June 08 Board Meeting Minutes

Minutes of SJSC meeting held at the Two River’s Marina dock, Saturday, June 7th at 4:15 PM:

NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, JULY 12TH AT THE DOCK. TIME - TO BE ANNOUNCED.

Perry asked about the status of the Blog. Reply was that it’s “in process”.

Treasurer’s Report will be available soon.

A member of the club had asked that the new handle for the mast crane be discussed. It is much slower than the old handle requiring more cranking to raise and lower masts. The outcome of the discussion was that the state park installed the winch handle for safety reasons. The state park controls the mast crane. As such, it is unlikely that the old handle can be put back into service. Sorry…

Upcoming events include:

San Juan Cup, Saturday, June 14th. Skipper’s meeting to be held around noon on the dock. The fee for this race is $15.00. Fees must be paid prior to the race. Checks or cash. Prizes will be awarded.

“Bass-ack-ward’s” Race, Sunday, June 15th. Skipper’s meeting to be held around noon on the dock. No fee for this race (and no prizes either!). But, it’s fun so come out and give it a try! The boat with the highest handicap will be first to cross the start line. If you plan to participate, PLEASE CONTACT PERRY ASAP (powder4evermon@hotmail.com) so the handicaps can be figured prior to the weekend! This will save considerable time on the weekend when we all want to relax and just have fun.

Clean up at the park, Saturday, June 21st. Pancake breakfast to be put on by the Marina crew in the morning for those participating If you want pancakes/breakfast, you must let us know (i.e., if you want to eat that morning, RSVP!).

The Man-Over-Board (MOB) drill will be rescheduled to the weekend of July 12th. Several folks interested in this event can not attend on the weekend of June 21st. Stay tuned…

Rum Run and Pot Luck, Saturday, June 28th. Details regarding this event were sent out previously. For the pot luck, bring your own item to grill, a dish to share and, BYOB.

Stahlecher Race for the LOCAL chapter of the American Cancer Society, weekend of July 5th and 6th. This is a fee race with prizes. All fees collected will go to the local chapter of the American Cancer Society. MINIMUM entry fee is $25.00 but open your wallets wide and make as generous a donation as you can. If you are not racing, your donation will be gladly accepted as well!

Reminder: Port Supply orders go to our treasurer, Janet Dickinson (dancingnana@frontier.net). Save money on your West Marine wish list items and order through the club! You will save a little (maybe even a lot) and the club will get 5% of your order total. This revenue adds up over time and helps us to pay for our insurance and other club expenses.

If you haven’t renewed your membership in the club yet, it’s never too late! Again, contact Janet for information on membership.

If you have news for the blog, let Barbara and Bill Dodds know… thinairthinker@bresnan.net.

Interested in racing rules, handicapping, etc., check out the US Sailing Web site at:
www.ussailing.org.

Speaking of racing, a very big thanks goes out to Don Aarvold for sharing his extensive knowledge of race starts and tips on rigging for performance on Saturday evening before the dock party! Everyone enjoyed his talk on Saturday evening and we all learned a few new things. Do you have something that you could share with your fellow sailors? We are all ears….

Notice regarding all racing events

This is a notice for all racing events. All racing is subject to USSA rules, modified as follows:

Protest are officially discouraged.
Courses will be announced at skipper’s meetings.
Unless other-wise announced, skipper’s meetings will be at 1:00pm on day of race; start will be at 2:00pm or when wind permits.
No skipper’s meetings for Beer Can Races.
Flags may be flown while racing.
All race starts will be on VHF 68
Start sequences will be 11:00 minute “boom”;
Followed by 10 minute “boom”;
Five minute “boom";
“boom” or go.

Unless otherwise announced, races start at 2:00pm. Any on-water event is followed by a raftup, dock party or beach party. Location will be determined via VHF.

Be sure to check the Blog or this spot for calendar changes, start times and other important information.

1st Annual Rum Run

1st ANNUAL RUM RUN

June 28,2008


General Information:
• The entrance fee is 1 pint of Good Quality Run (Bad Quality- Bad Handicap)
• The Race Committee assigns Handicaps and Penalties as they wish.
• The Race Committee can assess penalties, as well as time awards for exceptional seamanship or costumes.
• Absolutely no motors can be used at any time for any reason.
• There will be a skippers meeting at the dock before the race. At such time, the Race Committee will go over the following rules to make sure everyone understands the rules. Skipper’s meeting @ 12:30 June 28th.

Rules:
• The race begins when boats anchor off the beach with sails down.
• The owner or 1 designated member of the crew rows, paddles or swims ashore with his/her entrance fee for the start of the race.
• The Race Committee deems the entry to be of good, poor or mediocre quality.
• The rum will be poured out into the “RUM KEG”.
• When the “gun” goes off, each designated crew must race past the rum keg and row, paddle or swim to their waiting yacht.
• ONLY when the sailors have made contact with the boat can the crew begin to hoist sails and pull anchor and sail off anchor.
• Sail the race course back to anchorage.
• Drop anchor and lower sails.
• ONLY then can the designated member row, paddle or swim to shore.
• The Designated member MUST have a cup in his/her hand or they will be sent back to the boat.
• The designated member, on reaching shore must find the Race Committee and drink a TOT of Rum.
• Upon finishing the rum, their time will be recorded.

This all will be followed by a beach party / raft up serving Rum Drinks as the Specialty of the House.