Photos Needed for End-of-Season Contest

Tom LeVere continues to take terrific photos with his iPhone. Below is one of the White Bear Lake marina at sunset.

Other sailing photos are needed to compete against Tom's at our BBYRA End-of-Season banquet in November. So search your cameras, phones and files. Bring enlarged prints of your best White Bear Lake photos to Indian Hills Country Club on Saturday, November 8. Prizes will be awarded to first, second and third place winners, which will be voted on by those attending the event. Let's all turn out for what is always a fun event in celebration of the year's sailing on White Bear Lake. Anyone with an interest in sailing is invited to come. RSVP, please.

Pontoon & Motor Need Upgrades

BBYRA is looking to upgrade the pontoon boat and motor it currently uses to set-up and judge races. The BBYRA Board of Directors welcomes ideas and suggestions to upgrade this equipment. If any of our members or friends knows of an available pontoon and/or motor, please let us know at bbyra.mn@gmail.com. Also welcome are financial contributions for our capital replacement effort.

Both the pontoon and outboard motor are in the 20-30 year-old range. Both are showing signs of age. Ay least one boat pontoon has a slow leak. And it is increasingly hard to find parts for the motor.
We have changed the position of the remote gear shift box to make it easier for the judges to operate the boat. But the gear shift mechanics are still cumbersome, difficult and undependable. It is time to replace both the pontoon and motor.