A big thanks to all those who came out to the harbour on Sunday. The weather cooperated, Nancy delivered pizza, and all the sailing school dinghies are now on the hard in the compound, washed, and ready for winter.
Reminder, we're hosting a club BBQ at 6pm today (
Sat Sept 15th). The club will supply burgers, hot dogs and pop; please bring your own salad or dessert to share, your own drinks and a lawn chair.
The Sail Georgina AGM is tentatively scheduled for the evening of Saturday November 24th, mark your calendars now.
Yes, it will be winter too soon. With the season winding down, it's time to haul out the sailing school dinghies. We are scheduling this activity for 1pm on Sunday, September 16th. This is a good way to complete your volunteer work hours for the year, and it's the sort of work that will not take too long if we have enough people to help; please mark your calendar, and come out to help us.
The racing season is in full swing; after a very slow start to the year, the new summer weeknight series was a great success. That series has now completed, and we have just the fall series of club racing left (6 races across 3 Saturdays in September and October). We are also hosting the traditional Georgina Cup (the last race of the LSIS interclub series) on September 22. There will be a series of activities surrounding the Georgina Cup, including a BBQ at the whispering pines. You are encouraged to come out to any of these events; club racing, LSIS racing, or even just the LSIS BBQ. Contact our
fleet captain (Jeff Reid) if you have any questions, or would be willing to help with any of these events.
As most of you know, Sandy McKnight (currently our Secretary) is a long time member of the club, and has been actively engaged in the executive for many years. Sadly, the long drive from Oakville (where he lives) to Georgina has finally become too much, and Sandy will be leaving the club after this year. We will be hosting a club BBQ on
Sat Sept 15th, at 6 pm (after the two club races scheduled for that day) as a general get together, and a chance to give Sandy the send off he deserves; please come out and join us for this event. The club will supply burgers, hot dogs and pop; please bring your own salad or dessert to share, your own drinks and a lawn chair.
The Sailing School has completed for the year. We had some excitement at the start of the season getting instructors arranged, but our long time sailing school director (Rene Aston) managed to arrange instructors from OSA, and the season completed mostly as planned, and with some very happy students. After many years and countless hours working on the sailing school, Rene is planning to cruise next summer, and so this season was her last as our sailing school director. The club is indebted to Rene for the work and energy she has contributed over the years; we have grown the sailing school substantially due to her efforts. Thanks Rene!
