GREETINGS from the WEST FALMOUTH BOAT CLUB !
FAIR WINDS & SAFE VOYAGING IN 2021
The Board of Directors, WFBC
FAIR WINDS & SAFE VOYAGING IN 2021
The Board of Directors, WFBC
WF Harbor, West View toward Hog Island, By Scott Dayton, Member
^ NEW MONUMENT AT THE WF PUBLIC DOCK
Fun at the Dock:
Fun at the Dock:
GUEST MOORING: New Last Year: The new mooring is located across from the West end of the public dock, draw a line perpendicular to the dock, going out approx. 75 ft, and you will see a mooring ball marked "FHM". This mooring is good for boats up to 32 ft . Depth at avg. low tide is 6 ft. **** Reservations MUST be made by using Dockwa.com . $ 45.00 per night is the charge, considerably less than other facilities in the area.
Maximum stay is 5 nights ( If off for 2 days following a 5 day stay, we allow another 5 days stay). On at Noon first day, off by Noon the last day. Soon the mooring will have a decal on it with the above telephone #. Staying overnight on the boat is fine. THIS IS OPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS. Security will be performed by our West Fal. BC Security Patrol, managed, staffed and funded by WF Boat Club.
SECOND GUEST MOORING: For power boats, or swing or pull keels with shallow draft (20" at low tide). Same reservation and fee info as above.
MOORING PERMITS: The WFBC does not issue or maintain permanent mooring permits. This is totally handled and controlled by the Town of Falmouth Harbor Master. WFBC does have one, transient, short term club mooring for use by anybody, member or not. 5/17/16: Now no longer available, please see the info below
Be sure that you renew your town issued mooring permits, usually required by the Harbor Master in January each year. We will post here this year's requirement once we get that info from the Harbor Master. You can LOSE your mooring permit for non payment, or late payment. Mooring Wait List: A point to keep in mind: Note that your name must be on your mooring ball as well as its number...In checking with the Harbormaster, 1" min. size is required, and even a handwritten name with an indelible ink pen would be acceptable. Also be sure to renew your standing on this list, or you will be dropped.
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BUZZARDS BAY SAIL AND POWER SQUADRON
PRESENTS
AMERICAS BOATING COURSE
Specifically for 12 to 16 year old students
Americas Boating Course (ABC) is the United States Power Squadron’s primary effort toward the public instruction in the fundamentals of safe boating. The course meets NASBLA certification requirements as well as Massachusetts Certification for power boat operation by12 to 15 year olds.
The course covers the basics needed to operate a boat safely, including rules of the road, required equipment, personal watercraft operation, and boat handling techniques.
When: 2019: Pending , stay tuned. usually conducted in June or July
Where: West Falmouth Public Library, 15 Carson Ln, Falmouth MA 02540
Details: Cost: To be announced. Was $50.00 per student
Instructor: Dick Moore
Restricted: To first 20 students registered.
PENDING for 2021, stay tuned: Registration and payment need to be received by TBA with checks should be payable to BBSPS (Buzzards Bay Sail and Power Squadron). Please send to Dick Moore, PO Box 1685, Sagamore Beach MA 02562-1685.
Web Site: www.bbsps.org
SEND US YOUR SUGGESTIONS & PHOTOS (JPEG FORMAT)
We would like to hear from members and non-members as to whatever ideas you have that the club can
facilitate so as to better serve boating interests, littoral matters, and the community in general. Please send to Info@WestFalmouthBC.com (not case sensitive)
PHOTOS: We are always looking for submissions. Anything marine related, seascape, boats, fish caught, or related to W Falmouth and its beautiful harbor
See our Photos at the bottom of this page. We are always looking for submissions. Please send them to Info@WestFalmouthBC.com
INTERESTING LINKS (W Fal. Hbr. Tides, Sail Racing, etc): See just before pictures below
If you are wondering about a gift for your crew or yourself...how about a WFBC HAT? They are good looking, support our club, and will be worn with pride. Just see the next few pages herein for details.
*******WE NEED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS: We have approximately 100 members (1/2 of our total) who have not provided us with email addresses. Email addresses are allowing us to provide important info, when needed, and without the cost and time for USPO mailings. The email addresses are kept confidential and are BC'd on sent emailings so as to protect the privacy of our members. *** It would be a great help to the club, and to the members who are not receiving these notices, if in your travels and communications with other members, you pass on the word that we are looking for missing email addresses. They can be sent to PO Box 301, WF 03774, or they may be sent to our email address: info@WestFalBC.com. Thank you so much for your help with this, Steve Davis, Director, WFBC
***STUDY OF CONVENTIONAL MOORING IMPACT ON EEL GRASS***
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries has received a federal grant to study the impact of conventional moorings (anchor and chain) on EXISTING eelgrass zones. The two harbors being studied are ours and Manchester. There will be 5-8 moorings voluntarily converted at no cost to the owner to a "conservation mooring". This is a mooring consisting of screwing an auger type rod into the bottom and attaching a non-scouring, flexible line supported by a float buoy. There are several different systems available.
Such conservation moorings are now in use locally at Marion, Chatham, Tisbury(Vineyard Haven), and Lake Tashmoo.
This study is being conducted by Tay Evans, Marine Fisheries Biologist, and daughter of Jay and Hasty Evans from West Falmouth. She may be contacted directly at tay.evans@state.ma.us
I have talked with Gregg Fraser, Harbor Master, about this and the Army Corp of Engineer Regs about eelgrass and moorings..He is hopeful that if this study shows it helps preserve and reestablish eelgrass, it will assist in bringing our harbor back to health...also with the new restrictions and monitoring of the Waste Water Treatment Plant.
I will try to keep the West Falmouth Boat Club members informed as more information is available.
Thank you, Peter Partridge, President, WFBC
Club Info
The West Falmouth Boat Club is a volunteer association of boat owners dedicated to the improvement of recreational boating in West Falmouth Harbor, area ecology, teen boating safety courses, liaison with Town officials, a guest mooring, and dinghies at the public dock. The Boat Club finances and manages a security patrol team that patrols the harbor each night in the summer. We have donated over $ 10,000 to WF Harbor nitrate pollution resolution along with endless hours of top legal and ecological expertise of several of our directors. Your membership
also supports all of the above activities. You do not need to be a boat owner to support or benefit these variegated concerns and community benefits.
SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS: JOIN THE CLUB, ONLY $ 50.00/yr:
Club membership info: Please see the info on our membership form: Click on "Order Form" at the top of this page, then scroll half way down that page to the "Membership Form", or email info@WestFalmouthBC.com.
INTERESTING LINKS (please submit others to us):
Tide Chart for West Falmouth harbor: http://tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/6920.html
Tide/Current Chart Cape Cod Canal: http://tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/956.html
Tide/Current Chart Woods Hole: http://tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/7064.html
Cape Cod Marine Weather, Block Island/Buzz Bay to Chatham:
http://forecast.weather.gov/shmrn.php?mz=anz232&syn=anz200
Local Sail Racing Club: http://www.oldsighraceseries.com/
Picture looking from the public dock toward the private boat house: Courtesy of Ted Penfield
Maximum stay is 5 nights ( If off for 2 days following a 5 day stay, we allow another 5 days stay). On at Noon first day, off by Noon the last day. Soon the mooring will have a decal on it with the above telephone #. Staying overnight on the boat is fine. THIS IS OPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS. Security will be performed by our West Fal. BC Security Patrol, managed, staffed and funded by WF Boat Club.
SECOND GUEST MOORING: For power boats, or swing or pull keels with shallow draft (20" at low tide). Same reservation and fee info as above.
MOORING PERMITS: The WFBC does not issue or maintain permanent mooring permits. This is totally handled and controlled by the Town of Falmouth Harbor Master. WFBC does have one, transient, short term club mooring for use by anybody, member or not. 5/17/16: Now no longer available, please see the info below
Be sure that you renew your town issued mooring permits, usually required by the Harbor Master in January each year. We will post here this year's requirement once we get that info from the Harbor Master. You can LOSE your mooring permit for non payment, or late payment. Mooring Wait List: A point to keep in mind: Note that your name must be on your mooring ball as well as its number...In checking with the Harbormaster, 1" min. size is required, and even a handwritten name with an indelible ink pen would be acceptable. Also be sure to renew your standing on this list, or you will be dropped.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BUZZARDS BAY SAIL AND POWER SQUADRON
PRESENTS
AMERICAS BOATING COURSE
Specifically for 12 to 16 year old students
Americas Boating Course (ABC) is the United States Power Squadron’s primary effort toward the public instruction in the fundamentals of safe boating. The course meets NASBLA certification requirements as well as Massachusetts Certification for power boat operation by12 to 15 year olds.
The course covers the basics needed to operate a boat safely, including rules of the road, required equipment, personal watercraft operation, and boat handling techniques.
When: 2019: Pending , stay tuned. usually conducted in June or July
Where: West Falmouth Public Library, 15 Carson Ln, Falmouth MA 02540
Details: Cost: To be announced. Was $50.00 per student
Instructor: Dick Moore
Restricted: To first 20 students registered.
PENDING for 2021, stay tuned: Registration and payment need to be received by TBA with checks should be payable to BBSPS (Buzzards Bay Sail and Power Squadron). Please send to Dick Moore, PO Box 1685, Sagamore Beach MA 02562-1685.
Web Site: www.bbsps.org
SEND US YOUR SUGGESTIONS & PHOTOS (JPEG FORMAT)
We would like to hear from members and non-members as to whatever ideas you have that the club can
facilitate so as to better serve boating interests, littoral matters, and the community in general. Please send to Info@WestFalmouthBC.com (not case sensitive)
PHOTOS: We are always looking for submissions. Anything marine related, seascape, boats, fish caught, or related to W Falmouth and its beautiful harbor
See our Photos at the bottom of this page. We are always looking for submissions. Please send them to Info@WestFalmouthBC.com
INTERESTING LINKS (W Fal. Hbr. Tides, Sail Racing, etc): See just before pictures below
If you are wondering about a gift for your crew or yourself...how about a WFBC HAT? They are good looking, support our club, and will be worn with pride. Just see the next few pages herein for details.
*******WE NEED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS: We have approximately 100 members (1/2 of our total) who have not provided us with email addresses. Email addresses are allowing us to provide important info, when needed, and without the cost and time for USPO mailings. The email addresses are kept confidential and are BC'd on sent emailings so as to protect the privacy of our members. *** It would be a great help to the club, and to the members who are not receiving these notices, if in your travels and communications with other members, you pass on the word that we are looking for missing email addresses. They can be sent to PO Box 301, WF 03774, or they may be sent to our email address: info@WestFalBC.com. Thank you so much for your help with this, Steve Davis, Director, WFBC
***STUDY OF CONVENTIONAL MOORING IMPACT ON EEL GRASS***
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries has received a federal grant to study the impact of conventional moorings (anchor and chain) on EXISTING eelgrass zones. The two harbors being studied are ours and Manchester. There will be 5-8 moorings voluntarily converted at no cost to the owner to a "conservation mooring". This is a mooring consisting of screwing an auger type rod into the bottom and attaching a non-scouring, flexible line supported by a float buoy. There are several different systems available.
Such conservation moorings are now in use locally at Marion, Chatham, Tisbury(Vineyard Haven), and Lake Tashmoo.
This study is being conducted by Tay Evans, Marine Fisheries Biologist, and daughter of Jay and Hasty Evans from West Falmouth. She may be contacted directly at tay.evans@state.ma.us
I have talked with Gregg Fraser, Harbor Master, about this and the Army Corp of Engineer Regs about eelgrass and moorings..He is hopeful that if this study shows it helps preserve and reestablish eelgrass, it will assist in bringing our harbor back to health...also with the new restrictions and monitoring of the Waste Water Treatment Plant.
I will try to keep the West Falmouth Boat Club members informed as more information is available.
Thank you, Peter Partridge, President, WFBC
Club Info
The West Falmouth Boat Club is a volunteer association of boat owners dedicated to the improvement of recreational boating in West Falmouth Harbor, area ecology, teen boating safety courses, liaison with Town officials, a guest mooring, and dinghies at the public dock. The Boat Club finances and manages a security patrol team that patrols the harbor each night in the summer. We have donated over $ 10,000 to WF Harbor nitrate pollution resolution along with endless hours of top legal and ecological expertise of several of our directors. Your membership
also supports all of the above activities. You do not need to be a boat owner to support or benefit these variegated concerns and community benefits.
SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS: JOIN THE CLUB, ONLY $ 50.00/yr:
Club membership info: Please see the info on our membership form: Click on "Order Form" at the top of this page, then scroll half way down that page to the "Membership Form", or email info@WestFalmouthBC.com.
INTERESTING LINKS (please submit others to us):
Tide Chart for West Falmouth harbor: http://tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/6920.html
Tide/Current Chart Cape Cod Canal: http://tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/956.html
Tide/Current Chart Woods Hole: http://tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/7064.html
Cape Cod Marine Weather, Block Island/Buzz Bay to Chatham:
http://forecast.weather.gov/shmrn.php?mz=anz232&syn=anz200
Local Sail Racing Club: http://www.oldsighraceseries.com/
Picture looking from the public dock toward the private boat house: Courtesy of Ted Penfield
FLAG POLE REPLACEMENT AT WF DOCK
Thanks to the hard work by Steve Fassett, the flagpole on Town Dock was fixed and the rotten tabernacle rebuilt and reinstalled..once all this was done...a work party of John Re, Bill Faxon, Todd Taylor, Tom Ballou and I raised the pole and bolted it home securely....a nice effort by a few to bring pleasure to many...our Boat Club at work...many thanks to Steve and all that helped out.....Peter Partridge, President WFBC
Rainbow Over West Falmouth Harbor
Courtesy of Allan Page
