Despite yesterday’s predicted high temperatures, almost 30 AYC members and ASU Sailing Club students arrived early in the morning at Tempe Town Lake to help clean the ASF boats and prepare them for upcoming ASF classes and our Adopt a Boat program. Thanks to organizer Cindy Pillote, there were plenty of cool drinks and a delectable assortment of Danish pastries and other snacks to keep us all going.
I witnessed a fine example of self-organizing teams as sailors inflated tires and pulled Lasers off to one side of the yard for assessing, washing, and repairing. Jon Krahulik, Marco Rosero, ASU sailors, Michael Maloney and Kim Stuart, and others all helped over in Laser land.
Some of our old salts – Dave Newland, Joe Motil, Martin Lorch, Paul Miachika, and Emory Heisler were part of the “all hands on deck” morning. They added their expertise by helping identify and oversee a few needed boat repairs.
Matt Trobaugh, Kevin Scroggins, the ASU gang, Cindy, and Andrew Newingham & Robin Stewart pushed, pulled, and towed the C14.2’s over to the second hose station for their bi-annual bath. With heads down, it was a challenge at times, to see who was behind all of the spraying and scrubbing of boats and covers.
The Zornik family hit the storage trailer and made parts and supplies easily available for others. It’s all put back and nicely organized.
Even the boat lot received a makeover. Ron Simzyk and Igor and Elle Wojewoda devised a way to remove several inches of debris from under the boats -an exfoliation of sorts, complete with a power wash.
Seeing so many new members involved and pitching in was especially rewarding, and I apologize if I missed recognizing anyone in this posting. The turnout was a prime example of AYC’ers supporting each other and our club. It was mighty impressive – kudos to all!
Photos from the day, Deb Heisler – click to enlarge.
