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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>The Weathermark at wyc.org -
September 1, 2006<BR><BR>This Issue<BR>- J22 North Americans<BR>- J22 Media
Race<BR>- Raft Up<BR>- WSS Fall
Programs<BR>-----------------------------<BR><BR>J22 NORTH AMERICANS<BR>Here are
a few tips for enjoying the J22 North Americans at WYC<BR>- The west lot will be
closed from Monday 9-11 until Friday 9-15. This <BR>includes Thursday night. Car
pool, bike, or park far far away.<BR>- Volunteer for a day. Our club will need
dozens of people to help with <BR>meet-and-greet-and-help tasks. E-mail Merry
Beth Hovey with your time window <BR>and job preference at </FONT><A
href="mailto:mbhovey@yahoo.com"><FONT size=3>mbhovey@yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT
size=3> . A partial list of tasks is <BR>available at </FONT><A
href="http://wyc.org/Volunteer.pdf"><FONT
size=3>http://wyc.org/Volunteer.pdf</FONT></A><FONT size=3> . Seriously,
this can be lots of <BR>fun, just do it.<BR>- The boat exodus. We will need 70
J22's floating in the water in our 120 <BR>slip marina. On Sunday 9-10 after the
race we will begin moving WYC boats to <BR>Shorewood and MYC for offsite
mooring. We need help ferrying crew via boat <BR>and car on Sunday and again
after the regatta. Contact George Hanson with <BR>questions.<BR>- Spectator
Boats. 70 keelboats on one start line is pretty cool. You should <BR>really take
a day from work and check it out (which is easy to do if you're <BR>volunteering
already).<BR>- Please Feed the Animals. Nothing makes a club look better than
anonymous <BR>club members walking up to strangers and saying "Hi, can I help
you with <BR>anything". Please enjoy the chaos and help our club put on a good
face while <BR>we are in the national spotlight.<BR>- It's a J22 regatta
tradition to burn someone's boat to the waterline as an <BR>evening social
event. If you'd like to volunteer your boat, please contact <BR>our regatta
chair Thorn Turner.<BR>- Contact info and more at </FONT><A
href="http://j22northamericans.com/contact.aspx"><FONT
size=3>http://j22northamericans.com/contact.aspx</FONT></A><BR><BR><BR><FONT
size=3>MEDIA RACE<BR>Some KARE 11 personalities and other media big-wigs will be
in a media race <BR>on Saturday September 9th. This is a fundraiser for the
WSS. If you've got <BR>$300, you can enter, get your sponsors name on the
boat, and have a great <BR>time. Even if you don't own a J22, we should be able
to get a boat for you <BR>if you can get the sponsor. A great way to be part of
the event and get some <BR>of your 15 minutes. Contact Steve Paidosh for
information. <BR></FONT><A href="mailto:Paidosh@myocor.com"><FONT
size=3>Paidosh@myocor.com</FONT></A><BR><BR><BR><FONT size=3>RAFT UP<BR>Craigge
(night crawler fleet captain) has called for a raft up after the M2 <BR>this
Thursday in six days. All boats invited. Bring an anchor and raft-up <BR>just
outside the mooring area after racing. Some launches are being <BR>"organized"
so that people can get food from Dee or get back to the club
<BR>early.<BR><BR><BR>WSS FALL PROGRAMS<BR>The best youth sailing in the solar
system (including Pluto, which IS a <BR>planet) is ramping up it's Fall Sailing
for 2006 with a new program design. <BR>Check it out, call your friends, join up
and get your Jr. High and H.S. <BR>friends into sailing. You don't need boats,
you don't need specialized gear, <BR>you don't need ton's of money. Send this
link to any youth you know who <BR>wants to do something adventurous they can
brag to their friends about. All <BR>kids invited, members or non-members,
sailors or non-sailors. <BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.wayzatasailing.org/r-Fall-Program.htm"><FONT
size=3>http://www.wayzatasailing.org/r-Fall-Program.htm</FONT></A><BR><BR><BR><FONT
size=3>See You at the J22 Boat Burning! </FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>