2. Vice Commodore's Report
It’s a new year: let’s get the boat out and have some fun.
As I write this the temperature is in the teens, which brings us back to frozen pipes and high power usage/lower voltages. I sent out an email about turning off Christmas lights, refrigerators, ice machines and excess heaters to keep electrical usage low enough to not burn out this system. If we burn out the wires we will be out of power for quite a while. If can we get enough power to the docks, we can put heat tapes on the water pipes and keep them from freezing/breaking while allowing us to keep heat in our boats and Christmas lights. Come to a board meeting and let Planning and Finance know your interest in getting this done.
Bill Field called me and convinced me that I should be taking some special people out for a Cruise on Dec. 6 and so with Commodore Ed and Elaine we loaded the boat with smiling faces and took a boat ride. I had a co-pilot named Bobby who made boat noises, giggled and ho-ho’d for an hour and a half: he was great and made this a fun thing to do. I’ll be doing this again and would like you to be involved also. See Bill Field’s article and mark your calendar for December 2010. I know I was worried about these people making a mess or getting hurt, but they stayed where they were put, had their snacks and were really pleasant. P/C Scott Grim loaded his boat with twice as many as anybody else being the last boat out. There were a lot of club members involved in this and I saw a lot of smiling faces at the chili feed. P/C’s Chmela and Yates led this afterwards. See Bill’s article. Thank you.
DOCKS
The Standpipe Project is in full swing and scheduled to be completed by year end, it may drift a few days over but not many.
We had a little oil contaminated soil exposed by the backhoe while putting in the trench for the standpipes and Art Mauldin made a spectacular recovery on Thanksgiving Day to get it contained, thanks, Art.
Watch The Bilge Pump and go on-line for dock work party dates. We’re always in need of helpers. It’s a couple of hours on one Saturday a month. If you are extended stay on the dock you really should be involved in the maintenance of your home site.
One of our fellow boaters (a certain P/C) left a bag of potato chips on the back deck of his boat after a local football event and came back to find the chips replaced by little black poopy snacks, icky. We’ve added a few more rat traps, so keep an eye out for these visitors. Don’t feed them and I hope they don’t die on your boat!
HOUSE
Jim Damery’s wife Donna has had some surgery and P/C Jeff Ewell has the lead 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, we wish Donna a speedy recovery.
WINSLOW OUTSTATION
The new dock section for Dock “B” will be arriving before the end of February, 2010. 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. Let Eric or Barb Wood know you’ll be coming.
I reiterate, we had a volunteer signup sheet included in the October billing and only 60 were returned. Of those 60 about ½ were already on at least one or more committees. We need a lot more involvement. We’re not going to give up on you. Let us know what you want to be involved with.
Looking forward to 2010,
George Austin
Vice Commodore
