It has been a week ago to the day since we had our CDSOA annual general membership meeting. It was held in Havre de Grace, Md.
I want to tell one and all that I had a ball. I truly enjoyed myself that weekend. One of the highlights on Saturday was a two part talk by Fred Bickum who has recently completed a 'round the world sail in his CD. Extremely interesting.
Of lesser note is that I was the recipient of the Alberg Fellow award for this year. I vainly protested and publicly mentioned that the selection committee had made a grievous mistake and had chosen the wrong person for the award.
But seriously, there are so many sailors and owners who have accomplished such great things, have sailed to far away points all over the globe and many are still there. There are many members who have written books and published detailed results of tests and experiments on boating equipment, tools and methods that have helped the rest of us so much. Many have posted self explanatory pictures. In my personal estimation, I pale in deference to them. There are so many who are so much more worthy than I.I was awarded a beautiful burgee with the CD logo. Also embroided on the burgee was a golden letter "A" which stands for Alberg. I truly am honored with this presentation and will forever treasure it.
Seeing as I went this far, I will reluctantly mention one more thing.
To the day I die, I will never, ever, (not even think about it) adjust another person's necktie. It is a personal inside joke that happened on the eve of the general meeting. No harm done.
It was funny, though.I blame it on the damn dark n stormies. Yeah, that must have been it.
Thank you so very much for the award.
Respectfully,
O J
PS: Thanks to Bruce and Cathy there are many pictures of the event available if you click on the last tacky note dated 11/09 and then scroll down to "General Events" at the very bottom.
) I dont recall anyone recording Fred. Perhaps he didnt want to be recorded, but I don't recall anyone with a camcorder.