ANOTHER GREAT SAILING SEASON (Our 63rd)!
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We had 8 race days this year.
There were 35 participants, about half women and half men. Ages of the Grandview sailing community range from preteens to octogenarians.
Of these, 19 were Sailors and 16 were Committee Boat volunteers.
NEW PARTICIPANTS – WELCOME ABOARD!
George Devidze, Rachel Gall, Lily Garret, Nick Kotterman and Nathan Schloss participated for the first time. We hope to have them back regularly (note: Lily begins the fourth generation of the Voelz sailing dynasty).
VOLUNTEERS RECOGNIZED
Our Volunteers:
Rachel Gall
Harry & Sandy Meshberger
We are grateful to our Committee Boat volunteers! They are wonderful, great at what they do, highly
esteemed by the sailors, and are always right!
Special thanks to Arlene Truex, “Mainstay” and “Harbormaster” of the GYC. On race days there is no busier place on the lake, or busier person than Arlene from morning until evening.
One of the events Arlene hosted was our quirky annual rite of spring celebrating the beginning of barefoot season. It is our annual burning of smelly, worn out winter socks. Some recite poetry suitable to the occasion as they toss socks into the fire. This year we also had a lengthy poem composed by an artificial intelligence app. You can find the blog post with all of the poetry here.
| SAILORS & AWARDS | ||||||
- John Auld
- Matt Bartlett
- Phil Bush
- Sarah Cartwright
- Tom Cartwright
- George Devidze
- Dianne Fisher
- John Gall
- Rachel Gall
- Laura Garrett
- Lilly Garrett
- Paul Hass
- Catey Hale
- Nick Kotterman
- Kevin Preuss
- Tom Schroeder
- Jim Voelz
Ghost Sailor Award
This is awarded to sailors who really wanted to be sailing, could not, but were with us “in spirit”.
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| This tall trophy doesn't photograph very well for some reason | . |
For 2024 our ghost sailors were Lance and Bianca Snider. Although they were unable to sail, we were grateful to them for setting up and taking down the buoys for one of our race days. We look forward to them racing with us again in 2025.
The "Jim Riffle Perfect Attendance Award"
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This award is named after Jim Riffle because he is seldom absent from, well, anything!
The award is Jim's favorite holiday breakfast doughnut - jelly filled.
PERFECT Attendance: Laura Garrett 15 of 15 races.
NEAR-PERFECT, 80% or more attendance (because who buys just one doughnut?): Matt Bartlett, Jim Voelz, Tom Cartwright, and of course, Jim Riffle.
"Booby Prize”
The 2024 winners are John Auld and Paul Hass. Amid the congestion and wind gusts, they managed to make contact with at least two sailboats, all while negotiating the turn at one mark. Or perhaps the other sailors made contact with them. We’re not sure, but we awarded them the prize anyway.
RACING AWARDS
Memorial Day Race Winner
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July 4th Race Winner
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| Jim Voelz the winner, (center) with the trophy awarded by Lisa Duret and Kevin Preuss |
Labor Day Race Winner
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| Laura Garrett |
FIRST PLACE
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| Phil Bush Master of the jib, tuned to the breeze. | |
SECOND PLACE
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| Kevin Preuss |
THIRD PLACE
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| Sarah Cartwright If you look really carefully you can see her peeking from behind the mast! (We really do need more photos!) |
LASER CLASS AWARDS
FIRST PLACE
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| Matt Bartlett |
SECOND PLACE
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| Jim Voelz |
THIRD PLACE
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| Laura Garrett |
FIRST PLACE
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| Tom Schroeder |
SECOND PLACE
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| Tom Cartwright |
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| Catey Hale, left (Elizabeth is crewing) |
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
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| George Devidze - just making sure the medal is really gold |
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| MATT BARTLETT |
AND THANKS TO OUR CLUB OFFICERS FOR ANOTHER GREAT SEASON!
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| Beth |
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| Kevin |
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| Lisa |
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| Tom |
Thanks to Beth Auld our Committee Boat Chairperson and Kevin Preuss our Race Chairperson. They are the ones that organize the races and keep them running like clockwork. And to Lisa Duret our Secretary/Treasurer keeps our memberships and checkbook current and helps in many other ways. And to Tom Schroeder the Commodore who tries to stay out of the way and help if he can.
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