For the first time since LYRA began awarding its Boat of the Year award in 1996, an ABYC boat has been awarded the prestigious trophy for 2013.  Nine of the 14 previous winners have come from south shore clubs.

                                                                                         Photos - Dave Steenbergen

During the 2013 campaign Crime Scene won her division in the Freeman Cup and the Susan Hood long distance races, the Youngstown Levels, and the ABYC, PCYC and QCYC regattas. 

A Tip of the Hat  to Stephen Trevitt and the crew of Crime Scene for this achievement!  

- Jim Allen & Petra Fischer, Co-Chairs, Winter Lecture Series 

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The first lecture for this season attracted 40 people for an evening of gathering new weather knowledge.  The presentation was given by Morton Biback, a senior lecturer with the Canadian Power and Sail Squadron.

I'm sure everyone came away with some new piece of weather knowledge.  I now know the weather reasons behind the saying "Red Sky at night Sailors delight.  Red Sky in morning sailors take warning"

We passed the beer jug for Toonie Thursday donations and raised $76.60.  Each night we will be passing the jug and at the end of the year we will give the money to the Junior sailing Program and the Corinthian Fund.

The organizing committee for the sailing event at the 2015 Pan Am Games is beginning to recruit volunteers.  We are starting by filling six supervisor positions (the titles are standardized across all sports):

Supervisor, Measurement:  working closely with the International Chief Measurer, responsible for managing the boat measurement process

Supervisor, Sport Competition: working with the Principal Race Officer, responsible for recruiting and managing the race committee (effectively the PRO's local deputy)

Supervisor, Field of Play Services and Equipment - responsible for on-water safety, equipment, and communication

Supervisor, Venue - responsible for shore facilities, athlete services, VIP/officials services, and onsite first aid and doping control

Supervisor, Administration - responsible for managing to the event budget, providing IT support, etc.

Supervisor, Volunteers: responsible for recruitment, training, and coordination of volunteers (especially shore-side)

If you would like more information about any of these positions or you have any suggestions for possible candidates, please e-mail me at dave.steenbergen@rogers.com.  I don't have a lot of information yet about volunteering for race committee or shore-side jobs in general, but if you are interested I would be happy to share what I know.