Commodore’s CommentsThere have been a whirlwind of regattas at Beulah in the last few weeks. LBYC started the regatta season with X Quads. This past weekend we LBYC hosted the ILYA C Invitational and Opti No Tears on Monday. All I can say is what great winds we had for each event. For C

Invite the wind was not in the best direction for Beulah, but they were a steady 11-13 all day. It gave the off lake sailors a different look of Beulah and It sure made the racing exciting in the tight course window. The starting area was between Dick Wise and Tim Lange’s homes and windward marks were off Jesuit Island. Sunday the first race was in the same area. To spice it up, the second race was in the channel, from the Camp Edwards to Golden Beach. What made the race even more interesting was some sailors chose to sail between Buck Island and the shore. There were a number of boats picking this route, both upwind and downwind. I’ve always heard about “someone” taking this route, but have never seen it. I have pictures to prove it. It was a great regatta, fabulous club volunteers, and outstanding food. The Saturday night cooks included our own chef Robert Klement and 2 volunteers who came from Cedar Lake Yacht Club in Indiana just to cook. What a memorable event. Will Haeger & Brad Roble B1 took first, Brian & Kevin Brickler B18 were 2nd, and Kent Haeger & Mike Greeson were 3rd. Go Beulah !!

On Monday the winds for the Opti No Tears Regatta were perfect. There were smiles all around. There can be no better thank you to all the volunteers who helped than to see such happy faces on the sailors in their first regatta. Hailey Greeson won in the Junior Fleet. Christian Connor took 5th in the Senior Fleet. Beulah is looking good.

I hope you read the email from the club sent from the launch crew at the WYA X Regatta from Cedar. They emailed the club email thanking Christian Connor for bringing food out to the 5 Cedar volunteers working in the launch area who couldn’t get lunch because they were busy retrieving boats. Way to go Christian!! That is called sportsmanship.

This week there is the ILYA X Championship, followed by ILYA Opti Championships on Pewaukee. Next week is Opti Pram Power on North Lake and the WYA C Championship on Okauchee on the weekend.

I have to say a big thank you to Candace for her dedication and hard work on shore and on the RC for these regattas. I would like to quote an email Candace sent out this week thanking the volunteers, “Working beside members is the best benefit we have as members. I can’t think of anywhere else I would rather be.” That really sums it up. From the smiling faces on the first time sailors who come to Beulah, to the smiling faces of returning sailors. Beulah is a happy place and sailors want to come back, because of the volunteers who make it special.

See you on the water - Steve Barth

JULY 27, 2018 VOL. 6MAIN SHEET

Get Ready for the Party of the Year at the Commodore’s Ball, August 25th at LBYC! Honor Steve & Kathy Barth in Beulah Fashion!

Reservations required by August 13th to Jeff Lippert.

From the Sailing CommodoreHi folks – hard to believe but we’re moving toward the home stretch of the summer and the 2018 campaign. And, so, the X boats are off to Inlands this week, it’s close by up on Pewaukee if you’re inclined to go visit and take in some of the spectacle! Of course, if you’ve seen the needlepoint in the YC bar, and agree with the late, great Mr. Bach, you’ll go only if you have to. After that we’re into the home stretch and the C fleet is off to WYA and the C’s and MC’s head to Minnetonka for Inlands.

By the time you read this the regatta gauntlet here on Beulah will have been run. A huge thank you to everyone that helped out in any way with the various events over the last few weeks, from the optis to the X and C fleets. Beulah definitely brought it strong, and everyone’s efforts are greatly appreciated! Candace did a terrific job with the overview in the email on Monday, so I won’t belabor it here. Rather, I’ll just say: thank you!

At right is a picture of the sun setting over the club after No Tears, seems Ma Nature was impressed too, and sent along a smile.

Looking at the score sheet, lots of fun sailing results as Will the Thrill and Bad Brad took the C Invite title, besting Bricklers and the

other Haeger boat, and a 36 boat fleet. Annie Cate and Anneliese are having a great season in the X boat and had another strong showing at WYA, while the 99 and 28 and 11 teams have also had some great results.

REMINDERS:

o SEND PHOTOS to LBYCyearbook@gmail.com

o Get traveling trophies engraved and cleaned

Finally, if you haven’t seen it yet, check out www.lbyc.us, for the text of a note that came from Brad Egan of Cedar Lake after the X WYA. If that’s not what it’s all about, if that’s not the absolute best of Beulah, I don’t know what is. My hat it tipped to young Christian Connor.

Do some #FairSailing, and do it fast – see you out there

- Joe

Date Class Time PRO Chase Signal Team

Sat. 7/28 MC Upper Lake 11:00 & TBA Bridgette Bonifield Jason Bonifield Lisa Whittet Barb Atkinson

Sun. 7/29 C 10:30 Hardy Will Rob Hudson Keith Beren Candace Porter

MC B/B 1:30 David Porter Riley Schmidt Erin Sullivan Carol Stein

Wed. 8/1 C & MC 5:00/6:05/6:15 Candace Porter John Becker

Sat. 8/4 MC & X 10:30 Ron Klement Dave Berg Mark Kiernan Linda Haeger

OC 5:00 Vicki Clayton

Sun. 8/5 MC & X B/B 10:30 Matt Haeger Vicki Bohl Karl Zettlemoyer Mitzy Dorn

OC 5:00 Kevin Brickler

Wed. 8/8 C & MC 5:00/6:05/6:15 Joe Skotarzak Charles KaskaPRO

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Race Committee Assignments are subject to change. Please be sure to refer to lbyc.us if there is ever a question on your race committee assignments or duties. The website is the most accurate place to find information on RC Duties.

Future Opti Sailors! Fred Skotarzak & Nick Byrnes on the water in front of the Club on the day of the Inland Opti No Tears East Regatta.

Socially SpeakingA lot of activity the last two weeks….the C-invitational was held July 21st and 22nd; our Will Haeger and Brad Roble were the 1st place winners followed by Brian and Kevin Brickler, #2 and Kent Haeger and Mike Greeson, #3. Awesome! Congratulations gentlemen! On Monday, LBYC held another Regatta, ILYA Opti No Tears. In the Junior and Senior fleets there was 62 little Optis in all and Lake Beulah’s Hailey Greeson won in the Junior Fleet. Congratulations Hailey!! A special thanks to all the chairpersons and volunteers that made both regattas fantastic!

The MC fleet party was held on Sunday August 22nd at Carol and Don Stein’s house. It couldn’t have been a more beautiful evening, everything was perfect! Thank you to Carol and Don for hosting and to the committee; Susan and Ron Clayton, Kathy and Hardy Will, Vicki Clayton, Jeff Hudson, and Charles and Jennifer Kaska. Great party!! Upcoming events are; the Float Boat Tour on August 2nd, Dennis and Judy Smalley’s August 8th cookout, and Sidestays general meeting on Tuesday August 14th at 5:30pm.

Please don’t forget to sign up for the Commodore’s Ball. The reservation deadline is August 13th. Please come and honor our commodore and his wonderful lovely wife Kathy.

Cheers, Chrissy

QUICK SIPS By Peg SanFelippo

Chardonnay lovers! Here’s your chance to try an iconic Chardonnay from Napa Valley. We will be offering Stap’s Leap Chardonnay by the glass for $8 for the next two weeks.

We still have some seats available for the Italian wine tasting on August 6th from 6:30-7:30. Melanie Denhart, owner of the Global Glass, East Troy, will taste and walk us through terrific wine from various regions throughout the country. The tasting is complementary, however we need to have an accurate headcount by August 1st to make sure we have enough wine for everyone. Please call or email if you can join us.

414-807-4449 or pegsanfelippo@gmail.com

Happy One Year Anniversary to our Tim Lange & Julie Heuer-Brandt!

CALLING ALL LONG DISTANCE SWIMMERS! The Beulah Mile returns this year on Long Lake on Sunday July 29.

Meet at 6:15 am at Doggy Beach on the shoreline near Divine Word. If you are coming from the Main Lake, go completely through the narrows by boat, loop around to your left and you will see the safety boats and kayaks. 6:30 am sharp start for this friendly non-competitive swim toward the Kiernan/Bellew home with easily visible flagpole and colored marker. Breakfast to follow on the deck after the team finish.

Contact Brian at 773-580-7995 or bfbclubs@gmail.com to RSVP if interested to swim or act as safety.

Meet Prospective MembersThe Weiler family purchased the Bechina property on Windy Way last year and are already getting their water loving offspring involved in Learn to Sail this summer. Pictured are Claire and JB, along with children Adelaide (7), Georges (5) and Daphne (2).

They presently hail from Lake Bluff, Illinois, intending to spend extended periods of time at the lake. JB is from France originally, so they do manage to travel overseas to see their extended family as much as possible. Indeed, a busy family that is anxious to meet other Beulah folks.. Welcome.

Greg Thomas oversee’s installation of the two Maple Trees along the South Property Line.

C INVITE RECAP By: Joe Skotarzak

The C Invite was definitely a good time had by all type of event! I won’t re-thank everyone here, since Candace did such a lovely job doing so via email earlier this week.

It all began Friday evening with a few off-lake boats showing up for early registration, along with some of the Beulah regulars. Youth was served later in the evening as the clock struck 10 and quite suddenly the YC was full!

Saturday morning dawned breezy, with a bit of an odd direction. The YC was kind enough to set up the starting line right off Padua Point so the 25 and 217 programs didn’t have far to go. So, yes, it was a bit of an unusual direction, as we raced from there up to about Katcha’s on Jesuit Island. Short track racing as the 36 boat fleet took a lot of laps around WA5 and WA6 courses. Two good races in the morning, and we broke for a typically awesome lunch. After lunch one more race and the breeze had built so more people put on thirds, and the course shifted slightly so now the windward marks were right in front of the Mill Lake channel. We took Lindey for her maiden C scow cruise and she did an outstanding job, and I’ll confirm that our capsize was 100% my fault; further, rumors that we put the mast in the drink on purpose so as to give her the full experience are at best unconfirmed! She was heard to say on the sail home that she’s relieved to have learned first-hand that tipping is nothing to be afraid of – as they say, that’s not nothin’. Lots of people tipped and had other challenges through the three races, but the Beulah show was on as

both Haeger boats and Team Hung Over were bringin’ it strong atop the standings.

Sunday was a little less breezy and a little more rainy. Will was, to use his own words, “a little tired,” and yet still threw a bullet at the fleet in the first race, which gave them a pretty good cushion going into the last one. The RC moved us down to the corner by the Long Lake channel to start, which seemed to make Will more tired, as he and crew were a little slow out of the blocks in the final race. They rallied nicely and caught enough boats that the overall title was theirs pretty comfortably.

Two bullets and an overall title for B-1, with B-18 and B-12 following behind them.

Well done, Beulah, well done.

Rick & Lindey Neudorff participated in their first C-Scow Regatta at the C Inland Invite! Lindey is pictured here with Anne Muller & Joe Skotarzak!

Congratulations to B-1 on winning the C Inland Invite. Left to right, Will Haeger, Brad Roble & Rachel Beers.

August 15th cookout Marinated & grilled boneless chicken sandwiches

from Hometown Sausage KitchenFresh cabbage salad & Corn on the cobDesserts by Joelle, Marie and Anneliese

House & Grounds Report by: Greg Thomas

Exit Signs: Fleming’s Fire 1 replaced the exit signs in the ves-tibule/ foyer and the kitchen on Friday, July 20. These are low voltage fixtures that have a small transformer within the housing that converts the standard line voltage into the lower voltage that the exit uses.

These transformers had burned out requiring the exit light replacements. This work was required because of an annual inspection by the Town of East Troy building department.

Tree Planting: Two Autumn Blaze Maples were planted along the South Property line by Trees on the Move on July 9, 2018. The tree along the ROW of East Shore Road was donated in memory of Carol’s mother, Betty Gehrmann. It was located along the South property line in the front parking lot island. The trees are a fast growing, hardy, disease resistant maple hybrid noted for its brilliant red fall color. It also provides a silver green leaf during the summer providing unique appearance year round. A duplicate tree was planted in the opposite parking lot planting island along the South property with the Klement’s sharing the costs with LBYC.

Please honor these plantings by not parking on or along the South Property in the East Shore Road Right of Way in front of the tree.

Wake Restriction Ordinance: The Town of East Troy Board elected to take No Action on the proposed ordinance to restrict wake enhancement on Mill Lake at the Board’s July 16 meeting at the Town of East Troy, Town Hall. Chairman Klarkowski praised the decorum of public dialog and considered the public discussion to be a positive educational experience for both the boat operators and the riparian owners along Mill Lake.

The Town of East Troy originally responded to complaints of riparian owners around Mill Lake to the action of enhanced wake boats which caused documented property damage and dangerous wave action conditions along the shore to both wildlife and personal safety.

The Town of East Troy did vote on installing additional No Wake Buoys along the shoreline of Lake Beulah. The placement of the buoys will be controlled by the Lake Beulah Management District who will place the additional buoys 200 feet from shore. This complies with a Town of East Troy existing ordinance that there shall be a Slow NO Wake zone 200 feet from the shoreline. The cost of the additional buoys will be shared by the Town of East Troy, The Lake Beulah Protection and Improvement Association and the Lake Beulah Management District.

The Town of East Troy Water Patrol will enforce the 200 feet from shore No Wake Zone as well as boats producing dangerous wake in the center of the Lake.

So the Take from the Discussion Ordinance is:

More Boater Education More Enforcement More Buoys

By their No action, the Town Board left open the option to reconsider the ordinance next year is this year’s options prove to be not enough action. The process of Public Open Hearings would begin again from the start next Spring.

Property now containing Lindey’s W1340 Beach Road, Parcel No. PET 900001D, 1341 Beach Road LLC, Owner

The Town of East Troy Board also acted on the proposal that would redevelop the current property where Lindey’s is located into a proposed 27 unit Senior Retirement apartments which is a conditional use of the currently zoned B-3, waterfront business district in Walworth County Zoning ordinance and 2035 Comprehensive Plan of the Town of East Troy. The Town Board sent back the proposal back to the Town of East Troy Planning Commission for additional public input.

The proposed development is to be re-reviewed by the Planning Commission on August 1, 2018 which allow the public to comment on the development. The current redevelopment solution has a number of problems that need to be addressed with the Walworth County, Department of Land Use, Zoning Administrator. The Town of East Troy Board considered that without input from Walworth County it may be futile to rule on the development.

Some of these problems are the following items:

1. The existing land area in the parcel excluding the land vacated in the right of way of First Avenue is 129,952.2 square feet. Minimum lot area per principal use on this lot in a B-3 Zoning District is 40,000sf which means the lot can support 3.2488 dwelling units. The proposed 27 dwelling unit Retirement Home is 8.31 times the acceptable density of the current zoning district.

This density is too great and a variance, at the least, is required.

2. The lot also contains multiple zoning districts. A B-3 Waterfront Business District and an R-1 Single Family Homes. The proposed Retirement Home is not a conditional use in an R-1 District and since this parcel is included in the development a re-zoning of the R-1 District would be required to comply fully with the Walworth County Zoning Ordinance.

3. The amount of impervious surfaces exceed the maximum area per the presentation by Warren Hanson on June 6, 2018. Remediation needs to be presented to the Walworth County Zoning Administrator and increases granted so the project can advance. This issue will affect the storm water run-off into the Lake from the development.

4. A 20,000 gallon holding tank for waste water would need to be pumped on at least a weekly basis. Bridges over Trout Pond channel and the Beach Road over the trolley tracks have permanent or seasonal weight restrictions, which would limit truck access. The storm water run-off and waste water treatments or holdings would need final approval of Walworth County.

• Hot Dogs

• Homemade Mac & Cheese

• Salad

• Ice Cream Cake for dessert

AUG. 8th COOKOUT

125th Anniversary Event – June 30, 2018Oh, what a night! Even though the temperature was soaring, our 125th Anniversary celebration was a success! It was wonderful to see the club packed… so many hugs, exclamations of joy, and the making of new memories. Over 190 were in attendance and we welcomed back former members Jim & Marcia Faltinek; The Grau Family; Keith, John & Bill Knopf and Dave & Barb Smith.

The success of this party was due to the work of many LBYC members.

THANK YOU to the 125th Anniversary Committee, who first met November 19, 2016 to begin prepara-tions for this wonderful gala. Committee members: Al Haeger, Chairman; Mary Schmitendorf, Secretary; Bill Hudson, Steve Schmitendorf, Carol Stein and Don Stein.

THANK YOU to the 125th Dinner Committee, Molly, Chairman & Martin Barr, Marie & Tim LeRoy and Nancy & Randy Schmidt.

THANK YOU to the 125th Program Presenter, Rob Clayton.

THANK YOU to Kent Haeger, Charles Kaska, Robert Klement, Glenn McMurray and Ralph Hibbing, a friend of Don Stein’s for sharing their antique boats and cars.

THANK YOU to Mark Kiernan for donating the 125th Anniversary banners.

THANK YOU to Rob Hudson de Tarnowsky for creating the photo collage for the bar television.

THANK YOU to Joelle Hudson de Tarnowsky for the delightful artist display.

THANK YOU to Bridgette Bonifield for designing the 125th logo.

AND a BIG THANK YOU to Carol Stein, Editor of the 125th Anniversary Book and Bridgette Bonifield, Designer, along with t37 members and friends of the Lake Beulah Yacht Club who wrote articles, researched and compiled information in order to produce a first-rate book. Contributors were Ann Alger, Dan Bach, Steve Barth, John Becker, Dave Bitter, Brian Brickler, Vicki Bohl, Camp Beber, Camp Charles Allis, Camp Edwards, Dave Davenport, Frank Davenport, Mitzy Dorn, Roy Gerloff, Al Haeger, Julie Haeger, Milt Haeger, Haeger Family, Maryellen Heckman, Bill Hudson, Jeff Hudson de Tarnowsky, Charles Kaska, Katcha Family, Betsy Norris Kutchen-reuter, George Kutchenreuter, Joe Kutchenreuter, Andrea Lee, Glenn McMurray, Dale Roble, Nancy Roble, Steve Schmitendorf, Dave Skotarzak, Joe Skotarzak, Carol Stein, Don Stein, Eric Stein and David Ward. Please forgive me if I left off a name, it was not intentional.

WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, books may be purchased at the Shoppe or online at www.lbyc.us. Books ordered online may be picked up at the Shoppe or mailed for a fee.

Mary SchmitendorfSecretary, 125th Anniversary Committee

A Fish StoryThe wind did more than make the C sailors happy.... Jason Bonifeld is pictured here with his latest monster catch!

Congratulations Jason!

Sidestays’ CornerFloat Tour August 2Did you secure tickets for the August 2, 2018 Float Boat Tour? I hope so, since reservations are closed. This promises to be an exceptional tour, please relax and experience five outstanding homes on our “Beulahful” lake and please say a prayer for good weather!

A reminder for Boat Drivers: if you know who is coming on your boat, please ask your passengers to board at your pier or offer to pick-up along the way to avoid an overcrowded yacht club parking lot. Then come to the yacht club to get any extra pontoon spaces filled and let your guests sign in.

Two more float tour house profiles! See you August 2nd!!

Lance and Kim Rosenmayer are new to Lake Beulah, and after acquiring this home, have spent about a year and a half remodeling. Working from an excellent initial design with many compelling features such as outdoor terraces off each bedroom, the Rosenmayers have completely rehabbed the house. Noticeable features include an expanded rear deck with hot tub disguised as a fountain, eleven living levels in the house, new tile work throughout, and a wine cellar and humidor. Art and tile from California are featured in the Spanish style home.

Anne Humphrey’s paternal grandfather arrived at Lake Beulah in 1906, and her extended family has been members of Camp Charles Allis since. Ann¬e’s parents were delighted to find this cottage on Country Club Lane for sale in the early 90’s, because it was her mother’s childhood favorite. They executed a total rehab of the house after buying, and a total landscape rebuild has been completed this year. The house features artwork and from family members and a heavy sense of lake history, as well as lots of sailing photos of the family.

Caught wearing their 125th shirts at the July 11 cookout! Looking good, Don Stein and Vicki Bohl!

Didn’t get your t-shirt yet? Or need more? The shoppe has started a Late Summer Special! Get a ticket for a free domestic beer when you buy your 125th anniversary shirt during the next several weeks.

- Anne Humphrey

Sidestays’ Golf Outing August 10Everyone is invited to the Sidestays Golf Outing on August 10th at Alpine Valley.

Reservation deadline is Monday August 6th; to reserve a spot, call Kandy Theisen at 262-271-5852.

Dinner following the 9 hole scramble

4:00 pm shotgun start Arrive by 3:30

All inclusive price for golf & dinner $45

Golf only $25 Dinner only $20

Lake Beulah Yacht ClubP.O. Box 833N9220 East Shore DriveEast Troy, WI 53120

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