Annual Spring Meeting, Saturday, March 22, 2025

Save the date! LPOYC's annual Spring Meeting will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at 12 noon. The location will be in the upstairs room above the store at MacDonald's Resort. All members and interested sailors are invited. Among the topics to be discussed:

• Off-season analysis and proposed changes to the rating systems for the Red and White Fleets.

• Distribution of the proposed 2025 Race Schedule.

• Discussion and scheduling of 3 long distance races this summer.

• Discussion and scheduling of cruise events.

• Payment of 2025 membership dues will be accepted. Or visit the MEMBERSHIP page to use PayPal.

• Other input from members pertaining to the upcoming 2025 season.

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Awards Banquet and Election of 2025 Officers, October 19, 2024

During a delicious awards banquet at the Taverna Trattoria restaurant in Bayview, we presented 2024 perpetual trophies and elected officers for 2025. In all respects, the reports for membership, new boats, race attendance and revenues were up. We look forward to an even better year in 2025.

Perpetual Awards

Challenge Cup, Red Fleet - "Kestrel"

Challenge Cup, White Fleet - "Journey"

Commodores Cup, Red Fleet - "Spirit"

Commodores Cup, White Fleet - "Show Faith"

Looking Good Trophy - Mike Finch

​2025 Officers and Board Members

Commodore - Steve Straughen

Vice Commodore - Jon Totten

Race Commodore - Paul Franz

Cruise Commodore - Mike Finch

Treasurer - Jimmy Candelaria

Secretary - Guy Doran

Member At Large - Jacob Sheetz

 

Pearl Island Race, October 12, 2024

The results are in! 9 boats started the race and 5 finished. We had a wide range of conditions, ranging from 0-18 knots and coming from every point on the compass. Pretty much standard Lake Pend Oreille racing. After more than 18 hours on the water we had 4 boats finish within an hour and a half of each other. For some boats the finish occurred at 1:30 AM with a 180° wind shift in the pitch black just outside of the no wake markers. Thank you to Gary and MacDonald’s Resort for sponsoring the race. Here are the results:

1. "Show Faith" (both line honors and corrected time)

2. "Moon Star"

3. "Foot Short"

4. "Rival"

5. "Fuller House"

DNF - Kestrel, Silkye, Mr. Pringle, Kittiwake

We plan to do other long distance races next year, so dust off your coolers, get out the cockpit cushions and pack your duffle bags!