We have a new map of the marina on our website. It indicates the location of the AED, plus all the swim ladders and fire extinguishers in the marina. Please take a moment to look at the new map and become familiar with the location of these important safety items closest to your slip. Let’s have fun this summer and be safe. Check it out.
We had a beautiful day for the Opening Day Festivities. The open house at the Lighthouse on Saturday afternoon was packed with happy sailors back to start the season. Food, drink and friendships were enjoyed by all. After the open house party, the SHYC had their blessing of the fleet ceremony and the annual burning of the socks. The beginning of another great season of sailing and fun.
Come And Celebrate Opening Weekend With Us!!
Stingray Point Marina is hosting an Open House in the Lighthouse for all Slip Holders and SHYC members
Saturday April 27, 2013 from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Last year’s party was great! Let’s make this one even better! We have a lot of new slip holders. Let’s show them how we do things around here and celebrate the opening of a great boating season.
Please come and join us for some greets, eats and drinks!
The weather is gorgeous! Where are you? D-Dock is finally done and I am trying to get all my little ducklings to come back to their new slips. We do plan on a celebration of the new D-Dock as soon as we have more boats in the slips. Come on, everybody loves a party!
Photo Contest
I want to let everybody know that our photo contest for 2013 has been launched. We already have a winner and her name is Bianca King. Bianca supplied us with the snowy evening photo that I used in one of our newsletters. She is a recipient of a $50.00 gift card to West Marine. Any image that is submitted and we use it in any of our promotion will be awarded the gift card to West Marine. Please visit our website and you be the judge of images that we are lacking and would be good to use to promote our marina. Who knows, you could be the next winner!
PLEASE DRIVE SLOW THROUGH THE MARINA! I have requested this before, but there are people who continue to think this is The Autobahn and they are in a foreign country. People do walk through the marina with their kids and dogs. Also let’s please limit the amount of dust we create. If this continues to be a problem, I will install LARGE SPEED BUMPS. If you see a car driving fast, please ask them to slow down.
The Ice Machine Cometh
The ice machine is back! Again, it is the honor system of $2.00 (not $1.75 or another amount) into the Tupperware container inside of the ice chest. This worked pretty well last year, let’s see if we can make it perfect this year!
Marina Improvements to Cause Temporary Closures
There will be two temporary closures in the marina while we make improvements. One will be the front main entrance to the marina as we patch the holes and asphalt the entrance. It you see it blocked off, please either enter through the yacht yard next door, or use the entrance on the other side of the marina.
The other temporary closure will be the main pool house as we paint the floor. If you see the entrances blocked off, please use one of our other bath houses. This inconvenience will be during the week and hopefully only for one day. The other bath houses use the same entrance code.
Unattended Cars During Extended Cruises
Please, if you leave on an extended cruise, please park your vehicles in the remote parking lot in front of the office and do not leave your vehicles parked on grassy areas. It makes it very hard for our landscapers to mow and we definitely do not want any rocks thrown through your windows by the equipment! I will thank everyone in advance for their consideration!
Cable Television in Covered Boat Building
I have had several calls from slip holders about not receiving cable television channels. Metrocast went to digital transmission a while back. If your television is analogue, not digital, you will need a separate little black box that converts the digital signal to analog and will allow you to receive channels. I am trying to work with Metrocast to get these boxes. Please send me an email if your television is not digital and you need a black box. I will do the best I can to try and get one for you.
LOST AND FOUND
During the last Nor’easter, I pulled out of the water down by G-Dock, a navy blue helm cover. If you have lost your cover, please contact me and I will see if I have Cinderella’s slipper for you!
I could go on and on, but…… I just miss you all. It is time to see your smiling faces, hear your laughter and gaze upon all the gorgeous boats coming and going. The time is NOW, come on down!!!!
In Loving Memory of John SwartwoutFebruary 19, 1940 – December 24, 2012
After a brief and courageous battle with cancer, John passed on Christmas Eve morning. He is now at peace and is not suffering any more.
We will all miss John, especially all our fuzzy coated animal friends who all knew his vehicles and that he always carried treats for each one of them. It will be a sad spring this year not to have John driving up and greeting all the slip holders as they return to the marina. I know John would prefer us not to mourn his passing, but instead, raise a glass and toast to all the good times and fond memories we will all carry forward with us of John.
We will all miss you John.
No Memorial Service is scheduled.
Winterization of the marina’s water system is planned for around the first week of December. That means that there will not be any dock water available, nor will the pump-out be working. All the bath houses except for the main one at the pool will be closed and locked for the winter season. The main bath house will be kept open. Also, the new spigot for our drinking water will be winterized as well.
Yes, Hurricane Sandy is gone. The Marina is all put back together with all electricity and water functioning. There is, of course, scattered debris from the winds and high tides. But, I am happy to say, all docks, finger piers and bulkheads are unscathed. I would like to thank the wonderful people that walked the docks and adjusted dock lines with me during the storm. There was our fearless leader Jim Rogers (even when the docks were under water!), Tom, Bianca, Mac, Jim, Carl, Pete and Ulla all tirelessly tending our marina. Without these people I am not sure we would have faired as well. Thank you all! I would also like to thank Elizabeth our media guru who kept our website and Facebook page up to date with images and information so you all would know what was going on in our marina. Last, but not least, our wonderful Brent who tried time and again to send out my correspondence to you from his computer at home while working on accessing his office computer remotely. You may have received emails without pictures or several of the same emails, but he didn’t give up until he got it right! Teamwork, I love teamwork!
I do have a couple of business issues to discuss with you all. The first will be the fact that it is the slip holder’s responsibility to make sure that their boat is secure for any storm. If you are not able to get here and secure your boat, you should contact one of the many boat yards here in town and have them hired to do it. The marina is extremely busy preparing the marina for coming storms. We really do not have the time, nor want the liability in securing any boats. It is extremely important that you make sure your boat is properly secured with lines that are the correct size and in good condition. This is not only important for the safety of your boat, but also the safety of the other boats in the marina. If you can not do this, please arrange to have your boat hauled. I do plan on conducting a seminar in the spring on how to properly secure your boat for a storm with the hope that it will help all of us!
The next subject has to do with allowing someone else to use your slip. On the lease that you signed for your slip, it states that you are not allowed to sublease your slip. Even though this is more a “lending” situation, it is still not allowed by the marina, especially with someone outside our marina. This is mostly from a liability stand point. This did occur during Sandy. Interesting, the only boat that had a sail come loose was the boat from another marina! There were three men trying to secure the sail in 35 knot wind and rain to protect the other boats around him. Please, if you would like to let a current slip holder in the marina “borrow” your slip, contact the office first. Otherwise, please do not offer your slip.
I would like to thank all of you for your kind words on Facebook as well as on our website. It really helped me to keep going and was greatly appreciated. If you haven’t visited either site recently, please do so and see some of the pictures that were taken during the storm.
Please try and make an effort to come back to the marina as soon as possible and untie any spider web lines running across the docks or slips. You may think I am twinkle toes, but if you saw me running around the docks today in these foul weather boots, you would definitely know that I am not!
We made it through another one! But will someone please turn the heat back on?!?!
Lisa
Wind gusts over 50 kts. Winds have shifted and are coming out of the west as Sandy’s winds continue to back. We are turning power back on because water has receded. Unfortunately, a few boats have sustained some damage and their owners have been contacted. Now thinking about seminar in the spring on how to secure your boat for a storm!!!
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