Hello EYC members and welcome to the 2021 sailing season.  I hope this email finds you all well.

With the assistance of the Sunshine Bay Yacht Club we have been able to confirm with Alberta Health Services that we can function as a recreational facility within the current public health guidelines including placing in our docks. Shortly you will be getting the all call for volunteers from our Harbour Masters. It is absolutely critical that we conform to public health orders, first and foremost to keep everybody safe and healthy. We need to also remember that the docks-in procedure is a very public event and we want to give our neighbours and the Village of Seba Beach confidence that we are functioning safely.

What you can expect on the day of docks in:

1. We will be using the fewest possible volunteers to complete the work (but please come out if you can).
2. To reduce contact between members, the standing docks, the floating docks and the mooring field will be completed on different dates and the Harbour Masters are completing as much work as possible in advance.
3. Volunteers will be required to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at all times including face masks (we will have some on hand but you can use your own if you would like) and eye protection.  You need to bring your own eye protection in the form of a face shield (ex, grinding mask) or safety glasses (ex, any from Home Depot or Canadian Tire). If you wear prescription glasses you will need to wear safety glasses over top of those.
4. Volunteers must bring their own food and drink, no sharing of supplies please.
5. The clubhouse will be available for washrooms only.
6. There will be a mandatory safety briefing prior to the work commencing.
7. Members will be asked to sign in as part of required contact tracing.
8. Volunteers will be asked the following screening questions.

Risk Assessment: Screening Questions

You must be able to answer no to all the following questions in order to participate:

1. Do you have any of the following symptoms which are new, or worsened if associated with allergies, chronic or pre-existing conditions: fever, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, sore throat, and/or runny nose?
2. Have you returned to Canada from outside the country (including USA) in the past 14 days?
3. In the past 14 days, at work or elsewhere, while not wearing appropriate personal protective equipment:
4. Did you have close contact with someone who has a probable or confirmed case of COVID19?
5. Did you have close contact with a person who had acute respiratory illness that started within 14 days of their close contact to someone with a probable or confirmed case of COVID-19?
6. Did you have close contact with a person who had acute respiratory illness who returned from travel outside of Canada in the 14 days before they became sick?
7. Did you have a laboratory exposure to biological material (i.e. primary clinical specimens, virus culture isolates) known to contain COVID-19?

Things are going to get better this summer.  We'll be watching for updates (along with everyone else I'm sure) and hopefully sometime this summer we'll get back to enjoying full use of the club again.
 
Looking forward to seeing everyone very soon,
Don Simoneau, EYC Treasurer & COVID-19 Committee Chair

The major races in 2021 (with the host club in parentheses):

• Spring Series (EYC) June 12 & 13 [delayed 1 week]
  
• Down the Lake (EYC) June 19
• Single Handed Race (SBYC) July 3
• Rose Cup (EYC) July 17
• Jack and Jill (SBYC) Aug 7
• Splice the Main Brace (EYC) Aug 21 and 22
• Fall Series (SBYC) Sept 4 and 5
• Night Race (SBYC) Sept 18
• Pursuit Series (SBYC) June 9, 16, 23, July 7, 14 (start time 19:30)
• Pursuit Series (EYC) July 21, 28, Aug 4, 11, 18 (start time 19:00)

For more information, write to

• EYC Fleet Captain Michael Morris
• SBYC Fleet Captain Bonnie Reib
• or go to the Racing page for EYC or SBYC.

SBYC's Bob S writes, "Parkland County has informed the WWMC that construction of the boat launch on the south side of the lake (Sundance) will soon be proceeding, beginning with land clearing and the preparation of a timeline of events.  The latter will be made available for the public on the project web page.  Scroll down to the bottom of that page to sign-up for an email notification of updates about the project."

Sold, mid April! Richard T wrote to us, "I am selling my San Juan 26 with a shoal draft keel and retractable centre board which is suited to Alberta lakes and is easily trailered." Contact Richard at [redacted upon sale].

Past Commodore Rob Martin wrote this note on recent reno work...

The project is/was West Wall Window/Siding Replacement in the clubhouse. Necessary due to window and siding leakage which cause rotting of wood in some areas. Between the aforementioned and the old roofing (replaced earlier this summer) these were major sources of water penetration to the interior of the building.

Saturday August 29 crew consisted of Jeff Willis (lead hand and our expert), Jo-Ann Willis, Rob Martin, Don Simoneau, Mike Morris, Ian Johnson, Rob James and Doug Crieghton.

Sunday August 30 crew was Jeff Willis, Mike Morris, Mark Vanderlinden, Doug Crieghton, Rob Martin, Terry Chugg.

A lot of work was done, especially on Saturday, with the old siding (other than furthest west wall) & windows being removed. All rotted out studs, plates and sheeting were replaced. Interestingly the north entrance vestibule had the most rot to take out and replace.  Yeoman’s work on that by Don! (he was booked to go sailing that day).

On Sunday our new window installation experts were Jeff & Mike with the rest of us finishing off repairs, installing Tyvek and cleaning up the mess.

Olly Romanowski and Jo-Ann Willis put a major dent in cleaning up the mess left by our bathroom reno from earlier in the year.  It was a big job!!

The race took place August 22, 2020. The results below are corrected for handicap. The boat names were provided by the race committee. The webmaster pulled boat names from previous race results and other records.

1. Reflection, John Semple
2. Point of Order, Don Iveson
3. Windswept, Paul Kantor
4. Sea Dawg, Greg Gillingham
5. Wee Beastie II
6. Flyaway
7. Arabesque, Olly Romanowski
8. Tobermary
9. Oatcake, Jeff Burton
10. Hobie 16

DSQ Start Slipstream
DSQ Start Addiction 2

If you had a chance by now to enjoy your new bathrooms and showers you will have noticed that our towels are now in keeping with a more modern way of  dispensing. This is thanks to a suggestion by Greg that the way to keep the walls clean and free of cumbersome dispensers, he suggested a basket with the folded paper towels. Remaining is still a modern rim for the waste baskets and more modern metal waste bins to keep with the theme of brushed nickel and shower rods that need to be properly affixed to slide the hand showers up and down, in the larger shower stalls.

As part of the ongoing clean up efforts we would like to have the owners identified of the items in the Quartermaster shed. Past Commodore Rob Martin mentioned that this is a storage shed for members to rent a stall, in order to store items for a fee (not sure if the board has put those charges on bills or knows who owns what). Currently we have sails and boat cushions that we do not know who they belong to and four outboard motors of different vintages that do not seem to have an owner identified. There are beach toys for children and an old stereo and two old TV's, as well as various sails. Please send an e-mail describing if you own any items and indicate if you want to have a stall assigned to you that these items should be stored in.

This is expected in the next 2 weeks, at which time the board will decide on how to allocate the limited space if you want a stall or want to remove it yourself. Any items unclaimed will be regarded as abandoned and we will remove them. Please send an email to Commodore Tim Bowles or Thomas Kelm and we will make sure your items are properly stored in a stall assigned to you.

The front room of the clubhouse has multiple picture frames and IKEA shelves. We would like to put some of the shelves to use for members in their trailers or cabins. If you take a look at the shelves and would like one, please send an e-mail to indicate and one will be reserved for you. If demand is higher than we have shelves for, they will be allocated on a first email, first allocation rule. We have nine complete shelves. Send e-mail to Thomas.

We have paint cans that we do not know at the moment what cabin or area they should be allocated to, if you have a paint theme that was used for your cabin and would like us to keep it, write it on the can with the cabin number or your name and we will make sure to keep the left-over paint.

In the fall some siding and window replacements are slated for the clubhouse as part of the ongoing upgrading of our assets.

Thank you for your help on this to further get our clubhouse and grounds back to good working order.

Renovation committee.

Recently a number of concerns have been brought to the attention of the EYC board regarding the care and behavior of dogs their owners have on club property. As a result the board plans to update its pet policy.

The current pet policy as found in our Members Handbook reads:

“Pets are welcome but are required to be under control and supervised at all times and owners must clean up after their pets immediately. Pets that become a nuisance may be banned from the club.”

The board plans to specify that dogs must be on a leash at all times and the length of the leash must be short enough i.e. 6’ that the pet cannot interact with members/members pets using common walk ways/paths.

Pet owners must always be in a position to maintain control of any pet they own. Members are also responsible for the care attention of their guest’s pets to which the same rules will apply.

When setting stationary lease anchor points the anchors must be secured firmly. And be placed where they do not interfere with common walking areas, with enough leash for the animal to move freely but not make contact with passers-by.

Members with pets are asked to be aware of potential interaction of their pet with other member’s pets.

Anyone who cannot control their pet will be asked to leave the pet at home or kennel it off EYC property.

The EYC board wishes EYC to remain a pet friendly community and thank you for your efforts. Only with your help can we achieve this. We appreciate your cooperation in helping to maintain a healthy and warm family environment by doing your part.

Your EYC board is looking for feedback from members on the proposed additions to the Pet Policy. Please send your comments to our membership director Olly Romanowski, membership@edmontonyachtclub.ca.

Captains with their cohort crew can compete in the 2020 Down the Lake Race, Saturday, August 22. Here are the Notice of Race (with registration form) and Sailing Instructions. For more information, write to Fleet Captain Michael Morris at fleetcaptain@edmontonyachtclub.ca.