June 1416 Father’s Day Cruise – Longbranch Marina July Commodore’s BBQ details to follow August 24 & 25 Maritime Festival at Thea’s Park in Tacoma Any interest? Labor Day weekend Home cruise and BBQ at Oro Bay Marina and float decoration. Details to follow. Power Up and Sail On. Commodore’s Message Dear Oro Bay Yacht Club Member, Boating season is here. It is incumbent on each one of us to make certain our vessels are ready and safe for the season. This is one reason why we offer classes to our members and all Islanders. When we go out boating we need to realize our number one concern is safety to those in our boat, those boating around us as well as ourselves. We probably don't anticipate anything going wrong, but when an incident occurs such as a breakdown or an accident, it's good to be prepared as best we can. Check your life jackets, fire extinguishers, flares, horn, radios, fuel, charts. Have backups for things. Let someone know where you are going and when you expect to return. Check your boat insurance to see if towing is covered in the event you breakdown and have to be towed. This happened to me several years ago. I was under the Narrows Bridge when I broke down. I called Vessel Assist. I was towed back to Oro Bay Marina. It took 3 hours and it was a calm day. The bill was $540.00. It is much cheaper to make certain you have towing on your boat insurance or have a policy with Vessel Assist. Continued page 2… “This boat that we just built is just fine – And don’t try to tell us it’s not. The sides and the back are divine – It’s the bottom I guess we forgot.” -Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends Please remember – the Reciprocal Moorage at the Oro Bay Marina is for visiting Yacht Clubs only. NOT for OBYC Members! Upcoming cruise dates
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June 14-‐16 Father’s Day Cruise – Longbranch Marina
July Commodore’s BBQ-‐ details to follow
August 24 & 25
Maritime Festival at Thea’s Park in Tacoma Any interest?
Labor Day weekend
Home cruise and BBQ at Oro Bay Marina and float decoration. Details to follow.
Power Up and Sail On.
Commodore’s Message
Dear Oro Bay Yacht Club Member,
Boating season is here. It is incumbent on each one of us to make certain our vessels are ready and safe for the season. This is one reason why we offer classes to our members and all Islanders. When we go out boating we need to realize our number one concern is safety to those in our boat, those boating around us as well as ourselves. We probably don't anticipate anything going wrong, but when an incident occurs such as a breakdown or an accident, it's good to be prepared as best we can. Check your life jackets, fire extinguishers, flares, horn, radios, fuel, charts. Have back-‐ups for things. Let someone know where you are going and when you expect to return. Check your boat insurance to see if towing is covered in the event you breakdown and have to be towed. This happened to me several years ago. I was under the Narrows Bridge when I broke down. I called Vessel Assist. I was towed back to Oro Bay Marina. It took 3 hours and it was a calm day. The bill was $540.00. It is much cheaper to make certain you have towing on your boat insurance or have a policy with Vessel Assist. Continued page 2…
“This boat that we just built is just fine – And don’t try to tell us it’s not. The sides and the back are divine – It’s the bottom I guess we forgot.” -Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
Please remember – the Reciprocal Moorage at the Oro Bay Marina is for visiting Yacht Clubs only. NOT for OBYC Members!
Upcoming cruise dates
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Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions from Salty Dog Talk, contributed by Sandy Wepfer Bitter End The name given to the innermost end of the anchor rope, so called because it was secured to a set of 'bitts' or large pillars of oak bolted and fixed upright to the deck. In controlled circumstances an anchor rope is allowed to run out a measured amount until the anchor hits the sea bed, whereupon it is checked. However, if the water is a lot deeper than expected or things go wrong, then the rope will keep running unto the bitter end. After that there is nothing left! Ride the Storm To survive by patience and fortitude, as a vessel rides a storm. Impossible to go forward or run before it the ship lowers or shortens her sail and rides the waves until the storm abates. A vessel also 'rides' to her anchor, although this may be because the old-fashioned word for anchor was roding, thought to derive from roadstead, the area where craft normally anchored. The expression let her ride originates from here and was part of an official order to discharge the crew at the end of the voyage and 'let the vessel ride'.
Commodore’s message Continued…
If your boat isn't in the water yet, go over it thoroughly. Clean it up, check your zincs, bottom paint, batteries, electronics, fuel filters, lower units, and have everything ready. Start it up and let it run for a while to make certain it does run. Don't wait till you have it unloaded off the trailer in the water to see if it will start. Another good idea is have a kicker motor or backup of some kind.
Check your trailer. Grease those wheel bearings, check the brakes, and tire pressure. Many times our boats sit all fall and winter outside with little protection. We wash them off and dump them in the water right at the beginning of boating season and expect them to run perfectly. If they don't we can't figure out what's wrong.
I think of an airplane and the checklist a pilot has before he/she take off. Once you're airborne it's not a good time to have something unexpected happen. Think of your boat the same way. Even when we do everything there may still be something that can go wrong. Make that a very unlikely possibility because of your attentiveness to boating safety and details.
We'll be having our next class on proper use of the VHF radio.
Have a great boating season!
Joe Howells
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