• Safety & Education

    Safety and Education January 2020

    Check out ECSC Junior Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/groups/ecscjr

    2020 Junior Racing DATES

    In 12 weeks, we will be back on the water.

    April 25/26 |  ECSC Spring Race

    May  |   ISC TBA

    May 25/29 |  US Sailing Level 1  |  Hoover Sailing Club

    May 30 |  I-LYA  Travelers Series  |  TBA

    June 6 | I-LYA Travelers Series  |  TBA

    June 13 |  I-LYA Travelers Series  |  TBA

    June 20 |  I-LYA Travelers Series | TBA

    June 24 | I-LYA  Travelers Series  |  TBA

    June 27  |  TBA

    July 4/5 | Area E Semi Finals  |  TBA

    July 11/12  |  Area E Champ  |   TBA

    July 17  |  I-LYA Travelers Series  |  VYC

    July 19/23  |   Jr. Bay Week

    Aug. 8 |  I-LYA Travelers Series  |  Hoover Sailing club

    Sept.  |   Go for the Gold and Lake Lemon TBA

    On water and classroom start up In Early April

  • Publicity

    Publicity January 2020

    Hi everyone!   A huge thank you to the outgoing Publicity Chair, Rick Graef, for his 3+ years working on the website, putting the Telltales together, and sharing important club information.

    I’ll be your new Master-of-Email and Website Guru.  My hope is to improve upon the website and make it more useful for everyone to use, as well as re-format how the Telltales are published so they’re easier to read.  I’ll be sending out a questionnaire looking for feedback on this process.  I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts and ideas for how the website can be used and should be tweaked.

    Also, I’d love to include more articles from general club members in the Telltales.  So if anyone wants to write a Letter to the Editor, please feel free to do so and email it to publicity@ecsail.org.  No promises on every article getting published, but I’ll do my best.

    One other neat item I’d like to bring up: the Purdue Sailing Club has become very active since the days I used to race with the team (2011-2015).  Now they’re practicing almost every Saturday and Sunday right here at ECSC.  I think that’s pretty great and will – hopefully – bring some young blood to the club.  If you see the students around, feel free to chat them up.  Maybe at some point we can include them in some social events.

    Happy 2020,

    EJ Williams, Publicity Chair

    ^Purdue Sailing Practice | October 2019

     

     

     

  • Commodore

    Commodore October 2019

    Well, here we are at the end of another great sailing season.  It has been my pleasure to serve as your Commodore this past year.  Nan Schulze will be your Commodore next year and I am confident she will do an excellent job.

    Most of the boats have been hauled and stored either on site or off site.  Winter storage is always a little tight at the club.  We try our best to take care of everyone.  If you need space, contact the Harbormaster.  The pressure washer is still on, but once we get 3 hard freeze nights in a row, we will turn off the water.

    Final Bash:

    Our last event of the year is our Final Bash on November 2, 2019.  Rather than try to cram 60+ people into Rick’s Boatyard Café, we are moving the event to a banquet hall in Carmel.  There will lots more room and parking.  I hope you can come out for some good food, good company and maybe a little dancing.

    Board Nominations and Voting

    The Final Bash is also our annual meeting where we elect 8 board members to serve for a 3-year term.  Nominations have been made and approved by the board.  Rich Fox will send out electronic ballots and instructions for voting.  You can also vote in person at the Final Bash.

    Boat Ramp & Mast Hoist Update:

    We are still waiting for approval of our plans from the City and other government organizations.  We are still planning to replace the ramp in March 2020.  We may have to move some boats around to clear workspace for the work crew.  We’ll notify boat owners prior to moving boats.

    The mast hoist ran into a problem.  The vendor decided to double the price over the initial estimate, so we put the project on hold until we find a cheaper alternative.

    Fall Work Party

    Our fall work party is on Saturday Nov 2 starting at 9:00.  Please bring your tools, shovels, rakes, leaf blowers, etc.  Meet down at the Race shed.  This is your final chance to get some valuable work credits to apply to next year’s dues.

    Stay warm,

    Geoff

  • Social

    Social October 2019

     

     

    Final Bash:

    Eagle Creek Sailing Club
    50th Anniversary Final Bash Celebration
    Saturday, November 2, 2019
    6:00 PM to 11:00 PM
    502 East Event Centre
    502 East Carmel Drive, Carmel, IN
    Wabash Ballroom
    Happy Sailing –

    Vickie Greenough

    Social Chair

    317-847-7400