The Working

Crew

C o m m a n d e r

Cdr Mark Gunn, JN

909-223-9025

E d u c a t i o n

P/C Hal Gayer, FC

951-990-0018

The

LOGArrow

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Executive

Lt/C Wendy Sherwood. S

760-346-4697

Administrative

Lt/C Arnold Rowe, P

951-787-9842

Secretary

Lt/C Brent Freeberg, P

909-790-0217

T r e a s u r e r

Lt/C Connie Amodeo, S

951-276-0508

E x e c u t i v e

C o m m i t t e e

P/DEO Mike Mann, N

P/C Darrell Sausser. N

JrP/C Rick Sherwood, JN

Debbie Neal, P

THE LOG

Published the first of every

month by

Arrowhead Power Squadron

Copy deadline, 20th of the

month

Log Editor

P/C Darrell Sausser, N

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Vol. 52 #2

April 2011

Arrowhead Sail & Power Squadron

A Unit of the United States Power SquadronsSail and Power Boating - 52 years of serving our comunities

Host room Hilarity Friday evening

at the District 13

Spring Conference,

Ventura CA

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Cdr Mark Gunn

A view from the bridge

We believe in safe boating -

take an Arrowhead class

I have attended several District Conferences. I went to the first one be-cause Arrowhead was hosting the Conference and Wendy Sherwood spear-headed the team of volunteers who put on a great Conference in the Desertfor then District Commander Ronnie Mann. I have learned a lot about USPSfrom these Conferences and they have been fun weekends. We just had our

Spring Conference in Ventura at the marina and it was another fun weekend. Several of the Squadrons hosted hospitalityrooms with island themes. Arrowhead had been given the island of Moorea, one of the Society Islands, 12 milesnorthwest of Tahiti, so we researched the island and had an information display and we decorated the room with a largebeach mural, colorful paper birds, tiki’s, etc. Rick made a great rum punch; Wendy made her now famous banana desert;Hal brought a lavish vegetable spread; and Carri cooked the meats; and we adorned everyone who entered with colorfulleis Our room was a hit and we took photos of couples in a cut-out of a surfer and a hula girl, printed them that night andgave them out at the Saturday dinner-dance. As always, it was Arrowhead who reved up the dance floor and it wasArrowhead that kept the party and dancing going until late Saturday night! Every member is invited to these DistrictConferences - they are not just for Bridge Officers. There are useful seminars and many fun activities not related toboating, so there is something for everyone. We have members from the National Bridge attend and we therefore get upto date information on USPS generally, and they always answer our questions. The next District Conference will be inthe fall in Redondo Beach, right on the water. When the dates are confirmed, please mark them down, make your hotelreservations, and join in the fun! Arrowhead has a strong and positive presence at Conferences. Let’s keep it up.

Mark Gunn, JN, Commander

VESSEL EXAMINER CORNER

The first scheduled activity for Arrowhead’s small band of Vessel Safety Examiners willbe on both weekends of SafeBoating Week. This year’s Safe Boating Week runs from May 21 through Memorial Day, May 30.

Chairman Pat Rogers will take the first weekend at Lake Silverwood’s Main gate and on the closing weekend(Memorial Day) Rick Sherwood will run the inspections at Lake Silverwood while Pat opens the Vests For Life boothat Lake Perris’s Launch Ramp and offers VSCs there. All examiners will report to either Rick or Pat on the week-end days they are able to help at either lake.

Any Squadron member wishing to join our merry little band is invited to take the on-line class prior to Safe BoatingWeek and then join either group to do their 6 initial exams under one of our experienced examiners.

Our current examiners now have their 2011 VSC stickers so any Squadron member wishing to have their boat(s)checked should contact Pat Rogers (909-867-5361) to schedule a Vessel Safety Check.

Pat Rogers, Chair

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Along the Fo’c’stle ofthe good ship

SEO Hal Gayer - -The United States Power Squadrons have some great

courses and seminars.As a reminder I am listing all currently available.

Advanced Grade Courses:Seamanship (S) Basic knowledge in boat handlingPiloting (P) Coastal cruising using electronic and

traditional methodsAdvanced Piloting (AP) More coastal cruising with

tides and currentsJunior Navigation (JN) Offshore using electronics

and the sextantNavigation (N) More offshore with advanced elec

tronics

Elective Courses:Cruise Planning ( CP) Know before you goEngine Maintenance (EM) How do engines workInstructor Development (ID) Learn to teach ourcoursesMarine Electrical Systems (MES) Its about voltsand amps and wires and suchMarine Electronics (ME) GPS, ChartPlotters,Radar, AIS,Sail (S) Even a Power Boater should Know a littleWeather (WX) Take this Course and you will neverlook at clouds the same way again

Seminar Series:Two hour lessons on many boating topics

Advanced Powerboat Handling Marine RadarAnchoring Mastering the Rules of the RoadOnboard Weather ForcastingBasic Coastal Navigation Paddle SmartBoat Handling Under Power Partner in CommandBoating on Rivers, Locks and LakesSail TrimTraileringUsing GPSHow to use a Chart Using VHF and VHF/DSC MarineRadioHurricanes and BoatsKnots, Bends and HitchesMariner’s CompassThis is a Hugh amount of knowledge available to us all.

Teach a Class or Take a Class.See you on the water

Hal

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“Changing Tide” SEA SCOUT SHIP 195

Admin’s Anchorage - - - - -Soundings from AO Arnold Rowe

I know we all enjoyed our presentation at the March meet-ing by Bob Tincher, P.E., of the San Bernardino MunicipalWater District, which was most informative and memo-rable. I’m anticipating that our guest for our April meetingwill be just as educational and fun only in a slightly differ-ent vein.

Our presenter for our April meeting will be Kevin Craigwho, along with his wife Carolyn, operates the Winery andWine Bar at Canyon Crest, which is located in Riverside inthe Canyon Crest Shopping Centre at the corners of Can-yon Crest and Central Avenues. Kevin will be educatingus on the finer points of wine making plus he will be bring-ing several different types of wine for your discerning pal-

ates to pass judgment upon. If you wish to participate inthe wine tasting we are asking you to contribute $3.00at the door to help cover the costs of the various wines.Exact greenbacks are appreciated.

Continue to bear in mind that if there are programs thatyou believe would be of interest to our fine group of nau-tical notables, contact me and we’ll see if we can get apresentation scheduled. This is your Arrowhead and yourthoughts are needed and welcomed. My home phone is951-787-9842 and email is arowe@dslexteme.com. I lookforward to hearing from you and seeing you at the nextmeeting on Wednesday, April 13.

The Ship members are currently checking their calendars (school, musical, dance and otheractivities) to see if they can fit in the Lake Mojave Cruise starting in April. They are also making plans to attend otherSea Scout and Venture activities throughout the summer months. Long and short Cruises (both paddle & sail),Summer Camp, Vests For Life weekends and other activities are in the planning stages.

Pat Rogers, Skipper Sea Scout Ship 195

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I’m planning a trip into the Gulf Island area of Canadanext summer, leaving August 14th. The cruise willprobably be a month duration. Also remember that apassport is necessary to enter Canada, and reenter theU.S.

Any one interested in going with me, pleasecontact me. I would prefer someone with Piloting orabove.

Loren Beebe21077 Wisteria St.Apple Valley, Cal. 92308Ph.-760 247 8045E-mail -martiwinger@yahoo.com

Join me for a Gulf Island cruise

XO Expoundings & Ramblings . . . L/Cdr Wendy Sherwood, S

First of all I want to comment on the great job Carri andMark Gunn did on our host room for the District 13 SpringConference in Ventura. We all had a GREAT time, and thedecorations and food were awesome! Carri also createdterrific centerpieces for the banquet events. Also, congratu-lations to our own Mike Mann, the new District 13 Com-mander. First of all, the DATE for the spring Lake Mojave Cruisehas CHANGED. It will now be the weekend of May 13-15. Contact Past Commander Skip Matthies for informa-tion about that cruise, and to sign on. There are sail races every month. There are alwaysskippers looking for crew members. If you would like toparticipate contact me or Lew Lyons. We will get you go-ing - even if you have never done it before! Sail races area lot of fun, and we have at least one each month. April 15 will be the start of the Newport to Ensenadarace – Arrowhead is always well represented in that race.If you want to see an amazing sight, be on the cliffs above

Newport/ Corona Del Mar at noon on April 15 to witnessthe start of the biggest international yacht race in the world. Safe boating week is coming up May 22-29. Again wewill be doing vessel safety exams at Lake Silverwood.We hope everyone will come out and participate in theseactivities during safe boating week – and support themduring the summer. Contact Pat Rogers or me with youravailability during Safe Boating Week.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR and get ready tobook your reservation for the Annual Two Harbors WineFestival June 4. This is always a FUN weekend. Let meknow if you plan to attend, so we can notify you of thefinal itinerary for the weekend.

Please let me know what month YOU would liketo volunteer to host a Log Bending! There are severalopenings for the rest of this year.

Get your craft ready … it’s going to be a GREATboating season!

Lake Mojave Cruise date change

The Lake Mojave Cruise on the calendar for April 30 has been CHANGED.The new date is the weeke-end of May 13-15. This should be a great time to beon the river. Contact Past Commander Skip Matthies to book your passage.

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66Aquatic Invasive Species Report from Wyoming G&F Dept.(Quagga & Zebra Mussels)

Cheyenne - The 1st boating season under Wyoming’s new Aquatic Invasive Species legislation was deemed a suc-cess based on the number of boats inspected, AIS decal sales, and overall cooperation from boaters. From may 22 through September 26th, Wyoming Game & Fish Department personnel inspected more than 42,000watercraft at 36 waters across Wyoming. According to AIS coordinator Beth Bear, the majority were standardinspections. “Only 58 of the total inspections were considered high-risk, while the remainder were standard and exitinspections. Of the high-risk there were 23 de-contaminations and none were found to have live invasivemussels.”…….”As the season progressed more & more boaters were following the Drain, Clean & Dry proce-dure…..” More than 40 waters were checked for larval, juvenile and adult mussels. Half these results were negative;final results are expected later this year. The Wyoming legislature launched the AIS program last spring with a $1.5 million appropriation. The Game & FishDept. the passed an emergency regulation that entitled the department to take immediate action. The departmentimplemented watercraft inspections and decal sales. Fees are: $10 for Wyoming non-motorized watercraft and $30for out-of-state motorized watercraft. Non-motorized Wyoming watercraft fees are $5 and out-of-state watercraftare $15. Inflatable watercraft > 10' are exempt BUT must be inspected (this includes waders). 35,000 decals weresold and the program raised $446,385 to date. staff report to Wyoming Wildlife magazine

...........Pat “Peaches” Rogers

Moonlikght

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General Dinner Meeting InformationHappy hour at 1830, Dinner & meeting/program at 1900

Dinner cost: $21.00Location; San Bernardino Elks2055 Elks Dr., San Bernardino (Tel)909-882-3711

Executive Board Meeting InformationLocation : Fiesta Village

the first Thurs of the month (call Cdr for directions).Minutes of Executive & General Meetings are availableat the General Meeting or can be distributed via e-mail.

Log Bending Parties

2011April 30 Volunteer

May 28th Volunteer

July 30th Volunteer

August 27th LBP @ isthmus Catalina

D13 annual BBQ

September Volunteer

October Volunteer

November Volunteer

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As decided at the Change ofWatch, we have a

CHANGE IN MEETING DATES:WEDNESDAY April 13

will be the next meeting.Remember - Dinner Reservationsare required for Squadron meet-ings at San Bernardino Elks

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Reservations at Two Harbors

Recently I had the opportunity to chat with the newHarbor Master for Two Harbors about the reservation systemfor moorings that is set to begin Memorial weekend.

First of all, there will still be some first-come first-servedmoorings set aside each weekend. Reservations will only beavailable online beginning midnight on Thursday for the imme-diately upcoming weekend. The mooring leaseholders have untilthat time to notify the harbor master if they will be using theirmooring. If you log into the reservation website on Fridaymorning (anytime after 12:01 am) you will have the opportunityto pre-pay for a mooring, and you will be guaranteed a spot.You will not be able to pre-select your spot. Anyone who ar-rives at the Isthmus on Thursday (or before) should be able tokeep a mooring through the weekend.

There are no plans to change the reservation systemfor the string line from what it has been in prior years.

As we see how the new system works, please feelfree to provide feedback to the Harbormaster.

Let’s go BOATING!!!

CruisemaestroP/C RICK SHERWOOD

Our thanks to P/C Dr. Gil Moe, photographer for the D13 conference pictures ofthe Arrowhead and Ventura squadrons host rooms, in this issue

D.Sausser, editor

Arrowhead Log Editor

P/C Darrell Sausser, N

15665 Russell Ave.

Riverside, CA 92508-8850

Apr 6 ASPS Xbd meeting Location: Fiesta Village Cdr Mark Gunn 951.789.7269

Apr 13(Wed) ASPS Dinner/meeting, Cdr Mark Gunn 951.789.7269

Apr 15-16 Newport - Ensenada sailrace

Apr 20 Deadline for LOG copy to editor P/C Darrell Sausser 951.780.2694

Mar 29-May 1 Lake Mojave Cruise Cdr Mark Gunn 951.789.7269

Apr 30 LBHIS sailrace #2 Sponsor: USPS P/C Lew Lyons 951.567.5416

Apr 30 Log Bending Party,

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May 4 ASPS Xbd meeting Location: Fiesta Village Cdr Mark Gunn 951.789.7269

May 14 LBHIS, 2011 sailrace #3 P/C Lew Lyons 951.567.5416

May 11 (Wed) ASPS Dinner/meeting, Cdr Mark Gunn 951.789.7269

May 20 Deadline for LOG copy to editor P/C Darrell Sausser 951.780.2694

May 28 Log Bending Party Lt/C Wendy Sherwood

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June 1 ASPS Xbd meeting Location: Fiesta Village Cdr Mark Gunn 951.789.7269

June 4 Wine Tasting at the Isthmus, Catalina

June 8 (Wed) ASPS Dinner/meeting, Cdr Mark Gunn 951.789.7269

June 11 LBHIS, 2011 sailrace #4 P/C Lew Lyons 951.567.5416

June 20 Deadline for LOG copy to editor P/C Darrell Sausser 951.780.2694

June 21 SUMMER SOLSTICE, the longest day of the year - go boating

June 24-26 Cat Harbor Cruise and Log Bending Party P/C Rick Sherwood 760.346.4697

For additional information, contact the Cruise master at CruiseMaster@ArrowheadSPS.org,

or contact the commander.

Check out the new design on our website at http://www.Arrowheadsps.org

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