Make your plans now:  its 2 weeks until the Harlan Challenge Distance
Race.    Sat. July 5th     1-2 pm about start time
We sailed up in Prairie Dog Bay this weekend and there is so much room
we'll have to put a couple buoys up in there and shorten one out on the
lake.

Anyway, lets take a headcount on who can make it. It's a lot of work to
organize so we need a good turnout or change the date.
I heard Dave K. probably has to go to Manhattan KS that day.
Doug O. probably is having shoulder surgery soon but maybe he can
navigate and get someone else to steer.
So---who all will be there???  Please RSVP.
Thanks.

Finally some nice strong wind for the club race Saturday. There were 5
boats out with Aaron Arehart making his racig debut in a Laser. The
strong wind and big waves gave him a huge workout and it sure is a long
way from the spillway to Bone Cove in a Laser. This was much too long a
course for a small boat in this wind, but way to go anyway Aaron.

Burke Phelps had lots of crew and won the race. All the boats suffered
round ups and certainly got their money's worth.

Saturday night there was some dock party action and there were several
BBQ's later. What a lake.

Sunday was even stronger wind, 21-26 Knots steady with gusts. Jay
finally got his B21 in the water and Burke and Jay gave it a test. The
only other boat out was Gary and Kay.

Next up is the Harlan Challenge July 5 saturday, starting mid day
sometime and sunday July 6 we'll try to have some small boat races
close to shore.

File        : 2008 Harlan Y C Schedule .doc
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The Rust Remover race is this Sunday at 1:00 pm outside of
Pattersons. We'll set a reverse start race to visit the huge Prairie
Dog Bay--way back in there. Pick up your start time sheet at the
sailboat docks in the morning.

From the talk lately I think everyone will be there!  Jay will sail
Bill Fosters boat; Joel and Luke have been there for a while at the
boat ramp; Tom Day and Dave Kleins boats never left the boat ramp
lot; Robinsons boat is on its same dock now located back in the bay;
Burke is bringing his boat down on Friday; Doug has his Hunter at the
dock; Areharts are bringing their boat to the lake any day now.
That's 8 !!!

We need crew!   About every boat could use another crew.

Still working on the details-- but there will probably be a BBQ at
someones cabin after the race Sunday night. Bring a covered dish and
something to burn.

e-mail me or the group if you can't make it to the race. Thanks.

Rest of the schedule:


Harlan Yacht Club Schedule – 2008

May 25   Rust Remover Cruisers race

June 14   Cruisers Club Race
June 28   Cruisers Club Race

July 5    Harlan Challenge Distance Race
July 6    Small Boat Races
July 19   Small Boat Races

Aug 2     Small Boat Races
Aug 6-8  Cruise at Ft. Randall South Dakota
Aug 9     Trans Randall Distance Race
Aug 23    Small Boat Races

Sept 14    Cruisers Club Race
Sept 28    Cruisers Club Race

Oct 12     Cruisers Club Race

All events will have BBQ on Saturday evening. Location to be
announced.

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Check the website for pictures of the recent sledding excursions. It's
the next best thing to sailing at the lake. Unfortunately the Robinsons
are in Texas and missed all the freezing temperatures, wind, ice, snow
and fun?....

Reverse start medium distance cruiser race this Sat. Sept 15  at 2:00
pm.  Pick up your start time and course sheet at the sailboat docks
before the race. We'll sail across and down the lake and into Prairie
Dog and back. A nice cruise with mid 70's temperatures and fair winds.
Watch the Huskers at 7 pm at the Beach Bar and join the pot luck
dinner.

5 boats are expected so don't miss this chance to support the club at
Harlan. Finally the Trimaran will be able to join the race, of course
with a much later start! Let's see if he can catch us.

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Here's a possible plan for some racing: June 16 is near the summer
solstice so we could call it a Sailstice race. (The northern solstice
is in June on Earth, when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer
in the Northern Hemisphere)

This would get us tuned up for the Harlan Challenge on June 30th. With
the high lake level it will be neat to race to a buoy up around the
bend in Prairie Dog.

We could have some BBQ or social get together with these as well.

Let me know if you plan to be at the lake either of these weekends and
I'll see if we have enough boats for a race.

Thanks

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The club had a great time at the Irish Fun Race Aug 5 and then
enjoyed the Wild Cover Band at the Beach Bar. Here are the race
instuctions for the fun race won by Burke Phelps and Luke Mellman.
Tom and Jane Day's lead slipped away by not solving the riddle to
find a mark.

Next time it will be more fair if we have each skipper supply the
riddle on the mark's location and then set that mark or have a
neutral party set the marks. It was a great time since not only did
you have to sail in 20 mph wind by solve a riddle to locate the
marks:

Irish Fun Race
6 mile course(all are non spinnaker except as listed--- If  these
boats race non spinnaker, they can subtract 1 min 12 sec from listed
time.

Boat model     PHRF          Start time    (first boat starts at
designated time and all others start at the listed minutes and
seconds after start time)

Santana 21      (285)                00:00

Spindrift 22    (271)                 1:24  minutes later

Hunter 23 W Spin  (247)         3:48

MacGregor 26  (246)               3:54

Hunter 23.5       (235)               5:00

Beneteau 210 Spin.    (222)       6:18

Mirage 236 Spin    (181)          10:24

Dragonfly 800    (114)             17:05

Start: the outer mark at Paddytons Harbor. To Start: the skipper
must propose a toast to the Irish and chug his drink!

Mark One: can be found outside another boat launch ramp one mile
away. To round the mark the First Mate must drink a toast to the
duck hunters in the area and chug his or her  drink!

Mark Two: can be found beyond some thin water one mile away and near
a dangerous obstruction. Sail this leg at your own risk. To round
any of the marks in the area the ship must sail within 20 yards of
your favorite mark and all sailors aboard must poor a very small
portion of their drinks in the lake as an offering to the pathetic
state of Kansas and say: Take that too, you water greedy bastards!

Mark Three:  can be found, if you search your memory, as you've seen
it before, just outside the harbor where the Wild Clover Band will
play some tunes. To properly round this mark the ship's bartender
must propose a toast to the Irish and chug his drink!

Mark Four:  can be found if one gazes towards the sunset, which may
not be distinguishable from the sunrise, if you have been drinking
Irish Whiskey. When you get near you can see some pipes on one shore
and some damn Englishmen's houses on the other. It's somewhere out
there but I'm mak-in no promises. If you find it--- the ship's
navigator must propose a toast to the cursed skipper in front of you
who showed you the way! and chug his drink.

The Finish: Can be found a mile and a half away, and ten paces up on
shore where the bones of many a wayward skipper have washed up in
the cove. There's a stake with a red swatch of clothing marking the
finish line. The ship's `shore landing mate' must touch the stake to
properly finish. May want to get your anchors out and rest a bit to
sober up on shore. There we can get a little sunshine and discuss
the politics of our oppressive government who squanders our water
and taxes us into poverty!

Hamburgers and Pot Luck dinner at Burke and Kim Phelps cabin at
about 6:30. Our favorite band, Wild Clover plays at 8:00.

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Make plans now for the Aug 5 Irish Fun Race and Beach Bar dinner and
party featuring Wild Clover Band.

Saturday afternoon: a unique and original fun race

Dinner at the Beach Bar

Wild Clover Band at the Bar


Also Note:  2006 Trans Randall distance race of 42 miles is August 12
as is the Womens Wilderness Weekend at Harlan.

Those were some good suggestions about racing. Kearney has its annual
cruise nite this weekend so several skippers won't be at the lake this
weekend.
For those of you who like to plan well in advance, consult the
schedule that has been on the website. I have updated it in the "Files
section".   We still need volunteers for several dates.

This weekend was scheduled to be a Fun Race and Beach Party so for
those of you that are at the lake Saturday lets come up with some
wacky ideas such as a crazy course, water balloons, etc and have some
fun getting wet.

Jay Sawyer

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After a little talk around the docks lately we should just throw out a race and party schedule and see what happens.  I will send you all copies of the reverse start sequence for 4 and 8 mile courses, or you can have a timed start Portsmouth race. We just need hosts to volunteer to set out the buoys on the lake and host a party if you want. Also you can propose a different date if thats good for you.

So just email me to volunteer to host a date.

Harlan Yacht Club schedule 2006           tentative     need hosts to volunteer

May 29 Rust Remover Reverse Race   Blown Out   25-50 mph winds !

June 17-18  Harlan Challenge and party/BBQ     Jay Sawyer chairman

July 1  Fun race and beach party       Burke Phelps chairman

July 15  race

Aug 5  Fun race and beach party

Aug 9-11 cruise at Ft Randall

Aug 12  Trans Ran Distance race

Sept 17  race

Oct 1  race

Oct 15  race

After you finish scooping snow, check out the pictures of BVI. We
think the club should charter two boats next winter, one catamaran and
one monohull. New pictures in the photo section or click on this link
to see photo jam slide show with lots more:

http://www.shockwave.com/rd/photojam4/?8497275/1142876159175_141

I don't know if you have heard but 3 weeks ago Dave Klein's dad Lavern
passed away after a lengthy illness.  I sent a small donation from the
Harlan Yacht Club to the memorial of the Lutheran School music dept.
Yesterday, Dave's girlfriend Cindy's mother passed away. I'm sure our
thoughts and prayers will be with them.

Just received the bank statement from First National Bank, Holdrege.
We have $450.33 in the account with no sevice charges.

A number of Patterson Harbor owners celebrated New Years with a buffet
at the Beach Bar. Lots of free food and drinks hosted by Leonard and
Delores. The lake has thawed a little in the center with lots of ducks
and eagles enjoying the open water. The warm weather should help keep
the ice thin so it clears early for spring sailing. There is a fine
new ramp completed at Gremlin that goes right to the waters edge. With
a few feet of spring filling it could be the best place to launch next
year. Someone will have to try it and see!

Check out the pictures on the webpage.

Check out the newest pictures of the Burning of the Bear. It was
another great weekend at the lake. Strong winds, 20-30, Husker football
on the big screen at the Beach Bar, Halloween party and the Burning of
Slim the bear. New photos of Gary and Kay in M26X in strong winds. May
the warm weather never end!

A perfect weekend for sailing was capped off with the Harlan Challenge
long distance race. Six cruisers left the Patterson Harbor buoy in
reverse start and with the south wind ran down to the dam with
spinnakers, then a tight reach up the lake west to a turning mark and
then tacking up into Prairie Dog Bay. Another spinnaker run or reach to
the north shore buoy with the gradual building wind.

The Mellmans held a slim lead over Ockingas and the rapidly closing
Robinsons on the beat back up the lake to the finish at Pattersons.
Taking line honors were the Mellmans with Ockinga and Robinson in a
photo finish. The handicapping worked out well for these 3 boats as any
of the three could have been the winner but the hard sailing and
skillful spinnaker work of the Mellmans kept them ahead.

The next close finish was between Sawyer and Day where the final wind
lift was required for Sawyer to finish seconds before Day. Phelps had
lost his handicap lead in the light wind at the start and brought up
the rear. As the wind picked up during the race his Mac got up to speed
and he kept up with the fleet.

Joel and Luke Mellman are the ninth winner of the traveling cup trophy
in their Hunter 23 wing keel which was the inaugeral winning boat with
previous owner Bob Holden in 1997.

After the race another short windward leeward race was held with the
Ockingas taking first, Day second and Sawyer third. Some boats
continued to cruise the lake for the remainder of the afternoon and
other Husker fans cheered on the football team at the beach bar.

That evening a fabulous dinner was held at Burke and Kim Phelps cabin
topping off a perfect day at the lake.

Race Results for Aug 27 club race. After a windless start the wind
picked up surprisingly for the reverse start 8 mile course beginning at
Pattersons and around the lake. 5-6 mph speeds were seen reaching down
to Prairie Dog from the dam and back to Pattersons.

Luke Mellman sailing solo won handily in the Hunter 23. Second was
Sawyer closely in front of Robinsons. The Hunter of Ockinga and
MacGregor of Phelps needed genoas or less ballast.

Next event: the overdue HARLAN CHALLENGE!!!  Coming in Sept or Oct.

Memorial Day was a nice day at the lake for a race. The rains had
chased away a lot of tourists and the wind was perfect but overcast. 3
new pictures have been posted in the photo section.

Races were windward/leewards from outside of Pattersons to the dam with
an east wind. Both races had the same finishes: 1.Jay   2.Joel
3.Gary  4.Dave   Times were recorded and Portsmouth handicapping used.
Race #2 was quite close with 30 seconds separating the finishes. Joel
and crew Bob flew their spinnaker and dueled with the Robinsons in
close sailing.

Welcome to the Harlan Yacht Club's group site. If you are a sailor or
boater or just love Harlan Lake then please join the group. By being
a member you may post messages and photos and have access to the
entire group page.

We will use this site to communicate about sailing and boating at
Harlan Lake. The sailboat racing schedule and social events will be
posted here as well as in the calendar later.

You can either have all the postings emailed to you or you can just
check this site to see them.

In the meantime: pray for RAIN!

Jay