Greetings and Happy New Year!

The 2020 membership form is now available for download.  Links are available under the membership tab or you may simply click on the button below.

Wishing you all the best in 2020!

The LOSC is very pleased to announce a Christmas Boat Parade on December 24th departing at 6PM in front of the clubhouse.

Participating captains will need to prepare their boats prior to departure.  Captains and anyone else willing to help out (ie. string lights) should contact Pierre Forand as he would like to get started on the preparations as soon as possible.

The Parade is open to anyone (including power boats).  The route will go around the lower end of the upper basin of Lake Osoyoos.  Please spread the word.

Please join us for our annual general meeting to be held at the club house on Saturday, December 7, 2019.
The meeting will begin at 4:30PM,  but we invite members to stop by at 4PM for wine and cheese.

The treasurer's report has been emailed to members, along with last year's AGM meeting minutes.

The proposed agenda is as follows:

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of / Amendment to Agenda
3. Adoption of Previous AGM Meeting Minutes
4. Old Business (from previous AGM minutes)
5. Treasurer's Report
6. Commodore's Report
7. Budget for 2020
8. Election of Executive Committee Members
   
9. New Business
10. Next Executive Meeting
11. Adjournment

The major agenda item, outside of the budget, will be the election of the Executive Committee. 

We encourage all members to attend as this is a lovely way to catch up before the Christmas holidays.

Congratulations to Don Snell for winning the 2019 North American Sea Spray Championships!  Congratulations also go to Richard Braul for second place and Rupert Holmes-Smith for third place finishes.  There were 11 Sea Sprays competing, but unfortunately no American competitors were present.

Also competing in the Invitational Fall Regatta were Matt and Robin Koenig with their Hobie.  They seemed to have a good time, despite the lack of competitors in their field.

The races, hosted by the Lake Osoyoos Sailing Club, had good winds on Saturday and Sunday which allowed for 10 races overall.  Friday was a sit-on-the-beach-day with only one race.  John Cormack officiated as race officer. 

It should be noted that Chris Scheuren, a non-competitor, won the Turkey Award for attempting a long distance trip with a motor boat without a very necessary gas tank.  Outboard motors can run without a gas tank, albeit for only five minutes.  Good thing there were oars in the boat! 

The LOSC would like to acknowledge the dedicated work of the clean-up crew, the shore crew, the on-water safety crew and the racing committee crew.  Another huge thank-you goes to the crew who prepared, served and clean-up after each meal.  Mealtimes were efficient due to their well-coordinated efforts.  Thank you to Anne-Marie Brousseau and Sandra Robinson for taking charge of this task.  Also, thank you to John Cowan for acting as Regatta Chairman.
 
In short, heart-felt thank-yous go to all of the LOSC volunteers who made the regatta a huge success.  We could not host an event like this without you!

The regatta is less than a week away and a few more volunteers to do some general clean-up at the end of each regatta day would be appreciated.  This would not require a huge time commitment - perhaps an hour and a half each evening.

Also we are looking for members to bake and donate muffins, cookies and squares.  (Any extra garden produce would also be welcomed - specifically, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, onions, lettuce, nectarines, apples, and peaches.)

Please contact Sandy Robinson at 250-565-8883.