SBronte HarbourIG Yacht ClubN JANUARYA 2016 newsletterL Look! We found a Christmas elf! Sam Spares with grand nephew Carter Murdock at the Carol Sing Photo: Richard Bissonnette Why Tri Me didn’t finish the Pursuit Race BHYC Board To blow or not to blow Commodore SIGNAL Richard Bissonnette Word on the street is that one of Ron’s neighbours hates anyone is published monthly by the Bronte 905-827-8782 with a leaf blower and has conspired with some like minded Harbour Yacht Club. Deadline for [email protected] loonies to form an advocacy group to ban leaf blowers called submissions is the last day of each Vice Commodore month. Email [email protected] Eric Pilon 'Let's Rake'. The Let's Rake radicals have even hosted meetings at 905-639-9586 Oakville Town hall to enlist people to their cause. Ron, it seems, The SIGNAL [email protected] wants to maintain his British North America Act legacy rights Bronte Harbour Yacht Club Rear Commodore, Sail 2514 Lakeshore Road West Dusan Davidovic to blow leaves. - Bengt Qatar-Pin, BHYC senior member Oakville ON L6L 1H8 905-847-0493 SIGNAL Editor [email protected] Rear Commodore, Power Myron Lasko Mike Doody [email protected] 905-847-2345 519-843-4994 [email protected] [email protected] Rear Commodore, Training SIGNAL Advertising Kevin Corcoran Mary Ellen Bockler 905-847-0493 905-334-3365 [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer For all your welding repairs and fabrication of stainless, Cruising Director Stephen Firth 905-825-5133 aluminum and steel. Architectural and custom design. Don Harkness [email protected] C.W.B. and A.S.M.E. certified. Call Ed or Dan Klick 905-815-8337 Secretary 1167 Pettit Rd. Burlington Accounts (Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm) Sean Dubreuil or visit us onTri Allsorts Me Phaedra Renaud 905-637-4075 (905) 336-1434 905-808-6525 [email protected] Social Director CLUBHOUSE Dawn Greville 905-827-6437 905-319-9635 [email protected] BRIDGE YACHTS LTD. Winter Club Hours House Director Cheryl Penman 6+,3·6 6725( <$&+7 %52.(56 Tuesday 16:00 - 20:00 905-847-6367 Wednesday 16:00-20:00 [email protected] Thinking of Thursday 16:00-2000 Membership Director Russ Perry Ron Parker buying or Friday 16:00-20:00 [email protected] 416-315-5122 selling a Saturday 12:00-20:00 www.bridgeyachts.com [email protected] boat? Publicity Director Mobile: 905-512-0417 www.bhyc.on.ca Mary Ellen Bockler 905-344-3365 I can help! Office: 905-304-1648 [email protected] Proud members of Past Commodore Brian Miller 905-466-5175 [email protected] Budding Flora Custom Designed Planters & Floral Arrangements Diana Bissonnette 905.334.6639 • Oakville, Ontario Natalie Bullard Bring your canvas for repairs at the end of boating season Sales Representative We do re-stitching of seams, zipper replacement, vinyl window replace- ment. No job is too small. Check out Miller Real Estate Ltd. Brokerage our website for a list of our boating services: www.kmbradley.ca 467 Speers Road Oakville Ontario L6K 3S4 Business: 905-845-9180 Office K.M. Bradley 2010 Marine Boat Works Division Cell: 905-339-9410 Barbara Keeley-Watt email: [email protected] www.nataliebullardrealtor.com Cell: 416-464-3730 Integrity and Service are #1 Call or visit Beausoleil II if you are thinking about buying or selling a home or for a [email protected] Complimentary Home Evaluation or just to talk about boats in general. Natalie JN RICHARD BISSONNETTE Commodore Getting down to business trust you have all had a Merry Christmas and enjoyed These committees may not be necessarily chaired by a welcoming 2016 with family and friends. I would also board member but rather by a club member who is able to like to take the opportunity to wish a healthier 2016 to bring the leadership and provide the expertise for dealing Ia few of our members who have been dealing with health with the committee’s objectives. A number of members with issues in 2015. specific skills and expertise have been identified and con- Special thanks to Cheryl Penman and Dawn Greville and tacted, and hopefully will accept the invitation to join the their respective crews for getting the club ready and organiz- committee and contribute to getting our club on track. ing the New Year’s Eve party. Unfortunately I was unable to Some of the main objectives to be addressed by the attend, but hope a good time was had by all. committees will include: You noticed our club was given a face lift with some fresh • Financial budgeting and monitoring paint; this is only the first step to refreshing our club and • Cost containment and control making it more appealing to all who visit. The heavy lifting • Major asset maintenance and replacement done, now we need volunteers to complete the fine tuning • Marketing / Promotion touches. Our House Director has sent out a request for volun- • Communication teers; please contact her with your task selection. If you have any suggestions or recommendations to im- Your board is in the process of establishing committees to prove our club, please do not hesitate to email me with your deal with specific issues. This component of our 2016 plan ideas and availability to take ownership and implementation. will be completed by the end of January and communicated Looking forward to seeing you around the club, along with a request for volunteers. We will need members who embrace our club’s value of being a well managed club and the Best Little Club on the Lake Where You Are A Stranger Only Once. DUSAN DAVIDOVIC Rear Commodore, Sail Richard Sailors Nights are back! o all of our members: Happy New Year to you and ultimately win the race. It will be interesting to hear the your families! Another year, another sailing season! team talking about their journey toward their ultimate goal, As we move into 2016, we get to turn our hearts and the Vendée Globe 2016 race. See the poster on the last Tminds to preparing for the upcoming season. page of this Signal. Sailor’s nights start on Tuesday, January 12 at 19:00. On January 21, 2015 (18:30) we will hold our first sail- We are hosting the Canadian Ocean Racing Team, ing committee meeting. There will be only one agenda founded by Eric Holden and Morgen Watson to promote item: to set the sailing, cruising, and racing committees for the sport of offshore sailing and develop Canada’s premier the year, to set up a new Racing Committee structure. If offshore racing program. The duo established the program you are interested in participating, we hope to see you there following their Clipper Round the World Race win, in – no prior experience required! which Holden was the first Canadian Skipper to enter and See you in January at both events, Dusan. ERIC PILON Vice Commodore CHERYL PENMAN House Director Substantial savings on club slips! Spring Cleaning....a head start s some of you have seen, we are underway with The mooring and dry sailing forms are now available at the our Spring Cleaning project. Thanks so much to bar and on the web site. There are significant savings avail- everyone who has participated so far, your help able by mooring with the club in 2016. Check it out. is very much appreciated!! The rates for 2016 are as follows: A We’ve been busy cleaning out closets and storage 25 foot boat or less is $38.64 per foot rooms, dusting and reorganizing shelves, hanging pic- 26 foot boat is $39.39 per foot tures, refinishing wood, washing burgees and much 27 foot boat is $40.14 per foot more! All our efforts are to make our clubhouse more 28 foot boat is $40.89 per foot comfortable and appealing to existing and new members, 29 foot boat is $41.64 per foot so I hope you will come on down to enjoy the new look. 30 foot boat is $42.39 per foot Next on the agenda, is the laying of new carpet and The Town’s assessment for TOWARF of $25.75 plus HST installing new table tops. The plan is to have the carpet must be added into your calculations. installed by the middle of January and the tables by the These slips are on the west side of the river (across from end of January. Please be patient with any disruptions the crane) and are available on a first come basis. during the process. Hugh Ramsey has graciously offered to store the existing table tops until such time as This opportunity is only available until January 10, 2016 we can determine future use. Thanks again, Hugh! If you need any help please contact Eric Pilon for a As I mentioned in the last eblast announcement, we mooring application at [email protected] are working within a very minimal budget and will be KEVIN CORCORAN Rear Commodore,Training tightening our belt on operational budgets, where possi- ble, to keep the overall costs in line. Don’t forget to sub- Registration now open! mit your work party chits so that you can be rewarded for your efforts on all work that you do. Please feel free appy New Year! Registration for the 2016 Sailing to submit additional recommendations for consideration Academy will be up and running starting January and how you may be able to contribute to the task.