BLYC

Sail on Sundays – May 22, 2022

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David Paligo, Fleet Captain
s/v Runaway #1049

The 2022 BLYC Sailing/Racing Season has officially started with 9 boats registered and 7 boats going to the start line. This year there is strong competition amongst the PHRF racers.

At our competitors meeting, our PRO went through a starting sequence using the RC flags and sounds. With the winds directly out of the West and shifting to the NW, RC announced we would be using course C (S-1-2-1-F). Great course for our first race of the season. This gave crews a variety of marks and allow the team to remove some of that winter rust and spring cobwebs.

As many of the racers know we have gone to a new registration and scoring process so a big thanks go out to all who are working hard to make 2022 Sailing/Racing a successful season.
For the latest info on scoring results with corrected times, please click here.

Looking for Crew? Want to Crew?

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One of the exciting new features of using Regatta Network for our registration & scoring this year is the “Crew Finder” board.  If you are looking for crew, or if your interested in crewing on a boat, you can post to the board and hopefully connect with others and get out on the water.

CLICK HERE
to access the Crew Finder for the Spring Series

Crew Finder Boards for each series and the Long Distance Races are also linked in the drop-down menus on the website, under “Sailing & Boating”

2nd Fleet Launch Day

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From Fleet Captain David Paligo…

We are having a second fleet launch day Saturday April 30th.
Several of us will be at the north boat ramp at 10:00 am.
Mostly sunny, 50*F and light wind out of the E at 7.

Jet-14 Nationals Gear Avaiable

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As most are likely already aware, BLYC will host the 2022 National Championships for the Jet-14 Class this summer – July 27-30.  This is going to be a banner event for both BLYC and the Buckeye Lake area.

Are you interested in joining in the FUN?

Even if you’re not participating or volunteering, you can get involved and be a part of this great event.  

CLICK HERE
to visit the online storefront to purchase regatta shirts or sign up to join us at the Class Dinner on Thursday, July 28

INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING?
Contact Steve Harris (on-water) or Rickie Sue Grunden (on shore) for more information.

Jet-14 Volunteers Needed

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

As most are likely already aware, BLYC will host the 2022 National Championships for the Jet-14 Class this summer – July 27-30.  We are currently assembling our volunteers for Race Committee work at the event.  Plenty of positions are available for all skill and experience levels to participate.

Due to supply chain concerns, we need to get the T-shirt order in ASAP (yes, you’ll get a FREE regatta shirt for helping!).  If you are available, any of the 4 days, please let our PRO, Steve Harris, know ASAP.

CLICK HERE
to contact Steve

2022 Sailing Registration is OPEN…

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REGISTRATION FOR THE 2022 LAMBRECHT CUP SERIES AND HOLIDAY LONG DISTANCE RACES IS OPEN

Starting this year, BLYC will be using Regatta Network for registration and scoring for our three SOS series and our three Holiday Long Distance races. Registration will be on-line through our BLYC website.  Use the links below to register:

Spring Series

Summer Series

Fall Series

Memorial Day Long Distance Race

July 4 Long Distance Race

Labor Day Long Distance Race

Each SOS series and each LD race will have a registration fee of $10.00. If you race in the Spring, Summer and Fall series and the three LD races it will cost you $60.00. Through the registration process you can select member charge or pay by check. From these fees, BLYC must pay Regatta Network a small fee and the remaining dollars will be used to maintain race & regatta equipment.

QUESTIONS?

Please Contact Us…

Andrea Taylor
Race & Regatta Governor

David Paligo
Fleet Captain

Steve Harris
Race Management Consultant

Looking for Crew?

Want to Crew?

Check out the Crew Finder Boards for each series and Long Distance Race.
Located under each Series menu under the “Sailing & Boating” menu

Changes to Fire Extinguisher Requirements for Recreational Vessels

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Don’t be caught unaware this summer! The US Coast Guard has changed their requirements for fire extinguishers, effective April 20, 2022. The change details fire extinguishers older than 12 years from the manufacture date are no longer considered good and serviceable and should be replaced with a newer fire extinguisher. This includes both disposable (non-rechargeable) and rechargeable fire extinguishers.

READ MORE

US Sailing Releases 2022 Safety Equipment Requirements

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Each year the US Sailing Safety Equipment Requirements committee, comprising sailors from across the US, considers possible changes to the Requirements and proposes appropriate changes for final approval by the Safety at Sea Committee, the Offshore Committee, and the US Sailing Board of Directors. The 2022 changes are now available to the US Sailing community.

The latest changes include additions to the monohull and multihull categories. The monohull addition includes the requirement to stow a fire blanket adjacent to each stove (in the Ocean category), while the multihull category was updated to include several minor changes to make it consistent with the Monohulls.

For the full updates, click here.

The US Sailing Safety Equipment Requirements (SER) are a set of equipment requirements for larger boats taking part in nearshore, costal and ocean racing compiled to provide race organizing authorities with clear safety equipment requirements guidelines and supply the ability to modify those requirements for their event and venue.

Also new in 2022, US Sailing has uploaded the SER’s in two formats for ease of use: Individual PDF files of the requirements for each category (nearshore, coastal and ocean) so that owners and boat captains can more easily see which requirements apply to them and a comprehensive excel spreadsheet of the requirements for each category, the instructions, appendix and history of revisions for Organizing Authorities who may want to modify the requirements for their event.

The SER committee has the objective of meeting the needs of the US Offshore Community and maintaining compatibility with the World Sailing OSRs as far as possible. It is a goal that US offshore race boats can compete internationally without modification, and that international boats can compete in US events without modification.

US Sailing would like to recognize the contributions of volunteers on numerous committees that make it possible to approve and release new guidelines. This would not be possible without their time and effort.

Source: US Sailing via sailingscuttlebutt.com

Mini Safety at Sea Seminar

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Safe Boating is NO Accident!

Join us on Sunday, March 13 for our “Mini” Safety at Sea Seminar

US Sailing National Race Officer Steve Harris and BLYC Fleet Captain David Paligo have developed an abbreviated Safety at Sea Seminar based on the full US Sailing seminar, but geared more specifically to safety on an inland lake.  In this aproximately 2 hour seminar, we will cover…

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

PLANNING & PREPARATION

BLYC SAFETY PLAN

ON-WATER RESCUES

MUCH, MUCH, MORE

Although geared specifically towards sailing, the information in the seminar will apply to all boating disciplines and we encourage all BLYC members to attend this FREE seminar.

Questions?
Contact Fleet Captain David Paligo

Iceboating

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It’s that time of year…. WINTER!

Yea, yea, most of the time boaters don’t really find winter appealing.  But sailors…. that’s a different story.  Not only do many sailors also ski, but sometimes winter also affords one of the most exciting disciplines in the sport – ICEBOATING!

Typically, its hit or miss at Buckeye Lake whether or not we’ll get the right conditions for iceboating.  Not only do you need good, thick ice (safety first!), but in order to go well, you also need smooth ice.  However, for our friends up north at the Toledo Ice Yacht Club and the intrepid year-round residents at Put-in-Bay, iceboating is a regular activity  in the winter.  both Maumee Bay and the inner harbor on South Bass Island currently have good, smooth ice and they’re taking advantage of the opportunity.   Here are a couple of videos of Tom Thanasiu – a year-round PIB resident familiar to many of us at BLYC – sailing his DN iceboat at Put-in-Bay…

Will We Get Good Ice at Buckeye Lake?

It remains to be seen, but the latest ice reports from Doug Stewart suggest that we just might get good, solid ice this year.  Whether or not it’ll have a smooth surface to sail, however, remains to be seen.  But we can be ready!.  Chuck Bendig has an Arrow iceboat, both Don & Steve Harris each have DN iceboats, and there are a few more scattered around the lake.

Time to get the boats out, sharpen the blades and be prepared to get out on the ice?

Iceboating has been a part of life at BLYC since the early days.  CLICK HERE for an article on the history of iceboating at BLYC by P/C Harris.