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later! My mantra is it takes a village and boy did this village put on a great show for the sailing community, the City of Dunedin, the kids, and everyone in between. Thank you!

Many of you are starting to plan spring trips along the FLA West coast and this will be a great tool for you to see where you can go!

1 The Harbor Crier On The Web At Volume 5, Issue 10 Dunedin Boat Club October 2012 Commodore s Corner by Happy A quick thank you to all that were involved in any shape or form in the Regatta Ball and/or Regatta more on that later! My mantra is it takes a village and boy did this village put on a great show for the sailing community, the City of Dunedin, the kids, and everyone in between. Thank you! Many have asked us to inquire about reinstating our Yacht Club of America membership. We have done so but it doesn t start until January 1, Many of you are starting to plan spring trips along the FLA West coast and this will be a great tool for you to see where you can go! This allows you to use member club facilities that you normally would not. The only hitch we have to track it. Please Mary where you went, the date, and how long you stayed and she will keep a running log if the membership is NOT used, it will NOT be renewed. When we get the login password, membership packet, membership cards, and book, we will let you know! The book will be stored in an accessible location in the Boat Club. The year is not over, so please step up and keep the village going! We ll need help with more parties and the Boat Parade! It s a great way to get involved and meet more folks! Happy Inside This Issue Bridge & Board... 2 Regatta Recap... 3 Social Committee... 4 Sunshine... 5 October Fest... 6 Race... 7 Halloween... 8 Reach for the Sails Bowling for John...12 Upcoming Events At A Glance... October 15 General Membership Mtg. October 15 October Fest November 17 Chili Cook-Off & Auction November 19 General Membership Mtg. November Caladesi

2 2012 Bridge Happy Jordan Commodore Peter Kolb Vice Commodore Jim Graham Rear Commodore Jack Mallard Purser Chris Benson Secretary Dorothy Connor Past Commodore Board Kim Beaty Lori Donovan Mark Jordan Ron Kinkead Sam McVicker George Schott Norm Whitten Robin Wright October Fest "Hopfen und Malz, Gott erhaltz!" (Long live hops and malt!) Join us before the October 15 General Meeting to raise our glasses and our bratwursts! The Boat Club will provide brats and all the fixins you provide $6 for beer and wine and bring a dish to share. RSVP to Happy happytoes@verizon.net and let her know how many you re bringing and what you re bringing! All proceeds go to DBC towards the new grill!. If you can help set up, serve, and/or clean up, let Happy know that too! Prost Book Club...Carol Allen City Liaison...Kim Beaty Communications...Jim Schrader Cruising...George Schott Directory...Ron & Sherrie Kinkead Dunedin Cup...Happy Jordan Historian...Dorothy Connor Marina Advisory...Frank Brokamp 2012 Committees Membership...Fairlie Brinkley, Elaine Mann Newsletter...Ron Kinkead & Chris Benson Race...Paul Auman Ship Store... Peggy Schott & Jean Zoda Social... Mary Kolb & Cheryl Young Sunshine...Brenda Hanson Website...Clay Connor Youth Sailing... Fairlie Brinkley 2 Dunedin Boat Club PO Box 201 Dunedin, FL Dunedin Boat Club PO Box 201 Dunedin, FL

3 Regatta Recap If you were not at the Regatta Ball you missed a good time! The Silent Auction was fabulous thank you Terry, Dorothy, Robin, Jennifer, and Brenda. Thank you to all who attended and supported! The first ever Live Auction was a lot of fun and bidding wars and surprises abounded! Our speaker Maureen McKinnon-Tucker, 2008 Paralympic Gold Medalist was a real treat and inspiration. If you weren t there you missed out. Here is a link to Maureen s inspiring story. and a personal letter from Maureen. Dear Kim and Deb, I wish to thank the both of you and the officers of the Dunedin Boat Club for one of the best times I have ever had in the state of Florida! Thank you for choosing me as your speaker. Thank you also for the standing ovation, that was very humbling, thank you. Everyone, from the club officers, their families, the youth sailors, their families and even the Dunedin Country Club's paid staff were all so exceptionally friendly, welcoming, accommodating and well... just so darn nice!! To the Beatys, you could not have been better hosts!! Thank you for the transport, the careful hotel selection, the fabulous dinners and meals and some rather good scotch drinks ;) As I said before, Deb and Kim are the best two person tourist bureau a town could have. I thoroughly enjoyed my two day stay and I will remember the folks from Dunedin fondly... always! Sincerely, Maureen McKinnon On a similar note, the Regatta Awards Party had a superstar show up as well Jen French, 2012 Paralympic Silver Medalist, just back from London showed up to present Sailability their awards do you see a thread here?! This is a link to a blog from Reach for the Sails talking about one of Sailability s own sailors and his experience in the Dunedin Cup Regatta and meeting Jen French. On behalf of Paul, Mary, and Happy we want to thank everyone who participated in any way, shape, or form. The Regatta Committee consisted of 11 Boat Club members. There were over 30 people at the Clean Up Day on Sept 22 to get the Boat Club and grounds ready for the crowd wow! Almost 100 people and members volunteered to help during the 2 days. There were 81 boats on the water over 2 days in 6 races. There were 11 support boats of 37 people on the water making sure the races went off without a hitch. We had Jen French, 2012 Silver Medalist show up. Tony Milo from SouthWinds wrote an article and took pictures. It s too early to tell what funds were raised to put Dunedin Youth Sailing on the water in the future but we ll keep you posted when we do! A special thank you to Paul Auman and his team for pulling it all off! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who helped. Dunedin Boat Club PO Box 201 Dunedin, FL

Social Committee Mary Kolb & Cheryl Young Lori Donovan and her Ghostly Goblins are planning a very scary club house for the Halloween Party on Saturday October 27.

4 Social Committee Mary Kolb & Cheryl Young Lori Donovan and her Ghostly Goblins are planning a very scary club house for the Halloween Party on Saturday October 27. Hope you have your costume planned so you can win some prizes. Everyone who attends should bring an appetizer or snack to share along with YOUR OWN drinks. The DBC will have some mixers, but no alcohol will be provided by the DBC. If you still want to help decorate, give Lori a call at Costumes, don t forget your Costumes! Have you been cleaning out your boat and dock box? You need to, so our DBC has lots of good stuff to auction off at our infamous Chili Cook-Off & Auction on Saturday November 17. Remember someone Trash can be your Treasure. Mark & Arlene Veldhuis are the infamous hosts and they rounding up some tough judges. There are several categories, so get out your winning recipes, the hottest, the whitest, the veggiest, or whateverist? Bring your crock pot with your best chili and see if it can win a prize! Remember, if you are not bringing chili, you need to bring some other dish, don t come empty handed or we will give you an empty plate! This is a good time to clean out those closets too, so get busy! You can bring all the goods down to the DBC any time AFTER Sunday November 11th. Almost forgot whoever had the good fortune of winning Billy Bass last year, don t forget to bring em back so he can be auctioned off AGAIN! Billy is our yearly auction item, we had him for 2010! Billy Bass is our yearly recyclable auction item! Don t forget your check book, we can t do credit cards, only cash or checks! We are still looking for folks willing to work on the Christmas Light Pole Decorating, which is just around the corner. If you have some good ideas or just want to help, please contact Mary Kolb, mkolb@gotravel.com or Mark your calendars for the Christmas Party on Saturday December 1st after the Dynamite Dunedin Boat Club Parade. Mary Kolb & Cheryl Young your Party Planner Social Team 4 Dunedin Boat Club PO Box 201 Dunedin, FL

5 The Book Club The next Book Club will be 7 PM on Wednesday, November 7. The book: A Land Remembered, by Patrick Smith. It was winner of the Florida Historical Society Tebeau Prize as the Most Outstanding Florida Historical Novel. As usual, we will have munchies and wine, and even if you haven t read the book, you are welcome to come. For the book set in China, there was a feast of delicious Chinese food maybe this calls for swamp cabbage? If you haven t come to Book Club before, this might be a good time to try something new. We would love to have you! Just RSVP to the DBC website. From the Amazon site: In this best-selling novel, Patrick Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858 when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life and ends two generations later with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that the land has been exploited far beyond human need. The sweeping story that emerges is a rich, rugged Florida history featuring a memorable cast of crusty, indomitable Crackers battling wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of a swamp. But their most formidable adversary turns out to be greed, including finally their own. Love and tenderness are here too: the hopes and passions of each new generation, friendships with the persecuted blacks and Indians, and respect for the land and its wildlife. Coming too soon: December 5: The Age of Miracles, by Karen Thompson Walker. Sunshine ~Get Well Wishes to: Carl Young, who has been sick with a viral infection Clay Connor, recovering from successful cataract surgery ~Speedy Recovery to: Terry Hopkins, involved in a car accident Gary Badders, also involved in a car accident ~Special Thoughts to: Tim Hunt, whose father is hospitalized with an aneurysm Dunedin Boat Club PO Box 201 Dunedin, FL

6 October Fest Come one, come all to the annual Oktoberfest Dinner before the October 15 General Meeting. Cost is $6 and the proceeds will go to Dunedin Boat Club to put towards the new grill Bratwurst, condiments and 2 drink tickets are included What can you bring? A dish to share - sauerkraut, German potato salad, a dessert, or whatever else you want w/ your dinner... But please bring a side dish to share! Please RSVP to Happy at happytoes@verizon.net by Friday, Oct 12 with how many are coming and what dish you are bringing! Here's where you can help: Pick up the beer Set up Serve Clean up - remember this is an early event! See you there! REAR COMMODORE S REPORT 10/1/2012 What a team! Jim Graham Rear Commodore Dunedin Boat Club Clean/work day is scheduled for Saturday September 22 nd was a success thanks to all the help. We had over 30 workers inside, outside and in the attic. The place looks great. Everybody worked hard. Again thanks to Matt Pippin, Sam McVicker, Randy Morgan, Tyler Hutchins, John Hanson, Nancy Crane, Ron Kinkead, Janet and Gary Shellenberger, Andy Grichtmeier, Dave Wolters, Gloria Hale, Guy Pippin, Bob Provine, Manuel Farinas, Jay Walston, John and Dolly Grygiel, Susan Lowe, Gene and Sandy Wieher, Elaine Mann, Karl Schoeter, Steve and Donovan, Peter and Marry Kolb and Marty and Rick Williamson. You all did a great job! 6 Dunedin Boat Club PO Box 201 Dunedin, FL

7 Racing Paul Auman October Racing Report Day Sailer and Portsmouth "Bay" Class Racing DBC's Day Sailer and Portsmouth Fleets will be racing on Sun, Oct 7th (Official Race) of the Belleair Causeway at 1 PM and Sun, Oct 21st (Unofficial Race) off the Belleair Causeway at1 PM DBC Gulf Race #7 - October 20th The next DBC gulf race is on October 20th, with a 1055 First Warning. Online registration will be available starting Monday the 15th, and Sailing Instructions will posted online by Friday morning the 19th. This is race #7 for the clubs annual "Racing Boat of the Year Award" given at the change of watch in January Clearwater Challenge - November 3rd CYC is hosting the 2012 Clearwater Challenge on November 3rd. This is the second race in the WFPHRF "Gulf" Boat-Of-The-Year Series. If you enjoyed the Dunedin Cup, please help us support our neighbors by signing up for the Challenge at DBC/SPYC Pass-A-Grille Run - November 4th The Dunedin Boat Club and St. Petersburg Yacht Club are co-hosting the first annual "Pass-A- Grille Run" on Sunday November 4th. This is the third race in the WFPHRF "Gulf" Boat-Of-The- Year series. The race will be a OWC course for all classes from the Clearwater Spider to the Pass- A-Grille range marker. Visit SPYC's website and under "Regattas" you will find the Notice-Of-Race and online signup. SPYC@PAG will provide free dockage for racers on Sunday night and we will have a small awards celebration. For those of you that have not been to PAG or SPYC@PAG this is a fun and relaxing venue. You can also get more "Gulf" BOTY information at If you are looking to crew, need crew, or would like to help with race committee please call Paul at or him at paulrauman@gmail.com. Day Sailer and Portsmouth fleet questions please David Kelly at blakekel@yahoo.com Dunedin Boat Club PO Box 201 Dunedin, FL

8 Time To Howl at the Moon! Join us for a Ghoulish DBC Saturday, October 27th Arrive in costume at Sundown(7:16pm) A Bewitching Brew and mixers for BYOB provided Please bring a devilishly delicious appetizer to share! Looking for Halloween helpers! If your interested in helping to plan/decorate for the big Halloween party... please contact me, lori_a_@hotmail. com We will have a short planning meeting(tba) and start decorating the clubhouse the week prior to the party. Thanks, Lori Donovan, your Halloween Host! 8 Dunedin Boat Club PO Box 201 Dunedin, FL

Our Bridge and Board have chosen two ways we are invited to assist in making Christmas merry for those who could use a helping hand.

9 Vice Commodore by Peter Tis the season to be jolly. The decorations are in the stores and the plans are being discussed. The Christmas light pole and parade will be getting started with their designs and committees. Our Bridge and Board have chosen two ways we are invited to assist in making Christmas merry for those who could use a helping hand. We will be invited to be Santa for some Dunedin families to assist in their merry Christmas. Information will be published and we will have the opportunity to provide gifts for some of our community s children and parents. We will be asked to purchase food and household necessities for the Food Pantry in Palm Harbor F.E.A.S.T. Last year we gave our assistance to the local Pantry south of Dunedin. This year we plan to look north. Food Pantries supplies are at record lows. Families hurt by our current economy are in danger of loosing the support they depend on. Please, as we make our Holy Day plans, let s plan to play Santa for some of our neighborhood s families, parents, children, and seniors. We will have plenty of fun and fellowship. Let s also plan to make the season grand for some of our neighbors. Dunedin Boat Club PO Box 201 Dunedin, FL

10 If you were to ask your children, What is something you have always dreamed of? Would you shrug off their answer? Would you tell them to write it down and put it in a drawer, possibly pulling it out 20, 30, 40 years from now? Would you tell them to always hold that dream close to their heart, and always wonder, What if? I doubt it. A few days ago, I asked my Facebook friends what they had always dreamed about. The responses moved me, they inspired me and they made me laugh. Some of them reminded me of my own dreams that I still hold onto, some I found satisfaction in having already fulfilled and others inspired me to dream more. A while back I decided I would start chasing the Dream Chasers. It stared with traveling, I got the bug and couldn t let it go. Wanderlust was always a part of me. Now, it was festering inside of me. My personal life was going through a major transition and I needed inspiration. I took it anywhere I could find it. I spent hours reading the blogs of those who were living their dreams, dreams that were similar to mine. I read their stories, I followed their adventures and absorbed every single photograph as if I were there. Those people changed me forever. They inspired me, opened me up to a world I never knew existed, they gave me new dreams. I looked at my kids and I knew, I had to become a Dream Chaser. Dreams are an evolution. It s important that we allow ourselves to grow with them. If you wanted to be a pilot when you were young, and you ve held onto that your entire life, don t give up on flying. Allow the dream to evolve. Allow yourself to work it into your life. What if your child asked you, Mommy/Daddy, what have you always dreamed about? Then they asked you, What are you going to do to make it happen? Would that be enough to do something about it? Would you make excuses then tuck it back into that drawer? What if What if you used it as a teaching moment and you did something about it? Continued on next page 10 Dunedin Boat Club PO Box 201 Dunedin, FL

Reach For The Sails Continued So here we go. You are hereby invited to join the Dream Chasers. Your first assignment is to write your dream down, then say it out loud.

Every day, make it a goal to do at least one thing that brings you closer to that dream. You just might be surprised where it takes you!

11 Reach For The Sails Continued So here we go. You are hereby invited to join the Dream Chasers. Your first assignment is to write your dream down, then say it out loud. Whether it be on Facebook or to your family or a friend, just say it out loud. The next step is to get on your computer and start figuring out how you will make it happen! Every day, make it a goal to do at least one thing that brings you closer to that dream. You just might be surprised where it takes you! One of the BIGGEST things you have to remember NEVER allow anyone else to tell you it s not possible! One of the best pieces of advice I ever got Keep swimming! Don t tread water, don t float Just keep swimming! These days, no goal is too big for me. I m here to live, to show my kids what living your life is all about, regardless of the obstacles. To live my dreams and to help my kids live theirs. I created this program to show my kids that they can do anything they set out to do! If my son wants to be an Olympic sailor, then I will lead the way and show him that goal is within his reach. DBC Communications When you receive a blast from Dunedin Boat Club, please do not hit 'reply' to speak to the person. Instead the person who's written the blast so that it goes directly to them and they can answer your question, receive your RSVP etc. If you hit 'reply' it just goes to a black hole!!! Dunedin Boat Club PO Box 201 Dunedin, FL

12 Bowling Party for John Kaneski Sunday November 4, 2012 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM At the Dunedin Bowling Lanes 405 Patricia Ave, Dunedin. $25.00 per person and it includes the shoes. They will have a pot luck in the bar so we ask those attending bring finger-food to share. (meatballs, chicken wings, chips and dip, etc) The bowling will be to benefit John Kaneski and to help them pay for the trailer for his electric chair. RSVP Jay Walston at jaywalston@hotmail.com or call or cell Dunedin Boat Club PO Box 201 Dunedin, FL

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Commodore s Corner by Dorothy Connor

The Harbor Crier On The Web At www.dunedinboatclub.org It's Cup Time Black Tie 9.17.11 Volume 4, Issue 9 Dunedin Boat Club September 2011 Commodore s Corner by Dorothy Connor Between now and the end of