Don’t forget that Wednesday Night Racing starts at 5:30 pm not 6:00 pm this week and September 8th.

Race Committee plans to start promptly at 5:30 so please be on the race course in time.

Saturday August 7th is the Fleet 43 Double Handed Regatta

The skipper’s meeting is at noon

The first gun is at 1:00 pm

Awards and BBQ to follow racing.

Here are a bunch of reasons to sail in the Double Handed:

1. It is easy to find crew
2. It counts toward the Tonini Series
3. It only takes up half a Saturday
4. You get BBQ
5. It is pretty cheap $25 and a side for the BBQ
6. If you don’t have a J24 you can race in the new double handed/family PHRF division

Enough said!  Check out the NOR and please email Molly White if you plan to race.  So far we have four boats in each class signed up.

Attention J 24 Racers!

Ever short on crew and thought…”Gee, one of those junior sailors would make the perfect light weight crew on this light air night.” ?!?!

Search no more!!!! Simply contact Kelly Franklin, preferably with 24 hours notice, and she will try to assign an experienced sailor to your crew for the night.  The idea is that she will have a running list of available sailors to choose from any given Wednesday.

If you plan to make use of this new process, please be considerate of the fact that these are kids, not adults!  We ask that each skipper and his crew behave in a respectful and appropriate fashion as long as the junior sailor is in their care.

Please send Kelly an email at least the day before you know you’ll be down a crew member.  Last minute sailors will try to be found, but no guarantees!

pycjuniorsailing@gmail.com

Launch: Saturday May 22nd is the Fleet 43 launch at Handy Boat Service starting at 8:00 am.  Please have your $50 ready to pay for the launch.  (The boats traveling to Districts will launch at a different time before the 26th.)

Fleet Fees: Shelly Paules, our fleet treasurer, will be on site at the Launch to collect fleet dues, series registration, and food fees.  Remember that all fees must be paid in order to be scored in the Wednesday Night Series.

Wednesday Night Series: May 26th marks the start of Wednesday Night Series I.  The crew of Mr. Hankey will be starting us off on Race Committee.  Hope to see you all out there!

Rules Seminar: Don’t forget to sign up for the rules seminar with Dick Rose to be held at the Black Point Inn on June 21st. This is a fleet 43 sponsored event- it would be great to see a lot of fleet members in attendance.  For more details on the seminar click here.

Calendar: Don’t forget to check out the fleet calendar to find out RC assignments, upcoming regattas, and events.  Dates do change from time to time so please check regularly.  To see fleet calendar click here.

SailMaine is hosting a “Shakedown” Regatta Saturday June 5th.  (Little do they know that our “shakedown” will have already happened on the 26th and the J24s will be race ready.)

The Regatta is offering to do a one design start if there are 4 or more boats registered.  This is open to J24s, Etchelles, and Ynglings (Ynglings can be chartered from SailMaine.)

Check out the website for more details!

http://www.sailmaine.org/Tab06_Racing/0605_Event_Pages/2010SailMaineRegatta.html

On Wednesday May 5th the Rules Seminar hosted by Fleet 43 will open registration to outside sailors through GMORA, SailMaine, and other yachting organizations.

There are only 20 seats left.  Don’t miss out on your chance to register early, sign up today!

Click here to register and for more information.

Here a few upcoming important dates:

May 5th-Points East Crew Match 5:30-7:30 at Handy Boat Service

May 8th-PYC Spring Clean Up starts at 8:30 am

May 22nd-Fleet 43 Launch at Handy Boat begins at 8:00 am please bring $50

May 22-23-District One Championships in Scituate, MA

May 26th-First Wednesday Night Race/Fleet Dues must be paid

Time to get sailing on the brain!

The calendar has been updated:

Please take the time to review it and make note of assigned RC dates.

The fleet fees have been set:

Fleet dues $100 (includes and alternate skipper)

Wednesday Night Series 1 and 2: $30 each for a total of $60

Food for skipper and crew (optional): $280 (more than 8 boats participating $250)

Launch will be here sooner than you think:

The fleet launch is scheduled for Saturday, May 22nd beginning at 8:00 am

Make sure to have $50 to pay for the launch.

Brush up on your rules:

Don’t miss the fleet sponsored evening with Dick Rose on June 21st

Some folks are looking to crew-let’s get ‘em on board!

Jaime Arrison-jamie@peoplesumc.com

Ashton Potter-potterad3@gmail.com

Annual Fleet Meeting October 14th, 2009
6:00 pm in the PYC Captain’s Room-We hope to have at least one representative from each boat present.

1. Budget/Treasurers Report-Shelly 5 minutes
2. Fleet Officers (Nominations will be sent out ahead) 5 min
3. 2009 Fleet Awards /Party-November 11th 5 minutes
4. Food/Dues for 2010  10 minutes
5. Trophies-Weekly, Series, and Season   5 minutes
6. Rules Seminar-Dick Rose 10 minutes
7. Race Committee and Seminar 10 minutes
8. Tonini Series-Finalize NOR and races to be included 5 min
9. 2010 Calendar 5 minutes
10. Regatta Promotions Contract-Carter 5 minutes
11. Sponsorship-Carter 5 minutes
12. Downeast 25th Annual 15 minutes
13. PYC Update/News and Rules/Policies 5 minutes
14. Fleet Membership-How to maintain and increase 5 min
15. Other Business

• Thank You-First of a huge “Thank You” goes out to all of the fleet members and volunteers that made this year’s Downeast Regatta possible.  It was a fantastic event and we received tons of positive feedback.  There are already 10 boats registered for next year’s 25th Annual Downeast, which speaks volumes to the level of quality of our event.  Nice work everyone!
• Haul Out-I am in the process of scheduling the Fleet Haul Out. I am contemplating scheduling it after the end of the PYC Fall Series so that the boats that are not traveling can compete.  Feed back from boat owners on this haul out plan before the end of this week would be appreciated.
• PYC Fall Series-The PYC Fall Series is held on the next four Saturdays and races are followed by chili, chowder, and drinks at the Portland Yacht Club.  Remember at the age of 80, George Tonini won the Lightship Race on his J24, Trick or Treat. Let’s get some fleet boats out there!  For more information visit the website.
• Handy Boat Regatta-There is also the Handy Boat Regatta, which is this coming Sunday.  This is a fun main and jib race for family and friends, a Second Chance favorite.
• Leafer’s  Last Leg-The Leafer’s Last Leg hosted by Sail Maine on October 17th.  For more information about this event see the website.
• Storage-Lastly, Rich Carlson is offering winter storage in an un-heated Westbrook location for boats on trailers at $20/ft of boat length.  The storage runs from November to May.   You can not work on the boats while in storage.  Vehicles, RVs, etc are also welcome.  Contact Rich Carlson at 207-831-2392 if you are interested.