CBNA Spring 2015 Newsletter - International Nonsuch Association

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Chesapeake Bay Nonsuch® Association
Spring 2015
Alexander
Arendar
Bandersnatch II
Blue Heron
Catastic
Cat Rageous
Chat-eau
Clyde
Companionship
El Faro Verde
Fair Wind
Fate
FunSuch
Jade
Joss
Kit Kat
Little Wing
Manatee
Phat
Piu Mosso
Polaris
Rauch
Razzmatazz
Rejoice
Sweety
Swell
Uffda
Vendetta
Wendy Hawk II
Whiskers
Zu Zu’s Petal
New slet t er
Commodore’s Log
nations weren’t as friendly as they are
now. Anyhow, this admittedly far-fetched
Some Reflections on ice – some
connection – our boats being Canadian
relevant/some irrelevant.
built that is – reminded me of the warm
I’ve had a lot of encounters with ice
season yet to come.
recently. I’ll bet you have too. One way
It may sound insane, but I didn’t get
or another, many of the most striking of
enough sub-zero weather in
these encounters
Ottawa, so I proceeded to go
reminded me of our
with the ski group across to
summer season
Stowe, Vermont for some
obsession – sailing our
more character-building
Nonsuches. Of course,
recreation on the trails.
I’m assumi ng we get a
Parenthetically, I’ll add that
Commodore Ed’s marina.
chance to sail again
You can tell yacht is not
one night it got down to an
someday, even if it has
Chat-eau, no wishbone.
absolute temperature of
to be with a reinforced
-30* F. But before that, on
prow from now on
the way we drove by the extreme northern
(that’s the old Coastie coming out
end of Lake Champlain, through the first
of me).
U.S. town of Rouses Point, New York.
I spent four days in January in the
There we traveled by several marinas,
delightful city of Ottawa on a crosswhere you could see the scores of very
country ski trip. There, one of the most
sizable cruising sailboats up on the hard.
spectacular things you can do is to skate
The lake was frozen solid as a rock
the 7-kilometer length of the section of
though, so that all we saw out on the
the Rideau Canal that is maintained for
surface for miles and miles were, icethis purpose all winter long. The canal
fishing shacks – whole communities of
goes right through the center of Ottawa,
them in fact, and cars and trucks, and
ending in a flight of eight locks in the
many skaters. It looks like a fantastic area
shadow of Parliament, that step boats
to return to in the summer.
and barges down to the Ottawa River in
I thought back to the autumn that I took
warm months, from where they can
delivery of Chat-eau on Lake Champlain
continue on their journey between Lake
to sail her to her new home on the Bay.
Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. The
Inevitably, those fond memories got me
canal, very understandably designated a
thinking ahead to the sailing season, too.
UN World Heritage Site, was created to
allow traffic to avoid the US section of
the St. Lawrence, back when the two
Chesapeake
Bay Nonsuch
Association
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Finally, I’ll ask you for your icy experiences on
the Bay, particularly regarding the phenomenon
that happens with strong Northwesterlies, i.e., the
nearly continuous train of cold fronts that blew
through our region this winter. Right around
Valentines Day a particularly vicious one must
have blown through, and with the moon and tides
running extreme, the water in the Middle River,
that water remaining underneath the significant ice
cover that is, blew out, lowering the water level to
a point never seen at the marina. The manager
sent remarkable pictures to all the slip holders, and
I showed them to a fellow on my ski trip, who
happens to have a boat on the Eastern Shore at
Rock Hall. I commented, according to my longheld assumptions, that the water must have really
piled up on the Eastern Shore. Au contraire, he
explained, when the Northwesterlies blow, the
water doesn’t merely slosh across the Bay. Instead,
it disappears somewhere else. Clearly it must go
down and out of the Bay. I’ll end my stories
about ice by asking you what your experiences
have been. Also, what are your theories about the
missing water? You’re not hoarding it all down at
Solomons, are you?
But what of the CBNA? Well, we had a very
well attended mid-winter meeting over lunch at the
“ Boatyard Bar and Grill” in Annapolis on February
7th. We had about 17 people attending, which
number was greater than the small bar area we had
reserved could accommodate. So, the
management kindly moved us to the main bar
dining area, and our get together worked out very
well there.
We planned both rendezvous for this year, at
least coming to consensus on the dates and places,
and organizers. The spring rendezvous will be held
the third weekend in May, as is the custom, and
will be at Great Oak Landing marina inside Fairlee
Creek. The marina is wonderful, serene and very
well protected. If you’ve never been inside Fairlee
Creek you really owe it to yourself to make the
entrance. Not to make too big a thing of it (it’s a
soft bottom all around), but it’s a unique
experience.
Making arrangements for this rendezvous will be a
team of Al Burke (the advance man) and Jim
Cosgrove and myself (the admin. team). The fall
rendezvous will be held the third weekend in
September, also as is the custom. This meeting will
be at Herrington Harbor South, much closer to
our southern sailors than the spring rendezvous in
the north. Butch Garren will organize a group to
plan the details of this one, so for that reason
alone, it will be an event you’ll want to make a
special effort to attend. That’s not to suggest that
the organizers need to try to come anywhere near
the effort they put out for the amazing rendezvous
they organized last year in Solomons.
Two more things:
The Board of Directors of the INA will be
coming to see us when they hold their meeting in
Annapolis over the weekend of May 9th. They’ll
be holding a reception for those of us in the region
to come and meet them, and to talk about what is
going on with the greater Nonsuch community.
I very much plan on being there, and invite
everyone else to come to the gathering too.
I know that the board is planning a dinner also,
although I don’t have the details on these things as
of this writing. But, when the details are known,
rest assured that we will alert all members.
Meanwhile, please make a note of the date.
Finally, also attending the mid-winter luncheon
in Annapolis, among others, were Phil and Mary
Wagner. Though “ Swell” is on the market (a fine
boat, with a great history, by the way) the Wagners
are going to remain members of CBNA and (this is
wonderful), they are going to continue to edit the
newsletter. Please, please, please help them, and
all of us, out by freely sharing your pictures and
stories and ideas – even your hydrologic and ice
theories – with them.
As we make our spring boat preparations, may
we all look forward to a great season together on
the Bay.
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Bu t ch Ch ron icles Su mmer Sailst ice
(abridged version)
CBNA’s “ Summer Sailstice” rendezvous from June 20 to 22 in Solomons Island, at the midpoint of
the Chesapeake Bay, which made it possible for the southern bay boats to rendezvous with the northern
bay boats. In fact, boats arrived from as far as far south as Deltaville, VA and as north as the Bush River,
MD. There were twelve boats — six Nonsuch 30s, two 26s and four 22s. — plus 15 members and seven
guests who arrived by car or power boat.
Friday night we gathered at the Calvert Marine Museum. Ken Stout from the Solomons Island Model
Boat Club (SIMBC) invited early arrivals to sail remote control boats. Dick Barton (NS 26 # 43324)
brought and sailed his model Nonsuch to the delight of members. Friday night’s dinner was pizza
accompanied by homemade salads. Ed Bahniuk (NS26 # 92) was our master of ceremonies and
encouraged each captain to tell about his crew and boat. During dinner, the Dove docked at the
museum near where were eating. She was one of four tall ships that had come to Solomons Island to
participate in a War of 1812 reenactment. A major highlight of our evening was a behind-the-scenes
tour of the Calvert Marine Museum by Director Doug Alves that was greatly appreciated by all.
Summer Sailstice continued ...
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Al Suydam (NS22 # 43 Rejoice) led a Saturday
morning skipper/crew meeting at the Solomons
Holiday Inn and Marina. We then paraded under
full sail out of Back Creek onto the Patuxent River
led by Jack and Gail Chenevey’s Defever trawler,
where they photographed us under sail. We
sailed past the Solomons Island boardwalk and
cruised to Horseshoe Cove in Mill Creek. Ed
Charest (NS26# 191 FunSuch) directed us into a
sunflower raft-up and his wife, Maria, was hoisted
up a mast to photograph our sunburst. The view
from above revealed that distinctive Nonsuch
booms added extra petals to the flower. To add
even more fun to our cruise, Al Sydam created a
scavenger hunt of over 20 items, which required
photographic documentation. The list included
such items as an osprey with a fish, a naval
aircraft, and a picture of your crew waving at a
commercial boat waving back.
Pete Green (NS30 # 483 Uffda) was our master
of ceremonies for the evening activities held at
Isaac’s, the Holiday Inn restaurant. He kept all
entertained and presented some lucky recipients
with wine from a local vineyard. The rendezvous
concluded with participants gathering to do a little
socializing. Some had to leave in the morning for
their journey (two-day sail for some) home, but
some stayed for the 1812 reenacted naval battle
on Sunday.
Special thanks go to the Holiday Inn, Isaacs
Restaurant and Pub, Solomons Harbor Marina,
Ruddy Duck Restaurant, Lusby Giant Food,
Calvert Marine Museum, Jack and Gail
Chenevey, Ken Stout, Shawn Garren, Dave
Spigler and Dan Dawson for their contributions
and support.
The Solomons Rendezvous Committee
included Pete and Lynne Greene, Tom and Susan
Jones, Al and Nan Suydam, Ed and Mary
Bahniuk and Butch and Karen Garren.
Participating boats and owners: Roland Wood
(NS 30 # 214 Wendy Hawk II), Ed and Lynne
Strazzini (NS 30 # 503 Manatee), Ryan
Gniazdowski (NS 30 # 275 Zu Zu’s Petal),
Height defying performance
featuring high-flying Maria Charest!
Allan Burke (NS 30 # 370 Razzmatazz), Pete
Green (NS 30 # 483 Uffda), Jim and Barb Hauser
(NS 30 # 461 Rauch), Ed and Mary Bahniuk (NS
26 # 92 Catastic), Dick and Delcy Barton (NS 26
# 43324 Phat), David Darmstadter (NS 22 # 12
Blue Heron), Tom & Susan Jones (NS 22 # 23 Kit
Kat), Al and Nan Suydam (NS 22 # 43 Rejoice,
Butch and Karen Garren (NS 22 # 30 Whiskers).
Participating members that crewed with others:
Jim and Martha Cosgrove (NS 30 # 343 Fate),
Phil and Mary Wagner (NS 26 # 230 Swell), Bill
and Shoba Duncan (NS 26 # 122 Joss), Ed and
Maria Charest (NS 26 # 191 FunSuch), Byron
Hicks (NS 30 # 17 Bobcat), Jeff and Mary Ellen
Dix (NS 30 # 514 Fair Wind), and Glenn and
Marjorie Haggan (NS26 # 198 Jade) arrived in
their Cape Dory 33.
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Rendezvous Galore
On t he next pages, you’ll be excited to learn all about 2015s big spring rendezvous on Fairlee Creek
somewhere on the northern Eastern Shore on May 15, 16, 17. CBNA hosts, Al Burke, Ed Cook and Jim
Cosgrove have secured the port of Great Oak Landing Marina for our fest. Great dockage, five star
restaurant (1 reviewer), motel for auto-sailors, lots of extras. Read all about it ...
But wai t ... t here’s much more!
Butch Garren and our CBNA Solomons Sailors have invited the CBNA fleet to their cruise in June.
Read all about it ...
Solomon s Non su ch Fleet Ren dezvou s
June 22 – 26, 2015
The Solomons Nonsuch sailors are participating in a late June cruise to the Choptank area. This cruise
will be simple in design but inundated with memories forever. Joining us will be one or more local sail
boats of other designs. As of this writing, three Nonsuches, one probable Nonsuch and one possible
Nonsuch will participate in this event. The plan is to have the local boats sail to and stay the night of June
22 at Knapps Narrows. At that location, decisions will be made in regard to the next destination. That
same approach will be used each day. It is hoped to mix anchorage stays with marina stays. It is possible
some may wish to do their own thing and meet up at one of the destinations. Return to Solomons will
take place on June 26.
Obviously weather dictates much of the cruise which is planned to be within the confines of the
Choptank area. Details of marinas and anchorages will be provided later on. Advanced reservations are
planned only for Knapps Narrows and possibly the local restaurant. Other reservations will be made along
the way.
Other Nonsuch vessels are more than welcome to join us or meet up with us. If there is some interest to
do so, let us know and we’ll add you to our update list. Contact Butch Garren at eengraver@comcast.net
or 410 394-0014. We will probably use VHF channel 72 for contacting each other along with a sharing of
cell phone numbers during the cruise. This cruise wi l l be a lot of fun with some wonderful sailing and
fantastic camaraderie.
A Wint er Sail on t he Pat uxent
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CBNA Sprin g Ren dezvou s at
Great Oak Lan din g Marin a
Fairlee Creek , Friday, May 15 & Sat u rday, May 16, 2015
Make your slip reservations with dockmaster Donnie Quinn at
410-778-5007 ext. 117. CBNA special rate $2/ft.
Fri day: Pizza and salad on the marina building deck at 1900 hrs. Cost
about $10 per person that we’ll collect at the time. There’ll be a pay-asyou-go bar right there, too.
Sat urday: At 0900, bring your coffee to a skippers’ meeting on the
dock by the boats (Donnie tells me we’ll all be together at the same dock).
Who knows what we’ll do until then, but at 1900 hrs. we will have dinner
at Mangrove’s Restaurant in the marina. We will be able to order from
the menu and they will do separate checks.
Sunday: Farewell! Bon Voyage!
Please let Ji m Cosgrove, cosgrovej @ver izon.net , know
that you plan to be there and the number of folks in your crew.
Aut o-sai l ors: The Great Oak Lodge has a limited number of rooms
for a special CBNA rate of $119 plus tax. Call Mary, Great Oak Manager,
at 410-778-5007 to reserve a space.
— H ope t o see you al l , Al Burke
Mears Great Oak Landi ng Mari na
22170 Great Oak Landing Road
Chestertown, MD 21620
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Great Oak Landi ng Mari na on Fai rlee Creek Di recti ons
The best di rect i ons from sea and l and are on t he
Great Oak websi t e.
Check i t out for compl et e det ai l s on navi gat i on
and faci l i t i es.
www.mearsgreat oak.com
Great Oak Lodge
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1st An n u al CBNA Win t er Ren dezvou s
The venue was ideal, mega-nautical, at
Eastport, Annapolis’ Boatyard Grill. As far as one
could deduce, 18 CBNA members all arrived by
car, not Nonsuch, on February 7. One of the
luncheon highlights was separate checks; our
waitress was super! Food was good.
History: Actually, I’m told, there was one
prevoius winter rendezvous sometime or another.
Who knew?
Our star reporter from Solomons, Butch
Garren, chronicled the meeting like this ...
Commodore Ed Cook conducted the
meeting with the following results:
Phil Wagner will continue to do the
newsletter but he needs input from the
membership.
The spring rendezvous is usually held the
3rd weekend of May and will continue that way
this year.
The fall rendezvous is usually held the 3rd
weekend in September and will continue that way.
Jim Cosgrove reported that 19 members
have sent in their 2015 dues; he expects a total of
35.
This year’s spring rendezvous will most likely
be held at Fairlee Creek.
This year’s fall rendezvous will be held at 1st
choice Herrington Harbor South, or 2nd choice
Knapps Narrows. The fall rendezvous choices
were selected in hopes of encouraging the
Solomons’ sailors to participate.
In a recent survey conducted by Jim Cosgrove,
and annnounced at the Boatyard, regarding
rendezvous locations favored for the future, the
following results were ranked:
1. Oxford
2. Knapps Narrows
3. Cambridge
4. Herrington Harbor South
5. Rock Hall/Swan Creek
6. Lankford bay
7. Baltimore
8. Annapolis
Aboard at t he Boat yard ...
Ed & Maria Charest, Funsuch
Ed Cook, Chat-eau
Phil & Mary Wagner, Swell
Jim & Martha Coagrove, Fate
Roland Wood, Wendy Hawk II
Butch & Karen Garren, Whiskers
Dick & Delcy Barton, Phat
Jim & Nancy Andrew, Alexander
Al Burke, Razzmatazz
Bill Duncan, Joss
Jim & Barb Hauser, Rauch
“Ho, ho Al ... Hey Ed, great plan! Rendezvous at Fairlee Creek!
Indeed, nearly across from our docks!
No down-bay slog for us this spring!”
CBNA lunch,
bow view
CBNA lunch,
aft view
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CBNA lunch,
bar view
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CBNA MEMBERS & BOATS
On Board
Skippers & Mates
2015
2014
2012
1987
1997
1989
2003
2010
2012
2002
1999
2004
2012
1999
2010
2009
2010
2013
2008
2012
2004
2007
2010
1993
2014
2008
2009
2010
2010
2004
1993
Jim & Nancy Andrew
Ed & Mary Bahniuk
KO Barrett
Dick & Delcy Barton
Al Burke
Ed & Maria Charest
Ed Cook
Jim & Martha Cosgrove
David Darmstadter
Allan & Marily DeWall
Mary Ellen & Jeff Dix
Bill & Shobha Duncan
Carl Engel & Ann Stuchell
Bill & Janet Evans
Butch & Karen Garren
Ryan Gniazdowski
Pete & Lynne Green
Glenn & Marjorie Haggen
Barb & Jim Hauser
Tom Jones
Len & Trudy Keimes
Mike & Rebecca Ostrow
Scott & Donna Paist
Bill Parker & Billy Jordon
Dan Ryan
Ed Strazzini
Alan & Nan Suydam
Richard Uperti
Phil & Mary Wagner
Roland Wood
John & Elizabeth Zinner
1989
1993
1996
2000
2001
2002
2005
2006
2006
2007
2009
2010
2012
Dick & Susie Reynolds
George & Dottie Pacharis
Barbara O’Neill
Byron Hicks
Steven & Sybil Wolin
Mike & Kathi Esposito
Joe Hasuly & Mary Ann Filipkowski
Rob Crooks
Joe & Madeleine Tierney
Brooks Bridges & Maureen Farrell
Joe & Melissa Thompson
Ken & Joan Driessen
Jerry Schaar
Nonsuch
Sail
Size
ALEXANDER
CATASTIC
LITTLE WING
PHAT
RAZZMATAZZ
FUNSUCH
CHAT-EAU
FATE
BLUE HERON
CAT RAGEOUS
FAIR WIND
JOSS
EL FARO VERDE
COMPANIONSHIP
WHISKERS
ZU ZU’S PETAL
UFFDA
JADE
RAUCH
KIT KAT
BANDERSNATCH II
ARENDAR
PIU MOSSO
SWEETY
137
92
403
43324
370
191
173
343
12
232
514
122
169
465
30
275
483
198
461
23
156
40
196
501
30
26
30U
26
30U
26U
26
30U
22
30U
30U
26
30
30U
22
30
30U
26U
30U
22
26
36
30
30
26
30U
22
354
26U
30
30
CLYDE
Sailing Port
Magothy River
Solomons
Herrington Harbor
Larimore Point, South R.
Bush River
Whitehall Creek
Middle River
West River
Solomons
Wrightsville Beach, NC
South River
South River
Baltimore
Galesville
Solomons
Cambridge
Solomons
Galesville
West River
Solomons
Delaware River, NJ
South River
Rock Hall
Deale
Rock Hall
Charlottesville, VA
Solomons
Yankee Point, VA
Clements Ck., Severn R.
Chalk Point, Shadyside
Podickory Point
MANATEE
REJOICE
VENDETTA
SWELL
WENDY HAWK II
POLARIS
503
43
71
230
214
505
Alexander
Fate
Life Member
Bobcat
Superior Olive
Kat-Leen
MajiCat
Jade
Allegro
Solitude
Cato
Sheba
Magic
Hampton, VA
West River
Severna Park
Solomons
Greenpoint Landing
Rock Hall
Fairhaven
Galesville
Annapolis
Cambridge
Annapolis
Severn River
Cambridge
Alumni
Complete membership list — address, phone, email — is available: email Phil Wagner, philmw3@verizon.net.
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30 t oo big? 22 t oo small?
Cruise aboard a 26! But wait there’s more ... it’s
an Ultra! Enjoy generous forward salon, nix to
cramped quarterberth. Help spread the word ...
“ Swel l ” i s for sal e!
Nonsuch 26 Ul t ra,
1987. Well maintained,
comfortable Ultra.
Engine and electronics
upgrades: Westerbeke
21A, 545 hours. New stainless shaft, coupling,
PSS shaft seal, engine mounts. Speedseal water
pump cover. Raymarine autopilot, 2013. Garmin
chart GPS. ICOM VHF with DSC. B& G
electronics: wind speed and direction, depth
sounder, many functions. CQR, Danforth anchors
with rodes. Doyle main, cover. Dodger. DinghyTow. Shore-storage cover. Annapolis, MD.
$35,000 U.S. Full info: philmw3@verizon.net,
410-849-8421, cell 410-693-8132.
CBNA Commit t ee, Credit s
& Con n ect ion s
Commodore - Ed Cook
Vice-Commodore - Jim Cosgrove
Treasurer - Jim Cosgrove
Newsletter - Phil Wagner
Photos - Maria Charest, Butch Garren,
Ed Cook, Phil Wagner
Bay / Nonsuch Logo - Ed Charest
INA - www.nonsuch.org
Zazzle - www.zazzle.com/cbnastore
The CBNA newsletter is published each year
for its members. Send letters, stories, photos, etc.,
preferably by email, to editor Phil Wagner:
philmw3@verizon.net, or by mail to 1714
Westminster Way, Annapolis, MD 21401. You may
visit the CBNA web pages at www.nonsuch.org ...
look for us under Regional Associations.
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