November 21, 2014 Holiday Issue #10 www.lbyc.us

Commodore—Chris Kubicek

Vice Commodore—Vicki Bohl

Rear Commodore—Al Haeger

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Secretary—Steve Barth

Treasurer—Hardy Will

Member at Large—

John Porter

The Lake Beulah Yacht Club

Mainsheet

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Past Commodore—

Frank Davenport

House & Grounds—

Frank Rappold Social—Molly Barr

Summers on Beulah are so precious

and also so short. This past year is one of

our shortest ever, with the latest ice-out on

record and now the earliest first ice in No-

vember. Your board is working hard to

make the most of our short summers – and

this creative board has arranged to make

the summer calendar one week longer!

(Memorial Day is early, May 25th – and

Labor Day is late, Sept 7). In addition to

having the extra week for races and a

Wednesday cookout, Molly is working a

plan to extend Wednesday night cookouts

a few weeks past labor day.

Financially, 2014 is shaping up to be

another great year. Dick had us on a plan

to keep expenses low, and Hardy has

refined the numbers so not only

were we able to paint the club,

but we have approved a long overdue up-

grade of the kitchen floor and the dance

floor. Even with these non-forecasted

expenses, Hardy plans to make a sizable

deposit to our cash reserve fund. The re-

serve fund will become important moving

forward, because our ‘new’ club is not so

new anymore, and as it ages to 15years

different mechanical systems will need

repairs and upgrades. The exterior paint

color looks great, and right after the

Christmas party we are having the floors

replaced, carpeting cleaned – getting ready

for next season.

Your board continues to work hard on

planning for next year. Please keep your

great ideas coming, we are very open to

suggestions to improve our wonderful

club.

Share

your

ideas for

areas we

can make

improve-

ments,

and any

roles you

would be

interested

in helping out. Chrissy and I wish you all

a safe and Happy Holiday season, and for

a great way to get the season off to a Lake

Beulah start: join us all at the Christmas

Party on Saturday, Dec 13th.

Chris KubicekChris KubicekChris KubicekChris Kubicek

Christmas Party set for December 13th

Put a little sparkle in your Holiday

Join your friends for an evening of

delicious food, fun prizes and special music.

RSVP by Dec 3rd. Details inside...

The Lake Beulah Yacht Club looks very sharp with it’s new coat of paint and white trim. Read more on page 2 at House and Grounds.

Another fall is upon us: leaves are

off the trees, piers are out, and boats

are stored. It’s almost a relief to have

less to do on the weekends, as Honey-

Do lists are finally tackled.

Of course the Board has been busy

planning next summer. Al Haeger

and I have been preparing a thorough

debriefing of sailors and judges as we

look to see where we are and where

we need to be to improve sailing on

Lake Beulah. Al and I will be sending

out a survey in the next couple of

weeks to all the adult sailors and

judges asking questions about training,

equipment, schedules, etc. We hope

you will all take the time to thoughtfully

answer our questions, as well as let us

know any other ideas you may have.

As we laid out the calendar for next

summer, one thing became quickly

clear: July is going to be a busy

month! The ILYA has honored us by

selecting Beulah as the regatta site for

not one, but two Inland events next

summer, both in the 2nd half of July.

We will be hosting the Opti Champion-

ship again this year, and also the C

Invitational. Our Board did not accept

both of these assignments without

some trepidation, knowing how much it

would tax our members to hold these

events, as well as the Sail Pink clinic in

the month of July. We recognized,

though, that Beulah is uniquely quali-

fied to host them because of our size

and our volunteer base, and that it has

become increasingly difficult for the

ILYA to find hosts for some of these

regattas. As a result, we are calling on

our members to help us run these re-

gattas. Please think about your avail-

ability in those last two weeks. Hosting

these regattas maintains our reputation

in the sailing community—and are darn

good money makers as well!

In the meantime, don’t forget our young

ladies sailing for the LBYC this winter.

Stephanie Roble and her team Epic

Racing are continuing to rocket up the

standings in Match Racing. Check out

their website at

www.epicmatchracing.com, and be

sure to hit the big green DONATE but-

ton if the spirit moves you! Stephanie

Hudson has

started a

late but very

aggressive

Olympic

campaign in

the Nacra

17. Word is

that this fleet is wide open for a US rep,

and she’s working very hard to be

aboard the chosen one. Her website is

www.odysseyracing.org (and her do-

nate button is navy blue!). Annie Hae-

ger also represents the LBYC and has

been working for a couple years now

with her crew Briana Provancha to win

a medal in Women’s 470 in Rio. They

have been all around the world, includ-

ing at a test event on the waters near

Rio, where they really shown. Their

website is www.teamhp470.com ,

where you will be able to read about

their adventures and/or donate.

Have a great winter, and happy holi-

days everyone!

Vicki BohlVicki BohlVicki BohlVicki Bohl

FROM THE SAILING COMMODORE FROM THE SAILING COMMODORE FROM THE SAILING COMMODORE FROM THE SAILING COMMODORE

House and Grounds Report by Frank Rappold The painting of the Yacht Club was completed on time. The painters had to work until dark the day be-fore John Porter and Molly's wedding, but they got it done and looking great for their wedding reception at the club. The blue awnings and the ropes for around the pillars are stored in the shed for the winter. They will be put in place in the spring. I would like to thank the people that helped with this project: The color committee included Carolyn Becker, Susan Brown, Judy Skotarzak, and Judy Smalley. Thanks also to Dennis Smalley for help with the contractors. The club looks terrific!

Thanks to all who came to Work Day 10-4

Above: Brian Bellow, Steve Rotier and Dick Wise. Upper right: Jeff Lippert, Al Hae-ger and Dick. Bottom left: Andrea Jarecki Bottom right: Nancy Roble, & Carolyn Becker.

Congrats to our off-lake fall Regatta Champions

Peter Keck with our Ben Porter as crew took first place honors at the C Blue Chip Regatta at Okauchee. Christine Porter won the 2014 World Championship C Regatta at Delevan, competing in a fleet of 117 boats. Our congratulations Ben and Christine.

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Winter seems to be here (a little too soon if you ask me!) and it is time for our last party of the year. Wendy Bitter (Joe) and her committee are working hard on the LBYC Christmas Party to be held December 13

th.

Toothpick’s Catering has planned a wonderful menu and the committee will be providing some delicious des-serts. The East Troy Choir will be return-

ing to help set a festive mood. More details are included here in the Main-sheet. Check your calendars and get your RSVP in to Brooke Brickler soon. You may also register on our website. Please also check your preliminary social assignments in this issue. You may always change or trade your as-signment but I thought that I would publish this list early for ease of

summer planning. See the list below. A star indicates the chairperson. If you need to make a change, please email me at mollygbarr@msn.com

Hors D'ouevres

Bruce & Evie Otto*

Jim & Faye McKinnon

Milt Haeger

Gers & Sandy Bernhard

Kay Nissly Commodore's Ball

Al & Linda Haeger*

Steve & Kathy Barth

Don & Carrie Franzene

Jason & Bridgette Boni-field

Brian Bellew & Jane Kiernan

Richard and Joan Dow

Kent and Julie Haeger

LBSS Fundraiser

Dave & Marge Berg*

Randy & Nancy Schmidt

Jim & Betsy Kutschen-reuter

Jeff and Joslyn Hudson

Kent and Julie Haeger

Christmas Party

Joe & Wendy Bitter*

Kevin & Molly Brickler

Brian & Brooke Brickler

Michael & Dawn Greeson

Harry & Dianne Marek July 4th Pancake Break-fast

David & Candace Porter*

Gil Brickler

Keith Beren

Mark & Kathy Kiernan

Tim Lange

Joe Skotarzak

Wendy Mikacich - games

Karl & Cindy Zettlemoyer

Pontoon Party

Dick & Gail Wise*

Opening Party

Marty & Molly Barr

Frank & Julie Davenport

Chris & Chrissy Kubicek

David & Vicki Bohl

Al & Linda Haeger

Steve & Kathy Barth

Hardy & Kathy Will

Frank & Ruth Rappold

John & Molly Porter

C fleet party

Andy & Anne Muller*

Christine Porter

Ben Porter

Mark Misch

Vicki Clayton

Annie Franzene

Kent Haeger

Katie McMurray

MC fleet

Will be decided by Fleet

Trophy Dinner

Glenn McMurray & Andrea Lee*

Anne Humphrey

Shawn & Katie Murphy

Bill & Patty Kercher

Matt Haeger

Andrew Bohl

June Party

Monty & Chris Mackey*

Mark Baranowski & Jenny Piacenza

Ron & Susan Clement

Dick & Jean Patterson

Will Norris & Kathleen O'Neill

Dave & Mary Davenport - A nats

Chris & Cheryl Porter

Joan Berna

Friends of Mukwonago River

Dan Bach*

JP Mull & Wendy Maland

ILYA Opti Inlands

Les & DeeDee Birbaum - meal planning

ILYA C Invitational

Joe & Karla Keck - planning

Senior Potluck - date TBD

Rob Hudson

Scot & Keri Kent

Rick & Cindy Kent

May 27 Cook-

out

Dave & Wendy Bitter*

John & Susan Brown

Dave & Carolyn Nahrwold

Sam & Erna Liebovich

June 3 Cookout

Dave and Doreen Schmidt* *

Stan and Ann Alger

Carol Porter

John and Patty Noel

Rich and Anita Gaggioli

June 10 Cookout

Dave & Judy Sko*

Dennis and Judy Smalley

Norman & Rose Sass

Bill & Peggy Hudson

June 17 Cookout

Rob & Penny Clayton*

Roy and Judi Gerloff

Ron & Susan Clayton

Edie Klement

June 24 Cookout

Doug & Mitzi Dorn*

Bob & Karen Mueller

Don & Carol Stein

Reuben & Patti Peterson

Shar Meller

July 1 Cookout

Doug & Deanna Tracy*

Neil & Sara Seeger

Neal & Teriann Norris

Pat & Mary Hudec

Rob & Carol Klement

Continued on next page

July 8 Cookout

Nancy and Dale Roble*

Martin and Molly Barr

Mark and Maggie Smith

Steve and Mary Schmitendorf

July 15 Cookout

George & Betty Grubis*

Glen & Beth Kreinbrink

John & Lucy Meehan

Ken & Pat Jarecki

Marilyn Kercher

July 22 Cookout

Steve & Sandy Rotier*

Greg & Pat Thomas

Lynn Welscher

Pat & Janelle Welscher

Dan Klement & Guest

August 26 Cookout

Tom & Barb Atkinson*

Don and Lorraine Tacke

Bruce Beren

John and Bea Sonderegger

Two September Cookouts

See who is sailing - Candace will organize

2015 Committees continued

August 19 Cookout

Paul & Cathy Riedl*

Dave & Peggy Krueger

Val Johnson

Laura Meagher

Tom & Nancy Horter

July 29 Cookout

Paul & Janet Smyczek*

Jeff & Shari Mueller

Jeff & Emily Komas

Eric & Elaine Rietz

August 5 cookout

John & Emily Sullivan*

Chas & Jennifer Kaska

Jay & Karin Hiller

Ron & Andrea Jarecki

August 12 Cookout

John & Carolyn Becker*

Tim & Marie LeRoy

James & Flo Phillips

Jack & Jeaneene Komas

Jim and AnneMarie Probst

Tributes to Nan Norris: LBYC flowers, A gun salute by the men in Nan’s family , Beulah Challenge Hat

Sailing continues on the collegiate level at UW Madison for Andrea Sullivan

and Kate Klement. Photo left.

Stephanie Roble is now ranked as 3rd in the World according to a recent article

in Scuttlebutt. This makes her the highest ranking woman’s match racer in the Western Hemisphere. A Danish sailor is ranked 1st in the world, and a Swedish gal is ranked 2nd by the ISAF. Photo right.

Congrats to mem-bers Mark and Maggie Smith of Florida who purchased the Anderson house on Upper Lake. They have been members for years but now hope to be here more often. We will love to know them better.

Steve Barth, our LBYC Secretary, has tried his hand at racing an MC after many years away from the tiller. He is doing fine. On Aug 31st he finish mid fleet! Hope-fully, he will race more often.

John Porter Wins the 37 Boat George Dorn Regatta by Al Haeger

JP Takes Title in Tie-Breaker! 37 MCs competed in the George Dorn Memorial Regatta on Beulah September 6-7. George Dorn was one of the founders of the MC fleet, and this regatta has continued to be strongly attended. A notable ex-ception this year was

Doug Dorn, who was traveling and had to miss the regatta named for his dad. 23 MCs were from Beulah, an impressive turnout in numbers, if not in overall performance. The 14 off-lake sailors gave us a run for the money, with 6 off-lake sailors in the top 10, and Greg Simon of Mendota seriously challenging for the win. It took our own John Porter a tie-breaker to win. In general, the Beulah C fleet (JP, Dave Porter, and Kent Haeger) preserved Beulah’s honor by finishing in the top ten, along with Milt Haeger.

Very tricky, with the Sun-day morning race dead flat at times. Top Master was Bruce Gallagher. Top Grandmaster was David Porter; top Mega-master - Tim Fredman. Top women - Vicki Clay-ton in overall 11th. Thanks to Rob Clayton and team for great PRO work, and the Wills/Kubicek/Riedl families and the many others for organizing and working the regatta.

Al Haeger 13th, JP in 1st, Chris Kubicek took 15th place

Signal Team Sandy Rotier, Penny Clayton, Carolyn Becker and Ruth Rappold.

Susan Clayton making deli-cious apple tarts.

Hard working Riedls & Kathy Will

B12 wins the Nan Norris Beulah Chal-lenge by Christine Porter Saturday morning, September 20th, brought big breezes as 33 C scows headed out onto Lake Beulah. After several starts, the fleet got off a good start to the first race of the Nan Norris Beulah Challenge. Kent Haeger got out to an early lead and kept it the entire race to win race one. As the breeze continued to build hitting a con-sistent 25 mph, the fleet had some amazing rides before the race committee decided to take the fleet in for lunch as they watched boats flip, and lose control. After a fantastic pulled pork lunch and some college football, the fleet got back on the water to complete two more races. The afternoon had medium breeze and George Kutschenreuter (grandson of Nan Norris) took race number two. The last race on Saturday had a guest co-skipper appear-ance as Joe Kutschenreuter took over the B-77 with Molly Forbes as a crew. Joe and Molly battled for race three and

in the final leeward mark rounding, took the lead and kept it to finish the race in first. The sailors went in for a deli-cious Mexican dinner. Sunday brought cold temperatures, rain, and big breezes. The race committee postponed to wait for the rain to pass and the conditions to get more favor-able. The fleet headed out for one last race in heavy, puffy breezy. Joe Kutschenreuter with Beth Kutschen-reuter (daughter of Nan Nor-ris) and Molly Forbes brought the last race home again with a bullet. The sailors came in to pack up their boats, watch awards, and watch the packer game. Will Norris (son of Nan Norris) presented the awards and said the regatta had the three nec-essary components of a great regatta. 1. A great club 2. Wind 3. Carnage Thank you to Katie and Shawn Murphy and their com-mittee and to the Lake Beulah Yacht Club members who do-nated and helped makes this event a success.

Top: Winners Kent Haeger and Mike Greeson Middle: Jeff and Rob Hudson, Bottom: Charlie and Betsy Kutschenreuter with a third..

The old adage of "where does the time go" fits here. It's hard to believe it's already past the middle of No-vember! Sailboats, motorboats, and piers have been stored, leaves raked and the geese flown. I'm al-ready waiting for warm summer days to return. I'm excited to announce that the Sidestays' big summer event will be the Float Boat Tour of Homes. Our resourceful chairperson, Maryellen Heckman, reports she has three con-firmed homes. She is looking for a

fourth, so if you, or someone you know would like to have their home on the tour, contact Maryellen or Susan Brown. Many great volun-teers are working on this event ,so I'm sure it will prove to be a fun day floating on Lake Beulah. Details to come in Spring. Remember the Sidestays' Shoppe has a large selection of mer-chandise for your holiday shop-ping. The shop will be open at the LBYC Christmas party on Saturday Dec. 13th. Come shop!

Enjoy Thanksgiving and have the happiest holiday season!

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Yearbook Info and Photo Deadline The drop-dead deadline for Sponsor pages and general info is March 31st. Obviously I would like to get images and information as soon as possible

- starting now as we have begun the design process. Photos and informa-tion can be e-mailed to me at Bridgette@feejeemermaid.com. Your Yearbook Editor,

Bridgette Bonifield

Lake Beulah Yacht Club

P.O. Box 833

N9220 East Shore Drive

East Troy, WI 53120

Editor’s Note: The Holidays are approaching fast, and we are already seeing ice on the channel that leads to upper lake. Why do good summer times always pass so quickly? I guess that’s a good reason to look forward to next summer and more fun with boating, sailing and LBYC friends . This is our last edition of the Mainsheet for 2014. In the meantime, stay current on our website at

www.lbyc.us Watch your email for the first 2015 Mainsheet deadline, sometime in May. Don’t forget to send in your Yearbook photos and material to Bridgette Bonifield.

Happy Thanksgiving & Have a Merry Christmas Holiday

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Molly, Kevin and Adele pose at the party celebrating his health after a bone marrow transplant. About 300 attended and 43 signed up for the Bone Marrow Registry on September 27th. Congrats to all the Bricklers!

This hot air balloon flew low over Lake Beulah on Aug. 31, 2014. Just beautiful. Did you see it?