March 2005

Dear Fellow Sailors and Friends of Sailing,

As the ice slowly melts on the lake we eagerly look forward to another season of racing!

Dues Notice

Attached herewith is the annual Application & Dues notice.  You will be happy to know that there are NO increases in the dues for 2005.  As always, you must be paid up in order to be scored and eligible for a trophy.  Please remit your dues promptly to Barbara Griffin.

Radial Rigged Lasers

We have made a slight modification to our Sunday schedule to try a new program for Radial Rigged Laser sailors.  Ray Gauthier will run a series of short course races on Sunday mornings beginning at 11:00 for anyone interested in this format.  We hope this will appeal to Juniors and interested women sailors, and help enlarge our Junior program. Our normal long racecourses have proved to be too tedious for our younger and lighter racers.   Our regular Sunday racing will now begin at 2:00 PM instead of 1:00 PM.

Comet Internationals

Our racing venue on Deep Creek Lake has attracted INTERNATIONAL attention.  The Comet Class has asked if they could be accommodated to hold their International Regatta on our lake on the weekend of September 24/25.  We can be proud to be selected to hold this type event.  Fortunately the time frame was convenient for our clubs. 

Trophies

Our trophy Mistress Joan Coraor has been working hard to once again provide a wonderful selection of sailing trophies for distribution to worthy participants.  She will be introducing a new idea for your interest.

Sad News

We note the untimely passing of Jack Carpenter.  A close colleague of mine at Westinghouse and occasional sailing partner, Jack and I would spend hours on Monday mornings discussing the races, the fleet administration and the lake (on Westinghouse time naturally) He was a keen competitor and hard to beat.  He stopped sailing pretty much on DCL in 1996 when he got a well-deserved promotion to go to NY to be the VP of Taxes at Viacom.  He will be missed. We give our profound sympathy to Marilyn and the family.

Tom Scannell

DCYRA President