Port Captain Report October 2023
As the EYC sailing season comes to a close, the main subject of interest to the Port Captain is, “which boats will remain on the grounds through the winter months.” You may know that I, in the past, would take pictures of all the boats that I see on the grounds at the end of the year, or the start of the winter billing year in November.
I am stepping down as Port Captain at the end of the month, so that monitoring job will now pass to the new Port Captains, Art Stiers and Murray McLeod. They will be checking for and billing any boats that are on the grounds for winter storage in the first two weeks of November. Check page 29, 2023 MOORAGE FEES, in the by-laws. If your boat is on the grounds when they check, you will be billed FOR THE TOTAL WINTER STORAGE. There will be no prorating after EYC has billed for storage. And remember that the 2024 rates will be posted in the new handbook for 2024.
We would like everyone that will be keeping their boats on the ground to have their name and OR numbers on the trailer as this helps with the checking of boats. Also please do not leave “one-and-a-half” spacing between boats as we have several new members that will be storing boats for the winter, so we will need as much storage space as possible.. When we checked the center island last week there is a lot of wasted space so if you have placed your boat in the island, please go back and check that your do not leave a lot of wasted room between your watercraft and the one next to you.
Also please have the boats in the center island facing west. For those who do not know which way west is, the lake is east.
As mentioned above, this is my last year as Port Captain; it has been fun for 15 years. But all good things must come to an end. As a Senior member my work party hours are not charged, so someone else should benefit from the Port Captain position with its work party hours credit. I hope that everyone will have a fantastic fall/winter and please give both Art and Murray the same consideration that you have shown to me these past 15 years.
Gordon Mattatall