New York Sailing Club

Thursday, April 19 – 6:00 PM dinner; 7:00 PM presentation. The speaker will be Chris Clapp from the Nature Conservancy who will do a presentation on shellfish and seagrass restoration around Long Island. The Nature Conservancy did a wonderful presentation in January on wetland restoration and they wanted to do another presentation about their important work with shellfish. Location is at Da Rosina Restaurant. Address: 342 West 46th St. Tele: 212-977-7373. It is conveniently located between 8th and 9th avenues and is near the E and C subway lines. Street parking on the side streets may be available after 6 PM and after 7 PM on the Avenues. Be patient! From the website www.nature.org:

“In the 1970s more than half of the hard clams eaten in the entire United States came from the Great South Bay. When clams were abundant, they also filtered 40% of the water in the Great South Bay — every single day.  But overharvesting caused a great decline in shellfish populations, and today there are only enough hard clams to filter about 1% of this vast body of water daily. Without shellfish, water quality declines - and creatures that depend on clams, scallops, and oysters as a food source (including humans!) also suffer. In 2004, The Nature Conservancy acquired 13,400 acres of underwater land in Great South Bay. This land, known as bottomlands, has provided us with an opportunity to restore the clam populations so important to the ecosystem of Great South Bay.” Saturday, May 5 – Going Into Commission Dinner. 6:30 Cocktails and Appetizers; 7:30 Dinner. Location: Harlem Yacht Club, 417 Hunter Avenue, City Island, NY 10464. Tele: 718-885-3078. Cost for the buffet dinner will remain at last year’s price: $50. A flyer with further details will be forthcoming.

Wednesday, May 23 – OpSail 2012 Parade of ships – Lower Manhattan and Hudson River. Details to follow.

May 26-28 – Memorial Day Rendezvous at Huntington Yacht Club. Sail to Huntington on Saturday; on Sunday there will be a Corinthian pickup at 11:00 AM for a daysail and a dinner at Huntington YC afterward. Monday sail home. Skippers, contact Sally Small if you need a mooring: pegasusnysc@yahoo.com. Corinthians, contact Scott Stevenson if you are looking for a berth: dulcenea9@hotmail.com

June 9 & 10 – Corinthian daysails at the Skipper’s harbors.

Thursday, June 21 – Social event at 79th St. Boat Basin. 6 PM dinner.