The next BHSC general meeting will be on Tuesday, March 30th, at 7 PM at the Pearl Street Grill and Brewery. The guest speaker at the meeting will be Don Paul, meteorologist at WIVB.

Don was born and raised in New Jersey and earned his degree in Meteorology from Rutgers University.

In his professional career he has experienced weather in such diverse places as Bangor, Maine; Wichita, Kansas; Tampa, Florida; and Detroit, Michigan. He arrived in Buffalo in 1984, where he fell in love with our delightful and always interesting climate.

Don has been with WIVB continuously for the last 19 years and is currently the meteorologist on the station's top rated newscasts at 5, 6, and 11 PM and on sister station WNLO's #1 newscast at 10 PM. He has been repeatedly named Buffalo's Best Weather Anchor in the Artvoice Reader's Choice Poll and in 2007 the same poll chose him as Favorite Buffalo TV Personality overall.

These days Don also is particularly interested in helping organize and nurture the Buffalo Weather Experience Center.

Note that the meeting is being held on a Tuesday instead of the usual Wednesday in order to avoid conflicting with a Sabres game.

The BHSC membership application for 2010 is now available. Current members will receive their renewal applications in the mail with most of the questions already filled in. The renewals were mailed out on January 26th.

For new members to the club or for existing members who misplace their renewals, a blank membership application can be downloaded by clicking here.

Skippers are urged to encourage their crew members to join the club. "Regular" memberships are only $40 for the year.
Please return renewals and new applications as soon as possible. The renewal rate takes a big jump up on March 1.

The membership application form and renewal form is also a convenient way to join or renew your membership to US Sailing.

The next installment of the Ullman Sails and Obersheimer’s Sailor Supply sailing seminar will take place on Wednesday, March 24th. This is the first BHSC China Light Women’s Seminar of the season and the subject is “Basic Sail Trim and Basic Crew Work.”

The session lasts from 7:15 to 9:30 PM upstairs at 1884 Niagara Street in Buffalo. If more information is needed it can be had at 716-877-8221 or 716-447-9766. And remember, voluntary contributions are always welcome.