The big change is that fire extinguishers older than 12 years from the manufacture date are no longer considered good and serviceable and should be replaced with a newer fire extinguisher.
This includes both disposable (non-rechargeable) and rechargeable fire extinguishers. And while you are checking your fire extinguishers, make sure they are properly pressurized, labeled for Marine use “Marine Type U.S.C.G.” and are of the specific type required for your vessel length.
ESSA Racers,
Looks like winter is finally behind us and we can start thinking ahead to splashing the boat and preparing to race!
Below
is some key information to help you plan for the 2022 Sailing Season.
Practice Race - May 4
Series 1 - May 11 - June 15
Series
2 - June 22 - July 27
Series
3 - August 3 - September 7
Stedman
Smith Cup - June 4 (I have confirmed with TAYC)
Wild
Goose Chase - September 17
Choptank
Cup - October 8
Pat
Seidel has generously offered to be the PRO for our Wednesday Night Races. With
Pat’s broad experience in race management, I’m expecting that our races will be
very well run on the water from a dedicated Committee Boat and onshore with a
Race Committee team at the dock as we cross the finish line at CYC.
We
have sharpened the Course List for 2022 to focus on the “most raced” races and
to react to the repositioning of two marks at the end of last season.
Also, this year the Race Committee can set a course that is not on the
Course List to better fit the conditions at race time
We will start using new software to simplify the reporting of race scores. We will continue to use PHRF ratings. Pat Seidel will take over from George Breig as scorekeeper.
2022
NORSI
The 2022 NORSI will be issued in mid April, well ahead of our first race of Series 1 on May, 11.
Spin
Fleet Racers
Please send a copy of your 2022 PHRF rating certificate to me (rgallagher1.rg@gmail.com) before the first race in Series 1. You will not be scored unless I’ve received your certificate.
2022
Dues
Your 2022 ESSA Membership and Racing dues must be paid to race and be scored. Please pay your dues by the first race on May 11.
Need
Crew?
Let me know if you need crew. My contact info is in the 2021 yearbook.
Get ready to Race!
Bob
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The Choptank River is 73 miles long and the largest on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. It is bordered by Talbot County on the north and Dorchester County on the south, and it wanders through Caroline County, past its county seat of Denton, to its source in Delaware. Captain John Smith explored it in 1608 and Harriett Tubman traversed its watershed 250 years later. It is the “Heart of Chesapeake Country” bolstered by the “Queen City of Cambridge.” This river has a lot of stories to tell.
The ESSA General Membership March meeting is this Saturday, March 26, at noon at Cambridge Yacht Club. .
Trevor Carouge will present “The 5 racing rules that are most frequently violated.”
You don't need a reservation;
just show up. Come and talk about getting ready for the sailing season
with your friends.
ESSA,
Based on the number of RSVP's received and the current state of uncertainty in the world the Bridge has voted to postpone the Jan 22nd Change of Watch Dinner. Tentative plans are to do the official ceremony as part of the February General Meeting scheduled for the end of February. The formal transfer of authority from the 2021 Bridge to the 2022 Bridge will be effective on January 22nd 2022 at 12 Noon.
We appreciate everyone's understanding
in this matter and look forward to seeing everyone latter this spring. Till then, please stay warm and think of the days of sailing to
come.
John W, Co-Commodore
ESSA Fleet,
Diane and I have decided to sell our condo in Cambridge. We will be moving to Millsboro, Delaware to be closer to family. Unfortunately, I will be resigning from my job as scorekeeper for the Choptank Fleet.
If a slip is available, Jitterbug will be moored at the Cambridge Yacht Club. I hope to do some cruising and maybe a race or two.
So, Everybody raise their hand. It's time to volunteer.
Fair winds. George
All ESSA Members,
Ended our 2021 sailing with a most
enjoyable Awards Dinner.
Check out the latest TellTale and all of the past TellTales on this site,
Click here for archived TellTales
Please keep the evening of January 22nd open for our Change of the Watch.
Till then stay warm and think of the
2022 Sailing to come.
