GBCA Discussion Forum

Today we visited the Houston Maritime Museum. Yes, who figured there was such a thing. It's in a house a block south of the Medical Center, surrounded by condos and office buildings. What an incredible surprise. Not big like many others, but a collection of high quality. Well worth the visit and the support. They have big plans. Land already on lease from the Port and design by Gensler. All they need is a couple of mil more. Go visit. It will make you happy.

Can anyone recommend a competent Yanmar mechanic? I have a 3GM30F that is mysteriously loosing fresh water coolant.

I just got a renewal notice from Sailing World. $40/year??? Not worth it. I found it on Kindle for $9.99. Works on iPhone and Android phones, iPad and Android tablets and of course Kindle readers. Zinio has it for $11.99. It works on Mac and PCs, as well.

Tired of receiving those annoying renewal reminder emails and letters? Wish you could just set it and forget it? Well, now you can. New members can select Manual or Automatic renewal on the application page. Current members can change to Automatic renewal from the renewal page. Click on Change Membership Level. DO NOT make this change until it is time for your renewal since this affects your renewal date and can result in additional dues payments. Please review your contact information and change as needed.

You must have a PayPal account to take advantage of auto-renew.

Yes, I know, we have no Hobie 33's on the Bay. March 26 - March 29 at the Fort Walton Yacht Club. NOR is attached.

The Galveston Bay Foundation (?GBF?) and Houston Advanced Research Center (?HARC?) are working together to deliver critical information about the health of Galveston Bay to the public through a report card, scheduled to be released in early 2015. Everyone who lives near, uses and enjoys Galveston Bay is encouraged to visit www.galvbay.org/reportcard to learn more about the project, take the public interest survey, and submit comments about issues concerning bay health.

The Galveston Bay Report Card will provide the public with citizen-driven, science-based measures to assess the health of the bay, such as the status of key habitats (e.g. wetlands, seagrass, oyster reefs), fish and wildlife populations, trends in water quality of local bayous and the bay, and impacts of coastal change and sea level rise. The selection of specific indicators to be used in the report card will be guided by the public input collected through survey responses and comments submitted.

This Saturday at the Galveston Yacht Basin. For more information:

https://www.facebook.com/events/364906373660875/

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good and reliable cleaning service. I'm getting tired of scrubbing the topsides and as a result do it less and less with the expected results.

See attached for the latest standings.

Chris,


The Portofino Harbour Yacht Club would like to invite the members of GBCA to participate in our 4th Annual Cardboard Boat Race on August 24th.  There is no fee to enter a boat and entrants will be provided detailed instructions regarding the race and how to build their boat.


I have attached a flyer regarding the event.  You can also go to our website at http://www.portofinoharbour.com/phyc.htm.  Feel free to contact me with any questions.


John Klumb
Chair, Cardboard Boat Race Committee
Portofino Harbour Yacht Club

From Phil Kropf.

FYI, please read the important message below.
Hopefully everything will be fixed prior to the 4th!!!
I will post an update when operations are back to normal.

For those who maybe have never seen my posting on the TMCA website about the normal height specifications for the GCRR Bridge, and how recreational boaters (with tall masts!) can determine that it is in fact in the fully raised position, please click on this link: http://www.tmca.nu/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=153&Itemid=87

Philip Kropf
TMCA Past Commodore (www.tmca.nu)
Recreational Boater Rep to the USCG Area Maritime Security Committee (AMSC)
Recreational Boater Rep to the USCG Port Coordination Team (PCT)
Recreational Boater Rep to the Lone Star Harbor Safety Committee (LSHSC)
s/v Silhouette
713-598-6454 (c)
pkropf@flash.net





From: Hernandez, Alberto CIV
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 11:46 AM
To: pkropf@flash.net
Cc: D08-DG-VTSHouston-WatchSup ; D08-smb-SecHoustonSCC
Subject: Galveston Causway Railroad Bridge Clearance


Mr. Kropf,

The Galveston Causeway Railroad Bridge is currently stuck in a position that reduces navigational clearance to approximately 63ft on the Galveston Island side and 65ft on the mainland side. The waterway is NOT closed, however, this may affect water-way users. Repairs are in progress and vessels should contact the bridge as normal on VHF FM Channel 16 prior to proceeding.

Very respectfully,
Albert Hernandez
Watch Supervisor
Vessel Traffic Service Houston-Galveston
713-671-5103

Philip Kropf passed on this notice of a proposed annual fee of $26 for renewing Coast Guard Documentation.

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14053-14060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04866]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

46 CFR Part 67

[Docket No. USCG-2010-0990]
RIN 1625-AB56


Vessel Documentation Renewal Fees

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes to amend its regulations to
separately list an annual fee for renewals of endorsements upon the
Certificate of Documentation. The Coast Guard is required to establish
user fees for services related to the documentation of vessels. This
proposed rule would separately list a fee of $26 to cover the current
costs of the vessel documentation services provided by the Coast Guard.

DATES: Comments and related material must either be submitted to our
online docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before May 3, 2013
or reach the Docket Management Facility by that date.

Congratulations to GBCA member Glenn Gault for winning the PHRF division in this year's Pineapple Cup with his J/120 Rebecca.
Results: http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_detail.cfm?Race_Number=1&eID=705.

As another incentive for some of you to register for the Performance Cup Regatta, here are the current standings for PHRF Boat of the Year, both spinnaker and non-spinnaker. Results for LYC Bay Cup II are not included. The three remaining regattas are GBCA Performance Cup, LYC Harvest Moon and HYC Turkey Day.

SPINNAKER
8 RACES SCORED, 4 TO GO
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Revolution             Buckner/Prelle       18
      
Airborne             Christensen       12
      
Picante             Nunes               11
      
Mojo (32)             Rhyne               10
      
Leading Edge (35)  Sutton               10
      
Silver Bullet           Alsup                8
      
Hamburg             Goethe                4
      
Rebecca             Gault                4
      
Bander Snatch     McGaugh                4
      
Black River Racing                           4
      
Mojo (24)        Rhyne                   4

NON-SPINNAKER
8 RACES, 4 TO GO
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Big D                     Foster              19
      
Island Time             Jones              12
      
Seute Deurn     Knickrehm                8
      
Sea Nymph             Van Ravensway        5
      
Yankee Lip             Miller                5
      
Danelaw             Olsen                4
      
Whistler             Fraser                4
      
Figaro             Wittich                4

PHRF-Galveston Bay has published the details of this coming year's challenge for PHRF Boat of the Year. Please see the attached.

If you are registering for you and a guest, you must do more than just enter the guest's name on the initial registration page. You must click on "Add Guest" toward the bottom of the page and then enter the guest's name again. This will properly register the guest and charge you the correct amount.

If you have already registered and thought you were also signing up your guest, but were only charged $50 instead of $100, Go back into registration. It will tell you that you are already registered, but will allow you to add your guest.

Sorry, we don't write the programs.

The following sent to us by Trish and Roy Weeks concerning the recent passing of old friend Mike Seich. I remember some fabulous barbecue "back in the day."

Please pass this on, Mike Seich was a GBCA member who cooked for many GBCA events like Veracruz. For many years he was a huge asset to GBCA .

If whomever gets this did not know him please feel free to contact me Trish Weeks 281 787-2774 . I told Kevin Hayes just today and he too can help with details if needed. The November issue of Telltails magazine should have additional information.

Thank you,
Trish & Roy Weeks  former GBCA members 

From: info@sea-tech.com [mailto:info@sea-tech.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 9:55 AM
To: Capn Greybeard
Subject: "Capt Poop," running for home with fair winds and following seas...

Obituary for Mike Seich, known with affection around Clear Lake as Capt. Poop for his tireless work with Maritime Sanitation. He was also a great BBQ cook. So long old friend? SB

http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Michael-Seich

Longtime Galveston Bay sailor and friend Paul Renfro died Tuesday, May 11. A celebration of his life will take place at the Club Classic beginning at 2:00 PM ? until?, on Sunday , May 16th.  Those who knew Paul, knew him to be an intense sailing competitor. He won many Bay and Gulf racing events on various boats from the late 1980?s and 1990?s. He will be missed by many who knew him and sailed with him! http://www.claytonfuneralhomes.com/obits/

Now that Blue Water is done, where do we buy Yanmar parts locally?

Thank you K-Bed!