Lake Pend Oreille Yacht Club
LPOYC News
October 25, 2025 - Annual Awards Banquet
It was another fun-filled and delicious awards banquet in a packed house at the Taverna restaurant of Bayview. Perpetual trophies for 2025 were presented and the Board of Directors for 2026 was "elected." 2025 was a robust year for LPOYC in terms of participation and vitality. Leadership over the past year and in the years going forward help make it so. Here's to another fun and active year in 2026!
2025 Perpetual Award Winners
Challenge Cup, Red Fleet - "Spirit," Mike Duncan
Challenge Cup, White Fleet - "Mr. Pringles," Gary MacDonald
Commodores Cup, Red Fleet - "Black Sheep," Jerry Judd
Commodores Cup, White Fleet - "Mr. Pringles," Gary MacDonald
Great Single Handed Race, Red Fleet - (tie) "Dogsmile," Jon Totten and "A Foot Short," Steven Straughen
Great Single Handed Race, White Fleet - "Journey," Guy Doran
Looking Good Trophy - "Mr. Pringles"
Sportsmanship Award - Guy Doran
​2026 Officers and Board Members
Commodore - Mike Finch
Vice Commodore - Paul Franz
Race Commodore - Jacob Sheetz
Cruise Commodore - Grant Hatchett
Treasurer - Jimmy Candelaria
Secretary - Guy Doran
Member At Large - Steven Straughen
October 18, 2025
The Pearl Island Race was completed with 9 starters but just 2 finishers. RECAP. RESULTS.
October 4-5, 2025
The 2025 racing season came to a close with the Commodore's Cup, October 4-5. RESULTS.
August 16, 2025
Our summer long distance race, the Whiskey Triangle, took place on August 16. Click HERE for a recap with results.
August 2-3, 2025
The overnight Cruise Race to Hope is coming August 2-3! Details HERE.​
July 12, 2025 - LPOYC Crew Pool
We're trying out a private messaging app called Signal for skippers and crews to connect and exchange contact info. See the new Crew Pool page.
July 2, 2025 - Series 1 of the Wednesday evening races is complete. Click for results:
Wednesday Evening Series 1 Final Results
June 21, 2025 - Spring Long Distance Race to Whiskey Rock
What. A. Day.
All week the docks were buzzing—who was racing, who might fly a chute and whether the forecast would finally deliver. Well, we had seven boats on the line, no one flew a chute, and the wind? Oh, it delivered.
For those without instruments, A Foot Short clocked a peak of 27 knots True Wind at the Idlewilde mark—and what a rounding that was. This was a big boat day, no doubt about it. If you were on one, you probably had a more comfortable ride than the rest of us!
With a strong southwesterly breeze, it was Mahana’s race to lose—and while we gave it a good chase, she powered through, even surviving a 30-minute float fest at the finish to claim both line honors and a corrected first-place finish. Show Faith kept the leaders honest, charging hard down the line to nearly close the gap, but it wasn’t quite enough to correct out over A Foot Short, who took second place.
Huge congrats to all who raced today—this one will be hard to top. Here are the RESULTS. And for those curious about what it looks like to be heeled over 60 degrees and still under full power, visit the 2025 Gallery.
Steve Straughen
LPOYC Commodore
2025 Father’s Day Cruise - June 15, 2025
This year's Father's Day Cruise will go up the lake to Whiskey Rock on Sunday, June 15. Approximate departure from Bayview is 9 AM. A few boats plan to spend the night at Whiskey Rock and return on Monday. Hope to see you there.
June 8, 2025 - The 2025 Spring Rum Runner Series is complete. Click below for results:
May 26, 2025 - The 2025 Goat Float Regatta is in the books. Click for results:
LPOYC's Annual Goat Float Regatta is coming up May 24-25, 2025! Click on the links below for details:
Annual Spring Meeting, Saturday, March 22, 2025
Save the date! LPOYC's annual Spring Meeting will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at 12 noon. The location will be in the upstairs room above the store at MacDonald's Resort. All members and interested sailors are invited. Among the topics to be discussed:
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Off-season analysis and proposed changes to the rating systems for the Red and White Fleets.
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Distribution of the proposed 2025 Race Schedule.
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Discussion and scheduling of 3 long distance races this summer.
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Discussion and scheduling of cruise events.
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Payment of 2025 membership dues will be accepted. Or visit the MEMBERSHIP page to use PayPal.
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Other input from members pertaining to the upcoming 2025 season.
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Awards Banquet and Election of 2025 Officers, October 19, 2024
During a delicious awards banquet at the Taverna Trattoria restaurant in Bayview, we presented 2024 perpetual trophies and elected officers for 2025. In all respects, the reports for membership, new boats, race attendance and revenues were up. We look forward to an even better year in 2025.
Perpetual Awards
Challenge Cup, Red Fleet - "Kestrel"
Challenge Cup, White Fleet - "Journey"
Commodores Cup, Red Fleet - "Spirit"
Commodores Cup, White Fleet - "Show Faith"
Looking Good Trophy - Mike Finch
​2025 Officers and Board Members
Commodore - Steve Straughen
Vice Commodore - Jon Totten
Race Commodore - Paul Franz
Cruise Commodore - Mike Finch
Treasurer - Jimmy Candelaria
Secretary - Guy Doran
Member At Large - Jacob Sheetz
Pearl Island Race, October 12, 2024
The results are in! 9 boats started the race and 5 finished. We had a wide range of conditions, ranging from 0-18 knots and coming from every point on the compass. Pretty much standard Lake Pend Oreille racing. After more than 18 hours on the water we had 4 boats finish within an hour and a half of each other. For some boats the finish occurred at 1:30 AM with a 180° wind shift in the pitch black just outside of the no wake markers. Thank you to Gary and MacDonald’s Resort for sponsoring the race. Here are the results:
1. "Show Faith" (both line honors and corrected time)
2. "Moon Star"
3. "Foot Short"
4. "Rival"
5. "Fuller House"
DNF - Kestrel, Silkye, Mr. Pringle, Kittiwake
We plan to do other long distance races next year, so dust off your coolers, get out the cockpit cushions and pack your duffle bags!