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May
General Membership Meeting May 3rd @ 1930 Board of Directors Meeting May 3rd @
1830
Pier Demolition
Work Days Friday & Saturday May 5th & 6th
Commodore
Mike
Vining
Aloha, what a splendid spring! I think
I'm enjoying it more each day it doesn't rain.
May is here - ILYC participates in the Lipton Cup - Another big project
is coming, we need your help - And a reminder to be courteous to other
members when your bring pets to the club.
Lipton Cup, I'm really excited as
it's been several years since we have participated in the Lipton Cup interclub
competition. You are all invited, so if you can, come on out to Kaneohe YC and
cheer on ILYC as we race Jacare’
around the bay, it would be great to see you there. The Lipton
Cup will be held April 29th and 30th, the racing will
start around 10am and go to about 3pm on both days.
Demolition
of what’s left of the old piers will take place the first weekend in May
beginning Friday afternoon on the 5th. Considering the tide will not
be working with us -high tide is at midnight that week, we will be working to
move the old pier and secure it to the far west end of the lagoon sometime
in the next few days, so keep an eye out for floating debris. If you
see any debris, secure it, we don't want to create a hazard to navigation. The
work weekend will include Friday afternoon May 5th, provided the
excavator arrives on time. Plan to come and bring a rake, shovel and gloves.
We'll try to get the old dock into the trash bins quickly and have a Cinco de
Mayo party shortly after we finish on Saturday evening. Willey has a good
spread planned, so sign up and plan to attend.
Pets, Pets - Please remember there
are times when your dog/pet shouldn't be hanging around the club, that is -
technically, never - I don't want to see pets banned altogether or
required to go straight to the boat and not be allowed on the grounds, etc,.
This could happen if pet owners are not courteous and mindful of existing
policies. If you are the only patron at the club, well that's one thing, but
certainly during club events, hosted dinners and parties and such, it's a whole
other thing altogether. During these times, please don't bring your pets around
or at the least, if you do have to bring them down to the club; keep them
on your boat. Remember there is a policy in place with very specific
rules: always on a leash, picked up after, and never allowed in the club
house area - a little kokua will go a long way and ensure everyone enjoys
the club.
seeyaonthewater,
Mike
Louis Rogers
Aloha to all members, another month has passed, the wet
weather is now safely behind us. We’ve accomplished
a great task finishing a major repair to the West pier. This task
could not have been done without the help and hard work of all the
members. On that note, another great task is ahead of us and that is the "Great Chili Cook Off ". I have seen the talents of
many members and I can't wait to see everyone lending a hand with great
enthusiasm, I know we can make this a most successful event. Now that the
West pier has been repaired we have to be vigilant and report any
damage to any board member as soon as the damage is noticed. Repairs
to the East pier will also begin soon, please be careful as this pier is
beginning to show signs of age. Also, it
is the responsibility of all members to police the area to keep it safe
and clean so everyone can enjoy the facilities with family, friends and guests.
See you at the club and see you on the water...
Vice Commodore,
Louis Rogers
Tony Snodgrass
Aloha,
In case you
missed last month’s article, I provided a primer on how the Americap II system
works. It wasn’t in the print or e-mail edition
that Al sent out, but it is posted on the web if you’re interested!
This month’s
race had only three competitors (the story of my missed competition is
below). Cocunut Rhumb again squeaked out another victory beating Puff by 15 seconds. Moonrunner
was not far behind after getting off the line a couple of minutes late.
I learned a
couple of things this weekend—first don’t trust my fuel gauge. Second, the Yanmar has little levers at the
top of the engine near the valve cover.
These little levers are there to remove compression from the associated
cylinder so you can hand crank the motor should you ever find yourself with dead
batteries. If one of those clips is not
pulled all the way forward, the engine runs rather rough and has little
power. Our good Commodore taught me this
peculiarity about the motor after I had all the injectors out but before I had
spent any money getting them checked. I
just wanted to pass this lesson on should any of you ever find a Yanmar that
suddenly starts acting poorly.
Hope to see
you all at the Lipton Cup this weekend.
Tony
RC for Sail
Tom Hargreaves
To all you Power Boaters (and Sail
Boaters to); as you may or may not know, my boat, the Ohana, is finally back in
the water and running good. I know some of you have had to do some minor
or even major repairs/upgrades to your boats also. To this end, I would
like to propose a Fishing Tournament next Sunday the 30th of
April. If you are interested, please send me an email at hargreat@hawaii.rr.com and also let me
know if you are Power or Sail. If there are enough people interested, I
would like to propose the following:
Cost: $20.00
per person or $50.00 per boat up to 4 persons (each additional person $15.00).
Registration: All
persons that want in the tourney must
register/pay in advance even if part of a boat group.
Start: 0800
hrs (or earlier if you so choose) as long as you have registered and paid.
End: ~1600
hrs to 1700 hrs back at ILYC.
Judging: 1700 hrs to 1730 hrs.
Awards: ~1745 hrs. The biggest catch will get 80% of
all monies collected.
BBQ: There
will be a BBQ after the awards with steak, baked potatoes, salad provided by
the RC for Power
Please
ensure that all boaters are prepared to go out, keep safety in mind, get back
before dark, unless you like to navigate in the dark, and ensure that if you
are going to be out after sunset, make sure all your navigation lights are
functional.
Fun should be had by all. Again,
above all be SAFE.
Respectfully
Tom R. Hargreaves
Rear Commodore for Power
Port
Captain
Tim DuBois
Well,
the Port Captain has been slacking for the last couple of newsletters so I
thought I would get motivated and try to catch up.
First
things First. IT's DONE!! Many thanks to all of you who helped build
the new pier. Hopefully it will give many years of service.
Secondly
and most important the pier is done, the north swells are gone, and it is
time to go sailing. This weekend was just awesome weather to be on
the water. Even got to see what may be the last whale of the season right
at buoys one and two.
At
the last meeting there was much discussion about dock boxes on the new
pier, including myself I have only three confirmed people willing to
pay for a dock box. Unless more people would like to pay for their own
dock boxes it does not look financially feasible. So if you have a slip on
the new pier and are willing to pay for your own dock box please e-mail me so I
can get a final accurate count. I forget pretty easy so if you have
not e-mailed me I did not count you. Just as a quick reminder, do not put
anything other than a power cord or a hose onto the new pier. Personal dock
boxes are not allowed and will be removed.
Lastly,
if you have not noticed the east pier is falling apart, once the demolition is
done the Port Captain workdays will be focused on putting some good band aids
on the east pier.
See you at the Lipton Cup, come on
down and cheer ILYC on to victory (or at least not embarrassing ourselves) :-) PC
Tim
Allan (rant
& rave) Cameron
Again we put another edition of The Arrow to print, and the only
articles or inputs I’ve received are from the BOD. The same three Ditty Bag adds are there that
have been there all year…none of you have any items for sale that you think
club members might be interested in..?? I’ve had more than one of you talk to
me about ideas you have for an article or tips and tidbits of info you’d like
to pass on to the membership, but no one has yet to put pen to paper, or
fingers to keyboard and get me any inputs.
If you’d like me to write your ideas down for you, you’ve got to let me
know, and talk to me while I’m in the club house, not out on the boat or on the
docks…those are not very good writing surfaces.
Remember this is as much your sounding board to the membership as it is
the BOD.
I know not everyone reads the newsletter, but
for those of you that are reading this rag, please notice some of the regular
features. For one, every month at least
two or three of you e-mail me asking for one or more of the BOD e-mail
addresses…duh, all of the BOD’s e-mail addresses are on the little masthead at
the bottom of each and every newsletter I’ve edited in the last two years. Then there are the questions I get about when
a party or event is happening; people I try to put the most accurate info I’ve
got into both the calendar here in the newsletter and into the overall calendar
on the web site. It’s not that I don’t
like talking to any and all of you, but it seems like the hard work that I and
all of your BODs put into this newsletter, our web site and the bulletin board
are ignored. And no one likes to be
ignored…are you listening to me…okay enough of my ranting and raving. Seems that’s what I’m becoming known for
around here, I’ll have to work on changing that.
Rough around the edges, rude and lacks
common editorial sense
Director
of Activities
Willy Bethea
Hola senor and senoras
Dos
cerveza por favor,,,,,,,ok so I’m no Spanish god but I do know that the 6th
of May we will be celebrating Cinco de Mayo. There is a sign up list so we can
get a head count and you can let us know what you will be bringing so we don’t
have 16 different 7 layer bean dips. The club will be making Chili Con carne;
yes Gary there will be beans in it, Spanish rice, Spanish corn and some
jalapeno corn bread, and then to cool it all down there will be some Corona’s
and I’m sure some one will bring some margarita’s.
And what
is Cinco de Mayo you might ask?
Mexicans, you see, never forget who their
friends are, and neither do Americans. That's why Cinco de Mayo is such a
party -- A party that celebrates freedom and liberty. These are two ideals
which Mexicans and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder to protect, ever
since the 5th of May, 1862. So, why Cinco de Mayo? And why should
Americans savor this day as well? Because 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed
the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east
of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862. The French Army sent by Napoleon
surely would have marched it’s way into the
We have a
long work day coming up. This is going to make our Yacht club look even better
so see ya all there.
Adieu, oops that’s French. Adios,,,,,,
Willy
Staff
Commodore
Tom Youngblood
From the
staff
Regarding our
pet policy. I wrote it circa 1997. It was a compromise policy to
accommodate two factions in the club.. Those that wanted a TOTAL pet ban and
those who were a little more ok with some pet activities. Until recently
the spirit, if not the letter of law, had been followed by most members. Please
heed Mike’s remarks.
Tom
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May Events
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Apr 29th & 30th (Saturday & Sunday) – 1000 – at KYC, The Lipton Cup Interclub
Sailing Races
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May 3rd (Wednesday) – 1930 –
ILYC General Membership Meeting – 1830 Board of Directors Meeting
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May 5th & 6th (Friday & Saturday) – 0800 – ILYC Pier Demolition Work Days
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May 6th (Saturday) – 1700 –
ILYC Cinco de Mayo Celebration (sign-up on the board)
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May 13th (Saturday) – 1100 –
ILYC Inshore Race Day, Skipper’s Meeting / Race Start @ 1200
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May 14th (Sunday) – Mother’s Day
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May 20th (Saturday) – 1100 –
ILYC Offshore Race Day Skipper’s Meeting / Race Start @ 1200
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May 29th (Monday) – Memorial Day (State & Federal
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May 30th (Tuesday) – Deadline for Articles/Ads for The Arrow
Chandlery Beth Snodgrass and Lori Cameron Spring is
here! The sun is out! More people are coming down to the club to
enjoy. Be sure to pick up all of your “club wear” from the chandlery. To
make a purchase from the Chandlery, contact one of our
Thanks Contact Beth
at 341-5029/email tbtas@earthlink.net
Beth & Lori Lori at 674-0960/email lorancameron@msn.com
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T-Shirts (All Styles) $12 |
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Burgees $17 |
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Sweats (only bottoms) $16 |
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Coozies
6 for $10 |
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Polo Shirts (silk screened) $16 |
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Breast Emblems $25 |
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Polo Shirts (embroidered) $20 |
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Hat Pins $2 |
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Long Sleeved Shirt $15 |
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Stickers $2 ea
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Hats $10 |
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Photos price
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ILYC 2006 OFFSHORE Sailing
Race Schedule |
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June 24th |
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July 22nd |
August 19th |
September 23rd |
October 21st |
November 18th |
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2006 ILYC OFFSHORE Sailing Season Standings ( |
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Skipper |
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Coconut Rhumb |
Tim & Joelle |
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