Please ensure you tie down your boat in a manner that helps keep it from bumping your neighbor and floating into or over your dock. On May 31^st an estimated 50 boats had to be retied and, in some cases, cut loose to be retied due to our channel’s water level rising over many of our docks. This is not an uncommon occurrence as it has happened many times in years past.

Sunset Shores Yacht Club asks that you take the time to properly secure your boat for the possibility of rising waters. The rising waters left many docks submerged causing many boats to float over the docks. Obviously this can lead to serious damage to both the boat and the dock. The winds pushed several boats into bumping into their neighbor’s. Thank you to the many devoted boaters who volunteered to go around the marina and secure many of the boats in the most serious situations. Here are some tips on a reliable way to secure your boat.

Make sure you have a reasonable amount of line to rise and fall but not too much to sway into your neighbor or float over a submerged dock. Basically, try to keep it centered between the dock and the next boat. Not everything in the illustration is necessary but using your mooring pole and the center pole will help keep you centered. See illustration (curtesy of wikiHow with modifications for SSYC; see license):

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This year’s big experiment is with goose repellant. We all know of the mess these birds make and they never clean up after themselves. We are making a test run with a product called…wait for it… Migrate Goose Repellent.  It will be used in specific areas to discourage the geese from nesting and hanging out there. The product is very similar to pepper spray to the birds but does not bother humans. No harm is done to the geese but the birds may not find Sunset Shores Yacht Club a very comfortable place to hang out.

If this product works as good as it claims, we should be relatively goose free in no time.

Spider spraying was a big hit last season. Because of the success, we’ve decided to extend it out to include the docks. Last season the focus was on the buildings and some experimental usage on test docks. Around mid-season, a test was made to obtain the details regarding what it would take to spray all of the docks. It was decided that because of the spider spraying’s popularity with our boaters, we would indeed spray docks along with our buildings this year. You asked and we listened. Therefore, we are looking for volunteers to help because it’s a big job.

Please contact, Kris Martek, at violations@sunsetshoresyachtclub.com if you’re interested in helping. Once we have enough people, a schedule breaking up the docks into sections along with spraying directions will be developed. As always, we are grateful to our volunteers; without them our club’s costs would skyrocket.

Come on and check out our brand new website. It has all the current events and information you need to fully enjoy Sunset Shores Yacht Club. As we have events, we’ll inform you about the details right here.

Need a mooring form or some other document for yourself or a renter, here’s the place to get it. There’s lot of information here so this should be the first stop for questions.

You can post Comments and we can even create your own special Post category focused on special interests. Want a category for Sailing, Power Boating or maybe someone wants to form a Euchre group. You can post your details under the category you want and get the message out.

SSYC has a brand new, state-of-the-art, Wi-Fi system by Tricon Services Marine Wi-Fi. Want to access your key business and recreational websites or stream your favorite movies, no problem. This system has a strong signal and a fast band width to better serve our membership.

Check in with a fellow SSYC member or contact a Board of Directors member for obtaining access details.