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SAVE THE DATE

JUNE 10

Pancake Breakfast Amherst Island Race

JUNE 17

Sail Past Day

JULY 1 Canada Day

JULY 14-16

Gananoque Cruise

JULY 23-31 Around-the-County Cruise

AUGUST 6-7

Civic Holiday Cruise

SEPTEMBER 2-4 Waupoos Cruise

IN THIS ISSUE Commodore’s Corner 1 The Helm 4 Pancake Breakfast 6 Cruise Schedule 7 Weekend Cruises 9 Wine and Cheese 10 How to Tweet 12 Club Burgees Explained 12 Sail Past Activities 13 Sail Past Explained 14 City of Kingston Invite 17 Executive Introductions 19 Executive Contact Info 21

Collins Mixer Collins Bay Yacht Club

Newsletter

Commodore’s Corner

Well CBYC members, welcome to the month of June (yes this is still May’s newsletter). Given the interesting issues surrounding the weather and wa-ter levels, Gerry and the crew have done an amazing job of getting the ma-rina up and running and getting, by this point, most of the boats in the wa-ter. Hélène and I returned from our extended retirement road trip a little over a week ago now and after taking a few days to get our home put together for the summer season. We travelled down to Collins Bay on Saturday to remove Cattitude’s winter coat to start getting her ready for the season. I can’t tell you how nice it was to see all the familiar faces, talking to people we haven’t seen since last season and sitting down on a floating boat with friends to what would be our first “happy hour” of the season. Yesterday, I decided to take a short trip to Ogdensburg across the seaway from Prescott to pick up some parcels I had waiting for me at the UPS store. Rather than heading straight down the 416 from Ottawa to cross the bridge at Prescott, I decided to drive a little further to the east and visit all the marinas between Cornwall and Brockville. To make a long story short, from Chrysler Park Marina, Iroquois, Bridgeview, Prescott and Brock-ville everyone is being affected by the high-water levels. All marinas are operational, however, to varying degrees and in many cases are offering reduced services and some docks are inaccessible. Friends of ours were taking their Tanzer 29 up the seaway from Iroquois to Gananoque last week and hit a log about an hour away from their destina-tion, damaging their propeller. I know that it goes without saying but I will anyways … there’s going to be a great deal of floating debris in our play-ground, likely well into the season. Please move this up your risk assess-ment thinking when you’re out on the water. Here are a few social calendar reminders. This coming Saturday is the Pancake Breakfast taking place in the clubhouse as well as the annual Amherst Island Race. I do hope to see many of you at the usually well-attended breakfast.

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In about a week and a half, on June 17th, we will be hosting our annual Sail Past event. This is always a fun day featuring many activities. Please refer to the poster included in this issue for details. Boat Renaming Ceremony For anyone contemplating renaming their boat, be warned that to ensure the wellbeing of the vessel and its crew, a boat renaming ceremony must take place (click here for a description of the ceremony). If you are superstitious or risk adverse, I will be available on Sail Past day to officiate the cere-mony … you need only provide the “bubbly”. (Note that this can also be arranged at another time during the boating season, on a mutually agreed upon date.) Gananoque Cruise - July 14-16 You will find on page 7 an article announcing upcoming cruises that are being organized. Since this article was submitted, I’ve been able to confirm some of the details for the Gananoque Cruise, so thought I’d share them with you now:

• 30 slips have been reserved at the Gananoque Municipal Marina (@ $1.80 per foot) • final number must be confirmed by July 3 • the cruise itinerary includes a fun Friday evening at the Gananoque Brewing Company

(a 10-minute walk from marina), with music, snacks, and cash bar (cards accepted); note that there will be a small fee for the snacks – as soon as I have this information, I will pass it along

• a potluck and BBQ (hamburgers and hotdogs courtesy of your Commodore) will be held on Sat-urday afternoon at the Toucat Inn in downtown Gan (a 20-minute walk from the marina

• 50 tickets have been reserved through the Thousand Island Playhouse for the Saturday evening performance of Million Dollar Quartet (click on link to view promotional video clip)

• The cruise sign up form will be at the Collins Bay Marina office; if you wish to purchase tickets for the performance ($28 each), Lori will collect the money; tickets can be purchased at until Sunday, July 2, the day the final number must be confirmed to the Thousand Island Play-house; unsold tickets will then be released

Finally, I would like to point out that boats are optional on this cruise. If for some reason sailing to Gananoque for the weekend is not an option, the town is a mere 25 minutes away on the 401 from K-Town. Cruisers in land yachts are welcome! I will be blasting out regular reminders leading up to the July 2 cutoff.

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Canada Day Celebration The City of Kingston is inviting boats from all marinas and clubs to participate in the Mayor’s Sail Past this coming July 1. Please see the invitation letter with details from the city on page 17 of the newsletter. Later in the day, the club will be hosting a BBQ and dance on the marina’s lawn for all those who wish to celebrate Canada Day with their friends at the marina. Again, a list will be posted at the marina office for those who plan on attending. Well that’s all for now folks. Please keep your eyes open for a slew of reminders for various events taking place this month. And remember, there are always things to do and coordinators who need volunteers to help with various events. Please think about it and if you can, offer up your services.

Cheers, Peter Feltham (Cattitude) Commodore, Collins Bay Yacht Club

Pirate Pete of St. Augustine, Florida

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From the Helm

The month of May has been very wet, resulting in unusually high water levels - the highest since record-keeping began in 1908! Some days our parking lot in the east yard looked like part of the lake (see photo directly below)! Things look like they are settling down and the forecast for the up-coming summer is hot and dry. However, the 2017 boating season may not be business as usual in some areas of the lake and seaway. Here are a few tips: • Call ahead to find out which marinas are selling fuel as many fuel pumps aren’t functional due to

the high water levels. • No-wake zones may be in effect to minimize damage to businesses and homes along the shore-

line. • Stay alert as there is a lot of debris either floating on or hiding beneath the water’s

surface.

Photo credit: Douglas Love (Savannah)

Photo credit: Bob White (Moonshadow)

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There are many new boaters to CBM this year. We know that we can count on CBMers to welcome them and to share knowledge of our wonderful boating /sailing areas and yacht club with them. Our competent crew has been busy continuing with launch but with an extra step or two! They are al-ways looking for the safest way to get things done. Safe boating week has come and gone, but the mes-sage remains all season long: • Wear a PFD or lifejacket • Don’t drink & boat • Take a boating course • Be prepared, both you and your vessel • Be wary of the dangers of cold water immersion The Kingston Power and Sail Squadron will be on site June 17th to do boat safety checks and to help you prepare for a great boating season. They also offer boating courses throughout the year. Check out www.kinstonboatingandsailing.ca or www.boatingcourses.ca for more information. Have a fun and safe boating season! Lori and Gerry Buzzi (Collins Bay Marina)

Boating Courses

Canadian Power and Sail

Click here to register online

Photo credit: Claudia Stevenson (Tamara C)

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CBYC’s 2017 Cruise Schedule

Throughout its long and established existence, CBYC

has organized, for its members’ enjoyment, a series

of cruises that take place between May and Septem-

ber. The prime objective of the line-up of traditional

cruises has always been to share experiences, dis-

cover new anchorages, learn from each other, and

hone our sailing skills. The themes and informal ac-

tivities for each cruise also make these events a lot

of fun!

The key starting point of every cruise event are ca-pable, friendly, dedicated and volunteer cruise captains. Then we need “pleasure seekers” who can look forward to boating adventures, happy hours, potluck meals, great stories, and getting to know other club members. It is the club’s members who make every CBYC cruise a successful event. The cruise lineup for this year’s boating season are: July 14-16 Gananoque Weekend Cruise organizer: Peter Feltham (Cattitude) Come spend a weekend in Gan discovering some of its local venues and take in a performance at the Thousand Island Playhouse. July 23-31 Around-the-County Extended Cruise Cruise organizer: Phil Morris (Wavelength) Don’t miss this fabulous opportunity to explore the many anchorages and cruising waters west of Collins Bay (Adolphus Reach, Bay of Quinte and the expansive waters lying south of Prince Edward County).

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August 6-7 Civic Holiday Weekend Cruise Cruise organizers: Lee and Crystal Baker (Knot Again) Relax at anchor in sheltered Hay Bay and partake in a potluck dinner on the lawn of the Baker’s waterfront homestead. September 2-4 Labour Day Weekend Cruise (Waupoos) Cruise organizers: Don Tardiff and Patricia Mills (Seabatical) An organized dinner followed by music and dancing await you on your first evening in Waupoos. The marina also boasts sev-eral nearby eateries and pubs for later in the weekend. The cruise details are still being worked out. The activities will be formally announced as soon as they’ve been finalized. In the meantime, contact the cruise organizers or me directly at cruise@collinsbayyachtclub.ca for any questions. Spots fill up fast! If you would like to participate in any, or all, of the 2017 CBYC scheduled cruises, be sure to sign up at the marina office.

Robert Mackey, CBYC Cruise Coordinator

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Hi my name’s Matt. 6ft and dangerously handsome! This is my first summer with the marina. Looking to get my tan on. Look for-ward to seeing you all!

Attention Weekend Cruisers

An all new email group is being created to share infor-mation on choice weekend anchorages located east and west of Collins Bay, recommended by some of CBYC's most seasoned boaters.

Weekend destination suggestions will be sent out by email every Friday morning throughout the summer.

To join the email list, send an email to cruise@collinsbayyachtclub.ca and type

Weekend anchorages - Sign me up! in the email’s subject line.

For questions or clarifications, please contact me at the above email address.

Robert Mackey, Cruise Director

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There were many red faces from too much sun and too little sunblock at the Wine and Cheese event that turned out to be the perfect end to a beautiful sunny day. Once again, our Social Director, Leigh Marsalekova (Didjabringabeeralong) did not disappoint. A huge crowd descended on the clubhouse, filled it and overflowed out onto the surrounding docks/deck. There was a lot of reminiscing, laughter and wine being consumed.

The most prominent feature of the even-ing was the various styles of rubber boots: Wellingtons, bright yellow, red or purple boots and of course the more popular Gill white and blue boots. Those who wore “shorties” were in for a soaker but those with no boots had to rely on valiant partners or friends to piggyback them through the water to dry land. Thanks to Christine (Commotion) and crew, there was a fine spread of food laid out for all to indulge; even the GF crowd was not forgotten (thanks again Chris). Ed and Caroline (Bay Breeze) handed out the new CBYC membership cards and the Cruise Director, Robert Mackey reminded everyone to sign up for upcoming cruises. For more information on these cruises, visit www.collinsbaymarina.com/cbyc/cruising.

Newcomers, Marisse and Philippe (Pickle) may have been overwhelmed but, at the same time, encour-aged by all the sailing advice that they received during their inaugural event. Still, I don’t think that they were frightened off too badly because they had full intentions of becoming members of CBYC. The clubhouse was cleaned up and the evening wrapped up by 10 pm. A great time was had by all.

Shelley Nickerson, S/V Panacea

CBYC Wine and Cheese (AKA Rubber Boots Party)

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How to Tweet Like President Trump

You may remember an article in January’s issue of the Mixer titled CBYC Takes One More Digital Step. It was about CBYC now having its own Twitter account. If you don’t have your own Twitter account and want to set one up, then click here to learn how. In no time you’ll be able to do is as well as President Trump. NOTE: Original source of reference document is unknown; full credit is being given to its author(s); the section Following Users on page 3 of the document has been adapted to pro-vide CBYC’s twitter information (version obtained had Coalition Kingston’s Twitter infor-

mation.)

CBYC Burgees Explained

Member of the Collins Bay Yacht

Club

BLUE ON WHITE

Member of the Collins Bay Yacht

Club Executive Team

WHITE ON BLUE

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CBYC Sail Past

Saturday, June 17th, 2017

Every year, the practice of a Sail Past is per-formed by thousands of yacht clubs around the world. It has a history going back centuries. This year, the CBYC celebration of the begin-ning of the sailing season is planned for Satur-day, June 17th.

The Sail Past tradition began nearly 200 years ago at Cowes in England . The membership was primarily aristocratic and many were fa-miliar with naval practice and tradition. Cowes Yacht Club subsequently changed its name to Royal Yacht Squadron and certain social graces were added to the traditional naval practices.

The actual "review of the fleet" was introduced as a continuation of the naval habit of having Admirals (and/or Royalty) review the fleet on special occasions. Protocol demanded that a flagship be anchored with the Admiral and staff on the quarterdeck to receive and return the salute. Vessels sailed past, dipping their colors in salute, and with their captain, if hatted (which he/she should be), also saluting with the ship's company standing at attention. The fleet passing in review would be led by the Vice Admiral and the final vessel in the line would carry the Rear-Admiral.

CBYC’s tradition is almost identical, except that the salute is received by the Commodore instead of the Ad-miral. Tradition dictates that all club members participate in the Sail Past, on their own or on another member's yacht.

Yachting tradition requires all members in full regalia in-cluding jackets, ties and crests. The CBYC variant on this is to encourage all participants to dress in the most "original" manner they can conceive. This will also be graded by the Commodore with winners announced in the evening.

Sail Past ceremonies are about showing respect. Ships show respect by raising or lowering its country flag, which typical-ly flies at the stern of the boat. The lowering of the flag was a courtesy or sign of respect from merchant ships to naval ships. During the Sail Past, with the Captain at the helm, and

crew standing in order on deck and saluting, the ensign is dipped as the boat sails past and three cheers are given to the Commodore.

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Variations on saluting include:

• lower the Canadian flag to half-mast, pause 5 seconds and return to full hoist;

• stand at attention by the stern with staff facing the vessel to be saluted, gather the flag in hand, and hold against the staff for 5 seconds and release;

• remove the flag from the socket, hold in horizontal position for 5 seconds and return to the

Socket; or

• luff your jib for 5 seconds, then sheet in.

The additional CBYC variant on the salute is some oth-er form of respectful gesture that will win the appreci-ation of the Commodore! As you can well understand, the Commodore can get tired of the standard salutary gestures after a few boats and really values innovation and creativity in the demonstration of respect. The originality and execution of the salutes will be graded by the Commodore, and the winner(s) announced dur-ing the evening festivities.

Finally, boats are often "dressed" as part of the Sail Past fes-tivities. The tradition of dressing ship goes back to the earli-est times of naval and yacht club history. Historical protocol dictates that until the Sail Past is completed, only the flag ship may be dressed (strung with bunting and flags).

Participating yachts were encouraged to dress upon return-ing to their dock. However, many CBYC participants choose to dress ship prior to Sail Past such that each yacht was in full regalia for the salute. This has sometimes caused chal-lenges in raising and lowering sails, but we are an inventive lot and (safe) solutions are usually found. The dress of boats will also be graded and winners announced in the evening.

All of the above is weather and wind dependent. Should the weather decide to be less than cooperative, the CBYC tradi-tion is to have the Commodore walk the docks during which he/she is greeted by horns, sirens, and other nautical noise-makers. Innovate salutes are also appreciated.

Our procession would follow the usual pattern of smaller vessels before larger ones, with the Fleet Captain's vessel (Pandion) coming last and being most respectful of the

Commodore.

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Here are the planned timings for Sail Past on (some are guesstimated):

10:00 Skippers’ meeting (all are welcome)

11:00 Departure of the Commodore’s vessel

11:10 Departure of other vessels

11:45 Sail Past begins with signal from Commodore

11:45 to noon Sail Past

Once each boat has completed their salute to the Commodore, they are on their own to enjoy the day - it might be the first one of the season given the spring weather!

Angus Ferguson, Fleet Captain

We’ve moved to 4033 Bath Road (across the street

from former location)

Check CBYC calendar for

other upcoming events

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Executive Team 2017 This is my third year of being on the executive of CBYC as the fleet captain. My main responsibilities are the sail past each June and safety issues with the overall fleet. Between 1986 and 1990 I was a member of the Canadian Military serv-ing in Europe. A few months after my daughter was born in 1987, I was offered the chance to take a two-week sailing course called “Adventure Training” offered out of Kiel in northern Germany. As the meteorologist on the crew, I provided the daily weather briefing. In the early morning in October, a cold front and low passed over the region creating very

strong winds and high waves. After the storm passed, the sky was filled with the sounds of helicopters and rescue boats. A fellow sailboat sent out a mayday and went down. The lesson learned was not to under estimate the pow-er of the weather. In 2012, Tammy and I bought a 35-ft 1981 C&C Landfall at Collins Bay, which was renamed the “Pandion” after the Osprey that was hovering over us as we agreed to buy her. Over the years, the sailboat needed much TLC but each year she improves. We have come a long way together as we explored the waters of Lake Ontario and the 1000 Islands in the St. Lawrence River.

Angus Fergusson, Fleet Captain 2017

Other Club Volunteers Hello to all our CBYC friends. Last fall, our Past Commodore Lee Baker invited me to rejoin the board as the Club Historian. This is a job which is relatively easy and does not require me to attend Executive meetings. In reality, my job is to digitize as much of the club’s rich 37-year history - including photos and news clippings - and hopefully get them into a format to share with you. If any of you have old photos or documents of interest about our club, members, past members and significant events, I would be delighted to get them from you, scan them and return them quickly. This would help to ensure that our legacy is rec-ognized and honoured. My email address is history@collinsbayyachtclub.ca. Now, a little bit about me. My wife Marilyn and I are the proud owners of Day Dreams, a Beneteau 331 on Dock C25. We have been members of CBYC for 17 years and on the Executive Committee for 7 years: four years (2006 to 2010) as Cruise Coordinators and three years as Mixer Editors (2012 to 2015). In 2012 we also coordinated the CBYC Cruise to Croatia …. a fabulous adventure with 30 CBYC members chartering 8 boats in the Adriatic Sea. This was a trip of a lifetime. Marilyn and I love our sailing time and, in particular, enjoy our CBYC friends. The club is a fabulous place to meet people, make friends, share knowledge, participate in cruises and social events, and join in Happy Hours and din-ners in the clubhouse. I look forward to seeing you on the docks.

Robert van Dyk, Club Historia

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Other Club Volunteers Hi, my name is Keith Davies and I have been sailing on and off, on both sides

of the Atlantic, for almost 70 years. I have been a member of Collins Bay

since 2006 and was Race Director for the years 2009-2011. I have also held

numerous executive positions with other yacht clubs including Commodore

of the NB Mactaquac Sailing Association and the Fredericton Yacht Club in

the late 1980's, early 90's.

Late last year, due to declining physical abilities, I parted company with my old CS27, Magic Number, and, with no replacement in the foreseeable fu-ture, welcomed the opportunity to take over from Crystal Baker as adminis-trator of the CBYC sailing school. Quite a challenge in some ways but enjoy-able nonetheless. I, too, strongly share School Director Richard Dickson’s views that the CBYC sailing school is a vital aspect of the club’s operations, but not only to instill in our children and adults a life-long love of sailing but also to teach general

life skills and counter some of the negative aspects we see all too often in the youth of today. And then there is hopefully also the benefit of insuring good future competition on race nights, and a healthy market for the sale of boats in years to come. Keith Davies, CBYC Sailing School Administrator

774 Baker Crescent, Kingston, Ontario

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Board Position Name Boat Contact

Commodore Peter Feltham Cattitude commodore@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Vice Commodore Phil Morris Wavelength vicecommodore@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Past Commodore Claudia Stevenson Tamara C pastcommodore@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Secretary Dan Delorey Entre Amis I secretary@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Treasurer Ghislain Trudel Pharr Aweigh treasurer@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Fleet Captain Angus Ferguson Pandion fleet@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Cruise Director Robert Mackey Tingirrautalik cruise@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Membership Director Ed Nash Bay Breeze membership@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Social Director Leigh Marsalekova Rainbow Chaser/

Didjabringabeeralong

social@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Clubhouse Chair Faith Bland Encore house@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Race Chair John Giles Poppy race@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Sailing School Director Richard Dickson Windsome schooldirector@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Newsletter Editor Hélène Hubert Cattitude mixer@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Webmaster Geoff Roulet Jeannie cbyc@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Collins Bay Marina Lori & Gerry Buzzi Perfect Waste of Time helm@collinsbaymarina.com

SUBCOMMITTEES

Sailing School

Administrator

Keith Davies school@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Sailing School Operations

Manager

Bill Amirault Aslan school@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

Club Historian Robert van Dyk Day Dreams history@collinsbayyachtclub.ca

The 2017 Executive Committee