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Date: 10/23/2020
Subject: Email To The PPYC Membership
From: Communications Director


PPYC Newsletter
 
Commodore's Corner

 

Ahoy sailors!


NOTE: I am requesting a volunteer who will do photography during the Fall Off Race, on November 7th. Onboard skipper’s meeting will be at 10am, and you will go out on one of the chase/safety boats for the duration of the race until mid-afternoon whenever the race is over. We will provide you with a lunch onboard the chase boat. For the future, it would be appreciated if several members would volunteer to be the official photographers to “share the load” for all future races and other events for the year to be published on our website. Your volunteering truly helps us! Please Email me at commodore@ppyc.org.


NOTE: I am also requesting volunteers to become part of the 2021 ASSET COMMITTEE, which is responsible for acquiring and managing maintenance for all club assets (particularly all 5 of our boats). Please Email me if you would like to be part of this important committee.


We have secured an off-site location for our membership Annual Meeting to be held on Saturday, January 9th between 2-4pm at a local church. Details will be posted later. Please note on your calendars!


Our next race “The Fall Off” is scheduled for November 7th. Don’t forget to register online through our website!


Hope you’ve been able to take advantage of this beautiful “Indian Summer” weather this week (as we call it up north).

 

Missing all of you.


Kathy Ware, Commodore
Upcoming Events And Other Items Of Interest
 
 
The Equalizer Regatta last weekend was a great success! It was very well attended, including out-of-towners, and the weather on Saturday couldn’t have been better. See the Communications Corner below for a link to some great pics.
 
Upcoming Events
 
 Join us for the 2020 Fall Off Regatta -- Registration Now Open
Percy Priest Yacht Club cordially invites you and your crew to attend the Fall Off Regatta. This year the Fall Off Regatta is going to be a little different, as you might expect. In addition to some changes because of the pandemic, we will be running a Pursuit Style Race. This means each different type of boat will have its own start countdown. The faster your boat is, the longer your countdown before you can cross the start line. Whoever finishes first, wins! The courses will be distance races. So, depending on the wind, the course may round some islands headed north toward the dam. Or, it may head south toward Hobson Pike bridge. This regatta is open to all sailboat types in three classes: Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker and Bee Fleet. Skipper and crew of all skill levels are invited to join in. We especially want this race to be conducive to the Bee Fleet or other cruisers who want an excuse to get out and see a little more of the lake with your fellow sailors. If you haven't raced before, make sure to send an email to racing@ppyc.org so we can assign you a countdown time for your boat’s start.
  
The Christmas Dinner And Social has been cancelled. We’re sorry, but it simply will not be possible for us to have a meaningful gathering this year that is compliant with our COVID-19 policy. Also, all remaining 2020 events are being updated regularly to reflect current status, so check them out on the Events Calendar.
 
Our Annual Meeting is scheduled for 2:00-4:00pm Saturday, January 9th. COVID-19 restrictions made the clubhouse unsuitable as a venue this year. The meeting will be held just two miles South of the turn from Bell Road into Hamilton Creek Park, at Priest Lake Presbyterian Church, 2787 Smith Springs Road, Nashville, TN 37217. See the item on the Events Calendar for additional information.
 
Please check the special page we've added this year to keep you regularly and frequently updated on the overall status of the Coronavirus situation, including its impact on our Events schedule -- Coronavirus Updates.
 
Communications Corner
 
It’s interesting how things we’d have thought of as “ordinary” in past years can be exciting to include in a regular weekly Newsletter. For me, it’s exciting to be able to report that the Equalizer Regatta last weekend was a great success! It was very well attended, including out-of-towners, and the weather on Saturday couldn’t have been better. Many thanks to our leaders and other members who worked very hard to make this event possible in this year’s restrictive COVID-19 environment. Under the “one picture is worth a thousand words” adage, I’ll “write” the remaining 30,000+ words of this week’s Communications Corner by providing the following link to pictures taken during the event:

 
Don’t forget to check the Coronavirus Updates page regularly for the latest information on how that plan relates specifically to PPYC [Link below.]
 
Please Note. We’ve added a special Coronavirus Updates page to the Member Resources section.  We will post the most current PPYC-specific information we have about the Coronavirus situation there. You can access it through the Member Resources Menu, by clicking the link in the top banner on this page, or by clicking here: Coronavirus Updates

Charles Jones, Communications Director
communications@ppyc.org
Thanks for reading this communication. We'll see you around.

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