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1 Upcoming Events: Tuesday, July 20 Monthly Raft Up Friday-Sunday, July River Dunes Cruise See Commander's article THE OUTLOOK Cape Lookout Sail And Power Squadron A unit of the U.S. Power Squadrons District 27 Boating is fun...we'll show you how July/August 2010 Volume 50 Issue 7 CLSPS Website: WILMINGTON CRUISE Monday, August 2 CLSPS ExComm Meeting At Morgans Restaurant 1745: Dinner; 1900: Meeting Tuesday, August 17 Monthly Raft Up OCRACOKE CRUISE Friday-Sunday, August 20/22 Cape Lookout Cruise See page 7 Saturday, August 28, 1-5 PM Pot Luck/Picnic Social Red Sail Fairfield Harbor. See page 10 Saturday/Sunday Sept 11/12 Bike MS Rest Stop Help See Commander's article Monday, September 13 CLSPS ExComm Meeting At Morgans Restaurant 1745: Dinner; 1900: Meeting Monday, September 20 CLSPS Dinner Meeting At The Chelsea See Page 8

2 CAPE LOOKOUT SAIL AND POWER SQUADRON BRIDGE Commander Cdr Richard Tobacco, JN 903 Coral Court New Bern, NC Executive Officer Lt/C Jim Starr, JN 2410 Harbor Island Road New Bern, NC Educational Officer Lt/C Kurt Weinheimer, AP 122 Lugano Rd New Bern, NC Administrative Officer Lt/C Rhys Evans, AP 115 Gatewood Drive New Bern, NC Secretary Lt/C Beth Schwartz, P 1806 Spencer Ave. New Bern, NC bcschwartz@embarqmail.com Treasurer Lt/C Neal Schwartz, P 1806 Spencer Ave. New Bern, NC nschwartz@embaq.com COMMANDER S REPORT Cdr Richard J. Tobacco, JN Commander s Call The Year is half over Time to Shake a Leg! Shake a leg i.e., get out of bed. Originally a literal call to all those in hammocks so that women staying aboard (when the ship had had a spell in port) could be found. Men tend to have hairy legs and those with smooth shapely legs were easily discovered and sent ashore. Summer is upon us that time of the year with soaring temperatures and stifling humidity. Summer is also the time we sometimes adjust CLSPS schedules to better align with year-end schedules. We will not have our next dinner/business meeting until September 20 th, but we have many activities scheduled between then and now that I hope you will participate in. And, because this newsletter is the combined July/August issue, we have many activities to apprise you of. Cruise to River Dunes, enjoy 99 beer and wine, listen to music by the pool, dine in a first class restaurant, and get a tour of Coastal Living 2007 Idea House! Plan to arrive by 3pm Friday July 23 rd to enjoy the festivities by the pool and then join other members for a fine evening of dinning. Get up (shake a leg), enjoy the Saturday self-serve breakfast, and plan to gather for the 10:30 tour of the Idea House. Sunday July 25 th is your day to return to mundane living. Join us for this fun event send me an ; rtobacco@suddenlink.net. August 28 th is a CLSPS potluck picnic/social being held at Fairfield Harbour Red Sail Park from 1pm to 5pm. RSP is a nice facility with plenty of sheltered picnic benches, rest rooms, drinking water, barbeques, horse shoe pits, and a bocce ball court. We will be providing beer and wine (donations accepted) along with ice, plates, napkins and plastic ware. It is suggested you bring your own serving utensil. Please send Diana Rezab an indicating your attendance; dianarezab@suddenlink.net. August 20 th - 22 th is our summer cruise to Cape Lookout led by Larry Lovvorn; ahoylovv@cconnect.net. Larry currently has 8 boats signed on and is looking for more participants. I expect that sailboats may elect to leave a day or two earlier so as to arrive on 2

3 Commander's Call (Cont.) Friday along with the power boats. This event is two weeks before Labor Day which is approaching fast - better shake a leg. September 11 th and 12 th is our rest stop participation in Bike MS. Those of you who participated in the event last year, found it a very rewarding experience. It is rewarding when riders, who are riding hundreds of miles and collecting thousands of dollars for a very good cause, thank us for being there to provide food and drink. [A CLSPS member, Joanne Somerday (aka Crash); yadremos@suddenlink.net, will be riding in the event and would appreciate sponsorship.] I have agreed to captain rest stops both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday we will have the Ernul lunch stop and on Sunday we will have a rest stop location unknown. The Bridge would like to make this an annual CLSPS civic activity, with the majority of the volunteers coming from our squadron. This year we will need about 12 volunteers for Saturday and about 25 for Sunday. Please contact me about participating: rtobacco@suddenlink.net. EXECUTIVE OFFICER Lt/C Jim Starr, JN The CLSPS Wilmington Cruise - May What a great cruise! Ten days, four crews, three boats, and lots of good times and camaraderie in a great North Carolina city. This is a trip report from Snap Dragon s point of view. Cruise leader Owen Smith did a great job of planning the trip and making all the arrangements. (Unfortunately, Changes in Attitude didn t get to make the trip, but Owen and Carolyn joined us for a day in Wilmington by car.) As is usual for these cruises, the participant list dwindled as the departure time neared with boat problems and other obligations, but we ended up with a solid roster of Cancale (Sherry and Allan Garey), Liberty (Lloyd and Jane Moore), and Snap Dragon (Jim and Sherrie Starr). Snap Dragon left New Bern on May 21, and met Liberty in the Cedar Creek anchorage off Adams Creek that evening. Liberty was coming from a Fairfield Harbor Yacht Club cruise. The next morning, Liberty and Snap Dragon made our way out Beaufort Inlet to Cape Lookout, positioning us for a nice sail across Onslow Bay the next day. On 5/23, we left at 5 am in calm seas and light fog for our long day across open water. There was a little sailing with light winds out of the north, but progress was slow so we motorsailed. It was a pretty day, with dolphins and sea turtles in evidence. We managed to dodge a couple of thunderstorms as we approached Masonboro Inlet and by 5 pm, we were anchored in Wrightsville Beach. The next morning, it was onward to Wilmington! Down the ICW through Snow s Cut to the Cape Fear River, then north. Our planning could have been a little better waiting a few hours would have lessened the adverse current in the Cape Fear upstream progress was slow. We did manage some sailing upstream in squally conditions. The Wilmington waterfront is a great place to visit. The city docks are face docks which 3

4 encompass most of downtown, there s water and power, and slip prices are reasonable. In spite of what Claiborne Young says in his guide, there are no onshore heads and showers available. Apparently the Hilton once allowed cruisers to use their facilities, but management has changed and so has their policy. We found that if you looked like a guest, you could certainly use the bathrooms. Being right on the riverfront puts you within easy walking distance of a wide variety of good restaurants and night clubs, a book store, art galleries, and other shopping. Ice and groceries are a longer walk, but very doable. There are people out and about until late in the evening, and the waterfront area feels safe. Liberty and Snap Dragon had arrived in Wilmington a day ahead of schedule because we chose a good weather day to cross Onslow Bay. We were there on the morning of 5/25, when Wilmington held its National Maritime Day ceremony right next to us on the waterfront. This day honors our Merchant Mariners and their contribution to America s security and commerce. An interesting sidelight is that 126 of the WWII Liberty ships manned by the civilian Merchant Marine were built in Wilmington. After short comments by military and civilian leaders, a wreath was blessed and placed in the Cape Fear River by a Coast Guard patrol boat. That afternoon, Cancale arrived with the Gareys aboard. They had stuck to the original trip schedule, and come down the ICW. We all had a great dinner that night with some friends of the Moores from the Cape Fear Squadron. Carolyn, Owen, and Jane s sister, Anne Roney, joined us the next day with cars, which made an excursion to the USS North Carolina an easy trip. Much of the North Carolina is open for visitors, and a full tour wows you with the size and complexity of the ship. I was impressed with the analog (mechanical) computers used for fire control. Early electronic methods had been tried and found to be inferior. Cancale left Wilmington on the 27 th to make its way back up the ICW. Liberty and Snap Dragon stayed another day in Wilmington, waiting for the winds in the ocean to shift to the south for our return trip across Onslow Bay. As a result, we anchored in Wrightsville Beach on the Friday night of Memorial Day weekend. It was crowded. The next day we headed out Masonboro Inlet at 6 am into wind on the nose and lots of leftover chop from the northeast. It was rough! We motored, then sailed as the wind shifted east, then motorsailed as the wind shifted to the southeast and dropped. It was good to get to Cape Lookout. The next day, Snap Dragon left Liberty at Cape Lookout and headed back to New Bern. In another planning misjudgment, we managed to hit Beaufort Inlet against the ebb tide with an opposing wind while the Memorial Day boat traffic kicked up lots of big wake. Lots more bouncing until we made it past Morehead. We anchored at Cedar Creek, and then had a nice sail back to New Bern. After going to Wilmington and back, Liberty spent another two weeks out, visiting the Okracoke music festival and the District 27 Rendezvous in Oriental before returning home. Way to go, Lloyd and Jane! What a great trip! The Outlook and other great information are available at the CLSPS Website: 4

5 EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Lt/C Kurt Weinheimer, AP MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Pamela & Bob Leahy It is not to late register for either Engine Maintenance or Junior Navigation. EM begins August 10 th and JN starts on September 9 th. If you are interested please either call or me at wkurtsails@embarqmail.com. I will have to order materials soon so don t delay. Chairman, Squadron Vessel Safety Program Richard Boyack, JN Vessel Safety Inspections We will finish our scheduled inspections on Saturday, July 10, at Lawson's Creek Marina Launch sites from 9:00am till 12:00 Noon. If we have heavy activity we may stay longer. After that inspectors will be doing inspections for friends, neighbors and at their marinas. I know from the inspection reports I have received to date, there are still a significant number of Cape Lookout members who have not had their boats inspected. Let's try to set an example to the community and get our boats inspected. It's free and it does not matter if you pass or fail. If you don't pass you will know what you need to comply with the State and Federal regulations. Let's make a good showing for our Squadron. To help share information with our fellow squadron members, the Member Table will be setup for our bi-monthly meetings. This is an opportunity for us to share business and event news. You are all invited to contribute to this information exchange with business cards, announcements, and pictures of interest. We would like to learn more about each other's knowledge, talent, and interests. In addition, the Suggestion Box will be brought to all our socials and bi-monthly meetings for your input. We welcome your wonderful suggestions for the success of our CLSPS, and appreciate your great ideas. The June 21st meeting was very entertaining, with the incredible photo presentation on the area waters by guest speaker John Jacobson. We are so fortunate to live in such a beautiful area, with extensive water access! It's great that participation in this year's squadron events continues to grow. Many thanks to those organizing our meetings, hosting our socials, leading the boating activities, and offering such a variety of activities. The increased attendance at our gatherings makes a huge difference, the increased energy is great! We appreciate those who are actively involved in our squadron, and encourage others to join us. We hope you'll enjoy the many squadron activities scheduled this summer Vessel Safety Inspections Schedule of organized inspections Saturday July 10, 2010 Lawson s Creek Launch Site 9:00am-12:00pm 5

6 Happy Birthday to the Following Members July Belliard, Rafael G -- 1 July Carleton, Carolyn N July Burbine, John J July Kammer, Margaret -- 6 July Smith, Carolyn P July Coombe David Allen, -- 9 July Curry, Delle P July Davidson, James R July Welton, Richard C July Pardee, William July Burelle, Kathleen July Conzelman, Peter Smith July Tobacco, Richard J July Reasons, June D July Harkin, Duncan A July Schwartz, Neal S July SUNSHINE LADY Linda Tobacco, AP If you are aware of a squadron member who is experiencing personal hardship, please send a note explaining the situation to our Sunshine Lady - LBTobacco@suddenlink.net Cape Lookout Sail and Power Squadron Boosters Richard and Linda Tobacco Jim & Sherrie Starr Jim & Ruby Scheer Robert & Diana Thompson Bill & June Reasons Marty & Tiki Warner August Skrotsky, Robert W August Johnson, Nicole C August Stallings III, Robert L August Leahy, Robert F August Cowardin, Robert Lewis August McCulley, Carolyn C August Garey, Alan W August Bechtold, David H August Oltz, Donald F August Welton, Kristi S August Nelson, Kathryn Y August Clark, Ted Gray August Martin, C. Keith August Carleton William, B August 6

7 2010 CLSPS Cruises Larry Lovvorn, Cruise Coordinator The following cruises have been identified for this year with the appropriate cruise leader identified. If you are interested in any of these cruises please contact the cruise leader. 1. River Dunes Dates: July Cruise Leader: Richard Tobacco Contact: Cape Lookout Dates: August Cruise Leader: Larry Lovvorn Contact; D27 at New Bern Hilton Dates: September Cruise Leader: Mike McCulley Contact: In addition we are planning on having midweek raft ups on the third Tuesday of each month. For those signed up, an will be sent confirming the location and/or cancellation due to weather. Contact Dick Ewan on or to get on the list. We hope you will join us on one of these cruises! Cape Lookout Cruise independent. Either way is OK as long as we are in the same proximity. Please let Larry and Linda Lovvorn phone ) know of your interest so they can coordinate happy hours activities. On this contact they will get your boat name, cell phone and anchoring preferences. Come on out and join us! Monthly Raft Ups When P/C Richard Ewan looks down the road a few days and sees the weather is going to cooperate on the third Tuesday, he'll leave an message about where and when the raft up will occur. No sign up is required but let him know you are interested so that he can put you on the list and then you just show up and have a good time. If it's lunch time at the time of the raft up, why not bring along something to share as well as your own lunch? If you want to know about or have suggestions for a raft up, contact Dick at: , or him at: ebr813@suddenlink.net. Ensley s Radio Company Inc The CLSPS cruise to Cape Lookout will take place on August We had 8 boats sign up at the planning luncheon - but more are welcome. The boats we have so far are: LuSea Lichty Dalliance McCulley Liberty Moore C-Dory Gewain Morning Star Evans Limbo Scheer Blue Thunder Tobacco River Mist Lovvorn We will rendezvous inside the hook, location depending upon the wind. Some boats may want to raft together and others might be 2302 Hwy 70 E New Bern sales@ensley.com Specializing in selling, Installing, and servicing marine electronic equipment since 1945 We appreciate your business 7

8 Cape Lookout Sail and Power Squadron September Dinner Meeting The Chelsea Restaurant -- Monday, 20 September Social Hour 1800 Dinner 1900 Meeting Guest Speaker--P/C Don Oltz Name: Number attending X $24.00 each = Amount enclosed $ Please send your check prior to Friday, September 17, 2010 to: Rhys Evans, 115 Gatewood Drive, New Bern, NC Ship s Store P/C Diana Thompson, AP Rob and I will be "Land Cruising" until the beginning of August. Sherrie Starr has graciously offered to stand in for me during my absence. If you need any supplies during this time, please call her at Fleece jackets have been added to the Ship's Store inventory. The Anniversary Logo in gold is the design. I have navy in stock, but other colors can be ordered. Prices are as follows: Men and Women sizes S, Med, Lg, and XLg sell for $ XXLg (Men and Women) sell for $ Knit Shirts: Ladies and men's short sleeve and long sleeve knit shirts will be $ Sizes 2X and 3X sell for $33.00 They are available in red, white, and navy. Sizes: Ladies Sm., Med., Lg., X-Lg., and 2X. Ladies shirts have no pockets. Men's: Sm., Med., Lg., X-Lg., 2X and 3X. We now have men s knit shirts with and without pockets available in both white and navy. Denim Shirts: Denim cloth shirts are also available in both short and long sleeves. They are priced at $ Sizes--same as above. The Anniversary Burgee is available for $ Pennant magnets are priced at $5.00. They can be placed on your vehicle or used on the refrigerator. Hats and visors will sell for $ If anyone has any suggestions for other items to be carried in the Ship's Store, please let me know. You can contact me at , or me at michris@embarqmail.com. If you send an and I do not contact you in a timely manner, please call me as it might not have gone through. If you are interested in a current CLSPS knit white or navy short sleeve or denim long sleeve shirt, they are all available for $

9 PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER P/C William J. Ash, SN, H FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Greg Scotten Chairman of Marketing/PR United States Power Squadrons (941) gscotten@comcast.net May 26, 2010 OLD NAVIGATION CHARTS = DANGER Skilled boaters know that old charts can become dangerously out of date and inaccurate. Unfortunately, many of those same boaters feel perfectly secure with their GPS s electronic charts, believing its data will never age. Even a newly purchased GPS unit may contain a chip that is already obsolete. You also need to recognize that the printed chart you just purchased may have been on the shelf for quite a while not to mention how long it sat on your boat before you used it. To address this problem, the United States Power Squadrons (USPS), the nation s largest boating education organization, has joined with government and leading companies in forming the Alliance for Safe Navigation. This Alliance is co-sponsored by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the US Department of Commerce, Jeppesen Marine, OceanGrafix, BoatUS, and SeaTow. Its goal is to make boaters aware of unsafe navigation tools and practices. Bob Sweet, the National Education Officer of USPS, remarked: Ask a recreation boater the date on his or her charts- Typically their chart information is three to five years out of date. The concern is that while such boaters are not required to maintain current navigational tools, the size of their vessels allows them to move into places where they are vulnerable to shifting shoals and alterations to channel markers. Hundreds of changes may have occurred since their navigation charts were prepared. NOAA reports that in the United States there are around 6400 recreational boating accidents each year. In the past five years, there were 2500 accidents resulting from striking fixed objects and 1400 resulting from going aground. It is clear that boaters must learn to leave their home ports with accurate cruising data. While the United State Coast Guard s weekly Local Notice To Mariners is regularly available with the latest chart changes, few boaters take advantage of this service. To meet this important situation the Alliance has set up a website where boaters can easily check the accuracy of their local charts at: You also can participate in a brief survey that will help all boaters by going to: To become more proficient in cruising and navigating with charts and GPS units, select a course offered through of the United States Power Squadrons USPS University. There, you can find also find seminars about charting and GPS. For more information, contact 9

10 Cape Lookout Sail and Power Squadron DATE: PLACE: TIME: Saturday, August 21st Fairfield Harbour Red Sail Park 1pm to 4 pm Bring a dish to share along with a serving utensil. Drinks (beer & wine) and ice will be provided along with plates, cups, plastic ware and napkins. There is no charge for the refreshments, but donations will be accepted. Red Sail Park has plenty of covered picnic benches and the social will be held rain or shine. There is also bocce ball and horseshoe courts for those willing to play! If you plan to attend or have questions please contact, Diana Rezab; dianarezab@suddenlink.net or Hope to see you there! Wilmington Cruise Allan & Sherry Garey (Left) "Liberty"(Right) 10

11 OcraFolk Festival--Faces in the crowd 11

12 Articles in the Cape Lookout Outlook reflect the opinions of the authors. USPS is not responsible for editorial content. Readers comments, suggestions, and contributions are welcome. Please contact any of the bridge officers. NOTICES: Boat US offers a 50% discount to USPS members. Our Boat US group number is GA80679P and must be used to claim your $12.50 discount. Don t forget to patronize our advertisers, and be sure to tell them you are from CLSPS and saw their ad in The Outlook. NEW ADDRESS: Please notify Bill Reasons ( or reasonsusps@suddenlink.net) if you have any changes to the information we have on file such as boat information, or mailing address, birthdays, telephone number etc. Please provide information to the Editor by the 20th of the month by for the next newsletter. Late items will appear in the next issue of the Outlook. Marty Warnerrwarner4@ec.rr.com Outlook Staff Editor: 1/Lt Marty Warner, AP Advertising Manager: (Open) Legislation: P/C Larry McNellis, JN* Safety Officer: Joanne Somerday Public Relations Officer: P/C Bill Ash, SN, H Chairman, Squadron Vessel Safety Program: Richard Boyack, SN Vessel Examiners: Robert Blanchard Janet Blanchard Richard Boyack Bob Boyack Jewt Collyar Bob Cowardin Jim Davidson Jim Dugan George Maravelas Lloyd Moore ( ) Don Oltz Owen Smith Cape Lookout Sail and Power Squadron 2131 Neuse Cliffs Circle New Bern, NC Cape Lookout Sail and Power Squadron A Unit of the United States Power Squadrons District 27 America s Boating Club 12