Thirty-Nine Years of Sailing! 1973-2012

Thirty-Nine Years of Sailing! 1973-2012
May 2012
Volume 39, Number 6
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The 39 year of NSA
Bill Erwin, Commodore
Show. We had a good turn out in NSA members
that volunteered to help man the booth. Chuck
and I thank you for all your hard work.
We have eight new members or past members
that have decided to rejoin this year.
They are:
Klaus & Linda Hoog – Boat Name: TOSCA
Dick & Margi McIntosh – Boat Name: Sails Call
Ken & Carol Small – Newsletter members
John & Jennifer Foley – Boat Name: Earendil
The NSA has twenty-six (26) Patron and
Corporate members this year. Please let these
members know you appreciate their support to
our club and patronize their businesses as often
as you can.
Paul & Jill Cafolla – Boat name: Tom Cat
Dale & Merna Hartwig – Boat Name: Someday
James & Ashley Taylor – Boat name: DeLaney
Peter Crawford & Katherine Smart – Boat Name:
C-Horse
As we meet these new members please
introduce yourself and welcome them to the
Neuse Sailing Association.
I would like to extend appreciation from the club
to Jennifer Gay and Natalie Lovelace for
arranging the Easter egg and beverage hunt on
our recent cruise to River Dunes. They brought a
lot of excitement to the Easter Cruise and had
numerous children and adults hunting for eggs
and other items around the marina. Thank You
Jennifer and Natalie, I hope you enjoyed the
Easter egg hunt as much as the children and
adults. Thank You to Vice Commodore of
Cruising Chuck Gordon for planning and making
the Easter Cruise a successful trip. I’m sure we
will be hearing from Chuck about club events for
May.
The Oriental Boat Show was very successful for
the NSA. We had a lot of traffic, talked with a lot
of people and passed out many brochures to
people interested in the NSA. We had two new
members join at the Boat Show a yacht member
and patron member. We sold NSA shirts and
other merchandise to people attending the Boat
I hope to see everyone at the May events
planned for the NSA.
Bill Erwin
S/v Shadow
All of our Patrons and Corporate Members can be found
on our website: www.neusesailingassociation.org. Click
on their business card and visit their sites!
A message from your cruising commodore...
CRUISING NEWS
Chuck Gordon - Vice Commodore of Cruising
The month of May has arrived and hopefully the weather will be sunny, breezy and warm!
There are 2 cruise activities planned for this month and we hope that you will be able to join in
on both. Our 1st cruise will be on May 12th and the plan is to informally race to South River and
raft up for an afternoon social. Please bring a dish to share and the club will bring some beverages. The 2nd cruise is the Memorial Day Cruise to Ocracoke and we are hoping for a huge
crowd just like last year (more on Ocracoke in Cruise Captains Ros and Howard Cheetham’s article).
Many thanks go to Easter Cruise Captains Kay and Bruce Neuchterlien for arranging our Easter
Cruise and keeping everyone notified of the change of venue. Due to the rain and strong North
winds the plans to go to West Bay had to be changed. Our destination was a wonderful Saturday morning sail to River Dunes and a fun afternoon of socializing. We had a turnout of 10
boats including 7 young people (Larissa, Devon and Abby from s/v Knot Happy; Jordon and
Donovan from s/v Hemisphere; Natalie from s/v Trio and Jennifer from s/v Opus). Jennifer
and Natalie have agreed to organizing “youth” activities on various cruises this year and their
1st event was an Easter Egg hunt which was a great success. Please see their article in this edition. Cruise Captains Kay and Bruce set up an Easter Egg coloring area which was great fun too!
Thanks to Kay and Bruce for all their help.
For our May 12th “ day cruise” our Vice Commodores of Youth Cruising Activities, Jennifer and
Natalie, are planning to have kayaks for an afternoon paddle. I have 2 that I’m planning to
bring but it would be very helpful to know how many young folks we might have so that we have
enough kayaks. I’ll be sending emails out the week of May 6th with more information but if you
have already decided to attend please let me know (chuckgordon55@yahoo.com).
The Weeklong trip to Edenton will be here soon (June 16 – 23) and if you are interested in going please let us know. Mary and Howard Congleton are Cruise Captains for this event so if you
have any questions or want to sign up to go please let them know (we have 10 boats signed up)
mcongl@bellsouth.net and me chuckgordon55@yahoo.com (if you copy both of us we can check
our list against each other’s). It will be a great trip so come along. More information will be
emailed in the next few weeks.
Looking forward to seeing you soon and if you want to volunteer to help with any of our cruises
or have children who would like to help please contact me. Our club becomes stronger with
more member participation. We need your help!!!
Got Kids? By Jennifer Gay
The Easter egg hunt was a big hit
with both the kids and adults. For
the adults it included a beer hunt and
for the kids, tons and tons of
eggs. There were five kids other
than Natalie and me and I think they
all had a great time. We ended the
evening with fire in the fire pit and a hot dog
roast. For the next event, the raft up in South River
on May 12, we are asking for kayaks so the kids can
paddle around the boats while the adults socialize. If
all of the kids that plan to be there can email me at
opusdolphingirl@yahoo.com we will try to get enough
kayaks for everyone.
RACING NEWS...
Notice of Race
First Citizens Cup Regatta
June 2nd & 3rd, 2012
Blackbeard Sailing Club
New Bern, North Carolina
Blackbeard Sailing Club cordially invites all mono-hull sailboats 21 feet or over with a valid NC-PHRF Rating
Certificate to attend the First Citizens Cup Regatta. This race will be a middle distance race, up the river,
starting near government marker #8 at Minnesott Beach and finishing in Upper Broad Creek. Then we’ll have a
catered meal and party on the deck at the club. Sunday morning, after breakfast in the clubhouse, there will
be round-the-buoys fun racing in the Upper Neuse River near Blackbeard Sailing Club. You can cross the finish
line, then chart a course for home!
Race Information: Contact: Pete Thorn at
peter@peterthornbuilders.com or 919-619-6544
Online Registration and Race Information:
www.regattanetwork.com/event/5064
Ahoy Sailors,
This is your last reminder (in print) for the Memorial day Cruise. There
will be more reminders and updates via email, but if you are not receiving
emails from me – send me your address to howardcheetham@gmail.com.
This is always our most popular cruise of the year! Our allocation of slips
at the Anchorage Inn and Marina is already full (and has a waiting list),
but don’t let that stop you from joining us. If you sail up early you might
get a space at the Parks board docks, or else just find a spot to anchor
out. The Anchorage marina has already confirmed reservations directly
with the first 12 or so members on the list.
Island Dream will leave Oriental No. 1 around 9 am on Friday May 25 and
will monitor channels 16 and 69. Feel free to join us on the trip if you
wish, however I am sure that some club members will try to leave on
Thursday, while others will only manage to leave on Saturday. We look forward to seeing you on the water!
The social will be held at the Gazebo at the Anchorage Marina at 16h00
(4pm) on Saturday May 26. Please bring a covered dish to share.
Your Cruising Captains, Howard and Ros
s/v Island Dream
A Crowded party under the Gazebo at last
year’s Memorial Day Cruise.
The Anchorage Marina and Silver Lake filled
with NSA vessels.
2012 NSA Calendar of Events
Memorial Day Cruise - 5/26 - 5/28/12 - Ocracoke
Weeklong Cruise - 6/16 - 6/24/12 - Edenton
Dog Days Cruise - 7/21 - 7/22/12 - Beaufort
Dinghy Poker Run - 7/28/2012
Lazy Days Cruise - 8/18 - 8/19/12 - Vandemere
Labor Day Cruise - 9/1 - 9/3/12 - Cape Lookout
Crew Clinic - 9/14 - 9/16/12
Fall Cruise - 9/29 - 9/30/12 - Location t/b/a
Halloween Cruise - 10/27 - 10/28/12 - New Bern
Commodore's Ball - 11/17/12
NSA Patron Members
Island Dream
Apache L.P. Trucks, Inc.
Cape Lookout Yacht Sales
Cool Change
Deaton Yacht Sales
Inner Banks Sails & Canvas
J.M. Edwards Fine Jewelry & Diamonds
Oriental Dental-Elizabeth H. Cordes, DDS, PA
Pearson Pump Sales & Service, Inc.
Seabreeze
Seacoast Marine Electronics
St. Bart’s Yachts
Toucan Grill and Fresh Bar
Wayfarers Cove Marina and Boatyard
Ray’s Creekside Marina
Marissa
Zingara
WaveFront, Inc.
Ros & Howard Cheetham
Tim & Carol Carrere
Mike Trogdon
Sharon Stephenson & Chuck Gordon
Jack Coulter & Steve Leech
Mark Weinheimer & LuAnn Parins
Rose Edwards & Jim Woodward
Roger & Dr. Elizabeth Cordes
Tom & Sharon Barwick
Buster & Kathy Kenny
Peter & Kathy Waterson
Dave & Carol Wright
Tom & Cathy McIlhenny
Tom & Kathy McCary
Billy & Donna Creech
Andy & Mary Anton
Stephen Lochner & Christie Foster
Pete Crawford & Katherine Smart
NSA Corporate Members
Knot Happy
Carpathian Woodworks, Inc.
Metzger Development Services, LLC
The Anchorage Inn & Marina
Grace
Tom Cat
Blackwell Point Marina
dugan/otero architects
Philip Bates & Kathy Marks
Paul McDonald & Samantha Ainsworth
Hank & Christa Metzger
Bill & Leslie Gilbert
Perry & Susan Cheatham
Paul & Jill Cafolla
Stephen & Sarah Kenney
James Dugan III & Tere Otero
Published by:
Bill Erwin, Commodore
Samantha Ainsworth, Editor and Webmaster
Website: www.neusesailingassociation.org
E-mail: sainsworth@neusesailingassociation.org
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