News from SEAS Monmouth
as of Monday Sept. 26, 2022
Opportunities To Serve
Monthly Meeting Tuesday September 27th
Skipper Certification News
SEAS Bergen Zoom Event On Hudson River History
Small Boat Sailing News
Boats Are Available
Speakers Needed For Meetings

Opportunities to Serve SEAS

SEAS would love to have some social events, and I would be happy to talk to any of you who might have an interest in putting on an event. 

Small boat day coordinator for any remaining weekend day so that we can have more sailing on the Americans. Many said they had such a great time at our prior events, but if we don’t have someone step up to be an administrator/coordinator they can’t happen. There are resources to help you know what you need to do to plan the day. 
Monthly Meeting, Tuesday Sept. 27
 The Mystery of the Sinking Rhodes, details what happened to RHODES Less Traveled in August 2022, how the mystery was diagnosed, and how it was solved. Come along with the speaker as facts are assembled, possible sources of flood waters are analyzed, the root cause exposed and repairs made. See what is below the floorboards of RLT. Get an insight into the cost of boat ownership. The speaker, Matthew Montanari, has decades of experience sleuthing life's mysteries. Matt also sails and maintains boats from Lasers to cruising catamarans for recreation and racing and teaches Basic Sailing, Cruising, and foundational skills courses.
Skipper Certification Committee News

Be A Role Model!
Volunteer as an On-water Checkout Skipper

Ahoy, SEAS Monmouth Skippers!
Skipper Certification Committee (SCC) is cordially inviting you to be an on-water checkout skipper in the skipper certification process. Your knowledge and experience is extremely valuable and you can be a role model to our new skippers. Please let us know your availability through this link. Thank you and looking forward to have you on the team!

Accepting Skipper Certification Applications

The SCC is accepting all level of SEAS Monmouth Skipper Certification Applications now.
Please read through this Skipper Certification Process pdf file  carefully and follow the instruction to send in your application along with required the documents.

Please note the page on the seas website is still UNDER CONSTRUCTION due to high volumes of maintenance requests!
SEAS Bergen Zoom Event On Hudson River History
The Hudson River Maritime Museum, located in Kingston, NY will make a Zoom presentation on the following topic on September 28th at 8:00 PM. 
“The History and Future of Grain Races”
The Hudson River has a long history of using sail freight to move goods from place to place. In the 18th century, New York and Pennsylvania were the breadbaskets of the colonies, and millions of tons of grain moved down the Hudson River and across the ocean on sailing vessels. Grain was one of the primary foodstuffs moved by sail around the world throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Well into the 20th century, grain was still being moved economically by sail. What started as an effort to reach port the soonest and receive the best prices for their cargoes, by the 1930s grain races became a matter of honor and sport. Learn about the windjammers who raced, the economic factors behind sail freight, and why windjamming eventually declined in the Western world. 
To Join the Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 845 8988 7198
Passcode: 471602
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Thursday Sunset Sails
Every Thursday evening sails on the daysailers from Marina Bay Club. Time is generally from 5:30 - Sundown. As the season progresses, the starting time will be earlier. Seating is on a first-come-first-served basis. No reservations required. Contact Greg at 732-856-2073 for information about weather or expected availability of seating. Suggested donations:
- $10.00 for member
- $15 for non-member

Meet Location:  Marina Bay Club Condominium Parking Lot - 580 Patten Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 07740
Extra Parking Location: Kelly's Landing Marina (Next Door)
 Sunday Sunset Sail Coordinator 

Thanks to Scott Johnson for stepping in as our Sunday Sunset Sail Coordinator of the following dates:
Sunday 09/25 @ 4:00PM
Sunday 10/02 @ 4:00PM

Skippers please contact Scott at scottcj1017@yahoo.com if you can help Sunday Sunset Sail in Shrewsbury Bay on Sundays

 Need Small Boat Day Coordinator for 
October 1st, Saturday
 or
October 9th Sunday

Small Boat Days are a very important part of the SEAS Monmouth calendar, offering members an opportunity to get out on our small boats and Lasers under the watchful eye of the safety boat.
Please contact Ti Zhang at tizyuq6355@yahoo.com, or Karen at kruckdes@gmail.com for more details.
Boats Are Available
We have added several weekend activity sails on the Rhodes and Catalina. Check the calendar for the dates and times and contact the skipper listed to get a reservation. 

link to Calendar

The daysailers - the two Americans - are in the water, rigged, and ready to go.
To reserve these boats, contact Small Boat scheduler Jim Buonincontri at jbuonincontri@comcast.net or 732-925-0574.
We need 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!