Archiving Commodore Tiff's History of the PYC (from the 2023-2025 version of the website)
It began with an inner tube and a peach basket... Back in 1959 Piseco sailors Don Wilcock, George Ramage and George Brownlow noticed each other skippering over the lake in their sailing Comets and Rebels, and as anybody could have predicted, a race broke out. Temporary buoys, cobbled together from inner tubes and peach baskets, hit the water in 1960 and on July 1, 1961, the Piseco Yacht Club was born. It’s been running races every year since, with an ever-evolving cast of boa
Archiving Commodore Tiff's Welcome Letter from 2023 version of the PYC website
Welcome Sailors! My name is Tiff Ford and I am the 2023-2024 Commodore of the Piseco Yacht Club. The title of commodore sounds impressive, but it’s a small club. The Piseco Yacht Club is a fun, relaxed sailing club that started in 1961. We have different levels of sailing skills, but we share a love for Piseco Lake, sailing and camaraderie. While Sunfish and Flying Scots are the most common sailboats in the club, our handicap scoring system allows any sailboat to participate
Tom Tys (Surprise) and John Fisher Win Windy Senior Regatta
The wind was good, and so were the team of Tom Tys and his nimble crewman, John Fisher, taking the 2020 Senior Regatta overall trophy...
Light Wind, Heavy Action as Chips Arend, Frank Sczerzenie Take Aug 1 VCR Wins.
The August 1 VCRs were the races that almost didn’t happen, then kinda started to happen, then finally supplied some the strangest, most...
Sunfish Bowl, Part 2
(This dumb program won't let me put the whole story in one post. Or change the order of the posts. To read in order, read Part 1 (with a...
Part 1: Peter McIlroy Edges Paul Belleville in Hot, Heavy-Wind Sunfish Bowl.
The Yellow-and-Black "Wind-Over-15 MPH" flag was flying from Roy and Jan Cooley's committee boat, but that didn't tell any of the 11...
Big Wind, Big Turnout as Frank Sczerzenie, Roy Cooley Swap Wins
The wind gods smiled again as the 7/18/2020 VCRs saw great, more-or-less steady 10-15 mph winds from the west/southwest, with 11 boats...
Roy Cooley, Frank Sczerzenie, Peter McIlroy Fly In Heavy Wind.
After last weeks' Race 2, with its 0.2 mph average wind, the Sunday, July 12 VCRs gave many sailors as at least as much wind than they...
Tom Tys, Doug McIlroy Stand Out in Quirky Arietta Sequicentennial
If you don't like the wind, especially on Piseco, just wait a hour. Then sit in your boat for another hour after it dies. The...
Roy Cooley, Tiff Ford Swap Wins in Founders' Cup
The June 27th Founders Cup got off to a halting start, but thanks to the resourcefulness of Señor Commodore, Tom Tys, and Jon Fisher, his...