Quannapowitt Yacht Club

Hi everyone,

Annual Meeting

Friday night's Annual Spring Meeting went very well. If you were there, thank youfor coming. If you were not able to make it, unfortunately, you missed an outstanding guest speaker. Diane Kampf, from the Flying Scot Association gave an excellent overview of the 19' Flying Scot and the organization. Diane has sent me a copy of her presentation in case anyone would like a copy.

Spring is here and it is almost time to take the covers off of boats and get racing!

After everyone else had called it quits. After all of the turkey was gone. Brian and Steve declared the 2007 season over one week after the Thanks Giving holiday. They had been anxiosly watching the weather and predicted temperatures below freezing at night finally persuaded them to pull their boats out for the winter. Barely one week after the lake was mostly frozen over. Brian and Steve acquired their Scots this year and surely got their moneys worth.

It always rains on closing day. At least it always seems that way. This year it was not too cold so being wet was not all that bad. Generally sprits were high. The docks with new flotation required some engineering for winter storage but otherwise everything went smooth.

Some brave people have left their boats in the water to keep the summer alive. Hopefully their boats won't get locked in ice!

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QYC Member, Chris Hufstader, crewed for the winning team at the 2007 Sonar Worlds in Marblehead Massachusetts. Chris sailed with Ed Keller, Doug Sabin, skipper Bill Lynn. Congrats!

Sad, but true, the end of the season is quickly approaching.  But that is no reason to not hit the water for one last regatta at QYC!  Every Laser sailor is welcome to attend the Last Blast Laser regatta Saturday October 13, 2007.  Each year the regatta grows in popularity.  You need to come because this may be the last one with a possiblity for good weather!

 If you are a club member consider volunteering to help out and work down some volunteer hours.

Youth Sailing Program alumni, and club members, Josh Krepps and Nick Vardaro took first place at the 2007 USA Junior Olympic Festival in the 420 white fleet. The regatta was hosted by the Lincoln Maritime Center in Hingham Massachusetts. Winning this event qualifies them to race in the Orange Bowl Regatta in December at the Coral Ree Yacht Club in Florida. Family and friends are working to aquire the funds they need to make the trip.

About 8 teams associated the club and the QYC Youth Program also competed in the regatta.

Wednesday night sailors got more action than they bargained for this week when a sudden storm rolled through. Heavy rains and high winds knocked over four boats. The club mercury, and crew, were driven to the south end of the lake near the commons where it ran aground. The windsurfers took advantage of the high winds and were planing back and fourth across the lake.

QYC members and 2006 Day Sailor National Champions, Mike and Eric McCaffrey performed incredibly well at this years 2007 Day Sailer Nationals. Tied point wise for first place they were edged out by Phil and Tami Root on the number of first places that they took. Eric McCaffrey also won the Day Sailor Junior national championships. Congratulations to both of them.

QYC has many club boats for members use.  They are listed below:

3 - Cape Cod Mercurys
1 - DaySailer II
4 - 420's
2 - Force 5's
4 - Lasers