• 05Oct

  Rock ‘n Roll!

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  Well…that title should read mostly “Rock” – but we did roll a lot of bushes from alongside our race course away this past weeked.  Ted, David, Tim, Alan, and myself (Jake) left the boats at home and packed the trucks with chainsaws, shovels, picks, and weed eaters and redefined our landscape at the Hartness Pond.  We cleared all the shrubs from in front of the course so it’s now possible to walk the entire course, staying close to your boat, from A-pin to C-mark.   We also are fortunate to have the convenience of a large birch at one end of the course, and a young, but healthy and fast growing pear tree at the other end of the course…will make a great shady parking spot for our judges during bigger events.

  Oh, and by the way, it was a good thing we had established a policy to leave the boats at home because there was a magnificent breeze blowing down the lake all day.  We would not have gotten anything done had we brought boats.

  

  We also got a good start on our mini-launch “harbor”.  Our idea is to dig out a trapezoid shaped channel up to the high-water line and shore it up with used rail-road ties.  This will allow launch boats without having to get wet and accommodate the varying lake level that is very rain dependent.  It will be nice for a quick evening sail after work in the winter and a requisite for a regatta with a large number of boats.  It also avoids some of the hazards with a dock or other structure protruding out over the water and it keeps obstacles out of our race course.  The digging went well until we got about 12 to 18″ down (depending on the location on the sloping shore) where we hit an expansive rock.  We were able to pick at it’s soft chewy exterior but it got harder and harder the deeper we got into it.  It’s preventing us from getting the depth we need and we were not finding it possible to pick at any more of the rock…or not at least at a pace we would be happy with.  Our plan is to save up some more resources and rent/borrow some heavy equipment to deal with Mr. Rock in the next couple of weeks.  We have also envisioned the possibility of a second phase with a mirrored “harbor” next to this one if one doesn’t prove to have enough capacity.

  

  Until then, we should hopefully enjoy another great Wednesday night sail this week with our new found visibility.

  See more photos of the work day in the gallery.

  OH, by the way, there is also a new iPhone plug in on the website that makes viewing the site easy on your iPhone…

• 01Oct

  Seawind Regional Championships at GMYC!

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  It’s now official, the spring 2010 Region 3 Seawind District Championship event will be sailed at GMYC in Greenville, SC!  This will be a terrific, challenging, and greatly enjoyable three-day event that will draw sailors from all over the country.  We hope to make it a memorable one for everyone.

  The dates will be May 21-23, 2010.  More information about the event (including an official Notice of Race) should be forthcoming in the next couple of weeks.

  Thanks to Jim Kransberger (Asheville, NC) and the Mid-South-Sailing organization for entrusting us with this honor.

• 28Sep

  Fun racing 9/30/09

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  A few of us are going to do some fun racing at Hartness this Wednesday afternoon around 5pm.  Marks are already in for anyone wanting to start earlier.

  Hope to see several of you there!

  David

• 23Sep

  Fun Race at Hartness

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  Had a great afternoon of racing at Hartness today.  There were three of us, Me, Myself, and I.  I did great and won 3 of 3.  Myself got 2 seconds and a third, leaving poor me with 2 thirds and a second.  Light air but still better than being at work. And no, I am not schizophrenic, just bored.

• 21Sep

  Green Pond – Anderson Regatta Results

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  We got in a bunch of races in and out of the foul weather at Green Pond Yacht Club (GPYC) on Saturday.  The wind wasn’t incredibly cooperative but we did get in a bunch of racing – GMYC was well represented and the top three had one sailor from each of the mid-south sailing clubs.  Photos coming soon!  Results as follows:

  1. Johnson        17 AYC
  2. Kohl              29    GMYC
  3. Pitt               31 GPMYC
  4. Provost         47 AYC
  5. Kransberger   58 AYC
  6. McGrath        69 GPMYC
  7. Bogardus       75* GMYC
  8. Owens           84 GMYC
  9. Zander           87 GMYC
  10. Strickland      96 GMYC
  11. Farley          97** GPMYC
• 17Sep

  Marks in the Water!

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  Last night, during our funsail, we left marks in the water at the pond so we will have them to start racing immediately during the evenings.  We’ll try to setup a regular meeting time during the week (probably Wednesday evenings).

  Remember the Anderson regatta this Saturday!  We’re expecting a great turnout.  Please click the link on the schedule to the left or contact us for more information.

• 05Sep

  New Events Posted

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  We added a couple of new events this week and added a couple of larger area events to the calendar.  In light of the upcoming Mid-South-Sailing regatta in Anderson on the 19th, we’ve decided to get together for the next couple of Wednesday evenings to get tuned up.  We’ll meet starting around 5pm and sail until sometime around 7.  We probably won’t have formal racing but will try to have some marks in the water.  Contact myself or Tim for more information.

• 01Sep

  Informal Sail this Wednesday!

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  A couple of us are getting together for an informal “chase the rabbit” sail tomorrow evening at just after 5pm.  We won’t have marks in the water but may engage in some pursuit races … or we may just sail around.  This will be at Hartness Lake at our usual spot (see the directions page – link at the top of the website).  It’s supposed to be in the mid 70’s with with 10 to 15 mph wind!  Come join us if you can.

• 01Sep

  Seawind Regatta in Anderson

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  The Tri-Club Anderson Seawind Regatta is scheduled at Green Pond Yacht Club in Anderson, SC on September 19. It’s a FREE regatta that starts at 10am sharp. We expect somewhere around 20 Seawinds to attend! Join the fun! More information coming here soon – watch the event calendar to the left for updates.

• 31Aug

  Sailing Report

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  The Greenville Model Yacht Club had a great sailing afternoon at what appears to have become our new home lake this past Saturday. Seven Seawinds, one Nirvana, and one US 1 meter showed up at roughly 11 am and we got in 6 or 7 races (I lost count!). Though we certainly will next time, we weren’t keeping a formal score this weekend. However, the lead was usually tightly contested by all – but through shear will, Jim (Anderson, SC) and Tim (Greenville, SC) found themselves at the front in nearly every race. Dan W. had some radio problems leaving him rudderless at one point and the dingy was called into action to safely retrieve him. Dan just let us know that he ordered one of the newly discovered “Hobby King” 2.4Ghz radios that can be had for $29 WITH a receiver (www.hobbyking.com)! Shipping charges are reportedly a little high, but it still comes out to less than the price of a typical receiver alone. We’ll keep you posted on Dan’s progress with the new radio. Also of interest Ted Bogardus (Greenville, SC) sailed a borrowed Seawind and had such a great time that he ordered a Seawind kit as soon as he got home! We hope to get Ted on the water with his new boat in short order.

  The new lake showed promise for good breeze and although the wind wasn’t from a more typical (and usually more consistent) direction, we did have a generous 8 to 10 knots that would typically shift through about 10 degrees. We’re all pretty excited about the momentum that is building in Greenville and we’re working to schedule our next event and establish a regular outing period. We hope all of you can join us soon to experience our new lake – we’ll keep you posted

  Best Regards,

  Jake Kohl

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