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2011 Issues

Issue #1 - Inside: 2010 Ends and 2011 Rolls In, 5 Important Hails, Get Your Water Systems Ready for Winter, When to Lead 'Em Back, Know Your Mode, Classifieds.

2010 Issues

June 2010 - Inside: Brief re-cap of May Day Race and Memorial Day Cookout with photos, Best Crew Practices, Chillin-N-Grillin, Heel For Speed, The Solo Fold, You Don't Need Instruments To Find The Best Angle Downwind. Classifieds...Now Interactive!

April 2010 - Inside: May Day Regatta, Photos from St. Patty's Party, Good Tacks Start With The Release, Chillin and a Grillin, A Better Way to Round the Leeward Mark, Classifieds.

2009 Issues

November 2009 - Inside: Closing Out The Year, Stay With The Wind You Have, Mark, Chillin and a Grillin, 5 Steps to a Better Start, How to Make the Most of the Least, Part II, From The Party Mark, Classifieds.

October 2009 - Inside: Guys Versus Gals Race, Racing and Social Schedule, What Ever Driver Should Know, From The Party Mark, Chillin and a Grillin, Five Rules for a Straighter Rig, Classifieds.

September 2009 - Inside: Wednesday Night Pirate Fights, Racing and Social Schedule, How To Call Puffs Upwind and Downwind, From The Party Mark, Chillin and a Grillin, Make The Right Call At The Top Of The Run, Steering With Better Balance, Classifieds.

August 2009 - Inside: Comedy Central, From The Party Mark, Chillin and a Grillin, A-Plus Techniques For A-Sail Drops, Sailing Downwind? Set A Whisker Pole..., Fine Tuning the Weather Strip, Classifieds.

July 2009 - Inside: Wounded Warriors Benefit, Chillin and a Grillin, Unlocking The Mysterious Lake Winds, Little Things That Make A Big Difference, Classifieds.

June 2009 - Inside: Pirate Races, 7 ways to keep the kids busy this summer, Summer Series Schedule, Chillin and a Grilling, Perfomance Main Trim and Controls, Small Changes Big Improvements, Classifieds.

May 2009 - Inside: Our Club Heroes, New members, anniversaries, announcements, GSC Sailing Seminar, From the party mark - a busy April, (New) Chillin N Grillin, Steering and Sail Trim, Three ways to keep lines tidy, Plan for faster headsail changes, Classifieds.

April 2009 - Inside: Spring Series Kicks Off, Jibing Trick, Moving The Car Forward Under Tension, St. Patty's Day Party Recap, Sailing Seminar GSC, Where Are The Sailors?, Luffing, Late Overlaps, Tacking and Jibing at Marks, Learning To Sail In Gusty Conditions, Speed To Windward In Heavy Weather, Finish Your Lines Right, Lots Of New Boats In Classifieds.

March 2009 - Inside: North-U Seminar to be held at Lake Texoma, Spring Series schedule, St. Patty's Day Party announcment, provisioning for your caribbean vacation, vacation destination charters, unlocking the mystery of sail controls, the Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge nearing completion, Superbowl Party re-cap, 30 affordable beach resorts, warning: lock bumping on the rise, Ship's Store now open, classifieds.

February 2009 - Inside: The Superbowl Party announcement, a letter from the social chairwoman (Jean Parsons), The Art of the Start, Texoma Lakefest announcement, full moon dates, classifieds.

January 2009 - Inside: The racing schedule for 2009, exploring the new rule changes for 2009-2012 rule book, member survey, what is the ships log?



NOOD Regatta Locations
St. Petersburg, FL
February 18-20, 2011
San Diego, CA
March 18-20, 2011
Annapolis, MD
April 29 - May 1, 2011
Seattle, WA
May 20-22, 2011
Detroit, MI
June 3-5, 2011
Chicago, IL
June 10-12, 2011
San Francisco, CA
June 25-26, 2011
Marblehead, MA
July 28-31, 2011
The Ship's Log is the Lynn Creek Yacht Clubs communication tool offering news and information about its members along with helpful tips on boat care and racing. If you'd like to contribute to the content or advertise your product, boat or service with us, just drop an email to the editor (Connie Martinez Hebert) or the designer (Brian Hebert). Advertising is free and gets you a target audience. We also publish information on activites of other clubs. So, if you're with another club and would like to let us know about an upcoming event, please do! Remember, Live Slow, Sail Fast!







2010 Closes Up And 2011 Rolls In

New club officers were elected, a Christmas Party to remember is now past, and some of our own ran a marathon to honor one of our own. It’s been quite a send off to 2010. Look out 2011, here we come! (Read More....)

GUYS VERSUS GALS RACE

Having a Guys vs. Gals race at LCYC sounded like a great idea at the beginning of the year when the Social Chair (that would be yours truly) put it on the yearly calendar of events. The reality began to set in about a month before the race when I suddenly realized we had no formal plan. What boats would race against each other, who would be the crew? What would be the race course? (Read More....)

WEDNESDAY NIGHT PIRATE FIGHTS

Apparently territory has been breached, blood has been shed, butts have been soaked and the war of the Pirates of the Pool has begun.

Casual Wednesday night sailing has been escalated to rivalry amoungst members of LCYC. A battle for territory has waged between the lovely lady pirates of Gypsy Soul (aka, Hot Honeys of the Pool) and the gentlemen pirates of the good ship Happy Ours (aka HOs). The battle has raged on for weeks. No one will admit who drew first blood, but the stories get bigger and better...
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RACE 4 OF THE SPRING SERIES BECOMES... OPERATION RESCUE!

Two of Lynn Creek Yacht Club’s members jumped to the rescue of two kayakers and become heros.

The race day started with fighting high winds, which seems to be the norm for this year. We were into the middle of the second race of the day (race 4 of the series), when two kayaks were spotted, but only one kayaker. The high winds and waves apparently knocked one of the kayakers over and flooded the kayak. The kayaker was in the water and unable to get back into the the boat. (Read More)
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