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Well the results from our pool table survey are in.  We give a full week to get all your votes, but like City TV, our analysts have declared a winner.  Overwhelmingly the members want the table to stay and by speaking with a few members have it refurbished.  The second part of the question was where it should be located.  Members have chosen the current location of the north dining area.  Over the winter it will be recovered and the corners fixed.  The results of the survey are displayed at the end of this newsletter. 

 

This past Saturday was our annual racing awards and it was very well attended.  I would like to thank the Sailing Committee, Rennie and all the Food and Beverage Staff who helped make the evening a success. This is a very popular event and we could have sold twice as many tickets.  This event is one of the few that pushes our facility to its limits; it might be time to think of renting another venue to accommodate all that would like to attend. Please let us know your thoughts.

 

Regalia makes for great stocking stuffers and gifts under the tree.  Please take a look at the regalia cabinet in the front foyer.  Our new colours and styles are on display.  They can be purchased at the bar or ordered through the office.  

 

That's all I have for this week, see ya at the club. 

 

Mike Macdonald

 

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SEAWALL REPAIR:  November 29th.

 

Active Teams Nov. 29th until work team job is complete.

 

Trench excavation team

Anchor Construction Team

Waler Construction Team 

Tie-Back Construction Team

Metal Cutting Team

Jig makers

Worksite Co-ordinators 

 

Roger Marsh

The 2014 Racing Awards Night was held last Saturday with the usual large turnout of racing skippers and crews.  The fact that all the tickets were sold out weeks prior attests to the popularity of this event.  Fifty-one trophies and awards were handed out after dinner to our well deserving racing members and volunteers (who make it all happen).  Congratulations to all!

Among the many trophies and awards presented, 4 of the most prestigious were the following:

This past season, LIVELY competed in ALL the LROC events : ABYC, RCYC, PCYC, EYC, and QCYC Regattas, the Summerville and the Boswell Race.  Then they competed in both the Freeman Cup and Founders Race at LYRA.

 

Earlier this past summer LIVELY competed in the Lake Ontario 300, placing 4th in their IRC division.  But MOST NOTABLY, after 53 hours to complete the LO300, they decided to go round the Lake a second time, and were one of only a handful of boats to complete the inaugural Lake Ontario 600.

They placed second overall after 4 days and 19 hours of non-stop racing.  The Lake Ontario 600 is the longest fresh-water sailing race in the world!  And LIVELY came second.

 

Congratulations to Winnie and Murray Gainer, and the crew of the J109, LIVELY 

 

 

 

Congratulations to Calum Semple and the crew of SONA.

 

 

 

Overall
Ashbridge Trophy	Lively		Murray & Winnie Gainer
Stapleton Trophy	Sona		Calum Semple
Fauvette Trophy	131414		Adam Gillies
Divisional Overall
Thomas Patterson Memorial Trophy	Lively		Murray & Winnie Gainer
Roger Shaw Memorial Trophy	Fortitude		Winston Beckett
Rear Commodore's Cup	Double Time		Sam Robbins
Dennis Lusty Memorial Trophy	Isogon		Gus Gillespie
Passion Pot Trophy	Black Pearl II		Eriks Kalvins
Brotherton Cup	Rattle Ya Dags		David Holmes
Kevlar Trophy	Gray Pride		Grant Dietrich
Off-shore Overall
John Payne Memorial Trophy	Star Watch		Pat & Mike Flynn
Elizabeth Kimball Trophy	Double Time		Sam Robbins
Series A
Mehitabel Cup	Sona		Calum Semple
ABYC Series A Trophy	Vertigone		Paul McDonald & Karen Albert
Ken Dinsmore Memorial Trophy	Kokanee		Dave Steenbergen
Carling O'Keefe Trophy	Isogon		Gus Gillespie
Series B
Power Squadron Trophy	Lively		Murray & Winnie Gainer
ABYC Series B Trophy	Gypsy		Cliff Walkington
Nordberg/Simpson Trophy	Double Time		Sam Robbins
Bob Humphrey Trophy	Isogon		Gus Gillespie
Carolyn Robinson Trophy	Black Pearl II		Eriks Kalvins
T-Bird Fleet Trophy	Rattle Ya Dags		David Holmes
Series C
Glen Duisk Challenge Cup	Lively		Murray & Winnie Gainer
Jim Granton Memorial Trophy	Fortitude		Winston Beckett
Tommy Thompson Trophy	Double Time		Sam Robbins
Tom Foskett Memorial Trophy	Whiplash		Shaun Carey
Series D
North Shore Trophy		Merlin M2	Larry Harrison & Alan Jenkins
Carling O'Keefe Series Trophy		Gypsy	Cliff Walkington
Robert Walker Trophy		Double Time	Sam Robbins
Jill Brown Trophy		Windlass	Beatrix Hoyer
Gerald Welsh Memorial Trophy		Black Pearl II	Eriks Kalvins
Queen City Trophy		Rattle Ya Dags	David Holmes

Outstanding Contribution
Stacy Trophy		Michael Goldfarb
Don Davis Trophy		Jeff Dejean
Alice Patterson Memorial Trophy		Stan Gap
Keen Crew Award		George Debiasi
Rear Commodore's Commendation
For Showing Our Colours	Starwatch	Pat & Mike Flynn
For a Rhapsody in Blue	1201	Oliver van Rossem
For Leading the Fleet	Nautical Symphony	Bart Smit
For Beating Them At Their Own Game	Ideal 18	Mike Hren & David Holmes
Dinghy Events
Ashbridge's Bay Dinghy Plaque	Squalo	Kevin Armstrong
Albatross Trophy	Second Pilot	Giles Osborne
Slipknots Trophy	Little Wing	David Holmes
George Coyles Tune-Up
George Coyles Tune-Up Trophy	Lively	Murray & Winnie Gainer
Hans Mossakovsky Trophy	Double Time	Sam Robbins
Summer Bell Buoy
Kasey Regota Trophy	Rattle Ya Dags	David Holmes
Pat Gilroy Bell Buoy Trophy	Double Time	Sam Robbins
Archie Walker
Archie Walker Trophy	Wild Oats	Roy Little
Rita Walker Trophy	Double Time	Sam Robbins
Donald Summerville
Robert Fontaine Trophy	Starwatch	Pat & Mike Flynn
Michael Brown Memorial Trophy	Whiplash	Shaun Carey
Donald D. Summerville Memorial MORC	Double Time	Sam Robbins
Bell Buoy Trophy	Rattle Ya Dags	David Holmes
Donald D. Summerville Memorial T-Bird	Rattle Ya Dags	David Holmes
ABYC Regatta
Aphrodite Cup	Sona	Calum Semple
Donald D. Summerville Memorial Shark	Consort	Martin Gibb
Challenge Race
Lagoon Challenge Trophy	Minerve	David Cloutier
Murray Memorial Award	Vertigone	Paul McDonald & Karen Albert
Short-Handed Races
Corsa Ontario Cup	First Pilot	Giles Osborne
Rhones-Alps Trophy	Double Time	Sam Robbins
Participation
Joe Bernie Memorial Trophy	Sarabande	Geoffrey Huck

Photos - Alison Wardman

Among the many trophies and awards presented last Saturday were the winner of the Fauvette Trophy (Junior Sailor of the Year) Adam Gillis (Top), Stacy Trophy to Michael Goldfarb (Bottom Left) and the Don Davis Trophy to Jeff Dejean (Bottom Right).

Photo - Alison Wardman

Oliver van Rossem presented with a Special Rear Commodore's Commendation for his performance in the Opti Blue Fleet.

Attention all Cruisers

 

2014 Cruising Awards

Friday January 16th, 2015

Mark your Calendars and be sure to submit your Mileage and Ports of Call for Flags and awards ASAP.

Bruce Hannah - Acting Cruising Fleet Captain

 

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The ABYC Cruising Committee is looking for photos taken by Members during their Cruising activities in 2014.  We will create a slide show using the photos submitted to be shown during the Cruising Awards Night on Friday, January 16, 2015.

 

This request is not limited to photos taken during ABYC Club Cruises or limited to cruising on Lake Ontario.  We hope that Members who have had, or are currently experiencing cruising adventures on the 'high' seas or waterways will share their photos as well so we can create a great slide show using only 2014 photos!

 

Please forward your photos to David Studholme via email at: 2014cruising@gmail.com.  Deadline for photo submissions is December 21, 2014.  

 

Let's all fill David's "In Box"!

 

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The Racing Awards Night was a fantastic success.  Everyone enjoyed the Award presentations, great food and the fun.  The highlight of the evening was the Silent Auction in support of the ABYC Junior Race Team.  

 

Thanks to everyone's generous support, we were able to raise just over $2500.  We continue to work toward our goal of funding the new coach boat.  I will give more details next week regarding how much the fund raising effort has achieved so far, and how much more we need to reach our goal.   

 

Stay tuned!   

 

 

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John Curtis will be coming in from Kingston on December 11 to present and narrate two videos on preparation for the Transpac Race and racing in the Transpac.  John was a member of the Canadian Team that competed in 2010.  This is a great opportunity for our members and friends to meet a former Olympic Racer and to see high end ocean racing at its best.

John's career has been anything but conventional, although successful in multiple dimensions.  John is a lawyer, mediator and Olympian.  A 16 year veteran of the Canadian Sailing Team, John represented Canada in Sailing at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, in the Tornado Class.

With his extensive experience in sport as an athlete and later as High Performance Manager and General Counsel to the Canadian Yachting Association, John became experienced in providing legal services specific to amateur sport.  He continues work in this field acting for several National Sport Organizations, concentrating on team selection disputes, governance and policy.

John has continued his competitive sailing in the International 14 Class and in offshore racing - recently competing in the 2010 World Championships in Sydney Australia and finishing 3rd. in the 2011 Transpacific Ocean Race (LA to Honolulu) aboard the 60 footer - O CANADA.  He also enjoys sailing at home in Kingston with his two children, Jamie and Annika.

We will also be raffling off 3 pairs of tickets for the Toronto International Boat Show.  Each pair is worth $36. Tickets will be 1 for $2 or 3 for $5.

Jim Allen and Petra Fischer

Toonie Talk Thursdays - Co-Chairs 

 

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