Prior to June 1st the water temperature on Lake Champlain is typically near or below 50F. At those temps, falling in the water without a PFD is a life threatening situation. Whether in your dinghy or on your boat, it is stongly recommended to wear your PFD at least until the water temps are consistently above 50F or more conservatively above 60F (if you care to jump in, you'll find 60F is still pretty darn cold and can become debilitating).

To check the current lake water temperature CLICK HERE

For your annual reminder regarding the dangers of Cold Water Immersion CLICK HERE

Today (Thursday 4/17) was the perfect day to get the docks in and assembled!!!

A great team effort by many LCYC volunteers, Shelburne Shipyard, Structurmarine and Pierre and his team.

Many more pics at https://www.facebook.com/lcyc.info

LCYC sponsors Singlehanded Dinghy (Laser and RS Aero) racing on Thursday nights from early June through early September. To encourage more sailors to participate in our racing LCYC is allowing a limited number of non members, for a nominal fee, to keep their boats at LCYC for the racing season. Participants are not club members, but will be permitted to keep a boat (on a dolly) at the club and access the club, as a guest, subject to the rules of the club and this program, as detailed below. To be clear, participation in this program is predicated on regular participation in the Thursday race series.

Program Application

RC Signups are live on the LCYC website at https://lcyc.info.

You will need to login. Then go to the sidebar on the home page and click on the event for which you would like to volunteer. At the bottom of the page for the event just click on the “Sign up” button to sign up.

- For Wednesday night events your commitment is to bring a minimum of 3 people, including yourself.
- For Weekend and E Series events your commitment is to bring a minimum of 2 people, including yourself.

- If you only want to volunteer as an individual DO NOT signup for the event. Contact crew_match@lcyc.info

All active racers are required to do RC a minimum of once every 2 years (preferably every year).

Do you know of a young person who might love to learn to sail? The LCYC Junior Sailing Program is just the place to begin or to hone your skills! Please refer to https://lcyc.info/junior-sailing for much more information and to register.

The program runs for 8 weeks from June 16th to August 8th, and offers half and full day opportunities. It is a safe and enjoyable learning environment designed for every level of sailor - beginners to advanced racers who are 8 to 17 years of age.

Please feel free to contact Joe Rosen, Jr Sailing Director, at jrsailing.lcyc@gmail.com or 802-451-9825.

Based on her sailing accomplishments over the past year, LCYC's own Monica Morgan has been named one of 3 finalists for US Sailing's 2024 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year. This is US Sailing's most prestigious award and just being named a finalist is a tremendous honor.

Details at:
https://www.ussailing.org/news/us-sailing-announces-finalists-for-the-2…

LCYC was well represented at this past week's 56 boat J/24 World Championship held in Seattle WA. Monica and Chris Morgan were crew on the winning and 6th place boats, respectively, and Justin Coplan, who lives in the Burlington area and regularly crews in our Etchells fleet was crew on the 2nd place boat. Congratulations to all. Results at:
https://www.j24worldsseattle.org/results

We need LCYC member volunteers to help with the Club’s social events. The Social Committee has implemented an easy to use volunteer software program called SignUpGenius to identify our volunteer needs and opportunities and enable members to easily signup to help. To volunteer for a specific event, go to the "Volunteer" tab on this website and click on the "Sign up to volunteer at a Social Event" button. This will take you to the SignUpGenius website to register your volunteer time.