Spring Planning Meeting @ Tidewater Marina
Photo Essay by Jay Eaton

SPRING PLANNING MEETING


The Spring Planning Meeting was held on the third floor of the Tidewater Marina’s new facility. Many thanks to our gracious host who also provided all attendees with a 10% discount on purchases made that day. The meeting started at 2:19 pm on Sunday March 25th.
Vessels Represented at the meeting were:

The primary reason for the meeting is to work out a raft schedule for the coming season; with at least two rafts a month on the schedule by the end of the meeting. New members at the meeting included Greg Guthman (Commodore - HSA1) of Stargazer, Jim & Wanda Sawyer of Tesseract, Sam & Karen Johnston of Naos, Matt & Gale Joy O’Brien of Orion, Tim & Sybil Shipley of SENA ‘NUFF, Mike and Sherry Bernard of Eternity; if I left anyone out, Mea Culpa.

Purser Linda Ubelacker presented the Budget report for the coming season. We had a Balance of $2183.09 at the time of the meeting and there were 34 members paid up for the season; we are now at 38 members paid up for the season with 15 members from 2006 still up for renewal. There are two standing committees from the Change of Watch Meeting, one for review of our Insurance needs, and one for Membership (Maintaining & Increasing
our current Membership levels).

Commodore Greene reviewed the outcome of the Insurance Committee and presented the results as outlined in the EXCOM report on Page 4; offering many thanks to the Insurance Committee for their quick turn around on the task at hand. Which was echoed throughout the group. The membership committee is ramping up with an anticipated report in time for the Fall Change of Watch as was its charter.

There was no report from either the Vice- Commodore or the Secretary.

Tom Powers reported for the CBYCA that the Kent Narrows passage has been funded for dredging; and that the CNG facility is still moving forward
unfortunately.

Earl reminded everyone that we qualify for a discount to Boat US, simply remember to enter our group number that is found on the back of our membership cards.

Greg Guthman reported that the Rendezvous is still on and there is an expectation for 70 to 90 boats to be at the Rendezvous. Postcards will be going out shortly to announce the event. For an updated view of the planning activities and schedule, please check out the Rendezvous website at http://www.back2bay.com/

Fleet Captain Paul Borchardt will be leading the Delmarva Circumnavigation Cruise; and the plans have been set for the Delmarva Cruise to begin immediately following the Rendezvous starting from the mouth of the bay and heading out counterclockwise. This will enable the boats to be organized better, and also avoid any delays which may hinder getting to the rendezvous on time. It has the added advantage of providing a comfortable
sail back up the Bay should the weather turn unfavorable leading to a cancellation of the trip; additionally the winds this time of the year are predominantly WNW off the coast.

Earl also announced that Bill Ubelacker will be taking over the duties of Webmaster from Jay Eaton of Nevermore. Jay also announced that Nevermore has been sold and the new owners have renamed her, as Carpe Ventum.

The club is still in need of a Safety Officer and a Historian; please contact any of the club officers if you are interested in taking on any of these worthwhile activities for the coming year.

On Closing, one of the issues brought up at the Fall Change of Watch meeting is the manner in which venue changes or cancellations of Rafts are handled. Everyone is reminded to monitor Channel 78 and to keep in contact with the Raft Captain should the weather threaten the event.