dyc newsletter spring 2011

SPRING 2011

Anthony Simpson Achieves Marine Engine Journeyman Status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

Looking For Boating Classes?<%3%$*===):/'>.($)'.1*(,:*9..?*7,:"#*$-"*@ABCD0E*$(>)**5.7*=%99*3""*1(,/*.22.#$7,%$%"3)*F.*9##!DEMM!9;&'+6!N!9<((#&!7.1::#:!*,,#&#8!C>!O'45(*+8!91'.!N!G*$#&!9I<18&*+)!*;#+!05#'&!@G:7'($%.,*F(>E)*

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Save the Date!March 19 DYC Service Seminar 1 PM to 4 PM at DYC Ship’s StoreFree! Limited seating. Register Now! Call or email Onna Grimm 8047769898 or [email protected]

Onna’s Homemade Chili, Cornbread and Cookies! Doorprizes & Fantastic Captains’ Bags full of boating product samples! Plenty of time for Questions & Answers so come with your boating service questions!

April 16 Coast Guard Vessel Inspections at DYC ([email protected] to sign up)

April 24 Easter Sunday

May 7 “Art on the Half Shell” Urbanna

May 7 & 8 Deltaville Dealer Days Boatshow New and used boats on display! CYS will have great ‘Island Brisket’, ‘Boaters’ Punch’ and a gift bag for each family! Be sure to register at each new boat dealership for the Grand Prize Drawing!

May 8 Mother’s Day CYS has a special gift for each MOM

May 14 Virginia Safe Boating Class at DYC ([email protected] to sign up)

May 2127 National Safe Boating Week

May 28 DYC Boaters’ Party ([email protected] to sign up)

May 30 DYC Free Ice Cream

May 29June 5 National Fishing Week

DYC’s 10th Anniversary Boaters’ Party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email protected]

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VIRGINIA BOATING AND WATER SAFETY

AWARENESS COURSE REQUIRED

Rappahannock Sail & Power Squadron will conduct the Virginia Safe Boating Class at DYC on May 14th, 9 AM to 5 PM. What a great way to launch National Safe Boating Week! Register now by emailing [email protected] or by calling 804-776-9898.

In 2007, the Va. General Assembly enacted a law to estab-lish a boating safety education compliance requirement. The requirement for boating safety education is phased in over several years according to the following schedule:

PERSONAL WATERCRAFT (PWC) Age 20 or younger , July 1 2009 Age 35 or younger, July 1 2010 Age 50 or younger, July 1 2011 ALL AGES BY JULY 1 2012

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you to ‘like’ Deltaville Yachting Center Facebook, so we can send you

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THIS YEAR IS DYC’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY, AND WE’RE CELEBRATING! As a special Thank You to our customers, every month we will have a new contest and special prize giveaways through our Facebook page AND our email list. This month, one lucky Fan of ours on Facebook and one lucky winner from our email list will receive a Shurhold 1 PC Boat Handle with Shurhold Adaptor. So make sure to become our Fan on Facebook by “liking” our page, and join our email list by signing up on our website! Don’t miss your chance to win some great prizes!

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4th Annual Deltaville Dealer Days Boatshow!

Make Great Deals During This Sales Event!

Chesapeake Yacht Sales is looking forward to the 4th Annual Deltaville Dealer Days on Mother’s Day Weekend, Saturday May 7th and Sunday

May 8th from 10 AM to 4 PM each day.

New and used boats will be on display at 4 dealerships in Deltaville, representing 12 new boat lines. As you visit Chesapeake Yacht Sales,

Annapolis Yacht Sales, Norton Yacht Sales and Gratitude Yachting Center, you can register for the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING, which will be “A Two Night Midweek Getaway at Irvington’s Hope & Glory Inn”.

Each family has 4 chances to win, if you visit all 4 dealerships!

Chesapeake Yacht Sales, Virginia’s dealer for Catalina Yachts, Mainship Trawlers and Carolina Classic Sportfishing Boats, will have an ‘Island

Theme’ to help you “cruise” into the Summer Boating Season! ‘Island Brisket BBQ’, ‘Fruit Cooler Punch’, ‘Chesapeake Chunk Cookies’ along

with chips and sodas should ‘fuel your engines’ for boat shopping.

Call Bob Arnett [email protected] 804-339-1537 or Carl Hawkins [email protected] 804-387-5786 to get specifics about any

of Chesapeake Yacht Sales new boats or used brokerage listings that you’d like to ‘check out’ during Deltaville Dealer Days!


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A total of 2,700 miles of fishing line was collected in 2010 by the Boat U.S. Monofilament Program!

Through Rain, Sleet & Snow...-37!9#&2'4#!Y*&L!%*#:!R+W!

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BOATERS’ FIRST AID CLASSWhat a great class thanks to Katherine Beamer, Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with Direct Access Internal Medicine of Gloucester and Stacey & Randy Williams, Gloucester EMTs & Firefighters/ Walter Reed Hospital nurses! Twenty-two boaters received their American Heart Assoc. First Aid Certification on Saturday, Feb. 19th at DYC.

The class made a $420 donation to Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad in appreciation for their quick response to emergencies.

The course covered all First Aid responses(bleeding, broken bones, burns, heart attack, stroke, poisons) and also addressed questions specific to boaters- hypothermia, heat exhaustion, fish hook injuries, seafood allergies. Additional items suggested for your current First Aid Kit: rubber gloves, hand sanitizer, liquid Benedryl, paper towels, reflective space blanket, ziploc bags, allergy meds specific to those travelling onboard your boat.

BOATERS CALLING 911 FROM A CELL PHONE: When calling for ‘911’ from your cell phone out on the water, you may get a dispatcher on Va’s Eastern Shore, Northern Neck or elsewhere! To be sure Middlesex County emergency personel meet you at DYC, you must call Middlesex Sheriff’s Dispatch 804-758-2779 and give them specific address of Deltaville Yachting Center 18355 Puller Highway, Deltaville, Va. 23043. (804-776-9898) It was strongly advised that you make a laminated card containing this information and keep it with your First Aid Kit or readily visable on your boat.


Fishing with B.T.The fishing season is upon us again. I am sure that everyone has had enough of this frigid winter weather. The time has come to prepair our boats for the water. The first thing is to be sure your boat is mechanically sound. Check your lower unit oil and change it if you didn’t when you put your boat away last fall. Also change the fuel filters and spark plugs to be sure you have a smoothe and efficient running engine. These few thing could make the first trip a more pleasant voyage. Now on to the fishing! Togs are a good species to target early. There are a number of good places to fish for these tasty fighters. The Cell ia a popular spot but can be fished out rather quickly if you don’t go early in the season. There are some spots closer to home port such as the Iron Ore bottom ( N37-31.084 W076-15.135 ) and the Artificial Reef ( N37-28.885 W076-14.236 ). Both of these places are just off Gwynn’s Island. Baits of choice are pieces of blue crab, clam and fiddler crabs. Fish in the structure cause this is where the Togs live. Spadefish should become active around late May depending on the water temps. Wolftrap Light and the Cell are the most popular spots Tiny bits of fresh clam on a strong #1 or #2 hook the best set up. Use just enough weight to get the offering below the surface in the feeding zone. There is also an early striper season in our area. Please be sure to check the regulations before you go because they could change after this goes to press. Croaker and flounder will be availiable in all their favorite hiding spots so be sure to try for them also. We are more than blessed with the abundance of species within the close proximity of our marina. Get that boat ship shape and go enjoy a day on the water with family and friends. Hopefully we will harvest some of the tasty fish for a nice dinner. Please be safe on the water and hope to see ya’ll soon at DYC.

NERVOUS WRECKB.T.


dyc newsletter spring 2011

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