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.

Richard Jesaitis writes: I left my Icom IC-M72 handheld VHS radio (with strap and metal clip)in the Mermaid on Saturday, July 23. Your help locating it will be much appreciated. Thanks. Contact Richard Jesaitis 917-439-2468, rjesaitis@aol.com. July 2010

Tobias Baumann writes, "I am looking to do some docking training with bigger boats, mono-hull sometime in August or early September. I have dug out a few one or two day options in and around New York, but they usually only make sense if there is several people taking the course. Email me at tobias.baumann@gmail.com if you're interested." July 2010

Keith Cooper writes “The infamous Boat 14 needs a guest race skipper/driver Wednesday, Aug 4, silver fleet. My crew is a pure joy to be around and new to racing (although we did squeak out a 3d place finish last week!!) so your experience, knowledge and leadership will be greatly appreciated. Please email keith@itscooper.com. Thanks so much!” July 2010

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

Jolanda Wittenberg writes, "Are you looking for experienced crew during daytime on weekdays (9.00 - 12.30 or 1.00 - 4.30)? Please contact me on jolanda.wittenberg@gmail.com or 646-255-0903." July 2010

Jolanda Wittenberg writes, "I am a new member with sailing and racing experience. I am looking to crew on the Wednesday night J/24 races. I am willing to fill in on a race-by-race basis. Please contact me on jolanda.wittenberg@gmail.com or 646-255-0903." July 2010

Tom D'Alleva writes "I have a newly renovated TWO bedroom, 2nd floor, apartment available in Astoria, NY. It is conveniently located around the corner from the Steinway Street subway station - two stops to midtown Manhattan. New kitchen, new bathroom, new floors and freshly painted. Email me for pictures or to set up a viewing appointment. Rent = $1695 per month. email: tom@sailclan.com" June 2010

Randy Lewis posts the following request: "I have relatives from the west coast who need a sublet for two or three months this summer. Preferably upper east side/yorktown area. If you know of any possibilities please let me know at pipeace@aol.com. Thanks." June 2010

Tom Wallin writes, “I want to start a new Tuesday night racing team this summer and I am looking for crew. I have raced here for 10 years on Wednesdays. I am looking for enthusiasm, reliability and sailing experience. Please contact me at twallin@energyintel.com. Thanks. June 2010

Stephen Yip writes, "Misplaced VHF Radio. Old silver Standard Horizon HX-450 series VHF with remote microphone and white lanyard + clip. Last seen on stern pulpit of Flying Cloud/Dutchman after Friday’s June 11th, 2010 corporate event. Whereabouts appreciated. Thanks. Contact Stephen Yip: swgyip@cypressstrategies.com" June 2010

Kevin F. Kelly writes, "after nearly two decades cutting my teeth at a prominent rare book dealer in New York, I have established myself as an independent bookseller. For an idea of what I deal with visit: www.kevinkellybookseller.com If you or anyone you know has an interest in collecting, or selling rare books and related material I would be happy and eager to help. I have handled books and manuscripts ranging in price from $100 to $2.6 million." June 2010

Donna Antonucci writes: "I need a relief driver who would like to occasional skipper my boat on Tuesday nights when I cannot attend. Anyone who has skippers' privileges and is comfortable racing please send a note to: belwether@aol.com or text 201-240-6832. I have a great crew but only I have skipper privileges." May 2010

Tom Mueller writes: "I am a new member with sailing experience but have not raced in a very long time. I am looking to crew on the Wednesday night J/24 races. I am reliable and willing to fill in on a race-by-race basis if no full time slot is available. I can be reached at tmueller@mofo.com or on my cell at 908-416-6056." May 2010

Joanne Marshall writes, "Daytime Skipper Needed" for any day of the week except Thursday. I am a new crew club member looking for a Skipper interested in sailing 9 - 12.30 p.m. or 1 - 5 p.m. (morning preferably). Driving from Princeton, New Jersey so also interested in a weekday or evening Skipper available to sail out of Jersey City or Hoboken. Please contact me at joanneelizabethmarshall@gmail.com or 908 229 0851. May 2010

Uday Jhunjhunwala writes, "I'm looking to crew during the day on weekdays, so if you've got a flexible schedule and looking for crew, please contact me on uday.jhunjhunwala@gmail.com. Thanks!" May 2010

Danielle Gallo has a Spinnaker for Sale. If interested contact Danielle at 917-617-1719 or danielle_gallo@hotmail.com. May 2010

Jim McNally writes, "Experienced crewperson needed for Tuesday Night. Looking for Genoa trimmer with understanding of racing tactics. Contact Jim: 646 295 4626, jim@sevenseasjim.com May 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

Perry Moy writes, "Yankee tickets for sale. Season Ticket Holder. Tickets available for many games. Two (2) Seats located in Terrace Suite Level, Front Row, Great View behind Home Plate. Access to separate suite entrance to avoid lines - access to elevator - direct to Jim Beam Suite. Regular season Tickets from $145.00 Except for Boston, Mets, Philly & Angle games. If interested e-mail: pm.yanks@yahoo.com with the information for the Game(s) you are interested in. Please provide the following : (a) Team (b) Date (c) Day (d) Time." April 2010

Michael Blood writes, "I would like to crew for the Tuesday or Wednesday J/24 races. I grew up sailing and have raced frequently with my very competitive father and his brothers, but never in the NY harbor. I am very reliable and have excellent sailing instincts. If you are in need of crew for either night, please contact me at mike.blood@gmail.com or 512-633-2376. Thanks." April 2010

Jamie Szoke - would like to crew on a J/105. Have had 10 years racing experience on J/24 all positions mostly at bow or flying spinnaker at the MYC but none on a J/105. Have also raced on Sonars, Beneteau First 36.7, Flying Scot for 15 years. I can be contacted at jsz@csnylaw.com. March 2010

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

Richard Woronoff writes, "My racing captain, is no longer in NYC, and thus I'm trying to get onto a Wednesday Racing team. I have had many years of experience in every position as crew. I have also been a Fleet Captain for many years. I have my own spinnaker sail and am able to be at the Battery Park dock early. I am very consistent in being available for every Wednesday racing night. I can be reached at 212-691-2622 or at kaptainrich@aol.com" Feb 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

Ken Wieber writes, "For Sale: Murray Hill one bedroom apartment with walk-in closet, renovated kitchen and bath in a clean and friendly co-op building. For more information check out the New York Times listing: http://realestate.nytimes.com/sales/detail/253-NS100105642" Jan 2010

Wayne Turett writes, "GARMIN GPSMAP® 76Cx Color Mapping GPS, Americas bought new for $350, currently selling for $249.99 USD at West Marine, offered at $200. In perfect condition with super strong batteries. Have Eastern Caribbean digital charts on microSD card. Make me an offer for both. Wayne Turett, 917 612 9086, wturett@turettarch.com" June 2009

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