SAILING ASSOCIATION OF MARCO

COMMODORE’S CABIN

Micki Gobeil, Commodore

"FANTASTIC" - this is the word GCSC, MIYC, NSYC guests used to describe SAMI'S 49th annual Change of Watch Cere-mony conducted Sunday, January 13th at the MIYC.

The program began with Commodore Ken Bardon mak-ing Welcoming Remarks to Members and Guests and ac-knowledging Past Commodores who were present. Ken then introduced Past Commodore, and Lifetime Member, Don Mills to give the Invocation and lead in the Pledge Of Allegiance to the American Flag.

Ken then introduced Master of Ceremony Chuck Down-ton, MIYC, GCSC, and SAMI Member, who began the Pro-gram with the History and Significance of the Tradition of Ringing the Ship’s Bell eight times that goes back to the 1400's. This year was to give tribute to Dave Dumas former SAMI Fleet Captain and Commodore, and Racing Official for SAMI and many other Sailing Clubs. Commodore Ken Bardon honored this Tradition by ringing the bell eight times as everyone stood in reverence to Dave, who was buried at sea in November 2018.

MC Chuck then introduced Past Commodore Don Mills as Guest Speaker who began his informative speech with the History of SAMI beginning in 1969 to the present, a History of which only he has lived the longest to enjoy. Don ended his speech by sharing with us what navigation in sailing was like before GPS, including how often you ran aground, and/or did not end up when or where you had planned, both challenging and exciting.

MC Chuck introduced Vice Commodore Micki Gobeil who acknowledged the 2018 Bridge Members and Com-mittee Chairpersons with Gifts of Appreciation for their vol-unteer service to SAMI.

MC Chuck then began the Traditional Change of Watch Ceremony, beginning with the History and Significance of this Tradition. The Commodores Flag was then lowered by outgoing Commodore Ken Bardon and concluded with the

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ADVICE FROM THE VICE Peter Coggins, Vice Commodore

Oh, HOW NICE IT IS TO BE BACK IN MARCO! When we left Rumson, NJ last week it was 10.̊ ‘Cool’ as it may be here, this is a wonderful relief. Now let’s get down to current business.

Our February SAMI ‘Membership Meeting’ will be held at the Capri Community Center on Thursday, 14 Feb at 6:00-9:00 (Valentines Day). Keep in mind that this is a ‘Theme Dinner’ Meeting and this month’s dinner theme is French Cuisine … Menu: Assorted Quiche, French Bread, Assorted Salads, Chocolate Desserts. PLEASE RSVP immediately to Micki Gobeil at mickigo@embarqmail.com or call 642-4241 to confirm your attendance and to sign up for the dish you will bring. So, let's get started NOW and Kick Off the New Year with our new SAMI Bridge, by becoming ACTIVE-LY involved in our SAMI activities.

I am very excited to be your guest speaker and will be presenting my Cruising Guide of the NJ Coast slide show which explores the six-selected, safe and all-weather NJ coastal inlets from Cape May to Atlantic Highlands …to cure any intimidation caused by the ‘evil reputation’ of some of the inlets… by highlighting the docking and anchoring-out options available… and THEN revealing WHERE TO FIND GOOD FOOD!

Looking ahead to our March SAMI Membership Meeting we are extremely fortunate to have Steve Colgate, the founder of the internationally famous ‘Colgate Offshore Sail-ing School’, as our guest speaker. (See: https://www.offshoresailing.com/about-us/steve-doris-colgate/steve-colgate/). Steve (at Yale) and I (at Northeastern & MIT) were serious collegiate competitors in the New Eng-land Interscholastic Sailing Association (NEISA) back in the mid/late 50’s and it will be most interesting to reminisce. So until then, “Keep your keel out of the mud”…

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Communication and Sightless Sailing In all aspects of our lives, communicating is an essential skill that we use to make friends, build relationships and car-ry out everyday tasks at work and play. Nowhere is that test-ed more than sailing. My sailing knowledge is growing rapid-ly from the experiences that I have had over the last few years crewing on Lady M and Foreign Exchange. As part of the crew, I am following instructions to complete the next tack, jibe, or sail trim adjustment to keep the boat moving in the right direction. Two weeks ago, I had a paradigm-shifting experience. My sons and I attended GCSC’s sightless sailing event at Sugden Park. I had never been in a sailing dinghy before, nor had my boys, and I was a little apprehen-sive about being blindfolded for my first experience. Thank-fully, Jonnie Westerop saw the mild look of terror on my face and partnered us with Jerry Watkins. We boarded one of the dinghies and Jerry put on his blindfold. Jerry grabbed the tiller and I was tasked with communicating to him how to avoid the other boats and get around the buoys. We started slowly and far away from the other boats. It was easy to say things like turn “Starboard 20 degrees”. Howev-er, as we got close to shore or the other boats my communi-cation needed to be fast. This was significantly harder be-cause I needed to formulate what I wanted to say and then convert it to sailing language (port, starboard, head up, fall off, etc.). I realized I was not great in my new role of giving sailing commands and sadly we didn’t finish the first race. Thankfully, Jerry and I were able to switch roles for the next course. As soon as I put on my blindfold, Jerry started coaching me around the course. Instead of calling out com-plicated sailing terms, he used simple ones: “Pull the tiller toward you, now push it away.” This simple and effective communication style allowed us to navigate the course and come in first place! It blew my mind that simply changing the communication style allowed us to move from worst to first place. This experience was eye-opening to me and my commu-nication skills are better because of it. I now keep it simple and don’t try and overcomplicate instructions. The boys and I had a great time and learned a lot from our new sailing buddy, Jerry. I hope that each of us do something that is out of our comfort zone this month. Whether that be blindfolding the captain (safely of course), reaching out to a past sailing friend, or untying the lines and take the out the sailboat. We are a big community of sailors and the more we put in to our passion, the more rewarding it will be. I hope to see you all at the Presidents Day weekend cruise to Panther Key!

CRUISIN’ ABOUT Trudell Kolpack, Rear Commodore

AROUND THE BUOYS Rob Reiley, Fleet Captain

Racing season is in full swing in Southwest Florida! “CMCS” Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society takes the lead for the next two events. On February 9th they are hosting the Commodore’s Winter Cup off of San Carlos mark. On March 2nd CMCS will again be the host for the Na-ples to Ft. Meyers Offshore distance race. The weekend of March 23-24th features the GCSC Clas-sic hosted by the Gulf Coast Sailing Club. Please mark your calendars for SAMI’s Bud Light Regatta the weekend of April 6-7th. Saturday will feature an around-the-buoys Boat of the Year race. On Sunday we will have a fun-filled Pursuit Race followed by the SAMI meeting and Awards Ceremony. The Bridge is hoping to see more club participation. See you around the buoys.

Welcome our NEW MEMBER:

Dwyn vonBereghy

1501 Honeysuckle Ave., Marco 262-719-5570

dvonbereghy1950@gmail.com

2018 Audit Report

SAMI Members:

I reviewed the books of the Sailing Association of Marco Island for the year of 2018. I did not find any discrepancies and found the books organized. Balance at the end of 2018 was $4,292.10. Respectfully Submitted,

Donald Meyer

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SAMI Membership Meeting

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Isles of Capri Community Center

6:00 PM Cocktails (BYOB) 6:30 PM Dinner Speaker: Vice Commodore Peter Coggins “Cruising Guide of the NJ Coast”

RSVP to Micki by February 10 642-4241 or

mickigo@embarqmail.com and let her know what you will bring to

contribute toward the meal

www.samisailor.org Any input for the website??

Contact lilbard@aol.com

UPCOMING EVENTS

February 9 Race: Winter Cup (CMCS) 14 Meeting: Capri Community Center 16-18 Cruise: Panther Key (GCSC/Inter-Club)

March 2 Race: Naples to Ft. Myers Offshore (CMCS) 3 Day Sail & Raft Up-Champney Bay (GCSC/Inter-

Club) 9-11 Cruise: Cayo Costa (CMCS/Inter-Club) 14 Meeting: Capri Community Center 23-24 Race: GCSC Classic Regatta (GCSC) 28-31 Cruise: Cayo Costa, Cape Haze & Palm Island (CMCS/Inter-Club)

April 6-7 Race: Bud Light Regatta (SAMI) 7 Meeting: Bud Light Awards Dinner (SAMI) 19-24 Cruise: Points South Cruise to Panther Key (CMCS/Inter-Club) 26-28 Cruise: Sanibel (SAMI/Inter-Club) 27 Race: Messmer Cup (NSYC)

COMMODORE’S CABIN Micki Gobeil, Commodore (continued from page one)

introduction of the New Bridge for 2019 and the Flag be-ing raised by the New Commodore, Micki Gobeil, who gave a short acceptance speech and announced that "Dinner will now be served, enjoy.”

I have to admit, the evening got off to a shaky start. Ken forget his Program Script and had to share mine; Don forgot his glasses and had to share mine (purple, ladies cheaters from CVS); and I forgot to acknowledge Web Master Lil Bardon with a gift of appreciation. For this mis-take I sincerely apologize. All of our Bridge Members, Chairpersons and Committee Volunteers are SO Appreciat-ed! However, with increasing age plus the excitement of the ceremony, we did forget.

Yes, it was a "FANTASTIC" Ceremony and now we are planning for a "FANTASTIC" year for SAMI, and our Inter-Clubs, to include interesting Monthly Membership Theme Dinner Meetings, Membership Drives, New and Exciting Cruise Venues, and growing relationships with Inter-Clubs.

On a final note, the Presidents Day weekend cruise to Fort Myers Beach was enjoyed by some SAMI Cruisers. Gobeils, Singers, and Winters were invited to a Gourmet Dinner provided by Stacey and Julian Onorato onboard their beautiful vessel, Luna Blue II. Relaxing, eating, laugh-ing in the harbor lights, and sharing sea tales reminded all of us why we spend so much time, energy and MONEY on our vessels - so we can share moments like this.

Now, let's ALL get onboard and work together to make 2019 not only a DEFINING YEAR historically, but also a SAFE and FUN year to be with SAMI. So, mark your calen-dar for SAMI'S BIG 50th Birthday Celebration on Septem-ber 28th at the MIYC.

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SAMI’s 49th Annual Change of Watch January 13, 2019 at the Marco Island Yacht Club

Rear Commodore Trudell Kolpack; Commodore Micki Gobeil; Treasurer Tara LaGrand; Fleet Cap-tain Rob Reiley; Secretary Leigh Breeden (missing from picture: Vice Commodore Peter Coggins)

2019 SAMI Bridge

Outgoing Commodore Ken Bardon lowering his Commodore flag

Doreen Hertel & Past Commodore / Guest Speaker Don Mills

MC Chuck Downton

Past Commodore Ken Bardon with Commodore Micki Gobeil raising her

Commodore flag

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More scenes from SAMI’s 49th Annual Change of Watch

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Sailing Association of Marco Island 2019 Membership Renewal Form

Due December 15, 2018

Last Name: _________________________________ First: ____________________Spouse/Other: ___________________________

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