Photo by Steve Bastinck, support by Janet Bastinck, cool munchkin by Lydia and John, glasses courtesy of the Drew Emmetts collection
SYC Members:
A review of tomorrow's agenda & assignments:
- Setup at 8am at Hendershot's Boat Launch
- Setup Drew's tarp delivered by Margaret to Jim
- Setup table & Chairs for Registration, Jim transport table & Chairs
- Setup Coffee "and" by Bill & Susan Shannon
- Attach Regatta signs produced by Thom on trees at and approaching site for direction (need volunteer)
8:30 am Registration begins on site with paperwork provided by SANJL
Assist with parking |
Peter |
Registration Desk |
Adele & Nan |
10am Skipper's Meeting |
Kevin and all racers |
10:30 First Race
Race Committee |
John, Elaine, Peter |
Chase Boat |
Kyle |
Photography |
Steve |
Radio Communications |
Steve |
Webpage Info |
Steve |
Publicity |
Margaret |
Saffron-sitting |
Janet |
Awards |
Derek Jackson, SANJL |
Sunfish Racers are needed to represent host club SYC!!
Confirmed racing |
Bill, Jim, Kevin, Lydia, and Mike |
Unconfirmed, but eligible |
Carol, Dale C, and Paul |
Unavailable, and missed |
Becky, Dale D, Drew, Sarah, Thom D, and Eberhard (committee) recovering from Chemo treatments |
Between 25-30 racers are expected for Race Two of the North Jersey Sunfish Championship, sponsored by SANJL.
Entry fee on site $15, cash or check made out to SANJL.
Please confirm your attendance, participation or volunteering by email or phone to Jim (201) 618 9064 cell.
Preparation has included:
- Club Committee work to rebuild the wooden signboards on the Shady Lady. Thanks to Drew, Tom Sheerin, and Jim.
- Buoys with new white flags were put in place on the lake.
- A new Committee Clip Board with calculator, new first Aid kit, new storage bag for Committee items and two new heavy-duty runners for Shady Lady were provided and installed by Kevin. A new cover is on the large seat.
Thanks for everyone's help and participation. All are welcome to assist!!
- Jim Bastinck, Rear Commodore
Also see the SANJL page here.
SYC
HOSTS SANJL REGATTA SAT MAY 17
Attention
all SYC Sunfish Racers
The
second leg of the North Jersey Sunfish Championship hosted by SANJL
will take
place at Swartswood Lake this Saturday.
The four-race Regatta will be sailed out of Hendershot’s Boat
Launch. Registration begins at 8:30 am and
the first
race starts at 10:30. Four races are
sailed with no break for lunch. Entry
fee is $15 cash or check made out to SANJL.
SYC
needs volunteers again this year to make the event a success and to
demonstrate
Swartswood hospitality.
Some
areas of need and preliminary volunteers are:
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Coffee
“and”
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Bill
and
Susan Shannon
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Canopy
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Drew
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Parking
|
Peter
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Signs
|
Tom D
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Race
Committee
|
John,
Elaine
and Peter
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Chase
Boat
|
Kyle
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Photography
|
Steve
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Registration
|
Nan
and Adele
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Skipper’s
Mtg
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Kevin
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Porta
Jon
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Courtesy
State Park
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Cleanup
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All
hands
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Racing
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We
NEED YOU!!
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As
much as the above committee helps, SYC NEEDS YOU to participate and
race in the
Regatta!
Come
and enjoy a fun event with friendly guest
racers from North Jersey.
- Jim Bastinck, Rear
Commodore
SYC Members Attend a Meeting with
DEP in
Stillwater
Seven SYC members were among 50 people who attended the two hour
March 12th meeting with NJ DEP representatives from Trenton, SLWA members, Park Superintendent Blanca, Regional
Superintendent Steve Ellis, and local residents.
The challenges of weed control,
harvesting and protection of endangered species were topics that were
discussed, sometimes emotionally.
Trenton officials outlined their
plans to contract for a study of the lake for 2008 and many members of
the audience expressed frustration with the pace of any progress.
In response to the question why, since
the DEP has a history of relocating bear and beaver and
eagles eggs,
they couldn't also relocate the aquatic endangered plants to a
sheltered cove, the reply from Natural Lands Management representative
Bob Cartica was: "Because plants have roots!"
On a positive note, Weed Harvesting and a winter drawdown will be
permitted for 2008. This returns us to where we were in 2006.
The American Lotus were discussed at
length. Swartswood Lake is one of only two known locations of
this
aquatic plant listed as endangered in NJ. Any plant with less
than
five known existing locations in NJ is listed as endangered.
Trenton
claims Swartswood Lake has five of the 300 aquatic plants listed as
endangered in NJ.
Cooling off
after the meeting took place at The Boathouse till closing time.
- Jim Bastinck, Rear Commodore, SYC
photos by Steve Bastinck
Lake Association special message
Update! Please note location change ...
The NJDEP
meeting with SLWA (Swartswood Lakes and Watershed Association) will be
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 12 at the Camp Lou Henry Hoover. Initially,
the SLWA intended to hold the meeting at the Stillwater Municipal
Building. The change was made because of Stillwater Municipal
Building occupany limitations.
NJDEP has restored
the weed harvesting program for year 2008. NJDEP plans to conduct a
macrophite study during 2008 to determine what endangered aquatic plant
species exist in the lakes and based upon that information and other
available data, determine if the weed harvesting program should
be altered.
The meeting will
be our opportunity to discuss the details of the program, possible
scenarios based upon continued studies, the long term NJDEP approach to
Swartswood Lakes, alternate approaches to aquatic plant preservation,
wheteher or not the endangered aquatic species affect extends to other
lakes and resources, and any other relevant questions. Because NJDEP
is offering the opportunity for this discussion with SLWA and other
lake stakeholders you should plan to attend. This should provide
awareness of what may occur in future years and help you to be prepared
for those possibilities. SLWA & others should defend
the lakes as needed and support the DEP's approach when SLWA concurs.
Stillwater Township has reserved Thursday March 27 as an alternate date
should it be necessary. Although this winter has been mild, sometimes
the worst snow storms occur in March.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul Adamski - Vice President of SLWA