Commodore’s Cocktail and Awards this Saturday
Flying Scot Series- Saturday, August 10th
Good news! Since the EYC annual meeting is being held on Friday afternoon, for the first time in many years, Scot racers will have an opportunity to race one more time this summer. Come on down Saturday morning and race one last time in our EYC weekly series. Skippers meeting will be held at 9 a.m. and racing starts at 10:00 a.m.
EYC Annual Membership Meeting-Friday, August 9th
Commodore’s Cocktail Party- Saturday, August 10th
Please join us on Saturday, August 10th from 6:00 pm-8:00 p.m. for the Commodore’s Cocktail party at beautiful Hidden Acres Farm in Sister Bay. Join us for our end of season social and EYC awards announcements. All ages welcome! Please bring an appetizer to share. Wine, Beer, soft drinks and water provided.
We are still looking for additional volunteers to make this event a success. If you are able to help out, please sign up here Commodore’s Cocktail Volunteers
EYC/EHF C0-Ed Bunco Night- Saturday, August 17th
119th Regatta Wrap-up
Last Saturday, the EYC held the 119th Ephraim Regatta . We had a wonderful weekend for the Ephraim Regatta. We kicked off with our Friday night Welcome party hosted by Nancy Claypool and Barb Zeigler. Thanks so much for creating a welcoming atmosphere for all the sailors that traveled to participate. Additionally, we would like to thank all the EYC members that provided appetizers/ desserts for the event.
We would like to give a round of applause to our Race committee: Woody Heidler and Emily Heidler, Regatta Chairs, John Peterson, PRO, Fred Horwitz, Chief Judge, Bob Aring, Judge, John Archibald, Committee Boat/Judge, Mike Lisle, Judges Boat Dreiver, Matt Winnacker, Committee Boat Driver, Lisa Gifford, Laura O’Rourke and Deanna Peterson Committee Boat, Skip Heidler and Wally Waleffe, Markset Boat, Cain Goettleman, Henry Tasker, Frances Depke and Cameron Reynolds, Leeward Mark Set, Peyton Reynolds, Safety Boat, Carol Fiedler, Registration. A special thank you to Liz Dischner for coordinating the lunches and food, Dennis Miller for his help with boat launching, Cain Goettleman and FLS Banners, Isak and Kelly Petersen for being our sherpas and helping with anything we needed and to the EYC staff.
The Regatta party was great night to chat about the race and get to know our traveling racers. Hats off to Emily Heidler for organizing such a fantastic event. A big thank you to the Ephraim Historical Foundation for allowing the use of the Olga Dana Green for the site of our party. Thanks to Great Lakes BBQ for catering the event, JR Jarosh and Edgewood Orchard Gallery for providing the table and chairs, Pete and Laura Moegenburg,food pickup, Jeanne and Ted Papenthien, setup, Carol Fiedler and Marta Fonseca, greeters, Andrew and Lisa Gifford, bartenders and to the O’Rourkes, the Sauters, the Spones and Bob Richter for their extra hands during the evening.
For this year’s Regatta, we had 24 boats participating from 9 different clubs! While Saturday’s winds allowed the completion of only one race, the winds on Sunday blew strong enough for 3 races. The winners of the 119th Regatta were skipper Mark Johnson and crew (none name on ) with the Neenah Nodaway Yacht Club. 2nd place went to skipper Michael Faugust and crewJennifer Ikeda, with the EYC. 3rd Place went to skipper Bruce Kitchen and crew Lynn Kitchen with Cowan Lake Sailing Association. Fourth place went to skipper Dave Gorwitz and crew Mike Ekberg with Lake Monona Sailing club. 5th place went to skipper Kevin Kunz and crew Kendall Kunz with the Lafayette Sailing Club.
We would like to recognize the Capital Lake Sailing Association and the club for traveling all the way from Jefferson City, Missouri with 4 four boats.