Page 1 THE QUIET HAILER October 2010 October 2010 Encouraging education, boating safety, and enjoyment of Sea Ray Boats In this issue. • Officers Reports • Schedule of important events • Bay Cruise report and Photos • Director reports • Upcoming cruise information • Ed and Tech interviews I.B. Wally The QUIET HAILER is a monthly publication of the Sea Ray Boat Club of Northern California Editor: Ernie Macintyre [email protected] Phone(925) 813 0996 Page 2 THE QUIET HAILER October 2010 The Sea Ray Boat Club of Northern California Visit our website at www.srbcnc.org 2010 Calendar of Events Dates Event Location Cruise Leaders January 23-24 Change of Watch Village West Y.C. Roger & Sheila Kelly February 19-21 President's Day Cruise San Joaquin Y.C. Ernie & Dana Macintyre March 20-21 Grinder's Cruise Grindstone Joe's Rick & Judee Myers April 23-25 Asparagus Festival Stocton Waterfront Jason & Heidi Hallenberg May 29-31 Memorial Day American River Rick & Judee Myers May 15 May General meeting Happy Harbour Jim Cupples June 18-20 Mountain William Cruise Locke Slough Kent & Katie Higgins July 3-4 Hilton Fireworks Mandeville Tip Denny & Micki Jensen July 17 July General meeting Willow Berm (Sandy Beach) Jim Cupples August 7-8 Devil's Cruise Little Mandeville Geoge & Linda Overose September 4-6 Circle Cruise Mildred Island Paul & Joanne Sharps October 2-10 Bay Cruise San Francisco Bay Jude & Laura Miller October 29-31 Halloween Cruise Caliente Isle Y.C. Dick & Amelia Wareham November 6 SRBCNC Roast Spindrift Bruce Curley November 26-28 After Thanksgiving Cruise Village West Y.C. Jerry & Tina Tremain December 4-5 Mystery Cruise It's a Mystery Roger & Sheila Kelly 2010 Officers and Directors Commodore Roger Kelly Public Relations Judee Myers Vice Commodore Skip Switzer Ed & Tech Jack Lewis Rear Commodore Dan Hand Programs Jerry Tremain Immed. Past Commodore Dave Trowbridge Meetings Jim Cupples Secretary Linda Overose Hailer Editor Ernie Macintyre Treasurer Jeanie Murray Webmaster Tom Jones Cruises Larry Tores PICYA delegate Bob Riopel Membership Micki Jensen Storekeeper Tina Hand The Quiet Hailer is the monthly publication of the Sea ray Boat Club of Northern California. Owners of Sea Ray boats are elibible to join the club. This is a cruising club whose members berth their boats throughout the bay and Delta and whose cruises take place primarily in the delta. Membership information may be obtained by contacting the membership Director, Micki Jensen [email protected] as well as membership applications information on-line at www.srbcnc.org. Advertising rates and information may be obtained by contacting the Public Relations director, Judee Myers at [email protected] Page 3 THE QUIET HAILER October 2010 Commodore’s Corner – Roger Kelly The Bay Cruise was blessed with good charity. I incredible weather and plenty of fun. I also would want to thank Jude Miller for all of her encourage work and her assistants, Dave Heller decorating your and Al Torres, on a job well done. I only boat for the wish we could have been to more of the Christmas cruise to see the Giants play or see Holidays Beach Blanket Babylon or golf with I.B prizes will be Wally and his new friend. awarded. This year is quickly coming to a close Saturday night I will be making a warm only two months left let’s make the most holiday drink, hot apple pies, and other of it. The Roast Master, Bruce Curley adult beverages. This will be has a good show planned for November hordouvres catered before the show in 6 at Spindrift. Jerry and Tina are having the mystery suite high atop Tuleburg. If Thanksgiving at Village West and we you are interested in coming by land, always have good food and fun there. rooms are still available talk to me for The event I really want to see you at is details as they are filling up fast. Don’t my Mystery Cruise. be a Grinch, join Shelia and I for a very Come by water or come by land. we special celebration. See you at the have you covered. This cruise comes next event Roger Out with a spectacular show and benefits a View From The Vice- Skip Switzer the Change of Article Twenty Two of Thirty Six Watch. It will be held this year at “It was a dark and stormy night” I the Sheraton Four always wanted to write that and have Points Hotel in never had an opportunity before. It’s Pleasanton. How Saturday evening and I’m at home coincidental, Mary watching the Giants Division Playoff and I just happen to Game. Well, OK, actually it’s only live in Pleasanton. Further details will drizzling outside and it’s almost dark. be provided in the next edition of the Mary is in Florida visiting Ann Marie and Hailer and on the SRBCNC Web Page. Eddie. Some would say, with Mary We just returned a week ago from the away, why are you spending Saturday Bay Cruise and our extended trip to night home alone? Why are you not out Monterey. Many thanks to Jude Miller partying with friends? I’m not alone. I’m and Al Torres for securing the locations spending some serious quality time with and setting up the activities. Sidelined our cat Sam, although I’m not really sure because of a bad back, Jude was whether he really likes me or just wants unable to attend the cruise. What a more food. Hey and by the way for all of shame after all the effort she put into you who are thinking, “how pathetic”, setting it up. I would like to thank Dave just keep it to yourself. I do have a Heller who did the leg work for the life.really. unofficial extended cruise to Monterey. Moving on, just a reminder, please mark Unfortunately, Dave and Lisa were down January 15th on your calendars for unable to make the trip, but Doug and Page 4 THE QUIET HAILER October 2010 Jeanie Murray took over the helm for That’s all for now. See you at the Roast Dave and did an outstanding job of Saturday Nov 6th at Spindrift Restaurant guiding us fledglings on our first Blue Skip Water adventure. Please read the cruise report for expanded details. View From The Rear – Dan Hand Jeez, what to write about? Can’t write the 2011 roster so about the Bay cruise since we didn’t please get them participate this year - to my great back to Micki in a disappointment. We did get a call from timely manner. Al and Kathy Torres the weekend before, seems they and the Burgers Don’t forget, THE cruised to the Estuary earlier in the 2010 ROAST IS week, They invited us over to Bom Vida SATURDAY for cocktails and dinner at Oakland NOVEMBER 6! I Yacht club. Having only been to OYC by think this issue will boat it took a few wrong turns to find it, be distributed in time, so if you haven’t but once we got there it was a stellar signed up, please do. Sign-up is evening and we had a great time - but I available on www.srbcnc.org and REALLY missed not being on the Bay includes a form to indicate number Cruise after that. Can’t wait to hear the attending and your choice(s) of entrée. tales of adventure, especially the cruise At this writing Jimmy Cupples reports out the gate to Monterey. that sign-ups number approximately 30. If you can make it, this is always a very Let’s see, what else oh yeah! Our fun event featuring our fabulous Master Membership Director Micki Jensen has of Ceremony’s Bruce Curley so sign up a couple of items. First, Micki reports we and come on out. Who knows, you may have two new members. Michael and even leave with an award or new t-shirt! Chantele Miro and their 400 Sedan Bridge named Tranquilo became new I only have one item left, and that comes members of SRBCNC last month. Their from our Storekeeper, otherwise known homeport is Oxbow Marina. Welcome as my lovely wife Tina. She says “there Michael and Chantele! Looking forward are a couple of you that still owe for to meeting you in the near future. purchases made at the “Fire Sale” that Also, please see Micki’s Membership took place at the Circle. If you’re not Renewal Form announcement later in planning on attending the Thanksgiving this issue. In the next few weeks or Mystery cruises, please drop me a SRBCNC members will receive letter with your payment so we can get renewals containing member, vessel, this squared on the books before the address and contact information end of the year.” currently on file thanks to Micki’s hard work. She asks that you carefully review That’s all I can think of for now. Looking your renewal form, provide details on forward to seeing everyone at the any changes to the information, and Halloween cruise and the Roast. mail it back to her for arrival before December 31. NOTE: renewals not Safe boating, Dan received by 12/31 will not be included in Page 5 THE QUIET HAILER October 2010 Ed and Tech chat with I.B. Wally USCGA (ret) Chat 1 of 286 Q: Ed and Tech Director, A: Guest Journalist I.B.Wally USCGA (ret) This interview takes place during the Bay Cruise aboard the vessel “Lew Sea” 1. Q: The first question I have for you Mr. Wally is. may I call you IB for short? A: My given name is Wally, not “for short” as you suggest, or “for sure” like your decrepit truck license plate.