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Showing posts with label Sebago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sebago. Show all posts
Sebago 2011 Dates Confirmed
I have received our confirmation receipt for this years group camping reservations at Sebago State Park. This year we will be completely on the river side at sites R1 & R2 starting Friday, July 8 through Monday, July 18. Again it took me a while to get through this year. When I did, our first choices of weeks and sites were already taken. According to Donna, she had indicated that there were many first time groups making reservations this year. It appears that our favorite spot has become more popular. As I sit here writing this, we are getting another April Fools snow storm. It seems like such a long way before the boats are in the water. Don't be fooled, sailing season will be here before you know it!
From the Commodore 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. Commodore CraigSpring Planning meeting minutesMarch 28, 2009 Our spring planning meeting was held at the Hackett's. It was also a goodbye party for Jane and Al as they leave this week for Florida. In attendance were the Hacketts, Johnsons, Deckers, Reynolds, Helmars including Alex, Fleurys, Jim L, Dave F, Scott M and Hugh F. We discussed the fleet equipment condition and location. Jim and Dee will take a good look at the flags to see what can be repaired and what needs to be replaced. Equipment currently at Johnson’s will be picked up, inventoried and moved to Jim’s until it is needed at Hampton Beach. The next discussion was regarding the Sebago events and if they should be fun sails or races. There was much discussion about how many race events we should host. It was decided the first two Sebagos would be races with Helmars and Flureys being race committee and the third a fun sail. The race schedule was next up again with much discussion about possible conflicting dates. We have some members that travel to other fleets events and some that only do our events. How much effort goes into hosting events was brought up and if we should continue both Pine Point and Hampton events. The lack of camping was discussed regarding these events. Hampton Beach - Check website schedule for contact info. Boat drop off Friday June 19 Registration - Malcolms? Race Committee - Malcolms Tent to be used based on weather We will use Jim’s ATV to move boats from the waters edge up the dune. Event area to be roped off during the day, leaving room at the top of the dune to the water for rangers to get ATV’s through. We will continue providing lunch on the boats, making approximately 40 sandwiches. Advertising by sponsors was discussed, Hampton does not allow for advertising but would allow sponsor to put our logo on t-shirts along with theirs. The fleet is also checking with Pam and Darrel to see if the HomePort regatta will be held this year and if so what dates are available. This event NOR will be available for the fleet news letter due out at the end of April. News letter was planned with several members signed up to write articles. A fleet financial report is scheduled to be made available in August. Pine Point I - Registration Saturday morning - Helmars Race Committee - Reynolds Tent to be used based on weather Sebago I Registration - Deckers Race Committee - Helmars Sebago II Regisration - Deckers Race Committee - Flureys Sebago III Registration - Deckers No Committee - Fun sail We have 2 new members to welcome: Alanna Hackett was born Febuary 12th, 2009 Rebecca Anne Johnson was bon December 15th, 2008 during the Ice Storm
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