Here's the latest news from SEAS Monmouth
|
|
In this week's message:
Season Passes and Crew Passes Available
The Boats
NY Harbor Pilot Presenting at June 25 Meeting
Sign Up for Available Crew List
Columbus Weekend Cruise & Course Details
Next Small Boat Day
Boating Safety Classes
|
|
Season Passes and Crew Passes Available
|
|
Don't forget that we offer
Season Passes that give you access to the boats for the entire season. They come in three flavors:
- All Boats
- Rhodes and Daysailers
- Daysailers
If you want to take a boat out more than a few times during the course of the season, this is a great way to do it. You can even get a pass if you're not a skipper, you just have to coordinate with a skipper when you want to go sailing. Click on the button below to get details and the application.
|
|
We also offer
Crew Passes that provide 5 activity sail rides for the price of 4 – a 20% discount. They can be used for multiple people on the same sail, and they don't expire at the end of the season - they can be used next year if you have unused spots on the pass. Click on the link below to purchase a crew pass.
|
|
NY Harbor Pilot Presenting at June 25 Meetin
g
|
|
Our regular monthly meeting will be
7:30pm June 25th at Keyport Yacht Club. This month Joan has arranged for a NY Harbor Pilot to speak about their experiences bring tankers, freighters and cruise ships into and out of the harbor, and what we in small boats should be aware of. Plan on attending this very interesting presentation!
|
|
All the boats are in the water and waiting for skippers and crew. Check the calendar for activity sails!
Skippers:
Crew:
- To reserve a spot on any boat, check the calendar and contact the assigned skipper directly.
|
|
Want To Be On The "Available Crew" List?
|
|
We would like to create a list of people who skippers can contact when they have open spots on their activity sails. If you'd like to be on that list, send a message to Bobbie McArdle at
bobbie.mcardle@gmail.com (Specify the boat if that matters to you).
|
|
Cruising Course/Chesapeake Cruise
|
|
Ahoy, Fellow Sailors,
Although the summer season is just beginning, it's not too early to start thinking about autumn cruising in the Chesapeake Bay as part of the SEAS Monmouth annual Columbus Day Weekend Chesapeake Cruise. Every year this event is a fun-filled adventure, and, a great sailing learning experience. This year SEAS will have four boats, including two boats for the cruising course and two for the cruise. The total crew on these boats, which are all in the 38-40 ft. range, will be up to 22 people -- the makings for a great social event at boat raft-ups and going to shore!
The itinerary will begin on Friday evening, October 11, with your arrival at the boats in Rock Hall, MD's Haven Marina, perhaps after a day at the Annapolis Boat Show just across the Bay. We will depart on Saturday, October 12, for our three-day cruise, returning on Monday, October 14, in the late afternoon. We'll spend one evening with our four boats tied together and anchored in a quiet cove watching the sunset and sipping cocktails, and the other evening at one of the Chesapeake's bustling ports -- Annapolis, St. Michaels, or Baltimore Inner Harbor.
There are two ways to participate in this event: the
cruising course
or the
cruise
. The cruising course boats follow the same itinerary as the cruise boats. The difference is that the cruising course includes four September evening classroom sessions prior to the Columbus Day weekend cruise (see
http://www.sailseas.com/Monmouth/SEAS_Monmouth_New_Webpages/classescalendar.htm
for dates). In these 2.5 hour sessions you'll learn about many aspects of cruising: navigation, course plotting, anchoring, using the radio, the plumbing on a boat ("the head"), safety, crew overboard response, clothing (what to bring and what not to bring), weather, using the engine, steering the boat, docking (how to use dock lines and fenders), sailing (what are all those "extra" control lines for?), living on a boat and much, much more. For the cruising course boats the three days on the water are an extension of the classroom, with the emphasis on practicing the concepts learned in the classroom. While no prior experience is necessary for either the cruise or the cruising course, the cruising course is a great place to start if you've never cruised before. For more information on the cruising course, please visit
http://www.sailseas.com/Monmouth/SEAS_Monmouth_New_Webpages/cruisingcourse.htm
.
The cruise, which has 5 people on each boat, costs $342, plus a small amount ($40-$50) for incidentals like food, fuel, docking fees, head pumpout, etc. There is also a refundable security deposit of $213 required at signup. The cruising course, which has 6 people per boat (4 students and 2 instructors), costs $418 plus the cost of incidentals ($40-$50). The $418 includes the cost of the charter and the course fee, plus all course materials, including a cruising textbook, course handouts, and navigation tools and chart. There is also a refundable security deposit of $178 required at signup.
|
|
Next Small Boat Day is Saturday June 22
|
|
Calling all skippers and sailors - Now is the time to sign up to help at Small Boat Days on June 22 and July 14 and 27. Sign up for August and September later in season.
Contact Lorri DeBernardis at
ladb@verizon.net
to run the safety boat, to skipper a day sailer or ferry one round from the dock to the water site, to be a greeter, or to be a water assistant.
|
|
Boating Safety Classes Are Available
|
|
All of our boats except the Lasers have engines on them. In order to legally operate a boat with an engine, you need a New Jersey State Police Boating Safety Certificate. Here are details of a course being offered by Monmouth County Parks System (at Thompson Park in Lincroft) that will enable you to meet this requirement in one day.
- Prepare yourself for a safe and exciting summer on the beautiful Jersey Shore! Join us for a comprehensive one-day course and receive the New Jersey State Police Certificate which is required for all power watercraft operators. Taught in a relaxed and comfortable environment, certified instructors will cover general information about boats and maintenance, navigation rules and regulations, and state-specific laws. You will feel confident as you learn about boating safety, preparing for an enjoyable outing, and what to do in the event of an emergency. Taught by the US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 16-07. Please bring lunch and snacks.
The course is being offered twice; on June 8 and July 13, from 8:30am - 5:00pm. Click below for a link to the catalog, which contains registration information. FYI, these courses are on Page 48 of the catalog.
|
|
In addition the Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla in Woodbridge is also offering a course. SEAS member Capt Yasar Chaudry is currently serving as Vice Commander of this Flotilla.
This course is being offered on Saturday June 15. Click below for a link to the flyer, which contains details and registration information.
|
|
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 attended a meeting somewhere else that had 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!
|
|
The membership application is available below.
If you haven't renewed, this will be the last newsletter you receive, and you won't be finding out what's going on in the club.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
