Chesapeake Sailing Club

June 2011

SCUTTLEBUTT

Newsletter of the Chesapeake Sailing Club

Calendar at a Glance
    May 28 - 30, Memorial Day Cruise and Start of Summer Cruise
    June 11 - Rhode River
    June 25 - Clements Creek
See the detailed Cruise Schedule

Commodore's Column
Dave Ewing, Cherette

The time has finally arrived! Yes, the long winter of our discontent has finally ended and the first cruise of the year is upon us! Dave has finally revealed the location of our first night raft up and from E mails it sounds like there will actually be some boats there! We will be there for the raft up and the race the next day. We have to take one day off but will soon join the crowd down south. We are excited and hope you all are looking forward to all or some of our first spring cruise. But for those that can't partake this time, there are many wonderful opportunities lying ahead. We have a great year planned and I hope to see everyone.

Some of you may remember of the many problems we had last year with our boat having water in the fuel and other problems. Well we are happy to report that the boat is perfect this year, I even tuned the rigging! So we are going for it and hope you are too! See you all on the water!

Vice Commodore's Report
Joe Powers, Aquavit

I know everyone's looking forward to the summer cruise. Particularly the stop at St. Leonard's Creek. Vera may not be around any more but I'm sure the restaurant is still a pretty funky place. Thanks to Dave Nance for picking this anchorage.

There are a couple of sail or drive events this summer. On July 23-24 we'll be in the West River at Galesville. There are three restaurants there, Pirates Cove, the Portside Inn and Thursday's Steak and Crabhouse. Thursday's was reviewed in The Capital on May 20. The review was very good for the food but not so good for the service. I spoke to the manager to see if they could accommodate a crowd our likely size and he said they could and could provide separate checks. I'm recommending that we go there.

In August we will have the annual picnic at the Belvedere Yacht Club. Meat will be provided but we will be asking for contributions for appetizers, side dishes and desserts.

Fleet Captain's Report
Dave and Lois Nance, Ariel

The Raft Up That Wasn't

Because of impending bad weather, the scheduled May 14 raft up in Ridout Creek was canceled. The weather Saturday morning looked good, making me a bit chagrined, but the downpour Saturday night added a bit back to my reputation. If you did not receive the e-mail on Friday announcing the cancellation I apologize. The wi-fi connection from our boat was having trouble in the weather and several addresses were returned.

We have another chance again on the Memorial Day week end, so look for the announcement with the secret location. Remember that the Summer Cruise follows, so keep a look out for emails.

We will announce the winner of the Spring Challenge (remember the challenge in the February Scuttlebutt?) at the Memorial Day raft, so see you there.

Webmaster and Acting Editor
Frank Cingel

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