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| July/August 2010 |
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We’re
off to the races! Thanks
to the generous assistance of the Canadian Coast Guard and the Inshore
Rescue Unit based at the Lewisporte Marina we now have two buoys in place
for sailboat racing. The buoys were supplied by Coast Guard and the good
folks at the Inshore Rescue Unit positioned them for us.
The buoys are yellow in colour and are at the following
co-ordinates in the harbour: 055
degrees, 02.3 minutes west and 49
degrees, 14.6 minutes north 055
degrees, 03.1 minutes west You
really shouldn’t miss…. Mussel
Bed Soiree is just around the
corner and once again this year the club is planning to be an active
participant. On Saturday, August 7 we will be holding our
Soiree breakfast –
hours will be 8:00 – 10:30AM.
Breakfast will be our usual low calorie, hearty fare -
all for a very reasonable $7.00. Sunday
evening, August 8 will be the widely anticipated Boat Parade of Lights
-- even if you can’t
“light up your boat” come along for the view and then catch the
fireworks display afterwards. On
the BBQ, of course. More to the point, we’re planning a club BBQ for
Thursday, August 26 at 7:00PM. It
will be a “bring your own meat” event so it’s your choice as to
beef, chicken, moose or whatever your favorite BBQ protein might be. To
accompany your BBQ’ed item we are looking for members to also bring
salads and deserts on a “pot-luck” basis but to ensure lots of variety
we’d like to try the following arrangement: -
if your
family name starts with a letter in the first half of the alphabet ( that
is, letter ‘a’ to ‘m’) then please bring a salad -
if your
family name starts with a letter in the second half of the alphabet
(that is, letters ‘n’ to ‘z’) then please bring a dessert. It
should be a fun evening with a good variety of great food. Well,
no, the end of the season is not quite here but your social committee is
already hard at work planning an event to mark the end of the 2010 boating
season. Mark your calendars
for Saturday, October 23rd for an event to celebrate the end of
the 2010 boating season. We’re
still working out the details but a fun evening is being planned.
Fleet Captain Mac Moss will be announcing the lucky (in some cases,
unlucky) winners under his boating awards program
and Vice Commodore, Jody Woolfrey, will be sharing with us the
results of our photo contest. Stand
by for a good time! Remember
the photo contest announced in the last Club news? As promised here are
the details on the contest: -
Vice
Commodore Jody Woolfrey will be co-ordinating the event. -
Photos
are to be digital and must
have been taken in 2010 -
Within an
overall marine/nautical context, photos can be submitted on the themes of
People, Places or Vessels. -
Photos
should be submitted by e-mail to Jody at jwoolfrey@nf.sympatico.ca -
In your
e-mail, please give your name and the theme (People, Places or Vessels)
your photo illustrates. -
Deadline
for submissions is Sept. 30, 2010 -
Photo
contest results will be announced at our Fall wind-up event (Oct. 23). Some
4-5 years ago the club placed 10
day moorings at various anchorages in We
recently learned that the mooring in As
a result of the above we would ask anyone contemplating using the club’s
moorings to keep the following in mind: -
Please
check mooring location prior to securing to it to ensure that you have
adequate depth and room to swing -
Do not
secure to the buoy itself, rather haul in the buoy and secure to the
pendant below it -
These
moorings were only intended for day use
- for overnight or heavy weather purposes you should
anchor appropriately -
In all
events, use at your own risk New
Award Consideration
is being given to establishing a new award – probably to be known as the
Commodore’s Award – which will go to a member viewed as having made a
significant contribution to our club and/or to boating activities in Formal
approval of our Recreational Liquor license has now come through so
beverage service will now be available at our various events. A
Recreational License comes with various “do’s and don’ts” imposed
by the licensing board some of which may not be immediately
understandable. For example, we can only serve wine in a plastic glass.
So, if the server has to say no to some request because of the regulations
please be understanding – we are only doing what the government says we
have to do. (The listing of the applicable regulations is posted in the
clubhouse adjacent to “Galley II “) It
was another great success! The
annual health Foundation Regatta was another great success again this
year. Weather was superb and fun was had by all. Although the number of
participants fell short of last year’s level, financial results were
still great with over $30,000 being raised to support health care in
central Giving
credit where credit is due! Our
last news bulletin mentioned the reciprocal arrangement we now have in
place with the Royal Barbados Yacht Club. The item neglected to mention
that this arrangement was originally initiated by Dunley Peyton so let’s
extend a big thanks to Dunley for having started the ball rolling
on this relationship. For first hand information on And
somebody could get a serious shock (as in electrocuted) if we don’t
do something about the way we use electrical cords on the dock to
provide shore power to our boats. Here
are the issues: -
using
regular extension cords instead of approved marine usage cords. Regular
extension cords are not rated for the current available from the
electrical outlets on our docks. Without getting technical, using a
regular extension cord for shore power is like using under-sized wiring in
your house – it is a fire
hazard. In a marine environment it is both a fire hazard as well as a
shock hazard. -
Some
boaters who do use the appropriate cord for shore power are guilty of
another sin - namely, leaving the cord plugged in and power turned on at
the pedestal when they go boating. The correct procedure for disconnecting
from shore power is to turn
off power at the pedestal, disconnect from the pedestal and then
disconnect from the boat. An energized cord (that is one still plugged in
and turned on) left lying on the dock is a real hazard in two ways.
Firstly, should the end of the cord get kicked or fall into the water it
could result in a serious (possibly, fatal) shock to anyone nearby who is
in contact with water. Secondly, an energized cord immersed in water will
in turn energize the surrounding water and thus accelerate Galvanic
Corrosion of any metals in the water. These metals would include your
propeller, rudder, propeller shaft, etc. – all expensive items to
replace. There
is a real safety issue here so your club executive has asked LMAA to take
immediate action on the problem and to not hesitate to disconnect and
seize any cords that are of the wrong type or those that are not
appropriately turned off and disconnected when a boater is away. Hey,
dude – it’s a marina not a car park! Yep,
it’s that perennial problem again – parking! And
the problems are: -
parking
too close to the clubhouse so that it impedes access -
parking
in such a manner that other vehicles can not get around the yard -
extended
parking in places reserved for loading or fueling. And
if that doesn’t work, remember --- the marina manager will be watching! We’ve
got vandals! We’re
having an issue in the yard with (young) vandals. To-date the vandalism
has been of a relatively minor nature but has potential for major trouble.
If you are over-nighting on your boat please keep an eye out for the
people involved and report it to LMAA’s night security person. If you
have a camera handy, a picture would be helpful. We are also asking the
LMAA to let the RCMP know we have an issue. In
the meantime, please look to your own security a bit. Keep your boat
locked when not on board and don’t leave
things outside the cabin or in easy view inside the cabin. Also, if
your boat is out of the water, don’t leave ladders by your boat –
there’s no point in making access easy.
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| June/July 2010 |
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Drinks
on the House?? No,
not really, but the club is well along in the process – a protracted
process, seemingly – of obtaining a liquor license. Standby for details
on when the bar will be opening and the hours of operation. LMAA
---Who ???? Just
in case you missed it, the Lewisporte Marina Administrative Authority (LMAA)
now manages the marina function at our facility.
Boating launching, lifting and storage, dock repairs and
construction as well dock assignments now fall under their jurisdiction.
The Lewisporte Yacht Club of which we are all members functions as the
organizing arm for boating and social activities out of the marina as well
as boaters voice on the LMAA. The
board of the LMAA consists of four representatives from the yacht club,
three from the town of Photo
Contest Here’s
a chance to get creative! The club will be holding a photo contest this
season. Within a marine/nautical context we will be taking submissions on
the three themes of People, Places and Vessels. We’ll announce details
shortly as to where and when to submit your entries as well as the contest
end date and the judging process but in the meantime start snapping –
digital, of course, please. A
Trip for You! Had
a dip in Lewisporte harbour water lately? Well, somebody could soon be
tripping in if we don’t stop leaving dock lines, power cords and
water hoses strewn about the docks. The Safety Committee has identified
this as a real tripping hazard. To help prevent someone from a “trip”
into the harbour let’s all make sure we coil our dock lines (or tuck
them alongside the dock toe rail), likewise our power cords. Water hoses
should, of course, be coiled back on the reels provided. Fuel
(for more than thought)! LMAA
advises that they are in the process of installing re-fueling facilities.
Two 1000 gallon – one each for gasoline and diesel, are scheduled to be
installed shortly. Fuel will
be dispensed by LMAA employees. The facility should be operational by late
July. Stand by for details on hours of operation and accepted methods of
payment. Your
Trophy is on Display! Our
Fleet Captain, Mac Moss, is steaming full speed ahead on the Awards
Program he recently implemented. Trophies for the various award categories
are now on display in the club house. Check them out. The
New Travel Lift Throws a Party! Mark
July 7 at 4:00PM on your calendars. It’s the official activation date
for our new Travel Lift. LMAA
advises that the event will be attended by representatives of the
community and various government agencies that have helped our facility
grow over the years. Of course, all club members are invited as well. The
ceremony starts at 4:00PM and the club will be hosting a brief reception
afterwards in the club house. You’re
going to Well,
if you are, you could think about checking out the Royal Barbados Yacht
Club. Thanks to some good work by past-Commodore Barry Woolfrey we now
have a reciprocal relationship with this club in the sunny We
have heard from Coast Guard that they may be discontinuing courtesy
inspections. These inspections
were a free service that provided a check on a boat’s safety equipment
and, in the view of our club, were a valuable contribution to boating
safety. As an alternative to the Coast Guard program, the club is taking
on the role of providing Courtesy Inspections. To this end, Coast Guard
has offered to provide free training to any members who would like to
volunteer as inspectors. Contact Fleet Captain, Mac Moss, if you would
like to be part of this program. Return
to Sender – Address Unknown! Our current e-mail list has proven to have some holes in it and it looks like the best fix will be to create a new list. This will be undertaken shortly and we will be doing so from the list of paid-up members as recorded by LMAA. If you have not already done so for this season, please drop by the LMAA office at the marina and give them your current e-mail address. Remember, no address, no mail.
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