Skipper's Meeting Agenda October 22, 2007, 6:45 PM

Agenda
Skipper’s Meeting
October 22, 2007, 6:45 PM

Report of recent Past Events: (Events after our last skippers meeting
October 13-14 Over night - Chowder Fest Contest at Port Orchard
-Boats participating:
1. Jim McCarthy – SV U GotABKiddin 37
2. Gary Bradley – MV Lucky Dog 48
3. Mike Sinclair – SV Surt 41
4. Ron Voss – MV Friendly Dolphin II 27
5. Rich Clapp – SV Avalon 36
6. Marie Capogna – SV Sea Wings 36
7. Natalie Danielson – MV Rophy 38
8. Dan Land – SV Dark Star 43
9. Gail Kalbrener – SV Dalliance 33
10. Phil Sensabaugh – SV Nausica 32
11. John Riggs – SV Endeavor II 43
12. Joe Grande – SV Whisper 32
13. Larry Gill – SV Gone with the Wind 36
14. Craig Nelson – MV Flagrante Delkicto 25
15. Steve Garrett - SV Alpha Baby 27
16. Lee Stenson – MV ? 32?
17. Alan Vogt 42
Estimate of SSYC members attending: 80
Cost: $50 for rental of two propane heaters, which the Board voted to pay out of the club treasury.

Discussion and Planning for Upcoming Events:
11/ 9, 10, 11 Overnight at Paulsbo Marina featuring our Meals on Keels, aboard boats and pajama Theatre following in the Community Room.
-Boats intending to participate: Paid:
1. Gary Bradley – MV Lucky Dog 48 End E dock
2. Larry Gill – SV Gone with the Wind 36 F & S E 45
3. Mike Sinclair – SV Surt 41
4. Jim McCarthy – SV UGotABKiddin 37 F & S
5. Rich Clapp – SV Avalon 36
6. Marie Capogna – SV Sea Wings 36
7. Joe Grande – SV Whisper 32 F & S
8. Gail Kalbrener – SV Dalliance 33
9. Natalie Danielson – MV Rophy 38
10. Brad Lefton – SV Wind Dancer 27 E47
11. John Riggs 43 E2
I have contacted the Marina and I have made the following arrangements:
Our reservations are for both Friday and Saturday nights, November 9th & 10th for those of you who want to make a week end of it.
I have tentatively reserved room for 26 boats up to 14 days before the event. This means that you must put money down to hold your reservation for the 14 days prior to the event. They have 9 30ft slips, which will accommodate up to 40 footers set aside tentatively for us plus a 70 ft dock to which we may be able to side tie and raft up.
To reserve your space you must do the following:
Contact the marina 360 779 3505, reserve your space set aside for SSYC by paying at least the first night at least 14 days in advance at $.50 per foot.
Notify me that you have paid and reserved with the marina.
They may assign slips tentatively, but want me to do the final assignment.
I have reserved the Community Room for both Friday and Saturday nights.
The Charge is $50. (We can pass the hat or divide the cost between boats) (Marie, please bring this up to the Board and let me know its wishes)
We will use the room Saturday night for our Pajama Theater and socializing.
Drive over SSYC members may bring sleeping bags and sleep on the floor. (Actually skippers who bring over extra crew can sleep in the room.)

12/7-8 Overnight at Elliott Bay Marina featuring our Christmas Ships cruise of Elliott Bay.
I have contacted the Marina and have learned that no prior arrangements have been made and would not have helped us if they had.
The situation at the Marina since last year is that:
They have filled up, probably due to displacements at Shilshole, so that they do not have a guest dock.
They have 9 slips on N Dock 38-40 ft, which I have reserved tentatively. I asked for a discount, which my contact will ask the Harbor Master about.
They have approximately 10 scattered slips through out the marina, some of which are sub-let by permanent tenants at a contract price.
They usually have more vacancies in the fall and winter because some permanent tenants move their boats to fresh water in the winter. But they haven’t had as many so far this year as they usually do, but next month may yield more vacancies.
I have been a tenant there for 7 years and the Harbor Master’s Office seems really wanting to help us and they think that they can accommodate us by finding as many slips as we may need. Soooo
Soooo what I need is a list of Skippers committed to take slips.
I will then negotiate the best deal I can get, most of us close together, maybe a cost break.
List of skippers intending to take slips at Elliott Bay Marina:
1. Phil Sensabaugh – SV Nausica – 32 Sat
2. Ron Voss – MV Friendly Dolphin II – 25 Sat
3. Joe Grande – SV Whisper – 32 Sat
4. Jerry Dyer – SV Sea Wings – 36 Sat
5. Gary Bradley – MV Lucky Dog – 48 Sat
6. Larry Gill – SV Gone with the Wind – 36 Sat
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Rental of SYC Out Station:
I have made arrangements to rent it for a Club Wide Christmas Party, (no limit on number of persons) from noon to midnight, at a cost of $350 and $500 cleaning damage deposit. (It must be clean when we leave). How we will fund this will be an issue for the Board, they are considering selling $5. tickets, any response?
Lea Day will be organizing the party, so stay tuned for details.
Gary Bradley will be our DJ,

Special Matters:
1. Nudity Control (Please note: This will be a serious discussion of a policy matter which will attempt to make serious recommendations to the Board.) Levity is always fun, but it really has no place in this meeting. It will have a better audience in the bar.
a. Please note: At the Board meeting on October 15, this issue was discussed and referred to the Skipper’s meeting by the Board, recognizing that each skipper commands his or her own vessel and should, therefore have an opportunity to recommend to the Board a policy for the Club.
b. Discussion: What issues or concerns should we protect by a policy statement, if any? As your Fleet Captain, I see my job as facilitating a meeting where the best thinking comes out. It is not my job to dictate. It is my job to recommend possible courses of action that may occur to me. Having said this, it appears to me that there are 3 separate and distinct concerns or issues:
i. Concern for the rights of the consenting adult to go boating in a clothing optional environment
ii. Concern for the rights of a non-consenting adult to NOT find him or her self as a captive audience in a Clothing Optional environment.
iii. Concern for the Good Name of the Club to not be identified as a Party Club, which mixes nudity with good clean fun.
iv. Please feel free to suggest other concerns:
c. Policy to Consider:
i. An SSYC vessel outing where the skipper and crew knowingly sign up for a vessel that makes it known that it is either a clothing optional vessel or not a clothing optional vessel.
1. This concern recognizes the consenting adult theory.
2. It protects a new person from unknowingly finding them selves as a captive audience in an embarrassing situation.
3. This concern does not protect the name of SSYC from being identified with clothing optional behavior. I.e. when the largest vessel in the raft up carries the SSYC banner, so that behavior on rafted boats is imputed to the entire club and all of its members.
ii. Other policies to consider for recommendation to the Board:
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2. Lost & Found – any items lost or found should report to Bridge@ssyc.com so to try to unite finder with persons loosing items.

Matters tabled:
1. Ted Johnson, our web master: Discussion of future developments.
2. “Giving Crew Trip Credits for foreign trips” – Bill Rowlands – Status Report
3. “Financial Burden/Liability forms for foreign trips – Bill Rowlands – Status Report
4. “Release from Liability forms for foreign trips” – Bill Rowlands – Status Report

If I have missed any matter, please let me know.

If any Skipper wishes to add any matter to the next agenda for November 12, 2007, please let me know.

Remarks for the good of the order

Respectfully submitted,
Larry Gill,
Fleet Captain