Be sure to join everyone at the BBSA Annual Banquet to see the newly elected officers be sworn in for 2023.  Please show your support and come to have fun.  

Elected and Voting Board Members

Commodore	Randy Goodman
Vice Commodore	Debbie Koelliker
Treasurer	Sergio Diehl
Secretary	Karl Schulenburg
Cruising Fleet Captain	David Midkiff
Racing Fleet Captain	Claude Speed
One Design Captain	Debbie Koelliker
Training Captain	Larry Baun
Rear Commodore	Jim DiSomma

Nominations open for the 2023 Officers of
Broad Bay Sailing Association

Many volunteer positions are available, but the officers are the only elected positions.  If you want to be included in the nominations for an elected position, please send an email to:  admin@broadbaysailing.org.  At this time, the following people have been nominated for these elected positions: 

Elections scheduled for November 15, 2022

At the next membership meeting, you must be present to vote.  See BBSA Friendsgiving/Elections/Membership Meeting for details.  

Nominations Elected Officers

Commodore                                     

• Randy Goodman

Vice Commodore                            

• Debbie Koelliker               

Treasurer                                           

• Sergio Diehl

Secretary                                            

• Karl Shulenburg

Cruising Fleet Captain                    

• David Midkiff

Racing Fleet Captain                      

• Claude Speed

Training Captain                              

• Larry Baun

One-Design Captain

• Co-Captains:  Jim DiSomma and Debbie Koelliker 

At BBSA the past Commodore automatically becomes the Rear Commodore:                       

• Jim DiSomma

Other “non-elected” volunteer positions and nominees include: 

Membership Committee     

• Sergio Diehl
• Mary Ann Greblunas
• Eric Brinsfield        

Little Creek Sailing Association  Coordinator

• Andy Spittler

Willoughby Racers Coordinator                          

• Al Brazzi

Hobie Fleet 32                                  

• Jeff Nelson

Cape Charles Cup Chairperson                      

• Al Brazzi

Website Support and Event Registration

• Eric Brinsfield, Webmaster
• Scott Almond
• Rob Williams

Training Committee

• Larry Baun
• Eric Brinsfield

PHRF Delegate                                 

• Claude Speed
• Bob Magoon

CBYRA Delegate                                

• Claude Speed
• Bob Magoon

Ship Store                                           

• Elizabeth Paasch

Sunshine Committee               

• Jean Pattenaude

Following Randy Goodman's experiment with the RRS trivia night's using Kahoot!, our Training Captain, Larry Baun, organized a fun and educational live quiz show at Bold Mariner Brewery.  We have a great turnout and plenty of opinions about the correct answers or quality of the question.  With tasty brews from Bold Mariner, everyone's brains were working overtime.  

You can find photos at:  Training: RRS Trivia Night

Thanks to Larry and the judges, Scott Almond and Jay Thompson.  Thanks to Bold Mariner for providing the space and refreshments.  

You can find photos from the 2022 annual banquet at:  BBSA Banquet

The lighting was not the "best", but I captured most people.  

The requirements for a vessel's fire extinquishers have changed.  Check out the link below:  

Fire Extinguishers : BoatUS Foundation

If you own a boat that is model year 2018 or newer, you may need to replace your fire extinguishers.

For older boats, extinguishers must not be more than 12 years old according to the date stamped on the bottle.  

VA –Little Creek Harbor Sediment Sampling:

Between 31 January and 04 February 2022, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC (EA) will be conducting sediment sampling operations along the margins of the Little Creek Entrance Channel and Desert Cove at the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Work will be performed both outside and within the Restricted Area during daylight hours aboard the R/V Recovery, a 32 ft pontoon-type sampling vessel with central superstructure owned and operated by Athena Technologies, Inc. The R/V Recovery will be monitoring VHF channels 13 and 16 and can be reached directly via cell phone by contacting Mr. Mike Durbano (609-332-0534) or Ms. Kiersten Miller (239-940-3611). Chart 12254

The Grand Illumination Cruise was a succes and you can find the photos at:  

https://primemeridian.smugmug.com/Broad-Bay-Sailing-Association/2021/Grand-Illumination-2021

You can find the photos from the October Membership meeting at:

Nauticus Photos

which was held at Nauticus.  

We need some extra help with several “IT”-like jobs for the club.  I want to be sure I have some people trained to support the BBSA website when I finally sail off into the sunset.  We also need some extra support for the Leo Wardrup Memorial Cape Charles Cup.  Sometimes, I go cruising and we need faster responses when I am gone. 

I can use people with all skill levels for some tasks as long as you are comfortable with computers.  You can volunteer for short-term projects or ongoing support.  

What I am looking for are people who:

• Understand computer systems, the internet, and cloud storage
  (such as Dropbox)
• Are comfortable working with a team
  (with frequent communication with team members)
• Can be available to respond to requests on short notice.  Mostly that is for CCC because as we get close to the deadline, the committee needs quick updates. 
• Have better than average Microsoft Excel skills
• Are willing to help with data entry along with other support
• For the website:
• • Have basic concepts of web design and data management.
  • Understand how to work within the constraints of an application such as Wild Apricot or WordPress

It would also help to find someone who:

• Has experience with more advanced features of Excel, such as:
• • Power Query and connections
  • Pivot Tables
  • Excel worksheet formatting and conditional processing
  • VBA programming
• Knows a programming languages, such as Python. 
  (we are not using this now, but would consider it.)
• HTML, XML, and JSON

If you are interested, please contact me at 919-302-3747 or eric@ecbrinsfield.com

Eric Brinsfield
BBSA Webmaster

I have added a new field in the Member Profile (and the Membership Renewal/Application) form.  If you get a chance, please update this field so we can better serve you.  This question will let us know if you are a racer, cruiser, or other.

To see a member list showing their responses, log onto the website and just go to:  Member Boating Status

If you have not yet renewed your membership, you will see the question in the renewal application.  For help on updating your profile at anytime, see the help page:  Help