JANUARY 2019 BEACON

Beacon

January 2019

Introducing “Burgee Travels”

Team Blackburn

Members, take your Burgee with you on your off season travels this year. Take a picture and send to Ron, for the Beacon. Let’s see where our Burgee goes… Thanks Ian.

Happy New Year to all and greetings from the new Bearhooks Southern Command Post here in Nokomis Florida, where we enjoy the last undeveloped stretch of saltwater beach in the entire country. That’s why we come here; nobody knows where it is. This month we see our Burgee Travels program has really taken off. We also have some beautiful responses to the Christmas Family Photo Request. FYI: for those FaceBook aficionados out there, I may go many weeks without logging into that thing. Sooooo if you have a photo to include in a Beacon, please email it to me, and remember to include some verbiage on where you are, and who you’re with, etc. Your Member Renewal package is due to arrive soon if you haven’t already received it. Remember to make any corrections to your boat, contact, and address information. This is where we get the information for the Roster so if there’s a correction to be made, now is the time to do it. This is also the time to fill in your preferred OD Work Weekend information, it’s in the packet too. PLEASE fill this out and return with your dues. Much grief, gloom, doom, sadness, chaos, tumult, anxiety, and despair can be avoided if we have your needs made known to us early on in the scheduling process.

Enjoy your Beacon.

Blue Skies Following Seas, Ron

Marie and I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope that you had a joyful Holiday Season with family and friends.

It is truly an honor to be the 2019 Commodore of such a prestigious Yacht Club that is steeped in history. I look forward to serving the club and I also know that it cannot be done alone. I would like to welcome Glenn Nixon as our Rear Commodore, Frank Corcoran as our Secretary, Tom Huntley as the Activities Director, John Sweier as the Club House Director, Leslie Leitch as the Fleet Captain, Brian Roath as the Board Recorder, and all the returning Flag members and Directors. I look forward to having the immediate Past Commodore, Randy Pagel, on the board to provide his wisdom and friendship. The First Mates and Ancient Mariners are also a vital part of the NCYC fabric. I look forward to working with Shelley Sweier, Archie Archibald and the members of these fine groups. I would also like to thank all the members that have stepped forward to organize and champion an event for the upcoming season. It is through these events that the NCYC spirit and camaraderie are solidified.

January 19 th , brings us to the Commodore’s Ball and it is surely approaching fast. There has been a lot of effort from a lot of members in the preparation of this premier event, and I am looking forward seeing everyone that will be in attendance. I am also looking forward to the winning announcements of P/C Pagel’s Spirit and Member of the Year awards. I know it will not be an easy decision. The Board of Directors meetings will be held at 7:00pm on the second Thursday of the month. The location of the meetings will be at Rosie O’Grady’s on 23 Mile Road. If you have any concerns or would like an item brought to the Boards attention, please feel free to attend or reach out to any Flag Officer or Board member. This is our club and everyone’s opinion counts.

Stay warm, Commodore Ian

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Terri and I hope that all of you had a great Christmas Holiday with family and friends and we wish all of you the very best in 2019.

Our First big event of 2019 is just weeks away, NCYC’s Commodore’s Ball in honor of Commodore Ian Blackburn and his Lady Marie. We look forward to another successful year in 2019 with Commodore Ian at the helm. I hope if you are considering attending the Commodore’s Ball that you get your tickets soon. Remember that “Participation Brings Success to Organizations”. Once again, a big thanks to our immediate Past Commodore Randy Pagel and his Lady Linda for a great and successful year in 2018. The club house and grounds continue to look better than ever. Even though the club house and grounds have been closed for the winter, the work continues. The seawall project is in full force and looking good. Tom Altobelli director of Harbor and Grounds is collecting supplies and preparing for the pedestal project to take place on B and C dock in the spring. In closing I thank the NCYC members for the support you have given to Myself and Terri. I am looking forward to serving you as the Vice Commodore.

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Sheila and I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. We hope you all had a good holiday with family and friends. Congratulations to outgoing Commodore Randy Pagel and his wife Linda for a very successful 2018. Much progress was made in 2018 toward expanding our membership and building a very financially healthy Club. While it is always a team effort, Randy and Linda's leadership and tremendous time and effort invested this year has helped to put our Club on a path to success. Congratulations also to incoming Commodore Ian Blackburn and his wife Marie Peppin. I have no doubt Ian and Marie will lead our Club with care and diligence and further advance the outstanding results we all have accomplished in growing and improving our Club. Please everyone take the opportunity to attend the upcoming Commodores Ball to join in the celebration of our new Commodore and his Lady. Thank you to all the members leaving the board at the end of this year - P/C Pat Carroll, Scott Greenfelder and Tom Martin. Fleet Captains: Ken Lipowski and Julie Delauter, Board Recorder Greg Brigman and Harbormaster Leslie Leitch. Your hard work and contribution to the Club is greatly appreciated by all. Thank you also to incoming board members Tom Altobelli, Frank Corcoran, Tom Huntley and John Sweier for volunteering your time and skills for the betterment of the Club. I am honored to serve as your Rear Commodore for 2019. I look forward to working with the Board and Flag to keep the positive momentum going and continue to make NCYC the best Club on the Lake.

R/C Glenn Nixon

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Happy New Year to you all. I hope that the recent holidays were filled with joy, happiness and a sleigh full of toys. This season can be very trying and difficult on many families. My wish is that our NCYC family all weathered the holiday season in good shape. As of this writing, I am not aware of anyone who should be added to our Sick Call List or anyone who has passed away. I would like the members to continue to remember those who have been ill and mentioned in recent publications - . Please remember these members and all those who had illnesses this year and may still be recuperating.

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Happy New Year from the First Mates!

The First Mates ended 2018 on a positive note with its holiday party held at Da Francesco’s. The evening was very festive with great food and entertainment. A special thank you to Colleen Braun for organizing and overseeing the holiday dinner and for any other First Mates who assisted in making the party a huge success. The 2019 First Mates Board of Directors were sworn in at the meeting. They are – Shelley Sweier, President; Colleen Braun, Vice President; Sue Brooks, Treasurer; Norma Frame, Recording Secretary; Ellen Alcazar, Corresponding Secretary; Jill Romatz, Boatique Director; Colleen Hall, Membership Director; Kim Scicluna, Social Director; Linda Lutz, Publicity Director, and Josette Campbell, Past President. This year’s project benefited the Algonac Lions Club and Turning Point. 240 bags of personal items were taken to the Lions Club to be included in holiday baskets for seniors and many bags of personal items were taken to Turning Point. A special thank you to outgoing President, Josette Campbell. It was a successful year under your leadership. Thank you for all you did during 2018. Thank you also to Lisa Roath, the outgoing 2018 Publicity Director, and Linda Pagel, 2018 Past President, for your dedication to the 2018 First Mates. A letter regarding 2019 First Mates membership and an application, along with information on the 2019 First Mates Fashion Show, will be mailed and included with the 2019 NCYC annual membership application/dues letter. This will be sent out in early January 2019. Any questions regarding membership should be forwarded to Membership Director Colleen Hall, 586-536- 4220. SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 2019 FIRST MATES FASHION SHOW, Sunday, May 5, 2019, at the Premiere Center in Clinton Township. This is the main fundraiser for the First Mates for 2019. Information and a flyer is included in the January Beacon. If you have any questions, would like to help with the fundraiser, or wish to make a donation/contribution for raffle prizes, please call this year’s Chairperson, Colleen Braun, 586-242-9698. As the new 2019 Publicity Director for the First Mates, I’m looking forward to keeping the membership of NCYC aware of the many First Mates activities, projects, dinners and events planned for 2019.

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North Channel Yacht Club Calendar of Events 2019

Date

Event

OD

January 19

Commodore's Ball

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February 1-3

Edgerly/Malik Snowmobile Trip

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March 8-10

ABYA Spring Rendezvous Midland

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March 10

Blessing of the Fleet at Mariner's Church

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April 13

Elite Brigade

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April 20

Elite Brigade

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April 27

Elite Brigade

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May 4

Elite Brigade

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May 5

First Mates Fashion Show

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May 11

First Spring Work Party

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May 18

Second Spring Work Party

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May 24-27

Opening Weekend - Fitting Out

May 24 Kids Movie Night

May 25 10:00am - First Mates Meeting

First Mates Patio Party

1:00pm - General Membership Meeting

Tom Huntley

6:00pm - Pig Roast Dinner

May 26 Pride of Michigan

1:00pm - Flag Raising Ceremony

Complementary Luncheon following Ceremony

3:00pm - Father Steve Blessing of the Fleet

May 31 - June 2

ABYA Dinner Dance - June 1

P/C Randy Pagel

June 7-9

Rendezvous Milliken

Dave DuVernay

Big Smoke - Don Ruma Surf&Turf Dinner - P/C Brian McEvoy

June 14 - 16

P/C Bob Watson

June 16-21

Ladies Week

Diane Marten

June 21-23

Kid's Weekend - Janet Van De Winkle

Lou Garofalo

June 27

Ancient Mariners Luncheon - 1:00pm at the Club

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June 28-30

OPEN / Kids Movie Night on the 29th

P/C Tom McHugh

July 5-7

Fourth of July Celebration

Frank Corcoran

July 12-14

OPEN / Kids Movie Night on the 13th

Chuck Penzien

July 18

Ancient Mariners Luncheon - 1:00pm at the Club

-

July 19-21

Float Down

Dale Hall

July 26-28

Rendezvous - DYC

Brian Fringer

Revision Date - 11 November 2018

North Channel Yacht Club Calendar of Events 2019

Date

Event

OD

July 29 - August 2

Commodores Cruise - Lake Erie

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August 2-4

Ancient Mariners Fundraiser

Colleen Braun

August 9-11

Irish Pub Party

P/C Brian McEvoy

August 15

Ancient Mariners Luncheon - 1:00pm at the Club

-

August 16-18

Concert August 16th, Poker Run 17th

Darryl Campbell

August 23-25

OPEN / Kids Movie Night on the 24th

V/C Bill Calihan

August 30-September 2

Labor Day Weekend

August 31 10:00am - First Mates Meeting

1:00pm - General Membership Meeting

John Sweier

Meet the Candidates

P/C Beer Bust after Meeting, hot dogs/hamburgers

Kids Movie Night

September 1 First Mates Dinner

September 6-8

Rendezvous Lexington

Debbie Siwek

September 9

ABYA GMM First Mates Dinner

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September 13-15

Commodore's Fishing Derby & Fish Fry

R/C Glenn Nixon

September 19

Ancient Mariners Luncheon - 1:00pm at the Club

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September 20-22

Smoke on the Water BBQ Rib Cookoff

P/C Rick Romatz

September 27-29

OPEN

Ron Draper

October 4-6

Haul Out Weekend

October 5 10:00am - First Mates Meeting

Tom Altobelli

1:00pm - General Membership Meeting

Haul Out Dinner

October 6 First Mates Haul Out Breakfast

October 12

First Fall Work Party

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October 19

Second Fall Work Party

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Revision Date - 11 November 2018

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North Channel Yacht Club Board of Directors - Regular Meeting 8 November 2018

Call to Order Commodore, Randy Pagel Commodore Randy Pagel called the meeting to order at 6:58 p.m. The meeting was held at Sajos of

Clinton. Roll Call

Secretary, Glenn Nixon

F LAG O FFICERS

Present

Absent

Commodore

Randy Pagel Ian Blackburn

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Vice Commodore Rear Commodore

Bill Calihan

D IRECTORS

Transportation

Darryl Campbell Tom Altobelli Tom Martin Brian Fringer Ron Draper Glenn Nixon Debbie Siwek

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Harbor & Grounds

Activities Treasurer

 Excused

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Publications

Secretary

Membership

Supplies

Dale Hall

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Club House

Scott Greenfelder

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I MMEDIATE P AST C OMMODORE P/C Pat Carroll

A PPOINTED P OSITIONS Fleet Captain

Ken Lipowski Greg Brigman

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Board Recorder

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Pledge of Allegiance Approval of Agenda

All

All MOTION: Moved by Scott Greenfelder, seconded by V/C Blackburn to approve the agenda. Motion Carried Approval of Meeting Minutes All MOTION: Moved by Debbie Siwek and seconded by Tom Altobelli to approve the October 11 th , 2018 Board meeting minutes. Motion Carried Commodore’s Comments Commodore, Randy Pagel Next month’s meeting will be at Sajos of Clinton, bring your spouses. Thanked new Board Members present for this meeting and thanked outgoing Directors. And lastly thanks to everyone else for their support. Vice-Commodore’s Comments Vice Commodore, Ian Blackburn Welcomed new Board Members at the meeting. Thanked all who helped close the club, will be in great shape for the spring.

NCYC Regular Meeting Minutes

9 November 2018

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Rear-Commodore’s Comments Rear Commodore, Bill Calihan Welcomed new Board Members and congratulated Glenn Nixon for his flag assignment. And thanks to Commodore Pagel and Linda for a great year. Financial Report Treasurer, Brian Fringer Winding down all expenses for the year. Money has been transferred from the main to the emergency account. Need to get hold of Bill Balfour for Fin’s final fuel bill before year’s end. Thanks to all the directors for getting the reports in on time. MOTION: Moved by Scott Greenfelder and seconded by Darryl Campbell to approve the Financial Report. Motion Carried ABYA Report P/C Pat Carroll Reminder the ABYA commodore’s Ball is December 1 st . ABYA has tickets for the February 2019 Metro Detroit Boat Show. Correspondence All Commodore Pagel received a request from Sue Reiss to go to non-boating status. Debbie Siwek made a motion to approve, R/C Bill Calihan seconded. Motion Carried. A letter was read from a Member who received a letter from the Board regarding an issue during Haul Out weekend. The incident was discussed and noted. CURRENT BUSINESS Activities – Tom Martin No report Clubhouse – Scott Greenfelder Clubhouse is all put away for the year. Taking the Comcast account from our summer to winter level status to keep the club phone number. LP tank in parking lot is all topped off for the winter. Harbor & Grounds Tom Altobelli Finally got the 2 pilings installed at the fin dock. Put bigger ones in. Also got 2 more ice clusters installed at the island. Purchased 10 Adirondack chairs for the island. Stopped Waste Management service as of 10/31. Asked V/C Blackburn if he will need to empty any trash before spring? Also purchased 10 power pedestals for the docks and would prefer to have an electrician install them. Would like to get them to the island this year. Also looking to get a cost to grade the parking lot. Darryl Campbell mentioned he might have someone. Darryl also indicated we can use the dumpster at Decker’s for garbage overflow if needed. He will inquire further about this. Membership Debbie Siwek Four on waiting list. Publications – Ron Draper Will have the Beacon out this weekend. Ron will be gone until next May, but will send in written reports and will do remote connections for next year’s BOD meetings.

NCYC Regular Meeting Minutes

9 November 2018

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Secretary – Glenn Nixon Sent out an update for 2019 worker and weekend schedule. Made a PDF file of the 2019 calendar of events. Please look over for accuracy so it can be published. Supplies – Dale Hall Commodore read report. Wands, beer taps and lines have been cleaned and winterized. All liquor has been removed and secured. Liquor inventory is in line with last year. Transportation – Darryl Campbell FINS One and Two Have been pulled and put in their Winter resting place complimented by two coats of bottom paint executed by “Everything B Detailing” at a very reasonable fee. The boats will be shrink wrapped as soon as it stops raining and the winds subside to less than gale force. Fin 2 (with the blue top) During bottom painting it was brought to my attention that there was a rust spot above the water line on the port side. Upon inspection I was able, with not much effort to penetrate it with my pocket knife. This “silver dollar” sized hole will be patched in the spring. Fin3 (the Stanley) As there aren’t any special projects this fall plans are to decommission it the week following this meeting. Fleet Captain – Ken Lipowski No report OLD BUSINESS Update on Worker Pay Status Debbie Siwek read a list of names of people who were believed to not have participated in either their weekend responsibility or the 4-hour work parties. The Board provided input as to if they worked or not. Members thought not to have met these obligations will be notified. Jim Gierlach was granted waiver for his work responsibilities for this year for health reasons. 2019 ABYA Application Commodore Pagel read the request to renew the annual dues for $125. A motion to renew was made by R/C Calihan, seconded by Scott Greenfelder. Motion Carried. Ron Draper asked if ABYA has by-laws? Can we get a copy? Do we have to reciprocate with all the clubs in ABYA and allow any ABYA Club Member unlimited access to NCYC? P/C Carroll commented we can limit the amount of times these Club’s Members can visit. Ron Draper suggested we write that into a Policy. NEW BUSINESS

Member of Month None Good of the order

NCYC Regular Meeting Minutes

9 November 2018

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Debbie has ILYA cards for 2019. P/C Carroll gave seawall info to Commodore Pagel.

Scott Greenfelder says Rich Goodman will no longer be a Member. We should send a letter of gratitude to him? Will happen once he officially quits. (For those who don’t know Rich, should we mention the reason for the letter of gratitude or for him leaving the Club?) Gilbert Palmer might leave the club. Owes the Club $1000. Adjournment MOTION: Moved by R/C Calihan and seconded by Scott Greenfelder to adjourn the meeting. Motion Carried The meeting adjourned at 7:59 p.m. Next Meeting Date and Time: Thursday 13 th , December 2018, 7:00 p.m. Location: Sajos on Moravian and Garfield

Our Burgee is Boldly going where no Burgee has gone before!! Thank you everyone, and keep E-Mailing me your Burgee Travels Photos. Thanks, Ron. Ron's Email Click Here

Up on stage with the Gas House Gorillas at Gatorz Bar in Port Charlotte Florida; Frankie Fast Fingers, Renee, Tommy on drums, Andy and Chris not pictured. The Lovely & Gracious Jeri makes them smile. Taken by your Intrepid Publications Director, Ron.

Jeff Rose gets the award for Most Unique Burgee Travels Destination, so much so that his photos solved my monthly Cover Dilemma for January. Read his description here below.

Attached are a couple of Burgee photos taken during my current visit to Florida which included a trip to Ginnie Springs in Florida. The first picture was taken at the area in the Devil’s Ear underwater cave system where the visible light from the cave (cavern) opening is no longer visible. The second picture is about 400’ in the cave in an area call the lips. The Burgee is clipped to the “gold” line in the cave. The arrow in the left of the picture is a reference marker designating which direction leads to the entrance of the cave. In both locations, if my lights were out and the strobes were not firing; the cave is blacker than black. Both shots were taken with a Nikon D7000 and Nikkor 16mm lens.

Jeff

Gerry & Susan Piccinin get the award for Most Entries. Here they are at Le Tub in Hollywood Florida.

And here they are at the NASCAR Hall of Fame

Rodney Soenen & Bonnie Lang on the Caribbean Island of Barbados in the West Indies take the Farthest Travel award.

Team Miedema, Kim & Larry somewhere near Naples Florida on an adventure with R/C Glenn & Sheila Nixon and P/C Don & Barb Vanover.

Wishing everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS & WONDERFUL NEW YEAR .

P/C Paul Jarvis

For Sale: 8hp Outboard Motor 2015 8hp Mercury model 1F08301EK two cylinder four stroke electric start short shaft outboard motor with 3.2 gallon gas tank and West Marine AGM 32Ah Group U1 battery with case. Includes operating manual, stop switch lanyard and tool kit. Also included is the optional transferable extended Platinum Mercury Product Protection Plan good till 7-13-2023. Weighs approximately 93 pounds. This outboard was only used for the 2016 boating season and has approximately 10 hours total run time. All original purchase receipts totaling $2,888.00 available for review. Outboard always stored inside heated garage. Asking $2K Contact Tom Lisowski 316-321-9857 tlisowski@metrocontrols.com

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November 30,2018

NORTH CHANNEL YACHT CLUB

Randal Pagel 37420 LAKEVILLE ST HARRISON TWP Ml 48045

Dear Randal Pagel,

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