Change of Watch RSVP & payments, Due by Friday, January 12, 2024

 The Commodore invites you to attend our

Change of Watch Dinner

Saturday January 20, 2024, 5PM

Cambridge Yacht Club, 1 Mill St., Cambridge , MD

Cost: $50 person online, $55 at Check-in, Cash Bar

Make check-in and the Treasurer's job easier. Use online payment.

Click Here for membership and racing forms.

Click Here to pay ESSA racing and membership fees.

RSVP's must be received by Friday, January 12, 2024 

Please use the RSVP form even if you "can't make it."

Change of Watch: SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, January 20, 2024

 SAVE THE DATE!

Change of Watch Dinner

Saturday, January 20, 2024; 5:00 PM  

Cambridge Yacht Club

$50 per person on-line, $55 at check-in, Cash Bar

RSVP and details to follow.

Bridge Past and Present

2023 ESSA Bridge

 Presenting the newly elected officers of the ESSA Bridge

ESSA Bridge 2023 

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Commodore: Paul West 

Vice-Commodore: Liz Principe

Secretary: Steve Adams

Treasurer: Chris Wilde

Choptank Fleet Captain: Joe Brooks

Tangier Fleet Captain: Steve Engler

Scorekeepers: 

Tangier: Judith Stribling 

Choptank: George Breig essasailing38@gmail.com 

Change of Watch Dinner, Saturday January 21, 2023, 5PM

RSVP SITE CLOSED

Change of Watch Dinner

Saturday January 21, 2023, 5PM

Cambridge Yacht Club, 1 Mill St., Cambridge , MD

Cost: $50 person, Cash Bar

This is an opportunity to pay your membership and racing fees.

Click here to RSVP 

Please RSVP even if you "can't make it."

Schedule of Events

Welcome

Saturday, January 21, 2023, 5:00 PM

Change of Watch

Welcome Reception, Cocktails, and Check-In.

$50 per person payable at the check-in desk., cash bar

Dinner

6:00 PM

Garden Salad – plated & served Blue Cheese, Ranch, & Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing on table Dinner – BUFFET – Roasted Chicken Grilled Salmon in lemon butter Sliced Roast Beef in Aus Jus Mashed Potato Vegie Stir fry White Rice Bread & Butter on Table Dessert: Platter of Cookies & Brownies Coffee Station Iced Tea & Coffee to be Served

Change of Watch Ceremony

7:00 PM

Installation of the 2023 ESSA Bridge

ESSA Notes for December 8, 2022

 Here's what's on the table

• Arrangements for the "Change of Watch Dinner Meeting" is in planning. Standby for more details.  
• Save the Date: Saturday, January 21, 2023
• Location: Cambridge Yacht Club
• 5 PM reception
• 6 PM Dinner
• 7 PM C-O-W ceremony
• Membership
• ESSA members, skippers, and crew should complete your membership application and submit your fees Click here for the membership form.
• Skippers complete your Racing Applications and send your check to the Treasurer as soon as possible. Make his job easier do it now!
• Single Member Annual Fee      $40
• Family Member Annual Fee     $50
• Racing Annual Fee                   $70
• Wednesday or Thursday? The Choptank Fleet is polling skippers to consider changing race night from Wednesday to Thursday. results of the poll will be broadcast. No change will be made until the Choptank Fleet Meeting in April.

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REMINDER: Membership!

ESSA Racing  & Membership

Printable Racing Application

Printable Membership Application 

Special Offer for early payment of racing fees.

ESSA Skippers,

Pay for your membership and racing fees
on or before January 18 and receive
a laminated Skipper's Guide.

Racing and Membership FORMS -Click Here

This offer will be available 
at the Change of Watch Dinner-Meeting on January 18.

Each guide has two sides. 

The Choptank Skipper's Guide lists all 32 of the predefined race courses for 2020,
Five new courses have been added so last year's chart is obsolete.
The starting sequence is also listed.
On the reverse side is the ESSA Chart showing the race markers.
At the top is a table that lists the bearings and distances from mark to mark.
The chart is quite valuable when navigating after a turn.

Choptank Races Courses for 2020 -Front

Choptank Chart & Bearings Table 2020 - Back

Choptank Skipper's Guide 

The Tangier Skipper's Guide includes a chart with the ESSA race markers and
a table that lists the bearings and distances from mark to mark.
Knowing the magnetic heading is very helpful on those long runs on the Nanticoke.
The reverse side illustrates the common race signal flags used by the Committee Boat.

Tangier Chart and Bearings - Front

Tangier RC Signal Flags - Back

Tangier Skipper's Guide

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Wishing all sailors the happiest of New Years

See you at the Change of Watch Dinner & Meeting.

January 18, 2020

Cambridge Yacht Club

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Reminder, Come out of the cold.

Come out of the cold and dark January night.
Meet you sailing friends to talk about the warm evenings and sunsets on the river.

ESSA 2019 Change of Watch Dinner & Meeting

Saturday, January 19th at 5:00 PM

Brew River

502 West Main Street
Salisbury, MD 21801

Click here to RSVP  

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A Message from The Incoming Choptank Fleet Captain

Dear fellow sailors,

It is this time of year that we spend the most time reflecting. The holidays seem to motivate us to think about our accomplishments and procrastinations but also to think about how things may be different in the coming year. As the new fleet captain for the Choptank ESSA fleet, I will be spending my time thinking about our Cambridge fleet and how we can take care of it. It's important that we strive for expansion while keeping the experience fun for all levels of competitors. With a growing fleet, our thinking needs to change.

Here are a few ideas that I feel will promote expansion while keeping it fun for everyone. Some of these ideas involve ‘hot potato’ topics which often get talked about but never acted on.  These concepts/topics are meant to spark new ideas with our membership and promote conversation. It is my objective to act on these ideas for the 2019 season.  

First, I feel that we do not take full advantage of the close proximity to the Tred Avon Yacht club. I can tell you that, personally, I am trying to figure out a way to participate in more races in Oxford. Oxford is not lightyears away… it’s just a few miles. We should collectively show support for their programs and get into the spirit of competition. It’s my hope that doing so will garner support from them and initiate some reciprocity.

Secondly, we need to re-affirm our relationship with the Cambridge Yacht Club. I’m not certain as to why there is a lingering rub between the two organizations. As a newly elected board member of CYC, I will be promoting sailing. Period. Sailing will become an agenda on every single board meeting they hold. ESSA brought me new friends, and ESSA brought me to the yacht club. There is no reason that the two cannot have a symbiotic relationship.

Additionally, I want to simplify race course identification either by means of a group text message or by pre-determined courses that would be depicted by one letter, “A,” “B,” etc. With predetermined courses, it would be much easier for a less experienced race committee than the Red Sky clan to run the races efficiently. This may also make the task less daunting, which may attract more volunteers to the thankless job. Listen up - nothing good stays the same, and Red Sky is not permanent. It's important to make the task approachable for other boats. Annapolis has adopted the single letter method, and they seem to like it.

Finally, we should continue the conversation about splitting the non-spinnaker and/or spinnaker fleets. It’s my vision that, after the first series, a baseline could be determined. We would split both fleets into A and B classes. The top competitor from the B fleet moves up to A, and the low competitor from A moves down to B after each series thereafter. This would eliminate the possibility of adjusting PHRF’s, which may be difficult mathematically and would penalize the sailors who do dedicate more time, effort, and, in some cases, money to being the best they can be. 

As a closing thought, I implore our members to help me recruit at least four additional boats for the 2019 racing season. Perhaps ESSA can develop a reward for the recruitment of new members into the fleet such as waiving the membership fee for that year. The sailing season is closer than we think. Let’s keep this fun and let’s keep the competitiveness alive. It can be done.

Merry Christmas,

Trevor Carouge

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Reminder: RSVP for the Change of Watch Dinner & Meeting

ESSA 2019 Change of Watch Dinner & Meeting

Saturday, January 19th at 5:00 PM

Brew River

502 West Main Street
Salisbury, MD 21801

Click here to RSVP  

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ESSA Change of Watch Dinner & Meeting, January 19, 2019, 5:00 PM

ESSA 2019 Change of Watch Dinner & Meeting

Saturday, January 19th at 5:00 PM

Brew River

502 West Main Street
Salisbury, MD 21801

Click here to RSVP  You will receive a confirmation email.

Crab Dip with toast baguettes appetizer

Your choice of Entree
~Bourbon Salmon
~Prime Rib
~Vegetarian Penne

Baked Potato
Spinach Salad

Dessert provided by ESSA.  Coffee, Tea.

Cost per person is $35.00   RSVP by January 11th.
Cash Bar

Pay At the door

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You will receive a confirmation email.

Inquiries: essasailing38@gmail.com

Nominations for the ESSA Bridge

ESSA Fleet Members,

The bridge is looking for a few good sailors to serve on the bridge.

All interested parties are encouraged to submit their names to the Commodore or the Nominating Committee.

Send your nominations to essasailing38@gmail.com 

They will be forwarded to the Nominating Committee.

High tide

LAST CALL for Change of Watch Dinner

Change of Watch Dinner
    January 20, 2018, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    Brew River Restaurant
    502 West Main Street
    Salisbury, MD 21801

RSVP: Click here to RSVP 

No reservations will be accepted after Sunday, January 14.
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ESSA NEWS

2018 Bridge Elected

Annual Change of Watch Dinner, January 20, 2018  

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2018 Bridge Elected

At the Annual Awards Dinner November 18, 2017 at the Cambridge Yacht Club, ESSA members elected the following officers who will lead the club in 2018:

Commodore:  David B (Current Commodore)

Vice Commodore:  Pete G

Immediate Past Commodore:   Chris W

Secretary:  Cindy S (Current Secretary)

Treasurer:  Mark McI

Choptank Captain: George B (2^nd Consecutive Term)

Tangier CoCaptains  Betsy C/John W (2^nd Consecutive Term)

Congratulations to the new and continuing Bridge members.  Many thanks also to the outgoing officers:  John M – Choptank Captain; and Lee Pat - Treasurer for their multiple years of service.

Change of Watch Dinner

Join us at the annual Change of Watch Dinner Saturday, January 20, 2018 at Brew River Restaurant and Bar, 502 West Main Street, Salisbury.  Munchies and cash bar at 5 PM, dinner around 6 and Change of Watch around 7 PM.  Charge of $35 per person may be paid at the door, cash or check.  Dues for 2018 and racing fees may be paid at the same time, or by mail to the address below.

RSVP by January 12, 2018.  Please click on the link to the reservation system. 

https://essa.app.rsvpify.com/

If you are planning on watching the sunset on the river that night, 5:12 PM is the listed time. 

Winter Meetings

ESSA will hold its winter general meetings at noon on Saturday February 17^th and March 17^th at venues to be announced later.  Suggestions for programs and speakers should be 

submitted to Commodore Dave B, essasailing38@gmail.com

New ESSA Yearbook

Copies of the 40^th Anniversary issue of the ESSA Yearbook were distributed at the November Awards Banquet and will be available at the Change of Watch Banquet and winter meetings.  Be sure to pick up your copy.  Yearbook producer, Jerry G, has done a wonderful job on the new edition. 

Thanks, Jerry

Reminder: Need your RSVP By January 12.

Change of Watch Dinner
    January 20, 2018, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    Brew River Restaurant
    502 West Main Street
    Salisbury, MD 21801

RSVP: Click here to RSVP 

             Hors D’oeuvres

Veggie Tray

Caribbean Style Jerk Chicken, with Honey Mustard

Plated Dinner: 

(Choice of One)

~Bourbon Salmon topped with Green Peppers & Onions

~12oz. Hand Cut Slow Roasted Prime Rib with Au Jus (Prepared Medium)

Spinach Salad with Ranch Dressing

Baked Potato

Homemade Breads & Muffins

Dessert

Brownies

Beverages

Soda, coffee, and tea will be available with free refills. 

Alcohol will be Cash Bar: All guests will be responsible for their own alcoholic beverages.

           

Brew River: 410.677.6757 or, email brewriver@gmail.com.


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Change of Watch Date Correction

Sorry, date correction on Change of Watch Dinner.

Saturday, January 20, 2018

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Change of Watch Dinner, RSVP

Change of Watch Dinner
    January 20, 2018, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    Brew River Restaurant
    502 West Main Street
    Salisbury, MD 21801

RSVP: Click here to RSVP 

             Hors D’oeuvres

Veggie Tray

Caribbean Style Jerk Chicken, with Honey Mustard

Plated Dinner: 

(Choice of One)

~Bourbon Salmon topped with Green Peppers & Onions

~12oz. Hand Cut Slow Roasted Prime Rib with Au Jus (Prepared Medium)

Spinach Salad with Ranch Dressing

Baked Potato

Homemade Breads & Muffins

Dessert

Brownies

Beverages

Soda, coffee, and tea will be available with free refills. 

Alcohol will be Cash Bar: All guests will be responsible for their own alcoholic beverages.

           

Brew River: 410.677.6757 or, email brewriver@gmail.com.


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