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April 2022 Newsletter

April 3, 2022 By Larry Moreland

 

Volume 41 Issue 4 – April 2022

Commodore’s Log – Diana Bliss

As I’m sitting here and the weather is warming up into the 60’s this weekend, I’m wondering if we could be sailing in April! So, if anyone has their boat in and wants to go out, let Shane know. So, we’ll have to wait and see if winter is truly over.

Our Landlubber’s Celebration at the March meeting turned out to be really fun! Thanks to the Jeopardy Sailing game put on by Neisha! Here’s a run down of the awards given out this year:

Broken Mask Award — Mark G. (He can tell you his story)

Coordinator of the Year — Shane B.

Salty Dogs of the Year —Larry and Brooke M.

New Member of the Year — Nick C.

Special Recognition went to Mark for the “lucky cast” and to Cindie Sandlin for the “bird’s nest.”

Our April 14th member meeting will be in-person at our restaurant. See Mark’s article about the program. At the meeting we will have sign ups open for the Big Mac trip, June 23—26th, and the Lake Pueblo trip, June 3rd-6th. Hopefully with the warming weather in April we can do some miniature golf and dinner. See what Neisha has planned in this newsletter. That will be a good kick off for the sailing season to start soon.

I want to thank Brooke for organizing the state parks passes at a group rate for us again this year.

If you are still interested in joining us this year for sailing, it’s not too late to re-join the club! That way you will be on the first roster posted in the beginning of the season, probably in May. Membership forms are on the website, and you can pay there too. Any questions, ask Ellie or any board member about membership. Invite a friend to our April meeting to check us out.

Hope to see all of you for the April 14th meeting at 6 PM at the Cafe Del Sol restaurant at 608 Garrison, Lakewood. Also, I’m looking into having our May 12th meeting down at Chatfield in the Seagulls Marina restaurant, if they’re open that early. Stay tuned for that.

Thursday, April 14 at 6 PM

Cafe Del Sol, 608 Garrison St, Lakewood

Mark Graas – Vice Commodore

April 14th, 2022, Meeting Presentation

Zeke Zebauers “Sailing the Gulf of Riga on the Baltic Sea”

  • Where in the world is the Baltic Seas and Gulf of Riga
  • Seasons for sailing
  • Sailing destinations and what to see ashore
  • Sailing to Ruunu
  • Costs, airfare, boat charter and expenses

Insurance for Boats

Mark Graas SD club verses Homeowner insurance investigation:

Salty Dog Sailing Club insurance has borrowed boat coverage which has nothing to do with members boats. VC Mark personal homeowners’ insurance (State Farm) liability covers Mark regardless if Mark gets benefits of membership and/or money for sailing guests or members on Mark’s boat (benefits that help with boat expenses).

Attention Boat Owners: If you will be using your boat for any Salty Dog Sailing Club events you will need to send a copy of your boat insurance (deck page) to commordore@saltydog.org at the beginning of the sailing season. If any boat owner would like a summary copy of the SD insurance, please email the commodore.

Salty Dogs Membership – Ellie Watson

As of the end of March we have 49 paid members.

Please be advised that next month’s May 2022 Salty Dog Newsletter is the last that will be automatically emailed out to members who have not renewed for 2022

Application forms and credit card payments can be found on www.saltydog.org/membership.  The application needs to be filled out completely with signatures on BOTH pages.  Please do not write SAME on any of the lines, as I do not always have access to previous applications.

Once the application is complete with the necessary signatures and initials, there are 3 ways to get it back to me:

  1. Send it to me by snail mail. My home address is on page 1 of the application.
  2. Scan it and text or email it to me at membership@saltydog.org
  3. Take a picture of both pages and text or email it to me.

I hope to be hearing from lots of you soon!

Neisha Atchley – Dry Land Coordinator

Hey Salty Dogs! Happy Spring.

Let’s meet for Miniature Golf at “Best Miniature Golf for Newbies”.

The course is based on places in Colorado and is a fun place to shake off the

spring mud.

Upcoming Dryland Event:

Colorado Journey Miniature Golf

5150 S Windermere St.

Littleton CO 80120

April 16th at 3pm-6pm.

We plan to find a restaurant nearby to eat together after golfing.

 

Pricing: District is Littleton residents. If we get a group of 10 of us together, we can have a group rate.

 

Admission, and Group Rates

Daily admission / 18 holes

Rates District* Non-District
Youth* $4.75 $6.25
Adult $5.50 $7.00
Senior* $4.75 $6.25

RSVP To Neisha at 720-955-6354 text 

or Email Dryland@saltydog.com

Colorado Sail and Yacht Club – Wine and Cheese party

 

                 

Thank you CSYC for the invite to the Annual Wine and Cheese Soirée!

Who knew we could have so much fun on Dry Land?

 

Shane Brouillette – On the Water Coordinator

Sailing Schedule 2022
Date Event Location Coordinator
April TBD Boat Wash Chatfield ?
***Cancelled***

April 14 – Thursday

Moonlight Sail Chatfield Andrea Lewis
May 12 – Thursday Meeting/Moonlight Sail Chatfield Cindie Sandlin
May 22 – Sunday New Member Sail Chatfield ?
June 3 -6

Friday to Monday

Memorial Day Sail Pueblo Melissa Steiner
June 9 – Thursday Meeting Sail Chatfield ?
June 23-26

Thursday to Sunday

Big Mac Big Mac Diana Bliss
July 1 – Friday Evening Sail Cherry Creek Shane
July 7 – Thursday

*First Thursday

This month only*

Meeting Sail Chatfield ?
July 15-17

Friday to Sunday

Dillon Dillon Marilyn Allen
July 23 – Saturday Sail Chatfield Cindie Sandlin
Aug 11 – Thursday Meeting Sail Chatfield ?
Aug – TBD Day Sail ? ?
Aug 20 – Saturday Sail Chatfield Marilyn Allen
Sept 2-5

Friday to Monday

Labor Day Sail Dillon Jim Watson
Sept 9 – Friday Moonlight Sail Cherry Creek Shane
Sept 11 – Sunday Sailgrass Chatfield Cindie & Keith Sandlin
Oct 7 – Friday Moonlight Sail Chatfield Shane

****Don’t forget to contact Shane and let’s fill in the coordinator slots*****

****You do not have to have a boat to volunteer as coordinator*****

ONLY 6 Coordinator spots open

Please note that there are updates to the Calendar

 

***NOTICE *** April 14 Moonlight Sail has been Cancelled

 

Meeting and Moonlight Sail_- Thursday, May 12

Club Meeting and Evening/Moonlight Sail at Chatfield, Thursday May 12th, 5:30pm meeting, 6:30 sail. More to come in May 2022 “Dog Tales”

PUEBLO SAIL – FRIDAY, JUNE 3 THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 5

 

Come join the Salty Dog Sailing Club for the annual Pueblo event! We will be at the South campground and marina again, where there’s a free hoist for masts.

 

We have reserved one campsite so far, which can accommodate one additional vehicle for another person who will be camping. We will be reserving slips once we have a confirmation on the number of captains available that weekend.

 

We will be sailing on Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting. Everyone is on their own for breakfast and lunch both days of sailing. Friday night is the potluck dinner at the campground — bring your own meat to grill and a side dish to share, also BYOB. The Club will provide the paper products for dinner. For Saturday night’s dinner we’ll be at the Shamrock Brewing Company.

 

The cost for registration will be forthcoming, based on the number of boats available and the captains’ capacity for crew.

 

Meanwhile, please contact me if you have any questions:

 

Melissa Steiner

720-933-8554

msteiner@interiorconnections.biz.

 

The “Big Mac” Trip will be June 23-26th, 2022

Again, this year we will be staying at the Admiral’s Cove Resort. I talked to the new manager, and they didn’t raise prices for the cabins and motel rooms but did for the campsites. To get a jump start on reserving your lodging call Julie at 1-970-630-3156. Rooms will book fast so act soon.  She is working from her home, so please leave her a message and she will get back to you shortly.  Mention that you are with the Salty Dog Sailing club, and you will get a discount from the website prices.  The website is www.Admiralscoveresort.com if you would like to check the place out. Also, they have a new cancellation policy, better than past years, so ask about it. I have already got my campsite reservation and a cabin for the boat captains. I’m hopeful that I can get at least three boats for the trip. Cindie and Keith already have their campsite reserved and are bringing their boat.   I’ll be working on the price as soon as I get boats together. If you are a boat owner and are interested in bringing your boat, please call me or email me at commodore@saltydog.org.  Please let me know that you did get lodging reservations and would like to come on this trip, as it is first come, first serve!! Thanks Diana

Cindie Sandlin – Newsletter

If you have any suggestions, information, stories, jokes, fun facts, pictures, etc. and would like included in the next newsletter, please email me at newsletter@saltydog.org

Joke Time

Q: How many boaters does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: None, because the right size bulb is not on board, the local marine-supply store doesn’t carry that brand, and the mail-order house has them on back-order.

 

Watch for the upcoming “Sailgrass” News

Sailing meets Bluegrass

Sailgrass is Born!

Save the Date: September 11, 2022

 

 

 

 

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