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Online Fuel Prices at Marinas -- SeaTow has a free website we can post the most current fuel prices to. If we keep it up, it should help us all. To find out more, click here to go to their site. [Posted: 12 MAY 2007. Source: Charleston Power Squadron website]
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NOAA Publishes Online Chart Viewer -- On July 4, NOAA introduced a new public service called the Online Chart Viewer. The Viewer lets mariners display [almost] any nautical chart in the national suite using only an Internet browser. Supported charts are updated weekly for notice to Mariner corrections by NOAA cartographers. The Viewer's fast, image displaying software permits rapid raster chart display, panning and zooming. [Posted: 22 JUL 2006. Source: Ev Tucker, PNACO]
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Barque
Eagle, the U.S. Coast Guard's 295-foot training ship, paid a visit to
Charleston in July 2006. If you missed a visit on this trip, the new commander of
the vessel is from Columbia, SC, and wants to bring her back to Charleston
during his watch. Eagle is the largest tall ship flying the Stars and
Stripes and the only square-rigger in U.S. government service. Three-masted with
21,350 square feet of sail, Eagle
makes 11-16 knots under full sail and carries 12 officers, 38 crew and 150
cadets. [Posted: 19 July 2006, Last Updated: 1 August 2006]
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Rescue 21 -
Communications For The 21st Century -- The U.S. Coast Guard is in the
process of implementing an all new communications system to replace the 30-year
old system in use today. To find out more about this project, a PowerPoint
presentation is provided here.
Note: Microsoft PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer is required to view the
presentation. Those without PowerPoint may download a FREE copy of the
Viewer here.
A brochure in Acrobat format describing the Rescue 21 program may be downloaded
by clicking here.
More on the subject may be found on the Coast Guard's web site. [Posted: 8 July
2006, Last Updated: 5 August 2006]
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Pledge of
Allegiance -- On
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The Origin of TAPS -- This information from the Arlington National Cemetery web site is an interesting addition to our web site for this Memorial Day 2006. Click here to read about the origin of this replacement for the original "extinguish lights" in use during the Civil War. [Posted: 27 May 2006]
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Coast Guard In Busch Racing -- Richard Childress Racing (RCR) announced today the United States Coast Guard will be the primary sponsor of its No. 21 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS driven by Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton for the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series season. For more information, click here. [Posted: 25 February 2006]
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EMPLID needed to
order uniforms at UDC -- Effective immediately, the Social Security Number
(SS#) will no longer be used to ID members when they call for uniforms at the
Uniform Distribution Center (UDC) in Woodbine, NJ. A member must have a
EMPLID # or they WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ORDER A UNIFORM.
Source: Gloria L. Tobin, DVC-PX [Posted:
17 January 2005]
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Duties and Qualification Requirements for Flotilla Elected Officers Posted - Click here for an outline of the duties and requirements for an Elected Officer at the flotilla level. [Posted 23 September 2004]
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Information on Hurricanes - Want to learn more about hurricanes? With the recent scare from a couple of hurricanes here in the Coastal South Carolina area, this may be a topic worth visiting. Click here to visit our hurricane information page. [Posted 14 August 2004]
Auxiliary E-Commerce - An Update -
And, of course, books, videos, DVD's and tapes
So, whatever you're shopping for, follow the Auxiliary E-Commerce link and see if you can get a better price than what you're planning to pay. Doing business with Amazon.com will help us prove that E-Commerce can help the Auxiliary and not only grow these activities for the Auxiliary in the future but, when and if they become money-making ventures, grow programs right down to the Flotilla level.
[Posted: 15 March 2004. Source: Paul H. Riddle, N-SM]
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Local Notice to Mariners - Effective April 1st, 2004, to improve service and reduce costs, the USCG moved to issuance of the Local Notices to Mariners (LNM) exclusively via the Internet. For more information please read the special notice from the Coast Guard's Director of Operations Policy and the general press release. You may view the most recent LNMs from each Coast Guard District. Locate your district by visiting the site at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/lnm/default.htm. If you would like to cancel your paper subscription to the LNMs, send the appropriate District an email. [Posted 02MAR04 Source, US Coast Guard Navigation Center]
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Flare Gun Malfunction - A defective opening mechanism in some 12-gauge plastic flare guns manufactured by Olin (now Orion Safety Products) prior to 2000 may not open wide enough to accept a flare cartridge. Guns with a modification to correct the possible problem are marked with U.S. Coast Guard approval code 160 028//12/1. Boaters with older flare guns should check the operation of the opening mechanism now and at the start of each boating season. If the breech will not open wide enough to accept a cartridge, the gun should be sent back for a replacement. Send defective guns to: ORION SAFETY PRODUCTS, MARINE DIVISION, 3157N. 500W, PERU, IN 46970; 1-800-851-5260. [Posted 08FEB04 Source: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries]
Last updated: May 12, 2007