Here's the latest news from SEAS Monmouth
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In this week's message:
Small Boat Day This Saturday
Sunday Small Boat Evening Sail, August 25
Monthly Membership Meeting Tuesday August 27
Temporary Substitute Rhodes Maintenance Coordinator Needed
The Boats
VHF Radio Mini-Course
O'Day Gennaker Mini-Course
SailFest September 7
Sign Up for Available Crew List
Columbus Weekend Cruise & Course
Season Passes and Crew Passes Available
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Small Boat Day This Saturday
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Come on out and enjoy sailing on our small boats and Lasers at the Oceanport water site.
We need
Volunteers to get sailboats from Marina Bay, along with the Safety Boat. Lasers need to be trailered to Waterside and back to Pleasure Bay Boatworks. In addition, the team needs Greeters and support in taking Lasers to and from the trailer.
Additional upcoming dates are Sunday
September 8; Saturday
September 28; we will need volunteers for these dates also.
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Sunday Small Boat Evening Sail, August 25
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Meet at
Marina Bay, 580 Patten Avenue, Long Branch at 4:45 pm. Enjoy sailing for a couple of hours, then drive to a local restaurant afterwards for drinks and dinner.
Reservations are required. $5 SEAS members, $10 non members.
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Monthly Membership Meeting Tuesday August 27, 7:30pm
Keyport Yacht Club
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Wendy will discuss the purpose of the East River/Long Island Sound trip, the planning, the obstacles, how she chose the route, current calculation, navigation techniques, what exactly happened during the trip and how they handled different situations. This will be a great presentation, be sure to be there.
As usual, you can make arrangements with other members for dinner, or to meet at the bar at Keyport Yacht Club, before the meeting.
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Temporary Substitute Rhodes Maintenance Coordinator Needed
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Rhodes Maintenance Coordinator Mike Kunkel recently suffered an Achilles tendon injury which has put him out of commission for a while. We need someone to step in on a temporary basis to take over until Mike is back "on his feet" again. If you can help us with this please contact Keelboat Committee chair Matthew Montanari at 732-739-4592.
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SailFest September 7, 10am to 4pm
Budd Lake 300 US-46, Mount Olive, NJ
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A Day of Sailing
...and a picnic, hosted by SEAS Morris at beautiful Budd Lake in Mount Olive, Morris County.
This free event is open only to all 2019 members and students from all SEAS Chapters. Join us for a day of sailing on Morris's fleet of board boats and sloops!
A free picnic lunch on the beach will also be provided.
Click on the button below for all the details.
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Check the calendar for activity sails! Click here for the
calendar.
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VHF Radio Mini-Course
Saturday September 28, 10:30am
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This is a class for those that want to learn how to use a VHF radio, a necessary skill when sailing. Useful in emergencies or when contacting a bridge tender or marina. Join Jeanine Linse and learn how to use a radio. The course will consist of on the water and on land training. Must be a member of SEAS Monmouth to participate and signed up for the class. The cost is $25. Contact Jeanine Linse at seas.jeanine@gmail.com for a reservation.
This course will take place at the Small Boat Day water site. Directions: follow Port-au-Peck Ave. to Pocono Ave. and turn left. Go 30ft and turn left at Seawaneka Ave. into water site parking lot.
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O'Day Gennaker Mini-Courses
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The first gennaker class was held August 3. The graduates used the gennaker the next day in 0 – 5 kt winds increasing boat speed by 1 – 1.5 kts. Made it all worthwhile.
Handling this sail requires coordination of 3 people – foredeck, cockpit, and helm. Each student will practice all phases at the dock and on the water.
Classes are already scheduled - and filled - for August 24 & September 14. More classes can be scheduled if there is interest. Contact Matt to get on the waiting list. Must be O’Day skipper or crew. Cost is $25.
Contact Matthew Montanari at 732-739-4592 to join the crew.
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Want To Be On The "Available Crew" List?
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We have 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.
The best way to get on an activity sail is to check the calendar and contact the skipper directly. Skippers will only reach out to people on this crew list if they have open spots on their boat at the last minute.
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Columbus Weekend Cruise & Course
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Summer is moving along and Columbus Day is getting closer. It's time for you to reserve your spot on our annual Chesapeake weekend Cruise, or Cruising Course, and enjoy three great days and nights aboard a 38-40' cruising boat. Get the details in by clicking on the button below.
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N
ational Geographic
's latest Planet or Plastic feature focuses on cigarette pollution, highlights Clean Ocean Action and the Beach Sweeps program, and seeks to challenge the social norm of littering cigarette filters. No butts about it – use an ashtray!
In 2018 Beach Sweeps volunteers collected an
astonishing 21,998
cigarette filters in
just six hours
along the Jersey Shore.
Click the link below to read all about it.
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Season Passes and Crew Passes Available
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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.
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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.
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We need ideas for speakers and/or topics for our monthly meetings
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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!
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The membership application is available below.
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