mainsheet august 27, 2010
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Commodore’s Comments: The Commodore’s Laua was abso-lutely wonderful. Sandy and I, along with our family enjoyed it immensely. We appreciated every detail of the evening and all the members who joined us for this celebration. Thank you to the committee who put many hours of hard work into planning this memorable evening. The committee members included Al and Linda Hae-ger, Glen and Beth Kreinbrink, Paul and Cathy Riedl, John and Susan Brown, Chuck and Maryellen Heckman, Jay and Karin Hiller, and Rob and Penny Clayton. This club is steeped in tradition by families who have been members for years and years and many genera-tions. Serving as your Commodore has allowed me to better understand
the culture of this great organization. It has also allowed me to meet and get to know many of you whom I would never have gotten to know were it not for my time on the Board. It has been a good experience and I would encour-age anyone who has not served on the Board to give it serious consideration. I am looking forward to seeing you at the annual meeting and appetizer party on Saturday, August 28, 2010. Your club is in good condition finan-cially and Board of Directors will be reporting along with Sidestays, Mem-bership, Sailing School and several special reports. Finally, as the sailing season winds down, you may want to get out on the lake and watch some of the final races of the year. The top spots are still up for grabs and the competition during the last few races will be exciting. You can check all the standings on the website and get out and cheer for your
sailors at the finish line. Here’s to smooth, fun, and safe sailing.
Steve RotierSteve RotierSteve RotierSteve Rotier Please see photos from the Commodore’s Luau below.
August 27 , 2010 ISSUE #9
Steve Rotier - Commodore Jay Hiller -Vice Commodore Julie Haeger - Rear Commodore Don Franzene -House & Grounds Paul Riedl -Past Commodore
Nancy Roble –Secretary
Jeff Lippert –Treasurer
Candace Porter –Social
Hardy Will Member at Large
The Lake Beulah Yacht Club Mainsheet
LBYC Annual Meeting. Sat, August 28, 2010 @ 4:00 PM, @ The LBYC, Appetizer Party Follows
Clockwise: the Hillers serve Mai Tai’s, the Committee Gals, Hula Lessons, New Zealand Warrior, the Board Skit, Steve and Sandy receive their gift.
FROM THE SAILING COMMODORE I get to remind you one last time to engrave and polish your trophies. Please turn them into the yacht club ASAP. I am sure you enjoyed winning your trophy last summer, so please think of your fellow sailor and make it shine like new! It has been a privilege being the Sailing Commodore this summer. I only wish the wind would have cooperated more. Our Commodore's Cup racing went well but was plagued by our continuing light wind. In the afternoon Champion's Race, we got a little more breeze and had a real competitive race with MC representative Doug Dorn pulling out a victory in the last 75 yards to the finish! C and X sailors are already planning their strategy for next year. My thanks to Rear Commodore, Julie Haeger for all her help this past year and to all the judges and signal boat teams who volunteer to make our racing possible. Thanks to John Becker and Frank Rappold for main-taining the signal boat and Carrie Franzene for scoring all our fleets this summer. Lake Beulah is a great place with great people, we are all lucky to be a part of it! Remember we still have C and MC sailing over Labor Day weekend!
Good Sailing, Jay HillerJay HillerJay HillerJay Hiller
2010 Signal Boat & PRO Schedule CLASS TIME PRO ASST. PRO SIGNAL BOAT
Sat, Aug 28 MC 10:30 AM Bob Mueller Julie Haeger Barb Atkinson
X 10:30 AM Bob Mueller Julie Haeger Barb Atkinson
C 1:30PM Doug Dorn John Becker Carrie Franzene
Sun, Aug 29 MC 10:30 AM Steve Barth Rick Kent Linda Haeger
C 10:30 AM Steve Barth Rick Kent Linda Haeger
X 1:30 PM Kent Haeger Mike Greeson Carol Klement
Sat, Sept 4 MC/LD 10:30 AM Nan Norris Gan Haeger Mitzy Dorn
C/LD 10:30 AM Nan Norris Gan Haeger Mitzy Dorn
Sun, Sept 5 MC/LD 10:30 AM Matt Haeger Steve Barth Kathy Kiernan
C/LD 10:30 AM Matt Haeger Steve Barth Kathy Kiernan
Mon, Sept 6 MC/LD 10:30 AM Neal Norris Gil Brickler Carrie Franzene
C/LD 10:30 AM Neal Norris Gil Brickler Carrie Franzene
It is quite clear from the tremendous success of the C ILYA invite on Beulah that sailors love everything about Lake Beulah and the LBYC. They love the free hous-ing, the great prices, the great hospitality from the Beu-lah volunteers, and the great breeze that Beulah always has. With that said we are asking for help with the upcoming Challenge. We are looking for volunteers for lunches and dinners and any sort of other assistance you can provide. We would also be interested in donations for a raffle and if you are willing to offer fellow sailors a place to stay at your house.
If you are able to help, please contact Brian Brickler at 847-812-2052 or [email protected]. Beulah C boat sailors if you can’t sail your boat make sure you find someone who can as we hope to have all the Beulah C boats registered and racing. Also recruit your friends from other lakes to make sure they attend the Beulah Challenge. This regatta is a great way to finish up the sailing season on Beulah and always a fun time for all who participate. This regatta and its volun-teers remind everyone that attends why Beulah is the best club in the ILYA. Help maintain that reputation by offering to help in any way you can.
Brian Brickler
C Beulah Challenge - September 25-26 - Calling all LBYC members
LBYC WORK DAY SATURDAY 8:00, OCTOBER 2ND
BE THERE!
Socially Speaking by Candace Porter
What’s Ahead at the LBYC Sat, Aug 28th 4:00 Annual Meeting Sat, Sept 25-26th C Beulah Challenge Appetizer Party Sat, Oct 2nd 8:00 Work Day Sat, Sept 4th 5:00 Trophy Dinner Sun, Oct 10th 10/10/10 Party Trophy Presentation Sat, Dec 11th Christmas Party Sat, Sept 11-12 MC Galvanized Cup
Join together on September 4th for the new Family Trophy Dinner with lasagna and home-made desserts which is priced for all to attend. It’s a casual dinner with an opportunity to honor our sailors. All adults and children are welcome. ALSO – look for a 10/10/10 party. It is a Sun-day night. Details will follow after considering the football schedule. Of course, the Packers will be winning so we will schedule for a festive time with that Sunday’s game. BUT. . . if the Bears are winning, we may need to adjust. Watch your emails for an announcement. The new social Chair will appoint the Christmas Party. If you want to serve, please contact the new social chair. Date is December 11th. This counts as the 2011 assignment.
Thanks to all of you for serving this season. It appears as we age, we need to shift assign-ments a bit. Thanks to the members who served on the fleet parties, regattas, youth nights and auction (and signal boat assign-ments). Many of you were on 4-5 committees this year. Thank you. The board will review the Wednesday night cookouts to insure larger committees next year or will consider increas-ing the price to allow more purchasing of en-trees or prepared foods. So many of you have worked so hard for the club and have ideas to help us improve. If you have a desire for next year, want to volunteer your group of friends for a special event, please give your views to the new social chair. A signup sheet will be posted
at the Annual Meeting and Trophy Dinner for you to register your next year’s desire. The social schedule will be posted by December 1st to give you all time to ask for a change. You are welcome to change at ANYTIME throughout the summer but the more we have right in the year-book, the smoother the summer.
FAMILY DINNER AND TROPHIES Saturday, September 4th
5:00 Cocktails 6:00 Dinner $10 Adults $6 Kids 10 and under
Everyone Welcome *** Trophy Presentation Follows
RSVP to Judy Skotarzak by Monday, Aug 30th 363-7603
ILYA Youth Champs - Lake Calhoun, Minnesota
The Lake Calhoun Yacht Club hosted the 15th annual ILYA Youth Championship Regatta on August 20-22. The regatta consisted of 29 420's and a few Lasers. Kate Klement & Teresa Westin represented Lake Beulah while sailing a 420 using a spinnaker and tra-peze. A large contingent of young sailors up to age 26, hailing from at least ten lakes, sailed the event. The regatta consisted of three light wind races on Saturday and four races on Sunday. A Lake Calhoun sailor, Connor Corgard, won the event while Klement/Westin placed 15th overall. Other area sailors who attended included Connor, Parker & Trevor Trepton, Nick Clemence and Dan Groskopf. PRO Tom Hodgson officiated the event on the small Lake Calhoun where motorboat traffic is strictly regulated. This metropolitan lake offers a walkway around the lake for exceptional viewing. Regatta organizers promised a great event with chartered 420s which contributed to the exceptional participation level. This is the first time the event has been run in August. The event had been held in June in recent years in Madison, utilizing the Hoofers boats.
It’s Luffable Here’s a great quote about the Sunday, August 15th X crew race - where it ALWAYS blows!
"The crew race is kind of like drunk driving; you just never know what's going to happen next." Beth Kutschen-
reuter.
Ashley Mueller enjoyed her 7th birthday at last Wednesday’s Cook Out. She said there was no other place she
wanted to be! Her parents, Jeff and Shari Mueller are prospective members and opened their house to our Float Boat Tour.
Send a humorous quote or story to [email protected]
Beulah C Boats Brilliant
At Geneva ILYA By Joe Skotarzak
Thirteen, count em' THIRTEEN Beulah C-
scows took to the waters of Lake Geneva
for the hundred-and-something-ish ILYA C
Scow Championships last week. In addi-
tion, we had the Keck brothers and Maya
and Bill Murphy's son, John, in the crowd
of 67 yachts. Quite the showing! Things
got off to a pretty slow start Thursday
morning as the breezes were very light.
We started a race and sailed it to the time
limit to no avail. We went back out mid-
afternoon and ended up getting two good
races in. Race 1 had George and Pappy
Kutsch leading most of the way, before
succumbing to the pressure of two-time
ILYA champ Tim Krech. B16 still finished
second to lead a total of four top 10 Beu-
lah-ites. Race two followed immediately
and the BTeam was led by Katie and
Pappy Porter in 4th, the first of three Beu-
lah top ten’ers. The end of the day
showed some mixed up results with the
Keck brothers leading the event. Friday
we started early in hopes of getting three
races with some breeze.. Will Haeger and
Brad Roble put on Annie Haeger girl
power and started their charge, taking
2nd. We went again right away and B1
again led the charge, more girl power and
another deuce, this time just ahead of
Frank Davenport and Ron Jarecki who
were third. There was an on-water break
for some rest and hydration and lunch
and then we started the third race of the
day. The breeze was definitely up - not
quite tops-off-waves-small-dog-
warnings-Beulah-crew-race
nukin' but it was close. The sail-
ors from the little pond showed
the way on this one, as the Keck
boys and Joe Kutsch/Randy
Schmidt/Steph Roble engaged in
an epic battle up and down the
lake. To and fro they went, with
the 12, 303 and 217 in the group
trailing closely behind. Toward
the finish it got very interesting as the two
leaders got to sparring off on the right
side of the course, while the 12 and 303
worked the left. Figuring that the short-
est distance between two points was a
straight line right up the middle, and be-
ing really tired, 217 pointed right up the
middle at the port end. Chugging along
with Christine and Tina girl power hiking
their tushies off up front with arms ex-
tended overhead, we aimed for the port
end, figuring to be either third or first.
We were unable to see Kecks and Joe K,
and were just about to shoot the line just
feet from victory when the gun sounded,
victory to the OO-88! We crossed, then a
Minnetonka boat, and then Joe K. and
then Kent and Mike, all in all a fine show-
ing! We called it a day and many of us sat
on the LGYC patio and watched the storm
roll through before the dinner started,
reveling in the fact that Frank and Ron
were leading the ILYA going into the last
day!!! If it all ended, Frank and Ron
would be champs! By virtue of the throw-
out factor, Will/Brad/Annie were virtu-
ally tied for first as soon as the sixth race
started, so things were gonna get inter-
esting if we sailed! Well, we did, and they
did. Pretty fluky winds Saturday am but
we raced all the same. Frank and Ron
were quickly pushed into the soup and
thus relegated to spectator status.
The brothers Keck were up there, as were
Will and Brad. Then the wind died, so we
drifted. Then it came up and we put-
tered. Then it died and we drifted. A few
minutes before the time limit expired,
Will was out right while Keck was out left.
The breeze came in from the right and it
looked for a spell as though Will would
win the Inland and we were all going to
get to see B-rad's cool new tattoo!! Alas,
the righty died and it came left and Augie
Barkow from Pewaukee ended up winning
the event. Kecks were second, B1, 4th
and Frank and Ron dropped to 6th
, while
Zach and Vicki Clayton sailed Dadeo's B8
to a 10th overall! Kent/Mike, Joe K/
Randy/Steph and Brian/Kevin all finished
between 10 and 20, while 17 and 333
and 217 all landed in the 20's. Beyond
that we had moments of brilliance a lot of
fun and smiles from the 6, 16, 22 and 19
programs. All in all a great time had by
all, and a good showing by the B-team!
Haeger/Haeger win LBYC Mixed Doubles It was another 7:30 am start for the competitors in the mixed doubles tennis tournament on August 14th. Matt Haeger
couldn’t miss a shot and Julie Haeger found her old college form. They couldn’t be beat but Chris Kubicek and partner steady
Peggy Krueger scored an impressive second place. Pat Hudec played with Mary but had a gimpy knee. Don and Carol Stein
had no excuses. These photos were taken afterwards when everyone was dripping. Roy Gerloff presented the trophy.
2010 X-Boat Blue Chip by Charlie Kutschenreuter
The Blue chip was held in its usual loca-
tion at Cedar Lake Yacht Club. Team
Beulah had five sailors representing,
these sailors were: B1 Maryclaire Kier-
nan and Sarah Kubicek, B6 Cullen Barr
and John Berg, B11 Andrea Sullivan and
Brooke Komas, B16 Charlie Kutschen-
reuter and Alex Keck, and also B111
Kate Klement and Teresa Westin. The
first day led to no sailing, this was due to
lack of wind and storms. The second day
brought much better wind and three
races. Beulah’s best boat was B16 Char-
lie Kutschenreuter and Alex Keck finish-
ing in fourth.
Its the Beulah Blue Chip Girls: Mary Claire Kiernan, Andrea Sullivan, Sarah Kubi-
cek, Teresa Westin, Brooke Komas, and Kate Klement Photo was taken at Cedar Lake, the
night of the Blue Chip party/dance.
Check your photos, take some more! Be sure to send in your photos for the 2011 LBYC Yearbook.
Your photos make it great!
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From the PresidentFrom the PresidentFrom the PresidentFrom the President What a great summer it has been. A successful float boat tour, great noon luncheons, a weather
co-operating golf outing, and a great fall trip to the capital and Governors’mansion. I would like to
thank the board and members for their support and hard work this year, and welcome the new
Sidestays’ Board: Cathy Riedl- President Wendy Bitter-Vice-President
Joan Dow-Treasurer Susan Clayton-Treasurer-elect
Karen Mueller-Ways and Means Carolyn Becker-Assistant Ways and Means
So mark your calendar, for another summer will be here before we know it. Sandy RotierSandy RotierSandy RotierSandy Rotier
In memory of long time LBYC member, Jim Lippert who passed away on August 16th
On August 19th the Sidestays and their guests met Mrs. Doyle at the Executive
Mansion on Lake Mendota to discuss sailing strategies. They also enjoyed tour-
ing the state capitol building
The Galvanized Cup is Up For Grabs September 11-12th
by Hardy Will l
Our annual bitterly contested contest for the Galvanized Cup with Lauderdale Lakes will take place here at Lake Beulah on the weekend of September 11-12. This is a team handicap event for MC's. Last year Beulah won the cup which we had lost the year before. Beulah expects to field a strong team to retain the cup. The highlight of the event is the final race on Sunday from our Yacht Club up to Stringer's Bridge and back. PRO Milt Haeger will calculate the handicaps, set the tricky courses and run the event in his usual profes-sional manner.
The Shoppe
Will Be Open
At
The Annual
Meeting
Lake Beulah Yacht Club
P.O. Box 833
N9220 East Shore Drive
East Troy, WI 53120
Editor’s Note—Thank you! This issue marks the end of the summer season. Look for the last 2010 issue some-time in November. We will post the deadline using email. I wish to thank all the peo-ple who submitted articles and photos, who helped me out when my computer was out of action, Kathy Will, who set up the delivery routes and all the delivery people, plus Penny Clayton and Pat Jarecki for mailing. A huge thank you goes out to the Genius Andrea Jarecki who helped me out a million times with computer issues, and never screamed. It has been a good creative learning experience for me. Please send stuff to [email protected] Carol Stein
Appetizer Party August 28, 2010 @ 4:00 pm... Immediately following
the Annual Meeting Please Bring an Appetizer to Share Bar will be Open
Your Hosts: Gan, Milt, Evie, Bruce
Who says Friday the 13th is unlucky?
Kent Haeger had a “hole in one” at Hawksview on a Par 3 on Aug 13th. He is pointing to his ball mark at the edge of the hole. Con-grats Kent!