WelcomeWelcome to Leatherlips Yacht Club, located on the northwest side of Columbus, Ohio (USA). We’re a casual sailing club with a membership made up of racers, pleasure sailors, and those learning to sail. New members are always welcome!
Save this date: Friday, June 1, 6:30 PM
The Watch has changed and Jim Thomas is our new Commodore.
Come join us for an evening of food, fun and friends.
More details soon.
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Open to the public. A Safety Boat will be in the water to help ensure a fun a safe day!
Non-members – please come visit our club and enjoy an afternoon of sailing with our members.
Got Wind? We Do! Come Sail With Us!!!
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Thistle Fleet 21 invites you to join us on May 14th and 15th for the annual Damful Regatta. Each year this event brings together a great group of sailors for a weekend of very competitive sailing and lots of smiles. Saturday night festivities will include bountiful beer, cornhole, and music. Racing will comply with the Thistle Class Association and the 2009-2012 US Racing Rules of Sailing.
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(From Kit Holzaepfel and Mark Hess)
The first Thistle Day of 2012 was a beautiful spring day at LYC. There were 4 very competitive Thistles on the starting line. Winds were out of the east at 5-10, which made for interesting racing. The race committee set up a Z-course that gave the fleet two weather legs and two reaches on each lap.
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Six advisors for Sea Scout Ship 280, S.S.S. O’Shaugnessy, participated in SeaBadge, an advanced leadership training course for Sea Scout adults. The course was held from April 27-29 at Lake James Christian Assembly, a beautiful camp located on Lake James outside Angola, Indiana. Participating were Skipper Dan Mejak, Mates Bob Slawson, Linda Johnson and Anne-Marie Alexander, Committee Chair Ron Lime, and Chartered Organization Representative Christie Whitt.
Topics covered included Marketing Sea Scouts, Mentoring and Counseling, Damage Control, team building activities, and Performing a Landship Ceremony.
One of the other benefits was the relationships some of us built with other Sea Scout Ships within Scouting’s Central Region. We met Ship leaders from Indian Lake, Dayton, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and Chicago. We are hoping to use these resources to help plan future activities for our youth.
The adults will formally complete this training within 12 months when the Ship completes goals outlined by the adults during the course of the class.
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Sea Scout Ship 280 O’Shaugnessy will have an Open House, May 20, 2012 from 1200-1700 (Noon-5 PM) at Leatherlips Yacht Club. We’ll have open sailing on our 21’ MacGregor Venture, as well as other boats within our fleet. You’ll also be able to watch LYC Club Racing, land based demonstrations and other information about what it’s like to be a Sea Scout.
Young men and women that have completed the 8th grade and are not yet 21 years old can join Sea Scouts. New members do NOT need to know how to sail. The Ship is very active with the education program at Leatherlips Yacht Club. In fact, learning to sail is an integral part of the Sea Scout advancement program. The Ship meets weekly during the summer at the Leatherlips Yacht Club in the clubhouse and holds many ‘on the water’ activities each month.
Some members are registered in both a troop and the ship. Other members are not otherwise involved in Scouting. Please also pass this information along to older siblings, male and female, of your scouts. If you have any questions, please contact Dan Mejak at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or 614-268-5949.
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Join us for an evening of music, fun and great food for the whole family!
Taco and Salsa Bar, Sides, Desert and Soda / Water
(or bring your own beverage)
$5 Adult / $3 Kids 12 and under
Pay at the door
SALSA CONTEST
Bring (2 quarts / 8 cups) of your homemade salsa
Compete for bragging rights and prizes!
We will raffle off 1 quart of each type of salsa.
Raffle Tickets are 3 for a $1.00
A portion of the proceeds for this event goes towards Junior Bay Week
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What?: LYC Potluck and Movie Night
When?: This Friday, April 20th, 6:30 PM
Bring?: Your own beverage and a potluck dish to share.
Details?:
~~ Movie after dinner: Captain Ron (rated PG13, synopsis below)
~~ Popcorn and soda provided during movie.
~~ Movie will be projected either onto a screen or sheet on the wall so everyone
can see. Use the LYC furniture, or feel free to bring floor cushions, bean bag
chairs, quilts or whatever will make your viewing experience cozy!
Captain Ron, Rated PG13. 99 mins. Comedy
Starring: Kurt Russell, Martin Short, Mary Kay Place
The Harvey family in Chicago inherits a yacht formerly owned by Clark Gable. Wishing to sail it from the island of Ste. Pomme de Terre to Miami, but not being sailors, they hire Captain Ron (Kurt Russell) a vagabond seaman. With his dubious nautical skills, Captain Ron takes the helm and creates wave after wave of hilarity as he leads the Harvey’s on a wildly amusing oceanic voyage in their dilapidated sailing vessel—all the while driving well-meaning Martin Harvey (Martin Short) off the deep end! And their lives will never be the same again!
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Got Wind? We do!
Expert sailor? Novice sailor? Never sailed before? Cruising Saturday is for you!
An LYC Safety Boat will be on patrol to assist you if needed, so come enjoy a couple of hours of casual sailing.
Non-members: our club members are happy to take you out on their boats, (free of charge) so please join us!
All Cruising Saturdays are 1-3 PM
Apr 14, 21, 28
May 12, 26
Jun 30
Jul 7, 14, 21, 28
Aug 11, 18
Sep 1, 8, 29
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| Sailor | 4/1 | 4/15 | 4/22 | 4/29 | 5/6 | 5/13 | 5/20 | Total | Place |
| Conditions | blasts | no race | light | light | |||||
| Mark H | 1 | DNC | 2 | DNC | |||||
| Mike G | 2 | DNC | DNC | ||||||
| Bob | 3 | DNC | DNC | 2 | |||||
| Sarah | 4 (R) | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| John K | DNF | DNC | DNC | DNC | |||||
| Anne | DNF (R) | DNC | 3 | DNC | |||||
| Janet | DNF | DNC | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Dick H | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | |||||
| Mark R | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | |||||
| Tami | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | |||||
| John M | DNC | DNC | DNC | ||||||
| Bailey | DNC | DNC | DNC | ||||||
| Tony | DNC | DNC | DNC | ||||||
| Grayton | DNC | DNC | DNC | ||||||
| Doug | DNC | DNC | DNC | ||||||
| Brady | DNC | DNC | DNC | ||||||
| Rick S | DNC | DNC | DNC | ||||||
| Jamie D | DNC | DNC | DNC | ||||||
| Joey | DNC | DNC | DNC | ||||||
| Zack W | DNC | DNC | DNC | ||||||
| Brian Mc | DNC | DNC | DNC |
( R ) = Radial, DNF = did not finish, DNC = did not come
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The Laser fleet has many sailors who use it as a secondary boat, so the fleet has decided to race informally on Tuesday nights this Spring, in addition to regular fleet racing on Sunday.
The first race was this past Tuesday night April 3. Janet, who was too tired to sail, ran three windward/leeward races from the East mark to one and back. The wind was light, about five and dying as the evening advanced. The races lasted about 15 minutes each. Afterward, we shared beverages in the parking lot and chatted about sailing and life.
| Sailor | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Total | Place |
| Anne | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Ben | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Bob | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| Mark H | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Janet | RC | RC | RC | RC |
Posted by Janet
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Over the winter, Christie Whitt was searching the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Unclaimed funds web site and discovered that Leatherlips Yacht Club was identified as having money there. The money was in an account that hadn’t been touched in almost 20 years, and had been held by Commerce for quite a while now. Treasurer Kevin Flanagan submitted a claim for the funds, but Commerce wanted more proof that LYC had an account at the financial institution that turned over the money. Historian Kathy Muenz came to the rescue with LYC Annual Meeting minutes with a Treasurer’s Report from 1995 that identified a money market account at the financial institution. Commerce accepted the evidence and issued a check to LYC for $212. Surfing the web pays off! If you think you might have missing money at the Ohio Department of Commerce, you can go on a treasure hunt by searching for your name at http://www.com.ohio.gov/unfd/TreasureHunt.aspx
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I always have trouble foreseeing the future and find it easier to reflect on the past. So for this update on the Thistle Fleet I’ll be looking back on our wonderful 2011. I have a positive view that the 2012 season will bring more great things as the energy of the fleet grows.
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Aron Lime is building four permanent benches at LYC this spring for his Eagle Scout project. You have the opportunity to sponsor a bench (for your fleet, family, in memory of a loved one, or for any other reason) and have a plaque mounted on the bench you sponsor for $250.00 (funds will be used to cover the materials for the benches). The locations of the benches are under the Buckeye tree, by the sandbox, to the north of the clubhouse overlooking the water, and by the playground behind the clubhouse. The plaques will be 2"x5”. Besides wording, nautical artwork or your fleet logo is possible. For your opportunity to sponsor a bench, please contact Aron. Checks should be made out to Sea ScoutShip 280.
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Instruct the Jr. Race Team in the art of competitive sailboat racing, including rigging the boats correctly, maintaining the boat in a racing condition, proper sailing technique, proper racing technique, competitive tactical strategy, setting goals and building life skills through sail boat racing. Racing experience required. Requires some travel with the team to out of town regattas. For more information, call 614-354-2787.
Sailing experience required. For more information, call 614-354-2787.
Are you are youth, age 12 or older, who knows how to sail? Are you interested in someday becoming a sailing Instructor? A “grunt“ is an apprentice volunteer in the LYC Learn2Sail program. You will volunteer under the supervision of our regular instructors, learning and gaining experience as you go along. Most of our Grunts progress to being US Sailing Certified Sailing Instructors. For more information, call 614-354-2787.
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| 1964 | Learned to sail at Quantico Marine Corps base Special Services |
| 1971 | Joined US Navy. Learned Celestial Navigation, small boat handling and seamanship |
| 1976-78 | Advisor to Sea Scout Ship 115 Pensacola, FL |
| 1976 | Became the only enlisted Officer of the Deck, USS Lexington, CVT-16. (Essex class aircraft carrier) |
| 1977 | Won the Navy Yacht Club championship in his Catalina 27 |
| 1978 | Repeated |
| 1979-80 | Served as a Shipboard Instructor for the Atlantic Fleet Training Group, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Ship handling, Navigation, Anti Air Warfare, and Anti Submarine Warfare |
| 1979-80 | Taught sailing for LA Community College, Guantanamo Bay Extension College |
| 1979 | Purchased present boat. Midnight Sun, a Cherubini Hunter 37 |
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The kayak season has already started, as several kayakers have been spotted on the O’Shaughnessy Reservoir. As our kayak population grows, we continue to expand our facilities to help make a good home for our paddlers and rowers. Another Kayak rack has been added to the South East corner of the property. Due to the growth of the rowing and paddling membership, we have changed the assigned spots for the different type of boats. Rowing shells will be housed on the covered wooded rack, and kayaks will be stored on the alternate rack at the edge of the woods. If you are a kayaker or a rower, don’t forget to come to Docks In on March 31st to get your assigned boat spot. We will assign these spots based on boat type, number of boats and length of membership. It is important that you attend Docks In to receive you boat sticker and your boat spot.
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The Youth Learn to Sail program starts the 2012 season with its first class in June.
Session 1: June 4-June 15
Session 2: June 18-June 29
Session 3: July 2 – July 13 (no class on 7/4)
Session 4: July 23 – August 3
The Adult Learn to Sail program starts June 12th and will run on Tuesday and Thursday from 6-9 PM for five weeks. The last class is July12th. If you know a student or an adult who wants to learn to sail, please contact Christie Whitt. If you would like to be considered for an instructor or an assistant position, we are looking to fill the positions now. Please contact Christie Whitt. We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Blaise (Blaze) Pierson as the Learn to Sail Director. Blaise comes to us with a great deal of sailing experience and an impressive resume. Please look for an introductory article in this edition of the Mainsheet.
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The 2012 Jr. Racing Program will start soon! The program is a very important part of Leatherlips and we are looking forward to a great season. An advisory committee made up of long term LYC members with a successful racing background has been formed to assist the program by discussing direction, goals and strategies. Shortly after the advisory committee meeting, there will be a Jr. Racing Parent and Jr. Racer meeting to plan the season. If your son or daughter plans on participating in the Jr. Racing Season, please email the participant’s name, contact information, sail boat type(s), parent names and contact information to Jim Thomas. Thank you for your patience as we launch the 2012 sailing season.
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The March 2012 Mainsheet is now available!
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Spring is here! Take off those old socks you have been wearing all winter and join in on the east coast sailors’ tradition of BURNING them! Bring a dish to share, your own beverage, and your old socks. The bonfire is ready. After dinner, we will toast marshmallows and eat S’mores as we say goodbye to winter and hello to sailing season by burning those old smelly socks!
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Sailor Paul Larsen hopes that 2012 will be the year that he and his team will break the world speed sailing record—and he believes he has the right contraption to do it. The Vestas Sailrocket 2 is half boat, half plane, and hopefully it will soon to be the fastest sailing vessel on water too.
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The January 2012 Mainsheet is now available!
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Congratulations to Team Holzaepfel for their great sailing season! They sailed a very consistently all year to secure the Fleet Champions Trophy for 2011.
The final places are as follows:
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