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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Membership for 2023: Time to join ESSA

To all Skippers and Crew,

It is time to submit your membership forms and fees.

Skippers should encourage all crew to become members.

Click here to access the printable forms.

Summary 

Single Member Annual Fee      $40

Family Member Annual Fee     $50

Racing Annual Fee                   $70

Who's racing this year on the Choptank?

Practice Race Wednesday, May 5, 2021 - Cinco De Mayo

6:00 PM Start, Channel 72 for course information

Spinnaker Class: Paid racing fees

1. Aura
2. Gabrielle
3. Nothing Artificial
4. Adventure Kwest
5. Epicure

Non-Spinnaker: Paid racing fees

1. Reveille
2. Touché
3. Tamarind
4. Dudley DoRight
5. Jitterbug
6. St. Judy's Comet
7. Sawdust

Membership and Racing Forms

What's the true meaning of Cinco de Mayo?

• Cinco de Mayo. The definition of Cinco de Mayo stands for the 5th of May, a holiday celebrated in the U.S. and Mexico to celebrate Mexican heritage and Mexico's freedom from France. An example of Cinco de Mayo is the 5th of May which celebrates Mexican heritage and commemorates the 1862 defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.

Membership Notice! DISCOUNT EXTENDED to April 22, 2021

 The ESSA Bridge has extended the deadline for Membership Discount to April 22.

Single Membership Annual Dues (Paid before 3/22 4/22) ..........$30.00

Single Membership Annual Dues (Paid after 3/22 4/22) .... $40.00

Family Membership Annual Dues (Paid before 3/22 4/22) . $45.00

Family Membership Annual Dues (Paid after 3/22 4/22) .... $55.00

Racing Fee – Attach Racing Application ................... . $50.00 

Racing and Membership Forms

SAVE TEN DOLLAR$.  

Send your application and check in today!

EASTERN SHORE SAILING ASSOCIATION

PO BOX 374, SALISBURY, MD 21803

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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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