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Per the Incoming Harbor Master: Let’s clear Dock 5

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Water levels are stable and weather is good.
Attn: all dock 5 owners /users
Now is the time to move your boat, hoist or dockbox!
“it don’t get no better ‘n this”
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Looking good for boat checks on Sat all day and also Friday afternoon. Bring handheld VHF radio set to channel 69 if you have one. Call or just look around for boat help.
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John Lusk

DCYC Policy for Water in Boats

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Attention all boat owners — 

North Texas received more than 10 inches of rain in the last 5 days.

The lake is up 7.5 feet from last week and may go up some more.  Many boats in the harbor and on shore are holding rainwater and/or leakage from the lake.  

YOU are responsible for pumping or removing the water, maintaining bilge pumps, checking dock lines, etc for your boat(s).

If the club employees or volunteers must pump out a boat or reset the dock lines, there WILL be charges added to your monthly bill. The details are covered in the Club Rules.  The charges escalate with multiple pump-outs.

Questions can be directed to John Lusk, only if necessary.  Ferry boat access to the docks 4 and 5 is  limited and needs to be pre-scheduled for afternoons.

 

Per the Harbor Master

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Dock 5 is finished, toast, done for, hasta la vista, as in: we need to get it unloaded STAT.

The mud poles are holding it okay at the moment, but more of the welds are broken down through the spine.  We stabilized it some yesterday by removing the front portion and securing it against the seawall. Previously, it was swinging back and forth into boats boats on Dock 4 (mostly mine) and boats on Dock 6.  We also tied anchors to it to help hold it in place, but time is limited.  We need to unload the dock boxes and the 8 boat lifts from the dock, as well as get as many of those boats onto their trailers or put them on mooring balls.

To help with the removal of the boat lifts on Dock 5, we will be out there several times thru the middle of December with a portable generator to provide temporary power, so that the slip owner can get their lifts raised and removed.  We need to try to finish this by December 12th or 19th at the very latest.

We also recovered the gang planks on pseudo Dock 1, and Dock 5.  There is some additional work to do on those, but I’ll take care of it after the Circuit Stop at Canyon Lake.

Power will only be available on Dock 6 until after the new docks are in.  The power cable on pseudo Dock 1 has been damaged and is no longer safe to use.

Fleet 163 survived fairly well, with the exception of Lady Outlaw.  She is the J/24 that appeared several times on WFAA.  The boat is back on the trailer, but has a broken rudder (easy to replace) and needs some repair on the inside lazarettes.

When the lake rises another foot or so, it will probably be time to start removing trash cans, picnic tables, etc. from the lower area in front of the docks.

I would also strongly recommend that Dock 4 slip owners start getting their dock boxes unloaded and removed from the docks.

Thanks,
Tim

 

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Images courtesy of Tim Johnson, Harbor Master

Report from incoming Harbor Master, John Lusk

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Tim J and I got to club in morning darkness. We made an “executive decision” to get a crane and luckily Davis had one. The crane arrived at 9:30 and left at 3:00. Lifted 10 or 11 boats and got them  to safety with no issue. Thanks to all volunteers, especially Tim Kraft for hooking boats and directing crane efficiently.
National Weather Service says EF1 tornado came through us.

Crane

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John Lusk asked us to share that the leadership ordered a crane early this morning. As of around 9:30 am, the crane operator and several club members were working together to start pulling boats apart.

Please contact Tim Johnson, John Lusk, or David Patterson with questions.

“El Niño behind storms to come”

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Texas could see very heavy rains, with the worst of the weather in eastern Texas and the central Gulf Coast, “but that doesn’t mean there won’t be instances [of severe storms] farther west in the Dallas area,” Noll said. “You’ll have these storms move through and they’ll drag some significant cold fronts with them.

“You’ll see severe weather outbreaks in November and into the winter.”

Northern Texas could see more ice and snow than normal, with cold air pushing as far south as the Rio Grande Valley, Noll said. Places like Corpus Christi can expect lots of gray skies, drizzle and low clouds through the winter months.

If El Niño brings a series of significant rainstorms to the Dallas area, as it did in late spring, officials at the Army Corps of Engineers in Fort Worth said that the lakes and river should be able to handle it.

Denton Record Chronicle, “El Niño behind storms to come”
By Michael E. Young
The Dallas Morning News
Published: 15 November 2015 11:59 PM

Outcomes of the Annual Meeting

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Congratulations to our three newest Board of Governors members:

  • Darrin Ditmer
  • Heather Fahle
  • Chris Hoskins

The membership passed the budget with a few modifications.

  • The budget for the mast crane was increased three-fold.
  • The Safety & Security Bundle was voted on line-by-line. Proposals that passed include: repair of unsafe wiring in workshop; replacement of oven; replacement of pool furniture; installation of front gate battery backup. Proposals that failed include: replacement of upstairs carpet; replacement of blinds.
  • The membership approved the purchase of a new tender for the junior sailing program.

The 2016 Flag Officers were introduced:

Commodore: Dick Peters

Vice Commodore: James Hankins

Rear Commodore: Dan Wolf

Treasurer: Chris Osborn

Secretary: Kendra Favors

Fleet Captain: Heather Fahle

Fleet Surgeon: Dr. Jay Hoppenstein

Harbormaster: John Lusk

Annual Award Recipients

William T. Hart Memorial Award: Kelly Holmes-Moon

John Harris Memorial Award:

A Fleet: Ramon Torres

B Fleet: Heather & Bill Fahle

Jim Johnson Memorial Award: Marie S. Nuchols

Arthur P. Nazro Memorial Award: David Patterson & Randall Massey

For more details, check upcoming The Hailer.