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1 Oct Nov WAUKEELOG Waukegan Sail & Power Squadron, a Unit of the United States Power Squadrons District 20 Promoting Safe Sail and Power Boating Published Six Times per Year COMMANDERS COMMENTS CDR ROBERT SLOAT, N This month two of our members, Daniel H. Martin, S and Past Commander John H. Van Benthuysen Sr., S received a special distinction from USPS for 25 years of membership. In recognition of this distinction, a gold-wreathed 25-year pin has been given to Daniel and John. Twenty five years of membership in USPS is deserving of our sincerest appreciation to Daniel and John and thanks from all WSPS members. Daniel lives in Waukegan and John recently moved to Florida. We plan to have a special recognition ceremony at our annual meeting on 8 Nov at the Winthrop Harbor Yacht Club honoring them. Our annual meeting and election is scheduled for Saturday, 8 November at Winthrop Harbor Yacht Club. We want to especially invite all new members who have joined WSPS since our last annual meeting in November 2013, to attend. Captain Pete Thompson of Lakeland Marine Towing and Salvage, Inc and Tow BoatUS out of Kenosha Harbor was presented with an Honorary WSPS Membership. Pete gave a very interesting presentation on life as a tow boat captain on Lake Michigan at our April social meeting. He gave us many tips on preventing emergency towing and insights on marine insurance coverage. It is noteworthy that none of the many serious towing and salvage incidents Pete reviewed included any WSPS member boats. Coming Events WSPS District 20 Conference Update Oct Pinstripes, South Barrington, IL WSPS 2014 Annual Meeting and Elections Welcoming Old and New Members Nov 8 Winthrop Harbor Yacht Club (See page 5 for details.) Seamanship Class Begins Dec 1 Brunswick Corp. Lake Forest See pages 7 and 8 for information about classes. At our cruise to Racine in September, a super special Welcome Back to Boating was given to member Gary Le Vine who has spent most of this year getting in shape for and quickly recovering from major surgery. Gary has a new heart and we all happy beyond words for having him back. Gary has a great attitude and determination. His lovely Commander s Comments Continued on Page 5 1

2 Ahoy there! Fall is off to a great start with a host of USPS classes already in session. There s no need to worry that boating season is waning because you still have time to sign up for an upcoming class Seamanship begins this December and continues through February. You ll have time to truly hone your seamanship skills in time for the start of the 2015 season. Seamanship: Monday 1 December 2014, 1845 to 2045 at Brunswick Corporate Offices, Lake Forest. Please see our entire list of Classes described on pages 7 and 8 in this newsletter and on our web site, and be sure to sign up today! All the best, Kathy EDUCATION OFFICER Lt/C KATHY LeVINE, P 2014 WSPS Officers Commander Lt/C Robert Sloat N resloat@comcast.com Past Commander Cdr. Jeffrey Geltz JN jeff@jgeltz.com Executive Officer Lt/C Elisabeth A. Geltz, JN elisabeth@egletz.com Educational Officer Lt/C Kathy LeVine, P klevine1602@gmail.com Asst. Educational Officer Lt/C Keith Baldwin, N baldwinkeith@sbcglobal.net Administrative Officer Lt/C Dave Sallmann dsallmann@rseng.com Treasurer Lt/C Darlene Smith darmade@comcast.net Secretary Lt/C Gary Nadeau gnadeau3@yahoo.com Member at Large Elizabeth Aristeguieta elizabeth@sailawaygirl.com Member at Large Ray Boller rkboller@prodigy.net Member at Large Maureen Lilleeng topsailcom@comcast.net Member at Large Brian Markey bgmarkey@gmail.com Waukeelog Editor Maureen Lilleeng topsailcom@comcast.net 2

3 Fall Boating EXECUTIVE OFFICER Lt/C ELISABETH GELTZ, JN If anyone was boating this past weekend, it is clear some of the most beautiful boating weather in Chicago, is in the fall. That being said, boating safety is as important now as in the spring. There are fewer boaters on the lake and in harbors to offer assistance, so we all need to be on our game. Below is a link to an article that highlights a few key points to fall boating including checking the weather forecast before heading out, looking for changes throughout the day as well as potential fog. Wearing an approved life jacket as air temperatures may be comfortable, but water temperatures start dropping and hypothermia becomes an issue. File a float plan with someone who will follow-up with you. Have tools on hand for minor repairs. Make sure your boat and engines are in good repair and that you have sufficient fuel, and fuel additive as needed to prevent the fuel line from freezing. Be aware of changes in water levels. The places you visited mid-summer may have a very different water level later in the season. YORKTON0501/ /-1/yorkton05/simple-precautionsmake-for-safe-boatingFile The Coast Guard just issued an updated version of the Navigation Rules Book which is required on board for all boats 36 feet and longer and makes for great reading! CG_NAV_RULES_ pdf Both of these links can be found on our WSPS face book page. Please go to: to "like" us! Wishing you Happy and Safe Fall Boating, Elisabeth Wishing our Members a Happy Birthday! October Richard Corbin Sr. October 2 Patricia Eney October 5 Cynthia Johnson October 8 Daniel Ostick October 12 Arthur Noel October 15 Helaine Baldwin October 16 Gary Le Vine October 17 Helen Green October 18 Robert Dick October 18 Bryan Villano October 21 Matthew Banach October 22 Herb Strauss October 25 Lauri Ahlman October 26 Michael Lilleeng October 26 Oscar Lutz October 31 November Rosanne Turow November 4 Rich Clark November 5 Raymond Macklin November 12 Robert Sallmann November 19 Donna Nicosia November 21 Kenneth Miller November 21 Darlene Smith November 24 3

4 As autumn is upon us, the end of the boating season is fast approaching. I hope you have had a good boating season. Our Squadron has had three Cruise and Rendezvous events this past season, all well attended. Our annual Memorial Day with the Navy, at Great Lakes Naval Base, was an inspiring event. Although the weather limited the number of members who cruised to Great Lakes Harbor, approximately a dozen members arrived by car to enjoy the activities. In August we cruised to Kenosha Harbor Marina for an enjoyable weekend. Nine boats rendezvoused at the harbor and a number of members arrived by car for a dock party and dinner at the Wine Knot restaurant. The weekend of September we cruised and raced from Waukegan and Winthrop Harbor to Racine. Two groups raced sailboats and several powerboats joined the rendezvous. We had a great evening for a dock party with temperatures in the 70 s. More than twenty of us enjoyed dinner and comradery at the Brewhouse restaurant at Reefpoint. We had a strong northwesterly wind to push us home Sunday, and the seas were relatively calm. Our Annual Meeting and Election of Officers is a little more than one month away. An Old Timers / Newcomers dinner will be combined with the annual meeting to be held on November 8 at the Winthrop Harbor Yacht Club. Pizza dinner is free and all are welcome. We hope all members who joined Waukegan Sail and Power Squadron during the last year will attend. We will also arrange for rides to the yacht club for those unable to drive. See the meeting announcement on page 6 for more information, or call Dave Sallmann ( ) for further information. I hope to see all of you at the Annual Meeting. Lt/C Dave Sallmann ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER Lt/C DAVE SALLMANN Cool Websites Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Navigation Web misc/links.htm#palm USPS Member Discounts membenefits.htm District 20 Squadron Activities month.calendar/2014/03/31/- Weather All NOAA Stuff Mastering Marlinspike USPS Compass web link: marlinespike.html Real Time Buoy Data Free Electronic Charts Wind/Wave Projections Great Lakes Wave & Wind Projections Waukegan Area Boat Photo Exchange 4

5 Continued from Page 1 - Commander s Comments wife, Kathy, deserves lots of praise too for the time and work devoted to getting Gary back on the high seas while still keeping their boat afloat in Waukegan Harbor. We are asking members and reaching out to existing WSPS members to consider volunteering to help WSPS in its various activities, like social events, meetings, cruises, teaching, hospitality, membership, communications, photography, newsletter and PR. We also have a website (wspsboating.org) and Facebook page ( which are maintained by a few individuals and often need additional material and possible personal help. If you would like to get more involved in one of the above areas, please drop me a note at commander@wspsboating.org and I will put you in contact with the appropriate person in WSPS to help get you more involved. Our annual meeting and election is scheduled for Saturday, 8 November at Winthrop Harbor Yacht Club. For all new members who have joined WSPS since our last annual meeting in November 2013, we are giving free USPS 100th Anniversary hats to those who attend this event. We will also be recognizing new members at the meeting. Keep an eye out on our website and look for Constant Contact s to members for more details on this important WSPS event. We have five new members who joined USPS this month as part of our program to offer certain USPS classes free to new annual members. All are taking our Sail Class and some are taking the Weather Course. The latter is taught by P/D/C Charles Burger, SN from Fox Valley Sail and Power Squadron. Thanks to Chuck and Fox Valley Squadron for helping WSPS on this course. Bob WAUKEELOG EDITOR Maureen Lilleeng, AP topsailcom@comcast.net Fellow Boaters and Friends, This issue is about our members old and new. I m not talking about age, but about our tenure with WSPS. This issue celebrates the camaraderie of members around boating and education. There have been many great activities this summer, a few which have been captured in photos. Where possible, I ve added names to the photos. (Please, if you send photos for the Waukeelog, please send along names, dates, and locations so that I can add them. I don t know everyone yet!) As the season comes to a close, please consider attending the 2014 Annual Meeting (see page 6). If you are new to WSPS, you ll see what we re all about and meet some fellow boating enthusiasts. Have a wonderful fall season and give thanks, Maureen 5

6 WSPS Annual Meeting & Old Timers Newcomers Dinner All Are Welcome! WSPS Members Old and New are invited to the 2014 Annual Meeting. If you are a new member, this is a great opportunity to meet other Waukegan Sail & Power Squadron members and for them to meet and greet YOU! Also, special recognition will be given to WSPS members, Daniel Martin and P/C John VanBenthuysen, who are celebrating 25 years of WSPS membership. Mark your calendar and save the date. See you on November 8th! When: Saturday, November 8 th 2014 Time: 1730 hours (Casual Dining Attire) Where: Menu: Cost: Agenda: RSVP: Winthrop Harbor Yacht Club One Yacht Club Drive in North Point Marina Winthrop Harbor, IL Pizza and Salad Free Food and Cash Bar Last names beginning with A-L, please bring an appetizer to share Last names beginning with M-Z, please bring a dessert to pass We are also looking for three persons to bring a salad to pass Cocktails Election Meeting Dinner Following Dinner Speaker TBD Dave Sallmann Phone: marciesallmann@ameritech.net 6

7 USPS Courses offered during FALL 2014 by Waukegan Sail and Power Squadron Check out our website for more detailed information: Like us on Facebook: SEAMANSHIP Start Date: Monday, 1 December 2014 Location: Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL Seamanship is applicable to both power and sail boaters, covering topics as the construction and functioning of a boat, the skipper s responsibilities, preparing the boat for use, handling and maneuvering a vessel under various conditions in close quarters and on the open water, rules of the road, anchoring, emergencies, marlinspike and basic knots. Supplemental material covers boating into the waters of Canada and Mexico. Start Date: Monday 1 December 2014 (eight weeks). No classes Dec. 22nd or Dec. 29th Location: Brunswick Corp, Lake Forest in Conway Park (Rt. 60 and 94 Tollway) Time: Start 1845, End 2045 with a 10-minute break Test: Final Exam will be given on Monday 10 February 2015 Materials: USPS Seamanship Text & Rules of the Road Book Cost: $ Member $ Non Member * $ Second family attendee sharing texts Class Chairman & Instructor: Co-Instructor: P/Lt/C Betti Garcia, AP Seaby Bess, AP captbetti@at-your-command.biz Seaby.Bess@Kone.com *Includes one year membership dues. Contact: Keith Baldwin, SN. baldwinkeith@sbcglobal.net 7

8 USPS Courses offered during FALL 2014 by Waukegan Sail and Power Squadron (continued) The following courses are currently in session: ABC BOATING COURSE (Course open to the public.) Start Date: Nine Session Course, Thursday 18 September 2014 All are Thursday classes from 7:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Location: College of Lake County (CLC), Grayslake, IL Presented as a public service by the Waukegan Sail & Power Squadron, a unit of U.S. Power Squadrons. Sessions include: boating on inland lakes and waterways (terminology, equipment, regulations, boat handling and emergency conditions); boating on open water, such as Lake Michigan (using nautical charts and the magnetic compass, plotting and basic piloting); reviews; and an exam. A Students aged earn an Illinois Boating Safety Education Card by completing the first six sessions and passing the exam. Each student who successfully completes the ABC class receives a free 6-month membership to the United States Power Squadrons. SAIL Start Date: Monday, 8 September 2014 Location: Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL Sail is a course designed to serve the needs of both the novice and experienced sailor. The course covers basic sailboat designs and nomenclature, rigging, sail types and design, sailing forces, sail shape and techniques for upwind, downwind, heavy weather and storm conditions sailing. Also covered are docking, anchoring, safety, marlinespike, and navigation rules. An introduction to sailboat racing and sailing in Canadian waters is included in the student manual and only briefly reviewed in the class. WEATHER Start Date: Wednesday, 10 September 2014 Location: Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL The safety and comfort of those who venture out-on-the water have always been weather dependent. In this course students will become keener observers of the weather, but weather observations only have meaning in the context of the basic principles of meteorology the science of the atmosphere. The course focuses on how weather systems form, behave, move, and interact with one another and reflects the availability of all sorts of weather reports and forecasts on the Internet. This is a general weather course benefiting those sitting in their living rooms, as much as those standing behind the helm. 8

9 WSPS Kenosha Cruise August 9 10 Southport Marina; Dinner at Wine Knot Commander Bob Sloat Wallis Sloat Betty and Jim Moran Past Cdr. Jeff Geltz Marcie Sallmann About Time underway to Kenosha Captain Ray and Crew Deb Lt/C Elisabeth Geltz Sharon Bucher John Bucher Lt/C Dave Sallmann Deb Boller Ray Boller Carol Kunath Bob Kunath 9 Mike and Maureen Lillleeng

10 WSPS Presents Captain Pete Thompson of TowBoat US Kenosha with Honorary Membership By Lt/C Gary Nadeau, AP On 13 September 2014, Captain Pete Thompson TowBoat US Kenosha was presented with an Honorary Membership Certificate to WSPS. Pete gave a great presentation on Safe Boating, Insurance, and TowBoat US experiences during the Squadron's April meeting. The meeting was attended by close to 50 members/guests and Pete handled the many and varied questions perfectly. The certificate was presented by Lt/C Gary Nadeau, WSPS Secretary and joined by friends and dock mates at Southport Marina Kenosha. Lt/C Gary Nadeau Presents Capt. Pete Thompson with WSPS Honorary Membership Certificate Capt. Pete Thompson is the owner and founder of Lakeland Marine Towing and Salvage and owner of TowBoat US franchise in Kenosha. He has preformed hundreds of towing and salvage evolutions successfully including towing, fuel drops, jump starts, diving, wreck removal, pollution control, and salvage operations on Lake Michigan. He holds a USGC 100 ton Masters License with a Towing endorsement. Capt. Thompson has also performed yacht deliveries and Charter Fishing. Capt. Thompson can be contacted via at petethompson221@aol.com. 10

11 WSPS Racine Rendezvous September Reefpoint Marina; Dinner at the Brewhouse Carol Kunath, Bob Kunath, Sean Sullivan Capt. Betti Garcia Mike Ludtke Kathy Le Vine 11 Lt/C Dave Sallmann

12 Welcome New Members! WSPS is Pleased to Welcome the Following Members in 2014 Jacob T. Larson Arthur R. Noel Roger Garcia Sean T. O Neill Nicholas A. Pontillo Herb Strauss Marian Hoskins John Hoskins Donna Nicosia Kinte Horton Michael Lilleeng Geoffrey McConnell Dan Ostick John Pangrazio David M. Miller Clinton A Rahn John D. Hall What is IT and what is ITS purpose? (For the answer, see page 13.) 12

13 Welcome Home Gary! It is with great joy and celebration that everyone in the Waukegan Sail & Power Squadron extends a huge Welcome Home high five to Gary Le Vine. Gary and his wife, Kathy are well know members of WSPS (Kathy has served as Educational Officer and esteemed Waukeelog Editor). Gary and Kathy are celebrating their journey of a lifetime, with Gary receiving a life-saving heart transplant earlier this year. The photo shows Gary and Kathy at the well attended Racine Rendezvous dinner party at the Brewhouse, after having travelled to Racine with Jeff and Elizabeth Geltz on their trawler Jonah. Jeff explained, Gary and Kathy seemed to enjoy the trip. Honestly with small craft warnings in effect both up and back, I doubt we would have taken the boat up had we not committed to them we would give them a ride. They were so excited there is no way I could have cancelled. After what Gary and Kathy have gone through, you can see why small craft warnings didn t faze them! Glad to see you back home! IT is a boater s safety flag. Starting in 2015, Illinois boaters towing a person must display a foot-long orange flag while the rider is in the water. 13

14 2014 WSPS Port Captains WSPS port captains are our squadron s representatives in local harbors, who make sure information and literature are available to boaters to make them aware of educational opportunities and events. Great Lakes: Jim Moran Waukegan Harbor and Larsen Marine: Denny Pearson Winthrop Harbor: Betti Garcia Winthrop Harbor and West Marine: Mike Ludtke Racine Harbor: Mark Villano Kenosha: Gary Nadeau Want to know more about Port Captains? See Classifieds Free Offer Place your ad here for free! Have something to sell or trade? Want your business card front and center? Only for WSPS Members! Please send content to topsailcom@comcast.net by 20 September to post your information in our next Waukeelog ELISABETH IL

15 Wrong Number 35 Silverton 351 Sedan Bridge 1997 Beautifully appointed, detailed, maintained vessel with spacious accommodations for entertaining underway and at the dock. Asking $74,500 Contact: Kathy LeVine or see listing at Pearson 39.2 Blue Heaven Year: 1989, Price: $69,900 Location: Waukegan, IL Hull Material: Fiberglass Fuel Type: Diesel 15

16 Free Offer Place your ad here for free! Have something to sell or trade? Want your business card front and center? Only for WSPS Members! Please send content to by 20 October to post your information in our next Waukeelog (Oct-Nov). 16