Soundings. Newsletter of South Port Sailing Club November Fall Furl. Message from the Commodore Doris Hellenbart

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1 Soundings Newsletter of South Port Sailing Club November 2014 Message from the Commodore Doris Hellenbart The boats are out and for the most part, the sailing season has ended. I think we as a club should pat ourselves on the back for a job well done. This year has been the most trying and most uplifting year in our club history. We were challenged but more importantly, we were up for the challenge. We built a new harbour in the coldest winter ever, raised the money to do it, and had record work party attendance from so many members who stepped up to the plate. During and overall we re-grouped as a club. We are all better for what we accomplished. Let us all come out for the Fall Furl and celebrate. This being my last message as Commodore, I want to thank the entire club for making a challenging year much easier than I had originally anticipated. I thank the executive, most of which were new to this forum but were up to the task. All of the chairs did an excellent job. Some jobs however were more trying. We all need to thank John Shaw, who with the help of Paul Bowsher and Brenda Petro, after hours upon hours re-constructed our books and put everything into a new accounting software. We are now able to at any specific moment, see where we are financially. Matt Draisey as race chair was able to oversee the re-start of our racing program, putting in way too many of his own hours to make it fun and interesting for all. Peter Soles as harbourmaster, also had a huge job on his plate and with the help of some amazing members, was able to get us to where we are now. New to his position, Dave Robichaud and his committee put in untold hours keeping the clubhouse and grounds shipshape. Lynn Baker and her committee have kept us entertained the entire year. Kemal Tepe as cruise chair was new to the executive this season and is looking for input from everyone for next year s program. Our flag officers, Ann Ramey and Mark Dolsen also look to your insights as to the continued direction of the club. And, last but not least, Dan Moorhouse in his new position as secretary kept us well organized. It has been a great year and I want to thank everyone who contributed positively in support of all the membership. Your new executive will need this continued encouragement. I know you are all up to it. Thanks again! Andy and I look forward to seeing you all at the Fall Furl November 15th. The Annual General Meeting November 25th. and the Men s and Ladies Christmas dinners December 8th. It has been a pleasure serving as your Commodore. Annual General Meeting Tuesday November 25th SPSC Main Room 7:00 pm If you have any items for the agenda a/o motions, please submit to the Secretary Dan Moorehouse by Sunday November 9, 2014 A copy of the motion application is available on page 4 of this issue Fall Furl Saturday November 15th Windsor Yacht Club Reservation form in October Soundings and available in the club foyer. Content Pg 2 Men s/ladies Christmas Dinners Pg 3 Calendar of Events/Cards Pg 4 Motion application AGM Pg 5 Remembrance Day/Final Work Party DRYA Race Results Pg 6 WYC Race Results 2014 Racing in Hilton Head Pg 7 OSA Sailing Workshop WYC Pg 8 Haul Out Pg 9 Haul Out / Welcome new member 1

2 Mainstays Annual Christmas Dinner Monday December 8th $25.00 per person includes tax and gratuity (separate checks/cash preferred) Arrival 6:30 Dinner to be served 7:00 pm Location: Lilly Kazilly s Restaurant 9550 Riverside Dr. E Windsor Menu: Soup of the day or salad, mini bread loaves Choice of: 8 oz Prime Rib or Baked Haddock w/bay shrimp & crab sauce or Chicken florentine Roast Potatoes & seasonal Vegetables Tea or coffee Bar & Dessert extra This year s charity is The Salvation Army. Please bring $5.00 if you wish to donate. Bring a new or regifted item (max $10.00) for the Santa exchange (optional) Reservation deadline December 3rd. Sue Bufton sbufton@cogeco.ca or telephone Men s Annual Christmas Dinner Monday December 8th $20.00 per person Arrival 5:30 Dinner to be served at 6:30 pm Location: SPSC Clubhouse Catered Dinner Appetizers: Tempura battered Shrimp w/cocktail sauce-homemade Spring Rolls w/dipping sauce Devilled eggs-anti pasta platter Main course: Cole slaw or Tossed Salad/rolls/butter Chicken Riesling in white wine mushroom sauce-stuffed loin of Pork w/gravy Roasted Garlic mashed potatoes-asian Green Beans-baby carrots w/cashews Desserts: Pies, Cakes, Tarts & Christmas Cookies Please reserve as soon as possible. The number attending has to be provided to the caterer. Wayne Hind whind@sympatico.ca or telephone:

3 The calendar is also displayed on our Web site. For details on each entry, please click on the calendar on our site at (the links are not active in Soundings but details are included in the newsletter) Clubhouse Duties December 2014 Yildez Halbish Dec 7-13 Dec Dec Dec 28-Jan 3 Gavin, G Staley, J Novak, J Brixa, K Regnier FALL FURL Please complete the sheet in the binder located on the kitchen counter and note your total actual work hours on the lower right. Hickey Spezowka OSA workshop WYC Private Event 6:30 pm To new members.. all supplies are in the stock room. The key is marked and hanging on the wall in the kitchen. Thank you! Chesnik Norton Annual General Meeting Soundings is the newsletter of The South Port Sailing Club 210 Brighton Rd. Tecumseh, ON N8N 2L Cards nite November 8th & 22nd Men s lunch 2nd Wednesday of the month Used Oil or Antifreeze beside Garbage bin The club has no way to discard these liquids other than for the Property Chair to take the containers to the dump. Please take your old oil and antifreeze home and dispose of it in the proper manner. Thank you for your cooperation. Editor: Jackie Timothy Please send your contributions for the December issue by November 24th to Jackie at robtim@cogeco.ca or call The newsletter is not published in January. The calendar for January is printed in the December issue.

4 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday November 25, 2014 Submission by November 9, 2014 I hereby provide Notice of Motion to SPSC Executive Secretary (name) (title) Motion Re: Date: 4

5 Wear a poppy, attend a cenotaph ceremony, shake hands with a Veteran, teach your children the meaning of Remembrance Day... Final Work Party of the 2014 Season November 8-10:00 am From the Property Chair, Dave Robichaud Our fiscal year ends October 31st. Any hours completed after this date are applied to your work hours for If any member is short on hours, time sheets (a/o clubhouse duty sheets) submitted up to December 31st can be applied to your 2014 work hours. The final work party will include general yard clean up, removing and storing dock hoses and ends (a compressor is available to blow out the hoses before storage), Dock carts to be moved to the shed as well as outside garbage pails stored. Outside blue boxes to be hosed down and stored at the south side of the building in the recycle shed & and any other miscellaneous chores. Pizza for lunch in the clubhouse. One Too Many DRYA 2014 Season Skipper Roger Renaud, Crew, George Chernawski and Matt Draisey - First place - DRYA Spring Series PHRF 4 - First place - DRYA Summer Series PHRF 4 - First place - DRYA Season's Championships PHRF 4 One Too Many (with Roger, George and Jason) took 2nd place DRYA - The Bayview Yacht Club Long Distance Race PHRF-4 5

6 Windsor Yacht Club 2014 Awards Banquet (above) Wesley Arthur & Crew 1st Overall WYC CHIMO PHRF B 2nd WYC Canadian Club Overnight Congratulations South Port Skippers & Crew! (left) Roger Renaud & Matt Draisey 1st. Place WYC Canadian Club Overnight Members Mo and Fannie Regnier crewed on Island Flyer the weekend of October 18th in Hilton Head in The Carolina Ocean Challenge Cup. Skipper Denny Manrique & crew took 1st. place in their class. 6

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8 HAULOUT 2014 from Andy Hellenbart Another good and uneventful haul out this year. I would like to thank all the members who participated, working hard to make the haul out go smoothly, and to new members who learned the process by helping. Even though his boat is not stored at the club, a special thank you should go to Wayne Bellemore for directing the crane operator, and make the placing of the boats into their cradles look easy. Also a special thanks should go to the lunch committee of Bill and Lynn Baker, Janet Graybiel and Ann Ramey for keeping the members fed. Only six more months to reverse the process and put the boats back into the water. Exact date to be determined. Thanks again 8

9 Sailing School Power Washing Team Bailey Yildez and Amelia Dolsen Thank you ladies!! The end of the day SPSC New Member Shuvo Bhattacharjee & Family South Port welcomes Shuvo Bhattacharjee, his wife Laura and children Daniel and Rahul. He is an engineer employed with Robert Bosch LLC. Shuvo took adult sailing lessons at South Port in He is the owner of a Catalina 21 and is looking forward to cruising next season out of our harbour. His boat was at Puds Marina, so he is familiar with the area! The vessel will be named Shara, which means whisper in Bengali/Hindi. It would have been the chosen name for his daughter, but that was not to be and he has 2 wonderful sons. Address: 523 Collier Crt. Tecumseh, Ontario. N8N 3J4 Telephone: Res: Bus: shuvo_77@hotmail.com Boat: Catalina 21 9

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