NORTHEAST FLEET RENDEZVOUS ITINERARY

[Michael Heintz Fleet Capt]

Captains Commanding,

Here is the long awaited Northeast's Fleets Summer Itinerary.

This information can also be found on the "EVENTS" page of the CDSOA site.

This establishes a basic time line for events, and details will be updated on the "EVENTS" page.

Included in this years events will be a number of CDSOA races, one in Western Long Island and one in Eastern Long Island, and races in Maine as well.

An event much anticipated by the Captains of the Northeast Fleet.

This year's Rendezvous is divided into four segments.

WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND

EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND

FLOTILLA TO BUZZARDS BAY

CRUISE TO MAINE


EVENT ONE: Western LIS Rendezvous

7/28 (Sun.): West Harbor (Oyster Bay, NY) -- anchor
7/29 (Mon.): Lay day at West Harbor
7/30 (Tue.): Race to Sheffield Island (Norwalk, CT) -- anchor, dinner
ashore, awards ceremony
7/31 (Wed.): Port Jefferson, NY -- anchor or raftup, barbecue on beach --
end of event

7/27:
The Narrows: North flood starts=7:25 a.m. and 7:26 p.m., South Ebb
starts=12:27 a.m. and 12:47 p.m.
The Battery: High=11:26 a.m. and 11:33 p.m., Low=5:14 a.m. and 5:21 p.m.
Hell Gate: Northeast flood starts=7:01 a.m. and 7:14 p.m., Southwest ebb
starts=12:39 a.m. and 12:59 p.m.

EVENT TWO: Eastern LIS Rendezvous

8/01 (Thu.): Duck Island Roads (Westbrook, CT) -- raftup
8/02 (Fri.): Shelter Island, NY -- raftup
8/03 (Sat.): Lay day at Shelter Island
8/04 (Sun.): Race to Watch Hill/Stonington -- raftup, dinner ashore, awards
ceremony
8/05 (Mon.): Lay day at Watch Hill -- end of event

8/02:
Plum Gut: Northwest flood starts=11:39 a.m., Southeast ebb starts=5:34 a.m.
and 5:58 p.m.
8/04:
Plum Gut: Northwest flood starts=1:32 a.m. and 1:29 p.m., Southeast ebb
starts=7:32 a.m. and 7:46 p.m.


EVENT THREE: Flotilla to Buzzards Bay

8/06 (Tue.): Narraganset Bay ???? Details to follow ************
8/07 (Wed.): Cuttyhunk, MA Raft up
8/08 (Thu.): Onset, MA -- raftup details to follow ***************
8/09 (Fri.): Lay Day at Onset -- end of event

EVENT FOUR: Cruise to Maine

Friday August 9 Onset, MA Skippers Meeting on Journey's End
Saturday August 10 Onset, MA Start Overnight, Race??
Sunday August 11 Tenants Harbor, ME
Monday August 12 Long Cove, ME Raft Up
Tuesday August 13 Vinalhaven
Wednesday August 14 Merchant Row
Thursday August 15 NE Harbor on
Mt. Desert
Friday August 16 NE Harbor on Lay Day
Mt. Desert
Saturday August 17 Mackerel Cove Raft Up
on Swans Island
Sunday August 18 Bucks Harbor
Monday August 19 Castine Smith Cove
Tuesday August 20 Camden or Rockland
Wednesday August 21 Christmas Cove
Thursday August 22 Robinhood Marine Reception
Friday August 23 Robinhood Marine Race & Lobster Bake
Saturday August 24 Robinhood Marine Start Overnight
Sunday August 25 Home


Mark your calendars, and participate in all the events or those that will fit into your schedules!!!

Michael Heintz
Fleet Captain



Mzenith @aol.com

[Leo MacDonald]

Fleet Captain Michael,

Looks great!! If a skipper wanted he could be underway for a month with NE Fleet / CD sail activities I'll try!

Thanks for the great and timely effort to get this out early, BZ.

Are we going to call the 'NJ to LI Sound Flotilla' 'EVENT ZERO POINT FIVE? )

Fair Winds All
Leo



macdoreNOSPAM@aol.com

[Captain Commanding Hanale]

Captains Commanding,

Preparations are already underway on that fine cutter Hanalei (see thread above). She will be standing bye on the 4th. of August next off and on of Bartlette Reef to defend and SECURE said title of NUMBER ONE for another year!

I remain Sirs..........your most HUMBLE servant...........

Dave Stump
Captain Commanding
s/v Hanalei CD-30C
CDSOA NUMBER ONE

[Rich Reynolds]

I was hopeful that this year's Rendezvous would be scheduled so
that some of us Cape Dory sailors at the western end of Long Island
Sound could participate in some of the events, like a race, without
having to take a week off from work. At our end of the Sound, yacht club races are always scheduled for weekends, to get the maximum amount of participation and competition. It also would have been nice to have scheduled the West Harbor raftup for Saturday, so more of us could spend an evening rafted up with our fellow CD sailors from
Eastern LIS. Most of us here are weekend sailors, and you seem to
have neglected us in your scheduling. That's very unfortunate.

-Rich Reynolds
S/V Tanqueray
CD30K



rjreynol@usgs.gov

[Catherine Monaghan]

Rich,

Our events are attended by folks coming from far and near.

Saturday will be a travel (at sea) day for many participants, including myself. In the past, rendezvous participants have sailed from as far away as Maryland to attend our events and I know of at least two boats that will be coming up from South Jersey. The tides/currents on the East River were also a factor in the scheduling as were the tides/currents at Plum Gut for the scheduling of the Eastern events. And many harbors are filled to the gills on Saturday. With most of the weekend and local crowd heading home Sunday, Sunday afternoon was the best choice in order to guarantee room for 20+ boats.

Hope you'll at least be able to join us on Sunday if you won't be able to take any vacation days. We'll also be at West Harbor all day Monday.


Cathy
catherine_monaghan@merck.com
CD32 Realization, #3

I was hopeful that this year's Rendezvous would be scheduled so
that some of us Cape Dory sailors at the western end of Long Island
Sound could participate in some of the events, like a race, without
having to take a week off from work. At our end of the Sound, yacht club races are always scheduled for weekends, to get the maximum amount of participation and competition. It also would have been nice to have scheduled the West Harbor raftup for Saturday, so more of us could spend an evening rafted up with our fellow CD sailors from
Eastern LIS. Most of us here are weekend sailors, and you seem to
have neglected us in your scheduling. That's very unfortunate.

-Rich Reynolds
S/V Tanqueray
CD30K

catherine_monaghanNOSPAM@merck.com