Fun day away from the boat yard, and a great interview with an amazing charity. We also got to check out some important safety devices.

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previously on Moneypenny we actually got

around to some spring chores there was

some sand in stirring sir rowland and

some Tippin amongst other things

today we are taking a break from

projects we've left our little boat yard

in the north and we've come down to the

little boat yard in the south because

today is yata Palooza your to Palooza is

a really fun open day held by Crowley's

yacht yard down in the south side of

Chicago I open up their yard and that

you come and have a look at all their

facilities their workshops and their

spray booths their tents for music food

and drinks as well when you're not

filling your face with some of the tasty

treats on offer you can attend some of

their educational seminars these cover

everything from woodwork to fiberglass

and of course the engine maintenance as

well there was also a very very good

safety at sea demonstration nautical

donations also hold their annual flea

market it's a wonderful opportunity to

poke through all kinds of bits and bobs

that might be useful that have been

donated to them not only do they have

their flea market donated chandlery

supplies they also got a wonderful

selection of donated boats and we'll be

talking about these later on I've got a

thing about classic boats and this one

looks like it might be worth a little

look we attended the safety at sea

seminar we learned all about some

different types of flares and how far up

into the sky they go and that affects

from how far away they can be seen

apparently the earth is round that came

is news to me after some brief

instruction and then a little

demonstration we were allowed to get

hands-on as well I think it's really

important to know how to use your safety

equipment in the unlikely event you ever

have to it's amazing some of the things

that you learn that you wouldn't

otherwise think of in an emergency

especially how to hold your flare out of

off your flare

the bottom edge hold it away from you so

in case you fall

have the plane in your face the flaming

toothbrush not after the handheld flares

it was time to get a little bit more

pyrotechnic time to look at some flares

that you can see for a further away you

see the firing with a firing pin in the

band and when you pull the trigger f it

it activated it's the primer and the

primer has the powder and a sense of

flare up this was really useful I've got

one of these on Moneypenny but I've

never used it Michael you'll shoot the

flare that was fun very good now there's

more than one type of handheld flare and

this demonstration gave us the chance to

see all kinds of different models and

different types and see what will make

most sense for us on our own vessels

I'll take that hang out you're gonna aim

upwind just pull it out it only have

like out the way I don't have a delay to

it up wit you're still down wind but

that's alright it's okay you see they're

all telling me to aim up win but as you

can see when I liked it it sparks it

flares and it smokes and I'm not having

that blown back in my face it's

important to know how to use these

things

you're eight miles out it was only a

matter of time before somebody brought

that up is that magnesium the last place

we took a look at with a long distance

place at least fly over a thousand feet

in the air can be seen from 41 miles

away and burn for over 40 seconds let's

take a look at another one of these from

start to finish you'll be able to see

just how long it burns for just how high

it goes this was a really well done and

informative demonstration it was good to

get some hands-on experience with

something that I hope myself the crew of

money penny and any one of my friends

and associates in sailing community

never ever have to use but it really

does help to know what you're doing in

the event of an emergency now you

remember we were talking about nautical

donations and all the wonderful donated

boats they had for sale let's go

shopping so I've been complaining about

my dinghy since the day I bought it

pretty much last year I think you might

remember i lost my oars

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newest for me dingy and

a walker bait eight oars anna d for less

money than i was going to spend on a

pair of oars a certain pastry jean

during today's a good day this was

wonderful not only were we able to help

out a good cause but we also got a

really sweet thingy at a great price all

this was courtesy of nautical donations

and michael was able to spare us a few

minutes to tell us more about this

amazing charity now please excuse the

audio there's a lot going on in the

background but you get the idea so

Michael tell us about nautical donations

so nautical donations is a local charity

in Chicago where a 501 c 3 charity that

raises money for nautically related

nonprofits in the Greater Chicago area

through the sale of donated votes of

equipment what what services can you

offer to decide as of Chicago so we

offer a great pricing on used boats that

are donated to us as well as great deals

on assets of nautical equipment and

their and supplies hardware so you're

really helping people to get in

assigning a kind of grassroots level

exactly so we're we're trying to

obviously raise money for nautically

with nonprofits but we're also part of

our mission is to get people back in the

recreation

make their settlement I mean ballpark if

I were to pick up out of my first boat

you know a nice condition 25 to 30 foot

sailboat what would I be looking at

anywhere from 2,000 to ten thousand

dollars but we have 20 votes under five

thousand dollars so much will you

provide excellent services to the

boating community and but I'm assuming

you don't do all on your own I mean how

can people get involved have some people

help you absolutely not we rely a lot on

a on a volunteer base that comes in well

there's wonder they're here okay and

sizing the bonus of you know giving you

time and giving a little bit back to the

same what kind of on to expect to get

well they can get a lot and it depends

what their interests are but we have

people it's a great way first off to

meet other people in the boating

community there care about the

recreation of boating but if you also

get the obvious you also get it true

that you meet people different toys and

it's a great opportunity to learn

different parts of voting different

types of line also get facts but also

sailing experience we also get both

donations that we need people to help

deliver some time on the water well

unless that's actuarial I was in awesome

because I mean you're selling your sign

prices and the equipment where is this

equipment come from is it all donations

it's all donations so how can people do

a nightmare how do they get home so you

can reverse give me a call with what you

want to donate so we accept boats any

type of boats it doesn't have to be in

perfect condition for us to accept it as

a donor of a boat you can also specify

where you prefer the proceeds of your

donation to go to get him up so a great

opportunity for you to kind of really by

the way in terms of what what you do you

benefit you also accept all sorts of

equipment so if you've got a garage

anything marines related gear

electronics line anything you have just

go to our website we've got two donation

forms one for equipment and one for

boats fill those out give me a call at

seven seven three six seven to twenty

eighty or email me at info at nautical

patience org and we can arrange a time

for you to drop it off at our location

and Crowley's got yard at 34 34 East

95th street exit any donation too small

or too big no we take anything

everything from a Mopar mechana wd40 up

to a 40-foot so much and I'm Billy even

a half empty a can of WD 40 maybe so

Michael how can people get in touch with

you give us a call at seven seven three

six seven to twenty eighty can also

email us at info and nautical donations

got work that's employees and

information at nautical donations org

and also you can find out more

information about any of our services

that's how to do not at on our website

at www nation org one last question how

many boats have I vote for me now 2 2

and Counting to encounter that's our

County excellent thank you so much for

saying no problem next time or money

penny we go and collect our lovely new

dinghy before putting the finishing

touches to the spring projects fresh

coat of bottom paint and hang the

fenders in the dock lines to get ready

to launch and who knows she might just

get wet

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