Volume 42 Issue 11 – November 2023

Diana Bliss – Interim Commodore

Commodore’s Log

Elections are fast approaching at the November 9th meeting at 18:00. It’s important to have a quorum for our elections to count. So far here is the slate of people who volunteered to continue and/or try an open position. These are all elected positions, so if you also want to run you can nominate yourself or a friend (with their agreement). Your vote matters so be there in person or vote by absentee ballot. So far here’s the ballot:

Commodore— Marilyn Allen

Vice Commodore—Q Sumner

Treasurer—Mel Steiner

Secretary— Neisha Achley

Membership— Liana Cattalino

On the Water— Diana Bliss

Newsletter— Cindie Sandlin

Webmaster— Jeremy Frett

Dry Land coordinator—?? Write in

This is our official announcement of our Annual Meeting on November 9th at 18:00 for the election of officers for the 2023 sailing season. The articles from our by-laws which describe each office position, and their duties, were posted in last month’s newsletter. Please take a look at this and see if you would fit into one of these positions. It’s a great way to give back to the club or if new to get involved with the club and meet new people.

We will be meeting at the IHOP at 389 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood.

Continued…

I will be signing off as Interim Commodore after this newsletter, but I will ask for your vote to continue as the On the Water Coordinator for 2024. I will be in New Zealand in

November touring and visiting my daughter. This year has had a lot of ups and downs for the club but working as a team, I managed through it. I want to give a heartfelt THANK YOU to the board, the sailing coordinators, and all the boat owners for your support throughout this season.

Mark Graas – Vice Commodore

Previous Meeting Presentations

October 12^th – Cliff Randall

Sky High Sailing

September 14^th – Jeremy Frett

Sailing with Hank Schmidt of Sail OPO on a Swan 48’ from St. Martin to Bermuda, to Newport, RI

***Big Thanks to Jeremy for the presentation

May 11^th – Marilyn Allen and John Venema

“Sailing a big ‘Cat’ around the Grenadines islands”

April 13^th – Marylyn Allen

“Experiencing Bali and Singapore… The people, the waters, and the land”

February 9 – Carol Kolesnikoff guest speaker Norm Brown

“Navigating the E/S shores of Newfoundland”

Exploring Newfoundland: Holyrood to Ramea

March 9^th – Mark Graas and Neisha Atchley

Landlubbers Award Ceremony and Sailing Jeopardy

Ron Vasquez – Membership Coordinator

Please remember to renew your membership.

Application forms and credit card payments can be found on www.saltydog.org. The application needs to be filled out completely with signatures on BOTH pages. Contact Ron at Membership@saltydog.org

Diana Bliss – On the water Coordinator

Sailing Schedule 2023
Date	Event	Location	Coordinator
May 13^th – Saturday	Meeting Sail	Chatfield	Marilyn Allen
June 2^nd – 4^th Friday to Sunday	Pueblo Sail	Pueblo	Melissa (Mel) Steiner
June 8^th – Thursday	Meeting Sail	Chatfield	Mike Cranna
June 25^th – Sunday	New Member Sail	Chatfield	Ron Vasquez
July 13^th – Thursday	Meeting Sail	Chatfield	Mike Cranna
July 16^th Sunday	Ladies Sail	Chatfield	Andi O’Kuinghtton
July 28^th -30th Friday to Sunday	Granby	Lake Granby	Diana Bliss
Aug 10^th – Thursday	Meeting Sail	Chatfield	Andrea Lewis
Aug 20^th – Sunday	Scavenger Hunt	Chatfield	Andrea Lewis
Aug 25^th – Friday	Super Moon Sail	Chatfield	Cindie Sandlin
Sept 1^st – 3^rd Friday to Monday	Labor Day Sail	Dillon	Marilyn Allen
Sept 9^th Saturday	Sailgrass Hosted by CSYC	Chatfield	Liane Cattelino
Sept 30^th – Saturday	Full Harvest Moon Sail	Chatfield	Mailyn Allen

****Don’t forget to contact Diana and fill in the coordinator slots.

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

Doris Oaks – Dry Land Coordinator

Feliz Navidad!!!!

Salty Dogs Annual Christmas Party

Thursday, December 14th at 18:00

Casa Vallarta Restaurant

4002 S Parker Road

We have a private room and live Christmas music to accompany our dinner. Drinks are half price and there is a wide variety of menu items!! If you want to partake in a crazy gift exchange, bring a wrapped gift under $20 and see what you get with the music playing! So come dressed up in your holiday best and enjoy!

Please text Doris at 508-776-1503, by December 10^th if you are going to make this awesome Christmas Party, don’t for get your gift for the exchange.

Octoberfest at Helga’s

Many Thanks to Doris for arranging such fun time at Octoberfest. Fifteen Salty Dog members attend this wonderful evening of Ump-pa music (with some other dancing tunes), great food, good friends and lots of smiles.

Salty Dogs

Doris and the Octoberfest Band

Doris and Loy Diana, Lianne, Loy and Doris

Our newest boat Doris and Mark

Carolyn and Cliff

Cindie Sandlin – Newsletter

If you have any suggestions, information, stories, jokes, fun facts, pictures, etc. and would like for it to be included in the next newsletter, please email me no later than the 25^th of the month at newsletter@saltydog.org.

Joke of the Month

Classifieds

Just a reminder that Salty Dog members can list items for sale in the newsletter for free. If you have anything sailing related that you want to sell, please let Cindie know and she will add it to the Classified section.

Pricing for SDSC Sails

Day Sail Rates Meeting Sail Rates

2 hours or longer 2 hours or less

Members $20 Members $10

Non-Members $30 Non-Members $15

New Vouchers

Because of the situation of so many people signing up for the new member sail on June 25th and a few sign-up issues, a number of vouchers will be sent to new Members who paid ahead of time and could not get on a boat. When you get this voucher by email from the treasurer, you will have to print it out and when you want to sign up for another sail (equally priced sail) and use that voucher, you will have to call the coordinator of that sail to get signed up. You can either send the coordinator a photo or scan of the voucher, or hand it to them at a meeting. But remember you are not signed up until the date you show proof of the voucher. Handing out vouchers will not be the normal routine. Also, the voucher may NOT be applied toward any multi-day sail. You will need to sign up and pay online ahead of the deadline or early so you’ll get a spot. Since we have limited boats in the Denver area, and a lot of people who want to go sailing, it’s always been first come (date of payment) first served.

Salty Dog Cancellation policy

Here is our cancellation policy, as per our financial guidelines:

All persons attending a sailing event are expected to pay the full amount of the trip donation prior to departure. The cancellation deadline for multi-day events will be determined by venue. Participants cancelling prior to the deadline will be charged a 20% cancellation fee and refunded 80% of the deposit. Cancellation after the deadline will lose their deposit, except in the case of hardship. Cancellations must be dated, in writing and received by coordinator either e-mail, text or letter prior to deadline. For day sails, no refund will be given for cancellations received less than 48 hours prior to the event.