Yacht Club Business

Being Good Neighbours

Georgian Shores Marina has invited the Members of GYC to an event to be held on Saturday June 11^th from 10am – 2pm. The Power and Sailing Squadron is setting up a display booth and will accept your EXPIRED Flares.

In the same token, please be good neighbours and refrain from parking your vehicles and your guests’ vehicles on the Marina property particularly in lieu of the long weekend approaching.

Please see in a separate posting, our designated parking.

Guests may also use Kelso Beach.

Thank-you for complying with this request below from the Administration at the marina.

17 May 2022

Stacey Urbshott surbshott@georgianshoresmarina.com

To: commodore@georgianyachtclub.com

cc: Steve Thornton <sthornton@georgianshoresmarina.com>

Hi Becky,

Please advise your members and their guests to refrain from parking in our “Rusty Gull” parking lot located on the North side of Georgian Shores Marina.

This parking lot is reserved for our seasonal boaters.

Thank you,

Stacey

Fuel Dock and Pump out News

The Board of Directors has regretfully accepted the resignation of Director, Roger Martindill and thank him for his work in preparing the fuel dock and meeting with the Committee on April 30^th regarding Safety and Fuel concerns. We wish him a good summer sailing.

The Board would like to announce the appointment of Steve Rouse as a Director. Steve will serve as the new director of Fuel Dock and Safety. Welcome Steve. We trust that the committee will provide you with full support as we move into our active season.

The Fuel dock will be open for pumping fuel starting Saturday May 14^th at 8:00 am.

The pump out will be started up Sat 14th May and available only whenever the Fuel Dock is open until the water pipe is replaced. It is self serve.

Richard Bowman

We have just received word that a member has passed away. Richard Bowman was a full member for many many years. He just recently became an associate after he sold his boat Naida. Our condolences to his family and his friends.
Arrangements are still underway.

Spouses on Committees

It is now possible to include members’ spouses in the lists of those serving on committees.

This means that when directors send out mail to their entire committee, they no longer have to rely on the member passing on the mail to their spouse.

Members:
If your spouse serves on a committee and has their own email address, please login and enter the address in the new profile field “Spouse Email.”
Let Membership or Communications know which committee(s) your spouse is on.
When that’s done, the My GYC / MY PROFILE page will list your committees and those of your spouse so that you can verify it’s all correct.

Directors:
When you use the “Mail to Committee Members” link on your committee’s page, it will include the spouse’s email address. If none has been entered, the email will go to the member’s address.

Note:
Spouses will not receive regular club email and do not become “users” on the website.

Fuel Costs (post revised on May 6)

Everyone is concerned these days with the cost of fuel and serious discussions have taken place at the Board table.

In order to offset price fluctuations in tank fillings, the costs are routinely blended between the current and the newly filled tank.

Calculations over at least the last nine years indicate consistent financial losses for the club, seven out of nine years. By unanimous Board motion, for the beginning of the 2022 season, a blended price increase of two cents per litre will be factored in to members’ cost. This process will not cover the costs involved in all the club’s expenses to provide safe fuel handling.

Please consider your fellow members when determining the amount to fill in your vessel from the club tank at the first of this season.

The prices are calculated based on the information below.

Prices on the bottom line are when the Fuel dock starts up and lasts until the next filling of the clubs tanks:

The following calculations are provided to the Membership for complete transparency:

Nov 4 2021 Price to Members UNLEADED 1.54 DIESEL 1.38

Nov 4 2021 Volume in tanks UNLEADED 2504 L DIESEL 2935 L

Nov 21, 2021 New Fill Total cost UNLEADED 1607.89 DIESEL 1710.74

Nov 21, 2021 Volume Purchased UNLEADED 1058.4L DIESEL 1244.7L

UNTIL our Tanks REFILL- PRICE AT GYC in May :

UNLEADED $1.55 DIESEL $1.40

(The $1.55 and $1.40 are corrected calculations on May 6, 2022. Thank-you for your understanding)

Add a Picture of Your Boat to Your Profile

At the suggestion of our Communications Director, Joseph, I have added “Boat Image” to a member’s profile. The image will appear on the boat detail popup.

Log on to the web site (you already are if you are reading this).
Choose “Edit Profile” – usually top right where it says “Howdy {member name}.”
At the very bottom, after Spouse, there is a new entry “Boat Image.”
Click on Browse and choose a file from your computer. Keep it small. 2 MB is the upload limit and it will be displayed max. 300 x 300.
Click on “Update User.”

If you already have an image of your boat as your profile picture, consider making that your “Boat Image” and upload a portrait. We display your profile picture on the member detail popup.

Launch Day Info

Launch will be starting at 8 AM starting with the small crane starting at Tom Chambers boat (the big trimaran Chambros Two by the south gate) and working clockwise around the west basin. Trailered boats will be launched after lunch from the North basin and can be brought in after the large crane moves.

Large crane will start in front of the club house at 8AM and work around to the gas docks. Alan Marshes boat will be launched from in front of the club house. Please no parking out front of the clubhouse area up to the mast rack until these boats are launched. Large crane will start after lunch at the old gas dock.

We are continuing with the launch crews again. The crane operators found it worked much better and was safer having the same crews working together. Remember to be there approximately 1/2 ahead of time and make sure your boat is ready go, 30ft line on bow and stern and fenders set.

More to follow later in the week.
Big crane AM
Captain Jason Payne

Ron Downie
Clark James
Brian macIntosh
Doug Dawson
Lee Miller. Goes to small crane after his launch
Terry Ferenzy
Jake Priester
Adam Walton
Joe Frier

Small Crane AM
Captain Paul King

Frank Solinger
Peter Struthers
Robin McMann
Peter Bonfa
Mike Noble
Nick Sewell
Dave Reitzel
Lee Miller

Big crane PM
Captain. Kurtis Mink

Rudy Hachey
Mark Chester
Scott Wilson
Ken Hearty
Brad Brainard
Chris Haslam
Ross Burrows

Small crane PM
Captain Lori Rosignol

Dave Haulshbish
VESA
Steve Furness
Randy Wright
Scott Caple
Trevor Stokes
Tom England

Cradles moving

Ken Hearty
Ron Downie

Thanks, Mark Vincent

Gate Open! Yikes!

The upper gate has been left open twice in the last few days. Not good at all for security! Make sure to close the gate tightly when you come in or go out. And if you see it open and unattended, please close it. Thanks.