2025 SOS President's Message
The main activities that SOS does during the summer, such as the Big Boat races, Mouse Island race, Mouse Island Challenge, Kids Setting Sail, and the Regatta all went well. That being said, we continue to look to improve these activities, promote SOS, and enhance the Lakeside waterfront experience. While we are sad to see the departure of Katalin, who truly supported SOS and the waterfront, we look forward to working with her replacement to keep these events going strong.
This summer, Nancy Brucken and I manned a table at the Lakeside Opportunity Fair promoting SOS, offering SOS embroidered hats for sale ($20 each) and displaying a new SOS banner. In addition, I represented SOS at meetings held by Lakeside regarding the short-lived NCA proposal and continue to support efforts to keep our waterfront areas well-maintained as part of Lakeside's capital asset review.
We are grateful to Bill Maenner for beginning the process of replacing the aging storage racks. To date about 24 racks have been fully replaced. With the help of Ed Caner, we added a new sailboat, a SOL, which has a larger cockpit than a Sunfish, yet uses the same rigging. The company that provided the SOL is also doing a professional refurbishment of some existing Sunfish. Finally, we added a new weather station, funded by Mike Loyer and made operational by David Maenner.
While we are grateful to Lakeside for completing the West Shoreline Erosion Project, we are looking at ways to help Lakeside add a second walkway to the path between the wall and the rip-rap. This second entrance would be located near the Beebe memorial, so that users need not walk through the waterfront area to enjoy the path.
We look forward to a fun and eventful 2025. See you on the water!
Mike Haas
150 Oak Avenue
[email protected]
www.societyofoldsalts.com
724-331-6528 (cell and text)
Mouse Island Race Saturday, July 19
The 33nd annual Mouse Island Sailing Race will take place on Saturday, July 19. There will be three classes offered, including single-handed Sunfish, double-handed Sunfish, and single-handed Laser. All age groups will sail together. The course will start at the Lakeside Sailing Center (LSC), sail around Mouse Island and back to Lakeside. The race takes approximately 2-3 hours. Novice sailors should partner with experienced sailors. Registration is free and will begin at 8:00 AM at the LSC. This race is organized by the LSC and the Society of Old Salts.
Regatta Weekend Schedule
The 47th annual Lakeside Regatta will be held Saturday and Sunday, July 26-27. Registration will take place from 7:30-8:30 AM at the Lakeside Sailing Center, followed immediately by a captains' meeting. Weather permitting, the race schedule will be as follows:
Friday, July 25- 5:30 PM – Sailing with a Champ - NEW!!
Junior sailors (15 and under) are invited to participate in a series of short races where they will skipper a Sunfish that is crewed by a sailing instructor or past regatta winner. Races will be "round-robin" so that junior sailors are able to sail with a different "champ" each race. Hot dogs will be served, and an ice cream party will follow after the races. For more information or to register, contact [email protected].
Saturday, July 26– Races
9:00 AM – Junior Sunfish (age 15 and under)
11:30 AM – Senior Sunfish and Laser
2:00 PM – Double-Handed Sunfish
SOS Potluck Picnic – Saturday, July 26, 6:00 PM – Lakeside Pavilion
Open to all SOS members, regatta participants, sailing center staff, and the families of all. Please bring a side dish to share with 6-8 people. SOS will provide fried chicken, red potatoes, and cupcakes, with Lakeside furnishing water and lemonade. SOS will also provide plates, cups, and cutlery.
Sunday, July 27– Races
11:30 AM – Junior Sunfish
1:30 PM – Senior Sunfish and Laser
Awards Ceremony – 4:00 PM - Lakeside Pavilion
A group photo will be taken afterward at the Sailing Center.
2024 - August Cup Results
On Saturday, July 13, the 44th August Cup Big Boat sailing race was held. The course this year was from the Lakeside dock to the American Eagle marker, around the Scott Point marker, and then back to the Lakeside dock. The race course was 10 miles long, and we had 4 boats participate. Pictures taken by Brenda Haas can be viewed here!
The race results are as follows:
22 Foot Class:
Over 22 Foot Class:
Special thanks to Guillaume Carroll and the Lakeside Sailing Center for running this year's race.
Summer 2025 Sailing Calendar
Kids Set Sailing (KSS) Update
This was the 21st year of operation for the Society of Old Salts' sponsored Kids Setting Sail Program which was designed to introduce young people to sailing by means of a short ride on a Sunfish sailboat with an experienced sailor. The program operates on Sunday afternoons from 2:30 to 4:30. We took out 519 riders over the 12-week season for a total of 11,189 riders to date. Over 40 KSS volunteers, with an age range from 14 to 87, worked to make this program possible this year- thank you all! The 2024 program is scheduled to start on Sunday, June 16, weather permitting.
If you'd like to help out, either on shore, in the water, or on a boat, come by the Sailing Center at 2:15 PM. We'll give rides from 2:30-4:30 PM, or until we run out of riders.
2025 Watercraft Usage Rules
The main activities that SOS does during the summer, such as the Big Boat races, Mouse Island race, Mouse Island Challenge, Kids Setting Sail, and the Regatta all went well. That being said, we continue to look to improve these activities, promote SOS, and enhance the Lakeside waterfront experience. While we are sad to see the departure of Katalin, who truly supported SOS and the waterfront, we look forward to working with her replacement to keep these events going strong.
This summer, Nancy Brucken and I manned a table at the Lakeside Opportunity Fair promoting SOS, offering SOS embroidered hats for sale ($20 each) and displaying a new SOS banner. In addition, I represented SOS at meetings held by Lakeside regarding the short-lived NCA proposal and continue to support efforts to keep our waterfront areas well-maintained as part of Lakeside's capital asset review.
We are grateful to Bill Maenner for beginning the process of replacing the aging storage racks. To date about 24 racks have been fully replaced. With the help of Ed Caner, we added a new sailboat, a SOL, which has a larger cockpit than a Sunfish, yet uses the same rigging. The company that provided the SOL is also doing a professional refurbishment of some existing Sunfish. Finally, we added a new weather station, funded by Mike Loyer and made operational by David Maenner.
While we are grateful to Lakeside for completing the West Shoreline Erosion Project, we are looking at ways to help Lakeside add a second walkway to the path between the wall and the rip-rap. This second entrance would be located near the Beebe memorial, so that users need not walk through the waterfront area to enjoy the path.
We look forward to a fun and eventful 2025. See you on the water!
Mike Haas
150 Oak Avenue
[email protected]
www.societyofoldsalts.com
724-331-6528 (cell and text)
Mouse Island Race Saturday, July 19
The 33nd annual Mouse Island Sailing Race will take place on Saturday, July 19. There will be three classes offered, including single-handed Sunfish, double-handed Sunfish, and single-handed Laser. All age groups will sail together. The course will start at the Lakeside Sailing Center (LSC), sail around Mouse Island and back to Lakeside. The race takes approximately 2-3 hours. Novice sailors should partner with experienced sailors. Registration is free and will begin at 8:00 AM at the LSC. This race is organized by the LSC and the Society of Old Salts.
Regatta Weekend Schedule
The 47th annual Lakeside Regatta will be held Saturday and Sunday, July 26-27. Registration will take place from 7:30-8:30 AM at the Lakeside Sailing Center, followed immediately by a captains' meeting. Weather permitting, the race schedule will be as follows:
Friday, July 25- 5:30 PM – Sailing with a Champ - NEW!!
Junior sailors (15 and under) are invited to participate in a series of short races where they will skipper a Sunfish that is crewed by a sailing instructor or past regatta winner. Races will be "round-robin" so that junior sailors are able to sail with a different "champ" each race. Hot dogs will be served, and an ice cream party will follow after the races. For more information or to register, contact [email protected].
Saturday, July 26– Races
9:00 AM – Junior Sunfish (age 15 and under)
11:30 AM – Senior Sunfish and Laser
2:00 PM – Double-Handed Sunfish
SOS Potluck Picnic – Saturday, July 26, 6:00 PM – Lakeside Pavilion
Open to all SOS members, regatta participants, sailing center staff, and the families of all. Please bring a side dish to share with 6-8 people. SOS will provide fried chicken, red potatoes, and cupcakes, with Lakeside furnishing water and lemonade. SOS will also provide plates, cups, and cutlery.
Sunday, July 27– Races
11:30 AM – Junior Sunfish
1:30 PM – Senior Sunfish and Laser
Awards Ceremony – 4:00 PM - Lakeside Pavilion
A group photo will be taken afterward at the Sailing Center.
2024 - August Cup Results
On Saturday, July 13, the 44th August Cup Big Boat sailing race was held. The course this year was from the Lakeside dock to the American Eagle marker, around the Scott Point marker, and then back to the Lakeside dock. The race course was 10 miles long, and we had 4 boats participate. Pictures taken by Brenda Haas can be viewed here!
The race results are as follows:
22 Foot Class:
- Capri 22' "Passing Marks", Captain: Jim Meyer, Crew: Mike Berry, Richard Parker
Over 22 Foot Class:
- Melges 24' "High Yield", Captain: Brian Brucken, Crew: Drew Brucken, Jack Brucken
- Precision 28', Captain: Vic Monteleone, Crew: Caroline Monteleone
- Hunter 35' "BeBe3", Captain: Frank Baker, Crew: Nancy Brucken, Jim MacMillan
Special thanks to Guillaume Carroll and the Lakeside Sailing Center for running this year's race.
Summer 2025 Sailing Calendar
- Season Opener Big Boat Race - Saturday, June 14
- Mouse Island Challenge - all summer
- Kids Setting Sail - Sundays, June 15 - August 31
- August Cup Big Boat Race - Saturday, July 12
- Mouse Island Race - Saturday, July 19
- Lakeside Sailing Regatta - Saturday, July 26 - Sunday, July 27
- SOS Picnic - Saturday, July 26
- Regatta Awards Ceremony - Sunday, July 27
- Labor Day Weekend Big Boat Race - Saturday, August 30
- Kids Setting Sail - Sundays, June 16 - September 1
- Mouse Island Challenge - through Saturday, July 27
Kids Set Sailing (KSS) Update
This was the 21st year of operation for the Society of Old Salts' sponsored Kids Setting Sail Program which was designed to introduce young people to sailing by means of a short ride on a Sunfish sailboat with an experienced sailor. The program operates on Sunday afternoons from 2:30 to 4:30. We took out 519 riders over the 12-week season for a total of 11,189 riders to date. Over 40 KSS volunteers, with an age range from 14 to 87, worked to make this program possible this year- thank you all! The 2024 program is scheduled to start on Sunday, June 16, weather permitting.
If you'd like to help out, either on shore, in the water, or on a boat, come by the Sailing Center at 2:15 PM. We'll give rides from 2:30-4:30 PM, or until we run out of riders.
2025 Watercraft Usage Rules
- SOS membership levels will remain at $25, $50, $100 and $720 Lifetime Memberships.
- Complimentary watercraft usage begins at the $100 membership level, after a 2-week waiting period for new members.
- $720 Lifetime Members receive complimentary watercraft usage immediately.
- Children of SOS members are covered under their parents' SOS membership until the age of 25.
- $720 Lifetime Membership benefits end when the last family member is no longer eligible due to death or age limit.
- You must use your own watercraft first.
- 1-hour time limit.
- Maximum advance reservation of 1 watercraft at a time. However, Lakeside, at its discretion, may allow up to two watercraft to be used at a time depending, for example, on availability of equipment and staff.
- Special arrangements by approval only.
