Waterlog—Atlanta Sail and Power Squadron Page 1 Vol 56, Issue 8 December 2008

Official newsletter of the Atlanta Sail and Power Squadron

WATERTWIG

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The Waterlog The Waterlog is published at least 6 times per year along with an abbrevi-ated companion the Watertwig.

It is published by and for the squad-ron members by the staff of the Squadron Secretary and is mailed to the listed address of all current mem-bers and advertisers.

All members in good standing, and approved non-member advertisers may submit articles and items for publication. They receive no gratu-ity.

The editor reserves the right to revise, change or reject any materials submitted to the Waterlog, consistent with standards of accuracy, fair-ness, good taste and available space, subject to the approval of the Squadron Commander.

Please send comments and suggestions to:- Lt. Lisa Herndon, AP Lt/C David Herndon, JN

Commander’s Corner 2

Fall Activities Abound for ASPS 3

Where to Find Boaters in the Winter? 3

Save Those Detergent Bottles! 3

Nominations for 2009 Bridge and ExComm 4

Bulletin Board/Calendar 5

AFTerthoughts 6

In This Issue Commander’s Corner Happy Holidays!

It’s that time when we have the opportu-nity pause with family and friends and give thanks for the many and varied blessings of the past year. Soon to follow will be the season of giving, and then the season of celebration of the past and new beginnings.

It’s a great time of year! The days are crisp; the leaves swirl from the trees; and the football rules the airwaves.

Despite the changing season and the apparently endlessly fal-ling water levels, don’t think that boating activity has stopped on Lake Lanier. On Sunday, November 16, the Lanier Cup Regatta took place with approximately twenty sailboats from five Lake Lanier sailing clubs competing for supremacy of the lake. And they had a day for it with 15-20 kt winds kicking up whitecaps all across the water. I was proud to see at least five ASPS members serving in various support roles to make this event a success, and a couple more who were participating in the races. That’s building bridges! Congratulations to Lake Lanier Sailing Club for their first place finish, and thanks to the UYC Maritime Foundation for sponsoring a terrific event.

And speaking of building bridges, we have a great opportunity to work with the Coast Guard Auxiliary on an initiative that will benefit the entire boating community on Lake Lanier. See details on page 3.

Another hallmark of autumn is that ASPS begins planning for the change in leadership. Elsewhere in this issue you will find the slate of nominations for Bridge Officers, Executive Com-mittee members and standing committees. The election of the new Bridge will take place at the Annual Meeting on January 16, and their installation will take place at the annual Change of Watch on February 15.

We will have a wonderful Holiday Party on December 13, a time to reflect together on the past year, and to celebrate and enjoy our friendship together. I look forward to a great eve-ning. Happy boating and again, Happy Holidays!

Cover photo: Lanier Cup Regatta. Photo by Lisa Herndon

Cdr. David Herndon, JN

This issue of the Waterlog is abbreviated, consisting of only six pages instead of the normal ten pages. As is the tradition when a slimmed-down issue is published, we rename it the WaterTwig.

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FALL ACTIVITIES ABOUND FOR THE ASPS

The fall calendar has been full of activities for the Atlanta Sail & Power Squadron, with events both on and off the water.

In early November, Charlie and Lillian Cox hosted a Squadron recep-tion for newlyweds Frank and Dawn Taylor.

The Regal Lady, Sea Trek, Bear’s Den and JAV Team enjoyed a fall leaf cruise up to Clark’s Bridge., enjoying the colors and rafting up on the crisp fall day.

The Chili/Crockpot Cook-off marked the meeting for November, with lots of tasty new entries . Everyone enjoyed the meal at the home of James and Jan Dennison and found out new stories and details about the Calvary Children’s Home from speaker Snyder Turner.

WHERE TO FIND BOATERS IN THE WINTER?

Do you find yourself missing the fellowship of fellow boaters during the winter? Don’t sit home by the fire alone! Come to the Rock Bot-tom Brewery on Tuesday’s for lunch, a brew and boaters! The infor-mal gathering has been called the “Shadow Bridge,” but there’s noth-ing shadowy about it—everyone is welcome and it poses a great venue for keeping in touch for those who can’t make all of the on-the-water activities or monthly meetings.

SAVE THOSE DETERGENT BOTTLES! One of the difficulties created by the low water levels in Lake Lanier is the significantly increased number of navigational hazards that de-velop as the water level falls. The Army Corps of Engineers and the CGA have been identifying and marking these hazards with the bright orange balls that have become a common sight all around the lake.

However, the supply of marker balls is running low. As a substitute, the large size bright orange laundry detergent bottles are being used as hazard marks.

In a cooperative effort with Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 29, ASPS will begin collecting these detergent bottles and assisting the CGA in

using them to mark the hazards.

Please save your bottles and bring them to Squadron events until fur-ther notice.

Thank you! Editor’s note: ASPS columnist Greg Clark has an excellent article in in a recent issue of Lakeside on Lanier. He suggests marking up a chart of the lake now to indicate all the bad stuff that will be just below the surface when the water levels rise again.

Barbara Tyson receives the Bridge Tender Award from Cdr Herndon at the Chili/Crockpot Cookoff

Above top: Part of he Leaf Cruise raft-up –Sea Trek, JAV Team, and Bear’s Den Above middle: A little assistance was needed to remove the tree from JAV Team’s anchor. Below: P/C Frank Taylor and new bride Dawn Pinter Taylor receiving a toast of congratulations.

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RULES COMMITTEE P/C David B. Herndon 3 Years P/C Frank A. Taylor 2 Years P/C Margaret M. Sherrod 1 Years

FINANCE COMMITTEE P/C David B. Herndon 3 Years P/C Frank A. Taylor 2 Years P/C Margaret M. Sherrod 1 Years

AUDIT COMMITTEE Chm: Lt. Jonathan Blackwood

Lt. Brian P. Jernigan If any member who has not been nominated desires to run for any of the open positions, he or she may be nominated by peti-tion in writing signed by at least five active members in good standing. Such petition must be in the hands of the Squadron Secretary, Lt/C Jeffrey R. Batson, no later than 2 January 2009. No nominations from the floor will be allowed unless all nominees for the position withdraw or the position is vacant.

NOMINATIONS FOR 2009 BRIDGE & ExComm In accordance with our bylaws, the annual meeting and election of officers and elected committees will take place on Thursday, 16 January 2009 at The 5 Seasons Brewery, 5600 Roswell Rd. The Change of Watch will take place Sunday, 15 February 2009 at the Ashford Club, 5565 Glenridge Connector NE. The Atlanta Sail & Power Squadron Nominating Committee, consisting of P/C Frank Taylor, P/C Margaret M. Sherrod, and P/C Jeffrey D. Wise, has submitted the following slate of officers for 2009:

SQUADRON OFFICERS

Commander Carol H. Jordan, AP Executive Officer Kevin G. Schoonover, JN Administrative Officer Lisa P. Herndon, AP Secretary Stephen Hendrix, S Treasurer Margaret H. Haas, S Education Officer Patricia T. Price, JN Asst. Secretary Marla Hendrix Asst. Treasurer <Vacant>

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Carol H. Jordan, Chair

Kevin G. Schoonover, Vice Chair Stephen Hendrix Margaret H. Haas Patricia T. Price Lisa P. Herndon Charles F. Cox Patricia Watson Sheryl K. LaBoda Michael Litke Jonathan Blackwood Richard Dukes David B. Herndon Barbara Tyson

Frank A. Taylor, Jr.

GENERAL COMMITTEES

NOMINATING COMMITTEE P/C David B. Herndon 3 Years P/C Frank A. Taylor 2 Years P/C Margaret M. Sherrod 1 Years

THE 2008 BRIDGE SQUADRON OFFICERS

Commander David Herndon commander@usps-atlanta.org Executive Officer Carol Jordan xo@usps-atlanta.org Administrative Officer Kevin Schoonover admin@usps-atlanta.org Secretary Jeff Batson secretary@usps-atlanta.org Education Officer Patti Price edu@usps-atlanta.org Treasurer Margaret Haas treasurer@usps-atlanta.org Assistant Treasurer Julia Haas Assistant Secretary Nan Putnam Assistant SEO Pat McGrath

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Cdr David Herndon, Chairman

Lt/C Carol Jordan, Vice Chairman

Patti Price Jonathan Blackwood Jeff Batson Sheryl LaBoda Frank Taylor Margaret Sherrod Michael Litke Charlie Cox Margaret Haas Patrick McGrath Kevin Schoonover Tim Tyson Doug Watson

Lt/C Carol Jordan Executive Officer Cdr. David Herndon

Lt/C Margaret Haas Treasurer

Lt/C Jeff Batson Secretary

Lt/C Patti Price Education Officer

Lt/C Kevin Schoonover Administrative Officer

1st/Lt Julia Haas Assistant Treasurer

1st/Lt Nan Putman Assistant Secretary

1st/Lt Pat McGrath Assistant SEO

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General Membership Meeting at 5 Seasons at the Prado, Ros-well Rd at I-285. ExComm Meetings at The Hudson Grille-Brookhaven, 4046 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, 30319

See you at the

Seafarer’s

Ball!

December 13

at Kurt’s!

Verify your details in the current roster and send any changes to Jeff Batson for the 2008 Roster. Send email changes to the Waterlog editors!

USPS EVENTS: JANUARY 2009

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 New Years Day

2 3

4 5 6 7 8 Excomm Mtg

9 10

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12 Winter classes begin

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14 Atlanta Boat Show

15 Annual Membership Mtg Atlanta Boat Show

16 Atlanta Boat Show

17 Atlanta Boat Show

18 Atlanta Boat Show

19 20 21 22 23 24

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Minutes of the Executive Committee meet-ings are posted at: Http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspsusps/ Sign-up required. Please provide your certifi-cate number when making your request to joint this Yahoo Group

USPS EVENTS: DEC 2008

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11

12 13 Holiday Party

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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22 Chanu-kah begins

23 24 25 Christ-mas Day

26 27

28 29 30 31 New Years Eve

???OCTOBER PUZZLER ANSWER ??? The warden admits three prisoners into his chambers. He tells them, "One of you fel-las is going to have a chance to get out. Here's the deal. "I'm going to blindfold all of you, then I'm going to put hats on your heads. I have three white hats and two black hats. Each of you is going to get a hat. You have to figure out which color hat you have to get released."

He blindfolds them and puts a hat on each prisoner. They're led out of the room in single file. When the blindfolds are removed, the guy in the back can see the two peo-ple in front of him, the guy in the middle can see the one guy in front of him, and the guy in front can see nobody. They walk around the prison, stopping outside the war-den's office.

The warden says to the fellow in back, who can see the two people in front of him, and their hats, "Can you tell me what color your hat is?" The fellow in back says noth-ing. He doesn't know.

The fellow in the middle is asked the same question. He is unable to answer.

The guy in the very front, who can see no hats, knows. He says, "I can identify the color of my hat. It’s white" He’s right. How does he know?

Answer: Because the back prisoner said nothing, he must have seen either two white hats or a black and a white hat in front of him.

Now, if the prisoner in the middle had seen a black hat in front of him, he would have known that he was wearing a white hat. Why's that? Because if he had a black hat on, then the guy who was in the back would have known that his own hat was white, and he would have spoken up when he had his chance.

The prisoner in the front knew his own hat was white, because there were only two black hats available to the warden.

Congratulations to Stephen Hendrix who has just taken the test for his Master Cap-tain’s License and to Jeff Batson on his Six Pack License!

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David and Lisa Herndon 1332 Cambridge Ct. NE Atlanta, GA 30319

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NOW WHAT? The seasons have changed. We talked about that in the last issue.

The economy has changed. Everybody’s talking about that.

The country’s leadership is changing. Everybody talks about that when they’re not talking about the economy.

The leadership of the Squadron is about to change as well. The pur-pose of this issue of the WaterTwig is to inform you of the nomina-tions for key leadership positions for 2009. This year’s slate of can-didates is an exceptionally strong one, with an able and experienced Bridge and a diverse and capable Executive Committee. There’s no doubt the Squadron will be in good hands for the 2009-2010 service year.

The low water levels in Lake Lanier are used as an excuse by many to avoid using their boat on the Lake. I can assure you that there is still

plenty of water in the lake for a safe and fun day on the water. If all those sailboats can get out and race as they do every couple of weeks, the power boaters need not worry about the lack of water.

Even though there may be plenty of water, you have to be aware that it’s not all in the same places it used to be. Certainly, careful plan-ning and an extra measure of caution are the keys to a good day on the lake.

The low water actually affords new opportunities for service to the community. There are new hazards to be marked; there is a lot more shore line that could use some clean-up—the list goes on.

With all this change going on around us, it’s good to keep something constant. Let’s go boating!

Happy boating!