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This year has started off with a flurryof activity and we are all so gratefulthat it has nothing to do with ‘snowflurries’. February has been anotherbusy month with both racing andcruising events.

There were seven boats racing inthe Edison Gulf Regatta on Feb. 13and the racers had good wind andweather for the day. The Edison Pa-rade of Lights (EPOL) cruise and

Oyster Fest was held at Legacy Harbor in downtown FortMyers. Bob and Bev Duff did a fantastic job hosting thisevent and the ‘all you can’ eat oyster feed was one of thebest. We had a great turnout for this event. At least one ofour club members also participated in the EPOL 5K run. Ihave to say we have a lot of very active and physically fitmembers and it certainly proves to me we don’t have toslow down as we grow older.

And wait – there are even more great events planned forMarch. The Pelican Bay Cruise being led by Kim Brownand Judy Anderson March 11-13 is a cruise not to bemissed. Pelican Bay is one of the premier anchorages inour local waters. The Shrimp Festival Regatta is also setfor Saturday March 19 to be followed by our famous ‘allyou can’ eat Shrimp Boil Dinner on Sunday, March 20.

Sandy Canning will be presenting a terrific program forour March meeting featuring her beautiful underwatervideography. Sandy and her husband Gerry travel theworld for SCUBA adventures and Sandy’s close up pho-tography of sea life is nothing short of National Geo-graphic amazing. You will not want to miss her wonderfulprogram.

The Chowder ChatterThe Official Newsletter of

The Caloosahatchee Marching and Chowder SocietyCape Coral / Fort Myers, Florida

www.cmcs-sail.orgNext Full Moon: March 23 P.O. Box 101268, Cape Coral, Fl. 33910 March 2016

2016 CMCS OfficersCommodore: Don Lawson Vice Commodore: Elise MissallVice Commodore – Summerset: Open Rear Commodore – Cruising: Jean BlessingRear Commodore – Racing: Open Fleet Yeoman – Kathleen VanceFleet Purser – Tom Patterson Past Commodore – Allen Fiske

Chowder Chatter Editor—Steve Roake

CommodoreDon Lawson

Commodore’s Message

On another more serious note we continue to monitor ac-tivity in the Florida State Legislature that would placebans on anchoring in certain areas in Florida. We believeboaters have a right and a need to be able to anchorovernight yet wealthy homeowners want to take thoserights from us. So far the bills have sailed through everycommittee with little or no opposition so we can see thatbig money in the right campaign funds carries a majorinfluence. I encourage each and every one of you to writeand call your Representatives and Senators. Our voteswill count on Election Day but they plan to push this legis-lation through well before election day!

It was with a heavy heart that we received news that Ronand Shirley Maddix’s son Steven passed away. Ron andShirley we are all so very sorry for your loss.

Finally, at our February meeting we enjoyed MembershipAppreciation Night – with a big thank you to our memberswho make this a great club and especially to all of thevolunteers who make it happen. We need your help tooso please don’t be shy. We need race boats, race crew,committee and mark boats and crew; we need help withevents and with Summerset. We need people with desk-top publishing skills or interest, we need writers and pho-tographers. We also had an informative program pre-sented by Chief Randall Keller of the US Coast Guardstation in Fort Myers.

So until we meet again, fair winds and safe travels.

Don Lawson2016 CMCS Commodores/v Sunday Silence

Hello Sailors!

EPOL was a great success, thanks tocruise leaders Bev and Bob Duff! Seethe article elsewhere in this newsletterfor details.

Thank you to those of you who stoppedby the Cruising table at the FebruaryMeeting. I hope you will join the fun aswe cruise through this year! Those ofyou who seemed interested in leading a

cruise, I will be calling you soon. We have a great yearahead of us and I hope you will participate in as manyevents as possible to enjoy the company of fellow CMCSmembers. Here’s what is happening for the next couple ofmonths:

The Pelican Bay Cruise is next up, 3/11/16through 3/13/16, headed up by Kim Brown andJudy Anderson. As the name implies, the destina-tion is Pelican Bay. Look for details in this news-letter.

Cape Haze is next, at the Palm Island Marina, ledby Steve and Theresa Roake, coming up in April.For further information, see the article elsewherein this newsletter.

I am looking for cruise leaders for the following cruises!This is your chance!! They are:

San ‘Tweenie cruise, 4/29 through 5/01 at“Tween Waters Marina

Points South cruise, 5/12 through 5/17 Danger Island (Pelican Bay), Memorial Day

cruise, 5/27 through 5/30 Fisherman’s Village cruise – 6/17 through 6/19 –

thank you Bev and Bob for volunteering for thisone!

If you have interest in taking on one of these cruises,please contact me. If you are trying to work up yournerve, call me so I can convince you! My phone: 239-321-9480; e-mail: [email protected].

Leading a cruise can be FUN! You can make it your own!Mr. Vance has graciously provided me with a list of someof the events of past cruises to help get the juices flowing.Let me know of your interest. . .See you on the water!

Jean Blessing2016 Rear Commodore-Cruisings/v Jazzy

CMCS Chowder Chatter March 2016

Rear Commodore of Cruising’s Report

Rear Commodore‑Cruising

Jean Blessing

Membership and Recruitment

Full Members:James and Amy Gallagher of Ft Myershave come back to CMCS. They weremembers back in 2014 but were “boat-less” for a while… They now haveBeneteau 423 (s/v CALUSA) and havejust rejoined! They are very excitedabout racing and have already partici-pated in the Edison Gulf Regatta.James and Amy are also interested incruising with us too, so we’ll look for-ward to seeing them soon at an upcom-ing cruise. Welcome back to Jamesand Amy!

Tom Weller is a long time resident of SW Florida and livesin Cape Coral. A long time boater with 45 years of sail-ing/cruising experience, he heard of CMCS from severalof our current members. He is currently engaged in re-storing several sailboats and converting them to electricauxiliary propulsion (for sale soon)! Tom is a 100 TonMaster Captain and he’s also an ASA sailing instructor –basic keelboat to Coastal Cruising to Bareboat to Naviga-tion (and Multihull too). He also owned a scuba shop andprovided scuba instruction. Wow, what a resume – he’sgoing to be a popular guy!

John Adkins and Maria Donnelly are originally from Sho-shone, Idaho, but have lived part-time in Ft. Myers forabout 5yrs. Now retired, John was a Management Con-sultant by day, but off hours loved to hunt and fish andeven built a self-sufficient (off-the-grid) home in Idaho.Maria enjoys cooking and painting (water colorist). Theyhave 15 yrs of boating experience, but Maria has a bitmore sailing (crewed in Great Barrier Reef and SouthernCaribbean). John also sings and plays guitar. They arelooking forward to cruising with us and are also interestedin crewing. Welcome aboard John and Maria!

Jim SlagerMembership and Fleet Recruiters/v Salty Soul

Membership andRecruitmentJim Slager

Upcoming Cruise Events

March 11-13 Pelican Bay Cruise April 7-10 Cape Haze / Palm Island Cruise April 29-May 1 San T’Weenie Cruise May 12-17 Points South Cruise May 27-30 Danger Island Cruise June 16-19 Fisherman’s Village Cruise

CMCS Chowder Chatter March, 2016

RACING

There were seven boats racing in the Edison Gulf Regattaon Saturday, Feb. 13. Finally, the racers had good windand weather for the day.

In the Spinnaker Division, Joel Andrews’ Macushla wasfirst, followed by Eric Milbrandt’s Full Tilt and John Chur-chill’s Nurdle. In the Non-Spinnaker Division, John Fin-negan’s Miss Cathleen was first, followed by James Gal-lagher’s Calusa. In the True Cruising Division, DianeFowler’s Windy City was first, followed by Ian Davis’Wind Star.

The next race will be the Shrimp Festival Regatta on Sat-urday, March 19.

Steve Roake

Ladies Bridge Club

The Ladies Bridge Club dida day sail on February 2nd.It was a nice warm daybefore the next coldfront! Russ Green in "DayDream" and Paul Steinmanin "Sea Isle" headed out tothe River.

Russ with crew RoseYoung had plenty of windand enjoyed the River.

Paul with crew Paula, Glenn Vetter and Rose Ann headedout to the Gulf. Wind was variable and came from thesouth after we cleared Sanibel. With main and jib sailsfull we all enjoyed our lunch. "Nothing like a February dayon the Gulf of Mexico!"

Coming up:March 1st - Day sail & lunch. Depart 11am from CapeCoral Yacht Basin. Please BYOB, lunch & something toshare. Boats & Crew RSVP to Rose & Rose Ann.

March 2nd - 5:30 to 7:00pm - Damsels In Distress byLinda Szurko - Linda will conduct an "EmpowerHour". She will educate us on Stun guns, personalalarms and pepper spray. RSVP to Rose Ann or Rose.

VERY SPECIAL BIG NEWS !!!Rose Young was awarded anart & cultural grant from theMayor & City Council of FortMyers for her "meaningful con-t r i b u t i o n s " t o F o r tMyers. Please join in congratu-lating Rose Young on herGrant!

Rose Young and Rose Ann Hoffman

Ladies Bridge ClubRose Young &

Rose Ann Hoffman

Cape Haze / Palm Island Cruise

The Cape Haze / Palm Island Cruise is coming up onApril 7-10. There are 13 boats signed up as of this writ-ing. They are: Lionheart, TrustMe!!!, Silver Sea, LazySusan, Kestrel II, Ambiance, Air Supply, Air Boss, MillerTime, Buffy, Crystal Daze, Windseeker, and Sol Adven-ture. Although we had only 12 slips reserved, the harbor-master has told me that there is more room available on afirst-come basis. So….if you’re interested in going,please contact me ASAP! See the flyer elsewhere in theChowder Chatter.

Steve Roake

EPOL was a fabulous success! Over 54 folks enjoyingoysters in call kinds of ways ~ fried, grilled, Rockefeller &of course raw on the half shell. Our “shuckers” were righton halving cases of oysters which were readily consumedby the masses! Many thanks to Ray Gherardini, KimBrown, George Noyes, Ben Preston and a couple of oth-ers who I just can’t recall. All Your efforts were greatlyappreciated!!!

And many thanks to Connie Ridout for shoring up thecooked oysters portion with the help of Pixie Noyes &Carolyn Preston. Several newer members pitched in aswell to help serve. Bob Duff manned the grill for the oys-ters Rockefeller and just cooked oysters. There wereplenty of condiments to partake of for just about any tastefor oysters. It was a smorgasbord of oysters!

Later that evening we all enjoyed a pot luck supper withplenty of food for all to enjoy. We counted about 80 per-sons attending that event. Afterwards most headed intodowntown to enjoy the Edison Parade of Lights. Thanksto everyone who helped dismantle the tables andchairs. The Marina was short staffed so that was theleast we could do to help them out.

Speaking of Legacy Marina, they were wonderful to workwith and so helpful. I hope it was the same for the boatswho enjoyed their dockage hospitality.

At the end of it all, Bob and I settled into a couple ofchairs on the deck and enjoyed the fireworks. We thenwe headed home for a much needed rest.

Thanks to all the participants and the helpers for onceagain making this a successful event for CMCS!

Bev & Bob Duff, Cruise Leaders

EPOL CRUISE & OYSTERFEST RECAP


CMCS graciously andgenerously supportsyouth sailing through itsscholarship program.

CMCS members are in-vited to submit scholar-ship applications for chil-dren, grandchildren,nieces, & nephews, orknown kids in your com-

munity, ages 8-15, for Edison Sailing Center‘s 2016 sail-ing sessions.

Please visit Edison‘s websitewww.edisonsailingcenter.org for details about the sailingprogram.Marla Parker [email protected]) oversees thegrant process within CMCS.Stephanie Webb [email protected]) is the Edi-son Sailing Center contact.There is no personal financial information requested.Applicants must know how to swim and have a life vest.Applications are co-approved by CMCS and ESC.

Look for further information on our website in the comingweeks for the Edison Sailing Center’s 2016 summer cal-endar schedules.

Sailing Grant Administrator:

Marla Parker1510 Braman AveFt Myers, FL 33901

Cell 239-910-0554Fax [email protected]

Edison Sailing Center Sailing Grants Avail-able for Summer 2016 Session

Information on Securing Marine Heads

At the February meeting during the Coast Guard presen-tation Q & A, there seemed to be some discussion (andconfusion) about marine head inspections and the properway to secure the head. Below, is an excerpt from theCode of Federal Regulations which should clarify the is-sue:

§159.7 Requirements for vessel operators.(a) No person may operate any vessel equipped

with installed toilet facilities unless it is equipped with:(1) An operable Type II or III device that has a label

on it under §159.16 or that is certified under §159.12 or§159.12a; or

(2) An operable Type I device that has a label on itunder §159.16 or that is certified under §159.12, if thevessel is 19.7 meters (65 feet) or less in length.

(b) When operating a vessel on a body of waterwhere the discharge of treated or untreated sewage isprohibited by the Environmental Protection Agency under40 CFR 140.3 or 140.4, the operator must secure eachType I or Type II device in a manner which prevents dis-charge of treated or untreated sewage. Acceptable meth-ods of securing the device include—

(1) Closing the seacock and removing the handle;(2) Padlocking the seacock in the closed position;(3) Using a non-releasable wire-tie to hold the sea-

cock in the closed position; or(4) Locking the door to the space enclosing the toi-

lets with a padlock or door handle key lock.(c) When operating a vessel on a body of water

where the discharge of untreated sewage is prohibited bythe Environmental Protection Agency under 40 CFR140.3, the operator must secure each Type III device in amanner which prevents discharge of sewage. Acceptablemethods of securing the device include—

(1) Closing each valve leading to an overboard dis-charge and removing the handle;

(2) Padlocking each valve leading to an overboarddischarge in the closed position; or

(3) Using a non-releasable wire-tie to hold eachvalve leading to an overboard discharge in the closedposition.[CGH 95-028, 62 FR 51194, Sept. 30, 1997]

Don Lawson

HELP WANTED

Volunteers needed for our race committee!

For EACH Regatta in 2016We need a signals boat, mark boat, Race Offi‑cer, race officer helpers, & mark boat helper.

Please help keep our sailing program healthy!

If we can get enough volunteers it will onlyrequire one day per season for each volunteer!

Please contact Joe Barch, Eric Milbrandt or IanDavis at the next meeting for full details.

Upcoming Racing Events

Saturday, March 19 Shrimp Festival Regatta Sunday, May 1 San T’Weenie Race Saturday, May 7 Jerry Pim Memorial

Estebel Night Race


ALL YOU CAN EAT SHRIMP BOIL & CHICKEN GRILLSunday, March 20th, 2016 6:00 PM

This is another CMCS tradition, from the days when we put newspaper on the picnic tables anddumped the freshly boiled shrimp, then licked our fingers! Are we more refined now??? Notmuch, but still looking for a good time with good food and good friends!

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED! You just cannot expect to show up and have us know howmuch food to have on hand, so fill out the form and reserve your place for a giant portion ofshrimp. And, if you don’t like/cannot eat these delicate little Gulf crustaceans, then we can do ajuicy and tender chicken breast, YOUR CHOICE, just sign up early so we can get the nets outand catch those shrimp! The price of dinner includes all-you-can-eat shrimp or chicken with allthe fixin’s.

BYOB. PLEASE BRING A DESSERT (your specialty) TO SHARE!

Helping hands setting up, cleaning up, cooking, etc. are always welcome andneeded. Please email [email protected] if you are interested in lending a helpinghand so she can coordinate where help is needed

CMCS SHRIMP BOILMarch 20, 2016

Cape Coral Yacht ClubName(s) Attending____________________________________________________________________________________________________________# of Shrimp Dinners ___ X $17 EA_____________# of Chicken Dinners ___X $14 EA_____________TOTAL ENCLOSED $___________________

Send this form with check made out to CMCS to:DeeDee Cheek

1517 SW 52nd Ter.Cape Coral, FL. 33914

No Phone Reservations, Please!

Deadline : Wednesday, March 15, 2016NO tickets sold at the door!

CMCS Shrimp Festival


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CMCS Chowder Chatter EditorP.O.Box 101268Cape Coral, FL. 33910

CMCS SCHEDULE OF EVENTSMarch- April 2016

March 8 CMCS Board of Directors MeetingMarch 11-13 Pelican Bay CruiseMarch 15 CMCS General Membership MeetingMarch 19 Shrimp Festival RegattaMarch 20 Shrimp Boil DinnerMarch 23 Chowder Chatter DeadlineApril 7-10 Cape Haze / Palm Island CruiseApril 12 CMCS Board of Directors MeetingApril 19 CMCS General Membership Meeting / Grill NightApril 23 Chowder Chatter DeadlineApril 29—May 1 San T’Weenie Cruise

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