September 3, 2005 - Race 10 Business Meeting Awards

A busy day at the lake was highlighted by a season-ending race under almost ideal conditions. An outstanding course, set up by Chuck and Valerie McClead, took advantage of a steady medium wind and provided close finishes as the entire fleet finished within a 25 minute block of time.

With Bob and Scott Fraser, Mike and Andy Meagher, and Mark and Janet on the Eggleton cat, a photo finish in the cat fleet was indeed a family affair. The planing hulls were highlighted by the best finish of the year for the Lightning crewed by John Bragg and Dick Laferty as they squeezed across the finish line just seconds ahead of the always dependable Peddie Albacore with Harry and Josh. Yours truly with crew Warren (I'm looking for a new Laser hull) Adair had an extended duel that lasted the entire race with Bernie Gaff and a crew to be named later. Along with Joe Guaraldo in his JY-14 the three of us finished in very close fashion stretching the committee boat crew to its limits. With a planned 2 P.M. start, Doug Kell started well behind the rest of the fleet for the 1 P.M. race.

Following the race, we assembled at the beach club for the annual picnic and awards get-together. Appetizers were graciously provided by the Peddie's, while Mark Eggelton showed off his "grill skills."

The following awards were presented:

Season Handicap - Mike Meagher (1st), Bob Fraser (2nd), Harry Peddie (3rd)

Actual Finish Displacement - Joe Guaraldo (1st), Doug Kell (2nd)

Actual Finish Planing Hull - Harry Peddie (1st), Tom Johnston (2nd), Barry Cohen (3rd)

Actual Finish Multihull - Mark Eggleton (1st), Bob Fraser (2nd), Mike Meagher (3rd)

Portsmouth Handicap - Harry Peddie (1st), Mark Eggleton (2nd), Bob Fraser (3rd)

The business meeting topics under discussion included the following:

- Committee Boat sign-ups.

Practice race (Bob Fraser)
Race 1 (Dick Laferty)
Race 4 (Mark Eggleton)
Race 5 (Mike Meagher)
Race 8 (Mike Connolly)
Race 10 (Chuck McClead)

Open dates may be filled by any member by contacting me at any time.

- Course ideas will be placed in booklet form and kept on the committee boat for reference. Anyone interested in preparing the booklet, let me know.

- Late race arrivals may start with other fleets or at the discretion of the committee boat, in a fleet of their own.

- Boat burgee numbers should be more prominently displayed. Contact Scott Fraser for help in getting the appropriate vinyl numbers, preferably "sail number" size.

- After finishing races, it is advised to check-in with the committee boat and verify your time.

- Committee boat will run additional races on fast course days for any or all fleets with the results counting in the final standings.

- Doug Kell Jr. will look into providing a picture book of members and their boats to help identification during races.

- Purser's report by Chuck McClead revealed we are financially sound, due in most part to the volunteerism and generosity of its membership.

- Mark Eggleton lead us in a moment of silence in remembrance of the passing of Charlie Lawson, beach club manager and one of LIMYRU's greatest friends.

- Mark E. addressed membership retention, recruitment and race participation. If you are a lake resident and can provide shore and/or mooring space for potential racers, please let Mark know so he can prepare a discussion on the topic for our spring meeting.

- Our best goes out to Polly Barron and wishes for a speedy and complete recovery. Polly is one of our senior and most ardent supporters and we missed her and Bill on the water this year.

Thank you all for a great year. As we look forward to next year, e-mail any member of the executive committee with ideas to keep LIMYRU an important part of our sailing lives that we can discuss at our late winter executive and spring membership meetings.

Sincerely,

Mike Connolly (Commodore)
Mark Eggleton (Vice -commodore)
Chuck McClead (Bosun/purser)
Bob Fraser (Master-at-arms)