Looking for a Few Good (Well, almost Any) Sunfish

The Sharon Recreation Department is looking for a few good Sunfish. Their current mixed fleet is in disrepair and is not conducive with their mission to get as many kids on the water as possible.  They have decided to standardize on a single class of boat, so that they can maximize their teaching time, and allow the kids in the program to spend their time on the water in a simple boat, without having to learn the intricacies of several different boat classes.  They have selected the Sunfish to be their sole class.  Sunfish are the most popular sailboat in the world, with over 200,000 built.  Used Sunfish are generally available for less than $1,000, and frequently people are willing to donate their older unused boats to a program.  Gary Werden has volunteered to refurbish any boats acquired by the department, and the Massapoag Yacht Club is lending a hand in soliciting donations, and will welcome the young sailors into their regular Sunfish racing program.

So, if you have any old Sunfish lying around, and want to give it a good home where it will be used by happy kids, please consider donating your Sunfish to the Rec Department.

If you are interested in donating your Sunfish, please send an email to us at MYCSunfish@gmail.com

The Red Sox Have Truck Day,We Have Dock Day!

It's getting to be time to put these objects in their proper positions

Dock Day is coming!  The Club Spring Work Party is coming up on April 21.  This is when we put the dock into the water, dig the Sunfish out of the snow, and put the generally put club back in working order for the summer.  Racing for the Flying Scots start a week later on April 28th.  

The Board held its walkthrough today, and the club grounds actually survived this crazy winter pretty well.  There's going to be a lot of brush clearing, but almost everything survived intact.

Old man Winter isn't giving up just yet!  He still has a grip on our Sunfish!

New England Spring

This is normal behavior for New Englanders once the temperatures hit 40

Here in New England, the sailing season begins as soon as we can punch our daggerboards through the ice.  Six intrepid souls took to the water at Barrington Yacht Club's spring frostbite series under light winds, cloudy skies and a ripping current.  Racing was close, with only three points separating the top three boats.

Hypothermia be damned! This is perfectly normal spring behavior for New Englanders

There are lots more photos of average, normal New Englanders Here in the MYC Pressroom

Spring is here! (Really?)

An intrepid Sunfish Sailor stands at the ready for the BYC Frostbite series

Spring is scheduled to arrive next Sunday, when the Barrington Yacht Club Spring Frostbite Series begins.  It will run every Sunday from March 3 until April 26.  MYCSunfish will be there as soon as I can get my boat dug out from the Pleistocene ice pack that surrounds it.

Looking for a few good Sailors

Just in time for the start of the new Sunfish racing series, the Massapoag Yacht Club has announced that it is looking for new members.  The club is home to the MYCSunfish fleet, as well as vibrant Flying Scot, Laser and Day Sailer fleets.  We run races 4 days a week, plus we offer "How to Sail", "How to Sail Better" and Racing courses during the year.  It's really a great club.  Give us a try!

http://www.sailmyc.org

email to: MYCMembership@SailMYC.org

Sunfish Racing is on!

Last night, the MYC Race Committee finalized the 2013 racing schedule.  Sunfish Racing will start on Saturday June 1, kicking off with the 6th annual Sunfish/Laser regatta.  Regular series racing will begin two weeks after on June 15 at 3:00pm and will continue every Saturday, concluding with the two-day 66th Annual Regatta on Sept 7-8.

The regular Saturday races will consist of 2, 6 week series.  The format will loosely follow the same format as the Barrington Frostbite series, with the Race Committee getting in as many races as possible each week.

We will publish the full schedule here as son as it is available.  Stay Tuned.

Schedule Coming Into Focus

The draft MYC racing schedule has just come out, and it looks exciting.  The season is going to be bookended by the 6th Annual MYC Sunfish/Laser Regatta on June 1, followed by regular Saturday racing, and concluding with the multi-fleet Annual MYC Regatta on September 6, 7 and 8th.

The Race Committee meets to finalize the schedule on February 10, and it will be presented to the general membership on February 21.