Toledo Sail and Power Squadron THE BREEZE A Unit of United States Power Squadrons®, District 29 TOLEDO, OHIO Sail & Power Boating www.toledopowersquadron.org AUGUST 2008 1. 2. DISTRICT 29 COMMANDER’S SUMMER RENDEZVOUS RENDEZVOUS Labor Day Weekend August 29, 30, 31 August 15, 16, 17 Toledo Yacht Club Toledo Yacht Club Celebrating the Friday Night squadron’s 70th year!! 8 p.m. Cocktails Saturday $5 Cook-out and Com- Continental Breakfast mander’s Complimentary Bar will be open Friday, Au- at TYC Pavilion th For Lunch—Board the Ves- gust 29 . Saturday late af- ternoon will be a Mediterra- sel Sawmill Explorer for Set your Course for meeting and lunch ($8 box nean buffet, including some lunch or bring your own August Events!! exotic Eastern Mediterra- lunch) while cruising on nean spirits. Bring guests! Maumee River & Lake Erie (weather permitting) $30 for cruise HURON, OHIO SQUADRON RENDEZVOUS Weekend August 15, 16 Sat. Dinner TYC Pavilion Coordinators: Honey & Chuck Hutchinson 419-740-2523 Fish Fry, Corn-on-Cob, Cole 3. Send your $25 deposit to Squadron Treasurer Slaw, Fries, Dessert $15 Bill Patterson, 301 Mallard Rd., Perrysburg, OH 43551 Sunday Continental Break- fast TYC Pavilion PADDLE SMART SEMINAR SAT., AUGUST 23 Come by land or sea Maumee Bay State Park Docks call TYC 419-726-3485. 4. For Kayak and Canoe $15.00 includes handout material and lunch Reservations with Manual (optional) $25.00 D/C Al Hess 419-376-8498 In cooperation with Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, or Cdr Wayne Osborn Division of Watercraft 419-290-5535 Let P/C James Sommers know of your interest 419-297-7420 Page 2 THE BREEZE NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK MAY 17-24 A Stand-Out Week of FREE!!! Boating Seminars!!! Held at New Marina on East Side Coordinated by P/C James Balogh, AP and P/C James Sommers, SN In cooperation with Toledo Fire Dept., U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources Div. of Wa- tercraft, West Marine, Western Lake Erie Safe Boating Council, City of Toledo, Toledo-Lucas County Port Au- thority. Left: Mike Schabeck, City of Toledo Marina Safe Boating Coordina- tor, conducted the life jacket seminar. Above: Bruce Emerson, Jim Balogh, Ed Fairchild, and Dale Overly participate in Mike’s contest to see how quickly they could retrieve and don life jackets in an emer- Below: Ed Fairchild participates in the gency. Pretty enlightening!! Bruce was saved by the dog!! emergency-on-board seminar. Above: Capt. Don Dietz of Marine Res- cue brought his vessel and conducted the “Boat Handling” Seminar. In gratitude to the many people who gave of time, talent, and effort to bring about the best National Safe Boating Week activities this town has seen. As part of National Safe Boating Week, the “Boat Smart” class was taught in two parts on Above: Best attended Seminar was “Skipper Saver/ First Mate/Crew” taught by P/C James Sommers. Saturday, May 17 and Saturday, May 24 Page 3 THE BREEZE TOLEDO SAIL & POWER SQUADRON 419-725-1776 SQUADRON MEETINGS Reminder: No General Membership Meetings in 2008 BRIDGE Commander.............................Wayne Osborn, AP July or August. Next meeting is day after Labor Day H 734-279-2331 Cell 419-290-5535 Email [email protected] Tues July 29 Executive Comm. 7:30 p.m. Toledo Yacht Club Tues Aug 26 Executive Comm. 7:30 p.m. Toledo Yacht Club Executive Officer ............................ Larry Cole, AP H 734-243-4282 Cell 734-755-7252 W 734-529-4107 Email [email protected] Educational Officer ........ P/C James Sommers, SN H 419-691-7719 Cell 419-297-7420 Email [email protected] Administrative Officer..................... Ed Fairchild, P H 419-726-4105 Cell 419-343-7724 Email [email protected] Secretary........................ Mary Kay Inguagiato, AP Cell 419-509-8521 Email [email protected] Treasurer....................................Bill Patterson, AP H 419-874-6177 Email [email protected] 2008 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE P/C James Balogh, AP Cdr Wayne Osborn, AP Lt/C James Sommers, SN Lt/C Larry Cole, AP Lt/C Mary Kay Inguagiato, AP Lt/C Ed Fairchild, P Lt/C Bill Patterson, AP P/C Dorie Backus, P P/C Felicia Evans, AP Lt Lorene Bixler Lt Linda Fairchild, S “THE BREEZE” This official publication of Toledo Power Squadron is published 11 months per year. Deadline to submit articles is the 3rd of the month. Send articles to Breeze Editor. Editor............................................Joyce Mease, P 3765 Oak Forest Drive, Toledo, OH 43614 H 419-382-4401 Email [email protected] District/National Editor ........... Shirley Zawodni, AP Email [email protected] Distribution .......................... Bernadine Overly, AP Dale Overly, AP Advertising.................................. Fran Tesorero, S Dale Overly, AP Printer........................Office Depot Office Services Articles, opinions and advertisements do not necessarily reflect USPS® policy or endorsement unless so designated. Websites Toledo ..........www.toledopowersquadron.org District 29 ........ www.usps.org/localusps/D29 National ...................................www.usps.org The USPS® Mission To promote recreational boating safety through education and civic activities while providing fellowship for our members. PLANNED GIVING If you would like to include the Toledo Sail & Power Squadron in your estate plan or provide another kind of gift, please contact P/C Haynes Lee, Jr., AP. Page 4 THE BREEZE We’re Cruising May - Put-in-Bay canceled August 15, 16, 17 Huron Ohio cruise June - Kelleys Island—10 boats count on Chuck & Honey Hutchinson cruise completed to plan a terrific time report in next “Breeze” Send $25 deposit to Bill Patterson, July - Leamington (changed from Erieau) 301 Mallard Rd., Perrysburg 43551 boats departed 7/10 & 7/11 From Linda Fairchild, S Membership Chairman report in next “Breeze” I invite you to our Summer Rendezvous for a time of fun and fellowship. This is a great way to get to know other members of the squadron. Special for Trailer Boaters From Don Leutz Inside Passage from Conway (near Petoskey, MI) to Cheboygan, MI and out to Mackinac Island if weather permits. Our plan is to be up there on Friday night, August 8th and start boating the inside passage Saturday morning. It is mostly protected waters. You spend time on Crooked Lake, Pickerel Lake, The Indian River, Burt Lake, Hay Lake, Mullet Lake, The Black River, the Cheboygan River. You go through two locks. Burt and Mullet are big lakes, but the way they are navigated, you can always hug the lee shore if it blows up. This will get us to Cheboygan Saturday night. At that point—depending upon weather—we may head out into the Straits of Mackinac around Mackinac Island and the bridge, or we may head back to Conway. In any event, we plan to be back to Conway no later than Sunday evening. Those that wish could leave for Conway Sunday morning and with a straight shot and no loitering could be out of the water and trailering for home by Sunday afternoon. There are hotels/motels at each end of the trip which have docks. They do not allow you to stay on your boat. You must get a room. We have an open bowrider, so a hotel room is our preference. If you wish to stay on your own boat, there are two municipal marinas within a half mile of the hotels. There are also a few waterfront B&B's where you can moor and many waterfront restaurants and marinas along the way. We plan to trailer to Traverse Bay on Monday morning, do a little boating and hit the Mission Point wineries by car. We will head back to Toledo Tuesday morning, possibly taking a leisurely route down the west side of the state. I invite you to any or all of the trip. Please contact me if you are in- terested so I can figure out the hotel/motel situation. I have other details about GPS, charts, etc. Don Leutz [email protected] Congratulations—They Passed the Course!! SAIL CRUISE PLANNING Jason Snook Larry Cole Linda Fairchild Audie Jaqua Tom Haines Ed Fairchild Jason Snook Naim Yapragigur Linda Osborn Larry Cole Instructor: Dan Strohmeier Wayne Osborn Page 5 THE BREEZE COMMANDER’S COMMENTS Wayne Osborn, AP 419-290-5535 email: [email protected] It just keeps getting better! At the beginning of the year, Toledo squadron made national news when our Education Officer P/C Jim Sommers was awarded the prestigious Chapman Award. Now, due to the coordinated efforts of PR Chairman Joyce Mease, P/C Jim Balogh, P/C Sommers, Capt. Don Dietz and many others, we have been invited to make a presentation at the National Governing Board meeting in September. National was very impressed with our activities during Safe Boating Week and also with the live radio broadcast on WTOD on May 31st. They’ve asked us to share our strategies, techniques and PR experiences. We’ll be participating in the PR and Marketing session on Friday morning, September 5th. National Governing Board meeting this year is not in Texas or California or Florida; it’s right in our backyard, Detroit. This is really another big reason for all Toledo squadron members to attend. Have dinner Saturday night with 500 other squadron members from all over the country. See me, or go to www.USPS.org for more details and registration forms. -Even closer to home and sooner: District 29 Summer Council and Rendezvous . TYC, August 15-17. Friday the 15th will be dockside cocktail party starting at 8 P.M. Saturday meeting will be aboard a small cruise ship and includes a cruise of Maumee Bay. A tasty box lunch will be available for $8 or BYOL (bring your own lunch).