From Nicole Sharman, Sunshine's Communications and Marketing Director...

Hey everyone!  Hope you all had a great weekend, so good to see lots of people out at the club this weekend. We are gearing up for the next event, which will take place next Saturday, July 18 and is being organized by Bonnie Reib. The details are below!

Mark your calendars, ladies — WOW [Women on the Water is back, and this year we're mixing in some new fun!

What it is: A learning-focused, low-pressure fun race (or two!) designed to build community among our lady sailors. Time on the water, new friendships, and a little friendly competition.

How it works: We need 4-5 boat owners to volunteer their boats for the day, each taking 4-5 ladies out on board.  The boat owner stays on board to supervise, but does not run the lines or helm — that's all on the women guests! This is about learning by doing.

Brian F. has generously volunteered to set the course and run the committee boat. Skippers meeting at 1130h, fun race starting 1230h.

New this year — a poker twist! 🃏 (details still being finalized)

Volunteer boats will earn playing cards throughout the day; podium finishers get a few extra.

We'll also play a "Boat Parts & Nautical Terms" Jeopardy — correct answers earn your boat more cards.

Best poker hand at the end wins a basket of goodies! (Looking for a volunteer to run the poker side of things — reach out if that's your kind of fun!)

Entry fee: A bottle of something to share + a potluck appetizer

Bonus: A small draw prize for anyone who brings a friend along!

We need you:
🛥️ Boat owners — volunteer your boat, come aboard, and guide from the sidelines (hands off the lines and helm!)
⛵ Ladies — sign up to crew and learn.

This event is all about creating a fun, supportive space for women sailors to connect on the water. No experience necessary — just enthusiasm!

Interested in volunteering a boat or joining as crew? [Write to [email protected]] or reach out to Bonnie directly. 780-263-7580.

See you on the water! 🌊

Here is the 2026 program. It's a big deal and a good time!

This text was copied from sebabeach.ca on June 7, 2026.

Public Works respectfully asks residents to keep the following in mind:

• Garbage must be bagged in a BLACK bag.
  
• Compost and lake weeds must be bagged in a CLEAR bag.
• Dog waste must NOT be put in your compost. Contaminated compost will not be picked up.
• Bags should be no smaller than 74L.
• Bags should be no heavier than 35lbs. or 16kg.
• Please tie your garbage bags securely in a knot.
  
• Garbage receptacles must have secure lids to prevent animals & the weather from making a mess.
• Garbage bins should be kept inside a garbage stand or box. Bags should never be exposed to the elements or placed on top of your bins.
• Please double bag glass/jars to avoid glass breaking and tearing your garbage bag.
• Please keep your garbage cans clean and wash out any toxic residue as often as necessary.
• Cardboard should be flattened & stacked beside the garbage. If you have multiple boxes, they should be flattened and tied together nicely.
• NO fish or animal carcasses. Public Works will NOT pick up if the garbage can is full of little bags, or loose garbage.
• If it is necessary for Public Works to clean up scattered garbage from your property, there will be a minimum $50.00 clean-up fee

New This Season: Grouping & Measurements

To expedite the process of craning-in boats and to avoid congestion at the marina, we will group boats based on their dimensions. We will pair vessels with larger mast overhangs with smaller vessels, to best use the available space.

Please email Mike Mendzat ([email protected]) to confirm your participation. Include these details:

• Owner Name
• Cell Phone #
• Boat Make & Name
• LOA (Length Over All)
• Beam
• Draft
• Mast Height (from deck)
• Mast Overhang (distance extending past Bow and Stern)
  
• Do you require the crane to raise your mast? (Yes/No)
  

Precise measurements are appreciated, but your best estimate will suffice.

Call for Volunteers! We need crew members to assist with the launch. If you, your friends, or family can help, please let Mike know!

Mike Mendzat is Sunshine's Launch Logistics and Events organizer. His new phone number is 780-405-4399.

Welcome back to the 2026 sailing season! I hope you are as excited as I am in anticipating another great year of sailing. I would like to thank our outgoing Board members for the tremendous job and countless hours they put in maintaining a community that continues to draw us back year after year.

I am pleased to present your new board of directors for the 2026 year as follows:

• Commodore – Amie Pardy, [email protected]
• Vice Commodore – David Holdsworth, [email protected]
• Treasurer – Doug Crighton, [email protected]
• Secretary – Carol Hurst, [email protected]
• Membership Director – Ken Wright, [email protected]
• Social Director – Liliana Cordeiro, [email protected]
• Harbour Master – Ed Pardy, [email protected]
• Assistant Harbour Master – Greg Sneep, [email protected]
• Hurry Inn Director – Ann Ramsden, [email protected]
• Fleet Captain/Sailing School – Hendrik Cuppen, fleetcaptain@edmontonyachtclub
• Clubhouse Director – David Carr, [email protected]
  

Be on the lookout for the newsletters that will inform you of the exact dates for docks in which is always weather dependent, yet predictably somewhere during the first three weekends of May. As we have come to expect, it will be a mandatory all hands on deck experience. As usual, food, refreshments, and great company will be enjoyed along with a good night's sleep after all the exercise.

Our club only exists because people like you say yes to the volunteer opportunities through the year. We will have various work projects  and committees throughout the summer that will need our volunteer efforts to continue to perpetuate the viability and vitality of the club. Please consider saying yes to some of the volunteer opportunities that will come along this year.

Our community and the way we come together socially holds a special place in my heart. If you have additional social ideas that you would like to see, please email Liliana Cordeira as we build our social calendar for the year.

I look forward to seeing everyone soon and enjoying a great 2026 sailing season together.  Here is to another year of water, wind, and sun!

Amie Pardy
2026 EYC Commodore

Updated May 6: You can now reach all three members of our Harbour Team (Ed Pardy, Greg Sneep and Bob Iveson) by writing to [email protected]. (Ed is very busy preparing for the 2026 fire season; job related!)

At our Family Day potluck, Harbour Master Ed Pardy shared some of his "to do" items:

• Install the wet field one day, docks another
• Replace the chain anchoring the yellow buoys
• Might replace the tag line connecting those buoys
• We NEED two divers to check the condition of chains anchoring the wet field moorings
• Ed and Bob will examine the damaged dock section where a tire came loose during docks out
• We'll precisely measure the dimensions of one of our docks and price building a new one

Ed, I apologize if I got any of that wrong. I'll blame on it on my food coma from eating too much chicken pot pie and perogies!

Mark G

Formally known as the Seba Beach Annual Family Regatta, Seba Days take place during the long weekend in August. There are a LOT of events!

EYC hosts Monday's Volleyball Tournament. Most of our members volunteer to make and serve food for the attendees.

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Every summer during August long weekend, Seba Beach puts on their Annual Family Regatta. From Friday, August 2 through Monday, August 5 there will be lots of family-friendly fun events. Check out the complete program. [The village calls it a "regatta" but there is one proper sailboat race plus a wide variety of non-sailing events!]

The Sunday evening fireworks are very popular but he Parkland County has a Fire Ban in effect. Here is the relevant web page which says, "Fire Services will evaluate fireworks permits on a case-by-case basis."

Terry joined EYC with a Day membership around 2011 after being a member of the Sunshine Bay Yacht Club for many years. This allowed Terry & Leonie who had a West Wight Potter 19 to use EYC's docks and facilities on a "day basis". During this phase of his membership Terry still contributed a lot of volunteer time on a variety of activities.

In 2013 Terry sold his Potter and became a partner with Rob Martin in Fugitive, a San Juan 24, and bought a "full" family membership.

Terry was a member of the Board of Directors for several years. During his tenure as Membership Director, Terry sorted out a "rats nest" of past records, establishing a new and updated data base, and member share tracking system with the issuance of new share numbers.

Terry also participated significantly in several club strategic plan initiatives. He pushed hard for EYC to establish a vision and definitive action plan update, upgrade and in some cases remake the club's  infrastructure. Especially Hurry Inn!

He was always front and centre at docks in and docks out. Initially in the water but as his arthritis got worse, Terry became the key person on shore to ensure the dock sections were stacked and unstacked to guarantee correct placement. He assumed this role from Bill Hunka.

Terry was always there to flip burgers with flare and humour on Seba Days and at club BBQs.

Terry and Rob won a number of races on Fugitive over the years, including Splice the Mainbrace twice. He performed bowman duty on spinnaker sets and was a sail trimmer extraordinaire!

Terry passed June 3, 2024, aged 76. His caustic wit and keen observations are sorely missed!

-- Rob