Fleet workday fun !

If you’ve managed to get down to the Club in the last month you may have noticed more boats by the ramp area ! Cleaned, rigged and ready to go. Thanks to a good showing from our members for our May workday we have the loft cleaned and organized, 6 out of 7 dollies ready for our Jr. Sailing Program and the Club Skiffs are serviced and ready for use. Our keel boat, Wagtail, is also getting a tune up and is over at Severn River waiting for a bottom job and a few other essential repairs. Also, be on the lookout for potentially another workday in June to get Wags ready for summer.

I can’t go without mentioning our Albacore series and despite a slow start we are seeing an increase in interest, especially from our newest members. We started sailing May 29th and will be at it every Sunday thru October. As I’ve mentioned before, we still have spots for both skippers and crew. In addition, we have several new members who’ve expressed interest in adult sailing instruction and fortunately Joe Morgan has agreed to step up and assist. Instruction can be on Albacore’s or our Keel boat and would typically occur on Saturdays. You can contact the Club, me, or reach out directly to Joe for scheduling.

We’ve also had more interest by members in using our permanent moorings and should have 2 member owned keel boats anchored in front of the club in the next month or so. I have 2 more to install so If there are any certified divers in the club interested in helping me with installing these screw anchors, please let me know.

Lastly, our head of B&G Gary Hermanson, has done a great job numbering the boat storage area and I will be reaching out to each of you that has a boat stored, to complete a boat storage form so the Club has a record of each vessel stored on Club property. Please contact me or Layne Brown to obtain the form if you haven’t already done so.

I hope to see you at the Club soon,

Jim Garrett Fleet Captain