Here's the latest news from SEAS Monmouth From Commodore Karen Ruckdeschel

Monthly Membership Meeting Tuesday October 30th, 8:00pm at Keyport Yacht Club, 115 First Street, Keyport

Tim Dring spent 27 years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, retiring in 1999 as a full commander, and his field of specialty was surface ship operations including navigation. His last job on his ship was as the ship's navigator, back in the mid to late 1970's before the days of GPS, when celestial navigation was still being regularly used. The topic of his talk will be an overview of the history of navigation (with particular emphasis on celestial navigation), and typical challenges in the actual practice of celestial navigation, particularly on board sailboats at sea. Prior to the meeting, there will be a group getting together for dinner at Burlew's Seafood & Steak, 59 W Front St, Keyport, meeting at 6pm. Or you can arrive early at the Yacht Club and take advantage of the bar, while socializing with other members.

Temporary Dockmaster Change

Dockmaster Wendy Huang will be away October 10 through 25. If you encounter any issues that need a discussion with marina management, please be touch with interim dockmaster Matt Montanari. You can call or text Matt at 732-739-4592.

Volunteers Still Needed!

Several people have stepped forward in response to our call for members to provide leadership for 2019. Thank you to those folks! We still need more people - there are more positions than volunteers so far. I am listing all the open positions we need to fill for next year, because we can move people around if something in particular interests you. Commodore Vice Commodore Trustees (4 open positions) Skipper Qualification Committee (3-4 Level 3 skippers needed) Trailering Scheduler O'Day Maintenance Coordinator Rhodes Maintenance Coordinator Newsletter Coordinator Details of each of these positions are here; contact Commodore Karen Ruckdeschel at kruckdes@verizon.net if you think you can help, or for more information. Or talk to any board member. Please volunteer! SEAS needs your help!

End of Season Scheduling

Sad to say, but the end of the season is almost upon us. All the boats are still in the water and available for sails, but here is the story so far on scheduling the haul outs and winterizing: O'Day & Rhodes - not yet scheduled Small Boats - There are 3 daysailers and the Safety Boat to be taken out of the water, and we'll have 6 trailers to be covered for the winter. Because of the time required to do this, the work will be split into 2 sessions. Haul out will be on a weekday and covering will be on a weekend. Those that have used the daysailers in 2018 should contact Greg at 732-219-9794 with their preference for weekday or weekend. You will be notified when the exact day is chosen....based on the weather. If it is chilly, there will be coffee and doughnuts!

New Sails on the O'Day

The new sails arrived and have been installed. Here are some early reports: "Definitely feel a difference. Less rounding up in puffs." "Boat really makes tracks with the gennaker up" Here are a couple of pictures:

Thanks to everybody who contributed to the fund for these new sails!

ASA 105 Navigation Course ( meets criteria for level 3 skipper for SEAS Monmouth) Several members are considering taking this course at the Raritan Yacht Club ( www.RYC.org ) Perth Amboy NJ, November 9,10,11. Total of 16 hours course + Exam time. The price is $250 per person. T o register, c ontact Val at 347.739.7632 or vechnyak@gmail.com. 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

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