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Volume XXXIlI No. 2 • A Publication of Masthead Cove Yacht Club • April 2011 Sailing Season is Coming Get Ready! I shot this bow wave on Silvergirl during the summer of 2004. I was using a Nikon Cool pix camera set on Automatic exposure. No tripod. No timer. Nothing fancy. We were off shore somewhere, probably between the Race & Block or between Block and Cuttyhunk. I take my cameras everywhere and take a lot of pictures. Glad you liked it. Photo by Bruce Hasnas Silvergirl

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Volume XXXIlI No. 2 • A Publication of Masthead Cove Yacht Club • April 2011

Sailing Season is ComingGet Ready!

I shot this bow wave on Silvergirl during the summer of 2004. I was using a Nikon Cool pix camera set on Automatic exposure. No tripod. No timer. Nothing fancy. We were off shore somewhere, probably between the Race & Block or between Block and Cuttyhunk. I take my cameras everywhere and take a lot of pictures. Glad you liked it.

Photo by Bruce Hasnas Silvergirl

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OFFICERSCommodoreStan O’Marra

Vice CommodoreNancy Kinney

Rear CommodoreJackie Martin

TreasurerBill MarreroSecretaryAnita Stein

Fleet Cruising CaptainDon Lustig

Fleet Racing CaptainDavid Tuck

MembershipHelene Harrison

DIRECTORSGreg Barbato

Charlotte BermanBrett Sandgren

Paul DaraKen Hecht

Vicki Schwartz

THE MASTHEADEditor

Gene Kinney

Layout & Design MJ Maione

ProductionDave Strickler

AdvertisingGinger Bourguignon

All rights reserved.Masthead Cove Yacht Club, Inc.

Post Office Box 433Huntington, New York 11743

Not for profit.

www.mastheadcoveyc.org

From The Helmby Commodore Stan O’Marra

Naive Melody

We kicked off Masthead Cove Yacht Club’s 36th season in fine style yesterday, March 20th with our Spring Brunch. The Head of the Bay Club provided the venue this year and the beautiful view of

Huntington Bay on the first day of Spring provided an unbeatable backdrop for our festivities. We had a great turn out and It was great to see everyone after such a bleak, snowy winter. Thanks to VC Nancy Kinney and to every-one who helped make the day such a success. Catching up with everyone, shopping Jackie’s extensive merchandise table and swapping goodies made for a very fun afternoon. By the way, if anyone needs a Virgin Islands cruising guide I can set you up. Meanwhile a solitary sailboat tacked back and forth, taking advantage of having the Bay to themselves.

Unfortunately, the tranquil scene belies the true state of our local waterways. The beaches of Northport and Eaton’s Neck are among the most polluted in New York State with Northport Harbor boasting the most polluted beaches in Suffolk County and second most polluted in New York State. Joe Morency, a past Commodore of Centerport Yacht Club gave a presentation to the Feb-ruary meeting of the Greater Huntington Council of Yacht and Boating Clubs describing the issue and efforts underway to address it. Major contributing factors include the Northport Sewage Treatment Plant and storm water run off. The Plant does not currently meet the standard which will go into effect in 2014 and there are currently no efforts underway to correct that. The Vil-lage has refused grants meant to assist in the upgrade, presumably because of a reluctance to raise the additional funds needed. They have also refused to allow testing of piping which is believed to be leaking raw sewage into the Harbor. Storm water drains installed by the Village are not filtered.

There is an effort underway to raise awareness of the Water Quality issue and put pressure on the various municipal governments to step up and take action. To learn more visit Save Our Harbors at their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Our-Harbors/192915870738590. They will soon have a website up at www.save ourharbors.org. There is also an on line petition at www.petitiononline.com/LetItBe1/petition.html which I urge you to sign if you are interested in adding your voice to the chorus. If you are interested in giving your time to the effort, please contact our repre-sentative to the GHCYBC, Peyton Harrison, who will get you in touch with the right people. Although the group and the effort is just starting out it is clear there will be a need for help as it gains traction.

As we get ready for the upcoming season and look forward to enjoying the beautiful waterways in our neighborhood, let’s keep in mind that there is much room for improvement. Please take the time to learn more about the water quality issues we face and consider helping out if you can.

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On The Waterfront

Harvesting Rainwater with Rain Barrels

Angel Dybas is a Storm Water Run-Off Specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Exten-

sion of Suffolk County. Her office is located in Coindre Hall in Huntington. I interviewed her in her office which has a wonderful view of the Hunting-ton Lighthouse and the entrance to Huntington Harbor. We talked about the different problems specific to the waters our harbors and bays and she offered some practical suggestions to help improve our water quality.

What are the major threats to water quality on Long Island?The two most important threats to water quality are bacterial contamination and hy-poxia, low levels of dissolved oxygen. Historically, high levels of bacterial contamination are what led the Suf-folk County Department of Health to close the beach at the Centerport Yacht Club last year

What is Hypoxia and where does it come from? Hypoxia is the condition in which dissolved oxygen in the wa-ter is below the level necessary to sustain most animal life. Hypoxia oc-curs in Long Island Sound each sum-mer when dissolved oxygen levels in bottom waters fall below 3mg/l. . This leads to migration and die-off of fish and invertebrates in many parts of the Sound.

Hypoxia is caused by an overabun-dance of nutrients in the water, par-ticularly nitrogen. Nitrogen enters the water through sewage treatment plants, septic tanks, and runoff from roads, driveways, lawns and farms. Once in the water, nitrogen fuels the overgrowth of algae. The algae pro-liferate and then die off and sink to the bottom where they are consumed by bacteria. Both the algae and bac-teria take up the oxygen in the pro-cess which causes a significant loss

of oxygen in bottom waters.

What are some sources of bacteri-al contamination?There are a num-ber of sources. These include, but not limited to, failing septic systems, leaking sewage pipes, discharge of sewage from boats, and animal waste from household pets and wild-life. To prevent bacteria from enter-ing waterways from these sources, here are a few suggestions:

1. Have your septic tank pumped every 2-3 years

2. Always pick up your pet waste and dispose of it in the trash or the toilet.

3. Never feed wildlife! This includes ducks, geese, and swan. There are a number of non-native (Mute Swan) and nuisance bird spe-cies, such as non-migratory Ca-nadian Geese, that have become year round residents of our wa-ters. Their waste contributes to nutrient problems in our waters and feeding them only exacer-bates the problem. One way to reduce their overall impact would be to decrease their numbers through an egg oiling program

4. Boaters should use holding tanks and pump-out stations

What can individuals do to help stop the contamination of the wa-ters? Individuals can help by reduc-ing run-off from homes and yards. Whenever you see water in the street rushing downhill to the harbor, that water is bringing contaminants and pollutants to the harbor waters.

Some possible suggestions include: Use low-nitrogen fertilizer on lawns, never fertilize before a rain storm, use direct downspouts to lawns so that rainwater may be absorbed, use rain barrels to catch and re-use rain wa-

ter, and clean up animal waste so it doesn’t wash into the water system.

You mentioned using rain barrels. When I was very young, there was a rain barrel on my uncle’s farm. They are not as popular now. How have rain barrels changed? Today’s rain barrel is a closed system. It has a tightly sealed lid and a covering of mesh that won’t allow mosquito larva to enter. You can see the yellow bar-rel (above) has a black circle. That opening is covered with a fine mesh material. We will have a few rain bar-rels on display at the East North-port Rotary Club “Walk for Water on March 19th. The East Northport Ro-tary Club is planning to sell Rain bar-rels to the community in the future.

How do you keep the water fresh? Use it. Use the water within a week or before the next storm event. Use the water to water your flowers and shrubs or your rain water perennial garden. You shouldn’t use the water on anything you plan to eat, such as the vegetables in your garden. Rain barrels can help direct rain water to the yard instead of just running down the street and into the harbor. That will keep some of the pollutants out of our harbor waters and use the nat-ural filtration of the lawn to replenish our aquifer.

by Gene KinneyKin-Ship

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Aren’t they bothersome? Aren’t they annoying? Don’t you just hate those incessant radio checks…especially from boats in harbors miles away across the Sound. I mean, really, must they? Well, we are not alone in our misery. The folks at SeaTow live with the VHF on monitoring Channel 16 all day and all night long. So, they

come up with a solution. A quiet answer to all our prayers!

What could it be? The people at SeaTow have come up with a method to supply each boater with a quiet (QUIET) personalized RESPONSE to the need for a radio check. With the help of a land based radio transmitter, a fairly tall tower and some not so fancy magic from some pretty tricky techy types (try saying that three times fast!), each of us can perform our own radio check.

Yes, we can check whether or not our radio is sending a signal without bothering any other vessels. Isn’t that AWESOME!?In addition, we can determine how loud or how soft our transmissions are without bothering any other vessels. Isn’t that terrific!? BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! (no, not Ginsu knives).... With this modern miracle each of us can hear our own voice as it actually sounds when we call for a radio check!!! And nobody else on other boats has to hear it.

Sea Tow in Florida came up with this innovation and now they want to get the word out to all boaters. Last fall we interviewed Captain Mike Langenbach of Huntington Sea Tow. Mike is pleased to announce that soon Huntington Sea Tow will have an activated tower so that boaters in our area can try this new way to check their radios.

Can anyone do it? YES! Can you do it? YES, YOU CAN! Simple. Switch to Channel 27 on your VHF radio. Press the talk switch and then say it loud and say it proud, ”Radio check…Radio Check… This is (your boat name here) calling for a radio check.” Release the talk switch. Then wait 10 seconds… You will hear your voice coming back on channel 27 as it was received at the land based station.

You will know INSTANTLY (faster than Superman…at the speed of light) whether your VHF radio is working, how loud it is, and how great you sound on the radio.

So, all together now. “NO MORE RADIO CHECKS ON CHANNEL 16!”. Just switch to VHF Channel 27 and have a go at it. It’s fun…And… IT’S FREE!!!

IMPORTANT VHF CHANNELS

1thru10 WX- NOAA Weather Forecast Stations – pick the loudest one

9 Boater Calling Use to hail other boats

13 Bridge to Bridge - Good for talking to Captains of Commercial Boats or to talk to a bridge tender to find out when the bridge opens

16 Emergency Contact the Coast Guard/SeaTow/TowBoatUS

27 Radio check Automatic Radio check

68,69,71 Free channels Best channels for communication to other boats

72 MCYC Used to keep track when cruising

“RADIO CHECK….RADIO CHECK…Anybody, hey, how about a RADIO CHECK”

by Gene KinneyKin-Ship

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The Sunshine Corner by Helene Laufer

Journey

New granddaughter Taylor Jill was born to the Dara’s. Mother and baby well. Grandparents are

doing great.

Our thoughts go out to Dan Cochrun’s Family.Their house caught fire in December and they are liv-ing in a trailer while it all gets cleaned up, rebuilt and

put back together.

Snowbird Bob Harrison is sailing back from Sunny Florida in April.

Peyton Harrison is doing well after back surgery.

Let me know what’s going on by dropping me a line at

[email protected].

“We’ll all share the good times and console in the bad”

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Northport Blessing of the Fleet June 18, 2011

The Blessing of the fleet is patterned af-ter the ancient tradition of seafaring na-tions all over the world. Each year, as

the weather permitted boating activities, fisher-men would parade their boats before the local religious leaders to receive a special blessing to keep their boats, their crew and themselves safe throughout the season.

WHO IS GOING TO LEAD THE PARADEThis year the parade of boats will be led by a USCG vessel, the Northport Fire/Rescue Boat, Ashroken Bay Constable’s boat, Northport Police Boat, Huntington Harbor Master’s boat. These boats will then be followed by the boats of Centerport Yacht Club, then the boats from Northport Yacht Club and then all other commercial and recreational boats who want to be in the parade.

This year we are hoping for over 100 boats to be blessed during this annual event. The Boat parade starts at 11:00am and will keep going for as long as there are boats.

Special Note: if you want the officers on the dock to salute your vessel, then display the National Ensign. For you landlubbers, that’s the flag of the USA. So, show the flag and get a salute. No flag, no salute. You’ll still get the blessing.

WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON?

The Northport Farmers Market will be open-ing its 2011 season that day. It will be ongoing

throughout the morning.

A Nautical Flea Market The Village Green will be filled with commercial vendors selling all things nautical: Boating safety equipment, Fishing Gear, Kayaks, Electronics, Outboard Motors. Music at the Gazebo Beginning at noon the Coast Guard Auxiliary Band will present a musical performance. The rest of the day there will be other groups, such as the Multi Colored Ties (a Northport High School traditional Barbershop group), and other local musical groups.

Teens On The Water... A Community Service Project

Are you involved in boating? Do you need community service for high school of college?If so, the lighthouse needs your help at the Musicfest! A new program is starting on the waterfront to give teens an opportunity to earn community service credit. If you are available on Labor Day Weekend, join them. Volunteer prior, during and after this wonderful event.

NEEDED:• Young captains with the permission to use a family inflatable to help collect donations from boats in the mooring

field during the course of the concert.(Valid Boating Safety Certification)• Responsible teens (14 or older) to assist on the inflatable.• Strong bodies to help move and load equipment to the lighthouse and move and load equipment after the musicfest.• Parental Permission

If interested: Contact MJ Maione at [email protected]

by Gene KinneyKin-Ship

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SPRING BRUNCH

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New Members Lynne and Bill Kretzer

Rose and Phil Averbuch, Marilyn and Scott Gerber

Peyton Harrison, Howie Stein, Ken Hecht, Scott Malin

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Welcoming TableHelene Harrison, MJ Maione

Slyvia Zunda, Anita Stein

Jackie Martin, Slyvia Zunda, Rick Beck

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Dan Martin, Jim Marcincuk and Ron Laufer

Jackie and Dan Martin

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Jackie Martin with Club gear

New Members: Jean Finley, Ray Garcia, Dora Bettancourt, Chris Zdunek, Lynne and Bill Kretzer

Helene Laufer, Ron Laufer, Slyvia Zundra, Rick Beck, Brett Sandgren, Evan Sandgren, Lauren Callahan, Dave Tuck

Tom Mazzotta, Karen Mazzotta, Rhonda Rima, Jim Marcincuk, Stephanie Malin, Scott Malin, Allan Pearlman

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Raft-up Saturday, July 23, 2011

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Lighthouse MusicfestSaturday, September 3,2011

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How to Clean your Fresh Water Tanks

If you have a new boat, a new-to-you boat, or have had the water in your tank sitting for a while, sanitizing your tanks is really important. Since most boats are equipped with tanks that you cannot easily see into, it is necessary to make sure that the

freshwater system is maintained properly. Lots of sailors don’t ever drink water while at sea. They say rum is better for you. But I say that washing dishes in rum is a waste of good rum.

I’ve done a lot of research and have found that the typically accepted treatment for freshwater tanks is a chlorine bleach and water solution. The ratios of Cl to H20 depend upon size of the tank and other factors. It seems like a hit or miss technique. So, I kept

looking for another alternative. Knowing that we could ingest water exposed to mold made me very aware that our family needed another option. If your tank is like the one pictured above , I suggest that you try something new.

Sodium DichlorSodium Dichlor is a product that is frequently used to clean spas and pools. This product contains 62% chlorine. One pound of Sodium Dichlor is equal to six gallons of household bleach. One teaspoon of this product will sanitize a 100 gallon tank.

When you are initially cleaning a tank, use 1-2 teaspoons per 100 gallons of water. So fill the tank and then add a bucket of the Sodium Dichlor solution. Let that sit in the tank for 3 hours. Run the faucets one at a time to ensure the treated water is going through the system and drain the system like you would using any other method. Open the fresh water tank valve to speed up the draining. After this, you can fill the tank back up with water and use as normal.Most boaters travel with a full water tank to provide drinking water and only fill up when they get to a place they trust. If this you have to fill it up, add 1/4 of a teaspoon of Sodium Dichlor to the freshwater tank when you fill up. Sodium Dichlor is different from chlorine bleach which contains a very high ratio of salt. That is why tanks must be flushed free of chlorine bleach, otherwise you would have an awful taste in your water. Sodium Dichlor is highly concentrated. You only need a small amount to do the job. Since it is so concentrated, you only need to carry a small amount of it with you to treat your system throughout the season.

Who knows, maybe we won’t have to bring all those bottles of water on board. And wouldn’t that be a good thing.

Dichlor is the only packaged chlorine form suited for spas. It is primarily recommended as an occasional shock. It is neither excessively acid nor alkaline in character, If you use dichlor, the quick-dissolving fine granular formulation is the best. Dichlor is not made in tablet form. It is best to dissolve dichlor in a bucket of clean water first, then add to the tank

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Paul and Liz sail a 37 Tartan named Bleu Moon that they keep at Coneys. They have been sailing 30 years and are interested in day sailing and cruising. Paul and Ginger Dara and Peyton Harrison will sponsor them.

by Gene KinneyKin-Ship

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Weather, Keeping an Weather Eye

Ihave been a sail boater for the last 20 years and an airplane pilot since high school, and, so it’s kind of natural that I’m a bit of a weather geek. But I make no apologies. Weather is important - ask any pilot or boater who has ever been caught unexpectedly in a storm. They will not make that same mistake twice.

The biggest problem for the average boater is making sense of it all. To me, one of the most exciting forecasting developments to come along recently is the AVN MOS computer forecast. [AVN - Aviation MOS - Model Output Statistics]. It takes advantage of the newer, more powerful computers we have today.

The true genius of AVN MOS is that it uses the highly accurate weather prediction program (The Aviation Model) and that is adjusted for how accurately the weather model predicted weather in the past, and then adjusts the forecast’s equations again to reflect what actually is observed at the forecast location. The final “skewed” product is the AVN MOS Computer Forecast. This forecast product gives detailed weather information in three hour increments span-ning the 48 hours after the AVN program is run.

AVN MOS is a forecast is produced by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP – your tax dollars at work), and its weather information includes:

•Temperature •●dew point •cloud cover and obstructions to visibility •probability of precipitation

•precipitation form (rain, sleet, freezing rain, or snow) •wind speed and direction● •probability of severe thunderstorms.

In other words, just about anything you could ask for and just about everything you can measure! Another great thing about AVN MOS information is the way it is presented - you can get a marine forecast in a table format like this:

51003 GFS MOS GUIDANCE 1/14/2011 1200 UTC DT /JAN 14/JAN 15 /JAN 16 /JAN 17

HR 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 TMP 77 77 78 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 76 76 76 77 77 77 77 WD 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 12 11 12 12 12 12 10 08 05 03 03 02 03 05 WS 16 15 16 13 11 10 10 10 11 12 11 10 09 09 10 10 10 10 11 13 12

(HR- Hour; TMP – temperature; WD - Wind Direction ...so 16 = 160 degrees WS - Wind Speed 16 = 16 KTs)The web location for this information is http://www.weather.gov/mdl/forecast/text/gfsmmg.txt

Or you can get the information displayed in a graphical forma:

http://www.wunderground.com/MOS/DisplayMOS.asp?AirportCode=KFRG&SafeCityName=Huntington_Station&StateCode=NY

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The Racing Corner

Memorial Day Cruise to Saugatuck Harbor

by Dave TuckCelebration

Our first spring race seminar is being held on Tuesday March 22nd at Ketewomoke Yacht Club. Bill and Linda Kirkpatrick of Centerport Yacht Club will be our guest speakers. They have run many race seminars in the past – I anticipate this will be an informative discussion. (Thanks to

Jackie Martin for putting me in touch with them!) I will be demonstrating signal sequences as generated by our starting Ollie and discussing our practice race lineup. Thank you Bryan Coon of KYC for making the necessary arrangements to share the KYC clubhouse with us!

This year’s practice races will be held in the vicinity of Price Bend (Sand City) on the following dates: Saturday June 4th, 2011 Saturday June 25th, 2011 Race to Raft-Up July 23rd – start time TBA to allow for arrival coincident with raft-up. First gun will be at 0930 hours, aim to arrive at least 15 minutes early for check-in

Here are some other races to put on your calendar are: May 21st and 22nd LHYC Spring Race for the Case (details at http://www.lhyc.org/) August 21st The Masthead Race (check our website for details) Aug 24th LHYC Women Skipper’s Race (details at http://www.lhyc.org/)

MCYC “Beach Blanket Bingo” Memorial Day Cruise to Saugatuck Harbor Yacht Club

Port Captains “Big Daddio” Peyton and “Moon Doggie” Dan

Sat. night cocktails and bring your own barbeque pool side to the Beach Blanket music of Frankie, Annette and the rest of the cool Beach scene. Do you remember the Surf and Fish, well get your best Beach attire and dancing

shoes ready for the big Dance contest.

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