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UNITED STATES POWER SQUADRONS March 2019 The Tidings

San Carlos Bay Sail & Power Squadron in its 51st year is a unit of the United States Power Squadrons, District 22 Copyright 2018 United States Power Squadrons®, America’s Boating Club® is a registered trademark of the United States Power Squadrons®

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The Tidings® For Boaters, By Boaters TM San Carlos Bay Sail & Power Squadron www.scbps.com March, 2019

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ACTIVITIES FOR March, 2019

CLASSES & SPECIAL EVENTS

3/9 ABC Pt 1 @ 8am in classroom 3/12 C&R at Woodys 3/16 ABC Pt 2 @ 8am in classroom 3/23 Local Waters & Charts @ 8am in classroom 3/26 Membership Meeting and/or dinner at Shell Point @5:30pm

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The intent this time was to schedule it

Our squadron has some new faces, and we hope to expand the “Shipmate” program. Our squadron Administrative Officer Nancy Chambers is heading up the program that connects a new member to a “shipmate”. That is someone that is the go-to person for the new member, and that is someone that calls the new member reminding them of a function and also saves them a seat so they are sitting with someone they have already met and not overwhelmed by strangers, and also introduces the new member to all the other members. Continued on page 2 column 1

The Commanders Message Cdr. Bill Behrens, P



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After all, we are family and a new addition to our family is a good thing and we want to make them feel as comfortable and welcome as possible. If you would like to become a “shipmate” person contact Nancy Chambers ([email protected]). As this is written it is just before the USPS National Annual Meeting, held in late February. It always is enlightening to attend and hear, first hand, all that is happening at the National level. Orlando, where the National Annual Meeting takes place, is close enough so the trip there is not over-burdening. It also provides the time and circumstance for visiting with friends in the USPS from all over the country, and from numerous other squadrons. By the way, if you have ideas about speakers you would like to hear at our monthly Membership Meetings, please pass those along. Your input is always welcome! Boating subjects, other subjects, whatever you feel would be of interest to you and the membership as a whole. I am reminded that many members who own boats have not availed themselves of a Vessel Safety Check (VSC) for their boat. We have many certified inspectors and all would be more than willing to perform the check of all your boat’s safety equipment. Your boat can be in the water, on a trailer or on a rack, it does not matter. It is a non-punitive event. If something is found to not pass (i.e., outdated flares), you replace the item(s) with ones that will pass. Our inspectors will return and when all is found satisfactory then the current annual VSC sticker is issued. The VSC takes about 45 minutes. Contact P/C Ron Terciak ([email protected]) to schedule a VSC for your boat. Continued in next column →

There is a plan in the beginning stages for a C&R which would be an overnight cruise to Lake “O”. Tentatively, it is being planned for April 18-20, 2019. Save the dates. On Thursday, we would cruise to Clewiston, either stay overnight in our boat or in a hotel room, have dinner and cocktails, and enjoy our camaraderie. On Friday, we would cruise across Lake “O”, go into Stuart Florida (or somewhere along the river there) and stop for lunch, then cruise out into the Atlantic Ocean (just to say we did). Then we would head back to Clewiston, arriving for dinner and the Friday night entertainment there. On Saturday morning we would head out, returning home. We are going to again invite members of our sister squadron, the Fort Myers Power Squadron, to join us if they wish. I hope you have stepped forward and volunteered to “work” a two-hour shift in the Bonita Springs Boat Show. We share the responsibility for staffing a USPS Booth with the other area squadrons. It is a good show with lots of people attending and many sign up for the education courses we offer as well as sign up for membership in the squadron. Time devoted to this goes toward a merit mark for the individuals. Last month I mentioned there were meetings amongst the leaders of the four quad squads regarding finding ways to assist members of the local Coast Guard during the Federal Government shut-down. Just a day before we were going to implement the plan that had been pulled together the shutdown ended. Our manifest includes doing civic duties and helping others. Continued on page 3 middle of column 2


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From the Administrative Officer

Lt/C Nancy Chambers, S.

From the Administrative Officer Lt/C Nancy Chambers, S.

Updates

1) C&R is on March 12 going to Woody's on Pine Island 2) March is yard sale month - save your junk! 3) Our membership meeting is on March 26 4) There are children's life jackets available at the office

Where go the Boats R.L. Stevenson Dark brown is the river Golden is the sand It flows along forever With trees on either hand Green leaves a floating Castles of the foam Boats of mine a-boating Where will all come home On goes the river And out past the mill Away down the valley Away down the hill Away down the river A hundred miles or more Other little children Shall bring my boat ashore I remembered this poem recently when my sister sent me a picture from her trip on the Mekong River. The Mekong was muddy brown in the picture. That got me thinking about water and how far it travels and how far we can travel on it. There are boats of all different sizes and designs floating all around the world. Locally, there has been blue green algae floating down the Caloosahatchee instead of boats. Although USPS is not a conservation or environmental organization SCBSPS needs to stay concerned and participate in solving this problem. We cannot promote safe boating if the water around us is unusable and the air not breathable. Continued top of next column →

No one can be on the water in those conditions. Let's work as a group to help in any way we can to solve the water crisis. This in turn will allow us to continue to promote safe boating and enjoy our boating activities. ■

We were about to do that in a big way. Fortunately, the opening of the government happened and the members of the Coast Guard had relief from the nightmare they were living. Don’t forget there are Squadron Directories available (at $2.00 each) that are quite helpful in contacting Bridge Officers and other members of our squadron, by phone or email. They will be available at our C&R’s and Membership Meetings. Be Safe! Be Active! --Bill Behrens Commander ■


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SAN CARLOS BAY SAIL AND POWER SQUADRON

P.O. Box 5026 Ft. Myers Beach, FL. 33932-5026

(239) 466-4040 Web Site – www.scbps.com Chartered 9 December 1968

A Unit of the United States Power Squadron District 22 – Sail & Power Boating

Commander

Cdr. Bill Behrens (239) 470-1773

TIDINGS Staff

Editor P/C John J. Ragone, P 8140 Breton Circle Ft. Myers, FL. 33912

[email protected] 239-768-6803

Assistant Marie Ragone, P. Published monthly except June, July and August

ARTICLE SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15TH of month before month of issue

Refer to the 2019/2020 membership directory for

Squadron Organization chart, Addresses, Committee Chairs, Telephone Numbers, and Other Information

Free Dinners to Squadron Members A reminder that, any squadron member receives a free dinner at one of our squadron meetings for bringing in a new member. Let us have more free dinners and bring in new members. ■



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From the Exec Officer Lt/C Charlie Richardson, JN.

By the time you read this the Bonita Springs Boat Show will be underway. We are sharing a booth with the Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Naples Squadrons. Boat Shows provide a great opportunity to talk with local boaters. We are able to give them valuable information while inviting them to participate in our classes. Our publicity is starting to kick in. We are getting record registrations for our Local Waters class and attendance at ABC is improving. Thanks, Ron, for getting the message out. If you have not had your boat inspected this year, we have inspectors waiting. The 2019 decals are here. Call the office or Click on the VSC form on our Website to schedule an inspection. Getting a VSC is a good way to avoid problems or embarrassment while on the water. Having a sticker on your boat will not guarantee that you will not be boarded but it will definitely improve your chances of not being boarded. Having a VSC is sure to give you peace of mind knowing that everything is A OK. Safe Boating Weed is in May, that may seem like a long way off but start thinking about where you can put posters. Condos, Clubhouses, Marine Stores, Tackle shops and Marinas. I will have posters by the end of April. Keep talking up our classes, Charlie ■

Outdated Flares

+ Hermann Kuhnel will be collecting outdated flares to bring to the hazardous waste site. For more info Contact Hermann at: [email protected] ■



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Booster membership runs with the calendar year. All checks received now are being applied to membership for the year 2019. See below. Dick Battles Brenda Battles Ron Terciak

It is time to renew your booster membership for 2019

Wayne Berger Judy Berger Carole Terciak

BOOSTERS FOR 2019

We have CONTINUED our “Booster” program again to support our squadron. To join, make checks, for $5.00 per person payable to the San Carlos Bay Sail & Power Squadron and mail to: John Ragone

8140 Breton Circle Ft. Myers, Fl. 33912

Our public programs are rolling on. Nine people completed ABC in February (photo), and we have an overflow class for Local Waters. If you'd like to help out with Local Waters in March (March 23) extra hands are always welcome. As for the advanced courses, Doy McPhail finished teaching the first edition of the new Boat Handling course and Piloting starts March 2. ■

From the S.E.O. Lt/C Melissa Butler, AP

It is VESSEL SAFETY CHECK time again. The VSC is an annual event, and it allows those that avail themselves of the free safety check to be assured they have all the necessary safety equipment on board their vessel. It also ensures items that have an expiration date are not expired and are valid, such as their fire extinguishers and flares. This squadron service is, or course, available to all members of our squadron and is available to the public as well, such as your friends and neighbors. If one’s boat does not pass, there is no punitive action taken, and it is not reported to any agency. Once the item(s) that needed attention is corrected we will re-visit and re-do the VSC and, when one’s boat passes, issue the current year safety sticker. Contact P/C Ron Terciak to schedule your VSC. ■



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Amazon Smile

Hello Everyone, the retailer, AMAZON, has a method by which they contribute to charitable organizations for any and all purchases you make with them.

Our squadron is an official charitable organization and if you take a few minutes and set this up Amazon will contribute .5% of the purchase price to our squadron.

They tie your setup to your login name and password. For the initial setup, and afterwards each time you login to Amazon. use the following: www.Smile.Amazon.com

Basically, you login to www.smile.amazon.com, follow the prompts to select your charitable organization (select San Carlos Bat Sail & Power Squadron) and when finished it will be completed and will apply each time you login to www.Smile.Amazon.com.

Near the top of your screen, when logged into Amazon, you will see a notation “Supporting: United States Power Squadrons”. If you click on it you will see Fort Myers Beach under United States Power Squadron (which designates our squadron receives the donations). Our treasurer is registered with Amazon on behalf of our squadron.

Also, please share this information with friends and relatives. If they do the same thing by selecting our squadron and logging into the “smile. Amazon” address this could be a meaningful source for some “extra” income for the squadron. Thank you, Bill Behrens

Happy Birthday March, 2019

Afilalo-Schwartz Sonia 23-Mar Blaszczynski Carol J. 30-Mar Divenere Sylvia 1-Mar Moore Lee 1-Mar Patterson Terri 2-Mar Petrini Mario A. 27-Mar Reynolds Richard G. 10-Mar Ringbakk K-A 7-Mar

Hello all, I noticed that we are in second place in District 22 with the number of vessel safety checks the squadron has performed. Thank you, inspectors. Help us beat last year’s record numbers by having your boat inspected by one of our inspectors. Email or call me and I will have an inspector come to your location.

SAVE THE DATE:

We are planning a trip to lake O in April. Tentative plans are to leave April 18 and return on the 20th. This is a Thursday, Friday, Saturday. On Friday we would like to cross the lake and go to Stuart for lunch, then if time permits go out into the Atlantic to say we did it. This will take a lot of planning. if you are interested please email me ASAP. Reservations have to be made for slips, rooms and dinners. Please let me know if you will be a live aboard or will require a room. ■

From Past Commander P/C Ron Terciak, JN

http://www.smile.amazon.com/





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These items and more can be purchased from Ship's Store at squadron meetings or contact Bill/Ron.



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The below members have gone “above & beyond” and made donations that are worthy of special recognition for the years 2017 & 2018 2017 Wayne & Judy Berger – Donation to the squadron to fund the 2017 printing of the Squadron Directories (after tirelessly compiling and updating the information). 2017 Bob & Carol Amerine – Donation to the squadron fund membership in the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce for 2017. 2018 Anonymous Member – Donation to the squadron by a member wishing to remain anonymous to fund membership in the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce for 2018.

2018 Wayne & Judy Berger – Donation to the squadron to fund the 2018 printing of the Squadron Directories (after tirelessly compiling and updating the information). 2018 Dan Finn – Donated a used laptop computer, with Windows 7 for squadron use (proposed for Treasure’s use for Quick Books from Tech Soup. 2018 Donation - Larry and Lynn Tobias made a donation to the squadron to help fund the purchase of QuickBooks (accounting software) or other general purposes, where ever the need is greatest! 2018 - SCOTT CARTER, a newer member of our squadron, donated $200.00 to the squadron to be used as the squadron deems appropriate. $30.00 of the donation went towards his obtaining a second (2nd) new burgee (with the 50-year gold edging). He proudly flies the squadron burgees on both of his boats. Thank you, Scott! Continued in next column →

Continued from previous column 2018 A member - made a contribution that is to be used towards the renewal fee for maintaining membership in the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce. The member specifically requested to stay anonymous. A big THANK YOU to that member! 2019 Wayne and Judy Berger – Donated to the squadron funds to cover the printing of the 2019 Squadron Directories (after tirelessly compiling, updating and verifying the information). Their donation was above and beyond the cost of printing and the extra amount to be used as needed.

2019 Steve and Priscilla Mortonson – Donated a laptop computer and software (aggregate value approximately $300.00) for use in and for the Squadron’s Treasurers functions. ■

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Cruise and Rendezvous Schedule for 2019

(Subject to change) March 12, 2019 - Woody's April 9, 2019 - The Green Flash

Meetings for March

March 26 - Membership Meeting at Shellpoint at 5:30pm

Special Events for March

Bonita Springs Boat Show - February 28, - March 3, 2019 - Bonita Dog Track 10:00am - 6:00pm



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Our Public Classes

We offer several classes to increase boater knowledge and skills. These classes are open to the public (membership is not required). The classes are presented as a public service by the Squadron and are

taught by experienced Squadron members America’s Boating Course 3rd Edition ® Is our basic boating class. The class will cover the basics of boat handling, PWCs, required equipment, navigation aids and rules, and dealing with emergencies. It will provide instruction and examination for laws and regulations of the State of Florida. The course is a total of 8 hours spread over two days. Read a detailed description of the course by clicking on "America's Boating Course 3rd Edition".

Local Waters – Local Charts Is our course for boaters in the Ft. Myers area. The Local Waters class is directed toward new boaters and boaters new to the area, as well as those who wish to learn chart reading. Using Chart 11427, boaters will learn some of the basics of navigation in the Fort Myers Area. Students would bring their own copies of the chart. Read a detailed description of the course by clicking on "Local Waters - Local Chart". Using GPS GPS has become a common tool for navigation. However, using GPS on the water is distinctly different from a moving map display in your car. This 2-3-hour seminar explains the principles of waypoint navigation which you will use. It then shows you how to use the buttons on your GPS and how to relate the GPS to your charts. Using VHF & VHF DSC Marine Radios This class is essential for those with a 'new' radio or those planning to buy a new radio. DSC is operational in Fort Myers. You need to register your radio and learn how it's different. We also cover standard VHF operations. Read a detailed description of the course. Paddle Smart This seminar is intended for those interested in Paddle sports or are considering the purchase of a Kayak, Canoe or other Paddle sport equipment. Read a detailed description of this course by clicking on "Paddle Smart". Hurricanes & Boats This is a mini-seminar. It covers how to select a location and prepare your boat for a hurricane.

Public Classes



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Member Courses:

We offer our members "Advanced Grade" and "Elective" courses.

Advanced Grade Courses Five Advanced Grade courses are offered by USPS. They are designed to be taken in sequence because each build on skills taught in the previous course.

Seamanship Covers basic deck seamanship, marlinspike (knots and ropes), anchoring and rafting, basic boat care and maintenance, and nautical and USPS customs and etiquette. Course cost: $50.00 Classes held on Wednesday evenings 7:00pm Squadron Classroom, Class starting

Date TBA

Piloting Is the first and most basic navigation course, covering chart reading, course plotting, and basic coastal or inland navigation, including basic GPS usage. This course goes into more detail than the charting information covered in the public courses. Course cost: $75.00 includes "The Weekend Navigator". Course Plotter, Parallel Rules & Dividers are required. Students bring their own. Classes held Tuesday afternoons, duration 6-8 weeks. Class starting date January 17, 2017, 2:00pm Squadron Classroom

Advanced Piloting Covers more advanced coastal navigation techniques, navigation in tides and currents, and more advanced GPS and Rader usage. Course cost: $55.00 (Includes "The Weekend Navigator") Course only: $40.00 Classes held Wednesday mornings 9:30am Squadron Classroom, Class starting date TBA Junior Navigation

Teaches the basics of offshore navigation, including basic celestial navigation using the sun and offshore course planning.

Navigation Is the most advanced navigation course taught by USPS, covering more advanced celestial navigation techniques, emergency navigation, and additional sight reduction techniques.

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Elective Courses

Six Elective Courses are offered by USPS. They cover separate and independent topics and therefore may be taken in any order according to a member’s interests and time.

Engine Maintenance Covers the operating principles and basic care and maintenance of outboard and inboard engines, including diesels. This course is offered by Cape Coral Power Squadron Course Cost: $52.00 - $25.00 deposit upon registration. Date to be announced.

Marine Electronics Covers installation and maintenance of both boat electrical systems (AC and DC) and marine electronics (VHF radio, radar, GPS, etc).

Cruise Planning Covers topics of interest for someone planning a cruise – whether for just a weekend or for a year – including preparation and planning, anchoring, security, chartering, and cruising outside the US.

Weather Covers weather forecasting and reading weather patterns on-board.

Sail Covers everything from the basic elements of how a sailboat works to sail trim, rig tuning, and sailboat racing.

Instructor Development Teaches effective communication skills for not only USPS instructors but everyone, covering various methods of presenting information to others, effective use of audiovisual aids (including PowerPoint), etc. This class is scheduled for: January 12, 2015 9:30 - 11:30 there will be 6 sessions. If one or more of these member courses interest you, Register Online at www.scbps.com Member Courses generally start in January. They meet weekly at our classroom. Class schedules will be developed to best accommodate the students

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Members Classifieds and Ad’s Editor’s Note: Please let me know of any changes in the below

ads. CONDO FOR SALE:

Condo south end of FMB with Back Bay Water views.2/2 plus den-1637sq ft. Underground parking, storage, pool etc. Great rental potential. $575,900. Call Dick Battles 239-220-2166

Manufactured Home for sale 2B/2B, FMB San Carlos Island, large dock for motor & sail boat, easy gulf access. Back bay view, owned lot, turnkey. Asking 230K. AM (239) 233-5224 will call back.

For sale PLEASE CALL 239-415-3670 - Noritake China, 6 Place setting, blue and silver

pattern, plus Cream & sugar, desert dishes, 3 serving bowls, 1 gravy boat, 1 serving platter & soup bowls

For Sale

Beautiful framed, matted & numbered (131 of 150) signed, Scott Wooster Print, Journey of the Heart. Priced at $450 unframed on eBay will sell for $350 firm. Call 239-415- 3670

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