The Chart · 2018. 6. 10. · Chaplain Gene Finnell adminis-tered "holy water" with great...

Let's start with Janie, "Event Chair" for the combined GYA/PYC "Opening Day". What a wonderful weekend of cere-mony, sailing and socializing she orchestrated for us and the visi-tors. Our soprano Judy Black-man and her stirring rendition of the National Anthem sung a capella [some sniffles were heard coming from the cen-ter 4th row seats] And the Color Guard too, Avery Sollberger, Alexander Ergun, Cecilia Pal-ermo, Dylan, Nicole and Isaac Miller, James Ernst, Rachel Lipscomb, Jona-thon Meador and Juliana Northey, splendidly drilled by a multi-talented Suz-ana. Apparently, the threat of being "skinned alive" for any in-fringements however minor, is very effective when hissed be-tween clenched teeth! Then of course, we have Bridget who kept us all fully fed and enter-tained for 2 entire days; quite an achievement. Followed closely by our Regatta team Hew Ham-ilton, Pat Ross, Julie Bolyard and John Cramer all working so hard to keep PYC in the forefront of regatta planning and imple-mentation. The "Blessing of the Fleet" boat parade was spec-tacularly organized by David Schwartz and as usual, our Club Chaplain Gene Finnell adminis-tered "holy water" with great dex-terity to the needy. Some ap-peared to be more in need than the others. Gene's direct line to his "boss" was useful in keeping off a forecasted deluge of the heavenly kind, so we could all enjoy the day. Thank you too, GYA Commodore Janet Miller-Schmidt as without her, the GYA "Opening Day" would have been held in someone else's trailer park! Talking of which, we should thank all our visitors for so readily accepting outside

our ever-ready Janet Miller-Schmidt gallantly rose to the occasion, went home, changed into her regalia and returned to wield a mean shovel, all within 10 minutes, thus giv-ing a new meaning to the 4-minute mile! Thank you again, Janet. Lastly,after much consid-eration of aspect, spacial science and sensory feed-back on the subject of tree-saving, the location for the new clubhouse has been determined to be about 135 feet from Lake-shore Drive and about 35 feet from Jackson Avenue, or in other words, 50 feet forward of the "old" club-house. The building con-tractors Spartan expect to start pile driving around mid-June which still gives us a shot at having a "house warming" party be-fore we leap into 2007. "Spitzy" be ready!

Yours aye Kelvin

"privvies" and garden hose showers, as normal facilities in this "modern" day and age! And it really goes without say-ing but any major event would not be complete without sev-eral punctuation blasts from the cannon of "Bombadier-Bob" aka "Spitzy Spitzmul-ler"! Like to know who cleaned the silver, shiny bright? Well, as a clue her 3-letter name begins with “E”! A huge thank you, to the members of West Palm Beach YC, for the most kind donation of a 6-pack Opti- trailer; Seitech's best. It will be put to good purpose just as soon as we have our new Juniors trained up in the 10 new "Optimist" sailing din-ghies. Similarly, read on inside about the workings of Bob Hodges and the new "420" program, Exciting news in-deed!

Closely following "Opening Day" came our "Ground-breaking" ceremony, held unfortunately without our Mayor who had a sudden, family emergency. However,

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Thanks to All our Volunteers

the ashes (debris). If we received one volunteer hour per week from each member it would make a world of difference to the club. I would sug-gest that the theme for the Vol-

unteer Net-work be "Make it Fun!". Vol-unteer for something you enjoy doing. The core group of volunteers at PYC are getting burned out. Let this be a call to volunteer. A call to enjoy

the effort and "Make it Fun!", while you

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From The Rear Commodore- Jay Conner

are helping PYC.

Jay Conner

Rear Commodore

(504) 669-6675

Like a broken record, perhaps one per-formed by the Drunken Sailors with gui-tars, I am obliged to re-iterate that the numbers: financials, membership, sail camp enrollment and related Junior pro-grams, progress on the construction of the new clubhouse, etc. etc. etc; are all pointing to a golden era on the horizon for the Pontchartrain Yacht Club.

At the last board meeting we had to con-sider 10 new applications! It seems that the increase in the initiation fee to $500 has not deterred new interest in membership and our new clubhouse isn't even up yet.

Some areas of concern need to be addressed how-ever. We need more volun-teer hours to make the club rise out of

If we received one volunteer hour per week from each member it would make a world of difference to the

club..

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Social I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far. We are hoping to put on some events for you so we can all gather ‘round our double-wide!!

Our big event for June, back by popular demand (drum roll, please) will be our Lobster Boil, on Saturday June 24. Res-ervations for this event are a must. Stay tuned to your e-mail for updates. The price will be determined as the lobsters arrive, but I can tell you Dick Jones (our famed boiler) told me they’re not cheap this year – so start saving your pennies!

On Wednesday, June 7 and 21, we’ll have $1 nights and then on Friday, June 16 and 30, we’ll have Cheap Food Friday Night. As of right now, we have no concrete plan

for

these so …. If you’d like to volunteer to cook or help with getting something ca-tered in, please let me know. We know that you awesome cooks are out there.

In July, we’d like to put on a Wine/Cheese tasting with the help of Paul, our bartender. Those plans, along with the traditional Caribe Party (which will be held in Au-gust), are in the works.

As always, our ears and minds are open to any new suggestions. And, as always, I’d like to thank those people on my committee, who help make all of our events successful!

Bridget Jarvis

[email protected]


From the Vice-Commodore-

The Semi-Annual meeting was held on Sunday, May 21, at which time the members of the Nominating committee were elected. Serving this year will be Celeste Thorson, Tom Quin-lan, Terri Hamilton, and Phyllis Danielson (as alternate). Vaughan Sollberger and Orhan Ergun will round out the group as the two representatives from the board. The committee will be commissioned on or before June 21 (thirty days from the

semi-annual meeting) pending ac-ceptance by those elected, a chair being appointed, an orientation attended, and any other require-ments being met. After all of that, the Nominating Committee will be released into the general member-ship to search for candidates, so consider yourselves forewarned! If you have been a regular member in good standing for at least one year and would like to be consid-ered as a candidate for the board of directors, please contact a

member of the committee, or me.

GYA Commodore Janet Miller-Schmidt mentioned at the semi-annual meeting that the GYA Foundation is planning to dis-tribute funds to storm-ravaged clubs of at least $1,000 cash or equipment per club. Since PYC has been fortunate enough to have received a large infusion of cash from our member-ship, we chose equipment.

On Opening Day in May, we took deliv-ery of an Opti trailer that was donated by a club in Palm Beach, Florida. The GYA Founda-tion is still accepting cash contri-butions re-

From The Vice Commodore - Janie Eshleman

lated to Katrina/Rita recovery efforts. If you would like to con-tribute, please call me for in-formation.

Finally, a huge thank you to eve-ryone who participated in putting on our joint GYA/PYC

Opening Day. A good time was had by all, according to reports from the GYA. It takes a tremendous amount of effort to put on such an event, and it couldn’t have been done with-out our dedicated members and staff.

Janie Eshleman

985-264-2727

We have experienced a small surge of applications for member-ship resulting in the 8 new mem-bers listed below and 7 more can-didates completing their proposals.

Brock Schmidt, now a resident in Georgia, has joined to sail for PYC in Capdeville Regattas.

Photographer “Radar” and Michelle Harcher, Kevin (9), Johnathan (10), and Andrea (6), all ready for sail camp.

Wildlife Biologist, Gregg Purdy, has joined to observe and partici-

pate in the PYC Zoo, along with his black lab Riley.

Michael and Peggy Brumfield, Joshua (20). Michael was one of our winners at the PYC Fishing Tournament last month.

We also welcome back members Bill Evans and Dee Stinson, owners of a 26’ Shamrock and a 24’ Stonehouse vessel.

Amidst the re-construction of his home, Myron Sheen has joined, and we look for-ward to having his son, Mason (12), at sail camp this summer. His home on Lakeshore Drive was re-corded as the home of the Pontchartrain Yacht Club in the

early 1900’s.

We also welcome Patrick and Katherine Park from San Diego with Justin, Sean, Bryan, Heather and Holly. Patrick has shared some insightful ideas for nautical events from their experiences at the SDYC.

John Harmon, owner of a 26ft. power boat moored in Madisonville and no doubt ready to catch some specs.

Resigna-tions: Benjamin Motion

Jack Klopf,

Tom Shock

Skip Harrison

Virginia Waldrop

Status Changes: Pam Wendell – from Resident to Senior Member

J.E. Hancock – from Cruising back to Senior Member

Leigh Wanless – transfer membership back to Gene

Gary Thorson – transfer membership back to Celeste

Hew Hamilton – Transfer membership to Terri

New Member Cocktail Party this Thurs-day, June 1 starting at 5:00, with ham-burgers and hot dogs to be served. New members and their sponsors are encour-aged to come by and enjoy their trailer!

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Membership News - K. Vaughan Sollberger

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 New Member Cocktail Party—5pm

2 Twilight Race 1

3 School’s Out Re-gatta

4 5 6 7 Dollar Dogs

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9 Twilight Race 2

10 School’s Out Re-gatta

11 12 13 14 15 16 Cheap Food Fri-day

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18 19 20 21 Dollar Dogs

22 23 Twilight Race 3

24 Lobster Boil

25 26 27 28 29 30 Twilight Race 4

Cheap Food Fri-day

June 2006


[email protected] - Suzana Williams I know that some of you have been frustrated by the lack of an active junior sailing program at PYC. We have a terrific Summer sailing camp, but it should not be considered a junior sailing program. A junior sail-ing program should be active year round and typically creates the at-mosphere that “feeds” an active adult sailing program. Both have been ab-sent for awhile. The current Board of Directors, along with other members, recognizes this situation and we are trying to make a change.

I know that some of you did not fully agree with the purchase of the new boats based upon what has hap-pened in the past but we have them and we need to make the best effort we can to get sailing back in place at PYC.

Bob Hodges held a meeting with in-terested juniors and adults who would like to start sailing and racing the 420’s. I think we had 6 adults and around 10 juniors. That’s encourag-ing. Bob is working hard to get all four boats on the water and make the best effort we can to start a club sailing program for both adults and juniors using these assets.

The club now also owns ten brand new Optimist dinghies and I hope we can find someone with the same mo-tivation as Bob to get our juniors in these boats every weekend.

I am happy that PYC has new boats and equipment. I just want to see it utilized as you and many others do. I hope that past lessons learned as to maintenance of these assets and motivation to use them for the benefit and success of the club is not short lived. The repairs Bob is doing now are primarily due to four years of abuse and neglect and we need to “change the culture” to prevent that from occurring again. As we all know, parent involvement in the program and with their children in the program is the best way to

make it fun and make it work. It is no different than the parents getting in-volved in the PTA at their kid's schools. The more parent involvement, the bet-ter the school and the quality of educa-tion for their children. And, it is a lot more fun to take your kids to a regatta than go to a PTA meeting!

We need members like Bob Hodges to help us. Some of our past and present juniors are in a position to help us coach newer sailors coming in to our club and I hope we can encourage them in that direction in their spare time. I hope to see all of you help us kick off the 420 program.

Let me know how YOU can help.

Suzana Williams

Thanks to Bob Hodges & Shan Kirk for their input in this months Chart article.

Opti Kids - Update Congratulations Ross Kirk!!

Ross will be participating on the United States Optimist Dinghy Asso-ciation (USODA), U.S. National De-velopment Team (USNDT). This is a result of his placement at Opti Team Trials in Bellport Bay, NY, in early May.

“Tough and Fun - Double-handed boats like the Club 420 give youth sailors the chance to master valuable spinnaker, tra-peze and teamwork skills that simply can't be learned in sin-gle-handed boats. Progressive sailing associations are devel-oping team racing and fleet rac-ing events around their double-handed trainers. These new sail-ing challenges are keeping young sailors excited and build-ing participation in junior pro-grams. “ http://www.melges.com/club420.html

Hope everyone had fun at Opening Day- it was quite a party! The activity at the club will definitely be picking up now that is “officially” summer. Sail Camp is beginning as well as summer bar hours. I look forward to seeing more of everyone! Just a few house keeping items:

1. If you have a child using the Junior’s room, please pick up after them at the end of the evening. At the very least please throw any food or drink away that wasn’t consumed.

2. Please check the lost & found box under the “Boatique” if you are missing items. It is filling up!

3. Reminder, the dues rate increase approved at the General Membership meeting in April will be reflected in the May statement being sent out with the chart. If you have any questions, please call me at the office.

Hope to see you around! Stacie

From The Office - Stacie Palazzo


Sail Camp Sessions are filling up fast!! Sign up now! PONTCHARTRAIN YACHT CLUB SUMMER SAILING CAMP 2006 Monday – Friday* 8:30am – 3:30pm Ages 8 –17 SESSION # 1 * Tuesday, May 30-Friday June 9 *no class on Memorial Day (5/29) SESSION # 2 (CLOSED) SESSION # 3 * Monday, June 26-Friday, July 7 *no class on Monday- July 4th SESSION # 4 Monday, July 10- Friday July 21 SESSION # 5 Monday, July 24 – Friday, August 4 Limited space available per session

IN MEMORIAM

On Tuesday, May 16, 2006, a valued former member, Garfield Le Chat went to his reward at the Great Yacht

Club in the sky. Mr. Le Chat was 17 years old to the best of our knowledge. He had a long and distinguished ca-reer as Pontchartrain Yacht Club mascot. There is no

doubt Garfield is eating premium Cat Chow and drinking fresh cream out of an ashtray to his heart’s content in

Kitty Heaven.

Goodbye, friend. We’ll miss you.

Race - PHRF - Joel Lindsey

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This spring Pontchartrain sailors were ready to hoist the main sail in early March. Here is a summary of spring racing events. Pontchartrain Yacht Club’s Race Committee conducted or assisted in 24 races where 67 boats entered. For more information see http://www.pontyc.org/race/racedeck.htm

Event 2006 Number of Races Boats Entered Race Committee

Spring Series March 4 – April 23**

9 10 total series Conducted races

Challenge Cup sail off March 12**

2 2 Conducted races

Race to Mandeville March 18 – 19**

2 7 Assisted SYC

North Shore Cup March 26, 20 nm**

1 9 Conducted race

South Shore Cup April 1**

3 14 Assisted SYC

GYA Regatta

May 6-7

4 28 Conducted races

Challenge Cup sail off May 13**

2 2 Conducted races

Fun Race May 20 1 5 Conducted race

Total 24 67*

Beginning June 2, 2006 the popular Summer Twilight Series begins. Here is the schedule.

Date Day Start Time

June 2, 2006 Friday 1900




July 7, 2006 Friday 1900




Skippers meeting at 1800

One Design - Orhan Ergun

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Dear Friends,

For one design May started literally with a bang.

I am happy to report that during the races that followed the pomp and cir-cumstance of opening day, our Capde-vielle team came in close second fol-lowing a tie breaker for first place with Pass Christian.

I would like to take this opportunity to also congratulate our Master’s team, Tom Quinlan, Janet Miller-Schmitd and Gene Wanless coming in second and our very own Travis Tucker (Green

Fleet) for also coming in second overall, out of eight opti-mists.

Last but not least, David Bolyard Jr., Jeff Lind-heim, Susan Danielson, Brock Schmitd and Colin Ross who repre-sented our club at Buc-caneer Yacht Club’s Spring Regatta (May 20th &

21st), for coming in third.

Next on our Capdevielle calendar (June 3rd & 4th) is Chandler, held at St. Andrew Bay Yacht Club in Panama City, Fl. Our club will be represented by team captain Billy Ross, Larry Ruthven, Brock Schmitd and Colin Ross. Please join me in wish-ing them success.

During the same week end (June 3rd and 4th) we will play host to our annual School’s out Regatta. I am sure you will be out there in force, whether competing or just having a good time.

During the SOR, I look forward to work-ing with many of you – once again, my heartfelt thanks to all our volunteers who make such events look and feel “easy”.

With thanks,

Orhan Ergun

504 512 2171

[email protected]

2006 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Commodore Kelvin Troughton - [email protected]

Vice-Commodore

Jane Eshleman - [email protected]

Rear-Commodore

Jay Conner - [email protected]

House & Grounds Dennis Ledet - [email protected]

Social Bridget Jarvis - [email protected]

Juniors Suzana Williams - [email protected]

One Design Orhan Ergun - [email protected] Membership K. Vaughan Sollberger Jr.- [email protected] Race Joel Lindsey - [email protected]

More Club Contacts Emailing and email list

Georgia Young

[email protected]

Webmaster & The Chart

Suzana Williams

[email protected]

Victoria Class

Hew Hamilton

[email protected]

P.O. Box 633 Mandeville, LA 70470

PONTCHARTRAIN YACHT CLUB

Phone: 985-626-3192 E-mail: [email protected]

Administrative Manager: Stacie Palazzo

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