June 1st Recap of Instructor Meeting.

Amanda  Stone a Graduate Student in Limnology came to speak to us about the hazards of Harmful Algal Blooms and Health. She had a great hand out and was able to answer over a dozen questions
from our staff. Peter Daly asked to most questions and we all came away with a greater understanding of how this can affect every ones health. The big take away is rinse with the hose after swimming and don't swallow any water. Steward ship campaign is underway. We need to be fixing things that break.
Reporting them and see to it that the shop is aware of these items.  I am currently seeking a document that has line specs on most of our fleet. If you see a boat and all it need is a halyard. You can get into the line locker a 33 key will get you in. Check the chart to see what size certain lines are this will allow us to do quick fixes as instructors. When I get the line spec chart i will forward this to you. Part of steward ship is picking up trash. If you see some pick it up. Encourage your students to do so as well. We are the ones who can change the culture and lead by example. When unlocking the boats in the morning PLEASE walk the cable all the way through all of the techs and lay it on the ground
folded together. Then lock to lock to the end of the loop. This will help us keep the cables from getting bound up tightly. Instructor Training weekend is coming together nicely. I need to nail down a few loose end and I will send out an e-mail explaining our goals and schedule shortly. Funky Monkey went to Micah this week for Teaching a Intro to Sailing class with one tech. It was the last one left so he utilized the one resource he had. Little did he know it was missing one of the plugs.
He took two student out to sail 3 times and as he sailed, he took on more water. After his final trip he
realized he had been taking on lots of water and was able to sail back to the pier with out capsizing
the boat. He taught his class, averted disaster & learned to check for plugs always.