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Volume XXXIlI No.

1 • A Publication of Masthead Cove Yacht Club • February 2011

We Have A Winner!
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his photo was submitted 6 years ago by Allan Pearlman. He took it one evening while docked at Liberty Land-
ing Marina in Jersey City during an MCYC New York City Cruise. He used an Olympus C5050 digital camera.
Like Ansel Adams, he had checked out the angles and looked up the moonrise chart in the Eldridge earlier.
Then later he went back during moonrise to get the perfect shot. He had to lie on the rocks to get it. And yes, that is
the moon rising!

See details of the new “Here’s looking at the world through your eyes” MCYC Photo contest on page 7.
From The Helm
by Commodore Stan O’Marra
Naive Melody

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emperatures were in the teens and the winds out of the west made it
seem much colder than that. Sounds like the perfect day for a Cruise
OFFICERS Meeting! I’m clearly not the only one thinking (and day dreaming)
Commodore about the upcoming sailing season as we had 35 members attend the annual
Stan O’Marra planning session. It was good to see so many of your smiling faces even if
Vice Commodore the redness in your cheeks was windburn rather than the sunburn I’m used
Nancy Kinney to seeing there.
Rear Commodore
Jackie Martin Cruising Fleet Captain Don Lustig had done his homework and as a result
Treasurer we had a very productive session. We used his tentative plans as a jump-
Bill Marrero ing off point to begin discussion. Eldridge’s, charts and laptops were all in
Secretary evidence as we compared notes, discussed preferences and opinions and
Anita Stein came to several decisions about the 2011 season. I’m not going to go into
Fleet Cruising Captain the detailed calendar here but I think the plans made will result in some very
Don Lustig enjoyable cruises. The discussions included some tried and true destina-
Fleet Racing Captain tions as well as some different ports. I think there’s going to be something
David Tuck for everyone.
Membership
Helene Harrison Of course plans are only one ingredient in the recipe for a successful cruise.
No matter how beautiful the port, or favorable the wind and seas, the cruise
is only as good as the people. There’s something comforting about being in
DIRECTORS the company of others, particularly when something goes wrong. Whether
Greg Barbato it be engine problems or fog, it’s often helpful to be in the company of oth-
Charlotte Berman ers. More importantly having friends to share a sundowner with while you
Brett Sandgren discuss the trip, prepare dinner or plan the next day’s passage is the spice
Paul Dara that makes the cruise special. Judging from the meeting attendance and the
Ken Hecht
amount of input, it looks as if this year’s cruises will not be lacking spice. De-
Vicki Schwartz
spite these encouraging numbers, I know that there a many members who
have not been cruising with Masthead recently. I encourage you to consider
THE MASTHEAD joining a cruise this year. Whether it’s an appetizer like the weekend cruise
Editor to Saugatuck or Riverside Yacht Club, or a main course like the summer
Gene Kinney cruise, I think you’ll enjoy the cruising and the company of other MCYC members.
Layout & Design
MJ Maione Another important ingredient for a quality cruise schedule is Port Captains.
All of the arrangements and planning involved in putting together the sea-
Production son’s schedule is too much work for one person. On the other hand the
Dave Strickler work involved arranging one port of call is very manageable. Additionally,
Advertising having a number of different Port Captains results in each stop taking on a
Ginger Bourguignon flavor of its own. It was great to see a number of members have stepping up
to volunteer their services as Port Captains this year. If you would like to help
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Masthead Cove Yacht Club, Inc. out, please let Don know. There are a number of ports still open. He’d love
Post Office Box 433 the help and we’d all like the opportunity to taste what you bring to the table.
Huntington, New York 11743
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So now it’s back to staring out at the growing piles of snow, planning the
www.mastheadcoveyc.org spring maintenance and daydreaming about sailing. I’m getting hungry for
some cruising.

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“Diver Diver Diver”
by Gene Kinney
Kin-Ship

How long have you been involved with boating?


I was raised on the waters in Huntington. Most of my summer jobs were involved with
the water.

When did you start Diver Diver Diver? John “Sandy” Langton
I started it in 1992. I saw there was a need for a reliable, timely service for the boats in
Huntington Harbor. I like to dive and one thing led to another. I like hands-on part of being
actively involved with my work. I enjoy seeing a job well done.

When does your season start?


I start diving the third week in March. A lot of boaters want to get their boats out of winter storage and need their
bottoms cleaned before they move their boats. In March the water temperature is usually around 37o. Even with ice
on the surface, the water temperature rarely goes below 37 degrees.

That’s really cold. Do you need special equipment to dive in that cold water?
I wear a wet suit. I experimented with wearing a dry suit. However, I found out that if the “dry” suit fills with water.
it begins to sink. Once I had to swim to the beach to get out of the water because the weight of the suit made it too
hard to climb onto the boat. After that experience, I only use a wet suit.

How is the clarity of the water in the Spring?


Surprisingly enough the water clarity doesn’t seem to be dependent upon the time of the year. If there have been
runoffs caused by precipitation – rain or snow- that runoff can temporarily kill the nutrients in the water making it very
clear. It can even be very clear after a rain in July.

What other services do you provide?


We provide Mobile Washdown Service in Price Bend, Lloyd Harbor, Duck Harbor, Centerport Harbor and, obviously,
Huntington Harbor. We can also remove or replace props and zincs. We can also do Underwater Photography if you
need it. We also do Search and Retrieval of overboard objects like outboard motors, grills, winch handles, anchors,
fishing rods, etc. Things happen, so, give us a call. We’d like to help.

When does your season end?


I dive right up until the first full week in December. That’s when the last of the recreational boats go into winter stor-
age. Then I finish up with Shrink Wrapping and the season is over til Spring.

Sandy, I just have to ask, have you ever been called “Sandy Plankton”?
When we went as a family to see Finding Nemo, I thought it was going to be really cute. When it got to the last scene,
where Nemo is talking about Sandy Plankton: (“Sandy Plankton knows everything”), we all
thought that was really funny. Now that it’s in print, who knows?

So, how can we get in touch with you?


Just give me a call at (631) 423-9420. I don’t carry a cell phone when I’m diving or on the
dive boats because service is so sporadic. But I check in everyday and return all my calls
every day. I also have a website now - www.HMSDIVER.com . So now you can email me
and schedule a cleaning. We’ll try to help you out as soon as we can.

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The Racing Corner
by Dave Tuck
Celebration

Y
es it’s time to start thinking racing. We are plac- We also plan to run a couple of winter race seminars
ing a full page B&W Ad with the Yacht Racing again this Spring beginning in March. Watch the web-
Association - Long Island Sound for our annual site for details. If you know of anyone who would like
Masthead race. So it’s The Masthead Race is sched- to conduct a session on racing or racing tactics, please
uled for Sunday August 21st. My thanks to MJ for art- drop me a line or contact me at RaceDirector@mast-
fully updating her previous Ad with this year’s date and headcoveyc.org” RaceDirector@mastheadcoveyc.org . 
time. So now it is official…August 21…The Masthead Race. 
  Finally, the YRA of LIS is in the process of updating their
We got such a positive response to last year’s practice web page: www.yralis.org   
races, I will be holding some “Practice Start” sessions.
We’ll focus on fine tun Race tactics like crossing the New features include and automated renewal process;
start line as close to the start gun as possible.  I also public and private sections. You can also get a PHRF
expect to spend a couple hours going through the start rating if you wish to by following the directions on their
sequence, using our Ollie, possibly with two divisions, website. It is worth checking out.
so we can practice clearing the start line for division
one, etc...
presents
  presents
THE MASTHEAD RACE
THE MASTHEAD
To benefit the RACE
Carol Marcincuk Fund for Ovarian Cancer
To benefit the
CarolSunday,
Marcincuk August 23,
Fund for2009
Ovarian Cancer
Sunday, August 21, 2011
PHRF Spinnaker and Non-spinnaker
Starting area will be approximately 1 mile north of Nun 6 (Lloyd Neck)
PHRF Spinnaker andatNon-spinnaker
First signal 10:50 AM
Starting area will be approximately 1 mile north of Nun 6 (Lloyd Neck)
First signalQualifier
at 10:50for
AM the North Sails Long Island Sound Championship

Trophies
Qualifier for will be
the North awarded
Sails Longin each division
Island at the party
Sound Championship

After-race
Trophies will beach
be awarded partydivision at the party
in each
Barbeque – $15 donation to the Carol Marcincuk Fund
After-race beach party
Free Beer
Barbeque – $15 donation to the Carol Marcincuk Fund
Free Beer Race Entry Fee: $50 donation
Fee includes one entry to party
Race EntryPayable
Fee: $50
to: donation
Cold Spring Harbor Labs / Marcincuk Fund
Fee includes one entry to party
Payable to: Cold Spring Harbor Labs / Marcincuk Fund

Mail standard entry form with check to:


MJ Maoine, MCYC Fleet Captain
80 Ripley Drive, Northport, NY 11768
Phone: 631-261-1124
Mail Standard entry form with check to: David Tuck, MCYC Fleet Captain
boatratmj@optonline.net
127 Fleets Cove Road., Huntington, NY 11743
Phone: 631-271-4016 Cell: 631-944-0967
Email: dtuck@quarksoft.com

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1st Annual Holiday Parade of Lights
by Gene Kinney
Kin-Ship

O
ver 30 boats participated in the 1st Annual Huntington Holiday Parade of Lights. The list of participants in-
cluded the Huntington Lighthouse workboat; several well decorated M/V’s and S/V’s from Stamford, CT; our
very own MCYC Commodore Stan O’Marra’’s Naïve Melody with several board members aboard; KYC’s
past Commodore Oliver Bodine’s Vitamin Sea complete with Santa’s favorite singing elf, John Sherman; a lighted
Huntington Pumpout Boat; a well lit Huntington Harbormaster buoy tender; S/V Samurai;. Among the unusual entries
were a rowboat with a pair of lighted oars and a motorized lighted dragon (Disney?). Coneys was represented by a
very elaborate light filled barge powered by several of Coneys workboats carrying Santa (Gil) and many of his elves all
waving light wands under a lighted Christmas tree. Pam Setchell, president of the Huntington Lighthouse Preserva-
tion Society, deserves kudos for dreaming up this new Holiday tradition for Huntington harbor.

Welcome Aboard
Bill and Lynn Kretzer
206 Buchannan Street
Centerport, NY 11721
H: (631) 470-4470 C: (631) 804-2385

Bill and Lynn sail a Person 28 , Interlude, out of Centerport Harbor. They have been sailing for over 20 years. Now
that their children are grown, they want to do some cruising.They were sponsored by the Kinneys and the Hechts.

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Photo Contest
by Gene Kinney
Kin-Ship

E
verybody seems to be a photographer these days. Cameras are more present in our life today than ever be-
fore. Almost every Blackberry, Droid, iPad or cellphone is equipped with a camera. And, these days it’s really
easy to send photos to one another.

So, with that in mind, The Masthead is going to start a Photo Corner as a regular spot. In 2011 we will publish in
each issue one of the best photos taken by one of you. And there is no age limit…anyone can send one in. So, talk
to your kids and see what they’d like to shoot.

Although you are not limited to these, here are some Themes/Categories to spark your creative bent:
Front and Back, Holiday, Sports Lighthouse, Cute, Animals, Through a Glass Clearly,
Chocolate, Snow and Ice, Tropical, Fire and Ice, Nature, Sunset, Nautical, Beach, Delicious

The photos you submit should be a minimum 1MB in size (this size prints better). Also, you should include a small
paragraph describing the photo: who, what, where, when and how it came to your attention to take it.

A Photo will be chosen for each issue (from the many we receive) by the editorial staff of The Masthead and may be
published in The Masthead Photo Corner.

All submissions must be emailed to Editor@Masthedcoveyc.org

So, hit us with your best shot!!! We want to see the world through your eyes.

Kayak ID Decals by Gene Kinney


Kin-Ship

K
ayaks and canoes, surfboards and SUPS all have In either case a lone kayak or canoe is cause for con-
something in common. They are not required to cern especially when there is no identification tag on the
have any formal Coast Guard Approved identifi- vessel. They aren’t able to contact the owner to verify.
cation numbers on them. Most don’t have Hull Identifica- Needless time is spent searching just in case there might
tion Numbers embedded into the fiberglass on their hull. be someone in the water.
This makes for interesting prob-
lems, especially when trying to The Coast Guard Auxiliary has
prove who is the rightful owner a helpful solution. A bright or-
of a particular vessel. ange identification tag which can
be applied to the kayak, canoe,
For the past few winters the crew surfboard or SUP on which you
at Station Eatons Neck have had can write in indelible marker the
to conduct kayak related Search owners name, address and tele-
and Rescue operations. When a phone number. Sound like a
kayak is reported in Long Island good idea? Do you want one or
Sound over the winter months, two? We hope so.
the watch commander at Coast
Guard Station Eatons Neck is often called upon to verify So, where can you get these stickers?
specifics of the situation. The usual questions come to
mind right away: We will have them available at the Spring Brunch. See
USCG Auxiliary Flotilla Commander Gene Kinney (a/k/a
Did it just float away on its own or had someone been out The Editor). He’ll make sure you’ll be ready for the summer.
for an ill fated winter adventure?

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Commodore Stan O’Marra, Vice Commodore Nancy Kinney, Rear Commodore Jackie Martin
Secretary Anita Stein and Treasurer Bill Marrero

MCYC
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The Sunshine Corner
LIZ & PETER by Helene Laufer
Journey

We wish to send out our  deepest sympathy  to


Scott and Marilyn Gerber as well as the rest of
the Gerber family on the passing of Scott’s Dad,
Providing quality physical therapy Harry. He lived a full 89 years in Connecticut.
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Trouble on the water? Who ‘ya gonna call?
GrapeTow!
by Petite Syrah

I
t was a somewhat cloudy Sunday afternoon in the late experienced but nervous captain and his tough-as-nails
summer, with very light wind. Scott Gerber and his first-mate, Linda.
lovely, personable, humble wife, Marilyn, sat aboard
SV “Grape Expectations,” deciding whether to come off Captain Gerber was a bit concerned that his small cleat
the mooring in Castle Cove and go for a sail (or motor, as would be ripped from the deck by the overpowering,
the case would likely have been). weighty Catalina 40. Yet without much trouble at all, the
competent Captain Gerber cut through the increasingly
The harbor was fairly busy that day. A Suffolk County active four-foot seas (with tremendous, capable help from
Police boat went speeding through the channel, followed his unflustered bride), tied a line to the ailing ‘Strickly
by the Coast Guard and Harbor Master. Curious to know Ours’ and “GrapeTowed” her back to the safety of her
what was going on, Scott tuned in channel 16 on the slip at the Huntington Yacht Club – but not before a bit
VHF. He listened as the authorities talked about a boat more trauma, as the less-than-smooth approach caused
that was reportedly some damage to
on fire off Lloyd Neck. the dock. But alas,
After a short time, it “Strickly Ours” was
appeared from the safe at home.
various transmissions
that everything would In an extremely gen-
be just fine. erous show of their
appreciation for their
Then Scott heard good deed, Linda and
something else that Dave invited Marilyn
was quite compelling: and Scott to be their
“SeaTow, SeaTow. guests for dinner at
This is ‘Strickly Ours.’ HYC, allowing them
Come in, SeaTow.” the privilege of con-
The SeaTow opera- tributing the dining
tor, upon learning that room minimum, while
“Strickly Ours” is not enjoying a delicious
a member, alerted the meal.
captain of the cost for
non-members. This And so began a new
• The Huntington area’s premier marine assistance for sailors
could create potential financial devastation for Captain chapter in the life of the gallant seaman Scott Gerber –
• Offering service weekends only
Dave and his innocent, loving wife. Hmm… that of a rescue boat operator. Sailors in distress need
• No charge for members of Masthead Cove YC
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So Marilyn, compassionate and quick on her feet said to on VHF channel 72.
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Testimonial -
danger to us and our boat, being the wonderful people DISCLAIMER: Although The Masthead, a first-rate pub-
GrapeTow saved the day. Their friendly and prompt service got me
we are – and the Stricklers are certainly nice enough – we lication featuring articles worthy of Pulitzer Prizes, is vir-
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must do something!” Although he was contemplating set- tually flawless in its editorial coverage, it appears that
Ours – and the free bottle of Pinot Noir took the edge off a stressful
tling in for a nice nap, Scott recognized the potential to be there was a mistake in an advertisement for GrapeTow.
situation – Dave Strickler
seen as a hero and quickly jumped into action. “’Strickly The free bottle of Pinot Noir with every tow does not,
Ours,’ ‘Strickly Ours.’ You got ‘Grape Expectations.’ Tell in fact, come from Captain Gerber. Instead, because of

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Saugatuck

JUNE
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Port Jeff
Oyster Bay

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Port Jeff Blessing of
Oyster Bay the Fleet
NPT
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Western
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JULY
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Summer Cruise
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Summer Cruise: Mystic Seaport, Shelter Island, Branford
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