Text Box: Konza Sailor Official Newsletter of the Blue Valley Yacht Club Founded 1963 Post Office Box 961, Manhattan, Kansas 66505 http://www.bluevalleyyachtclub.org/

Text Box: Volume 2006, Issue 2                                         Konza Sailor                                                           March 2006

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Text Box: CONROW COACHES YOUTH RACING TEAM

Text Box: Ken Conrow teaching the BVYC Youth Racing Team about boat speed (Photo by Chris Ross)

Text Box: The Blue Valley Yacht Club’s youth racing team has been busy getting ready for the Sunflower State Games Regatta this July.  They have had two ground schools lead by successful BVYC racer Ken Conrow.  The first session was devoted to a general description of racing and the race course.  The second session concentrated on boat speed.  Another  club racer, Franz Samelson, helped Ken explain the secrets of keeping a boat moving fast during this session.  The third and final ground school will be April 18 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s Church, 6th and Poyntz Ave.  This session will reveal many of Ken’s secrets for getting those good starts he is known for.  All members of the yacht club are welcome to attend.  The Sea Scout leaders who attended the first two sessions agreed that they had learned a lot from Ken and Franz.  After the April ground school the youth will start twice a month on the water sessions to hone their skills before racing in the Sunflower Games and a junior event of the Central States Sailing Association.  

Text Box: In order to give the young racers a better chance for success Sea Scout Ship 5074 has spent over a thousand dollars for two new sets of FJ sails from Schurr Sails in Pensacola, FL and on having Wolfe Sails in Topeka assemble a Laser sail kit from Sailrite that was donated to them by BVYC member Teresa Yeary.  The money for these competitive sails was raised mostly by the youth themselves by parking cars at the Medical Center during a KSU football game.  This year they did particularly well as the game they parked cars at was Coach Bill Snyder’s last game.  The Sea Scouts are also using the money generously donated by BVYC members through their membership applications.  Over seventy percent of the BVYC membership showed their support for youth sailing contributing nearly $200.00.  Special thanks go to Randy & Valerie Zelenka and Chris Ross and Diane Barker as the two largest contributors.

Text Box: SPRING BANQUET BUSTED FOR NOW  

Text Box: Due to the lack of a Social Director the rest of the board members have been acting as a committee trying to plan the Spring Banquet by e-mail with lots of e-mails and little success.  The Spring Banquet has now been postponed to a future date.  Look for an e-mail soon with an invitation to great event.

Text Box: WORK DAY ON FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  

Text Box: Bring your lawn tools, work gloves and willingness to help.  See related Vice Commodore’s Report on page 4