Lake Champlain Yacht Club

By Dale Hyerstay for the Race Management Group

The course format for the Mid-Lake Race has been dramatically transformed for 2023. While
the creation of an ad hoc shorter course for the Macdonough last fall was a bit of a race
management misadventure, there was a lot of positive feedback regarding the course and the
length of the race. As such we recognized that a “middle distance” course format could
become the basis for a distinctive and permanent course for the Mid-Lake Race.

We developed the logic and format of a race with only two marks, a north-south orientation,
the start and finish in open water of the broad lake, and a target race duration of 8 to 12 hours.
The JaM course will be similar to the Spin course but with a shorter southern leg.

Given the north-south orientation of the lake and the prevailing winds being mostly in an arc
from NNW to SSW, the start locations needed to provide versatility. We settled on the B mark
for N/NW and S/SW winds, and the P mark for N/NW winds. All courses finish at P mark.

For detailed Mid-Lake Race course listings see courses 130 – 135 in ‘2023 Courses for PROs’ on
the LCYC website.

Read the first Binnacle of the season here: https://lcyc.info/files/April%202023%20Binnacle.pdf

At the January Board of Governors (BOG) meeting held on January 10, the 'official' 2023 Change of Watch took place.

Newly installed were:
· Commodore Jill Gagne (2-Year term)
· BOG members Gene Cloutier and Jill Burley (3-year terms)
· James Kurfis, 3-year volunteer (Grounds Chair)

Past Commodore, Walt Marti - gave special thanks to the following outgoing BOG/Volunteers:
· Bill Kallock, 3-year BOG – Junior Sailing Chair
· Michael Kerbaugh, 5-year BOG – Docks Chair
· Gunnar Sievert, 3-year BOG – Cruising Chair
· Wes Daum - 3-year volunteer - Grounds Chair
· Jean Sievert – 1-year volunteer – Social Chair

The Membership, at an upcoming social function this spring, will have an opportunity to recognize these individuals for their service.

To see the 2023 Board of Governors CLICK HERE