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FOOT, TACK & CLEW East Coast Sailing Association

P.O. Box 372054 • Satellite Beach, FL 32937-0054

http://www.ecsasail.com BOAT/US Coop Number GA81299B

January 2014

THE OFFICIAL LOG OF THE EAST COAST SAILING ASSOCIATION

Board of Governors

Flag Officers Commodore

Joe Coleman 321 – 773 – 3265

Vice Commodore

Rick Hushla 985 – 503 – 0019

Rear Commodore

Page Proffitt 321 – 806 – 0303

Secretary

Jennifer Clendinen 321 – 632 – 2799

Treasurer

Clay Showen 321 – 259 – 1787

Elected Governors Tom O’Shea 321 – 986 – 8772

Don Theriault 321 – 254 – 4624

Dave Cordial 321 – 453 – 8842

Committees Advertising

Lynde Edwards 321 – 704 – 1413

Publicity

Lynda Geraci 321 – 773 – 1437

Hospitality

Marjorie McIlree 321 – 600 – 4197

Pamela Worth 321 – 536 – 8790

Membership

Karen Coleman 321 – 773 – 3265

Newsletter

Nancy Keane 612 – 481 – 6285

Mary Ann O’Shea 321 – 986 – 8772

Programs

Marie Carney 321 – 501 – 7946

Directory

Bob Wiley 321 – 773 – 4613

Website

Bob Wiley 321 – 773 – 4613

Awards

Page Proffitt 321 – 806 – 0303

Cruising Fleet

Brad Stowers 303 – 819 – 8478

F o o t , T a c k & C l e w i s t h e o f f i c i a l n e w s l e t t e r o f t h e E a s t C o a s t S a i l i n g A s s o c i a t i o n a n d i s m a i l e d t o t h e m e m b e r s h i p e a c h m o n t h o r a v a i l a b l e a t h t t p : / / w w w . e c s a s a i l . c o m .

The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the East Coast Sailing Association.

JANUARY Calendar of Local Sailing Events

5 MYC Winter Rum Race #1

11 ECSA Annual Dinner

11 MYC Dragon Point Race

12 MYC Small Boat Sunday

18-19 ECSA Ballard Park Frostbite Cruise


25 MYC Women’s Dragon Point Race


FEBRUARY Calendar of Local Sailing Events

1 MYC Dragon Point Race



15 ECSA Miami Boat Show Bus Trip


22 MYC Women’s Dragon Point Race

22-23 ECSA Cocoa Village Mardi Gras Cruise


Happy New Year! 2014 Annual Dinner

Saturday, January 11th

Radisson Resort at the Port Reservations Required

Next General Membership Meeting Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at 7:00 p.m.

VIEW FROM THE

VICE

COMMODORE

Rick Hushla

Season’s greetings, everyone! I wanted to start off my first article with a few words about who

I am and how I got to this lofty position of Vice Commodore in

the ECSA sailing club. (Someone volunteered me!) For those

of you that don’t know me, my name is Rick Hushla and I

grew up in upstate New York just south of Rochester in the

Finger Lakes region. I got interested in boating and the ocean

after spending our family summer vacations in the Outer

Banks of North Carolina. My father had read about Ocracoke

Island in National Geographic and every summer he would

pack up the five kids (and my mother), and any other friends

and families that wanted to go, and we would camp on Ocra-

coke. It was great for a kid to see all the wild horses running

around and to hear all the stories about Blackbeard the pirate

burying his lost treasure on Ocracoke. As a young boy it was

very easy to get drawn in to the excitement of that lifestyle.

Those vacations made such an impression on me that I decid-

ed I would study oceanography in college. I graduated from

SUNY at Stony Brook on Long Island, then decided to attend

oceanography grad school at FIT here in Melbourne. My sail-

ing experience during this time was limited to one college

course sailing Sunfish in the Indian River until I met up with

Susan Conrad. I guess our sailing together worked out so well

that we decided we should turn this into a permanent arrange-

ment, and Susan and I are going to be married at the Derby

Street Chapel in Cocoa Village before this article will be pub-

lished.

Susan, her daughter, Park, and I sailed to the Bahamas this

past summer -- my first experience with ocean sailing. We

started out sailing “down the ditch” to West Palm and then

crossed from there. Along the way we stopped at Peck Lake

for the night and crossed over the barrier island and got to

swim in the ocean. While swimming we saw something float-

ing in the water that we couldn’t make out, so I swam out to

see what it was. It turned out to be two sea turtles mating and

seeing me was as much a surprise for them as it was for me. I

don’t know why but I suddenly had the urge to smoke a ciga-

rette. The other thing that I thought was very interesting was

the turquoise blue water near Jupiter. That area with all the

mansions and water was just beautiful. We had an uneventful

crossing to the Bahama bank, then spent about two weeks

starting out in Allen’s-Pensacola. I was amazed at all the

conch shells that were there. We then headed to Green Tur-

tle, followed by Great Guana, and finally Marsh Harbor. I real-

ly enjoyed the slow pace on the islands and how friendly eve-

ryone was. We rented golf carts on the different islands, swam

in the ocean every day and drank punch at all the local estab-

lishments. We picked up Susan’s other two kids, Amber and

Brandon, who had flown into Marsh Harbor, and started the

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THOUGHTS FROM

YOUR COMMODORE

Joe Coleman

If it’s not one thing . . . First of all, Karen and I hope that everyone had a safe and

happy holiday season and wish everyone health and happi-

ness in the New Year. I would also like to take this opportuni-

ty to thank the 2013 Board of Governors for their tireless help

and assistance during the last year. Their time and efforts

were greatly appreciated and they made this a better sailing

club. The new board has some pretty big shoes to fill, but I

am confident that they are up to the task.

I will write more about the annual dinner in February’s article,

but for now, let me stay in the past. Christmas is always a

busy time of the year for the club and for members. Christ-

mas brings out that loving and caring side of us that we may

not show during the rest of the year. It is the time when you

let people barge in front of you in a line, you give a friendly

wave to someone who pulls out right in front of you on the

road, and you are nice to relatives and “friends” that you may

have avoided all year. For the Colemans, Christmas has al-

ways been about friends and family get-togethers. The past

season brought more.

As you all probably know by now, Alibi was sitting in a hole at

Cape Marina prior to my September back surgery. I figured

that she would be safe there in the ground when the hurri-

canes came. Well, we didn’t get any hurricanes after all (and

I’ll take credit for that) and with the back healing nicely, it was

time to dig Alibi up, put her on the stands and start getting her

ready to go into the water for the upcoming cruising season.

There were many little things that I did while she was out of

the water that did not require much physical agility, but as we

got into December, the real work had to be done. Sunshine

Welding was contracted to make a couple of stainless items

for the boat. First was a support for the extended bow which

was completed and installed with no problem. Second was a

new pole and bracket for the new wind generator. That took a

bit longer, but it was perfect when it was installed. Then it

was time to have the boat hauled out of the ground before she

started growing roots. The marina was able to put her up on

stands on the Thursday before Christmas. The yard manager

said that no one works during the Christmas week but he

would see what he could do about scheduling a bottom job.

Since it looked like no work would be done on the boat, I fig-

ured Saturday would be a great time to do my Christmas

shopping and be home in plenty of time to go to the ECSA/

MYC boat parade party at Dave and Marci’s house. However,

Saturday morning Karen said, “There’s water in the garage. It

wasn’t there last night.” Not exactly what you want to hear first

thing in the morning. We found that we also had saturated

carpet in the utility room under the freezer and we could see

that it had worked its way up the walls. After determining that

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TREASURER'S

REPORT

Marci Hutson

Income Statement Year to Date

REVENUE Nov-13 Jan-13 - Nov-13

Activities Income 744.00 4,193.00

Membership Dues 25.00 4,135.00

Merchandise Income 601.00 1,817.00

Advertising Income -- 576.00

Miscellaneous Income * 572.50 522.50

Sales Tax -- --

Sunshine Fund -- --

Total Revenue 1,942.50 11,243.50

EXPENSES

Activities Expense 44.79 4,549.92

Bank Service Charge -- 20.00

Dues & Subscriptions -- --

Insurance -- 1,212.47

Miscellaneous * 352.61 847.34

Merchandise -- 2,478.36

Office Supplies -- 130.78

Postage/Delivery -- 182.00

Printing/Repro -- 929.86

Rent -- 319.33

Sales Tax -- 97.46

Sunshine Fund -- 69.51

Lazowska Fund -- --

Total Expenses 397.40 10,837.03

Net Income 1,545.10 406.47

BANK BALANCE 8,425.26

* Miscellaneous income and expense were for galley items at the GAM.

Jan 18-19 Frostbite Cruise

Feb 15 Miami Boat Show

Feb 22-23 Cocoa Village Mardi Gras Cruise

Mar 13-16 Dania Marine Flea Mar-ket

Mar 15-16 St. Patrick’s Day Cruise

Apr 5-6 Child Abuse Prevention Awareness

Apr 26-27 Titusville Barbeque

May 24-26 Cape Marina Memorial Day Cruise

Jun 21-22 Summer Sailstice at Grill’s

Jul 4-6 Cocoa Village Fireworks Cruise

Aug 2-3 Captain Katanna’s Cruise

Aug 30 - Sept 1 Labor Day Ft. Pierce / Loggerhead Cruise

Sept 20-21 Marker 21 Cruise

Oct 11-12 Boy Scout Island Cruise

Nov 8-9 Rotary Park Cruise

Nov 14-16 SSCA GAM

Dec 20 Christmas Boat Parade

Dec 31 - Jan 4 Vero Beach New Year’s Cruise

2014 Cruise Schedule

Congratulations to

Susan Conrad

and Rick Hushla

on their December 28th

wedding!

Secretary’s Report

JoAnn O’Sullivan

EAST COAST SAILING ASSOCIATION

General Membership Meeting

December 11, 2013

Board Members Present: Joe Coleman, Chip Worster,

JoAnn O'Sullivan

Elected Governors Present: Del Wiese, Tom O’Shea

CALL TO ORDER: Commodore Joe Coleman called the

meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. He then continued with

introductions of the board members, fleet captains, pro-

gram chairs, and past commodores.

NEW MEMBERS:

Mark and Lisa Boyd, Columbia 26, Turtle Crawl,

Marina Isles.

Margie Pravden and Tim Spainhour, Pearson 36,

Lantan, Eau Galle Yacht Club.

Dave and JoAnn Whall, Catfisher 28, Lookfar, Be-

hind the house.

Dave and Jean Oalway, Beachcomber 25, Kokopelli,

Behind the house.

Terry Wellingham and Sharon Hicks, Hunter 28, The

Edward Teach, Telemar Marina.

SECRETARY/TREASURER REPORTS: A motion was

made, seconded and carried to approve the November

minutes as published in the December Foot, Tack, &

Clew. A motion was made, seconded and carried to

approve the October Treasurer's report as published in

the December Foot, Tack & Clew.

Guests: Sharon Hicks and Terry Wellingham

Guest Speakers: Sherry and Dave McCampbell present-

ing Soggy Paws update.

Commodore Joe Coleman: Joe thanked everyone for

their volunteer help at the GAM. Kitchen sales were

$277. The ship store sales were $233.

Annual dinner sign-up is only at 34. We will need 80

members in order to receive discount proposed to ECSA.

Membership directory is coming out March 1. Need

members to pay their dues for the next calendar year.

All new positions have been approved for the board

members and committee members.

Tickets are on sale for the boat show in Miami; it will be

on a first-come first-served basis.

Marie Carney has volunteered to become the new pro-

gram chairperson.

FYI: ASA 104 course is now required if chartering in the

Mediterranean.

Rear Commodore Chip Worster: Please make dock

reservations if planning to participate in the New Years

Eve Cruise.

Upcoming Events:

Frostbite Cruise 18 February 2014

Bob Wiley: Needs your photo entry. Only three entries

to date. There will be a slide show of this year’s photos at

the annual dinner.

50/50 drawing winner: Marie Carney

Respectfully submitted by

JoAnn O’Sullivan, Secretary

Congratulations to the 2014 Board of Governors!

Commodore: Joe Coleman

Vice Commodore: Rick Hushla

Rear Commodore: Page Proffitt

Secretary: Jennifer Clendinen

Treasurer: Clay Showen

Elected Governor: Dave Cordial

Cruising News

Frostbite Cruise

January 18 - 19

Page Proffitt

The traditional “Frostbite” cruise is scheduled for the

weekend after the annual dinner, at Ballard Park. We will

have charcoal grills for cooking your entrée, as well as

plates, forks, knives and napkins. Bring something to

throw on the grill for yourself and a side dish to share.

Grills will be ready for cooking by 5:30 p.m. Come earlier

and join us for great friendship, music and camaraderie.

If we have a group staying overnight we will have break-

fast at 9:00 a.m. See you there!

Page

Miami Boat Show

February 15

Board of Governors

Our chartered bus is reserved for the Miami Boat Show

on February 15th. The fee is $50 per person and in-

cludes transportation, boat show admission, gratuity for

the bus driver, and breakfast snacks and beverages.

There will be two pickup locations, on Merritt Island and in

Satellite Beach.

Please make checks payable to ECSA and mail to:

ECSA

PO Box 372054

Satellite Beach, FL 32937-0054

Attn: Bus Trip

Please include your preferred pickup location.

Reservations will be made in the order received. Since

we usually end up with a full bus, don’t delay to send in

your check.

Contact Joe Coleman at 773-3265 for more details.

Boat Parade Party Review Dave and Marci Hutson

We had another good one!

The weather gods were kind to us, giving us perfect

weather for the evening. As in previous years, we made

the announcement that people who were late might find

the feeding trough to be empty. As in previous years, we

opened the food line at 1730 and most of the food was

gone by 1800. No one went hungry but the late arrivals

had fewer fine dining choices.

This was the first year that Melbourne Yacht Club came

to the party. And they brought a keg of beer with them!

It was a treat to have both organizations partying togeth-

er. We should do this more often.

The boat parade was the longest one yet, lasting well

over an hour. All kinds of brightly-decorated boats float-

ed by with exuberant Santas, elves, reindeer, and other

assorted creatures on board. On land, our party-goers

were whooping it up with similar exuberance. In addition

to the usual sailboats, trawlers, run-abouts, and sport-

fishers, we had the unusual – one guy on a kayak and

another on a stand-up paddle board.

Bob Cahall always decorates his boat from mast head to

waterline with the best, brightest, and noisiest decora-

tions. He didn’t disappoint this year. To show off his

Painted Lady, he did a 360 in front of our crowd, giving

us another reason to make more noise, which we did!

After the parade ended, we had our traditional Christmas

sing-along. We had 20 or more wannabe Brenda Lees

and Elvises singing their hearts out to the neighbors.

Since no one in the neighborhood complained, we can

assume that we were a hit and that the record compa-

nies will be handing out the recording contracts soon! I

can hardly wait.

Dummy me didn’t take attendance but we had between

50 and 75 people there.

Next year will be bigger and better!

Dave and Marci

Several items were left behind at our house after the

party. If any of these items belong to you, call Dave Hut-

son at 321-501-3722 to claim them.

- Rainbow-colored folding beach chair

- Collapsing chair in blue bag

- Tortoise-shell sunglasses

- Oneida soup or sugar spoon

Cocoa Village Mardi Gras

February 22-23

Bob Wiley

Plan ahead to celebrate Mardi Gras in

Cocoa Village!

it was neither a water heater nor freezer problem and

examining the situation, I called my son-in-law the con-

tractor. We cut some holes in the walls in the utility room

and garage to see the source of the leak, and there it

was: the water pipe that led to the front bathroom was

squirting water from somewhere beneath where it went

into the cement. My first thought was to use 5200 be-

cause I think it works on everything, but Terry recom-

mended we get a plumber to come with a jackhammer, so

it could be fixed properly. So we turned off the water to

the house and made the call. Remember, it was the day I

was to go Christmas shopping, Karen was going to be

making cookies with our granddaughter, Allison, and then

we would all clean up and go to the boat parade. When

the plumbers arrived they did not give us much hope.

The first comment they made after seeing the problem

was “It looks like we could be here all night.” Not what

you want to hear from plumbers charging double time for

their hours because it was the weekend. Fortunately they

were able to chip at the cement floor to get to the leaking

pipe and fix it in time for us to wash up and make it to the

party. We were left with a mess for a few days with the

freezer blocking the door to the garage while we waited

for the insurance adjuster to assess the damage, but were

happy that the leak was in the garage and not under the

tile somewhere inside the house.

Two days before Christmas I went up to the port and saw

that the marina workmen had already started prepping

Alibi for her bottom job. She would be ready to go in the

water the day after Christmas and we would be able to

sail to Vero to welcome the New Year. So the somewhat

difficult month of December was to end well after all.

Karen and I look forward to a great year of sailing and we

hope to see all of you out on the water with us. Happy

New Year!

COMMODORE’S THOUGHTS Continued from page 2

trek back hitting the different islands again. We left from

Fox Town just ahead of a tropical storm and headed di-

rectly to Port Canaveral. Things got interesting for me

when I was at the helm in the middle of the night with

everyone asleep. We were sailing downwind (I thought)

toward Canaveral when the boat got out of balance and

did a 180 and headed directly back into the wind. As you

can imagine, that caused a bit of a stir and I wasn’t the

only one awake after that. Once everything got settled

back down, our next adventure were the thunderstorms

that were developing. The formations could be seen

clearly against the night sky and you could tell in ad-

vance when they would be on top of you. For the most

part I avoided the storms, but it was an exciting experi-

ence for me seeing all the lightning and storming out in

the middle of the ocean with no idea how it would affect

our boat. It definitely got my adrenalin going and it’s

something I’ll never forget. All in all it was a great time

and I look forward to doing it again in the near future.

I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season

and I look forward to being involved with ECSA and see-

ing everyone at this year’s events!

VICE COMMODORE VIEW Continued from page 2

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Upcoming 2014 ECSA Events

Date Event Contact

Jan 11 Annual Dinner Oyer

Jan 18-19 Frostbite Cruise Proffitt

Feb 15 Miami Boat Show Bus Trip Board of Governors

Feb 22-23 Cocoa Village Mardi Gras Cruise Wiley

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