Member Notices

Manhattan Sailing Club members can post notices on this page as a method of communicating with other members. You are encouraged to share your knowledge by posting information. To post a note, please email the text to mike@myc.org.

Margot DeFrance writes, "On Wednesday, my PFD and I separated ways. It is no longer on Flying Fish, but was seen at the club. It is a red Musto inflatable, new this season. Please contact me if you’ve found it. details below. Thanks." margot@nyc.rr.com 917-952-9274 Sept 2011.

Manish Pahlajani writes, "Traveling to Newport with friends next week. Looking for a day charter with skipper in the area to take out 4-6 people. Any guidance is much appreciated. mpahlajani@gmail.com" Sept 2011

Jamie Szoke would like to crew for the Lucky Dog Race on Friday afternoon. My sailing information is Sailing since 1990, racing since 1992. Raced on: Ensign, Sonar, J/24 since 1998, Farr 24, Beneteau 37.6, Flying Scot. Positions: everything but helm. jamieszoke@yahoo.com Aug 2011

Susan Ciambriello writes, "I am looking to crew in the fall series out of North Cove, preferably Tuesday nights, Wednesdays possible, either as a substitute, or team member. I’m a novice racer with a good amount of cruising experience before having joined the club last year. If you’re looking for enthusiastic regular crew or fill-in, I’m looking for experience, fun, and hoping to be on a team next year. Please contact me at 917-836-0104 or sciambriello@gmail.com" Aug 2011

Nancy Herrmann writes, "I am looking to crew tues and/or wed night for the fall series. I'm in my 3rd year racing J-24s off and on and have basic keelboat cert. My primary experience is with the S/S/F series 1-2x per wk out of HYC on City Island. I generally trim jib, genoa and spinnaker but am open to learn other positions. 917-941-6799 nancy@nancyherrmann.com Aug 2011

Rose Horn writes, "I am looking to crew for the fall series on Tuesday nights. I have been racing since the beginning of the season on several boats, but mostly on Boat #4 with Carla Murphy. If you are in need of very enthusiastic and fun crew drop me a line. 718-964-3955 Surendrarose79@gmail.com" Aug 2011

Mark Stehli writes, "Looking for crew for Tuesday night racing aboard My Way out of uptown Hoboken. We now have a spot to race every Tuesday with us during the fall series or feel free to join our substitute list if you would like to race now and then. Reach out to me via email at markstehli@gmail.com or cell 347-385-5710." Aug 2010

Jackie Swensen writes, "On Tuesday, Aug. 2 I left my Uniden Voyager VHF on Sea Witch after the race. It had a label on it with my name and phone number. Please contact me if you have it at j.m.swensen@gmail.com or 212-230-1881." August 2011

Andy Zangle writes, "On Wednesday night 8/3 I found a left handed Gill sailing glove near the taxi stand on South End Avenue. If it belongs to you please contact Andy Zangle at andrew.zangle@gmail.com or 917 626 7395" August 2011

Matt Weinreich writes, "I lost a blue/sailcloth sailing duffel bag with my sailing gear in it last night (July 27). If anyone recovered it, please call me at 917.922.7998. matt@hopkinsgroupllc.com posted July 2011

Greig Taylor writes, "I have a one-season old J-24 spinnaker for sale, which was bought for racing at the club 2 years ago and has not been used since. Please contact Greig Taylor at greig.taylor@fticonsulting.com or 212-651-7150 if you are interested in buying this from me." posted July 2011

Jeff Nash writes, "I lost a Stearns Off Shore PFD on Monday, July 18th. left either on Boat 3 or in the Mermaid. If you've seen it, please contact me at jnashld@aol.com or 917-359-1705 or leave it at the Mermaid. It's brand new and I will be happy to offer a small reward. Thanks. Posted July 2011

James K. Lowden writes, My racing genoa sheets were last seen in our spinnaker bag on Boat 14. They were there after the July 12 race and they were missing on July 19. I'm sure there's an innocent explanation; I can't believe anyone would steal them. If you know where they are, please return them. No questions asked. jklowden@schemamania.org July 2011

Tom Wallin writes, "I am looking for crew on Comet for Tuesday night. Willing to take a novice racer with sailing experience, reliability and enthusiasm. twallin@energyintel.com" May 2011

Joe DiFranks writes, "The Wednesday night Team Sovereign of the Seas needs a trimmer for June 1 and June 8. If you have any interest email jdifranks@nyc.rr.com Experience perferred." May 2011

Andrew Johnson writes, "Does anyone have any experience of a good marine diesel engine maintenance course in the NY area? Or any must have books on the subject? Thanks Andy ( andydavidjohnson@hotmail.com )" May 2011

Dan Crabbe writes, "Tuesday night racing crew needed. (HighHopes) We are looking for a few crew to race Tuesday nights out of the Shipyard Marina in Hoboken. Racing experience preferred however if you only have sailing experience we can teach you the racing part. We meet at the marina at 5:30pm and depart for the race course shortly thereafter. If interested please contact Dan Crabbe (email: decrabbe@yahoo.com) Thanks! " May 2011

Nadine Stephens writes: "Missing Spinnaker. Last seen on Great Republic 3 races from the end of last season (2010). Solid Red with White Omega written. Contact Nadine: stephensn@un.org or Jan-Willem at jwd@nyam.net" May 2011

Peter Schermehorn writes "I am looking to crew this spring, summer and fall on Tuesday or Wednesday night races. College dinghy racing experience and currently part of a crew racing an Express 37 on the weekends. Email: pscherme@gmail.com, phone: 646-715-7120." May 2011

Douglas Riehl writes, "Experienced Racing Crew needed for the 2011 Season on Team High Hopes. We took 1st Place in the Summer Series in 2010 and always have tons of fun, but unfortunately we lost a key member of the team. If you are interested, please call Doug Riehl at (201) 218-8968 or email me at driehl@bellsouth.net." April 2011

Steve Norring writes, "20 years of racing exp. Fore deck,jib trim. Have been racing on SN&YA looking to race this spring and summer series , e-mail. Snoring@gmail.com. Or call 917 685 8949" April 2011

Megan Ellis writes, "Block Island Sailing Club looking for a Head Sailing Instructor for Summer of 2011. Contact Tyler Deieso if interested tyler.deieso@gmail.com" Feb 2011

Wes Freeburg writes, "The 2011 Light List Books are now available for download. They are updated to Local Notice (01-2011). The electronic version of the Light Lists books are updated monthly, by the first Friday of each month, and are also available on the NAVCEN website. If you have questions regarding this message, you may contact the Navigation Center (use “LNMs, Charts, Chart Corrections, or Light Lists” as the subject from the pull down menu)." Feb 2011

Gilbert Ong writes, "I have a $1000 credit for a sailing school in St Vincent in the Caribbean that I am looking to sell. It's a wonderful place to be sailing but I had to abort my trip the last time and the school is only able to give transferable credits instead of a full refund, so am looking to see if anyone wants to buy it over. They also would give a $300 credit if you want to pick up the boat elsewhere in the Grenadines." gong@chicagobooth.edu Jan 2011

Clifford Franklin writes, "NOAA has an experimental product that you can print at home for FREE. BookletChart™ are made to help recreational boaters locate themselves on the water. The Booklet Chart is reduced in scale and divided into pages for convenience, but otherwise contains all the information of the full-scale nautical chart. Bar scales are also reduced in scale, but are accurate when used to measure distances in a BookletChart. Excerpts from the United States Coast Pilot are included. Most chart notes are consolidated on a single page for easy reference. Emergency information for the charted area is printed on the back cover. These booklet charts make interesting reading for club skippers and potential skippers. http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/staff/BookletChart.html July 2010

Keith Cooper writes, "Want to find out what the conditions are at Robbin’s Reef but can’t access the internet? NOAA’s Dial-A-Buoy gives mariners an easy way to obtain weather reports when away from a computer/the Internet. Wind and wave measurements taken within the last hour at buoy and coastal weather stations operated by NDBC and a growing number of Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) partners can be heard using a cell phone. To access Dial-A-Buoy for Robbins Reef, dial 888-701-8992 using any touch tone or cell phone. When answered, response to the prompts are 1-76264-1-2. (76264 is keypad for ROBN4). http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dial.shtml May 2010

Ed Bacon writes, "How about adding a link to www.iboatnyharbor.com on your member notices page?" March 2010

Wes Freeburg writes, "Official NOAA Nautical charts for free online! Check out: http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/index.htm. The site also has free viewers. In the United States, all official nautical paper charts produced by NOAA's Office of Coast Survey (OCS) are available for download. A fundamental tool of marine navigation, NOAA's Raster Navigational Charts are produced by scanning at high resolution. NOAA adds data describing the chart, its datum, projection, and they can be updated with Notices to Mariners. I recommend charts designated 12334, 12335 and 12341 for "studying" our sailing area." Feb 2010

Wes Freeburg writes, "NOAA and the Office of Coast Survey has a nifty, free online chart viewer that allows a sailor to view up-to-date charts on the Internet to use for planning or analysis tools. See: http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/OnLineViewer.html and http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/12327.shtml Feb 2010

TJ Shea reports, "Due to the reconfiguring of the pilot area and the deepening of the Ambrose Channel (which extends the channel seaward), the buoys from the old Ambrose Light thru the upper Hudson Bay/River have been renumbered. NOAA has updated their electronic charts and will be publishing paper charts in March 2009. For us, Buoy 29 is now 33 and Buoy 31 is now 35. NOAA’s on-line chart views is at http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/OnLineViewer.html. Their download site is at: http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/index.htm (raster charts) or http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/index.htm (electronic navigation charts)." Nov 2008

Ian Fuchsloch writes, “Just recently came across the following webpage - http://demo.geogarage.com/noaa – which basically superimposes NOOA and Google earth maps. Thought that it might be something interesting to add to the “links” section. June 2008

Rahul Vemula writes, "I wanted to submit an useful link to be placed on the website. www.tideapp.com. This is a website is designed to be accessed particularly through the Iphone (or any computer which runs the Safari web browser) which has tide predictions for hundreds of locations through the united states. To get tides for NY Harbor, one must simply open up www.tideapp.com on the Safari Web Browser on the iPhone. Then click on States, select New York, scroll town to "T" and select "The Battery - New York Harbor." Under the New Jersey tab, there are also tide predictions for locations further north which may be useful to members sailing out of Hoboken. I know that many our fellow members of the club have the iPhone so I thought that this would be useful. Enjoy! May 2008

Wesley Freeburg writes, "Sailmaker UK Halsey has released an excellent Man-Overboard training video, depicting crew overboard recover techniques when under Spinnaker. See http://www.ukhalsey.com/LearningCenter/mob.asp. You'll probably need to give them an e-mail address for access. Well worth it!" May 2006

Wesley Freeburg has updated the Crew Overboard description available on our web-site under "Club Info" - "Using Club Boats" based on the results of testing done at the Crew Overboard Symposium 2005, in San Francisco, CA. See http://www.myc.org/Using%20Club%20Boats/crew_overboard.htm for a detailed discussion of these important maneuvers. Dec. 2005

Here's an incredible website for local river and harbor charts going back to the 1800's. http://anchor.ncd.noaa.gov/ Click on New York and enjoy!

Notices to Members