Rat Island Yacht Club News



Rat Island Yacht Club
P.O. Box 1053
San Mateo, FL 32187-1053
Meets the first Saturday* of each Month at The Boathouse Marina
Grill is ready 6 pm - meeting starts 7-7:15 pm

Click here for the Rat Island Yacht Club 2012 Winter Series Notice of Race.

RIYC Winter Series Standings

Audacious 1 1 2 DNC DNC DNC 2 1 1.4
Morning Star 3 2 DNC 1 3 5 1 4 2.7
Monkey Sea 4 3 1 3 1 4 4 6 3.25
Pentaquod 2 4 DNC 4 5 2 6 2 3.5
Pheonix 6 DNC 4 2 2 3 5 3 3.5
Moon Shadow 5 5 3 6 4 1 3 5 4
Mary Jane DNC DNC DNC 5 6 6 7 7 6.2
Jane DNC DNC DNC 7 DNC DNC DNC DNC 7
Leprechaun DNC DNC DNC 8 DNC DNC DNC DNC 8

12_4_1 12_4_2 12_18_3 1_8_4 1_8_5 1_8_6 1_22_7 1_22_8 series total

Meeting Minutes for November 5th, 2011

Attending Officers:   David Burham, Commodore

Wayne Lagassé,Vice Commodore

Marlene Lagassé, Treasurer

Pat Harder, Secretary

Don Bayshore, Event Planner

Richard Ashley, Past Commodore

The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m.

Pledge to the flag.

David Burham introduced a new member.

All present were asked to update the roster with current information.

Treasurer's report - $3134.65.

Thanks to Kim Matos for taking minutes of last meeting.

Minutes were accepted with the following corrections:

  1. Change Kim Harris to Kim Matos.
  2. Date for Moonlight Cruise Friday November 11th at 5 p.m.
  3. Out an’ Back Race is Saturday November 12th.

Announcments:

Robert & Judy Moore have Calendars available for $25 that also include opportunities to win cash prizes on certain dates.

Pat Harder has Luminaries for 3 for $10 for Light the Riverfront December 3, 2011

Other Officer and committee Reports

  1. David has spoken with Beef’s about use of Quality Inn Dock for Out an’ Back and it is okayed - we are welcome to use it.
  2. Don Bayshore spoke about the last raft up and the challenges of scheduling so far in advance. Wayne Lagassé suggested that some parameters be set that would automatically cancel an event. Wayne will bring most specific examples at another meeting.

There is currently a calendar of events and meetings on the RIYC calendar for review. Please visit the site to keep up to date on activities. Many regattas are also posted on the web and there is a trend toward this method of communication.

50/50 raffle unavailable tonight

David reported good progress on pursuing Cal 29 boats for interested members.

Dates to Remember
November 10th Kayak/canoe cruise from City Dock
November 11th Full moon sail from Boathouse Marina
November 12th Out an’ Back Race from Quality Inn Dock
Saturday December 3rd RIYC Meeting at Boathouse prior to Lighted Boat Parade. Short meeting
Sunday December 4th and 18th RIYC Winter Series - Sunday afternoon to begin at 2 pm. Eight scheduled races. Two each month every other Sunday December-March Azalea Festival races.
December 30th (not 31st) End of year 2011 party at Tom and Connie Kight’s house from 5 pm - 10 pm. Band from 7 pm to 10 pm. Tom will look into Band and Oysters from Cheyanne Saloon. Cost $5 per person or $15 per person to cover expenses. Invitations will be mailed to all members in good standing and those from last year. Marlene and Pat to work on this.

David reminded everyone that U.S. Sailing membership number 364296G is available to all current RIYC members.

New Business

Members should file for 1st Coast ratings to ensure fairness when competing in races. David is developing a RIYC form for use by members and will be responsible for keeping these records. The completed form should be used as participants register for races. This would allow members to register under the name of our club. These forms will be available at the Out an’ Back for completion.

The next Full Moon Cruise is November 11th. See the calendar on the website for all events.

Thanks to Marlene for allowing the RIYC to meet at The Boathouse Marina.

The next meeting is December 3rd, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. prior to Boat Parade at The Boathouse Marina.

Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.

Submitted by Pat Harder
November 11th, 2011

*The July meeting is during the 4th of July party.