Greenville Model Yacht Club

Seawind Region 3 Championship!

Jake Kohl — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:25:58 +0000

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

Work Continues!

Jake Kohl — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:41:49 +0000

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.

Rock ‘n Roll!

Jake Kohl — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:02:08 +0000

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…

Seawind Regional Championships at GMYC!

Jake Kohl — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:34:46 +0000

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.

Fun racing 9/30/09

David Strickland — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:46:37 +0000

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

Fun Race at Hartness

David Strickland — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:46:52 +0000

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.

Green Pond – Anderson Regatta Results

Jake Kohl — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:25:21 +0000

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:

Johnson 17 AYC
Kohl 29 GMYC
Pitt 31 GPMYC
Provost 47 AYC
Kransberger 58 AYC
McGrath 69 GPMYC
Bogardus 75* GMYC
Owens 84 GMYC
Zander 87 GMYC
Strickland 96 GMYC
Farley 97** GPMYC

Marks in the Water!

Jake Kohl — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:14:27 +0000

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.

New Events Posted

Jake Kohl — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:10:33 +0000

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.

Informal Sail this Wednesday!

Jake Kohl — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:53:26 +0000

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.