Volume 33/No. 2

July August 2019

From the Helm—the Commodore’s Corner by Lou Levine Editor’s note: The Commodore has donated his space

this month to pictures from week 1 of Sailing School.

Enjoy!

Central New York Sea Scout Rega�a, August 9 - 11, 2019 A Central New York Sea Scout Rega+a, the fourth to be hosted by Ship 876 at Onondaga Yacht Club, will be held

on August 9—11. Sea Scouts from Central New York and Pennsylvania will be a+ending. The Sea Scouts will be

camping around the flag pole, racing our small boats, and par6cipa6ng in a cooking compe66on. This event is an

opportunity for Sea Scouts throughout our area to learn to sail and race small sailboats, which many Sea Scout

Ships do not have the opportunity to sail, and our scouts in Ship 876 will serve as mentors.

We are looking for OYC volunteers to prepare and serve breakfast on Saturday, August 10 (pancakes, bacon,

juice) from 6:30 to 8:30 am, and

lunch (hot dogs, buns, chips, cole-

slaw, macaroni salad) 11 am-12:30 pm Saturday, to

serve as judges for the ‘Cook off Challenge”, to

serve as race commi+ee for the rega+a and in as-

sis6ng with boat launching and retrieving, and to

assist with purchasing the food and supplies for

the meals. A sign-up sheet will be posted at

the club.

Welcome New Members! A hearty welcome to our new members:

Eric and Michele Cabeen and their three young children are in the pro-

cess of relocating from Florida to Baldwinsville. Tom Winans, a Ph.D.

student in Microbiology at Upstate, and an experienced sailor, has

joined as a student member. Eric and new members Mary and Tom

O’Neil are participating in Sailing School.

Dining Out at the Club By Diane Knowlton,

Rear Commodore

There are s6ll many Sunday dinners for everyone to

enjoy - covered dish, catered meals, pizza night, steak

dinner and more. Thank you to those who have al-

ready hosted or made a major effort in ordering or pre-

paring the meal or social event in May and June: Tom

Ogden, Sandy Parker, Chad Harper, Tess Freedman, Jan

and Bill Beall, Holly Ioset, Lisa Notar, Tom and Mary

O'Neil, Lou Levine, Melinda and Mike Kernan, Melissa

Sieling, Becca Maurer, and to all others who have

helped in any way. With everyone pitching in at differ-

ent 6mes, it makes for an easier 6me for set-up and

clean-up. Sign up sheets are on the sign-in board. If

you have a food allergy, let Diane know and we will post

it by the sign-up board so members can be aware of this

concern.

Please save the pull tabs from cans for the

Shriners. The plas6c jar is by the microwave.

If you are a fairly new or new member of the yacht

club and are sailing as crew or skipper, you may be

awarded the Knowlton Trophy. Every 6me you crew or

are a skipper, you get a point and at the end of the year

someone will be awarded a pain6ng to have for a year

and your name on the Knowlton Trophy.

Hosts and hostesses needed for the dinners and

social events at the club! A signup sheet is posted on the

bulle6n board – please help!

Past Commodores’ Dinner Sunday, August 4th Gather at 5, Dinner at 5:30

Adults $15.00; Children 7-12 $7.00; Under 7 free

Sign up by noon Thursday August 1

Menu (Catered By Colleen Fi�s)

* Salad * Roll/ Bread and Bu�er

* Meat (Chicken, Pork, or Top Round)

* Salt Potato * Candied Carrots * Vegan: Vegetable Stir Fry * Steamed Rice

* Fruit Pie * Fresh Fruit

Independence Day Chicken Picnic

5:30 pm Thursday July 4 $5/person, $2 children 7-12,under 7 free

BBQ Chicken provided—Please bring

salad or dessert to share

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New Members Steak Dinner

5:30 pm Sunday July 21 $12/person, $4 children 7-12,

under 7 free, NEW MEMEBERS FREE

Plus— all please bring a salad or dessert to share

To reserve for club dinners, sign up at the club, email

Diane Knowlton knowltod@sunyocc.edu, (315) 426-2880

Trustees Catered Dinner 5:30 pm

Sunday July 14. Catered by Colleen Fi�s

*Italian Buffet: 2 Pastas, Red and White Sauce,

Ground meat (burger and sausage blend),

Chicken, Broccoli, Spinach, and Shrimp

*Vegan Meatballs *Spinach and Tofu Ravioli

*Salad *Bread/ Rolls and Bu�er

*Cream Pie *Fresh Fruit

Sign up by noon Thursday, July 11

Jimmy Buffet Party

Friday, July 19 7:00 pm $5 (Adults only) Cheeseburgers and Margaritas

Please bring a side, appe6zer

or dessert

Karaoke, music, and sunset.

Get your dance moves ready!

RSVP to Jane Witz, JaneWitz@twcny.rr.com

(315) 491-5853

PLEASE SEE CALENDAR ON PAGE 4 FOR COVERED DISH

AND OTHER EVENTS

Pizza Buffet Night

Sunday, August 18, 5:30 pm

Bring a medium pizza (per couple)

Saturday, August 24, 4:00 pm

(Rain Date Sunday, August 25, 4:00 pm)

State Fair RaI-up Dinner

On-the-Water

Event!

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We had a great turnout as members joined in at the “Opening Work Party” on a

cold, wet April 27th. In May, we enjoyed a Cinco de Mayo Dinner, Hot Stove Par-

ty, and Memorial Day Picnic. June featured our 2nd annual Salad Spectacular, a

fabulous Commodore’s SpagheJ Dinner prepared by Melinda and Mike Kernan,

and a Summer SailsKce Wine TasKng with Melissa and Bill Sieling’s original music.

At our 2019 Commissioning Ceremony May 19, our Sea Scouts raised our flags and burgee. Commodore Lou Levine

declared Onondaga Yacht Club “in commission”, as our Past Commodores stood at a+en6on. Garry Klink was our mas-

ter of ceremonies, Gail Riina delivered a moving sailors’ blessing, and our cannoneer Brian Colvin fired the cannon. We

all enjoyed a delicious catered dinner, where we celebrated Phil and Virgie Klink’s 65th wedding anniversary.

Opening Work Party

Commodore’s SpagheO Dinner Hot Stove Party

Bill and Melissa Sieling entertaining at

the Summer Sails6ce Wine Tas6ng

New members Mary and Tom O’Neil

at Cinco de Mayo Dinner Memorial Day Picnic

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OYC HUNTER SAILBOAT—by Bill Pease

OYC has a variety of watercraQ available

for the use and enjoyment of our mem-

bers. One is our 22 foot Hunter sailboat

for those who enjoy sailing but not

geOng wet! This is a fully ballasted, self-

righ6ng boat which means that, aside

from a hurricane or tornado, it will not

capsize. It has an enclosed cabin and a

comfortable cockpit with all sail controls

at the cockpit. The (new!) mainsail is raised and lowered from

the cockpit. The (new!) furling genoa jib is unfurled and furled

from the cockpit. The (new!) 6 h.p. outboard engine starts

easily and runs dependably. The boat is docked so it does not

have to be launched and then hauled back out every 6me it’s

sailed. Very quick and easy to use.

Because this boat is used by a limited number of authorized

members, the goal is for it to be self-sustaining. Docking fees,

insurance and other costs are shared by the ‘Hunter Consor6-

um’ members. Currently that amounts to a seasonal charge

of $175. While that’s not peanuts, compare that annual rate

to the cost of ren6ng a similarly sized boat elsewhere for a

half day. It’s a GOOD DEAL!

I am available to take members, whether interested in join-

ing or not, out for a sail at our mutual convenience. It gives

me a chance to get out on the water and you a chance to

enjoy sailing on the boat and geOng a feel for it if you are

interested in possibly joining. If not, we’ll just have a nice sail.

(315) 374-4248 whpease@outlook.com

Member CauKon: Newly Introduced

BoaKng Hazards in Onondaga Lake —by Herb Schrayshuen

Boa6ng is well underway and the NYS Parks Department

has placed buoys near the newly introduced naviga6on haz-

ards that were constructed in the lake as part of the lake re-

media6on process. Over the past winter members of the OYC

have been par6cipa6ng in mee6ngs and advoca6ng for the

placement of buoys to provide boaters with clear loca6ons for

the structures. At mee6ngs last year and this year the Trus-

tees of the Remedia6on Project (NYS Department of Environ-

mental Conserva6on and US Fish and Wildlife Service) have

been holding mee6ngs seeking public input on the project.

A number of phases of the project have been completed

and a number are ongoing. Among the completed projects is

the installa6on of fish habitat structures in the Lake. Some of

these structures have been in place since 2017. The Trustees

of the project arranged the placement of hazard mark buoys

by the NYS Department of Parks in loca6ons where these

structures come near to the surface or above the surface at

6mes of low lake levels. There are over 1100 structures of

various types that have been introduced to our lake and have

not been marked. Not all of these structures require marking

due to their depth. But even at depth, some of these struc-

tures can pose a risk to anyone anchoring. A number of the

rock filled crib type structures are located in the area off of

the Amphitheater where many of our members go to listen to

concerts.

The NYS DEC has provided a new Lake Chart showing the

loca6on of the buoys shown on the following page and posted

on the bulle6n board in the OYC clubhouse, along with loca-

6ons of some of the structures in Maple Bay and the amphi-

theater vicinity obtained from the remedia6on project man-

agers. While these charts are unsuitable for naviga6on, and

it may take some 6me before we see an actual revised lake

chart, we want to make our members aware of the hazards

and the new buoys.

Summer SailsKce Wine TasKng We had a great turnout for our “Summer Sails6ce” Wine

Tas6ng on June 22, hosted Melissa Sieling and Becca Maurer.

Melissa and Bill Sieling and Paul Powers entertained us with

live music, including original composi6ons, on a variety of in-

struments. The judge for the tas6ng was Tony Guarnieri, from

Verona, a winemaker and wine connoisseur, a Sielings’ family

friend and fellow ukulele player. Ro Cabrey won for Best Red

with Sycamore Lane Merlot, California, Tess Freedman won for

Best White with Wine Sisterhood Magical Moscato, California,

paired with honey goat cheese. The Best Homemade Wine

award went to Pete Ki+ for a wine he describes as a “delicious

Fume Blanc incognito as a Forza, paired only with a nice wide

brimmed glass to bring out its

marvelous fragrance”. Ryan Miller

won two awards, Best Pairing for

Sharon Weeks Ca+oo Paso Robles

Cabernet Sauvignon 2017, paired

with Societe Roquefort, and Best

Overall for Jen Pfeiffer The Rebel

Tempranillo 2018, paired with

Wegmans medium Brie.

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June 30 Sunday Covered Dish 5:30 pm June 24, 25, 27and July 1, 2, 5 Junior and Adult Sailing School 6 Sessions 5:00 pm to dusk July 4 Thursday Independence Day Events: Fun Sail Races 1:00 pm BBQ Chicken Picnic 5:30 pm Evening Fireworks on the lake July 7 Sunday Covered Dish 5:30 pm July 10, 17 Wednesday Sailing School Free Sail 5:30 pm to dusk July 14 Sunday Trustees Catered Dinner 5:30 pm July 19 Friday Adult Social Event: Jimmy Bu*et Night 6:00 pm July 21 Sunday New Member Steak Dinner 5:30 pm July 27 (Saturday) Kayak and Canoe Outing 8:30 am July 28 Sunday Kayak and Canoe Outing Rain Date 8:30 am Covered Dish 5:30 pm August 4 Sunday Past Commodore’s Catered Dinner 5:30 pm Hors D’oeuvres; 6:00 pm dinner August 9 – 11 Friday to Sunday Sea Scout Regatta August 11 Sunday Covered Dish 5:30 pm August 18 Sunday Pizza Bu*et Night 5:30 pm August 24 Saturday State Fair Raft-Up Dinner 4:00 pm August 26 Sunday Rain Date: State Fair Raft-Up Dinner 4:00 pm

CALENDAROF EVENTS

—by Greg Chapin

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Six boats started our Memorial Day Silk Scarf Race to the lake outlet and back.

One boat capsized when the wind suddenly picked up, and another went to

the rescue. Skipper Jeff Freedman, with Tess as crew, sailed their O’Day Mari-

ner to victory. Garry Klink and Tom and Mary O’Neill served as race Com-

mi+ee. Tom Ogden came in second with Linda as crew, sailing their Flying

Scot. Dave and Pat Urban and George Inch and family also completed the

race. Jeff was presented the silk scarf by Tess, his admirer. Six handicap races

on two racing dates have been held as of Sunday June 23. Our pontoon boat,

the Douglas, has been a great commi+ee boat!

~2019 OYC O-cers~ Commodore: Lou Levine

Vice Commodore: Kevin O’Leary

Rear Commodore: Diane Knowlton

Secretary: Brian Colvin

Treasurer: Jerry Illowsky

Immediate Past Commodore: Tom Ogden

Trustees: Holly Ioset, Tim Fay, Herb Schrayshuen,

Ryan Miller, Lisa Notar, Tess Freedman

Editor: Tess Freedman Assoc. Editor: Linda Ogden

Handicap Racing

Memorial Day Silk Scarf Race