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Coming Events!
Wednesday August 1 - postponed race from the summer series will be
held, subject to confirmation. Watch the notice board in he Club
House.
August 18, 19 and 20 will bring the annual Viking Challenge back to
PEYC, and the Club membership are all invited to the Pig Roast that
will be held on the Friday. Advance reservations. Please let Dennis
know if you plan to attend.
August 25 – Golden Trophy Cruise/Race
Hedonist Corner –
This looks to be another
‘Coming event!’ We await material from Gord and/or Linda. Our own
travels to date this season have not uncovered any interesting
material sad to say.
Confederation Basin –
Kingston
Monty Boultbee, adventurer former Rear Commodore and the Treasurer
who saved my bacon, and my house, reports that the day docks and
Confederation Basin are no longer free. The charge is $3.00 for the
first two hours, and $1.00 for each subsequent hour to a maximum of
$8.00
By comparison, Prinyers Cove charges $25.00 per day for day docking
and $1.00 per foot otherwise. Parking is $3.00 per day, and other
charges. are listed. Hydro use is #2.00 per day.
From The Sailing School
Director
Well half way through the sailing school season and the classes our
going well. We have had 18 students through the White sail Program
so far and 8 students in the Bronze. All seem to have fun and have
enjoyed the time on the water. We will hold our first Awards dinner,
Thursday July 26, 2007 and as club hall is rented it will be held in
sailing school area.
The Carolina Skiff motor has been repaired and is now operational
for the school, only. In an effort to avoid vandalism we will lock
up all keys and gas tanks every night. I would ask Club members to
keep an eye on the sailing school property and let me know if they
see anything out of the ordinary.
Thanks and great sailing.
Larry, Sailing School Director.
From the House Chair
and Vice Commodore
A local radio station is using the catch phrase “96 days of summer”.
It doesn’t sound right to me; somehow makes it seem shorter. Imagine
my dismay then when I find that it is really only 94 days on my
calendar (31 days in each of July and August plus 10 in June and 22
in September). However, the good news for us lucky PEYC members is
that there are 160 days in our summer, launch to haul-out. Now
that’s more like it!
So here we are at roughly the mid point in our busy season having
already enjoyed many great activities at the club and with a lot yet
to look forward to.
The Friday evening Happy Hours continue to attract many members and
visitors too and the feedback is all very positive. Last week we
were pleased to welcome a new volunteer to help set-up the snacks
for those evenings, Cathy Coltis. Thank you Cathy.
Our July 20th Friday Dinner saw 27 of us enjoy another
excellent example of Sheila’s catering skill; barbequed chicken was
served and garnered much appreciation. Since there will be the Pig
Roast and dance on Saturday August 18th in conjunction
with the Viking Challenge, no separate Friday Dinner is planned for
the month. So all our Friday night dinner patrons are cordially
invited to join us on August 18th. The price is $15 p.p.
and the tickets usually sell quickly
Meantime let’s get out and enjoy the remaining 73 days of our
summer.
Barrie Atkinson
Another ‘New’ Boat in
the Club!
Dave Knickerson’s interesting aluminum house cruiser has joined the
fleet, and is moored on the Town Docks Congratulations to Dave and
welcome home. The boat, one of those originally designed for Alcan
and later built by Alwest, a spin-off company from the aluminum
giant is a deep-V hulled vessel that handles rough water well and
has a good turn of speed. One wonders if it may also sail better
than a certain class of sailboat, once marketed by the Bayliner
Corporation. The Buccaneer does earn an ‘A’ for Accommodation,
though.
Something to Do
If you have not yet visited the resurrected Old Post Office on Main
Street, Picton, please drop by and take a look at the displays. The
building was officially opened on July 21 by Mayor Leo Finnegan and
Yacht Designer, Pilot and Engineer, George Cuthbertson. The ground
floor is now open daily.
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