1. Commodore's Report

April is our month to get into improving weather and get our club and boats ready the season. The March 9th general meeting was filled with information on upcoming events and requests for help. If you’re a new member, look for a signup sheet in the clubhouse or contact the chair by looking for the advertisements on the tables in the clubhouse. All of us were new to the club at one time and as Dick Storey, the chair for Opening Day said, if you help during this event you will see almost all the members of this club and they will now start to recognize you (they might buy you a drink). Look in this newsletter and see all the upcoming events, your help is appreciated.

There is a Fire Code Compliance Committee (FCCC) that has been developing a QCYC Yacht and Dock Fire Plan. This committee has three career fire department club members (Walt Mauldin, Bob Myers and Rick Ashleman) plus Dick Mcgrew, John Alving and Art Mauldin who have put together a draft of the plan and will have the final plan available in the next month. There are some parts of the plan that will be printed in The Bilge Pump and the annual but the office will have the full plan. For those of us who are lucky enough to have moorage the focus of the plan is to recognize that there is problem, call 911, and when the Fire Dept. shows up, whoever makes the call, tell the 1st responders where the problem is and get out of their way (when the Fire Department shows up on our property they take over). If you are on the dock beyond the fire put on a PFD and get to the end of the dock and notify someone that you are there. There is a lot more to this but we need to let the professionals deal with fire.

The Moorage Committee and Bridge have started a monthly look at the condition of the boats which are moored at our club. Our rules are clear that moorage is a privilege extended to actively cruising members and failure to be part of this group can constitute a cause for termination of moorage privileges. The Moorage Committee, Bridge and Board will be reviewing the monthly report and if you think you may be exposed to review, clean and use your boat as required by our club rules.

To all the new members, welcome aboard, if you need to contact someone about helping or attending events, feel free to contact Deborah in the office and she will help you in the right direction. Thank you, Deborah.

Thank you for being a part of Queen City Yacht Club, I look forward to seeing you at all of the upcoming events.

George Austin
Commodore