Deb

To: Lake Erie Multihulls and All Interested Sailors

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To: Lake Erie Multihulls/GLMRA and All Interested Sailors

Fr: Deb Schaefer

Re: Commodore Perry Race Comes Back with a Vengeance!

Sandusky Islands Race/Stein Hospice Cup - Next weekend!

Date: June 25, 2007

Fr: Deb Schaefer

Re: 2008 Lake Erie Race Schedule (as we know it)

Lake Erie Multihulls Race Schedule for 2008

This schedule is not yet set in stone, but it should help you plan your race season. See the attachment above and or check out our schedule on the Lake Erie Multihulls Website at: http://www.lake-eriemultihull.com/. Chairman Jim Frederick is our webmaster and he will be updating our website when he's not playing his newest computer game. Contact Jim at lemultihull@cros.net

Find out anything you want to know about LEM on this website: We've got Rules, Membership and Measurement Forms, Member Gallery, Race Photos, Race Articles, News and Race Results, Crew List, Links to Multihull Regatta and Organization websites and Items For Sale. I'm a bit behind on getting Race Photos developed and we haven't yet figured out how to post my old Newsletters (they are on Publisher), but that's on my wish list. Jim has been working on the website to make it more user friendly.

If you have some new, better race photos of your boat that you would like Jim to post on the website, please send them along with ID information: Boat Name, Skipper/Owner's Name, Boat Type, Length, Home Port, E-mail Address. Meanwhile, I will get my photos developed.

We welcome any and all offshore multihulls to come join us to race on Lake Erie. Race one race or the entire series. I will keep in touch with you by e-mail messages and keep you apprised of the latest news.

The NCYC Commodore Perry Race is Back!

KEITH GILFORD, NCYC YACHTING ACTIVITIES CHAIRMAN, sent me a message last year, inviting the Multihulls to participate in the new and improved COMMODORE PERRY RACE, to be held on the weekend prior to the Mills Race. I broached the subject to our Multihull Racers at the Green Island Race/Rendezvous and there is much interest, especially from our sailors who keep their boats at the west end of Lake Erie. So we added this race to our race schedule as a counter for the Gary Hall Series.

They will run the COMMODORE PERRY RACE on a SUNDAY the weekend prior to the Mills Race. NCYC shortened the course to make it more "Sailor friendly" and gives them the ability to shorten the course at 2 places to assure that sailors get headed home at a decent hour.

"WE ARE ALSO PLEASED TO OFFER ANYONE WHO SAILS THE RACE THE OPTION TO LEAVE THEIR BOAT AT NCYC OR TYC FOR THE WEEK IN PREPARATION FOR THE MILLS RACE. WE HAVE A 7-TON LIFT FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO LAUNCH THEIR BOATS FROM OUR CLUB, OR TOLEDO BEACH MARINA HAS A RAMP THAT CAN BE USED."

It’s a shorter trip from North Cape Yacht Club to the start line of the Mills Race. If you are not racing in the Commodore Perry Race, and you are a member of an I-LYA affiliated Yacht Club, check with the dockmaster regarding reciprocity to see if you can deliver your boat beforehand and leave it at NCYC till Friday. Raft-up on the wall and leave a contact number with the bartender or dockmaster.

If not, there is a public launch ramp at Bolles Harbor just two exits north of NCYC ( Exit 11) on I-75 . It’s just a quick sail to the club. You also have Toledo Marina Beach just across the harbor entrance. NCYC is a good place to leave your car and trailer while you’re at the Bay.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL “DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP” RACE. I believe that Ron White was the first and maybe the last Multihull sailor to win that overall flag on his F-27, many moons ago.

ewest Members and Corsair Boat Owners - Jim and Nathalie Diener

Debbie and Jim,

Sign us up as new members. I’ll submit the measurement form as soon as I transfer the US Sailing numbers to our name.

We arrived in Florida December 8, 2006 and located two Corsair F28Rs in Kemah, TX. We flew to Houston and purchased Mike Zotzky’s boat. We have the boat at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron with two other F28s and an F31. We have been out on Sarasota bay 5 times, mostly two handed, including once with our three year old grandson. We are still on the dry sailing learning curve, but are making progress on each launch and retrieval.

Many thanks to you and other GLMRA members namely Pat Quinn, Sara DelKirk, Marvin Lampi, and Robert Kansa, for all your help in making this boat purchase decision.