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“Retrim for Today’s Conditions”

Rochester Sail and Power Squadron

#394 March/April 2012

2012 BRIDGE OFFICERS

Commander

Richard E.Hibbs,SN 752-6046

Executive Officer

Lt/c John A. Zingo,P 889-9786

Administrative Officer

Squadron Education Officer

P/C Stephen D. Heffron,SN 370-8216

Secretary Lt/c Debra Heffron

Treasurer

Lt/C Marcia J. Cassidy, S 586-3172

UPCOMING EVENTS .

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7 Mar Gen Meeting GYC

23 Mar – 25 D6 Spring Conf. Batavia

4 Apr Squadron Gen. Mtg – GYC

15 Apr. Commanders Brunch –Brook House

25 Apr. Executive Mtg. 139 Shore Dr.

BOATING IS FUN…

WE’LL SHOW YOU HOW!

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MEMBER PATRONS

Dave and

Shirley

Maddock

Irondequoit

Bay, New York

Compliments of

Michael

and Marlene Kelly

For Safe Boating

Watch the Weather

Bob Leavitt

QUABL

Pultneyville Yacht Club

Kenneth

and

Cheryl Mart

Best Wishes

Warren Ganter

Tom and Barbara

Nicholas

‘KALIMERA’

Henderson Harbor

Elaine and Bill

McMahon

Compliments

Jim and Linda

Haas

Safe Sailing

P/Lt C Rick Hibbs

and Bridget Arieno

“VAMP’

GYC and RYC

Rick and Linda Hannan

‘BLUE SKYS’

Safe Boating is Fun

Boating

Hibiscus Harbor,

Union Springs

Art and Marcia

Cassidy

Have a Safe and

Fun Boating Season.

To all Power

Squadron

Members:

May you all have a

fun and safe

summer of boating.

Betty Holdenbaum.

JERRY AND

VANDA

LIGHTHOUSE

“ROCK AROUND”

OOYC

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF P/D/C

JOSEPH T. ARIENO, SN

Commanders Report Cdr. Rick Hibbs, SN

Having survived a very mild winter, we can

start looking forward to spring!

But first, I want to thank everyone that helped

staff our booth at the Greater Rochester Boat Show.

For those that didn’t get to the show, or missed our

booth, we tried to uplift spirits this year! We added

three things new from previous years:

1.) Thanks to Exec O. John Zingo for

loaning his digital frame so we could

present a slide show of squadron

activities, with slides provided by

Tom Nicholas!

2.) Thanks to the Exec Board for

authorizing a drawing for two prizes

(flare kit; and fire extinguisher) that

gave us 28 entries, and therefore

contacts that we can alert to some

more of our upcoming activities.

3.) Thanks to SEO Steve Heffron for

loaning us his lighted palm tree to

attract more attention to our booth

location!

Our goal was to try to increase awareness of the

Rochester Sail & Power Squadron using our booth as

an opportunity to present our message to the boating

public. None of this would have happened without the

help of Bob Roth, our booth manager, setting up our

booth, and Vonda Lighthouse, our booth staff

manager, for lining up members to cover the hours at

the show.

Thanks to everyone!

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At the March meeting, we are looking forward to a

presentation about the history and restoration of the

steam/sail yacht Cangarda, a long time resident of the

Genesee River berthed alongside the old railroad depot

across from the GYC. This is a great opportunity to

bring a boating friend (not currently a member of our

squadron) as a guest!

Watch for details of April events: April

meeting at GYC is expected to feature Carl Lundgren

with an interesting update on the ocean crossing

adventure he was planning when he spoke to us last

year. A week after Easter, we’ll be meeting at the

Brook House restaurant for the Commander’s Brunch

on April 15th

!

We met at the Murph’s Pub for our February

meeting & had an enjoyable evening starting with

drinks and dinner, followed by a concluding session of

general input for the year’s activities. We have firmed

up two important details for our squadron

meeting/picnic on June 6: location – Kanatota “A”,

Lake Rd, Webster; and event coordinators to be Judy

and Joe Rizzo! Watch out, because Judy and Bridgett

Arieno seem to be kindred spirits dedicated to

increasing the fun level of our events! Could there be

wine tastings involved?

And finally, the group put out a lot of ideas and

enthusiasm for an on the water event, a Poker Run!

Looks like the date will be either Sat. Aug 25th

or Sun

the 26th

, depending on where we get a “home base”

commitment.

See you at the March meeting at GYC!

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Happy New Year to all our wonderful Advertisers and we thank you for supporting the Rochester Power

Squadron. January is the renewal time for most of your ads; we hope you will continue your ad in our

publication. The Business Rates for the year 2012 are as follows:

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General Meeting Programs:

P/C James Haas, P

March:

Dick Sherwood from the Finger Lakes

Classic Boat Club will be back again to give

a presentation covering the steam yacht

Cangarda, which for many years was docked

directly across the Genesee River from the

Genesee Yacht Club.

It is a magnificent craft built in 1901.

Dick will cover the interesting history of the

yacht; it’s past and present owners and the

extensive work done to completely restore

it.

April:

Carl Lundgren will be giving a presentation

on his experiences in getting ready to sail to

Ireland and the problems he encountered

trying to complete the trip.

May:

Mark Gregor , the City of Rochester’s Port

Development Manager, will be giving a

presentation on the city’s development

plans for the port of Rochester.

Planning for the port has been ongoing for

the past 30 years.

The area totals more than 20 city-owned

acres that for years have been an expansive

parking lot around the terminal building

between Lake Avenue and the Genesee

river.

RAMBLIN’S ROUND THE RIVER

By: Lt. Kevin G. Parks, AP (Star Reporter)

Well gentle readers; here we are in the throes of the winter you’d wish you’d never hauled

for. Well the bad news on the river is that they have decided that Rochester is not important enough to

receive funding for dredging and of course that follows; neither does Irondequoit Bay. They feel the

tonnage on our river is insufficient to justify the dredging and of course Irondequoit Bay carrying no

commercial tonnage is also forgotten. But the Army Corp of Engineer; when they opened the bay saw fit to

remove an Island which was, if you will, a delta near the exit of the waters. There was a huge tree and some

assorted weedy bushes on that Island and I remember picnicking on it many years ago. But they thought by

simply removing the tree and scooping out the Island the Bay would somehow forget why it created it. They

were wrong and now wish to relinquish their responsibility of dredging it for they made a permanent

maintenance situation. And the River; which was a two year (at one time annual) dredging procedure is now

to be forgotten as well.

But in a more pleasant note the Great Lakes Joint Commission has decided that it is alright to raise

the lake levels a little bit. It probably won’t be consequential to boaters and it may be somewhat

inconsequential to lakeside land owners but it should be better for the general environment of the lake as

wetlands need their ebb and flow years. However, the environmental good that they are doing will probably

be offset by a new invasive species called the Hydrilla Weed which is in the bottom of Cayuga Lake and

working toward the canal at the North which will rapidly infect Lake Ontario and all surrounding waters.

This weed is unbelievably fast to regenerate taking only a couple of weeks; suffocating all local marine

species and slowing and choking boat propeller’s etc. Apparently there is insufficient funds to deal with it at

this time so do put a note in with your boat registration that you have paid these funds.

But on a lighter note our Lake is running nearly a foot above average which should launch us fine

and get us to our docks with no worries. However, I am concerned there was not much snow pack this year.

But we shall see how the regulators deal with it. Sorry to bring so much doom and gloom in this one but

take heart the covers will be coming off the boats before the next issue comes out.

Though it is not so cold it’s not so nice so I think I will head down to Murph’s for Bobby C’s

Karaoke night and a couple of cool ones. So in the mean time.…..Raise ‘em Up!

“Believe me, my young friend,” said the water rat solemely, “there is nothing…absolutely nothing…half so much worth

doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing…about in boats…or with boats. In or out of ‘em, it doesn’t matter.

Nothing seems really to matter, that’s the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don’t; whether you arrive at your

destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you’re always busy,and you never do

anything in particular; and when you have done it there is always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you’d

much better not. Look here! If you’ve really nothing else on hand this morning, supposing we drop down the river together, and

have a long day of it?” from: The Wind and The Willows

United States Power Squadrons® District 6 Spring Conference 2012

23 March to 25 March 2012

Clarion Hotel, 8250 Park Road, Batavia, NY, 14020

Telephone: (585) 344-2100 — Fax: (585) 344-0238

Danielle Stocking at Danielle@claironbatavia.com

Room Reservations

Room Rate is $85.00 per night for single or double occupancy,

(Limited king bed rooms available at same price) Deadline: 9 March 2012.

Send completed Hotel Reservation Form to YOUR squadron commander.

2012 Spring Conference Hotel Reservation Form

Name(s) ___________________________________ Mate: ________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________________

Telephone: (_____) ____________________ Squadron: __________________________

District: _____ E-mail: ____________________________________________________

Nights Staying: Friday, 23 March 2012 ______ Saturday, 24 March 2012 ______

Accommodations: Double ______ King _________Total @ $85.00 per night = $______ __

Menu for Fall Conference Lunch

Deli Buffet: Mixed Greens Salad with two Dressings, Macaroni Salad. Assorted cold cut deli meats: turkey, roast beef & ham. Assortment of domestic cheeses, served with a section of breads, rolls and condiments with Lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles. Chef’s choice of dessert, assorted sodas, regular/decaf coffee and herbal tea.

Dinner choices: Princess Cut Prime Rib - Chicken Parmesan – Vegetable Primavera with Alfredo Sauce – Oven roasted potatoes, California Medley, warm rolls & butter, Fresh Garden Salad with dressing. Chef’s

choice for dessert with Regular/Decaf Coffee and Herbal Tea. Children’s Dinner (12 and Under)

Choices of: Chicken Fingers, Hamburger or Cheeseburger

Reservation Form for Meals at the Spring Conference 2012 Clarion Hotel, Batavia, NY — 23 - 25 March 2012

Name: Rank: Grade:

Additional Name: Rank: Grade:

Address: State: ZIP

Phone: ( ) - Email Address:

Home Squadron: CPS Member: □ Yes □ No

(See complete Menu above)

Lunch:

______ Number of Lunches @ $16.00 $ _____.__

Dinner Choices:

______ Number of Princess Cut prime Rib @ $33.00 $ _____.__ ($38.00 for late registration)

______ Number of Chicken Parmesan @ $31.00 $ _____.__ ($36.00 for late registration)

For those with Dietary Requirements:

______ Number of Vegetable Primavera @ $31.00 $ _____.__ ($36.00 for late registration)

Children’s Dinner under 12

______ Child 12 and under @ $12.00 $ _____.__ ($12.00 for late registration)

Total Amount: $ _____.__

Reservation Deadline – Received by 14 March 2012 - Cancellation Deadline for full refund – 16 March 2012

Please send this form and your check for the

Total Amount shown above, payable (in US Funds) to Swiftwater Sail and Power Squadron to:

F/Lt Tom McQuillen, 81 Rosley Place, Tonawanda,NY 14150 (716) 517-0155 tommcquill@yahoo.com

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