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SoundingsNewsletter ofSouth Port Sailing ClubDecember 2015Message from Incoming CommodoreMark DolsenFirst, thank you to the members of South PortSailing Club for the privilege to serve as Commodorefor the upcoming year. I guess that this is proof thatto become Commodore, “size doesn’t matter” (ofcourse I’m referring to boats)Second, thank you to Doris Hellenbart and Kemal Tepe for theirservice on the executive for the past 2 years, and welcome to RearCommodore Ryan Masse and Cruising Chair Denise Aseltine as they jointhe returning members of the executive for the upcoming season.My introduction to South Port Sailing Club happened whenMargo and I attended a club open house a couple of years after movingto this area from Chatham in 1999. Determined that proper training wasa prerequisite for sailing, Margo enrolled me in the adult classes at theSouth Port Sailing School in the summer of 2004, where two of the younginstructors at that time were Darcy Fuller and John Baker. The followingsummer I joined the club and began racing with the Halpins, father andson, on Windsong and Skylark. The whole family has enjoyed what SouthPort membership has offered us. Our daughter Amelia, an avid racer,participated in sailing school since the age of 9 and last year was honoredto serve as head sailing school instructor. Our son Graham prefers theoccasional cruise but really enjoys the social functions, especially playingguitar on the porch with Bill Steel.South Port has a lot going for it. We have great facilities in abeautiful location on a fantastic sailing lake in one of the nicest cornersof Ontario. But by far the most attractive asset is the sailing communitycreated by our members. Each of us contributes to that communitythrough organizing and participating in club functions and activities,both formal and informal, sharing our experience and knowledge in thecontinuous promotion of sailing. Positive activity is an attractive force,and this is essential for the growth of our club.A few opportunities for fellowship that will be taking place beforeChristmas are the December Happy Hour on Friday the 4th and the Men’sand Ladies’ Christmas Dinners on Monday the 7th. Also, the annual SPSCvs. WYC hockey game is slated for Saturday December 12th. After the NewYear, an activity that I would like to resurrect is the South Port CurlingBonspiel. I know there are some members who curl in the winter months(and probably several who have curled in the past) and there is a curlingtrophy in the South Port case that has not been awarded in recent years.I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season.Fair winds and good curling!Mark1Friday December 4th4:30 - 7:00Members Appreciation Happy HourBBQ will be providedfree of charge & liquid door prizeswill be handed out !This is the final issue of Soundings for2015. The newsletter is not printed inJanuary. Thank you to everyone whocontributed to the content this year.Wishing everyone a safe andhappy holiday seasonAll the best in 2016 !From your editorContentPg 2Christmas dinners / Hockey gameHarbourmaster / 2016 RosterIce & Pop machine / mailingsPg 3Calendars December & JanuaryPg 4-5 Fall Furl photos / Racing AwardsPg 6-7 Racing Awards photosPg 8Executive & Committees for 2016Pg 9Incredible Experience- G RichardsonPg 10 Photos : Passing of the Flags /Jacques Merian award
Mainstays Christmas DinnerCards NightsAt Lilly Kazilly’s on December 7th 2015Meet 6:30 pm Dinner at 7.00 pmNo cards inDecemberJanuary 16th & 30th7:00 pmMen’s Christmas DinnerAt the club on December 7th 2015Men’s Lunch6:00 pm 20.00 Per personDATE CHANGESPSC vs WYC9th AnnualChampionship Hockey GameSaturday Dec 12th6:00 - 7:00 pm WFCU BowlTickets going fast - FREE !!Come out and cheer on the team !2nd Wednesday of the monthThank you From the Harbourmaster, Peter SolesThis years haul out was a smooth,uneventful day despite the poor weather.The boats were all out around 2:00 pm.Thank you to all members who came outto support it, especially Andy Hellenbartfor supervising and Wayne Bellemoreand Rob Malone for directing the crane.A special thanks to Ed Hickey for organizing the food, the ladies in the kitchen who worked hardserving it up, and Bill Baker who barbequed the smokies !Last but not least a thank you to the Sailing Schoolinstructors who worked all day, and did an excellent jobpower washing the boat bottoms.My apologies for not mentioning everyone by name, butwe had good support as always !2016 ROSTERWe are working on updating the SPSCRoster for 2016. If you have moved,changed your phone number or emailaddress, would like your cell # added,adult children no longer permanentlyreside at your residence, or you havea new vessel please emailrobtim@cogeco.ca at your earliest.Thank you to those who sent inchanges last month !2Hard Copy SPSC monthly newsletterIf you read Soundings on line and do not require a hard ofthe monthly issues, please let us know, and you will beremoved from the mailing list. Thank yourobtim@cogeco.caIce during Winter monthsThe outside ice machine will be emptied and disconnectedthe week of December 7th and bags transferred to thechest freezer in the hall along with the clipboard if youneed ice for any event. The pop machine in the sunroomwill remain operational during the winter months.
The calendar is also displayed on our Web site. For details on each entry,please click on the calendar on our site at www.southportsailingclub.com(the links are not active in Soundings but details are included in the newsletter)Calendar of Events December 2015 - January 2016Clubhouse duties forDecember and January arelisted on this issuesCalendars. 2016 will beposted in the February issue.Nov 30NortonA&JWhiteD&LChristmas ExecutiveDinnersMeetingPrivateEventopenBaker, AClubhouse DutiesPrivateEvent pmBhattacharjeeSPrivateEventClubhouse rented Dec.12th. Christmas Eve &Boxing Day EveningPropertyCommitteeCardsnitePlease complete the sheet inthe binder located on thekitchen counter and noteyour total actual work hourson the lower right.To new membersAll supplies are in the stockroom. The key is marked andhanging on the wall inthe kitchen. If you have anyquestions please emailrobtim@cogeco.caIf u see a repair or suppliesare needed sheets areavailable at the back of thebinder. Please slip it into theoffice mail slot. Thank you !Soundings is thenewsletter of The South PortSailing Club210 Brighton Rd.Tecumseh, ON N8N yCommitteeHindW&N3Clubhouse rented January 23PrivateEventEditor: Jackie TimothyCardsnitePlease send yourcontributions for theFebruary issue byJanuary 25th toJackie atrobtim@cogeco.caor call 519-971-9699
Fall Furl November 7th.2015Over 60 members and guests attended this year. Thank youto Commodore Ann Ramey and Paul for arranging the event, toGary Gavin and his volunteers for decorating, and to JesseDavidson and friends for the live music !4
Racing Awards !Spring Series5
Open SeriesMonday Series6
Fall SeriesJunior Sailor of theYearKatie ButlerFauvette Award presentedby Amelia Dolsen7
Executive and Committee Chairs 20168CommodoreMark DolsenVice CommodoreKelly JohnsonRear Commodore/MembershipRyan MasseRace ChairDarcy FullerCruise ChairDenise AseltineSocial Committee ChairEdward HickeyProperty ChairDavid RobichaudHarbourmasterPeter SolesSailing School ChairBob FullerSecretaryDan MoorhouseTreasurerJohn ShawPast CommodoreAnn RameyCommunicationsPaul RameyMainstays ChairSue BuftonRosterBrenda Petro & Jackie TimothyDRYA DelegateAndy HellenbartArchivesBrenda PetroWebmasterRyan MasseSoundings EditorJackie Timothy
‘An Incredible Experience’from Member Gord RichardsonLittle did Jan and I realize at the time, that winning anauction item with two other couples at the Windsor Symphony’s annual gala this year would lead to one of the mostmemorable days of our lives. Using his clout, Robert Franz(conductor of the WSO and the assistant conductor of theHouston Symphony, had arranged behind the scenes, oncein a lifetime tour of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The tourwould be given by our two active Canadian Astronauts, Dr.David Saint-Jacques and Lt. Col. Jeremy Hansen. (Please lookthese guys up on the web under “active Canadian astronauts”– their resumes are astounding and, yes, they are bothsailors!) The tour started at 730am on a gorgeous, warm dayoutside Rocket Park where a shuttle (bus) was waiting for us.(Actually, the tour started several weeks before with thevetting by the FBI to allow our access to the restrictedareas.) We started at the Neutral Buoyancy LaboratoryOperations Control Center. Everything at this site focuseson the 30-foot deep tank that holds an entire submerged mock-up of the exterior of the International SpaceStation. Astronauts, submerged in their space suits, use this facility to simulate walks In space – all thehandholds are bright yellow! Each astronaut, when submerged, is assisted by a team of 10 divers. The facilityeven has helicopter mock-ups used to train for emergency crashes in water. Part of the facility houses specialists providing the care and repair of the space suits. (The suits are re-used since each suit is worth over 1million) We tried on gloves and helmets with sun visors up and down – very cool for all of us, including Jan’sgrandson Alexander. We loaded into the shuttle again and headed for Ellington Field, to visit NASA’s FlightOperations and the jet planes used by the astronauts several times a week to hone their flying skills (Davidhad never flown before being elected as an astronaut. Now he’s a qualified fighter pilot on jets including theCF18! Jeremy is one of the Canadian Forces’ top guns with over 5,000 hours as a fighter pilot) David walkedus through the cockpit of a two-seater T38, then took us through the drill of donning the life vest, helmet andoxygen mask then strapping into the ejection seat, using Alexander as a willing volunteer.Back into the bus and over to SVMF. (When it comes to on-the-job training at NASA’s Johnson Space Centerfor astronauts and cosmonauts, there is one place that serves as the largest real-life classroom—Building 9’sSpace Vehicle Mockup Facility. Jeremy and David each took a team of us around the facility, describing whatand how for all of the simulators, including both the Soyuz launch and re-entry capsule currently used, theformer shuttle command module, and the new Orion space craft. Off in the bus again, this time to the famousMission Control Center. David took us through the historical control center of the Apollo flight era (now anational historic site normally not available to the public except from the viewing gallery), then we touredthe new control center where a welcoming slide just for us was on the right-most giant screen, the orbit andcurrent location of the International Space Station on the middle screen, and the live feed from the ISS onthe left screen. Unbelievable!On our way out, we stopped in to say hi to the Russian operations control managers (the American toursaren’t allowed this treat! David spoke Russian while there – another skill required by astronauts (he learnedhis fluent Russian during the two-year training period). On the bus again and we returned to the Rocket Parkand David gave us an inspiring talk on the history of the space program as we walked alongside a huge SaturnV rocket laying on its side, all stages separated and just jaw-dropping (it remains the tallest, heaviest, andmost powerful rocket ever brought to operational status, 363 ft long and costing 6.5 billion back then, 41.5billion today!). Our day was at an end. Alexander’s class had prepared a list of questions and David answeredthem all in one take on an Ipad. I gave Jeremy and David some SPSC regalia and a letter from the commodoreinviting them over for a fresh water sail if ever they are in the area (thanks for that, Ann!). We hopped into ourlimo, and David hopped into his red convertible (top was down at 730 when he drove in – he says he hardlyever puts it up!) and we all waved goodbye If anyone wants a link to some photos, drop me an email 9
Passing ofthe FlagsAGM 20152016 FlagOfficersCommodore Mark DolsenVice Commodore Kelly JohnsonRear Commodore/Membership Ryan MassePast Commodore Ann RameyThe Jacques Merian Award is given to a member who hascontributed ‘over and above’ to the club. It was presentedthis year to Brenda Petro a member since 1981, for her ongoing dedication to South Port. Brenda was club secretaryfor 13 years, Committee chair for funding the HarbourReconfiguration and holder of the Promissory Notes. Shehas taken on the task of assisting the Treasurer with MemberInvoicing, maintains the club archives and participates inthe Roster upkeep and changes.Thank you Brenda !10
Cards Nights No cards in December January 16th & 30th 7:00 pm Men’s Lunch 2nd Wednesday of the month Mainstays Christmas Dinner At Lilly Kazilly’s on Dece
There are 9 issues of Soundings published each year. The February and September issues are mailed. The other issues are available at the monthly meetings. All issues are on the PARTA webpage. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing! That’s why we recommend it daily. –Zig Ziglar SOUNDINGS
1. The ship channel is indicated by dashed lines, between which there is deep water for deep-draft vessels. 2. The small figures are soundings (depths) in feet at mean low water -- about as shallow as it ever gets at that point. High tide will add about 5 ft. to these soundings. 3. Buoys are indicated by a dot and a diamond.
SOUNDINGS UPCOMING PARTA MEETINGS . TOTAL PARTA FINANCES Investment Balance 42,172.79 Savings Balance 6,007.86 Checking Balance 2,044.87 Working Cash (cash boxes) 100.00 Post Office Bulk Mail Fund unchanged 315.64 Jeff Vallosio Treasurer Post Office Returned Mail Fund unchanged 108.65
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2.0 LOGISTICS AND DATA ACQUISITION The TDEM survey was accomplished by a four man crew consisting of two BGI personnel and two local temporary fi ld helpers. The location of the geophysical survey lines and soundings were determined during consultation with EPWDC and their consultants. Initially, TDEM soundings were made along a
