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THE 45TH PARALLEL
Official Publication of
Grand Traverse Bay Sail and Power Squadron, Traverse City, MI Member, District 9, United States Power Squadrons®
Sail and Power Boating Vol 69 No 8 October, 2017
Articles for publication must be received by the 20th of the month. Articles may be submitted by e-mail, computer disk or hard copy to:
Lt. Sue Brown, P 9506 Fairview Rd
Williamsburg, MI 49690 [email protected]
Photography Lt/C Bill Bailey , JN 231-676-3357
Records and Cdr Jerry Williams, AP Web Master 231-633-3141Editor Lt Sue Brown, P
231-267-5806
General Membership meetings are held the first Thursday of the month at the Elks Club, Traverse City. Execu-tive meetings are held the third Thursday of the month at Traverse City. Anyone interested may attend.
THE 45TH PARALLEL is published monthly except July and August by the Grand Traverse Bay Sail and Power Squadron located in Traverse City, MI. Opinions expressed within do not necessarily reflect the opinions of USPS® or of the GTB Sail and Power Squadron. Articles may be reprinted without permission if credit is given to the author, Grand Traverse Bay Sail and Power Squadron, and THE 45TH PARALLEL.
BRIDGE OFFICERS 2017 Commander Cdr Jerry Williams, AP 231-633-3141 [email protected] Executive Officer Lt/C Bill Smethells, P 715-579-2557 [email protected] Administrative Lt/C Janet Ward, P 231-271-7720 Officer [email protected] Squadron Education Lt/C Dave Terrell, AP 231-938-2521 Officer [email protected] Asst SEO Lt/C Bill Bailey, JN 231-676-3357 [email protected] Secretary Lt/C Mary Gillooly, S 231-369-2316 [email protected] Treasurer Lt/C Catherine Holcombe, P 231-271-6714 [email protected] Asst Treasurer Lt/C John Weih, P 231-938-3316 [email protected]
www.gtbayboating.org
Grand Traverse Bay Sail and Power Squadron 2017 Activities Calendar
October 2 Advanced Piloting– 1800 NMC October 5 General Meeting-1800 Elks Club October 12 Lunch with the Commander-1200 Cottage Café October 13-25 D-9 Conference Treetops Resort October 17 Electrical Systems-1800 NMC October 18 Executive Meeting-1800 Cottage Café November 2 General Meeting-1800 Elks Club November 9 Lunch with the Commander-1200 Cottage Café November 15 Executive Meeting-1800 Cottage Café December 7 Election and Change of Watch-1800 Elks Club December 14 Lunch with the Commander-1200 Cottage Café December 20 Executive Meeting-1800 Cottage Cafe
5 OCTOBER 2017
ELECTRIC SHOCK IN MARINAS A panel discussion hosted by some of our members
1800 Social Hour 1900 Dinner Two entrees
Salads, Vegetables, Rolls, Dessert $18.00 Per person
If your telephone caller does not reach you by Sunday, Oct 1, please call Donna Daciuk at
231-223-7140 or email [email protected] by Monday, Oct 2 (Please let your caller know if you will need a ride to the meeting)
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COMMANDER’S MESSAGE Cdr Jerry Williams, AP
So the boat is on the hard and ready for its winter cover of shrink wrap. Only 219 days until launch! The D9 Fall Conference is October 13 - 15, 2017, at the Treetops Resort in Gaylord, MI. I have attached the Sat-urday morning seminar offerings, so stop over and expand your knowledge of USPS, or your interest in weather or Mackinaw Straits Lighthouses. The classroom training aides from all of D9 squadrons will also be on exhibit. Friday night there are hospitality rooms from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. They always offer good food, some interesting beverages, and ICE CREAM SUNDAYS. GTBay is partnering with Lansing Power Squadron and we will be serving cherry filled sugar cookies. Lansing always provides delicious hors d’oeuvres. Hope to see you Friday night and/or Saturday morning. There is not a charge for the Hospitality Rooms or Semi-nars but it is recommended that you register so D9 will have an attendance count. If you are interested in lunch, be sure to send in your registration before October 6, 2017. Jerry
District 9 Saturday Morning Seminars 0800 to 0950 Squadron Educational Officers Seminar DEO Tom Smith, N and ADEO David Kowalski SN will review recent changes and plans presented at the Gov-erning Board in Dallas, discussing what is new, what is changing and the timing of these changes as well as dis-cussion regarding practical implementation. 0800-0850 Geodetic Marker Recovery Program: What are geodetic markers? Who installs them and determines their coordinates? Why are they important? How many markers are there? How are the markers identified? Why are we asked to “recover” or find them? What is a Geodetic Hunt? What do we report? Attend this seminar to find the answers to these questions and learn why the USPS National Cooperative Charting Committee is focusing attention on this activity. P/C Douglas Rocho, P is the presenter. 0800 to 0850 Membership This seminar will focus on the latest efforts that were presented at the Governing Board in Dallas to retain, and attract members. The seminar will cover practices that have been found to be effective by different Squadrons in USPS. P/D/C Linda LaLonde, AP and D/Lt Rose Stano, AP will conduct this session. 0900 to 0950 Officers Meeting A combined meeting of Squadron Commanders, Executive Officers, Administrative Officers, Treasurers, and Secretaries with the District 9 Bridge to cover recent developments in each area and review of deadlines coming up for each position. 1010 to 1100 Boating Activities P/D/C Denise Samu, AP will Review the 2017 rendezvous season. Ideas that work and what could be done better (bring your stories and ideas) and build on that to start a schedule for 2017 Boating Activities. There will be a discussion and planning for the 2018 D9 rendezvous at both Port Huron and St Clair Boat Harbors. 1010 to 1100 National Weather Service Gaylord A representative from the Nation Weather Service office in Gaylord will give us a presentation on their role in weather forecasting. 1110-1200 TERRY PEPPER - LIGHTING THE STRAITS - LIGHTHOUSES OF THE STRAITS OF MACKINAW Terry Pepper currently serves as the Executive Director with the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association. Terry is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on Great Lakes lighthouse history, with his writing, research and photography appearing in numerous books, magazines, newspapers and websites. He speaks throughout the Midwest, and is well known for his spirited interpretation of all aspects of Great Lakes lighthouse history and preservation.
EDUCATION OFFICER LT/C Dave Terrell, AP
Come for the Boating Education…Stay for the Friends'
1. The last person took the sail test. Unfortunately, that student did not pass. I am sure this student would have passed if the exam had been taken when the course end-ed. I will ask this student about a retake. 2. The offerings for Winter have been determined. Attached is the proposed sched-ule. Sail was in initially scheduled as 11 sessions but had been change to 10 sessions. 3. An extended schedule is being worked going through this summer and beyond, This longer schedule will be shared next month when it has been reviewed by the Bridge.
Winter 2018 Seamanship Bailey 10 Mon Jan 15 March 19
Weather Mc Intyre 10 Wed Mar 21 May 23
Sail Terrell 10 Tues
April 17 June 19
HAPPY
SEPTEMBER MEETING—
Paul Gonzalez, Edy Davies, John Davies, SN, Pat Musson, JN Ken Musson, SN Nancy Gonzalez
P/C Dave Terrell, AP Guy Leslie, P
Carol Currin, P P/C Eric Currin, AP
CDR Jerry Williams, AP Arnie Taddia, AP Linda Taddia
Nina Claytor L/C Janet Ward, P Preston Claytor our speaker
Barb Lyon, AP Tom Lyon, AP Alan Holcombe, P Cdr Jerry Williams, AP John Holcombe, AP
Linda Taddia Carol Watson, AP Elaine Young P/C Bill Young, AP Chuck Watson, AP Arnie Taddia, AP
WINNERS—
L/T Bill Smethells, P Cdr Jerry Williams, AP Barb Lyon, AP
eQuality Cruise 2017—P/C Bill Bailey This year’s eQuality Cruise was a big success with 8 boats participating, all sail except one. Many more non-boating members participated in the shore side activities. Friday was a great motor boat day for stink boaters and rag haulers alike. Friday evening found over 20 members attending the social hour at Northport which happened to coincide with a very good Music in the Park performance by a guitar and flute duo. Several went for ice cream after the music was finished. Saturday was calm as well and it was a short ride to Suttons Bay. More than 30 people were at the “Power Island” picnic at Suttons Bay. Arnie Taddia and Bill Bailey were challenged by the Holcombe father-son team to a game of Bocci Ball, which was interrupted by the feeding of the troops. Team Holcombe was leading with of score of 8 to 1 when dinner was announced. Food and camaraderie followed and the game was not finished, although half the Holcombe team had to leave the picnic early so the Taddia/Bailey team declared victory due to forfeiture. Brian Nelson and Tom Lyon were the grill masters and did a great job of cooking the hamburg-ers and brats. Dianna Terrell did an outstanding job of organizing the event along with David. Sunday was a dark and stormy day, but it was a great sail to Traverse City. Nice wind and alt-hough the sky was grey there were only a couple of sprinkles. David Terrell volunteered to handle the Blind Wine Tasting test Saturday afternoon. Several members brought their favorite wines to be judged but the winner was not announced. Those awards will be given at a later event! The sail to Elk Rapids was canceled on Monday due to the strong north wind. Had the wind been from any other direction it would have been another great sailing day, but no one wanted to crash into the whitecaps all the way up Old Mission. Away from the bay, it was a sunny, pleasant day which was spent in different ways. Some had out of town family and company, others went downtown. A few watched the movie “All Is Lost” in the boaters lounge and had a good time commenting and critiquing all the things that Robert Redford did wrong. Later that evening a large group had an end of cruise dinner at North Peak. Again, good food and great company. Many chose to stop at the Moomers Ice Cream stand on the way back to the marina and enjoy some frozen dessert. Back at Clinch Marina several members again assembled in the boaters lounge to watch “Captain Ron”. You have to love Captain Ron, they all did. It was the perfect ending to a suc-cessful cruise. But that wasn’t the end of the food feast! Tuesday morning, John and Cathy Holcombe made French toast with butter, syrup, strawberries, blueberries, and all kinds of wonderful things for the remaining boaters at Clinch before they all returned to their home ports. Thanks John and Cathy for another perfect ending to a great cruise.
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SEPTEMBER INVOCATION
The summer seems to have flown by It barely paused to say goodbye
It has other places to go and lands to warm Maybe even create a large tropical storm
In leaving it makes room for fall
Some feel this is the best season of all
Foliage brightens with beautiful colors and hues Which is your favorite, which do you choose
It happens every year and we are always amazed
But it is God who should really be praised
For what he has given to all of us His change of seasons is just another plus
P/C Bill Klein, AP
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
Jan Hartesvelt Joe Schott Jerry Stephan Bill Young
