Club News
May 6 2004 - New Boat - Jeff Susanj
I have been threatening to buy a cabin boat for years now and we
finally did it. We bought Lloyd Robert's Rhodes 22
knockoff. This is the boat he sailed at Carlyle before he bought
his Catalina 27. This is definitely a project boat. Here
are pictures.
Valley News
August 7, 2002 - Wednesday Night Racing - Steve Wyers
Started off with LOTS of wind and whitecaps, Linus delayed the start
as the wind settled down. Lloyd set a dubious record capsizing his
Mutineer TWICE, once in the harbor with a mistep on the side, and again in
the river in an apparent effort to clean the mud out. To his credit
he righted it and sailed it dry without assistance, the first time that I
can recall that happing while I was there.
We had two races, a one lapper and a two lap. The first race was
complicated by a drifting jibe mark, which at the first rounding was dead
abeam of the windward mark. We ignored it and went for the leeward.
The wind had gotten spotty, complicated by the fact that the course was
beneath the bluffs which is generally bad with a NE or N breeze. Al
Leiber did well in his Laser as did Rick in his Lightning.
Afterwards we assembled on the deck for a cookout. By the time that
was over the wind was pushing the high teens and whitecaps could be seen
in my headlights as I left. I was presented with a card and cake to
celebrate my birthday on 8/8 (67 in case you care). I thought the cake
was great, as did everyone else, as little was left. If you aren't sailing
Wednesdays you are missing a great time!
August 11, 2002 - Sunday Racing - Steve Wyers
Sunday didn't start out promising, but a quick look at the local satellite
showed the edge of the storm to be near, so I went up to Valley. A
few who were there left, but those who stayed had a good sail. Diana
and I did race duty, with Rick, Phil/John Birtwistle, Jerry Chapman, Don Hanson
and Greg/Corina racing.
The day cleared up nicely, and we were treated to the sight of a flock
of pelicans overhead, on their way upstream. The wind was really difficult,
veering from E to SW as we set the course. We chose S and ran off 4
one-lap triangles, finishing about 4:00. We had to take a detour down
to the bottom of Eagle's Nest to recover Don's son in a canoe, who had misjudged
the current strength. It gets stronger by the island, particularly on the
Missouri side.
Had an odd happening as I set the first mark. The wind swept it against
the boat, and I unknowingly cut the line with the motor. It hadn't gone
near the motor, so I didn't suspect anything. I didn't find out until I
retreived the mark to reset it as a jibe, and discovered the anchor still
attached but with out the line! The motor had re-tied the anchor to
the mark even as it cut the line!!! I had set the mark from the aft
side of the boat, which is a lesson to be learned. From now on I set
from the front!
August 14, 2002 - Wednesday Night Racing - Steve Wyers
Great night for a sail..except for the wind, which had filled in during
mid-afternoon and vanished as more boats hit the water. Linus, ever
the trooper, set a course, and we circled the committee boat waitiing, but
about 7:00 he blew abandon. We sailed slowly in riding wisps of wind,
to the usual barbecue.
As I fell asleep last night I realised that freezer paper was the ideal
medium to put the burgers on, and it worked fine. I doctored the burgers
up tonight and let them defrost as we sailed. However, if you members
see papers covering something on a table in the club, be careful. It's
your dinner! One of us almost tipped the table over to get it onto the
deck. Wish more of you could be there!
September 11, 2002 - Wednesday Night Racing - Steve Wyers
Beautiful night for a race...cool, good wind. We ran a big triangle
across the river and back, with a W-L for the Muts. Got it done and
boats away before dark. Cooked Brats on the deck, which took longer
then it should have. Perhaps there's too mych junk in the grill.
In any case we got them cooked and were home before 10:30.
Here's a picture of our new member Dave Lay with Bob Waterhout on his left.
Some of you probably remember Bob from the 90's when he was very active in
the MDC Sail Club before leaving for greener pastures.
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