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SOUADRONS
A U N I T O F UN IT E DS T A T E SP OWER
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FRIDAY HARBOR,I,IASH
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BRIDEEOFFICERS
JANUARl
C on E ander...,..,Fred Hoeppn e rA P 378-42t3
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Exe cutive.......walter
Ed u cation.......Lee
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Adilinistrative. . L€nce Crosby AP 374-2946
Treasurer. ,,. .. .Jaoes Henshaw S
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MEETING
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JAN, I9B 6
Fri.day Harbor, l{a 98250
TH U R S D A Y
IIARIiORLIGI{IS M}ILINC A'DRESS
641 Peter Place
Friday Harbor, ltia 98250
REGULAR
MLETING
LEGION_ NOON
JAN. I9E 6
JUST A THOL]CHT
You knov, guesls are af!r'ays r,'elcome at
our events.
Invite son€ friends \rho would
be inlerested in our activities
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ADMINISTRATIVE DEPI.
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MANYTHAN(S!l! to att of you Nho made rhe
Lhristmas Parry such a nice evening. Good
refreshments, good food, great entertainment
a-d Srnr" Claus rjth hr. gj tLst
A-) of you
l^ho nissed ir Lill
have o trdit Jcir dnot ie!
year.
And thanks to the comnittee _ _offic
ial and unofficial
-- we had the faslest clean
up on Fecord.
By lred HoeppnerAp
The 1985 social calendar was DrouSht
to a clinattic
close
l./ith the vonderful Christnas party planned
produced by the Steetes and Gubelmans. -t.ir,irtir"ry_anri
,
one, with possibly the exception of your
Coturander
lr4o vas dragooned for rhe second tir"
ly u f/i
into
singing (?), had a great tine.
Santa .i,a fli"l"r-'
elves in full costume carried tne event
as they dis_
tributed gifts to all.
I think the food was the
tasttest everr especially those two heavy
chocolate_
nrint desserts.
JANUARYMEETING
l,Jhat; Luncheon -
. At the peak of our recent sDow srorn thls island
L,as.vithoul emgrgency medical transporr
Lo Lhe main_
1ano. the arrrietd uas closed and rhe feJry
had made
sherrif,_Ray
sr"rr"., ..ir.J-"fJi'
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lllj ,Our
your
Squaclron
to provide volunteer boats and crews
shoutd they be needed. I cal]ed for
u.i"it..."
only frorn those nernberslrho had large "tr"aly
f""a 6..t";_-r""iwho had slover boats volunteereal as crev.
ft was with
great pride that vithin a half hour of tle
Strerriffis
request - ATREVIDA,ATREVIDAII, and CHARLIECHAN
re p o r L e d r e a d y in .al l respecrs and the Sh e rj f f ws s
S r v e n t he skip p e r 's name,telephonenurbe r a n d b o a t
. r o c a ! r on . Ed u ca tjon ma) be our prjmsry n is s io n ,
but
I think publ ic servicF is p re rt y
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:"'Tl"ity
lmDOrtant
also.
Lance Crosbg
Calered by Linda cubelnan
lilhere:
Anerlcan Legion Ha11
Whenr
1200.
Itho
Cndr Paul Larson,
U. S. Coas! Guard
l4arine Safety office.
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January gth,
1986 (Thursday)
l4dr ine Sa a-\ r:th d specral ,eporr
tsristol Ba\ Crab Boat disasrers.
on ,.e
FEBRUARYMEET]NG
Tentalive schedule February 13th. plan for a
Valentines Day Potluck -- Watch Harbor Lights for
additional details.
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1985 FUBL]CBOAT]NG
CLASSGRADUATES
Mary E. Keith
James C. Wooden
Bonnie IcCullough
John S. Unden'ood
Nancy & cerald
D. E. Goodrich
Swarlz
Greta & David Duva1l
By Jack Gordon S.
Si Stephens
Persistence
lfe are expecting and hoping that three or four nore
\,ri]1 take the exanination
is over,
after
the Christmas rush
We should be able to announce lhe grad_
uates of the Seamanship Course in the next Harbor
Lights,
time.
final
exaninations
Look and be ready for
Course lhis
Spring.
to star:t JN, if
contact
are being taken at rhis
Dave,
rhe SKIPPERS_{VER
Dave Seaman, N is abou! ready
and Hard i,\lorkPay-off!!l!
WF dre oFtti-"
all cnr.s of Dats as well as
acknovlegements from NASAon our submission of chart
ror.c\,
o s fo- th-s area. hJhen\ou pic^ up rhe
new Sma11 Craft Chart that has just come out be sure
to go over it v,/ilh a magnifying glass and come up
rrith some more corrections.
Distr:ict 1s anxious
to have our Sqlladron back on the Honor Roll and so
an -.
Don t forgeL. wiLh uarm ueall er sri-!1 a tpU
days avray, slrelch yourlegs and pick up a few Survey
Marks. There are a 1ot of those out ln the bush yet
to be uncovered.
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yo! haven'! and you are interesled
DID YOU KNOW?
The rnanufacturers
of D,rracell
batteries have dete codes on their: packages so that
you can deterrnine tbe date ot rnanulacture,
On the
back oI the package you will find a printed nurnber
like "5A22C.rI
Decoding is easy. The rt5rr is th;
year, 1985, and the 'rA is the rnonth, which is January in thi s case; 'B't is for February,
'rC't
is for March,
and so on.
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Execulive Board suinmarycont:
Secretarg
By Fred pophanAp
Nev Business
Squadron to purchase v/ine for. Christnas
Parry
Please nake lhe folloving additions to your copy
of rhe 85/86 SquadronRosrer.
Squadron vitl
give a USpS Ensign !o each
graduate of the Seananship Course.
For Carl & Lottie Cain * under ',CERTN0',
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Nev,/Menbers (This entry is ryped so that v,/ith the
use of sissors you cancut it olt and
paste it at the end of your Roster)
ELMoRE,Gilbert E
ELlvloRE,Janet M
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B Yen bers,
R e p o r Ls: A/0 Cr osby \rj I I nol be at lhF J a n . me e t in g
Secretary to pick up Cmdr Larson.
Ton and Louise (incaid !ril1 be speakers in Feb'
Event Chairnan is to prepare a sumnar.yreport
of the event for Harbor Lights.
Treasurer:
Current Bank Balance $2212.88
34 paid membershipdue to date
E/B recomnends Editor nail
Persone
H/L to interested
and penranLs
{/U Steete and R. Blanchard are to invFnrory
a5quadronproperty, consolidate it and obtain
,rb storage location.
Report to E/B
iijeeI ing Adio rrned.
374-2583
SLTMMARY
MEET]NG10 DECEMBER
OF EXEDUTIVE
1985
P r e s e n Er
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to procure tnsigns
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clip ou! some naterial from the S.S. Canbeirars
"Dai1y News",Herers one, I'11 try to find space for
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PORT AND SIARSOARD
The terms 'porl'aEd 'starboard wEredot. &s vou,nav
imagiDe,inv;Dled by sailors purely as a form of m-;"rime 'oreupmanihjp'but had iD fact real sjgDificaDce
in tbe days betor; tb€ g.eat voyages of -discovery,
wben EailiDgshjps of the early Middle Ages wer€ in,
sufticimtly seawoflby to atteDpt atrrlhjDg roore adveDturous thaD coasEl voyages rou[d tbe sbores ot
NortherDEurope.
The rudder, ar \le know it today, was not iDlroduc€d
until rbe ctrd of (he l3tb Gotury: Horc that date
ships were steered by Deaos of a large oar or board
wbjch was plac€d over tbe sbipt side Dearthe srerD.
fhe majority ol DeD beingriglt baoded,it was srandard praclice for this sreeriBg board to be rigg€d on
rbs aieht baDd side of rhe ihip, which tbusEcame
rbe steer board or starboard side.
As lhesemediaeval\a;liDs shiDshad thjs lars€ Droieclion fouling rbeir right ha;d side.il $as obuio-ust!m"ore
rensiblero comealoogsidea jetr) c'r quay wjtb ihe lelr
handside lo tbe bcnb, rhereb)avoidingexpeDsi\edamage to th€ steering board; thris rhe left-harid side of the
.hip becime rbe .id€ thar was presenred
on comiD8into
porr. or more srmptylbe port srcte,
KEEPING AFL.
K E E P IN GA Fl n
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fron ( on rander Hoeppner, Ap:
The U.S. Dept of TransportaLron nas
establish€d
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d IJar inp sdfar y Reporrjng Ciog-an ir
rt"j(l person. rdJ
rolLniar'ly
and anonyro'lslv report prob.en.. po.crt
ial
proDrens o ;n. id-nts jn n"rine
satetv.
lhe p-,po." o,
rrrJ progrdr js lo rdF.lr i.r haza.ds
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'ga ion
and Dj_oting.()1 wl c.h sot- Dle "",
verrlve rFasLres rnight De r.Len
belo_e ar .cL idenL
-' you l-a\F anj quest ions
oL' urs.
or desire rur .ler
nlolnal ron con.dct far.ldrcet uoFppnet,
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Did yoo kno!.!ha! Navy studies indicate
!ha! a
vessel loses 402 of i.ts hu]1 efficiency
to barnacle
grorth in a three nronth period.
Ask any racing sailor
about this - they know.
There is no good way that we knov of to keep
black
.
a-|gae La gr.oup of aquatic nonvascular plants
chlorophyll oflen nasked by a dark pignent
l from gror,'rng. excep! blocking out sunligh! or keeping
the vessel
movrng.
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There's a neL harbor l-ic Hdrbour ar Hd-rleI
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Dav.
_ti.L. w'rich brFdks up rhe lon8 hall bet \",een
6utedale and Pr ince RupFrt. FoJr m les norrn of
Wright Sound, a stone breakwat€r and four nev government floats provide a r,/elcomeresting p1ace, Fuel and
waler is to be available fron June until
October.
Food supplies are linited
and air servrce can be
This is a srnal1 Indian connunity and a
?rovided.
''dry-!oun'r.
RADI0 TECHNICAL(FronThe Squawk Box, Bremerton P.S, )
llany commercial and pleasure craf! operalors
beliere they are required to initiale
a call to the
Coast Guard on Channel 16 VHt and then shift to tt r
CG !'orking frequency, ChanneT 22A afler making the
injtial
colrtact.
This procedure is not necessarv nor
e.en desir 3p-te. In tl^e inler.s,
o, reoucjnp ral.,, '
on i.,a
r r fig ,,eqr r en,)i ;" 4;;;.C ,;;;- ;j i ;." ;;
put
Noti
!o )4ariners asking that you call
Put out a Notice
the CC vorkifieo fr Fn 6 q - v ,r i i e r '
c- >n r F1
lD jf
VHFradio to equlpped to do so.
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tlARlNB RADIO--_part of a goverrunent study of
terreatrial
radio emisEions to deternin; i f
intelligent
life exists on eart_h. lt)ne has so
far been detected.
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TIIE SAI,TY SEA
Apart from the Dead Sea.the most salty regions of the
oceaDslie_jusr ro rbe Dortb and to lhe so=utbof rbe
Equaror.tDe rdtrDrlyol tbe seawaterrhereamouDt"
ro,.a. mucb.as l7 parrs-per-tbourand
by $eighr. Hjgb
\aunrry or rDe sq! water ts due to a coDcentratio!ot
.alt caused_by
rbeeraporario!ol.urface waterb) .un
ano wtnd, tllts e\apordtjodiJ at a ma.ijmudin eouarorial _larirude\.Coasral water!, except rbe Red sba,
dre diluted bJ rhe our8ow oI riversanij at rbe Eoualor
Lbe.surface
$aterj are sligbdydiluled by the upwe ing
or oeepetlesssalrDewater.
The origin of the sah in the oceans is uncerlarn. One
theory is that the bulk of the salt came ftom the
Jtmo.pherear a very early slage in lhe hisror) of the
when rhe planer had cooled sufrcieDtly,atmosphere
moisture cotrdeosedand collecrcdiD th; grcar ocean
balin'. The.e rains al the dawn of rhe- Earth are
tbought to have wasbedcbloriDeaDd arnmoniafrom
the d:r so clean5iogour skiesand sahingour s€as.AD
arernattve tbeory arguesthar the salls were brougbt
down to the seasbv the rivers_
on
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SAFETY _- BILGE PU].IPS
MIJTIO\L AIVIA
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Quite a nunber of boats hale been sunk by their
bilge punps! That doesnrt sound ri8hr, but ii's
true.
It usually happens lhis ray.
First the boat takes
on vater through rain, packing gland leaks or sean
leaks,
As lhe boa! sinks lover in the water the bilge
punp discharge goes under water,
At a certain 1eve1
the rater runs into the boat through lhe bilge pump
hose and sinks the boat.
Several actions
'' nk ir g.
can decrease the possibility
1. Locare rhe discharge fitring
as possible above the waterline.
2. Pur a targe \er-i.al
charge hose.
3. Inslal1
of the vertical
loop.
4.
iharge fitting.
of
as high
loop in the dis-
an anti-sl,phon valve In ane lop
lnsLd] I a shut-oIf
valve aL
5. Install
a check valve in the discharge
Line. (needs frequen! checking)
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FLY VOUN
IXAIOH
P'AUE'LY
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CLOODS-- Concentrations of uater vapor at
varlous ]evela of the abtosphere, the ;hapes
and sizPs of uhi c h ar d often us ed- i n
predtctlrlg lreather changes, Thus, a cloud
Ehaped ltke an uhbrella lrdlcates rain, l,hile
or€ EtEFedlike a beadt dtair lndicates sunnv
weatber.
under Nautical Trivia,
I cane across
this fascinaring bir under an enpty Blass on the upper
right hand corner of the piece of plywood I use for a desk.
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CoLoNY
iz:Thi s sramp, r"/hichcorulenoraLes
3501h anniversity of shipbuilding in Anerica, has , for
-the
its central design, a picture
of the rrvirginia of Sagadhoch"
the first
ship built in Anerica
to parLicipaLe in Horld coonerc.
The Virginia
l'as built
in 1607
at Sta8e Island near the mouth
of the Sagadahoch (Kennebec)
:River, Malne, by nenbers of the
Pophan Colony, the firs!
English
settlement
inNel'' EnBland, found
ed under the leadership of Sir
George Popharn that sane year.
She was a vessel of 30 tons,
approxinately
30 ft 10:19 and
l3 IL bean carrvine 8 ft.
She
the colony'baak Lo England
uas built to carry survjvors of
after the death of Slr George Popham and the hardships of th.
severe winter.
GR.EE]\\
CXI OBSERVATORY & rIME
Ia 1838 the fiI6l time ball was eslablish€d et Groeowich Observatory. At 6ve miDutes beforo I p.d every
day, rhe dme b;[t is rais€d. At I D.n Dreijselv it 6
dropped, tlus providing a visual tft;re signat for'ship's
lying b the River Tbane! off creeowich. The Greenwich time bal still operates, sucb b tradition, bu!
ship's today check thefu time by radio.
The main wo.k of the Gree$pich Otrserwiory is Dow
carried oot at He$tmoDceaux Casde ia Sussex.It was
fouad that &e h€ary atmosphere of lho Tb.6.E€s
Estuary aDd the lighls of L,ondoa hrerfer€d with light
otlseryarior$. Catalogues of lbe position of st s arE
coopuled with otler data at tle obser%tory and put!
lished in the Nautical Almasac. for use of 6hi; at
sea. l-D addition to its askonomical worl- tle ohi:rvatory is also respolsible for deteminhg Grerdwich
Mean TiDe, (C.M.T.) and has also played Do small
pan rD etrcou-ragirginveDtoA to prcduc€ a Dultjtude
oI accuritte llEle.measufrns rnstrummts.
Wh€n the sud-dial ** *i
to set clock! to timc not
so very lorg ago - about 1800 time varied in differeDt r'a.'t6 of tho coutrtrv. For iDstaoce Cbnterburv.
Englanit, is ooe degrec erist of crenwich so tbat it
o'clock at Gre€Bwich would be forr minutes affca 12
o'clock at Canterburv. In Penzance *iric[ is 6ve
degre€s west, it woda be otbl1tlr'ilnnutes before 12
o'clock,
WitI lhe ad!'e oI milways the necessityto havo the
same time $mughout Eogland became apparEot,
maioly as a resuli of comllicatiom which arcso I
regard to lhe proparation of dfie-tables. and in 1880
Greeowicb TirEe was adopl€d and made legal for lhc
wbole of de Unired Kiogdom. In 1885, by iuter'
oational agrcemedt, time zoles rvere adopt€d ab&ad
and most couitries use Greenwich Time to one hour
exacdy,
One of the most important tasks ol tbe Gr€€nwich
Observatoryis to obiain the correct time by sidcral
obs€rvatjons, that is the time obtaired from ihe stars.
{ sideral da} lhe itrlerval tietweenrwo successi!e
daily transits of a star--d;fiers dailv from tbe civil
day by precisely3 minutes55.91seco;ds,a sideratday
being exactly 23 hours 56 minutes and a.09 secondi.
Despiie the eleganceand cham of the old sun-dial. it
cannot be rc€ommeoded as an accurate time Dicce.
Indeed Solar Time varies botween 15 minutes;ither
fast or slow-?nd only o! follr occasionsin the year is
il correct. Wth space lmvel loomiDs fast on th; horizon it is reasoDableto woDder wha-t new Droblem of
tim€ will be preseDredto Cre€nwich Obse;r,atory for
rlerr exDertcoLs'de.ahon