February 2024

Ahoy EYC!
If you were at the Commodore’s Celebration earlier this month you have already heard me say how excited I am for the upcoming year! Attending regattas at other yacht clubs is one of the fun things EYC members will be doing this year. All of this traveling increases our national presence as the preeminent sailing club in the southern Willamette Valley. I am personally planning to travel for regattas with members of the Lido Fleet. Most of the Lido Fleet will be attending the Lido CCR in Southern California and the Turtle Regatta in Portland. But the best of all are the regattas that will be hosted by EYC. These are the regattas you should plan to attend: the Memorial Day Regatta which is also the Lido Regional Championship, the Live on the Edge Regatta with its wild America’s Cup start and finish, and the Harvest Day Regatta. At the end of the season the Commodore’s Cup will be sailed in Harbor 20’s, our newest Fleet. And not to forget our youth sailors, the Jim Skeen Unregatta is always a summer highlight. We have a full calendar of events happening here at EYC so you don’t have to go far to have a lot of fun. As I write, the lake level has dipped below the fill curve for the first time since I became Commodore. I take full responsibility for this and am currently working to fill the lake back to its prescribed level.
Fair winds and full sails!

Al Avey