Lake Champlain Yacht Club

There will be a brief presentation at the Change of Watch by the Regatta Chair about the proposal to study the possibility of extending the award of the Ladies cup to non-LCYC boats. A question and answer session will follow. For more information see the proposal and resolution outlined on the first page of the January 2010 Binnacle. Please read the resolution and come to the Change of Watch with any questions. If you are not able to attend the Change of Watch and would like to vote on the proposal, then please print or cut out the Absentee ballot and Mail it to:
Doug Viehmann, LCYC commodore
127 Mansfield Ave
Burlington, Vermont 05401

All ballots must be recieved by Friday January 22nd to be counted as part of the total.

Doug Viehmann

Thanks to the efforts of Dave Powlison and Mark Gardner, Fleet 25 has a new and updated website.

Check out the new site at www.etchellsfleet25.org

See this link for the full story of UVM's assistant coach.
http://sailingteams.ussailing.org/Releases/2009_Coaches_of_the_Year.htm

The good news for all those folks affected by the sudden closure of the bridge is replacement operations are clearly on the "fast track." This might also be bad news for sailors on the lake as it appears at least some of the proposed designs would not allow sailboats to use the southern 30 miles of the lake. I have made a couple phone calls regarding the proposed designs, but was told they will be presented at the December 12, public meeting. When I pressed further, my impression was designs with much lower clearance might be on the table.

"Three identical public meetings, each including a brief formal presentation followed by time for general questions and answers and time for the public to view displays will be held on Saturday, December 12th at 9:30 a.m., 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. The purpose of these "open house" sessions is to provide an opportunity to receive further input from interested parties."

I have business in NYC on the 12th and cannot attend.

Perhaps the Club might want to take a position as an interested party on the lake?

The Regatta committee would like to explore with the membership the possibility of allowing non-member boats to compete for the Ladies Cup. Currently non-member boats are not eligible to win the Ladies Cup even if they are the first boat to finish the race on corrected time. It is the committee’s thought that opening up the Ladies Cup to non-member boats could encourage more boats from other clubs or marinas to race and restore the Ladies Cup race to the pre-eminence in lake wide racing it once held. We also believe this would be consistent with the club’s mission “to promote and encourage boating and sailing on Lake Champlain, while emphasizing racing, cruising and education….”