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Wood-Pussy Announcements

2011 Sailing and Social Schedule

WEDNESDAY / FRIDAY RACES
Pete Weir will lead the 2:00 PM races. Skippers are encouraged to sail with crew from W-P skipper/crew list (kept, updated and distributed by the fleet captain), Jr. Fleet, or CLSS. 2 races per day (W/L, Olympic and an occasional Triangle). Be at Club by 1:00 PM to get rigged and ready on the starting line.
** With questionable weather, postponement of races should precede cancellation.

RACE SCORING
We will continue the "July Series", "4th of July Regatta", "August Series" and "SEASONS" tabulation. June and July races will be included in "July Series" and August races will be included in "August Series". "4th of July Regatta" races though will stand alone and not otherwise included in other tabulations. All other race results count towards "SEASONS" standings.
** There will no longer be "two tier" scoring.

SUNDAY PRACTICE SAILING
On-water practice drills will be conducted with 1:45 PM gathering at the Club with others who are interested in this non-staffed practice. These sessions also provide a good mentoring opportunity.

MOONLIGHT SAILS
Three moonlight sails are set for: 6/15, 7/15 and 8/13, weather permitting.

FRIDAY LEAN-INS
Kathy McGill and Jenny Bovard will organize volunteers. Lean-Ins held most Fridays starting at about 3:35 - 4:00 PM after races and around 3:15 PM if races are canceled. Two volunteers per Lean-In, each volunteer helping three times per season. 1st Lean-Inn set for June 17th.

POT-LUCK DINNERS
Cathie Walker and Nancy Weir will schedule these social venues, requesting the fleet to E-mail the pot-luck announcements. Call Nancy or Cathie if interested in hosting the W-P's at your home or with a co-host. Group size is determined by space available. Invite list is related to involvement in W-P activities and reviewed by the fleet twice each season.

RULES/FLOTATION/RIGGING/SAFETY
Dan Greene and Pete Weir will schedule and run education sessions which will include rigging, flotation, calm sailing skills, racing rules and safety issues.

MENTORING SAILING
Dan Greene will organize more "mentoring" opportunities for our Fleet. Dependent on weather, dates are set for 6/22 and 7/20. This "SKIPPERS' REGATTA MENTORING" will be a great opportunity for all to learn and practice their sailing skills. Dan will set the pairings for these dates when most of us are here in both June and July.

"IN RESIDENCE" GRID
Dan Greene will E-mail each of us after the first of the year, asking for the approximate dates you will be at the Lake and able to sail. Objective: to schedule educational workshops on dates likely to have the best attendance, Pot Luck Dinner Socials and fleet meeting.

TROPHIES
Pete and Nancy Weir will order 2010 trophies and award them to winners during either our first or second 2011 pot-luck dinner. Toby Tull will secure the 2011 season trophies to be given in 2012.

CLOTHING ORDER
In May or early June, Toby Tull will take this one time order for both short and long sleeve t-shirts in our same blue and also yellow, with a W-P boat outline on the front.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER AND NOTE ON YOUR 2011 CALENDAR
- March 21-26 - "FLORIDA FLING lll" week (more to follow).
- June 15, 11:30 AM - "MEETING / HELP RIG / TUNE / FUN SAIL / DINNER" (bring a bag lunch).
- June 17, 2:00 PM - first race (get to parking lot by 1:00 PM to be on the starting line on time). 1st Lean-Inn about 3:45 PM.
- June 29-30, 2:00 PM - "4th of July Regatta".
- June 15 - moonlight sail (date may shift a day due to weather conditions).
- July 1 - NO race
- July 15 - moonlight sail (date may shift a day due to weather conditions)
- August 3&5 - NO races, as this is WESTERNS week when CLYC is hosting regatta. The W-P Fleet is set to help with staffing security and boat parking on CLYC grounds.
- August 13 - moonlight sail (date may shift a day due to weather conditions).
- August 26, 2:00 PM - last staffed race.
- September 2 - last Lean-Inn
FLEET COMMUNICATION
W-P Fleet Captain Weekly Reminders and other E-mail notices will continue. Feedback and questions are encouraged. Contact the fleet captain and/or committee heads, as follows:
THE W-P Fleet: CRYSTALLK@T-ONE.NET ; Jenny Bovard: JENBOVARD@MSN.COM ; Dan Greene: GREENEDF@OPTONLINE.NET ; Kathy McGill: KRMCGILL49@GMAIL.COM ; Toby Tull: CRYSTALLK@BETSIEVALLEY.NET ; Cathie Walker: GRANCIEWALKER@YAHOO.COM ; Pete Weir: PNWEIR@AOL.COM ; Nancy Weir: PNWEIR@GMAIL.COM

REMEMBER, WE ARE WHO MAKE THIS CLYC FLEET SO SPECIAL
United States Wood-Pussy Class Association's CLYC 2009 W-P Fleet Captain Report
Order a new Wood-Pussy sail from North Sails. For more information, contact Steven Smith at stephen(at)register.com.

W-P Chicago MAC Pot Luck Dinner Social

Summer 2011

2008 Florida Fling
of the Wood-Pussy Fleet & Friends

February 18-22, 2008, the CLYC mighty Wood-Pussy Fleet met in Florida for its Winter Social. There were 23 of us and we based our group mainly on Anna Maria Island and spent fun times from there down to North Port.

We walked on the beaches, kayaked in Sarasota Harbor's mangroves, sailed on a sloop off Bradenton on the Intracoastal Waterway, shopped at Saint Armands Circle, explored Charlotte Harbor by motorboat, ate together in various venues, even on the beach for breakfast, and at our two host homes (Weirs and Cotsworths), and finally several of us sailed 5 races on two E-scows in the Sarasota Harbor with the Sarasota Sailing Squadron who lent us the hulls for our use.

We had a wonderful time together. Come join us in 2009. Talk with one of our W-P Fleet Members about future Fleet events.

Wood-Pussy

2005 Invitational

These pictures are from the 2005 CLYC Wood-Pussy Fleet Invitational:

2	Suzy Voltz	Suzy Voltz	Revolting
3	Ted Greene	Dan Greene	Greene Hornet
15	Betsie Hosick
17	Lou Cenname & Pete Weir	Pete Weir	Puffin
27	Tom Osborn	Tom Osborn
31	Christy Bednar	Christy Bednar	Vamanose Dos
63	Michael Graf	Michael Graf
74	Chip Tull	Chip Tull	Whispering Tull
77	Bob Hughes	Bob Hughes	Poleskat Too
99	Ted Skierski	Ted Skierski	Summer Princess
103	Greg Sutton	Greg & Judy Sutton
171	Vink Vinkemulder	Vink Vinkemulder
321	Bob King	Bob King	slo leaque
423	Tom Getz	Tom or Margaret Getz
711	Joe Zalar	Kathy Rogers Zalar	SeaKat
872	Jim Gosnel	Jim Gosnel
1011	Bruce Walker	Bruce Walker	Celtic Cat
1031	Peter Ellsworth	Peter Ellsworth
1102	Roger Perry	Roger Perry
1107	Toby Tull	Toby Tull	Pribe's Tribe
1313	Walker A Wynkoop & Ron Phillips	Ron Phillips	Blue Bird
8465	Helene Saunders	Katrina Saunders

Wood-Pussy Roster
Sail	Owner	Skipper	Boat Name