For all the sea faring folks out there, this notice just came to me from Greg Silvers and he would like me to pass it along. Should be lots of fun!
Hello Members and Friends
Please join us for our first flotilla cruise of this summer, next weekend July 17 & 18, to Marble Mountain. A few skippers have confirmed they are coming - all power and sail boats (and anything that floats) are invited. You do not need to be a club member to come along, everyone is welcome. Bring your own food and refreshments and plan for a great overnight anchorage in one of the Bras d'Or's most pleasant and protected coves.
The plan is loose, we will depart the Lions Marina at everyone's leisure - alone or in flotilla - Saturday morning or mid-day. If you're coming from anywhere else, plan to leave early enough to get to Clarke Cove, at Marble Mountain - by around 3 or 4 pm so we can have some fun aboard and ashore before its time for cocktails and supper. The best anchorage in Marble Mountain is at Clarke Cove is in a small, almost landlocked cove to the northeast of the wharf behind the sand bar. We'll see how many boats show up and work out anchorages with enough swing room foreveryone as we assemble there. Some boats may opt to raft together. We'll break anchor and head home, or wherever you want to go, on Sunday at everyone's leisure.
Clarke Cove is about 18 nautical miles from the Lions Marina in St. Peter's.
We will have our first annual WMYC Washer Toss Championships (a game also known as 'Flush') on the sandbar. Assistance will be available for any newbies that want some help or instruction with anchoring, and there is also the notion that people might want some practice with bringing a 'man overboard' onto their boats - to get some experience with any lifting tackle and rescue gear you have on board (especially gear which may have never been tried before). We'll be looking for volunteers to go overboard, or we might have the Washer Toss Champ enjoy that honour.
Everyone who plays a musical instrument is encouraged to bring it along - maybe we'll have some tunes and a bonfire, and maybe a group supper ashore.
If you have a dinghy, please bring it along so you can get ashore and visit other boats at anchor. For those of you that don't have a dinghy, a water-taxi service will be provided by those who do.
If you're planning to come, or if you have any questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact me by email or by phone (see my contact info at end of this message). And please spread the word around to your fellow boaters. All are welcome and we are looking forward to this first club cruise of 2010.
Hope to see a bunch of you out there!
Fair winds,
Greg Silver, Past Commodore
SV Misty Cat
Gregory Silver, B Des, FGDC
Communication Design Group
A Division of CDG Management Inc.
PO Box 178
St. Peter's, Nova Scotia
Canada B0E 3B0
Office 902 535 3990
Cel: 902 631 5050
gsilver@cdg.ns.ca
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