News and Upcoming Events
The TRAP regatta was a great success thanks to the effors of regatta chair Margaret Hollister and the many other PLYC members involved in putting it together. Here are the results for the Junior and Senior fleets.
Pine MC sailors dominated the June 19 George Dorn regatta on Lake Beulah, taking 6 of the top 8 spots in this 26 boat event.
Results Bruce Gallagher was the top PLYC finsher with a second place overall finish.
Elizabeth Q did a great job putting the 2010 membership directory together. Thanks Liz! If you want to download a PDF copy click here. It is password protected so you will need to email us for the password to open it.
Sally, Carl and four others crew members are sailing in the Congressional Cup, one of the oldest and most prestigious Match Racing Events in the world. This year it is the only grade 1 match race regatta that will be sailed in the United States. Year 2010 marks the 46th annual running of the event, March 23 - 27 at the Long Beach Yacht Club. Here's the website for anyone interested in following the series: www.lbyc.org Photo links 1 2 3
The Pine Lake E fleet are sailing Sunday afternoons in 2010 instead of Saturdays. By not conflicting with the Pewaukee E fleet schedule we hope to have more access to crew members. Augie Barkow joined our fleet this year sailing X-44 coaching JoJo Gehl to take the helm next year. Tom Schubert plans to campaign a boat this year as well
Dick Casper was inducted into the ILYA Bilge Puller Hall of Fame. The inscription on the award reads as follows. "One of the original members of the Bilge Pullers, Casper was elected Admiral and served from 1965-66. At Pine Lake, he was both a class E champion and Commodore. At the end of his competitive career, Casper was a regular race management volunteer. As an ILYA Director, Casper began his service in 1974, and was elected ILYA Secretary in 1977. In 2002, Casper created the ILYA Hall of Fame, which has become the association’s most meaningful recognition."
Pine Lake will host several regattas this year including the TRAP, X and Opti BOP'N and ILYA No Tears regattas. for more information and registration forms go to the Regattas tab above.
X Boat sailor Molly Seidel won the 2009 Best of the Best series. The 3 race series was sailed in X Boats with the winners of the E, MC, X and Opti seasons participating.
Congratulations to Margaret Hollister who won the 2009 Ann Schultz Trophy for outstanding contributions to the Pine Lake Yacht Club. Margaret has chaired the TRAP regatta for years and ran the PLYC Junior Sailing program. Well deserved!
Dan Fink was the winner of the Gordon Sans Falk Trophy as the best PLYC finisher in an ILYA Regatta in 2009. Dan was 3rd at the MC Inalnd. Congratualtions Dan.
Contratulations also go out to Terry Bischoff who won the 2009 Quaddracci Ambassador Trophy for outstanding contributions to sailing outside of Pine Lake. Terry is a nationally recognized senior race official who regularly is PRO for major regattas across the US including the 2009 E Inland at Green Lake.