Month: November 2020

To accomodate sailing schedules we need to delay the presentation until the sailors return to dock. 

I hope this is not too inconvenient. 

Thank you for your understanding. 

~Rob

Dear Members,

I had a very enjoyable summer and I hope you feel the same way, In spite of the situation with covid.

We had some new members join our ranks. We had our usual compliment of races with some new twists of rules and scoring, introducing the handicapped start that ended in some exciting finishes. We had a Pink Race that challenged the skills of all-women crews. We introduced kayak races that were so much fun people are looking forward to next year.

We traveled. We saw lots of wildlife, getting some spectacular pictures of whales, not to mention videos.

We ate, we drank, and we took care of each other respecting rules of touching all the while wishing for our familiar club hugs.

For the most part, we are healthy. But, we need to sacrifice a little longer to be sure we remain that way to be ready for a fresh new season in the spring, finding new, innovative ways to have fun.

We pulled together as a team to raise over $7,000 for our treasured Toy Lending Center (without the party!).  That is a fantastic show of support and extremely important as charitable funds have been spread thin due to the pandemic.

Thank you all for your time, contributions and begging to make the campaign successful.

I want to extend a special thanks to the executive team and Vicky for their management of contributions and drive for donations.

Tomorrow, I welcome everyone to join the executive team when we present the proceeds of our work to Coleen of the TLC. I suggest sometime around 1:00PM.

Safety needs to be our highest priority, even though I tend to be a bit cavalier about my own. For this reason, I can’t see having any indoor gatherings until spring, when hopefully the situation has changed a bit. In the spirit of looking forward to better times, I propose we begin planning for next year via zoom to make it better than any previous one.

Let’s all enjoy the rest of this season, maybe plan to safely meet over the winter and look forward to a blow-out 2021.

On behalf of the executive team, Mary Ann, John, Bobby, Kat and Jan, thank you all for a wonderful season.