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C.B.M.R.A. NEWS AND CLUB E-MAILS
JUNE 30, 2003
It might be a lay week for the big boats this week but not for the CR-914! Charge up your batteries tonight and get ready for some great sailboat racing. See you at Kevin's tomorrow night!
JUNE 17, 2003
No sailing tonight folks! It is raining down at the sailing site and the forecast is not for it to let up.
FYI
- We are in search of an engine for use on Tuesday nights. Tim has kindly
allowed us to use his boat but we need an engine for it or a boat with an
engine. If you know of any please let me know.
JUNE 2, 2003
Last
week we had a nice rain out. The weather looked good at my house but by
the time I made it to the Castle it was raining and there was absolutely
no wind! Let 's hope for better weather tomorrow night. As always
sailing starts when everyone gets there.
Hope
to see you there and bring a friend! We all know people who have a 914
and haven't sailed them in awhile lets get them back out there!
May 27, 2003 Hope to see everyone out tonight for some more Tuesday night sailing! APRIL 30, 2003 Spring is finally here! Better yet it is time for that Tuesday night sailing you all know and love. It is once again time to tune up the 914. Rumor has it that Tim Mangus may come out of hibernation and resurface on the 914 scene. Maybe the return of Tuesday nights is just what it takes to drag him out. Jenni Hughes is threatening to bring out Texas Pete, James Appel is once again an Annapolis resident looking to sail, what other friends are going to return? Find out on a Tuesday night! Come on out and join us for some sailing and good times (good times = beer drinking).
APRIL 12, 2003 We have concluded Sunday sailing and will be starting Tuesday's shortly. MARCH 12, 2003 We have concluded Sunday sailing and will be starting Tuesday's shortly. March 3, 2003 Finally!
Well
I guess you could say that finally we got to see Race 4 this week and as a
bonus we even got to see Race 5. However my finally was that we finally got
some 914 sailing in on a Sunday!
It
seems that many of you have been scared off by the recent weather. This week
it was Dave R., doing some heavy duty coaching with young Alex on the finer
points of sailing, myself Stevie Mack and two new faces John and Chris.
Let
me tell you folks we may need to watch out for John and Chris they seem to be
fairly hard core. Chris finished his boat and wanted to sail so bad that he
put on some hip waiters went out and broke up some ice so he would have an are
to race! John wanted to sail his newly finished boat so bad that he drove
around looking for some open water and finally found some near National
Airport. Man with dedication like that they may be sailing circles around use
before the big thaw finishes!
We
saw conditions from 5 - 20knots. All and all it was just a great day to sail.
Not sure how the scoring played out but Ramos Sr. showed his speed and Stevie
Mack did as well. The rest of us all had moments of brilliance but showed we
need to dust off the thumbs a little.
Hope
some more of you folks come out of hibernation for next week. I mean it is too
early to be fishing, the sailing season for the big boats hasn't started so
why not come on out and tune up your sailing tactics! Then you'll be that much
more ahead of the competition when the big boats begin!
Just
a note that Larchmont is at the end of this month. Hope to see some CBMRAers
up there!
February 11, 2003 Just another Sunday right? Wrong! A group of us arrived at the Chart House in the hopes of getting a little 914 sailing in. Dave was fresh off his Boat show tour and looking forward to a little adult sailing, the sailing novices and kids over the past weeks have worn him down. Sadly there was an iceberg float coming through the harbor and no wind. So we settled down to have a bite and then head to City dock for some sailing. With our tummies all full we were ready to set out for some sailing. Much to our surprise the wind had filled at the Chart House and the ice was gone. Perfect, a little Sunday sailing at the Chart House is always a good thing! A group started unloading the dinghy while someone else cleaned the snow off the dock. While all this was going on I was sitting in the Chart House feeling a little guilty....so I headed outside to set the marks. Warmly dressed I figured it was the least I could do. Hiking boots to keep the feet warm, long sleeve t-shirt and heavy fleece like sweatshirt, winter jacket and some waterproof Gore-Tex gloves. Perfect gloves for setting marks. I jumped into the dinghy, one that I have used since I was a kid, and loaded up the marks and tested the engine. All worked fine. So out to the harbor I headed to set our course. I went to set the pin first. For the first time I managed to wrap the anchor line around the prop. So I moved to reposition myself to solve the problem. The next thing I know there is water at my feet and the boat is tipping up. I think to myself, I will just lean forward to have a swamped boat that is upright. A lean forward and a little push on the starboard railing and the water on the port side is gaining momentum. Bad idea Ernest so into the water I go! I quick glance to the left and I locate my two trusty PFD's. Nice to see the boat is only turtled. Actually for a moment I thought, damn this might be a fun one to explain to the Coast Guard. So I grabbed the two pfd's one for each arm and start to swim. The next thought through my mind is I need to ditch the boots but decide against it since my gloves are on and I might get my head submerged trying to do untie the boots. SO I start to swim for the dock. fortunately I wasn't that far off 50 feet or so. One of the pfd's is wrapped and I can't pull it loose. All I could hear was Dave yelling to drop it, I thought I could pull it free and tried for a few moments to pull it free. Finally I ditched it which was smart since I later learned that it was hooked to the boat and I had been pulling the boat as well. Fortunately for me when I went outside I had zipped my jacket all the way up. So when I hit the water I ended up with a little air pocket in the jacket. With one pfd in hand I swam, if you can call it that toward the end of the dock. While all of this was going on I kept noticing men pouring out of the Chart House and down the dock. I made it to the end of the dock with only taking one gulp of water. The first end of the dock was to high so I same around the side, about two feet where a piling was broken off. It is important to note there are NO ladders on the end of the dock ANYWHERE. This are proved to be too high as well. So I swam another ten feet to a lower dock where there was a swarm of people there to help. I help up one hand then the other. I heard someone say get under the arms which they did as I was being pulled up then I heard someone say grab the belt which they did and before you know it I was out of the water and on the dock like a freshly caught fish! But I was MUCH happier then a freshly caught fish! I guess I was in the water for three to four minutes. You know I have always been waiting for someone to slip in the water or be pushed in for that matter but never thought it would be me of my dinghy! Especially not in 34 degree water. I went inside got all my clothes off and ended up wearing an assortment of clothes but just happy to be alive. A great big thanks to everyone who helped me. Yes the boat is fine, they recovered it with the help of a kayaker and actually set marks and got some sailing in. For that you will need to check for someone else on. No scores were taken. See you all next Sunday, thankfully. January 25, 2003 - Frozen Out For Sunday there will be no sailing. I have checked the Chart house and the launching area for the boat. Both of these are iced over pretty well. Also I am out of town next week and am looking for someone to run race committee. Have a great Superbowl Sunday! |