2. Vice Commodore's Report

Check out the club calendar for upcoming events, take a fleet captain cruise, take your boat out, have some fun, winter will soon be over.

DOCKS
The water pipe on dock three is repaired. Thank you to Dave Svendsen, Victor Thompson, Dick Mcgrew and Bob Myers plus $2,000.00 for parts. Please watch the temperature: if it’s icy/slippery on the dock you know it can freeze the water pipes, so make sure the water is flowing out the valve at the end of the dock (running water does not freeze) please contact Art Mauldin if there is a question.

The Standpipe Project is complete. We’re going to have some soil remediation problems due to an old oil tank that had left mixed oils in the ground and these were migrating towards the lake. Planning and Finance, the Board and Bridge are looking at alternative solutions for cleanup. We’ll a report later.

I do want to thank Art Mauldin for his efforts during this project. Lining up the project and then having the oil contamination problem about drove him over the edge. Art stays at the club and has no place to get away when we have problems. Please take a minute and thank him for his efforts.

Watch The Bilge Pump and go on-line for dock work party dates. We’re always in need of helpers. It’s only a couple of hours on one Saturday a month. Thanks to those who always show up and if you are extended stay on the docks you really need to be involved in the maintenance of your home site.

HOUSE
The Captains’ room on the 3rd floor of the in-station is getting lots of use so we are asking you to schedule, with Crystal, the hours your want to use it. She will check you out with a key and please clean up when you are done.

Continue to contact P/C Jeff Ewell for house projects. If you see something that needs to be looked at, put it on his “To Do List” clipboard in the galley. Jim Damery, our thoughts are with you and Donna.

WINSLOW OUTSTATION
The new dock section for Dock “B” will be arriving before the end of February. We’ve paid a little more money on these and are moving smoothly towards completion. Take a look at the club calendar and make a plan to be at the Winslow Cleanup. It’s a great way to get yourself outside after a long winter. We will have less dock repair needed, so rebuilding the deck on the clubhouse will be the biggest project. Bob Lindal and John Alving have been making drawings and picking out wood for this so this will be all ready to tackle.

We now have a retired Weyerhaeuser executive (Eric Wood) staying at the outstation and in between his cooking and cleaning chores on his boat he can probably answer some of your outstation questions (he may have to clear his comments through his boss Barbara), but try him anyway.

George Austin
Vice Commodore