• 26May

  Region 3 Championship Concluded!

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  12 Seawind sailors braved a storm riddled weather forecast and were rewarded with perfect weather for a weekend of terrific sailing to contest the Region 3 Seawind Championship held at GMYC in Greenville, SC.  The event took place May 21st through the 23rd and was contested through a total of 27 races.  Saturday saw a steady southerly breeze at Hartness Pond that provided excellent and very tactical racing.  The sailors enjoyed a relaxing catered barbecue by the lake Saturday evening.  Sunday’s wind switched from the north and though it proved to be a little more variable, we saw extended periods of strong and steady breeze that rewarded proper boat tuning.

  Mike Eades (Arizona) won the event through consistently high finishes with 7 1st place finishes and rarely posting a result outside of the top 5.  David Johnson (Asheville, NC) finished just behind in 2nd place with two 1st place finishes and a great deal of high finish consistency.  Jake Kohl (Greenville, SC) followed in 3rd place with 6 wins but less consistency.  Steve Lang and Nigel Pitt (Hartwell, GA) followed in 4th and 5th place respectively – Nigel Pitt did not contend in the last two races as he had to depart for a last minute flight to contend in a US Sailing Championship in Texas.

  GMYC is a very new club in Greenville, SC and facility and we were excited to host the R3 championship this year.  Every single one of our 6 club members contributed selflessly to build the facilities and organize the event making it a really great time for all.  We have a great lake that provides terrific close and consistent racing conditions and have have already added two new members simply from the interest and visibility that the Region 3 championship provided.  We look forward to growing our club and hosting more AMYA events providing South Carolina fun, fellowship, and hospitality.

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  photos by Robyn Strickland

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• 15Mar

  Work Continues…and continues…

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  We’re definitely working more than playing lately at GMYC…but the weather is quickly on the mend from a harsh winter and we’re hard at work preparing our facility to welcome Seawind sailors from around the country to the Region 3 Championship.  Concerned that our launch facilities were both unfinished and inadequate for the volume of sailors that will attend the event, we started working on a plan for some semi-temporary launching platforms.  We were fortunate to locate a large pile of pressure treated shipping skids that were constructed from 4×6 beams and solid 2×6 planking.  We scavenged two for lumber and will eventually use three to make a launching platform that extends 7′ into the water and spans 21 feet of shoreline.  The first unit was assembled this past weekend to prove out our bracing and leg concept and it worked exceptionally well.  The platform is very sturdy and everyone is very pleased with the plan.  We’ll have another work day in April to finish the other two and to construct short ramps to reach the platforms.  We are still sticking to the rule that no boats are to be brought to the lake during work days so we don’t get distracted…but why is it that every work day presents incredible sailing conditions?  Just look at that breeze!

  
• 03Mar

  Seawind Region 3 Championship!

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  The Seawind Region 3 Championship Regatta is scheduled for May 21-23, 2010 at GMYC!

  For detailed information, please go to the following page or download the documents linked below
  GMYC 2010 Seawind Championship webpage

  For additional information, please see the following documents:

  Notice of Race

  Entry Form

• 03Mar

  Work Continues!

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  In preparation for the Region 3 Seawind championship coming in May (information on this website coming soon), we’ve scheduled a club work day for the weekend of March 13-14.  We have an improved plan and materials in place to extend launching facilities dramatically and to have an elevated judges platform for the event.  We’re still working out which day, Saturday or Sunday, works best for the group – so please email jake with your preference.

• 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…

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