Sudbury Yacht Club

This year the Sudbury Yacht Club is Celebrating its 60th Anniversary on July 1, 2018 with a Canada Day Multitude of games and activities including the 115th running of the Turner Cup on Lake Ramsey. Canada Day at SYC should prove to be both a enjoyable and memorable occasion and members and guests are invited to enjoy the festivities, and participate in the various activities for all ages. Please see attached Notices of Event

If you are interested in taking part in the VHF (Maritime) radio course, please check out the attached poster for registration information.
The session will run from 0900 to approximately 1500 on Saturday, June 30, at the clubhouse.  
An Operator's Certificate is a legal requirement for anyone operating a VHF radio on land or sea.

Please note that our Open House has been moved to Saturday, June 19th. The Ramsey Lake  Stewardship Committee is organising a promotion of non motorised water activities on that day and our Open House will dovetail nicely with that.

The calendar has been revised. The work parties and keel boat haul in and mast raising and stepping have been delayed a week from the previous plan in order  to recognize the late spring and stubborn ice cover on the lake.
Come Sail with Us forms and info have also been updated.

Please note that the AGM date has been changed to Sunday November 19th. Further details will be e-mailed to members nearer the time.

   Thanks to all those who participated in today's Laser Bay Work Party.  
Please see the attached pics.
The first participants arrive at 9am sharp am most others by shortly after 10am.
By 10.30am we were off to a good start with the boards being stripped from the dock boardwalk.
Nails and spikes proved difficult and tiring to remove from the boards but  they were mostly cleaned up and loaded on Pierre's Trailer  by 12.30pm.
The underlying structure and rock fill was revealed.
The rock fill looked OK but the timber structure was in such poor shape that the decision was made to remove most of it.
This activity appeared daunting at first but the arrival of our 'Chainsaw Artiste' sped matters up and by 4.30 pm the unwanted structure was removed and floated over to the Laser Launch Ramp for removal from the water and the remaining crew celebrated this achievement
Most was removed from the water but some remains on the ramp for nail and spike removal and recovery and storage of useful materials.
The waterfront now exhibits a tidy looking 'Rip Rap' appearance and we have a 'Clean Canvas' upon which to redesign the future of this area.
This will take place over fall and winter.
Thanks again to all who participated and worked so hard,

Susan Lane, a new member this year, is a talented artist and shares her unique view of the club..

The event was sailed in pleasant sunny summer conditions with light,variable, generally westerly winds.

The winds made for an interesting finish causing some boats difficulty rounding the finish mark

Pierre Dignard's jib detached at the finish mark forcing him to make 4 attempts before he rounded it, to the delight of the assembled spectators.

Congratulations to the Cup Winner Indrek Aavisto, who is now the first to Win the Turner Cup twice since its reincarnation in 2012

It has been a most challenging sailing season weatherwise, lets hope next year we have a real summer

The next A.P. Turner Challenge Cup Event will be on Canada Day, Sunday July 1st 2018,  hope to see you there


                                                  
                                                             - John Spencer on behalf of the Turner Cup Committee -

Detailed results are posted under the "Racing" tab