MINUTES OF NORTH COAST OHIO MEETING
AND SPRING WORKSHOP
Saturday, April 9, 2005

On Saturday, April 9, members of the North Coast Ohio Chapter of ACBS met at John Riddle's Boat Works in Vermilion, Ohio for a boat workshop. The topics that were demonstrated and discussed included:

1. How to determine the location of a waterline on any wooden boat.
2. Varnishing techniques and the various types of varnish that are available.
3. Drawing a vacuum for certain epoxy applications.
4. Deck seams and seam compounds - white versus mahogany.
5. Tom Pryor demonstrated a device for fastening hull boards to the stem.

The club presented John Riddle with a gift of a cordless drill and trouble light as a token of their appreciation. Those attending the workshop were given a ticket to participate in a door prize drawing for a like drill/trouble light set. Bethanne Pepke from Michigan had the winning ticket. A total of 36 attended.

Following the workshop, President Jack Lynett called to order a short business meeting. The minutes of the March 7 meeting were approved and Treasurer John Vorhies reported a treasury balance of $9434.00. Our current membership is 118. John will prepare a list of those persons who did not renew membership for the Officer and Directors to review.

To wrap up the IX Show, Les presented trophies to those members who displayed boats at the winter show. Bill Hunter showed us a poster used for the 2005 Mt. Dora Show that featured the Chris Craft Cobra. Bill framed the poster to give to Clem Fennell from Kentucky who allowed us to display his cobra at the I-X Show.

Jack announced that the North Coast Ohio Chapter will celebrate their 10th anniversary in May. He requested that members think about some way we could celebrate the occasion. Ideas will be presented at the May meeting.

2005 events were reviewed once again. It appears that all shows are a "go" and preparations are under way.

The annual NCO Rendezvous is set for June 4 at the Turkey Foot Island Club.

Les announced that he had worked out the problems with Vermilion show for this year. Consideration will be given to re-locate future shows if necessary. Some suggestions for relocation included the Lyman Harbor in Sandusky.

Walt Stashkiw announced that the Portage Lakes Show is Saturday July 2 at the Harbor Inn.

Once again, the Lake Chautauqua show is scheduled at Holiday Harbor on July 16. Gil Maringer noted that the new owners have been very cooperative in helping to sponsor this show.

Bill Hunter proposed to do a project for the club using 4-5 leading varnishes. He will apply each varnish to a plank and set them out in the weather. The finishes will be evaluated over a period of time for durability, gloss retention, etc. A motion was made and passed to budget $200.00 to cover the purchase of varnishes, brushes and planks. As an aside, in jest, Ray McFarland suggested that Bill prepare an extra plank that we could display at our boat shows with a sign inviting everybody to PLEASE TOUCH!

Announcements:

NCO members recently received notices of a new show at Lake Wawasee in Indiana on June 10-12. The ACBS Directors' summer meeting originally scheduled for Lake Okanagan, BC has been changed to Toronto on July 9. Dan White announced that the Web Page is up.

The meeting adjourned at 12:15 PM. Those attending went to the Mooshead Grill for lunch. Next meeting of the NCO Board will be at Dimitri's Restaurant on Monday, May 2, 2005 at 6:30 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Marilyn Demaline, Secretary

Past minutes

March 7, 2005
January 3, 2005
December 11, 2004
November 1, 2004
October 4, 2004
May 3, 2004
April 5, 2004
March 3, 2004