Please join us on Sunday July 3rd for our annual Yankee Doodle Regatta. Skippers meeting at 10:30 AM with racing soon after. BBQ around 5:30 PM. Come on down race and raise a glass to Herb, who always loved this event.
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Then enjoy the Glow Regatta on Saturday Evening.. there will be a Hamburger and Hotdog meal starting around 5;30 and the Skippers meeting will be at 7:30 pm. This event is free for Club members. Please make sure you have working lights so we are conforming to the boating regulations. Come out and get your GLOW on!
Next up – Sunday Morning we will be holding the Jolly Roger Regatta. This is a long distance course and will start off with a Continental Breakfast at 10AM and a skippers meeting around 10:30AM, the race should be begin at 11:00-11:30AM. This race will cost $20 a boat and you can win fabulous pirate flags. Bring your Pirate Regalia for this one!.
Thanks to our Race Commitee especially Rob Hatcher, Gary Reimer, Steve Stahl, and Kevin Klarer for setting this up.
Our club Meeting for June will be held on Friday June 10th at 6pm. The club will supply meat and drink. Members please bring a side or dessert.
The Huddleston Cup Regatta is Saturday and Sunday this Weekend!
Larry and Diana Caillouet have been invited to race in this year’s Newport to Bermuda Race in their 1996 Oyster 55, Escapade. The race leaves Newport, Rhode Island on June 17. Depending on wind and sea conditions and skills of navigation and sailing, most of the fleet will cover the 635 miles to Bermuda in about 5 days. The biggest wild card in the race is crossing the Gulf Stream, which can significantly affect the weather and make this a race to be won or lost by the navigator. Finding the best way to minimize the northward flow of the stream and capitalize on its southward eddies is often the secret to finishing well. This year’s race has 200 monohulls ranging from some 36-38 footers to the 100-foot speed demon Comanche which holds the monohull speed record of sailing 618 miles in a single 24-hour period.
Escapade will race with a crew of six men including Richard Collins and Larry from Bowling Green, one from Indiana, one from California, and two from Connecticut. Diana will not be onboard for the race but will meet the crew in Bermuda and cruise back to Annapolis from there.
Larry and Diana are using this race to prepare the boat and themselves for long distance cruising after the race. The Newport Bermuda Race has very strict and specific safety requirements for equipment and crew training. Larry says “Money spent on safety is wasted–until you need it” so he and Diana are hoping that it will all be wasted.
Escapade will be racing in the Cruiser Division which is for cruising boats with amateur helmsmen.
Come one, come all to our first race of the season! The Huddleston Cup will be held on Saturday May 28th and Sunday May 29th. Please contact Gary Reimer Racing Chair if you want to serve on the Committee boat. Saturday night we will have a Smoked Pork meal for $10. Racing will be $25/boat includes both days. Join us for our First Regatta for the season.
Join us on Friday May 13th – Our Monthly Club Meeting at the Lake 6-8 pm.Commodore Hatcher welcomed all present and saluted the past commodores as is our tradition.
The Blessing of the Fleet
We started with the hoisting of the colors by Rob Wyatt and Bill Miller.
Hoisting the colors
Rob Wyatt gave a nice explanation of the history behind the flag etiquette we use at the yardarm. Next was the Pledge of Allegiance led by Gary Reimer.
We then moved on to a recitation and performance of a sea chantey by Lee Huddleston
and an excellent homily on sailing by Deborah Champion.
Deborah Champion’s Homily on Sailing and Life
Reverend Judith Foster Reese then blessed all the boats in the yard and all present.
We concluded with the ringing of 8 bells at our Plank park for our fallen members by Commodore Rob Hatcher.
Carol and Frank Kersting provided an excellent repast of heavy hors d’oeuvres and copious amounts of beer and wine.
Grubbin’
As has been related elsewhere we then proceeded to a renaming ceremony for Gary Reimer’s boat which was well and truly renamed Firefly.
A good time was had by all and onward to a great 2016 season.
As it is Spring again, it’s time to refresh ourselves on our smooth docking rules, these are from Vice Commodore Miller from back in 2010, but still apply today.
Greetings and salutations to the mates of the POYC. Spring sailing has arrived and it is once again time for the yearly reminders as to what makes the club run smoothly. I first received this list during the reign of the venerable, and now Emeritus, Commodore Bill Hatter; and have since added a few more. Remember – your momma doesn’t live here so…
I would also like to mention, please say hello to your fellow members if you meet them at the club and also to our students if you encounter them. It means a lot to new members and students to feel welcome and helps them want to be a part of our club. We all started out not knowing the ropes and now we call them lines instead.
Thanks and see you on the water..
The Scribe
The New Gate Code will start April 30th.
All Paid Up Members should have the New Code!
If you need to pay please contact the Purser.
Do not Reveal the New Code and Lock the Gate and Spin the Tumblers when you leave!
