Mary Pappas, aged 54, died peacefully on July 4th, 2014 surrounded by her loving family after a courageous struggle with cancer. Beloved wife of Chris; loving mother of Allysa and Evan. Daughter of Helen and the late Spas Markoff; and big-sister to Nick and John Markoff.

Mary's spark for life always took her on new adventures. Passionate about the outdoors and travel, Mary embraced new experiences like skiing the Alps and motorcycling across Italy. Most recently, she became an avid sailor as part of Ashbridge's Bay Yacht Club in Toronto. There she gained many new, life-long friends, and explored the Greek Islands, the Bahamas, BVIs as well as the many ports around Lake Ontario. Her passion for life and generous nature will be greatly missed by all those she touched.

Special thanks to Dr. Danny Kornhauser for being not only a wonderful doctor but friend. Dr. Shuen of North York General Hospital, and the amazing staff at Princess Margaret Hospital for their attention and dedication, specifically Dr. Oza and Dr. Wilson.

To make a more lasting impact, we ask that in lieu of flowers you make a donation in Mary's name to the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation. For more information on how to make a donation see here:

Visitation - Thursday July 10, 2014 

 

(2:00pm - 4:00pm) and (6:00pm - 9:00pm)

 

Funeral Service - Friday, July 11, 2014 - 10:00am

 

Cremation - 11:30  

 

 

Link to Elgin Mills Cemetery 

 

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5 New Members on the Board? 

 

Mike Macdonald

 

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Tables will be provided. The "Sail" takes place on the club patio starting at 11:00 Saturday, July 12th.

All are welcome but advance notice if you intend to participate would be appreciated.  Let us know at summerfest@abyc.on.ca

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We had quite a turnout for the Canada Day long weekend - 39 boats joined us on the PCYC cruise.  

 

On Saturday the weather cooperated and it turned out to be a wonderful sunny but comfortable day.  It was a nice sail for some with some assisted motoring and everyone reached our destination.  Although there were 3 incoming cruises we managed to reserve our usual BBQ location and set up our dining chairs very close to the playground for the kids and a comfortable spot for our 20 or so canine friends.  Artistic director Lyn, made sure that we had an appropriately festive Canada day setting.

 

We were just a little concerned about feeding the group - so along with Nancy our executive cruising chef, we were able to recruit the services of the ABYC kitchen who did a fabulous job in preparing and packaging some of the various dishes.  Harvey and David spent time over the hot BBQ's to round out the meal with freshly cooked pork tenderloin.  Thank you also to our guests who contributed some great hors d'oeuvres and desserts.  In all, your hosts David and Lyn, Nancy and Harvey entertained 106 enthusiastic ABYC members (88 adults and 18 kids).

 

PCYC as always continued to welcome us and offer us a great facility.  Some of the group entertained themselves with the club's fine dining and bar facilities while others enjoyed the pool (especially on the baking hot Sunday).  The surrounding area is also quite lovely.   We ventured out on our bikes in a westerly direction to Port Credit and beyond, ah-ing at some of the major mansions, discovering some incredible park lands, flower gardens, a concert in Port Credit and a great conservation area.

 

Many of us headed home on Monday after breakfast to have that one spare day and to avoid the forecasted stormy weather on Tuesday.

 

David and Lyn  

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We have photos of the Canada Day Fireworks on Woodbine Beach taken by Roger Marsh that can be seen at the following link:

 

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The weather was perfect again for the PCYC Open Regatta this past weekend, but despite the weather, not many boats from ABYC were present.  Hopefully our Juniors will make a better show at the Fogh-Boorman Regatta at Royal Hamilton on the upcoming weekend.

Congratulations to Winston Beckett and the crew of Fortitude for winning THREE races and finishing 2nd overall in IRC 3.  Also in IRC 3, Mike Flynn and crew placed 6th.  Murray Gainer and the crew of Lively finished 7th overall in IRC 2.

In the Jib and main division, Consort, sailed by Martin Gibb and crew finished third overall.  In the J24 fleet, Black Swan placed 12th with Humidor 13th. 

Full results can be found at http://www.lorc.org/Results2014/2014_Results.htm.

At the time of writing, no results for Sailfest Sarnia were available.

Don't forget - IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER FOR LYRA at ABYC.  The Freeman will be sailed on the weekend of July 26 and 27th, with course racing taking place August 1, 2nd and 3rd.  A large number of both PHRF and IRC boats are expected to participate in the course racing (you don't have to do both).

Register at http://abyc.on.ca/lyra2014/.

That's all for this week.

 

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This past weekend the ABYC Senior Race team competed in their first major regatta of the summer season,  Sarnia Sailfest.  All racers put in an excellent effort- Ainsley Doell raced in the radial fleet while Tyrus Sherk and Adam Gilles raced in the full rig fleet.

Sarnia's strong current and high winds, lasting the weekend, made for difficult conditions.  The difficult conditions brought a high level of racing and skilled competitors.  Adam Gilles and Ainsley Doell both placed in the top half of their fleets, and Tyrus Sherk put in a great effort and displayed a positive attitude towards the racing world while gaining valuable regatta experience. 

Congratulations to all racers, a great start to the summer season!  Results will be made available in the coming days at the sites listed below;

https://ontariosailing.ca
http://www.sarniayachtclub.on.ca/content/sailfest-0