The latest news from SEAS Monmouth

Here's the latest news from SEAS Monmouth

From Commodore Karen Ruckdeschel

End of Season

The boats have been put away for the winter and we take a break for a few months. Come early spring we will be back at work - we already have plans to rehabilitate the interior of the Rhodes! Enjoy the holidays and the New Year, everyone.

Sailing-oriented movie being released

Starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz, the film takes the audience along with yachtsman Donald Crowhurst on his outrageous account of traveling the world alone by sea.

Donald Crowhurst was a British businessman and amateur sailor who died while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed , round-the-world yacht race in 1968 . Crowhurst had entered the race in hopes of winning a cash prize from The Sunday Times to aid his failing business.

Instead, he encountered difficulty early in the voyage, and secretly abandoned the race while reporting false positions, in an attempt to appear to complete a circumnavigation without actually circling the world. Evidence found after his disappearance suggests that this attempt ended in mental breakdown, possible insanity and suicide.

The ShowRoom Cinema in Asbury Park and the New York Film Critics Series presents a one-night-only screening of THE MERCY on Thursday December 6 at 7:30PM. A live-on-tape interview and Q&A with Colin Firth follows the film.

Board Elections

At the November general meeting, we held elections for board officers for 2019. Here are the results:

Commodore: Jerry Grennan

Vice Commodore: No candidate, position open

Treasurer: Tony Valentino

Secretary: Teri Lawrence

Trustees: Carl Boms, Tom Yanas, Jim Buonincontri, Ray Kimber, Glenn Noe

Past Commodore: Karen Ruckdeschel

Our thanks to all who have volunteered and to all who have served!

We need ideas for speakers and/or topics for our monthly meetings

If you know someone who can present a topic of interest to SEAS members, or if you attend a meeting somewhere else that has a presentation that you think would be relevant at a SEAS meeting, please let Joan Venezia know. If you are able to speak with the person about coming to a SEAS meeting that would be great, but if all you have is their name and contact information, with some background information about their topic and where you saw them, email it to Joan at joan.venezia@hotmail.com and she'll take it from there!

It's Membership Renewal Time!

Now that fall is here, why not take care of next year's membership? Take a $5 discount ($10 for family membership) by renewing before the end of the year. And new members - you get immediate membership for the balance of 2018, plus the 2019 membership. The membership application is available below.

2019 Membership Application