Author Archives: Kenosha Yacht Club

Please show your support for the dredging proposals of The Port of Kenosha tonight at the Common Council meeting.The meeting is on the 3rd floor of the Municipal Building the Common Council meets at 7:00 PM. If you have even more time, it would hurt to get to the finance meeting at 6:00 PM.

Also, John Burhani has some interesting ideas about Kenosha Harbor. John Burhani 5 year plan for the Kenosha Harbor

Checkout our most recent monthly newsletter, the February Mainsheet. Thanks to Gary and all the articles that have been submitted.

Don’t forget about the Candidates for Mayor of Kenosha Debate on Thursday at 7pm upstairs at the Kenosha Yacht Club.  There should be plenty of interesting questions asked about the harbor and its short ad long term feasibility.

OK, I know it’s a little bit dorky, but it’s also REALLY FUN!!!!    We are going to start an RC Model Sailboat Fleet here at the KYC.     We will sail the boats in the harbor here in front of the KYC, and the goal is to try to build up to some racing.  The boat we are going to recommend is called the VICTORIA, but any RC boat will work.  Racing works best with RC boats if you have a “One Design” boat, meaning all the boats are the same.   The VICTORIA is a very popular boat for this type of sailing and racing.   It is inexpensive, fun to sail, and easy to transport ( Not as big as Zippitydoda ).   The basic boat can be purchased as a kit for about $100 and they are easy and fun to build.   There are many alterations and “go fast” tricks you can make to individualize the boats, and even several vendors who make custom sails for the little boats.  Check out our KYC fleet page for more information about what we are doing.

Melges 32 team Intac sent us a few photos of their new method for hydrating while at Key West Race Week. In an effort to reduce the amount of plastic waste on board Intac made the switch to reusable water bottles. They knew a bit of strategy was needed to avoid metal water bottles rolling around the inside of the boat, and quick refilling is important as there is little time between each race. So they purchased 8 bottles, in a different color for each team member to avoid any accidental sharing. They also purchased a water bottle caddy to hold the bottles upright. The caddy makes refilling easy for one person to do, and it holds the bottles upright while sailing. The team has found the system fairly easy to adapt and they are using gallon jugs to refill the bottles. With 8 sailors on board, sailing for 5 days, they are preventing approximately 160 disposable water bottles from entering the waste stream!

Sailors for the Sea is excited to see racing teams adapting Clean Regatta Best Practices to their daily routine, even when not at a Clean Regatta!

Read the Full Article at Sailors for the Sea

Checkout the January Mainsheet.  A little bit of something for everyone.

For all of you that are curious about depth in Kenosha Harbor. Hopefully we can get the boats out of the basin this spring.  Full depth soundings on page 3.

Please join us for a night with Buddy Melges. The mood will be casual and the drinks will be flowing.

Buddy is considered to be the greatest sailor in the sport of sailing. He is a native of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He has won the America’s Cup and is the only sailor to have won an Olympic Bronze Medal, a Gold Medal and to hold an America’s Cup title.

The session is free and open to the public.