Quannapowitt Yacht Club

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        

QYC is an all volunteer club and we all need to put in our expected 15 service hours/year. In an effort to keep our Club and grounds in good condition and to enable you to perform some of your required services hours. We are planning a Work Party on Saturday, August 4th starting at 8:30a.m. Some of the items that we plan on tackling on that day are:

• Painting picnic tables
• Paint trim on club
• Paint white cement wall
• Cleaning the red awning
• Cleaning shed
• Dock repairs
• Club boat repairs - if necessary

Members of the Laser fleet worked all day to complete construction of new laser racks.  The new racks will store both boat and dolly in a configuration that should make it a lot easier for members to access their rigs.  The new racks are also more visually appealing than the rusting metal racks that had reached the end of their operation life.

Good evening sports fans! -- Wednesday night racing is about to kick off for the
season ( Wed May 23!).  These races are more informal (and many think more fun) and
all who show up start together - no fleet starts.   We have a first winner a second
winner etc.

Hi all,

Our racing season has gotten off to a fairly good start - we have staged 50% of all races planned -- not bad for our NE spring weather. John K is out in front for the DSS honors and Eric and Brian are battling each other for the HC honors. I will be working w/ Jeff to the see about the possibility of keeping an up to date posting on the web site.

Spring is here so it is time to start sailing. Several people have already launched and racing has begun. Here is a short video of a perfect Flying Scot launch by the builders for club member Brian C.

Good News! The boat hoist is now operational!

Not so good news! Due to possible misuse or an inexperienced operator, the hoist suffered some major damage last week. Based on that damage and the real threat to the safety of our members, we were forced to shut it down. The club was also forced to hire a licensed electrician to assess the damage and repair the hoist at a cost of several hundred dollars.

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE....PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE BOAT HOIST IS *OUT OF
SERVICE. * All boats must be launched from the beach area. If you have
any questions on this, please contact me.

Thank you.

The storm that hit the east coast last night caused mostly cosmetic damage to the club grounds and equipment. The high winds threw a couple of Optimists into the water. The dinghy dock got a little twisted up. The Kontiki ended up on shore. Fortunately the wind was blowing toward the club house so everything looked, at the time, easily retrievable. The water was at extremely high levels and was splashing over the sea wall into the picnic table area and over the foot of the crane.

Thanks to the efforts of Gene Costanza, Gene Mullen, Rick Krepps and especially, Steve Bretton, who worked to freshen up Rescue 2 for the 2007 season, we should have a very safe summer. A fresh coat of paint, new rub rails and electrical cleanup should make the boat even more reliable.