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Yellow Creek Messabout

Published by Sherwood on September 16, 2015

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Yellow Creek Messabout

(a fall, sailing festival)

Noon, Sunday 9/27

You are invited to a fall sailing festival at Yellow Creek State Park. Come join us for sailing, socializing and food. Beginning at noon, we expect sailors from University of Pittsburgh and Gannon University to join IUP for informal racing. We’ll have social sailing on FOYC boats and SUPs (stand-up paddle boards) for Friends members. But if you’re not a member, come join the festivities and find out about our sailing lessons and growing community sailing opportunities.

The Messabout is a relaxed alternative to the formal regatta. Bring your boat, if you have one … or hitch a ride with the friendly sailors at Yellow Creek. We’ll provide hotdogs, BBQ supplies and drinks. You’re welcome to bring your own favorite food to grill and share.

Yellow Creek Messabout is co-sponsored by Friends of Yellow Creek (FOYC.org) and the IUP Sailing Club (http://iblog.iup.edu/iupsailing/).

The Yellow Creek sailing base is accessible via College Lodge Road off of Rt. 422. (Beach launching only at the sailing base; if you are bringing a trailerable boat, please launch from one of the park launch ramps on the north shore.) Email FriendsOfYellowCreek@gmail.com for more information.

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Happy end of semester

Published by Sherwood on May 7, 2015

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The sailing season this spring was shockingly short — with ice on the lake into April!  But hearty souls don’t mind getting their feet wet in the frigid water.  Have a great summer, sailors.  If you live in the area, and are certified, remember you can use the club boats.  Graduates, alumni … remember you are eligible for life to be a member of the club.  Don’t quit sailing just because you’re done taking classes!

Contact the advisor with questions about access.

 

2015 Officers

Published by Sherwood on May 7, 2015

Congratulations to 2015/16 officers:

President – Joe Cristello
VP/Secretary – Rachel Brown
Public Relations – Will Brunner
Treasurer – Philip Dorn

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Welcome Back – Feb 5, 8pm

Welcome Back – Feb 5, 8pm

Published by Sherwood on January 28, 2015

Interested students are invited to a welcome back meeting by the IUP Sailing Club, Thursday, Feb 5th at 8pm in Leonard 110.

Find out about learning to sail this spring with IUP’s club. Students can also travel to compete in collegiate regattas.  Experienced sailors and beginners are welcome

As a special treat, this meeting will begin with a presentation and video from the director of Marine Operations from the Brig Niagara.  Students will learn about opportunities to join this Tall Ship for a 3 week cruise during the summer. And there are even opportunities to earn course credit.Niagara

Club History 2011-2014

Published by Sherwood on June 22, 2014
The mission of the IUP Sailing Club is to involve the IUP community in recreational sailing; to allow beginners to master basic skills leading to US Sailing certification; and to provide experienced sailors the opportunity to develop racing tactics and compete in collegiate regattas.
The club was formed in Fall of 2011. With no boats and few experienced sailors, the club officers lead by founding president Justin Thomas embarked on a Puddle Duck Racer building project.  In August 2012, the club acquired six JY15s through the support of the IUP Student Cooperative Association and the leadership of Erin Carlson and Taylor Billman.
The club began sailing out of the south shore of Yellow Creek State Park, with certified US Sailing instructors Karl Richter (’16) and Julia Campbell (’16) providing lessons to novice IUP sailors.
The Sailing Club was recognized with an Excellence in the Classroom award at the IUP Student Leadership Banquet (March 2014) and club officer, Karl Richter, was given the IUP Chacivity Award (April 2014), recognizing Character, Civility, and Integrity.
The club has also been active in community service, sponsoring Get-Outdoors-PA outreach sessions with the park to introduce the public to sailing.
In 2012 and 2013, the club hosted Pitt Sailing at Yellow Creek for informal races at Septemberfest. Partnering with the non-profit, Friends of Yellow Creek, and the state park, the club is preparing to reopen the Yellow Creek Sailing Base on the north shore of the park.
The Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association accepted IUP Sailing as an Associate member, and the club became eligible for formal competition. In May 2014, sailors Richter and Joe Cristello represented IUP for the first time ever in a sanctioned ISCA race at Annapolis, MD.
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