Saturday, March 31, 2007

Annual Meet and Eat

The members of Fleet 27 fervently gathered for their first official meeting of the 2007 season. Ravenous and parched, we descended upon our venerated treasurer’s home and indulged in a sumptuous spread of lasagna, chicken casserole, fondue, and Mt. Gay. The dinnertime conversation revealed some life-changes for the HOTties from Hooked on Tonics—one is pregnant, one is engaged, and one is buying a house. We heard sea stories from Ralph, new owner of a four-digit hull, who raced with the big boys & girls in Florida over the winter. And we commiserated with a couple of the fleet’s newbies who proudly sail the more seasoned hulls and are in various stages of boat-repairing, including keel-fairing, bottom-painting, and gelcoating.

Once satiated, we got down to business and made a few official decisions. First, the boats go in the water May 12 and our spring series begins May 15. Our weekend series consists of four scored regattas: PYC’s Pilot and PHRF races, Handy Boat’s MS Regatta, and either the E22 class’s New England Championships in Burlington, VT, or a PYC fall series race held the same weekend. Our 2008 worlds-qualifier race is the PHRF race in July. And we intend to host a class-sanctioned regatta in September 2008.

We made a couple other critical decisions, like where to go drinking every Tuesday night (alternating between PYC and Handy’s) and what color our snazzy fleet-branded hats should be.

We’re ready to sail.




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