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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Commodore’s Comments

By stephen | Published: November 22, 2010

from Henry Piersig. The festivities of the Commodores Banquet are a wonderful memory. Vicki and I are thrilled that so many of you could join us for the evening. The Dining room looked absolutely warm and inviting. This was the team work of Lysetty and Linda Morley, as this has been on so many occasions. The [...]

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John (Mimis) Joannou 1928 – 2010

By stephen | Published: November 22, 2010

John was born in Cyprus (Paphos) where he obtained his primary and secondary education. Following this, he pursued studies in Electrical Engineering in Birmingham, England. There, he earned his BSc degree. He met his wife Elfreida in the UK, then in 1952 emigrated to Canada. They had two boys, Paul and Johnny. He worked with [...]

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2011 IRC North American Championship at RCYC

By stephen | Published: November 22, 2010

The executive of the International IRC Owners Association – Lake Ontario Fleet is proud to announce that the 2011 IRC North American Championship will take place August 12-14, 2011 at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Toronto. In early October, members of the IRC Lake Ontario Fleet executive, representatives from the Royal Canadian Yacht Club [...]

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Docks update

By stephen | Published: November 22, 2010

from Don Williams, don_williams@rogers.com Thanks, in part, to the Dock Committee, the docks are nearly winterized and put away for the winter. Thanks to all those members of the illustrious Dock Committee that helped out here! We have some positive plans in place for next season with some new safety stations and some needed repairs, [...]

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NYC Photo Club meeting December 16th

By stephen | Published: November 22, 2010

from Don Williams The NYC Photo Club meets once per month at the NYC – usually Wednesday evening mid-month. We take the time to display each person’s photos via computer, projector and screen and chat about each photo – where it was taken, how it was done, what camera, the lighting, whatever. We also chat [...]

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Introducing the NYC dining room Just Ask policy

By stephen | Published: November 18, 2010

from the NYC Food and Beverage committee Thanks to all of you who responded to my email as to what we could do to see more of you in our dining room. There were some great suggestions which we are working on implementing. What we did learn is that some of you have special requirements [...]

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