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Here's the Latest News from SEAS Monmouth
as of June 8, 2021
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First Small Boat Day
Message From The Commodore
All Boat Season Pass Early Bird Deadline Extended
...and more - see below!
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First Small Boat Day This Weekend! |
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Join us for a fun day of sailing and connecting with SEAS members. Thanks to a group of dedicated SEAS Members we have multiple Lasers and Day Sailers available for an open day of sailing. ALL LEVEL of sailors are welcome, even if you have never sailed. We have experienced Skippers to take you out and give you some tips.
Date: Sunday June 13th (weather permitting)
Time: 10AM-2:30PM
Location: Oceanport Public Beach | Seawaneka Ave. and Pocano Ave., Oceanport, NJ 07757
Open to all:
SEAS Members: Donation $10
Non-Members: $15
A Safety Boat will be present for those that need on-the-water assistance. If the wind is too strong for your liking, enjoy your picnic lunch on the beach and watch the action of boats coming and going!
(Bring a Life Jacket if you have it. We have a limited number available to borrow.)
We’d love to see you there!
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Message From The Commodore |
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Great news! Our monthly meeting will be in person at Keyport Yacht Club on Tuesday 6/29. We are looking forward to seeing you all again!
The presentation will be on practical applications of boating safety. The goal is to involve skippers and sailors in identifying the potential for an issue, how to prevent it if possible and how to work through it as safely as possible.
There was an incident a couple of weeks ago in which one of the Americans tipped over and was stuck in the Shrewsbury River. It was recovered and there were no injuries and only minor damage. The motor needs repair, and work has been ongoing to get it back into service shortly.
I would like to request members submit to me other real life situations they may have been involved in while sailing, that I can use in my presentation. I will take the selected situations and present them anonymously, as a problem for the group to discuss. The discussion would involve identifying a solution or two, why did it happen, could anything have been done to prevent it, or could it have been handled differently. For instance, I am aware of an issue in which someone’s keelboat rudder failed and they needed to use the emergency tiller. Another was on a cruise the batteries failed to hold a charge. All ideas are welcome. Please send them to me at
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All Boat Season Pass
Early Bird Deadline Extended
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As you may know, we have signed the contract on our "new" Catalina 30 and are scheduling the transfer of ownership and the move to our slip in Browns Point Marina in Keyport.
Because this has taken a couple of weeks longer than we originally expected, the Boat Committee has decided to extend the early bird deadline for the All Boat Season Pass, to June 30.
Go to Season Pass Application to purchase a season pass. The form hasn't been updated to the new date, so the All Boat Pass still says the deadline is June 15, but for the All Boat Pass only the deadline has been extended to June 30. |
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Columbus Day Cruise and Cruising Course |
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What getting away was meant to be …
Although the summer is just around the corner, it's not too early to begin thinking about our annual Columbus Day weekend Chesapeake Cruise and Cruising Course, especially given the tough year we’ve had with COVID. Before you know it, the summer heat will be subsiding, the autumn winds will be picking up, and the Chesapeake will once again be calling. Autumn Chesapeake sailing can be a really exciting experience! Every year this cruise is a fun-filled adventure, and, a great sailing learning experience.
This year SEAS has four boats, including two boats for the cruise and two boats for the cruising course. Crew sizes will be 5 people on a cruising boat, and 6 on a cruising course boat, including two instructors. This makes for great social events at boat raft-ups and going ashore! You may remember sitting at dockside restaurants in Annapolis, St. Michaels, or even New Jersey, watching boats dock and sailors work, wondering what it would be like to be part of it all. Well, here's your chance!
The itinerary will begin on Friday evening, October 8, 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 9, for our three-day cruise, returning on Monday, October 11, 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.
The cruising course is designed to give you the experience and training you need to serve as crew on larger boats, whether you’ve never cruised before or were just a “passenger.” In the four classroom sessions and three days on the water, you’ll learn about navigation, anchoring, using the radio, plumbing and electrical systems on a boat, safety, clothing (what 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.
The cost of the three-day cruise is $382, plus a $250 refundable security deposit. The cruising course is $451 (which includes all course materials), plus a $209 refundable security deposit. The per-person cost of food and incidentals is extra (approximately $40-50).
If you're interested in the cruise or cruising course, contact Ray Kimber at raykimber@comcast.net or 732-809-3718. For more information about each, including an application, go to Cruising/Cruising Course Application.
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Special note about COVID:
We’ve all been doing our best to stay safe during this pandemic, and we at SEAS Monmouth want you to be safe and feel safe during these cruising activities. In this spirit we’re requiring that all of our cruise and cruising course participants have completed their vaccination or vaccination series at least two weeks prior to the cruise date (October 9) with any one of the approved vaccines. In addition, you may wear a mask at any time during these activities.
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Boating Safety Certificate |
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The State of New Jersey requires everyone operating a motorized vessel (this includes sailboats capable of operating under power) to have a Boating Safety Certificate. All levels of skippers and any person taking the helm of a SEAS motor powered vessel is required to possess a state of NJ Boating Safety Certificate as required by law. All crew who take the helm should have their BSC card with them. This is the skipper's responsibility. If a fine is levied for a violation, the chapter will not reimburse for it.
The online course fee is listed at $39.50. Their website states:
"You may complete the course at your own pace. The course can be
completed in one sitting or a little at a time over several days. Log in and
out at any time, and we'll keep track of your progress. Most students finish
the course in a few hours."
"After passing the course, you will have 365 days to attend the state-
required In-Person Exam to complete your Boating safety certification."
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We need 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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