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

2007-10-19T15:04:00.000-07:00

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

2007-09-26T13:54:00.000-07:00

Fleet Captain’s Summary of Skipper’s Meeting
September 24, 2007, 6:45 PM

Report of recent Past Events: (Events after our last skippers meeting
September 23 NW Harvest Practice Race – VC Rosemary & Bruce Kinnaman
Bruce reported that there were 4 boats, no wind, but the Starting Boat crew gained experience in putting up the start flags and such. All had a great time at the Raft up in Port Madison.

Discussion and Planning for Upcoming Events:
September 29 NW Harvest Race, Dinner & Dance, and Food Drive
1. Awards Ceremony will be ASAP. followed by pictures & auction.
2. Information concerning course options, etc. were reported on by Bruce. We now have 42 boats entered, more from outside the club than within; we will have at least 6 classes with enough haul outs for prizes to give to probably 1st and 2nd places, thanks to Jim McCarthy.

October 13-14 Chowder Fest Contest at Port Orchard
Boats intending to participate:
1. Jim McCarthy – SV U GottaGottaGottaGot A B Kiddin
2. Gary Bradley – MV Lucky Dog
3. Brad Lefton – SV ?
4. Mike Sinclair – SV Surt
5. Ron Voss – MV Friendly Dolphin II
6. Rich Clapp – SV Avalon
7. Marie Capogna – SV Sea Wings
8. Natalie Danielson – MV Rophy (note: leave Friday)
9. Dan Land – SV Dark Star
10. Gail Kalbrener – SV Dalliance
11. Phil Sensabaugh – SV Nausica
12. John Riggs – SV Endeavor II
13. Joe Grande – SV Whisper

Discussion: Dan Land suggested that we enlarge the contest to include salads, deserts, and bread and that we plan taste bowls which would accommodate several tastes. A consensus agreed. Dan will think about how to organize this and report back at the next meeting.

More information will be available at the next Skipper’s meeting.

October 22 Last Duck Dodge is a Rum Run from Shilshole to Port Madison (This is information only, not a planned SSYC event)

11/ 10, 11 Overnight at Paulsbo YC featuring our Meals on Keels, aboard boats and pajama Theatre following in the Community Room.
-Boats intending to participate:
1. Gary Bradley – MV Lucky Dog
2. Larry Gill – SV Gone with the Wind
3. Mike Sinclair – SV Surt
4. Jim McCarthy – SV U GottaGottaGottaGot A B Kiddin
5. Rich Clapp – SV Avalon
6. Marie Capogna – SV Sea Wings
7. Dan Land – SV Dark Star
8. Gail Kalbrener – SV Dalliance
9. John Riggs – Endeavor II
10. Hal Tobie – SV Cy Va
11. Ron Voss – MV Friendly Dolphin II
12. Phil Sensabaugh – SV Nausica
13. Steve & Judy Dauzy – SV Code Blue
14. Joe Grande – SV Whisper

12/7-8 Overnight at Elliott Bay Marina featuring our Christmas Ships cruise of Elliott Bay.
Discussion: It was suggested that skippers be free to invite adult children and family and friends. All agreed that this was something that we have always done anyway and any skipper should be free to continue this practice in club over nights.
Special Matters:
1. Urgent!! Larry handed out draft copies of each skipper’s crew Talley’s for the year for comment and correction. It is urgent that each skipper review this draft and immediately notify Larry of any corrections. This draft is absent some records turned into Steve Dauzy and entered into his record. Rest assured these two records will be merged this next week. It is urgent that we have a corrected final record for next week, so please skippers get those corrections to Larry ASAP. They are urgent to show skippers in good standing to vote and to announce.

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 October 8, 2007, please let me know.

Remarks for the good of the order

Larry Gill,
Fleet Captain

Skippers Meeting June 11

2007-06-11T21:22:00.001-07:00

Agenda
Skipper’s Meeting
June 11, 2007, 6:45 PM

Report of recent Past Events: (Events after our last skippers meeting
2. 5/24, 25, 26, 27 Memorial Day Week end.
PROGRAM:
First Night, Thursday, 5/24 – Blake Island Clam Bake.
Organized by Dan Land:
Boats Participating:
1. Dark Star – Dan Land
2. Whisper – Joe Grande
3. Whoop Sea – Bruce Kinnaman
4. Tusur – Sam Keading
5. Avalon – Rich Clapp
6. Christina Lee – Lee Stenson
7. Code Blue – Steve & Judy
8. Tara – Larry Gill
9. Waveguide – Walter Friesen
10. Four Par Tee -
Second night, Friday, 5/25 at Dock Street Marina in Tacoma.
Exploring History Museum, Museum of Glass, Walking, Restaurants.
Note: We have 9 slips, 6 of them will allow raft ups.
1. Code Blue – Steve Dauzy
2. Alexandria – Gary Bradley
3. Clueless – Roger Drill
4. Dark Star – Dan Land
5. Whoop Sea – Bruce Kinnaman
6. Ca Va! – Hal Tobie
7. Rophy – Natalie Danielson
8. Tara – Larry Gill
9. SURT – Mike Sinclair
10. Four Par Tee – Ron Voss
11. Whisper – Joe Grande
12. Dalliana – Gail Kalbrener
13. Norma Jean – Eric Jay
Third night, Saturday, May 26, at Longbranch – Raft Up
Happy hour and Dinner on board raft up boats
Drinks and Dancing at Long Branch Barn to a country band.
Fourth night, Sunday, May 27, at Gig Harbor
Happy hour and Dinner on board raft up boats or at the Tides tavern where a Jimmy Buffet look alike may be playing.

3. 6/9-10 Overnight to Kirkland – Report: Mike Sinclair
a. Mike Sinclair is designated “Raft Master” for this week end. He has exclusive authority over the Raft.
b. Skippers disagreeing with his requests should anchor separately.

Discussion and Planning for Upcoming Events:
July 2, 3, 4th
July 2 Monday, Optional Raft Up – Location TBD
July 3 Tuesday, Paulsbo – Raft UP.
Discussion: The Raft Master will need to know boats attending and ETAs. Please email Fleet Captain ASAP.
July 4 Wednesday, Optional,
Lake Union:
City Front:

July, August, September Club Cruise Opportunities/Plans for San Juans, Gulf Islands, Desolation Sound. (Skippers, give me your individual plans so that we can track them for buddy boating)

Special Matters:
1. Marriage Proposal – proposed by Mike Sinclair
a. Informational only, no voting.
2. Development of a Rafting “Suggested Procedure/Expectations”
a. Failures – Contributing Causes – May 26, 2007, Saturday
i. Not enough anchors.
ii. Anchors not appropriately placed or set, with bridles to keep clutches from slipping.
iii. Rafted boats not properly tied together to enable proper casting off
iv. Failure of skippers to respond to the emergency according to expectations.
v. Failure of crew to realize their responsibilities and to respond to the emergency according to expectations
vi. Failure of Skippers to have keys in ignition, have flashlights available, have crew prepared for a quick disconnect procedure, have lines ready for a quick disconnect.
3. Good News: We in SSYC have a high level of Competency among our Skippers and Crew in the techniques of Good Seamanship, which sorted out the issues, worked together to resolve them and disassembled the raft so that no one was hurt, and there was only minimal damage.
4. Suggestions for a “Procedure/Expectations” for Rafting
a. Most skippers forwarded their emails to all skippers so I will not repeat their comments here.
b. Designate a “Raft Master” who will have responsibility for instructing incoming skippers and who will have absolute authority. One voice. Not many cooks.
i. Skipper’s disagreeing with the Raft Master will go somewhere else.
c. Draft and adopt a “SSYC Suggested Procedure Document for Club Rafting. Consider for inclusion the following suggestions:
i. Better communication.
1. A meeting of skippers before breakup
2. Sufficient time to prepare after notice that the raft is breaking up.
3. Sufficient time for all persons to return to their boats. Some boats empty.
ii. Well thought out procedures are in Mike Brough’s email to each of you on 6/3. See especially his “common threads”. It seems to me to be a starting point with a good check list to use for doing our own with variations for our local conditions.
iii. Lani Schroeder email 6/5 cautions about:
1. using small dinghy’s for setting anchors and
2. Using stern anchors. Consider anchoring 69 style.
iv. Bruce Kinnaman email 6/5 suggests advance planning for the Raft, who is going, and the location of the raft. He suggests that the location in Long Branch was different than prior years which were better, shallower & more wind protected.
v. Hal Tobie email 6/4
1. Each boat have a minimum of equipment
2. Each boat has a check list, i.e. dingy tied up on short line, etc.
3. Each boat have a procedure for rapid raft break up, turn on engines, crew assignments etc.
4. Each skipper responsible to have his or her boat in compliance with the equipment and preparation requirements
vi. Chris C. email of 6/4
1. Good list of suggestions for each skipper in preparing his or her boat.
vii. Jane Montague
1. Another good list of suggestions for individual skippers.
5. Expectations of Crew
a. Vessel properly prepared and equipped
b. Crew instructed about expectations of skipper
c. Skipper conducts himself or herself in a proper seamanship manner.
d. Other qualified skippers or crew take over a vessel if skipper becomes impared.
6. Open Discussion:
7. Request for Volunteers to form a Drafting Committee (at least 3)
a. Larry Gill (I volunteer to be one)
b.
c.

Comments or Remarks for the Good of the Fleet Captain or Club

Meeting adjourned.

SSYC Raftups

2007-06-04T16:27:00.000-07:00

Good morning Skippers and Crew of SSYC:

I am writing to invite all Skippers and Crew to participate in a discussion and sharing of ideas as to what each of our expectations are or should be relative to rafting and perhaps boating in general. With respect to Longbranch, last week end, probably all of our expectations were not met as many of us experienced and some of us observed the raft break up at 3:30 AM Saturday night. Please feel free to forward this invitation for a shared dialogue to any interested crew person.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to agree on a common expectation at SSYC raft ups. For example "all boats over 30 feet will put out and set an anchor". I am not advocating this particular requirement but only mention it as an example to encourage a discussion.
It is probably a good idea to try to sort out and reconstruct where each boat was in the raft up and who had anchors out to try to identify how to prevent a recurrence.

When emergencies occur, MOB, sudden squall, unexpected medical emergency or accident, engine failure, jammed rigging or rigging failure when wind gusts, anchor caught on obstructions, some skippers have an expectation that each crew person has a responsibility to help resolve the emergency to the extent of that crew person's experience and knowledge. Other skippers may regard crew persons as passengers like on an Argosy Commercial Tour Boat. Some crew persons may regard them selves as falling into either category. It seems to me that we need to have an understanding between us all as to what our expectations are and what other person's expectations are.

Please email to me your best thinking and suggestions as to causes of the Longbranch experience and thinking for the future.

It will help me frame the agenda for the next Skipper's meeting on June 11, 2007. Please come prepared for a forward thinking discussion.

Thank you all,

Larry Gill ,
Fleet Captain