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November is the cul-mination of the year

for any Commodore at

Port Clinton Yacht

Club. Together, we

have accomplished

much, not just in

2013, but in the 5

years and 10 months

I have been privileged

to serve on your

Board of Trustees.

42 years ago, my fa-

ther Henry W.

Chick Schaffner

served as your Com-

modore. I had been

married for less than

two month when I

paid a visit to the

family homestead on

Halloween morning

and got a

sneak

peak at

my dadsflip chart

prepared

for his

Annual

Meeting

in Novem-

ber of 1971 to propose

the Kids Room. He

and I chatted about

the concept, and I

suggested that per-

haps the room could

be incorporated witha Junior Sailing Club

Headquarters, or

something like that to

give the kids a sense

of place and pride, not

just a place to go and

get out of their par-

ents hair for a few

hours. I learned laterthat he kind of liked

the idea, and told my

mother that I just

might amount to

something after all! I

didnt get to hear

those words because

he passed away that

evening.

Thursday, November

7 is the 2013 Annual

Meeting of Port Clin-

ton Yacht Club. All

members are encour-

aged to attend. At

this meeting, you will

learn many things,

including more de-

tails of the proposed

riverfront improve-

ments that have been

brought forward fol-

lowing hours and

hours of hard work by

the Planning Com-

mittee. We should

have much more de-

tail to pass along toyou. You will also be

voting on the incom-

ing slate of officers for

2014. It is a great

group. You will re-

ceive financial reports

on operations for

2013, and the budget

for 2014. The Social

Committee will also

be on hand to provide

some good eats prior

to the meeting at 7

p.m. with the gavel

coming down at pre-cisely 8 p.m.

Another Big Event

planned for Novem-

ber is the Annual

Commodores Ball.

Yes, I spelled it cor-

rectlyin the plural

possessive. It is not

an event to simply

honor the current

Commodore. It is an

event to recognize the

accomplishments and

achievements of all

the Commodores who

have given such good

and faithful service to

PCYC since 1906,

thus the plural pos-

sessive! Many of the

PCs will be sitting as

a group at the Annual

Meeting, which is

their tradition. I

think it gives us all asense of continuity

and tradition. Oh, by

the way, Bob Gate-

wood, an old Friend

of the Bay, will be

there with his band

CALABASH. Should

be a lot of fun!

Much thanks to those

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November 2013

who showed up for the

Fall Work Party on Octo-

ber 20. We got a lot of

work done, thanks to you.

Upcoming events: Satur-

day, November 2 is the

infamous Oktoberfest, as

the Eickert family brings

us all a taste of Germany.

PC Jim Bowlus and Bon-

nie chair Burgers in

Paradise on Friday, No-

vember 8; and Friday

Night Snacks Pizza Party

on November 22. A couple

of changes have beenmade from the Yearbook

to make note of. Christ-

mas Decorating of the

Clubhouse will be on Sun-

day, December 1, not Sat-

urday, November 30 as

published. There seems to

be something about a foot-

ball game on November

30!!! Also, the Christmas

Open House will take

place as usual on Decem-

ber 14, but due to somescheduling conflicts, the

Change of Watch has been

moved to 8 p.m. on Friday,

December 20, which is

also a Friday Night

Snacks night.

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PC Mike Towning gave the nominating commit-

tees report of the following 2014 Officers at theOctober membership meeting. This slate of offi-

cers will be voted on at the Annual Membership

Meeting in November:Commodore-Dr. Michael Hablitzel

Vice Commodore-Don Rodwancy

Rear Commodore-Doug ShealyTreasurer-PC Mike Nitz

Secretary-Dave Bringman

Trustee year ending 2014- Dave Obergefell

Trustee year ending 2015-Bob MosserTrustee year ending 2016-Phillip Bolte

Trustee One Year Past Commodore-PC Rusty Jack

Fleet Captain of Power- RJ BasilFleet Captain of Sail- Ramon Eickert

What an awesome fall we all have been fortunate

to enjoy. That great weather has also allowed us to

complete many projects around the grounds. This

report also includes the Fall Work Party accom-

plishments which were numerous!

Aside from the standard work party tasks, we had

some specific projects I would like to note;

Stainless steel grill was cleaned and re-

built by PC Geoff Bailey

A complete inspection of all pedestals was

completed for leaks, damage, etc.

A large willow branch was removed from

hanging over the river/channel

A crew put in several hundred feet of irri-

gation line and sprinkler heads

A crew erected a fenced in storage area

north of the sail garage

A crew did a thorough cleaning of the

kitchen

I want to thank everyone for their

efforts and talents the day of the

work party. We had a total of 47

people show up year which is about

average.

Care Takers garage is com-

plete and Eric has moved his per-

sonal items from the maintenance garage. He has

also spent considerable time and effort cleaning

the maintenance garage and it looks great!

Several areas of the grounds have been re-

seeded and are coming in nicely. The grounds

should look excellent next year regardless of the

rainfall with the new irrigation.

Thank you Jim Bergman for painting the

maintenance/sail garage!

By now all should be aware that a clubhouse bar

expansion is being considered. At last months

membership meeting, a model and drawing of the

expansion was presented and explained. There is

plenty of activity going on behind the scenes work-

ing to resolve certain regulatory issues and finance

options. This will be on the agenda once again at

the November membership meeting to provide

more information and answer questions. Please

keep in mind that we are very early in the process

of a project of this size. Our

intent as a Board and Flag is to

keep you, the members, in-

formed to the best of our abil-

ity.

PCYC is considering going

GREEN! We are currently look-

ing at what we can do as club

to be kinder to the environ-

ment. There are many opportu-

nities for us to consider and if you have any, please

pass them along to Chuck, any Board member or

any Flag Officer. I will report more on this next

month.

Lastly, I want to give high praise to Fred and

Diane Pachasa and their flower committee. Fred

has decided to step down as flower chair at the end

of this year. The progress during his tenure has

been massive and very creative. We will miss his

direct involvement with the Flower Committee.Thanks Fred!Are you the next flower Chair? If

you are, we need to talk! This position is very

important to our club as we have always had high

compliments from both members and guests on our

landscaping and flowers. If you have time, the club

needs your help. Please see Chuck or myself if you

are interested.

The Rear Perspective

2014 Slate of Officers

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Snow Flurries 09/28-09/29

Thank you to PC and PRO Doug

Young and all the volunteers for put-

ting on another excellent Snow Flur-

ries Regatta.

They were able to put on 3 races onSat. and 1 race on Sunday. Saturday

started out slowly. After a slow 1st

race when the wind turned 90 de-

grees and became very light I

thought we would be calling it a day,

but somehow PC Young used his spe-

cial powers and summoned some

good wind to finish the day with 3

races. Sunday was a perfect last day

for racing in the 2013 season.

The PCYC Boats and skippers that

participated in 2013 Snow Flurries

were Cliff Ruckstill Red Dog,

Ramon Eickert Coqui. PC ParkMcRitchie Jeb III and John Schaff-

ner Scoop. Congratulations to Jeb

III for placing 1st in PHRF A and

Scoop for placing 2nd in JAM A.

Subliminal message: Oktoberfest

Sat. Nov. 2nd.

OConnell Fall Bay Regatta Put-

in-Bay 9/21-9/22

A beautiful and windy fall bay re-

gatta! Absolutely perfect!

Park McRitchie Jeb III was the

only PCYC boat to participate.

Congratulations goes out to VBC

skipper Chris Mallett Syncronicity,

along with PCYC crewmates Duane

Snyder, Mike Robinette, Mark

Sprenger and Ramon Eickert for

placing 2nd in Phrf A.

North Shore impromptu beach

party 10/11

Thanks to Cliff Ruckstill Red Dog

for letting the crews of Coqui, Huggy

Bare and Sea Turtle crash his im-

promptu crew beach party. Some of

the highlights were Dave Nighswan-

der playing his guitar and putting on

an incredible show! Cliff presented a

large 4 ft. trophy which contained @

12 cheerleading figurines on it. This

trophy is dedicated to the race boat

with the most junior sailors partici-

pating during the season. This sea-

fully be booked by the end ofFebruary. The next powerevent will be a "Land Cruise"in February. I am lookinginto dates for the

Cruise". Once the date isfirm, there will be a sign upsheet posted. Stay tuned forfurther information.

Thank you,

RJ BasilFCOP

Commodores' Ball

Saturday, November 16Cocktails 6:30Dinner 7:30

75.00 per couple37.50 per person

Tickets available at barRSVP by November 9

Band: Calabash

Menu

AppetizersBettys salad

Mean Mary Alice'sRoasted Redskin Potatoes

Beef Tenderloinala Tender John

Cheesecakewith raspberry sauceManhattan or cocktail of

choice, WineAttire

Gentlemen:Black tie optional

Ladies:Formal or semi-formal

This is a very depressingtime for boaters, as mostboats have been dry storedfor the winter. For those ofus who are optimistic there

are only five months untillaunch. Before we know it,we will all be at the "PIB IceBreaker." I appreciate theinput that I have receivedabout next years cruise des-tinations. Please let meknow if you have any furtherthoughts as these will hope-

From the Fleet Captain of Sail

From the Fleet Captain of Power

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son it was presented to me and my

boat Coqui.

Thanks Cliff for the trophy and mak-

ing a push in getting our young

members involved.

FcoS and Oktoberfest CoChair

Ramon

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