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BVYC welcomes new members
By Bob Mullen, race director

The club membership usually holds steady with between 50 and 60 families.  So far this year there have been only two new memberships.  The club sends a cordial welcome to these new members and other members are encouraged to say hello to the Toms and Karen.

Tom McCabe

Tom was transferred from Chicago and joined the club early in the year.  He had always dreamed of sailing and finally got the opportunity after moving to Manhattan with Auth-Florence, the postal equipment manufacturer.  He has been seen frequently sailing his beautiful Precision 23 keelboat, and although he usually sails alone, we spotted him sailing on a hot Saturday with his son, Joel.  Sometimes he can be seen at the club sporting a kayak, one of his other water hobbies.  Tom recently sold his home in town and moved out to the lake neighborhood (Lakeland).  He has already contributed to the maintenance of the club by working as a mooring crew on the BVYC barge. See photo below.

Tom came to Manhattan via KSU where he played football and track . He met and married Karen while a student, graduated and then moved away. 

Both Tom and Karen are education majors who prior to their return to Manhattan worked in the Concordia School District.  Tom retired from teaching to help care for his father while Karen now works for USD 383 as the librarian at Ogden Elementary.

They recently purchased a Catalina 22 and joined the club in July.  They often can be seen sailing with their daughter and son-in-law.

Tom McCabe servicing moorings in the BVYC harbor

Tom and Karen Brosius

Tom and Karen Brosius with their newly purchased Catalina 22

Points of Sail

The points of sail refer to angles that the wind can take coming across a sailboat and going into its sails. Naturally you'd expect that there are lots of variations on this theme, and you would be correct. However, in the interest of shortened communication, sailors have broken things down into four basic points of sail over the years: running, reaching, beating (also known as "close hauled") and the infamous "in irons" or "in stays" (also known as, "Damn, we have ceased moving ...").

Thank you Bob and Jane

Each of us owes Bob and Jane Mullen a hearty thank you for all the time and effort they exerted writing the articles for this newsletter.   There wouldn't have been a  newsletter had they not written the articles.