Resources for Members
The Club Lightning is ready. Last year John Atkins repaired all the controls and they seem to be working. This year he has buffed and polished the sides and bottom as well as filled as many nicks and missing gelcoat areas, repaired the cover and replaced the centerboard with his orginal stainless steel board. The sails, rudder, tiller, etc are stored in the sail locker. If you are interested in sailing and/or racing the boat, let John know, and we'll make arrangements to get you on the water. Phil skippered the boat to a 9th place finish in the Lightning Celebration of Spring Regatta last weekend! So whether you're new to the Lightning or yours is in for repair or on the way overseas, this is a way to keep sailing and possibly add another boat to the racing. Thank you John!
What's ahead?
Thursday Night Sailing -- leave dock at 5:20 PM..
Summer Racing Series, June-August -- Saturdays at 1:00 PM
Summer General Membership Meeting -- Friday, July 27th
Briody Memorial Snipe Regatta -- August 18-19
Thursday Night Sailing -- We had a great evening of racing June 7th. With the delightful south breeze, the course was set up to the south of the bridge. It was a great night of racing: six Lightnings, two Snipes, a Flying Dutchman, a laser, and a day sailor.
Thank you to the volunteers for last week (June 14th):
PRO; Dick Hallagan
Scorekeeper: Reynolds Hahn
Picnic Set-up: Cindy McReynolds
Meat Etc pick-up: Rosemary Dahl
Beer Pick-up: Andy Smith
Grill Master: Ed Bell
Clean-up: Bob Shanebrook and helpers
Scheduled for this week (June 21th) are:
PRO: Phil Lange
Scorekeeper: Reynolds Hahn
Picnic Set-up: Dean Clayton
Meat/Roll Pick-up: Rosemary Dahl
Beer Pick-up: Cindy McReynolds
Grill Master: Ed Bell
Clean-up: Bob Shanebrook
Race Day -- Sunday, May 6th -- Snipes
Tom Lee and Lynn Bluett were first out on the water, zipping between whitecaps generated by a cold-but-steady northerly of maybe 17 knots. Three more Snipes had just come out when (Oh no!) Tom and Lynn capsized. They did not lose their board, as we had initially feared, and Lynn hardly got wet, but rescue took a while.
The whitecaps faded and Charlie and his brave (but cold) crew, Brendan, hung in long enough to let a Snipe race start, then headed for shore. That left Phil and Adam Morse to match race against Norm Dahl and Dean Clayton. First the Morses led, then Dahl/Clayton, then the Morses, then the finish line with Dahl/Clayton ahead.
It sure was great to be back on the water!
Dock Work Day
Saturday, May 12th, around twenty men showed up to work on the docks. We raised the west dock approximately two feet in an all day effort. Thank you to all who came out to work.
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Prospective Member Handbook
Please Click here to get the club prospective member handbook and application (1.6 mb). Please contact John our Membership chairperson with any questions you may have. Email:
Membership Chairman. Phone: 585-671-9639.
We hope to see you at the Newport Yacht Club soon....
I bet not everyone knows that the current clubhouse was
not the original location for the NYC. In 1943 the club moved to the
old Bird and Worms hotel (its current location to this day). The club
had 36 Snipes in the fleet that year. Below is a peek at the old
clubhouse.
Members' Area
Click here for the online Clubhouse reservation form.
Photos Galleries:
TNS Cookbook - Edited by Norma Platt.
Membership Application (73 kb) now available Click here
Irondequoit Bay Harbor Management Plan
Don't See it here??
This is your club.. If you have information that needs to be posted here on the web, or if you have an idea for the site. Please click here to email me! I have had great ideas from other members. Let's make this a site to remember!
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