Georgian Yacht Club, Owen Sound, Ontario Canada
GYC and the wonderful oasis that is White Cloud Island over the years. As the weather turns, think happy thoughts. This is my happy place! Some photos taken from members’ posts over the years, some from my own personal stash.
Sarah Fenton
| All Members welcome – It’s time to show off your fishing skills….On September 15 and 16, 2023. The derby entry fee is $15.00 a person this includes meal or $15 per person for meal. Please bring either a salad or dessert for the fish fry. You can start fishing as early as you would like to on Friday but the official weigh in starts on Friday at 8:30 pm and on Saturday at 11:00 am at the gas dock. All fish must be weighed by noon on Saturday. All fish entered will be donated for the Fish Fry starting at 5pm on Saturday. There will be a trophy for the largest fish. There will be another prize for most pounds per pole. Please confirm or pay Scott Wilson by September 14, 2023. Any questions please call Scott Wilson cell 519-375-4470 or email scottewilson75@gmail.com |
I see members repeatedly searching the fleet list by dock. The search field was designed to only take a boat name or partial boat name. (The prompt was added to make that clear.) But it seems there must be a need, so I spent an hour or two implementing search by dock.
You will see a new drop down to specify BOAT NAME or DOCK.
You can enter just ‘R’ to see all the boats in that basin. Or the exact dock number. Remember that on the database docks numbered 0 through 9 have a leading zero. That’s so they sort correctly.
e.g. Y2 will find all the docks Y20-Y29. Y02 will find only that one dock.
You can also use the Dock Mapping Tool to find a boat and member if you know the boat’s location in the basin.
See under the Directory for Board members or under Full Members contacts.
Thankyou,
Becky Middlebrook
We got the final inspection from Owen Sound on the South Washroom and insurance has been OK’d. We can start to use the washrooms.
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JOIN IN THE FUN!
Starting the Afternoon of July 26 at the west Pavilion of the Little Current Town Dock. Join in the potluck supper and celebrate GYC 2023 in the North Channel!
This event has unfortunately been cancelled due to the predicted bad weather on Saturday.On Saturday July 15 a few of our members will be taking 8-10 medical residents for a sail to showcase our beautiful area.
This is an opportunity for GYC to support healthcare in Grey Bruce and the purpose is to attract new physicians to our area. We have a few members who do not have a family physician and I know are in full support of this initiative.The sailors plan to return to the club at around 16:30 and will be entertaining their guests in the picnic shelter. So this is a heads up that the shelter and the BBQs will be in use at this time.
| This THURSDAY, June 8. |
ROADWAYS CLOSED around ALL BASINS to all vehicles from 3 PM to 8 PM for water spraying and grading. Upper vehicle gate and upper parking available ONLY. Pedestrian access throughout. Thank you for your consideration of this necessary maintenance. A volunteer is required to be present during this time to facilitate gate emergency access. Please reach out to volunteer. |
Thank you for your co-operation. |
| Your GYC Board of Directors |
The Member search in the directory pages was only designed to find members by member name. It was not completely dumb: if you searched for “John” it would find Elton John, John Lennon or Boris Johnson.
But we saw members searching for members by boat name. Presumably they knew a boat name but not who owned her.
The logic will now search for either.
We also saw a member desperately searching for a boat by its dock. To implement this would be a bit more work. Is it something you need? Remember, if you know approximately where a dock is in the basins, you can use the dock mapping tool. Hover over the dock, left click. See here.
Three vessels made the trip to White Cloud Island on Sunday June 4th. Big thanks to the members that helped out. Harry and Irene Hartrick, Dave and Cathy Sykes, Ed Griffith, Brad Findlay and new committee member Scott Caple.
The crew performed tasks like cleaning picnic tables, delivering firewood, installing signage, and collecting legacy trash.
Taking on cargo and tools at the GYC.
Scott Caple resisting the urge to convert to power boating.
Captain Ed minding the tow.
Captain Ed chucking wood.
Cedar Bank, Sykes, and Dr’s Orders on the dock for spring clean up. Note the brand new dock tops courtesy of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Cathy Sykes collecting some floating debris on the trip home.
