C.R.A.N.N.E. Sailing

Welcome to the kick off of the 2009 Sailing Season! A lot has changed in the world since our fall meeting but a few things haven’t: Wind, Water, Friends, and the fun enjoyed by sailing these little catamarans. Now is the time to get the cats out and ready for the season. I always like to remove the trailer wheels and grease the bearings. Removing the trailer wheels help ensure if or should I say when you get a flat, that you will have a better chance of being able to get the lug nuts off. This came in handy two seasons ago while driving up to the Home Port regatta when our trailer had a flat just before Pam & Darrell's road.

The fleet members had a healthy debate over the events for the season at the spring meeting held this past April. It was voted by the group to continue to hold racing regattas at 2 of the 3 Sebago events. The fleet has lost key volunteer members in (Tom and Amy) and (Al and Jane) due to temporary relocation out of New England. It was nice to see members who wanted to continue the racing events step in to fill volunteer to run the events.

The CRANNE event schedule is for the most part similar to the past. One notable change is the Pine Point regatta to be held the weekend of July 25-26 will now also be the Alter Cup Qualifier for the New England Area. For those who are not familiar with the Alter Cup, it consists of a group of 10 regattas held across the US with the winner of each of the qualifying events getting a spot in the Alter Cup Championship. Look for more on the Alter Cup in future posts

Some new events will be on the New England Schedule this summer. The F18 class has been invited to the prestigious Hyannis Yacht Club for their 3 day regatta at the end of July. I highly recommend the Hyannis Event for our group of F18 sailors, great wind, incredible yacht club, bands, food & drinks all right on the Cape in the middle of summer. The F18 also have been invited to the Buzzard Bay Regatta. The New England 100 distance race will be in the Narragansett Bay as always but this year the regatta headquarters (start/finish) will be Fort Adams Park in Newport RI.

Looking forward to seeing you all out on the water soon.

Check the website for the full schedule of events.