Tred Avon Yacht Club
P.O. Box 337
100 West Strand
Oxford, Maryland 21654

tayc@goeaston.net

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TIDE DELIVERED IN COLOR!   The TIDE was delivered in color to all members that supplied their email addresses to Vicky. If you want yours in color, contact Vicky with your email address.   Found in the April USCG Local Notice to Mariners Reported by member Mike Epprecht   GPS May be Unreliable in Large Area of Chesapeake Bay, April-Oct:.  The following announcement is from the USCG 5 th District LNM 15/08. The GPS Coordinates given below are for the Patuxent Naval Air Station, located on the southern bank of the Patuxent River on the Chesapeake Bay in southern Maryland: "THE GPS NAVIGATION SIGNAL MAY BE UNRELIABLE FROM 01 APR 08 - 31 OCT 08 DUE TO INTERFERENCE TESTING ON GPS FREQUENCIES USED IN SHIPBOARD NAVIGATION AND HANDHELD SYSTEMS. SYSTEMS THAT RELY ON GPS, SUCH AS E-911, AIS AND DSC, MAY BE AFFECTED WITHIN A 35 NM RADIUS OF POSITION 38-15-41N, 076-26-01W DURING THIS PERIOD. GPS USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY GPS SERVICE OUTAGES THAT THEY MAY EXPERIENCE DURING THIS TESTING VIA THE NAVIGATION INFORMATION SERVICE ( NIS) BY CALLING (703)313-5900 OR BY USING THE NAVCEN'S WEB SITE'S 'GPS REPORT A PROBLEM WORKSHEET' AT WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV"     BOATER SAFETY COURSE OFFERED         The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will be offering boater safety courses this summer to anyone interested in becoming a safer boater. A Certificate of Boating Safety Education is required of anyone born after July 1, 1972 in order to legally operate a vessel in the State of Maryland. Participants successfully completing the museum’s course will receive the Maryland Boating Safety Certificate. Register online at www.cbmm.org       U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ANNOUNCES BOATING COURSES     Seamanship: Boat Skills. June 14th and 21st.   Seamanship: Navigation, Knots, Weather & Radios, May 17th and June 28th.   Call Peter Murray at 410-745-9794 for details.     Focus on Sailing's 2008 program is back for the new season. New sails, new sail covers, the boats have been refreshed. Don't forget to renew your Focus on Sailing (FOS) membership. FOS is welcoming new participants. Get in on the fun!  Click on the FOS link above for more detail. MEMBERSHIP: New Members - In April, 2008, the Board of Governors approved the final vote for new member: Michael Windsor, Resident Member Mike grew up on the West River and was a member of the West River Sailing Club.  The Windsors (Mike and Suzzette) have lived on the Peach Blossum Creek for the last 15 years and they have owned a number of boats. Totch Hartge is the proposer and Past Commodore Bruce Hackett is the seconder. SHIELDS FLEET NEWS: The Shields Fleet is looking for host families to house visiting sailors that will be competing in the 2008 Shields Nationals, to be held at TAYC in October. If you can help, contact Pete Bailey. PHRF FLEET NEWS: Annapolis to Oxford Race Scheduled for Saturday                 With the number of entries declining each year, and after consultation with many racers, the TAYC board has decided to schedule the Annapolis to Oxford Race on Saturday of Oxford Regatta weekend with a noon start. Consequently the Robson Race will be on Sunday. It is our hope that allowing skippers and crew to compete without taking Friday off work, and changing the event from a three day event for the out of town boats that stay for the Robson Race to a two day event will bolster participation from the non TAYC boats. The details are still being ironed out. As with the previous two year’s time changes this is another experiment and comments and ideas to help make this work are encouraged. Call or e-mail Eric Crawford-Cell (410)310-6303

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