April NewsletterOcala Sailing Club 4/1/2015

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April EventsApril 2nd - 6:30P • Buccaneer Night • Cody's, Ocala • Napkin NominationsApril 11th - 11:30A • Final Rum Race & Awards • Sims' BeachApril 16th - 6:30P • Dinner Meeting, Charlene Johnson's • Elect New OfficersApril 17th - 6:00P • Dinner & Tales, Gator Joe's • Lake Weir, OcklawahaApril 18th/19th - 9:00A • Lake Weir Invitational/Harpoon Nationals • Kiwanis

Commodore Art Twitchell -artmai2@gmail.com

Vice Commodore Charlene Johnson -ospreyrose5 @gmail.com

Secretary Ross Martin -mart.11@live.com

Treasurer Jan Cole -jc4551@cox.net

Race Commodore Ken Renfro -k-renfro@cox.net

Beginning Balance3/1/15 $2302.87Deposit 3/23/15 50/50 raffle from 3/19/15 $31.00 Harpoon regatta reg. & meals 78.00 Donation for regatta beer 100.00 Rum race registrations 10.00Ending Balance 3/31/15 $2521.87

Treasurer’s Report ***

Treasurer, Jan Cole

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Commodores Comments for April 2015

Ahoy Members,We have been singing, sailing and socializing our way through March and having a great time.At least I have. Hope you have too. In this Newsletter there are some photos of the singing and sailing just to remind you. The Intra-Lake racing has been bustling and some of the OSC sailors have been active and winning some trophies. I'm happy to hear that one of our newer members,Herb Moore, has crewed on one of the winning boats at the Shamrock Regatta so hope he iscatching the sailing obsession.

Our April calendar will be starting to play out here soon. Our Napkin Nominations will be passed around as our Buccaneer tradition has done in years past. This year, as last, it will be at Cody's Roadhouse in Ocala. I have seen the Evite RSVP's and it looks to be a good turnout and I am confident we will have good results on the napkins. We’ll see all you anxious volunteers there.

We seem to have all of our bases covered for the Lake Weir Invitational & 11th Annual HarpoonNationals. See the listing of elements and volunteers in the minutes of this newsletter to confirmyour participation. If we all pull together it will be a success.... we're a team. Of course, it won'tbe a success if nobody comes. So please start signing up for the event on regattaregistration.com site as soon as possible. It will be more encouraging for other sailors from other clubs to sign upwhen they see a healthy listing. We have talked it up at the Intra-Lake races and they will be checking out the site.

The OSC Caps have been ordered and will arrive in time for the our mid-month dinner meeting.14 members have pre-ordered caps so please be prepared to buy them on April 16th and we haveothers left over to sell at the regatta and for inventory for new members and such. Another bit of good news is that Steve Taylor, a friend of Skip Archibald's, has confirmed to volunteer to use his boat to set racing markers. It is good to have the lion's share of these details resolved before our dinner meeting on the 16th, because we will be having the election of officers on that same night.

Now that all the organizational details are behind us ..... lets go sailing! Our #6 Rum Race, the 3rd and final race of the spring series, is Saturday, April 11th at 11:30 AM at Sims' Beach. It is nevertoo late to join in. If you remember, the Gigantic Bottle of Rum is a drawing as long as you have paid your $5 entry fee. The placing results enhances your winning chances the higher your score is.It is friendly, informal racing, so launch those boats and join in the fun. Leave your boats overnight and do more practice sailing the next day, Sunday. Practice build prowess.See you at Cody's.Your short-timer Commodore,

Art

Raffle 50/50 Winners were: OSC Cap - Lou Archibald, Scratch Offs - Lou Archibald and Sheila Renfro 50 /50 of $62 cash - Mai TwitchellThe Members gave a resounding cheer of thanks to Skip & Lou Archibald for hosting this special dinner.Mary Schneider introduced her guest Jack Shank.March birthday was announced for Lou Archibald - (March 8th) Happy Birthday!MEETING TO ORDER • 8:15 PM • Newsletter & Evites were discussed and members indicated that they were receiving them OK. • Jan Schumacher reviewed the OSC Website to point out that it now has a Pin Number protected “Members Only” section. She has sent all members an E-mail with the access code. Call Jan Schumacher if you need more info. Treasurer’s Report: Jan Cole reported and we now have a balance of $2302.87. The report was approved.Secretary’s Report : Ross Martin : Minutes were in the March Newsletter The report was approved.Old Business: • Some of the members commented that the Buccaneer Dinner at Mojo’s was a noisy environment but that the sailor’s sing-along was a lot of fun.• Ed Sims reported on the Rum Race #5 ( second of the spring series ).The final results were: 1st-Jim Edens; 2nd-Paul Straub; 3rd-Art Twitchell; 4th -Ed Sims; 5th-Herb Moore • Motioned and favored to adjourn Old BusinessNew Business:A- Announcements were made for the up-coming regattas, races and activities: • Shamrock Regatta at St.. John’s River / Intra-Lake Sailing Event (March 21st hosted by GAYC) • Mt. Dora Regatta / Intra-Lake Sailing Event (March 28th & 29th hosted by MDYC) • Next Buccaneer Night: Cody’s / Ocala ( Thurs. April 2nd 6:30 PM - Napkin Nominations ! ) • Rum Race #6 ( Sat. April 11th 11:30 AM at Sims‘ Beach ) Awards after / Sims’ Beach • Pot-Luck Dinner Meeting at Charlene Johnson’s ( Thurs., April 16th 6:30 ) Vote for OfficersB- There was an agreement made to have an order for 3 dozen caps @ $8.50 each to be sold at $15 in time for the regatta. 14 members pre-ordered caps to help initiate the cost of the order. C- Regatta Preparations were discussed with details and volunteers:

Minutes of March 19, 2015 for April Newsletter

• RegattaRegistration.com as of March 19th was not showing our Regatta, but is expected to be posted soon. • Committee Boat Review: Lynn Sims has a meeeting planned with Tim Grady our Pro for Sunday, March 22nd and Mary Schneider has committed her Pontoon boat for the Committee Boat. Sheila Renfro, John Cicio and Kathy Olbekson are volunteers as of March 19th. • Safety and Chase Boats: Skip Archibald and Rock Shumacher will have their boats out and Steve Taylor a friend of Skip’s may volunteer his motorboat also.

Minutes of March 19, 2015 for April Newsletter ( contiued )

• Food Management: Sandra Harton discussed her ideas about the arrangements for the coffee, donuts and fruit, lunches and Saturday night dinner. Jan Cole will be helping and other volunteers to date are: Ross Martin, Herb Moore, John Cicio, and Mary Schneider. Mai Twitchell volunteer to bring a dessert. • Beverages and Ice: Bob Cole agreed to take care of these items for the week end. • Advertisement: Jan Schumacher gave a list of places she would attempt to advertise the Regatta. These include Harpoon Yahoo Group, Trailor Sailors, Facebook, The Voice and Waypoint News. Lynn Sims said she would contact the Ocala Star Banner. It was mentioned that Joan Bernat was sending out an E-Blast to surrounding sailing groups also. • Registration Table and Merchandise Sales: Jan Cole, our treasuer, will over see this table and Bernie has volunteered to help. • Signs: John Hult has volunteered to be responsible for seeing that the directional signs get put out that Larry Moore has made and the large event sign is put on the main gate. Larry may be available to help depending on his health. • Awards Presentation: Art Twitchell and Charlene Johnson as of March 19th will plan on presenting awards, Ken Renfro has to work on Sunday and the Jamaicans are unable to be here this year. • Photography: Jan is making contact with Waypoint News to try to arrange for their photographer to come. Others interested in taking pictures can ask to get on chase boats, ie Schumacher’s & Archibald’s . • Clean up: Art Twitchell said he would be responsible for cleaning up with other volunteers like Ross, Charlene and Bernie who said they would help. They felt it would not be necessary to hire an outside group. • Boat Launching at Kiwanis: Paul Straub’s name came up as a possible volunteer with his Jeep as in years gone by, but Paul was not present to confirm the suggestion.D - Motioned and favored to adjourn the New Business Meeting _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _OBRS Meeting: Gavel with Ken Renfro was awarded to Ed Sims’ for his run-away Harpoon.• Motioned and favored to adjourn the OBRS Meeting

Art Twitchell - April 18th Hal Grover - April 23rd

Birthdays of the Month

Secretary, Ross Martin

Rum Race # 5Final Results#1 Jim Edens#2 Paul Straub#3 A Twitchell#4 Herb Moore

Rum Race #5 March 14th

We had a great group, a good windy day and three tight races.

Race #6, we draw for the Rum (April 11th) !

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Pooney Tunes / Adrift and Rescue

Mojo’s Drunkin Sailors March 5th

We sail, bail, sink & swimand “go to Moko’s” to sing

SloopJohnC

Intra-Lake Racing Trans Monroe Regatta March 7th

Lake Monroe at the edge of Sanford, FLis the location of many of our Intra-LakeCompetitions. The Trans Monroe Regattais like our “Around the Lake Regatta” on Lake Weir. Out of 25 racing, Point Blankcame in 10th and Pivot came in 15th.The top 10 get trophies. That’s why Edis holding one and Ross & Art are not.

LMSAOverall Race Results

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2015 Trans Monroe Regatta

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Ed Sims and John Hult collectively won five out of six races. And brought home all the first place trophies.

Intra-Lake Racing

Shamrock RegattaShamrock Regatta March 21st

Art Twitchell

Ross Martin

Mount Dora RegattaMount Dora Regatta March 28th -12th

The results from the 2015 Shamrock Regattaheld on the St. Johns River at Palatka are ....CLASS A:First - Point Blank • Skipper: Ed SimsSecont - Audacious • Skipper: Randy PalmerThird - Morning Star • Skipper: Kim MatosCLASS B:First - Mayor Bombolino • Skipper: John HultSecond - Final One II • Skipper: Jim DavisThird - Dorthe Lynn • Skipper: David Edwards

We had great wind on Lake Dora for 2 days andlots of sailboats. Of the 6 San Juans of our class,We came in 5th. No trophy but a great challenge!

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