End of Season Notes

This Sunday, 25 October is the last day for Club sailing and one more racing afternoon. All are encouraged to join the Regatta. Be at the dock at 1400 to form crews. Winners for the day will have bragging rights all winter.

Next Friday, 31 October is the final Full Moon Party. No sailing, but the usual full grill and drinks are planned on the Lightship at 1900. We will have the final racing series awards and a movie. It turns out that Rogier has been taking photos and film clips all summer which he has put together for entertainment. Halloween costumes will also be celebrated. Come see friends and fellow sailors for a beer (or two ... ) before we retire to Facebook. No cancellation. In the event of inclement weather, the party will move across the canal the Harbor Casino. Check the sign-up page for up-to-date news on location. Sign up as usual on the website calendar.

Second Chance for Safety License

Those of you who missed the live test for the NJ Boating License, it will begiven again on Saturday 26 Septemeber at Noon on the Lightship. Don't forget to bring money and your Certificate for passing the course online. See the calendar page and ClubNews announcments for details. Sign up here.

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Safety and Navigation Notes

Tom Ehling, who prepares the tide and current prediction charts found on the web site Navigation Page each week, brings this to our attention:
Several buoys in the harbor have been renumbered and/or added. For instance what were G’31’ (off Ellis Island) and G’29’ (off the Statue of Liberty) are now G’35’ and G’33’ respectively. If you rely on the buoys to get around the harbor, you should get a new chart.

Tom also sent these notes from Coast Guard Notice to Mariners:

NY / NJ - OPERATION CLEAR CHANNEL IN THE PORT OF NY/NJ The "Operation Clear Channel" program is designed to educate boaters about the hazards of navigating small vessels and personal water craft in the confines of the narrow navigational channels used by larger commercial ships that enter and depart the various ports in New York Harbor. The federal navigation rules, also known as "Rules of the Road", address this safety concern by giving commercial vessels priority, or right-of-way, over smaller vessels when navigating in narrow channels. 33 U.S. Code 2072 provides for $5,000 penalties for each violation for which penalty the vessel may be seized.

Every day an average of 1,400 commercial vessels navigate the waters of the Port of NY/NJ. The masters of these vessels, while always on the lookout, cannot always see smaller vessels when they cross the channels. For safety reasons, recreational boating activities should always be conducted at a safe distance away from navigation channels. Boaters should keep a sharp lookout for other vessels and always be prepared to give way to ships constrained in their ability to maneuver when transiting within close proximity to a channel. Mariners interested in increasing their knowledge of boating safety, including the Rules of the Road, should consider a Coast Guard Auxiliary boating safety course. Course information is available online at http://www.cgaux.org in the “Take a Boating Course” section, or by calling 1-800-336-BOAT. Further information regarding Operation Clear Channel can be found at http://homeport.uscg.mil/newyork > Waterways Management > 10. Recreational Boating Information and Internet Links.

NY / NJ - PORT OF NEW YORK 50- DEEPENING PROJECT The Federal Channels of the Port of NY/NJ are undergoing long term, extensive dredging. Many Aids to Navigation will be relocated and/or established during this dredging project. For additional information concerning Aids to Navigation, dredging operations, and channel restrictions see http://homeport.uscg.mil/newyork > Waterways Management > 03. Port of NY/NJ 50' Deepening Project or contact Vessel Traffic Service New York via VHF-FM CH 11 or (718) 354-4088.



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