8/13/2019 Feb 2014 Jib Sheet

1/7

JIB SHEETPort Clinton Yacht Club PCYC

February 2014

What a great morningto sit in a cozy roomoverlooking the slopesat Boyne Highlands.The PCYC ski team hasoverwhelmed BoyneHighlands with over 60members and families.We have renamed itPCYC North. Ramon iswaiting for me to joinhim for first tracks onthe slopes but at minus2.75 degrees I feel it itmy responsibility to dili-gently work on this jibsheet article. It could be

a long one because Iplan on writing until aChinook wind comesalong and warms thingsup a bit. Our annual skirace is planned for latertoday. This year wehave monitors to pre-vent ski race numberswitching and to makesure everyone goesthrough all the gates.

This is quite a seriousevent that carries theprestige of an Olympicencounter and one yearof bragging rights. Con-sider joining us for oneof our two winter won-derland outings at PeakN Peak after Christmas

or the January outing atBoyne Highlands. Theother option is thePower Fleet WineCruise coming up soon.

The cold and snow thisJanuary has not pre-vented us from enjoyingour club. We started2014 off with front rowseats of the WalleyeDrop, sprinkling ofsnow, and fire-works. Our popu-lar Friday Night Snacksincluding Tacos, Carol

Greene's special soupwith her famous Dump-lings (two eggs per cupof flower) my absolutefavorite, and Cellier'shomemade cheese andchicken enchiladas.The Christmas decom-missioning was com-pleted in record time(any football gamesthat Sunday??) and the

Winter Brunch was out-standing on a sunny,cold beautiful winterlevel something day!We were treated to afantastic Prime Ribmeal at the RecognitionDinner, prepared andserved in traditional

PCYC fashion by adedicated committee. Ibrought my daughtersChristmas Ginger BreadHouse Creation to theclub to display. Afterdinner it all but disap-peared. We really havesome Ginger Bread lov-ers at the club - isn'tthat right - Vicki?

This years Award win-ners were:George Shade Memo-rial Jr. Sailor of the Year- David Leone

Shark Trophy - Skipperof the Year - Dennisand James BergemanOliver True MemorialTrophy for OutstandingService - Fred Pachasa

February starts with myfavorite BYOSon February 1st. Youhave your choice ofthree (not one but

three) different soups,the potato bar, thesalad bar, and specialMama Joe's pies fordessert. That is a mealin itself. Thus, you donot need to go outside

From the Commodore

Read more...

The cold and snow thisJanuary has not

prevented us fromenjoying our club.

8/13/2019 Feb 2014 Jib Sheet

2/7

The Rear PerspectiveIs winter ever going to end!?!?Eric has been keeping busywith inside jobs and snowplowing. With the cold tem-peratures in January notmuch is going on outside ex-cept some ice fishing. But,spring will come. At the timeyou are reading this youshould have seen some signsof spring, especially if you at-tended the Cleveland boatshow. There are definitelysigns that the Best Club on theLake is preparing for springbehind the scenes; the boatlifts are in the shop and will be

ready for the summers use andJohn Henry Bolte is workingwith Eric on some mechanicalissues at the pool. It is suregreat that we have such tal-ented members.

Our largest project for theyear, the Glass House Re-placementis proceedingsmoothly. We are negotiatingwith a contractor on the scopeand pricing. Again we ask for

your patience as we finalize thedetails of the project. We stillhave a target to have this infor-mation out to our membersbefore one of our spring mem-bership meetings for your ap-

proval. Our negotiating teamis headed up by Dave Oberge-feld and includes John Lus-combe and myself. Dont hesi-tate to contact one of us, anyFlag or Board member if youhave any questions.

From time to time membersborrow items from the club.We are looking for severalmissing large cooking potsfrom the kitchen. If you haveborrowed these, please returnthem. We will have to turn thesecurity cameras on in thekitchen if we continue to looseitems. If you notice anything

else missing please notifyChuck. Speaking of thekitchen, some routine mainte-nance was performed on theexhaust hood as it was pres-sure washed. This is com-pleted every year as this is oneof those items that the healthdept. inspects.

As our pool Chairs, Cory andRenee Stine and Eric and

Diane Zeitzheim are preparingfor the spring. They are look-ing for Lifeguard and Atten-

dants staff. If your child orgrandchild is interested, youcan pick up an application foremployment at the bar. Thechairpersons would like thesereturned by the end of Marchso their team can be finalizedbefore the season begins.

Spring will be here before youknow it. Watch out for thatground hogs shadow. Ah, Inever believed in that anyway.I just watch for the grassesgreening and the warmer tem-peratures that lie ahead.

I welcome any comments orsuggestions in regards to thehouse and grounds. I can becontacted at my cell (419-261-8630) or email me at doug-las.shealy13@gmail.com. Justremember This is your Club,Use It and have fun. I willkeep saying this all year andmaybe by the end, you too, willreally believe it.

RC Doug

Page 2 JIB SHEET

8/13/2019 Feb 2014 Jib Sheet

3/7

for nice weather. With each win-ter day that passes, we are oneday closer to the April Ice-

Breaker. Think Spring...

Happy BoatingRJ BasilFCOP

Plans for the 2014 "Cruise-Outs"are being made. I am hoping tohave things finalized over the next

few weeks with the final destina-tions announced next month. The"Wine Cruise" will be held on Feb-ruary 15th. For those that havesigned up, the bus will be depart-ing from PCYC at noon. Lets hope

This is your editor filling infor the Sail Fleet Report.Commodore Mike took time

from the slopes to submithis report but I couldnt getRamons report by my dead-line. I want you all to beaware of Feb 1st & 2nd so-cial events at the club.

I attended the Recognitiondinner and sat with Dan,the Felters and Ramon. Its

always a really nice and wellattended event although thisyear a popular weddingdrew many of our membersaway for the evening. Dinnerwas as good as ever.

Our Jr. Sailor of the yearaward was presented toDavid Leon. The Shark Tro-

phy went to past commo-dore Denny Bergeman. TheOliver True Memorial Award

was presented to Diane andFred Pachesa. Thanks to allof members and volunteers

for their support. We recog-nized all of our bar staff,grounds keepers and clubofficers for their time anddedication. Thanks went outto all our past Commodoreswhether they could be withus or not. There are count-less members who deservethanks, who work hard tokeep our club one of thenicest clubs on the greatlakes, and every effort wasmade to include you all.

Reminder to attend the Jun-ior Sail spaghetti fundraiserdinner on February 21st. (Ithink its spaghetti, it usu-ally is.) Look for details fromSecretary Dave Bringman as

the event gets closer.

From the Fleet Captain of Sail

Fleet Captain of Power

PCYC Page 3

Shark Trophy Winner PastCommodore Denny Bergemanand Oliver True Memorial Awardwinners Diane and Fred Pachasa.

Jr. Sailor of the year, David Leon.

8/13/2019 Feb 2014 Jib Sheet

4/7

The Commodore, Continued

and grill your favorite lob-ster, steak, chicken or what-ever if you do not want tochallenge the cold in ourcharcoal heated fire pit.Check out the other Febru-ary events on the last pageof the jib sheet.

The social committee will befinalizing assignments fornext years calendaron February 9th. If you for-got to fill out choices for thesocial year (May 2014 - Apr2015) when you sent in yourdues then we have toguess and try to do our bestwith assignments. Sponsorsof new members may beassigned an additional com-mittee with the new memberin order to help them withtheir orientation to the club.

Assignments can vary fromyear to year due to chang-ing events, numbers re-quired, and allowing mem-bers to participate in differ-ent functions.

Please use your cars stick-ers as this helps us monitorclub usage. Some member-ship cards were sent outwithout car stickers. If youneed a car sticker you mayget one from our club secre-tary Dave Bringman or atthe bar.

This year is like days of old.Ice fishing villages aresprouting up on the lakeand the cold temperaturesare solidifying the ice. TheChristmas trees are set upmapping a path to Put-in-Bay. I was thinking of ourhockey games in the la-goon at PCYC in the pastwith the Lays, Bugbee,Dracka, Bergemans andothers that I can't remem-ber at this moment. Theywere not exactly high per-formance skating expedi-tions. Some of us hadhockey skates, some figureskates, and others just ten-nis shoes or boots (ourgoalies). We had sweatpants with newspapertaped on our legs for shinprotectors. Extra hats wereour helmets that protectedus from our many falls tothe hard cold ice. It was achallenge to stand, movethe hockey puck, and nottrip on the large cracks inthe ice. The best defensewas to hit the puck off tothe side of the smooth iceinto the snow and roughice. The first one who couldfind the puck had the ad-vantage because everyoneelse was looking for thepuck in the snow. If youreally got frustrated thenyou would hit the puck into

the water near the docksupports or edge of the la-goon. That happened quitea bit because many timeswe had to switch from losthockey pucks to stones orcans. We always concludedthe day with chocolate bitcookies and half frozen bot-tles of Coke. The personwho remembered to bring abottle opener was the hero.

I was looking for photos ofthe ice cover on Lake Erieand ended upat epa.govwebsite that hassome interesting facts aboutthe ice cover on Lake Erie.It effects all kinds of faucetsfrom heat and moisturetransfer, light for photosyn-thesis, evaporation, lakelevels, erosion, ice damage,to navigation issues. Checkit out.

My proof reader is on theslopes or maybe in the bar.I apologize for the mistakes.I have a need to cruise theslopes. The end. See you atthe Club!

Commodore Mike

JIB SHEETPage 4

8/13/2019 Feb 2014 Jib Sheet

5/7

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1

2 3 4 5 6 7

8

9 10 11 12 13 14

Valentines

Dinner at the

Club

15

16 17 18 19 20 21

Jr Sail

Fundraiser

22

23 24 25 26 27 28

Friday nightsnacks

February 2014February 2014February 2014February 2014

Membership

Meeting

Board

Meeting

Colonial

Club

BoardMeeting

CardnighteveryTuesday,come&

playcardsorgames

1/2 Way

To the Bay Party!

6:00, $5 Cover ChgSouper-Bowl

Sunday 35:30

8/13/2019 Feb 2014 Jib Sheet

6/7

JIB SHEETPage 6

8/13/2019 Feb 2014 Jib Sheet

7/7

Red buckets, beer flowing, and summer beach attireWhat? Yes, the Port Clinton Yacht Club

transforms as 1/2 Way to the Bay is ready to roll on Saturday, February 8ththe Round House

doors open at 6 p.m. with pizza brought in by Frostys (or your favorite mainland substitute). Food,

beer, and beads flowingget ready for one of the favorite PIB and PC bands in the landThe

Junk, taking the stage at 8 p.m. Bring your family and friendsFive dollars at the door (food isseparate) and special room rates at Mr. Eds Commodore Perry Inn for those late night partiers that

cant wait for the full PIB experience. Call Mr. Eds Commodore Perry Inn to reserve your room.

1/2 Way to The Bay Party, Feb. 8th

PCYC Page 7