Reports from the Bridge

Taking these precautions now will ensure a safe harbor for your boat and will protect both you an your neighbors from problems from severe winter weather. Don't leave it for someone else who notices it during windy weather be prepared and take care of it now.

A quick check list for properly mooring your vessel:

1. Inspect mooring lines for fraying, rot, and proper size, proper amount of tightness, and adjust as necessary
2. Never tie a mooring line to any portion of the dock except a cleat, sampson post or piling hoop. Do not tie to lite stantions, club cover structure, etc.
3. Mooring lines should be tied running at a gradual downward angle from your boats cleat to the docks cleat. Tying straight down from the boat to the dock is destructive to the cleats on the dock as well as the boats cleats, not to mention your mooring lines.
4. The number and size of your mooring lines may have been minimally adequate for summer, but you may want to re-evaluate there adequacy for our winter weather. As it may be necessary to go up a size or add a line or two.

The volunteer spirit in our club is alive and well, just look at the fine job newer members are doing for us. Capt Jim and Tammi Markham chaired the Sept 21 Sunday morning breakfast and what a fine job they and their committee did with freshly made scones and just about anything else you could think of for breakfast. You newer members out there, contact your sponsors and learn how to get more involved in your club. Sponsors contact the members you just sponsored and get them involved more actively in your club, have them contact an event, committee chairman and get involved with club activities. Remember it is you that help guide this club and chart its next moves. You can't pilot a ship you aren't familiar with.