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About Okauchee Lake Yacht Club

Purpose:

The primary goal of the Okauchee Lake Yacht Club (OLYC) is to promote the sport of sailing and provide a social setting for those with a common interest of Okauchee Lake. OLYC is proud of the long history of developing quality racing fleets and sailors that are recognized as among the best nationally. The core of this goal is met by managing and supporting four primary racing fleets on the lake (C Scows, MC Scows, X Boats, and OPTI's). The Yacht Club also works closely with the Okauchee Lake Sailing School (OLSS) to provide fully staffed sailing classes to our youth sailors. In addition to racing, the club operates a fully functional clubhouse on the north shore of Okauchee Lake that supports social events for its membership throughout the year.

OLYC is a volunteer based organization and guided by the Board of Directors who oversee the operation of the club. Contact any of the board members for more information on membership.

OLYC Board Contact Information

History:

Founded in 1936, the Okauchee Lake Yacht Club has a strong history of leadership. Below are the past commodores that have guided our club:

1936-38 Herbert Paringer	1939-41 Herman E. Friedrich	1942-43 Frank Treis
1944 Herman E. Friedrich	1945-46 A.W. Esser	1947-48 A.W. Henschel
1949 Karl Otto	1950-51 R.L. Bischoff	1952-53 W.A. Voell
1954-55 William Frankfurth	1956 Phillip Krueder	1957 Robert F Stelter
1958-59 John Schueler	1960-61 Richard Harris	1962-63 Walter Schmidt
1964-65 Ross Prange	1966-67 Donald Millar	1968-69 Robert F. Stelter
1970-71 Charles Ritter	1972-73 Allen Prange	1974-75 Herbert Jensen
1976-77 King Harte	1978-79 Thomas Kay	1980-81 Mark Prange
1982-83 Robert Henschel	1984-85 Richard Smith	1986-87 Dick Friedle
1988-89 Ken Jones	1990-91 Jeff Millar	1992-93 Steve Schmidt
1994-95 Robert K. Stelter	1996-97 David Smith	1998-99 Tim Kay
2000-01 Robert Prange	2002-03 John Murphy	2004-05 John Baumann
2006-07 Mark Smith	2008-09 Peter Pakalski	2010-11 Alan Petelinsek
2012-13 Scott Stetter	2014-15 Terry Brandl	2016-17 Susan Kay