Ahoy Mates:
Well, that time is fast approaching, despite the wintery chill still in the air and Wednesday’s SNOW. Haven’t we had enough! So, since you are still curled up in your warm armchair, or sofa, why not while away the time reading about what happened at the end of last season and prime the pump for the new.
The Winter newsletter features not only the Change of Watch, but how 8 of your lucky mates reveled in a spectacular 80 degree, no-rain October weekend in Annapolis while delightfully inspecting equally spectacular boats. The food was fun too. Advisor Sally Small tells all about it.
But what about the coming season? Commodore Lloyd Sarakin shares his hopes for our new season and Rear Commodore Scott Stevenson again goes over the importance of Corinthians and Skippers making contact. Our April Thursday evening series features a talk from Nicole Maher, from the New York chapter of The Nature Conservancy, on their efforts to keep Long Island Sound habitable for fish, fowl and homo sailors. The From Our Advisor column will give you a better overview of this worthy organization. Our 2011 Schedule is included, along with the all important Renewal Form. Further, the Board is diligently working on the 2011 Cruise and will get that itinerary to your, via Eblast, when it is finalized.
“Ah, to see ourselves as others see us!” (Robert Burns). Have you ever wondered how others see the NY Sailing Club? Check out the article in Boating Times Long Island (http://boatingtimesli.com/NY/?p=6113). (Hint: We are terrific!)
Lastly, you will notice another attached pdf, ‘Books….”. Mates, some people just have big space. They must, I have fourteen shelves of books in my NYC apartment (3 shelves for sailing). Each shelf is 30”, average 25 books per shelf = 350 books. Umph, not at all impressive when matched against a 4,000 book library that a fellow sailor is now disposing of. The attachment itemizes the 114 sailing books that Mr. Frost is willing to part with. Any interest, please give him a call.
Looking forward to seeing on the water ——— soon.
Fair Breezes,
Geraldine Gaal
Editor
“There is nothing — absolutely NOTHING — half so
much worth doing as simply messing-about in boats.”
– “The Wind in the Willows”
