Float Repair Day Photos

Chuck Selden surfaces with lunch for the work crew.

Who says watching paint dry isn’t fun?

Okay, so we didn’t paint the dock or watch it dry yesterday, but we did watch Chuck Selden and Cal Sutliff get the float repairs done, and that was fun.  Or at least interesting.

Check out the photos from Float Repair Day 2009 below.  Chuck Selden and Cal Sutliff went below deck. Mike Silveus, Mike Malone, Bob Price, Jim Hatch and Owen Lewis stayed topside to provide back up support.

If you’re interested in volunteering for Paint the Dock Day 2009 (Saturday, September 12), look for messages via the members’ Yahoo Group from House Committee chair, Mike Silveus.

Let’s be less gross this year - Help keep PBC free of H1N1!

The H1N1 virus is supposed to make flu season 2009 especially nasty, so cleaning up after ourselves and doing whatever we need to ensure our best chance at staying healthy is no joke.

For the sake of your teammates, your family, and even yourself, please remember to take the following precautions around the boathouse:

Wash your workout gear daily, and only wear laundered gear to the Club.

Use me!

Wash your hands with soap and water before and after practice, especially when using shared equipment. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective, and disinfecting wipes are already available around the boathouse.  Look for them, and use them!

On and off the water, make sure to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, and do it with your arm or shoulder instead of your hands.

After you erg, use the spray disinfectant and paper towels available in the Ballroom to wipe off the erg handles, the seat, and wherever else you may have shed biological material.

Not awesome.

And by the way, please don’t forget to wipe your sweat off the floor when you’re done on the erg. Making a big pool of sweat may be proof you worked out incredibly hard, but leaving it there for someone else to deal with only means you’re an incredibly inconsiderate you-know-what. The photo (left) of the running river of sweat was taken on Saturday, August 22. There were paper towels and a squirt bottle full of disinfectant not ten feet away. We say, check the security cameras!  The person who did this probably took the crap in the launch a month or so ago.

[Yes. That's right. Someone defecated in one of the launches.  Don't blame the messenger. We are as disgusted are you are. Hey, erg-sweat-leaver-launch-crapper ... Stop it already. It's not funny. It's just wrong on so many levels.]

Finally, if you are sick with a flu-like illness, stay home until you have been symptom-free for at least 24 hours or diagnosed as non-contagious by your physician.

For the latest on the H1N1 flu virus, including symptoms and what you can do to protect yourself, your family, and your community, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website at http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/sick.htm.

Reminder! Passcode change on Aug. 20!

Neither "Pretty please?" nor "... But I really, really have to go!" will get you access anymore.

Planning to head down to the Club?  Before you do, you better check your email for the new locker room code.  The old code goes away on August 20.

Last week, the Security Committee sent the new code to active status senior members via email with the subject line, New PBC Security System and Measures: PLEASE READ!!!

Now, the committee is reaching out to all senior members. If you’re a senior member in good standing, who has yet to receive the new code, please send your name and a current email address to security@potomacboatclub.org, as soon as possible.

Competitive members, they haven’t forgotten about you!  Get with your coaches for the latest news on code changes and access to the Club.

The Security Committee plans to use the senior member email list to release more security information in the very near future, so make sure they have your latest email address, and stay alert for those messages!