August 2017

The Bedrooms Aug 4-6, 2017 In this issue...

Monthly Reports Executive Board August Cruise

Upcoming Events Circle Cruise Bay Cruise Halloween Cruise

Commodore Shelia Kelly Vice Commodore Dave Trowbridge Rear Commodore 2017 Robert Gianelli SRBCNC Secretary Jaime Skehan EXECUTIVE Treasurer OFFICERS Kathy Humphrey The QUIET HAILER more online at www.srbcnc.org

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2017 Cruise Schedule Date Cruises & Events Location Leader Crew Jan 28 Change of Watch Stockton YC Kelly Feb 17-19 Mardi Gras Cruise San Joaquin YC Skehan/Trowbridge Shepard, Vinyard March 17-19 Hockey Puck Cruise Stockton Waterfront Murray April 21-23 Fun and Games Cruise Delta YC Lewis Vinyard May 5-7 Mystery Cruise ??? Kelly May 27-29 Memorial Day Cruise Hog Island Palomino June 16-18 Cache Slough Humphrey July 1-4 Independence Day Cruise Mandeville Hand Aug 4-6 Delta Floats Cruise Little Mandeville Palomino Vinyard, Skehan/Trowbridge, Lewis Aug 31-Sept 4 Circle Cruise Humphrey, Trowbridge Palamino, Landcastle, Hand, Vinyard, et al Sept 29-Oct 11 Bay Cruise Burger, Humphrey Oct 27-29 Halloween Stockton YC Vinyard Skehan Nov 10-12 Annual SRBCNC Roast Oxbow YC Vinyard Curley

2017 General Meetings (Held at 1:00pm unless otherwise noted) Jan Change of Watch 1/28 (after dinner) Apr Delta YC 4/22 Aug Perry’s 8/26 Oct Stockton YC 10/28

Sea Ray Boat Club of Northern 2017 Officers & Directors Commodore...... Shelia Kelly Public Relations...... Scott Landcastle Vice Commodore...... Dave Trowbridge Ed & Tech...... Craig Burger Rear Commodore...... Robert Gianelli Programs & Meetings...... Ken Shepard Immed. Past Commodore...... Sue Halling Editor...... Suze Burger Secretary...... Jaime Skehan Membership...... Deanna Curley Treasurer...... Kathy Humphrey Web Master...... Tom Jones Cruises...... Roy Vinyard PICYA Delegate...... Sue Vinyard

This Months Photo Credits Mike Palomino, Suze Burger, Sue Vinyard, Elaine Have a Sea Ray? Join the fun!... Lewis 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 Sea Ray Boat Club of Northern California Deanna Curley at [email protected] or download an Attn: Suze Burger, Editor application from 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 Scott Landcastle 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] 2017 All rights reserved. No duplication without prior authorization.

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2017 Circle Cruise Mildred Island August 31st to September 4th

Prior to Circle: At the Circle:

• Signup Deadline – August 24 Margaritas on the Platform • Line Inspections – August 26 Dancing Under the Stars • Cruise Leader/Crew Meetings – TBD Dinghy Drive-in

Accepting Arrivals Thursday and Friday August 31st & September 1st 9:00AM to 5:00PM.

Final Arrivals are on Saturday September 2nd from 8:00AM to 10:00AM.

Last Day for signing up will be August 24th at 5PM!

Let’s make the 2017 Circle Cruise a memorable one! Sign up early to assist the cruise leaders in the planning it takes to make the Circle successful. Remember to contact Circle Command on channel 71 upon entering Mildred Island and please consider docking larger tenders on the outside of the raft.

Cruise Leaders: Ken Humphrey & Dave Trowbridge Circle Crew: Mike Palomino, Scott Landcastle, Craig Burger, Roy Vinyard For any special requests, please email Ken Humphrey at [email protected].

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From the Bridge Commodore SHELIA KELLY

below and put one on” leg?” The pirate replies, “I don’t HAVE one!” The “We was hunt’n whale off dockhand, not wanting the coast and got caught to turn away a customer, in a monster storm off says “Well, why don’t you the cape. A giant wave just fi nd something that swept me overboard. Just approximates a tie. That as they were pullin’ me should be O.K.” After out a school of sharks some time, the boater appeared and a monster comes out with a pair of one of ‘em bit me leg jumper cables. “This is all clean off . The crew gave I could fi nd to put around me a peg for me troubles”. I missed the last cruise my neck” Sighing, the “Blimey!” said the seaman. and didn’t have a great deck hand says “OK, I’ll let “What about the hook”? article so I decided to you in with those, but just “Ahhhh...”, mused the share some boating humor don’t start anything.” pirate, “One day we were with you, we all need to boardin’ a trader ship, laugh more and enjoy pistols blastin’ and swords every minute of every day. An able-bodied seaman swingin’ this way and that, A guy brings his boat up meets an old salty pirate fi ghting cutlass to cutlass. to a restaurant dock to captain in a seaside In the fracas one of ‘em eat lunch. The dockhand bar, and they take got lucky and me hand says, “I’m sorry, sir, but turns recounting their got chopped off . So I got I can’t let you dine here adventures at sea. Noting a hook for me troubles” today. This establishment the pirate’s peg-leg, hook “Zounds!” remarked the has a necktie policy, and for a hand and eye patch, seaman. “And how came you are not wearing one. the seaman buys him a ye by the eye patch”? The guy says, “Of course I pint and says “... well, you “A seagull pooped in me don’t have a tie on, I’m on must have had quite a eye”, answered the pirate. a boat!” “Well, go down life at sea! So, how did “That’s it?? A seagull you end up with the peg- pooped in it? You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?” the sailor asked incredulously, a little disappointed in not having a big sea tale. “Well...” said the pirate; “it was me fi rst day with the hook.” Cheers, Shelia

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Friday October 6th at Pittsburg Yacht Club

Saturday - Monday October 7th – 9th at Encinal Yacht Club (Some overflow may be next door at Oakland Yacht Club)

Monday – Wednesday October 9th – 11th at South Beach Marina

Wednesday – Sunday October 11th – 15th at Clipper Yacht Harbor in Sausalito

Any questions, please contact me at [email protected]

Cruise Leaders: Craig Burger & Ken Humphrey

Online sign-up is available soon at srbcnc.org

Keep your radios on channel 71 and ask for assistance if you become lost at sea!

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From the Wheel Vice Commodore DAVE TROWBRIDGE

roles and plan those early. Sign-ups for cruises fabulous outings that we all are posted pretty far in enjoy. advance. Why you might What can you do to be a ask is this important? good club member? For Cruise leaders need time starters, you can come to plan activities. This to the October planning is particularly important meeting with ideas for raft for the cruises in the fall, out locations. Volunteer winter and spring. It’s during these cruises that Another month of me to be a cruise leader for one cruise or at the very we have to arrange for racking my brain trying to docking at yacht clubs and think of something to hold least volunteer to be on the crew—better yet do both! often we plan dinners and your interest. I can always activities. These things pick on David, but I don’t If you haven’t done so yet, can’t be done at the last think that’s really fair to the be prepared to volunteer minute. Leaders need time poor guy and he always when asked to participate to shop for food and do finds a way to make me pay on the board. Some advance preparations for for it later—he’s sneaky that positions require more time activities. The number of way. than others so offer what people attending frequently So, this month I’d like to talk you can. The reality is we dictates menus and games. you about the importance would all love to just show up and just enjoy the sun In case you weren’t aware, of being a “good” SRBCNC the registration is open member. Ever since the and libations but that’s not fair. The more we all for this year’s Christmas “great recession” we’ve seen party. Sign up early and our membership decline. share the responsibility of operating this club, the start designing your “Ugly Some lost their boats due Christmas Sweater” as that to financial reversals and nicer it is for everyone involved. is the dress code for this others have just “aged” out party…more fun details to of the system. What this Another really important follow. means is we have fewer thing you can do is people to take on leadership register for cruise sign-up

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Halloween 2018 Cruise Planning Stockton Yacht Club October 27-29 **Friday afternoon - pumpkin carving/decorating 6:00 Cocktails 7:00 Dinner at the club $15 Campfire with S’Mores! **Saturday: 11:00 Board Meeting 1:00 General Meeting 2:00 2018 Cruise Planning - bring your ideas 6:00 Cocktails 7:00 Dinner at the Club $25

**Sunday Breakfast $10

Docking $30/night

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From the Deck Rear Commodore ROBERT GIANELLI

being the summer and feel I do my best then. winter solstices. I know that is not true When the longest day in this forum, for I am a of the year approaches mechanic, not a writer, and then passes, I mark nor a scholar, and quite the calendar mentally, frankly, you may not find and figure out how much my contributions to the daylight I have left in the hailer essential to our upcoming days to either club, its members and its L(ooney)unar Eclipse do chores, or enjoy my contributors. For that, I For the last three plus hobbies/down-time. I know apologize, to those who months we have be that just because the days may find something in my inundated with the are getting shorter, doesn’t writings, I say thank you upcoming lunar ellipse mean they will be cooler. and enjoy. by every form of Heck, just the opposite will I write this while sitting communication known to in fact happen. It’s just for on the back of The Lady man. me a mark in my cranial I, watching the world go calendar. We have heard all of the by. No not bobbin on the myths, legends, and folk The opposite is true with hook, but here at Perry’s, lore by every civilization the December solstice. The tied up and plugged in. ever created and whom days will get longer and watching the Burgers and documented such “facts”. they will get colder, but I Landcastles come and start my “new’ calendar go, along with the other Everything from food of thing to do and when, berthers. Sometimes you being poisoned, to perfect starting at that point. don’t have to go fast or children, made and or Yea crazy and anywhere to enjoy life and conceived during this its givings. Just listening natural occurrence. unconventional as it may seem, but, it works for me. to the dock creaking and I of course am not going to popping is just fine with me. My editor and chief sent out survey and account if any Thought of the month or all are true, I will say this, the email stating the due date for the hailer, and as comes from my Grandfather please do not look directly Papa, at or into this upcoming usual, I hit the panic button phenomenon without and drew an instant blank. “Don’t believe in anything proper eye protection. I will Big time. I’m not quite you hear, and only half of cause damage to your eye sure why, I have plenty of what you see” sight. subjects and issues rolling around upstairs to write Although, there are two about, I guess I just strive natural occurrence’s I do on the pressure factor, and enjoy every year, those

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The August Cruise - um, Boats in attendance with no rush to leave the or as some others would included: Absolut anchorage, in fact I’m call it the “Cruise Leader Getaway, Coventina, De Ja hoping to do this more Do Nothing” cruise was Vu Again, In His Time, Lew often, just take it easy and another fi ne weekend Sea, Mar Pacifi co, Plan stay out a bit longer. So, spent on the Delta. Thanks B, Savasana, Sea norita, when it was time to leave, to the Heller’s, Lewis’, and Sea Wench, Spare Time, I fi nally got a chance to Vinyard’s we had a spot Toy yot, Trow’s Nest, and pull some anchors, two saved at the Bedrooms Wine N Down. We had in fact. Thanks Ken for 2 anchorage on Potato early Thursday arrivals taking me out on the slough. Good thing too, (for the lucky ones), most dink and letting me get a because as I was packing on Friday, and a few bit dirty with Delta mud. Sea norita Thursday night stragglers on Saturday. I’m not sure if the other for an early Friday morning Thank you to the Murray’s attendees will believe it departure I discovered that for hosting us Saturday but yes, I really did touch our fresh water pump had on Mar Pacifi co where we anchors on this cruise, so gone kaput. Thankfully, shared some Fire & Ice maybe I’ll call it the cruise Dave and Roy assumed treats (Fireball & Its Its leader “Just Did Enough” anchoring duties while ice cream) and then later cruise. I went to West Marine keeping us entertained in Stockton to pick up a while the music kept us pump and then install it moving. Sunday was a to make it to (my) cruise. very nice relaxing day

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Ed & Tech Director CRAIG BURGER

tune-up and contributed Take oil and antifreeze the following thoughts samples and have them around maintenance, what analyzed by your engine needs to be checked/ manufacturer. replaced, and how often. • Thoroughly inspect for This is diesel-focused and any leaks (never a good will need to be adjusted thing). for you gas guzzlers out there. • Dave’s tip of the day – keep oil absorbent Yearly Hot Summer days…are pads under engines and upon us, and demanding • Change the oil and generator to spot any our attention. filters on your engines leaks early just in case and generator. Drain they sprout. It is expected to reach 106 any water visible from today in lovely Brentwood, Bi-Annually the bottom of racors, if which means our beloved necessary. • Batteries – Equalize delta can’t be far behind. your batteries, if you Combined with limited • Transmission have lead acid type. This breezes, it can make for maintenance process takes ~ 3 hours a hot time on the old requirements can vary and will greatly extend water tonight. Given that from boat to boat. For you battery life. most of us are looking example, Dave’s takes to stay just as cool and 40-wt engine oil and only • Check racors and drain comfortable when we are requires changing every 5 as necessary. on the boat as when we years. • Exercise all through- are in the water, which • If self-serving, service hull and lube if necessary. does still have a touch of your air filters with AFE Clean strainers as needed “brr” in it, it makes sense power cleaner kit. • Clean all air conditioner to make sure that all of the filters. electronics and engines • Be sure to check and that enable our boats to tighten all hose engine • If you are lucky enough be the oasis they can be clamps. to have a bow thruster, are up and running. • Be sure to check on check oil level. A well-cared for boat is a zincs on both main Monthly engines and generator, happy boat, and a happy • Check water and top off even if you do not join us boat tends to have happy batteries as needed, again on the Bay Cruise to visit boaters…and I like that, lead acid only so…a few thoughts as to salt water. • Check oil levels in how to make sure you have • Check and tighten fan engines and generator. Happy Boats. Dave Heller belts as necessary. was, as usual, willing and • Check impellers and able to spend some quality change if necessary (keep time with me on my boat spares). in prep for my yearly

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Correspondent At Large SUE VINYARD

Roy and I were out and and the Delta Stewardship about the other day and Committee. The noticed the continued Stewardship Council (with influx of water hyacinth, to four of the seven members the point were sloughs we appointed by the governor) had traveled in June are no recently approved the longer navigable! So sad. plan for improving water As a boat club, we’ve had to conveyance to Southern change locations for cruises California, aka the Twin and have had to accept the Tunnel project. It seems fact, that some destinations that So Cal customers are are no longer options for starting to realize that they I must admit that living weekend getaways. will be paying $17 billion and boating on the Delta for a project that does not is an amazing experience, While it looks like egeria densa is now under control send any more water south full of adventures around and they are making their every corner and down in many areas, it is still abundant in our waterways voices heard. In addition, every slough. To top all RBOC has FINALLY taken a that…the Delta waterways and SRBCNC members need to regularly check and stand in opposition of the lead directly to the Bay Twin Tunnels! This has been and another set of exciting double check their strainers to ensure there is sufficient a long time coming, but the opportunities to enjoy organization that represents water! But as many of you water flow for engines and generators. over 30 million California know, our waterways are boaters, has brought North changing. Both these invasive species, and South together to agree Right now our bay is as and many more, are here that this project will not green as split pea soup! You to stay. Monies have been benefit recreational boating. allocated to spray and/ may have heard that certain On a happier note…we still waterways in Discovery Bay or drop pellets, but the reality is that these weeds have a few more cruises this have been “blessed” with year, including the Circle, a blue-green algae bloom. can only be managed, not eradicated! Bay Cruise, Halloween, All we can do is wait for it and our annual Roast…and to dissipate on its own! So Many of you receive don’t forget the Christmas until then…no swimming. updates from the Party!! Be sure to sign up Check out photos of DB Department of Boating on the web so the cruise/ Marina during Big Cat Poker and Waterways, as well meeting leaders can plan Run and our backyard. as PICYA, RBOC, Restore accordingly. UGH!! Roy says we’re the Delta, Save the Delta, moving to Washington!! Sea ya, Sue :-)

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SKIPPERS 09/11 Roger KELLY 09/23 Brian SCULLY

MATES 09/01 Mary SWITZER 09/10 Michelle PLOUNT

Sea Ray Boat Club of Northern California Christmas Party The Point Waterfront Restaurant Rio Vista, Ca

December 16, 2017

6 PM TO 11 PM

Dress Casual, Wear a Christmas / Winter Sweater

Prize for the Best Sweater & Prize for the Ugliest Sweater

Everyone bring a wrapped white elephant gift new or used and a value of less than $10

$55 per person

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