March 9, 2008

 Fellow DCYC Sailors,

             The coming sailing season again offers the hope and promise of an enjoyable summer on the lake at Deep Creek Yacht Club.  Our club continues to operate financially in the black, and we benefit greatly by everyone’s efforts to help operate and maintain the club.  We finished a variety of improvements last year, such as new windows in the back of the kitchen (thanks Dave and Frank), new beer cooler and bar floor (thanks, Bob), improved parking lot drainage, and a new dock section (thanks, John).  This year plans are afoot to upgrade the Ward Room, replace old windows on the front of the kitchen, replace leaky gutters on the main building, add storage for sails, and make repairs to our docks.

            Speaking of the docks.  Please note that we need volunteers to help on Docks Repair Day, April 12.  Docks-In-Day is April 19; a bit early, but Eugene Shreve cannot come on April 26.  Docks chair, Don Crawford, will also be in touch with you about these events.  The club Clean-Up Day is May 10, and we need everyone to pitch in to make the club and grounds look their best so we can better relax and enjoy the sailing season.

            You may have heard that the Deep Creek Lake Sailing Association, Inc. has received approval from the state of Maryland to use the trade name “Deep Creek Yacht Club at Turkey Neck.”  We have requested that they always use this name in full, including “at Turkey Neck”, so as to help avoid confusion between the two clubs.  Unfortunately, there probably will be confusion among people who are not aware there are two different yacht clubs on the lake.  With such a similar name to ours, many people will not even realize the difference and assume that Deep Creek Yacht Club (us) is just a contraction of Deep Creek Yacht Club at Turkey Neck.  We will all have to do our best to educate people about the difference.

            Currently, Jess Hopkins, Marie Potts-Deakin, and Debbie Spinnenweber are working on a “New Members” brochure that will be available for the coming year.  We will be asking all members to help put brochures in the hands of prospective members.  To help in recruiting new members, the Board recently approved a reduced one-year rate of 50% for Trial Member dues.

 Enclosed with this letter you should find:

1.      2008 Operating Schedule.

2.      2008 List of officers and committee membership.

            3.   2008 Social Schedule – another full schedule of fun events.  Thanks to Charlotte Hott for putting this together.

 Happy sailing this summer, and may all your racing opponents approach you on port tack.

 Best Regards,

Tom

 Tom Kammer