Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado Sail and Yacht Club,

Since the age of sail, time has been marked by the ring of a ship’s bell every half hour. Eight bells were sounded to signify the end of a four hour ‘watch’. Eight bells were also customary at the death and burial of a crew member at sea

On May 24, before racing, CSYC will hold an Eight Bells tribute for Larry Durham.  All the boats participating in the racing and any who may just want to pay their respects are encouraged to participate.

Details can be found here at   https://csyc.org/larry-durhams-end-of-watch-tribute/

Our Commodore has posted a few lessons learned from our first few races. You can read the latest updates to CC’s corner here at https://csyc.org/commodores-corner/

It is two short weeks until we start the spring dinghy series.  Get those hulls waxed and buffed, check your rigging, and start those yoga exercises so you can maneuver around in that little hull.

Please consider your gear.  That water is cold, and we are much more likely to take a swim than the cocktail sippers in keelboats.

SIs and NOR are posted on the website.  We would like to talk a bit before the first race just to review the rules and launching details.  We have not changed the launching practices from last year (still use dollies, not road trailers, at the Colorado Watersports area), but the lake is higher, so the effort should be less strenuous.  I would like to see if there are some who would rather launch at the ramp and grab a tow from the committee boat into Roxborough Cove.

As per the now established custom, we welcome you to hang around for a while after the races.  Bring a snack to share if you can.

Our recent dinghy questionnaire indicated that there are a few people who would be more inclined to sail small boats with some coaching, or if they had access to a boat.  Let me know who you are and let’s see if we can address those issues.

A version of this message was emailed out to those on our dinghy sailors list.  If you want to be on that list but did not get an email earlier this week, please let me know and I will add you to the list.

Alan Parsons

720-483-8300

May 5th, 2023
Cinco de Mayo Sailors!

Monday is our first Beer Can Series event! Meet on the dock in front of Seagulls restaurant at 5:30pm. We’ll sort out new crew and boat assignments then, if any.

Skippers, please do us a favor and let us know you’re coming by signing up here:   https://csyc.org/monday-nights-beer-can-racing/

New Crew can also sign up from this page:    https://csyc.org/monday-nights-beer-can-racing/

The big news here is your Commodore is providing FREE BEER!! (Without any sneaky obligation afterwards). So come on out and join the fun!!

See you there!

Mark Lindeman

We have our Monday Practice Races twice a month. More information can be found here.

To help plan for these events, we need to know how many skippers are planning to come out and how many CSYC crew members want to participate.

Skippers please let us know if you plan on coming here.

CSYC crew members who need a boat assignment for the practice race indicate here.

Always short of bills when you try to pay for your burgers at our post-race BBQ.  Don’t worry.  You can prepay for the race season at a discounted rate,

You only pay $25 a person for the Spring Race Series or  $50 a person for both the Spring and Summer Race Series.

You can prepay here.

Chatfield Sailors, this Saturday April 15th at the Chatfield Marina Restaurant we will hold the 2023 Skipper’s Meeting.

The meeting starts at 10:00am and will run for two hours.

Each boat intending to race this year should have a representative present.

The Notice of Race and Spring Series Sailing Instructions will be presented along with required safety briefings.

April is here and we are getting ready for our new racing season.  Skippers are getting their boats ready to launch their boats.  Some skippers are also looking for new crew.  And new members are looking for an opportunity to crew.  We cannot guarantee that everyone will find a boat to crew on.

The club offers an “Availability to Crew For CSYC Spring/Summer Series” sign up sheet.  Members who are looking to crew can provide their experience and contact information.  Skippers can use the sign up sheet if they need extra crew.

You can sign up  with your experience and contact information here.

Our Commodore Mark Lindeman has update his Commodore’s Corner with new information on:

• Chili Cook-Off on January 20th
• Skippers’ Meeting on April 15th
• Plans for our Autumn Winds Regatta in October

You can read the latest news from the Commodore’s Corner here: https://csyc.org/commodores-corner