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SEPTEMBER 2003

Commodore’s Corner by Barb Meyer

What a great club weekend in August! This had to have been a record breaker for the number of people who showed up for a “hot weather” work day! The club looked great for Raft Up, thanks to all of your efforts. Another possible first: all the sunfish went out for RhumbRunners. That hasn’t happened in at least two years. Lisa Glaser and Janet Terrell hosted a most enjoyable covered dish with some pretty awesome games and prizes. The weather even cooperated as thunder storms would build in the east, then pass right by us. I need to remind the membership, especially new members who may not be aware of this unwritten policy. Going sailing between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 noon on workday is not looked upon too highly. I can remember that this was mentioned at nearly every general meeting when Jim and I first joined BCYC. It did have its (continued on page 2)

In This Issue Look For: Pirates ........................................ 3 Flag Officer ............................... 4 Tumpy Dub Story ..................... 5 Water Music’s Journal ............. 6 Cruising ..................................... 7 Fleet Captain ........................... 10 Nautical Fleas .......................... 10 Coming and Going .................. 10 Rear Commodore ................... 11

Tumpy Dub, owned by Craig and Susan Smith, is a 22 Catalina. (photo bySusan Smith)

Sailing School Begins September 3rd The fall 2003 session of the BCYC Sailing School begins right after Labor Day, on Wednesday, September 3, and runs the following four weeks, ending October 1. The Wednesday night class meets from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Registration is at 6:30 pm on September 3. Class size is limited to 32 for best instruction and maximum use of our club boats. The waterfront sessions allow the student hands-on experience with sailing, using our own small daysailers.

on the porch, chatting with friends, why not make some new friends and share our favorite hobby with them. If your preference is eating and drinking, why not bring snacks and drinks for the class break. And if you enjoy sailing in our small daysailers, why not volunteer to captain one of the daysailers on a Saturday/Sunday morning or afternoon (you pick the day). To volunteer for any of these roles, call one of our co-chairs and let us know:

According to Paul Marshall, who reported at the August club meeting, volunteers are needed for table captains, boat captains, and snack captains. If you spend two and a half hours on a Wednesday night

Bonnie Bray Arlin Briley John DeLamater Marianne Fagan Paul Marshall Sherry Turner

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Page 2 Commodore’s Corner (continued from page 1) benefits as we found that attending workday was a great way to learn more about the club’s politics and activities, plus you met people and got invited aboard their boats. So please, if you are unable to attend workday but plan on sailing, wait till later in the afternoon. Better yet, show up and do your fair share! At the August board meeting, I reviewed the notes of my meeting with Community Service Director, Jill Vines. The master plan for the Gulfport City Marina has been redesigned and construction time accelerated. Completion is now scheduled for July of 2004. A portion of our west parking lot and dry slip area is still being considered Windword The Newsletter of Boca Ciega Yacht Club Sharon Turner, Editor [email protected] (813) 935-9161 Julie Kelley, Marketing Cheryl Martin [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS: Barb Meyers, George Freund, Tony Angel, Carole Sharp, Lisa Glaser, Hal Feininger, Jean French, Craig and Sue Smith, Joe Sherlag, the Gabber, Hal Feininger, Tom Hick, Corinne O’Donnell, Lainey and Jon McPhee ADVERTISING: Advertising helps fund this newsletter. Club members are urged to patronize our advertisers and mention that you saw their ad in the Windword. DEADLINE: The Windword is a newsletter printed monthly. The deadline for articles and ads for the October issue is September 21, 2003.

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for city use. Our plan is to put the City Liaison Committee back into action so we will be prepared for any negotiations regarding this area. We are responsible for that property until the current lease expires in seven years. The club can gain many benefits from the process, but like many things, much depends on how negotiations are approached. I assure you that club members will be kept well informed once the process starts.

their slips or off their trailers, and, as our dear Arlin Briley puts it, “embrace the wind!” Or, in the words of the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow, “Bring on the Horizon; Yo, Ho!” Or, just take your boat out for a sail! Babs

Last month the board voted to change the club lock system to one that uses non-duplicable keys. Each key would require a $15 refundable deposit. How they were to be dispersed was to be revisited at the August board meeting. It was revisited all right: a motion was made and carried that the current key system remain. Bottom line...there will be no change. I received an update from City Dock Master, Denis Frain, on the dock and gate repair. Planks are being replaced from east to west on the docks and gates are being repaired as needed. Please, if you see other problems, contact Fleet Captain, Hal Feininger, or Port Committee Chair, Larry Lynch. Carole Lynch came to me with a great idea. BCYC is having a Yard Sale September 27th from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm! The cost is $10 per table, or $5, if you bring your own table. This is to offset the price of ads that are to be run in the Gabber and St. Pete Times. Anyone is welcome to purchase space, so invite your family and friends to participate. I know just about everyone in the club must have some yard sale items they want to get rid of. Remember, “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.” Our sailing season is nearly here: get those barnacle farms out of

Thanksgiving Cruise Yes folks, it’s not too early to start thinking about going on this year’s Thanksgiving Cruise. There are usually several sub-groups to this cruse from a long weekend to DeSoto Point to an entire week, usually in the Boca Grande / Charlote Harbor area. We are planning to go for the entire week, probably South to the Boca Grande area. If you have never gone on a longer cruise, this is good one to start on, with the safety of a group going with you. I will put up a signup sheet on the Cruising board. Sign up and we will try to set up a short meeting right before or right after a General Meeting to go over plans. Tom and Ruth Hicks 725-2882 [email protected]

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Racing by Don Peterson

Night Race A night race was set up for August 9th along with a cookout for the racers, crews and anyone else who were hanging around. The day dawned as usual with rain, clouds, lightning, thunder and no wind. At 6:00 pm, when everyone showed up for the cookout, the rain slowed and the clouds started to breakup. Thursday’s Child kindly volunteered to be race committee boat at the last minute and rounded up an able crew. As the rain died, the wind picked up and four boats ventured out for a great sail and a beautiful 360 degree sunset. Race results: 1. Gotcha 2. Rocket 3. Cal 34 guest boat 4. Blew-by-u The next race will be Sept. 21st, the usual race day. It will be a Gulf race with an 8 am skippers meeting.

Pirates from BCYC at the fourth of July Parade in Gulfport. Those that passed out candy were (standing, left to right) Mary O’Malley, Joe Sherlag, Mary Lou and Roy Young, Tony and Gerri Angel, Eve Lamirande, Todd Terrell, Julie Kelley, Barb Meyer, and kneeling, Pat Prombo, Janet Terrell and Carl Kelley. Photo by the Gabber

BCYC Schedule Labor Day Raft-up August 31 Fall Sailing School September 3 Octoberfest TBA Lighted Boat Parade December 6 Banquet TBA

VISTA GALLERIES OF DUNEDIN BCYC Hosts Gulfport Chamber Members On September 18 from 5:30 p.m until 7:00 p.m., the club will be hosting the monthly Gulfport Chamber of Commerce networking meeting. Plan to join us to welcome the business owners of the community where we sail! Please bring a finger snack to share, and if you are a business owner yourself, don’t forget your business cards! Call Jean French @ 727-327-0007 if you plan to attend.

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FLAG OFFICER You may wonder why Joe and Candy Sabella never seem to make the cruises. Remember when one of the reasons was that Candy had to go shopping and couldn’t quite fit the cruise in. Well — here’s another beauty — Candy and Joe left for the June cruise and made it all the way to Structure C when they received a familiar call from Kent and Karen Trowbridge: Heqet’s engine would not start (Ho Hum! What’s new?) So “Good Guys” Candy and Joe came back to the basin to lend a hand. After the four of them sat for eons peering into Heqet’s hold and being void of any ideas on how to start that “expletive,” they did the only sensible thing: they climbed into the van, drove to the Tierra Verde Resort and spent the weekend soaking in the pool. So to Kent and Karen — another “Damn Diesel” flag and to the Sabellas, the Good Ship Lollipop” flag and since they sacrificed that delightful 20 to 30 knot sail for their friends — the “Mother Hen” award. Jim O’Donnell is on a roll. This is one where you had to have been there — But let’s see if we can explain. Jim and Corinne borrowed the Trehy’s inflatable dinghy and for whatever reason, Jim could not find the oars when he was ready to return it. Rather than find the errant oars, our guy, Jim, used a breast stroke to paddle the dinghy across the basin. Wait! There’s more for the

Boca Ciega Yacht Club Windword O’Donnell clan. Clyde’s engine died, so Jim and Corinne came to the rescue and supplied the tow. Jim jumped from Thursday’s Child onto Colibri to aid in the docking. So far, so good! The fun came when Jim jumped from Colibri to the dock and fell short. Into the drink went Jim. The encore was — Clyde’s engine was okay. He was merely out of gas. Wait! There’s more! Mac and Shirley MacVean sold Clyde 10 gallons of fuel. Now who else but the world cruisers would have that much fuel to spare? Craig and Sue Smith learned a lot about tying Tumpy Dub up in a slip.While docked at the St. Pete pier, the winds came up, the tide changed and the mooring lines chaffed through. Not too much damage, but as Craig said: “A wealth of experience gained.” Gail Price is going to put one of those dog overboard harnesses on Rick. Bubba fell in the water three times in one evening, and the beauty was that he remembers only one dip!

September 2003 Carl and Cathy Peterson have been leaving for a cruise up the east coast since January. Each time they set out, something happens to squelch the departure. This time, they got to somewhere in the Sarasota area, when Persuasion hit something and bent the rudder post. Better luck next time, kids! Now here’s a guy who just returned from a cruise to Key West and where does he run aground? Right in front of Town Shores! Hellll-oo! Yes, Larry Lynch managed to put Hooligan hard aground in our own neighborhood. So hard aground, in fact, Sea Tow pulled the cleat right out. The end of the story — Sea Tow took all the passengers off the boat and Larry stayed with Hooligan until the tide came in. Sir George

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closet drifters.) I think it would be safe to say that no one is more in love with their boat than we are.

THE TUMPY DUB STORY by Craig Smith

The first time I ever saw our boat was on the BCYC club night when my wife, Sue, and I became members. We were in sail school, brand new to everything and didn’t know many of the club members. At the time, Glen Hackman was codirector of sail school. He had befriended me over a couple of beers on the porch during the meeting (imagine that). We got to talking boats and he mentioned that he would be selling his 22 foot Catalina in the coming year. This was of interest to me as the timing seemed perfect for when I would be looking to buy. One thing led to another and we stumbled out to the basin to check things out. As soon as I saw her in slip #50 I knew that she was for me. Being the savvy negotiator, I immediately told him that I wanted first dibs when he was ready to sell. Now all I had to do was sweet talk the wife into letting me have a mistress. Only a few months later, Glen announced that he was ready to sell. I had bribed Sue well in advance and she consented to a trial sail. We arranged for a day to go out on the boat to learn how to sail her. I guess it was a race Sunday because when we arrived to meet Glen, he was busy preparing to crew another boat for a race. He explained that he had confidence in our abilities, gave us a quick run through regarding operations and waved a fond farewell. Having only experienced sailing the club’s daysailers, it was with great anxiety that we set out for the bay. I think we did well that first day with only a few minor screw ups. I was certainly very busy at the helm while Sue was quietly pondering the day’s events. The time had

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come for her to pronounce her verdict. Being in the sign of Libra, Sue does a lot of thinking and weighing when it comes to making a decision. She finally announced that “ She’s a dumpy little tub, but I like her.” I was trying to keep us afloat and free from collision, and as husbands are wont to do, I was trying to listen to her. I looked at her and the first thing that sprang from my mouth was “TUMPY DUB?” We burst out laughing and kept on for minutes. I swear the boat even gave a shudder and giggled. So now you all know the story of how our boat was named. Less than a month after the purchase we planned our first cruise. We loaded her to the gunnels with the two of us, four kids, camping equipment and enough food and supplies for a week, we headed south to Cayo Costa. It was a wonderful trip! With nary a grounding—ha, ha. She behaved well getting us there and home safely. She has since slipped her lines possibly more than any other boat in the club. We enjoy sunset cruises on the bay, day sails to Shell Island, moonlight outings and voyages to nowhere in particular. Sometimes we take her out and just drift along. (Yes, we admit to being

Sue and I would like to take just a minute to thank some of the folks who patiently answered “the stupid question of the day,” oftimes many such questions. First, Glen and Carol Hackman, Don Peterson, Larry and Carol, Mac and Shirley, Keith and Linda (we thought that they were the club owners for the first few months we were there), Arlin Briley and the Sail School Crew, Bubba Rick Price, Al and Cindy, Andy Jagger, Brett Brunner, and Marlene Shaw. (We expected most of you to run the other way when you saw either of us coming, but you didn’t.) The list goes on and on. The members of BCYC and our boat have changed our lives for the better, forever, and for this, we thank you.

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Nominating Committee by Tom Hicks

As you all know, BCYC is an all-volunteer organization. We have no paid employees. We all help in the running of our club, from participation at workdays and other events, to the day-to-day running of the club by our flag officers. If you would like to help in making our club run efficiently for the enjoyment of all of our members, now is the time to contact one of the Nominating Committee members and volunteer your service. For the newer members (one year or more of membership), a two-year term as a Board Member is a great place to start. After that, you will know if you would like to continue to help run the club by taking a turn as one of the officers of the club. At the September general membership meeting, the Nominating Committee will present a slate of officers and board members to the general membership. Any nominations from the membership will come at the October general meeting and elections are held at the November general meeting. Please contact one of us before the Septem-

ber general meeting if you have an interest in one of these positions or want to find out more about serving the club in a leadership role. Thanks! Tom Hicks Elaine Miranda Corinne O’Donnell Marlene Shaw Debra Vance

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Gulfport Yacht Club Invites BCYC to Races John Maples, commodore of the Gulfport Yacht Club, has extended an invitation to sailors interested in racing. The course is set for beach cats, 22' and under, with a current U.S. Portsmouth #. GYC is prepared to open the races to a class of four or more boats like BCYC’s Prams, Sunfish, or Day Sailers. GYC races are every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month. Skippers’ meeting is at noon. BBQ is served after racing. Any questions, please contact: [email protected], 727-344-1577.

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Water Music’s Journal [Editor’s note: Early this summer, Lainey and Jon McPhee took off for a long cruise to Maine. Here is an e-mail from them.] June 21: Well, we said we would provide an occasional trip report, so here you are. We left St. Pete — not totally prepared, but who ever is? — on June 1. We made several stops down the west coast, at Venice, Boca Grande and Ft. Myers/ Estero Island, with a combination of “ditch crawling” and sailing in the Gulf. One overnight sail, 23 hours from Estero/Ft. Myers Beach to Marathon. We waited a couple of days for settled weather and got a very pleasant, if tiring, passage for our prudence. I use “sail” as a verb advisedly, in connection with Water Music — she is what used to be called a 50-50 motorsailer, and thanks to her old Perkins diesel and 24-inch 3-bladed prop, she chugs along very nicely. We had a nice overnight voyage to Marathon, then an uncomfortably warm two days and nights on the hook in Marathon (without air conditioning — tough life) to try to recover our lost sleep. Up the Keys in the Hawk Channel to arrive on June 12 at Marina Del Mar at Key Largo — what one expatriate northerner who had moved down from Miami described as “coming home to America.” Swimming pool at the dock, nice restaurants, decent shopping, interesting “boat people,” and not outrageously expensive as resort living goes (let’s see, $135 a night times 30 nights is a mere $4,050 a month, or $48,600 a year...). Lots of work still to do on the boat, but the lists have shrunk from four legal pads to one, and of course she will always require (continued on page 8)

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Page 7 between paddling in the pool and soaking in the hot tub, sharing a seemingly endless supply of stories (some true, some not), and lots and lots of laughter.

Cruising by Corinne O’Donnell and the Cruising Committee

A total of 19 BCYC boats arrived at Bahia Beach for the August cruise. The Big Easy, we are pleased to note, was among the intrepid group that braved dead calm winds and mostly glassy seas to make the trip across Tampa Bay. The most grueling part of the trip (for me, anyway) took place long before the first cruiser ever arrived on Saturday. At one point, I had 24 boats signed up for the available 15 slips. Between last minute add-ons, cancellations, noshows, surprise last-minute cruisers and doubling up small boats, the ever-patient and always charming long-time dockmaster at Bahia Beach Resort and Marina, Stu Gibson, managed to get everyone who came tied up to a dock and plugged in. It took a little creative planning on our end, as well. The skipper’s meeting included the assignment of aliases to skippers and boats to match assigned slips so Stu would hear the names of boats he was expecting on the radio rather than confusing him with the ones that were actually coming. He told me later with a little laugh and a shake of his head, “Everyone seemed to know where they were supposed to go, so I just let ‘em go!” My sincere thanks and a tip of the hat to Stu. Special recognition and probably an award should go to Lady Lou for Roy Young & Company’s

totally innovative approach to achieving dockage. I was impressed at how a little determination and a lot of creative thinking could result in getting a boat securely tied up in a place that was never designed for that purpose. Nice work, Roy and MaryLou! Aside from having no wind, the weather could not have been better. It was just short of amazing for a Florida weekend in August. The storms held off coming and going. It looked a little threatening late Saturday and the Happy Hour celebration was moved to Chris and Doug Sangster’s hotel room, (a big “Thankyou!” to Chris and Doug!) but it didn’t rain until long after the refrains of Happy Birthday to George Freund had faded away. That evening it was almost downright cool sleeping. Ship of Fools said they opened up their boat and turned off the A/C because it was cooler out than in! Lots of cruisers, myself included, were delightfully surprised by the absence of no-seeums or mosquitoes even after dark. There were occasional horseflies at the pool through the day, but they seemed to be attracted mostly to Rico Suave. Vivante brought not only Lisa Glaser and Jack Breit to Bahia Beach, but Lisa’s famous and nowtraditional fresh mango daiquiri’s as well. The weekend was rounded out by lots of libations, alternating

Tied up to the dock at Bahia Beach were: Cat’s Paw2, The Big Easy, Dubhe, Trust Me, Gotcha, Island Girl, LaPaloma, Lady Lou, Colibri, Ship of Fools, Kokopelli, Saraphim, Rocket, Thursday’s Child II, Synergy, Redemption Song, Mariposa, French Kiss, and BlewBy-You. September brings us the Labor Day Raft-Up, an event that has most of the fun of cruising, minus the sailing part. October and November will bring us two more anchor-outs on Club Cruise Weekend. See you out there!

BCYC YARD SALE September 27th, 8 am - 4 pm. Set up beginning 7:15 am Rent a table from BCYC: $10 Bring your own table: $5 for the space... Sell anything or everything (your spouses, your children or your pets excluded!) If you don’t have something you want to sell, ask your neighbors. Maybe they would like to either sell or come and purchase. Please call Carole Sharp for reservations at 727-343-4483.

Page 8 Water Music (continued from page 6) constant attention. We are currently at Titusville, north of Cape Canaveral, enjoying the pleasures of dockside living and air conditioning, which so far works only with shore power since I haven’t diagnosed the generator AC frequency problem yet. Am installing and wiring more fans to at least move the warm air around. And seeing the inside of more West Marine stores than I had hoped on this voyage. We had a delightful outside passage in the Gulf Stream from No Name Harbor on Key Biscayne to Ft. Pierce, seeing an amazing 12.2 knots of speed over the bottom with a speed through the water of a little more than 8. Easy sailing in absolutely paradisiacal conditions, over the incredible blue indigo water of the Stream, which was so far inshore that we lost its push only a mile or so from the Ft. Pierce inlet. The next leg was a wild goose chase for a repeat of that experience, sailing an extra 16 miles in vain pursuit of the blue water and northward push on the way to Port Canaveral — under threat of rain and thunderstorms the whole long day, then a charming surprise as a dredge was working the Barge Canal as we rushed toward its lee shore (and of course, it’s 2300 hours.DARK!). Oh well, another danger passed successfully, though not without a stress toll. We have holed up for a few days at Titusville Municipal, a relatively cheap marina gig though without much access to all the interesting stuff like shopping. On to St. Auguustine up the ICW, where we hope to spend a couple of sightseeing days, then maybe another outside passage to Charleston to skip over some of the interesting but repetitive Georgia marshes. We have no particular plans, just a

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mosey up the East Coast, with a hazy goal of a couple of summer months in Rhode Island waters. A lot depends on the reliability of our diesel engine. The boat is of course very comfortable, and we continue to learn her habits and preferences (and those of each other) as we go along. We’ve seen 8 knots on the speedo, and are becoming reluctantly dependent on such modern conveniences as radar and a color GPS/chartplotter and electronic chart information.

maintenance and repair efforts will be acceptable to his very high standards. I know the external cosmetics make other boaters wonder what kind of sea gypsies we are, but we are working steadily to attend to all the functional, missioncritical and safety essentials.

As with everything in life, the experience is different than we expected — mostly a nice surprise. I wish we could have departed a couple of weeks earlier, to have a little cooler weather. We are in a marina because sleeping was almost impossible with the heat the nights we have anchored out. We should try to pick up the pace and chase the last of the cooler weather northward, but the boat is a fair amount of work for these two people, and we aren’t ready for the longer outside passages that would hasten our progress. So we amble a bit, consistent with the stately pace that the boat wants, and will get to where we get to. We are still waiting to hear if there will be a mooring for us in RI, and are hopeful that will work out. Thanks to divine grace, it has been a very pleasant trip so far and we are meeting interesting people and having a great time. We are thinking of tempting the Almighty by naming the radar Moses, since it seems to part the squalls and storms ahead of us. We do think the spirit of the gentleman who built the boat, Roy Hackett, is with us, since things are going pretty well. This is a repeat of the long cruise he took in lieu of a planned round-the-world voyage, according to some of his family and friends we’ve talked to. I hope our

We love hearing from all of you and hope you’ll continue to write. Only recently have we found a workaround for the charming behavior of various internet and cell phone service providers, where they hook you with the ability to receive mail from any source but bar you from sending e-mail except via their own expensive email servers. We’ll write again somewhat regularly, we hope.

Guest Speakers Be sure to come early to BCYC on the night of the next General Meeting and hear about sail rigging systems. As part of the Sailing Clinic classes, Michael Ritner of Bay Rigging will be presenting a program on everything you could possibly want to know about rigging. Mike covers topics such as inspection, maintenance, and mast tuning, plus he brings in materials for a “hands-on experience,” to show you the right and wrong way. The date for this seminar will be Friday, October 17th from 6:30 pm To 7:30 pm.

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Rhumb Runners by Lisa Glaser

What a wonderful day for sunfish sailing! We actually had every workable Sunfish out sailing on Saturday, Aug. 16th. Only two actual RhumbRunners sailed (Lori Hester and Bobbie Mensching), but we had plenty of men and club guests. Joel Heyne led the way on all three races in light air and an ever changing course. Thanks to Don Peterson, Rick French and Todd Terrell for volunteering for the race committee. Race 1 1. Joel 2. Paul 3. Lori 4. Bobbie Race 2 1. Joel 2. Tim (guest) 3. Peter 4. Pete (guest) 5. Lori 6. Paul 7. Bobbie 8. Denise (guest)

Boca Ciega Yacht Club Windword Race 3 1. Joel 2. Tim (guest) 3. Pete (guest) 4. Denise (guest) 5. Lori 6. Peter 7. Bobbie Our next race will be Saturday, September 20th. Hopefully, all the boats will be repaired by then and we’ll have an even better turnout than this month. See you on the water next month.

Coastal Cleanup by Joe Sherlag

Coastal Cleanup is havng a cleanup of the Clam Bayou area. We are trying to get the sunken boat off Osgood Point out of there. Anyone with a Kayak or small boat wishing to participate in this endeavor, please show up at 8:30 am on Saturday, September 20 at Clam Bayou. This is BCYC’s backyard…Please help pitch in.

Recipe: Vidalla Onion Dip 4-5 vidalla onions sliced very thin 1 cup of sugar 1/2 cup of white vine/gar 2 cups of water Mix together and place in refridgerator overnight. Drain thoroughly. Stir in 1/2 cup of mayonnaise and 1 teaspoon of celery salt. Serve on saltines From Lisa Glaser

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August Workday We had a very productive work day this month. Top soil was spread and then covered with mulch; bushes were trimmed, flowers planted around the new patio under the tree, the Australian Pine saplings were all cut down, and the porch floor and walls, as well as the chairs were pressure washed. The white trellises that were blown off in the wind were screwed back onto the frames, the north of the building was cleared in preparation for a concrete slab. Boats were checked to make sure they were secure and the mangroves were cut back from the docks. The dry dock area was cleared of debris around the boats. All the trash containers were scrubbed and the east screen door repaired. It was, all in all, a very good workday. The following people were present and working: Brett Brunner, Steve Butcher, Lisa Glaser, Patrick Prombo, David Tarbox, Dotty Grissom, Larry and Carole (Sharp) Lynch, Bob Trehy, Maria DeLago, Ken Fox, Linda Maloy, Bruce Sinclair, Don Peterson, Roy Young, Keith Ray, Rick French, John and Kathy DeLameter, Don Sullivan, Marianne Fagan, Bob Phillips, Arlin Briley, Tony Angel, Joe and Candy Sabella and grandsons, Paul Marshall, Charlie Gibson, Sr, Barbara and Jim Meyer and Rick Price. Hopefully, we did not miss anyone. Thanks for all your hard work. It really makes a difference.

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Fleet Captain’s Report by Hal Feininger

By the time you read my report, the Annual Raft up will have been completed. I hope that every boat in both the wet and dry slips participated. If you didn’t, I would ask why? The raft up and activities are right here at home and everyone should be able to be part of it. The Board of Directors have voted to have each boat owner having a boat in dry storage sign a lease agreement with the club, and make a $60.00 deposit on the dry slip. Most members have complied, however, there are still about ten dry storage renters that have not signed and returned their lease. Additionally, one dry slip renter has not paid his deposit. Please save us both the embarrassment of having to address this issue by sending your lease, rent, and deposit to the club. If I don’t receive your paperwork and monies owed the club by the September general meeting, you will find that your boat has been moved to the impound area and has been locked up until your bill and lease has been satisfied. I am not the cause of the problem and I certainly don’t want to be the club bad guy, but I will take care of it. Lastly, most people are adhering to the waterfront policy by signing the calendar for the days that they intend to use the T dock, and are staying within the three-day per month time frame that the City of Gulfport has set as the limit. There are a few members that haven’t abided by these policies. If you need to use the T dock, sign up. If you need to be there for more than three days in a month, let me know. If your need is reasonable, I will make arrangements for the city to allow the additional time.

Boca Ciega Yacht Club Windword The top five names on the wet slip list are as follows: 35 foot: Sherlag, Davis, Don, La Chance, Lynch, Shaw; 30 foot: Hackman, Boller, Belford, Proach, Rivero; 25 foot: Sutorius

Race Schedule September 21 Club race, Gulf races, 9 am skippers meeting, 10 am start October 19 Club race, Halloween races, 9 am skippers meeting, 10 am start November 23 Club race, bay races, 9 am skippers meeting, 10 am start December 21 Club race, bay races, 9 am skippers meeting, 10 am start

Nautical Fleas This is the club’s want ads, free of charge to members. For Sale: 1989 Nissan 15 HP Outboard Motor with gas tank. Cosmetically challenged but low hours. Runs good. $395. Call Pim Miranda at 352-564-2521. Video tape of 2002 BCYC Lighted Boat Parade available. Contact Bruce Sinclair at 727 822-4220 or e-mail at [email protected] Islander Colada Kayak Package.Length 10' 3'’ Width 29'’ Weight 42 lbs. Very Lightly Used. Comfortable and easy to row, bow carrying handle, a molded-in stern and side carrying handles, easyposition offset drain plug, comfortfit, molded-in seat and foot well.

September 2003

Coming and Going The August General Meeting had one new family join. Please welcome these folks:

Martin Pokol & Sybille Ruschmeier 4734 Baywood Pt. Dr. S. Gulfport, FL 33611 727-322-5155 (Sailing School and Clinic graduates.) Reinstatement: Tom L. Guy 3239 Meta Court Largo, FL 33771 Resignation: Luther Ross

molded, adjustable backrest and lumbar support. molded-in recessed drink holder, accessory eyelets for accessory thigh straps, quick-flow, self-bailing hull design. Durable polyethylene hull, moldedin graphics, molded-in child’s seat, molded-in scuba tank holder. With Paddle and Vest. Regular $499.99 Sale $300.00 Call Bill (813) 5051201 FOR SALE, Tacachale, 1995 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 28.1 Detailed Specification on the bulletin board at BCYC. For information, etc., call Andy or Marlene at 344-5443 or e-mail to [email protected] 10' aluminum john boat with trailer in BCYC dry space #28, $750. John Sutorius 727-385-9721

September 2003

Boca Ciega Yacht Club Windword

My Fellow Survivors by Tony Angel, Rear Commodore

If you’re over 40 you should be dead ! According to today’s attorneys and over protective regulators, those of us who were born before 1960 should not have survived: Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint and had pinch points. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, — but we knew the meaning of the word ‘NO!’ which was often followed by a swat, if we didn’t hear well. We rode our bikes everywhere without helmets and hitchhiked, if it was too far to ride. If we got in the way of traffic and fell off the bike, we spit on the skinned up elbow and took off— it was “an accident” and it was our fault. We rode in cars with steel dashboards without seat belts. Riding in the back of a neighbor’s pickup truck on a hot day was way—cool!

didn’t have Play Stations, Nintendo 64 X-Boxes, computers, personal cell phones or 99 channels on TV to “veg to”. We had friends — We went outside and found them. We played dodgeball, stickball, and had a great time. If we got hit hard, we “took it like a man” — ‘cause only sissies ran home to mommy!

We read books like Tom Sawyer and made rafts and took them out into the river to fish without life preservers, we dove into gravel pits and drank water from anyone’s garden hose — not from a plastic bottle. Horrors! We dug in trash barrels for bottles and turned them in for a fresh soda which we shared with four friends — all from the same bottle and no one died. We ate cupcakes, bread-butter-and-sugar sandwiches, cookies our moms baked, and drank soda pop with sugar in it and very few kids got fat. — We were too busy outside “messing around” and playing games to get fat.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had to deal with disappointment and do something else. Some kids weren’t as smart as others, so they failed a grade and

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long we were back at 6:00 when Dad got home so that we weren’t late to sit down with the family for dinner. We

We fell out of trees, chipped our teeth, got cut and broke bones playing hard and our parents didn’t sue anybody. No one was to blame but us. Remember “accidents”? We got into fights and punched each other and got scuffed up — and learned to get over it without “counseling.” We took Dad’s tools and built a tree fort, and when we were through, he told us it looked great and then he helped us put the finishing touches on it. No building permits, no insurance concerns — just a great experience with Dad.

Page 11 were held back to repeat the same grade — and we all could read when we got to junior high. Wow, is that cruel! Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own, and consequences were expected. The idea of a parent getting us off if we broke a law was unheard of. They usually sided with the cops and asked us “what will the neighbors think”? We actually cared what the neighbors thought, because they watched out for us when we came home if our parents weren’t around and our parents were their friends. This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and change that we created. We had Freedom, Failure, and Success, — and we took Responsibility for it all, because when we were young we learned to deal with what came, and not to believe that every bad thing was someone else’s fault. You’re one of that Generation! Congratulations, SURVIVOR! (Kind of makes you want to run around the house with scissors, or a sharp stick, doesn’t it?)

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September 2003 Sun

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Raft Up

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Sailing School Board Meeting 8:30 am-noon 7:30 pm 1:00 pm-4:30 pm

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8 Sailing Clinic 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

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Sailing Clinic Sailing School 6:30-7:30 pm Workday General Meeting Rhumbrunners 8:00 pm Potluck

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27 Club Yard Sale Sailing School 8:30 am-noon 1:00 pm-4:30 pm

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October

Sailing School 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

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Sailing School 8:30 am-noon 1:00 pm-4:30 pm

Sailing School 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

Sailing School 8:30 am-noon 1:00 pm-4:30 pm

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Sailing School 8:30 am-noon 1:00 pm-4:30 pm

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Sailing School 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

Sailing School 8:30 am-noon 1:00 pm-4:30 pm

21 Gulf Race

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Sailing School Begins 6:30 pm-9:00 pm

Labor Day 8

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4 Cruise to Vinoy Basin Sailing School 8:30 am-noon 1:00 pm-4:30 pm

11 Sailing School 8:30 am-noon 1:00 pm-4:30 pm