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Dear Constitution Yacht
Club:
I don't know if
you ever mention new books on the sea in your newsletter, but in case
you do I'm going to send you an Author and Book Profile about my
latest nautical book: "Serena to Sea Story II." I do this because
the sea treats us all the same and your members will no doubt find
many of their own experiences mirrored in its pages. I think they
would enjoy reading it. My husband, by the way, is a past Commodore
of the Satuit Boat Club in Scituate, Ma. The book is available on
Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble
or can be ordered from any bookstore. Thanks for your time.
Fair Winds!
Mary Jane Hayes
Author: Mary Jane Hayes
Book: Serena to Sea
Story II, published by Nautical Publishing of
Rockledge, Florida
Mary Jane Hayes has been a freelance writer/photographer for almost
forty years. Hundreds of her articles, essays and poems have appeared in
a variety of publications, nautical and non-nautical and thousands of
her photographs, including 200 covers. Her first book: Eye on the
Sea: Reflections on the Boating Life, published in 1999 by
Breakaway Books of New York, won the Boating Writers International’s
First Place Award (book category) for being the best book on
recreational boating published in the years 1998-1999.
Her
new book: Serena to Sea Story II, published by Nautical
Publishing of Rockledge, Florida, chronicles the adventures of Mary Jane
and her husband (and skipper) Warren aboard three of the four boats
they’ve owned--- a Sabre 28-foot sailboat named Serena, a Grand
Banks 32 foot trawler yacht named Sea Story and a 36 foot Grand
Banks trawler named Sea Story II. All of their boats have been
moored in the harbor at Scituate, Ma.
Aboard these boats, readers of
Serena to Sea Story II voyage with the Hayes’ as they cruise all
over the south and north shores of Boston, to Maine, Cape Cod and the
Islands, Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound, the East River and New
York Harbor, up the Hudson River and down the Intracoastal Waterway to
Florida. They cope with every kind of sea and wind condition including a
squall in Buzzards Bay and zero visibility fog in Maine; many an
instrument and engine breakdown; the psychological factors of forever
putting out into the unknown; searching for, sailing, living aboard and
salvaging a boat; the nitty-gritty of getting ready for a cruise; the
absolute glories boating grants that can’t be found anywhere else. Mary
Jane’s favorite is the first time they ever ran the East River and into
New York Harbor and “the beating heart of the busy-ness of the world!”
But short of sinking, catching fire, colliding with another vessel or
having one of them go overboard, everything that can happen to mariners
has happened to them. Ashore now on an extended sabbatical, Warren is
insuring other peoples’ boats and Mary Jane is working on another book.
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NEWS
from BoatU.S.
Boat Owners Association of The United States
880 S. Pickett St., Alexandria, VA 22304
BoatU.S. Press Room at http:www.BoatUS.com/pressroom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
D. Scott Croft, BoatU.S., 703-461-2864,
SCroft@BoatUS.com
Photo available at:
http://www.BoatUS.com/pressroom/previewImg/475.jpg
Caption: Can't think of a good name for your boat? The BoatU.S. Graphics
Service has a list of over 8500 boat names to choose from.
"Bail
Out" Makes Annual List of Top Ten Boat Names
ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 4, 2010
- Boat names can reveal much about the personality of a boat owner. Or,
they can also serve as signposts of the modern era. With the release of
the annual
Top Ten List of Most Popular Boat Names by Boat Owners Association
of The United States (BoatU.S.), one newcomer to the list stands out. "Bail
Out, the number five pick,
clearly speaks volumes about what's on boaters' minds," said BoatU.S.
President Nancy Michelman. "With today's economic uncertainty, naming a
boat
Bail Out could indicate that
boating is a survival mechanism for the family that will keep them
afloat," she added.
The list is assembled each year by the BoatU.S. Boat Graphics service
which offers a free library of over 8,500 boat names and also allows
boaters to easily select, custom design and preview boat names online -
without having to pay up front. For more information or to view videos
on how to install a vinyl boat name, visit the online service at
www.BoatUS.com/boatgraphics . A list with the annual top ten boat
names -- starting from 1991 -- can also be found at the Web site.
Here is the
Top Ten List of Most Popular Boat Names :
1.
Second Wind
2. Seas the Day
3. Lazy Daze
4. Jolly Roger
5. Bail Out
6. On the Rocks
7. Pegasus
8. Serenity Now
9. Namaste
10. Comfortably Numb
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NEWS
From BoatU.S.
Boat Owners Association of The United States
880 S. Pickett St., Alexandria, VA 22304
BoatU.S. News Room at
http://www.BoatUS.com/news/releases.asp
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: D. Scott Croft, 703-461-2864, SCroft@BoatUS.com
Photo Available:
http://www.boatus.com/newpressroom/previewImg/hiRes/453.jpg
Caption: The BoatUS Foundation's 2010
Kids Life Jacket Loaner Program calendar makes a great stocking stuffer
this holiday season. Credit: BoatUS Foundation
Twelve Months Of Kids in Life
Jackets Spurs Safety Message
BoatU.S. Foundation Calendar Great
for Parents, Clubs, Marinas, Safety Groups
ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 17,
2009 -- Most boating parents tell their kids they have to wear their
life jacket because it's the law. However, getting young boaters to
embrace life jackets just got a little easier with the <<2010 BoatU.S.
Foundation Life Jacket Loaner Program Wall Calendar>> . The calendar
offers 12 months of photos -- submitted by boaters -- showing kids
staying safe on the water by wearing life jackets provided by the
Foundation's no-cost
Kid's Life Jacket Loaner Program (LJLP).
The calendar is available in three sizes with pricing starting at
$18.95. A portion of each sale goes back to the Foundation to support
the much needed program, which lends out over 90,000 life jackets each
year at over
500 locations across the country, and has saved three youngsters'
lives to date.
"Everyone needs a calendar and boaters will love the photos of these
cute kids being safe on the water," said LJLP Program Manager Alanna
Keating, "However, it will also help show children and parents that
wearing a life jacket is cool. The calendar is great for hanging up at
the boat club, the marina office or home, and will help kids get
familiar with these lifesaving devices -- and remind them all year round
how much fun it is to go boating," she added.
Endorsed by Kids
Aiden Croft, age 6, whose
photo was selected by the Foundation to appear for the month of
February, said, "I wear my life jacket because the boat is fun. I like
playing with my squirt guns on my boogie board on the river. If I don't
wear my life jacket, I might get hurt."
To order your calendar, go to:
www.BoatUS.com/Foundation/nauticalstore .
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NEWS
From BoatU.S.
Boat Owners Association of The United States
880 S. Pickett St., Alexandria, VA 22304
BoatU.S. News Room at
http://www.BoatUS.com/news/releases.asp
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Scott Croft, 703-461-2864, SCroft@BoatUS.com
Boaters Can Help Save Their Own
"Working Waterfront"
Working Waterfronts Act of 2009
Needs Co-Sponsors
ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 7,
2009 - Working waterfronts are a dying breed. With developer's eyes on
waterfront parcels, water-dependent businesses like marinas, boat yards,
commercial fishing operations, boat builders, and charter boat fleets
are getting pushed out from the only place they can do business. A bill
now in Congress would provide federal funding to coastal and Great Lakes
states to help preserve and protect working waterfronts.
Boat
Owners Association of The United States (BoatU.S.) urges boaters and
anglers to contact their members of Congress to co-sponsor and support
H.R. 2548, the "Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act of 2009."
Introduced in May by Rep. Chellie Pingree, (D-ME) and cosponsored by
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA), the legislation would allow local governments to
use federal grant funds to purchase a threatened marina outright or a
non-profit group could obtain a grant to buy development rights in order
to keep a working boatyard in business, rather than see it sold for
residential development.
In introducing her bill, Rep. Pingree said, "Water-dependent,
coastal-related, businesses are economically and culturally important
places to many coastal communities and working waterfronts are quickly
disappearing under the tremendous pressures from incompatible uses," she
added. Passage of H.R. 2548 would be particularly timely in that it
would amend the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, now up for
congressional reauthorization.
Grants made under the Pingree bill must "provide for expansion or
improvement of public access to coastal waters" and be matched at 25% by
non-federal funds. The act would authorize $25 million, $50 million and
$75 million to the states over three successive years. To be eligible
for grant funding, a state would have to develop a working waterfront
plan and appoint an advisory committee to oversee the program. "That
would put decision making where it should be, closer to the people and
the businesses that depend on the waterfront in a given state," said
BoatU.S. Assistant Vice President of Government Affairs Ryck Lydecker.
For more information on the bill as well as suggestions for writing your
member of Congress, go to
www.BoatUS.com/workingwaterfronts .
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From BoatU.S.
Boat Owners Association of The United States
880 S. Pickett St., Alexandria, VA 22304
BoatU.S. News Room at
http://www.BoatUS.com/news/releases.asp
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Scott Croft, 703-461-2864, SCroft@BoatUS.com
BoatU.S. Recreational Boating
Access Award Seeks Entries:
Deadline Is October 1, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, VA, September 9, 2009
- Residential development, poor land use planning, highest-use tax
rates, and even sometimes public indifference make it hard for boaters
to get to the water, but ultimately, the lack of boating access is a
local issue. But there are answers. BoatU.S. wants to share recent
successful grassroots solutions to the problem. The nation's largest
boat owners group will recognize those who are turning the tide through
its national
Recreational Boating Access Award . However, time is running out --
nominations are due October 1, 2009.
The BoatU.S. Recreational Boating Access Award will honor an individual,
group, government body, business or non-profit organization that has
succeeded in preserving or improving public waterway access. Judges will
look at four criteria: First, the challenges faced in retaining or
increasing access in an area; Second, the direct impact or measurable
results of the solution; Third, the level of success in increasing
awareness of the issue in a community and; Fourth, "repeatability," or
the ability to take the successful approach and adopt it in other areas.
Examples of solutions could include creative public/private
partnerships, changes in land use planning or permitting processes, tax
incentives, legislation or public ballots, publicity or public
education. Eligible activities include those undertaken in the last
three years.
Winners will be announced by October 31, 2009. To apply or for more
information including a look at last year's winners, go to
www.BoatUS.com/gov/AccessAward .
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From BoatU.S.
Boat Owners Association of The United States
880 S. Pickett St., Alexandria, VA 22304
BoatU.S. News Room at
http://www.BoatUS.com/news/releases.asp
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Scott Croft, 703-461-2864, SCroft@BoatUS.com
Tropical Storms Flare Up And
Remind Boaters To Prepare
"All it Takes is One"
ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 19,
2009 - One. That is the number of hurricanes a national boat owners
group says it takes to wreck thousands of recreational boats in only a
few hours. And with tropical storm activity heating up over the last few
days,
Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatU.S.) is offering
a no-cost, online storm preparation tool at
www.BoatUS.com/hurricanes that can help boaters ensure their vessel
makes it safely through the next storm.
"It's been a slow hurricane season, so far," says BoatU.S. Director of
Damage Avoidance Bob Adriance, "which leads some to forget the
importance of storm preparation. However, research has shown that the
chances of a boat being damaged can be significantly reduced with the
right preparation. The time to think about storm preparations is now,
before a hurricane watch is posted for your area."
Storm preparations include hauling boats from marinas or removing them
from boat lifts and securing them ashore with tie downs, reducing
windage by removing things like biminis and sails, adding extras lines
and chafe protection to boats in a slip, and other measures.
At the
online BoatU.S. Hurricane Resource Center , boaters can find a
downloadable 12-page Guide to
Preparing Boats and Marinas for Hurricanes,
a hurricane preparation worksheet, and current hurricane tracking charts
with up-to-the minute storm tracking tools with landfall strike
probabilities, wind band information and "spaghetti" models showing
forecasters' predicted storm paths, "Our goal with the web site is to
give everything you ever wanted to know about hurricane preparation, and
it's open for anyone to use," adds Adriance.
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NEWS
From BoatU.S.
Boat Owners Association of The United States
880 S. Pickett St., Alexandria, VA 22304
BoatU.S. News Room at
http://www.BoatUS.com/news/releases.asp
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Scott Croft, 703-461-2864, SCroft@BoatUS.com
Nominations Sought For BoatU.S.
Recreational Boating Access Award
ALEXANDRIA, VA, July 9, 2009 -
With boaters in some parts of the country continuing to have a hard time
gaining access to the water, the nation's largest boat owners group,
BoatU.S., says there have been successful grassroots solutions to the
problem. However, many civic-minded boaters may not be aware of these
initiatives, which is why the association is sponsoring the third annual
BoatU.S. Recreational Boating Access Award.
With nominations now being accepted until October 1, 2009, the award
recognizes those individuals or groups who have succeeded in preserving
or improving public waterway access, and hopes to share their strategies
with others. "Ultimately, boating access is a local issue. The aim of
this award is to recognize those advocates across the U.S. who are
succeeding in reversing this trend, and to share those efforts with
others so that they may also be successful in improving boating access,"
said Nancy Michelman, president of the 600,000-member association.
Waterfront residential development, regulatory red tape, increased
taxes, poor land-use planning and more restrictive zoning are just some
of the factors contributing to the decline of waterway access for
recreational boats.
"Some municipalities are levying hefty tax hikes for marinas. Boat clubs
and yards are often assessed at highest use tax rates, which can be the
last nail in the coffin for a public marina. Some marina operators
simply give up after being stymied for years of increasing taxes as well
as miles of red tape required to get a permit to dredge, maintain or
expand docks," added Michelman.
Judges will look at four criteria: First, the challenges faced in
retaining or increasing access in an area; Second, the direct impact or
measurable results of the solution; Third, the level of success in
increasing awareness of the importance of boating access to a community
and; Fourth, "repeatability," the ability to use the successful approach
as a model for other areas.
Examples of solutions could include creative public/private
partnerships, changes in land use planning or permitting processes, tax
incentives, legislation or public ballots, publicity or public
education. Eligible activities must to have been undertaken in the last
three years.
The deadline for applications is October 1, 2009 and winners will be
announced by October 31. For more information or a look at last year's
winners, go to
BoatUS.com/gov/AccessAward Previous entrants are asked not to
reapply.
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NEWS
From BoatU.S.
Boat Owners Association of The United States
880 S. Pickett St., Alexandria, VA 22304
BoatU.S. News Room at
http://www.BoatUS.com/news/releases.asp
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Scott Croft, 703-461-2864, SCroft@BoatUS.com
FIVE REASONS TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK
AT YOUR BOAT PROPELLER
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 12, 2009 -
Selecting the right propeller for your boat's motor is sometimes as much
art as it is science. That's because every boater uses their boat in
different ways and under different conditions. The January 2009 issue of
Seaworthy
from BoatU.S. Marine Insurance recently looked at why you may want to
take a closer look at your prop this winter and ask yourself these five
questions:
1. Is your boat slow to come onto
plane? Pitch is the theoretical
distance a prop makes though the water in one revolution. If a prop has
too much pitch the boat will have a lousy "hole shot" -- meaning its
ability to get on plane quickly will suffer, similar to trying to start
a car from a stop in third gear.
Your tachometer can also indicate potential problems with pitch.
Assuming you have a clean, well-maintained boat, your boat's engine
should reach within 100-200 revolutions per minute of its rated wide
open throttle (WOT). If not, a prop shop may need to adjust pitch.
2. Does your engine over-rev and
boat seem slow? If there is too
little pitch in the prop, the engine will over-rev and go past its
redline at WOT. A prop shop can also add more pitch or recommend a new
prop. Both under and over-reving can seriously damage an engine.
3. Did you run over a log, hit a
sandbar or stump? You may have
forgotten about that little bump that happened last summer, but your
prop hasn't and it could affect performance when you launch in the
spring. One prop shop proprietor reported to
Seaworthy
that 80% of the damaged propellers that come
in to his repair facility look healthy at first glance -- until they are
reviewed with computerized repair equipment.
4. Do you want to go faster?
The first place to look is the prop. Stainless-steel props, with thinner
and stronger blades, allow slightly more speed. However, the trade-off
is that they are also more costly to purchase and repair, and should you
strike a submerged object a stainless prop has the potential to cause
greater lower unit damage than an aluminum prop.
5. Using too much fuel?
It's a good idea to monitor fuel flow, either with a fuel flow meter or
by doing the math. When fuel economy starts to suffer the first thing to
check is for propeller damage as a dinged prop can easily rob you up to
10% in fuel costs.
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New Endurance CAPSTAN Deck Winch
Suitable for boats to 40 feet, Horizontal mount, 1,000 pound lifting
capacity, 1.3 HP 12 volt motor, won't handle chain, Gear ratio:123:1
Price $ 300
Contact Bill Matthews
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2003 Johnson 8HP Two Stroke Outboard
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Lightly Used as Dinghy motor only
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Professionally maintained and winterized
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Stored indoors during off season
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Includes brand new 3.5gal fuel tank and hose
$ 900.00
Contact Bill Zimmermann
617 413 2679 |
I have a 2008
Simrad IS20 Graphic Multifunction instrument for sale. It came as
standard equipment on my boat but was never installed, so it’s still
in the original box with all the manuals and instructions. It’s
NMEA2000 compatible.
Alan Savenor
Blue Sky
52897
617-233-3679
savenor@earthlink.net
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Hi,
I have a brand new Furuno Fishfinder FCV667 with a bronze
triducer with valve….never used…..brand new. I am trying to sell this
due to my uncle’s unexpected death. I am considering all reasonable
offers.
Thank you,
Andreaann
adamo
aaa27@verizon.net
(781) 631-7111
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