FROM THE HELM

Last month I wrote that the early feedback from Junior Sailing was great. As this year’s camps wind up - the story remains the same. Campers have had a superb time and repeatedly seem to feel that our camp is more enjoyable than other ones in the region. The instructors and leadership have done a superb job on fostering that very positive attitude. Many thanks to all of them.

Many of you may not know that there was an abrupt failure of the septic system during the first week of Junior Sailing. I can’t say enough about my appreciation for the prompt effective way this was dealt with by Jim Woodward. With the rest of Junior Sailing to go and the Gov Cup to follow - there was no question that his had to be solved - and it was!!!

Thanks again to those who have worked so hard to organize that Gov. Cup. Coming up shortly - I hope the intense heat won’t rear its ugly head. Please come to the Saturday dinner - menu looks great. With the help of Keith Hodges I had invited Gov Youngkin to come and preside over the awards ceremony. Unfortunately this isn’t happening. Looking forward to a fun weekend.

After Gov. Cup will come the Labor Day weekend. Cordon and Pat Davis with Bill and Ruth Fenstermacher have stepped up to host the Social on Sunday 9/3. The meal will be catered from Nick’s Spaghetti and Steak House. I’ve had the privilege of tasting the food to be presented and it will be a fine meal. A separate email will be sent out for info and sign up. Hopefully all who expressed dismay at the lack of an event on July 4 will be able to attend this event.

FIRST of SIX: I’ll repeat this message 6 times in the Telltale: Please plan to attend the annual meeting in January. There are significant facility and budgetary issues to be addressed in addition to changes in the Bylaws.

Quiz of the month - who said - '‘Just because you’ve seen ‘My Cousin Vinny’ doesn’t qualify you to be a federal judge.”

Bob Davis, Commodore