JUNE 2016 BEACON

Rear Commodores Comments…

The Boating Season is here and the Club looks great. The new enhancements for the Bar area are incredible. We have had a lot of help on the Elite Brigade weekends and work weekends. The flowers are all planted and they look beautiful. There are still a few outstanding items to complete, please see one of the Flag Officers or Board of Directors to lend a hand. I want to continue to list some educational pieces of information that is useful for all of our boating members. This month I want to discuss “Rescue” tape for your boat. This is an excerpt from Boat US magazine’s June/July issue. If you ever had an engine hose burst while underway, it is not pretty. When you open the engine hatch, water – under pressure from the engine’s circulating pump-was spraying from a gash in the hose all over the engine compartment. This particular boat was a twin-engine cabin cruiser, so the solution was to shut down one engine and continue on one engine. But, if the Captain had “Rescue” tape aboard, he could have wrapped up the busted hose and been back underway at normal speed. This tape is a self- amalgamating silicone. To repair a leak, stretch and wrap the tape over the hose and itself, overlapping each wrap by about half. Using the tape to cover an extra few inches on either side of the leak should allow you to seal just about any leaking hose or pipe in an emergency, even high-pressure hydraulic line. For $10 to $12 per roll, this tape is cheap insurance. Look forward to seeing you at NCYC. R/C Randy Pagel