Come for the yoga stay for coffee or tea! Sailing School instructor Samantha Cunningham is a certified yoga instructor. She teaches Yin practice, incorporating longer holds and fewer poses per class, alongside your breathe to help you begin to open the body a little deeper than before. Like all yoga, you may find a challenge and leave feeling refreshed.

When: September 4, Sunday, 9:30 am'ish
Where: Edmonton Yacht Club beach
Who: People 10 and up
Cost: $12

Please bring a mat, water, a small hand towel. If you have blocks, bolsters, and a blanket, they are nice for yin. Write to Liliana if you have questions, social@edmontonyachtclub.ca.

It appears someone started our whaler's 40 HP motor while the boat was out of the water. This prevented the motor from drawing in and circulating cooling lake water, leading to overheating and the destruction of the motor's impeller (water pump).

While the motor is being repaired, we have put our Sailing School's zodiac on the stand that normally holds the whaler. The zodiac also has a 40 HP motor.

Follow this sequence of events:

1. Lower the whaler or zodiac into the water.
   
2. Then start the motor!
   

Always a good idea to check there is water coming out of the motor (proving the impeller is circulating "coolant").

What do members think about posting some simple signs at the entrances to our property, to help people find us? It might also draw more visitors.

Keep in mind that this idea comes from someone inexperienced in graphic design and commercial signage. If you have expertise, please advise!

Staples will print a 3' by 2' sign on 4 mm coroplast for $98. We'd spend a bit of money on wood and paint to frame the sign and put it a few feet above the ground. Here is a design for the signs:

We could  locate the first sign at our south driveway:

Here is where we could locate a second sign, on our north driveway:

Expecting the total cost would be $350 for the two signs plus other materials. Please send advice, criticism and attaboys/attagirls to Liliana Cordeiro (social@edmontonyachtclub.ca) and Mark Gordon (webmaster@edmontonyachtclub.ca).

[Your editor now realizes the village has renamed Seba Days to Family Regatta, but it's late in the publishing process and we've called it Seba Days for soooo long!]

Below is the content from the village's pamphlet. And did you volunteer by selecting from this list of jobs?!)

Calling all EYC members! We need lots of volunteers for the August long weekend, July 30 to August 1, 2022.

Please click the Volunteer button and choose some shifts to work:

A note from our Clubhouse Director...

As some will have noticed the clubhouse has been redecorated and the common area converted into an entertainment and gathering room. Please ensure that you and or your family keep the room clean and maintained for the benefit of all members. In addition please refrain from storing goods in this room unless absolutely necessary, we have plenty of sheds available. I understand the boat and motor currently in there will be removed.

A gas griddle has been purchased for member use and is on the deck. Insure you follow the lighting instructions, clean it properly and reseason the griddle upon use. It takes some time for this to cool down so be cautious prior to putting the cover on.

I recently came out on a Friday and found one of the gas burners on in the kitchen, could have been on all week? Please ensure all burners are off prior to leaving the kitchen.

David Darlington is now the bar manager.

Special thanks to the many members that assisted with the clubhouse over the last few weeks, very much appreciated.

Regards,
Richard

The races will run June 25 and 26. Here are the Notice of Race, page 1 and page 2. Here is Registration Form and the PHRF Form for handicapping. Write to Fleet Captain Linda Dalsin for details.

Someone [who says they are Sonia Charles Biollo] wrote to us, "I have a 2007 Nacra 570 catamaran for sale well equipped with Mylar sails double trapeze very fast boat comes with a ez load trailer all in excellent condition. I am asking $10,000.00 or best offer. If any of your members are interested they can contact me at this e-mail or 780 499-5203."

From the Wabamun Watershed Management Council...

I am writing to make you aware of a planned AIS inspection station event planned for the Wabamun boat launch site Saturday July 23, 2022.

[This notice] has gone out to all adjacent municipalities announcing the event and inviting them to attend. As active lake users, we feel this event would certainly be of interest to your members as well. Please feel free to share as you see fit.

I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about the event or the activities of the Wabamun Watershed Management Council (WWMC).

All the best,
Neil Fleming,
WWMC

Hello Ladies of EYC, SBYC Yacht Clubs and WSA

We are hosting an unstructured, non-competitive and informal Ladies Day on the Water, Saturday, June 11, approx. 1-4pm.

The event is titled Wind, Waves, Women and Wine or WWWW. This is the first of this event, so we shall learn and make next years event even better.

To start, this is about ladies on the water however guys are welcome if safety is an issue.  There may be ladies that want to hop on other boats or may wish to go out on their own boat with partners.  The focus is ladies on the helm and as well as women crew.

There will be a fun race, likely one lap.  No race registration is required, no awards for finishes, no handicaps, boats will finish boat for boat.  There will be a ‘start’ which will be walked thru on Channel 72, so no worries there.

Following the fun race, boats will raft up for a Wine Tasting Event and a Meet and Greet. There will be some beer onboard for those who don’t favour wine.

The Cost: $10 per lady (for the wine – payable on the boat raft) and providing a small appetizer.

How the event works:

• EYC and SBYC will each arrange for their own boats and assign ladies to each boat 1200 – 1230h on their docks, then EYC and SBYC Boats will meet on the water east of EYC at 1300h. 
  
• There will be a Coach Boat (SBYC Whaler).  If you don’t have a racer on your boat, let the Whaler know (Channel 72) and they will make special note of you.

The contact/go to people for the event will be

• EYC: Linda Dalsin and Paul Kanter
  
• SBYC: Bonnie Reib and Nicole Sikora

Please RSVP with your intention to participate by Thursday EOD (so we purchase the correct amount of wine and identify the number of boats interested):

• fleetcaptain@edmontonyachtclub.com or
  
• fleetcaptain@sunshinebay.org
  

Best regards,
Bonnie Reib