Georgiana Slough June 19-21, 2015
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June 2015 Georgiana Slough June 19-21, 2015 In this issue... Monthly Reports Executive Board Summer Solstice Cruise Upcoming Events July 18 Land Meeting August Delta Floats Cruise September Circle Cruise Commodore Ken Humphrey Vice Commodore Susan Halling Rear Commodore 2015 Shelia Kelly SRBCNC Secretary Elaine Lewis EXECUTIVE Treasurer OFFICERS Shirley Burror The QUIET HAILER more online at www.srbcnc.org p2 more online at www.srbcnc.org The QUIET HAILER 2015 Calendar of Events Date Cruises & Events Location Leader Crew Jan 24 Change of Watch Pittsburg YC Humphrey Feb 13-15 Sweetheart Cruise Willow Berm Higgins Curley, Rasler, Overose, Lewis Mar 13-15 Before St. Patrick’s Day Marina West YC Tremain’s Hands, Vineyards Apr 24-26 Same As It Ever Was Grindstone Joe’s Ken Humphrey Kelly, Hand, Vinyard, Calvino May 22-25 Memorial Day Mildred Palomino’s Salzman, Kelly, Humphrey Jun 19-21 Summer Solstice Lost Slough Rasler’s Calvin, Kelly, Hand, Phillips Jul 3-5 4th of July Mandeville Hallings Heller, Jensen, Hand, Kelly, Burger Jul 31 – Aug 1&2 August Float Cruise Little Mandeville Burger Hand Sep 4-7 Circle of Fun Mildred Kelly’s Circle Crew Sep 12-19 Bay Cruise SF Bay Heller Lewis, Torres, Burger, Salzman Oct 9-10 Commodore’s Mystery ??? Humphrey Hand, Calvino, Kelly, Vinyard Oct 30 – Nov 1 Halloween Stockton Yacht Club Palomino Kelly, Humphrey, Rasler Nov 26-29 Thanksgiving Cruise Village West Lewis & Kelly Overose Dec 31 - Jan 1 New Year’s Cruise Marina West YC Tremain’s & Dretzka’s 2015 General Meetings Jan Pittsburg YC 1/24 May Mildred Island 5/24 Sep Mildred Island 9/7 Feb Willow Berm 2/14 June Lost Slough 6/20 Oct Mystery Cruise 10/31 Mar Marina West YC 3/14 July Perry’s 7/18 Nov ? Roast ? ? Apr Grindstone Joe’s 4/25 Aug Little Mandeville 8/1 Dec Marina West 1/1 Sea Ray Boat Club of Northern California 2014 Officers & Directors Commodore ...........................Ken Humphrey Public Relations .......................... Dave Heller Vice Commodore ................... Susan Halling Ed & Tech ................................. Steve Salzman Rear Commodore .......................Shelia Kelly Programs & Meetings ...............Betty Calvin Immed. Past Commodore ...... Sue Vinyard Editor .............................................Suze Burger Secretary ..................................... Elaine Lewis Web Master .....................................Tom Jones Treasurer ................................... Shirley Burror PICYA Delegate .......................... Roy Vinyard Cruises ............................................... Tina Hand Storekeeper ........................... Debbie Kleppe Membership ................................... Jude Miller This Months Photo Credits Bruce Curley, Sue Vinyard, Jack & Elaine Lewis, Have a Sea Ray? Join the fun!... Ken Humphrey Sea Ray boat owners are eligible to join. SRBCNC is a cruising club whose members keep their boats throughout the SF Bay and Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta with cruises taking place throughout the delta. Membership information may be obtained by contacting our Membership Director Jude Miller Sea Ray Boat Club of Northern California at [email protected] or download an application from Attn: Suze Burger, Editor www.srbcnc.org. P.O. Box 722, Isleton, CA 95641-0722 Interested in advertising with us? Email: [email protected] Rates and information may be obtained by contacting our Public Relations Director Dave Heller at [email protected]. The Sea Ray Boat Club of Northern California is not associated with Have a story to submit? Sea Ray Corporation, a subsidiary of Brunswick Corporation, Newsletter articles should be emailed directly to . any of it’s subsidiaries, holdings, or dealers. [email protected] 2015 All rights reserved. No duplication without prior authorization. p3 The QUIET HAILER more online at www.srbcnc.org You will need: 4 Fenders At 8”dia. For boats under 35 ft; SAVE THE DATE 10” for larger boats 1 Stern Line 10’-15’ for all boats Sept. 4-7 2015 2 spring Lines 30’ min. for boats under 35 ft; 40’ for larger boats 22nd Annual 1 Bow line 20’min. for boats under 35ft; 30-35’ for larger boats CIRCLE OF FUN Bow anchor 120’ min. of line or 100’chain Be sure you have checked all systems & supplies, we are on the hook for the next 5 months. Cheers, Rear commodore p4 more online at www.srbcnc.org The QUIET HAILER From the Bridge Commodore KEN HUMPHREY printed “thank you cards” start contacting the that Sue Halling created Department of Boating for us. I will make a point and Waterways when we of leaving a card whenever see hyacinth so it can be I pay for food or service reported. You can call 888- from our advertisers. I 326-2822 or email ais@ used to keep the cards parks.ca.gov. Also email on Plan B but will carry Gary Rogers who can a couple on me and report it for you at gary. leave a few in our cars rogers@deltaweedwatch. Time fl ies, doesn’t it? Think so I have no excuses. com or text to 559-318- about it, by the time this Don’t assume the owner 0721. Provide pictures and edition of the Hailer is out, of the establishment location when making it will be July and 2015 understands you are part contact with either will be half over! It’s also of the SRBCNC group resource. hard to believe that Kathy when you pay your bill! My helpful link this month and I have been members Our advertisers help pay is for a product that is said of the SRBCNC for over 5 for the Hailer so show our to restore cloudy isinglass. years now! Most surprising support and frequent their I plan on purchasing some is that our granddaughter establishments and leave a and trying it on some Kendra has headed off to SRBCNC card to let them lightly scratched panels so basic training for the U.S. know you were there. I’ll report back on how it Navy! Kathy and I are so The hyacinth is blooming worked. It’s supposed to proud of her decision to so we will start collecting even work on Strataglass join the Navy and of the fl owers and invite which is what we have on woman she is becoming. everyone to do the same. I Plan B. My only question is what plan on keeping a garbage http://eisenshine.com/ happened to our little girl? bag that we will constantly Time fl ies... refi ll with blooms to try Until the lines are untied again, Summer is in full bloom and accumulate as many and it was reiterated to as possible. I am also Ken frequent our advertisers hoping to get a group during the Solstice Cruise of dinghys out on the meetings. I am guilty 4th of July for a picking of not handing out our party! We all need to p5 The QUIET HAILER more online at www.srbcnc.org p6 more online at www.srbcnc.org The QUIET HAILER From the Wheel Vice Commodore SUE HALLING Tender constructed. She Facility, Suisun Bay, CA; was commissioned the known to us locals as USCGC Fir (WAGL 212) 1 the moth ball fleet. On October, 1940. April 27, 1992 Fir was In October 1951 she was placed on the National re-powered from steam Register of Historical to diesel. She was the last Places and designated a American steam powered Historic Landmark. She tender to be dieselized. was transferred to the During WWll she was Liberty Maritime Museum, Sacramento on September I so look forward to the placed under the direction of the Navy, painted grey 30, 2002. She was moored SRBCNC monthly cruises; on the Sacramento but cruising on off cruise and patrolled the coastal waters of Oregon and River on the eastern or weekends is also very Sacramento County side fun! We went out to the Washington. Later she returned to her buoy and of the river across from second bedrooms for Rio Vista. an off weekend cruise. lighthouse maintenance We ended up with 5 mission. On May 27, 1988, In November 2007, Fir boats. We decided to the Fir became the Coast was put up for sale at an dinghy over to Herman Guard’s oldest cutter and asking price $95,000. May & Helen’s to see how was designated “Queen 2008 she was sold, towed the place had changed. of the Fleet”. She was to Pier 38 in San Francisco It’s very sad to see the given gold hull numbers to and later towed to her place all shut down, very designate this distinction. present spot in Herman & few boats, the gas tanks Fir was decommissioned Helens and as of May 26, were all padlocked shut, on October 1, 1991, 2014 Fir is listed for sale the restaurant and store one year after her 50 at US$360,000. A little bit boarded up and the birthday; and remained of maritime history in our water hyacinth filled the in the Seattle area trying backyard. dilapidated slips. to become a floating Vice Commodore standing At the end of the marina museum. When this by on 71… are 4 old ships. Guess attempt failed she Susan it’s the moth ball fleet was transferred to the of the Delta. My photos Maritime Administration below are the bow and stern of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Fir. She was a lighthouse and buoy tender for the Pacific Northwest. Although launched under the U.S. Lighthouse Service, the vessel was completed under the U.S. Coast Guard, making her the last U.S. Lighthouse Service p7 The QUIET HAILER more online at www.srbcnc.org p8 more online at www.srbcnc.org The QUIET HAILER From the Deck Rear Commodore SHELIA KELLY a planet’s semi-axis, the notion of a solstice in either northern or day. The term midsummer southern hemispheres. is used to refer to the day Earth’s maximum axial tilt on which solstice occurs.