UPDATED September 13 with changes to the staff: new Purser, Mike F. and new Friendship Pond Fleet Captain, Dean D.
What is the Menno Haven Model Yacht Club (MHMYC)?
The MHMYC is a remote controlled model sailboat association formed to promote r/c model sailboating. Club membership is open to all with similar interests. We are located in south central Pennsylvania, 18 miles north of the Maryland border (Mason-dixon Line), near the intersection of I-81 and US 30.
What We Do: We sail and race radio controlled model sailing yachts. Our primary racing boat is the DF 65, A-rig, short keel.
Where we sail: We have two venues in the borough of Chambersburg. Friendship Pond, the smaller of the two, is located at Menno Village in Brookview. The larger is Reflection Lake at Chambers Pointe. Both venues are on Menno Haven Retirement Community grounds.
Friendship Pond GPS coordinates: N 39 deg, 57.681 min and W 077 deg 38.157 min
Reflection Lake GPS coordinates: N 39 deg, 57.235 min and W 077 deg, 38.966 min
When we sail: Tutoring/ Mentoring sessions by appointment, Thursday afternoons @ 1:30 pm preferred. Contact Mike Cavanaugh. (717) 267-2450 or wxmanccmret@gmail.com.
Open sailing: any day of the week, April - October, recommended time (due to wind conditions) 1:30pm - 3:30pm. Both Friendship Pond and Reflection Lake are open to Club members. Thursday afternoons throughout the season are used for practice sailing/racing.
Racing sailing: the 3rd Saturday of each month, April - October. We race at Friendship Pond. Formal start time is 1:30pm, no races start after 3:30pm. We currently are racing DF 65s, A-rigs, short keels. As soon as there is enough interest in EC-12 racing we intend to add that in the mornings, with a short lunch break before the afternoon races start.
Policy: Assistance will be gladly given to anyone who might have difficulty launching/recovering their boat. We want everyone who wants to sail to be able to do it. If you stop by to watch you will almost certainly be offered a transmitter so you can give it a try. Free classes and tutoring are also available. Interested? Come and give it a try. Don't have a boat: use one of the Club's boats. Don't have a place to keep a boat: use the Boathouse. Menno Haven is a non-smoking facility.