r

Do rie and Guy Bus h, Sr Sunfish with trailer

Nancy Claypo o l FS main , jib and parts

Suzy a nd J o el Dykm an us ed o pti

Betty Engebo s $ 150 to scho lars hips

P aul J o nes Mulching, ro s es , gras s , da is ies

J ohn Lubrano No rth Sails Flying Sco t jib,

forestay and extension, main shee t

bloc k and ha rdware, jib block s

and hardware, and 2 goo se necks

Lis a and P a ul Ols o n wa ve runne r, s ho re s ta tio n,

and tra iler

Jess ica and S teve Sauter Ju ly 4 th ice c ream soc ia l

Sa lly and Joe Schoendorf moor ing for swim p la t form

J o hn Welch FS main and jib s a ils

Avoid Frustration - Buy A Sailboat

Are you frustrated because the Flying Scot you borrowedfrom a friend is missing a key part? Or because yourchild showed up eager to race and then didnt draw anEYC-owned boat? Or because the EYC boat you drewdoesnt seem to be as fast as the privately owned boats, oris rigged in a way which you don t like? Do you havechildren coming up through EYCs lesson program, andyou want to encourage them to sail more on their ownoutside of lessons, and ensure they can race withconfidence? Heres your old-fashioned solution: buyyour own sailboat.

EYCs fleet is limited in numbers, sometimes has boatsout of commission for maintenance, and suffers a lot ofwear and tear from almost daily use by inexperiencedstudents and other sailors. Despite the constant efforts ofEYC staff and volunteers, EYC-owned sailboats willnever be in like-new condition like a privately-ownedboat can be. And, of course, EYC-owned boats must beshared with all other EYC members. Despite the bestefforts of EYC staff and volunteers, sometimes there arenot as many EYC-owned boats as there are EYCmembers wishing to race them.

Used sailboats are relatively inexpensive, and with a littlecare, keep their resale value. Used Lasers can be found(often with trailer, sail and cover) for $1,000 to $1,200, ingood condition. Two used Optimists (at least one of them


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in superb condition for under $1,000) are for sale onEYCs Classified Ads page. Used Flying Scots in goodcondition can be found, with sails and trailer, for $3,000to $4,000.

Keep an eye on the EYC Classified Ads web page, the

EYC clubhouse bulletin board, your local Craigslistboats-for-sale classified ads, the Laser Forum for sale adsat www.sailingforums.com/forums/Laser_Sales andthe Flying Scot Sailing Associations for sale ads athttp://www.fssa.com/ht/shop/shop-caveat-emptor.htm .

2011 Racing Summary

Congratulations to all 2011 EYC racers! We had thebiggest racing season ever at EYC, with more raceparticipation than ever before. Racing is half of EYCs

core mission (sailing education is the other half), so ahigh level of racing participation indicates a healthy EYC.Look at these series race participation levels:

Monday Flying Scots: 19 boatsTuesday Optimists: 19 skippersFriday Flying Juniors: 28 skippersFriday Lasers: 15 skippersSaturday Flying Scots: 21 boatsSaturday Optimists: 16 skippersSunday Flying Juniors: 21 skippers

Sunday Lasers: 7 skippers

Plus, each of the Ephraim Regatta, the Womens Regatta,the Family Regatta, the Optimist Regatta, and the RichHall Junior Regatta saw high levels of participation, everyavailable EYC-owned boat being used.

Some of the highlights of the 2011 racing season includedthe Rich Hall Junior Regatta, which saw brisk winds anddetermined young competitors, who got right back on thathorse even after capsizing...a classic Ephraim Regatta,

with 25 Scots dealing with conditions ranging from lightwinds with multiple 180-degree shifts on Saturday, to aheavy northerly on Sunday with 3-foot- plus wavesaWomens Regatta which was windy enough to remind

some competitors to ease the boom vang before roundingthe weather mark, to avoid broken booms andcapsizescrowds of EYC juniors at many of the weekly

series racing boat draws (better to have more competitorsthan boats, than to have too few competitors)parents

sailing with their children in Flying Scot and FlyingJunior racesformer EYC instructors, now parents, re-learning that an FJ can tip over even when tied to the

pierparents racing against their children in the Laser

racesEYC members racing with other peoples children

as crewbig crowds of parents watching andencouraging their juniors from the EYC pier and fromspectator boatsparents helping their children rig and get

ready for raceslots of enrollment in EYCs AdvancedRacing classPetersons Charette winning its division inthe 100-Miler race with EYC members and staff as

crewthe Family Regatta drawing thirteen (!) skippersseeking to compete on its originally scheduled dateand

EYC juniors who got better at racing every day and arenow skilled enough to compete at a high school or collegelevel.

Congrats to the series trophy winners:

Monday Flying Scots:1st Reindeer Jay Lott and Annika Pearson 2nd Undaunted Joani Lewis and various crew3rd Skizot Woody Heidler and various crew

Tuesday Optimists:1st Eric Hoyerman2nd Steven Richter3rd Sydney Richter

Friday Flying Juniors:1st Teddy Papenthien2nd Will Gheorghita3rd Megan Bierman

Friday Lasers:1st Ally Dykman2nd Brian Ritter

3rd Eric Richter

Saturday Flying Scots:1st Reindeer Jay Lott and Matt Andersen 2nd Undaunted Joani Lewis and various crew3rd Skizot Woody Heidler and various crew
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Saturday Optimists:1st Sydney Richter2nd Steven Richter3rd Gretchen Pearson

Sunday Flying Juniors:1st Matt Andersen2nd Will Gheorghita3rd Gretchen Pearson

Sunday Lasers:1st Ally Dykman2nd Teddy Papenthien3rd Max Werner

Fyr Bal Regatta

The Fyr Bal regatta featured three races in medium winds,an excellent kick-off to the summer racing season.

1st Reindeer II (3 pts.)2nd Blew by U (7 pts.)3rd Skizot (8 pts.)

Rich Hall Junior Regatta

1st: Teddy Papenthien and Benjamin Therien2nd: Stefan Peterson and Topher Andersen3rd: Ally Dykman and Will Andersen

Optimist Regatta

In windy conditions, each race in the Optimist Regattawas won by a different EYC junior!

1st Will Gheorghita (16 points)2nd Charlie Sidles (16 points)3rd Gretchen Pearson (19 points)4th Sydney Richter (25 points)5th Tommy Papenthien (27 points).

Family Regatta

The second annual Family Regatta had to be rescheduledonce due to a lack of wind. Results were:

1st (11 points) Matt Winnacker, Liz Gheorghita,

Margaret Gheorghita

2nd (13 points) Annika Pearson, Scott Pearson,Gretchen Pearson, Ingrid Pearson

3rd (15 points) Max Werner, Jeff Werner, NicholasWerner, Valeria Werner

Womens Regatta

Seven boats competed in the Womens Regatta, held

August 3 in windy, wavy, challenging conditions.

1st Nancy Claypool with crew Carrie Berger andPrudy Hall

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EYC Wants Your Photos

If you have good photos of EYC people or events from2011, please submit your photos to EYC. EYC will post

the photos in its public online photo archive atwww.flickr.com/photos/ephraimyachtclub/collections .Your photos may also be used in the Eagles Cry.

Do you think that would take too much time? How aboutsubmitting just your three FAVORITE 2011 EYCphotos? We especially like good sailing action photos,and photos of EYC members and juniors having fun atvarious EYC events and activities. We also like olderphotos scanned into digital format!

You can submit your photos by e-mail [email protected]. If you have too many photos to e-

mail, contact [email protected] learn alternativemethods to submit your photos.

Please submit your photos! We want to build an EYCphoto archive which future generations can look backon with a smile!

Welcome Aboard!EYC welcomes the following new members

Dirk and Tracy Ahlbeck

Park Ridge, ILSummer: Sister BayChildren: Emma and Brendan

Jay and Jennifer Anderson

Northbrook, ILChildren: Brinn, Caroline and Keaton

Priscilla ApfelbachLake Forest, IL

Summer: Fish Creek

Dave and Marilyn BackerTucson, AZ

Summer: Ephraim

Dick and Claire BiermanEphraim, WI

Eric and Helen Conlon

Brookfield, WISummer: Ephraim

Children: Catie and Maggie

Dave Ellmann

Fish Creek, WI

Bob and Nancy EvansonKansas City, MO

Summer: Ephraim

Dan and Pat FetterleyMilwaukee, WI

Summer: Ellison Bay

Alby and Tracy GallunEvanston, IL

Summer: EphraimChildren: Fritz, Peter, Lucy, Robo and Gunnar

Tim Garland and Ami Moris

Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaSummer: Green Bay

Children: Mikhail and Ryan

Jim and Ginny GilmoreFond du Lac, WI

Summer: Ephraim

Philip and Amy GoldmanMinneapolis, MN

Summer: Ellison BayChildren: Nicholas, Julia and Nadia

Nathan and Jean Guequierre

Whitefish Bay, WI

Summer: Baileys HarborChildren: Felix, Clara and Pieter

Norma Hager

Ephraim, WI

Joan Heelan

Ingleside, ILSummer: Ephraim
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Curt and Laura Holland

Overland Park, KSSummer: Ephraim

Children: Emily, Jack, Matthew, Ryan, Sarah andAndrew

Jeff and Amber JohnsonSanta Monica, CA

Summer: Fish CreekChildren: Charlotte

Brian and Kristin Kobylinski

Mequon, WISummer: Fish Creek

Children: Klara, Greta and Sophie

Michael and Britt Maltby

Sister Bay, WIChildren: Max, Eliza and Marshall

Lynn MartinBallwin, MO

Summer: Ephraim

Frank and Cheryle MitvalskyCedar Rapids, IA

Summer: Sister Bay

Adam and Barb MooreLake Bluff, IL

Summer: EphraimChildren: A.J. and Katie

Paul and Lisa OlsonJohns Creek, GA

Summer: Baileys HarborChildren: Sarah

Ginny OlsonSister Bay, WI

Steve and Joyce PaolettiPark Ridge, IL

Summer: Sister BayChildren: Annie, Stephen, Joe and Julia

Jack and Martha Pohl

Apple Valley, MN

Summer: EphraimChildren: John, Emily and Mark

John and Karen Rankin

Urbandale, IA

Bob and Em Rogers

Geneva, ILSummer: Fish Creeek

George Sargent

Winnetka, ILChildren: Margo, Charlotte and Dylan

John and Diane SargentIndian Head Park, ILSummer: Ephraim

Children: CJ, Meghan and Charlie

Charley and Diane Siekman

Appleton, WISummer: Sister Bay

Children: Alex and Laura

Gary Skoien

Inverness, ILSummer: Sister Bay

Children: Lincoln, Winston and Elizabeth

Dave and Sally Smith

Wauwatosa, WISummer: Baileys Harbor

Geoff and Claudia WernerMadison, WI

Summer: EphraimChildren: Max, Valeria, Stone, Nicholas

Bob and Barb ZieglerNauvoo, IL

Summer: Sister Bay

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EYC wishes to express its condolences to the familiof these members who are no longer with us.

Robert M. Anderson

Jeffrey W. Hellberg

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